Toleration discuss'd by Roger L'Estrange.
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             Toleration discuss'd by Roger L'Estrange.
             L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704.
          
           [6], 106, [2] p.
           
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             London :
             1663.
          
           
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           Dissenters, Religious -- England.
           Toleration.
           Freedom of religion -- Great Britain.
        
      
    
     
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           Imprimatur
           ,
           Geo.
           Stradling
           .
           
             S.
             T.
             P.
             Rev.
             in
             Christo
             Pat.
             D.
          
           Gilb.
           Episc.
           Lond.
           
             à
             Sac.
             Domest
          
           .
        
         
           
             Aed
             .
             Sab.
             〈◊〉
             .
             16.
             1662.
             
          
        
      
       
         
         
           Toleration
           DISCUSS'D
           .
        
         
           By
           
             ROGER
             L'ESTRANGE
          
           .
        
         
           Ferre
           quam
           Sortem
           patiuntur
           Omnes
           ,
           Nemo
           recuset
           .
        
         
           Sen.
           Troas
           .
        
         
         
           LONDON
           ,
        
         
           Printed
           for
           
             Henry
             Brome
          
           at
           the
           Gun
           in
           Ivie-Lane
           ,
           1663.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           The
           Praeface
           .
        
         
           I
           
             AM
             not
             so
             vain
             ,
             as
             to
             expect
             ,
             that
             any
             Man
             will
             be
             either
             the
          
           Better
           ,
           
             or
             the
          
           Wiser
           ,
           
             for
             what
             I
             write
             ;
             and
             yet
             ,
             when
             I
             consider
             ,
             that
          
           God
           Himself
           ,
           is
           pleas'd
           with
           Free-will
           Offerings
           (
           
             though
             ne're
             the
          
           Richer
           
             for
             them
             )
             I
             make
          
           That
           Thought
           my
           Measure
           :
           
             and
             how
             Incapable-soever
             of
             Doing
             the
             Publique
             a
          
           Service
           ,
           
             I
             think
             my self
             ;
             yet
             Honestly
             Oblig'd
             to
             Offer
             it
             a
          
           Duty
           ;
           and
           This
           poor
           Little
           is
           My
           All.
           
        
         
           The
           Subject
           
             I
             Treat
             of
             ,
             is
          
           ,
           TOLERATION
           ;
           
             wherein
             (
             with
             Modesty
             )
             I
             have
             not
             ventur'd
             beyond
             my
             Reach
             :
             For
             ,
             upon
             the
             Ventilation
             of
             the
             Question
             ,
             It
             seems
             to
             mee
             ,
             that
          
           it
           is
           one
           of
           the
           Hardest
           Things
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           for
           the
           Non-conformists
           
             to
             say
          
           What
           
           They
           would
           have
           ;
           and
           one
           of
           the
           
             Easiest
             (
             on
             the
          
           other
           side
           )
           to
           Overthrow
           All
           they
           can
           
             say
             .
             To
             give
             the
             Reader
             a
          
           Clear
           ,
           Distinct
           ,
           and
           Impartial
           Prospect
           
             of
             the
             Matter
             ,
             I
             have
             layd
             the
             Debate
             before
             him
             in
          
           Colloquy
           ;
           
             and
             under
             the
             Names
             of
          
           CONFORMITY
           ,
           ZEAL
           ,
           and
           SCRUPLE
           ,
           
             are
             Represented
             the
          
           Three
           Grand
           Partyes
           ,
           ORTHODOX
           ,
           PRESBYTERIAN
           ,
           and
           INDEPENDENT
           .
           
             That
             which
             first
             put
             mee
             upon
             this
             Theme
             ,
             was
             the
          
           Great
           and
           Irregular
           Earnestness
           ,
           
             that
             was
             not
             long
             stnce
             Employ'd
             ,
             toward
             the
             Procurement
             of
             a
          
           Toleration
           .
           
             Concerning
             which
             ,
             I
             found
             my self
             at
             a
          
           Double
           Loss
           :
           First
           ,
           
             touching
             the
          
           Proposition
           it self
           ;
           and
           Secondly
           ,
           
             about
             the
          
           Manner
           
             of
             Promoting
             it
          
           .
        
         
           
             As
             to
             the
          
           Former
           ,
           Me'thought
           Toleration
           in
           Gross
           ,
           
             was
             of
             something
             a
          
           Mysterious
           Latitude
           ;
           
             but
             upon
             the
             taking
             it
             in
          
           pieces
           ,
           
             I
             perceive
             ,
             that
             nothing
             can
             be
          
           plainer
           
             than
             the
          
           Meaning
           
             of
             it
             ;
             and
             the
             Truth
             is
             ,
             It
          
           means
           [
           
             not
             to
             be
             understood
          
           ]
           
             that
             they
             may
             be
             sure
             to
             make
             something
             on
             't
             ,
             whether
             it
          
           Hitts
           or
           Misses
           .
           The
           One
           
             way
             ,
             they
             may
             do
             what
             they
          
           please
           ;
           
             and
             the
          
           Other
           
             way
             ,
             there
             's
             a
             Ground
             for
             a
          
           Compleynt
           .
        
         
         
           A
           Second
           
             thing
             that
             surpriz'd
             me
             not
             a
             little
             ,
             was
          
           the
           Manner
           of
           Introducing
           it
           ;
           
             for
             ,
             it
             was
             Usher'd
             in
             by
             All
             the
             Querulous
             wayes
             of
          
           Compleynt
           
             and
             Aggravation
             ,
             Imaginable
             :
             Which
             I
             presume
             ,
             they
             would
             have
             forborn
             ,
             had
             they
             but
             been
             Acquainted
             with
             the
             Iustices
             Opinions
             (
             in
             the
          
           2d
           
             of
             King
          
           James
           )
           
             upon
             that
             very
             Point
          
           .
        
         
           
             It
             was
             demanded
             by
             Chancellor
          
           
           Ellesmere
           ,
           
             Whether
             it
             were
             an
             Offence
             punishable
             ,
             and
             what
             punishment
             they
             deserved
             ,
             who
             framed
             Petitions
             ,
             and
             Collected
             a
             Multitude
             of
             Hands
             thereto
             ,
             to
             Prefer
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             in
             a
             Publique
             Cause
             ,
             as
             the
          
           Puritans
           
             had
             done
             ,
             with
             an
             Intimation
             to
             the
             King
             ,
          
           That
           if
           He
           Deny'd
           Their
           Suit
           ,
           many
           Thousands
           of
           his
           Subjects
           would
           be
           Discontented
           ?
           
             Whereto
             all
             the
             Iustices
             Answer'd
          
           ,
           That
           it
           was
           an
           Offence
           Finable
           at
           Discretion
           ,
           and
           very
           near
           to
           Treason
           and
           Felony
           ,
           in
           the
           Punishment
           ,
           For
           they
           Tended
           to
           the
           
           Raising
           of
           Sedition
           ,
           Rebellion
           ,
           and
           Discontent
           among
           the
           People
           .
        
         
           
             Upon
             the
             Rejection
             of
             their
             Suit
             ,
             the
             Business
             was
             Husht
             ,
             till
             of
             Late
             ;
             When
             the
          
           Revival
           
             of
             their
          
           Pretensions
           ,
           
             together
             with
             the
             Dispersing
             of
             divers
             Virulent
          
           Libells
           ,
           
             mov'd
             me
             to
             Gather
             up
             my
             Thoughts
             ,
             which
             I
             here
             submit
             to
             the
             Fate
             of
             my
             other
             Weaknesses
             .
             I
             might
             say
             Twenty
             things
             ,
             to
             Excuse
             the
             slips
             of
             my
             Distracted
             Leisures
             ;
             but
             I
             shall
             rather
             Recommend
             what
             's
          
           worth
           
             the
             Reading
             ,
             than
             Trifle
             away
             a
             Complement
             for
             that
             which
          
           is
           not
           .
        
         
           
             I
             caus'd
             a
             Little
             Tract
             lately
             to
             be
          
           Re-printed
           ,
           
             under
             the
             Title
             of
          
           Presbytery
           Display'd
           :
           
             Who
             was
             the
             Author
             of
             it
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             ;
             but
             it
             is
             Certainly
             ,
             a
             Iudicious
             ,
             and
             well-Order'd
             Draught
             of
             Their
             Government
             ;
             and
             may
             serve
             to
             stop
             Any
          
           Presbyterian's
           Mouth
           that
           Opens
           
             for
             a
          
           Toleration
           ,
           
             which
             how
          
           Formidable
           -
           
             soever
             it
             may
             Appear
             in
             a
          
           Petition
           ,
           
             is
             Certainly
             a
             most
          
           Pitifull
           Thing
           
             in
             an
          
           Argument
           .
        
         
           The
           Contents
           are
           to
           be
           found
           at
           the
           End
           of
           the
           Book
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           Toleration
           Discuss'd
           .
        
         
           
             INTRODUCTION
             .
          
           
             ZEAL
             and
             CONFORMITY
             ,
             And
             to
             Them
             SCRUPLE
             .
          
           
             
               Zeal
               .
            
             
               
                 GOod
                 morrow
                 to
                 ye
              
               ,
               Conformity
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conform
               .
            
             
               Welcome
               ,
               Zeal
               .
               Is
               this
               your
               Eight
               a
               clock
               ?
               As
               sure
               as
               I
               live
               ,
               
                 A
                 Presbyterian
                 forfeits
                 his
                 Charter
                 that
                 keeps
                 touch
                 with
                 a
                 Son
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Zeal
               .
            
             
               'T
               is
               Late
               I
               Confess
               ,
               but
               I
               could
               not
               possibly
               get
               away
               sooner
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               And
               I
               beseech
               ye
               (
               if
               a
               body
               may
               ask
               )
               what
               mighty
               business
               hinder'd
               ye
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Zeal
               .
            
             
               Guess
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Why
               then
               ,
               my
               Head
               to
               a
               Nut-shell
               ,
               thou
               hast
               either
               been
               Breathing
               thy
               Girles
               at
               some
               
                 Prohibited
                 Lecture
              
               ;
               or
               getting
               Hands
               against
               the
               Act
               for
               Uniformity
               .
               Go
               to
               ,
               speak
               Truth
               ,
               What
               made
               You
               and
               your
               Ladies
               so
               early
               abroad
               this
               Morning
               ?
               (
               for
               I
               saw
               ye
               at
               the
               Back-gate
               as
               soon
               as
               ye
               could
               well
               find
               the
               way
               to
               it
               )
            
          
           
             
             
               Zeal
               .
            
             
               Suppose
               I
               should
               tell
               ye
               ,
               that
               we
               went
               to
               a
               
                 Religious
                 Meeting
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Then
               would
               I
               tell
               you
               again
               that
               't
               is
               well
               
                 your
                 Wife
              
               is
               
                 My
                 Kinswoman
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               What
               's
               your
               Conceit
               for
               That
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               I
               should
               suspect
               she
               might
               be
               tempted
               Else
               to
               make
               your
               Head
               ake
               :
               For
               Those
               Assemblies
               which
               you
               call
               
                 Religious
                 Meetings
              
               ;
               What
               are
               they
               ,
               but
               
                 close
                 Appointments
              
               ,
               where
               the
               Men
               meet
               to
               
                 Cuckold
                 Authority
              
               :
               and
               the
               Women
               (
               if
               they
               please
               )
               to
               do
               as
               much
               for
               their
               Husbands
               ?
               Without
               Fooling
               ,
               I
               look
               upon
               Conventicling
               ,
               but
               as
               
                 a
                 Graver
                 kind
                 of
                 Catter-wawling
              
               ;
               and
               in
               fine
               ,
               'T
               is
               not
               good
               to
               wont
               our selves
               to
               stoln
               pleasures
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               You
               will
               be
               Bitter
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               No
               no
               ,
               I
               will
               not
               .
               Raillery
               apart
               ,
               Your
               Wife
               's
               a
               very
               good
               Lass.
               But
               where
               have
               you
               been
               in
               Earnest
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               To
               tell
               you
               the
               very
               Truth
               ,
               I
               have
               been
               ,
               with
               my
               Wife
               and
               my
               Daughter
               ,
               to
               Ioy
               Mr.
               Calamy
               of
               his
               Enlargement
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Bless
               me
               !
               Is
               he
               at
               Liberty
               then
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               He
               is
               at
               Liberty
               .
               Do
               ye
               Wonder
               at
               it
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               No
               ,
               not
               much
               .
               But
               ,
               prethee
               why
               was
               he
               Clapt
               up
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               For
               Preaching
               .
               Is
               not
               That
               Crime
               enough
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               That
               's
               according
               as
               the
               Sermon
               is
               ;
               For
               so
               as
               a
               man
               may
               order
               the
               Matter
               in
               a
               Pulpit
               ,
               I
               think
               he
               may
               with
               a
               better
               Conscience
               Deliver
               Poyson
               in
               the
               Sacrament
               ;
               for
               the
               One
               does
               but
               Destroy
               the
               
                 Body
                 ,
                 t'Other
              
               the
               
                 Soul.
                 This
              
               ,
               poysons
               only
               the
               
                 Congregation
                 ;
                 That
              
               ,
               the
               whole
               Kingdome
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               I
               sent
               ye
               his
               Sermon
               last
               night
               ,
               have
               ye
               overlookt
               it
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Yes
               :
               And
               I
               have
               weigh'd
               every
               Syllable
               in
               't
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               Well
               ,
               and
               How
               do
               ye
               find
               it
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Only
               a
               
                 Plague-plaister
                 ,
                 that
                 's
                 made
                 Publique
                 for
                 the
                 Good
                 of
                 His
                 Majesties
                 Liege-People
                 .
              
               Find
               it
               say
               ye
               ?
               If
               ever
               I
               live
               to
               be
               King
               of
               Utopia
               ,
               I
               'le
               hang
               him
               up
               that
               Prints
               the
               fellow
               on
               't
               within
               my
               Dominions
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Zeal
               .
            
             
               And
               what
               shall
               become
               of
               him
               that
               Preaches
               it
               ,
               I
               beseech
               ye
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Perhaps
               I
               'le
               spare
               him
               for
               his
               Industry
               ;
               for
               a
               
                 Presbyterian
                 that
                 Preaches
                 Sedition
                 ,
                 do's
                 but
                 Labour
                 in
                 's
                 Calling
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               Come
               leave
               your
               Lashing
               ,
               and
               tell
               me
               Soberly
               ;
               What
               hurt
               do
               you
               find
               in
               't
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               That
               Hurt
               that
               brought
               the
               
                 Late
                 King
              
               to
               the
               Scaffold
               .
               And
               (
               in
               a
               word
               )
               which
               will
               unsettle
               the
               Best
               Establisht
               Government
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               with
               a
               very
               small
               Encouragement
               ;
               That
               Hurt
               do
               I
               find
               in
               't
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               Truly
               ,
               My
               Eyes
               can
               discover
               no
               such
               Matter
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               It
               may
               be
               you
               'll
               see
               better
               with
               my
               Spectacles
               .
               But
               where
               's
               your
               Brother-Scruple
               ?
               He
               was
               not
               with
               you
               at
               Mr.
               Calamy's
               ,
               I
               hope
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               No
               ,
               ye
               know
               Hee
               's
               of
               another
               way
               ;
               I
               think
               hee
               'll
               call
               upon
               me
               here
               by
               and
               by
               ;
               for
               we
               are
               to
               go
               into
               the
               City
               together
               about
               Business
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               What
               ever
               the
               Matter
               is
               ,
               I
               have
               a
               strange
               Itch
               to
               day
               to
               know
               your
               Business
               .
               Prethee
               is't
               a
               Secret
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               'T
               is
               a
               Secret
               ,
               to
               You
               ,
               if
               you
               don't
               know
               't
               .
               But
               what
               if
               I
               should
               Long
               as
               much
               now
               to
               know
               what
               't
               is
               that
               makes
               you
               so
               Inquisitive
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               I
               'de
               save
               your
               Longing
               ;
               Nay
               ,
               and
               for
               fear
               of
               the
               worst
               ,
               I
               'le
               prevent
               it
               .
               They
               say
               that
               you
               and
               your
               Brother
               are
               gathering
               Hands
               to
               
                 a
                 Petition
                 against
                 the
                 Act
                 for
                 Uniformity
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               Put
               case
               we
               were
               ,
               what
               Then
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               In
               the
               Day
               that
               You
               Offer
               
                 That
                 Petition
              
               ,
               will
               I
               and
               
                 My
                 Friends
              
               prefer
               Another
               against
               the
               Act
               of
               Indempnity
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               Sure
               ye
               do
               not
               take
               it
               for
               the
               same
               case
               .
               Have
               you
               read
               the
               Kings
               late
               Declaration
               of
               
                 December
                 26
              
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ;
               and
               I
               see
               nothing
               There
               ,
               but
               that
               His
               Majesty
               finds
               Himself
               Oblig'd
               to
               preserve
               Both
               Alike
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               Do
               ye
               Remember
               what
               he
               Says
               concerning
               his
               Promises
               from
               Breda
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Oh
               very
               well
               ;
               and
               I
               would
               advise
               you
               as
               a
               Friend
               not
               to
               mind
               Him
               too
               much
               of
               them
               :
               For
               first
               ,
               
                 His
                 Majesty
              
               
               
                 has
                 done
                 HIS
                 PART
                 in
                 consenting
                 to
                 the
                 Mature
                 and
                 deliberate
                 Offers
                 of
                 his
                 Parliament
                 .
              
            
             
               2.
               
               You
               have
               (
               Many
               of
               ye
               )
               fail'd
               of
               Yours
               in
               not
               Complying
               with
               the
               Conditions
               of
               his
               Royal
               Mercy
               .
               But
               to
               the
               point
               I
               am
               to
               speak
               with
               you
               about
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               Do
               so
               ,
               What
               is
               't
               ?
               Look
               ye
               ;
               Here
               's
               Scruple
               come
               already
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               So
               much
               the
               Better
               ,
               for
               I
               have
               somewhat
               to
               say
               to
               ye
               Both.
               Come
               ,
               Scruple
               ,
               I
               think
               I
               may
               thank
               your
               Brother
               here
               for
               This
               Visit.
               
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               Truly
               if
               it
               were
               Thankworthy
               ,
               so
               you
               might
               ;
               for
               I
               am
               only
               come
               to
               call
               him
               away
               about
               Business
               into
               the
               City
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Nay
               never
               talk
               of
               Business
               into
               the
               City
               before
               Dinner
               ;
               for
               ,
               to
               my
               Knowledge
               ,
               the
               Afternoon
               is
               time
               enough
               for
               your
               Business
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               In
               Good
               Truth
               ,
               we
               are
               Engag'd
               upon
               an
               Appointment
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               I
               know
               ye
               are
               ,
               and
               that
               's
               the
               Reason
               I
               desir'd
               to
               speak
               with
               your
               Brother
               this
               Morning
               .
               You
               Two
               are
               to
               be
               at
               Town-ditch
               this
               Morning
               ,
               if
               it
               be
               possible
               ;
               or
               however
               ,
               sometime
               to
               Day
               .
               Is
               't
               not
               so
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               Pray'e
               where
               have
               You
               your
               Intelligence
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               I
               have
               a
               certain
               Familiar
               that
               tells
               Tales
               out
               of
               School
               .
               Come
               ,
               Come
               ,
               Resolve
               upon
               the
               Afternoon
               ,
               'T
               is
               but
               Reprieving
               Bishops
               a
               matter
               of
               two
               hours
               Longer
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               Well
               ,
               Since
               you
               'll
               have
               it
               so
               ,
               it
               shall
               be
               so
               :
               but
               let
               me
               tell
               ye
               ,
               your
               Devil
               deceives
               ye
               ;
               for
               we
               have
               no
               Design
               at
               all
               upon
               Episcopacy
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Y'Intend
               to
               Petition
               the
               Parliament
               ;
               Do
               ye
               not
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               It
               may
               be
               we
               do
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               In
               good
               time
               ;
               and
               what
               's
               the
               Scope
               of
               your
               Petition
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               That
               we
               may
               be
               left
               at
               Liberty
               to
               Worship
               God
               according
               to
               our
               Consciences
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Have
               you
               well
               consider'd
               what
               will
               be
               the
               Fruit
               of
               Granting
               that
               Liberty
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               It
               will
               exalt
               the
               
                 Kings
                 Honour
                 ,
                 Establish
              
               the
               Peace
               
               of
               the
               
                 Nation
                 ,
                 Promote
              
               all
               
                 Honest
                 Interests
              
               ;
               and
               Satisfie
               all
               
                 Good
                 Men.
              
               
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Make
               That
               Good
               ,
               and
               ye
               shall
               have
               my
               Hand
               to
               your
               Petition
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               And
               if
               we
               do
               not
               make
               it
               Good
               ,
               Wee
               'll
               Renounce
               our
               Claim
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Come
               Gentlemen
               ,
               There
               's
               a
               Fire
               in
               my
               Study
               ,
               and
               we
               have
               Two
               Hours
               good
               to
               Dinner
               .
               Let
               's
               make
               use
               of
               our
               Time.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
               SECT
               .
               I.
            
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             Stated
             .
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               IF
               I
               do
               not
               mistake
               ye
               ,
               my
               Masters
               ,
               the
               Thing
               ye
               Contend
               for
               is
               a
               Toleration
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               It
               is
               so
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               And
               that
               we
               may
               not
               be
               Enjoyn'd
               (
               upon
               a
               Penalty
               )
               to
               do
               that
               which
               we
               think
               we
               ought
               not
               to
               do
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Your
               Pardon
               ,
               my
               Friend
               ;
               That
               's
               not
               the
               Question
               ,
               I
               do
               not
               Ask
               ye
               what
               ye
               would
               Not
               have
               ,
               but
               what
               ye
               Would
               :
               Not
               what
               y'
               are
               Against
               ,
               but
               what
               y'
               are
               For.
               I
               know
               well
               enough
               that
               the
               Act
               for
               
                 Uniformity
                 displeases
              
               ye
               ;
               but
               I
               would
               fain
               know
               when
               That
               's
               gon
               ,
               what
               will
               Please
               ye
               ,
               that
               we
               may
               not
               Destroy
               a
               Law
               to
               no
               purpose
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               Allow
               us
               but
               a
               Freedome
               to
               Worship
               God
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Rule
               of
               his
               own
               word
               ,
               and
               that
               Freedom
               shall
               content
               us
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               In
               short
               ,
               the
               Thing
               we
               Desire
               is
               
                 Liberty
                 of
                 Conscience
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               
                 Liberty
                 of
                 Conscience
              
               ?
               What
               Mortal
               can
               pretend
               to
               take
               it
               from
               ye
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               Do's
               not
               the
               Act
               for
               Uniformity
               Debar
               us
               of
               it
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Not
               at
               all
               ;
               Your
               Actions
               indeed
               are
               Limited
               ,
               but
               your
               Thoughts
               are
               Free
               ;
               What
               do's
               This
               or
               
                 That
                 Garment
              
               ,
               or
               Gesture
               Concern
               the
               Conscience
               ?
            
          
           
             
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               But
               if
               I
               believe
               it
               unlawfull
               to
               Worship
               Thus
               ,
               or
               So
               :
               
                 Whatsoever
                 is
                 not
                 of
                 Faith
                 ,
                 is
                 sin
                 :
              
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               At
               this
               Rate
               ,
               for
               ought
               that
               I
               know
               ,
               ye
               may
               Believe
               it
               unlawfull
               to
               worship
               at
               all
               :
               For
               ye
               may
               as
               well
               Except
               to
               
                 every
                 mode
              
               which
               is
               Not
               commanded
               ,
               as
               to
               That
               which
               Is.
               (
               But
               we
               are
               upon
               the
               Merits
               of
               the
               Cause
               ,
               before
               we
               state
               the
               Question
               .
               )
               
                 Liberty
                 of
                 Conscience
              
               (
               according
               to
               my
               Books
               )
               is
               a
               Liberty
               of
               Iudging
               ,
               not
               of
               Acting
               ;
               but
               I
               perceive
               the
               Liberty
               which
               You
               claym
               ,
               is
               a
               Liberty
               of
               Practice
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               No
               matter
               for
               the
               Word
               ,
               so
               long
               as
               we
               Agree
               upon
               the
               Meaning
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Nay
               ,
               by
               your
               favour
               ,
               Zeal
               ,
               we
               are
               not
               as
               yet
               Agreed
               upon
               Either
               ;
               for
               that
               which
               you
               seem
               to
               Ask
               in
               One
               sense
               ,
               you
               Resolve
               to
               Take
               in
               Another
               :
               That
               is
               ,
               ye
               Ask
               leave
               to
               Think
               what
               ye
               will
               ,
               and
               ye
               Take
               leave
               to
               Do
               what
               ye
               will
               ;
               so
               that
               the
               Liberty
               You
               demand
               ,
               is
               rather
               Matter
               of
               State
               ,
               then
               of
               Religion
               :
               And
               to
               Ask
               ,
               that
               ye
               may
               govern
               your selves
               by
               your
               
                 own
                 Consciences
              
               ,
               is
               the
               same
               Thing
               with
               Asking
               to
               be
               no
               longer
               govern'd
               by
               the
               
                 Kings
                 Laws
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               Cannot
               Liberty
               of
               Conscience
               then
               consist
               with
               
                 Civil
                 Obedience
              
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               Liberty
               of
               Conscience
               may
               ,
               but
               not
               Liberty
               of
               Action
               ;
               If
               Liberty
               of
               Conscience
               will
               content
               ye
               ,
               disclaim
               Liberty
               of
               Practice
               ;
               But
               if
               ye
               must
               needs
               have
               Liberty
               of
               
                 Practice
                 ,
                 speak
                 out
              
               ,
               and
               do
               not
               call
               it
               Liberty
               of
               Conscience
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               Give
               it
               what
               Name
               you
               please
               ;
               The
               Liberty
               I
               Desire
               ,
               is
               a
               
                 Liberty
                 towards
                 God
                 in
                 Matters
                 of
                 Religion
                 ▪
              
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               But
               what
               do
               ye
               mean
               by
               those
               Matters
               of
               Religion
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Zeal
               .
            
             
               Whatsoever
               has
               the
               Honour
               of
               God
               for
               it's
               Direct
               
               and
               Immediate
               End
               ,
               
                 under
                 which
                 Head
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 comprised
              
               [
               Ceremonies
               properly
               sacred
               and
               significant
               by
               Humane
               Institution
               ]
               [
               Religious
               Mystical
               Habits
               ]
               [
               Canonical
               Subscription
               ,
               ]
               [
               Holy-dayes
               ]
               —
               
                 and
                 in
                 fine
                 ,
                 such
                 Inventions
                 of
                 Worship
                 as
                 are
                 not
                 warranted
                 by
                 Gods
                 Word
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               So
               that
               upon
               the
               whole
               Matter
               ,
               The
               Liberty
               you
               
               Demand
               ,
               is
               
                 a
                 Liberty
                 of
                 Practice
                 ,
                 in
                 such
                 Matters
                 of
                 Religion
                 ,
                 as
                 have
                 the
                 Honour
                 of
                 God
                 for
                 their
                 Direct
                 and
                 Immediate
                 End.
              
               All
               which
               ,
               in
               one
               word
               ,
               amounts
               to
               a
               Toleration
               ,
               and
               so
               much
               for
               the
               state
               of
               the
               Question
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               SECT
               .
               II.
            
             Universal
             Toleration
             unlawfull
             .
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               IF
               a
               Toleration
               you
               would
               have
               ,
               it
               must
               be
               either
               Absolute
               ,
               and
               Generall
               ,
               or
               Limited
               and
               Partial
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               Let
               it
               be
               Generall
               then
               ,
               for
               doubtless
               if
               a
               Man
               be
               Oblig'd
               to
               Worship
               ,
               it
               supposes
               him
               Free
               to
               do
               't
               in
               such
               Manner
               as
               he
               finds
               himself
               Bound
               to
               do
               't
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               This
               Argument
               of
               yours
               takes
               in
               Pagans
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               Christians
               ,
               for
               They
               have
               Consciences
               as
               well
               as
               Wee
               ,
               and
               They
               are
               convinc'd
               that
               there
               is
               a
               God
               ,
               and
               that
               
                 That
                 God
              
               ought
               to
               be
               Worship'd
               ;
               so
               that
               to
               grant
               a
               
                 General
                 License
              
               ,
               is
               to
               Tolerate
               Paganisme
               .
            
          
           
             
               Zeal
               .
            
             
               But
               Paganisme
               is
               not
               within
               the
               Pale
               of
               the
               Question
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Why
               then
               no
               more
               is
               Conscience
               ;
               for
               if
               you
               exclude
               Pagans
               ,
               upon
               what
               Accompt
               is
               't
               ?
               They
               perswade
               Themselves
               they
               are
               in
               the
               
                 Right
                 ,
                 You
              
               think
               them
               in
               the
               Wrong
               ,
               and
               because
               of
               the
               Error
               of
               Their
               Way
               ,
               deny
               them
               the
               Exercise
               of
               their
               Opinions
               ;
               so
               that
               your
               Exception
               lyes
               to
               the
               Error
               ,
               not
               to
               the
               Conscience
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               But
               their
               Consciences
               are
               Erroneous
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               They
               are
               so
               ,
               if
               You
               may
               be
               Iudges
               of
               Them
               ,
               and
               so
               are
               Yours
               too
               ,
               when
               You
               come
               to
               be
               Iudg'd
               by
               Us.
               Now
               tell
               me
               ,
               What
               Right
               have
               You
               to
               be
               Judges
               in
               your
               
                 own
                 Case
              
               ,
               any
               more
               then
               They
               in
               Theirs
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               We
               have
               a
               Law
               to
               judge
               our selves
               by
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               And
               ,
               
                 They
                 ,
                 even
                 without
                 a
                 Law
                 ,
                 do
                 by
                 Nature
                 the
              
               
               
                 things
                 contained
                 in
                 the
                 Law
                 ,
                 and
                 are
                 a
                 Law
                 to
                 Themselves
                 :
              
               
               But
               to
               look
               nearer
               Home
               ,
               'T
               is
               it
               seems
               among
               Christians
               only
               ,
               that
               you
               would
               have
               a
               
                 Generall
                 Toleration
              
               ;
               and
               That
               in
               my
               opinion
               helps
               ye
               not
               much
               ;
               for
               to
               uphold
               your
               Claim
               ,
               you
               must
               either
               maintain
               that
               there
               are
               no
               
                 Erroneous
                 Consciences
              
               among
               Christians
               ,
               or
               that
               Errour
               of
               Conscience
               is
               no
               Sin
               ,
               or
               else
               that
               Sin
               may
               be
               Tolerated
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               That
               there
               are
               
                 Erroneous
                 Consciences
              
               ,
               and
               that
               sin
               is
               not
               to
               be
               Tolerated
               ,
               I
               Grant
               ye
               ;
               but
               I
               do
               not
               take
               every
               Error
               of
               Conscience
               to
               be
               a
               sin
               (
               understand
               me
               ,
               of
               Consciences
               labouring
               under
               an
               
                 Invincible
                 Ignorance
              
               .
               )
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               'T
               is
               very
               true
               ,
               the
               Formality
               of
               sin
               is
               the
               Obliquity
               of
               the
               Will
               ;
               but
               sin
               ,
               Materially
               consider'd
               ,
               is
               
                 the
                 Transgression
                 of
                 the
                 Divine
                 Law
                 :
                 and
              
               Conscience
               it self
               becomes
               sinfull
               ,
               when
               it
               dictates
               against
               That
               Law.
               
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               Can
               there
               be
               any
               sin
               without
               Consent
               ?
               or
               any
               Consent
               without
               Knowledge
               ?
               or
               any
               Knowledge
               in
               a
               Case
               of
               
                 Invincible
                 Ignorance
              
               ?
               The
               Transgression
               of
               the
               Law
               implies
               the
               Knowledge
               of
               it
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               the
               Possibility
               of
               knowing
               it
               ;
               without
               which
               ,
               it
               has
               not
               the
               Nature
               of
               a
               Law
               ,
               as
               to
               mee
               .
               [
               
                 The
                 Conditions
                 Requisite
                 to
                 a
                 Rule
                 ,
                 are
              
               These
               ,
               
                 it
                 must
                 be
              
               
               Certain
               ;
               
                 and
                 it
                 must
                 be
              
               Known
               :
               
                 If
                 it
                 be
                 not
              
               Certain
               ,
               
                 't
                 is
                 no
              
               Rule
               ;
               
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 not
              
               Known
               ,
               
                 't
                 is
                 no
                 Rule
                 to
              
               Us.
               ]
               
                 I
                 had
                 not
              
               
               
                 known
                 sin
              
               (
               sayes
               the
               Apostle
               )
               
                 but
                 by
                 the
                 Law
              
               ;
               and
               in
               another
               place
               ,
               [
               
                 Where
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 Law
                 ,
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 Transgression
                 :
              
               ]
               
               From
               whence
               the
               Deduction
               is
               clear
               ,
               that
               sin
               is
               not
               barely
               the
               Transgression
               of
               a
               Law
               ,
               but
               the
               Transgression
               of
               a
               
                 known
                 Law
              
               ;
               the
               Inconformity
               of
               the
               Will
               to
               the
               Understanding
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               The
               Perversness
               of
               the
               Will
               being
               a
               Sin
               ▪
               does
               not
               hinder
               the
               Enormity
               of
               the
               Judgment
               to
               be
               so
               too
               ,
               [
               
                 Untill
                 the
                 Law
              
               (
               says
               your
               own
               St.
               Paul
               )
               
                 sin
                 was
                 in
                 the
                 World
                 ,
                 but
              
               
               
                 sin
                 is
                 not
                 imputed
                 when
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 Law.
              
               ]
               Briefly
               ;
               The
               Word
               of
               God
               is
               the
               Rule
               of
               Truth
               ,
               and
               All
               Disproportion
               to
               
                 That
                 Rule
              
               is
               Errour
               ;
               God's
               Revealed
               Will
               is
               the
               Measure
               of
               Righteousness
               ,
               and
               all
               Disproportion
               to
               
                 That
                 Measure
              
               is
               sin
               .
               Now
               the
               Question
               is
               not
               ,
               Whether
               Imputed
               or
               not
               ,
               but
               whether
               a
               Sin
               or
               no
               ?
               and
               you
               cannot
               make
               Errour
               of
               Conscience
               to
               be
               no
               Sin
               ,
               without
               making
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               to
               be
               no
               Rule
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               I
               do
               not
               deny
               ,
               but
               it
               is
               a
               fin
               as
               to
               the
               Law
               ;
               but
               it
               is
               None
               as
               to
               the
               Person
               :
               It
               is
               none
               constructively
               ,
               with
               Him
               that
               accepts
               the
               Will
               for
               the
               Deed.
               
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Can
               you
               imagine
               ,
               that
               any
               Condition
               in
               the
               Delinquent
               can
               operate
               upon
               the
               Force
               ,
               and
               Equity
               of
               the
               Law
               ?
               Because
               
                 God
                 spares
              
               the
               Offender
               ,
               shall
               Man
               therefore
               Tolerate
               the
               
                 Offence
                 ?
                 David
              
               was
               Pronounc'd
               
                 a
                 Man
                 after
                 God's
                 own
                 Heart
              
               ;
               shall
               Authority
               therefore
               grant
               a
               License
               to
               Murther
               and
               Adultery
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               What
               's
               David's
               Case
               to
               Ours
               ?
               You
               Instance
               in
               Sins
               of
               Presumption
               ,
               and
               the
               Question
               is
               touching
               Sins
               of
               Ignorance
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Your
               Patience
               ,
               I
               beseech
               you
               :
               It
               may
               be
               Ignorance
               in
               him
               that
               Commits
               the
               sin
               ,
               and
               yet
               Presumption
               in
               him
               that
               Suffers
               it
               :
               You
               cannot
               comprehend
               it
               ,
               perhaps
               ;
               but
               the
               Magistrate
               does
               ;
               and
               wherein
               
                 You
                 Doubt
                 ,
                 Authority
              
               is
               Certain
               :
               I
               could
               lead
               you
               now
               by
               a
               Thred
               ,
               from
               the
               Toleration
               of
               all
               Opinions
               ,
               to
               the
               Toleration
               of
               all
               Practices
               ;
               and
               shew
               you
               the
               execrable
               Effects
               of
               giving
               way
               to
               the
               Impulses
               of
               Deluded
               Conscience
               ;
               But
               what
               needs
               That
               ,
               when
               Two
               words
               will
               dispatch
               This
               Controversie
               ?
               In
               Pleading
               for
               
                 All
                 Opinions
              
               ,
               you
               plead
               for
               
                 all
                 Heresies
              
               ,
               and
               for
               
                 the
                 establishment
                 of
                 wickedness
                 by
                 a
                 Law.
              
               Do
               ye
               think
               such
               a
               Toleration
               as
               This
               ,
               either
               fit
               for
               You
               to
               Ask
               ,
               or
               for
               Authority
               to
               Grant
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               But
               is
               it
               not
               Pity
               ,
               (
               considering
               our
               Duty
               is
               Obedience
               ,
               and
               not
               Wisedom
               )
               that
               a
               
                 Good
                 man
              
               should
               be
               punished
               for
               not
               being
               a
               
                 Wise
                 Man
              
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               And
               do
               not
               you
               think
               we
               should
               have
               fine
               work
               ,
               if
               a
               State
               were
               bound
               to
               make
               no
               Provision
               against
               
                 Crafty
                 Knaves
              
               ,
               for
               fear
               of
               Dis-obliging
               
                 Honest
                 Fools
              
               :
               You
               'l
               set
               no
               Trapps
               for
               Foxes
               ,
               for
               fear
               of
               catching
               your
               Lambs
               ;
               and
               Hunt
               no
               Wolves
               for
               fear
               some
               of
               your
               Currs
               should
               stumble
               upon
               a
               Sheep
               .
               In
               short
               ,
               the
               Honest
               will
               Obey
               Good
               Laws
               ,
               and
               let
               not
               the
               Unwise
               pretend
               to
               Mend
               them
               .
               As
               to
               the
               sparing
               of
               the
               Man
               ,
               (
               even
               where
               't
               were
               Impious
               to
               give
               Quarter
               to
               the
               Opinion
               )
               I
               wish
               it
               could
               be
               done
               ;
               but
               how
               shall
               we
               separate
               the
               Errour
               from
               the
               
               Person
               ;
               so
               as
               to
               make
               a
               General
               Law
               take
               notice
               of
               it
               ?
               To
               Tolerate
               Both
               were
               Irreligious
               ,
               and
               it
               seems
               to
               Mee
               Impossible
               to
               sever
               them
               .
               If
               you
               your self
               now
               can
               either
               prove
               the
               Former
               to
               be
               Lawfull
               ,
               (
               that
               is
               ,
               
                 to
                 do
                 evil
                 ,
                 that
                 Good
                 may
                 come
                 of
                 it
              
               )
               or
               the
               Latter
               to
               be
               Practicable
               ,
               I
               'le
               agree
               with
               you
               
                 For
                 a
                 General
                 Toleration
              
               :
               If
               otherwise
               ,
               I
               hope
               you
               'l
               joyn
               with
               me
               ,
               Against
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               The
               Truth
               is
               ,
               I
               am
               not
               yet
               Resolv'd
               to
               Burn
               for
               This
               Opinion
               ;
               but
               what
               do
               ye
               think
               of
               a
               Limited
               ,
               or
               
                 Partial
                 Toleration
              
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               I
               fear
               ,
               you
               'l
               find
               That
               ,
               as
               much
               too
               Narrow
               for
               your
               Conscience
               ,
               as
               the
               other
               is
               too
               Wide
               :
               but
               Wee
               'l
               Try't
               however
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               SECT
               .
               III.
               Limited
               Toleration
            
             does
             not
             answer
             
               Liberty
               of
               Conscience
            
             .
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               WEE
               are
               already
               Agreed
               ,
               That
               a
               
                 Toleration
                 of
                 All
                 Opinions
              
               ,
               is
               a
               
                 Toleration
                 of
                 all
                 Wickedness
              
               ,
               and
               consequently
               Unlawfull
               .
               Come
               now
               to
               your
               Limited
               ,
               or
               
                 Partial
                 Toleration
              
               ,
               which
               I
               take
               to
               be
               
                 A
                 Legal
                 Grant
                 of
                 Freedom
                 ,
                 or
                 Immunity
                 ,
                 to
                 such
                 or
                 such
                 a
                 Sect
                 ,
                 or
                 Way
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 no
                 Other
                 .
              
               Will
               a
               Toleration
               of
               This
               Latitude
               content
               ye
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               I
               See
               no
               other
               Choyce
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Would
               ye
               have
               it
               Granted
               in
               favour
               of
               the
               Conscience
               that
               Desires
               it
               ,
               or
               in
               Allowance
               of
               the
               
                 Tolerated
                 Opinion
              
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               With
               an
               Eye
               to
               Both
               ;
               that
               Nothing
               ,
               which
               is
               Grievous
               may
               be
               Impos'd
               on
               the
               One
               hand
               ,
               nor
               any
               thing
               which
               is
               
                 Unlawfull
                 Tolerated
              
               on
               the
               Other
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               But
               what
               if
               the
               Subject
               shall
               accompt
               that
               Imposition
               
               Grievous
               which
               the
               Magistrate
               thinks
               Necessary
               ?
               or
               That
               
                 Liberty
                 Conscientious
              
               which
               the
               Magistrate
               believes
               Unlawful
               ?
               Whether
               of
               the
               Two
               shall
               Over-rule
               ?
               If
               the
               Subject
               ,
               Then
               is
               the
               
                 Magistrate
                 Oblig'd
              
               to
               Tolerate
               whatsoever
               the
               Subject
               shall
               think
               himself
               Oblig'd
               to
               Doe
               ;
               and
               This
               carries
               us
               back
               into
               a
               
                 General
                 Toleration
              
               ;
               If
               the
               
                 Magistrate
                 Over-rule
              
               ,
               (
               as
               certainly
               'T
               is
               his
               Right
               ,
               for
               no
               man
               can
               be
               properly
               said
               to
               Suffer
               ,
               what
               he
               has
               not
               a
               Power
               to
               Hinder
               )
               Your
               Plea
               of
               Conscience
               ,
               is
               out
               of
               Doors
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               By
               your
               Leave
               ,
               Conformity
               ;
               I
               would
               not
               have
               Either
               of
               them
               Govern
               Absolutely
               and
               Severally
               in
               the
               Case
               ▪
               For
               if
               the
               Magistrate
               be
               left
               to
               Himself
               ,
               He
               may
               either
               set
               up
               a
               
                 False
                 Religion
              
               ,
               or
               Suppress
               the
               Right
               ,
               at
               pleasure
               ;
               and
               the
               People
               by
               Themselves
               ,
               may
               as
               well
               Mistake
               as
               the
               Magistrate
               :
               whereas
               Together
               ,
               the
               One
               Looks
               to
               the
               Other
               .
               But
               tell
               me
               ,
               I
               beseech
               ye
               ,
               would
               you
               have
               no
               Toleration
               at
               all
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Upon
               my
               word
               ,
               Scruple
               ;
               no
               man
               is
               a
               greater
               friend
               to
               Toleration
               then
               I
               am
               ,
               if
               I
               could
               but
               hit
               upon
               such
               a
               Measure
               as
               agrees
               with
               Piety
               ,
               and
               
                 Political
                 Convenience
              
               :
               with
               such
               a
               Model
               as
               would
               probably
               answer
               the
               End
               you
               seem
               to
               aim
               at
               :
               but
               to
               Dissolve
               a
               
                 Solemn
                 Law
              
               for
               the
               Satisfaction
               of
               some
               Particulars
               ,
               and
               at
               last
               to
               leave
               the
               People
               more
               unsatisfi'd
               then
               ye
               found
               them
               ,
               were
               a
               Course
               (
               I
               think
               )
               not
               very
               Suitable
               to
               the
               Ordinary
               Method
               either
               of
               Government
               ,
               or
               of
               Discretion
               ;
               and
               That
               I
               fear
               would
               be
               the
               Event
               of
               Satisfying
               your
               Desires
               in
               This
               Particular
               .
               Pray'e
               try
               your
               Skill
               ,
               if
               you
               can
               contrive
               it
               otherwise
               ,
               and
               say
               what
               't
               is
               would
               please
               ye
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               An
               Exemption
               from
               the
               Lash
               of
               the
               Act
               of
               Uniformity
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Well!
               What
               's
               your
               Quarrel
               to
               't
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               I
               think
               it
               a
               Great
               Cruelty
               to
               Confine
               a
               Multitude
               of
               Differing
               Iudgments
               to
               the
               same
               Rule
               ,
               and
               to
               punish
               a
               Conscientious
               People
               for
               those
               Disagreements
               which
               they
               can
               neither
               Reconcile
               ,
               nor
               Relinquish
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Why
               do
               ye
               then
               Press
               That
               Cruelty
               your Selves
               ,
               
               which
               you
               Condemn
               in
               Others
               .
               For
               your
               
                 Limited
                 Toleration
              
               is
               an
               Act
               of
               Uniformity
               to
               Those
               that
               are
               Excluded
               .
               They
               that
               are
               taken
               In
               will
               possibly
               be
               well
               enough
               pleased
               ;
               but
               you
               never
               think
               of
               Those
               that
               are
               left
               Out
               :
               whereas
               you
               are
               to
               Consider
               that
               They
               that
               are
               Out
               ,
               have
               Consciences
               as
               well
               as
               those
               that
               are
               In
               ;
               and
               Those
               that
               are
               In
               ,
               have
               no
               more
               Priviledge
               ,
               then
               They
               that
               are
               Out
               .
               So
               that
               ,
               upon
               a
               fair
               view
               of
               the
               Matter
               ,
               You
               can
               neither
               
                 Admit
                 All
              
               ,
               nor
               
                 Leave
                 Out
                 Any
              
               ,
               without
               a
               Check
               either
               to
               your
               Conscience
               or
               to
               your
               Argument
               .
               For
               put
               Case
               ,
               The
               King
               should
               Grant
               ye
               a
               Limited
               Toleration
               ;
               would
               That
               Quiet
               ye
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               beyond
               doubt
               it
               would
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Imagine
               it
               then
               ,
               and
               your self
               One
               of
               the
               Rejected
               Party
               .
               Are
               not
               you
               as
               well
               ,
               Now
               ,
               without
               
                 any
                 Toleration
                 at
                 all
              
               ;
               as
               you
               will
               be
               Then
               without
               the
               Benefit
               of
               it
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               To
               deal
               freely
               ,
               I
               would
               not
               willingly
               be
               Excluded
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               And
               is
               not
               That
               Every
               Mans
               Case
               as
               well
               as
               Yours
               ?
               A
               
                 Limited
                 Toleration
              
               must
               Exclude
               Some
               ;
               and
               why
               not
               You
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               Another
               ?
               What
               Prerogative
               have
               You
               above
               Your
               Fellows
               ?
               Or
               why
               should
               not
               All
               be
               Tolerated
               as
               well
               as
               
                 Any
                 ?
                 They
              
               can
               no
               more
               Abandon
               Their
               Opinions
               ,
               then
               
                 You
                 Yours
              
               ,
               and
               Your
               waies
               are
               to
               Them
               ,
               just
               the
               
                 same
                 Grievances
              
               ;
               which
               (
               if
               ye
               may
               be
               credited
               )
               Ours
               are
               to
               You.
               
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               But
               are
               not
               Some
               Opinions
               more
               Tolerable
               then
               Others
               ?
               Do
               ye
               put
               no
               Difference
               betwixt
               Points
               
                 Fundamentally
                 Necessary
              
               ,
               and
               but
               Accidentally
               so
               ?
               Betwixt
               the
               very
               Basis
               of
               Christianity
               ,
               and
               the
               Superstructure
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Ye
               persue
               a
               Shadow
               .
               Who
               shall
               define
               ,
               Which
               
                 are
                 Fundamentals
              
               ,
               and
               which
               not
               ?
               If
               Both
               parties
               ,
               (
               according
               to
               your
               former
               hint
               )
               There
               's
               only
               a
               Confusion
               of
               Law
               ,
               and
               Subjection
               ,
               without
               any
               Clear
               ,
               or
               Certain
               Result
               .
               If
               the
               
                 Diffusive
                 Body
              
               of
               the
               People
               ,
               your
               
                 Limited
                 Dispensation
              
               ,
               runs
               into
               an
               
                 Indeterminable
                 Liberty
              
               .
               If
               the
               
                 Supreme
                 Magistrate
              
               ,
               Your
               claim
               of
               Conscience
               falls
               to
               Nothing
               ,
               so
               that
               ,
               step
               where
               ye
               will
               ,
               You
               'll
               Find
               no
               Footing
               upon
               This
               Bottom
               .
            
             
             
               Now
               to
               the
               Fundamentals
               you
               speak
               of
               ;
               bate
               but
               That
               Grand
               Foundation
               of
               our
               Faith
               ,
               that
               
                 Iesus
                 Christ
                 is
                 come
                 in
                 the
                 Flesh
              
               ;
               and
               that
               
                 Whosoever
                 Confesses
                 that
                 Iesus
                 Christ
              
               
               
                 is
                 the
                 Son
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 God
                 dwelleth
                 in
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 Hee
                 in
                 God.
              
               —
               Abating
               (
               I
               say
               )
               That
               Radical
               Principle
               (
               which
               if
               we
               Disbelieve
               ,
               we
               are
               no
               longer
               Christians
               )
               there
               's
               scarce
               One
               point
               that
               has
               not
               been
               subjected
               to
               a
               Controversie
               .
               In
               a
               word
               ,
               The
               Reason
               of
               your
               Proposal
               requires
               Either
               an
               
                 Universal
                 Toleration
              
               ,
               or
               
                 None
                 at
                 all
              
               :
               unless
               you
               can
               find
               out
               an
               Expedient
               to
               
                 Oblige
                 All
              
               by
               
                 Gratifying
                 Some
              
               .
               I
               do
               not
               press
               This
               ,
               as
               an
               Utter
               Enemy
               to
               all
               Indulgence
               ;
               but
               I
               would
               not
               have
               it
               Extorted
               by
               Importunity
               and
               Struggling
               ;
               nor
               Granted
               in
               such
               a
               Manner
               as
               to
               look
               liker
               a
               Composition
               then
               a
               Favour
               .
               If
               You
               should
               ask
               me
               indeed
               whether
               a
               Prince
               ,
               upon
               Special
               Grace
               ,
               and
               meer
               Motion
               ,
               may
               not
               Grant
               
                 a
                 Toleration
                 of
                 some
                 certain
                 Opinions
              
               ;
               'T
               is
               past
               Dispute
               ,
               he
               May
               ;
               But
               the
               Same
               Freedome
               granted
               upon
               a
               Popular
               Claim
               ,
               is
               quite
               Another
               thing
               ,
               and
               neither
               Safe
               ,
               nor
               Lawful
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               Pray'e
               make
               me
               understand
               the
               Difference
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               'T
               is
               only
               This
               ;
               If
               it
               be
               the
               Subject's
               Due
               ,
               't
               is
               none
               of
               the
               King
               's
               :
               so
               that
               the
               People
               are
               Supreme
               ,
               the
               One
               Way
               ,
               and
               the
               Prince
               the
               Other
               .
               Now
               
                 whether
                 it
                 be
              
               either
               
                 Safe
                 for
                 a
                 Prince
              
               to
               
                 submit
                 his
                 Regality
                 to
                 the
                 Claim
                 of
                 the
                 People
                 ;
                 or
                 LAWFUL
                 for
                 him
                 ,
                 to
                 devest
                 himself
                 of
                 That
                 Authority
                 ,
                 wherewith
                 God
                 has
                 Entrusted
                 him
              
               ;
               lay
               This
               under
               your
               Pillow
               ,
               and
               Advise
               upon
               't
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             
               SECT
               .
               IV.
            
