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         Fowler, Edward, Bishop of Gloucester, 1632-1714.
      
       
         
           1691
        
      
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             The loyal martyr vindicated
             Fowler, Edward, Bishop of Gloucester, 1632-1714.
          
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             s.n.,
             [London :
             1691?]
          
           
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           Ashton, John, d. 1691.
           James -- II, -- King of England, 1633-1701.
           Lancashire Plot, 1689-1694.
        
      
    
     
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           THE
           Loyal
           Martyr
           VINDICATED
           .
        
         
           AFTER
           Mr.
           
           Ashton's
           Paper
           had
           been
           shewn
           by
           the
           Sheriff
           to
           those
           that
           sit
           at
           the
           Helm
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           was
           known
           there
           were
           more
           Copies
           of
           it
           given
           abroad
           ,
           so
           that
           it
           was
           impossible
           to
           sham
           or
           disguise
           it
           ,
           it
           raised
           in
           them
           (
           as
           I
           am
           informed
           )
           very
           sollicitous
           Apprehensions
           what
           Effects
           it
           was
           likely
           to
           work
           in
           the
           Minds
           of
           all
           the
           true
           Sons
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           to
           see
           a
           genuine
           Member
           of
           that
           Communion
           ,
           with
           his
           last
           Breath
           ,
           admonish
           his
           prevaricating
           Brethren
           of
           the
           enormous
           Crimes
           of
           Perjury
           and
           Rebellion
           ,
           in
           which
           they
           they
           had
           of
           late
           so
           deeply
           plunged
           themselves
           ;
           denounce
           Prophetically
           to
           them
           the
           Judgments
           attending
           their
           Apostacy
           ,
           if
           not
           timely
           repented
           of
           ;
           profess
           so
           stoutly
           his
           Allegiance
           to
           his
           much
           injured
           and
           unjustly
           Dispossessed
           Prince
           ;
           seal
           our
           Church's
           Doctrine
           of
           Non-resistance
           with
           his
           dearest
           Blood
           ,
           and
           dye
           so
           resignedly
           ,
           chearfully
           ,
           nay
           joyfully
           ,
           in
           Testimony
           of
           that
           Christian
           Principle
           ;
           could
           not
           but
           be
           apprehended
           to
           our
           Statis's
           to
           be
           the
           most
           powerful
           Motives
           imaginable
           ,
           to
           reclaim
           those
           who
           had
           been
           misled
           by
           false
           Information
           ,
           or
           seduced
           by
           Interest
           into
           a
           Repentance
           of
           their
           Errors
           ;
           and
           to
           establish
           the
           rest
           in
           the
           Loyal
           Principles
           to
           which
           they
           had
           hitherto
           adhered
           .
           Besides
           ,
           the
           honest
           unaffected
           Reason
           ,
           which
           appears
           in
           the
           Account
           he
           gives
           of
           his
           Tenets
           ,
           and
           Conscientious
           Proceedings
           ,
           and
           the
           Christian
           Moderation
           and
           sincere
           Piety
           ,
           which
           he
           observed
           throughout
           his
           whole
           Paper
           ,
           Praying
           heartily
           for
           his
           very
           Enemies
           ,
           though
           unjustly
           thirsting
           after
           his
           Blood
           ,
           (
           the
           proper
           Temper
           
           of
           a
           dying
           Martyr
           ,
           )
           could
           not
           but
           recommend
           the
           Contents
           of
           it
           to
           the
           esteem
           of
           every
           indifferent
           Reader
           ,
           and
           even
           be
           able
           to
           shock
           all
           such
           as
           were
           not
           
             resolutely
             byass'd
          
           .
        
         
           Nor
           can
           I
           blame
           them
           for
           being
           so
           highly
           concerned
           ,
           that
           such
           a
           Legacy
           was
           left
           to
           the
           
             Loyal
             Party
          
           .
           Those
           politick
           Men
           were
           well
           aware
           of
           the
           successful
           Methods
           by
           which
           Christianity
           was
           Propagated
           at
           first
           ,
           and
           that
           
             The
             Blood
             of
             the
             Martyrs
             was
             the
             Seed
             of
             the
             Church
          
           ;
           and
           therefore
           they
           judged
           it
           very
           Expedient
           ,
           that
           some
           speedy
           and
           effectual
           Means
           should
           be
           taken
           to
           stop
           the
           prejudicial
           Effects
           ,
           which
           it
           would
           otherwise
           produce
           .
           It
           was
           then
           thought
           the
           best
           way
           to
           seem
           to
           slight
           and
           undervalue
           the
           Paper
           ,
           by
           Printing
           it
           themselves
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           to
           endeavour
           to
           baffle
           and
           confute
           it
           by
           an
           Answer
           going
           along
           with
           it
           ,
           penned
           with
           as
           much
           plausibleness
           as
           the
           Cause
           could
           bear
           :
           But
           Truth
           is
           not
           easily
           trampled
           down
           .
           His
           
             Christian
             Constancy
          
           has
           made
           too
           great
           an
           Impression
           in
           the
           Hearts
           of
           his
           Admirers
           ,
           to
           permit
           his
           
             Meritorious
             Sufferings
          
           to
           lie
           under
           the
           Scandal
           of
           a
           
             Treasonable
             Guilt
          
           ;
           and
           has
           given
           Courage
           to
           some
           of
           the
           meanest
           of
           them
           to
           vindicate
           his
           Cause
           ,
           and
           Credit
           ,
           against
           the
           
             wicked
             Slanders
          
           and
           
             weak
             Reasons
          
           of
           this
           mercenary
           Writer
           ;
           though
           he
           foresees
           that
           if
           they
           be
           discovered
           ,
           they
           can
           expect
           no
           other
           Reward
           but
           the
           same
           fatal
           End.
           The
           
             Holland
             Lyon
          
           has
           begun
           to
           taste
           
             English
             Blood
          
           ,
           and
           finds
           it
           so
           sweet
           that
           it
           draws
           on
           an
           Appetite
           of
           shedding
           still
           more
           .
        
         
           To
           fall
           then
           to
           our
           Reply
           —
        
         
           His
           First
           Sham
           (
           for
           the
           whole
           Piece
           is
           a
           continu'd
           fardle
           of
           such
           Stuff
           )
           is
           ,
           That
           the
           Paper
           is
           none
           of
           Mr.
           Ashton's
           .
           This
           ,
           if
           made
           good
           ,
           would
           (
           they
           hoped
           )
           take
           off
           the
           Authority
           and
           Influence
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           no●
           being
           the
           proper
           Act
           of
           the
           Martyr
           ,
           but
           of
           some
           other
           of
           that
           Party
           ●
           it
           required
           therefore
           his
           best
           skill
           to
           make
           this
           Credible
           .
           Let
           us
           then
           examine
           his
           Arguments
           :
           His
           First
           Proof
           is
           ,
           Because
           
             〈…〉
             with
             too
             much
             Art
             and
             Care
             to
             be
             the
             Work
             of
             one
             ,
             who
             professes
             he
             thought
             it
             better
             to
             employ
             his
             last
             minutes
             in
             Devotion
             ,
          
           (
           p.
           8.
           )
           What
           a
           ridiculous
           Cavil
           is
           this
           !
           His
           
             last
             minutes
          
           were
           at
           the
           place
           of
           Execution
           which
           the
           Martyr
           professeth
           he
           thought
           it
           better
           to
           employ
           in
           
             Devotion
             and
             holy
             Communion
             with
             his
             God
             ,
          
           than
           in
           making
           Speeches
           ;
           which
           if
           they
           were
           Loyal
           ,
           and
           delivered
           his
           Thoughts
           fully
           ,
           were
           likely
           to
           be
           interrupted
           ,
           and
           so
           
             not
             attended
             with
             the
             designed
             Success
          
           ;
           and
           therefore
           he
           chose
           rather
           to
           deliver
           what
           he
           had
           to
           say
           in
           Writing
           .
           Now
           comes
           this
           Gentleman
           ,
           and
           pretends
           (
           if
           his
           Words
           have
           any
           Tenour
           or
           Sense
           in
           them
           )
           that
           he
           must
           have
           compos'd
           this
           Paper
           of
           his
           
             a●
             his
             last
             minutes
          
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           
             at
             the
             Gallows
          
           ;
           which
           ,
           he
           says
           ,
           he
           could
           not
           do
           with
           so
           much
           Art
           and
           Care
           ,
           those
           minutes
           being
           taken
           up
           otherwise
           ,
           viz.
           In
           Devotion
           ;
           and
           therefore
           (
           forsooth
           )
           the
           Paper
           is
           none
           of
           his
           :
           As
           if
           he
           had
           not
           time
           enough
           between
           his
           Sentence
           and
           the
           Execution
           of
           it
           to
           compose
           a
           Paper
           ,
           both
           larger
           ,
           and
           more
           full
           of
           Art
           and
           Care
           (
           had
           he
           minded
           such
           Advantages
           )
           than
           this
           was
           :
           Or
           ,
           as
           if
           good
           Men
           ,
           whose
           Piety
           enclines
           them
           to
           spend
           their
           last
           minutes
           in
           
             holy
             Thoughts
          
           ,
           could
           not
           in
           the
           time
           anteceding
           use
           both
           their
           best
           Art
           and
           Care
           to
           pen
           a
           true
           Account
           of
           their
           Principles
           ,
           and
           the
           Cause
           for
           which
           they
           Suffered
           ;
           but
           indeed
           there
           is
           little
           Art
           or
           Care
           in
           the
           Master
           ,
           or
           Sense
           of
           the
           Paper
           ,
           but
           a
           plain
           and
           candid
           Discovery
           of
           his
           Thoughts
           and
           Affections
           
           both
           towards
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           World
           ;
           and
           as
           for
           the
           manner
           of
           Writing
           it
           (
           
             if
             it
             were
             indeed
             such
             as
             this
             Man
             exhibits
             it
          
           )
           there
           was
           neither
           any
           the
           
             least
             Art
          
           or
           Care
           shewn
           in
           it
           ,
           but
           perfect
           Negligence
           ,
           or
           rather
           great
           Ignorance
           and
           Folly
           throughout
           the
           whole
           ,
           as
           will
           be
           seen
           shortly
           .
        
