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         Cautions to those who are to chuse members to serve in Parliament
         Halifax, George Savile, Marquis of, 1633-1695.
      
       
         
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             Some cautions offered to the consideration of those who are to chuse members to serve in the ensuing Parliament
             Cautions to those who are to chuse members to serve in Parliament
             Halifax, George Savile, Marquis of, 1633-1695.
          
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           SOME
           CAUTIONS
           Offered
           to
           the
           CONSIDERATION
           Of
           Those
           who
           are
           to
           Chuse
           MEMBERS
           To
           SERVE
           in
           the
           
             Ensuing
             Parliament
             .
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             :
          
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           MDCXCV
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           Some
           Cautions
           offered
           to
           the
           Consideration
           of
           those
           who
           are
           to
           Chuse
           MEMBERS
           to
           serve
           in
           the
           Ensuing
           PARLIAMENT
           .
        
         
           I
           Will
           make
           no
           other
           Introduction
           ,
           than
           〈◊〉
           it
           is
           hoped
           the
           Counties
           and
           Burroughs
           will
           remember
           in
           general
           ,
           That
           besides
           other
           Consequences
           ,
           they
           will
           have
           the
           Credit
           of
           a
           good
           Choice
           ,
           or
           the
           Scandal
           that
           belongeth
           to
           an
           ill
           one
           .
        
         
           The
           Creators
           will
           be
           thought
           like
           their
           Creatures
           ;
           and
           therefore
           an
           ill
           Choice
           will
           either
           be
           a
           disparagement
           of
           their
           Understanding
           ,
           or
           their
           Morals
           .
        
         
           There
           cannot
           be
           a
           fuller
           Approbation
           of
           a
           thing
           ,
           than
           the
           Chusing
           of
           it
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           fault
           of
           the
           Members
           chosen
           ,
           if
           known
           before-hand
           ,
           will
           be
           judged
           to
           be
           of
           the
           growth
           of
           that
           County
           or
           Burrough
           ,
           after
           such
           a
           solemn
           Approbation
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           In
           short
           ,
           those
           who
           send
           up
           their
           Representatives
           to
           
             Westminster
             ,
          
           should
           take
           care
           they
           may
           be
           such
           as
           will
           do
           them
           Right
           ,
           and
           their
           Countrey
           Honour
           .
        
         
           Now
           to
           the
           particulars
           .
        
         
           I.
           A
           very
           extraordinary
           earnestness
           to
           be
           chosen
           ,
           is
           no
           very
           good
           Symptom
           :
           A
           desire
           to
           serve
           the
           Nation
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           is
           an
           
             English
          
           Man's
           Ambition
           ;
           always
           to
           be
           Encouraged
           ,
           and
           never
           to
           be
           Disapproved
           .
        
         
         
           A
           Man
           may
           not
           only
           be
           willing
           to
           stand
           ,
           but
           he
           may
           declare
           that
           willingness
           to
           his
           Friends
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           assist
           him
           ,
           and
           by
           all
           the
           means
           becoming
           a
           modest
           and
           prudent
           Man
           ,
           he
           may
           endeavour
           to
           succeed
           ,
           and
           prevent
           the
           being
           disappointed
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           there
           is
           a
           wide
           difference
           between
           this
           and
           the
           raising
           a
           kind
           of
           a
           petty
           War
           in
           the
           County
           or
           Corporation
           ;
           entring
           the
           Lists
           rather
           for
           a
           Combat
           than
           an
           Election
           ;
           throwing
           Fire-balls
           to
           put
           Men
           into
           a
           heat
           ,
           and
           omitting
           to
           spread
           no
           Reports
           ,
           whether
           true
           or
           false
           ,
           which
           may
           give
           an
           advantage
           by
           laying
           a
           Blemish
           upon
           Competitor
           .
        
         
           These
           Methods
           will
           ever
           be
           suspicious
           ;
           it
           will
           never
           be
           thought
           a
           Natural
           thing
           for
           Men
           to
           take
           such
           extravagant
           Pains
           for
           the
           meer
           sake
           of
           doing
           good
           to
           others
           .
        
         
           To
           be
           content
           to
           suffer
           something
           for
           a
           good
           end
           ,
           is
           that
           which
           many
           would
           do
           without
           any
           great
           repugnance
           :
           But
           where
           a
           Man
           can
           honestly
           propose
           nothing
           to
           himself
           ,
           except
           Troubles
           ,
           Charge
           and
           Loss
           ,
           by
           absence
           from
           his
           own
           Affairs
           ,
           to
           be
           so
           violent
           in
           the
           pursuit
           of
           so
           ill
           a
           Bargain
           ,
           is
           not
           at
           all
           suited
           to
           the
           languishing
           Virtue
           of
           Mankind
           so
           corrupted
           .
        
         
           Such
           a
           self-denying
           Zeal
           in
           such
           a
           self-seeking
           Age
           ,
           is
           so
           little
           to
           be
           imagin'd
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           without
           injury
           be
           suspected
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           when
           these
           blustring
           Pretenders
           come
           upon
           the
           Stage
           ,
           their
           natural
           Temper
           and
           other
           Circumstances
           ought
           to
           be
           very
           well
           consider'd
           ,
           before
           Men
           trust
           them
           with
           the
           disposal
           of
           their
           Money
           ,
           or
           their
           Liberty
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           am
           apt
           to
           believe
           ,
           there
           could
           hardly
           be
           found
           one
           single
           Man
           whose
           other
           Qualifications
           would
           over-ballance
           the
           Objections
           that
           lye
           against
           such
           importunate
           Suitors
           .
        
         
         
           II.
           Recommending-Letters
           ought
           to
           have
           no
           effect
           upon
           Elections
           .
        
         
           In
           this
           I
           must
           distinguish
           ;
           For
           tho
           in
           strictness
           perhaps
           there
           should
           be
           no
           Exception
           ;
           yet
           in
           compliance
           with
           long
           practice
           ,
           and
           out
           of
           an
           Indulgence
           that
           is
           necessary
           in
           a
           time
           when
           Mankind
           is
           too
           much
           loosened
           from
           severe
           Rules
           ,
           to
           be
           kept
           close
           up
           to
           them
           ,
           Letters
           sent
           only
           from
           Equal
           Men
           ,
           doing
           Good
           men
           right
           by
           giving
           Evidence
           in
           their
           behalf
           ,
           offering
           them
           as
           fitly
           qualified
           ,
           when
           they
           really
           are
           so
           ,
           and
           freeing
           them
           from
           unjust
           Aspersions
           ,
           may
           be
           still
           allowed
           .
        
         
           The
           Letters
           I
           mean
           ,
           are
           from
           Men
           of
           Power
           ,
           where
           it
           may
           be
           beneficial
           to
           comply
           ,
           and
           inconvenient
           to
           oppose
           .
        
         
           Choice
           must
           not
           only
           be
           free
           from
           Force
           ,
           but
           from
           Influence
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           degree
           of
           Force
           :
           There
           must
           be
           no
           difficulty
           ,
           no
           apprehension
           that
           a
           Refusal
           will
           be
           ill
           taken
           ,
           or
           resented
           .
        
         
           The
           Freeholders
           must
           be
           Freemen
           too
           ;
           they
           are
           to
           have
           no
           Shackles
           upon
           their
           Votes
           in
           an
           Election
           ;
           and
           the
           Men
           who
           stand
           ,
           should
           carry
           their
           own
           Letters
           of
           Recommendation
           about
           them
           ,
           which
           are
           their
           good
           Character
           and
           Behaviour
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           without
           borrowing
           Evidence
           ,
           especially
           when
           it
           cometh
           from
           suspected
           hands
           .
        
         
           Those
           who
           make
           use
           of
           these
           Epistles
           ,
           ought
           to
           have
           no
           more
           advantage
           from
           them
           ,
           than
           the
           
             Muscovites
          
           have
           from
           the
           Letters
           put
           into
           their
           hands
           when
           they
           are
           buried
           ,
           to
           recommend
           them
           to
           St.
           
             Nicholas
             .
          
        
         
           The
           First
           should
           as
           little
           get
           admittance
           for
           Men
           into
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           as
           these
           Letters
           can
           introduce
           the
           Bearers
           into
           Heaven
           .
        
         
           The
           Scandal
           of
           such
           Letters
           lieth
           first
           in
           the
           arrogant
           imposing
           of
           those
           that
           write
           them
           ,
           and
           next
           in
           the
           wretched
           Meanness
           of
           those
           that
           need
           them
           .
        
         
         
           Men
           must
           be
           fallen
           very
           low
           in
           their
           Credit
           ,
           who
           upon
           such
           an
           occasion
           have
           a
           recourse
           to
           Power
           to
           support
           it
           :
           Their
           Enemies
           could
           not
           give
           stronger
           Evidence
           of
           their
           not
           being
           fit
           for
           that
           which
           they
           pretend
           to
           .
           And
           if
           the
           Electors
           judge
           otherwise
           ,
           they
           will
           be
           pretty
           sure
           in
           a
           little
           time
           to
           see
           their
           Mistake
           ,
           and
           to
           repent
           it
           .
        
         
           III.
           Non-Attendance
           in
           former
           Parliaments
           ought
           to
           be
           a
           Bar
           against
           the
           Choice
           of
           Men
           who
           have
           been
           guilty
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           one
           of
           the
           worst
           kinds
           of
           Non-Residence
           ,
           and
           the
           least
           to
           be
           excused
           :
           It
           is
           very
           hard
           that
           men
           should
           despise
           a
           Duty
           ,
           which
           perhaps
           is
           the
           only
           ground
           of
           the
           Respect
           that
           is
           paid
           to
           them
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           such
           a
           piece
           of
           Sawciness
           for
           any
           one
           to
           press
           for
           the
           Honour
           of
           Serving
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           be
           careless
           in
           Attending
           it
           ,
           that
           in
           a
           House
           where
           there
           were
           so
           many
           Officers
           ,
           the
           Penalty
           had
           not
           been
           improper
           to
           have
           Cashier'd
           them
           for
           not
           appearing
           at
           the
           General
           Muster
           .
        
         
           If
           men
           forbear
           to
           come
           out
           of
           Laziness
           ,
           let
           them
           be
           gratified
           by
           taking
           their
           Ease
           at
           Home
           without
           Interruption
           :
           If
           out
           of
           small
           Cunning
           to
           avoid
           Difficulties
           ,
           and
           to
           escape
           from
           the
           Inconvenience
           of
           Voting
           in
           Critical
           Cases
           ,
           let
           them
           enjoy
           that
           despicable
           pitch
           of
           Wisdom
           ,
           and
           never
           pretend
           to
           make
           a
           Figure
           where
           the
           Publick
           is
           to
           be
           served
           .
        
         
           If
           it
           would
           not
           be
           thought
           advisable
           to
           trust
           a
           man
           immediately
           after
           he
           hath
           been
           drawn
           out
           of
           a
           Gaol
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           as
           reasonable
           to
           look
           upon
           one
           who
           for
           his
           Non-attendance
           in
           the
           House
           hath
           been
           sent
           for
           in
           Custody
           ,
           as
           a
           kind
           of
           Bankrupt
           ,
           which
           putteth
           him
           upon
           unequal
           terms
           with
           those
           who
           have
           been
           assiduons
           in
           the
           discharge
           of
           their
           Duty
           .
        