             The
             Non-conformists
             Plea
             for
             TOLERATION
             upon
             
               Reason
               of
               State.
            
             
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               SInce
               you
               are
               not
               able
               to
               make
               out
               your
               Claim
               to
               a
               Toleration
               ,
               from
               the
               Equity
               of
               the
               Thing
               ;
               Nay
               ,
               since
               it
               appears
               (
               on
               the
               Contrary
               )
               that
               all
               Indulgences
               of
               That
               Quality
               are
               totally
               Dependent
               upon
               the
               Will
               ,
               and
               Iudgment
               of
               the
               Magistrate
               ;
               You
               should
               do
               well
               do
               Leave
               Complaining
               ,
               as
               if
               the
               Government
               did
               ye
               an
               Injury
               ,
               (
               where
               Effectually
               You
               have
               no
               Right
               at
               all
               )
               and
               rather
               labour
               fairly
               to
               possess
               the
               world
               ,
               that
               you
               are
               a
               Sort
               of
               People
               to
               whom
               the
               King
               may
               with
               Honour
               and
               Safety
               extend
               a
               Bounty
               .
            
             
               The
               Ordinary
               Inducements
               to
               Indulgence
               ,
               are
               These
               Three
               .
               1.
               
               
                 Reason
                 of
                 State
              
               ,
               wherein
               is
               propos'd
               either
               the
               gaining
               of
               an
               Advantage
               ,
               or
               the
               Shunning
               of
               an
               Inconvenience
               .
               2.
               
               
                 The
                 Singular
                 Merits
                 of
                 the
                 Party
                 :
              
               and
               Here
               ,
               Gratitude
               takes
               place
               .
               3.
               
               
                 The
                 Innocence
                 ,
                 and
                 Modesty
                 ,
                 of
                 their
                 Practises
                 and
                 Opinions
                 :
              
               which
               is
               a
               strong
               Motive
               ;
               when
               Particulars
               may
               be
               Oblig'd
               without
               any
               Hazard
               to
               the
               Publique
               .
               To
               Begin
               with
               the
               First
               .
            
             
               What
               
                 Reason
                 of
                 State
              
               can
               You
               now
               produce
               that
               may
               Move
               his
               Majesty
               to
               Grant
               the
               Non-Conformists
               a
               Toleration
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               If
               you
               had
               put
               the
               Contrary
               Question
               ,
               Y
               'had
               Pos'd
               me
               :
               Are
               not
               the
               Non-Conformists
               the
               Kings
               Subjects
               ?
               And
               what
               's
               a
               King
               without
               his
               People
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               The
               Non-Conformists
               are
               ,
               by
               Birth
               ,
               and
               Obligation
               ,
               the
               
                 Kings
                 Subjects
              
               ,
               but
               they
               are
               not
               so
               in
               Practice
               ,
               and
               Obedience
               .
               They
               renounce
               the
               Law
               ,
               and
               in
               so
               doing
               ,
               they
               Cast
               themselves
               out
               of
               the
               Pale
               of
               Subjection
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               I
               suppose
               you
               will
               not
               Deny
               them
               however
               to
               be
               a
               
                 Numerous
                 Party
              
               ,
               and
               some
               Experience
               you
               have
               had
               likewise
               
               of
               their
               
                 Conduct
                 ,
                 Unity
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Resolution
                 ;
                 which
                 Moves
                 me
                 to
                 look
                 upon
                 his
              
               Majesty
               ,
               
                 as
                 (
                 in
                 some
                 Measure
              
               )
               under
               a
               Prudential
               Necessity
               of
               Obliging
               so
               Considerable
               an
               Interest
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               So
               far
               am
               I
               from
               admitting
               any
               
                 Political
                 Necessity
                 of
                 Yielding
              
               ,
               that
               ,
               to
               My
               Judgment
               ,
               the
               Necessity
               appears
               strong
               ,
               and
               clear
               against
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               Wee
               'll
               waive
               the
               
                 General
                 Question
              
               ,
               if
               You
               please
               ,
               and
               speak
               to
               the
               Convenience
               of
               This
               Iuncture
               .
            
             
               Are
               not
               the
               
                 Non-Conformists
                 Numerous
              
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Upon
               the
               Poll
               ,
               They
               are
               so
               ;
               and
               More
               now
               too
               ,
               then
               they
               were
               when
               His
               Majesty
               came
               In
               ;
               and
               so
               long
               as
               they
               are
               Suffer'd
               ,
               't
               is
               to
               be
               Expected
               they
               shall
               Encrease
               daily
               .
               But
               you
               say
               ,
               They
               are
               Numerous
               :
               If
               they
               be
               ,
               Consequently
               Dangerous
               ;
               the
               Greater
               the
               Number
               is
               ,
               the
               Greater
               is
               the
               Hazard
               ;
               and
               Therefore
               ,
               because
               they
               are
               
                 Many
                 Already
              
               ,
               and
               will
               be
               More
               ,
               if
               they
               be
               Suffer'd
               ,
               they
               are
               not
               to
               be
               Tolerated
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               But
               will
               not
               People
               be
               much
               more
               Peaceable
               ,
               when
               they
               are
               Oblig'd
               ,
               than
               when
               they
               are
               Persecuted
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Believe
               me
               ,
               Matters
               are
               at
               an
               Ill
               pass
               ,
               when
               the
               Prince
               lies
               at
               the
               Mercy
               of
               the
               People
               ;
               and
               certainly
               the
               Multitude
               will
               be
               much
               Quieter
               without
               a
               Power
               to
               do
               Mischief
               ,
               then
               with
               it
               .
               But
               why
               do
               ye
               say
               ,
               
                 Persecuted
                 ?
                 They
              
               Persecute
               the
               Law
               ,
               and
               then
               you
               cry
               the
               Law
               Persecutes
               Them.
               I
               would
               you
               'd
               deal
               frankly
               with
               me
               :
               What
               is
               (
               really
               )
               your
               Opinion
               of
               the
               Honesty
               of
               your
               Party
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               I
               do
               seriously
               believe
               the
               Non-conformists
               to
               be
               an
               
                 Honest
                 ,
                 Conscientious
              
               Sort
               of
               People
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               But
               they
               must
               be
               Knaves
               to
               make
               your
               Argument
               good
               :
               for
               ,
               if
               they
               be
               Honest
               ,
               They
               'll
               be
               
                 Quiet
                 without
              
               a
               Toleration
               .
               If
               they
               be
               Dishonest
               ,
               They
               'll
               be
               
                 Dangerous
                 with
              
               it
               .
               Consider
               again
               ;
               If
               there
               be
               any
               Hazard
               ,
               wherein
               does
               it
               consist
               ?
               not
               in
               the
               Multitude
               ,
               but
               in
               the
               Confoederacy
               .
               A
               Million
               of
               men
               without
               Agreement
               ,
               are
               but
               as
               One
               Single
               Person
               .
               Now
               they
               must
               Consult
               ,
               before
               they
               can
               Agree
               ;
               and
               they
               must
               Meet
               before
               they
               can
               
                 Consult
                 ▪
              
               
               so
               that
               ,
               barely
               to
               hinder
               the
               Assembling
               of
               These
               Multitudes
               ,
               Defeats
               the
               Danger
               of
               them
               .
               Whereas
               ,
               on
               the
               Other
               side
               ,
               
                 To
                 Permit
                 Separate
                 Meetings
                 ,
                 is
                 to
                 Tolerate
                 a
                 Combination
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               Right
               ;
               but
               Those
               Meetings
               and
               Consultations
               are
               pass'd
               already
               ;
               for
               sure
               the
               Non-Conformists
               have
               been
               long
               enough
               Acquainted
               to
               Understand
               one
               another
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               So
               much
               the
               more
               Need
               to
               look
               after
               them
               ;
               and
               the
               less
               cause
               to
               Tolerate
               them
               :
               And
               for
               their
               Agreement
               in
               a
               
                 General
                 Disaffection
              
               ;
               That
               signifies
               little
               ,
               without
               the
               Means
               of
               joyning
               in
               a
               
                 Particular
                 Plot.
              
               Again
               ;
               as
               't
               is
               an
               Advantage
               on
               the
               One
               side
               ,
               that
               the
               Faction
               know
               
                 One
                 another
              
               ;
               so
               is
               it
               an
               Equal
               Advantage
               on
               the
               Other
               side
               ,
               that
               the
               King
               knows
               the
               Faction
               :
               which
               renders
               His
               Majesty
               at
               any
               time
               Master
               of
               it
               ;
               when
               His
               Royal
               wisdome
               shall
               direct
               him
               to
               suppress
               the
               heads
               of
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               Mistake
               me
               not
               .
               I
               do
               not
               say
               't
               is
               likely
               they
               will
               be
               Troublesome
               ,
               in
               respect
               of
               their
               Judgments
               ;
               but
               that
               it
               is
               Possible
               for
               them
               to
               be
               so
               ,
               in
               regard
               of
               their
               Number
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               He
               that
               Fears
               all
               Possibilities
               ,
               lives
               in
               a
               cold
               Sweat.
               But
               I
               beseech
               ye
               ,
               Whether
               do
               You
               take
               to
               be
               the
               Greater
               Number
               ?
               Those
               that
               singly
               wish
               to
               be
               Discharg'd
               from
               the
               Act
               of
               Uniformity
               ;
               or
               Those
               that
               would
               have
               
                 no
                 Law
                 at
                 all
              
               ?
               Those
               that
               are
               troubled
               because
               they
               may
               not
               Worship
               according
               to
               their
               Phansie
               ;
               or
               Those
               that
               are
               displeas'd
               because
               they
               cannot
               Live
               and
               Rule
               ,
               according
               to
               their
               Appetite
               ?
               The
               Traytor
               would
               have
               One
               Law
               discharg'd
               ;
               The
               
                 Schismatique
                 Another
              
               ;
               The
               Idolater
               a
               Third
               ;
               The
               Sacrilegious
               person
               a
               Fourth
               ;
               The
               Drunkard
               a
               Fifth
               ;
               The
               Conventicler
               a
               Sixt
               ;
               The
               
                 Prophane
                 Swearer
              
               a
               Seventh
               ;
               The
               False-Swearer
               an
               Eighth
               ;
               The
               Murtherer
               a
               Ninth
               ;
               The
               Seducer
               a
               Tenth
               :
               And
               in
               fine
               ;
               not
               One
               of
               a
               Thousand
               ,
               but
               had
               rather
               Command
               ,
               then
               Obey
               .
               Shall
               the
               King
               therefore
               Dissolve
               the
               Law
               ,
               because
               there
               are
               so
               many
               Criminals
               ?
               That
               were
               to
               raise
               an
               Argument
               against
               Authority
               ,
               from
               the
               very
               Reason
               of
               its
               Constitution
               .
               Shall
               the
               People
               be
               left
               to
               do
               what
               they
               List
               ,
               because
               a
               great
               many
               of
               them
               ,
               would
               do
               what
               they
               
                 should
                 not
              
               ?
               Shall
               his
               
               Majesty
               give
               up
               his
               Government
               ,
               for
               fear
               of
               some
               Millions
               possibly
               in
               his
               Dominions
               ,
               that
               had
               rather
               be
               Kings
               than
               Subjects
               .
               Less
               Forcible
               ,
               beyond
               Question
               ,
               is
               the
               Necessity
               of
               the
               Kings
               Granting
               a
               Toleration
               ,
               than
               That
               of
               Renouncing
               His
               Sovereignty
               ;
               for
               ,
               doubtless
               ,
               where
               there
               's
               One
               man
               that
               is
               truly
               Scrupulous
               ,
               there
               are
               a
               Hundred
               Avaritious
               ,
               Ambitious
               ,
               and
               ,
               in
               fine
               ,
               Irreligious
               persons
               .
            
          
           
             
               Zeal
               .
            
             
               I
               think
               we
               may
               better
               decide
               This
               Question
               from
               Experiment
               ,
               and
               matter
               of
               Fact
               ,
               than
               by
               
                 Speculative
                 Reasonings
              
               .
               Look
               back
               to
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               Late
               Warr
               ,
               and
               tell
               me
               ;
               Do
               not
               you
               believe
               that
               there
               are
               more
               
                 Non-Conformists
                 Now
              
               ,
               then
               there
               were
               Then
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               I
               do
               verily
               believe
               that
               there
               are
               
                 Three
                 ,
                 Now
              
               ,
               for
               
                 One
                 ,
                 Then.
              
               
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               Why
               then
               ,
               the
               Odds
               are
               Three
               to
               One
               against
               you
               :
               for
               the
               Third
               part
               of
               This
               number
               ,
               was
               Then
               the
               Predominant
               Interest
               of
               the
               Nation
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               I
               could
               allow
               you
               even
               Treble
               That
               number
               too
               ,
               and
               the
               Reason
               of
               my
               Assertion
               would
               yet
               bear
               it
               ,
               upon
               the
               greater
               Odds
               of
               strength
               betwixt
               the
               Faction
               then
               ,
               and
               now
               .
               As
               for
               Instance
               :
            
             
               At
               the
               Beginning
               of
               the
               late
               Warr
               ,
               they
               were
               Masters
               of
               the
               Tower
               ,
               the
               Navy
               ;
               of
               all
               considerable
               Towns
               ,
               Forts
               ,
               and
               Magazines
               :
               They
               had
               a
               great
               part
               of
               the
               Crown
               ,
               and
               Church-Revenues
               under
               their
               Command
               ,
               and
               London
               at
               their
               Beck
               ;
               beside
               the
               Plunder
               of
               Malignants
               ,
               and
               the
               bountiful
               Contributions
               of
               the
               well-affected
               .
               Scotland
               was
               already
               Confoederate
               with
               them
               ,
               in
               One
               Rebellion
               ;
               and
               they
               had
               made
               sure
               of
               Another
               in
               Ireland
               ,
               (
               by
               persecuting
               ,
               and
               with-holding
               the
               only
               Person
               capable
               to
               keep
               them
               Quiet
               :
               the
               Earl
               of
               Strafford
               )
               which
               Broyle
               they
               further
               Assisted
               ,
               by
               manifest
               Opposals
               of
               his
               Majesty's
               Resolutions
               to
               suppress
               it
               .
               [
               
                 See
                 the
                 Kings
                 Speech
                 of
              
               Decem
               .
               
               14.
               1641
               ,
               
                 and
                 the
                 following
                 Petition
                 concerning
                 the
                 same
              
               ]
               Finally
               ;
               for
               the
               better
               Countenance
               of
               their
               Usurpations
               ,
               They
               had
               drawn
               down
               the
               Representative
               of
               the
               People
               into
               a
               Close-Committee
               ,
               and
               the
               Arbitrary
               Votes
               of
               this
               Seditious
               Conventicle
               ,
               passed
               with
               the
               Vulgar
               ,
               for
               
               the
               Acts
               of
               a
               Regular
               ,
               and
               Complete
               Authority
               .
               This
               was
               the
               Condition
               of
               the
               Non-Conformists
               Power
               Formerly
               ,
               but
               (
               blessed
               be
               God
               )
               they
               are
               not
               at
               present
               so
               Formidable
               .
            
             
               The
               Three
               Kingdomes
               are
               Now
               at
               Peace
               ;
               and
               we
               have
               a
               Parliament
               that
               's
               no
               Friend
               to
               the
               Faction
               .
               The
               King
               is
               possest
               of
               a
               considerable
               Guard
               ,
               which
               his
               Royal
               Father
               wanted
               :
               and
               the
               sword
               is
               in
               the
               wrong
               hand
               for
               Their
               business
               .
               His
               Majesty
               is
               Master
               likewise
               of
               his
               Rights
               ,
               both
               of
               Power
               ,
               and
               Revenue
               ;
               and
               his
               Capital-City
               stands
               Right
               in
               its
               Obedience
               .
               To
               all
               which
               may
               be
               added
               ,
               that
               although
               
                 several
                 Particulars
                 of
                 the
                 Party
                 are
                 as
                 Rich
                 ,
                 as
                 Pillage
                 and
                 Pardon
                 can
                 make
                 them
              
               ;
               yet
               they
               want
               a
               Common
               Stock
               to
               carry
               on
               a
               Common
               Cause
               :
               the
               Thimbles
               ,
               and
               the
               Bodkins
               fail
               ;
               and
               the
               Comfortable
               In-comes
               of
               [
               a
               ]
               Irish
               Adventures
               ;
               [
               b
               ]
               Moneys
               and
               Plate
               upon
               the
               Propositions
               ;
               [
               c
               ]
               confiscated
               Estates
               ;
               [
               d
               ]
               Twentieth
               Parts
               ;
               and
               [
               e
               ]
               weekly
               Assessments
               ;
               and
               a
               hundred
               other
               Pecuniary
               Stratagems
               (
               for
               the
               Ease
               of
               the
               Subject
               )
               are
               Departed
               from
               them
               .
            
             
               If
               it
               be
               so
               ,
               that
               These
               people
               have
               none
               of
               Those
               Advantages
               Now
               remaining
               ;
               by
               virtue
               whereof
               they
               did
               so
               much
               Mischief
               before
               ;
               what
               Necessity
               can
               any
               Mortal
               Imagine
               of
               Tolerating
               These
               Naked
               ,
               and
               Supportless
               Creatures
               ,
               for
               fear
               of
               Dis-obliging
               them
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               Are
               they
               
                 more
                 Naked
              
               and
               
                 Supportless
                 ,
                 Now
              
               ,
               than
               they
               were
               before
               the
               
                 Long
                 Parliament
              
               ?
               Does
               it
               follow
               that
               they
               have
               no
               Power
               ,
               because
               they
               do
               not
               Exercise
               it
               ?
               Certainly
               ,
               if
               they
               be
               more
               in
               Number
               Now
               ,
               than
               they
               were
               Then
               ,
               Those
               Abilities
               that
               Rais'd
               them
               Formerly
               ,
               may
               Secure
               them
               at
               .
               Present
               ,
               from
               being
               thought
               Contemptible
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               'T
               is
               true
               ,
               before
               our
               Late
               Troubles
               they
               were
               as
               they
               are
               now
               (
               for
               matter
               of
               Power
               )
               and
               out
               of
               that
               Nothing
               they
               made
               themselves
               Considerable
               :
               yet
               still
               I
               cleave
               to
               my
               Opinion
               ,
               that
               the
               same
               Abilities
               will
               not
               Now
               produce
               the
               same
               Effects
               ;
               for
               the
               world
               will
               not
               be
               Twice
               Cousen'd
               with
               the
               same
               Trick
               ;
               and
               as
               the
               Case
               stands
               ,
               there
               is
               as
               little
               danger
               from
               their
               Conduct
               ,
               as
               from
               their
               Number
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Zeal
               .
            
             
               This
               is
               a
               little
               strange
               ,
               me
               thinks
               ,
               to
               Grant
               the
               Means
               ,
               and
               Deny
               the
               End.
               The
               Two
               first
               Principles
               of
               Power
               (
               Men
               and
               Moneys
               )
               you
               have
               Allow'd
               them
               ;
               and
               it
               is
               not
               for
               your
               Credit
               to
               say
               that
               These
               people
               want
               Conduct
               ,
               by
               whom
               you
               your selves
               have
               been
               worsted
               .
               If
               you
               have
               found
               them
               Considerable
               upon
               Experience
               ,
               do
               not
               make
               them
               so
               Despicable
               in
               your
               Argument
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Have
               a
               Care
               ,
               Friend
               :
               For
               the
               Men
               that
               Worsted
               us
               ,
               were
               a
               sort
               of
               People
               ,
               that
               voted
               down
               Bishops
               on
               the
               wrong
               side
               of
               the
               Parliament
               door
               ;
               That
               Cry'd
               ,
               They
               
               
                 would
                 have
                 no
                 more
                 Porters-Lodge
                 at
                 White-Hall
              
               ;
               and
               told
               his
               Sacred
               Majesty
               in
               a
               Publique
               Declaration
               [
               Aug.
               8.
               42.
               
               ]
               that
               
                 the
                 Pretence
                 that
                 his
                 Person
                 was
                 There
                 in
                 danger
                 ,
                 was
                 a
                 Suggestion
                 as
                 false
                 as
                 the
                 Father
                 of
                 Lies
                 could
                 Invent
              
               —
               that
               Seiz'd
               the
               Tower
               ,
               the
               Navy
               ,
               the
               Kings
               Towns
               ,
               Forts
               ,
               Magazines
               ,
               Friends
               and
               Revenues
               ;
               that
               Levied
               war
               against
               ,
               and
               Imprison'd
               his
               Sacred
               Person
               ,
               Usurp'd
               his
               Soveraign
               Authority
               ;
               Embrew'd
               their
               Hands
               in
               his
               Royal
               Bloud
               ,
               and
               ,
               in
               the
               very
               Pulpit
               ,
               Animated
               and
               Avow'd
               the
               unexampled
               Murder
               .
               These
               were
               the
               Men
               that
               worsted
               us
               ,
               and
               These
               are
               the
               People
               which
               you
               plead
               for
               ,
               under
               the
               Mask
               of
               Non-Conformists
               .
            
             
               Your
               Patience
               yet
               a
               little
               further
               .
               The
               Non-Conformists
               are
               Many
               ,
               beyond
               Question
               ,
               (
               for
               the
               whole
               seditious
               Party
               lurks
               under
               That
               Denomination
               )
               but
               so
               long
               as
               they
               are
               neither
               in
               Order
               ,
               nor
               in
               Office
               ,
               they
               are
               not
               valuable
               .
               They
               are
               Wealthy
               too
               ;
               but
               so
               long
               as
               That
               Wealth
               lies
               in
               Particular
               Coffers
               ,
               there
               's
               not
               much
               fear
               of
               it
               ,
               as
               to
               the
               Publique
               .
               Now
               let
               them
               be
               as
               wise
               as
               you
               Imagine
               them
               ,
               That
               Policy
               which
               over-threw
               the
               Late
               King
               ,
               signifies
               nothing
               to
               the
               Hazzard
               of
               This
               :
               Nay
               more
               ,
               That
               which
               was
               
                 Then
                 ,
                 Policy
              
               ,
               would
               be
               Now
               ,
               Direct
               Folly.
               
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               This
               is
               but
               Discourse
               :
               My
               opinion
               is
               ,
               that
               if
               they
               had
               the
               same
               Will
               ,
               and
               Purpose
               to
               do
               Mischief
               which
               you
               suppose
               they
               have
               ,
               they
               do
               not
               want
               Conduct
               to
               their
               Number
               ,
               to
               make
               the
               Necessity
               of
               Complying
               with
               This
               Interest
               ,
               to
               appear
               evident
               ,
               past
               Contradiction
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Now
               Touching
               their
               Conduct
               .
               They
               must
               either
               do
               
               the
               same
               thing
               over
               again
               ,
               or
               steer
               another
               course
               :
               and
               their
               Method
               is
               too
               Notorious
               to
               succeed
               the
               one
               way
               ,
               as
               their
               Persons
               are
               too
               well
               known
               to
               do
               any
               good
               the
               Other
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               I
               do
               not
               well
               understand
               what
               you
               mean
               by
               their
               Method
               ;
               for
               Wisdom
               ,
               I
               suppose
               ,
               does
               not
               confine
               her self
               to
               any
               Certain
               and
               
                 prescript
                 manner
              
               of
               working
               ;
               but
               shapes
               the
               Method
               to
               the
               Occasion
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               I
               am
               neither
               totally
               With
               you
               ,
               nor
               Against
               you
               ,
               in
               This
               Poynt
               :
               For
               as
               in
               the
               Menage
               of
               Publique
               Affairs
               ,
               there
               is
               much
               left
               to
               Habitual
               Prudence
               ,
               and
               Discretion
               ,
               without
               need
               of
               directing
               every
               little
               Circumstance
               ,
               or
               Tracing
               every
               Line
               ;
               so
               are
               there
               certain
               General
               Rules
               ;
               certain
               Dispositive
               Means
               ,
               which
               all
               wise
               men
               conclude
               to
               be
               of
               absolute
               Necessity
               to
               such
               certain
               Ends.
               
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               The
               Question
               in
               hand
               is
               This
               ;
               Whether
               the
               Nonconformists
               be
               not
               an
               Intelligent
               ,
               as
               :
               well
               as
               a
               Numerous
               and
               Wealthy
               Party
               ?
               and
               how
               far
               
                 Reason
                 of
                 State
              
               may
               prevail
               for
               the
               Toleration
               of
               a
               sort
               of
               people
               in
               so
               many
               Respects
               considerable
               ?
               Pray
               speak
               to
               This.
               
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               If
               they
               be
               very
               Wise
               ,
               and
               very
               Many
               ,
               they
               had
               need
               be
               very
               Honest
               too
               ,
               there
               may
               be
               Danger
               else
               ;
               for
               if
               they
               be
               not
               Honest
               ,
               't
               is
               Unsafe
               ,
               and
               consequently
               Imprudent
               to
               Indulge
               them
               .
               I
               think
               ,
               the
               best
               Measure
               both
               of
               their
               Honesty
               ,
               and
               Wisdom
               ,
               may
               be
               taken
               from
               the
               Rise
               ,
               and
               Menage
               of
               the
               late
               Warr
               :
               Wherein
               ,
               I
               must
               confess
               ,
               there
               wanted
               neither
               Craft
               in
               the
               Packing
               of
               the
               Cards
               ,
               nor
               Conduct
               in
               the
               Playing
               of
               them
               .
               But
               what
               if
               I
               should
               Ask
               you
               now
               ,
               Who
               were
               the
               Prime
               Conductors
               in
               That
               Enterprize
               ?
               If
               you
               say
               ,
               The
               Non-conformists
               ;
               then
               They
               are
               not
               Honest
               enough
               to
               be
               Trusted
               ;
               (
               
                 would
                 you
                 have
                 the
                 King
                 Gratifie
                 the
                 Murtherers
                 of
                 his
                 Father
                 ?
              
               )
               If
               you
               say
               Otherwise
               ;
               Then
               't
               was
               not
               
                 Their
                 Conduct
              
               that
               did
               the
               work
               ,
               and
               they
               are
               not
               Wise
               enough
               to
               be
               fear'd
               .
               In
               short
               ,
               (
               to
               give
               them
               their
               Due
               ,
               and
               no
               More
               .
               )
               That
               which
               Destroy'd
               us
               Then
               ,
               was
               the
               Conjuncture
               of
               the
               most
               Perfidious
               of
               Subjects
               ,
               with
               the
               most
               Pious
               and
               Charitable
               of
               Princes
               :
               The
               King
               ,
               
                 in
                 fine
              
               ,
               was
               Ruin'd
               by
               his
               own
               Goodnesse
               .
               
               First
               ,
               without
               the
               Pacification
               at
               Berwick
               ,
               in
               1639.
               the
               Rebellion
               had
               been
               blasted
               in
               the
               Bud
               ;
               And
               Secondly
               ,
               his
               Majestye's
               Signing
               of
               the
               Bill
               for
               the
               Perpetual
               Parliament
               ,
               put
               the
               English
               in
               a
               capacity
               of
               seconding
               their
               Scottish
               Brethren
               .
               These
               were
               the
               Two
               Capital
               Concessions
               that
               Kill'd
               the
               Royal
               Interest
               ;
               The
               latter
               whereof
               ,
               his
               Majesty
               (
               of
               ever
               blessed
               Memory
               )
               reflects
               upon
               ,
               as
               [
               
                 No
                 sin
                 of
                 His
                 Will
                 ,
                 though
                 an
                 Errour
                 of
                 too
              
               
               
                 charitable
                 a
                 Iudgement
              
               ,
               ]
               and
               confesses
               that
               ,
               [
               
                 He
                 did
                 not
                 thereby
                 intend
                 to
                 shut
                 Himself
                 out
                 of
                 dores
                 ,
                 as
                 some
                 men
                 had
                 then
                 Requited
                 Him.
              
               ]
            
             
               There
               was
               likewise
               a
               fatal
               concurrence
               of
               Sedition
               and
               
                 Popular
                 Ignorance
              
               ,
               to
               facilitate
               the
               Design
               .
               Alas
               !
               the
               late
               King
               was
               oppress'd
               even
               by
               Those
               that
               thought
               they
               fought
               for
               him
               ,
               before
               ever
               they
               knew
               what
               they
               did
               ;
               and
               the
               folly
               of
               the
               
                 Common
                 Souldier
              
               contributed
               no
               less
               to
               the
               General
               Fate
               ,
               then
               the
               skill
               and
               malice
               of
               their
               Leaders
               .
               (
               Beside
               some
               unhappy
               why-not's
               and
               mistakes
               in
               the
               Kings
               Armyes
               ,
               which
               are
               not
               at
               all
               pertinent
               to
               our
               discourse
               .
               )
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               Admitting
               what
               you
               say
               ,
               still
               it
               was
               some
               Degree
               of
               Conduct
               to
               Procure
               those
               Grants
               ,
               and
               to
               Improve
               Those
               Means
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Alas
               !
               If
               
                 Iudas
                 his
                 Betraying
                 his
                 Master
                 with
                 a
                 Kisse
              
               ;
               If
               the
               Enflaming
               of
               the
               People
               by
               false
               ,
               and
               scurrilous
               Invectives
               against
               their
               Soveraign
               ;
               —
               If
               the
               Erecting
               of
               a
               Prerogative
               Conventicle
               by
               the
               force
               of
               Tumults
               ,
               and
               then
               giving
               it
               the
               Name
               of
               a
               Parliament
               ;
               —
               If
               the
               calling
               of
               God
               to
               Attest
               the
               Sanction
               of
               Perjury
               and
               Treason
               ;
               or
               if
               to
               Engage
               the
               People
               by
               a
               Sacramental
               Vow
               to
               Defend
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               then
               Hang
               them
               up
               for
               Adhering
               to
               him
               ;
               —
               If
               This
               (
               I
               say
               )
               be
               Conduct
               :
               let
               No
               man
               presume
               to
               Dispute
               their
               Title
               to
               't
               .
               But
               if
               by
               Conduct
               ,
               you
               intend
               a
               course
               of
               Honourable
               Wisdom
               ,
               you
               'l
               hardly
               find
               any
               foot-steps
               of
               That
               Conduct
               ,
               throughout
               the
               whole
               Transaction
               ▪
               Yet
               let
               this
               pass
               for
               Conduct
               ,
               and
               let
               
               the
               men
               that
               Govern'd
               the
               Design
               ,
               be
               allow'd
               for
               Politicians
               ;
               still
               I
               maintain
               ,
               that
               
                 This
                 Party
              
               ,
               though
               endu'd
               with
               the
               Wisdom
               of
               Angels
               ,
               cannot
               in
               
                 This
                 Iuncture
              
               ;
               no
               not
               in
               
                 This
                 Age
              
               ,
               pretend
               again
               to
               be
               considerable
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               That
               's
               sooner
               said
               ,
               then
               prov'd
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Truly
               ,
               I
               think
               not
               much
               ;
               in
               regard
               that
               both
               Their
               Wayes
               ,
               and
               their
               Persons
               are
               too
               well
               Known
               ,
               to
               be
               either
               Suffer'd
               ,
               or
               Credited
               .
            
             
               In
               Order
               to
               the
               late
               Warr
               ,
               the
               Party
               had
               Two
               Games
               to
               play
               ;
               for
               they
               were
               to
               make
               an
               Interest
               both
               with
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               with
               the
               People
               ,
               wherein
               their
               Master-piece
               was
               shew'd
               imprevailing
               with
               both
               King
               ,
               and
               People
               ,
               to
               Contribute
               to
               their
               own
               undoing
               ;
               To
               which
               End
               ,
               They
               first
               ,
               Acquainted
               Themselves
               with
               his
               Majesties
               Dearest
               Inclinations
               ;
               and
               Next
               ,
               with
               the
               Niceties
               ,
               and
               Distresses
               of
               his
               Government
               ,
               and
               Fortune
               :
               of
               which
               Discovery
               they
               made
               such
               use
               ,
               as
               Enabled
               Them
               to
               Overturn
               the
               Order
               both
               of
               Church
               and
               State
               ,
               and
               to
               perfect
               their
               long-Projected
               Reformation
               :
               For
               the
               late
               King
               's
               
                 Predominant
                 Affection
              
               being
               Piety
               ,
               and
               Compassion
               ,
               and
               his
               most
               Dangerous
               Distress
               being
               want
               of
               Money
               ,
               the
               Politicks
               of
               the
               Faction
               appear'd
               in
               nothing
               more
               ,
               than
               in
               Working
               upon
               his
               Majestye's
               Goodness
               ,
               and
               Necessities
               .
            
             
               Their
               Practices
               upon
               the
               People
               were
               chiefly
               employ'd
               upon
               the
               Two
               Things
               ,
               which
               of
               all
               Others
               they
               do
               the
               
                 least
                 understand
              
               ,
               and
               the
               most
               
                 furiously
                 pursue
              
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               Religion
               and
               Liberty
               ;
               wherein
               the
               Ministers
               were
               the
               Prime
               Instruments
               ,
               and
               Alaham
               (
               in
               the
               words
               of
               the
               Excellent
               Lord
               Brook
               )
               was
               their
               Instructor
               .
            
             
               
                 Preach
                 you
                 with
                 fiery
                 tongue
                 ,
                 distinguish
                 Might
                 ;
                 
              
               
                 Tyrants
                 from
                 Kings
                 ,
                 duties
                 in
                 question
                 bring
              
               
                 'Twixt
                 God
                 and
                 Man
                 ;
                 where
                 
                   power
                   infinite
                
              
               
                 Compar'd
                 ,
                 makes
                 
                   finite
                   power
                
                 a
                 
                   scornfull
                   thing
                
                 .
              
               
                 Safely
                 so
                 craft
                 may
                 with
                 the
                 truth
                 give
                 light
                 ,
              
               
                 To
                 Iudge
                 of
                 Crowns
                 without
                 enammelling
                 ;
              
               
                 And
                 bring
                 contempt
                 upon
                 the
                 Monarchs
                 State
                 ;
              
               
               
                 Where
                 straight
                 
                   unhallowed
                   power
                   hath
                   peoples
                   hate
                
                 .
              
               
                 Glaunce
                 at
                 Prerogatives
                 Indefinite
                 ,
              
               
                 Tax
                 Customs
                 ,
                 Warrs
                 ,
                 and
                 Lawes
                 all
                 gathering
                 ;
              
               
                 Censure
                 Kings
                 faults
                 ,
                 their
                 Spies
                 ,
                 and
                 Favourites
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Holiness
                   hath
                   a
                   Priviledge
                   to
                   sting
                   .
                
              
               
                 Men
                 be
                 not
                 Wise
                 ;
                 bitterness
                 from
                 zeal
                 of
                 spirit
                 ,
              
               
                 Is
                 hardly
                 Iudg'd
                 ;
                 the
                 envy
                 of
                 a
                 King
              
               
                 Makes
                 
                   People
                   Like
                   reproof
                   of
                   Majesty
                
                 .
              
               
                 Where
                 God
                 seems
                 great
                 in
                 Priests
                 audacity
                 —
              
            
             
               
                 And
                 when
                 mens
                 minds
                 thus
                 tun'd
                 and
                 tempted
                 are
              
               
                 To
                 change
                 ,
                 with
                 Arguments
                 'gainst
                 present
                 times
                 ,
              
               
                 Then
                 Hope
                 awakes
                 ,
                 and
                 man's
                 Ambition
                 climes
                 .
              
            
             
               This
               was
               the
               Artifice
               ,
               by
               which
               the
               Faction
               skrew'd
               Themselves
               formerly
               into
               an
               Interest
               ;
               but
               alas
               ,
               what
               would
               the
               same
               Thing
               over
               again
               avail
               them
               now
               ?
               when
               his
               Majesty
               ha's
               but
               to
               look
               behind
               him
               upon
               the
               sad
               Fate
               of
               his
               Royal
               Father
               ,
               to
               secure
               Himself
               against
               all
               Possibility
               of
               Another
               Imposture
               .
               And
               for
               the
               Multitude
               ,
               they
               must
               be
               worse
               than
               Brutes
               ,
               in
               case
               of
               any
               New
               Attempt
               ,
               ever
               to
               Engage
               against
               This
               King
               ,
               upon
               any
               Man's
               Credit
               ,
               that
               had
               his
               Hand
               in
               the
               Death
               of
               the
               Last
               ;
               so
               that
               we
               are
               both
               Wiser
               and
               Surer
               at
               Present
               ,
               then
               we
               were
               
                 Twenty
                 years
                 agoe
              
               ,
               upon
               a
               double
               Accompt
               ;
               First
               ,
               the
               Calamityes
               of
               the
               Last
               Warr
               are
               still
               fresh
               in
               our
               Remembrance
               ,
               and
               I
               do
               not
               find
               the
               People
               generally
               so
               sanctifi'd
               by
               their
               .
               Experience
               ,
               but
               they
               had
               rather
               lye
               still
               for
               their
               
                 Real
                 Profit
              
               ,
               then
               Fight
               it
               over
               again
               for
               the
               Sound
               of
               
                 Religion
                 .
                 Secondly
              
               ,
               We
               are
               pre-acquainted
               with
               the
               most
               likely
               Instruments
               and
               Pretences
               of
               Raising
               any
               New
               Troubles
               .
            
             
               As
               for
               the
               Unity
               ye
               boast
               of
               ,
               't
               is
               very
               true
               ;
               that
               the
               
                 Non-conformists
                 Agreed
              
               against
               the
               Publique
               ,
               till
               they
               found
               it
               Impossible
               for
               them
               any
               longer
               to
               Agree
               among
               Themselves
               ;
               And
               there
               's
               the
               Utmost
               of
               their
               Unity
               .
               Their
               Resolution
               indeed
               I
               cannot
               Deny
               but
               it
               comes
               up
               to
               That
               in
               th'
               Epigram
               ,
               That
               ,
               
                 He
                 that
                 Dares
                 be
                 Damn'd
                 ,
                 Dares
                 more
                 than
                 fight
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               Wee
               shall
               do
               our
               Cause
               an
               Injury
               to
               press
               too
               farr
               upon
               Reason
               of
               State
               in
               Matter
               of
               Religion
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Indeed
               ,
               I
               think
               you
               'l
               find
               it
               a
               hard
               Task
               ,
               to
               make
               it
               out
               to
               any
               Man
               of
               Reason
               ,
               that
               the
               Kingdom
               will
               be
               either
               the
               Better
               for
               Granting
               you
               a
               Toleration
               ,
               or
               the
               Worse
               for
               Refusing
               it
               :
               but
               't
               is
               to
               be
               hop'd
               that
               your
               Merits
               will
               plead
               better
               for
               you
               then
               your
               Politicks
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               SECT
               .
               V.
            
             The
             Non-Conformists
             Plea
             for
             TOLERATION
             ,
             from
             the
             Merits
             of
             the
             Party
             .
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               WHat
               ha's
               your
               Party
               (
               Gentlemen
               )
               Merited
               from
               the
               Publique
               ,
               that
               an
               Exception
               to
               a
               General
               Rule
               ,
               should
               be
               Granted
               in
               Your
               Favour
               ?
               Name
               your
               services
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               Wee
               ventur'd
               All
               to
               save
               the
               Life
               of
               the
               Late
               King.
               
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               And
               yet
               Ye
               ventur'd
               more
               to
               Take
               it
               away
               :
               for
               ,
               Ye
               did
               but
               Talk
               for
               the
               One
               ,
               and
               Ye
               Fought
               for
               the
               Other
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               We
               ever
               Abominated
               the
               Thought
               of
               Murthering
               him
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               You
               should
               have
               Abominated
               the
               Money
               too
               ,
               for
               which
               Ye
               Sold
               him
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               Did
               Wee
               sell
               him
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               No
               ,
               You
               were
               the
               Purchasers
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               Did
               not
               the
               Presbyterians
               Vote
               
                 His
                 Majesties
                 Concessions
                 a
                 Ground
                 for
                 a
                 Treaty
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Yes
               :
               but
               withall
               they
               held
               him
               up
               to
               Conditions
               worse
               than
               Death
               it self
               ;
               and
               ,
               in
               short
               ,
               They
               Deliver'd
               Him
               up
               ,
               when
               they
               might
               have
               Preserv'd
               Him
               ;
               and
               they
               
               Stickled
               for
               Him
               ,
               when
               they
               knew
               they
               could
               do
               Him
               no
               Good.
               
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               What
               Design
               could
               They
               have
               in
               That
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               They
               might
               have
               the
               same
               Design
               in
               -48.
               which
               they
               had
               in
               -41.
               for
               ought
               that
               I
               know
               .
               To
               make
               a
               Party
               by
               't
               ;
               and
               set
               up
               a
               
                 Presbyterian
                 Interest
              
               in
               the
               
                 Kings
                 Name
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               All
               the
               World
               knowes
               ,
               that
               we
               were
               so
               much
               afflicted
               for
               his
               Sacred
               Majesties
               Distress
               ,
               that
               we
               had
               many
               solemn
               Dayes
               of
               Humiliation
               for
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               So
               ye
               had
               for
               his
               Successes
               ,
               for
               fear
               he
               should
               get
               the
               better
               of
               ye
               ;
               and
               you
               had
               your
               Dayes
               of
               Thanksgiving
               too
               ,
               for
               his
               Dysasters
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               What
               do
               ye
               think
               of
               Preston-Fight
               ?
               was
               That
               a
               Iuggle
               too
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               I
               think
               ye
               should
               do
               well
               to
               let
               that
               Action
               sleep
               ,
               for
               the
               Honour
               of
               the
               Kirk
               :
               for
               though
               the
               Cavaliers
               found
               it
               Great
               Earnest
               ,
               't
               is
               shrewdly
               suspected
               that
               there
               was
               
                 foul
                 play
              
               among
               the
               Brethren
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               Pray'e
               let
               mee
               ask
               you
               One
               Question
               :
               Who
               Brought
               in
               This
               King
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               They
               that
               would
               not
               suffer
               .
               You
               to
               keep
               him
               out
               :
               That
               Party
               that
               by
               a
               Restless
               ,
               and
               Incessant
               Loyalty
               ,
               hinder'd
               your
               Establishments
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               And
               what
               do
               ye
               think
               of
               the
               Sccluded
               Members
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               I
               think
               ,
               a
               New
               Choyce
               would
               have
               done
               the
               Kings
               business
               every
               jot
               as
               well
               ;
               and
               Matters
               were
               then
               at
               That
               pass
               ,
               that
               One
               of
               the
               Two
               was
               unavoydable
               .
               In
               fine
               ,
               't
               is
               allow'd
               at
               all
               hands
               ,
               that
               the
               Prime
               Single
               Instrument
               of
               his
               Majestyes
               Restauration
               was
               the
               Duke
               of
               Albemarle
               .
               But
               if
               you
               come
               to
               Partyes
               ,
               the
               very
               Fact
               appears
               against
               ye
               :
               For
               ,
               though
               all
               possible
               Industry
               was
               employ'd
               to
               make
               the
               Next
               Choyce
               totally
               Presbyterian
               ,
               by
               Disabling
               all
               such
               Persons
               ,
               and
               their
               Sons
               ,
               as
               (
               in
               effect
               )
               had
               serv'd
               the
               King
               since
               -41.
               without
               manifesting
               their
               Repentance
               for
               it
               since
               ;
               Yet
               ,
               so
               strong
               was
               the
               General
               Vote
               of
               the
               People
               ,
               for
               the
               Kings
               True
               Interest
               ,
               and
               against
               All
               Factions
               ,
               that
               All
               Endeavour
               was
               too
               little
               to
               
               Leaven
               the
               next
               Convention
               ,
               as
               was
               Design'd
               .
               If
               ye
               have
               no
               more
               to
               say
               for
               the
               Merits
               of
               your
               Party
               ,
               wee
               'l
               pass
               on
               to
               the
               Merits
               of
               your
               Cause
               :
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               Do
               so
               ,
               and
               wee
               'l
               give
               you
               the
               Hearing
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               SECT
               .
               VI.
            
             The
             Non-conformists
             Plea
             for
             TOLERATION
             ,
             from
             the
             Innocence
             of
             their
             Practices
             and
             Opinions
             .
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               COncerning
               the
               Innocency
               of
               your
               Practices
               and
               Opinions
               ,
               must
               be
               our
               next
               Enquiry
               ;
               and
               how
               farr
               your
               Actions
               and
               Principles
               Comport
               with
               the
               Duties
               of
               Society
               ,
               and
               with
               the
               Ends
               of
               Government
               .
               If
               Authority
               find
               them
               Regular
               and
               Modest
               ,
               it
               will
               be
               a
               fair
               Motive
               to
               his
               Majesty
               to
               Grant
               ye
               an
               Indulgence
               ,
               upon
               so
               fair
               a
               Presumption
               that
               You
               will
               not
               Abuse
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               And
               we
               shall
               willingly
               cast
               our selves
               upon
               That
               Tryal
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Go
               to
               then
               .
               But
               I
               must
               Ask
               ye
               some
               untoward
               Questions
               by
               the
               way
               .
               What
               's
               your
               Opinion
               (
               Gentlemen
               )
               of
               the
               Warr
               Rais'd
               in
               —
               41.
               was
               it
               a
               Rebellion
               ,
               or
               no
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               'T
               is
               a
               Point
               we
               dare
               not
               Meddle
               with
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Nay
               ,
               then
               you
               falter
               ;
               for
               if
               you
               Thought
               it
               One
               ,
               you
               'ld
               Answer
               me
               ;
               and
               if
               ye
               think
               it
               None
               ,
               you
               'd
               think
               the
               same
               Thing
               ,
               over
               again
               ,
               to
               be
               none
               too
               .
               Suffice
               it
               ,
               that
               in
               fact
               there
               was
               a
               Warr
               ,
               and
               such
               a
               Warr
               as
               no
               Honest
               English
               Man
               can
               Reflect
               upon
               ,
               but
               with
               Grief
               ,
               Shame
               ,
               Horrour
               ,
               and
               Indignation
               :
               Can
               ye
               tell
               me
               what
               was
               the
               Ground
               of
               the
               Quarrel
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               I
               think
               you
               were
               in
               the
               Right
               your self
               ,
               when
               ye
               said
               ,
               it
               was
               Religion
               and
               Liberty
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               I
               suppose
               ,
               I
               shall
               not
               need
               to
               tell
               ye
               the
               Event
               
               of
               it
               ;
               But
               of
               which
               side
               were
               the
               
                 Tender
                 Consciences
                 ,
                 For
              
               the
               King
               ,
               or
               Against
               Him
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               We
               were
               ever
               for
               the
               King
               :
               Witness
               our
               Petitions
               ,
               Declarations
               ,
               and
               in
               a
               most
               Signal
               Manner
               ,
               our
               
                 Solemn
                 League
                 and
                 Covenant
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Now
               I
               thought
               ye
               had
               been
               Against
               Him
               ,
               because
               ye
               Seiz'd
               his
               Revenues
               ,
               Levy'd
               a
               War
               ,
               Hunted
               and
               Imprison'd
               his
               Person
               ,
               and
               at
               last
               took
               away
               his
               Life
               .
               But
               the
               truth
               on
               't
               is
               ,
               Ye
               were
               Both
               :
               Ye
               were
               For
               Him
               in
               Your
               Words
               ,
               and
               Against
               Him
               in
               Your
               Actions
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               There
               were
               many
               in
               Our
               Party
               That
               Lov'd
               the
               King
               as
               well
               as
               Any
               of
               You
               that
               were
               about
               Him.
               
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               That
               is
               ,
               According
               to
               your
               Covenant
               :
               and
               I
               do
               not
               think
               but
               that
               your
               Party
               Loves
               
                 This
                 King
              
               just
               as
               they
               did
               the
               Last
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               I
               would
               his
               Majesty
               had
               no
               worse
               Enemies
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               And
               I
               say
               ,
               God
               send
               Him
               better
               Friends
               .
               You
               Love
               the
               Bishops
               too
               I
               hope
               ,
               Do
               ye
               not
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               Truly
               when
               they
               are
               out
               of
               their
               Fooleries
               ,
               I
               have
               no
               Quarrel
               to
               the
               Men.
               
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               And
               to
               deal
               plainly
               ,
               I
               am
               not
               yet
               Convinc'd
               of
               their
               Lordships
               Prerogative
               ;
               nor
               that
               there
               's
               Any
               
                 Inherent
                 Holiness
              
               in
               a
               Cope
               or
               a
               Surplice
               .
               But
               why
               do
               you
               Couple
               the
               Crown
               and
               the
               Miter
               so
               ,
               as
               if
               no
               Man
               could
               be
               a
               
                 good
                 Subject
              
               ,
               that
               's
               Disaffected
               to
               Prelacy
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               To
               be
               Free
               with
               ye
               ,
               That
               's
               my
               Opinion
               ,
               and
               I
               'm
               the
               stiffer
               in
               't
               ,
               because
               I
               think
               you
               can
               hardly
               shew
               me
               ,
               any
               One
               Non-Conformist
               ,
               that
               upon
               a
               voluntary
               and
               clear
               Accompt
               ever
               struck
               Stroke
               For
               the
               King
               ;
               nor
               any
               true
               Son
               of
               the
               
                 Episcopal
                 Order
              
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               that
               ever
               bore
               Arms
               Against
               Him.
               