         
           His
           Second
           Reason
           to
           prove
           the
           Paper
           was
           not
           the
           Martyr's
           ,
           is
           ,
           Because
           Mr.
           Ashton
           ,
           says
           he
           ,
           was
           illiterate
           and
           
             unskilled
             in
             the
             Law
          
           ,
           and
           yet
           uses
           such
           Bug-words
           ,
           as
           
             Impending
             ,
             Prevaricating
             ,
             Premisses
          
           ,
           and
           Consequence
           ;
           and
           
             gives
             such
             a
             peremptory
             Iudgment
             about
             the
             Laws
             of
             the
             Realm
             ,
             in
             a
             Case
             acknowledged
             by
             all
             ingenious
             Men
             of
             his
             own
             Party
             to
             have
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             difficulty
             in
             it
          
           ;
           this
           Man
           will
           say
           any
           thing
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           openly
           false
           :
           Not
           
             one
             M●n
          
           of
           his
           Party
           ever
           thought
           there
           was
           the
           least
           difficulty
           in
           this
           ,
           That
           it
           was
           Treason
           by
           our
           Laws
           to
           resist
           a
           
             legal
             Prince
          
           ,
           or
           acknowledge
           any
           other
           for
           
             King
             while
             he
             lives
          
           .
           No
           not
           this
           Writer
           himself
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           his
           not
           thinking
           it
           his
           best
           play
           to
           alledge
           the
           
             Laws
             of
             the
             Realm
          
           ,
           bu●
           flying
           off
           and
           recurring
           to
           the
           
             Law
             of
             Nations
          
           :
           And
           as
           for
           the
           Law
           as
           it
           relates
           to
           his
           own
           Case
           ,
           he
           was
           far
           from
           Peremptory
           ,
           as
           is
           manifest
           from
           his
           saying
           —
           
             I
             am
             told
             I
             am
             the
             First
             Man
             that
             ever
             was
             condemned
             for
             High-Treason
             upon
             bare
             Presumption
             or
             Suspicion
          
           :
           Do
           not
           these
           Words
           [
           
             I
             am
             told
          
           ]
           sound
           as
           modestly
           as
           is
           possible
           ,
           and
           bar
           all
           shew
           of
           his
           passing
           such
           a
           
             peremptory
             Iudgment
             about
             the
             Laws
             of
             the
             Realm
             ,
          
           as
           he
           puts
           upon
           him
           p.
           8
           ?
           What
           will
           not
           this
           Caviller
           say
           ?
           But
           't
           is
           pleasant
           to
           observe
           what
           Prancks
           he
           uses
           all
           along
           .
           'T
           is
           plain
           Mr.
           Ashton
           meant
           no
           more
           but
           that
           he
           was
           illiterate
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           unlearned
           )
           and
           
             unskilful
             in
             the
             Law
          
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           his
           desiring
           the
           Iudges
           to
           observe
           for
           him
           what
           might
           be
           for
           his
           Advantage
           .
           And
           sure
           a
           Man
           who
           has
           not
           
             made
             the
             Law
             his
             Study
          
           ,
           (
           for
           the
           Word
           reaches
           no
           farther
           ,
           )
           may
           have
           Learning
           enough
           to
           use
           those
           Four
           ordinary
           Words
           ,
           none
           of
           them
           being
           artificial
           
             Law
             Terms
          
           ;
           but
           such
           honest
           English
           as
           every
           Gentleman
           ,
           that
           converses
           with
           Persons
           above
           the
           lowest
           Rank
           ,
           is
           capable
           of
           understanding
           and
           using
           .
           But
           this
           candid
           Gentleman
           seeing
           his
           Cause
           could
           not
           be
           maintained
           but
           by
           Tricks
           ,
           (
           for
           this
           whole
           turn
           of
           Government
           was
           nothing
           but
           a
           
             Trick
             of
             Policy
          
           ,
           )
           disjoyns
           by
           his
           Discourse
           [
           illiterate
           ]
           from
           [
           
             unskill'd
             in
             the
             Law
          
           ]
           and
           refers
           the
           Four
           cramp
           Words
           to
           the
           former
           ,
           and
           his
           passing
           a
           
             peremptory
             Iudgment
             about
             our
             Laws
          
           to
           the
           latter
           ;
           and
           when
           he
           has
           done
           ,
           he
           tells
           us
           very
           sadly
           ,
           
             one
             may
             justly
             wonder
             at
             it
          
           ;
           and
           indeed
           it
           is
           very
           wonderful
           :
           For
           to
           play
           
             so
             many
          
           jugling
           Tricks
           in
           so
           little
           room
           ,
           wresting
           almost
           every
           Word
           'till
           he
           has
           made
           it
           crooked
           ;
           and
           then
           gracing
           every
           Flam
           he
           gives
           us
           with
           such
           a
           
             demure
             Hypocrisie
          
           ,
           is
           altogether
           Monstrous
           .
        
         
           He
           tells
           us
           ,
           p.
           9.
           
           That
           the
           
             Loyal
             Martyr
          
           design'd
           two
           Things
           .
           To
           
             assert
             his
             Principles
          
           ,
           and
           to
           
             testifie
             his
             Innocency
          
           ;
           and
           he
           sets
           himself
           to
           prove
           that
           he
           did
           neither
           .
           As
           for
           the
           former
           ,
           he
           grants
           that
           
             by
             the
             Faith
             of
             the
             Church
             of
          
           England
           Mr.
           Ashton
           
             meant
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             Passive
             Obedience
          
           ;
           and
           then
           confutes
           him
           most
           learnedly
           ,
           by
           telling
           us
           ,
           That
           
             he
             suffered
             not
             for
             Passive
             Obedience
             but
             for
             want
             of
             it
             ,
          
           and
           that
           
             had
             he
             regulated
             his
             Life
             by
             this
             Principle
             he
             had
             preserved
             it
             .
          
           Did
           ever
           any
           Man's
           Reason
           turn
           tail
           so
           aukwardly
           ?
           The
           constant
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           was
           Passive
           Obedience
           to
           a
           
             lawful
             King
          
           ;
           and
           he
           
           is
           the
           lawful
           King
           according
           to
           the
           Constitution
           of
           our
           Government
           ,
           who
           has
           Title
           to
           it
           by
           
             immediate
             Succession
          
           .
           Now
           comes
           this
           acute
           Gentleman
           ,
           and
           pretends
           ,
           without
           Shame
           or
           Wit
           ,
           that
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           is
           not
           Passive
           Obedience
           to
           the
           
             legal
             King
          
           ,
           whom
           all
           the
           World
           did
           ever
           acknowledge
           for
           such
           ,
           in
           their
           
             clear
             ,
             unb●ass'd
          
           ,
           and
           
             〈◊〉
             in
             us
             Thoughts
          
           ,
           but
           to
           ano●her
           ,
           who
           has
           dispossest
           this
           legal
           King
           of
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           whose
           Title
           is
           quite
           annulled
           by
           our
           
             English
             Laws
          
           ,
           nor
           own'd
           by
           any
           but
           some
           of
           those
           who
           got
           their
           Advantages
           in
           doing
           so
           ,
           or
           who
           dare
           not
           do
           otherwise
           .
           And
           then
           after
           he
           had
           preva●icated
           thus
           eg
           egiously
           ,
           he
           te●ls
           us
           very
           gravely
           ,
           That
           
             certainly
             there
             must
             be
             some
             g●ea●
             mistakes
             about
             the
             Doctrines
             and
             Principles
             of
             our
             Church
             :
          
           Whereas
           if
           there
           be
           any
           't
           is
           manifestly
           on
           his
           side
           ;
           but
           to
           say
           the
           plain
           Truth
           ,
           there
           is
           
             no
             mistake
          
           at
           all
           ,
           even
           on
           his
           side
           ,
           but
           an
           open
           Prevarication
           ,
           and
           a
           wilful
           shuffling
           and
           shifting
           the
           
             whole
             Subject
          
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
           England's
           Tenet
           ,
           making
           our
           Passi●e
           Obedience
           regard
           not
           only
           a
           wrong
           but
           an
           
             opposite
             Object
          
           ,
           which
           is
           to
           make
           the
           Principles
           of
           our
           Church
           face
           ab●ut
           with
           the
           Times
           ,
           and
           point
           (
           as
           a
           Weather-cock
           does
           to
           the
           Wind
           )
           to
           a
           Dispossessour
           of
           the
           true
           Prince
           ;
           so
           he
           gets
           but
           Power
           enough
           to
           make
           himself
           a
           strong
           Party
           ,
           and
           keep
           under
           ,
           or
           Murther
           ,
           by
           his
           new
           Laws
           ,
           and
           new
           Judges
           ,
           those
           who
           dare
           be
           Loyal
           .
        