         
           They
           who
           thought
           fit
           in
           one
           Session
           to
           neglect
           the
           Publick
           Business
           ,
           may
           be
           justly
           suspected
           ,
           by
           their
           standing
           ,
           in
           the
           next
           to
           intend
           their
           own
           .
        
         
         
           Besides
           these
           more
           deliberate
           Offenders
           ,
           there
           are
           some
           who
           do
           not
           Attend
           even
           when
           they
           are
           in
           the
           House
           ;
           absent
           in
           their
           Thoughts
           for
           want
           of
           Comprehending
           the
           Business
           that
           is
           doing
           ,
           and
           therefore
           diverted
           from
           it
           by
           any
           thing
           that
           is
           Trivial
           .
        
         
           Such
           Men
           are
           Nusances
           to
           a
           serious
           Assembly
           ;
           and
           when
           they
           are
           Numerous
           ,
           it
           amounteth
           almost
           to
           a
           Dissolution
           ;
           it
           being
           scarce
           possible
           for
           good
           sence
           to
           be
           heard
           ,
           whilst
           a
           noise
           is
           made
           by
           the
           buzzing
           of
           these
           Horse-flies
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Roman
          
           Censors
           who
           degraded
           a
           Senator
           for
           yawning
           whilst
           there
           was
           a
           Debate
           ,
           would
           have
           much
           more
           abundant
           matter
           here
           upon
           which
           they
           might
           exercise
           their
           Jurisdiction
           .
        
         
           To
           conclude
           this
           Head
           ,
           There
           are
           so
           few
           that
           ever
           mended
           in
           these
           Cases
           ,
           that
           after
           the
           first
           Experiment
           it
           is
           not
           at
           all
           reasonable
           to
           take
           them
           upon
           a
           new
           Trial.
           
        
         
           IV.
           Men
           who
           are
           unquiet
           and
           busy
           in
           their
           Natures
           ,
           are
           to
           give
           more
           than
           ordinary
           proofs
           of
           their
           Integrity
           ,
           before
           the
           Electing
           them
           into
           a
           Publick
           Trust
           can
           be
           justified
           .
           As
           a
           hot
           Summer
           breedeth
           greater
           swarms
           of
           Flies
           ,
           so
           an
           active
           time
           breedeth
           a
           greater
           number
           of
           these
           shineing
           Gentlemen
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           pretty
           sure
           ,
           That
           men
           who
           cannot
           allow
           themselves
           to
           be
           at
           rest
           ,
           will
           let
           no
           body
           else
           be
           at
           quiet
           .
           Such
           a
           perpetual
           Activity
           is
           apt
           by
           degrees
           to
           be
           applied
           to
           the
           pursuit
           of
           their
           private
           Interest
           .
           And
           their
           thoughts
           being
           in
           a
           continual
           motion
           ,
           they
           have
           not
           time
           to
           dwell
           long
           enough
           upon
           any
           thing
           to
           entertain
           a
           scruple
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           they
           are
           generally
           at
           full
           liberty
           to
           do
           what
           is
           most
           convenient
           for
           them
           ,
           without
           being
           fettered
           by
           any
           Restraints
           .
        
         
           Nay
           further
           ;
           Whenever
           it
           happeneth
           that
           there
           is
           an
           Impunity
           for
           Cheating
           ,
           these
           nimble
           Gentlemen
           are
           apt
           
           to
           think
           it
           a
           disparagement
           to
           their
           Understandings
           not
           to
           go
           into
           it
           .
        
         
           I
           doubt
           it
           is
           not
           a
           wrong
           to
           the
           present
           Age
           ,
           to
           say
           ,
           That
           a
           Knave
           is
           a
           less
           unpopular
           Calling
           than
           it
           hath
           been
           in
           former
           times
           .
           And
           to
           say
           truth
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           ingratitude
           in
           some
           Men
           to
           turn
           Honest
           ,
           when
           they
           owe
           all
           they
           have
           to
           their
           Knavery
           .
        
         
           The
           People
           are
           in
           this
           respect
           unhappy
           ;
           they
           are
           too
           many
           to
           do
           their
           own
           business
           ;
           their
           numbers
           ,
           which
           make
           their
           strength
           ,
           are
           at
           the
           same
           time
           the
           cause
           of
           their
           weakness
           ;
           they
           are
           too
           unweildy
           to
           move
           ;
           and
           for
           this
           reason
           nothing
           can
           ever
           redeem
           them
           from
           this
           incurable
           Impotency
           :
           So
           that
           they
           must
           have
           Solicitors
           to
           pursue
           and
           look
           after
           their
           Interests
           ;
           who
           are
           too
           often
           disposed
           to
           dispense
           with
           the
           Fidelity
           they
           owe
           to
           those
           that
           trust
           them
           ;
           especially
           if
           the
           Government
           will
           pay
           their
           Bills
           without
           Abatement
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           better
           these
           Gentlemen's
           dexterity
           should
           be
           employed
           any
           where
           than
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           where
           the
           ill
           consequence
           of
           their
           being
           Members
           is
           too
           much
           diffused
           ,
           and
           not
           restrained
           to
           the
           County
           or
           Burrough
           who
           shall
           be
           so
           unwary
           as
           to
           Chuse
           them
           .
        
         
           V.
           Great
           Drinkers
           are
           less
           fit
           to
           Serve
           in
           Parliament
           than
           is
           apprehended
           .
        
         
           Men's
           Virtue
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           their
           Understanding
           ,
           is
           apt
           to
           be
           tainted
           by
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           appearance
           of
           it
           is
           Sociable
           and
           well-natur'd
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           by
           no
           means
           to
           be
           reli'd
           upon
           .
        
         
           Nothing
           is
           more
           frail
           than
           a
           Man
           too
           far
           engaged
           in
           wet
           Popularity
           .
        
         
           The
           habit
           of
           it
           maketh
           Men
           careless
           of
           their
           business
           ,
           and
           that
           naturally
           leadeth
           them
           into
           Circumstances
           that
           make
           them
           liable
           to
           Temptation
           .
        
         
         
           It
           is
           seldom
           seen
           ,
           That
           any
           Principles
           have
           such
           a
           root
           ,
           as
           that
           they
           can
           be
           proof
           against
           the
           continual
           droppings
           of
           a
           Bottle
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           Faculties
           of
           the
           Mind
           ,
           there
           is
           not
           less
           Objection
           ;
           the
           vapours
           of
           Wine
           may
           sometimes
           throw
           out
           sparks
           of
           Wit
           ,
           but
           they
           are
           like
           scattered
           pieces
           of
           Ore
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           Vein
           to
           work
           upon
           .
        
         
           Such
           Wit
           ,
           even
           the
           best
           of
           it
           ,
           is
           like
           paying
           great
           Fines
           ;
           in
           which
           case
           there
           must
           of
           necessity
           be
           an
           abatement
           of
           the
           constant
           Rent
           .
        
         
           Nothing
           sure
           is
           a
           greater
           Enemy
           to
           the
           Brain
           ,
           than
           too
           much
           moisture
           ;
           it
           can
           the
           least
           of
           any
           thing
           bear
           the
           being
           continually
           steeped
           :
           And
           it
           may
           be
           said
           ,
           that
           Thought
           may
           be
           resembled
           to
           some
           Creatures
           which
           can
           live
           only
           in
           a
           dry
           Country
           .
        
         
           Yet
           so
           arrogant
           are
           some
           men
           ,
           as
           to
           think
           they
           are
           so
           much
           Masters
           of
           Business
           ,
           as
           that
           they
           can
           play
           with
           it
           ;
           they
           imagine
           they
           can
           drown
           their
           Reason
           once
           a
           day
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           shall
           not
           be
           the
           worse
           for
           it
           ;
           forgetting
           ,
           that
           by
           too
           often
           diving
           the
           Understanding
           at
           last
           groweth
           too
           weak
           to
           rise
           up
           again
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           suppose
           this
           fault
           was
           less
           frequent
           when
           
             Solon
          
           made
           it
           one
           of
           his
           Laws
           ,
           That
           it
           was
           Lawful
           to
           Kill
           a
           Magistrate
           if
           he
           was
           found
           Drunk
           .
           Such
           a
           Liberty
           taken
           in
           this
           Age
           ,
           either
           in
           the
           Parliament
           or
           out
           of
           it
           ,
           would
           do
           terrible
           Execution
           .
        
         
           I
           cannot
           but
           mention
           a
           Petition
           in
           the
           year
           1647
           ,
           from
           the
           County
           of
           
             Devon
             ,
          
           to
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           against
           the
           undue
           Election
           of
           Burgesses
           ,
           who
           are
           strong
           in
           Wine
           and
           weak
           in
           Wisdom
           .
        
         
           The
           cause
           of
           such
           Petitions
           is
           to
           be
           prevented
           by
           Chusing
           such
           as
           shall
           not
           give
           handle
           for
           them
           .
        
         
           VI.
           Wanting-Men
           give
           such
           cause
           of
           suspicion
           where-ever
           they
           deal
           ,
           that
           surely
           the
           Chusers
           will
           be
           upon
           their
           
           guard
           ,
           as
           often
           as
           such
           dangerous
           pretenders
           make
           their
           application
           to
           them
           .
        
         
           Let
           the
           behaviour
           of
           such
           Men
           be
           never
           so
           plausible
           and
           untainted
           ,
           yet
           they
           who
           are
           to
           pitch
           upon
           those
           they
           are
           to
           trust
           with
           all
           they
           have
           ,
           may
           be
           excused
           ,
           if
           they
           do
           not
           only
           consider
           what
           they
           are
           ,
           but
           what
           they
           may
           be
           .
        
         
           As
           we
           pray
           our selves
           we
           may
           not
           be
           led
           into
           Temptation
           ,
           we
           ought
           not
           by
           any
           means
           to
           thrust
           others
           into
           it
           ;
           even
           though
           our
           own
           Interest
           was
           not
           concerned
           ;
           And
           sure
           when
           it
           is
           ,
           the
           Argument
           hath
           not
           less
           force
           .
        
         
           If
           a
           man
           hath
           a
           small
           Estate
           ,
           and
           a
           numerous
           Family
           ;
           where
           it
           happeneth
           that
           a
           Man
           hath
           as
           many
           Children
           as
           he
           hath
           Tenants
           ,
           It
           is
           not
           a
           Recommending
           Circumstance
           for
           his
           Election
           .
        
         
           When
           it
           cometh
           to
           be
           the
           Question
           with
           such
           a
           Man
           ,
           Whether
           he
           shall
           be
           Just
           to
           the
           Publick
           ,
           or
           Cruel
           to
           his
           Family
           ?
           It
           is
           very
           possible
           the
           decision
           may
           be
           on
           the
           side
           of
           Corrupted
           Nature
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           a
           Compliment
           to
           this
           Age
           ,
           which
           it
           doth
           not
           deserve
           ,
           to
           suppose
           Men
           are
           so
           ty'd
           up
           to
           Morality
           ,
           as
           that
           they
           cannot
           be
           pinched
           out
           of
           it
           ;
           especially
           now
           when
           it
           is
           called
           Starving
           not
           to
           be
           Embroidered
           ,
           or
           served
           in
           Plate
           .
        