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               What
               will
               you
               forfeit
               if
               I
               shew
               you
               Hundreds
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Either
               my
               Head
               ,
               or
               the
               Cause
               ,
               which
               you
               please
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               What
               do
               ye
               think
               of
               the
               Papists
               then
               ▪
               (
               but
               it
               may
               be
               you
               and
               they
               are
               all
               One
               ,
               and
               so
               you
               w'ont
               reckon
               them
               for
               Non-Conformists
               )
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               To
               say
               the
               truth
               ,
               we
               were
               All
               One
               in
               Loyalty
               to
               his
               Majesty
               ,
               and
               to
               Your
               Eternal
               Reproach
               be
               it
               spoken
               ,
               
               [
               
                 That
                 the
                 Papists
                 should
                 have
                 a
                 greater
                 Sense
              
               
               
                 of
                 their
                 Allegeance
                 than
                 many
                 Protestant
                 Professors
              
               ]
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               Nay
               I
               believe
               a
               
                 Machiavellian
                 Jesuit
              
               shall
               ha'your
               good
               word
               ,
               sooner
               then
               a
               
                 Conscientious
                 Puritan
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Truly
               no
               ;
               for
               a
               
                 Presbyterian
                 Papist
              
               ,
               and
               a
               
                 Presbyterian
                 Puritan
              
               are
               Both
               alike
               to
               mee
               ;
               and
               I
               confess
               ,
               I
               had
               rather
               be
               Preserv'd
               by
               a
               Man
               of
               
                 Another
                 Religion
              
               ,
               than
               ha'
               my
               
                 Throat
                 out
              
               by
               One
               of
               my
               Own.
               But
               ,
               my
               Good
               Brother
               of
               the
               Consistory
               ,
               no
               Slipping
               your
               Neck
               out
               of
               the
               Col
               ar
               :
               I
               was
               speaking
               of
               the
               Non-Conformists
               ;
               by
               which
               Term
               is
               properly
               meant
               ,
               Such
               Persons
               as
               Refuse
               to
               Obey
               the
               Orders
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               whereof
               they
               Acknowledge
               Themselves
               to
               be
               Members
               ;
               so
               that
               the
               Point
               in
               Debate
               ,
               has
               no
               Coherence
               at
               all
               with
               your
               Digression
               .
               To
               Mind
               you
               of
               it
               ,
               the
               Question
               's
               This
               :
               Whether
               or
               no
               the
               Practises
               of
               the
               Non-Conformists
               have
               been
               such
               ,
               as
               may
               probably
               Dispose
               his
               Majesty
               towards
               the
               Granting
               of
               a
               Toleration
               .
               And
               now
               to
               hold
               you
               to
               the
               Question
               [
               By
               Whom
               was
               the
               War
               in
               Scotland
               begun
               ?
               ]
               By
               the
               Non-Conformists
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               By
               whom
               I
               beseech
               ye
               was
               the
               Rebellion
               in
               Ireland
               begun
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               By
               the
               
                 Presbyterian
                 Papists
              
               ,
               but
               it
               was
               provok'd
               ,
               and
               pre-dispos'd
               by
               the
               
                 Presbyterian
                 Puritans
              
               ;
               [
               
                 So
                 that
              
               ,
               
               
                 next
                 to
                 the
                 Sin
                 of
                 those
                 ,
                 who
                 begun
                 that
                 Rebellion
                 ,
                 Theirs
                 must
                 needs
                 be
                 ,
                 who
                 either
                 hindred
                 the
                 speedy
                 suppressing
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 by
                 Domestique
                 Dissentions
                 ,
                 or
                 diverted
                 the
                 Aids
                 ,
                 or
                 exasperated
                 the
                 Rebels
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 most
                 Desperate
                 Resolutions
                 and
                 Actions
                 ,
                 by
                 threatning
                 all
                 Extremities
                 ,
                 not
                 only
                 to
                 the
                 known
                 Heads
                 and
                 chief
                 Incendiaries
                 ;
                 but
                 even
                 to
                 the
                 whole
                 Community
              
               
               
                 of
                 that
                 Nation
                 ,
                 Resolving
                 to
                 Destroy
                 Root
                 and
                 Branch
                 ,
                 Men
                 ,
                 Women
                 ,
                 and
                 Children
                 ;
                 without
                 any
                 regard
                 to
                 those
                 usual
                 pleas
                 for
                 Mercy
                 ,
                 which
                 Conquerours
                 ,
                 not
                 wholly
                 Barbarous
                 ,
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 hear
                 from
                 their
                 own
                 breasts
                 ,
                 in
                 behalf
                 of
                 those
                 ,
                 whose
                 oppressive
                 Fears
                 ,
                 rather
                 than
                 their
                 Malice
                 ,
                 Engag'd
                 them
                 ;
                 or
                 whose
                 Imbecillity
                 for
                 Sex
                 and
                 Age
                 was
                 such
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 could
                 neither
                 lift
                 up
                 a
                 hand
                 against
                 them
                 ,
                 nor
                 distinguish
                 between
                 their
                 right
                 hand
                 and
                 their
                 left
                 .
              
               ]
               These
               are
               the
               Words
               of
               that
               Evangelical
               Prince
               ,
               that
               Dy'd
               a
               Martyr
               for
               That
               Religion
               ,
               and
               Liberty
               ,
               which
               He
               was
               Calumniated
               to
               have
               Betray'd
               .
               By
               whom
               I
               beseech
               ye
               ,
               was
               He
               Persecuted
               ,
               Divested
               of
               All
               his
               Regalities
               ,
               Assaulted
               ,
               Immur'd
               ,
               Depos'd
               ,
               and
               Murder'd
               ,
               but
               By
               
                 Your
                 Party
              
               ,
               Gentlemen
               ?
               By
               whom
               ,
               was
               Episcopacy
               Destroy'd
               ,
               Root
               and
               Branch
               ;
               the
               Law
               Trampled
               upon
               ;
               Our
               Churches
               Prophan'd
               ;
               Monarchy
               Subverted
               ;
               the
               Free-born
               People
               of
               England
               Pillag'd
               ,
               and
               Enslav'd
               ;
               the
               Nation
               Engag'd
               in
               Bloud
               and
               Beggery
               ;
               but
               by
               the
               Non-Conformists
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               Why
               do
               ye
               Charge
               those
               Exorbitancies
               upon
               the
               
                 whole
                 Party
              
               ,
               that
               were
               the
               Crimes
               only
               of
               some
               Particular
               and
               Ambitious
               Men
               ?
               Do
               you
               believe
               ,
               That
               it
               should
               ever
               have
               gone
               so
               far
               ,
               if
               we
               Two
               could
               have
               Hinder'd
               it
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               No
               ,
               Indeed
               do
               I
               not
               ;
               and
               I
               do
               believe
               that
               there
               were
               Thousands
               in
               the
               Party
               that
               Intended
               it
               as
               little
               as
               your selves
               .
               Now
               ,
               Me
               thinks
               ,
               This
               Experience
               should
               Deterre
               ye
               ,
               from
               the
               Project
               you
               are
               at
               this
               Instant
               upon
               ;
               Especially
               considering
               that
               you
               are
               upon
               the
               very
               Steps
               that
               led
               to
               the
               late
               Rebellion
               .
               The
               Method
               ,
               was
               Petitioning
               ;
               the
               Argument
               ,
               was
               Liberty
               of
               Conscience
               ;
               and
               the
               
                 Pretext
                 ,
                 Religion
                 ▪
                 Popery
              
               ,
               was
               the
               Bug-bear
               ;
               and
               the
               Multitude
               ,
               
               were
               the
               Umpires
               of
               the
               Controversie
               .
               ▪
               Nay
               ,
               you
               have
               the
               very
               
                 same
                 Persons
              
               to
               Lead
               ye
               On
               ;
               and
               They
               ,
               the
               very
               
                 same
                 Matter
              
               to
               work
               upon
               .
               Bethink
               your selves
               ;
               Ye
               meant
               no
               hurt
               (
               ye
               say
               )
               to
               the
               
                 last
                 King
              
               ,
               and
               yet
               ye
               Ruin'd
               him
               :
               Ye
               may
               perchance
               Intend
               as
               little
               harm
               to
               
                 This
                 King
              
               ,
               and
               yet
               do
               him
               as
               much
               .
               Not
               that
               the
               matter
               is
               in
               
                 Your
                 Power
              
               ;
               but
               I
               would
               not
               have
               it
               in
               your
               Will
               ,
               and
               Endeavour
               .
               But
               enough
               is
               said
               touching
               the
               Innocency
               of
               your
               Practices
               :
               That
               of
               your
               Opinions
               ,
               follows
               ;
               and
               I
               am
               Mistaken
               ,
               if
               your
               Principles
               prove
               not
               Altogether
               as
               Intolerable
               as
               your
               Practices
               (
               by
               Intolerable
               ,
               I
               mean
               ,
               
                 Inconsistent
                 with
                 the
                 Publique
                 Peace
              
               )
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               Sure
               you
               'll
               send
               me
               to
               my
               Catechism
               again
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Nay
               ,
               Marque
               me
               ;
               I
               will
               make
               it
               so
               clear
               to
               ye
               ,
               that
               
                 You
                 your Selves
              
               shall
               Confess
               ,
               that
               
                 Sedition
                 flowes
                 as
                 Naturally
                 from
                 your
                 Ordinary
                 ,
                 and
                 Receiv'd
                 Opinions
                 ,
                 as
                 Corrupt
                 Waters
                 from
                 a
                 Poyson'd
                 Fountain
              
               ;
               and
               not
               as
               an
               Accident
               neither
               ,
               attendant
               upon
               Your
               Separation
               ,
               but
               as
               a
               form'd
               and
               
                 excogitated
                 Design
              
               ,
               wrapt
               up
               ,
               and
               Coucht
               in
               the
               very
               Mystery
               of
               your
               Profession
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               '
               Wou'd
               you
               'd
               be
               pleas'd
               to
               unvail
               the
               Mystery
               you
               speak
               of
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               In
               Obedience
               ,
               I
               'll
               Endeavour
               it
               .
            
             
               The
               most
               Sacred
               of
               All
               Bonds
               ,
               is
               That
               of
               Government
               ,
               next
               to
               That
               of
               Religion
               ;
               and
               the
               Reverence
               which
               we
               Owe
               to
               
                 Humane
                 Authority
              
               ,
               is
               only
               Inferiour
               to
               That
               which
               we
               Owe
               to
               
                 God
                 Himself
              
               .
               Yet
               ,
               such
               is
               the
               
                 Deprav'd
                 State
              
               of
               Nature
               ,
               that
               Every
               man
               is
               touch'd
               with
               an
               Ambition
               (
               more
               or
               less
               )
               to
               gain
               to
               Himself
               some
               share
               in
               the
               Command
               of
               the
               Whole
               :
               and
               from
               hence
               proceed
               Those
               Struglings
               of
               Particular
               Persons
               ,
               which
               we
               so
               frequently
               meet
               with
               in
               Opposition
               to
               the
               General
               Lawes
               ,
               and
               Ends
               of
               Order
               and
               Society
               .
               So
               soon
               as
               This
               Private
               Humour
               has
               Emprov'd
               ,
               and
               Ripen'd
               it Self
               into
               a
               Design
               ,
               the
               first
               Maxim
               which
               appears
               in
               favour
               of
               it
               ,
               is
               This
               ;
               that
               The
               
                 Less
                 Obligation
              
               must
               give
               way
               to
               the
               Greater
               ;
               as
               (
               for
               Instance
               )
               
                 Reason
                 of
                 State
              
               must
               give
               place
               to
               Matter
               of
               Religion
               ,
               
               and
               
                 Humane
                 Lawes
              
               to
               the
               
                 Law
                 Divine
              
               :
               which
               being
               Duly
               Weigh'd
               ,
               what
               has
               any
               man
               more
               to
               do
               in
               Order
               to
               the
               Embroyling
               of
               a
               Nation
               ,
               but
               to
               perswade
               the
               People
               that
               This
               or
               that
               
                 Political
                 Law
              
               has
               no
               Foundation
               in
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ;
               to
               bid
               them
               
                 Stand
                 fast
                 in
                 the
                 Liberty
                 wherewith
              
               
               
                 Christ
                 has
                 Made
                 them
                 Free
              
               :
               and
               finally
               to
               Engage
               the
               Name
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               the
               Voyce
               of
               Religion
               in
               the
               Quarrel
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               And
               do
               not
               You
               your self
               believe
               it
               Better
               to
               Obey
               God
               then
               Man
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               but
               I
               think
               it
               Best
               of
               All
               to
               
                 Obey
                 Both
              
               :
               to
               Obey
               God
               ,
               for
               Himself
               ,
               in
               Spirituals
               ;
               and
               Man
               for
               
                 God's
                 sake
              
               in
               Temporals
               ,
               as
               he
               is
               
                 God's
                 Commissioner
              
               .
               But
               let
               me
               Proceed
               .
               Are
               not
               you
               Convinc'd
               ,
               that
               the
               most
               likely
               way
               in
               the
               world
               to
               stir
               up
               Subjects
               against
               their
               Prince
               ,
               is
               to
               Proclaim
               the
               Iniquity
               of
               his
               Laws
               ?
               to
               tell
               them
               (
               in
               Effect
               )
               that
               They
               'll
               be
               Damn'd
               ,
               if
               they
               Obey
               ;
               and
               (
               in
               a
               word
               )
               to
               make
               the
               Rabble
               Judges
               of
               their
               Governours
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               Well
               ,
               but
               what
               's
               This
               to
               Us
               ,
               or
               
                 Our
                 Opinions
              
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               I
               wish
               it
               were
               not
               ;
               but
               to
               Couch
               the
               whole
               in
               a
               Little
               ,
               Shew
               me
               ,
               if
               you
               can
               ,
               where
               ever
               your
               Opinions
               yet
               gain'd
               Footing
               in
               the
               world
               without
               Violence
               ,
               and
               Bloud
               :
               Shew
               me
               again
               ,
               Any
               One
               Sermon
               or
               Discourse
               (
               Authoris'd
               by
               a
               Non-conformist
               )
               from
               1640.
               to
               This
               Instant
               ,
               that
               presses
               Obedience
               to
               the
               Magistrate
               ,
               unless
               where
               the
               Faction
               was
               Uppermost
               ;
               which
               shrew'dly
               intimates
               ,
               that
               Your
               Principles
               are
               Inconsistent
               with
               your
               Duties
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               very
               Grounds
               of
               Your
               Government
               are
               Destructive
               of
               any
               Other
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               Make
               That
               appear
               if
               you
               can
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               I
               will
               so
               ,
               and
               I
               think
               we
               shall
               not
               need
               to
               travail
               out
               of
               his
               Majesty's
               Dominions
               to
               Prove
               it
               .
               Come
               ,
               Zeal
               ;
               You
               're
               of
               the
               Classical
               way
               ;
               and
               
                 You
                 ,
                 Scruple
              
               ,
               of
               the
               Independent
               ;
               Produce
               Your
               Doctors
               ;
               (
               but
               let
               them
               be
               the
               Pillars
               of
               your
               Cause
               )
               such
               Persons
               ,
               as
               upon
               whose
               Judgment
               ,
               and
               Integrity
               ,
               You
               'll
               venture
               the
               Sum
               of
               the
               Dispute
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               Soft
               and
               fair
               ,
               I
               beseech
               ye
               ;
               what
               is
               't
               you
               undertake
               to
               do
               ?
            
          
           
             
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               I
               do
               undertake
               to
               prove
               that
               the
               Opinions
               of
               the
               Non-conformists
               ,
               (
               to
               say
               no
               worse
               )
               will
               very
               hardly
               admit
               a
               Toleration
               :
               and
               ,
               Now
               ,
               By
               whom
               will
               ye
               be
               Try'd
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               What
               do
               ye
               think
               of
               Rutherford
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               I
               suppose
               you
               mean
               the
               Divinity-Professour
               of
               St.
               Andrews
               .
               (
               
                 Iohn
                 Goodwin
              
               ,
               I
               remember
               ,
               calls
               him
               ,
               
                 The
                 Chariot
                 of
                 Presbytery
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Horsemen
                 thereof
              
               )
               In
               Truth
               you
               have
               pitch'd
               upon
               the
               Atlas
               of
               your
               Cause
               .
               But
               hear
               the
               Rabbi
               in
               his
               own
               words
               ,
               [
               a
               ]
               
                 The
                 Power
                 of
                 the
                 -
                 King
                 is
                 but
                 Fiduciary
                 .
              
               [
               b
               ]
               
                 The
                 Soveraign
                 Power
                 is
              
               Eminently
               ,
               Fontal●ter
               ,
               Originally
               ,
               and
               Radically
               
                 in
                 the
                 People
              
               .
               [
               c
               ]
               
                 The
                 King
                 is
                 in
                 Dignity
                 Inferiour
                 to
                 the
                 People
                 .
              
               [
               d
               ]
               
                 There
                 is
                 a
                 Court
                 of
                 Necessity
                 ,
                 no
                 less
                 than
                 a
                 Court
                 of
                 Iustice
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Fundamental
                 Laws
                 must
                 Then
                 speak
                 ;
                 and
                 it
                 is
                 with
                 the
                 People
                 ,
                 in
                 This
                 Extremity
                 ,
                 as
                 if
                 they
                 had
                 no
                 Ruler
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               Well
               :
               but
               Rutherford
               is
               but
               One
               man
               ,
               I
               believe
               you
               'll
               find
               Gillespy
               of
               another
               Opinion
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Assure
               your Self
               ,
               Friend
               Mine
               ,
               they
               all
               sing
               the
               Same
               Song
               [
               e
               ]
               [
               
                 Let
                 not
                 the
                 Pretence
                 of
                 Peace
                 and
                 Unity
                 cool
                 your
                 Fervour
                 ,
                 or
                 make
                 you
                 Spare
                 to
                 oppose
                 your selves
                 unto
                 these
                 Idle
                 and
                 Idolized
                 Ceremonies
                 ,
                 against
                 which
                 we
                 Dispute
              
               ]
               For
               [
               f
               ]
               
                 Whensoever
                 you
                 may
                 omit
                 that
                 which
                 Princes
                 enjoyn
                 ,
                 without
                 Violating
                 the
                 Law
                 of
                 Charity
                 ,
                 you
                 are
                 not
                 holden
                 to
                 Obey
                 them
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 Majesty
                 of
                 Princely
                 Authority
                 .
              
            
             
               Are
               not
               These
               Sons
               of
               Zeal
               worthy
               of
               Encouragement
               ,
               think
               ye
               ?
               You
               'll
               say
               perhaps
               ,
               Gillespy
               is
               but
               One
               Man
               neither
               .
               Come
               ,
               Come
               ,
               I
               could
               shew
               ye
               Hundreds
               of
               Them
               ;
               and
               if
               you
               'll
               but
               read
               
                 Spottswood's
                 History
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 of
                 Scotland
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 his
                 Late
                 Majesty's
                 Large
                 Declaration
                 ,
                 Printed
                 in
              
               1639.
               ye
               shall
               need
               go
               no
               further
               for
               satisfaction
               .
               To
               pass
               over
               the
               Desperate
               Opinions
               and
               Contrivances
               of
               Particulars
               ;
               as
               
                 Willock
                 ,
                 Knox
                 ,
                 Melvil
                 ,
                 Gibson
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               Let
               us
               look
               a
               little
               into
               their
               more
               Solemn
               Actions
               ,
               and
               read
               the
               Temper
               of
               the
               Kirk
               in
               their
               General
               Assemblies
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   1.
                   
                   
                     An
                     Assembly
                     is
                     Independant
                     ,
                     either
                     from
                  
                   
                   
                   
                     King
                     or
                     Parliament
                     in
                     Matters
                     Ecclesiastical
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   2.
                   
                   
                     An
                     Assembly
                     may
                     Abrogate
                     an
                     Act
                     of
                  
                   
                   
                     Parliament
                     ,
                     if
                     it
                     any
                     way
                     reflect
                     upon
                     the
                     business
                     of
                     the
                     Church
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   3.
                   
                   
                     It
                     is
                     Lawful
                     for
                     Subjects
                     to
                     make
                     a
                  
                   
                   
                     Covenant
                     and
                     Combination
                  
                   without
                   
                     the
                     King
                     ,
                     and
                     to
                     enter
                     into
                     a
                     Bond
                     of
                     Mutual
                     Defence
                  
                   against
                   Him.
                   
                
                 
                   4.
                   
                   
                     The
                     Major
                     part
                     of
                     the
                     Kingdome
                     (
                     especially
                  
                   
                   
                     being
                     met
                     in
                     a
                     Representative
                     Assembly
                     )
                     may
                     do
                     any
                     thing
                     which
                     they
                     take
                     to
                     be
                     Conducing
                     to
                     the
                     Glory
                     of
                     God
                     ,
                     and
                     to
                     the
                     Good
                     of
                     the
                     Church
                     ;
                     not
                     only
                  
                   Without
                   
                     the
                     Royal
                     Authority
                     ,
                     but
                     Expresly
                  
                   Against
                   it
                   .
                
              
            
             
               Were
               't
               not
               a
               Thousand
               Pitties
               now
               ,
               to
               refuse
               This
               Tender
               Sort
               of
               Christians
               a
               Toleration
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               Nay
               ;
               In
               good
               truth
               ,
               I
               never
               lik't
               the
               Extreme
               Rigour
               of
               the
               Scottish
               Discipline
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               And
               yet
               't
               was
               That
               you
               Leagu'd
               and
               Covenanted
               to
               make
               your
               Pattern
               ;
               but
               where
               do
               you
               Expect
               to
               Mend
               your Self
               ,
               under
               That
               Form
               of
               Government
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               Truly
               ,
               I
               take
               our
               English
               Divines
               of
               that
               Iudgment
               to
               be
               very
               Pious
               ,
               Moderate
               Persons
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Never
               a
               Barrel
               better
               Herring
               ;
               That
               is
               ,
               If
               they
               come
               once
               to
               Dip
               into
               the
               Controversie
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               Do
               not
               you
               take
               Mr.
               —
               for
               a
               very
               sober
               well-weigh'd
               Person
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Take
               you
               the
               Measure
               of
               him
               ,
               from
               his
               own
               Hand
               .
               [
               
                 If
                 a
                 People
                 bound
                 by
                 Oath
                 shall
                 Dispossess
                 their
                 Prince
                 ,
                 and
                 Chuse
                 ,
                 and
                 Covenant
                 with
                 Another
                 ;
                 they
                 may
                 be
                 Oblig'd
                 by
                 the
                 Latter
                 ,
                 notwithstanding
                 their
                 former
                 Covenant
                 .
              
               ]
               The
               
               
                 real
                 Soveraignty
                 among
                 us
                 ,
                 was
                 ,
                 in
                 King
                 ,
                 Lords
                 and
                 Commons
                 ;
                 and
                 if
                 the
                 King
                 raise
                 War
                 against
                 such
                 a
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 in
                 That
                 Case
                 ,
                 the
                 King
                 may
                 not
                 only
                 be
                 Resisted
                 ,
                 but
                 ceaseth
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 King.
              
               Hear
               now
               the
               File-leader
               of
               SMECTYMNUUS
               .
               
               [
               
                 The
                 Quection
                 in
              
               England
               ,
               
                 is
                 whether
              
               Christ
               or
               Antichrist
               
                 shall
                 be
              
               Lord
               ,
               or
               King
               :
               
                 Go
                 on
                 therefore
                 Couragiously
              
               :
               Never
               can
               ye
               lay
               out
               your
               Bloud
               in
               such
               a
               Quarrel
               ;
               
                 Christ
                 shed
                 all
                 his
                 Bloud
                 to
                 save
                 you
                 from
                 Hell
                 ,
                 venture
                 all
                 yours
                 to
                 set
                 Him
                 upon
                 his
                 Throne
                 .
              
               (
               That
               is
               to
               say
               ,
               Down
               with
               Episcopacy
               ,
               and
               Up
               with
               Presbytery
               )
               This
               is
               the
               Language
               of
               One
               of
               your
               Seraphique
               Doctors
               ;
               and
               the
               Sermon
               both
               Preach'd
               by
               Command
               ,
               and
               Printed
               by
               Order
               .
               Take
               notice
               of
               his
               Auditory
               too
               :
               No
               less
               then
               the
               
                 Two
                 Houses
                 ,
                 General
                 ,
                 Lord-Mayor
                 ,
                 Assembly
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Scotch
                 Commissioners
                 ,
                 Ian.
              
               18.
               1643.
               
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               You
               will
               not
               deny
               Mr.
               
                 John
                 Goodwyn
              
               (
               I
               hope
               )
               to
               be
               a
               Reverend
               Divine
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               At
               the
               Rate
               of
               
                 Your
                 Divinity
              
               ,
               indeed
               I
               cannot
               deny
               it
               ,
               
                 Touching
                 the
                 Righteousness
                 of
                 the
                 Sentence
                 passed
                 upon
              
               
               
                 the
                 King
                 ;
                 Doubtless
              
               (
               says
               he
               )
               
                 never
                 was
                 there
                 any
                 Person
                 under
                 Heaven
                 Sentenc'd
                 with
                 Death
                 upon
                 more
                 Equitable
                 ,
                 and
                 just
                 Grounds
                 ,
                 in
                 respect
                 of
                 Guilt
                 and
                 Demerit
                 .
              
               Mr.
               Ienkins
               is
               of
               the
               same
               opinion
               ,
               and
               so
               is
               
                 Parker
                 ,
                 Milton
              
               ;
               and
               ,
               in
               fine
               ,
               the
               whole
               Tribe
               of
               
                 Medling
                 Non-conformists
              
               are
               of
               the
               same
               Leven
               .
               Now
               ,
               to
               shew
               ye
               that
               This
               Agreement
               comes
               not
               by
               Chance
               ,
               you
               are
               to
               observe
               ,
               that
               whatsoever
               is
               first
               Expos'd
               and
               Blown
               abroad
               (
               by
               the
               Hirelings
               of
               the
               Faction
               )
               from
               the
               Press
               ,
               and
               Pulpit
               ,
               is
               still
               Seconded
               (
               at
               least
               ,
               if
               the
               People
               Relish
               it
               )
               with
               the
               Approbation
               of
               the
               Counsel
               :
               so
               that
               the
               main
               use
               of
               Sermons
               ,
               and
               Pamphlets
               ,
               is
               only
               to
               dispose
               the
               Multitude
               for
               Votes
               ,
               and
               Ordinances
               .
               If
               you
               doubt
               This
               ;
               do
               but
               Compare
               the
               Doctrines
               of
               the
               One
               ,
               with
               the
               Practices
               of
               the
               Other
               ;
               and
               you
               must
               be
               Blind
               ,
               not
               to
               discern
               that
               they
               act
               by
               Consent
               ,
               and
               
                 Intelligence
                 .
                 In
                 case
                 of
                 False-worship
              
               (
               says
               the
               Pulpit
               )
               and
               (
               says
               the
               Press
               )
               
                 In
                 case
                 of
                 Tyranny
                 ,
                 Defensive
                 Arms
                 are
                 Lawful
                 .
              
               If
               the
               People
               Swallow
               This
               ;
               the
               next
               news
               ye
               hear
               ,
               is
               a
               Vote
               for
               
               putting
               that
               Position
               in
               Practice
               .
               
                 Resolved
                 upon
                 the
                 Question
              
               
               
                 that
                 the
                 King
                 (
                 Seduced
                 by
                 wicked
                 Counsel
                 )
                 intends
                 to
                 make
                 War
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
               [
               May
               20.
               1642.
               ]
               
                 Resolved
                 upon
                 the
              
               
               
                 Question
                 ,
                 that
                 an
                 Army
                 shall
                 be
                 forthwith
                 Raised
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
               [
               
                 Iuly
                 12.
                 1642.
              
               
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               Will
               ye
               make
               the
               Parliament
               then
               ,
               and
               the
               Synod
               ,
               Confederate
               with
               the
               Rabble
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Tush
               ,
               Tush
               ;
               
                 Turbam
                 ,
                 tam
                 Chlamydatos
                 ,
                 quàm
                 Coronam
                 voco
                 .
              
               I
               speak
               of
               a
               Faction
               ,
               not
               of
               an
               Anthority
               ;
               I
               do
               not
               meddle
               with
               Parliaments
               :
               Yet
               since
               you
               have
               such
               a
               Kindness
               for
               the
               very
               Names
               These
               People
               Acted
               under
               ,
               Let
               me
               Offer
               ye
               a
               Word
               or
               two
               to
               Consider
               upon
               ,
               touching
               That
               Thing
               ,
               which
               you
               call
               a
               Synod
               .
               First
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 men
                 were
                 neither
                 Legally
                 Conven'd
                 ,
                 nor
              
               
               
                 did
                 They
                 Act
                 in
                 the
                 Name
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 Clergy
                 of
              
               England
               :
               So
               that
               no
               Matter
               what
               They
               Did
               ,
               as
               to
               the
               Validity
               of
               any
               thing
               They
               could
               pretend
               to
               do
               .
               Secondly
               ,
               What
               was
               Their
               Employment
               ,
               but
               to
               Advise
               upon
               the
               Cleanliest
               way
               of
               Shifting
               the
               Government
               ,
               and
               to
               do
               as
               much
               for
               the
               Bishops
               ,
               as
               the
               House
               did
               for
               his
               Majesty
               ?
               Will
               ye
               have
               the
               Truth
               on
               't
               ?
               They
               clear'd
               their
               Conscience
               abundantly
               to
               Both.
               First
               ;
               in
               Their
               Letter
               to
               
                 Reformed
                 Churches
              
               Abroad
               ,
               They
               Charge
               the
               King
               as
               the
               Patron
               of
               the
               
                 Irish
                 Rebellion
              
               [
               Pa.
               7.
               ]
               and
               ,
               in
               short
               ,
               throughout
               the
               whole
               Tenor
               of
               it
               as
               the
               most
               Insupportable
               Tyrant
               in
               Nature
               .
               Secondly
               ,
               Let
               That
               (
               not
               only
               Unchristian
               but
               Inhumane
               )
               Collection
               of
               
                 White
                 's
                 Scandalous
                 Ministers
              
               bear
               Witness
               Against
               Them.
               Wherein
               ,
               without
               any
               Respect
               either
               to
               Truth
               ,
               or
               Modesty
               ,
               They
               have
               Expos'd
               so
               Many
               Reverend
               Names
               to
               Infamy
               ,
               and
               Dishonour
               ,
               for
               the
               better
               Colour
               of
               Their
               own
               Wickedness
               in
               Robbing
               them
               of
               their
               Livings
               .
            
             
               I
               have
               here
               laid
               before
               you
               ,
               the
               
                 Merits
                 ,
                 Practices
              
               ,
               and
               Opinions
               of
               the
               Party
               you
               plead
               for
               .
               If
               I
               have
               told
               ye
               
                 Truth
                 ,
                 Think
              
               on
               't
               ;
               if
               
                 otherwise
                 ,
                 Disprove
              
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               I
               will
               not
               Deny
               ,
               but
               Ill
               things
               have
               been
               done
               :
               Shall
               All
               therefore
               be
               Condemn'd
               ,
               for
               the
               Faults
               of
               Some
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               And
               I
               will
               not
               deny
               neither
               ,
               but
               there
               are
               Good
               
               people
               in
               the
               mixture
               ;
               shall
               All
               therefore
               be
               Indulg'd
               for
               the
               Honesty
               of
               some
               ?
               Try
               your
               skill
               ,
               my
               Masters
               ;
               and
               if
               You
               can
               contrive
               such
               an
               Expedient
               ,
               as
               may
               Relieve
               Particulars
               ,
               without
               Hazzard
               ,
               or
               Dammage
               to
               the
               Whole
               ,
               ye
               shall
               have
               my
               Vote
               for
               such
               a
               Toleration
               .
               But
               before
               ye
               propound
               it
               ,
               give
               me
               leave
               to
               offer
               ye
               such
               other
               Reasons
               of
               my
               Own
               ,
               Against
               it
               ,
               as
               have
               not
               been
               yet
               touch'd
               upon
               ,
               and
               then
               you
               are
               at
               Liberty
               to
               speak
               to
               All
               at
               Once
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               SECT
               .
               VII
               .
               TOLERATION
            
             ,
             causes
             Confusion
             both
             in
             Church
             and
             State.
             
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               GEntlemen
               ,
               To
               come
               quick
               to
               the
               Business
               ;
               My
               Exceptions
               to
               your
               Proposal
               of
               Toleration
               ,
               shall
               be
               Reduc'd
               to
               
                 Four
                 Heads
              
               :
               My
               First
               Exception
               arises
               from
               the
               very
               Nature
               of
               the
               Thing
               it self
               ;
               My
               Second
               ,
               from
               this
               
                 Iuncture
                 of
                 Time
              
               wherein
               it
               is
               Desired
               ;
               My
               Third
               ,
               from
               the
               Consideration
               of
               the
               Partyes
               that
               Desire
               it
               ;
               and
               My
               Last
               Exception
               ,
               proceeds
               from
               the
               Reverence
               I
               bear
               to
               the
               Authority
               that
               is
               to
               Grant
               it
               .
               Now
               ,
               if
               You
               please
               ,
               Wee
               'l
               begin
               with
               the
               First
               ,
               and
               pass
               to
               the
               Rest
               in
               Order
               .
            
             
               My
               First
               Argument
               against
               Toleration
               ,
               is
               This
               :
               It
               is
               (
               in
               those
               that
               press
               it
               )
               
                 a
                 Tacit
                 Condemnation
                 of
                 an
                 Establisht
                 Law
                 ,
              
               and
               not
               without
               some
               Reflection
               upon
               the
               Supreme
               Authority
               it self
               .
               If
               there
               was
               Reason
               for
               the
               Making
               of
               it
               ,
               There
               is
               yet
               More
               for
               the
               Observing
               of
               it
               ;
               by
               how
               much
               an
               Universal
               Obedience
               is
               more
               Profitable
               to
               the
               Publique
               ,
               than
               any
               Particular
               Constitution
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               It
               would
               be
               well
               ,
               If
               you
               would
               bring
               all
               People
               to
               the
               same
               Mind
               ,
               before
               ye
               force
               them
               to
               the
               same
               Rule
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               But
               it
               would
               be
               Ill
               if
               you
               should
               admit
               of
               no
               
               Rule
               at
               all
               ,
               till
               you
               had
               found
               out
               One
               ,
               that
               all
               the
               world
               should
               be
               pleas'd
               with
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               We
               do
               not
               ask
               the
               Vacating
               of
               a
               Law
               ,
               but
               the
               Relaxing
               of
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Why
               then
               ,
               You
               ask
               a
               Worse
               Thing
               ;
               for
               it
               were
               Much
               better
               for
               the
               Publique
               ,
               utterly
               to
               vacate
               a
               Good
               Law
               ,
               then
               to
               suffer
               the
               Withdrawing
               of
               that
               Reverence
               which
               is
               due
               even
               to
               a
               Bad
               one
               .
               If
               the
               Reason
               of
               such
               or
               such
               a
               Law
               be
               gone
               ,
               Repeal
               the
               Law
               ;
               but
               to
               let
               the
               
                 Obligation
                 fall
              
               ,
               and
               the
               
                 Law
                 Stand
              
               ,
               is
               ,
               not
               only
               to
               Introduce
               ,
               but
               to
               Proclaim
               a
               Disorder
               in
               the
               Government
               .
               The
               Law
               ,
               in
               fine
               ,
               is
               ,
               an
               Act
               of
               Publique
               ,
               and
               Impartial
               Justice
               ,
               not
               made
               for
               This
               ,
               or
               That
               Particular
               ,
               but
               for
               a
               Common
               Good.
               
            
             
               My
               Second
               Exception
               to
               Tolcration
               ,
               is
               ,
               Because
               it
               Implyes
               a
               kind
               of
               Assent
               (
               let
               me
               not
               say
               Submission
               )
               both
               to
               the
               Equity
               of
               the
               
                 Subjects
                 Complaint
              
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               Reason
               of
               the
               
                 Tolerated
                 Opinion
              
               ,
               which
               ,
               in
               some
               Degree
               ,
               seems
               to
               
                 Authorise
                 a
                 Separation
              
               .
               Now
               let
               it
               be
               once
               admitted
               ,
               that
               any
               One
               Law
               may
               be
               Question'd
               by
               the
               Multitude
               ;
               the
               Consequence
               reaches
               to
               all
               the
               Rest
               :
               Let
               it
               be
               admitted
               ,
               either
               ,
               that
               any
               
                 One
                 sort
                 of
                 People
              
               may
               be
               allowed
               to
               challenge
               any
               
                 One
                 Law
              
               ,
               All
               other
               Opinions
               have
               the
               same
               Right
               of
               Compleyning
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               But
               we
               do
               not
               question
               either
               the
               Prudence
               of
               the
               Law-makers
               ,
               or
               the
               General
               Equity
               of
               the
               Constitution
               ;
               only
               where
               God
               has
               not
               given
               us
               Consciences
               suitable
               to
               the
               Rule
               ,
               we
               do
               humbly
               begg
               of
               his
               Majesty
               to
               bestow
               upon
               us
               a
               Rule
               that
               may
               comply
               with
               our
               Consciences
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Would
               you
               have
               a
               Law
               made
               that
               shall
               comply
               with
               
                 All
                 Consciences
              
               ?
               Ye
               demand
               an
               Impossibility
               .
               God
               Himself
               never
               made
               a
               Law
               that
               pleased
               all
               people
               .
               Oh!
               but
               the
               Imposition
               under
               a
               Penalty
               troubles
               ye
               .
               Take
               a-away
               the
               Sanction
               ,
               and
               what
               signifies
               the
               Law
               ?
               Well
               ,
               but
               You
               would
               be
               exempt
               I
               perceive
               from
               the
               general
               Obligation
               ;
               so
               would
               every
               man
               else
               ,
               and
               then
               there
               's
               no
               Law
               at
               all
               :
               In
               short
               ,
               Ye
               cannot
               say
               what
               ye
               would
               have
               .
               Would
               ye
               have
               a
               particular
               Indulgence
               ?
               Where
               's
               the
               
               Equity
               of
               it
               as
               to
               Those
               that
               are
               Excluded
               ?
               Will
               ye
               have
               it
               Generall
               ?
               Where
               's
               the
               Conscience
               of
               it
               ,
               when
               all
               Heresies
               are
               entertain'd
               .
               You
               should
               consider
               ,
               that
               Lawes
               are
               fram'd
               with
               a
               regard
               to
               the
               Community
               ;
               and
               they
               ought
               to
               stand
               Firm
               and
               Inexorable
               :
               If
               once
               they
               come
               to
               hearken
               to
               
                 Particular
                 Clamours
              
               ,
               and
               to
               side
               with
               
                 Particular
                 Interests
                 ,
                 the
                 Reverence
                 of
                 Government
                 is
                 shaken
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               You
               have
               speculated
               here
               some
               Airy
               Inconveniences
               ;
               but
               where
               's
               the
               Real
               hazard
               of
               receding
               from
               that
               Inexorable
               strictness
               ?
               (
               as
               you
               call
               it
               .
               )
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               First
               ,
               the
               Magistrate
               makes
               himself
               of
               a
               Party
               with
               Those
               that
               he
               Tolerates
               ,
               against
               Those
               that
               he
               Rejects
               ,
               which
               drawes
               an
               envy
               upon
               the
               Government
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               The
               Tolerated
               Party
               becomes
               a
               Sanctuary
               for
               all
               the
               seditious
               Persons
               in
               the
               Kingdom
               .
               It
               was
               well
               said
               of
               one
               (
               whom
               I
               esteem
               more
               for
               his
               Wit
               than
               his
               Honesty
               )
               speaking
               of
               a
               Thin
               House
               of
               Commons
               ;
               
                 It
                 looks
              
               (
               says
               he
               )
               
                 like
                 a
                 Parish
                 Church
                 that
                 borders
                 upon
                 a
                 Conventicle
                 .
              
               And
               the
               very
               Truth
               of
               it
               is
               ,
               
                 A
                 Schismatical
                 Lecturer
              
               ,
               is
               as
               bad
               as
               a
               
                 Rosted
                 Dogg
              
               in
               a
               Dove-house
               ,
               he
               tolls
               away
               all
               the
               Pigeons
               i'
               th
               Countrey
               .
               Not
               that
               the
               People
               throng
               to
               him
               for
               the
               Excellency
               of
               the
               Man
               ,
               or
               of
               the
               Way
               ,
               but
               they
               Meet
               to
               Proclaim
               Themselves
               Masters
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
               and
               to
               count
               how
               many
               Thousand
               souls
               there
               are
               ,
               even
               in
               this
               sinfull
               Nation
               ,
               that
               will
               not
               
                 bow
                 the
                 Knee
                 to
                 Baal
              
               .
               Let
               them
               go
               on
               ,
               and
               within
               a
               while
               ,
               the
               King
               perhaps
               shall
               sue
               to
               Them
               ,
               for
               the
               same
               Toleration
               They
               now
               begg
               from
               Him
               ,
               and
               go
               without
               it
               ;
               that
               is
               ,
               unless
               His
               Majesty
               has
               better
               luck
               then
               his
               Father
               (
               which
               God
               send
               him
               ,
               for
               he
               has
               several
               of
               the
               very
               same
               Persons
               to
               deal
               withall
               .
               )
            
             
               Another
               Objection
               may
               be
               This
               ;
               If
               there
               be
               any
               Reason
               for
               Granting
               a
               Toleration
               ,
               't
               is
               Probable
               the
               Reason
               will
               be
               stronger
               for
               Continuing
               it
               ;
               so
               that
               ,
               in
               Time
               ,
               the
               People
               shall
               Challenge
               That
               as
               a
               Right
               ,
               which
               They
               now
               only
               Demand
               as
               a
               Favour
               ;
               and
               the
               next
               Motion
               is
               into
               a
               
                 Popular
                 Reformation
              
               .
               Let
               me
               add
               to
               what
               I
               have
               said
               ,
               that
               a
               Toleration
               does
               not
               only
               Evirtuate
               the
               Law
               ,
               but
               it
               naturally
               
               produces
               a
               total
               Dissolution
               of
               Ecclesiastical
               Order
               ,
               and
               consequently
               begets
               a
               Confusion
               both
               in
               Church
               and
               State.
               
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               You
               speak
               as
               if
               there
               were
               no
               such
               thing
               as
               a
               Toleration
               in
               Nature
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Of
               that
               in
               place
               convenient
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               SECT
               .
               VIII
            
             .
             The
             Danger
             of
             TOLERATION
             in
             this
             Iuncture
             .
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               I
               Need
               not
               tell
               ye
               (
               Gentlemen
               )
               that
               I
               am
               no
               great
               friend
               to
               Toleration
               at
               Any
               time
               :
               but
               I
               must
               confess
               to
               ye
               ,
               that
               at
               This
               time
               I
               like
               it
               worse
               then
               I
               have
               done
               at
               any
               Other
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               When
               ,
               to
               My
               thinking
               ,
               there
               never
               was
               more
               need
               of
               it
               ,
               nor
               more
               Hope
               of
               the
               Fruit
               of
               it
               ,
               then
               is
               at
               this
               Instant
               .
               Are
               not
               the
               People
               ready
               to
               Tumult
               for
               want
               of
               it
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Indeed
               a
               very
               proper
               Reason
               why
               they
               should
               have
               it
               ,
               that
               they
               may
               be
               encouraged
               to
               Tumult
               again
               ,
               for
               what
               they
               have
               a
               mind
               to
               Next
               .
               How
               long
               do
               you
               believe
               that
               Government
               would
               stand
               ,
               where
               the
               Multitude
               should
               take
               notice
               that
               their
               Rulers
               are
               afraid
               of
               them
               ?
               Are
               they
               ready
               to
               Tumult
               ?
               then
               they
               are
               not
               Conscientious
               ;
               and
               if
               it
               be
               not
               conscience
               that
               moves
               them
               ,
               't
               is
               Sedition
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               I
               'm
               very
               confident
               ,
               An
               Indulgence
               would
               Quiet
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Can
               you
               remember
               the
               steps
               of
               the
               last
               Warr
               ,
               and
               be
               of
               that
               Opinion
               ?
               What
               was
               it
               but
               That
               which
               was
               given
               to
               Quiet
               the
               Faction
               that
               enabled
               them
               to
               take
               All
               the
               Rest
               ?
               To
               give
               you
               a
               fresh
               Instance
               ;
               What
               could
               be
               more
               
                 Pious
                 ,
                 Gracious
              
               ,
               or
               Obliging
               ,
               then
               his
               Majesties
               Late
               
               Declaration
               ,
               in
               Favour
               of
               the
               Non-conformists
               ?
               All
               that
               was
               possible
               for
               the
               King
               to
               doe
               ,
               in
               consistence
               with
               
                 Conscience
                 ,
                 Honour
              
               ,
               and
               the
               Peace
               of
               his
               Dominions
               ,
               his
               Majesty
               has
               there
               frankly
               assur'd
               them
               of
               :
               and
               what
               's
               the
               effect
               of
               all
               ?
               Are
               they
               one
               jot
               the
               Quieter
               for
               't
               ?
               No
               ,
               but
               the
               worse
               ;
               for
               no
               sooner
               was
               his
               Majesties
               Tenderness
               (
               in
               That
               Particular
               )
               made
               Publique
               ,
               but
               the
               generality
               (
               even
               of
               Those
               that
               had
               lately
               entred
               into
               a
               Regular
               and
               Dutifull
               complyance
               with
               the
               Orders
               of
               the
               Church
               )
               started
               into
               a
               new
               Revolt
               ;
               which
               Demonstrates
               ,
               that
               the
               true
               ground
               of
               their
               Separation
               is
               not
               Conscience
               ,
               but
               Faction
               ,
               and
               proves
               sufficiently
               the
               benefit
               ,
               and
               necessity
               ,
               of
               a
               strict
               Rule
               ,
               and
               the
               hazard
               of
               a
               Relaxation
               :
               For
               you
               see
               ,
               that
               rather
               then
               abide
               the
               Penalty
               of
               the
               Act
               ,
               they
               could
               Conform
               ;
               but
               upon
               the
               least
               Glimpse
               of
               an
               Indulgence
               ,
               they
               Relapse
               into
               a
               Schism
               .
            
             
               Come
               ,
               Brother
               Zeal
               ;
               Your
               Friend
               of
               —
               shall
               pin
               the
               Basket.
               That
               Sermon
               of
               his
               that
               you
               wote
               of
               ,
               (
               at
               least
               if
               His
               it
               be
               ,
               and
               several
               Impressions
               of
               it
               have
               pass'd
               as
               His
               ,
               without
               any
               Contradiction
               )
               That
               Sermon
               do
               I
               take
               to
               be
               one
               of
               the
               Lewdest
               Requitals
               of
               the
               Kings
               Mercy
               and
               Goodness
               that
               ever
               —
               But
               no
               more
               ,
               
                 Hee
                 's
                 a
                 Son
                 of
                 the
                 Kirk
                 .
              
            
             
               Take
               him
               First
               ,
               as
               a
               Person
               whom
               his
               Majesty
               has
               Pardon'd
               ,
               although
               a
               Leading
               ,
               and
               
                 Pragmatical
                 Instrument
              
               toward
               the
               Ruine
               of
               his
               
                 Royal
                 Father
              
               .
               Consider
               him
               Secondly
               ,
               as
               one
               that
               has
               been
               taken
               nibbling
               at
               Sedition
               ,
               since
               his
               Majesty's
               Return
               before
               now
               ,
               and
               yet
               been
               wink'd
               at
               .
               Thirdly
               ,
               take
               notice
               of
               the
               very
               point
               of
               Time
               he
               has
               chosen
               for
               his
               purpose
               .
               His
               Contempt
               meets
               the
               Kings
               Mercy
               just
               in
               the
               Face
               ,
               and
               his
               Majesty's
               Arms
               are
               no
               sooner
               open
               to
               receive
               him
               ,
               then
               he
               takes
               that
               very
               nick
               of
               Opportunity
               to
               stabb
               him
               in
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               And
               all
               This
               Amplifying
               ,
               and
               Passion
               ,
               for
               Preaching
               ,
               forsooth
               ,
               
                 without
                 a
                 Licence
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               The
               least
               thing
               in
               my
               thought
               ,
               I
               assure
               ye
               ;
               for
               I
               speak
               to
               the
               Dangerous
               Scope
               and
               Application
               of
               his
               
               Sermon
               ,
               without
               any
               concern
               at
               all
               whether
               he
               did
               Well
               ,
               or
               Ill
               ,
               as
               to
               the
               Act
               of
               Uniformity
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               I
               will
               not
               justifie
               his
               Prudence
               ,
               but
               in
               my
               Conscience
               the
               man
               never
               meant
               any
               hurt
               ,
               either
               to
               this
               King
               ,
               or
               to
               his
               Father
               ,
               I
               should
               abhorre
               him
               ,
               if
               I
               thought
               he
               did
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Wee
               'l
               handle
               that
               Point
               at
               leasure
               :
               But
               to
               bring
               what
               we
               are
               now
               upon
               ,
               to
               a
               Period
               .
               I
               look
               upon
               Mr.
               Calamy
               as
               the
               Mouth
               of
               the
               Party
               ,
               and
               ye
               see
               with
               what
               a
               seditious
               Confidence
               they
               own
               his
               Actions
               ,
               and
               avow
               his
               Disobedience
               :
               So
               that
               from
               Mr.
               
                 Calamy's
                 single
                 Case
              
               ,
               we
               are
               to
               take
               the
               Measure
               of
               the
               
                 Main
                 Question
              
               :
               And
               now
               I
               ask
               ye
               ;
               
                 Whether
                 ,
                 or
                 no
                 ,
                 do
                 you
                 hold
                 it
                 convenient
                 to
                 dispense
                 with
                 a
                 Law
                 ,
                 in
                 favour
                 of
                 That
                 Party
                 ,
                 which
                 at
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 both
                 Challenges
                 ,
                 and
                 Defies
                 That
                 Law
                 ,
                 and
                 Despises
                 that
                 Mercy
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               When
               you
               have
               made
               out
               the
               Fact
               ,
               as
               you
               have
               layd
               it
               ,
               I
               'le
               tell
               ye
               my
               Opinion
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Again
               ,
               we
               are
               perpetually
               Alarm'd
               with
               Plotts
               ,
               ye
               see
               ;
               Now
               what
               better
               means
               then
               a
               Toleration
               ,
               to
               draw
               the
               Conspirators
               into
               a
               Body
               ?
               In
               Truth
               ;
               to
               gratifie
               a
               Party
               that
               thus
               outfaces
               Authority
               ,
               and
               to
               do
               it
               too
               in
               the
               very
               Crisis
               of
               the
               Contest
               ,
               is
               a
               Policy
               that
               I
               can't
               reach
               the
               Bottom
               of
               .
               This
               Thred
               might
               be
               drawn
               finer
               ;
               but
               I
               have
               something
               to
               say
               concerning
               the
               Party
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               the
               Time.
               
            
          
        
         
           
           
             
               SECT
               .
               IX
            
             .
             Arguments
             against
             TOLERATION
             ,
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             Party
             that
             desires
             it
             ;
             with
             ,
             Animadversions
             upon
             a
             certain
             Pamphlet
             ,
             Entituled
             ,
             
               A
               SERMON
            
             Preached
             at
             ALDERMANBURY-CHURCH
             ,
             Decemb.
             28.
             1662.
             