         
           He
           pretends
           that
           
             The
             Doctrines
             and
             Principles
             of
             our
             Church
             are
             to
             be
             found
             in
             the
             Articles
             and
             Constitutions
             of
             it
             .
          
           If
           he
           means
           that
           
             only
             some
          
           of
           them
           are
           found
           there
           ,
           it
           reaches
           not
           home
           to
           his
           purpose
           .
           But
           if
           he
           means
           that
           All
           the
           Doctrines
           of
           Faith
           which
           our
           Church
           holds
           are
           found
           there
           ,
           he
           shews
           himself
           to
           be
           very
           weak
           .
           Sure
           he
           cannot
           forget
           that
           
             God's
             written
             Word
          
           ,
           and
           it
           only
           ,
           is
           our
           intire
           and
           
             adequate
             Rule
             of
             Faith
          
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           best
           Interpreter
           of
           it
           for
           us
           to
           follow
           ,
           is
           the
           most
           unanimous
           Exposition
           of
           it
           ,
           avow'd
           by
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           our
           Church-men
           ,
           and
           the
           agreeable
           and
           constant
           Practice
           of
           our
           Church
           .
           If
           then
           he
           would
           prove
           that
           our
           Church
           does
           not
           hold
           Passive
           Obedience
           ,
           and
           Indispensable
           Allegiance
           to
           our
           lawful
           King
           upon
           our
           
             Rule
             of
             Faith
          
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           does
           not
           hold
           it
           
             part
             of
             her
             Faith
          
           ;
           he
           should
           have
           produced
           such
           ,
           and
           so
           many
           genuine
           ,
           grave
           ,
           and
           eminent
           Members
           of
           one
           Church
           ,
           as
           are
           
             beyond
             Exception
          
           ,
           who
           have
           unanimously
           declared
           themselves
           to
           understand
           the
           Scripture
           in
           an
           opposite
           Sense
           ,
           and
           upon
           that
           ground
           held
           the
           contrary
           .
           I
           except
           always
           from
           that
           Number
           Dr.
           Sherlock
           ,
           who
           is
           so
           flexible
           a
           Complier
           with
           every
           side
           ,
           that
           ,
           I
           fear
           ,
           he
           is
           of
           no
           side
           ,
           and
           ready
           to
           be
           of
           any
           ,
           as
           God-M●mmon
           shall
           inspire
           him
           by
           proposing
           a
           good
           fat
           Deanry
           ,
           or
           some
           such
           irresistible
           Temptation
           .
           As
           for
           the
           Practice
           of
           our
           Church
           giving
           us
           light
           to
           know
           her
           Faith
           ,
           it
           cannot
           be
           possibly
           manifested
           better
           than
           by
           her
           Carriage
           towards
           King
           Charles
           II.
           in
           the
           Protector
           's
           days
           ,
           who
           had
           
             Abdicated
             twi●e
          
           ,
           (
           if
           the
           leaving
           England
           to
           avoid
           danger
           to
           his
           Person
           might
           be
           called
           Abdicating
           ,
           )
           and
           there
           was
           another
           actual
           supreme
           Governor
           who
           had
           got
           all
           the
           Power
           into
           his
           Hands
           ,
           and
           so
           was
           
             Providentially
             Settled
             in
             Dr.
          
           Sherlock's
           Sense
           ;
           yet
           none
           of
           the
           genuine
           Sons
           of
           our
           Church
           flincht
           from
           their
           Allegiance
           to
           their
           King
           in
           those
           happy
           days
           ,
           when
           honest
           Principles
           ,
           as
           yet
           unantiquated
           ,
           made
           our
           Church
           shine
           gloriously
           even
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           Persecution
           ,
           but
           all
           adher'd
           to
           their
           legal
           
           King
           ,
           though
           all
           of
           them
           suffered
           in
           their
           Estates
           ,
           and
           many
           lost
           their
           Lives
           rather
           than
           forego
           their
           Duty
           .
        
         
           But
           as
           our
           Author
           told
           us
           formerly
           ,
           that
           Mr.
           Ashton
           died
           for
           want
           of
           that
           Passive
           Obedience
           which
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           holds
           ,
           so
           he
           tells
           us
           here
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           have
           
             believed
             himself
             obliged
             by
             his
             Religion
             to
             look
             upon
             his
             rightful
             lawful
             Prince
             ,
             (
             whatever
             his
             Principles
             were
             ,
             or
             his
             Practices
             might
             be
             ,
             )
             as
             God's
             Vicegerent
             ,
             and
             accountable
             to
             God
             only
             from
             whom
             he
             received
             his
             Power
             :
             All
             this
          
           (
           says
           he
           )
           
             he
             might
             have
             done
             ,
             and
             have
             been
             alive
             still
             ,
          
           because
           ,
           as
           he
           contends
           ,
           King
           William
           was
           his
           rightful
           lawful
           Prince
           .
           So
           that
           it
           se●ms
           let
           King
           William
           be
           of
           what
           Principles
           he
           will
           ,
           even
           though
           he
           were
           as
           zealous
           a
           Papist
           as
           King
           Iames
           ;
           or
           let
           his
           Practices
           be
           what
           they
           will
           ,
           even
           to
           the
           Subverting
           all
           our
           Liberties
           ,
           Properties
           ,
           nay
           the
           most
           Fundamental
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           still
           we
           are
           to
           
             believe
             our selves
             obliged
             by
             our
             Religion
             to
             look
             upon
             him
             as
             on
             God's
             Vicegerent
             accountable
             to
             God
             only
             ,
          
           and
           consequently
           to
           obey
           him
           as
           such
           .
           Which
           ridiculous
           Partiality
           overthrows
           a
           good
           part
           of
           his
           Book
           ,
           and
           makes
           all
           the
           Deserters
           ,
           and
           fi●st
           Adherers
           to
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           Parliament
           that
           set
           him
           up
           for
           their
           King
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Consent
             of
             the
             Nation
          
           ,
           he
           talks
           of
           ,
           to
           be
           Irreligious
           and
           Wicked
           .
           For
           since
           King
           Iames
           was
           confessedly
           at
           that
           time
           their
           
             rightful
             lawful
             King
          
           ,
           nor
           can
           he
           be
           pretended
           to
           have
           worse
           Principles
           and
           Practices
           than
           those
           mentioned
           ,
           which
           comes
           within
           the
           compass
           of
           his
           ,
           [
           
             whatever
             his
             Principles
             are
             ,
             or
             his
             Practices
             might
             be
             ,
          
           ]
           and
           this
           Man
           confesses
           that
           notwithstanding
           
             all
             this
             they
             were
             obliged
             by
             their
             Religion
          
           to
           submit
           to
           him
           as
           
             God's
             Vicegerent
          
           ;
           it
           follows
           unavoidably
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           to
           believe
           they
           violated
           the
           Principles
           of
           Religion
           ,
           in
           the
           highest
           Degree
           ,
           who
           deserted
           him
           ,
           opposed
           him
           ,
           turned
           him
           out
           ,
           and
           set
           up
           a
           Stranger
           
             in
             his
             stead
          
           .
           Yet
           this
           Action
           of
           theirs
           ,
           confest
           by
           himself
           to
           be
           Irreligious
           ,
           is
           the
           true
           Foundation
           of
           our
           new
           Government
           .
        
         
           Hitherto
           he
           has
           begged
           the
           whole
           Question
           ,
           and
           supposed
           the
           present
           Governours
           to
           be
           rightful
           and
           lawful
           King
           and
           Queen
           ;
           and
           now
           after
           he
           has
           done
           this
           ,
           he
           sets
           himself
           to
           prove
           it
           :
           Certainly
           this
           Man's
           Logick
           is
           very
           extraordinary
           .
           If
           it
           might
           be
           supposed
           ,
           it
           needed
           not
           to
           be
           proved
           ;
           and
           if
           it
           could
           be
           well
           proved
           ,
           it
           needed
           not
           have
           been
           supposed
           .
           Yet
           this
           Gentleman
           ,
           to
           make
           this
           sure
           Work
           ,
           will
           needs
           do
           both
           ,
           though
           the
           Method
           he
           takes
           to
           do
           this
           be
           very
           preposterous
           ,
           his
           special
           Gift
           of
           Reasoning
           ,
           by
           a
           neat
           Figure
           called
           
             Hysteron
             Proteron
          
           ,
           sets
           the
           Cart
           before
           the
           Horse
           ;
           and
           first
           supposes
           it
           ,
           and
           then
           goes
           about
           to
           prove
           it
           :
           
             The
             Question
          
           ,
           says
           he
           ,
           (
           p.
           9.
           )
           
             is
             not
             whether
             rightful
             lawful
             Kings
             are
             to
             be
             obeyed
             ,
             but
             w●o
             in
             our
             Circumstances
             is
             our
             rightful
             lawful
             Sovereign
             ?
          