         
           The
           Men
           Chosen
           to
           serve
           their
           Countrey
           ,
           should
           not
           be
           loaden
           with
           Suits
           that
           may
           tempt
           them
           to
           assume
           Privileges
           ;
           much
           less
           under
           such
           Necessities
           as
           may
           more
           immediately
           prepare
           them
           for
           Corruption
           .
        
         
           Men
           who
           need
           a
           Parliament
           for
           their
           own
           particular
           Interest
           ,
           have
           more
           reason
           to
           offer
           their
           Service
           than
           others
           have
           to
           accept
           of
           it
           .
           And
           though
           I
           do
           not
           doubt
           ,
           but
           there
           may
           be
           some
           whose
           Virtue
           would
           triumph
           over
           their
           Wants
           ,
           let
           them
           be
           never
           so
           pressing
           ;
           yet
           to
           expose
           the
           Publick
           to
           the
           hazard
           of
           being
           deceived
           ,
           is
           that
           which
           can
           never
           be
           justifi'd
           by
           those
           that
           Chuse
           .
           
           And
           tho
           it
           must
           be
           allow'd
           possible
           for
           a
           wanting-Man
           to
           be
           honest
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           impossible
           for
           a
           Man
           to
           be
           wise
           that
           will
           depend
           upon
           it
           .
        
         
           VII
           .
           There
           is
           a
           sort
           of
           Men
           that
           have
           a
           Tinsel-wit
           ,
           which
           make
           them
           shine
           among
           those
           who
           cannot
           judge
           .
        
         
           Club
           and
           Coffee-house
           Gentlemen
           ,
           Petty
           Merchants
           of
           small
           Conceits
           ,
           who
           have
           an
           Empty
           habit
           of
           prating
           without
           meaning
           ;
           They
           always
           aim
           at
           Wit
           ,
           and
           generally
           make
           false
           Fire
           .
        
         
           Their
           business
           is
           less
           to
           learn
           ,
           than
           to
           set
           themselves
           out
           ;
           which
           makes
           them
           chuse
           to
           be
           with
           such
           as
           can
           only
           be
           Witnesses
           of
           their
           small
           Ingenuity
           ,
           rather
           than
           with
           such
           as
           might
           improve
           it
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           a
           subordinate
           Wit
           ,
           as
           much
           inferior
           to
           a
           Wit
           of
           business
           ,
           as
           a
           Fidler
           at
           a
           Wake
           is
           to
           the
           lofty
           Sound
           of
           an
           Organ
           .
        
         
           Men
           of
           this
           Size
           are
           in
           no
           degree
           suited
           to
           the
           business
           of
           redressing
           Grievances
           ,
           and
           making
           Laws
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           a
           Parliament-Wit
           to
           be
           distinguish'd
           from
           all
           other
           kinds
           ;
           those
           who
           have
           it
           ,
           do
           not
           stuff
           their
           heads
           only
           with
           Cavils
           and
           Objections
           .
        
         
           They
           have
           a
           deliberate
           and
           an
           observing
           Wit
           ,
           a
           Head
           turned
           to
           Publick
           things
           ;
           Men
           who
           place
           a
           greater
           pleasure
           in
           mending
           a
           Fault
           ,
           than
           in
           finding
           it
           out
           .
        
         
           Their
           Understanding
           directeth
           them
           to
           object
           in
           the
           right
           place
           ,
           and
           not
           like
           those
           who
           go
           by
           no
           other
           Rule
           ,
           than
           to
           conclude
           ,
           That
           must
           be
           the
           best
           Counsel
           which
           was
           not
           taken
           .
        
         
           These
           Whole-sale
           Judges
           shew
           such
           a
           gross
           and
           peevish
           Ignorance
           ,
           that
           it
           appeareth
           so
           openly
           in
           all
           they
           say
           or
           do
           ,
           That
           they
           give
           loud
           warning
           to
           all
           considering
           Men
           ,
           not
           to
           chuse
           them
           .
        
         
         
           VIII
           .
           The
           dislike
           of
           slight
           Airy
           Men
           must
           not
           go
           so
           far
           ,
           as
           to
           recommend
           heaviness
           in
           opposition
           to
           it
           ,
           especially
           where
           men
           are
           convicted
           of
           it
           by
           Experience
           in
           former
           Sessions
           .
        
         
           As
           a
           lively
           Coxcomb
           will
           seldom
           fail
           to
           lay
           in
           his
           claim
           for
           Wit
           ;
           so
           a
           Blockhead
           is
           apt
           to
           pretend
           ,
           That
           his
           heaviness
           is
           a
           proof
           of
           his
           Judgment
           .
        
         
           Some
           have
           an
           universal
           Lethargy
           spread
           upon
           their
           Understanding
           without
           exception
           ;
           others
           have
           an
           Insufficiency
           
             quo
             ad
             hoc
             ,
          
           as
           in
           some
           Cases
           men
           have
           
             quo
             ad
             hanc
             ;
          
           These
           last
           can
           never
           so
           turn
           their
           thoughts
           to
           publick
           Business
           ,
           as
           to
           give
           the
           attention
           that
           is
           necessary
           to
           comprehend
           it
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           those
           who
           have
           such
           a
           thick
           Shell
           upon
           their
           Brains
           ,
           that
           their
           Ignorance
           is
           impenetrable
           ,
           and
           maketh
           such
           a
           stout
           resistance
           against
           Common
           Sense
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           never
           be
           subdu'd
           by
           it
           :
           True
           Heart
           of
           Oak
           ,
           Ignorance
           that
           will
           never
           yield
           ,
           let
           Reason
           beat
           never
           so
           hard
           upon
           it
           ;
           and
           though
           their
           kind
           Neighbours
           have
           at
           several
           Elections
           sent
           them
           up
           to
           School
           again
           ,
           they
           have
           still
           return'd
           the
           same
           incurable
           Dunces
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           a
           false
           Gravity
           that
           is
           a
           very
           ill
           symptom
           ;
           and
           it
           may
           be
           said
           ,
           That
           as
           Rivers
           ,
           which
           run
           very
           slowly
           ,
           have
           always
           the
           most
           Mud
           at
           the
           bottom
           ;
           so
           a
           solid
           stiffness
           in
           the
           constant
           course
           of
           a
           man's
           Life
           ,
           is
           a
           sign
           of
           a
           thick
           bed
           of
           Mud
           at
           the
           bottom
           of
           his
           Brain
           .
        
         
           A
           dull
           Man
           is
           so
           near
           a
           dead
           Man
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           hardly
           to
           be
           ranked
           in
           the
           List
           of
           the
           Living
           ;
           and
           as
           he
           is
           not
           to
           be
           buri'd
           whilst
           he
           is
           half
           alive
           ,
           so
           he
           is
           as
           little
           to
           be
           imploy'd
           whilst
           he
           is
           half
           dead
           .
        
         
           Parliaments
           are
           now
           grown
           to
           be
           quite
           other
           things
           than
           they
           were
           formerly
           .
        
         
           In
           Ancient
           Times
           they
           were
           little
           more
           than
           Great
           Assizes
           ;
           A
           Roll
           of
           Grievances
           ;
           
             Magna
             Charta
          
           confirmed
           ;
           Privileges
           of
           Holy
           Church
           preserved
           ;
           so
           many
           Sacks
           of
           Wool
           given
           ,
           and
           away
           .
        
         
         
           Now
           there
           are
           Traps
           and
           Gins
           laid
           for
           the
           well-meaning
           Countrey-Gentlemen
           ;
           he
           is
           to
           grapple
           with
           the
           Cunning
           of
           Men
           in
           Town
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           a
           little
           improv'd
           by
           being
           rewarded
           and
           encourag'd
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           men
           whose
           good
           Intentions
           are
           not
           seconded
           and
           supported
           by
           some
           degree
           of
           Ability
           ,
           are
           as
           much
           the
           more
           dangerous
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           less
           criminal
           than
           Cunning
           Knaves
           .
           Their
           honest
           Mistakes
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           distinguishing
           ,
           either
           give
           a
           Countenance
           to
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           lessen
           the
           Scandal
           of
           the
           injurious
           things
           that
           are
           done
           to
           the
           Publick
           ;
           and
           with
           leave
           ask'd
           for
           so
           odd
           an
           expression
           ,
           Their
           Innocent
           Guilt
           is
           as
           mischievous
           to
           the
           Laws
           and
           Liberties
           ,
           as
           the
           most
           deliberate
           Malice
           of
           those
           that
           would
           destroy
           them
           .
        
         
           IX
           .
           There
           is
           an
           Abuse
           which
           daily
           increaseth
           ,
           of
           sending
           such
           to
           Parliament
           ,
           as
           are
           scarce
           old
           enough
           to
           be
           sent
           to
           the
           University
           .
        
         
           I
           would
           not
           in
           this
           restrain
           the
           Definition
           of
           these
           Boys
           to
           the
           Age
           of
           Twenty
           One
           :
           If
           my
           Opinion
           might
           take
           place
           ,
           I
           should
           wish
           that
           none
           might
           be
           chosen
           into
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           under
           Thirty
           ;
           and
           to
           make
           some
           Equality
           ,
           I
           should
           from
           the
           same
           Motives
           think
           it
           convenient
           ,
           That
           no
           Lord
           should
           have
           a
           Vote
           in
           Judicature
           under
           that
           Age.
           
        
         
           But
           to
           leave
           this
           Digression
           ;
           I
           cannot
           see
           why
           the
           Chusers
           should
           not
           at
           least
           make
           it
           a
           Rule
           among
           themselves
           ,
           Not
           to
           send
           any
           Man
           to
           Represent
           them
           under
           the
           Age
           of
           Twenty
           five
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           time
           of
           Majority
           in
           most
           other
           places
           of
           the
           world
           .
        
         
           Surely
           it
           is
           not
           that
           we
           are
           Earlier
           Plants
           than
           our
           Neighbours
           .
        
         
           Such
           supposition
           could
           neither
           be
           justifi'd
           by
           our
           Climate
           ,
           nor
           by
           the
           degree
           of
           Latitude
           in
           which
           we
           are
           placed
           ;
           I
           must
           therefore
           attribute
           it
           to
           the
           haste
           our
           Ancestors
           
           had
           (
           and
           not
           without
           reason
           )
           to
           free
           themselves
           from
           the
           Severity
           of
           Wardships
           .
        
         
           But
           whether
           this
           ,
           or
           any
           thing
           else
           ,
           was
           the
           cause
           of
           our
           earlier
           stepping
           into
           Man's
           Estate
           ;
           so
           it
           is
           now
           ,
           that
           according
           to
           our
           Laws
           ,
           Twenty
           one
           is
           the
           Age
           of
           Discretion
           ;
           and
           the
           Young
           Man
           is
           then
           vested
           with
           a
           Legal
           ,
           how
           defective
           soever
           he
           may
           be
           in
           his
           Natural
           Understanding
           .
        
         
           With
           all
           this
           ,
           there
           ought
           to
           be
           a
           difference
           made
           between
           coming
           out
           of
           Pupilage
           ,
           and
           leaping
           into
           Legislatorship
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           perhaps
           inconvenient
           enough
           that
           a
           man
           should
           be
           so
           soon
           let
           loose
           to
           destroy
           his
           own
           Estate
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           yet
           worse
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           then
           have
           a
           Power
           of
           giving
           away
           other
           men's
           .
        
         
           The
           Law
           must
           make
           General
           Rules
           ,
           to
           which
           there
           always
           will
           be
           some
           Objections
           .
        