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               WE
               are
               now
               entring
               into
               a
               Large
               Field
               ,
               Gentlemen
               ,
               and
               that
               we
               may
               not
               lose
               our selves
               ,
               Let
               us
               move
               orderly
               toward
               the
               Question
               .
               Your
               Party
               desires
               a
               Toleration
               ,
               is
               't
               not
               so
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               It
               is
               so
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               And
               what
               is
               Your
               Party
               ,
               I
               beseech
               ye
               ?
               Where
               do
               they
               Dwell
               ?
               What
               are
               their
               Names
               ?
               Their
               Opinions
               ,
               &c.
               —
               For
               to
               Tolerate
               ,
               No
               body
               knowes
               Whom
               ,
               or
               What
               ,
               would
               be
               a
               little
               with
               the
               Largest
               ,
               I
               think
               ;
               would
               it
               not
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               Truly
               I
               think
               it
               would
               .
               But
               to
               Answer
               your
               queynt
               Question
               ;
               Our
               Party
               is
               a
               certain
               number
               of
               Godly
               and
               Conscientious
               men
               ,
               that
               desire
               a
               Freedom
               to
               Worship
               God
               in
               
                 their
                 own
                 way
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               But
               now
               You
               must
               tell
               me
               Your
               Way
               too
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               Our
               Way
               must
               be
               such
               a
               Way
               as
               is
               agreeable
               to
               
                 Gods
                 Word
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Do
               ye
               mean
               ,
               that
               it
               must
               be
               expressly
               
                 mark'd
                 out
              
               ,
               and
               commanded
               There
               ;
               or
               will
               it
               serve
               the
               Turn
               ,
               if
               it
               be
               only
               not
               Prohibited
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               God
               forbid
               ,
               that
               any
               sober
               Christian
               should
               imagine
               that
               our
               Saviour
               left
               his
               Church
               without
               a
               Rule
               ,
               and
               certainly
               
                 the
                 Lord's
                 Discipline
              
               is
               the
               best
               Pattern
               ,
               so
               that
               we
               are
               to
               stick
               to
               
                 the
                 Ordinance
                 of
                 Jesus
                 Christ
              
               ,
               without
               Adding
               or
               Diminishing
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Scruple
               ,
               What
               say
               You
               to
               This
               ?
               for
               if
               it
               be
               so
               ,
               there
               is
               but
               One
               way
               of
               Worshipping
               ,
               Lawfull
               ;
               and
               consequently
               ,
               but
               One
               way
               Tolerable
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               In
               Truth
               ,
               I
               am
               content
               to
               venture
               My
               Soul
               among
               Those
               that
               serve
               the
               Lord
               according
               to
               the
               Light
               that
               he
               has
               given
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               So
               that
               I
               perceive
               't
               is
               utterly
               Impossible
               to
               please
               ye
               Both
               ;
               for
               You
               are
               for
               several
               wayes
               ,
               and
               your
               Brother
               Zeal
               but
               for
               One.
               How
               comes
               it
               now
               that
               
                 You
                 Two
              
               ,
               that
               can
               never
               Agree
               betwixt
               your
               selves
               ,
               should
               yet
               Joyn
               in
               a
               Petition
               against
               Us
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               We
               Agree
               in
               This
               ,
               that
               neither
               of
               us
               would
               be
               Limited
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Do
               not
               You
               find
               your self
               Foul
               now
               upon
               the
               Old
               Rock
               of
               
                 Universal
                 Toleration
              
               again
               ?
               I
               would
               ,
               You
               'd
               be
               but
               so
               honest
               Once
               ,
               as
               to
               Yield
               ,
               when
               Y'
               are
               Convinc'd
               .
               Can
               you
               either
               name
               Those
               Opinions
               ,
               which
               you
               would
               have
               Indulg'd
               ;
               or
               can
               you
               Expect
               a
               Toleration
               for
               all
               Opinions
               at
               a
               venture
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               Provided
               they
               be
               not
               contrary
               to
               
                 Gods
                 Word
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               But
               who
               shall
               be
               Iudg
               of
               That
               ?
               If
               each
               Individual
               ,
               You
               must
               admit
               Right
               and
               Wrong
               ,
               promiscuously
               ,
               for
               no
               man
               will
               condemn
               himself
               ;
               If
               Authority
               ,
               You
               are
               concluded
               by
               an
               
                 Ecclesiastical
                 Law.
              
               Have
               a
               Care
               now
               of
               your
               old
               Distinction
               of
               Fundamentals
               ,
               and
               Non-fundamentals
               ,
               for
               then
               your
               very
               foundation
               fails
               ye
               ,
               and
               ye
               renounce
               the
               most
               plausible
               part
               of
               your
               Plea
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               your
               Title
               of
               Conscience
               .
               A
               word
               now
               to
               your
               Brother
               .
            
             
               You
               are
               for
               the
               
                 Holy
                 Discipline
              
               ,
               Zeal
               ;
               for
               That
               way
               ,
               and
               for
               no
               Other
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               We
               are
               for
               That
               way
               which
               is
               prescrib'd
               in
               the
               Word
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Of
               which
               way
               ,
               either
               the
               People
               or
               the
               Governours
               must
               be
               the
               Judges
               .
               If
               you
               say
               the
               People
               ,
               the
               Independent
               has
               the
               Better
               of
               ye
               ;
               if
               the
               Governours
               ,
               you
               must
               submit
               to
               the
               Resolutions
               of
               the
               Church
               :
               In
               fine
               ,
               If
               ye
               cannot
               say
               what
               ye
               would
               have
               ,
               never
               Complain
               that
               ye
               cannot
               Obtain
               what
               ye
               Ask
               ;
               and
               That
               's
               my
               first
               Reason
               against
               
               Tolerating
               the
               
                 Non-conformists
                 .
                 They
                 are
                 a
                 sort
                 of
              
               
               
                 People
                 that
                 would
                 have
                 they
                 know
                 not
                 what
                 .
              
               In
               which
               ,
               Particular
               Experience
               bears
               witness
               against
               them
               :
               For
               ,
               what
               have
               they
               done
               since
               —
               41.
               but
               Overturn'd
               the
               Government
               ,
               Divided
               the
               Spoyl
               ,
               Enrich'd
               Themselves
               ,
               Embroyl'd
               every
               thing
               ,
               and
               setled
               nothing
               ?
               And
               yet
               my
               Masters
               there
               was
               no
               Act
               of
               Uniformity
               to
               hinder
               ye
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               You
               cannot
               imagine
               sure
               that
               all
               these
               Hurli-burlies
               and
               Confusions
               ,
               were
               Design'd
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Not
               All
               perhaps
               ,
               for
               I
               believe
               ye
               thought
               to
               do
               your
               Business
               with
               less
               Trouble
               :
               But
               that
               the
               subversion
               of
               the
               Government
               was
               Design'd
               is
               plain
               ,
               and
               certain
               ;
               and
               truly
               that
               it
               is
               now
               Design'd
               over
               again
               ,
               is
               scarce
               less
               Evident
               :
               Upon
               which
               special
               consideration
               ,
               I
               ground
               my
               
                 Second
                 Exception
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               But
               That
               would
               be
               hard
               ,
               to
               ruine
               so
               many
               People
               of
               God
               for
               an
               Uncharitable
               surmise
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Go
               to
               Scruple
               ;
               If
               That
               be
               not
               the
               scope
               of
               your
               Monstrous
               Earnestness
               for
               a
               Toleration
               ,
               pray'e
               tell
               me
               what
               is
               ?
               If
               ye
               have
               no
               end
               at
               all
               in
               't
               ,
               't
               is
               Frivolous
               ;
               if
               This
               be
               your
               end
               ,
               't
               is
               Impious
               ;
               if
               ye
               have
               any
               other
               End
               ,
               make
               it
               appear
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               'T
               will
               satisfie
               our
               Consciences
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Heaven
               and
               Earth
               shall
               be
               sooner
               brought
               together
               then
               your
               Two
               Consciences
               ;
               will
               the
               Establishment
               of
               Presbytery
               satisfie
               your
               Conscience
               ,
               or
               the
               Allowance
               of
               Liberty
               satisfie
               your
               Brothers
               ?
               If
               it
               be
               the
               Uniformity
               ye
               Dislike
               ;
               How
               come
               ye
               to
               Joyn
               with
               the
               Directory
               ,
               against
               the
               Common-prayer
               ;
               with
               That
               of
               the
               Assembly
               ,
               against
               That
               of
               the
               Church
               ?
               In
               short
               ,
               Your
               Disagreements
               among
               your
               selves
               ,
               are
               almost
               as
               Notorious
               as
               your
               Conjunction
               Against
               Us
               ,
               and
               ye
               have
               given
               Proof
               to
               the
               World
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               not
               possible
               for
               any
               thing
               Else
               to
               Unite
               you
               ,
               but
               a
               Common
               Booty
               ;
               Witness
               the
               Contentious
               Papers
               and
               Disputes
               ,
               betwixt
               Calamy
               ,
               and
               
                 Burton
                 ,
                 Edwards
              
               ,
               and
               Goodwin
               ,
               and
               Others
               ,
               not
               to
               be
               Number'd
               ,
               concerning
               the
               
               very
               Point
               of
               Toleration
               .
               [
               
                 The
                 desires
                 of
                 the
                 Independents
                 for
                 a
                 Toleration
              
               (
               say
               the
               London-Ministers
               )
               
                 are
                 unreasonable
              
               ,
               
               
                 and
                 unequal
                 ,
                 and
                 many
                 Mischiefs
                 will
                 follow
                 upon
                 't
                 both
                 to
                 Church
                 and
                 Common-wealth
                 .
              
               ]
               Now
               on
               the
               other
               side
               ,
               hear
               what
               Sterry
               sayes
               ,
               [
               
                 Lord
                 thou
                 hast
                 done
                 Graciously
                 ,
                 and
                 Wonderfully
                 ,
              
               
               
                 in
                 saving
                 us
                 from
                 the
                 Bloudy
                 Design
                 of
                 the
              
               Egyptian
               Papacy
               :
               
                 But
                 this
                 last
                 Mercy
                 by
                 which
                 thou
                 hast
                 sav'd
                 us
                 from
                 the
                 Black
                 Plotts
                 ,
                 and
                 Bloudy
                 Powers
                 of
                 the
              
               Northern
               Presbytery
               ,
               
                 has
                 Excell'd
                 them
                 All.
              
               ]
               Rutherford
               tells
               ye
               that
               
               [
               
                 Such
                 Opinions
                 and
                 Practices
                 ,
                 as
                 make
                 an
                 evident
                 Schisme
                 in
                 a
                 Church
                 ,
                 and
                 set
                 up
                 two
                 Distinct
                 Churches
                 ,
                 of
                 different
                 Forms
                 ,
                 and
                 Government
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
                 cannot
                 be
                 Tolerated
              
               .
               ]
               Milton
               
               again
               ,
               will
               have
               the
               Presbyterians
               to
               be
               [
               
                 Ministers
                 of
                 Sedition
                 ,
                 not
                 Ministers
                 of
                 the
                 Gospel
                 .
              
               ]
               With
               what
               face
               now
               can
               those
               People
               appear
               to
               claim
               a
               Toleration
               from
               the
               Publique
               ,
               whose
               Principles
               are
               so
               cross
               ,
               that
               they
               cannot
               afford
               it
               One
               to
               Another
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               Well
               ,
               but
               supposing
               these
               unhappy
               Clashings
               among
               Themselves
               ,
               how
               does
               that
               prove
               them
               in
               Confoederacy
               against
               the
               Publique
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Their
               very
               Agreement
               against
               the
               Government
               ,
               and
               in
               nothing
               else
               ,
               makes
               it
               evident
               enough
               :
               but
               if
               You
               'd
               have
               it
               clearer
               ,
               Look
               thorough
               their
               Proceedings
               .
            
             
               In
               a
               Petition
               that
               accompanyed
               their
               black
               Remonstrance
               of
               Dec.
               15.
               —
               41.
               
               You
               may
               find
               the
               Points
               chiefly
               
               insisted
               upon
               to
               be
               These
               .
               
                 The
                 Honour
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 the
                 Liberty
                 ,
                 and
                 Property
                 of
                 the
                 Subject
                 ;
                 The
                 Moderating
                 of
                 the
                 Bishops
                 Power
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 Removal
                 of
                 some
                 Unnecessary
                 Ceremonies
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 Ease
                 of
                 Tender
                 Consciences
                 :
              
               Nay
               ,
               
                 so
                 far
              
               
               
                 were
                 they
                 from
                 any
                 Purpose
                 or
                 Desire
                 ,
                 to
                 let
                 loose
                 the
                 Golden
                 Reins
                 of
                 Discipline
                 and
                 Government
                 in
                 the
                 Church
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 held
                 it
                 Requisite
                 to
                 Maintain
                 a
                 Conformity
                 throughout
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 ,
                 to
                 that
                 Order
                 ,
                 which
                 the
                 Lawes
                 Enjoyn'd
              
               ;
               and
               took
               it
               very
               unkindly
               that
               the
               Malignant
               Party
               should
               
                 Infuse
                 into
                 the
                 People
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 meant
                 to
                 Abolish
                 all
                 Church-Government
                 ;
                 and
                 leave
                 every
                 man
                 to
                 his
                 own
                 Fancy
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 Service
                 and
                 Worship
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 Absolving
                 him
                 of
                 that
                 Obedience
                 which
                 he
                 Owes
                 under
                 God
                 unto
                 his
                 Majesty
                 ,
                 Whom
                 THEY
              
               
               
                 KNEW
                 TO
                 BE
                 ENTRUSTED
                 WITH
                 THE
                 ECCLESIASTICAL
                 LAW
                 ,
                 AS
                 WELL
                 AS
                 WITH
                 THE
                 TEMPORAL
                 ,
              
               
               &c.
               —
               They
               confess
               indeed
               their
               intention
               of
               
                 Reducing
                 within
                 Bounds
                 that
                 Exorbitant
                 Power
                 which
                 the
                 Prelates
              
               
               
                 had
                 Assum'd
                 unto
                 Themselves
                 so
                 contrary
                 both
                 to
                 the
                 Word
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 the
                 Lawes
                 of
                 the
                 Land.
                 To
                 which
                 end
                 they
                 pass'd
                 the
                 Bill
                 for
                 Removing
                 them
                 from
                 their
                 Temporal
                 Power
                 and
                 Employments
                 ,
                 that
                 so
                 the
                 better
                 they
                 might
                 with
                 Meekness
                 apply
                 Themselves
                 to
                 the
                 discharge
                 of
                 their
                 Functions
                 .
              
               Will
               ye
               now
               see
               the
               Correspondence
               betwixt
               these
               Gentlemens
               Words
               ,
               and
               their
               Actions
               ?
               and
               First
               concerning
               
                 the
                 Honour
                 of
                 the
                 King
              
               ;
               wherein
               This
               word
               shall
               suffice
               ,
               that
               they
               omitted
               Nothing
               ,
               in
               order
               to
               the
               destroying
               both
               of
               his
               
                 Soul
                 ,
                 Body
              
               ,
               and
               Reputation
               ,
               which
               either
               
                 Craft
                 ,
                 Violence
              
               ,
               or
               Calumny
               could
               Contribute
               ,
               and
               not
               to
               Rob
               either
               of
               the
               Two
               Factions
               of
               their
               deserved
               Fame
               ,
               and
               Interest
               ,
               in
               the
               Ruine
               of
               that
               
                 Glorious
                 Prince
              
               .
               I
               shall
               conclude
               with
               Parkers
               decision
               of
               the
               Case
               ,
               The
               Presbyterians
               
                 pass'd
                 the
              
               Sentence
               
                 of
                 Condemnation
              
               ,
               
               
                 and
                 the
              
               Independents
               executed
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               I
               shall
               not
               pretend
               to
               Iustifie
               all
               their
               Actions
               ;
               but
               in
               truth
               my
               Charity
               perswades
               me
               ,
               that
               a
               great
               part
               of
               the
               Mischief
               they
               did
               ,
               proceeded
               rather
               from
               Necessity
               then
               Inclination
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Will
               yee
               see
               then
               what
               they
               did
               afterward
               when
               they
               were
               at
               Liberty
               to
               do
               what
               they
               Listed
               ?
            
             
               They
               had
               no
               sooner
               Murther'd
               the
               Father
               ,
               but
               immediately
               [
               a
               ]
               They
               made
               it
               
                 Death
                 to
                 Proclaime
                 the
                 Son.
              
               [
               b
               ]
               They
               
               
                 Abolisht
                 Kingly
                 Government
              
               .
               [
               c
               ]
               
                 Sold
                 the
                 Crown
                 Lands
              
               .
               [
               d
               ]
               
                 Declar'd
                 it
                 Treason
                 to
                 deny
                 the
                 Supremacy
                 of
                 the
                 Commons
                 .
              
               [
               e
               ]
               
                 Null'd
                 all
                 Honours
                 and
                 Titles
                 granted
                 by
                 the
                 King
                 since
              
               41.
               
               [
               f
               ]
               Made
               Scotland
               one
               Common-wealth
               with
               England
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               Have
               they
               now
               kept
               any
               better
               Touch
               with
               
                 the
                 Liberty
                 and
                 Property
                 of
                 the
                 Subject
                 ?
              
               Let
               their
               Proceedings
               witness
               for
               them
               ,
               [
               a
               ]
               As
               their
               
                 Tax
                 upon
                 the
                 Fifth
                 and
                 Twentieth
                 Part.
              
               [
               b
               ]
               
                 Excise
                 upon
                 Flesh
                 ,
                 Victuals
                 ,
                 and
                 Salt.
              
               [
               c
               ]
               
                 A
                 new
                 Excise
                 upon
                 Allom
                 ,
                 Copper
                 as
                 ,
                 Monmouth-Caps
                 ,
                 Hoppes
                 ,
                 Saffron
                 ,
                 Starch
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
               [
               d
               ]
               
                 A
                 Loane
                 of
              
               66666
               l.
               13
               s.
               4
               
                 d.
                 for
                 supply
                 of
                 the
              
               Scots
               .
               [
               e
               ]
               
                 An
                 Assessement
                 for
                 the
                 Maintenance
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 .
              
               [
               f
               ]
               
                 The
                 House
                 of
                 Peeres
                 Abolisht
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Monthly
              
               
               
                 Tax
                 of
              
               90000
               
                 l.
                 for
                 the
                 Army
              
               .
               [
               g
               ]
               
                 A
                 Monthly
                 Tax
                 of
              
               120000
               l.
               [
               h
               ]
               
                 An
                 Imposition
                 upon
                 Coal
              
               .
               [
               i
               ]
               
                 A
                 Monthly
                 Assessement
                 of
              
               60000
               l.
               Not
               to
               Clogge
               the
               Discourse
               with
               overmany
               Particulars
               :
               Wee
               'll
               see
               Next
               ,
               What
               they
               have
               done
               toward
               the
               Moderating
               of
               the
               Power
               of
               Bishops
               ,
               and
               the
               Removal
               of
               Unnecessary
               Ceremonies
               ?
            
             
               [
               k
               ]
               
                 The
                 Archbishop
                 of
              
               Canterbury
               
                 Suspended
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Temporalties
                 Sequestred
                 .
              
               [
               l
               
                 Monuments
                 of
                 Superstition
                 Demolisht
              
               (
               that
               is
               in
               Short
               an
               Ordinance
               for
               Sacriledge
               )
               [
               m
               ]
               
                 The
                 Book
                 of
                 Common
                 Prayer
                 laid
                 aside
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Directory
                 commanded
                 in
                 stead
                 of
                 it
                 .
              
               [
               n
               ]
               
                 Archbishops
                 and
                 Bishops
                 Abolisht
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 Lands
                 setled
                 in
                 Trustees
                 .
              
               [
               o
               ]
               
                 Their
                 Lands
                 Expos'd
                 to
                 Sale.
              
               [
               p
               ]
               
                 Festivals
                 Abolisht
              
               .
               [
               q
               ]
               
                 Deans
                 and
                 Chapters
              
               &c.
               
               
                 Abolisht
                 ,
                 And
                 their
                 Lands
                 to
                 be
                 Sold.
              
               This
               is
               your
               way
               ,
               my
               Masters
               ,
               of
               Moderating
               the
               Power
               of
               Bishops
               ,
               and
               of
               removing
               unnecessary
               Ceremonies
               ;
               and
               at
               the
               same
               Rate
               you
               have
               provided
               for
               Tender
               Consciences
               ,
               witness
               Your
               Penalties
               [
               r
               ]
               
                 for
                 Using
                 the
                 Book
                 of
                 Common
                 Prayer
                 ,
                 and
                 your
                 Forfeitures
                 for
                 not
                 Using
                 the
                 Directory
                 .
              
               
            
          
           
             
               Zea.
               
            
             
               Conformity
               ;
               
                 You
                 should
                 Do
                 better
                 ,
                 not
                 to
                 Rip
                 up
                 these
                 Old
                 Stories
                 again
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               And
               if
               you
               would
               not
               hear
               of
               Them
               again
               ,
               you
               should
               Leave
               Doing
               Them
               again
               .
            
          
           
             
               Zea.
               
            
             
               Then
               it
               seems
               the
               whole
               Number
               must
               suffer
               for
               the
               Misdemeanours
               of
               Particulars
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               No
               ;
               nor
               the
               whole
               Party
               scape
               because
               of
               some
               Particulars
               neither
               .
               Would
               you
               ha'
               me
               open
               my
               Door
               to
               a
               Troop
               of
               Thieves
               ,
               because
               two
               or
               three
               of
               my
               honest
               Friends
               are
               in
               the
               Company
               ?
               And
               That
               's
               the
               Case
               .
               Besides
               :
               You
               must
               permit
               me
               to
               distinguish
               betwixt
               Particulars
               and
               the
               Party
               ;
               for
               the
               Party
               of
               Non-conformists
               ,
               are
               in
               a
               Direct
               Confederacy
               against
               the
               Law
               ;
               whereas
               there
               may
               be
               divers
               Particulars
               ,
               that
               are
               mov'd
               only
               upon
               a
               Principle
               of
               Conscience
               .
               And
               those
               that
               are
               truly
               Conscientious
               ,
               will
               be
               known
               by
               This
               ;
               Their'll
               endeavour
               their
               
                 own
                 Satisfaction
              
               without
               any
               Importunities
               upon
               the
               Publique
               :
               for
               when
               they
               come
               once
               to
               joyn
               in
               a
               Complaint
               against
               the
               Law
               ,
               't
               is
               no
               longer
               Conscience
               ,
               but
               Faction
               .
               And
               
               the
               Question
               is
               not
               Here
               ,
               concerning
               the
               Integrity
               of
               certain
               Individuals
               ,
               but
               how
               far
               a
               Toleration
               belongs
               to
               the
               Party
               ,
               without
               any
               consideration
               of
               Persons
               .
            
          
           
             
               Zea.
               
            
             
               Let
               us
               suppose
               then
               that
               the
               Party
               may
               have
               done
               amiss
               ;
               I
               hope
               't
               is
               no
               Sin
               against
               the
               
                 Holy
                 Ghost
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Truly
               ,
               with
               Reverence
               to
               Charity
               ,
               I
               take
               it
               to
               be
               next
               a-kin
               to
               't
               ,
               in
               very
               many
               of
               them
               .
               For
               ,
               First
               ;
               They
               sinn'd
               against
               an
               Evident
               Light
               ,
               as
               appears
               from
               their
               several
               doublings
               ,
               and
               contradictory
               Proceedings
               .
               Next
               ,
               There
               was
               a
               Malice
               ,
               Notorious
               ;
               only
               I
               hope
               it
               went
               no
               further
               than
               
                 God's
                 Vicegerent
              
               .
               But
               I
               'le
               comply
               with
               the
               utmost
               of
               your
               Argument
               :
               You
               would
               have
               Those
               Indulg'd
               that
               Repent
               .
               With
               all
               my
               heart
               ,
               if
               That
               will
               Content
               ye
               .
               For
               still
               upon
               That
               Condition
               ,
               
                 not
                 a
                 Soul
                 must
                 be
                 admitted
                 that
                 Refuses
                 to
                 Abjure
                 the
                 Covenant
                 :
              
               and
               There
               lies
               the
               very
               Pinch
               of
               the
               Question
               .
               For
               what
               the
               Covenant
               meant
               ,
               every
               body
               knows
               ,
               from
               the
               express
               Practice
               ,
               and
               Explication
               of
               Them
               that
               made
               it
               .
               
                 The
                 League
                 and
              
               
               Covenant
               (
               says
               Rutherford
               )
               
                 was
                 the
                 first
                 Foundation
                 of
                 the
                 Ruine
                 of
                 the
                 Malignant
                 Party
                 in
              
               England
               .
               And
               They
               that
               Impos'd
               it
               ,
               Voted
               it
               
                 Death
                 for
                 any
                 man
                 ,
                 having
                 taken
                 it
                 ,
                 to
                 serve
                 his
                 Majesty
                 :
              
               So
               that
               whosoever
               Refuses
               to
               Disown
               the
               Covenant
               ,
               must
               be
               Rationally
               supposed
               still
               to
               pursue
               the
               Ends
               of
               it
               .
               Which
               Ends
               are
               ,
               
                 The
                 Subjection
                 of
                 the
                 Royal
                 Authoricy
                 to
                 the
                 Conclave
                 of
                 the
                 Kirk
                 ,
              
               and
               (
               
                 in
                 Terminis
              
               )
               
                 the
                 Abolition
                 of
                 Episcopacy
              
               ;
               (
               which
               his
               Majesty
               has
               solemnly
               vow'd
               ,
               and
               Resolv'd
               to
               Preserve
               )
               From
               whence
               it
               arises
               undeniably
               ,
               that
               ,
               
                 to
                 Tolerate
                 the
                 Non-conformists
                 that
                 still
                 adhere
                 to
                 the
                 Covenant
                 ,
                 is
                 to
                 Tolerate
                 the
                 Sworn
                 Enemies
                 both
                 of
                 Royal
                 ,
                 and
                 Episcopal
                 Authority
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 Peace
                 of
                 the
                 Nation
                 :
              
               and
               in
               fine
               ,
               to
               Tolerate
               Those
               that
               have
               sworn
               to
               persist
               in
               that
               Opposition
               
                 all
                 the
                 daies
                 of
                 their
                 lives
                 .
              
            
             
               From
               what
               is
               already
               said
               ,
               it
               appears
               ,
               First
               ,
               That
               the
               Non-conformists
               are
               not
               yet
               Agreed
               what
               they
               would
               have
               ,
               and
               I
               dare
               engage
               my self
               to
               be
               his
               Slave
               that
               clears
               the
               Proposition
               ,
               farther
               ,
               then
               that
               they
               would
               have
               This
               Government
               unsetled
               ,
               and
               they
               know
               not
               what
               in
               the
               
               Place
               on
               't
               .
               Secondly
               ,
               It
               is
               manifest
               ,
               that
               Impossible
               it
               is
               to
               Please
               them
               any
               longer
               ,
               then
               while
               they
               are
               united
               in
               a
               Common
               Design
               upon
               us
               :
               for
               next
               to
               
                 Publique
                 Order
              
               ,
               they
               are
               the
               deadliest
               Enemies
               one
               to
               another
               ,
               as
               being
               Govern'd
               by
               
                 Inconsistent
                 Principles
                 .
                 Thirdly
              
               ,
               It
               is
               past
               Dispute
               ,
               that
               by
               virtue
               of
               That
               Favour
               which
               they
               now
               Aske
               ,
               and
               under
               colour
               of
               Those
               Pretences
               which
               they
               now
               hold
               forth
               ,
               They
               have
               render'd
               Themselves
               the
               Instruments
               of
               all
               our
               Late
               Miseries
               ,
               and
               the
               Masters
               of
               the
               Three
               Kingdomes
               .
               Fourthly
               ,
               It
               is
               not
               more
               Plain
               what
               they
               have
               done
               ,
               then
               what
               they
               are
               now
               about
               to
               do
               ;
               And
               ,
               that
               they
               have
               the
               same
               Design
               upon
               the
               Publique
               ,
               at
               this
               Instant
               ,
               which
               they
               had
               in
               41
               ,
               is
               past
               all
               Controversie
               .
            
          
           
             
               Zea.
               
            
             
               Conformity
               ,
               
                 You
                 out-run
                 the
                 Constable
                 .
                 Will
                 you
                 pretend
                 to
                 enter
                 into
                 Mens
                 Thoughts
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               No
               ,
               I
               will
               not
               ;
               but
               if
               I
               should
               see
               a
               man
               throwing
               Wild-fire
               into
               a
               
                 Magazine
                 ▪
              
               and
               He
               tells
               me
               that
               he
               does
               it
               
                 to
                 warm
                 his
                 Fingers
              
               ;
               would
               not
               you
               take
               me
               for
               an
               Asse
               ,
               if
               I
               should
               Believe
               him
               ?
               No
               ,
               no
               ,
               my
               fair
               Friends
               .
               When
               ye
               see
               a
               Wise
               man
               ,
               Frequently
               ,
               and
               Deliberately
               ,
               doing
               things
               that
               manifestly
               lead
               to
               evil
               Consequences
               ,
               I
               think
               a
               very
               good
               Christian
               may
               suspect
               That
               wise
               man's
               Honesty
               .
            
          
           
             
               Zea.
               
            
             
               Come
               ;
               no
               more
               of
               your
               High-flown
               Notions
               ,
               but
               out
               with
               't
               in
               good
               honest
               English
               :
               Where
               's
               the
               Wild-fire
               ,
               and
               the
               Magazine
               that
               you
               would
               give
               us
               so
               learnedly
               to
               Understand
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Where
               is
               it
               Not
               rather
               ;
               to
               any
               man
               that
               will
               but
               look
               about
               him
               ,
               without
               winking
               ?
               Is
               not
               That
               Sermon
               think
               ye
               that
               you
               sent
               me
               last
               Night
               a
               pretty
               Squib
               to
               cast
               into
               a
               populous
               ▪
               Town
               ,
               that
               's
               Preach'd
               half
               to
               Gunpowder
               already
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Zea.
               
            
             
               And
               yet
               ye
               said
               E'en
               now
               ,
               There
               was
               no
               danger
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               I
               say
               the
               same
               Thing
               still
               ;
               that
               is
               ,
               without
               a
               Toleration
               .
            
          
           
             
               Zea.
               
            
             
               But
               where
               's
               the
               Mischief
               of
               That
               Sermon
               I
               beseech
               ye
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               The
               Book
               lies
               there
               upon
               the
               Table
               ,
               and
               't
               is
               Marqu'd
               to
               your
               Hand
               :
               but
               I
               'm
               ▪
               not
               ready
               for
               't
               yet
               ;
               if
               
               you
               please
               ,
               wee
               'll
               look
               it
               over
               by
               and
               by
               ;
               and
               speak
               a
               word
               in
               the
               mean
               time
               to
               the
               
                 Ius
                 Talionis
              
               ,
               to
               the
               
                 Do
                 as
                 you
                 would
                 be
                 done
                 by
              
               of
               the
               Matter
               .
            
             
               You
               would
               be
               Tolerated
               by
               That
               Government
               ,
               which
               of
               all
               Others
               ,
               you
               your Selves
               refus'd
               to
               Tolerate
               ;
               Stick
               now
               to
               your
               own
               Rule
               ,
               and
               tell
               me
               ,
               With
               what
               Face
               can
               ye
               Demand
               a
               Toleration
               ,
               or
               for
               what
               Sort
               of
               People
               ?
               Begin
               with
               your
               Clergy
               ;
               would
               you
               have
               Them
               Indulg'd
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Zea.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               as
               They
               are
               Ministers
               of
               Gods
               Word
               ,
               They
               ought
               to
               be
               Indulg'd
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               That
               can
               be
               no
               Plea
               for
               Them
               that
               persecuted
               Gods
               Ministers
               Themselves
               .
               Charity
               indeed
               is
               a
               General
               Duty
               ,
               but
               it
               is
               an
               Argument
               that
               belongs
               only
               to
               Them
               that
               Practise
               it
               ;
               For
               ,
               
                 They
                 that
                 never
                 spar'd
                 Any
                 ,
                 cannot
                 reasonably
                 desire
                 to
                 be
                 spar'd
                 Themselves
                 .
              
            
             
               They
               are
               in
               the
               second
               place
               not
               to
               be
               Tolerated
               ;
               upon
               the
               point
               of
               Scandal
               :
               For
               ,
               [
               
                 Such
                 are
                 Declar'd
                 scandalous
              
               ,
               
               
                 as
                 by
                 Writing
                 ,
                 Preaching
                 ,
                 or
                 otherwise
                 ,
                 publish
                 their
                 Disaffection
                 to
                 the
                 present
                 Government
              
               ]
               'T
               is
               
                 their
                 own
                 Law
              
               ,
               Gentlemen
               ;
               and
               upon
               that
               score
               of
               Disaffection
               ,
               was
               Introduc'd
               the
               most
               Barbarous
               Persecution
               of
               a
               Gospel-Ministry
               ,
               that
               ever
               was
               heard
               of
               among
               Christians
               .
               I
               could
               Instance
               the
               Particulars
               of
               the
               Havock
               They
               made
               in
               London
               ,
               the
               
                 Two
                 Universities
              
               ,
               and
               finally
               throughout
               the
               Kingdome
               .
               Particularly
               ,
               in
               South-Wales
               ;
               where
               They
               did
               not
               only
               Persecute
               The
               Ministry
               ,
               but
               the
               very
               Gospel
               ,
               by
               Shutting
               up
               their
               Churches
               ,
               and
               Condemning
               the
               People
               to
               the
               Dictates
               and
               Corruptions
               of
               unbridl'd
               Nature
               .
               Nor
               was
               it
               enough
               to
               Sequester
               ,
               unless
               They
               Starv'd
               Them
               too
               ;
               For
               They
               were
               not
               permitted
               ,
               to
               live
               either
               as
               School-masters
               or
               Chaplains
               ,
               but
               upon
               severe
               Penalties
               :
               a
               Committee
               of
               Middlesex
               indeed
               ,
               told
               Mr.
               Lance
               (
               a
               Reverend
               ,
               and
               a
               Sequester'd
               Minister
               )
               that
               
                 He
                 might
                 Hedge
                 and
                 Ditch
                 for
                 his
                 Living
              
               (
               and
               that
               was
               the
               utmost
               of
               the
               Liberty
               They
               could
               Afford
               Them.
               )
               I
               could
               tell
               ye
               of
               the
               Ministers
               that
               were
               Poyson'd
               in
               Peter-House
               ,
               &c.
               but
               I
               shall
               make
               ye
               sick
               ,
               and
               weary
               ;
               Asham'd
               I
               hope
               ye
               are
               already
               ,
               to
               Plead
               for
               a
               Toleration
               of
               Those
               People
               
               against
               the
               Law
               ,
               that
               were
               Thus
               Mercyless
               toward
               their
               Brethren
               that
               Acted
               and
               Suffer'd
               for
               it
               .
               But
               to
               Seal
               up
               all
               with
               an
               Authority
               :
               Gillespy
               tells
               ye
               ,
               that
               [
               
                 The
                 General
              
               
               
                 Assembly
                 hath
                 ordain'd
                 ,
                 that
                 known
                 Complyers
                 with
                 the
                 Rebels
                 ,
                 and
                 such
                 as
                 did
                 procure
                 Protections
                 from
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 or
                 keep
                 Correspondence
                 and
                 Intelligence
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 shall
                 be
                 suspended
                 from
                 the
                 Lords
                 Supper
                 ,
                 till
                 they
                 manifest
                 their
                 Repentance
                 before
                 the
                 Congregation
              
               ]
               So
               that
               ye
               see
               we
               were
               not
               only
               Debarr'd
               the
               Common
               Rights
               of
               Subjects
               ,
               and
               Benefits
               of
               Society
               ;
               but
               the
               very
               Comforts
               of
               our
               Religion
               were
               taken
               from
               us
               ,
               and
               an
               Anathema
               pronounc'd
               upon
               us
               for
               our
               Loyalty
               ;
               and
               yet
               these
               People
               think
               it
               high
               Reason
               to
               be
               Tolerated
               Themselves
               ,
               and
               have
               the
               Confidence
               to
               Importune
               it
               from
               his
               most
               Sacred
               Majesty
               ,
               to
               whose
               Blessed
               Father
               (
               and
               That
               in
               the
               Depth
               ,
               and
               Bitterness
               of
               his
               Agonies
               )
               They
               cruelly
               Deny'd
               the
               Use
               ,
               and
               Service
               of
               his
               own
               Chaplains
               .
               [
               
                 A
                 greater
                 Rigour
                 ,
                 and
                 Barbarity
              
               
               
                 then
                 is
                 ever
                 us'd
                 by
                 Christians
                 to
                 the
                 meanest
                 Prisoners
                 and
                 Greatest
                 Malefactors
              
               ]
               But
               (
               continues
               that
               Pious
               Prince
               )
               [
               
                 They
                 that
                 Envy
              
               
               
                 My
                 being
                 a
                 King
                 ,
                 are
                 loth
                 I
                 should
                 be
                 a
                 Christian
                 ;
                 while
                 they
                 seek
                 to
                 Deprive
                 Me
                 of
                 all
                 things
                 else
                 ;
                 They
                 are
                 afraid
                 I
                 should
                 save
                 My
                 Soul.
              
               ]
            
             
               A
               word
               now
               to
               the
               Obligations
               we
               have
               to
               your
               
                 Civil
                 Authorities
              
               ,
               as
               to
               the
               Freedome
               of
               our
               Persons
               and
               Estates
               .
               Visit
               but
               your
               
                 own
                 Acts
              
               ,
               and
               be
               your
               
                 own
                 Iudges
              
               ,
               (
               but
               take
               the
               Crime
               along
               with
               ye
               ;
               Obedience
               to
               God
               ,
               to
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               Law
               )
               Not
               to
               Enumerate
               your
               Particular
               ,
               and
               Personal
               Outrages
               ,
               as
               the
               Clapping
               of
               so
               many
               Honourable
               Persons
               abord
               ,
               and
               Designing
               Then
               for
               Slaves
               ,
               because
               They
               would
               not
               Rebel
               ;
               the
               Barbarous
               Treatment
               of
               betwixt
               Three
               and
               Fourscore
               Worthy
               and
               Loyal
               Gentlemen
               
               in
               the
               Business
               of
               Salisbury
               ,
               that
               were
               Shipp'd
               away
               and
               Sold
               (
               by
               
                 AN
                 HONEST
                 MAN
              
               )
               to
               the
               Barbados
               .
               Nor
               to
               Insist
               upon
               it
               ,
               how
               many
               Honourable
               Persons
               have
               been
               Smother'd
               ,
               and
               Starv'd
               in
               Gaoles
               ;
               how
               much
               Noble
               Bloud
               hath
               been
               Spilt
               both
               in
               the
               Field
               ,
               and
               upon
               the
               Scaffold
               ,
               &c.
               —
               I
               shall
               rather
               Confine
               my self
               to
               some
               few
               of
               your
               General
               Provisions
               for
               securing
               the
               Royal
               Party
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               Extirpation
               both
               of
               that
               Line
               ,
               and
               Government
               ,
               to
               which
               ,
               Providence
               has
               now
               again
               Subjected
               ye
               :
               which
               (
               to
               run
               over
               them
               in
               short
               )
               shall
               be
               These
               [
               a
               ]
               
                 An
                 Ordinance
                 for
                 Sequestration
                 of
                 Delinquents
                 Estates
                 .
              
               [
               b
               ]
               
                 Delinquents
                 Disabled
                 to
                 bear
                 any
                 Office
                 ,
                 or
                 have
                 any
                 Vote
                 in
                 Election
                 of
                 any
                 Maior
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
               Here
               's
               ,
               Estate
               ,
               and
               Legal
               Freedome
               ,
               gone
               already
               :
               Now
               follows
               Banishment
               from
               One
               Place
               ,
               and
               Confinement
               to
               Another
               .
               [
               c
               ]
               
                 Delinquents
                 must
                 be
                 Remov'd
                 from
              
               London
               and
               Westminster
               ,
               
                 and
                 Confin'd
                 within
                 five
                 Miles
                 of
                 their
                 own
                 Dwelling
                 .
              
               [
               d
               ]
               
                 Correspondency
                 with
              
               Charles
               Stuart
               
                 or
                 his
                 Party
                 Prohibited
                 under
                 Pain
                 of
                 High
                 Treason
              
               ]
               and
               [
               e
               ]
               
                 Death
                 to
                 any
                 Man
                 that
                 shall
                 Attempt
                 the
                 Revival
                 of
                 his
                 Claim
                 ,
                 or
                 that
                 shall
                 be
                 Aiding
                 ,
                 Assisting
                 ,
                 Comforting
                 ,
                 or
                 Abetting
                 unto
                 any
                 Person
                 Endevouring
                 to
                 set
                 up
                 the
                 Title
                 of
                 Any
                 of
                 the
                 Issue
                 of
                 the
                 Late
                 King.
              
               These
               were
               the
               Conditions
               of
               
                 Your
                 Favours
              
               ,
               Gentlemen
               ,
               and
               the
               Tryals
               of
               
                 Our
                 Faith.
              
               
            
             
               If
               ye
               are
               not
               yet
               Convinc'd
               pray'e
               tell
               me
               ,
               What
               was
               the
               Reason
               ,
               that
               throughout
               the
               whole
               Course
               of
               your
               Power
               ,
               ye
               Treated
               the
               
                 Episcopal
                 Party
              
               still
               worse
               then
               all
               the
               Rest
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Zea.
               
            
             
               Because
               They
               were
               the
               Most
               likely
               of
               all
               Others
               to
               Disturb
               our
               Settlement
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Very
               Good
               ,
               and
               what
               do
               ye
               think
               as
               to
               Matter
               of
               Conscience
               ?
               Did
               ye
               do
               Well
               ,
               or
               Ill
               in
               't
               ?
               or
               rather
               ,
               Was
               there
               any
               thing
               of
               Conscience
               in
               the
               Case
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Zea.
               
            
             
               Truly
               I
               wish
               much
               of
               the
               Severity
               had
               been
               Abated
               ;
               but
               Certainly
               ,
               as
               't
               was
               very
               fit
               for
               the
               
                 Civil
                 Power
              
               to
               secure
               the
               Peace
               of
               the
               Nation
               ;
               so
               was
               the
               
                 Power
                 Ecclesiastical
              
               no
               less
               concern'd
               to
               exact
               a
               Conformity
               to
               the
               Lawes
               and
               Ordinances
               of
               Christ.
               
            
          
           
             
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Can
               you
               say
               This
               ,
               and
               not
               blush
               to
               Deny
               the
               Force
               of
               your
               own
               Argument
               ?
               If
               ye
               did
               well
               in
               refusing
               to
               Tolerate
               the
               
                 Episcopal
                 Way
              
               ,
               because
               ye
               thought
               it
               not
               Right
               ;
               the
               Reason
               is
               as
               strong
               on
               the
               Other
               Side
               ,
               that
               have
               the
               same
               opinion
               Concerning
               Yours
               .
               If
               ye
               did
               well
               o'
               th'
               Other
               Side
               ,
               out
               of
               a
               
                 Political
                 Regard
              
               to
               the
               
                 Publique
                 Peace
              
               ,
               the
               same
               Reason
               lies
               as
               strong
               against
               ye
               That
               Way
               too
               :
               so
               that
               you
               must
               either
               Confess
               ,
               that
               you
               did
               Ill
               Then
               ,
               in
               Refusing
               a
               Toleration
               to
               Us
               ,
               or
               allow
               that
               Authority
               does
               Well
               Now
               ,
               in
               not
               permitting
               it
               to
               You.
               Do
               not
               mistake
               me
               .
               I
               am
               as
               much
               as
               any
               man
               (
               to
               borrow
               his
               Sacred
               Majesty's
               words
               )
               for
               [
               
                 Those
                 that
                 cannot
                 Conform
              
               ,
               
               
                 through
                 Scruple
                 ,
                 and
                 Tenderness
                 of
                 misguided
                 Conscience
                 :
              
               and
               for
               
                 Dissenters
                 that
                 Demean
              
               
               
                 Themselves
                 Peaceably
                 and
                 Modestly
                 under
                 the
                 Government
                 .
              
               And
               That
               shall
               appear
               by
               and
               by
               ,
               when
               we
               come
               to
               handle
               That
               Question
               .
            
          
           
             
               Zea.
               
            
             
               Wee
               're
               Agreed
               then
               ,
               if
               That
               be
               your
               Opinion
               :
               and
               pray'e
               let
               's
               forward
               to
               my
               Friends
               Sermon
               now
               .
               (
               A
               Person
               whom
               I
               take
               to
               be
               within
               the
               Limit
               of
               your
               Profess'd
               Kindness
               )
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               A
               Match
               ;
               and
               if
               you
               please
               ,
               I
               'le
               Glosse
               upon
               him
               to
               you
               .
            
             
               
                 Lo
                 :
                 Eli
                 sate
                 upon
                 a
                 seat
                 by
                 the
                 way
                 side
                 ,
                 waiting
                 :
                 for
                 his
                 heart
                 trembled
                 for
                 the
                 Ark
                 of
                 God
                 ,
              
               
                 1
                 Sam.
                 4.
                 13.
                 
              
            
             
               THere
               's
               his
               Text
               ;
               from
               whence
               he
               gathers
               
                 Two
                 Observations
              
               .
            
             
               First
               ,
               
                 When
                 the
                 Ark
                 of
                 God
                 is
                 in
                 Danger
                 to
                 be
                 lost
                 ,
                 the
                 People
              
               
               
                 of
                 God
                 have
                 thoughtful
                 heads
                 ,
                 and
                 trembling
                 hearts
                 .
                 (
                 Or
                 ,
                 to
                 put
                 this
                 Doctrine
                 into
                 a
                 Gospel-Dress
                 )
                 When
                 the
                 Gospel
                 is
                 in
                 Danger
                 of
                 losing
                 ,
                 when
                 Gospel-Ordinances
                 are
                 in
                 Danger
                 of
                 being
                 lost
                 ,
                 and
                 Gospel-Ministers
                 in
                 Danger
                 of
                 losing
                 ,
                 then
                 the
                 People
                 of
                 God
                 have
                 trembling
                 heads
                 ,
                 and
                 careful
                 and
                 solicitous
                 hearts
                 about
                 it
                 .
              
            
             
             
               Secondly
               ,
               
                 A
                 true
                 Child
                 of
                 God
                 is
                 more
                 troubled
                 ,
                 and
                 more
              
               
               
                 solicitous
                 what
                 shall
                 become
                 of
                 the
                 Ark
                 ,
                 then
                 what
                 shall
                 become
                 of
                 Wife
                 and
                 Children
                 ,
                 or
                 Estate
                 .
              
            
             
               He
               gives
               you
               in
               the
               next
               place
               ,
               
                 Four
                 Reasons
              
               ,
               Why
               the
               
               People
               of
               God
               are
               so
               much
               Troubled
               when
               the
               Ark
               of
               God
               is
               in
               Danger
               .
            
             
               First
               ,
               
                 For
                 the
                 great
              
               Love
               
                 they
                 bear
                 to
                 the
                 Ordinances
                 of
              
               
               
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 the
                 Faithfull
                 Ministers
                 of
                 Christ.
                 They
                 cannot
                 be
                 silent
                 ;
                 they
                 cannot
                 but
                 Tremble
                 when
                 they
                 see
                 the
                 Ark
                 of
                 God
                 in
                 Danger
                 .
              
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               
                 They
                 are
                 Troubled
                 ,
                 because
                 of
                 the
              
               Interest
               they
               
               
                 have
                 in
                 the
                 Ark.
                 The
                 Ordinances
                 of
                 God
                 are
                 the
                 Iewels
                 of
                 a
              
               
               
                 Christian
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Treasures
                 of
                 a
                 Christian
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Loss
                 of
                 them
                 cannot
                 but
                 Trouble
                 them
                 .
                 And
                 Iesus
                 Christ
                 is
                 the
                 Ioy
                 of
                 a
                 Christian
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 when
                 Christ
                 is
                 departing
                 ,
                 they
                 cannot
                 but
                 be
                 much
                 afflicted
                 at
                 it
                 .
              
            
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               
                 They
                 are
                 Troubled
                 because
                 of
                 their
              
               Accessariness
               
               
                 to
                 the
                 losing
                 of
                 the
                 Ark.
                 
              
            
             
               Fourthly
               ,
               
                 The
                 People
                 of
                 God
                 are
                 Troubled
                 because
                 of
                 the
              
               
               Mischiefs
               
                 that
                 come
                 upon
                 a
                 Nation
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 Ark
                 of
                 God
                 is
                 Lost.
                 The
                 Tongue
                 of
                 man
                 is
                 not
                 able
                 to
                 Express
                 the
                 Misery
                 of
                 That
                 Nation
                 where
                 the
                 Ark
                 of
                 God
                 is
                 Taken
                 .
              
            
             
               First
               ,
               When
               the
               Ark
               of
               God
               is
               taken
               ,
               then
               the
               wayes
               
               of
               Sion
               mourn
               ,
               and
               none
               come
               to
               the
               Solemn
               Assemblies
               ;
               It
               was
               the
               complaint
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               Lam.
               1.
               4.
               
               That
               is
               matter
               of
               sadness
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               The
               Ministers
               of
               Christ
               are
               then
               driven
               into
               Corners
               .
               And
               that
               is
               matter
               of
               heart-trembling
               .
            
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               The
               Souls
               of
               Many
               are
               then
               in
               Danger
               ,
               when
               the
               Gospel
               is
               gone
               ,
               your
               Souls
               are
               in
               hazard
               :
               There
               is
               cause
               of
               sadness
               .
            
             
               Fourthly
               ,
               The
               Enemies
               of
               God
               Blaspheme
               ,
               and
               are
               ready
               to
               say
               ,
               
                 Where
                 is
                 your
                 God
              
               ?
               Then
               do
               the
               Enemies
               of
               God
               Triumph
               .
            
             
               Fifthly
               ,
               Then
               is
               Jesus
               Christ
               trampled
               under
               foot
               ,
               
               and
               the
               Ordinances
               of
               God
               defiled
               and
               trampled
               on
               ,
               and
               then
               Blasphemy
               and
               Atheism
               comes
               in
               like
               an
               Armed
               man.
               
            
          
           
             
             
               Zea.
               
            
             
               Very
               good
               ,
               and
               what
               can
               you
               make
               out
               of
               All
               This
               ;
               but
               that
               The
               Loss
               of
               the
               Gospel
               is
               a
               Dreadfull
               Iudgment
               :
               The
               very
               Fear
               of
               Losing
               it
               ,
               a
               Dismal
               Apprehension
               ;
               and
               that
               All
               Other
               Interests
               are
               as
               Nothing
               in
               Competition
               with
               Iesus
               Christ
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Agreed
               ,
               Thus
               far
               all
               's
               Right
               ,
               and
               as
               it
               should
               be
               ;
               But
               come
               now
               to
               his
               Application
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Ark
                 of
                 God
                 is
              
               (
               at
               this
               instant
               )
               
                 in
                 Danger
                 of
                 being
                 lost
              
               ,
               
               D'
               ye
               see
               ?
               Here
               is
               no
               less
               then
               All
               at
               Stake
               ,
               the
               very
               first
               Dash.
               Ask
               him
               now
               ,
               Where
               the
               Danger
               lies
               ?
               He
               Answers
               ye
               ,
               that
               
                 we
                 have
                 lost
                 our
                 first
                 Love
                 to
                 the
                 Gospel
                 ,
                 and
                 to
              
               
               
                 the
                 Ordinances
              
               .
               Is
               not
               This
               to
               Charge
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               with
               Apostacy
               ?
               Hear
               him
               again
               ;
               and
               set
               his
               Vanity
               against
               his
               Sedition
               .
               More
               particularly
               ,
               
                 Aldermanbury
                 may
              
               
               
                 truly
                 fear
                 the
                 Loss
                 of
                 the
                 Ark
                 ,
                 and
                 be
                 Unchurched
                 ;
                 for
                 want
                 of
                 a
                 Faithfull
                 Minister
                 to
                 go
                 In
                 and
                 Out
                 before
                 them
                 .
              
               That
               is
               to
               say
               ,
               Famous
               Mr.
               Calamy
               (
               for
               that
               Epithete
               he
               bestowes
               upon
               Himself
               )
               is
               Remov'd
               ,
               and
               consequently
               the
               Candlestick
               .
            