           And
           so
           he
           addresses
           himself
           to
           settle
           King
           
           William's
           Title
           ,
           and
           put
           it
           
             beyond
             all
             disp●te
          
           ,
           which
           being
           so
           rare
           a
           Sight
           ,
           and
           so
           great
           a
           Novelty
           and
           Curiosity
           ,
           it
           may
           deservedly
           challenge
           our
           best
           Attention
           ;
           especially
           it
           being
           withal
           our
           real-Interest
           :
           For
           I
           cannot
           think
           that
           any
           Man
           of
           the
           least
           degree
           of
           Wit
           ,
           would
           undergo
           outward
           Disquiets
           ,
           Dangers
           ,
           and
           Inconveniences
           ,
           in
           not
           submitting
           heartily
           to
           this
           present
           Government
           ,
           if
           his
           Conscience
           would
           let
           him
           be
           
             quiet
             within
          
           :
           Let
           us
           see
           then
           what
           we
           in
           Reason
           and
           Conscience
           think
           of
           this
           
             new
             Title
          
           to
           what
           was
           most
           evidently
           ,
           by
           G●d's
           and
           Man's
           Law
           too
           ,
           
             another
             Man
             's
             Right
          
           .
        
         
         
           That
           Party
           that
           stickled
           to
           make
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           King
           ,
           do
           hold
           that
           the
           People
           have
           the
           
             Power
             to
             make
          
           and
           unmake
           the
           supreme
           Magistrate
           ;
           and
           so
           they
           fix
           his
           Title
           upon
           
             the
             Creation
             of
             the
             People
          
           ,
           and
           make
           account
           the
           same
           People
           by
           virtue
           of
           the
           same
           Power
           can
           limit
           his
           Authority
           ,
           and
           annihilate
           it
           again
           ,
           as
           one
           of
           them
           profest
           openly
           in
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           :
           Nay
           ,
           this
           was
           the
           only
           Reason
           and
           Interest
           they
           had
           ,
           or
           could
           have
           to
           make
           him
           King
           ;
           for
           the
           Commonalty
           ,
           of
           whom
           they
           pretend
           to
           be
           the
           best
           Patrons
           ,
           were
           not
           at
           all
           burthened
           with
           Taxes
           under
           King
           Iames
           ;
           and
           withall
           themselves
           enjoy'd
           
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
          
           ;
           and
           ,
           lastly
           ,
           had
           more
           than
           should
           have
           fallen
           to
           their
           share
           in
           Places
           and
           Offices
           ;
           And
           what
           could
           they
           wish
           more
           ,
           except
           the
           pulling
           down
           Monarchy
           ten
           Pegs
           lower
           ,
           and
           dwindling
           it
           into
           a
           
             Duke
             of
             Venice
          
           ?
           Which
           could
           not
           be
           while
           the
           legal
           King
           governed
           ;
           but
           might
           ,
           they
           hop'd
           ,
           be
           easily
           brought
           about
           when
           themselves
           had
           the
           making
           ,
           and
           consequently
           the
           modelling
           of
           their
           new
           Magistrate
           :
           For
           't
           is
           but
           reasonable
           that
           they
           who
           give
           and
           bestow
           a
           Thing
           ,
           should
           give
           
             as
             much
          
           and
           
             as
             little
          
           of
           it
           as
           they
           please
           .
           But
           this
           Plot
           was
           carried
           too
           openly
           ,
           which
           obliged
           the
           House
           of
           Lords
           ,
           fearing
           their
           Ruine
           by
           a
           Common-wealth
           ,
           rather
           to
           vote
           any
           new
           King
           at
           a
           venture
           ,
           than
           become
           Slaves
           to
           the
           People
           :
           Nor
           would
           a
           precarious
           Authority
           satisfie
           a
           Genius
           ,
           that
           naturally
           aimed
           at
           being
           Absolute
           .
           So
           when
           they
           had
           given
           all
           the
           Money
           that
           they
           thought
           could
           well
           be
           raised
           ,
           without
           an
           
             extreme
             Wrong
          
           to
           the
           common
           Good
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           they
           were
           
             packs
             away
          
           ;
           and
           home
           they
           went
           gnashing
           their
           Teeth
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           be
           so
           Silly
           as
           to
           bring
           themselves
           into
           a
           Noose
           they
           could
           not
           untie
           ;
           and
           which
           in
           time
           might
           come
           to
           hang
           their
           
             Liberty
             ,
             Property
          
           ,
           and
           (
           if
           they
           should
           dare
           to
           mutter
           too
           rudely
           )
           their
           Persons
           too
           .
           Thus
           that
           
             First
             Title
          
           fell
           ,
           which
           served
           well
           enough
           while
           the
           
             Young
             Government
          
           was
           yet
           in
           its
           Swaddling-clouts
           ,
           but
           when
           it
           became
           bigger
           it
           out-grow
           it
           ,
           as
           Children
           do
           their
           Cloaths
           .
        
         
           After
           this
           our
           Church
           of
           England
           Men
           ,
           who
           all
           this
           while
           stood
           Trembling
           left
           this
           new
           King
           ,
           being
           in
           his
           Inclination
           a
           perfect
           Presbyterian
           ,
           and
           the
           Creature
           of
           their
           Adversaries
           ,
           should
           come
           to
           ever-power
           them
           ,
           and
           trample
           on
           them
           ,
           finding
           that
           Things
           did
           not
           co●●on
           well
           between
           the
           ungrateful
           Sovereign
           ,
           and
           these
           his
           disgusted
           Subjects
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           grew
           weary
           of
           one
           another
           ,
           judged
           it
           was
           now
           their
           time
           to
           strike
           in
           :
           Wherefore
           they
           offered
           him
           their
           most
           humble
           Ser●ice
           ;
           which
           being
           accepted
           ,
           they
           laught
           in
           their
           Sleeves
           at
           the
           poor
           baffled
           Presbyterians
           ,
           telling
           them
           after
           an
           upbraiding
           and
           scornful
           Manner
           ,
           
             You
             would
             needs
             give
             us
             a
             King
             whether
             we
             would
             or
             no
             ,
             and
             now
             we
             will
             keep
             him
             up
             whether
             you
             will
             or
             no.
          
           So
           all
           this
           was
           done
           ,
           not
           out
           of
           Love
           to
           him
           ,
           (
           for
           he
           has
           the
           ill
           luck
           to
           have
           few
           
             Personal
             Lovers
          
           ,
           )
           but
           for
           fear
           of
           the
           opposite
           Party
           ,
           and
           to
           secure
           themselves
           against
           their
           emulous
           Competitours
           ,
           or
           revenge
           themselves
           upon
           them
           .
           If
           then
           Title
           (
           as
           it
           ought
           )
           be
           that
           which
           gives
           and
           upholds
           Authority
           ;
           his
           
             best
             Title
          
           after
           he
           had
           now
           got
           rid
           of
           the
           hanck
           the
           Presbyterians
           had
           upon
           him
           ,
           next
           to
           that
           of
           the
           Confederacy
           owning
           him
           for
           his
           Money
           and
           Assistance
           ,
           (
           which
           now
           begins
           to
           knock
           off
           )
           was
           in
           reality
           ,
           
             The
             Feud
             between
             our
             Church
             and
             Dissenters
          
           :
           Which
           Two
           made
           up
           a
           Second
           and
           a
           
             Third
             Title
          
           to
           prop
           up
           by
           turns
           this
           feeble
           Authority
           .
           Money
           then
           they
           voted
           him
           ,
           and
           
           (
           to
           engratiate
           themselves
           by
           out-bidding
           the
           others
           )
           full
           thrice
           as
           much
           as
           the
           Dissenters
           had
           done
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           Nation
           was
           half
           begger'd
           by
           his
           Transporting
           it
           beyond
           Sea
           ,
           to
           hire
           Foreign
           Soldiers
           ,
           and
           bribe
           the
           Confederates
           ;
           and
           yet
           though
           they
           thus
           pleasured
           him
           by
           lavishing
           away
           the
           Money
           and
           Riches
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           all
           the
           Title
           he
           could
           obtain
           of
           them
           unanimously
           ,
           was
           to
           be
           only
           King
           
             de
             Facto
          
           ,
           and
           not
           
             de
             Iure
          
           .
           Which
           encouraged
           Dr.
           Sherlock
           ,
           who
           stood
           watching
           ,
           his
           Advantage
           ,
           to
           face
           about
           and
           build
           :
           this
           New
           and
           Fourth
           Title
           upon
           the
           
             Events
             of
             Providence
          
           ,
           or
           (
           to
           use
           an
           Expression
           less
           blasphemous
           and
           more
           proper
           for
           a
           Rueling
           Authority
           )
           on
           the
           
             Wheel
             of
             Fortune
          
           .
           But
           the
           poor
           Man
           was
           so
           baffled
           for
           this
           new
           Notion
           of
           his
           ,
           particularly
           by
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           
             Trimming
             Court
             Divine
          
           ,
           and
           more
           largely
           and
           unanswerably
           by
           those
           two
           learned
           and
           acute
           Treatises
           ,
           Entituled
           ,
           [
           
             The
             Duty
             of
             Allegiance
             settled
             upon
             its
             true
             Grounds
             ,
             according
             to
             Scripture
             ,
             Reason
             ,
             and
             the
             Opinion
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
          
           and
           by
           Dr.
           