         
           If
           there
           were
           Tryers
           appointed
           to
           judge
           when
           Leading-Strings
           should
           be
           left
           off
           ,
           many
           would
           wear
           them
           a
           very
           great
           while
           ,
           and
           some
           perhaps
           with
           their
           Gray
           Hairs
           ;
           there
           being
           no
           small
           number
           of
           Old
           Boys
           in
           all
           times
           ,
           and
           especially
           in
           this
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           necessary
           therefore
           to
           make
           Exceptions
           to
           this
           General
           Rule
           ,
           where
           the
           Case
           so
           much
           requireth
           it
           ,
           as
           it
           doth
           in
           the
           matter
           in
           question
           .
        
         
           The
           ground
           of
           sending
           these
           
             Minors
          
           to
           Parliament
           ought
           not
           to
           recommend
           the
           Continuance
           of
           it
           to
           those
           who
           are
           Lovers
           of
           Liberty
           ;
           since
           it
           was
           by
           the
           Authority
           and
           Influence
           of
           Great
           Men
           ,
           that
           their
           Stripling
           Sons
           were
           first
           receiv'd
           by
           the
           humble
           depending
           Boroughs
           ,
           or
           the
           complying
           Counties
           .
        
         
           They
           called
           it
           ,
           as
           many
           do
           still
           ,
           the
           best
           School
           for
           Young
           Men.
           Now
           Experience
           hath
           shew'd
           us
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           like
           a
           School
           only
           in
           this
           respect
           ,
           That
           these
           Youngsters
           when
           they
           are
           admitted
           ,
           deserve
           to
           be
           whipp'd
           in
           it
           .
        
         
         
           If
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           is
           a
           School
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           for
           Men
           of
           riper
           Age
           ;
           these
           are
           too
           young
           to
           learn
           there
           ,
           and
           being
           elevated
           by
           a
           mistaken
           smattering
           in
           small
           Politicks
           ,
           they
           grow
           too
           supercilious
           to
           learn
           any
           where
           else
           ;
           so
           that
           instead
           of
           improving
           young
           promising
           Plants
           ,
           they
           are
           destroy'd
           by
           being
           misplac'd
           .
        
         
           If
           then
           they
           do
           themselves
           hurt
           by
           it
           ,
           it
           is
           surer
           yet
           that
           they
           do
           the
           House
           no
           good
           by
           coming
           into
           it
           .
        
         
           They
           were
           not
           Green
           Geese
           that
           are
           said
           to
           have
           sav'd
           the
           Capitol
           ;
           they
           were
           certainly
           of
           full
           Age
           ,
           or
           else
           their
           Cackling
           could
           not
           have
           been
           heard
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           give
           warning
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           it
           look'd
           of
           late
           ,
           when
           the
           Fashion
           was
           to
           have
           long
           continu'd
           Parliaments
           ,
           as
           if
           we
           might
           plant
           a
           Boy
           in
           the
           House
           with
           a
           Prospect
           that
           he
           might
           continue
           there
           till
           he
           had
           Grey
           Hairs
           :
           And
           that
           the
           same
           Sapling
           might
           have
           such
           a
           Root
           ,
           as
           that
           he
           might
           grow
           up
           to
           be
           Timber
           without
           being
           remov'd
           .
        
         
           If
           these
           Young
           Men
           had
           skill
           enough
           to
           pitch
           upon
           some
           Body
           in
           the
           House
           ,
           to
           whom
           they
           might
           resign
           their
           Opinion
           ,
           and
           upon
           whose
           Judgment
           they
           might
           lean
           without
           Reserve
           ,
           there
           might
           be
           less
           Objection
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           speak
           Truth
           ,
           they
           know
           as
           little
           how
           to
           chuse
           ,
           as
           those
           did
           who
           elected
           them
           ;
           so
           that
           there
           is
           no
           other
           Expedient
           left
           ,
           than
           the
           letting
           them
           alone
           .
        
         
           One
           may
           say
           ,
           generally
           speaking
           ,
           That
           a
           young
           Man
           being
           too
           soon
           qualifi'd
           for
           the
           serious
           Business
           of
           Parliaments
           ,
           would
           really
           be
           no
           good
           Symptom
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           a
           sign
           of
           too
           much
           Phlegm
           ,
           and
           too
           little
           Fire
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           Age
           ,
           if
           Men
           have
           not
           a
           little
           more
           heat
           than
           is
           convenient
           ;
           for
           as
           they
           grow
           older
           they
           will
           run
           a
           hazard
           of
           not
           having
           so
           much
           as
           is
           necessary
           .
        
         
           The
           Truth
           is
           ,
           The
           vigour
           of
           Youth
           is
           soften'd
           and
           misappli'd
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           not
           spent
           either
           in
           War
           or
           close
           
           Studies
           ;
           all
           other
           Courses
           have
           an
           idle
           Mixture
           that
           cometh
           to
           nothing
           ,
           and
           maketh
           them
           like
           Trees
           ,
           which
           for
           want
           of
           Pruning
           run
           up
           to
           Wood
           ,
           and
           seldom
           or
           never
           bear
           any
           Fruit.
           
        
         
           To
           conclude
           this
           Head
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           own'd
           ,
           That
           there
           is
           no
           Age
           of
           our
           Life
           which
           doth
           not
           carry
           Arguments
           along
           with
           it
           to
           humble
           us
           ;
           and
           therefore
           it
           would
           be
           well
           for
           the
           Business
           of
           the
           World
           if
           young
           Men
           would
           stay
           longer
           before
           they
           went
           into
           it
           ,
           and
           old
           Men
           not
           so
           long
           before
           they
           went
           out
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           X.
           Next
           to
           these
           may
           be
           rank'd
           a
           sort
           of
           superfine
           Gentlemen
           ,
           Carpet-Knights
           ,
           Men
           whose
           Heads
           may
           be
           said
           to
           be
           only
           Appurtenances
           to
           their
           Perukes
           ,
           which
           intirely
           ingross
           all
           their
           Care
           and
           Application
           .
        
         
           Their
           Understanding
           is
           so
           strictly
           appropriated
           to
           their
           Dress
           ,
           that
           no
           part
           of
           it
           is
           upon
           pain
           of
           their
           utmost
           Displeasure
           to
           be
           diverted
           to
           any
           other
           use
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           not
           by
           this
           intended
           to
           recommend
           an
           affected
           Clown
           ,
           or
           to
           make
           it
           a
           necessary
           Qualification
           for
           a
           Member
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           that
           he
           must
           renounce
           clean
           Linen
           or
           good
           Manners
           ;
           but
           surely
           a
           too
           earnest
           Application
           to
           make
           every
           thing
           sit
           Right
           about
           them
           ,
           striketh
           too
           deep
           into
           their
           small
           stock
           of
           Thoughts
           to
           allow
           it
           Furniture
           for
           any
           thing
           else
           .
        
         
           To
           do
           Right
           to
           the
           these
           fine-spun
           Gentlemen
           ,
           Business
           is
           too
           course
           a
           thing
           for
           them
           ,
           which
           maketh
           it
           an
           unreasonable
           Hardship
           upon
           them
           to
           oppress
           them
           with
           it
           ;
           so
           that
           in
           tenderness
           to
           them
           ,
           no
           less
           than
           out
           of
           care
           to
           the
           Publick
           ,
           it
           is
           best
           to
           leave
           them
           to
           their
           Taylors
           with
           whom
           they
           will
           live
           in
           much
           better
           Correspondence
           ,
           when
           the
           Danger
           is
           prevented
           of
           their
           falling
           out
           about
           Privileges
           .
        
         
         
           XI
           .
           Men
           of
           Injustice
           and
           Violence
           ,
           in
           their
           private
           Dealings
           ,
           are
           not
           to
           be
           trusted
           by
           the
           People
           with
           a
           Commission
           to
           treat
           for
           them
           in
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           
             4th
          
           of
           
             Edw.
          
           3.
           
           The
           King
           Commandeth
           in
           his
           Writs
           not
           to
           chuse
           any
           Knights
           who
           had
           been
           Guilty
           of
           Crime
           ,
           or
           Maintenance
           .
        
         
           These
           warm
           Men
           seldom
           fail
           to
           run
           into
           Maintenance
           ,
           taken
           in
           a
           larger
           Extent
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           an
           unnatural
           Sound
           to
           come
           from
           a
           Man
           that
           is
           Arbitrary
           in
           his
           Neighbourhood
           ,
           to
           talk
           of
           Laws
           and
           Liberties
           at
           
             Westminster
             ;
          
           he
           is
           not
           a
           proper
           Vehicle
           for
           such
           Words
           ,
           which
           ought
           never
           to
           be
           prophaned
           .
        
         
           An
           habitual
           Breaker
           of
           the
           Laws
           ,
           to
           be
           made
           one
           of
           the
           Law-makers
           ,
           is
           as
           if
           the
           Benches
           in
           
             Westminster-hall
          
           should
           be
           filled
           with
           Men
           out
           of
           
             Newgate
             .
          
        
         
           Those
           who
           are
           of
           this
           Temper
           cannot
           change
           their
           Nature
           out
           of
           respect
           to
           their
           Countrey
           .
        
         
           Quite
           contrary
           ,
           they
           will
           less
           scruple
           to
           do
           Wrong
           to
           a
           Nation
           where
           no
           Body
           taketh
           it
           to
           himself
           ,
           than
           to
           particular
           Men
           to
           whose
           Resentments
           they
           are
           more
           immediately
           exposed
           .
        
         
           In
           short
           ,
           they
           lye
           under
           such
           strong
           Objections
           ,
           that
           the
           over-ballance
           of
           better
           Men
           cannot
           altogether
           purify
           an
           Assemby
           where
           these
           unclean
           Beasts
           are
           admitted
           .
        
         
           XII
           .
           Excessive
           Spenders
           and
           unreasonable
           Savers
           are
           to
           be
           Excluded
           ,
           being
           both
           greedy
           from
           differing
           Causes
           .
        
         
           They
           are
           both
           of
           them
           Diseases
           of
           Infection
           ,
           and
           for
           that
           Reason
           are
           not
           to
           be
           admitted
           into
           publick
           Assemblies
           .
        
         
           A
           prodigal
           Man
           must
           be
           greedy
           ,
           because
           he
           thinketh
           he
           can
           never
           spend
           enough
           .
        
         
           The
           Wretch
           must
           be
           so
           ,
           because
           he
           will
           never
           think
           he
           can
           hoard
           enough
           .
        
         
           The
           World
           first
           admireth
           Men's
           Wisdom
           for
           getting
           Money
           ,
           and
           then
           raileth
           at
           them
           if
           they
           do
           not
           throw
           it
           
           away
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           Prodigal
           Man
           is
           only
           the
           less
           unpopular
           Extreme
           ;
           he
           is
           every
           jot
           as
           well
           prepared
           as
           the
           Miser
           to
           fall
           out
           with
           his
           Morals
           ,
           when
           once
           a
           good
           Temptation
           is
           offered
           him
           to
           lay
           them
           aside
           .
        
         
           On
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           some
           rich
           Men
           are
           as
           eager
           to
           overtake
           those
           that
           are
           Richer
           ,
           as
           a
           Running-horse
           is
           to
           get
           to
           the
           Race-post
           ,
           before
           the
           other
           that
           contendeth
           with
           him
           .
        