             
               Another
               thing
               that
               makes
               him
               fear
               the
               Loss
               of
               the
               Ark
               ,
               is
               ,
               
                 The
                 Abundance
                 of
                 Priests
                 ,
                 and
                 Iesuits
                 ,
                 that
                 are
                 in
                 the
                 midst
              
               
               
                 of
                 us
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Preaching
                 of
                 Popery
                 amongst
                 Us
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Proneness
                 of
                 people
                 to
                 run
                 headlong
                 to
                 the
                 Garlick
                 and
                 Onions
                 of
              
               Egypt
               
                 again
                 .
                 But
                 where
                 are
                 our
                 old
              
               Eli's
               
                 now
                 ,
                 to
                 sit
                 watching
                 and
                 Trembling
                 for
                 fear
                 of
                 the
                 Ark
                 ?
                 Where
                 are
                 our
              
               Moses
               '
               
                 s
                 ,
                 Our
              
               Elijah
               '
               
                 s
                 ?
                 Our
              
               Uriahs
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               Observe
               This
               Paragraph
               well
               .
               Here
               's
               first
               ,
               an
               Open
               and
               Express
               Endeavour
               to
               Startle
               the
               People
               with
               a
               fear
               of
               Popery
               ,
               which
               was
               the
               very
               Artifice
               by
               which
               This
               very
               Person
               promoted
               our
               Late
               Troubles
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               Here
               's
               a
               direct
               Arraignment
               of
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               of
               his
               Ministers
               .
               Where
               are
               Our
               Moses's
               ,
               &c.
               —
               What
               is
               This
               but
               to
               say
               ,
               Beloved
               ,
               ye
               see
               ,
               
                 Iesus
                 Christ
                 is
                 Departing
                 ,
                 Idolatry
                 is
                 breaking
                 In
                 upon
                 us
                 ,
                 and
                 Our
              
               Moses
               '
               
                 s
                 ,
                 Our
              
               Ely's
               ,
               
                 never
                 look
                 after
                 it
              
               .
               Pray'e
               lay
               it
               a
               little
               more
               to
               Heart
               ,
               your
               
                 selves
                 .
                 You
                 can
                 complain
              
               (
               says
               he
               )
               
                 of
                 Taxes
                 ,
                 and
                 Decay
              
               
               
                 of
                 Trading
                 ;
                 of
                 This
                 Civil
                 Burden
                 ,
                 and
                 That
                 Civil
                 Burden
                 :
                 but
                 where
                 's
                 the
                 Man
                 or
                 Woman
                 that
                 Complains
                 of
                 This
                 Misery
                 .
              
               
               
                 The
                 Loss
                 of
                 the
                 Ark
                 ?
                 Who
                 lays
                 to
                 Heart
                 ,
                 Who
                 Regards
                 what
                 shall
                 become
                 of
                 Religion
                 ?
                 There
                 is
                 a
                 strange
                 kind
                 of
                 Indifferency
                 ,
                 and
                 Lukewarmness
                 upon
                 most
                 Peoples
                 Spirits
                 :
                 so
                 they
                 may
                 have
                 their
                 Trading
                 go
                 on
                 ,
                 and
                 Their
                 Civil
                 Burdens
                 remov'd
                 ,
                 they
                 care
                 not
                 what
                 becomes
                 of
                 the
                 Ark.
                 
              
            
             
               What
               is
               This
               ,
               but
               to
               bring
               Authority
               to
               the
               Barr
               ,
               and
               set
               the
               Subject
               upon
               the
               Bench
               ?
               What
               is
               it
               ,
               but
               in
               plain
               Terms
               ,
               to
               sollicit
               the
               Multitude
               to
               a
               Tumult
               ?
               For
               Mr.
               Calamy
               knowes
               very
               well
               ,
               that
               they
               have
               no
               other
               way
               in
               the
               world
               to
               do
               him
               a
               service
               in
               This
               Case
               ,
               but
               by
               Sedition
               .
               And
               for
               fear
               of
               Mistakes
               ,
               Note
               ,
               I
               beseech
               ye
               ,
               with
               what
               Care
               the
               Good
               man
               leads
               them
               to
               his
               Meaning
               :
               They
               can
               complain
               of
               Taxes
               he
               sayes
               ,
               but
               Hee
               would
               have
               them
               Complain
               for
               the
               Loss
               of
               the
               Ark
               ;
               That
               is
               ,
               in
               honest
               English
               ,
               He
               would
               have
               them
               
                 Clamour
                 against
                 the
                 Government
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 .
              
               The
               very
               Truth
               is
               ,
               This
               Gentleman
               speaks
               both
               upon
               Experience
               ,
               and
               Foresight
               ;
               for
               no
               man
               knowes
               better
               ,
               both
               what
               it
               has
               done
               ,
               and
               what
               it
               may
               do
               .
               First
               ,
               as
               to
               his
               
                 Foresight
                 ,
                 Rebellion
              
               can
               never
               be
               made
               
                 God's
                 Cause
              
               ,
               but
               by
               taking
               the
               Ark
               into
               the
               Quarrel
               .
               Next
               ,
               to
               his
               Experience
               .
               This
               Person
               was
               one
               of
               the
               Five
               that
               Menag'd
               the
               Cause
               of
               the
               Rabble
               against
               Bishops
               ,
               some
               Twenty
               Years
               agoe
               .
               There
               was
               compleyning
               for
               fear
               of
               the
               Ark
               too
               :
               and
               what
               Ensu'd
               upon
               it
               ,
               but
               the
               Dissolution
               of
               the
               Government
               ,
               the
               Scandal
               of
               Religion
               ,
               and
               the
               Murder
               of
               the
               King
               ?
               He
               Blames
               the
               People
               next
               for
               their
               Lukewarmness
               ;
               Pray
               mark
               me
               ;
               They
               have
               been
               once
               in
               Arms
               already
               since
               the
               King
               came
               in
               .
               They
               make
               no
               scruple
               at
               all
               of
               Affronting
               the
               Law
               :
               They
               have
               Enter'd
               into
               several
               Plotts
               upon
               the
               very
               Person
               of
               his
               
                 Sacred
                 Majesty
              
               ,
               and
               All
               This
               ,
               
                 for
                 fear
                 of
                 the
                 Ark
              
               ,
               as
               the
               poor
               Wretches
               miserably
               Imagine
               .
               If
               
                 This
                 Zeal
              
               be
               not
               sufficient
               ,
               I
               wonder
               what
               Temper
               it
               is
               that
               our
               
                 Religious
                 Salamander
              
               would
               perswade
               them
               to
               :
               Now
               take
               the
               whole
               Matter
               in
               Complication
               ,
               and
               you
               have
            
             
               First
               ,
               
                 A
                 Prohibited
                 Minister
                 Preaching
                 Publiquely
                 in
                 Despite
                 of
                 a
                 Solemn
                 Law.
                 
              
            
             
             
               Secondly
               ,
               The
               Sermon
               it self
               is
               within
               the
               Reach
               of
               
                 The
                 Act
                 for
                 the
                 King's
                 Safety
                 ,
              
               Where
               
                 It
                 is
                 Enacted
                 ,
                 That
                 what
                 Person
                 soever
                 ,
                 shall
                 Maliciously
                 and
                 Advisedly
                 publish
                 or
                 affirm
                 the
                 King
                 to
                 be
                 an
                 Heretick
                 or
                 a
                 Papist
                 ,
                 or
                 that
                 he
                 endeavours
                 to
                 Introduce
                 Popery
                 ;
                 or
                 shall
                 Maliciously
                 and
                 Advisedly
                 ,
                 by
                 writing
                 ,
                 Printing
                 ,
                 Preaching
                 ;
                 or
                 other
                 speaking
                 ,
                 express
                 ,
                 publish
                 ,
                 utter
                 or
                 declare
                 ,
                 any
                 Words
                 ,
                 Sentences
                 ,
                 or
                 other
                 thing
                 or
                 things
                 ,
                 to
                 incite
                 or
                 stirr
                 up
                 the
                 people
                 to
                 Hatred
                 or
                 Dislike
                 of
                 the
                 Person
                 of
                 his
                 Maiesty
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 Established
                 Government
                 ;
                 then
                 every
                 such
                 person
                 and
                 persons
                 being
                 thereof
                 Legally
                 convicted
                 ,
                 shall
                 be
                 Disabled
                 to
                 have
                 or
                 enioy
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 hereby
                 Disabled
                 and
                 made
                 Incapable
                 of
                 having
                 ,
                 holding
                 ,
                 enioying
                 ,
                 or
                 exercising
                 any
                 Place
                 ,
                 Office
                 ,
                 or
                 Promotion
                 Ecclesiastical
                 ,
                 Civil
                 ,
                 or
                 Military
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 other
                 Imployment
                 in
                 Church
                 or
                 State
                 ,
                 other
                 than
                 that
                 of
                 his
                 Peerage
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
            
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               Here
               's
               not
               only
               a
               Reproche
               cast
               upon
               the
               Government
               ,
               but
               an
               Appeal
               Offer'd
               to
               the
               People
               ,
               for
               the
               Redress
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               Now
               to
               proceed
               ;
               You
               have
               him
               Here
               ,
               Charging
               upon
               the
               Peoples
               Consciences
               ,
               
                 the
                 sin
                 of
                 not
                 being
                 sufficiently
              
               
               
                 affected
                 with
                 the
                 Danger
                 that
                 the
                 Ark
                 of
                 God
                 is
                 in
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 It
                 is
                 a
                 sign
                 you
                 do
                 not
              
               Love
               
                 the
                 Gospel
                 ;
                 if
                 you
                 had
                 any
              
               
               Love
               
                 to
                 it
                 ,
                 you
                 would
                 be
                 troubled
                 more
                 for
                 the
                 danger
                 of
                 the
              
               Ark
               ,
               
                 then
                 for
                 any
              
               Outward
               Danger
               whatsoever
               .
            
             
               Is
               not
               This
               ,
               the
               very
               style
               and
               scope
               of
               —
               43.
               
               (
               I
               spare
               his
               former
               Hortatives
               to
               the
               Warr
               ,
               even
               for
               the
               
               Credit
               of
               the
               Function
               ,
               )
               
                 The
                 Glory
                 of
                 God
              
               (
               he
               sayes
               )
               
                 is
                 Imbark'd
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 Ship
                 which
                 This
                 Cause
                 is
                 in
                 .
              
               
               again
               ,
               [
               
                 When
                 you
                 are
                 derided
                 for
                 hazarding
                 Lives
                 and
                 Estates
                 in
                 This
                 Cause
                 ,
                 you
                 must
                 reply
                 ,
              
               It
               is
               for
               God
               ,
               and
               his
               Religion
               .
               And
               what
               was
               
                 This
                 Cause
              
               ,
               I
               beseech
               ye
               ,
               but
               the
               Foulest
               Conspiracy
               that
               ever
               appear'd
               under
               that
               Masque
               ?
               (
               and
               Those
               are
               of
               all
               others
               ,
               certainly
               ,
               the
               Foulest
               .
               )
               Religion
               was
               Then
               in
               Danger
               ,
               it
               seems
               :
               That
               is
               ,
               the
               Presbyterian
               was
               not
               as
               yet
               sure
               in
               the
               Saddle
               ;
               nor
               would
               That
               Obstinate
               and
               Implacable
               Faction
               ever
               be
               Quiet
               ,
               till
               they
               forc'd
               their
               Soveraign
               to
               confute
               the
               Imposture
               with
               his
               Bloud
               .
            
             
               We
               have
               it
               now
               from
               the
               same
               Hand
               ,
               that
               
                 the
                 Ark
                 is
                 in
                 Danger
              
               ,
               and
               what
               's
               that
               but
               
                 The
                 Good
                 Old
                 Cause
              
               over
               again
               ,
               only
               a
               little
               vary'd
               in
               the
               Dress
               ?
               By
               the
               Ark
               ,
               he
               has
               already
               explain'd
               Himself
               to
               Intend
               ,
               the
               Interest
               of
               the
               
                 Ejected
                 Clergy
              
               [
               Pa.
               6.
               ]
               ;
               and
               what
               he
               means
               by
               pressing
               so
               deep
               a
               Concern
               for
               the
               Danger
               of
               it
               ,
               let
               any
               sober
               man
               Imagine
               .
               He
               tells
               them
               first
               ,
               that
               the
               Ark
               is
               in
               danger
               ,
               and
               Then
               conjures
               them
               ,
               as
               they
               Love
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               not
               to
               Regard
               
                 any
                 Outward
                 Danger
                 whatsoever
              
               to
               save
               it
               .
               If
               This
               be
               not
               to
               
                 Invite
                 ,
                 Provoke
              
               ,
               and
               Warrant
               any
               Violence
               Imaginable
               ,
               either
               upon
               the
               Person
               of
               the
               King
               ,
               or
               upon
               the
               Authority
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
               or
               wherever
               else
               the
               Multitude
               shall
               think
               fit
               to
               fasten
               the
               Quarrel
               ;
               let
               me
               suffer
               the
               shame
               that
               belongs
               to
               him
               that
               's
               Guilty
               of
               such
               an
               Offence
               .
               Nor
               shall
               the
               Project
               want
               Hammering
               ,
               for
               hee
               's
               over
               with
               it
               again
               and
               again
               ,
               [
               
                 Let
                 me
                 beseech
                 ye
                 All
                 to
                 Declare
              
               
               
                 you
                 are
                 the
                 People
                 of
                 God
                 in
                 DEED
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 Truth
                 ,
                 by
                 following
                 the
                 Example
                 of
                 Old
              
               Eli
               ,
               
                 to
                 be
                 very
                 solicitous
                 for
                 the
                 Ark
                 of
                 God
              
               —
               [
               
                 Consider
                 what
                 a
                 sad
                 Condition
                 we
                 are
                 in
                 ,
              
               
               
                 if
                 the
                 Ark
                 be
                 Taken
                 ;
                 What
                 will
                 your
              
               Estates
               
                 doe
                 ye
                 Good
                 ,
                 or
                 all
                 your
                 Concernments
                 do
                 ye
                 Good
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 Gospel
                 be
                 Gone
                 ?
                 —
                 What
                 is
                 the
                 Glory
                 of
              
               England
               ;
               
                 What
                 is
                 the
                 Glory
                 of
              
               Christianity
               
                 but
                 the
              
               Gospel
               ?
               
                 If
                 the
              
               Gospel
               
                 be
                 Gone
                 ,
                 our
              
               Glory
               
                 is
                 Gone
                 .
                 —
                 Oh!
                 when
                 the
              
               Glory
               
                 is
                 Gone
                 ,
                 who
                 would
                 Desire
                 to
                 Live
                 ?
              
               He
               goes
               on
               ,
               [
               
                 I
                 am
                 loth
                 to
                 tell
                 you
                 the
                 story
                 of
              
               Chrysostom
               ;
               
               
                 he
                 was
                 but
              
               One
               Man
               ,
               
                 yet
                 when
                 he
                 was
                 banish'd
              
               Constantinople
               ,
               
                 the
                 People
                 all
              
               Petitioned
               for
               him
               ,
               
                 and
                 said
              
               ,
               
               They
               could
               as
               well
               lose
               the
               Sun
               out
               of
               the
               Firmament
               ,
               as
               
               
                 lose
                 Chrysostome
              
               from
               among
               them
               .
               
                 Oh
                 the
                 sad
                 ,
                 and
                 lamentable
                 ,
                 and
                 woful
                 Condition
                 we
                 are
                 in
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 Ark
                 of
                 God
                 be
                 taken
                 !
              
            
             
               Without
               any
               Force
               to
               his
               Meaning
               ,
               take
               his
               Sense
               in
               few
               words
               .
               What
               will
               your
               Lives
               ,
               or
               Estates
               avail
               ye
               ,
               without
               the
               Gospel
               ?
               Petition
               for
               your
               Chrysostome
               again
               .
               (
               Good
               Gentleman
               !
               as
               if
               the
               Sole
               Receptacle
               of
               the
               
                 Holy
                 Ghost
              
               were
               Mr.
               
                 Calamy's
                 Night-cap
              
               )
               Now
               to
               what
               End
               this
               Tends
               ,
               let
               Any
               man
               look
               that
               is
               not
               blind
               .
               No
               Man
               runs
               the
               Risque
               either
               of
               his
               Life
               ,
               or
               Fortune
               ,
               for
               a
               Petition
               ;
               so
               that
               his
               Enforcing
               so
               much
               ,
               the
               Contempt
               of
               
                 Outward
                 Dangers
              
               ,
               and
               of
               
                 all
                 other
                 Concernments
              
               ,
               in
               comparison
               with
               the
               Safety
               of
               the
               Ark
               ,
               (
               which
               is
               now
               in
               Hazard
               )
               cannot
               Rationally
               be
               Apply'd
               to
               an
               Action
               that
               carries
               along
               with
               it
               No
               Danger
               at
               all
               .
               Wherefore
               you
               must
               of
               Necessity
               ,
               Grant
               ,
               that
               your
               friend
               either
               Meant
               Nothing
               ,
               or
               Worse
               ;
               and
               that
               his
               Pressing
               ,
               and
               Disposing
               the
               Multitude
               to
               so
               great
               a
               contempt
               of
               their
               Lives
               ,
               and
               Fortunes
               ,
               was
               but
               a
               Tacit
               Encouragement
               of
               them
               to
               some
               Action
               that
               might
               bring
               Those
               Interests
               in
               Question
               .
            
          
           
             
               Zea.
               
            
             
               I
               perceive
               ,
               a
               Presbyterian
               is
               well
               helpt
               up
               that
               has
               you
               for
               his
               Interpreter
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Can
               you
               your self
               Acquit
               him
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Zea.
               
            
             
               I
               must
               confess
               ,
               I
               think
               he
               might
               have
               Worded
               it
               with
               more
               Caution
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               And
               then
               his
               Horrible
               ,
               Unchristian
               ,
               Bitterness
               against
               the
               Government
               ,
               —
               You
               have
               seen
               Smectymnuus
               I
               suppose
               .
            
          
           
             
               Zea.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               yes
               ;
               He
               is
               a
               little
               Eager
               in
               his
               Way
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Come
               ,
               Zeal
               ;
               I
               'le
               Disabuse
               ye
               :
               What
               will
               you
               say
               ,
               if
               I
               bring
               you
               to
               a
               Person
               ,
               that
               shall
               Averre
               to
               Mr.
               Calamy's
               Face
               ,
               that
               since
               his
               Majesty's
               Return
               ,
               He
               has
               Declar'd
               Himself
               not
               Unsatisfy'd
               with
               the
               Government
               ,
               and
               Discipline
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               and
               that
               only
               
                 the
                 Importunity
                 of
                 his
                 Parishioners
                 Diverted
                 Him
                 from
                 accepting
                 a
                 Bishoprick
                 ?
              
               You
               will
               the
               less
               wonder
               at
               This
               when
               ye
               Consider
               ,
               how
               Absolutely
               he
               was
               For
               
               the
               Church
               ,
               till
               he
               found
               it
               more
               Beneficial
               to
               be
               
                 Against
                 it
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Zea.
               
            
             
               All
               that
               I
               shall
               say
               ,
               is
               This
               ;
               Let
               every
               man
               speak
               as
               he
               finds
               :
               and
               so
               ,
               if
               you
               please
               ,
               wee
               'll
               leave
               him
               to
               take
               his
               Fortune
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               SECT
               .
               X.
            
             Arguments
             against
             TOLERATION
             in
             Respect
             of
             the
             Authority
             that
             is
             to
             Grant
             it
             .
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               COme
               Gentlemen
               ,
               I
               have
               yet
               one
               Exception
               more
               to
               your
               Toleration
               ,
               and
               That
               is
               upon
               the
               Accompt
               of
               the
               Authority
               that
               is
               to
               Grant
               it
               .
               From
               whom
               do
               ye
               Expect
               it
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Zea.
               
            
             
               From
               the
               Parliament
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               But
               what
               is
               't
               you
               call
               a
               Parliament
               ?
               for
               ,
               one
               while
               the
               King
               and
               the
               
                 Two
                 Houses
              
               in
               Co-ordination
               are
               a
               Parliament
               ;
               and
               when
               Ye
               have
               Screw'd
               out
               the
               Kings
               
                 Negative
                 Voyce
              
               ,
               The
               Lords
               and
               Commons
               are
               a
               Parliament
               ;
               and
               Then
               down
               go
               the
               Lords
               ,
               and
               the
               
                 Commons
                 alone
              
               are
               a
               Parliament
               ;
               and
               at
               Last
               ,
               Out
               with
               Them
               too
               ,
               For
               the
               Fountain
               of
               Dominion
               is
               in
               the
               People
               .
               This
               is
               the
               Scale
               of
               your
               Politicks
               .
               But
               to
               the
               Point
               in
               hand
               ;
               You
               Apply
               to
               the
               Parliament
               ,
               and
               your
               Grievance
               is
               Matter
               of
               Conscience
               ;
               Do
               ye
               make
               the
               
                 Civil
                 Power
              
               a
               Judge
               of
               Conscience
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Zea.
               
            
             
               No
               ,
               under
               Favour
               ,
               My
               Desire
               that
               the
               Parliament
               will
               Relieve
               my
               Conscience
               ,
               does
               not
               Consequently
               make
               it
               a
               Judge
               of
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               And
               with
               Your
               Pardon
               too
               ,
               How
               shall
               the
               Magistrate
               know
               whether
               your
               Conscience
               is
               opprest
               ,
               or
               no
               ,
               if
               he
               be
               no
               Judge
               of
               it
               ?
               One
               of
               these
               Two
               Rules
               He
               is
               
               to
               proceed
               by
               ;
               Either
               That
               of
               his
               
                 own
                 Particular
              
               ,
               or
               the
               General
               Rule
               of
               
                 all
                 Consciences
              
               .
               If
               He
               measure
               your
               Conscience
               by
               the
               Former
               ,
               there
               's
               no
               Oppression
               in
               the
               Case
               ;
               for
               His
               Conscience
               is
               very
               well
               satisfy'd
               in
               That
               which
               will
               not
               down
               with
               Yours
               .
               If
               by
               the
               Latter
               ,
               All
               other
               Consciences
               would
               be
               Concern'd
               as
               well
               as
               Yours
               ,
               in
               the
               Violation
               of
               a
               General
               Rule
               :
               So
               that
               Evidently
               ,
               your
               Scruples
               are
               Singular
               ,
               and
               if
               you
               cannot
               bring
               them
               within
               his
               Cognizance
               ,
               you
               must
               Subject
               them
               to
               his
               Authority
               ;
               and
               First
               teach
               him
               to
               Know
               when
               your
               Conscience
               is
               troubled
               ,
               before
               ye
               Complain
               because
               't
               is
               not
               Eas'd
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               For
               That
               ,
               Every
               man
               tells
               his
               owne
               Tale
               best
               ,
               and
               may
               best
               be
               Credited
               in
               That
               which
               No
               body
               knows
               but
               Himself
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               And
               under
               That
               Colour
               ,
               so
               Many
               Men
               as
               make
               no
               Conscience
               at
               all
               of
               an
               Imposture
               ,
               shall
               pretend
               to
               make
               one
               of
               a
               Ceremony
               .
               Peruse
               the
               Tragedies
               of
               our
               
                 Holy
                 Leagues
                 ,
                 Covenants
              
               ,
               and
               Reformations
               :
               What
               Crime
               so
               Execrable
               that
               has
               not
               been
               Committed
               under
               the
               Motto
               of
               
                 Gods
                 Cause
              
               ,
               and
               Patronage
               of
               Conscience
               ?
               What
               Act
               so
               Horrid
               ,
               that
               has
               not
               past
               for
               a
               
                 Divine
                 Impulse
              
               ;
               and
               (
               if
               it
               Hit
               )
               the
               Author
               of
               it
               for
               an
               
                 Inspired
                 Instrument
              
               of
               Iustice
               ?
               Nay
               more
               ;
               not
               One
               Notorious
               Practice
               of
               a
               Hundred
               ,
               upon
               the
               Person
               of
               a
               Prince
               ,
               but
               under
               a
               Religious
               Vernish
               ;
               and
               Commonly
               ,
               a
               Priest
               at
               the
               One
               End
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               an
               Impulse
               at
               the
               Other
               .
            
             
               Was
               it
               not
               a
               
                 Holy
                 Father
              
               and
               the
               Prior
               of
               the
               Covent
               (
               one
               of
               the
               Heads
               of
               the
               League
               )
               that
               Confirm'd
               Clement
               in
               his
               Purpose
               of
               Murdering
               Harry
               the
               Third
               of
               France
               ?
               For
               
               his
               Encouragement
               ;
               
                 They
                 Assur'd
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 he
                 out-liv'd
                 the
                 Fact
                 ,
                 he
                 should
                 be
                 a
                 Cardinal
                 ;
                 if
                 he
                 Dy'd
                 ,
                 a
                 Saint
                 :
              
               and
               This
               was
               it
               that
               fixt
               him
               in
               his
               Determination
               .
               What
               was
               it
               again
               ,
               that
               Originally
               Dispos'd
               this
               Monster
               to
               That
               Direful
               Villany
               ;
               but
               principally
               
                 Seditious
                 Sermons
                 against
                 the
              
               
               
                 King
                 as
                 a
                 Persecuting
                 Tyrant
              
               ?
               [
               
                 Stimolato
                 dalle
                 predicationi
                 ,
                 the
                 giornalmente
                 sentiva
                 fare
                 contra
              
               Henrico
               di
               Valois
               ,
               
                 nomi
                 nato
                 il
                 persecutore
                 della
                 fede
                 ,
                 &
                 il
                 Tiranno
                 ,
              
               &c.
               ]
               See
               in
               the
               
               same
               Author
               ,
               the
               Confession
               of
               
                 Iohn
                 Castle
              
               ,
               concerning
               his
               Attempt
               upon
               Harry
               the
               Great
               ,
               which
               was
               ,
               that
               
                 he
                 had
                 been
                 brought
                 up
                 in
                 the
              
               Jesuites
               School
               ,
               
                 and
                 Instructed
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 not
                 only
                 Lawful
                 ,
                 but
                 Meritorious
                 to
                 Destroy
              
               Harry
               of
               Bourbon
               ,
               that
               Revolted
               Heretick
               and
               Persecutor
               
                 of
                 the
              
               Holy
               Church
               [
               
                 Esaminato
                 con
                 le
                 solite
                 forme
                 ,
                 confesso
                 liberamento
                 ,
              
               
               &c.
               ]
               What
               was
               it
               that
               Animated
               Ravillac
               to
               his
               Damn'd
               Practice
               upon
               that
               Brave
               Prince
               ,
               but
               (
               by
               his
               own
               Confession
               )
               a
               Discourse
               of
               
                 Mariana's
                 ,
                 De
                 Rege
                 ,
                 &
                 Regis
                 Institutione
                 ?
              
               'T
               was
               a
               
                 Divine
                 Instinct
              
               too
               ,
               that
               Mov'd
               
                 Balthasar
                 Gerard
              
               to
               Destroy
               the
               Prince
               of
               
                 Aurange
                 [
                 Divine
              
               
               
                 tantum
                 Instinctu
                 id
                 à
                 se
                 patratum
                 constanter
                 Affirmabat
                 ,
                 diu
                 Tortus
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
               To
               conclude
               with
               that
               Fresh
               and
               Horrible
               Instance
               here
               at
               Home
               ;
               Acted
               upon
               the
               Sacred
               Person
               of
               the
               Late
               King.
               What
               was
               it
               ,
               but
               the
               Operation
               of
               That
               Poyson
               in
               the
               People
               ,
               which
               was
               Instill'd
               into
               them
               by
               their
               Ministers
               ?
               How
               Inconsistent
               then
               is
               the
               Liberty
               of
               the
               Pulpit
               ,
               with
               the
               Safety
               of
               the
               Government
               ?
               and
               how
               Great
               a
               Madness
               were
               it
               to
               Expect
               ,
               that
               the
               
                 same
                 Persons
              
               should
               
                 Establish
                 This
                 Prince
              
               by
               virtue
               of
               the
               
                 same
                 Liberty
              
               by
               which
               They
               Ruin'd
               the
               Last
               ?
            
             
               You
               cannot
               certainly
               but
               Confess
               the
               Hazard
               to
               his
               Sacred
               Majesty
               of
               Granting
               a
               Toleration
               ;
               take
               a
               little
               Notice
               now
               ,
               of
               the
               Indignity
               in
               proposing
               it
               .
               That
               Grace
               which
               were
               an
               Ample
               Reward
               even
               for
               the
               most
               Meritorious
               Services
               ,
               and
               Loyalty
               ,
               do
               These
               People
               Mutinously
               Demand
               as
               a
               Requital
               for
               the
               Contrary
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               Will
               ye
               oppose
               the
               Exercise
               of
               a
               Charity
               ,
               because
               it
               may
               be
               Abus'd
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               No
               ,
               but
               I
               shall
               Oppose
               the
               Encouragement
               of
               a
               Confidence
               that
               Presses
               to
               be
               Requited
               for
               an
               Injury
               :
               and
               in
               truth
               ,
               Your
               Petition
               properly
               taken
               ,
               is
               rather
               a
               Mockery
               then
               a
               Request
               .
               As
               for
               the
               Purpose
               ,
               What
               is
               't
               ye
               stick
               at
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               The
               Act
               for
               Uniformity
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Is
               it
               the
               Model
               ,
               or
               the
               Uniformity
               that
               troubles
               you
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               Why
               truly
               I
               Except
               to
               Both
               ;
               for
               Neither
               is
               the
               
               
                 Particular
                 Act
              
               fram'd
               to
               my
               satisfaction
               ,
               nor
               is
               it
               possible
               ,
               that
               any
               
                 One
                 Form
              
               of
               Worship
               should
               suit
               
                 All
                 Judgments
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Will
               Toleration
               suit
               All
               Judgments
               any
               better
               then
               Uniformity
               ?
               Or
               do
               ye
               accompt
               the
               Sanction
               of
               any
               One
               Form
               Whatsoever
               ,
               to
               be
               Lawfull
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               Indeed
               I
               do
               not
               think
               it
               lawfull
               for
               a
               Magistrate
               to
               Enjoyn
               any
               thing
               upon
               a
               Penalty
               ,
               which
               a
               Private
               Person
               may
               not
               lawfully
               obey
               him
               in
               ;
               nor
               do
               I
               think
               it
               Warrantable
               for
               a
               Man
               to
               Obey
               any
               Humane
               Command
               against
               his
               Conscience
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Now
               lay
               together
               what
               you
               have
               said
               ;
               First
               ,
               
                 It
                 is
                 not
                 Possible
                 ,
                 that
                 any
                 One
                 Form
                 of
                 Worship
                 should
                 suit
                 All
                 Iudgments
              
               ;
               and
               then
               
                 it
                 is
                 not
                 lawfull
                 to
                 Enjoyn
                 any
                 thing
                 upon
                 a
                 Penalty
                 ,
                 which
                 does
                 not
                 suit
                 All
                 Iudgments
                 .
              
               What
               is
               This
               but
               a
               meer
               Trifling
               of
               Government
               ,
               to
               suppose
               a
               Law
               without
               an
               Obligation
               ?
               Again
               ;
               If
               the
               Magistrate
               cannot
               Impose
               ,
               neither
               can
               he
               Tolerate
               ;
               unless
               you
               'l
               suppose
               him
               a
               more
               Competent
               Judge
               of
               Your
               Conscience
               ,
               then
               of
               his
               Own
               :
               for
               you
               Allow
               him
               the
               Cognisance
               of
               what
               he
               may
               Tolerate
               ,
               and
               Deny
               him
               the
               Knowledge
               of
               what
               he
               may
               Impose
               .
               In
               fine
               ,
               Your
               Arguments
               ,
               and
               Opinions
               ,
               duely
               weigh'd
               ,
               his
               Majesty
               has
               either
               no
               Power
               ,
               or
               no
               Reason
               to
               permit
               you
               a
               Toleration
               ;
               No
               Power
               ,
               as
               You
               state
               his
               Capacity
               ,
               and
               no
               Reason
               as
               you
               Disclaim
               his
               Supremacie
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               I
               do
               not
               Oppose
               the
               Coactive
               Power
               of
               the
               Civil
               Magistrate
               ,
               in
               Matters
               of
               Civil
               Concernment
               ;
               but
               I
               take
               the
               Case
               in
               Question
               to
               be
               of
               Another
               Quality
               ,
               and
               out
               of
               the
               Verge
               of
               the
               Secular
               Iurisdiction
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               I
               think
               it
               will
               become
               you
               then
               ,
               not
               to
               Importune
               his
               Majesty
               for
               the
               Dissolving
               of
               an
               Ecclesiastical
               Law
               ,
               before
               you
               acknowledge
               him
               Vested
               with
               the
               Right
               of
               Making
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               If
               you
               think
               fit
               ;
               let
               that
               Point
               be
               the
               Next
               Question
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Agreed
               ;
               it
               shall
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             
               SECT
               .
               XI
            
             .
             The
             Proper
             Subject
             and
             Extent
             of
             
               Humane
               Power
            
             .
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               AS
               
                 Reasonable
                 Nature
              
               consists
               of
               Soul
               ,
               and
               Body
               ;
               so
               is
               the
               Authority
               that
               Governs
               it
               ,
               Divine
               and
               
                 Humane
                 ;
                 God
                 ,
                 Eminently
              
               over
               All
               ,
               and
               
                 Princes
                 Ministerially
              
               under
               Him
               ,
               and
               as
               
                 His
                 Substitutes
              
               .
               The
               Dominion
               of
               our
               Souls
               God
               reserves
               peculiarly
               to
               Himself
               ,
               committing
               That
               of
               our
               Bodyes
               to
               the
               Care
               of
               the
               Magistrate
               .
               Now
               if
               Power
               be
               
                 a.
                 Divine
                 Ordinance
              
               ,
               so
               consequently
               is
               Subjection
               ;
               for
               ,
               to
               Imagine
               the
               One
               without
               the
               Other
               ,
               were
               to
               Destroy
               the
               Ratio
               of
               Relatives
               .
               A
               sober
               Disquisition
               of
               This
               Matter
               ,
               would
               save
               much
               Trouble
               that
               arises
               about
               the
               Bounds
               and
               Limits
               of
               our
               Duty
               ;
               how
               far
               Religion
               binds
               us
               ,
               and
               how
               far
               Allegeance
               .
               That
               they
               are
               severable
               ,
               we
               must
               not
               doubt
               ,
               for
               Truth
               it self
               hath
               said
               it
               ;
               
                 Give
                 unto
              
               Caesar
               
                 the
                 things
                 that
                 are
              
               Caesar's
               ,
               
                 and
                 unto
              
               God
               
                 the
                 things
                 that
                 are
              
               God's
               :
               But
               that
               They
               are
               only
               so
               severable
               ,
               as
               never
               to
               become
               Inconsistent
               ,
               is
               founded
               upon
               the
               same
               Immovable
               Rock
               ,
               
                 Let
                 every
                 soul
                 be
                 subject
              
               ,
               &c.
               —
               a
               Precept
               of
               a
               Perpetual
               ,
               and
               Universal
               Operation
               ,
               and
               Limited
               neither
               to
               
                 Time
                 ,
                 Place
              
               ,
               nor
               Persons
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               Your
               Deduction
               of
               Government
               ,
               and
               Subjection
               from
               
                 Divine
                 Institution
              
               ,
               is
               well
               enough
               Coucht
               ,
               and
               that
               we
               are
               to
               Obey
               the
               Magistrate
               for
               
                 God's
                 sake
              
               ,
               and
               in
               subordination
               to
               God
               ,
               is
               Easily
               Prov'd
               ,
               and
               Granted
               ;
               but
               I
               hear
               Nothing
               yet
               of
               the
               Particular
               Bounds
               and
               Terms
               of
               
                 Humane
                 Jurisrisdiction
                 ,
                 What
              
               't
               is
               belongs
               to
               God
               ,
               and
               What
               to
               Caesar
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               That
               I
               confess
               ,
               is
               the
               Pinch
               of
               the
               Question
               ;
               for
               
                 One
                 Duty
              
               comes
               up
               so
               close
               to
               the
               Other
               ,
               that
               't
               is
               not
               for
               Every
               Common
               Eye
               to
               passe
               between
               them
               .
               
               Effectually
               ,
               they
               Touch
               ;
               but
               ,
               in
               what
               Point
               ,
               is
               of
               a
               
                 Nice
                 Decision
              
               .
               The
               Readyest
               way
               in
               my
               opinion
               ,
               to
               the
               strict
               Knowledge
               of
               our
               Duty
               ,
               is
               by
               the
               Lawes
               and
               Powers
               of
               the
               Authority
               ;
               for
               ,
               't
               is
               Requisite
               that
               a
               Man
               know
               the
               Rule
               ,
               before
               he
               can
               Observe
               it
               .
               Wee
               are
               then
               to
               Consider
               ,
               that
               the
               Almighty
               Wisdom
               has
               Invested
               Kings
               with
               an
               
                 Unlimited
                 Power
              
               of
               Commanding
               ,
               or
               Forbidding
               ,
               in
               all
               matters
               which
               
                 God
                 himself
              
               has
               not
               either
               Commanded
               ,
               or
               Forbidden
               ;
               which
               Proposition
               Resolves
               it self
               into
               This
               Conclusion
               ,
            
             
               
                 Whatsoever
                 God
                 has
                 left
                 Indifferent
                 ,
                 is
                 the
                 subject
                 of
                 Humane
              
               
               Power
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               Does
               not
               That
               Opinion
               destroy
               
                 Christian
                 Liberty
              
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               No
               :
               but
               the
               Denyal
               of
               it
               Destroyes
               Magistracy
               .
               If
               Kings
               have
               not
               This
               Power
               ,
               they
               have
               
                 none
                 at
                 all
              
               ;
               and
               it
               Implyes
               a
               Contradiction
               ,
               to
               suppose
               any
               Authority
               in
               Nature
               without
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               But
               may
               not
               a
               Prince
               tye
               himself
               up
               in
               a
               Thing
               Otherwise
               Indifferent
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               I
               speak
               of
               Power
               according
               to
               the
               Institution
               ,
               not
               of
               Power
               limited
               by
               Paction
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               May
               not
               the
               same
               thing
               be
               Indifferent
               to
               One
               ,
               and
               not
               so
               to
               Another
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Granted
               ;
               and
               I
               pray'e
               follow
               it
               a
               little
               further
               .
               May
               not
               every
               thing
               Imaginable
               appear
               Non-Indifferent
               to
               some
               or
               other
               ;
               if
               nothing
               can
               be
               commanded
               ,
               but
               what
               upon
               such
               a
               Phansy
               may
               be
               Disobey'd
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               Pardon
               me
               ,
               I
               do
               not
               speak
               of
               Matters
               of
               
                 Civil
                 Concern
              
               ,
               but
               of
               Matters
               of
               Religion
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               That
               's
               all
               a
               Case
               ;
               for
               you
               cannot
               Instance
               in
               any
               One
               Civil
               Action
               ,
               that
               may
               not
               be
               made
               Relative
               to
               Religion
               .
               But
               stick
               to
               the
               Mark
               ;
               We
               are
               upon
               the
               Extent
               of
               
                 Humane
                 Power
              
               :
               That
               there
               is
               such
               a
               Power
               ;
               and
               That
               Authoris'd
               too
               by
               God
               Himself
               ,
               You
               have
               already
               granted
               :
               Now
               tell
               me
               ,
               Upon
               what
               shall
               That
               Power
               be
               Exercis'd
               ,
               if
               you
               Exclude
               things
               Indifferent
               ?
               One
               man
               may
               have
               a
               Reall
               Scruple
               ;
               and
               All
               the
               
                 Rest
                 ,
                 Pretend
              
               one
               ;
               Who
               shall
               Distinguish
               ?
               So
               that
               the
               Rule
               holding
               from
               One
               ,
               to
               
               All
               ,
               the
               Sacred
               Authority
               of
               the
               Prince
               becomes
               Dependent
               upon
               the
               Pleasure
               of
               the
               Subject
               ,
               and
               the
               Validity
               of
               a
               Divine
               and
               Unchangeable
               Ordinance
               ,
               is
               subjected
               to
               the
               Mutable
               Judgement
               and
               Construction
               of
               the
               People
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               It
               may
               be
               You
               Expect
               the
               Magistrate
               should
               as
               well
               have
               a
               Power
               of
               Judging
               what
               's
               Indifferent
               ,
               as
               of
               Restreyning
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               You
               may
               be
               sure
               ,
               I
               do
               ;
               for
               otherwise
               I
               'm
               where
               I
               was
               ,
               if
               I
               make
               You
               the
               Judge
               :
               Is
               't
               not
               all
               one
               ,
               as
               to
               the
               Magistrate
               ,
               Whether
               you
               Refuse
               upon
               Pretense
               that
               the
               Thing
               is
               not
               Indifferent
               ,
               or
               upon
               Pretense
               that
               he
               cannot
               Restreyn
               a
               Thing
               Indifferent
               ?
               The
               Crime
               indeed
               is
               differing
               in
               the
               Subject
               ;
               for
               the
               One
               way
               't
               is
               an
               Usurpation
               of
               Authority
               ,
               and
               the
               Other
               way
               ,
               't
               is
               a
               Denyall
               of
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               Why
               then
               it
               seems
               ,
               I
               am
               to
               Believe
               any
               thing
               Indifferent
               ,
               which
               the
               Magistrate
               tells
               me
               is
               so
               ,
               be
               it
               never
               so
               Wicked
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               No
               ;
               There
               You
               're
               bound
               up
               by
               a
               Superiour
               Law.
               
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               Have
               you
               forgot
               your self
               so
               soon
               ?
               'T
               was
               but
               just
               now
               ,
               you
               would
               not
               allow
               me
               to
               be
               a
               Iudge
               ,
               and
               here
               you
               Make
               me
               One.
               
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Right
               ;
               to
               your
               self
               you
               are
               ,
               but
               not
               to
               the
               Publique
               :
               A
               Judge
               of
               your
               own
               Thought
               ,
               but
               not
               of
               the
               Law.
               
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               At
               your
               rate
               of
               Arguing
               now
               from
               One
               to
               All
               ;
               Authority
               ,
               methinks
               ,
               should
               be
               as
               much
               Endanger'd
               This
               way
               ,
               as
               the
               Other
               ;
               for
               All
               may
               Iudge
               Thus
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               One.
               
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               'T
               is
               possible
               they
               May
               ;
               Nay
               wee
               'll
               suppose
               an
               Imposition
               foul
               Enough
               to
               move
               them
               all
               to
               do
               so
               ;
               and
               yet
               there
               's
               a
               Large
               Difference
               ;
               for
               ,
               
                 Diversity
                 of
                 Iudgment
                 does
                 not
                 shake
                 the
                 Foundation
                 of
                 Authority
              
               ;
               and
               a
               man
               may
               Disobey
               a
               
                 sinful
                 Command
              
               with
               great
               Reverence
               to
               the
               Power
               that
               Imposes
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               You
               were
               saying
               even
               now
               ,
               that
               my
               Duty
               to
               God
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               King
               ,
               could
               never
               be
               Inconsistent
               :
               Pray'e
               ,
               How
               shall
               I
               behave
               my self
               ,
               if
               the
               Prince
               Commands
               One
               thing
               ,
               and
               
                 God
                 ,
                 Another
              
               ?
               I
               cannot
               Observe
               the
               Law
               ,
               without
               Violence
               to
               my
               Conscience
               ,
               nor
               Discharge
               my
               Conscience
               ,
               without
               Offence
               to
               the
               Law
               ;
               What
               Course
               shall
               I
               take
               to
               avoid
               Enterfering
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Demean
               your Self
               as
               a
               Christian
               toward
               the
               Law
               of
               God
               ,
               on
               the
               One
               hand
               ;
               and
               as
               a
               Subject
               ,
               toward
               the
               Ordinance
               of
               God
               on
               the
               Other
               :
               as
               Considering
               that
               you
               are
               Discharg'd
               of
               your
               Obedience
               ,
               but
               not
               of
               your
               Subjection
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               Suppose
               the
               Supreme
               Magistrate
               should
               by
               a
               Law
               Establish
               a
               False
               Worship
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Hee
               's
               still
               your
               Prince
               ,
               and
               even
               in
               This
               Complication
               ,
               you
               may
               acquit
               your self
               both
               to
               God
               ,
               and
               Caesar.
               Divide
               the
               Worship
               from
               the
               Magistrate
               ,
               and
               in
               so
               doing
               ,
               you
               both
               
                 Fear
                 God
              
               ,
               and
               Honour
               the
               King
               ;
               and
               it
               is
               only
               This
               Loyal
               and
               Religious
               Separation
               of
               our
               Duties
               ,
               that
               must
               set
               us
               right
               in
               the
               Main
               Controversie
               .
               Where
               do
               ye
               find
               that
               Kings
               Reign
               upon
               Condition
               of
               Ruling
               Righteously
               ?
               Or
               that
               we
               owe
               them
               less
               After
               Misgovernment
               ,
               than
               we
               did
               Before
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               But
               do
               ye
               say
               ,
               we
               are
               bound
               to
               Honour
               an
               Idolatrous
               Prince
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               yes
               :
               the
               Prince
               you
               are
               bound
               to
               Honour
               ,
               though
               not
               as
               an
               Idolater
               .
               Shall
               the
               Vice
               or
               Error
               of
               the
               Person
               ,
               blemish
               the
               faultless
               Dignity
               of
               the
               Order
               ?
               By
               That
               Rule
               ,
               the
               world
               must
               Continue
               without
               a
               Government
               ,
               till
               we
               can
               find
               Men
               without
               Failings
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               So
               that
               you
               allow
               I
               perceive
               of
               Distinguishing
               betwixt
               the
               Person
               and
               the
               Office.
               
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Betwixt
               the
               Frailty
               of
               the
               One
               ,
               and
               the
               Sacredness
               of
               the
               Other
               ,
               I
               do
               :
               for
               Kings
               Command
               as
               Gods
               ,
               though
               they
               Iudge
               as
               Men
               :
               but
               I
               do
               no
               more
               allow
               of
               Dividing
               the
               Person
               of
               a
               Prince
               from
               his
               Authority
               ,
               then
               of
               Dividing
               his
               Soul
               from
               his
               Body
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               And
               ,
               I
               beseech
               ye
               ,
               what
               is
               that
               which
               you
               Call
               Authority
               ?
            
          
           
             
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               To
               tell
               ye
               Only
               that
               it
               is
               
                 Gods
                 Ordinance
              
               ,
               falls
               short
               ,
               I
               believe
               ,
               of
               the
               Scope
               of
               your
               ▪
               Question
               .
               Wherefore
               take
               This
               in
               Surplusage
               .
               
                 It
                 is
                 the
                 Will
                 and
                 Power
                 of
                 a
                 Multitude
                 ,
                 Deliver'd
                 up
                 by
                 Common
                 Consent
                 to
                 One
                 Person
                 or
                 More
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 Good
                 and
                 Safety
                 of
                 the
                 Whole
                 :
              
               and
               this
               Single
               or
               Plural
               Representative
               Acts
               for
               All.
               Take
               This
               along
               with
               ye
               too
               .
               The
               Disposition
               of
               such
               or
               such
               a
               Number
               of
               Persons
               into
               an
               Order
               of
               Commanding
               and
               Obeying
               is
               That
               which
               we
               call
               a
               Society
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               What
               is
               the
               Duty
               of
               the
               Supreme
               Magistrate
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               To
               procure
               the
               Welfare
               of
               the
               People
               ,
               or
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Apostle
               ;
               
                 He
                 is
                 the
                 Minister
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 for
                 a
                 Comfort
                 to
                 Those
                 that
                 Do
                 Well
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 a
                 Terrour
                 to
                 Evill-Doers
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               How
               far
               are
               his
               Lawes
               binding
               upon
               his
               Subjects
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               So
               far
               as
               They
               that
               parted
               with
               their
               Power
               had
               a
               Right
               over
               Themselves
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               Whence
               was
               the
               Original
               of
               Power
               ,
               and
               what
               Form
               of
               Government
               was
               First
               ,
               Regal
               ,
               or
               Popular
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Power
               was
               
                 Ordain'd
                 of
                 God
              
               ,
               but
               
                 Specify'd
                 by
                 Man
              
               ;
               and
               beyond
               doubt
               ,
               the
               First
               Form
               of
               Goverment
               was
               Monarchique
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               Nay
               ,
               Certainly
               the
               Popular
               Form
               was
               first
               ,
               for
               How
               could
               there
               be
               a
               King
               without
               a
               People
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               So
               was
               the
               Son
               before
               the
               Father
               (
               you
               'll
               say
               )
               for
               How
               could
               there
               be
               a
               Father
               without
               a
               Son.
               But
               the
               Question
               is
               First
               ,
               Was
               the
               World
               ever
               without
               a
               Government
               ,
               since
               the
               Creation
               of
               Man
               ?
               Secondly
               ,
               Whether
               was
               first
               in
               the
               World
               ,
               One
               Man
               ,
               or
               More
               ?
               I
               see
               well
               enough
               what
               'tis
               You
               'd
               be
               at
               ;
               You
               would
               fain
               advance
               the
               Popular
               Form
               above
               the
               Regal
               :
               which
               if
               ye
               could
               ,
               't
               were
               Nothing
               to
               our
               purpose
               ;
               for
               we
               are
               not
               upon
               the
               Form
               of
               Government
               ,
               but
               upon
               the
               Latitude
               of
               
                 Humaene
                 Iurisdiction
              
               ,
               be
               the
               Sovereignty
               where
               it
               will
               ;
               and
               that
               
                 it
                 extends
                 to
                 whatsoever
                 God
                 has
                 left
                 Indifferent
                 ,
              
               is
               my
               Assertion
               .
               If
               you
               
                 Deny
                 This
              
               ,
               You
               Overthrow
               
                 All
                 Government
              
               ,
               (
               as
               is
               already
               prov'd
               )
               and
               if
               you
               Grant
               it
               ,
               we
               are
               at
               Liberty
               for
               the
               next
               Enquiry
               which
               is
               concerning
               ,
            
          
        
         
           
           
             
               SECT
               .
               XII
            
             .
             The
             Bounds
             of
             TOLERATION
             ;
             with
             some
             Reflections
             upon
             SCHISM
             ,
             and
             SCANDAL
             .
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               IT
               is
               already
               agreed
               ,
               that
               Government
               is
               a
               Divine
               
               
                 Ordinance
                 ;
                 and
                 Order
              
               (
               according
               to
               the
               Reverend
               Hooker
               )
               is
               only
               ,
               
                 A
                 Manifestation
                 of
                 the
                 Eternal
                 Law
                 of
                 God.
              
               So
               that
               I
               think
               ,
               a
               Man
               may
               safely
               pronounce
               (
               upon
               This
               Allowance
               )
               First
               ,
               that
               
                 What
                 Principle
                 soever
                 is
                 Manifestly
                 Destructive
                 of
                 Government
                 ,
                 or
                 but
                 rationally
                 tending
                 to
                 Confusion
                 ,
                 cannot
                 le
                 of
                 God.
              
               Secondly
               ,
               
                 Every
                 Man
                 is
                 to
                 Content
                 himself
                 in
                 his
                 Station
                 as
                 being
                 no
                 farther
                 accomptable
                 ,
                 than
                 for
                 what
                 's
                 committed
                 to
                 his
                 Charge
                 .
              
               Under
               These
               Two
               Heads
               will
               be
               found
               (
               if
               I
               mistake
               not
               )
               whatsoever
               belongs
               to
               the
               Political
               Part
               of
               our
               Debate
               .
            
             
               We
               are
               here
               to
               enquire
               ,
               not
               how
               far
               Toleration
               may
               be
               Convenient
               ,
               or
               otherwise
               ;
               but
               how
               far
               Warrantable
               and
               Lawful
               :
               and
               I
               find
               it
               (
               by
               a
               Reverend
               ,
               and
               Learned
               Prelate
               )
               brought
               to
               This
               Standard
               ,
               [
               
                 In
                 the
                 Question
                 of
                 Toleration
                 ,
                 The
                 Foundation
                 of
                 Faith
                 ,
                 Good
                 Life
                 ,
                 and
                 Government
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 Secur'd
                 .
              