             Sherlock's
             Case
             of
             Allegiance
             considered
             with
             some
             Remarks
             upon
             his
             Vindication
          
           ;
           ]
           that
           't
           is
           his
           best
           play
           to
           sit
           down
           with
           silence
           ,
           and
           be
           content
           to
           lull
           his
           Conscience
           with
           his
           Deanry
           ,
           without
           awaking
           or
           disquieting
           it
           by
           thinking
           how
           to
           answer
           them
           ,
           lest
           it
           start
           up
           in
           his
           Face
           ,
           and
           disturb
           his
           peaceful
           and
           comfortable
           Enjoyments
           of
           his
           new
           Acquisitions
           ;
           for
           I
           dare
           challenge
           him
           ,
           particularly
           in
           the
           behalf
           of
           the
           two
           latter
           of
           those
           three
           Treatises
           ;
           that
           he
           is
           so
           shamefully
           ,
           confuted
           that
           he
           has
           not
           one
           starting-hole
           left
           for
           his
           Credit
           to
           escape
           by
           .
           And
           yet
           I
           must
           tell
           him
           ,
           That
           unless
           he
           answers
           them
           fully
           ,
           he
           Cheats
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           is
           bound
           in
           Conscience
           to
           make
           Restitution
           of
           his
           Deanry
           ;
           For
           why
           should
           he
           be
           so
           bountifully
           paid
           for
           weaving
           a
           Piece
           ,
           which
           ,
           when
           it
           comes
           to
           be
           well
           lookt
           into
           ,
           is
           so
           full
           of
           
             Bracks
             ,
             Stains
          
           ,
           and
           Holes
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           useless
           and
           good
           for
           nothing
           ?
        
         
           Thus
           the
           Fourth
           Title
           of
           a
           King
           
             de
             Facto
          
           ,
           by
           the
           
             Wheel
             of
             Fortune
          
           ,
           was
           
             laid
             flat
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Vnsteady
           Authority
           of
           our
           new
           Governours
           was
           bandied
           most
           miserably
           from
           Post
           to
           Pillar
           ,
           and
           could
           find
           no
           Foundation
           to
           fix
           upon
           ,
           nor
           any
           Basis
           that
           would
           fit
           it
           .
           None
           had
           hitherto
           been
           so
           Hardy
           to
           offer
           to
           maintain
           
             by
             Reason
          
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           rightfull
           and
           lawfull
           King
           and
           Queen
           :
           Yet
           I
           am
           credibly
           informed
           that
           a
           certain
           Gloomy-look't
           Divine
           ,
           relying
           ,
           I
           suppose
           ,
           on
           some
           mystick
           Exposition
           of
           the
           Revelation
           ,
           had
           preached
           a
           Sermon
           which
           would
           insinuate
           that
           King
           William
           had
           a
           Right
           to
           England
           by
           Conquest
           ;
           which
           was
           formerly
           ready
           to
           be
           published
           ,
           but
           upon
           the
           taking
           of
           Mons
           some
           s●op
           was
           put
           to
           it
           at
           that
           time
           .
           If
           this
           be
           as
           true
           as
           it
           is
           told
           me
           ,
           with
           much
           assurance
           ,
           we
           English-men
           have
           reason
           to
           bless
           God
           for
           that
           Success
           of
           the
           French
           King
           ,
           as
           the
           most
           beneficial
           
             Event
             of
             Providence
          
           that
           has
           befall'n
           us
           this
           long
           time
           ;
           for
           had
           that
           Project
           been
           heartily
           encouraged
           ,
           our
           Countrey-men
           had
           been
           all
           Slaves
           ,
           and
           every
           Farthing
           in
           the
           Nation
           at
           the
           Conquerour's
           Devotion
           ,
           it
           being
           indeed
           ,
           in
           
             that
             Case
             ,
             his
             own
          
           ;
           so
           that
           when
           Parliaments
           would
           
             give
             no
             more
          
           ,
           he
           might
           ,
           by
           setting
           up
           his
           Title
           ,
           when
           he
           pleased
           ,
           
             take
             all
          
           ;
           and
           this
           was
           the
           
             Fifth
             Title
          
           which
           has
           been
           set
           on
           foot
           .
        
         
           At
           length
           comes
           this
           Gentleman
           ,
           and
           seeing
           all
           the
           other
           Titles
           to
           be
           but
           impertinent
           Shifts
           ,
           and
           not
           at
           all
           likely
           to
           take
           ,
           he
           will
           needs
           strain
           a
           Note
           above
           Ela
           ,
           and
           settle
           it
           on
           a
           higher
           Foundation
           ;
           viz.
           on
           
             the
             Law
             of
             Nations
          
           ,
           which
           allows
           
             Independent
             Governments
             to
             right
             themselves
             
             by
             Force
             ,
          
           or
           by
           making
           War
           on
           him
           that
           injures
           them
           :
           But
           ,
           because
           he
           saw
           no
           War
           was
           made
           ,
           no
           Army
           fought
           ,
           nor
           a
           Stroke
           struck
           ●
           so
           that
           none
           who
           was
           not
           mad
           with
           Revelation
           could
           dream
           of
           a
           Conquest
           giving
           him
           Right
           over
           England
           ;
           he
           very
           politickly
           twists
           with
           it
           —
           and
           with
           the
           Success
           of
           this
           
             Iust
             War
          
           ,
           (
           p.
           11.
           )
           
             the
             Consent
             of
             the
             People
          
           too
           .
           This
           ,
           I
           must
           confess
           ,
           is
           a
           more
           extraordinary
           and
           more
           refined
           Notion
           than
           any
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           't
           is
           made
           of
           Contradictions
           ,
           and
           is
           of
           a
           Composition
           altogether
           Monstrous
           .
           We
           use
           to
           instance
           in
           Chimeras
           by
           a
           Hirco-cervus
           (
           a
           Goat-Stag
           )
           or
           some
           such
           whimsical
           Conceit
           ,
           that
           imports
           two
           or
           more
           different
           Natures
           clapt
           together
           .
           But
           this
           new
           fangled
           Notion
           of
           Right
           ,
           he
           has
           invented
           ,
           consists
           not
           of
           merely
           different
           ,
           but
           opposite
           Natures
           ;
           War
           and
           Force
           signifie
           Involuntariness
           in
           those
           they
           are
           exercised
           upon
           ,
           and
           Consent
           signifies
           Voluntariness
           .
           Again
           ,
           the
           Effect
           of
           War
           and
           Force
           is
           to
           
             subdue
             Resisters
          
           ,
           and
           Consent
           of
           the
           whole
           Nation
           signifies
           
             no
             Resisters
          
           at
           all
           .
           So
           that
           to
           come
           in
           by
           Force
           of
           War
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           by
           Consent
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           
             beaten
             voluntarily
          
           ,
           to
           be
           
             forced
             willingly
          
           ,
           to
           
             resist
             yieldingly
          
           ,
           to
           
             submit
             withall
             our
             Hearts
             ,
             yet
             against
             our
             Will
             ,
          
           or
           whatever
           Nonsense
           of
           this
           kind
           this
           incoherent
           and
           self-divided
           Notion
           of
           Right
           affords
           us
           .
           But
           ,
           to
           say
           the
           Truth
           ,
           there
           was
           neither
           a
           fair
           War
           ,
           subduing
           the
           resisting
           Nation
           against
           their
           Consent
           ,
           nor
           a
           clear
           ,
           free
           ,
           and
           deliberate
           Consent
           of
           the
           whole
           Nation
           ;
           but
           (
           as
           will
           shortly
           appear
           )
           a
           mere
           Trick
           ,
           manag'd
           by
           an
           Ambitious
           Invader
           ,
           and
           his
           Confederates
           ,
           seconded
           by
           a
           Party
           of
           Male-contents
           and
           
             Rebellious
             Deserters
          
           ,
           and
           carried
           on
           by
           a
           complicated
           Series
           of
           
             unproved
             Pretences
          
           ,
           and
           Forgeries
           ,
           to
           bubble
           and
           fool
           the
           Common
           People
           ,
           and
           bring
           us
           into
           the
           Slavery
           and
           Beggary
           we
           now
           groan
           under
           .
        
         
           We
           will
           put
           this
           young
           new-hatcht
           Kingly-Title
           its
           best
           Cloaths
           on
           ,
           and
           then
           see
           how
           finely
           the
           Royal
           Robes
           become
           it
           ,
           and
           how
           prettily
           the
           Baby
           will
           look
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           besides
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           (
           says
           he
           ,
           p.
           11.
           )
           a
           
             Law
             of
             Nations
          
           ,
           by
           which
           Sovereign
           Independent-Governments
           ,
           when
           injured
           ,
           may
           Right
           themselves
           by
           a
           
             Iust
             War.
          