         
           Men
           often
           desire
           to
           heap
           ,
           rather
           because
           others
           have
           more
           ,
           than
           that
           they
           know
           what
           to
           do
           with
           that
           which
           they
           covet
           with
           so
           much
           Impatience
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           it
           is
           plain
           ,
           the
           Fancy
           hath
           as
           great
           a
           share
           in
           this
           imaginary
           Pleasure
           of
           Gathering
           ,
           as
           it
           hath
           in
           Love
           ,
           Ambition
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Passion
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           pretty
           sure
           ,
           that
           as
           no
           Man
           was
           ever
           the
           Richer
           for
           having
           a
           good
           Estate
           ,
           if
           he
           did
           not
           look
           after
           it
           ;
           so
           neither
           will
           he
           be
           the
           Honester
           if
           he
           hath
           never
           so
           much
           .
        
         
           Want
           of
           Care
           will
           always
           create
           want
           of
           Money
           ;
           so
           that
           whether
           a
           Man
           is
           a
           Beggar
           because
           he
           never
           had
           any
           Money
           ,
           or
           because
           he
           can
           never
           keep
           any
           ,
           it
           is
           all
           one
           to
           those
           who
           are
           to
           trust
           him
           .
        
         
           Upon
           this
           head
           of
           Prodigality
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           no
           unreasonable
           Caution
           to
           be
           afraid
           of
           those
           who
           in
           former
           Service
           have
           been
           extravagantly
           Liberal
           of
           the
           Publick
           Money
           .
        
         
           Trusting
           is
           so
           hazardous
           a
           thing
           ,
           that
           it
           should
           never
           be
           done
           but
           where
           it
           is
           necessary
           ;
           so
           that
           when
           Trustees
           are
           found
           upon
           Trial
           to
           be
           very
           Lavish
           ,
           even
           without
           examining
           into
           the
           Causes
           of
           it
           ,
           (
           which
           are
           generally
           very
           suspicious
           )
           it
           is
           a
           reasonable
           part
           of
           Preventing-Wit
           to
           change
           Hands
           ,
           or
           else
           the
           Chusers
           will
           pay
           the
           Penalty
           that
           belongeth
           to
           good
           Nature
           so
           misplaced
           ,
           and
           the
           Consequences
           will
           be
           attended
           with
           the
           Aggravation
           of
           their
           not
           being
           made
           Wiser
           by
           such
           a
           severe
           and
           costly
           warning
           .
        
         
         
           XIII
           .
           It
           would
           be
           of
           very
           great
           use
           to
           take
           a
           general
           Resolution
           throughout
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           That
           none
           should
           be
           chosen
           for
           a
           County
           but
           such
           as
           have
           either
           in
           Possession
           ,
           or
           Reversion
           ,
           a
           considerable
           Estate
           in
           it
           ;
           nor
           for
           a
           Burrough
           ,
           except
           he
           be
           Resiant
           ,
           or
           that
           he
           hath
           some
           Estate
           in
           the
           County
           ,
           in
           present
           ,
           or
           Expectancy
           .
        
         
           There
           have
           been
           Eminent
           Men
           of
           Law
           who
           were
           of
           opinion
           ,
           That
           in
           the
           Case
           of
           a
           Burgess
           of
           a
           Town
           not
           Resiant
           ,
           the
           Court
           is
           to
           give
           Judgment
           according
           to
           the
           Statute
           ,
           notwithstanding
           Custom
           to
           the
           contrary
           .
        
         
           But
           not
           to
           insist
           now
           upon
           that
           ,
           the
           prudential
           part
           is
           Argument
           enough
           to
           set
           up
           a
           Rule
           to
           abrogate
           an
           ill
           Custom
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           not
           ,
           perhaps
           ,
           a
           greater
           Cause
           of
           the
           Corruption
           of
           Parliaments
           ,
           than
           by
           adopting
           Members
           ,
           who
           may
           be
           said
           to
           have
           no
           title
           by
           their
           Births
           .
        
         
           The
           Juries
           are
           by
           the
           Law
           to
           be
           
             Ex
             vicineto
             ;
          
           And
           shall
           there
           be
           less
           care
           that
           the
           Representatives
           of
           the
           People
           be
           so
           too
           ?
        
         
           Sure
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           County
           is
           best
           placed
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           such
           as
           have
           some
           share
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           Outliers
           are
           not
           so
           easily
           kept
           within
           the
           pale
           of
           the
           Laws
           .
        
         
           They
           are
           often
           chosen
           without
           being
           known
           ,
           which
           is
           more
           like
           chusing
           Valentines
           ,
           than
           Members
           of
           Parliament
           .
           The
           Motive
           of
           their
           standing
           is
           more
           justly
           to
           be
           supposed
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           redress
           their
           own
           Grievances
           which
           they
           know
           ,
           than
           those
           of
           the
           Countrey
           ,
           to
           which
           they
           are
           strangers
           .
        
         
           They
           are
           chosen
           at
           
             London
          
           to
           serve
           in
           
             Cornwall
             ,
          
           &c.
           and
           are
           often
           Parties
           ,
           before
           they
           come
           to
           be
           Representatives
           :
           One
           would
           think
           the
           Reproach
           it
           is
           for
           a
           County
           not
           to
           have
           Men
           within
           their
           own
           Circle
           to
           serve
           them
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           should
           be
           Argument
           enough
           to
           reject
           these
           
           Trespassers
           ,
           without
           urging
           the
           ill
           Consequences
           in
           other
           Respects
           of
           their
           being
           admitted
           .
        
         
           XIV
           .
           As
           in
           some
           Cases
           it
           is
           adviseable
           to
           give
           a
           total
           exclusion
           to
           Men
           not
           fitly
           qualified
           ;
           so
           in
           others
           it
           is
           more
           proper
           to
           lay
           down
           a
           general
           Rule
           of
           Caution
           ,
           with
           allowance
           of
           some
           Exceptions
           ,
           where
           Men
           have
           given
           such
           proofs
           of
           themselves
           ,
           as
           create
           a
           Right
           for
           them
           to
           be
           distinguished
           .
        
         
           Of
           this
           nature
           is
           that
           which
           I
           shall
           say
           concerning
           Lawyers
           ,
           who
           ,
           by
           the
           same
           Reason
           that
           they
           may
           be
           useful
           ,
           may
           be
           also
           very
           dangerous
           .
        
         
           The
           Negligence
           ,
           and
           want
           of
           Application
           in
           Gentlemen
           ,
           hath
           made
           them
           to
           be
           thought
           more
           necessary
           than
           naturally
           they
           are
           in
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           They
           have
           not
           only
           ingrossed
           the
           Chair
           of
           the
           Speaker
           ,
           but
           that
           of
           a
           Committee
           is
           hardly
           thought
           to
           be
           well
           filled
           ,
           except
           it
           be
           by
           a
           Man
           of
           the
           Robe
           .
        
         
           This
           maketh
           it
           worthy
           of
           the
           more
           serious
           reflection
           of
           all
           Gentlemen
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           be
           an
           Argument
           to
           them
           to
           qualify
           themselves
           in
           Parliamentary
           Learning
           ,
           in
           such
           a
           manner
           ,
           as
           that
           they
           may
           rely
           upon
           their
           own
           Abilities
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           serving
           their
           Countrey
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           come
           to
           the
           point
           in
           question
           ;
           It
           is
           not
           without
           Precedent
           ,
           that
           Practising-Lawyers
           have
           been
           excluded
           from
           serving
           in
           Parliament
           ;
           and
           ,
           without
           following
           those
           Patterns
           strictly
           ,
           I
           cannot
           but
           think
           it
           reasonable
           ,
           that
           whilst
           a
           Parliament
           sitteth
           ,
           no
           Member
           of
           Parliament
           should
           plead
           at
           any
           Bar.
           
        
         
           The
           Reason
           of
           it
           is
           in
           many
           respects
           strong
           in
           it self
           ,
           and
           is
           grown
           much
           stronger
           by
           the
           long
           sitting
           of
           Parliaments
           of
           late
           ;
           but
           I
           will
           not
           dwell
           upon
           this
           :
           The
           matter
           now
           in
           question
           being
           concerning
           Lawyers
           being
           Elected
           ,
           which
           I
           conceive
           should
           be
           done
           with
           so
           much
           circumspection
           ,
           that
           probably
           it
           would
           not
           often
           happen
           .
        
         
         
           If
           Lawyers
           have
           great
           Practice
           ,
           that
           ought
           to
           take
           them
           up
           ;
           if
           not
           ,
           it
           is
           no
           great
           sign
           of
           their
           Ability
           ;
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           giveth
           a
           suspicion
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           more
           liable
           to
           be
           tempted
           .
        
         
           If
           it
           should
           be
           so
           in
           Fact
           ,
           That
           no
           King
           ever
           wanted
           Judges
           to
           soften
           the
           stiffness
           of
           the
           Laws
           that
           were
           made
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           make
           them
           suit
           better
           with
           the
           Reason
           of
           State
           ,
           and
           the
           Convenience
           of
           the
           Government
           ;
        
         
           It
           is
           no
           Injury
           now
           to
           suppose
           it
           possible
           for
           Lawyers
           in
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           so
           to
           behave
           themselves
           in
           the
           making
           of
           New
           Laws
           ,
           as
           the
           better
           to
           make
           way
           for
           the
           having
           their
           Robes
           lined
           with
           Fur.
           
        
         
           They
           are
           Men
           used
           to
           argue
           on
           both
           sides
           of
           a
           Question
           ;
           And
           if
           ordinary
           Fees
           can
           inspire
           them
           with
           very
           good
           Reasons
           in
           a
           very
           ill
           Cause
           ,
           that
           Faculty
           exercised
           in
           Parliaments
           ,
           where
           it
           may
           be
           better
           encouraged
           ,
           may
           prove
           very
           inconvenient
           to
           those
           that
           chuse
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           ,
           without
           arraigning
           a
           Profession
           ,
           that
           it
           would
           be
           scandalous
           for
           a
           man
           not
           to
           honour
           ;
           one
           may
           ,
           by
           a
           Suspicion
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           more
           excusable
           when
           it
           is
           in
           the
           behalf
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           imagine
           that
           the
           habit
           of
           taking
           Money
           for
           their
           Opinion
           ,
           may
           create
           in
           some
           such
           a
           forgetfulness
           to
           distinguish
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           take
           it
           for
           their
           Vote
           .
        
         
           They
           are
           generally
           Men
           who
           by
           a
           laborious
           study
           hope
           to
           be
           advanced
           :
           They
           have
           it
           in
           their
           Eye
           as
           a
           Reward
           for
           the
           Toil
           they
           undergo
           .
        
         
           This
           maketh
           them
           generally
           very
           slow
           ,
           and
           ill
           disposed
           (
           let
           the
           Occasion
           never
           so
           much
           require
           it
           )
           to
           wrestle
           with
           that
           Soil
           where
           Preferment
           groweth
           .
        
         
           Now
           if
           the
           Supposition
           be
           in
           its
           self
           not
           unreasonable
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           should
           happen
           to
           be
           strengthen'd
           and
           confirm'd
           by
           Experience
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           very
           unnecessary
           to
           say
           any
           more
           upon
           this
           Article
           ,
           but
           leave
           it
           to
           the
           Electors
           to
           consider
           of
           it
           .
        