               ]
               Wherein
               is
               compris'd
               a
               Provision
               and
               Care
               ,
               that
               we
               may
               live
               as
               Christians
               toward
               God
               ;
               as
               Members
               of
               a
               Community
               toward
               
                 one
                 another
              
               ;
               and
               as
               
                 Loyal
                 Subjects
              
               toward
               our
               Sovereign
               .
               Now
               if
               you
               'll
               admit
               Opinions
               to
               be
               only
               so
               far
               Tolerable
               as
               they
               Consist
               with
               These
               Duties
               of
               
                 Religion
                 ,
                 Morality
              
               ,
               and
               Society
               ,
               We
               have
               no
               more
               to
               do
               ,
               but
               to
               apply
               Matters
               in
               Controversie
               to
               the
               Rules
               of
               Piety
               ,
               and
               Good
               Manners
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               Ends
               of
               Government
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               '
               
                 T
                 is
                 True
                 ;
                 were
                 Men
                 Agreed
                 upon
                 Those
                 Rules
                 :
                 But
                 we
                 see
                 Several
                 Men
                 have
                 Various
                 apprehensions
                 of
                 the
                 same
              
               
               
                 thing
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 which
                 One
                 Man
                 takes
                 for
                 a
                 Rule
                 ,
                 Another
                 Counts
                 an
                 Errour
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               By
               your
               Argument
               ,
               we
               shall
               have
               
                 no
                 Religion
              
               ,
               because
               Men
               Differ
               about
               the
               
                 Right
                 ;
                 No
                 Bible
              
               ,
               because
               Men
               Disagree
               about
               the
               Meaning
               of
               it
               :
               
                 No
                 Rule
              
               ,
               in
               fine
               ,
               at
               all
               to
               square
               our
               Actions
               by
               ,
               till
               Truth
               ,
               and
               Reason
               shall
               be
               Establisht
               by
               a
               
                 Popular
                 Vote
              
               .
            
             
               The
               Law
               says
               Worship
               Thus
               ,
               or
               So
               ;
               use
               
                 This
                 Form
                 ,
                 That
                 Ceremony
                 ,
                 Posture
                 ,
                 Habit
                 ,
              
               &c.
               —
               The
               Libertine
               cries
               No
               ,
               't
               is
               
                 a
                 Confinement
                 of
                 the
                 Spirit
              
               ;
               an
               
                 Invention
                 of
                 Man
              
               ;
               a
               Making
               of
               That
               Necessary
               which
               God
               left
               Free
               ;
               a
               Scandal
               to
               
                 Tender
                 Consciences
              
               ,
               &c.
               —
               And
               Here
               's
               Authority
               Concluded
               ,
               as
               to
               the
               Manner
               of
               Worship
               .
            
             
               So
               for
               the
               Time.
               How
               do
               They
               know
               when
               Christ
               was
               Born
               ,
               or
               Crucify'd
               ?
               Nay
               ,
               They
               have
               much
               adoe
               to
               call
               to
               Mind
               when
               the
               
                 Late
                 King
              
               was
               Murder'd
               :
               but
               the
               Relief
               of
               Taunton
               ,
               and
               the
               Repulse
               They
               gave
               the
               Cavaliers
               at
               Lyme
               :
               This
               They
               can
               very
               well
               Remember
               ,
               and
               Celebrate
               Those
               Daies
               of
               Mercy
               with
               a
               most
               Superstitious
               Gravity
               ,
               and
               Form.
               The
               Churches
               Fasting-Daies
               ,
               They
               make
               their
               Iubilees
               ;
               and
               still
               it
               happens
               ,
               that
               Their
               Consciences
               and
               the
               Law
               ,
               run
               Counter
               .
            
             
               'T
               is
               the
               same
               Thing
               ,
               as
               to
               the
               Place
               ;
               Command
               Them
               to
               Church
               ;
               They
               'll
               tell
               ye
               ,
               there
               's
               no
               
                 Inherent
                 Holiness
              
               in
               the
               Walls
               ;
               the
               Hearts
               of
               the
               Saints
               ,
               are
               the
               Temples
               of
               the
               Lord.
               Is
               not
               God
               to
               be
               found
               in
               a
               Parlour
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               in
               a
               Steeple-House
               ?
               In
               fine
               ,
               What
               's
               their
               Plea
               for
               All
               This
               ;
               but
               that
               ,
               
                 This
                 is
                 One
                 Mans
                 Iudgment
                 ,
                 That
                 ,
                 Anothers
                 :
                 This
              
               or
               
                 That
                 may
                 be
                 Indifferent
                 to
                 You
                 ,
                 but
                 not
                 to
                 Mee
                 .
              
               What
               's
               Indifference
               to
               Christianity
               ?
               This
               sickly
               Humour
               opens
               a
               door
               to
               as
               many
               Controversies
               as
               there
               are
               Men
               ;
               it
               leaves
               
                 Authority
                 ,
                 naked
              
               ;
               and
               exposes
               the
               Law
               to
               any
               mans
               Scorn
               ,
               that
               shall
               think
               fit
               to
               Scruple
               his
               Obedience
               .
            
             
               To
               conclude
               ;
               This
               
                 Lawless
                 Liberty
              
               ,
               Razes
               the
               very
               
               foundation
               of
               Government
               ;
               it
               creates
               as
               many
               Religions
               ,
               as
               there
               are
               several
               Phansies
               ;
               and
               ,
               briefly
               ,
               the
               Assertors
               of
               This
               Liberty
               are
               of
               the
               Number
               of
               Those
               that
               are
               not
               upon
               any
               Terms
               to
               be
               admitted
               within
               the
               Pale
               of
               a
               Toleration
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               Shall
               the
               Magistrate
               make
               me
               Act
               against
               my
               Conscience
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Shall
               the
               Subject
               make
               Him
               Tolerate
               against
               His
               ?
               But
               to
               proceed
               ;
               There
               are
               that
               place
               [
               a
               ]
               the
               Soveraignty
               in
               the
               Diffusive
               Body
               of
               the
               People
               ,
               that
               hold
               it
               Lawfull
               for
               the
               Subjects
               to
               enter
               into
               Leagues
               and
               Covenants
               ,
               not
               only
               Without
               the
               Soveraign's
               Consent
               ,
               but
               Against
               his
               Authority
               ;
               that
               call
               upon
               the
               People
               in
               the
               Pulpit
               ,
               [
               b
               ]
               
                 to
                 Assist
                 the
                 Forces
                 raised
                 by
                 the
                 PARLIAMENT
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 their
                 Power
                 and
                 Vocation
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 to
                 Assist
                 the
                 Forces
                 raised
                 by
                 the
                 KING
                 ,
                 neither
                 DIRECTLY
                 nor
                 INDIRECTLY
                 :
              
               That
               Proclaym
               [
               c
               ]
               
                 the
                 breach
                 of
                 the
              
               National
               Covenant
               ,
               
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 greater
                 sin
                 ,
                 then
                 a
                 sin
                 against
                 a
              
               Command'ment
               ,
               
                 or
                 against
                 an
              
               Ordinance
               —
               
                 a
                 sin
                 of
                 so
                 high
                 a
                 Nature
                 ,
                 that
              
               God
               
                 cannot
                 in
              
               Honour
               
                 but
                 be
                 Aveng'd
                 upon
                 't
              
               .
            
             
               These
               are
               a
               People
               likewise
               ,
               whose
               Principles
               stand
               in
               no
               Consistence
               either
               with
               Piety
               or
               with
               Government
               ;
               and
               can
               as
               little
               Pretend
               to
               the
               Benefit
               of
               a
               Toleration
               as
               the
               Former
               .
            
             
               There
               are
               that
               Asfirm
               ,
               [
               d
               ]
               
                 Reformation
                 of
                 Religion
                 to
                 be
                 the
              
               People's
               Duty
               
                 no
                 Less
                 then
                 the
              
               King
               's
               :
               [
               e
               ]
               and
               
                 that
                 the
              
               Pastors
               
                 of
                 the
                 Land
                 are
                 Oblig'd
                 to
                 Reform
                 Themselves
                 and
                 Religion
                 without
                 the
              
               King
               ;
               
                 nay
                 ,
                 though
                 the
                 King
                 command
                 the
              
               contrary
               .
            
             
               There
               are
               that
               Print
               [
               f
               ]
               
                 the
                 English
                 Episcopal
                 Clergy
                 to
                 be
                 sons
                 of
              
               Belial
               ;
               
                 that
                 Press
                 the
                 Cutting
                 of
                 them
                 off
                 ;
                 that
                 scandalously
                 Charge
                 Them
                 with
                 Drunkennesse
                 ,
                 Prophanesse
                 ,
                 Superstition
                 ,
                 Popishness
                 :
              
               To
               the
               Dishonour
               of
               that
               Government
               which
               his
               Majesty
               has
               sworn
               to
               Maintain
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               Hazard
               of
               the
               Publique
               Peace
               .
               These
               also
               do
               I
               take
               to
               be
               a
               People
               ,
               whose
               Practices
               and
               Opinions
               Threaten
               a
               certain
               and
               
                 swift
                 Destruction
              
               both
               to
               Church
               and
               State
               ,
               Wherever
               They
               are
               Tolerated
               .
               What
               security
               
               can
               a
               Prince
               expect
               ,
               where
               his
               Mistakes
               are
               made
               the
               common
               Theme
               of
               the
               Pulpit
               ,
               and
               where
               His
               Regalities
               are
               subjected
               ,
               to
               the
               Good
               Pleasure
               of
               His
               Subjects
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               You
               do
               not
               think
               it
               Lawfull
               then
               I
               perceive
               ,
               to
               Tolerate
               the
               Non-conformists
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Till
               they
               renounce
               their
               Seditious
               ,
               and
               Anti-Monarchical
               wayes
               ,
               I
               must
               confess
               I
               do
               not
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               And
               which
               are
               Those
               I
               beseech
               ye
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Their
               Inconformity
               to
               the
               Law
               ;
               Their
               Doctrine
               of
               
                 Conditional
                 Obedience
              
               :
               Their
               Erecting
               an
               
                 Ecclesiastical
                 Supremacy
              
               to
               overtop
               the
               
                 Prerogative
                 Royall
              
               ;
               To
               say
               no
               more
               ,
               Their
               Declaring
               the
               Magistrate
               accomptable
               to
               the
               People
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               Conformity
               ,
               You
               have
               spoken
               some
               sharp
               Truths
               ,
               and
               it
               is
               to
               be
               presum'd
               that
               you
               'l
               Allow
               the
               Liberty
               you
               Take
               .
               Whether
               do
               you
               believe
               Scandal
               to
               be
               any
               more
               Tolerable
               ,
               than
               Schism
               ?
               Or
               ,
               are
               not
               the
               
                 Sons
                 of
                 the
                 Church
              
               (
               as
               ye
               call
               them
               )
               as
               Guilty
               of
               the
               One
               ,
               as
               the
               Non-conformists
               are
               of
               the
               Other
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Scandal
               ,
               My
               good
               Friend
               ,
               is
               a
               General
               Term
               ;
               especially
               as
               you
               frequently
               apply
               it
               :
               and
               't
               is
               but
               Reason
               for
               me
               to
               ask
               your
               Meaning
               ,
               before
               I
               give
               you
               my
               Answer
               .
               To
               say
               ,
               that
               
                 the
                 Sons
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 are
                 Guilty
                 of
                 Scandal
                 ,
              
               when
               ,
               
                 eo
                 nomine
              
               ,
               they
               appear
               to
               you
               Scandalous
               ,
               is
               no
               more
               then
               to
               say
               ,
               that
               
                 the
                 Sons
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 are
                 the
                 Sons
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 :
              
               for
               ,
               the
               Church
               it
               self
               ,
               the
               Government
               ,
               and
               the
               Rites
               of
               it
               ,
               are
               
                 All
                 ,
                 Scandalous
              
               to
               You.
               Wherefore
               I
               beseech
               ye
               ,
               be
               a
               little
               more
               Particular
               ,
               that
               I
               may
               understand
               
                 what
                 Scandal
              
               you
               intend
               ,
               and
               be
               as
               plain
               ,
               as
               playn
               may
               be
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               
                 Nay
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 have
                 it
                 then
                 ,
                 and
                 as
                 plainly
                 too
                 as
                 your
                 Heart
                 can
                 wish
                 .
                 Your
                 Position
                 is
                 ,
                 that
              
               No
               Toleration
               can
               warrantably
               be
               Granted
               to
               the
               Hazard
               of
               
                 Religion
                 ,
                 Good
                 Life
              
               ,
               and
               Government
               .
            
             
               
                 According
                 to
                 That
              
               Standard
               ,
               
                 You
                 'ld
                 find
                 ,
                 that
                 the
              
               Conformists
               
                 have
                 as
                 little
                 Right
                 to
                 a
              
               Toleration
               ,
               
                 as
                 their
              
               Neighbours
               ;
               
                 and
                 that
                 the
              
               Notorious
               Scandal
               
                 on
                 the
              
               One
               side
               ,
               
               
                 out-weighs
                 the
              
               Pretended
               Schism
               
                 on
                 the
              
               Other
               .
               
                 But
                 ,
                 to
                 make
                 my self
                 understood
                 ;
                 by
              
               Scandal
               ,
               
                 I
                 mean
              
               Publique
               and
               Habitual
               Prophaneness
               ,
               Sensuality
               ,
               Dissolution
               of
               Manners
               ,
               
                 &c.
                 —
                 as
                 ,
                 by
              
               Schism
               and
               Sedition
               ,
               
                 I
                 suppose
                 You
                 intend
                 our
                 Incomplyances
                 with
                 your
              
               Church-Discipline
               :
               
                 Our
                 Preaching
                 up
                 the
              
               Power
               
                 of
                 Godliness
                 ,
                 against
                 the
              
               Form
               
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 (
                 which
                 You
                 Interpret
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 Decrying
                 of
                 your
              
               Ceremonies
               )
               
                 and
                 our
                 Exhortings
              
               ,
               rather
               to
               obey
               God
               than
               Man
               ,
               (
               
                 which
                 you
                 are
                 apt
                 to
                 take
                 for
                 an
                 Affront
                 to
                 your
                 Master's
              
               Prerogagative
               .
               )
            
             
               
                 'T
                 is
                 true
                 ;
                 We
                 cannot
                 bring
                 up
                 our
              
               Consciences
               
                 to
                 your
              
               Ceremonies
               ,
               
                 and
                 ,
                 for
                 Refusing
                 to
                 doe
                 ,
                 what
                 we
                 cannot
                 Iustifie
                 the
                 Doing
                 of
                 ,
                 we
                 are
                 Baptiz'd
                 ,
              
               Schismatiques
               .
               This
               Extermination
               
                 of
                 Us
                 from
                 the
              
               Publique
               Assembly
               ,
               
                 puts
                 us
                 upon
                 the
                 Necessity
                 of
              
               Private
               Meetings
               ;
               
                 and
                 There
                 We
                 are
                 Charg'd
                 with
              
               Plotts
               ;
               and
               Practices
               
                 upon
                 the
              
               State.
               
                 Take
                 it
                 all
                 at
                 the
                 Worst
                 ,
                 It
                 is
                 but
                 doing
                 That
                 which
                 the
                 Whole
                 World
                 agrees
                 must
                 Necessarily
                 be
                 done
                 ▪
                 after
                 such
                 a
                 Manner
                 as
                 some
                 People
                 Imagine
                 we
                 ought
                 not
                 to
                 do
                 it
                 .
                 So
                 much
                 for
                 the
              
               Schism
               
                 of
                 the
              
               Non-Conformists
               .
               
                 Now
                 put
                 the
              
               Scandal
               
                 of
                 the
              
               Adverse
               
                 Party
                 into
                 the
              
               Other
               
                 Scale
                 ,
                 and
                 You
                 Your self
                 shall
                 hold
                 the
                 Ballance
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Set
                 but
              
               Your
               Tavern-Clubs
               against
               Our
               Conventicles
               ,
               
                 and
                 (
                 since
                 you
                 will
                 have
                 it
                 so
                 )
                 Oppose
                 our
                 Plotts
                 against
                 the
              
               Government
               
                 in
                 the
              
               One
               ,
               
                 to
                 your
                 Combinations
                 against
              
               God
               Himself
               
                 in
                 the
                 Other
                 ;
                 (
                 for
                 Atheism
                 is
                 become
                 the
              
               Sport
               ,
               and
               Wit
               ;
               the
               Salt
               
                 of
                 your
                 most
                 Celebrated
              
               Enterteinments
               .
               )
               
                 In
                 Your
                 own
                 Words
              
               ,
               [
               The
               Eternal
               Verity
               
                 is
                 made
                 a
              
               Fable
               ;
               Religion
               
                 but
                 a
              
               Scar-Crow
               ,
               
                 (
                 the
                 sour
                 Impression
                 of
                 a
                 Superstitious
              
               Melancholy
               ,
               )
               
                 nor
                 ,
                 is't
                 enough
                 to
              
               Abandon
               
                 Heaven
                 ,
                 unless
                 ye
              
               Invade
               
                 it
                 too
                 ;
                 and
                 in
                 the
              
               Throne
               of
               Providence
               ,
               
                 set
                 up
                 the
              
               Empire
               ,
               and
               Divinity
               ,
               of
               Fortune
               .
               
                 When
                 you
                 have
                 dash'd
                 the
                 Bible
                 out
                 of
                 Countenance
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 conceit
                 of
              
               The
               Three
               Grand
               Impostors
               ,
               
                 or
                 some
                 such
                 tart
                 piece
                 of
              
               Drollery
               ,
               (
               
                 and
                 all
                 This
                 Enterlarded
                 with
              
               Execrable
               ,
               and
               study'd
               Blasphemyes
               )
               the
               Man
               
                 must
                 be
                 cast
                 off
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 the
              
               Christian
               ;
               
                 and
                 there
                 's
                 the
                 Upshot
                 of
                 your
                 Familiar
                 Conversations
                 .
                 If
                 such
                 People
                 as
              
               These
               
                 may
                 be
                 Tolerated
                 ,
                 where
                 's
              
               
               
                 your
                 ▪
              
               Foundation
               of
               Faith
               ,
               Good
               Life
               ,
               and
               Government
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               We
               are
               fallen
               ,
               I
               must
               confess
               into
               a
               
                 Lewd
                 Age
              
               ;
               and
               yet
               truly
               ,
               when
               I
               consider
               ,
               that
               This
               Nation
               has
               been
               Twenty
               years
               under
               
                 your
                 Tuition
              
               ,
               't
               is
               a
               Greater
               Wonder
               to
               me
               ;
               that
               it
               is
               not
               quite
               Overspread
               with
               Atheism
               ,
               than
               to
               find
               it
               Only
               Teinted
               and
               Infected
               with
               it
               .
               The
               Reproche
               and
               Load
               of
               This
               Impiety
               ,
               you
               have
               cast
               upon
               the
               
                 Episcopal
                 Party
              
               :
               but
               when
               we
               come
               to
               Trace
               the
               Monster
               to
               his
               Den
               ,
               I
               'm
               afraid
               we
               shall
               bring
               the
               Footsteps
               of
               Him
               up
               to
               your
               own
               Dore.
               
            
             
               That
               there
               are
               Exorbitants
               in
               all
               Perswasions
               ,
               is
               a
               Thing
               not
               to
               be
               doubted
               ;
               and
               that
               there
               are
               in
               ours
               as
               well
               as
               in
               Others
               ,
               I
               will
               not
               Deny
               ;
               but
               to
               Asperse
               the
               Cause
               for
               
                 Personal
                 Misdemeanours
              
               ,
               is
               ,
               to
               my
               thinking
               ,
               very
               Disingenuous
               .
               If
               ye
               will
               Charge
               
                 Personal
                 Crimes
              
               upon
               the
               Accompt
               of
               a
               Party
               ,
               You
               should
               be
               sure
               to
               Make
               out
               Those
               Crimes
               to
               be
               Rationally
               Consequent
               to
               the
               Tenents
               ,
               or
               Actings
               ,
               of
               That
               Party
               .
               Now
               if
               you
               can
               shew
               me
               Any
               Affinity
               betwixt
               
                 our
                 Principles
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Those
                 Villanyes
              
               ,
               you
               say
               something
               ;
               but
               if
               ye
               cannot
               ,
               the
               Dust
               of
               your
               Argument
               puts
               out
               your
               own
               Eyes
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               You
               forget
               that
               you
               Condemn
               your
               own
               Practice
               ;
               for
               why
               may
               not
               I
               Charge
               Personal
               Extravagancies
               upon
               your
               Party
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               You
               do
               it
               upon
               Ours
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Only
               because
               there
               is
               not
               That
               Affinity
               (
               as
               I
               said
               but
               now
               )
               betwixt
               the
               Principles
               of
               the
               Party
               ,
               and
               the
               Faults
               of
               the
               Persons
               ;
               on
               the
               One
               side
               ,
               which
               I
               find
               on
               the
               Other
               .
               To
               make
               This
               as
               Clear
               as
               the
               Day
               ,
               wee
               'l
               open
               it
               Thus.
               
            
             
               The
               
                 Episcopal
                 Party
              
               was
               for
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               't
               is
               undenyable
               ,
               that
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               the
               Church
               ,
               had
               both
               the
               
                 same
                 Cause
              
               ,
               and
               the
               
                 same
                 Fate
              
               .
               The
               Nonconformists
               were
               against
               the
               King
               ;
               and
               it
               is
               There
               as
               unquestionable
               ,
               that
               They
               were
               the
               Men
               that
               Destroy'd
               both
               Church
               ,
               and
               State.
               So
               that
               the
               Issue
               lies
               within
               This
               Compass
               ;
               Whether
               the
               Soveraignty
               be
               in
               the
               King
               ,
               or
               in
               the
               People
               ?
               If
               in
               the
               King
               ,
               the
               Rebellion
               was
               on
               your
               side
               ;
               if
               in
               the
               People
               ,
               the
               
               Guilt
               of
               the
               Warr
               lyes
               upon
               us
               .
               Now
               place
               the
               Power
               where
               ye
               please
               ;
               Do
               ye
               own
               the
               Kings
               Authority
               ,
               or
               do
               ye
               Disclaim
               it
               ?
               If
               ye
               Disclaim
               it
               ,
               why
               do
               ye
               Petition
               to
               your
               Inferiour
               ?
               or
               why
               should
               the
               King
               favour
               his
               Competitours
               ?
               If
               ye
               Acknowledge
               it
               ,
               Wee
               'l
               proceed
               upon
               This
               Grant
               ,
               that
               the
               Non-Conformists
               were
               in
               a
               Rebellion
               ;
               and
               prove
               that
               all
               the
               Transcendent
               Abominations
               which
               you
               Compleyn
               of
               ,
               are
               but
               the
               proper
               ,
               and
               Natural
               Fruits
               ,
               that
               have
               proceeded
               from
               That
               Root
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               You
               know
               there
               have
               been
               several
               Popular
               Tracts
               written
               upon
               This
               Subject
               ;
               as
               —
               some-bodyes
               
                 Soveraign
                 Power
                 of
                 Parliaments
              
               .
               Rutherford's
               
                 Lex
                 Rex
              
               ,
               &c.
               that
               never
               were
               Answer'd
               yet
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Well
               said
               Old
               True-penny
               .
               I
               think
               the
               
                 Assemblyes
                 Letter
              
               to
               the
               
                 Reformed
                 Churches
              
               ,
               was
               never
               Answer'd
               neither
               .
               But
               ,
               to
               be
               serious
               .
               There
               are
               indeed
               many
               dangerous
               ,
               and
               seditious
               Treatises
               that
               lye
               unanswer'd
               (
               the
               more
               's
               the
               shame
               ,
               and
               Pity
               .
               )
               If
               no
               body
               were
               wiser
               then
               my self
               ;
               The
               sum
               of
               them
               All
               should
               be
               Confuted
               in
               one
               
               just
               Volume
               ,
               and
               the
               Origina's
               committed
               to
               the
               Fire
               ,
               for
               the
               security
               of
               the
               Future
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               But
               you
               were
               about
               to
               tell
               us
               how
               Rebellion
               begets
               Atheism
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Well
               Remembred
               ;
               and
               I
               pray'e
               Observe
               .
               There
               are
               but
               Two
               sorts
               of
               People
               that
               are
               Capable
               of
               being
               drawn
               into
               a
               Rebellion
               ,
               the
               Weak
               and
               the
               Wicked
               ;
               Those
               that
               do
               not
               understand
               what
               they
               doe
               ,
               and
               Those
               that
               
                 care
                 not
              
               what
               they
               doe
               .
               The
               Ordinary
               Stale
               ,
               is
               Religion
               ;
               the
               Scene
               of
               This
               spiritual
               Imposture
               is
               the
               Pulpit
               ,
               and
               the
               Arbitrators
               of
               the
               Cause
               are
               the
               Preachers
               ;
               by
               the
               benefit
               of
               which
               Conjuncture
               ,
               (
               to
               wit
               )
               of
               the
               Weight
               of
               the
               Matter
               in
               Question
               ;
               [
               Religion
               ]
               with
               the
               Authority
               appoynted
               to
               Determine
               it
               ;
               [
               
                 God
                 's
                 Ministers
              
               ]
               it
               is
               no
               hard
               business
               for
               a
               Peinfull
               and
               
                 Well-affected
                 Ministry
              
               (
               That
               is
               ,
               Painfull
               ,
               and
               
                 well-affected
                 in
              
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               Design
               )
               to
               Preach
               the
               Generality
               of
               the
               People
               into
               This
               Division
               :
               [
               
                 i.
                 e.
              
               ]
               Those
               that
               cannot
               reach
               the
               Cheat
               to
               scruple
               at
               
                 every
                 thing
              
               ;
               and
               Those
               that
               go
               along
               with
               it
               ,
               to
               make
               a
               Conscience
               of
               Nothing
               :
               
               and
               hence
               it
               comes
               ,
               that
               This
               Kingdome
               is
               so
               Pester'd
               with
               Enthusiasts
               ,
               and
               Atheists
               .
            
          
           
             
               Zea.
               
            
             
               But
               I
               tell
               ye
               again
               ;
               the
               Atheists
               are
               on
               the
               wrong
               side
               :
               The
               Atheists
               are
               Against
               us
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Let
               me
               Enform
               ye
               then
               ,
               that
               Your
               Proceedings
               have
               Made
               Atheists
               ,
               More
               waies
               then
               One.
               
            
             
               First
               ,
               The
               Meer
               Quality
               of
               your
               Cause
               ,
               has
               made
               Atheism
               the
               Interest
               of
               Many
               of
               Your
               Partakers
               ;
               Who
               to
               put
               off
               That
               Horrour
               which
               attends
               them
               if
               there
               be
               a
               God
               ,
               Endeavour
               to
               perswade
               themselves
               that
               there
               is
               
                 no
                 God
                 at
                 all
              
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               The
               Work
               has
               been
               carried
               on
               under
               the
               Masque
               of
               Holiness
               ;
               and
               the
               most
               Desperate
               Atheist
               ,
               is
               nothing
               else
               but
               a
               
                 Crusted
                 Hypocrite
              
               .
               I
               speak
               of
               your
               
                 Religious
                 Atheist
              
               ,
               who
               has
               This
               odds
               of
               the
               Prophane
               ,
               and
               
                 Scoffing
                 Wretch
              
               ,
               that
               he
               abuses
               God
               to
               his
               Face
               ,
               and
               in
               his
               own
               
                 House
                 .
                 The
                 Great
                 Atheists
                 ,
                 indeed
                 ,
                 are
                 Hypocrites
              
               (
               sayes
               Sir
               
                 Francis
                 Bacon
                 )
                 which
                 are
                 ever
                 handling
                 Holy
                 Things
                 ,
                 but
              
               
               
                 without
                 Feeling
                 ;
                 so
                 as
                 they
                 must
                 needs
                 be
                 Cauteriz'd
                 in
                 the
                 End.
              
               It
               is
               Remarquable
               ,
               (
               as
               I
               have
               elsewhere
               observ'd
               )
               that
               in
               the
               Holy
               Scripture
               there
               are
               not
               so
               many
               Woes
               pronounc'd
               ,
               nor
               so
               many
               Cautions
               Inculcated
               ,
               against
               any
               Sort
               of
               People
               as
               against
               Hypocrites
               .
               You
               shall
               There
               find
               that
               God
               has
               given
               the
               Grace
               of
               Repentance
               to
               
                 Persecutors
                 ,
                 Idolaters
                 ,
                 Murtherers
                 ,
                 Adulterers
                 ,
              
               &c.
               but
               I
               'm
               mistaken
               if
               the
               whole
               Bible
               Yields
               any
               one
               Instance
               of
               a
               
                 Converted
                 Hypocrite
              
               .
            
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               Let
               me
               tell
               ye
               ,
               for
               the
               Honour
               of
               your
               Practises
               ,
               that
               as
               to
               the
               Defence
               of
               Atheism
               ,
               you
               have
               done
               more
               then
               All
               that
               ever
               went
               before
               ye
               ;
               upon
               that
               Noble
               Argument
               .
               Your
               People
               were
               not
               [
               
                 a
                 WICKED
                 ,
                 PROPHANE
              
               ,
               
               
                 DRUNKEN
                 Ministry
                 (
                 They
                 would
                 never
                 have
                 Setled
                 the
                 Ark
                 )
                 but
                 SOBER
                 ,
                 PIOUS
                 ,
                 GODLY
                 Ministers
                 ,
                 that
                 did
                 the
                 Feat
                 :
                 —
                 a
                 Praying
                 ,
                 and
                 Reforming
                 People
                 .
              
               
               Indeed
               a
               People
               that
               would
               Seize
               a
               Brother's
               Benefice
               with
               more
               Reverence
               ,
               then
               Any
               of
               our
               Prelates
               gives
               a
               Charity
               .
            
          
           
             
               Zea.
               
            
             
               Be
               not
               severe
               ,
               Conformity
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Then
               bid
               your
               Brethren
               leave
               their
               Gibbrish
               ,
               and
               their
               Iugling
               ;
               and
               wee
               'll
               to
               our
               Atheism
               again
               .
               Answer
               me
               Soberly
               ,
               What
               if
               a
               State
               should
               grant
               a
               Toleration
               ,
               for
               all
               men
               to
               talk
               of
               God-Almighty
               as
               they
               please
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               A
               Horrid
               ,
               Impious
               Proposition
               !
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               
                 Thou
                 art
                 the
                 Man
                 ,
                 Scruple
              
               ;
               That
               which
               you
               Ask
               is
               more
               and
               worse
               ;
               for
               the
               Liberty
               is
               the
               same
               ,
               and
               the
               Danger
               Infinitely
               Greater
               .
               In
               Earnest
               ,
               He
               that
               Looks
               narrowly
               through
               our
               Late
               Troubles
               ,
               from
               1640
               to
               60.
               will
               find
               Matter
               not
               Only
               to
               Stagger
               a
               Weak
               Christian
               ,
               but
               to
               put
               a
               Wiseman
               to
               a
               Second
               Thought
               ;
               and
               to
               make
               him
               Exclaim
               with
               the
               Prophet
               ,
               [
               
                 Lo
                 ,
                 These
                 are
                 the
                 Ungodly
                 ,
              
               
               
                 these
                 prosper
                 in
                 the
                 World
                 ,
                 and
                 these
                 have
                 Riches
                 in
                 possession
                 —
                 Then
                 have
                 I
                 cleansed
                 my
                 heart
                 in
                 Vain
                 ,
                 and
                 washed
                 my
                 hands
                 in
                 Innocency
                 .
              
            
             
               To
               see
               Nye
               ,
               and
               Marshall
               with
               
                 their
                 hands
                 lifted
                 up
                 un-the
                 Lord
                 in
                 a
                 Holy
                 Covenant
              
               ;
               Swearing
               to
               Day
               
                 to
                 Defend
                 and
                 Preserve
                 the
                 King's
                 Majesty's
                 Person
                 ,
              
               &c.
               and
               a
               while
               after
               with
               the
               same
               Consecrated
               Lips
               ,
               Blessing
               That
               Cursed
               Vote
               ,
               that
               Manifestly
               Led
               to
               His
               Destruction
               (
               The
               Vote
               of
               Non-Addresses
               )
               which
               was
               no
               more
               then
               saying
               Grace
               to
               the
               Kings
               Bloud
               .
               To
               see
               a
               Gang
               of
               Pulpit-Weather-cocks
               Shifting
               from
               Party
               to
               Party
               ,
               till
               they
               have
               run
               through
               every
               point
               of
               the
               Compass
               ,
               Swearing
               ,
               and
               Counter-swearing
               ;
               and
               when
               the
               City
               was
               Split
               into
               more
               Factions
               ,
               then
               Parishes
               ,
               Still
               to
               Mainteyn
               ,
               that
               the
               whole
               Schism
               was
               acted
               by
               the
               Holy-Ghost
               .
               To
               find
               the
               Pulpit
               in
               stead
               of
               Plain
               and
               
                 Saving
                 Truths
              
               Trading
               Only
               in
               Dark
               and
               
                 Oraculous
                 Delusions
              
               ,
               and
               the
               Pretended
               Messengers
               of
               Peace
               ,
               turn'd
               Agents
               for
               Bloud
               —
               To
               hear
               and
               see
               All
               This
               ,
               and
               More
               ,
               and
               the
               Cause
               Prosper
               too
               .
               What
               could
               the
               Wit
               of
               Man
               add
               more
               to
               This
               Temptation
               to
               Apostacy
               ?
            
             
               Lastly
               ,
               I
               must
               Impute
               much
               of
               That
               Iniquity
               which
               now
               Reigns
               ,
               to
               your
               Necessitated
               Toleration
               :
               I
               call
               it
               Necessitated
               ,
               for
               you
               could
               never
               have
               Crush't
               the
               Government
               without
               it
               .
               That
               Toleration
               started
               so
               Many
               Lewd
               Opinions
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               Some
               Degree
               of
               Modesty
               ,
               for
               Fear
               of
               a
               
                 Worse
                 Choyce
              
               ,
               to
               be
               of
               
                 No
                 Religion
                 at
                 all
              
               ;
               and
               beyond
               
               Question
               ,
               Many
               People
               finding
               it
               left
               so
               Indifferent
               of
               What
               Religion
               they
               were
               ;
               became
               Themselves
               as
               Indifferent
               ,
               whether
               they
               were
               of
               Any
               Religion
               or
               no.
               
            
             
               You
               have
               forc'd
               me
               here
               ,
               in
               My
               own
               Defence
               ,
               to
               be
               a
               little
               Sharper
               then
               I
               intended
               ;
               and
               truly
               since
               we
               are
               In
               thus
               far
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               Schismatiques
               think
               it
               so
               Mighty
               a
               matter
               to
               hit
               the
               
                 Prelatical
                 Party
              
               i'
               th'
               teeth
               at
               every
               Turn
               ,
               with
               the
               Imputation
               of
               SCANDAL
               ;
               I
               beseech
               ye
               tell
               me
               ,
            
             
               Which
               o'
               the
               Two
               do
               you
               count
               the
               more
               Tolerable
               ,
               SCANDAL
               ,
               or
               SCHISM
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               If
               by
               Schism
               you
               mean
               ,
               
                 a
                 Refusal
                 to
                 joyn
                 with
                 That
                 Church
                 where
                 I
                 cannot
                 Communicate
                 without
                 Sin
                 :
              
               and
               if
               you
               intend
               by
               
                 Scandal
                 ,
                 such
                 Actions
                 as
                 are
                 of
                 Ill
                 example
                 ,
                 and
                 administer
                 occasion
                 to
                 your
                 neighbour
                 of
                 Falling
                 ,
              
               I
               think
               't
               is
               easily
               Determin'd
               ,
               that
               the
               One
               is
               not
               to
               be
               Suffer'd
               ,
               and
               the
               Other
               not
               to
               be
               Condemn'd
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               When
               I
               speak
               of
               Schism
               ,
               and
               Scandal
               ,
               let
               not
               me
               be
               understood
               ,
               to
               speak
               of
               This
               or
               That
               Sort
               ,
               or
               Degree
               of
               Either
               ;
               but
               in
               the
               Just
               Latitude
               both
               of
               the
               One
               ,
               and
               the
               Other
               :
               That
               is
               ;
               without
               more
               Circumstance
               ,
               Which
               do
               you
               take
               for
               the
               more
               Tolerable
               Mischief
               of
               the
               Two
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               Truly
               betwixt
               a
               Perverse-Separation
               ,
               and
               a
               
                 Notorious
                 Scandal
              
               ,
               I
               think
               the
               Choyce
               is
               hard
               :
               but
               I
               rather
               Incline
               against
               the
               Scandal
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Then
               let
               me
               tell
               ye
               ,
               Schism
               is
               Both
               ;
               and
               if
               ye
               will
               believe
               Sir
               
                 Francis
                 Bacon
              
               ,
               [
               Heresies
               and
               Schisms
               ,
               are
               
               
                 of
                 all
                 others
                 the
              
               Greatest
               Scandals
               ;
               
                 yea
                 more
                 then
              
               Corruption
               of
               Manners
               .
               ]
               Consider
               it
               first
               ,
               as
               it
               stands
               in
               Opposition
               to
               Unity
               ,
               (
               which
               is
               the
               Bond
               both
               of
               Religion
               ,
               and
               Society
               )
               what
               can
               be
               more
               Scandalous
               then
               That
               which
               renders
               Religion
               it self
               ,
               Ridiculous
               ?
               and
               That
               's
               the
               Effect
               of
               Schism
               .
               To
               see
               so
               many
               several
               Factions
               Grinning
               one
               upon
               another
               ,
               and
               yet
               all
               pretending
               to
               the
               same
               One
               ,
               and
               
                 Infallible
                 Spirit
              
               !
               To
               bring
               it
               homer
               ,
               How
               Great
               a
               Shame
               and
               Trouble
               is
               This
               to
               Those
               that
               are
               within
               us
               !
               How
               great
               a
               Discouragement
               to
               such
               as
               are
               without
               us
               ;
               and
               How
               
               great
               a
               Subject
               of
               Rejoycing
               is
               it
               to
               Those
               that
               are
               Against
               us
               !
               How
               many
               (
               in
               fine
               )
               has
               it
               driven
               From
               us
               ;
               and
               how
               many
               more
               has
               it
               hinder'd
               from
               coming
               to
               us
               !
               Again
               ;
               't
               is
               seldome
               ,
               (
               I
               think
               I
               might
               say
               ,
               never
               )
               seen
               ,
               that
               Schism
               goes
               Alone
               :
               and
               in
               Effect
               ,
               it
               is
               but
               Sedition
               in
               a
               Disguise
               .
               For
               we
               find
               that
               our
               
                 Scrupulous
                 Dissenters
              
               ,
               can
               with
               great
               Ease
               ,
               and
               Unity
               ,
               agree
               in
               a
               War
               ,
               though
               not
               in
               a
               Ceremony
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               And
               may
               there
               not
               be
               Conspiracies
               in
               Scandal
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               in
               
                 Schism
                 ?
                 There
              
               ,
               with
               an
               Evident
               Design
               to
               bring
               Contempt
               upon
               Religion
               :
               whereas
               Here
               ,
               we
               find
               at
               least
               a
               Colour
               ,
               and
               Pretence
               to
               uphold
               it
               .
               Beside
               ;
               the
               sins
               which
               I
               accompt
               Scandalous
               ,
               are
               ,
               many
               of
               them
               ,
               Levell'd
               at
               the
               Prerogative
               of
               
                 God
                 Himself
              
               ;
               and
               ,
               in
               short
               ,
               the
               Question
               is
               not
               properly
               ,
               and
               simply
               ,
               betwixt
               Schism
               ,
               and
               Scandal
               ,
               but
               betwixt
               Schism
               ,
               and
               ail
               other
               sins
               whatsoever
               that
               may
               be
               Propagated
               by
               Conversation
               ;
               (
               for
               That
               's
               the
               Latitude
               of
               Scandal
               )
            
          
           
             
               Zea.
               
            
             
               Again
               ,
               let
               me
               observe
               from
               your
               own
               mouth
               ,
               that
               Heresies
               are
               Scandals
               ,
               and
               several
               Heresies
               you
               know
               ,
               both
               by
               the
               Laws
               of
               God
               and
               Man
               ,
               are
               Punish'd
               with
               
                 Death
                 .
                 He
              
               
               
                 that
                 Blasphemeth
                 the
                 Name
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 shall
                 be
                 put
                 to
                 Death
                 .
              
               And
               from
               hence
               you
               may
               gather
               some
               Difference
               sure
               ,
               betwixt
               the
               heynousness
               of
               the
               One
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               Other
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               If
               you
               will
               measure
               the
               Sin
               by
               the
               Punishment
               ,
               you
               'll
               proceed
               by
               a
               very
               uncertain
               Rule
               :
               for
               Political
               Laws
               regard
               rather
               
                 Publique
                 Conveniences
              
               ,
               than
               
                 Particular
                 Cases
              
               of
               Conscience
               .
               A
               man
               shall
               lose
               his
               Life
               for
               Picking
               a
               Pocket
               ,
               and
               but
               hazard
               his
               Ears
               for
               a
               
                 False
                 Oath
              
               .
               But
               if
               you
               'll
               refer
               the
               matter
               to
               the
               Just
               and
               Infallible
               Judge
               of
               all
               the
               World
               ,
               ●●
               
                 God
                 Himself
              
               ;
               look
               but
               into
               that
               dreadful
               Judgement
               upon
               the
               Schism
               of
               Korah
               .
               Korah
               ,
               Dathan
               ,
               
                 &c.
                 rose
                 against
              
               Moses
               
                 with
                 two
              
               
               
                 hundred
                 and
                 fifty
                 Captains
                 of
                 the
                 Assembly
                 ,
                 famous
                 in
                 the
                 Congregation
                 ,
                 and
                 said
                 unto
                 them
                 ,
                 Ye
                 take
                 too
                 much
                 upon
                 you
                 ,
              
               
               
                 since
                 all
                 the
                 Congregation
                 is
                 Holy
                 ,
                 every
                 one
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Lord
                 is
                 among
                 them
                 .
              
               Wherefore
               then
               
                 Lift
                 ye
                 your selves
              
               
               
                 above
                 the
                 Congregation
                 of
                 the
                 Lord.
              
               [
               And
               what
               follow'd
               ?
               ]
               
                 The
                 Earth
                 open'd
                 her
                 mouth
                 ,
                 and
                 swallow'd
                 Them
                 up
                 with
              
               
               
                 their
                 Families
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 the
                 Men
                 that
                 were
                 with
              
               Korah
               ,
               
                 &c.
                 
                 A
                 fire
                 came
                 out
                 from
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 and
                 consum'd
                 the
                 two
                 hundred
              
               
               
                 and
                 fifty
                 Men
                 that
                 Offer'd
                 the
                 Incense
                 .
              
               This
               set
               the
               Multitude
               a
               muttering
               against
               Moses
               and
               Aaron
               ;
               saying
               
                 Ye
                 have
                 kill'd
                 the
                 people
                 of
                 the
                 Lord.
              
               See
               now
               what
               came
               
               of
               
                 This
                 Muttring
                 too
                 :
                 Fourteen
                 thousand
                 seven
                 hundred
                 of
              
               
               
                 them
                 were
                 consum'd
                 by
                 a
                 Plague
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Zea.
               
            
             
               Well!
               but
               what
               if
               you
               'll
               understand
               That
               to
               be
               Schism
               ,
               which
               I
               know
               to
               be
               Conscience
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Then
               have
               you
               the
               same
               Freedome
               to
               be
               Even
               with
               me
               ,
               upon
               the
               Point
               of
               Scandal
               ;
               and
               so
               the
               Controversie
               must
               be
               Endless
               for
               want
               of
               a
               Judge
               to
               Decide
               it
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             
               SECT
               .
               XIII
            
             .
             The
             Necessity
             of
             a
             Final
             ,
             and
             Unaccomptable
             JUDGE
             .
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               WHat
               's
               your
               Opinion
               of
               the
               Necessity
               of
               a
               Iudge
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               I
               'm
               clearly
               for
               a
               Judge
               ;
               that
               is
               ,
               for
               a
               Iudge
               furnish'd
               as
               well
               with
               a
               Competency
               of
               Understanding
               to
               Determine
               Aright
               ,
               as
               with
               a
               Power
               and
               Commission
               to
               Determine
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               A
               Iudge
               supposes
               One
               Competency
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               the
               Other
               ;
               But
               the
               Determination
               must
               be
               Final
               ,
               and
               Decisive
               ;
               No
               Appeal
               From
               it
               ,
               and
               no
               Contending
               Beyond
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               What
               not
               in
               
                 Case
                 of
                 Errour
              
               ?
               I
               should
               be
               sorry
               to
               see
               a
               
                 Roman
                 Infallibility
              
               set
               up
               in
               England
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               How
               you
               start
               now
               from
               the
               shadow
               of
               an
               Infallible
               Judge
               ,
               into
               the
               Inconvenience
               of
               None
               at
               all
               !
               You
               would
               have
               a
               Judge
               you
               say
               :
               but
               then
               ,
               That
               Judg
               must
               be
               Questionable
               ,
               in
               Case
               of
               Errour
               ;
               so
               that
               another
               Judg
               is
               to
               Judg
               Him
               ,
               and
               the
               very
               Judg
               of
               This
               Judg
               is
               Himself
               Questionable
               ;
               and
               so
               is
               His
               Judg
               ,
               and
               his
               Judges
               Judg
               ;
               -
               (
               to
               the
               end
               of
               the
               Chapter
               )
               
                 In
                 case
                 of
                 Errour
              
               :
               Which
               Case
               of
               Errour
               may
               be
               alledg'd
               ,
               Wheresoever
               there
               's
               no
               Infallibility
               ;
               and
               if
               there
               be
               no
               Infallibility
               in
               Nature
               ,
               then
               by
               Your
               Rule
               ,
               there
               can
               be
               no
               Iudg
               in
               Nature
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               I
               do
               not
               say
               but
               a
               man
               may
               Iudg
               Certainly
               in
               some
               Cases
               ,
               though
               not
               Infallibly
               in
               All
               ;
               and
               my
               demand
               is
               only
               the
               Free
               Exercise
               of
               my
               Iudgment
               of
               Discretion
               ,
               without
               being
               Ty'd
               up
               to
               an
               Implicit
               Resignation
               .
               There
               is
               (
               in
               short
               )
               but
               a
               Right
               ,
               and
               a
               Wrong
               ;
               and
               the
               One
               I
               must
               Embrace
               ,
               and
               Reject
               the
               Other
               .
               How
               shall
               I
               know
               This
               from
               That
               ,
               without
               Enquiry
               ?
               and
               what
               am
               I
               the
               better
               for
               That
               Enquiry
               ,
               if
               when
               I
               have
               Learn'd
               my
               Duty
               ,
               I
               am
               debar'd
               the
               Liberty
               to
               Practise
               it
               ?
            
          
           
             
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               You
               turn
               the
               Question
               here
               from
               the
               Necessity
               of
               a
               Judge
               ,
               to
               his
               Infallibility
               .
               'T
               is
               not
               a
               half-penny
               to
               Me
               ,
               whether
               you
               make
               him
               Infallible
               ,
               or
               Credible
               ,
               or
               Probable
               ;
               or
               what
               you
               make
               him
               ,
               or
               where
               you
               place
               him
               ,
               provided
               that
               he
               be
               acknowledg'd
               ▪
               Necessary
               ,
               and
               
                 Unaccomptable
                 .
                 Necessary
              
               ,
               I
               suppose
               you
               will
               not
               stick
               at
               :
               for
               there
               can
               be
               no
               Peace
               without
               him
               ,
               every
               man
               being
               at
               Liberty
               to
               wrangle
               ,
               where
               no
               man
               is
               Authoris'd
               to
               Determine
               .
            
          
           
             
               Zea.
               
            
             
               What
               is
               it
               that
               either
               Invites
               Tyranny
               ,
               or
               Upholds
               it
               ,
               but
               the
               Opinion
               of
               an
               Unaccomptable-Sovereignty
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               What
               is
               it
               rather
               (
               you
               should
               have
               said
               )
               that
               
                 Excites
                 Sedition
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Depopulates
                 Kingdomes
              
               ,
               but
               the
               Contrary
               ?
               and
               the
               
                 Fiercest
                 Tyranny
              
               ,
               is
               much
               more
               supportable
               then
               the
               
                 Mildest
                 Rebellion
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Zea.
               
            
             
               I
               shall
               readily
               allow
               you
               the
               Convenience
               of
               a
               
                 Definitive
                 Judgment
              
               ,
               if
               you
               will
               but
               secure
               me
               from
               the
               Danger
               of
               a
               
                 Definitive
                 Injustice
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               You
               mistake
               your self
               ,
               if
               you
               Oppose
               a
               
                 Possible
                 Injury
              
               on
               the
               One
               side
               ,
               to
               a
               
                 Certain
                 Strife
              
               and
               Confusion
               on
               the
               Other
               .
               If
               Infallibility
               you
               cannot
               find
               ,
               why
               may
               not
               the
               the
               Fairest
               Probability
               Content
               you
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Zea.
               
            
             
               But
               would
               you
               have
               That
               Probability
               ,
               Govern
               by
               Unquestionable
               ,
               and
               
                 Authoritative
                 Conclusions
              
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               By
               any
               means
               ;
               Ye
               do
               nothing
               ,
               else
               ;
               for
               where
               Controversies
               are
               Inevitable
               ,
               and
               Concord
               Necessary
               ;
               what
               can
               be
               more
               Reasonable
               ,
               than
               to
               chuse
               the
               most
               
                 Competent
                 Iudge
              
               of
               the
               Matter
               in
               Controversie
               ,
               for
               the
               
                 Concluding
                 Umpire
              
               of
               the
               Controversie
               it self
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               But
               a
               man
               may
               Iudge
               Probably
               in
               One
               Case
               ,
               and
               Improbably
               in
               Another
               .
               Suppose
               the
               Determination
               to
               be
               manifest
               Errour
               ,
               or
               Injustice
               ;
               would
               you
               have
               the
               same
               Submission
               pay'd
               to
               't
               ,
               as
               if
               it
               were
               Equity
               ,
               and
               Truth
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ;
               to
               the
               Determination
               ,
               though
               not
               to
               the
               Errour
               :
               You
               are
               to
               stand
               to
               the
               Authority
               of
               the
               Sentence
               ,
               without
               Contesting
               the
               Equity
               of
               it
               :
               for
               Right
               or
               Wrong
               ,
               't
               is
               a
               Decision
               .
               The
               Principal
               Scope
               ,
               and
               sure
               end
               of
               a
               Reference
               ,
               is
               Peace
               :
               the
               Hopeful
               Event
               ,
               and
               Issue
               of
               it
               ,
               
               is
               ,
               Righteous
               Judgment
               .
               Is
               it
               not
               well
               then
               ,
               to
               be
               Sure
               of
               the
               One
               ,
               and
               in
               so
               fair
               Hopes
               of
               the
               Other
               ?
               Put
               it
               to
               the
               Worst
               :
               You
               are
               not
               bound
               to
               be
               of
               the
               Judge
               his
               Opinion
               ,
               but
               to
               be
               over-rul'd
               by
               his
               Authority
               :
               neither
               do
               you
               undertake
               that
               he
               shall
               Judge
               wisely
               as
               to
               the
               Subject
               of
               the
               Question
               ,
               but
               that
               he
               shall
               Judge
               Effectually
               ,
               as
               to
               the
               purpose
               of
               the
               Reference
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               This
               Resignation
               may
               do
               well
               ,
               in
               Cases
               of
               
                 Civil
                 Interest
              
               :
               but
               it
               will
               hardly
               hold
               in
               matters
               of
               Conscience
               .
               Who
               shall
               pretend
               to
               Iudge
               of
               my
               Conscience
               ,
               beside
               God
               ,
               and
               my
               self
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               The
               Scripture
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               Rule
               of
               
                 all
                 Consciences
              
               ,
               shall
               be
               the
               Iudge
               of
               Yours
               .
               But
               the
               Question
               is
               not
               ,
               What
               your
               Conscience
               IS
               ,
               but
               what
               it
               OUGHT
               to
               be
               :
               not
               what
               your
               Private
               Judgment
               Says
               ,
               but
               what
               the
               Scripture
               Means
               :
               and
               the
               thing
               I
               strive
               for
               ,
               is
               a
               Judge
               of
               That
               ;
               A
               Iudge
               of
               the
               Rule
               of
               Faith
               ;
               which
               I
               take
               to
               be
               all
               out
               as
               Necessary
               as
               a
               Iudge
               of
               a
               
                 Political
                 Law.
              