           Here
           were
           
             great
             and
             violent
             presumptions
             of
             an
             injury
             to
             the
             Right
             of
             Succession
             ,
          
           and
           
             too
             great
             Evidence
          
           of
           a
           formed
           
             Design
             to
             subvert
             the
             Establisht
             Religion
             and
             Civil
             Liberties
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
          
           and
           this
           War
           had
           Success
           ;
           therefore
           the
           Sovereignty
           was
           duely
           transferred
           ,
           and
           so
           
             there
             can
             be
             no
             dispute
             left
             to
             whom
             our
             Allegiance
             is
             due
             .
          
           This
           is
           the
           full
           substance
           of
           the
           Discourse
           he
           had
           put
           together
           ,
           as
           he
           told
           us
           (
           p.
           10.
           )
           
             to
             clear
             this
             whole
             Matter
          
           .
           Let
           us
           now
           take
           it
           gently
           to
           pieces
           ,
           and
           lay
           each
           part
           of
           it
           down
           easily
           ,
           lest
           it
           fall
           asunder
           of
           it self
           ,
           and
           shatter
           into
           Incoherent
           Atoms
           before
           we
           come
           to
           handle
           it
           closely
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           deny'd
           then
           ,
           that
           there
           were
           in
           our
           Case
           
             two
             Nations
          
           ,
           or
           
             several
             Independent
             Governments
          
           .
           'T
           is
           deny'd
           there
           were
           
             great
             and
             violent
             presumptions
          
           of
           the
           Injury
           mentioned
           .
           'T
           is
           deny'd
           there
           was
           
             too
             great
             Evidence
             of
             the
             form'd
             Design
             he
             pretends
             .
          
           'T
           is
           deny'd
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           acquired
           his
           Authority
           by
           making
           War
           ,
           or
           that
           he
           righted
           himself
           by
           Force
           ,
           or
           came
           by
           the
           
             Consent
             of
             the
             People
          
           ;
           and
           therefore
           since
           he
           has
           no
           Right
           either
           by
           fair
           Means
           ,
           or
           foul
           Means
           ,
           't
           is
           deny'd
           he
           has
           
             any
             Right
             at
             all
          
           ;
           what
           he
           has
           ,
           how
           he
           came
           by
           it
           ,
           or
           how
           he
           still
           keeps
           it
           ,
           shall
           be
           declared
           hereafter
           .
        
         
         
           First
           then
           ,
           That
           there
           is
           a
           Law
           of
           Nations
           distinct
           from
           that
           of
           
             particular
             Kingdoms
          
           every
           Man
           knew
           ●efore
           ;
           so
           that
           he
           needed
           not
           have
           been
           so
           large
           in
           a
           Point
           so
           universally
           acknowledged
           ;
           but
           't
           is
           becoming
           his
           small
           Politicks
           to
           
             amp●●fie
             mightily
          
           ,
           and
           carry
           all
           before
           him
           Victoriously
           in
           Things
           which
           
             no
             Man
          
           living
           denies
           :
           But
           to
           be
           short
           and
           slight
           ,
           or
           rather
           perfectly
           silent
           in
           those
           p●rticul●rs
           ,
           on
           which
           the
           Decision
           and
           the
           Truth
           of
           the
           whole
           business
           depends
           ;
           we
           grant
           him
           then
           that
           
             Independent
             Governments
          
           may
           ,
           when
           injured
           ,
           have
           a
           Right
           to
           demand
           ,
           and
           if
           it
           be
           deny'd
           them
           ,
           take
           Satisfaction
           
             by
             force
             of
             Arms
          
           ,
           for
           't
           is
           no
           more
           than
           every
           Man
           knows
           ,
           and
           yields
           to
           ;
           but
           't
           is
           deny'd
           that
           this
           comes
           home
           to
           his
           Purpose
           ,
           or
           does
           his
           Cause
           the
           least
           service
           .
           For
           —
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           'T
           is
           deny'd
           that
           there
           were
           here
           
             Two
             Independent
             Governments
          
           ,
           and
           so
           his
           Discourse
           falls
           to
           the
           g●ound
           .
           The
           S●ates
           of
           Holland
           indeed
           make
           a
           Government
           ,
           but
           those
           good
           Men
           ,
           who
           never
           told
           lye
           in
           their
           Lives
           ,
           disclaim'd
           the
           Action
           by
           their
           Ambassador
           ;
           and
           ,
           like
           wise
           Men
           ,
           lest
           it
           should
           not
           succeed
           ,
           would
           not
           be
           seen
           in
           it
           ,
           but
           made
           use
           of
           
             F●ot
             of
             W●elp
          
           to
           do
           their
           own
           Jobbs
           ,
           'till
           the
           Six
           hundred
           thousand
           Pound
           came
           to
           be
           pay'd
           them
           ,
           and
           then
           indeed
           they
           so
           far
           own'd
           it
           heartily
           ,
           and
           
             took
             our
             Money
          
           very
           readily
           :
           Besides
           they
           were
           Allies
           to
           King
           Iames
           ,
           which
           makes
           it
           contrary
           to
           the
           
             Law
             of
             Nations
          
           ,
           to
           which
           he
           recurrs
           .
           And
           ,
           lastly
           ,
           if
           they
           made
           this
           War
           ,
           and
           had
           Success
           in
           it
           ,
           (
           I
           am
           sure
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           was
           not
           such
           an
           
             Independent
             Governour
          
           as
           to
           make
           it
           
             without
             them
          
           ,
           )
           it
           would
           follow
           ,
           by
           this
           Discourse
           that
           They
           ,
           and
           not
           He
           ,
           are
           our
           Lords
           and
           Masters
           ;
           a
           Title
           which
           the
           Hollanders
           do
           not
           qu●t
           ,
           but
           still
           assert
           on
           due
           occasions
           ,
           That
           
             their
             State-holder
             manages
          
           England
           
             for
             their
             behoof
          
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           their
           carriage
           in
           the
           
           Mogull's
           Countrey
           ,
           where
           they
           seiz'd
           some
           of
           our
           Merchants
           Effects
           ,
           by
           pretending
           that
           England
           
             was
             now
             under
          
           Holland
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           had
           sent
           one
           of
           their
           own
           Officers
           to
           govern
           it
           
             on
             their
             stead
          
           .
           As
           for
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ,
           taken
           in
           his
           own
           single
           Capacity
           ,
           he
           was
           far
           from
           being
           a
           
             Separate
             Nation
          
           ,
           or
           
             Independent
             Government
          
           ,
           which
           this
           Gentlemen's
           Discourse
           proceeds
           upon
           ,
           or
           indeed
           
             Supreme
             Governour
             of
             any
             Nation
             at
             all
             ,
          
           not
           of
           the
           
             Principality
             of
             Orange
          
           ;
           for
           this
           was
           by
           Dr.
           
             Sherlock's
             Event
             of
             Providence
          
           ,
           and
           by
           Conquest
           taken
           from
           him
           long
           ago
           :
           Nor
           was
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           a
           
             Sovereign
             Independent
          
           Prince
           in
           Holland
           ,
           for
           he
           was
           there
           under
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           States
           :
           Nor
           was
           it
           ever
           heard
           there
           was
           a
           Prince
           of
           Breda
           :
           So
           that
           this
           Gentleman's
           Discourse
           faulters
           in
           that
           which
           should
           have
           been
           the
           very
           subject
           of
           it
           .
           He
           should
           have
           said
           that
           any
           
             great
             Man
          
           who
           had
           received
           W●ong
           ,
           might
           in
           true
           Reason
           right
           himself
           by
           the
           best
           means
           that
           he
           or
           his
           Friends
           could
           make
           against
           
             any
             Man
          
           ,
           who
           was
           not
           his
           Sovereign
           or
           
             fellow
             Subject
          
           ,
           and
           this
           by
           the
           
             Law
             of
             Reason
          
           ,
           or
           Nature
           ,
           not
           by
           the
           
             Law
             of
             Nations
          
           ;
           For
           what
           had
           the
           
             Law
             of
             Nations
          
           to
           do
           in
           the
           business
           ,
           when
           there
           was
           no
           
             Nation
             Injured
          
           ,
           or
           that
           demanded
           Satisfaction
           ?
           For
           surely
           he
           will
           not
           say
           that
           King
           Iames
           had
           done
           Wrong
           to
           the
           Principality
           of
           Orange
           ,
           or
           that
           the
           Person
           of
           King
           
             William
             alone
          
           ,
           or
           of
           his
           Queen
           either
           ,
           is
           a
           Nation
           :
           Yet
           one
           of
           the
           two
           he
           must
           say
           ,
           ●o
           make
           his
           Discourse
           hang
           together
           .
        