         
         
           XV.
           I
           cannot
           forbear
           to
           put
           in
           a
           Caveat
           against
           Men
           ty'd
           to
           a
           Party
           .
        
         
           There
           must
           in
           every
           body
           be
           a
           Leaning
           to
           that
           sort
           of
           Men
           who
           profess
           some
           Principles
           ,
           more
           than
           to
           others
           who
           go
           upon
           a
           different
           Foundation
           ;
           but
           when
           a
           man
           is
           drowned
           in
           a
           Party
           ,
           plunged
           in
           it
           beyond
           his
           depth
           ,
           he
           runneth
           a
           great
           hazard
           of
           being
           upon
           ill
           terms
           with
           good
           Sense
           ,
           or
           Morality
           ,
           if
           not
           with
           both
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           Such
           a
           man
           can
           hardly
           be
           called
           a
           Free
           Agent
           ,
           and
           for
           that
           reason
           is
           very
           unfit
           to
           be
           trusted
           with
           the
           Peoples
           Liberty
           ,
           after
           he
           hath
           given
           up
           his
           own
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           said
           ,
           That
           in
           some
           part
           of
           the
           
             Indies
          
           they
           do
           so
           affect
           little
           Feet
           ,
           that
           they
           keep
           them
           squeezed
           while
           they
           are
           Children
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           stay
           at
           that
           small
           size
           after
           they
           are
           grown
           Men.
           
        
         
           One
           may
           say
           something
           like
           this
           of
           Men
           lock'd
           up
           in
           a
           Party
           ;
           They
           put
           their
           Thoughts
           into
           such
           a
           Narrow
           Mould
           ,
           that
           they
           can
           never
           be
           enlarged
           nor
           released
           from
           their
           first
           Confinements
           .
        
         
           Men
           in
           a
           Party
           have
           
             Liberty
          
           only
           for
           their
           
             Motto
             ;
          
           in
           reality
           they
           are
           greater
           Slaves
           than
           any
           body
           else
           would
           care
           to
           make
           them
           .
        
         
           A
           Party
           ,
           even
           in
           times
           of
           Peace
           ,
           (
           tho
           against
           the
           Original
           Contract
           ,
           and
           the
           Bill
           of
           Rights
           )
           sets
           up
           and
           continues
           the
           exercise
           of
           Martial
           Law
           :
           Once
           inrolled
           ,
           the
           Man
           that
           quitteth
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           their
           will
           ,
           would
           be
           hanged
           for
           a
           Deserter
           .
        
         
           They
           communicate
           Anger
           to
           one
           another
           by
           Contagion
           :
           And
           it
           may
           be
           said
           ,
           that
           if
           too
           much
           Light
           dazzleth
           the
           Eye-sight
           ,
           too
           much
           Heat
           doth
           not
           less
           weaken
           the
           Judgment
           .
        
         
           Heat
           reigneth
           in
           the
           Fancy
           ;
           and
           Reason
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           colder
           Faculty
           of
           the
           Brain
           ,
           taketh
           more
           time
           to
           be
           heard
           ,
           than
           the
           other
           will
           allow
           .
        
         
           The
           Heat
           of
           a
           Party
           is
           like
           the
           Burning
           of
           a
           Feaver
           ,
           
           and
           not
           a
           Natural
           Warmth
           ,
           evenly
           distributed
           to
           give
           Life
           and
           Vigor
           .
        
         
           There
           was
           a
           time
           indeed
           when
           Anger
           shew'd
           a
           good
           sign
           of
           Honesty
           ;
           but
           that
           Evidence
           is
           very
           much
           weakned
           by
           Instances
           we
           have
           seen
           since
           the
           Days
           of
           Yore
           :
           And
           the
           Publick-spirited
           Choler
           hath
           been
           thrown
           off
           within
           time
           of
           Memory
           ,
           and
           lost
           almost
           all
           its
           Credit
           with
           some
           People
           ,
           since
           they
           found
           what
           Governments
           thought
           fit
           to
           make
           their
           so
           doing
           a
           step
           to
           their
           Preferment
           .
        
         
           A
           strong
           blustring
           Wind
           seldom
           continues
           long
           in
           one
           Corner
           .
        
         
           Some
           men
           knock
           loud
           only
           to
           be
           let
           in
           ;
           the
           Bustle
           they
           make
           is
           animated
           by
           their
           private
           Interest
           .
           The
           outward
           Blaze
           only
           is
           for
           Religion
           and
           Liberty
           :
           The
           true
           lasting
           Fire
           ,
           like
           that
           of
           the
           Vestals
           which
           never
           went
           out
           ,
           is
           an
           eagerness
           to
           get
           somewhat
           for
           themselves
           .
        
         
           A
           House
           of
           Commons
           composed
           of
           such
           Men
           ,
           would
           be
           more
           properly
           so
           many
           Merchants
           incorporated
           in
           a
           Regular
           Company
           ,
           to
           make
           their
           particular
           Adventures
           ,
           than
           Men
           sent
           from
           the
           People
           to
           serve
           and
           represent
           them
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           some
           Splenetick
           Gentlemen
           who
           confine
           their
           favourable
           Opinion
           within
           so
           narrow
           a
           compass
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           not
           allow
           it
           to
           any
           man
           that
           was
           not
           hanged
           in
           the
           late
           Reigns
           .
        
         
           Now
           by
           that
           rule
           one
           might
           expect
           they
           should
           rescue
           themselves
           from
           the
           disadvantage
           of
           being
           now
           alive
           ;
           and
           by
           abdicating
           a
           World
           so
           little
           worthy
           of
           them
           ,
           get
           a
           great
           Name
           to
           themselves
           ,
           with
           the
           general
           satisfaction
           of
           all
           those
           they
           would
           leave
           behind
           them
           .
        
         
           Amongst
           the
           many
           other
           ill
           consequences
           of
           a
           stated
           Party
           ,
           it
           is
           none
           of
           the
           least
           ,
           that
           it
           tempteth
           low
           and
           insignificant
           men
           to
           come
           upon
           the
           Stage
           ,
           to
           expose
           themselves
           ,
           and
           to
           spoil
           Business
           .
        
         
         
           It
           turneth
           a
           Cypher
           into
           a
           Figure
           ,
           such
           a
           one
           as
           it
           is
           :
           A
           man
           in
           a
           Party
           is
           able
           to
           make
           a
           noise
           ,
           let
           it
           be
           never
           so
           empty
           a
           sound
           .
        
         
           A
           weak
           man
           is
           easily
           blown
           out
           of
           his
           small
           senses
           ,
           by
           being
           muster'd
           into
           a
           Party
           ;
           he
           is
           flatter'd
           till
           he
           liketh
           himself
           so
           well
           ,
           that
           he
           taketh
           it
           extremely
           ill
           if
           he
           hath
           not
           an
           Employment
           .
        
         
           Nothing
           is
           more
           in
           fashion
           ,
           than
           for
           men
           to
           desire
           good
           Places
           ,
           and
           I
           doubt
           nothing
           is
           less
           so
           than
           to
           deserve
           them
           .
        
         
           From
           Nobody
           to
           Somebody
           is
           such
           a
           violent
           stride
           ,
           that
           Nature
           ,
           which
           hath
           the
           Negative
           Voice
           ,
           will
           not
           give
           its
           Royal
           Assent
           to
           it
           :
           So
           that
           when
           insufficient
           Men
           aim
           at
           being
           in
           business
           ,
           the
           worst
           of
           their
           Enemies
           might
           out
           of
           malice
           to
           them
           ,
           pray
           for
           their
           Preferment
           .
        
         
           There
           could
           be
           no
           end
           ,
           if
           one
           did
           not
           stop
           till
           this
           Theme
           had
           no
           more
           matter
           to
           furnish
           .
           I
           will
           only
           say
           ,
           Nothing
           is
           more
           evident
           ,
           than
           that
           the
           Good
           of
           the
           Nation
           hath
           been
           sacrificed
           to
           the
           Animosities
           of
           the
           several
           Contending
           Parties
           ;
           and
           without
           entring
           into
           the
           dispute
           which
           of
           them
           are
           more
           or
           less
           in
           the
           right
           ,
           it
           is
           pretty
           sure
           ,
           that
           whilst
           these
           Opposite
           Sets
           of
           Angry
           Men
           are
           playing
           at
           Foot-ball
           ,
           they
           will
           break
           all
           the
           Windows
           ,
           and
           do
           more
           hurt
           than
           their
           pretended
           Zeal
           for
           the
           Nation
           will
           ever
           make
           amends
           for
           .
        
         
           In
           short
           ,
           a
           man
           so
           engaged
           is
           retained
           before
           the
           people
           take
           him
           for
           their
           Council
           ;
           he
           hath
           such
           a
           Reserve
           for
           his
           Party
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           advisable
           for
           those
           who
           would
           chuse
           him
           ,
           to
           depend
           upon
           his
           Professions
           .
           All
           Parties
           assuming
           such
           a
           Dispensing
           Power
           ,
           that
           by
           their
           Sovereign
           Authority
           they
           cancel
           and
           dissolve
           any
           Act
           or
           Promise
           that
           they
           do
           not
           afterwards
           approve
           .
        
         
           These
           things
           considered
           ,
           those
           who
           will
           chuse
           such
           men
           deserve
           whatever
           followeth
           .
        
         
         
           XVI
           .
           Pretenders
           to
           Exorbitant
           Merit
           in
           the
           late
           Revolution
           ,
           are
           not
           without
           Objections
           against
           them
           ,
           when
           they
           stand
           to
           serve
           in
           Parliament
           .
           It
           would
           not
           only
           be
           a
           low
           ,
           but
           a
           criminal
           kind
           of
           Envy
           ,
           to
           deny
           a
           distinguishing
           Justice
           to
           Men
           who
           have
           been
           instrumental
           and
           active
           ,
           when
           the
           Service
           of
           their
           Countrey
           requir'd
           it
           .
           But
           there
           ought
           to
           be
           Moderation
           in
           men's
           Claims
           ,
           or
           else
           it
           is
           out
           of
           the
           power
           of
           our
           poor
           Island
           to
           satisfy
           them
           .
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           Service
           of
           all
           kinds
           is
           grown
           much
           dearer
           ,
           like
           Labourer's
           Wages
           ,
           which
           formerly
           occasioned
           several
           Statutes
           to
           regulate
           them
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           the
           men
           who
           only
           carried
           Mortar
           to
           the
           Building
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           finished
           ,
           think
           they
           are
           ill
           dealt
           with
           if
           they
           are
           not
           made
           Master-Workmen
           .
        
         
           They
           presently
           cry
           out
           ,
           The
           Original
           Contract
           is
           broken
           ,
           if
           their
           Merit
           is
           not
           rewarded
           ,
           at
           their
           own
           Rate
           too
           .
        
         
           Some
           will
           think
           there
           never
           ought
           to
           be
           an
           end
           of
           their
           Rewards
           ;
           when
           indifferent
           Judges
           would
           perhaps
           be
           puzzled
           to
           find
           out
           the
           beginning
           of
           their
           Merit
           .
        