               
            
             
               You
               cannot
               but
               Allow
               ,
               that
               there
               are
               Diversities
               of
               Opinions
               ,
               as
               well
               in
               Religion
               ,
               as
               concerning
               
                 Secular
                 Affairs
              
               :
               and
               such
               is
               our
               Corruption
               ,
               that
               we
               draw
               Poyson
               even
               from
               the
               Fountain
               of
               Life
               ,
               and
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               it self
               ,
               is
               made
               the
               warrant
               of
               all
               Crimes
               ,
               and
               the
               Foundation
               of
               all
               Heresies
               .
            
             
               Look
               behind
               ye
               ,
               and
               you
               may
               see
               a
               
                 Prince
                 Murther'd
              
               by
               his
               
                 Subjects
                 ,
                 Authority
                 Beheaded
              
               by
               a
               pretended
               Law
               ,
               and
               All
               This
               Defended
               by
               a
               Text.
               The
               
                 Church
                 Dovour'd
              
               by
               a
               
                 Divided
                 Ministry
              
               ;
               the
               
                 Government
                 Overturn'd
              
               by
               a
               Solemn
               League
               and
               Covenant
               ,
               to
               Support
               it
               .
               An
               
                 Arbitrary
                 Power
              
               Introduc'd
               by
               the
               Patrons
               of
               Liberty
               ,
               and
               Charity
               it
               
                 self
                 extinguish'd
              
               for
               the
               Advancement
               of
               the
               Gospel
               .
               We
               have
               liv'd
               to
               see
               as
               many
               Haeresies
               ,
               as
               Congregations
               ;
               and
               among
               Those
               of
               the
               Classical
               way
               ,
               a
               
                 Consistorian
                 Sarutiny
              
               Exercised
               beyond
               the
               Rigour
               of
               a
               
                 Spanish
                 Inquisition
              
               .
               We
               have
               seen
               some
               that
               a
               
                 Abhor
                 Idols
                 ,
                 committing
                 Sacriledge
              
               ;
               Christ's
               Kingdome
               cry'd
               up
               ,
               till
               his
               b
               Divinity
               is
               
                 deny'd
                 :
                 Strictness
              
               of
               Life
               Inculcated
               ,
               till
               the
               very
               Rule
               of
               it
               (
               the
               c
               Decalogue
               it self
               )
               is
               Rejected
               .
               And
               Blasphemy
               hunted
               
               out
               of
               the
               Tavern
               ,
               into
               the
               Pulpit
               .
               In
               short
               ;
               what
               Sin
               ,
               and
               Misery
               have
               we
               not
               known
               ,
               and
               felt
               ,
               since
               under
               the
               Form
               of
               Liberty
               of
               Conscience
               ,
               This
               Freedome
               of
               a
               Private
               Spirit
               came
               in
               Vogue
               ?
               Nor
               are
               we
               ever
               to
               expect
               better
               from
               it
               ,
               till
               all
               men
               shall
               conspire
               to
               do
               the
               same
               thing
               ,
               where
               every
               man
               is
               left
               to
               his
               own
               Gust
               ,
               to
               do
               what
               he
               pleases
               :
               and
               whence
               flowes
               all
               This
               Mischief
               ,
               and
               Confusion
               ,
               but
               from
               a
               Licence
               of
               wandring
               from
               the
               Rule
               ?
            
             
               Shew
               the
               People
               a
               
                 Written
                 Law
              
               ;
               They
               'll
               tell
               you
               of
               a
               
                 Law
                 of
                 Nature
              
               ;
               and
               distinguish
               betwixt
               [
               The
               d
               
                 Politique
                 Power
                 they
                 have
                 given
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Natural
                 Power
                 which
                 they
                 Reserve
                 to
                 Themselves
                 .
              
               ]
            
             
               Bid
               them
               Reverence
               the
               King
               as
               the
               Supreme
               Governour
               :
               They
               'll
               Answer
               you
               ,
               No
               :
               
                 Hee
                 's
                 but
                 the
                 Servant
                 ,
                 and
                 Vassal
                 of
                 the
                 People
                 :
                 his
                 Royalty
                 is
                 only
                 a
                 Virtual
                 Emanation
                 from
                 Them
                 ;
                 and
                 in
                 Them
                 Radically
                 ,
                 as
                 in
                 the
                 first
                 Subject
                 .
              
               (
               According
               to
               
                 Rutherford
                 ,
                 Parker
                 ,
                 Goodwin
                 ,
                 Bridges
                 ,
                 Milton
                 ,
              
               and
               a
               hundred
               more
               )
            
             
               Come
               to
               the
               Point
               of
               Non-Resistence
               ,
               and
               you
               shall
               hear
               ,
               that
               a
               
                 Wheresoever
                 a
                 King
                 ,
                 or
                 other
                 Supreme
                 Authority
                 creates
                 an
                 Inferiour
                 ,
                 they
                 invest
                 it
                 with
                 a
                 Legitimacy
                 of
                 Magistratical
                 Power
                 ,
                 to
                 Punish
                 themselves
                 also
                 ,
                 in
                 case
                 they
                 prove
                 Evil-doers
                 :
                 Yea
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 Act
                 any
                 other
                 thing
                 ,
                 requisite
                 for
                 the
                 Praise
                 and
                 Encouragement
                 of
                 the
                 Good.
                 
              
            
             
               If
               it
               be
               demanded
               in
               what
               capacity
               the
               King
               may
               be
               Resisted
               ?
               hear
               Rutherford
               again
               b
               The
               Man
               
                 who
                 is
                 King
                 may
                 be
                 Resisted
                 ,
                 but
                 not
                 the
              
               Royal
               Office
               ;
               The
               
                 King
                 in
                 Concreto
              
               ,
               may
               be
               Resisted
               ;
               but
               not
               the
               King
               in
               Abstracto
               .
               ]
               .
            
             
               But
               in
               what
               Manner
               may
               he
               be
               Resisted
               ;
               and
               by
               what
               Means
               .
               c
               He
               may
               be
               Resisted
               
                 in
                 a
                 Pitch'd
                 Battel
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 Swords
                 and
                 Guns
                 .
              
               That
               is
               ;
               his
               d
               
                 Private
                 will
              
               may
               be
               Resisted
               ,
               not
               his
               
                 Legal
                 Will
              
               ;
               Neither
               is
               he
               Present
               in
               the
               Field
               as
               a
               e
               King
               ,
               but
               as
               an
               
                 Injust
                 Invader
              
               ,
               and
               Grassator
               .
            
             
               If
               he
               chance
               to
               be
               slain
               :
               'T
               is
               but
               an
               f
               Accident
               ;
               and
               
                 who
                 can
                 help
                 it
              
               ?
               g
               
                 Hee
                 's
                 Guilty
                 of
                 his
                 own
                 Death
              
               ;
               or
               h
               
                 let
                 them
                 Answer
                 for
                 't
                 that
                 brought
                 him
                 Thither
                 .
              
               i
               
                 The
                 Contrary
                 Party
                 is
                 Innocent
              
               .
            
             
             
               But
               This
               Resistence
               ,
               is
               only
               Justifiable
               (
               I
               hope
               )
               
                 in
                 Magistrates
              
               ,
               or
               
                 Authoritative
                 Assemblies
              
               ;
               as
               Parliaments
               ,
               &c.
               
               Rutherford
               sayes
               Nay
               to
               that
               .
               
                 All
                 Powers
                 must
                 be
                 serv'd
                 with
                 the
                 same
                 sauce
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 Abuse
                 their
                 Trust.
              
               k
               [
               
                 The
                 People
                 can
                 give
                 no
                 Other
                 Power
                 ,
                 then
                 such
                 as
                 God
                 has
                 given
                 Them
                 ;
                 and
                 God
                 has
                 never
                 given
                 a
                 Moral
                 Power
                 to
                 do
                 Ill.
              
               ]
               l
               [
               
                 All
                 FIDUCIARY
                 Power
                 ,
                 Abus'd
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 Repeal'd
                 ;
                 and
                 Parliamentary
                 Power
                 is
                 no
                 Other
                 :
                 which
                 ,
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 Abus'd
                 ,
                 the
                 People
                 may
                 Repeal
                 it
                 ;
                 and
                 Resist
                 them
                 ;
                 Annulling
                 their
                 Commissions
                 ;
                 Rescinding
                 their
                 Acts
                 ,
                 and
                 Denuding
                 them
                 of
                 their
                 Fiduciary
                 Power
                 :
                 even
                 as
                 the
                 King
                 himself
                 may
                 be
                 Denuded
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 Power
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Three
                 Estates
              
               ]
               and
               Goodwin
               tells
               us
               ,
               in
               Little
               ;
               that
               a
               
                 All
                 Humane
                 Lawes
                 ,
                 and
                 Constitutions
                 ,
                 are
                 made
                 with
                 Knees
                 to
                 bend
                 to
                 the
                 Law
                 of
                 Nature
              
               and
               Necessity
               .
            
             
               Well
               ;
               but
               suppose
               the
               Prince
               has
               the
               good
               hap
               to
               scape
               Gun-shot
               ;
               and
               only
               to
               become
               a
               Prisoner
               ;
               You
               have
               no
               Law
               to
               Try
               him
               by
               ,
               He
               has
               no
               Peers
               ,
               what
               course
               will
               you
               take
               with
               him
               ?
               Milton's
               opinion
               is
               that
               b
               
                 Every
                 Worthy
                 Man
                 in
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 might
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 Publique
                 Geod
                 ,
                 be
                 thought
                 a
                 Fit
                 Peer
                 ,
                 and
                 Iudge
                 of
                 the
                 King
              
               ;
               ]
               and
               
                 Goodwin
                 Dogmatizes
              
               ,
               that
               c
               [
               
                 where
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 Opportunity
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 Interposure
                 of
                 other
                 Iudges
                 ,
                 the
                 Law
                 of
                 Nature
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 Nations
                 allows
                 every
                 man
                 to
                 Iudge
                 in
                 his
                 own
                 Case
                 .
              
               ]
               Parker
               comes
               homer
               yet
               d
               
                 There
                 never
                 was
              
               (
               says
               he
               )
               
                 a
                 greater
                 Harmony
                 of
                 the
                 Lawes
                 of
                 Nature
                 ,
                 Reason
                 ,
                 Prudence
                 ,
                 and
                 Necessity
                 to
                 warrant
                 any
                 Act
                 ,
                 then
                 may
                 be
                 found
                 ,
                 and
                 discern'd
                 in
                 That
                 Act
                 of
                 Iustice
                 on
                 the
                 Late
                 King
              
               ;
               ]
               Now
               if
               you
               'll
               see
               a
               piece
               of
               Treason
               crown'd
               with
               Blasphemy
               ,
               carry
               your
               Eve
               Four
               Pages
               farther
               .
               e
               
                 God
                 himself
                 had
                 Eclips'd
                 ,
                 yea
                 Lost
                 the
                 Brightest
                 Beam
                 of
                 his
                 Divine
                 Glory
                 ,
                 that
                 ever
                 shin'd
                 on
                 this
                 Lower
                 World
                 ,
                 if
                 he
                 had
                 not
                 some
                 way
                 or
                 other
                 ,
                 brought
                 That
                 Person
                 to
                 some
                 Eminent
                 ,
                 and
                 Praeter-natural
                 Punishment
                 .
              
               ]
            
             
               Me
               thinks
               These
               Practices
               should
               put
               you
               ,
               and
               your
               Cause
               out
               of
               Countenance
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               You
               must
               understand
               ,
               that
               though
               my
               Reason
               lies
               
               against
               Uniformity
               ,
               yet
               I
               'm
               no
               Advocate
               for
               Anarchy
               :
               and
               't
               is
               with
               Non-conformists
               as
               with
               Other
               People
               ;
               there
               are
               Good
               and
               Bad
               ,
               of
               
                 All
                 Sorts
              
               .
               But
               to
               go
               with
               the
               Moderate
               :
               Would
               you
               have
               All
               mens
               Consciences
               Govern'd
               by
               the
               
                 same
                 Rule
              
               ,
               when
               't
               is
               Impossible
               to
               bring
               them
               All
               to
               the
               
                 same
                 Mind
              
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Better
               ,
               Particulars
               suffer
               for
               Incompliance
               with
               the
               Publique
               ,
               than
               the
               Publique
               suffer
               for
               Complying
               with
               Particulars
               .
               Uniformity
               is
               the
               Ciment
               of
               both
               Christian
               ,
               and
               Civil
               Societies
               :
               Take
               That
               away
               ,
               and
               the
               Parts
               drop
               from
               the
               Body
               ;
               one
               piece
               falls
               from
               Another
               .
            
             
               The
               Magistrate
               ,
               (
               for
               Order's
               sake
               )
               requires
               
                 Uniformity
                 ;
                 You
              
               ,
               and
               your
               Associates
               Oppose
               it
               upon
               a
               Plea
               of
               Conscience
               ;
               and
               the
               Question
               is
               ,
               Whether
               He
               shall
               Over-Rule
               
                 Your
                 Opinions
              
               ;
               or
               You
               Over-Rule
               
                 His
                 Authority
              
               ?
               This
               Dispute
               begets
               a
               War
               ,
               for
               want
               of
               a
               Iudge
               ,
               and
               to
               Prevent
               that
               Mischief
               ,
               I
               offer
               that
               a
               
                 Iudge
                 is
                 Necessary
              
               .
               Or
               put
               it
               Thus
               :
               You
               and
               I
               Differ
               ,
               and
               Possibly
               we
               are
               Both
               of
               us
               in
               the
               Wrong
               ;
               but
               most
               certainly
               ,
               we
               are
               not
               Both
               in
               the
               Right
               :
               and
               yet
               neither
               of
               us
               but
               thinks
               well
               enough
               of
               his
               own
               Opinion
               .
               What
               's
               to
               be
               done
               in
               This
               Case
               ?
               shall
               we
               wrangle
               Eternally
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               No
               ;
               Wee
               'll
               rather
               put
               the
               matter
               to
               Arbitration
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Well!
               but
               the
               Arbiter
               himself
               is
               Fallible
               ,
               and
               may
               Mistake
               too
               ;
               or
               let
               him
               have
               the
               Wisdome
               of
               an
               Angel
               ,
               he
               cannot
               please
               us
               Both
               :
               for
               That
               which
               seems
               Right
               to
               the
               One
               will
               appear
               Wrong
               to
               the
               Other
               .
               Shall
               we
               stand
               to
               his
               Award
               what
               ever
               it
               be
               ?
               If
               not
               ;
               take
               into
               your
               Thought
               These
               Consequences
               .
               You
               Refuse
               to
               submit
               because
               't
               is
               
                 Wrong
                 :
                 I
              
               may
               refuse
               ,
               by
               the
               same
               Reason
               ,
               though
               it
               be
               Right
               :
               (
               for
               
                 every
                 Man's
                 Reason
                 is
                 of
                 Equal
                 Force
                 ,
                 where
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 Common
                 ,
                 and
                 Representative
                 Reason
                 to
                 Bind
                 All
              
               )
               So
               that
               by
               your
               Reckoning
               ;
               Every
               man
               is
               in
               the
               Right
               to
               Himself
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Wrong
               to
               
                 all
                 the
                 World
                 beside
              
               ;
               every
               man's
               hand
               is
               against
               his
               Brother
               ,
               and
               his
               Brother
               's
               against
               Him.
               (
               At
               least
               if
               I
               deceive
               not
               my self
               ,
               in
               my
               perswasion
               ,
               that
               Nature
               never
               produc'd
               Two
               persons
               ,
               in
               all
               
               points
               ,
               of
               the
               same
               Judgment
               .
               )
               Now
               ,
               if
               you
               can
               neither
               deny
               Confusion
               to
               be
               the
               Natural
               Effect
               of
               This
               Liberty
               of
               Judgment
               ;
               nor
               the
               want
               of
               a
               Regulating
               ,
               and
               
                 Decretory
                 Sentence
              
               ,
               to
               be
               the
               manifest
               Cause
               of
               This
               Confusion
               ,
               I
               hope
               you
               'll
               Grant
               me
               the
               Necessity
               of
               an
               Unaccomptable
               Judge
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scru.
               
            
             
               Is
               not
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               a
               sufficient
               Iudge
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               No
               ;
               That
               's
               no
               Iudge
               ,
               but
               [
               
                 a
                 Rule
                 for
                 Christians
              
               
               
                 to
                 Iudge
                 by
              
               ]
               and
               the
               Great
               hazard
               lies
               upon
               the
               Meaning
               of
               That
               Rule
               .
               What
               swarms
               of
               Heresies
               have
               Over-spread
               This
               Land
               ,
               since
               the
               Bible
               has
               been
               deliver'd
               up
               to
               the
               Interpretation
               of
               Private
               Spirits
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               You
               say
               well
               ,
               if
               you
               could
               direct
               me
               to
               a
               Iudge
               that
               we
               might
               All
               Relie
               upon
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               And
               You
               say
               something
               too
               ,
               if
               you
               could
               make
               appear
               ,
               that
               
                 None
                 at
                 All
              
               ,
               is
               better
               then
               
                 the
                 best
                 we
                 have
              
               :
               or
               that
               Popular
               Errours
               ,
               Numberless
               and
               Inevitable
               (
               with
               the
               Dissolution
               of
               Communities
               to
               boot
               )
               are
               to
               be
               preferr'd
               to
               the
               few
               ,
               and
               only
               Possible
               ,
               Failings
               of
               Authority
               ,
               attended
               with
               Peace
               ,
               and
               Agreement
               .
               But
               to
               come
               to
               the
               short
               of
               the
               Question
               ;
               This
               is
               it
               :
               Whether
               will
               you
               rather
               have
               ,
               
                 One
                 fallible
                 Iudge
              
               ;
               or
               ,
               
                 a
                 Million
              
               of
               
                 Damnable
                 Heresies
              
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               Truly
               ,
               as
               you
               have
               reduc'd
               it
               ,
               to
               a
               Certainty
               of
               Peace
               the
               One
               way
               ,
               and
               to
               as
               great
               a
               Certainty
               of
               Discord
               the
               Other
               ;
               to
               a
               Certainty
               of
               
                 Many
                 Errours
                 without
              
               a
               Iudge
               ,
               and
               to
               a
               bare
               Possibility
               of
               some
               
                 few
                 ,
                 with
              
               One
               ;
               I
               am
               content
               in
               this
               Particular
               ,
               to
               think
               a
               Final
               Iudge
               Necessary
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               If
               you
               find
               it
               so
               in
               the
               Church
               ,
               sure
               you
               will
               not
               Dispute
               it
               in
               the
               State
               ,
               especially
               against
               an
               experience
               too
               ,
               the
               most
               forcible
               of
               all
               Reasons
               .
               We
               were
               never
               troubled
               with
               
                 Constructive
                 Necessities
              
               ;
               with
               Cavils
               about
               the
               Receptacle
               of
               Power
               ,
               and
               the
               Limits
               of
               Obedience
               :
               with
               Distinctions
               betwixt
               the
               Political
               ,
               and
               the
               
                 Natural
                 Right
              
               of
               the
               People
               ;
               the
               Legal
               ,
               and
               
                 Personal
                 Will
              
               of
               the
               Prince
               ;
               and
               betwixt
               the
               Equity
               and
               Letter
               of
               the
               Law
               ;
               till
               Judgment
               was
               forc'd
               from
               its
               Proper
               Course
               ,
               and
               Channel
               ,
               and
               the
               
               Decision
               of
               Right
               and
               Wrong
               ,
               committed
               to
               the
               Frivolous
               and
               Arbitrary
               Determinations
               of
               the
               Multitude
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               Pray'e
               by
               your
               Leave
               .
               I
               am
               as
               much
               for
               a
               Iudge
               ,
               as
               You
               ;
               but
               not
               for
               
                 One
                 Judge
              
               to
               
                 All
                 Purposes
              
               ;
               nor
               ,
               I
               confess
               ,
               for
               any
               Iudge
               so
               Absolute
               as
               you
               would
               have
               him
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               I
               tell
               ye
               again
               ;
               A
               Iudge
               ,
               and
               no
               Absolute
               Judge
               ,
               is
               No
               Judge
               :
               and
               you
               shall
               as
               soon
               find
               the
               End
               of
               a
               Circle
               ,
               as
               of
               a
               Controversie
               ,
               by
               such
               a
               Iudge
               .
               Nor
               is
               it
               my
               Meaning
               ,
               that
               
                 One
                 Iudge
              
               should
               serve
               for
               
                 All
                 purposes
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               Will
               you
               Divide
               your
               Matter
               then
               ,
               and
               Assign
               to
               every
               
                 Judicable
                 Point
              
               ,
               his
               
                 Proper
                 Judge
              
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               You
               say
               well
               ;
               For
               truly
               I
               do
               not
               take
               the
               Magistrate
               to
               be
               any
               more
               a
               Judge
               of
               My
               Conscience
               ,
               than
               I
               am
               of
               His.
               
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               'T
               is
               very
               Right
               ;
               and
               it
               were
               an
               Encrochement
               upon
               the
               Prerogative
               of
               
                 God
                 Himself
              
               ,
               for
               him
               to
               Challenge
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               How
               comes
               it
               now
               ,
               that
               we
               that
               Agree
               so
               well
               i'
               the
               End
               ,
               should
               Differ
               so
               much
               '
               i
               th'
               Way
               to
               't
               ?
               But
               I
               hope
               ,
               the
               clearing
               of
               the
               next
               point
               will
               set
               us
               Through-Right
               :
               For
               after
               the
               setling
               of
               the
               Iudge
               ,
               we
               have
               nothing
               further
               to
               do
               but
               to
               Submit
               ;
               and
               so
               wee
               'll
               Forward
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             
               SECT
               .
               XIV
            
             .
             The
             Three
             great
             Iudges
             of
             Mankind
             ,
             are
             ,
             
               GOD
               ,
               MAGISTRATES
            
             ,
             and
             CONSCIENCE
             .
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               SOme
               things
               we
               do
               as
               
                 Men
                 ;
                 other
              
               things
               as
               Men
               in
               Society
               ;
               and
               some
               again
               as
               Christians
               .
               In
               the
               first
               place
               ,
               we
               are
               acted
               by
               the
               Law
               of
               Individuals
               ;
               which
               Law
               is
               ,
               in
               the
               second
               place
               ,
               Subjected
               to
               That
               of
               Government
               ;
               and
               Both
               these
               Lawes
               are
               ,
               in
               the
               third
               place
               ,
               Subordinate
               to
               That
               of
               
                 Religion
                 ;
                 i.
                 e.
              
               the
               Law
               of
               
                 God's
                 Reveal'd
                 Will.
              
               So
               that
               the
               Three
               great
               Judges
               of
               Mankind
               ,
               are
               ,
               
                 God
                 ,
                 Magistrates
              
               ,
               and
               Conscience
               .
            
             
               Man
               ,
               as
               consisting
               of
               Soul
               ,
               and
               Body
               ,
               may
               be
               again
               Subdivided
               within
               Himself
               .
               Take
               him
               in
               his
               Lower
               Capacity
               ,
               and
               hee
               's
               sway'd
               by
               the
               
                 General
                 Law
              
               of
               
                 Animal
                 Nature
              
               ;
               but
               in
               his
               Divine
               part
               ,
               you
               'll
               find
               him
               Govern'd
               by
               the
               Nobler
               Law
               of
               Refin'd
               Reason
               :
               which
               Reason
               ,
               in
               some
               Respects
               ,
               may
               be
               call'd
               Prudence
               ;
               and
               in
               
                 others
                 ,
                 Conscience
              
               ;
               according
               as
               't
               is
               variously
               Exercis'd
               .
               The
               things
               which
               we
               do
               purely
               as
               Men
               ,
               (
               abstracted
               from
               any
               Ingredients
               of
               Policy
               ,
               or
               Regulated
               Religion
               )
               are
               either
               Natural
               Actions
               ,
               Prudential
               ,
               or
               Moral
               .
               Of
               the
               First
               sort
               ,
               are
               Those
               Actions
               to
               which
               we
               are
               prompted
               by
               a
               
                 Natural
                 Impulse
              
               ,
               in
               order
               to
               the
               Conservation
               of
               Life
               ,
               and
               Beeing
               .
               Of
               the
               Third
               sort
               ,
               are
               such
               Actions
               as
               we
               perform
               in
               Obedience
               to
               
                 Moral
                 Principles
              
               ;
               (
               which
               are
               no
               other
               than
               the
               
                 Divine
                 Will
              
               veil'd
               under
               the
               Dictate
               of
               
                 Humane
                 Reason
              
               )
               and
               betwixt
               These
               Two
               ,
               lies
               the
               Region
               of
               
                 Middle
                 Actions
              
               ;
               that
               is
               ,
               of
               such
               Actions
               ,
               as
               although
               not
               of
               simple
               and
               
                 strict
                 Necessity
              
               ,
               either
               to
               Life
               ,
               or
               Virtue
               ,
               are
               notwithstanding
               Useful
               ,
               and
               Commodious
               ,
               for
               the
               Guidance
               ,
               and
               Comfort
               of
               the
               One
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               Practice
               of
               the
               Other
               .
               The
               Accurate
               disquisition
               of
               This
               Interest
               ,
               laies
               the
               Axe
               to
               the
               Root
               of
               the
               Question
               ;
               for
               nothing
               has
               Embroyl'd
               us
               more
               ,
               then
               the
               
               
                 Mistaken
                 Rights
              
               of
               Individuals
               ;
               which
               Mistakes
               being
               once
               Clear'd
               ,
               by
               laying
               open
               the
               Subordination
               of
               several
               Claims
               ,
               and
               Powers
               ,
               every
               man
               may
               take
               a
               Distinct
               view
               of
               his
               Own
               Province
               .
            
          
           
             
               Zea.
               
            
             
               Proceed
               Regularly
               n●●●
               ,
               and
               State
               These
               Subordinations
               as
               you
               go
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Content
               ;
               and
               we
               are
               now
               upon
               the
               Right
               of
               Individuals
               ;
               in
               which
               Naked
               simplicity
               of
               considering
               
                 MAN
                 ▪
              
               without
               any
               regard
               to
               the
               ordinary
               motions
               of
               Providence
               ,
               in
               the
               Order
               ,
               and
               Regiment
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               we
               shall
               yet
               find
               a
               manifest
               Subordination
               within
               Himself
               ,
               and
               the
               Law
               of
               Sense
               ,
               under
               the
               Dominion
               of
               the
               Law
               of
               Reason
               in
               the
               same
               Subject
               .
               These
               are
               the
               Laws
               which
               the
               Apostle
               calls
               ,
               
                 the
                 Law
                 of
                 his
              
               Members
               ,
               
                 and
                 the
                 Law
                 of
                 his
              
               
               Will.
               The
               Former
               (
               and
               the
               less
               Excellent
               )
               Law
               ,
               is
               the
               Law
               Sensitive
               ;
               which
               is
               no
               other
               than
               the
               Law
               of
               Self-preservation
               ,
               (
               indeed
               ,
               the
               supreme
               Law
               of
               Animal
               Beings
               ,
               as
               of
               Rationals
               ,
               the
               Lowest
               ;
               )
               This
               Law
               Sensitive
               is
               (
               effectually
               )
               the
               Manifestation
               of
               God
               ,
               in
               the
               Creature
               .
               (
               for
               what
               Sense
               does
               ,
               Nature
               does
               ;
               and
               what
               Nature
               does
               ,
               God
               does
               )
            
          
           
             
               Zea.
               
            
             
               But
               what
               is
               That
               Power
               which
               you
               call
               Nature
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               
                 It
                 is
                 the
                 Ordinary
                 working
                 of
                 God
                 in
                 all
                 his
                 Creatures
                 ;
                 by
                 virtue
                 of
                 which
                 Divine
                 Influence
                 ,
                 every
                 thing
                 is
                 mov'd
                 to
                 seek
                 the
                 utmost
                 Perfection
                 whereof
                 it
                 is
                 Capable
                 .
              
               As
               for
               the
               purpose
               .
               The
               perfection
               of
               Man
               ,
               is
               the
               Congruity
               of
               his
               Actions
               ,
               with
               his
               Reason
               ,
               which
               is
               nothing
               else
               but
               That
               which
               we
               call
               VIRTUE
               .
               The
               Perfection
               of
               Beasts
               ,
               is
               a
               degree
               Lower
               ;
               they
               are
               mov'd
               only
               by
               a
               
                 Sensual
                 Impulse
              
               ,
               toward
               what
               's
               convenient
               for
               them
               ,
               and
               when
               they
               have
               it
               ,
               they
               Rest.
               
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               I
               can
               but
               Laugh
               ,
               when
               people
               are
               Gravell'd
               ,
               to
               see
               how
               they
               run
               to
               their
               Impulses
               ,
               and
               
                 Occult
                 Qualities
              
               ;
               which
               is
               but
               a
               more
               Learned
               way
               of
               saying
               ,
               
                 [
                 They
                 don't
                 know
                 what
              
               ]
               Pray'e
               spare
               me
               a
               word
               ;
               what
               Difference
               is
               there
               betwixt
               
                 Their
                 Impulse
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Our
                 Choyce
              
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Pre'thee
               be
               Quiet
               ,
               unless
               thou
               hast
               a
               mind
               to
               
               have
               a
               Toleration
               for
               thy
               Dog.
               Their
               Impulse
               carries
               them
               on
               through
               a
               
                 Sensitive
                 Search
              
               ,
               not
               any
               
                 Deliberative
                 Discourse
              
               :
               and
               no
               Election
               neither
               at
               last
               ;
               but
               only
               the
               simple
               Prosecution
               of
               a
               
                 Determinate
                 Appetite
              
               ,
               without
               Imagining
               any
               Proportion
               ,
               betwixt
               the
               Means
               ,
               and
               the
               End.
               
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               But
               still
               we
               find
               that
               there
               is
               a
               Proportion
               ;
               and
               the
               Motion
               appears
               to
               Us
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Method
               of
               Reason
               ,
               and
               Orderly
               proceeding
               from
               Question
               to
               Resolution
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Is
               it
               Reason
               think
               ye
               ,
               that
               makes
               a
               Dog
               follow
               his
               Nose
               ,
               and
               hunt
               for
               Meat
               when
               hee
               's
               Hungry
               ?
               Or
               will
               ye
               call
               it
               Choyce
               ,
               if
               he
               leaves
               a
               Turfe
               for
               a
               Bone
               ?
               In
               short
               ;
               Hee
               's
               mov'd
               by
               Instinct
               ,
               toward
               the
               End
               ;
               and
               Sense
               carries
               him
               through
               the
               Means
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               But
               why
               should
               
                 the
                 same
                 Process
              
               of
               Means
               ,
               and
               
                 the
                 same
                 Application
              
               of
               Causes
               ,
               be
               Ascrib'd
               only
               to
               Instinct
               in
               Brutes
               ,
               and
               to
               Reason
               in
               Man
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               You
               must
               take
               notice
               ,
               that
               all
               
                 Natural
                 Operations
              
               ,
               are
               Regular
               and
               Ordinate
               ,
               by
               what
               means
               soever
               perform'd
               ;
               but
               it
               does
               not
               follow
               ,
               because
               the
               Method
               is
               according
               to
               Reason
               ,
               that
               therefore
               the
               Instrument
               must
               be
               Reasonable
               .
               But
               to
               Mind
               our
               Business
               .
            
             
               The
               Law
               of
               Self-Preservation
               ,
               is
               a
               Law
               Common
               to
               Beasts
               with
               Men
               ;
               but
               not
               of
               Equal
               Force
               :
               for
               
                 Their
                 Sovereign
                 Interest
              
               is
               
                 Life
                 ,
                 Ours
              
               is
               Virtue
               ;
               and
               therefore
               your
               Argument
               for
               Defensive
               Arms
               ,
               upon
               Pretext
               of
               That
               Extremity
               ,
               was
               but
               a
               
                 Brutish
                 Plea
              
               ;
               For
               ,
               if
               the
               Consideration
               of
               Virtue
               be
               not
               above
               That
               of
               Life
               ,
               Where
               lies
               the
               Advantage
               of
               our
               Reason
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               But
               when
               the
               Death
               is
               Certain
               ,
               and
               the
               
                 Virtue
                 Doubtfull
              
               ,
               who
               shall
               decide
               the
               Question
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               In
               a
               Case
               Abstracted
               from
               the
               Tyes
               ,
               and
               Duties
               of
               Religion
               ,
               and
               Government
               ;
               Every
               Mans
               Reason
               Sits
               as
               Iudge
               upon
               his
               own
               Life
               .
               As
               for
               Instance
               ;
               You
               're
               in
               the
               Hands
               of
               Thieves
               ;
               and
               upon
               This
               Condition
               ,
               Either
               
                 to
                 Take
                 a
                 False
                 Oath
              
               ,
               or
               
                 to
                 Lose
                 your
                 Life
              
               .
               Your
               Conscience
               tells
               ye
               ,
               you
               must
               rather
               Perish
               .
               But
               if
               without
               violence
               to
               a
               Superiour
               Duty
               ,
               you
               can
               preserve
               your Self
               ,
               you
               're
               your
               own
               Murderer
               ,
               if
               you
               do
               not
               .
               
               Thus
               far
               I
               think
               wee
               're
               safe
               ,
               and
               I
               suppose
               Agreed
               ;
               that
               
                 Every
                 Individual
                 is
                 to
                 Govern
                 himself
                 by
                 his
                 Natural
                 Conscience
              
               ;
               but
               when
               the
               several
               Particulars
               come
               to
               be
               Bundled
               up
               in
               one
               Community
               ,
               the
               Case
               is
               Otherwise
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               I
               am
               sorry
               to
               hear
               ye
               say
               That
               .
               Why
               should
               not
               every
               Man
               be
               Govern'd
               by
               his
               
                 Own
                 Conscience
              
               ,
               as
               well
               in
               Consort
               ,
               as
               in
               Solitude
               ?
               or
               ,
               Will
               ye
               have
               it
               ,
               that
               our
               Duty
               to
               God
               ceases
               ,
               in
               the
               Act
               of
               becoming
               Subjects
               to
               a
               
                 Civil
                 Magistrate
              
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Not
               so
               quick
               ,
               and
               you
               shall
               have
               it
               .
               As
               to
               your
               Conscience
               ,
               you
               are
               as
               Free
               now
               ,
               as
               you
               were
               before
               ;
               but
               your
               Body
               is
               no
               longer
               your
               Own
               ,
               after
               you
               're
               once
               admitted
               a
               Member
               of
               a
               Society
               ;
               and
               There
               's
               the
               Difference
               .
               You
               were
               your
               Own
               servant
               before
               ,
               and
               now
               you
               are
               the
               King
               's
               :
               (
               for
               what
               is
               Government
               ,
               but
               the
               
                 Wisdom
                 ,
                 Resolve
              
               ,
               and
               Force
               of
               
                 Every
                 Particular
              
               ,
               gather'd
               into
               
                 One
                 Understanding
                 ,
                 Will
              
               ,
               and
               Body
               ?
               )
               and
               This
               comes
               up
               to
               What
               I
               have
               already
               deliver'd
               ;
               that
               ,
               
                 Whatsoever
                 God
                 has
                 left
                 Indifferent
                 ,
                 is
                 the
                 Subject
                 of
                 Humane
                 Power
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               But
               who
               shall
               be
               Judg
               of
               what
               's
               Indifferent
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Wee
               'l
               scan
               That
               ,
               the
               very
               next
               thing
               we
               doe
               .
            
             
               You
               are
               already
               satisfi'd
               ,
               that
               an
               
                 Authoris'd
                 Iudg
              
               is
               Absolutely
               Necessary
               ,
               in
               Order
               to
               the
               Peace
               of
               Church
               and
               State
               ;
               and
               to
               the
               Ending
               of
               all
               Publique
               Differences
               :
               but
               we
               are
               not
               yet
               Agreed
               upon
               our
               Judges
               ,
               or
               ,
               if
               we
               were
               ,
               yet
               in
               Regard
               our
               Judges
               are
               but
               Men
               ,
               and
               so
               may
               Erre
               ,
               [
               
                 Infallibility
                 being
                 departed
                 with
                 Christ
                 and
                 his
                 Apostles
                 ,
                 in
              
               
               
                 lieu
                 of
                 which
                 Living
                 and
                 Infallible
                 Guides
                 ,
                 God
                 has
                 in
                 Providence
                 given
                 us
                 a
                 Plain
                 and
                 Infallible
                 Rule
              
               ]
               It
               may
               withall
               be
               taken
               into
               thought
               ,
               How
               far
               a
               Private
               Judge
               may
               be
               Allow'd
               to
               Opine
               against
               a
               Publique
               ,
               in
               Case
               of
               a
               
                 Reluctant
                 Conscience
              
               ,
               and
               (
               in
               some
               sort
               )
               to
               judge
               his
               Iudg.
               
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               You
               say
               very
               well
               ;
               for
               ,
               place
               the
               Ultimate
               Decision
               where
               you
               will
               ,
               't
               is
               (
               as
               you
               said
               before
               )
               An
               
                 Infallible
                 Determination
              
               
               as
               to
               the
               Strife
               ,
               but
               not
               so
               ,
               as
               to
               the
               Truth
               ;
               and
               it
               comes
               to
               This
               at
               last
               ,
               that
               every
               man
               ,
               in
               some
               Degree
               ,
               Re-judges
               his
               Judge
               .
               If
               I
               am
               fully
               convinc'd
               ,
               either
               that
               the
               Command
               is
               sinfull
               in
               it
               self
               ,
               or
               the
               
                 Opinion
                 Wicked
              
               ;
               I
               am
               neither
               to
               Obey
               the
               One
               ,
               nor
               to
               Embrace
               the
               Other
               ;
               as
               being
               ty'd
               up
               by
               the
               General
               Obligation
               ,
               of
               rather
               Obeying
               ,
               and
               
                 Believing
                 God
              
               ,
               then
               Man.
               Nay
               more
               ;
               If
               in
               Obedience
               to
               the
               Magistrate
               ,
               I
               commit
               a
               sin
               against
               God
               ;
               and
               that
               Ignorantly
               too
               ;
               That
               very
               Act
               ,
               in
               Ignorance
               ,
               is
               Criminal
               ,
               if
               I
               had
               the
               Means
               of
               being
               better
               Enform'd
               :
               for
               certainly
               ,
               no
               Humane
               Respect
               ,
               can
               justifie
               an
               Offence
               against
               God
               ;
               Now
               if
               I
               am
               bound
               to
               do
               nothing
               that
               is
               Ill
               ,
               I
               am
               likewise
               bound
               ,
               before
               I
               do
               anything
               ,
               to
               satisfie
               my self
               whether
               it
               be
               Ill
               or
               no
               :
               for
               otherwise
               ,
               I
               may
               swallow
               a
               false
               Religion
               for
               a
               True
               ,
               and
               be
               Damn'd
               at
               Last
               ,
               for
               not
               Minding
               what
               I
               Did
               ;
               Which
               I
               take
               to
               be
               Proof
               sufficient
               ,
               that
               no
               man
               is
               so
               Implicitly
               Oblig'd
               to
               rely
               upon
               other
               Mens
               Eyes
               ,
               as
               Totally
               to
               Abandon
               the
               Direction
               of
               his
               Own
               ;
               or
               so
               Unconditionally
               to
               swear
               Obedience
               to
               Other
               Mens
               Lawes
               ,
               and
               Perswasions
               ,
               as
               to
               hold
               no
               Intelligence
               at
               all
               ,
               with
               That
               Sacred
               Law
               ,
               and
               faithfull
               Counsellor
               ,
               which
               he
               carryes
               in
               his
               own
               Bosom
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Forgive
               me
               ,
               If
               you
               Imagine
               that
               I
               would
               have
               ye
               Renounce
               your
               Reason
               .
               No
               ,
               but
               on
               the
               Contrary
               ,
               I
               would
               have
               ye
               to
               be
               Guided
               ,
               and
               Concluded
               by
               't
               ,
               and
               only
               to
               Obey
               for
               Quiet
               's
               sake
               ,
               so
               far
               as
               you
               can
               possibly
               Obey
               in
               Conscience
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               What
               if
               a
               
                 Single
                 Person
                 hitts
              
               That
               Truth
               which
               a
               
                 General
                 Council
                 Misses
              
               ?
               Which
               will
               you
               have
               him
               follow
               ?
               Truth
               ,
               or
               Authority
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Why
               truly
               
                 Both
                 ;
                 Truth
              
               with
               his
               Soul
               ,
               and
               Authority
               with
               his
               Body
               :
               but
               so
               Remote
               a
               Possibility
               must
               not
               Presume
               to
               Bolster
               up
               the
               Thinkings
               of
               a
               
                 Private
                 Spirit
              
               against
               the
               Resolutions
               of
               Authority
               ;
               yet
               for
               the
               very
               Possibility's
               sake
               ,
               wee
               'l
               take
               That
               supposition
               likewise
               into
               our
               Care
               ,
               and
               Word
               the
               sum
               of
               the
               Whole
               Matter
               Plainly
               Thus
               :
            
             
               The
               Church
               says
               ,
               ye
               May
               do
               ;
               and
               the
               Law
               says
               ,
               ye
               Must
               Do
               ,
               That
               which
               your
               Conscience
               says
               ,
               You
               Ought
               not
               to
               
               Do.
               How
               will
               you
               Reconcile
               your
               Duty
               ,
               and
               your
               Conscience
               ,
               in
               This
               Case
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               Very
               well
               ;
               for
               I
               think
               it
               my
               Duty
               to
               obey
               my
               Conscience
               ,
               upon
               This
               Principle
               ,
               that
               
                 Conscience
                 is
                 God's
                 Substitute
                 over
                 Individuals
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Keep
               to
               That
               ;
               and
               Answer
               me
               again
               .
               
                 Is
                 not
                 the
                 Civil
                 Magistrate
                 God's
                 Substitute
                 too
                 ?
              
               If
               he
               bee
               ,
               How
               comes
               
                 Your
                 Conscience
              
               to
               take
               Place
               of
               
                 His
                 Authority
                 ?
                 They
                 are
                 Both
                 Commission'd
                 alike
                 ,
              
               and
               consequently
               ,
               
                 They
                 are
                 Both
                 to
                 bee
                 Obey'd
                 alike
              
               ;
               which
               is
               Impossible
               ,
               where
               their
               Commands
               are
               Inconsistent
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               The
               Magistrate
               is
               a
               
                 Publique
                 Minister
              
               ,
               and
               his
               Commission
               does
               not
               Reach
               to
               
                 Particular
                 Consciences
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               'T
               is
               very
               Right
               ;
               and
               on
               the
               other
               side
               ,
               My
               friend
               Scruple
               is
               a
               
                 Private
                 Person
              
               ,
               and
               there
               's
               as
               little
               Reason
               to
               pretend
               that
               
                 his
                 Opinion
              
               should
               operate
               upon
               a
               
                 Publique
                 Law.
              
               So
               that
               if
               I
               Mistake
               ye
               not
               ,
               Wee
               are
               Agreed
               thus
               far
               ,
               That
               
                 Every
                 Particular
                 is
                 to
                 look
                 to
                 One
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 King
                 to
                 the
                 Whole
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               I
               do
               not
               much
               Oppose
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               If
               your
               Brother
               Zeal
               ,
               would
               deal
               as
               candidly
               ,
               with
               me
               now
               about
               the
               
                 Ecclesiastical
                 Power
              
               ,
               as
               You
               have
               done
               in
               the
               Civill
               ,
               we
               might
               make
               short
               work
               of
               This
               Question
               ;
               and
               I
               hope
               he
               will
               not
               deny
               ,
               that
               the
               Church
               is
               as
               well
               [
               a
               ]
               
                 Authoris'd
                 to
                 TEACH
                 ,
                 and
                 INSTRUCT
                 in
                 all
                 the
                 External
                 Acts
                 of
                 Worship
                 ,
                 as
              
               [
               b
               ]
               
                 the
                 Magistrate
                 is
                 to
                 COMPELL
                 to
                 those
                 External
                 Acts.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               There
               is
               no
               Doubt
               ,
               but
               [
               c
               ]
               
                 the
                 Church
                 ,
                 [
                 as
                 the
                 Church
                 ]
                 has
                 a
                 Ministerial
                 Power
                 ,
              
               Ex
               Officio
               ,
               
                 to
                 Define
                 Controversies
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Word
                 of
                 God
              
               ;
               and
               that
               [
               d
               ]
               
                 A
                 Synod
                 ▪
                 Lawfully
                 Conven'd
                 ,
                 is
                 a
                 Limited
                 ,
                 Ministerial
                 ,
                 and
                 bounded
                 visible
                 Judg
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 be
                 Believed
                 in
                 ,
                 so
                 far
                 as
                 they
                 follow
                 Christ
                 ,
                 the
                 Peremptory
                 and
                 Supreme
                 Judg
                 ,
                 speaking
                 in
                 his
                 own
                 Word
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               This
               will
               not
               do
               our
               business
               yet
               ;
               for
               ,
               
                 if
                 a
                 Synod
                 be
                 but
                 to
                 be
                 Believed
                 in
                 SO
                 FAR
                 as
                 it
                 followes
                 Christ
              
               ;
               &c.
               
               They
               that
               ought
               to
               be
               Concluded
               by
               That
               Act
               ,
               are
               left
               the
               Iudges
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               the
               Credit
               of
               the
               Authority
               ,
               rests
               upon
               the
               
               Conscience
               ,
               (
               or
               ,
               if
               you
               please
               ,
               the
               Phansy
               or
               Humour
               )
               of
               the
               Believer
               :
               and
               so
               there
               's
               
                 no
                 Decision
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               [
               e
               ]
               The
               Truth
               is
               ,
               we
               are
               to
               believe
               Truths
               Determin'd
               
               by
               Synods
               ,
               to
               be
               Infallible
               ,
               and
               never
               again
               lyable
               to
               Retraction
               or
               Discussion
               ;
               nor
               because
               [
               
                 So
                 sayes
                 the
                 Synod
              
               ]
               but
               because
               [
               
                 So
                 sayes
                 the
                 Lord
                 ▪
              
               ]
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Still
               y'
               are
               short
               ;
               for
               't
               is
               not
               in
               our
               Power
               to
               Disbelieve
               what
               we
               acknowledge
               to
               be
               a
               Truth
               ;
               but
               That
               which
               is
               Truth
               at
               the
               Fountain
               ,
               may
               become
               Errour
               in
               the
               Passage
               ;
               or
               at
               least
               appear
               so
               to
               me
               ;
               and
               what
               Then
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Ze.
               
            
             
               It
               must
               be
               look'd
               upon
               as
               an
               Errour
               of
               the
               Conscience
               ,
               which
               is
               no
               discharge
               at
               all
               of
               your
               Obedience
               :
               from
               which
               Errour
               ,
               you
               are
               to
               be
               Reclaym'd
               ,
               either
               by
               Instruction
               ,
               or
               Censure
               .
               For
               ,
               the
               
                 People
                 are
                 oblig'd
                 to
              
               [
               Obey
               those
               that
               are
               
               over
               them
               in
               the
               Lord
               ,
               who
               watch
               for
               their
               souls
               ,
               as
               those
               who
               must
               give
               an
               Accompt
               ;
               ]
               and
               
                 not
                 Oblig'd
                 to
                 stand
                 to
                 ,
                 and
                 Obey
                 the
                 Ministerial
                 ,
                 and
                 Official
                 Judgement
                 of
                 the
                 PEOPLE
                 ,
              
               [
               He
               that
               Heareth
               You
               
                 (
                 MINISTERS
                 of
                 the
                 Gospel
                 ,
                 not
                 the
                 PEOPLE
                 )
              
               heareth
               MEE
               ,
               and
               he
               that
               Despiseth
               YOU
               ,
               despiseth
               MEE
               .
               ]
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Then
               I
               find
               we
               shall
               shake
               hands
               .
               You
               two
               ,
               Gentlemen
               ,
               are
               joyntly
               engag'd
               against
               the
               Act
               for
               Uniformity
               ;
               and
               yet
               ye
               cannot
               say
               ,
               that
               it
               wants
               any
               thing
               to
               give
               it
               the
               full
               Complement
               of
               a
               binding
               Law
               :
               Whether
               ye
               Regard
               either
               the
               Civil
               ,
               or
               the
               
                 Ecclesiastical
                 Authority
              
               .
               Here
               's
               first
               ,
               the
               Judgment
               of
               the
               Church
               Duely
               Conven'd
               ,
               touching
               the
               Meetness
               ,
               and
               Convenience
               of
               the
               Rites
               and
               Forms
               therein
               Conteyn'd
               .
               You
               have
               next
               ,
               the
               
                 Royal
                 Sanction
                 ,
                 Approving
              
               ,
               and
               Authorising
               Those
               Rites
               ,
               and
               Forms
               ,
               and
               Requiring
               your
               Exact
               Obedience
               to
               Them.
               Now
               so
               it
               is
               ,
               that
               you
               can
               neither
               Decline
               the
               Authority
               of
               your
               Iudges
               ,
               nor
               the
               Subjection
               of
               your
               Dutyes
               ;
               What
               is
               it
               then
               that
               hinders
               your
               Obedience
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               That
               which
               to
               me
               is
               More
               then
               all
               the
               World
               ;
               It
               goes
               against
               My
               Conscience
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Only
               That
               Point
               then
               ,
               and
               no
               More
               upon
               This
               Subject
               .
            
             
             
               That
               God
               is
               the
               Iudg
               of
               the
               World
               ;
               that
               the
               Church
               is
               the
               Iudg
               of
               what
               Properly
               concerns
               Religion
               ;
               that
               the
               
                 Civil
                 Magistrate
              
               is
               the
               Iudg
               of
               what
               concerns
               the
               
                 Publique
                 Peace
              
               ;
               and
               that
               
                 Every
                 Mans
                 Conscience
              
               is
               the
               Iudg
               of
               what
               concerns
               
                 his
                 Own
                 Soul
              
               ;
               is
               already
               Clear'd
               :
               The
               Remaining
               Difficulty
               is
               This
               ,
               How
               I
               am
               to
               behave
               my self
               in
               a
               Case
               ,
               where
               the
               Law
               bids
               me
               do
               One
               Thing
               ,
               and
               my
               
                 Conscience
                 ,
                 Another
              
               .
            
             
               To
               take
               a
               true
               Estimate
               of
               what
               's
               before
               us
               ,
               we
               must
               first
               ballance
               the
               Two
               Interests
               that
               meet
               in
               Competition
               .
            
             
               There
               is
               in
               favour
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               Execution
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
               (
               meaning
               that
               of
               Uniformity
               ,
               )
               1.
               