         
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           'T
           is
           deny'd
           
             there
             were
             great
             and
             violent
             〈◊〉
             of
             an
             injury
             to
             the
             Right
             of
             Succession
          
           :
           This
           ,
           if
           made
           good
           ,
           might
           do
           his
           Cause
           some
           service
           ;
           let
           us
           see
           then
           what
           strong
           Proofs
           he
           brings
           to
           evince
           it
           .
           Two
           sorts
           of
           Arguments
           he
           alledges
           to
           prove
           it
           .
           The
           fi●st
           is
           the
           Prince
           of
           
             Orange's
             Declaration
          
           ;
           certainly
           this
           Man
           is
           infatuated
           .
           Our
           English
           Proverb
           [
           
             Ask
             my
             Master
             if
             I
             be
             a
             Thief
          
           ]
           contains
           as
           good
           a
           Plea
           as
           this
           ;
           yet
           the
           poor
           Man
           triumphs
           mightily
           ,
           and
           thinks
           his
           Work
           is
           done
           when
           he
           has
           
             barely
             repeated
             it
          
           .
           But
           what
           says
           the
           Declaration
           ?
           Why
           ,
           it
           says
           ,
           That
           
             all
             the
             good
             Subjects
             of
             these
             Kingdoms
             do
             vehemently
             suspect
             ,
             that
             the
             pretended
             Prince
             of
          
           Wales
           
             was
             not
             born
             of
             the
             ●ueen
             ,
             and
             that
             many
             doubted
             of
             the
             Queen's
             Bigness
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Birth
             of
             the
             Child
             ;
             and
             yet
             there
             was
             not
             any
             one
             Thing
             done
             to
             satisfie
             their
             Doubts
             :
          
           So
           says
           the
           Declaration
           indeed
           ;
           and
           if
           a
           Man
           may
           be
           believ'd
           in
           his
           own
           Cause
           ,
           (
           against
           our
           own
           knowledge
           ,
           )
           when
           he
           might
           hope
           to
           get
           Three
           Kingdoms
           by
           saying
           so
           ,
           all
           is
           as
           true
           as
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           as
           clear
           as
           Demonstration
           ;
           otherwise
           our
           Reason
           will
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           give
           us
           leave
           to
           suspect
           at
           least
           Misinformation
           in
           the
           Case
           ,
           if
           not
           Self-partiality
           .
           And
           I
           do
           not
           like
           either
           the
           Sincerity
           ,
           or
           the
           Care
           of
           him
           that
           penned
           it
           ,
           in
           saying
           ,
           first
           that
           [
           
             All
             good
             Subjects
             vehemently
             suspected
          
           ,
           &c.
           ]
           and
           then
           dwindling
           afterwards
           into
           [
           
             Many
             doubted
          
           ,
           &c.
           ]
           A
           sober
           Man
           would
           not
           have
           quoted
           the
           Declaration
           ,
           unless
           to
           defend
           it
           ;
           but
           this
           Gentleman
           builds
           on
           it
           as
           on
           his
           Principle
           .
        
         
           But
           how
           will
           he
           justifie
           the
           Declaration
           when
           it
           says
           ,
           that
           
             not
             any
             one
             thing
             was
             done
          
           to
           satisfie
           Doubters
           ,
           or
           himself
           for
           hinting
           so
           impudently
           ,
           (
           p.
           14.
           )
           That
           the
           
             principal
             Persons
             concerned
             had
             not
             the
             least
             Satisfaction
             given
             them
             ?
          
           Was
           not
           the
           Testimony
           of
           near
           Fifty
           sworn
           Witnesses
           of
           Credit
           ,
           enough
           to
           satisfie
           reasonable
           Men
           in
           
             a
             matter
             of
             Fact
          
           ?
           No
           ,
           says
           he
           ,
           (
           p.
           13.
           )
           
             No
             private
             Depositions
             of
             such
             as
             are
             dependents
             ,
             or
             otherwise
             liable
             to
             suspicion
             ,
             can
             in
             reason
             be
             taken
             for
             satisfactory
             Evidence
             .
          
           Does
           this
           Man
           consider
           how
           many
           Protestants
           ,
           how
           many
           Persons
           of
           unblemish'd
           Honour
           he
           taints
           with
           suspicion
           of
           Perjury
           ,
           and
           Treason
           against
           the
           Nation
           ,
           by
           hinting
           they
           are
           
             so
             sworn
          
           in
           attesting
           the
           Bigness
           of
           the
           Q●een
           ,
           and
           the
           Birth
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           Wales
           ?
           Unhappy
           Mr.
           Ashron
           ,
           who
           had
           such
           Judges
           ,
           and
           such
           Jury-men
           ,
           as
           though
           fit
           to
           condemn
           him
           without
           
             any
             one
          
           Witness
           ,
           or
           
             any
             one
          
           Proof
           ,
           but
           merely
           upon
           Suspicion
           or
           Presumption
           ;
           yet
           such
           multitudes
           of
           legal
           Witnesses
           are
           held
           insufficient
           to
           satisfie
           those
           of
           the
           ●ame
           Party
           of
           the
           Truth
           of
           a
           matter
           of
           Fact
           far
           more
           evident
           .
           Certainly
           this
           pretended
           Scrupulosity
           of
           theirs
           ,
           which
           is
           so
           loose
           at
           some
           time
           ;
           and
           so
           strait-lac'd
           at
           another
           ,
           is
           more
           lodged
           in
           their
           W●d
           than
           in
           their
           Reason
           :
           But
           on
           how
           he
           bussles
           ,
           and
           runs
           about
           the
           World
           to
           pretend
           a
           flaw
           in
           this
           most
           sample
           Atte●tation
           !
           The
           
             Old
             Roman
             Laws
          
           are
           ha●ed
           in
           by
           Head
           and
           Shoulders
           ,
           (
           p.
           13.
           )
           though
           he
           knows
           well
           they
           are
           generally
           no
           where
           observed
           ,
           especially
           those
           he
           mentions
           ;
           they
           being
           indeed
           such
           extravagant
           N●ceties
           ,
           that
           it
           would
           look
           like
           perfect
           Madness
           ,
           now
           a
           days
           ;
           to
           offer
           to
           bring
           them
           into
           play
           .
           Then
           comes
           in
           our
           
             Old
             Common
             Law
          
           ,
           (
           p.
           14.
           )
           
             Allowing
             a
             Writ
             of
             Inspection
             ,
             and
             the
             Old
             Law
             Books
             giving
             directions
             to
             prevent
             and
             discover
             Subernation
          
           :
           Now
           if
           there
           were
           any
           Thing
           done
           contrary
           to
           our
           Laws
           ,
           that
           makes
           for
           his
           purpose
           ,
           Why
           
           does
           he
           not
           produce
           it
           ,
           and
           urge
           it
           ?
           Especially
           why
           did
           not
           the
           Contention
           ,
           when
           they
           were
           so
           vehemently
           press'd
           to
           it
           by
           the
           Loyal
           Party
           go
           about
           to
           Discover
           this
           pretended
           Subordination
           ?
           Why
           did
           not
           they
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           since
           this
           Government
           came
           in
           ,
           make
           us
           of
           his
           Writs
           of
           Inspection
           ,
           and
           his
           
             Chapter
             in
             the
             Old
             Law
             Books
          
           ?
           Did
           none
           of
           them
           know
           
             Old
             Laws
             ,
             W●its
          
           and
           Chapters
           ,
           but
           this
           learned
           Setler
           of
           the
           Royal
           Succession
           ?
           This
           I
           can
           assure
           him
           ,
           that
           durst
           the
           Convention
           have
           attempted
           it
           they
           should
           have
           sound
           ,
           
             even
             at
             that
             ,
             time
          
           ,
           very
           many
           other
           Witnesses
           of
           Credit
           ,
           able
           both
           to
           satisfie
           the
           nicest
           Scrupulosity
           ,
           con●ute
           the
           Calumny
           ,
           and
           confou●d
           the
           Authors
           and
           Abet●ers
           of
           it
           .
           But
           they
           were
           aff●aid
           such
           an
           important
           Truth
           should
           be
           made
           
             too
             evident
          
           to
           the
           whole
           World
           ,
           because
           it
           would
           at
           once
           have
           spoiled
           the
           Prince
           of
           
           Orange's
           Declaration
           ,
           and
           have
           shamed
           their
           own
           Rebellions
           Resolution
           of
           deposing
           King
           Iames
           ,
           and
           setting
           up
           another
           in
           h●s
           Head
           :
           A
           Pretence
           which
           was
           so
           necessary
           to
           be
           started
           and
           upheld
           ,
           must
           not
           be
           Discovered
           by
           ,
           the
           Framers
           and
           Abetters
           of
           it
           to
           be
           a
           manifest
           Impestuce
           ,
           as
           they
           knew
           well
           it
           would
           have
           been
           ,
           had
           they
           gone
           about
           to
           examine
           it
           .
           I
           omit
           to
           give
           a
           fuller
           Answer
           to
           his
           Citations
           out
           of
           the
           
             Old
             Roman
             Laws
          
           ,
           and
           
             our
             Old
             Common
             Laws
          
           because
           they
           have
           been
           considered
           very
           particularly
           ,
           in
           a
           Discourse
           pu●posely
           made
           upon
           those
           〈◊〉
           subjects
           ,
           Entituled
           ,
           
             De
             Ventre
             I●spiciendo
          
           ,
           or
           
             Remarks
             on
             Mr
          
           Ashron's
           Answerer
           ;
           which
           shews
           clearly
           from
           those
           Laws
           themselves
           ,
           in
           the
           places
           he
           cites
           ,
           and
           from
           those
           Oracles
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           B●acton
           and
           my
           Lord
           Coke
           ,
           that
           neither
           the
           one
           ,
           nor
           the
           other
           are
           at
           all
           to
           his
           purpose
           .
        