         
           They
           bring
           in
           such
           large
           Bills
           ,
           that
           they
           must
           be
           examind
           '
           :
           Some
           bounds
           must
           be
           put
           to
           men's
           Pretensions
           ;
           else
           the
           Nation
           ,
           which
           is
           to
           pay
           the
           Reckoning
           ,
           will
           every
           way
           think
           it
           a
           scurvy
           thing
           to
           be
           undone
           ,
           whether
           it
           be
           by
           being
           over
           run
           by
           our
           Enemies
           ,
           or
           by
           the
           being
           exhausted
           by
           our
           Friends
           .
        
         
           There
           ought
           therefore
           to
           be
           deductions
           where
           they
           are
           reasonable
           ,
           the
           better
           to
           justifie
           the
           paying
           what
           remaineth
           .
        
         
           For
           example
           ,
           if
           any
           of
           these
           passionate
           Lovers
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           should
           not
           think
           fit
           ,
           in
           their
           manner
           of
           Living
           ,
           to
           give
           the
           least
           evidence
           of
           their
           Morality
           ,
           their
           claims
           upon
           that
           Head
           might
           sure
           be
           struck
           off
           without
           any
           Injustice
           to
           them
           .
        
         
           If
           there
           are
           any
           who
           set
           down
           great
           Sums
           as
           a
           Reward
           due
           to
           their
           Zeal
           for
           rescuing
           Property
           from
           the
           Jaws
           
           of
           Arbitrary
           Power
           ;
           their
           pretensions
           may
           fairly
           be
           rejected
           ,
           if
           now
           they
           are
           so
           far
           from
           shewing
           a
           care
           and
           tenderness
           of
           the
           Laws
           ,
           that
           they
           look
           rather
           like
           Councel
           retained
           on
           the
           other
           side
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           no
           less
           strange
           ,
           than
           I
           doubt
           it
           is
           true
           ,
           that
           some
           Men
           should
           be
           so
           in
           Love
           with
           their
           dear
           Mistress
           ,
           
             Old
             England
             ,
          
           with
           all
           her
           wrinkles
           ,
           as
           out
           of
           an
           Heroick
           Passion
           to
           Swim
           over
           to
           rescue
           her
           from
           being
           Ravish'd
           ;
           and
           when
           they
           have
           done
           the
           Feat
           ,
           the
           first
           thing
           after
           Enjoyment
           is
           ,
           that
           they
           go
           about
           to
           Strangle
           her
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           sake
           of
           true
           Love
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           fit
           that
           such
           ungentile
           Gallants
           should
           be
           too
           much
           encourag'd
           ;
           and
           their
           Arrogance
           for
           having
           done
           well
           at
           first
           ,
           will
           have
           no
           right
           to
           be
           excused
           ,
           if
           their
           doing
           so
           ill
           at
           last
           doth
           not
           make
           them
           a
           little
           more
           modest
           .
        
         
           True
           Merit
           ,
           like
           a
           River
           ,
           the
           deeper
           it
           is
           ,
           the
           less
           noise
           it
           makes
           .
        
         
           These
           loud
           proclaimers
           of
           their
           own
           Deserts
           ,
           are
           not
           only
           to
           be
           suspected
           for
           their
           truth
           ,
           but
           the
           Electors
           are
           to
           consider
           that
           such
           meritorious
           Men
           lay
           an
           Assessment
           upon
           those
           that
           Chuse
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           Publick
           Taxes
           are
           already
           heavy
           enough
           without
           the
           addition
           of
           these
           private
           Reckonings
           .
           It
           is
           therefore
           the
           safer
           way
           not
           to
           employ
           Men
           ,
           who
           will
           expect
           more
           for
           their
           Wages
           ,
           than
           the
           mistaken
           Borough
           that
           sendeth
           them
           up
           to
           Parliament
           could
           be
           sold
           for
           .
        
         
           XVII
           .
           With
           all
           due
           regard
           to
           the
           noblest
           of
           Callings
           ,
           Military
           Officers
           are
           out
           of
           their
           true
           Element
           when
           they
           are
           misplaced
           in
           a
           House
           of
           Commons
           .
        
         
           Things
           in
           this
           World
           ought
           to
           be
           well
           suited
           .
           There
           are
           some
           Appearances
           so
           unnatural
           ,
           that
           men
           are
           convinc'd
           by
           them
           without
           any
           other
           Argument
           .
        
         
           The
           very
           Habit
           in
           some
           Cases
           ,
           recommendeth
           or
           giveth
           Offence
           .
        
         
         
           If
           the
           Judges
           upon
           the
           Bench
           should
           ,
           instead
           of
           their
           Furrs
           ,
           which
           signify
           Gravity
           ,
           aud
           bespeak
           Respect
           ,
           be
           Cloathed
           like
           the
           Jockeys
           at
           
             New-Market
             ,
          
           or
           wear
           Jack-Boots
           and
           
             Steenkirks
             ;
          
           they
           would
           not
           in
           reality
           have
           less
           Law
           ,
           but
           Mankind
           would
           be
           so
           struck
           with
           this
           unusual
           Object
           ,
           that
           it
           would
           be
           a
           great
           while
           before
           they
           could
           think
           it
           possible
           to
           receive
           Justice
           from
           Men
           so
           Accouter'd
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           to
           some
           degree
           the
           same
           thing
           in
           this
           Case
           ;
           such
           Martial
           Habits
           ,
           Blew-Coats
           ,
           Red
           Stockings
           ,
           
             &c.
          
           make
           them
           look
           very
           unlike
           Grave
           Senators
           .
           One
           would
           almost
           swear
           they
           were
           Creatures
           apart
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           differing
           Species
           from
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Body
           .
        
         
           In
           former
           times
           ,
           when
           only
           the
           Refiant
           Shopkeeper
           was
           to
           Represent
           his
           Corporation
           (
           which
           by
           the
           way
           is
           the
           Law
           still
           at
           this
           day
           )
           the
           Military
           Looks
           of
           one
           of
           these
           Sons
           of
           
             Mars
             ,
          
           would
           have
           stared
           the
           Quaking
           Member
           down
           again
           to
           his
           Burrough
           .
        
         
           Now
           the
           number
           of
           them
           is
           so
           encreased
           ,
           that
           the
           Peaceable
           part
           of
           the
           House
           may
           lawfully
           swear
           they
           are
           in
           fear
           of
           their
           Lives
           ,
           from
           such
           an
           Awful
           Appearance
           of
           Men
           of
           War.
           
        
         
           It
           maketh
           the
           Room
           look
           like
           a
           Guard-house
           by
           such
           an
           ill-suited
           mixture
           .
           But
           this
           is
           only
           the
           out-side
           ,
           the
           bark
           of
           the
           Argument
           ;
           the
           root
           goeth
           yet
           deeper
           against
           Chusing
           such
           Men
           ,
           whose
           Talents
           ought
           to
           be
           otherwise
           applied
           .
        
         
           Their
           two
           Capacities
           are
           so
           inconsistent
           ,
           that
           Mens
           undertaking
           to
           serve
           both
           the
           Cures
           ,
           will
           be
           the
           cause
           in
           a
           little
           time
           ,
           that
           we
           shall
           neither
           have
           Men
           of
           War
           ,
           nor
           Men
           of
           Business
           ,
           good
           in
           their
           several
           kinds
           .
        
         
           An
           Officer
           is
           to
           give
           up
           his
           Liberty
           to
           obey
           Orders
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           necessarily
           incident
           to
           his
           Calling
           that
           he
           should
           do
           so
           .
        
         
           A
           Member
           of
           Parliament
           is
           originally
           to
           be
           tender
           of
           his
           own
           Liberty
           ,
           that
           other
           Men
           may
           the
           better
           trust
           him
           with
           theirs
           .
        
         
         
           An
           Officer
           is
           to
           enable
           himself
           by
           his
           Courage
           ,
           improved
           by
           Skill
           and
           Experience
           ,
           to
           support
           the
           Laws
           (
           if
           Invaded
           )
           when
           they
           are
           made
           ;
           but
           he
           is
           not
           supposed
           to
           be
           at
           leisure
           enough
           to
           understand
           how
           they
           should
           be
           made
           .
        
         
           A
           Member
           of
           Parliament
           is
           to
           fill
           his
           thoughts
           with
           what
           may
           best
           conduce
           to
           the
           Civil
           Administration
           ;
           which
           is
           enough
           to
           take
           up
           the
           whole
           Man
           ,
           let
           him
           be
           never
           so
           much
           raised
           above
           the
           ordinary
           Level
           .
        
         
           These
           two
           opposite
           Qualifications
           ,
           being
           placed
           in
           one
           Man
           ,
           make
           him
           such
           an
           ambiguous
           divided
           Creature
           ,
           that
           he
           doth
           not
           know
           how
           to
           move
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           best
           to
           keep
           Men
           within
           their
           proper
           Sphere
           ;
           few
           Men
           have
           Understanding
           enough
           exactly
           to
           fill
           even
           one
           narrow
           Circle
           ,
           fewer
           able
           to
           fill
           two
           ;
           especially
           when
           they
           are
           both
           of
           so
           great
           compass
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           are
           so
           contrary
           in
           their
           own
           Natures
           .
        
         
           The
           Wages
           he
           hath
           as
           a
           Member
           ,
           and
           those
           he
           receiveth
           as
           an
           Officer
           ,
           are
           paid
           for
           Services
           that
           are
           very
           differing
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           doubt
           which
           of
           them
           should
           be
           preferably
           performed
           ,
           it
           is
           likely
           the
           greater
           Salary
           may
           direct
           him
           ,
           without
           the
           further
           inducements
           of
           complying
           most
           ,
           where
           he
           may
           expect
           most
           advantage
           by
           it
           .
        
         
           In
           short
           ,
           if
           his
           dependance
           is
           not
           very
           great
           ,
           it
           will
           make
           him
           a
           scurvey
           Officer
           ;
           if
           it
           is
           great
           ,
           it
           will
           make
           him
           a
           scurvier
           Member
           .
        
         
           XVIII
           .
           Men
           under
           the
           scandal
           of
           being
           thought
           private
           Pensioners
           ,
           are
           too
           fair
           a
           mark
           to
           escape
           being
           consider'd
           ,
           in
           reference
           to
           the
           point
           in
           Question
           .
        
         
           In
           case
           of
           plain
           Evidence
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           suppos'd
           ,
           possible
           ,
           that
           Men
           convicted
           of
           such
           a
           Crime
           should
           ever
           again
           be
           Elected
           .
        
         
           The
           difficulty
           is
           in
           determining
           what
           is
           to
           be
           done
           in
           case
           of
           suspicion
           .
        
         
         
           There
           are
           suspicions
           so
           well
           grounded
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           pretend
           to
           have
           the
           force
           of
           proofs
           ,
           provided
           the
           penalty
           goeth
           only
           to
           the
           forbearing
           to
           Trust
           ,
           but
           not
           extending
           it
           so
           far
           as
           to
           Punish
           .
        
         
           There
           must
           be
           some
           things
           plain
           and
           express
           to
           justify
           the
           latter
           ,
           but
           Circumstances
           may
           be
           sufficient
           for
           the
           former
           :
           As
           where
           Men
           have
           had
           such
           sudden
           Cures
           of
           their
           ill
           Humours
           ,
           and
           opposition
           to
           the
           Court
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           out
           of
           the
           way
           of
           ordinary
           methods
           of
           recovery
           from
           such
           Distempers
           ,
           which
           have
           a
           much
           slower
           progress
           ;
           it
           must
           naturally
           be
           imputed
           to
           some
           Specifick
           that
           maketh
           such
           a
           quick
           alteration
           of
           the
           whole
           Mass
           of
           Blood.
           