               The
               
                 Personal
                 Conscience
              
               ,
               and
               2.
               the
               
                 Political
                 Conscience
              
               of
               the
               King.
               There
               is
               likewise
               for
               the
               Equity
               of
               it
               ,
               the
               solemn
               and
               deliberate
               Iudgment
               of
               the
               Church
               :
               which
               is
               ,
               Effectually
               ,
               the
               
                 Publique
                 Conscience
              
               ;
               and
               lastly
               ,
               for
               the
               Observance
               of
               it
               ▪
               there
               is
               the
               Duty
               of
               the
               Subject
               ,
               (
               which
               ,
               if
               it
               be
               withdrawn
               ,
               does
               not
               only
               invalidate
               This
               Particular
               Act
               ,
               but
               it
               loosens
               the
               sinews
               of
               
                 Sovereign
                 Authority
              
               ;
               and
               ,
               which
               is
               more
               ,
               it
               destroyes
               even
               a
               
                 Divine
                 Ordinance
              
               ;
               for
               ,
               take
               away
               Obedience
               ,
               and
               Government
               lapses
               into
               Confusion
               .
               )
            
             
               Now
               for
               the
               
                 Counterpoize
                 ;
                 AGAINST
              
               This
               Law
               ,
               and
               Thus
               supported
               ,
               appears
               
                 your
                 Naked
                 Conscience
              
               .
               Nay
               ,
               That
               's
               the
               Fairest
               on
               't
               ,
               It
               may
               be
               worse
               ,
               and
               in
               Truth
               ,
               any
               thing
               that
               's
               Ill
               ,
               under
               that
               name
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               But
               what
               's
               the
               World
               to
               Mee
               ,
               in
               the
               scale
               against
               my
               Soul
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               You
               have
               great
               Reason
               sure
               ,
               and
               't
               is
               no
               more
               than
               every
               man
               may
               challenge
               :
               That
               is
               ,
               to
               Stand
               ,
               or
               Fall
               ,
               to
               his
               
                 own
                 Conscience
              
               :
               Is
               That
               your
               Principle
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               out
               of
               doubt
               ;
               't
               is
               Mine
               ,
               and
               Yours
               ,
               and
               His
               ,
               and
               
                 any
                 Man's
              
               that's
               Honest.
               
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Well
               ,
               hold
               ye
               a
               little
               :
               
                 Your
                 Conscience
              
               will
               not
               down
               with
               
                 This
                 Law
              
               ,
               it
               seems
               ;
               and
               
                 This
                 Law
              
               will
               as
               little
               down
               with
               
                 Your
                 Conscience
              
               .
               Weigh
               now
               the
               Good
               against
               the
               Bad
               ;
               What
               if
               it
               stands
               ?
               What
               if
               it
               yields
               ?
               Make
               the
               Case
               worse
               then
               't
               is
               ;
               as
               Bad
               as
               Bad
               may
               be
               ,
               in
               your
               own
               
               Favour
               ,
               You
               cannot
               Comply
               with
               the
               Law
               ;
               and
               the
               Law
               will
               not
               stoop
               to
               You.
               What
               follows
               upon
               't
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               The
               Ruine
               of
               many
               Godly
               People
               that
               desire
               to
               Worship
               God
               according
               to
               his
               Word
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               That
               Plea
               wrought
               little
               upon
               You
               from
               Us
               ;
               but
               let
               that
               pass
               .
               What
               Sort
               of
               Ruine
               do
               ye
               mean
               ?
               Ruine
               of
               Liberty
               ?
               or
               Estate
               ?
               (
               for
               This
               Law
               Draws
               no
               Bloud
               )
               State
               your
               Misfortunes
               I
               beseech
               ye
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               No
               Man
               must
               Hold
               a
               Benefice
               ,
               or
               Teach
               a
               School
               ,
               but
               upon
               Terms
               of
               such
               Subscription
               ,
               or
               Acknowledgement
               ,
               as
               many
               an
               Honest
               Man
               would
               rather
               Dye
               ,
               then
               Consent
               to
               :
               So
               that
               We
               are
               Distrest
               ,
               not
               only
               for
               our
               Selves
               ,
               as
               being
               Depriv'd
               of
               the
               Comfort
               of
               all
               Spiritual
               ,
               and
               Heavenly
               Freedomes
               ;
               But
               our
               Poor
               Infants
               are
               Expos'd
               to
               be
               Undone
               ,
               wanting
               the
               Means
               of
               a
               
                 Religious
                 Education
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               If
               This
               be
               All
               ,
               never
               Trouble
               your Selves
               ;
               for
               
                 Many
                 an
                 Honest
                 Man
                 has
                 Out-liv'd
                 more
                 than
                 this
                 comes
                 to
                 .
              
               In
               short
               ,
               there
               's
               a
               
                 Huge
                 Clamour
              
               ;
               but
               (
               God
               knows
               )
               with
               very
               
                 Little
                 Reason
              
               .
               Some
               Particulars
               will
               possibly
               Suffer
               for
               want
               of
               a
               Toleration
               :
               and
               who
               are
               They
               ;
               but
               (
               Most
               of
               Them
               )
               the
               
                 Actual
                 Enemies
              
               of
               the
               King
               ;
               and
               All
               of
               Them
               ,
               the
               
                 Profest
                 Opposers
              
               of
               the
               Law
               ?
            
             
               If
               you
               would
               see
               the
               Event
               of
               Granting
               what
               you
               ask
               ;
               Turn
               but
               your
               Face
               toward
               —
               41
               ,
               and
               then
               Blush
               ,
               and
               Repent
               .
               Do
               so
               ;
               and
               thank
               his
               Majesty
               for
               your
               Heads
               ,
               without
               troubling
               him
               with
               your
               Consciences
               .
               Beside
               ;
               you
               're
               not
               aware
               ,
               that
               in
               Contesting
               with
               the
               Law
               ,
               you
               Quarrel
               with
               your
               
                 Self
                 :
                 There
                 's
                 your
                 own
                 Vote
                 Against
                 ye
              
               ;
               and
               all
               this
               muttering
               is
               no
               other
               then
               your
               
                 Factious
                 Will
              
               ,
               wrangling
               with
               your
               
                 Political
                 Consent
              
               .
               Yet
               still
               I
               say
               ,
               
                 Stick
                 to
                 your
                 Conscience
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               Your
               Raillery
               is
               ill
               Plac'd
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Then
               't
               is
               the
               better
               for
               my
               Earnest
               :
               and
               't
               is
               in
               
                 very
                 ,
                 very
                 Great
                 Earnest
              
               that
               I
               speak
               it
               .
               Wee
               'll
               come
               now
               to
               the
               Push
               ,
               and
               ,
               without
               What
               's
               ,
               or
               Why
               's
               ,
               lay
               down
               for
               Granted
               ,
               that
               there
               is
               a
               Real
               Distance
               betwixt
               
                 This
                 Act
              
               ,
               and
               
                 your
                 Conscience
              
               .
               How
               will
               you
               divide
               your
               Duty
               ?
            
          
           
             
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               I
               'll
               follow
               your
               Advice
               ,
               and
               
                 Stick
                 to
                 my
                 Conscience
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               You
               do
               the
               Better
               :
               now
               ,
               
                 Change
                 Hands
              
               ;
               and
               Phansie
               your self
               the
               
                 Supreme
                 Magistrate
              
               .
               He
               has
               a
               
                 Double
                 Conscience
                 .
                 One
              
               ,
               that
               concerns
               Himself
               ,
               Th'
               Other
               his
               People
               .
            
             
               What
               his
               Majesty's
               
                 Personal
                 Iudgement
              
               is
               ,
               has
               been
               Declar'd
               Abundantly
               ;
               what
               his
               
                 Prudential
                 Iudgment
              
               may
               dispose
               him
               to
               ,
               lies
               in
               his
               Royal
               Brest
               .
               But
               be
               That
               as
               Heaven
               shall
               Order
               it
               ,
               Here
               's
               the
               Partition
               of
               your
               Rights
               .
               The
               King's
               Prerogative
               has
               nothing
               to
               do
               with
               
                 your
                 Conscience
              
               ,
               and
               your
               Conscience
               ,
               has
               as
               little
               to
               do
               with
               His
               
                 Majesty's
                 Prerogative
              
               .
               The
               King
               is
               accomptable
               to
               God
               for
               the
               welfare
               of
               his
               People
               ,
               and
               You
               are
               only
               Accomptable
               to
               God
               for
               the
               Good
               of
               your
               little
               Particular
               .
               If
               you
               cannot
               Obey
               the
               Law
               ;
               do
               not
               :
               but
               abide
               the
               Penalty
               .
               If
               the
               Sovereign
               cannot
               Relax
               the
               Law
               ,
               He
               's
               as
               Free
               to
               Execute
               it
               .
               
                 Your
                 Conscience
              
               requires
               Liberty
               ;
               and
               your
               
                 Governour
                 's
                 Conscience
              
               requires
               Order
               ,
               and
               the
               very
               ground
               of
               
                 your
                 Demand
              
               ,
               is
               the
               Reason
               of
               
                 His
                 Refusal
              
               .
               Now
               why
               you
               should
               expect
               that
               your
               Sovereign
               should
               bring
               down
               
                 His
                 Conscience
              
               to
               Yours
               ,
               when
               you
               find
               ,
               upon
               experiment
               ,
               that
               you
               cannot
               perswade
               your
               Own
               up
               to
               His
               ,
               is
               to
               me
               a
               Mystery
               .
               To
               Conclude
               ;
               Keep
               your self
               within
               your
               Sphere
               ,
               and
               where
               you
               cannot
               Consent
               as
               a
               
                 Christian
                 ,
                 Submit
              
               as
               a
               Subject
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               I
               cannot
               much
               deny
               the
               Colour
               of
               your
               Argument
               ,
               and
               yet
               me
               thinks
               there
               's
               so
               much
               to
               be
               said
               too
               ,
               for
               Toleration
               ,
               that
               I
               'm
               affraid
               you
               'll
               Leave
               me
               as
               you
               found
               me
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               I
               'll
               sterve
               thee
               first
               ;
               for
               thou
               shalt
               Eat
               no
               Meat
               till
               thou'
               rt
               my
               Convert
               :
               wherefore
               
                 Go
                 on
                 ,
                 and
                 do
                 thy
                 worst
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             
               SECT
               .
               XV.
            
             The
             Toleration
             ,
             which
             the
             Non-Conformists
             Desire
             ,
             has
             neither
             GROUND
             nor
             PRESIDENT
             .
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               'T
               Is
               a
               most
               horrible
               kind
               of
               Persecution
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Why
               then
               
                 Government
                 's
                 a
                 most
                 horrible
                 Ord'nance
              
               .
               For
               
                 the
                 Punishment
                 of
                 Evil-Doers
              
               ,
               is
               the
               one
               half
               of
               the
               Magistrates
               Commission
               :
               and
               what
               's
               an
               Evil-Doer
               ,
               but
               
                 the
                 Transgressour
                 of
                 a
                 Law
              
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               But
               ,
               What
               do
               ye
               think
               ,
               when
               the
               Making
               of
               
                 One
                 Law
              
               is
               the
               Transgression
               of
               Another
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               I
               think
               ,
               such
               a
               Law
               is
               better
               Broken
               then
               Kept
               .
               But
               remember
               the
               Iudge
               ,
               my
               Friend
               ;
               and
               know
               ,
               that
               Laws
               are
               made
               for
               the
               Community
               ,
               not
               for
               Particulars
               ;
               and
               Good
               ,
               or
               Bad
               ,
               they
               're
               Laws
               still
               .
               Suppose
               them
               Cruel
               ;
               y
               'had
               as
               good
               say
               ,
               
                 The
                 King
                 's
                 a
                 Tyrant
              
               ,
               as
               Call
               them
               so
               ;
               for
               
                 the
                 Law
                 is
                 no
                 other
                 than
                 the
                 King
                 's
                 written
                 Will.
              
               Now
               to
               your
               Persecution
               again
               ;
               say
               what
               ye
               will
               ,
               y'
               are
               Safe
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               Do
               not
               you
               take
               the
               
                 Persecuting
                 Party
              
               to
               be
               generally
               in
               the
               Wrong
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               I
               was
               of
               That
               Opinion
               three
               or
               four
               year
               agoe
               .
               But
               if
               it
               be
               so
               ,
               the
               Persecuted
               have
               the
               less
               reason
               to
               Compleyn
               ,
               having
               so
               comfortable
               a
               marque
               of
               being
               in
               the
               Right
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               But
               what
               can
               justifie
               the
               very
               Constitution
               of
               a
               
                 Persecuting
                 Law
              
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               You
               should
               rather
               have
               Asked
               ,
               What
               can
               justifie
               the
               Toleration
               of
               a
               
                 Troublesome
                 People
              
               ?
               The
               Law
               stands
               Fixt
               ,
               and
               Immovable
               ;
               and
               yet
               upon
               a
               Guard
               too
               .
               You
               Attaque
               That
               ,
               and
               then
               ye
               cry
               ,
               That
               (
               or
               the
               Magistrate
               )
               hurts
               
               you
               :
               which
               is
               thereabout
               ,
               as
               if
               you
               should
               Throw
               your self
               upon
               the
               point
               of
               a
               Sword
               ,
               and
               then
               Curse
               the
               Cutler
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               Christians
               '
               
                 will
                 not
                 persecute
              
               Pagans
               
                 for
                 Conscience
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 they
                 worry
              
               one
               another
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               And
               in
               some
               Cases
               they
               may
               have
               reason
               :
               for
               an
               Infidel
               is
               less
               dangerous
               to
               the
               Publique
               than
               an
               Apostate
               .
               And
               beside
               :
               the
               One
               is
               but
               giving
               Quarter
               to
               a
               fair
               ,
               and
               
                 Open
                 Enemy
              
               ;
               the
               Other
               is
               to
               take
               a
               Snake
               into
               your
               Bosome
               .
               The
               One
               ,
               in
               Fine
               ,
               denies
               but
               your
               Opinion
               ;
               the
               Other
               ,
               your
               Authority
               .
               Pray'e
               take
               notice
               by
               the
               By
               ,
               That
               which
               you
               call
               
                 Persecution
                 ,
                 I
              
               translate
               Uniformity
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               How
               shall
               the
               Magistrate
               Distinguish
               ,
               whom
               he
               should
               Punish
               ,
               and
               whom
               Not
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Better
               a
               great
               deal
               ,
               whom
               he
               should
               Punish
               ,
               than
               whom
               he
               should
               Spare
               .
               They
               Act
               ;
               and
               then
               he
               brings
               Those
               Actions
               to
               a
               Rule
               ,
               and
               That
               shews
               him
               whether
               they
               are
               streight
               ,
               or
               crooked
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               How
               do
               you
               know
               but
               you
               may
               Persecute
               God
               Himself
               ,
               in
               a
               Right
               Conscience
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               I
               tell
               ye
               ,
               you
               are
               not
               Punish'd
               for
               your
               Thoughts
               ,
               but
               for
               your
               Actions
               :
               and
               you
               'd
               Inferr
               ,
               that
               because
               (
               for
               ought
               I
               know
               )
               
                 Any
                 Man
              
               may
               be
               in
               the
               
                 Right
                 ,
                 No
                 Man
              
               must
               therefore
               be
               presum'd
               to
               be
               in
               the
               Wrong
               ;
               That
               were
               to
               grant
               a
               Sanctuary
               to
               Wickedness
               ,
               and
               to
               Confound
               Sin
               with
               Conscience
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               Does
               not
               God
               command
               ,
               that
               
                 the
                 Tares
                 should
                 be
                 let
                 alone
                 till
                 the
                 Harvest
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               But
               if
               that
               were
               meant
               of
               Practical
               Impieties
               ,
               how
               should
               Governours
               be
               
                 a
                 Terrour
                 to
                 Evil-doers
              
               ;
               when
               all
               Malefactors
               must
               be
               let
               alone
               till
               the
               day
               of
               Judgement
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               Alas
               !
               alas
               !
               Severity
               ,
               at
               best
               ,
               does
               but
               make
               Hypocrites
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               But
               ,
               by
               your
               Leave
               ,
               Forbearance
               does
               it
               much
               more
               :
               for
               Those
               that
               come
               In
               for
               Fear
               ,
               never
               went
               Off
               for
               Conscience
               ,
               and
               so
               were
               
                 Hypocrites
                 before
              
               :
               and
               then
               you
               never
               consider
               Those
               Infinite
               Swarms
               of
               Seditious
               Spirits
               
               that
               throw
               themselves
               into
               the
               Tolerated
               Party
               under
               the
               veile
               of
               Sanctity
               .
               In
               fine
               ;
               't
               is
               much
               more
               advisable
               to
               
                 take
                 away
              
               the
               Liberty
               of
               Some
               ,
               then
               to
               Grant
               a
               Liberty
               to
               All.
               For
               betwixt
               Those
               that
               are
               not
               Wise
               ,
               where
               is
               great
               hazard
               of
               Errour
               ;
               and
               Those
               that
               are
               not
               Honest
               ,
               where
               is
               great
               Danger
               of
               Design
               (
               with
               your
               leave
               ,
               Gentlemen
               )
               you
               'll
               find
               well
               nigh
               the
               Computation
               of
               your
               Party
               .
               But
               why
               do
               I
               stand
               Fencing
               in
               a
               Case
               ,
               where
               all
               that
               's
               good
               for
               ought
               ,
               even
               in
               the
               Favour'd
               Party
               ,
               runs
               nigh
               an
               equal
               Perill
               ?
               Is
               any
               honest
               man
               the
               better
               for
               the
               Last
               War
               ?
               (
               I
               mean
               ,
               save
               Those
               that
               are
               Forgiven
               )
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               Then
               you
               presume
               a
               War.
               
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Or
               what
               is
               equal
               to
               't
               ;
               a
               
                 Standing
                 Army
              
               ,
               upon
               necessity
               to
               keep
               them
               Quiet
               .
               For
               in
               
                 This
                 Town
              
               ,
               a
               Toleration
               of
               Religion
               is
               Cousin-German
               to
               a
               Licence
               for
               Rebellion
               :
               and
               at
               the
               best
               ,
               't
               is
               but
               One
               Ill
               that
               procreates
               Another
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               And
               can
               you
               Imagine
               that
               so
               many
               restless
               Humours
               ,
               and
               disturb'd
               Consciences
               ,
               will
               ever
               be
               Quiet
               without
               it
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               You
               talk
               of
               Conscience
               .
               Shew
               me
               a
               Conscience
               ,
               make
               proof
               of
               a
               Conscience
               .
               I
               'll
               shew
               ye
               a
               Thousand
               things
               like
               Consciences
               :
               but
               alas
               !
               narrowly
               look'd
               into
               ,
               what
               are
               they
               but
               meere
               
                 Phansie
                 ,
                 Artifice
              
               ,
               or
               Delusion
               ?
               A
               company
               of
               People
               Thus
               divided
               ;
               The
               
                 one
                 half
              
               of
               them
               Deceive
               Us
               ,
               and
               the
               
                 other
                 half
              
               of
               them
               Deceive
               Themselves
               ;
               for
               't
               is
               not
               what
               every
               man
               Thinks
               ,
               that
               is
               presently
               Conscience
               ;
               but
               
                 what
                 every
                 body
                 Thinks
                 ,
                 in
                 Congruity
                 with
                 the
                 Word
                 of
                 God
              
               ;
               and
               of
               
                 That
                 Word
              
               ,
               the
               Church
               is
               the
               best
               Judge
               .
               If
               
                 Conscience
                 Alone
              
               be
               sufficient
               ,
               the
               Bible
               is
               Superfluous
               :
               Nay
               if
               Conscience
               ,
               joyn'd
               with
               the
               Bible
               ,
               be
               sufficient
               ,
               what
               becomes
               of
               the
               Apostles
               Commission
               ;
               [
               
                 Go
                 ,
                 and
                 TEACH
                 all
                 Nations
                 ?
              
               ]
               We
               shall
               undertake
               to
               
                 Teach
                 THEM
              
               ,
               whom
               our
               Saviour
               has
               appointed
               to
               
                 Teach
                 US
              
               .
            
             
               But
               This
               is
               a
               little
               beside
               our
               business
               ;
               for
               the
               stress
               of
               the
               Question
               ,
               in
               order
               to
               a
               Toleration
               ,
               does
               not
               bear
               so
               much
               upon
               
                 This
                 Point
              
               ,
               whether
               your
               Opinions
               be
               True
               or
               False
               ;
               as
               whether
               Safe
               or
               Dangerous
               .
               There
               are
               a
               sort
               of
               People
               that
               Reason
               by
               one
               Principle
               ,
               and
               Act
               by
               another
               ;
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               that
               begin
               with
               
                 Liberty
                 of
                 Conscience
              
               ,
               and
               end
               with
               
                 the
                 Liberty
                 of
                 the
                 Subject
              
               :
               If
               You
               be
               of
               That
               number
               ,
               
                 There
                 's
                 Death
                 in
                 the
                 Pot
              
               ,
               and
               no
               Enduring
               of
               ye
               .
            
             
               Further
               ,
               
                 Liberty
                 of
                 Conscience
              
               turns
               naturally
               into
               
                 Liberty
                 of
                 Government
              
               ,
               and
               therefore
               not
               to
               be
               endur'd
               ;
               especially
               in
               a
               Monarchy
               ;
               and
               to
               say
               truth
               ,
               'T
               is
               commonly
               the
               Method
               of
               
                 Embroyling
                 Kingdoms
              
               ;
               and
               but
               the
               Embryo
               of
               Sedition
               .
               Than
               which
               ,
               nothing
               lyes
               opener
               to
               him
               that
               will
               only
               attend
               These
               Two
               Particulars
               :
               First
               ,
               In
               those
               Times
               ,
               when
               there
               is
               Generally
               the
               
                 least
                 care
              
               of
               Religion
               ,
               you
               shall
               observe
               commonly
               ,
               the
               
                 most
                 Talk
              
               of
               it
               ;
               and
               That
               too
               ,
               among
               such
               as
               least
               understand
               it
               .
               If
               This
               Impulse
               be
               not
               Acted
               by
               Conscience
               ,
               't
               is
               from
               a
               
                 worse
                 Principle
              
               ,
               and
               by
               no
               means
               to
               be
               Encourag'd
               ;
               for
               the
               Mass
               of
               the
               People
               is
               already
               in
               a
               Distemper
               ;
               and
               Those
               Out-cryes
               and
               Transports
               for
               Toleration
               ,
               are
               but
               the
               Convulsions
               of
               a
               
                 Sick
                 Government
                 .
                 Secondly
                 ,
                 Ecclesiastical
              
               and
               
                 Civil
                 Affairs
              
               are
               so
               Twisted
               and
               Enterwoven
               ,
               that
               what
               Party
               soever
               clayms
               a
               Right
               of
               Freedom
               to
               the
               former
               ,
               may
               be
               fairly
               suspected
               to
               have
               a
               design
               likewise
               upon
               the
               latter
               :
               For
               the
               Threds
               are
               so
               Enterlayd
               ,
               that
               
                 Both
                 Interests
              
               make
               ,
               Effectually
               ,
               but
               
                 One
                 Piece
              
               ;
               so
               that
               the
               
                 State
                 that
                 allowes
                 the
                 People
                 a
                 Freedom
                 to
                 choose
                 their
              
               Religion
               ,
               
                 is
                 reasonably
                 to
                 Expect
                 that
                 they
                 will
                 Take
                 a
                 Freedom
                 likewise
                 to
                 choose
                 their
              
               Government
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               But
               why
               should
               a
               Toleration
               do
               worse
               Here
               than
               in
               Holland
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               I
               would
               y
               'had
               found
               a
               better
               Instance
               .
               But
               ,
               not
               to
               Dispute
               how
               They
               came
               Thither
               ;
               let
               it
               suffice
               ,
               That
               where
               They
               are
               ,
               a
               Toleration
               would
               bring
               us
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               What
               do
               ye
               think
               of
               Poland
               then
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               I
               think
               ,
               That
               story
               speaks
               little
               in
               your
               Favour
               ,
               either
               in
               Respect
               of
               Their
               frequent
               Seditions
               ,
               or
               in
               Regard
               of
               Their
               Prodigious
               and
               Heretical
               Opinions
               ;
               and
               yet
               They
               lye
               under
               the
               strongest
               Obligation
               in
               Nature
               to
               keep
               Them
               Quiet
               ;
               the
               Turk
               being
               their
               Neighbour
               ;
               which
               makes
               Their
               Case
               to
               be
               an
               Agreement
               Rather
               Against
               a
               
                 Common
                 Enemy
              
               ,
               than
               
                 Among
                 Themselves
              
               .
               But
               back
               to
               Holland
               ,
               Theirs
               is
               
                 no
                 Perfect
                 Toleration
              
               :
               For
               ,
               ye
               see
               ,
               in
               the
               
               Case
               of
               Arminius
               ;
               finding
               Barnevelt
               in
               the
               Head
               of
               the
               Party
               ,
               (
               of
               whose
               Intendments
               ,
               the
               States
               were
               at
               that
               time
               Jealous
               )
               They
               would
               not
               upon
               any
               Terms
               Allow
               that
               Freedom
               to
               the
               Arminians
               ,
               which
               they
               did
               to
               Others
               ;
               but
               Conven'd
               a
               Synod
               ,
               and
               Exterminated
               the
               Sect.
               
            
             
               There
               's
               a
               Great
               Difference
               too
               betwixt
               the
               Interest
               ,
               and
               Condition
               ,
               of
               Their
               Ministers
               ,
               and
               
                 Ours
                 .
                 Theirs
              
               Preach
               but
               upon
               Good-behaviour
               ;
               They
               live
               upon
               the
               States-Pay
               ;
               and
               upon
               the
               least
               Colour
               of
               Offence
               ,
               They
               may
               be
               
                 Turn'd
                 off
              
               at
               Pleasure
               ;
               Whereas
               
                 Our
                 Clergy
                 have
                 a
                 Free-hold
                 in
                 their
                 Benefices
                 for
                 Term
                 of
                 Life
              
               ;
               and
               if
               they
               be
               
                 Factiously
                 Dispos'd
              
               ,
               they
               may
               Evade
               the
               Law
               to
               do
               a
               Mischief
               ,
               without
               making
               a
               Forfeiture
               .
               Consider
               next
               ,
               that
               
                 Their
                 Case
              
               ,
               was
               in
               some
               sort
               
                 Your
                 Own
              
               ,
               only
               a
               
                 Common
                 Cause
              
               kept
               ye
               United
               .
               In
               fine
               ,
               
                 Nothing
                 but
                 the
                 fear
                 of
                 a
                 Common
                 Enemy
                 can
                 withhold
                 a
                 Libertine-Nation
                 from
                 falling
                 foul
                 upon
                 it self
                 .
              
               If
               ye
               would
               see
               what
               work
               
                 Peters
                 ,
                 Bridges
                 Sympson
              
               ,
               and
               Ward
               ,
               made
               in
               Holland
               ,
               Read
               
                 Bayly's
                 Dissuasive
                 ,
                 Pa.
              
               75.
               and
               be
               Asham'd
               of
               Owning
               such
               a
               Party
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               You
               see
               the
               Fruit
               then
               of
               driving
               men
               to
               the
               Extremity
               of
               flying
               their
               Country
               for
               Religion
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               You
               see
               rather
               ,
               in
               what
               They
               did
               Abroad
               ,
               what
               They
               would
               have
               done
               at
               Home
               ,
               if
               They
               had
               been
               Tolerated
               ;
               and
               Particularly
               ,
               Observe
               Their
               Proceedings
               in
               New-England
               ,
               where
               They
               Acted
               at
               Liberty
               ,
               and
               
                 Govern'd
                 Themselves
              
               ,
               by
               Their
               
                 Own
                 Lawes
                 .
                 Bayly
              
               Reports
               (
               from
               People
               upon
               the
               Place
               )
               that
               of
               
                 Forty
                 Thousand
              
               Persons
               ,
               
                 Three
                 Parts
              
               of
               Four
               ,
               were
               not
               admitted
               to
               be
               in
               Any
               Church
               .
               If
               you
               have
               a
               mind
               to
               know
               any
               more
               concerning
               Their
               Heresies
               ,
               Their
               Cruelty
               ,
               Their
               Sedition
               ,
               their
               Hypocrisie
               ,
               &c.
               look
               into
               his
               Dissuasive
               again
               ,
               Pa.
               53.
               
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               But
               ye
               see
               the
               French
               Allow
               a
               Toleration
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               They
               do
               so
               ;
               but
               not
               a
               Toleration
               of
               
                 several
                 sorts
              
               of
               Roman-Catholiques
               ;
               Neither
               do
               Those
               of
               the
               Religion
               admit
               of
               any
               Sub-division
               among
               Themselves
               ;
               nay
               ,
               They
               have
               been
               often
               Press'd
               to
               't
               ,
               and
               Refus'd
               it
               .
               Step
               into
               Germany
               next
               ,
               and
               see
               the
               Deplorable
               Effects
               of
               This
               
               
                 Phanatical
                 Persuasion
              
               There
               :
               but
               above
               All
               ,
               where
               ever
               
                 the
                 Beauteous
                 Discipline
              
               has
               set
               her
               
                 Holy
                 Foot
                 ,
                 All
                 other
                 Iudgements
                 suffer
                 a
                 daily
                 Martyrdome
                 .
              
               To
               Conclude
               ,
               Toleration
               was
               That
               which
               
                 Queen
                 Elizabeth
              
               ,
               in
               all
               her
               Distresses
               ,
               
               could
               never
               be
               perswaded
               to
               .
               
                 Firm
                 to
                 This
                 Resolution
              
               (
               says
               Sir
               
                 Francis
                 Bacon
              
               )
               
                 not
                 to
                 Suffer
                 the
                 State
                 of
                 Her
                 Kingdome
                 to
                 be
                 Ruin'd
                 ,
                 under
                 pretence
                 of
                 Conscience
                 and
                 Religion
                 .
              
               Yet
               Shee
               Conniv'd
               so
               Long
               ,
               and
               the
               unthankful
               Faction
               made
               such
               use
               of
               Her
               Favours
               ,
               that
               Shee
               was
               forc't
               upon
               the
               Rigour
               of
               a
               
                 Strict
                 Uniformity
              
               ,
               to
               Help
               Her Self
               ,
               and
               
                 That
                 Preserv'd
                 Her.
              
               To
               say
               no
               more
               ,
               The
               Sentence
               of
               the
               Late
               King
               was
               Given
               in
               the
               Pulpit
               ,
               though
               the
               Blow
               was
               Struck
               upon
               the
               Scaffold
               .
            
          
           
             
               Zea.
               
            
             
               Not
               by
               the
               Presbyterians
               ,
               I
               hope
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               Truly
               by
               Them
               ,
               if
               by
               Any
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Well
               Gentlemen
               ,
               while
               you
               Debate
               That
               Point
               ,
               I
               'le
               call
               for
               Dinner
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               SECT
               .
               XVI
            
             .
             At
             whose
             Door
             Lyes
             the
             BLOUD
             of
             King
             CHARLES
             the
             MARTYR
             ?
          
           
             
               Zea.
               
            
             
               ANd
               why
               by
               Them
               ,
               if
               by
               Any
               ,
               I
               beseech
               ye
               ?
               Was
               Peters
               a
               Presbyterian
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               Yes
               surely
               was
               he
               ,
               as
               much
               as
               Marshall
               was
               an
               Independent
               .
            
          
           
             
               Zea.
               
            
             
               Go
               to
               ,
               Let
               us
               spare
               Names
               ,
               and
               Fall
               to
               the
               Matter
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               
                 The
                 Question
                 is
              
               ,
               Upon
               Whom
               the
               Guilt
               of
               the
               Kings
               Bloud
               lyes
               ?
               
                 You
                 charge
                 it
                 upon
              
               Us
               ;
               
                 and
                 I
                 ,
                 upon
              
               You.
               
               [
               The
               Presbyterians
               Spoyl'd
               Him
               as
               a
               King
               ,
               before
               Others
               
               Executed
               Him
               as
               a
               Private
               Man
               ]
               [
               Have
               they
               not
               Hunted
               and
               Persu'd
               Him
               with
               Sword
               ,
               and
               Fire
               ?
               Have
               they
               not
               
               formerly
               Deny'd
               to
               Treat
               with
               Him
               ,
               and
               their
               now
               Recanting
               Ministers
               Preach't
               against
               Him
               ,
               as
               a
               Reprobate
               Incurable
               ;
               an
               Enemy
               to
               God
               ,
               and
               his
               Church
               ?
               Marqu'd
               for
               Destruction
               ?
               &c.
               ]
               [
               The
               Covenanting-Ministers
               ,
               with
               
               their
               Party
               clearly
               Depos'd
               the
               King
               ,
               when
               They
               Acknowledg'd
               and
               submitted
               unto
               a
               Power
               ,
               as
               Superiour
               unto
               His
               ;
               Levy'd
               war
               against
               Him
               ,
               as
               against
               a
               Traytor
               ,
               Rebel
               ,
               and
               Enemy
               to
               the
               Kingdome
               ,
               &c.
               ]
               [
               The
               Scots
               had
               
               proceeded
               so
               far
               as
               to
               Imprison
               the
               Kings
               Person
               ,
               and
               to
               Sequester
               all
               his
               Royal
               Power
               ,
               which
               is
               a
               Temporary
               Dethroning
               ,
               and
               Deposing
               .
               ]
               
                 Nay
                 hear
                 what
                 some
                 of
                 your
              
               Rabbies
               
                 have
                 not
                 stuck
                 to
                 say
                 in
                 my
                 Iustification
              
               [
               The
               Removal
               
               of
               Prelatical
               Innovations
               ,
               Altar-genuflexions
               and
               cringings
               ,
               with
               Crossings
               ,
               and
               all
               that
               Popish
               Trash
               and
               Trumpery
               ,
               Countervails
               for
               the
               Bloud
               and
               Treasure
               shed
               and
               spent
               in
               these
               late
               Distractions
               ]
               (
               
                 and
                 this
                 was
                 in
              
               —
               56.
               )
               
                 Once
                 more
                 and
                 you
                 shall
                 take
                 your
                 Turn
                 .
              
               [
               This
               may
               serve
               to
               Justifie
               
               the
               Proceedings
               of
               this
               Kingdome
               against
               the
               late
               King
               ,
               who
               in
               a
               Hostile
               way
               set
               Himself
               to
               overthrow
               Religion
               ,
               Parliaments
               ,
               Laws
               ,
               and
               Liberties
               .
               ]
            
          
           
             
               Zea.
               
            
             
               
                 I
                 could
                 Afford
                 you
              
               Two
               ,
               for
               One
               ,
               
                 and
                 Pay
                 you
                 in
                 your
                 own
                 Coyne
                 .
              
               [
               His
               Capacity
               (
               says
               Parker
               )
               was
               at
               Westminster
               
               when
               His
               Body
               was
               upon
               the
               Scaffold
               at
               Whitehall
               Paying
               unto
               Justice
               for
               his
               Misgovernment
               ,
               and
               Tyranny
               ]
               [
               Think
               not
               to
               save
               your Selves
               (
               
                 sayes
                 One
                 of
                 your
                 Ministers
              
               
               
                 to
                 the
                 Commons
                 ,
                 about
                 a
                 Month
                 before
                 the
                 King
                 Suffer'd
              
               )
               Think
               not
               to
               Save
               your Selves
               (
               
                 says
                 He
              
               )
               by
               an
               Unrighteous
               Saving
               Them
               who
               are
               the
               Lord's
               and
               the
               Peoples
               Known
               Enemies
               ,
               for
               Certainly
               if
               ye
               Act
               not
               Like
               GODS
               in
               This
               Particular
               against
               men
               truly
               Obnoxious
               to
               Justice
               ,
               They
               will
               be
               like
               DEVILS
               against
               you
               —
               Benhadad's
               Life
               was
               once
               in
               Ahab's
               Hand
               ,
               and
               He
               ventur'd
               God's
               Displeasure
               to
               let
               him
               go
               .
               But
               see
               how
               Bernhadad
               Rewards
               Him
               for
               it
               .
               
                 Fight
                 neither
                 with
                 Small
                 nor
                 Great
                 ,
                 but
                 with
                 the
              
               KING
               of
               Israel
               ]
            
          
           
             
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               Come
               Gentlemen
               ,
               Your
               Dinner
               's
               Ready
               ;
               but
               first
               I
               Charge
               ye
               ,
               by
               that
               Love
               ye
               bear
               to
               Truth
               ,
               and
               Honesty
               ;
               deal
               Freely
               with
               me
               ;
               What
               's
               Your
               Opinion
               of
               your
               Cause
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Zea.
               
            
             
               Wee
               'll
               take
               time
               to
               Consider
               of
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               And
               of
               your
               Petition
               too
               ,
               I
               beseech
               ye
               .
               Go
               to
               ;
               I
               dare
               swear
               ,
               there
               's
               Neither
               of
               ye
               will
               Dye
               at
               Stake
               for
               't
               .
            
          
           
             
               Scrup.
               
            
             
               But
               still
               I
               'm
               where
               I
               was
               ,
               as
               to
               the
               Favouring
               of
               
                 Tender
                 Consciences
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conf.
               
            
             
               And
               truly
               so
               am
               I
               ;
               where
               it
               is
               possible
               to
               Separate
               the
               Errour
               ,
               from
               the
               Person
               :
               but
               to
               permit
               a
               
                 Pullique
                 Inconvenience
              
               for
               the
               Satisfaction
               of
               a
               
                 Private
                 Scruple
              
               ,
               were
               (
               upon
               very
               weak
               pretence
               )
               
                 to
                 Unhinge
                 the
                 Law
              
               ,
               and
               Consequently
               
                 to
                 Dissolve
                 the
                 Government
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Det
               ille
               veniam
               facilè
               ,
               cui
               veniâ
               est
               opus
               .
            
             
               Sen.
               Agamem
               .
            
          
        
         
           The
           END
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           The
           CONTENTS
           .
        
         
           
             
               INTRODUCTION
               ,
            
             
               Pag.
               1
            
          
           
             
               SECT
               .
               1.
               
            
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             Stated
             ,
             
               P.
               5
            
          
           
             
               SECT
               .
               2.
               
            
             Universal
             Toleration
             Unlawful
             ,
             
               P.
               7
            
          
           
             
               SECT
               .
               3.
               
            
             
               Limited
               Toleration
            
             ,
             does
             not
             answer
             
               Liberty
               of
               Conscience
               ,
               P.
               18
            
          
           
             
               SECT
               .
               4.
               
            
             The
             Non-Conformists
             Plea
             for
             TOLERATION
             ,
             upon
             
               Reason
               of
               State
               ,
               P.
               14
            
          
           
             
               SECT
               .
               5.
               
            
             The
             Non-Conformists
             Plea
             for
             TOLERATION
             ,
             from
             the
             Merits
             of
             the
             Party
             ,
             
               P.
               24
            
          
           
             
               SECT
               .
               6.
               
            
             The
             Non-Conformists
             Plea
             for
             TOLERATION
             ,
             from
             the
             Innocence
             of
             their
             Practices
             and
             Opinions
             ,
             
               P.
               26
            
          
           
             
               SECT
               .
               7.
               
            
             TOLERATION
             Causes
             Confusion
             both
             in
             Church
             and
             State
             ,
             
               P.
               36
            
          
           
             
             
               SECT
               .
               8.
               
            
             The
             Danger
             of
             TOLERATION
             in
             this
             Iuncture
             ,
             
               Pag.
               3●
            
          
           
             
               SECT
               .
               9.
               
            
             Arguments
             against
             TOLERATION
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             Party
             ihat
             Desires
             it
             ;
             with
             Animadversions
             upon
             a
             certain
             Pamplet
             ,
             Entituled
             ,
             
               A
               SERMON
            
             Preached
             at
             
               ALDERMANBURY-CHURCH
               ,
               Decemb.
               28.
               1662.
               
               P.
               42
            
          
           
             
               SECT
               .
               10.
               
            
             Arguments
             against
             TOLERATION
             ,
             in
             Respect
             of
             the
             Authority
             that
             is
             to
             Grant
             it
             ,
             
               P.
               60
            
          
           
             
               SECT
               .
               11.
               
            
             The
             Proper
             Subject
             and
             Extent
             of
             
               Humane
               Power
               ,
               P.
               64
            
          
           
             
               SECT
               .
               12.
               
            
             The
             Bounds
             of
             TOLERATION
             ,
             with
             some
             Reflections
             upon
             SCHISM
             and
             
               SCANDAL
               ,
               p.
               69
            
          
           
             
               SECT
               .
               13.
               
            
             The
             Necessity
             of
             a
             Final
             and
             Unaccomptable
             
               JUDGE
               ,
               P.
               81
            
          
           
             
               SECT
               .
               14.
               
            
             The
             Three
             Great
             Iudges
             of
             Mankind
             ,
             are
             
               GOD
               ,
               MAGISTRATES
            
             and
             
               CONSCIENCE
               ,
               P.
               89
            
          
           
             
               SECT
               .
               15.
               
            
             The
             Toleration
             ,
             which
             the
             Non-Conformists
             desire
             ,
             has
             neither
             GROUND
             ,
             nor
             
               PRESIDENT
               ,
               P.
               99
            
          
           
             
               SECT
               .
               16.
               
            
             At
             Whose
             Door
             Lies
             the
             BLOUD
             of
             King
             CHARLES
             the
             
               MARTYR
               ?
               P.
               104
            
          
        
         
           The
           END
           .
        
         
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A47927-e200
           
             Crooks
             Reports
             Pars
             2.
             
             Pa.
             37.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A47927-e1090
           
             
               Interest
               of
               Engl.
            
             Pa
             86.
             
             P.
             84.
             86.
             87.
             94.
             
          
           
             The
             Non-conformists
             Demand
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             2.
             14.
             
          
           
             Laud
             against
             Fisher.
             pa.
             197.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             7.
             7.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             4.
             15.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             5.
             13.
             
          
           
             1
             Joh.
             4.
             3
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             Ex.
             Coll.
             P.
             2.
             
             &
             3.
             
          
           
             a
             Ex.
             Coll.
             P.
             84.
             
          
           
             b
             P.
             339.
             
          
           
             c
             P.
             609.
             
          
           
             d
             P.
             764.
             
          
           
             e
             P.
             392.
             
          
           
             Ex.
             Coll.
             P.
             533.
             
             P.
             494.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             P.
             28.
             
             &
             24.
             
          
           
             Lord
             Brook
             ,
             Alaham
             ,
             Pa.
             12.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             P.
             130.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             P.
             93.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             5.
             1.
             
          
           
             a
             Lex
             Rex
             P.
             136.
             
          
           
             b
             156.
             
          
           
             c
             140.
             
          
           
             d
             113.
             
          
           
             e
             Gillespy
             P.
             11.
             
             Engl.
             Pop.
             Cerem
             .
          
           
             f
             245.
             
          
           
             Kings
             Declar.
             P.
             409.
             
          
           
             P.
             4●1
             .
          
           
             P.
             409.
             
          
           
             P.
             413.
             
          
           
             A
             Sacred
             Panegyrick
             .
             P.
             23
             
          
           
             Defence
             of
             the
             Honourable
             Sentence
             passed
             upon
             the
             late
             King.
             Pa.
             90.
             
          
           
             Ex
             Coll.
             Pa.
             259
             ▪
             
          
           
             Ex.
             Coll.
             Pa.
             457.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             Pa.
             183.
             
          
           
             The
             Non-conformists
             would
             have
             they
             know
             not
             what
             .
          
           
             Letter
             to
             the
             
               Assembl
               .
               Ian.
            
             1.
             45.
             
             Pag.
             3.
             
          
           
             Engl.
             Deliv
             .
             Pa.
             7.
             
          
           
             Fresh
             Disput.
             Pa.
             98.
             
          
           
             Tenure
             of
             Kings
             Pa.
             36.
             
          
           
             Ex.
             Coll.
             Pa.
             2.
             
          
           
             Remonstr
             .
             Ex.
             Coll.
             Pa.
             19.
             
          
           
             ☜
             
          
           
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             The
             False
             Brother
             .
          
           
             a
             Part.
             2.
             
             Pag.
             3.
             
          
           
             b
             Pag.
             7.
             
          
           
             Scobel
             Acts
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             c
             Pag.
             51.
             
          
           
             d
             Pag.
             65.
             
          
           
             e
             Pag.
             178.
             
          
           
             f
             Pag.
             293.
             
          
           
             a
             Scobels
             Acts
             ,
             &c.
             
             Pag.
             41.
             
          
           
             b
             Pag.
             60.
             
          
           
             c
             Pag.
             73.
             
          
           
             d
             Pag.
             75.
             
          
           
             e
             Pag.
             128.
             
          
           
             f
             Pag.
             8.
             
             Part
             2.
             
          
           
             g
             Pag.
             149.
             
          
           
             h
             Pag.
             153.
             
          
           
             i
             Pag.
             400.
             
          
           
             k
             Pag.
             42.
             
          
           
             l
             Pag.
             53.
             
          
           
             m
             Pag.
             75.
             
          
           
             n
             Pag.
             99.
             
          
           
             o
             Pag.
             101.
             
          
           
             p
             Pag.
             128.
             
          
           
             q
             Part.
             2.
             
             Pag.
             16.
             
          
           
             r
             Part.
             1.
             
             Pag.
             97.
             
          
           
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             The
             Kirks
             Testimony
             against
             Toleration
             .
             Pag.
             10.
             
          
           
             Scobell's
             Acts
             Pars.
             2.
             
             Pa.
             340.
             
          
           
             Useful
             Case
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             Pa.
             19
             ,
             &
             20.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             P.
             207.
             
          
           
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             a
             Scob.
             Acts
             Pars.
             1.
             
             Pa.
             37.
             
          
           
             b
             Pa.
             135.
             
          
           
             c
             Pars.
             2.
             
             Pa.
             104.
             
          
           
             d
             Pa.
             175.
             
          
           
             e
             Pa.
             372.
             
          
           
             Kings
             Declar.
             Decemb.
             26.
             1662.
             
             Pa.
             8.
             
          
           
             His
             Majesty's
             Speech
             to
             Both
             Houses
             ,
             Feb.
             18.
             1662.
             
          
           
             Pa.
             5.
             
          
           
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             Pa.
             7.
             
          
           
             Pa.
             8.
             
          
           
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             Pa.
             8.
             
          
           
             Pa.
             9.
             
          
           
             Pa.
             8.
             
          
           
             Pa.
             9.
             
          
           
             Pa.
             10.
             
          
           
             Pa.
             11.
             
          
           
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             Pa.
             12.
             
          
           
             Pa.
             13.
             
          
           
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             Pa.
             14.
             
          
           
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             Sermon
             ,
             Iu●
             .
             15.
             —
             43.
             pag.
             53
             ,
             &
             51.
             
          
           
             Pa.
             16.
             
          
           
             Pa.
             17.
             
          
           
             Pa.
             17
             ,
             &
             18.
             
          
           
             ☞
             
          
           
             
               Davila
               Delle
               Guer.
               Civ
               .
               di
               F●an
               .
               Lib.
            
             10.
             
          
           
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             Lib.
             14.
             
          
           
             
               Strada
               de
               Bello
               Belgico
               Lib.
            
             5.
             
          
           
             The
             subject
             of
             Humane
             Power
             .
          
           
             
               Eccles.
               Polit
               ▪
               Lib.
            
             1.
             
             Pa.
             7.
             
          
           
             a
             
               Parker
               ,
               Goodwin
               ,
               Rutherford
               ,
               Milton
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
           
             b
             
               E.
               Cal.
            
             Noble-mans
             Pattern
             ,
             pa.
             45.
             
          
           
             c
             
               E.
               C.
            
             Phoenix
             ,
             pa.
             158
             ,
             &
             159.
             
          
           
             d
             Rutherfords
             Due
             Right
             of
             Presbyteryee
             ,
             Pa.
             485.
             
          
           
             e
             Ibid.
             p.
             488.
             
          
           
             f
             Mr.
             
               Manion's
               Smectymnuus
            
             ,
             Publisht
             since
             his
             Majesties
             Return
             ,
             pa.
             58.
             
          
           
             ☜
             
          
           
             Essay
             of
             Atheism
             .
          
           
             
               E.
               Calaus
            
             .
             Serm.
             Dec.
             28.
             1662.
             
             Pa.
             21.
             
          
           
             Pa.
             19.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             73.
             v.
             12.
             
          
           
             Essay
             of
             Unity
             of
             Religion
             .
          
           
             Numb
             .
             24.
             16.
             
          
           
             Numb
             .
             16.
             1.
             
          
           
             V.
             3.
             
          
           
             V.
             32.
             
          
           
             V.
             35.
             
          
           
             V.
             41.
             
          
           
             V.
             49.
             
          
           
             a
             Rom.
             2.
             22.
             
          
           
             b
             By
             the
             Familists
             .
          
           
             c
             By
             the
             Antinomians
             .
          
           
             d
             Rutherford
             ,
             Lex
             .
             Rex
             p.
             ●1
             .
          
           
             a
             Goodwins
             Right
             and
             Might
             ,
             Pa.
             10.
             
          
           
             b
             Lex
             Rex
             Pa.
             265.
             
          
           
             c
             Lex
             .
             Rex
             Pa.
             324.
             
          
           
             d
             Pa.
             269.
             
          
           
             e
             Pa.
             334.
             
          
           
             f
             Pa.
             324.
             
          
           
             g
             Pa.
             273.
             
          
           
             h
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             i
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             k
             Lex
             .
             Rex
             Pa.
             152.
             
          
           
             l
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             a
             Right
             and
             Might
             .
          
           
             b
             Tenūre
             of
             Kings
             ,
             Pa.
             24.
             
          
           
             c
             Defence
             of
             the
             Kings
             Sentence
             ,
             P.
             34.
             
          
           
             d
             English
             Translation
             of
             the
             Scottish
             Declaration
             ,
             Pa.
             18.
             
          
           
             e
             Pa.
             22.
             
             Printed
             for
             
               Francis
               Tyton
            
             ,
             who
             has
             Published
             as
             much
             since
             the
             King
             came
             in
             .
          
           
             Chillingsworths
             Safe
             Way
             ,
             Pa.
             57.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             7.
             23.
             
          
           
             Chilling●
             .
             Safe
             way
             ,
             P.
             104.
             
          
           
             a
             Rutherfords
             Due
             Right
             of
             Presbyt
             .
             p.
             356.
             
          
           
             b
             Ibid.
             p.
             352.
             
          
           
             c
             Ibid
             p
             407.
             
          
           
             d
             Ibid.
             p.
             415.
             
          
           
             [
             d
             ]
             Ruth
             .
             Free
             Disp.
             pag.
             36.
             
          
           
             Ruth
             .
             Free
             Disp.
             pa.
             27.
             
          
           
             Resuscitatio
             Pa.
             189.
             
          
           
             Common-wealth
             Stated
             ,
             P.
             72.
             
          
           
             Milton's
             Tenur
             .
             P.
             32.
             
          
           
             Goodwin's
             Defence
             of
             the
             King's
             Sentence
             ,
             P.
             53.
             
          
           
             Parker's
             Scotlands
             Holy
             War
             ,
             P.
             17.
             
          
           
             Policy
             of
             Princes
             ,
             P.
             33.
             
          
           
             
               Robert
               Douglass
            
             Sermon
             in
             51
             and
             in
             the
             Phoenix
             ,
             P.
             52.
             
          
           
             English
             Translat
             .
             P.
             18.
             
          
           
             Flesh
             Expiring
             ,
             &c.
             P.
             26.