        
         
           Where
           Men
           have
           raised
           their
           way
           of
           Living
           ,
           without
           any
           visible
           means
           to
           support
           them
           in
           it
           ,
           a
           suspicion
           is
           justifi'd
           ,
           even
           by
           the
           Example
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           which
           in
           cases
           of
           this
           kind
           ,
           though
           of
           an
           inferior
           nature
           ,
           doth
           upon
           this
           foundation
           not
           only
           raise
           Inferences
           ,
           but
           inflict
           Punishments
           .
        
         
           Where
           Men
           are
           immoral
           ,
           and
           scandalous
           in
           their
           Lives
           ,
           and
           dispense
           familiarly
           with
           the
           Rules
           by
           which
           the
           World
           is
           Govern'd
           ,
           for
           the
           better
           preserving
           the
           bonds
           of
           human
           Society
           ;
           it
           must
           be
           a
           confidence
           very
           ill
           placed
           ,
           to
           conclude
           it
           impossible
           for
           such
           Men
           to
           yield
           to
           a
           Temptation
           well
           offer'd
           and
           pursu'd
           ;
           when
           ,
           the
           truth
           is
           ,
           the
           habit
           of
           such
           
             Bons
             vivants
             ,
          
           which
           is
           the
           fashionable
           word
           ,
           maketh
           a
           suspicion
           so
           likely
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           very
           hard
           not
           to
           believe
           it
           to
           be
           true
           .
        
         
           If
           there
           should
           be
           nothing
           but
           the
           general
           Report
           ,
           even
           that
           is
           not
           to
           be
           neglected
           .
        
         
           Common
           Fame
           is
           the
           only
           Lyar
           that
           deserveth
           to
           have
           some
           Respect
           still
           reserv'd
           to
           it
           ;
           tho
           she
           telleth
           many
           an
           Untruth
           ,
           she
           often
           hits
           right
           ,
           and
           most
           especially
           when
           she
           speaketh
           ill
           of
           men
           .
        
         
           Her
           Credit
           hath
           sometimes
           been
           carried
           too
           far
           ,
           when
           it
           hath
           gone
           to
           the
           divesting
           men
           of
           any
           thing
           of
           which
           
           they
           were
           possess'd
           ,
           without
           more
           express
           evidence
           to
           justify
           such
           a
           proceeding
           .
        
         
           If
           there
           was
           a
           doubt
           whether
           there
           ever
           was
           any
           Corruption
           of
           this
           kind
           ,
           it
           would
           alter
           the
           Question
           ;
           but
           sure
           that
           will
           not
           bear
           the
           being
           controverted
           .
        
         
           We
           are
           told
           ,
           That
           
             Charles
          
           the
           Fifth
           sent
           over
           into
           
             England
          
           1200000
           Crowns
           to
           be
           distributed
           amongst
           the
           Leading
           Men
           ,
           to
           encourage
           them
           to
           carry
           on
           Elections
           .
        
         
           Here
           was
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           to
           be
           bought
           out
           for
           a
           valuable
           Consideration
           according
           to
           Law
           ,
           though
           not
           according
           to
           Gospel
           ,
           which
           exalteth
           it
           above
           any
           Price
           that
           can
           be
           set
           upon
           it
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           except
           we
           had
           reason
           to
           believe
           that
           the
           Vertue
           of
           the
           World
           is
           improv'd
           since
           that
           time
           ,
           we
           can
           as
           little
           doubt
           that
           such
           Temptations
           may
           be
           Offer'd
           ,
           as
           that
           they
           may
           be
           Receiv'd
           .
        
         
           It
           will
           be
           owned
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           to
           be
           a
           great
           tenderness
           in
           Suspecting
           ;
           but
           it
           must
           be
           allow'd
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           that
           there
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           less
           in
           Trusting
           ,
           where
           the
           People
           are
           so
           much
           concern'd
           ;
           especially
           ,
           when
           the
           Penalty
           upon
           the
           Party
           suspected
           goeth
           no
           further
           than
           a
           suspension
           of
           that
           Confidence
           ,
           which
           it
           is
           necessary
           to
           have
           in
           those
           who
           are
           to
           represent
           the
           Nation
           in
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           I
           cannot
           omit
           the
           giving
           a
           Caution
           against
           admitting
           Men
           to
           be
           chosen
           ,
           who
           have
           Places
           of
           any
           value
           .
        
         
           There
           needeth
           the
           less
           to
           be
           said
           upon
           this
           Article
           ,
           the
           truth
           of
           the
           Proposition
           being
           supported
           by
           such
           plain
           Arguments
           .
        
         
           Sure
           no
           Man
           hath
           such
           a
           plentiful
           spring
           of
           Thought
           ,
           as
           that
           all
           that
           floweth
           from
           it
           is
           too
           much
           to
           be
           appli'd
           to
           the
           Business
           of
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           not
           less
           sure
           ,
           that
           a
           Member
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           of
           all
           others
           ,
           ought
           least
           to
           be
           exempted
           from
           the
           Rule
           ,
           That
           no
           man
           should
           serve
           two
           Masters
           .
        
         
           It
           doth
           so
           split
           a
           man's
           Thoughts
           ,
           that
           no
           man
           can
           know
           
           how
           to
           make
           a
           fitting
           distribution
           of
           them
           to
           two
           such
           differing
           Capacities
           .
        
         
           It
           exposeth
           Men
           to
           be
           suspected
           ,
           and
           tempted
           ,
           more
           than
           is
           convenient
           for
           the
           Publick
           Service
           ,
           or
           for
           the
           mutual
           good
           Opinion
           of
           one
           another
           ,
           which
           there
           ought
           to
           be
           in
           such
           an
           Assembly
           .
        
         
           It
           either
           giveth
           a
           real
           dependance
           upon
           the
           Government
           ,
           which
           is
           inconsistent
           with
           the
           necessity
           there
           is
           ,
           that
           a
           Member
           of
           Parliament
           should
           be
           disengaged
           ;
           or
           at
           least
           it
           hath
           the
           appearance
           of
           it
           ,
           which
           maketh
           them
           not
           look
           like
           Freemen
           ,
           though
           they
           should
           have
           vertue
           enough
           to
           be
           so
           .
        
         
           More
           Reasons
           would
           lessen
           the
           Weight
           of
           this
           last
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           That
           a
           Bill
           to
           this
           effect
           ,
           commonly
           called
           the
           
             Self-Denying
             Bill
             ,
          
           pass'd
           even
           this
           last
           House
           of
           Commons
           .
        
         
           A
           greater
           demonstration
           of
           the
           irresistible
           strength
           of
           Truth
           cannot
           possibly
           be
           given
           ;
           so
           that
           a
           Copy
           of
           that
           Bill
           in
           every
           County
           or
           Burrough
           ,
           would
           hardly
           fail
           of
           discouraging
           such
           Pretenders
           from
           Standing
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           it
           would
           prevent
           their
           Success
           if
           their
           own
           Modesty
           should
           not
           restrain
           them
           from
           attempting
           it
           .
        
         
           XX.
           If
           Distinctions
           may
           be
           made
           upon
           particular
           Men
           ,
           or
           Remarks
           fix'd
           upon
           their
           Votes
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           they
           must
           be
           allow'd
           in
           relation
           to
           those
           Gentlemen
           ,
           who
           for
           Reasons
           best
           known
           to
           themselves
           thought
           fit
           to
           be
           against
           the
           
             Triennial
             Bill
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Liberty
           of
           Opinion
           is
           the
           thing
           in
           the
           World
           that
           ought
           least
           to
           be
           controll'd
           ,
           and
           especially
           in
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           But
           as
           that
           is
           an
           undoubted
           Assertion
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           less
           so
           ,
           That
           when
           Men
           Sin
           against
           their
           own
           Light
           ,
           give
           a
           Vote
           against
           their
           own
           Thought
           ,
           they
           must
           not
           plead
           Privilege
           of
           Parliament
           against
           the
           being
           Arraigned
           for
           it
           by
           others
           ,
           after
           they
           are
           Convicted
           of
           it
           by
           themselves
           .
        
         
         
           There
           cannot
           be
           a
           Man
           ,
           who
           in
           his
           definition
           of
           a
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           will
           state
           it
           to
           be
           an
           Assembly
           ,
           that
           for
           the
           better
           redressing
           of
           Grievances
           the
           People
           feel
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           better
           furnishing
           such
           Supplies
           as
           they
           can
           bear
           ,
           is
           to
           continue
           ,
           if
           the
           King
           so
           pleaseth
           ,
           for
           his
           whole
           Reign
           .
        
         
           This
           could
           be
           as
           little
           intended
           ,
           as
           to
           throw
           all
           into
           one
           Hand
           ,
           and
           to
           renounce
           the
           Claim
           to
           any
           Liberty
           ,
           but
           so
           much
           as
           the
           Sovereign
           Authority
           would
           allow
           .
        
         
           It
           destroyeth
           the
           end
           of
           Parliaments
           ,
           it
           maketh
           use
           of
           the
           Letter
           of
           the
           Law
           to
           extinguish
           the
           Life
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           ,
           in
           truth
           ,
           some
           kind
           of
           Disparagement
           to
           so
           plain
           a
           thing
           ,
           that
           so
           much
           has
           been
           said
           and
           written
           upon
           it
           ;
           and
           one
           may
           say
           ,
           It
           is
           such
           an
           Affront
           to
           those
           Gentlemens
           Understandings
           to
           censure
           this
           Vote
           only
           as
           a
           Mistake
           ,
           that
           ,
           as
           the
           Age
           goeth
           ,
           it
           is
           less
           Discredit
           to
           them
           to
           call
           it
           by
           its
           right
           Name
           ;
           and
           if
           that
           is
           rightly
           understood
           by
           those
           who
           are
           to
           chuse
           them
           ,
           I
           suppose
           they
           will
           let
           them
           Exercise
           their
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           not
           make
           Men
           their
           Trustees
           ,
           who
           in
           this
           Solemn
           Instance
           have
           such
           an
           unwillingness
           to
           surrender
           .
        
         
           It
           must
           be
           own'd
           ,
           That
           this
           Bill
           hath
           met
           with
           very
           hard
           Fortune
           ,
           and
           yet
           that
           doth
           not
           in
           the
           least
           diminish
           the
           value
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           It
           had
           in
           it
           such
           a
           Root
           of
           Life
           ,
           that
           it
           might
           be
           said
           ,
           It
           was
           not
           Dead
           but
           Sleeped
           ;
           and
           we
           see
           that
           the
           last
           Session
           ,
           it
           was
           revived
           and
           animated
           by
           the
           Royal
           Assent
           ,
           when
           once
           fully
           inform'd
           of
           the
           Consequence
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           the
           Justice
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           after
           having
           told
           my
           Opinion
           ,
           Who
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           Chosen
           :
        
         
           If
           I
           should
           be
           ask'd
           ,
           who
           ought
           to
           be
           ,
           my
           Answer
           must
           be
           ,
           Chuse
           
             Englishmen
             ;
          
           and
           when
           I
           have
           said
           that
           ,
           to
           deal
           honestly
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           undertake
           that
           they
           are
           easy
           to
           be
           found
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
  