         
           His
           other
           P●oofs
           of
           
             this
             injury
          
           justifying
           the
           War
           ,
           are
           a
           company
           of
           [
           Its
           ]
           as
           (
           pag.
           13
           )
           
             I●
             there
             was
             no
             reasonable
             Care
             taken
             to
             prevous
             and
             remove
             these
             Suspicions
          
           ;
           and
           (
           pag.
           14.
           )
           
             If
             no
             such
             Care
             was
             taken
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           
             If
             the
             principal
             Persons
             concerned
             had
             not
             the
             least
             Satisfaction
             given
             them
             .
             If
             the
             whole
             Thing
             was
             managed
             with
             Secrecy
             ,
             and
             suspicious
             Circumstances
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           But
           he
           no
           where
           affirms
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           particular
           [
           Ifs
           ]
           or
           any
           one
           of
           them
           was
           positively
           true
           ;
           and
           consequently
           he
           attempts
           not
           to
           make
           good
           ,
           nor
           ●ffers
           the
           least
           Proof
           ,
           that
           the
           War
           upon
           this
           Score
           was
           Iust
           ;
           nor
           that
           the
           
             Law
             of
             Nations
          
           ,
           he
           so
           much
           talks
           of
           ,
           gives
           the
           Invader
           any
           Right
           or
           Title
           to
           the
           Crown
           ;
           nor
           ,
           lustly
           ,
           that
           
             there
             were
             great
          
           ,
           and
           (
           as
           he
           only
           phrases
           it
           )
           
             violent
             Presumptions
          
           of
           this
           
             Injury
             to
             the
             Right
             of
             Succession
          
           :
           Whence
           follows
           ,
           that
           he
           has
           not
           even
           
             said
             one
          
           single
           Word
           in
           ju●●●fication
           of
           this
           
             New
             Government
          
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           
             Swearing
             Party
          
           ;
           and
           so
           he
           is
           infinitely
           short
           of
           
             clearing
             the
             whole
             Matter
          
           ,
           as
           he
           ,
           in
           big
           Words
           ,
           pretended
           at
           the
           beginning
           of
           this
           Discourse
           .
           Certainly
           our
           Governours
           were
           either
           very
           unwise
           in
           clinsing
           no
           better
           a
           W●iter
           to
           
             defend
             their
             Cause
          
           ,
           or
           else
           (
           which
           is
           the
           very
           Truth
           )
           their
           Cause
           it self
           can
           
             bear
             no
             better
             a
             Defence
          
           .
        
         
           Since
           then
           this
           stout
           Champion
           of
           our
           new
           Government
           is
           so
           mightily
           in
           love
           with
           [
           I●s
           .
           ]
           it
           were
           not
           amiss
           to
           ans●er
           him
           with
           more
           Ifs
           than
           he
           brings
           ,
           which
           more●ver
           (
           a
           thing
           he
           ●o
           where
           does
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           a
           Confute
           ,
           )
           we
           dare
           vouch
           to
           be
           true
           .
           We
           affirm
           then
           ,
           That
           if
           this
           Invasion
           was
           intended
           above
           three
           quarters
           of
           a
           Year
           before
           it
           was
           
           executed
           ,
           or
           more
           ,
           the
           French
           King
           sending
           King
           Iames
           word
           of
           it
           half
           a
           Year
           before
           :
           If
           it
           was
           long
           befo●e
           concerted
           between
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           and
           the
           Confederates
           ,
           to
           dethrone
           King
           Iames
           ,
           without
           any
           Respect
           to
           the
           Prince
           of
           Wales
           ,
           (
           as
           yet
           but
           a
           young
           Embrio
           ,
           if
           so
           much
           ,
           )
           or
           to
           the
           maintaining
           our
           Religion
           or
           Liberties
           ,
           or
           to
           any
           of
           those
           other
           specious
           Pretences
           taken
           up
           afterwards
           ,
           but
           on
           the
           Confederates
           parts
           at
           least
           )
           merely
           for
           fear
           he
           might
           be
           brought
           to
           〈◊〉
           with
           France
           ,
           or
           stand
           Neuter
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           the
           silly
           English
           lose
           their
           Lives
           ,
           and
           beggar
           themselves
           to
           maintain
           the
           Quarrel
           of
           Foreigners
           :
           If
           the
           main
           thing
           that
           encouraged
           the
           Confederates
           to
           that
           U●dertaking
           was
           the
           Kn●wn
           Hatred
           of
           the
           English
           Men
           in
           general
           ●o
           King
           
             Iames's
             Religion
          
           ,
           that
           King's
           Zeal
           to
           make
           those
           of
           his
           Persuasi●n
           ●s
           free
           is
           the
           rest
           of
           their
           Fell●w
           Subjects
           ,
           (
           which
           they
           hop'd
           would
           highly
           disgust
           very
           many
           ●
           )
           and
           the●r
           Assurance
           that
           they
           had
           a
           Factions
           ,
           Lying
           ,
           and
           Discontented
           Party
           here
           ,
           who
           would
           make
           way
           for
           his
           Ejectment
           ,
           by
           giving
           about
           and
           countenancing
           such
           Stories
           and
           Libels
           as
           would
           encline
           great
           part
           of
           the
           Nation
           to
           a
           Revolt
           :
           If
           ,
           among
           the
           rest
           ,
           this
           Flam
           of
           a
           supposititious
           Prince
           of
           Wales
           ,
           nor
           dream'd
           on
           by
           any
           till
           then
           ,
           w●s
           
           comed
           ●●
           the
           Politick
           Mint
           at
           the
           Hague
           ,
           sent
           over
           into
           England
           to
           be
           made
           current
           here
           by
           their
           Party
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           Dissatisfaction
           which
           themselves
           had
           raised
           h●re
           was
           taken
           up
           for
           a
           Pretence
           ,
           and
           inserted
           in
           the
           Prince
           of
           
           Orange's
           Declaration
           ,
           to
           give
           the
           idle
           Story
           a
           greater
           Authority
           ,
           and
           to
           gloss
           over
           such
           an
           unnatural
           and
           so
           unjust
           an
           Invasion
           :
           If
           ample
           Satisfaction
           was
           given
           by
           the
           Oaths
           of
           Multitudes
           of
           Credible
           and
           Honourable
           Witnesses
           ,
           when
           the
           Dissatisfaction
           came
           to
           some
           height
           ;
           it
           being
           highly
           unwise
           for
           a
           King
           to
           humor
           every
           idle
           Report
           ,
           or
           honor
           it
           with
           such
           a
           solemn
           Examination
           :
           If
           the
           Queen's
           Delive●y
           was
           far
           from
           being
           carried
           secretly
           and
           suspitiously
           ,
           (
           as
           one
           of
           his
           Ifs
           shame●●●y
           ●ints
           ,
           )
           but
           in
           op●n
           Day-light
           ,
           before
           a
           Multitude
           of
           People
           of
           All
           sorts
           indifferently
           ,
           no
           Person
           of
           Honor
           being
           denied
           Entrance
           ,
           who
           had
           the
           Curiosity
           to
           be
           present
           :
           If
           the
           Prince
           and
           Princess
           of
           Orange
           ,
           who
           were
           Two
           of
           the
           Persons
           
             chiefly
             concern'd
          
           ,
           being
           absent
           far
           off
           in
           Holland
           ,
           and
           not
           denied
           coming
           over
           ,
           if
           they
           would
           ,
           might
           have
           sent
           some
           whom
           they
           could
           trust
           to
           be
           present
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           had
           press'd
           their
           Sister
           who
           was
           here
           ,
           and
           whose
           Joint
           Concern
           it
           was
           to
           be
           exactly
           curious
           in
           a
           Business
           so
           highly
           importing
           ●h●m
           all
           ;
           and
           yet
           none
           of
           them
           ,
           though
           so
           hugely
           obliged
           by
           then
           Interest
           to
           doe
           this
           ,
           did
           ever
           make
           any
           kind
           of
           Means
           or
           Applica●ion
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           their
           so
           just
           Satisfaction
           ,
           which
           it
           had
           been
           a
           Madness
           not
           to
           have
           done
           ,
           had
           they
           indeed
           had
           any
           
             real
             Doubt
          
           .
           Nay
           more
           ,
           If
           (
           to
           carry
           on
           the
           politick
           Sham
           )
           the
           Princess
           of
           Denmark
           ,
           who
           was
           the
           Third
           Person
           so
           
             nearly
             concerned
          
           ,
           after
           having
           avoided
           with
           all
           the
           Industry
           imaginable
           to
           be
           present
           at
           the
           Queen's
           rising
           and
           going
           to
           Bed
           ,
           (
           left
           she
           should
           be
           forced
           to
           see
           what
           she
           was
           
             loth
             to
             know
          
           ,
           and
           resolved
           not
           to
           
             w●tn●ss
             ,
             viz.
          
           the
           Queen's
           Pregnancy
           ,
           )
           would
           needs
           ,
           co●trary
           to
           the
           Will
           of
           her
           Father
           ,
           who
           express'd
           some
           Trouble
           that
           she
           should
           then
           ●e
           absent
           ,
           because
           she
           being
           satisfied
           in
           the
           Thing
           her self
           ,
           might
           be
           the
           better
           able
           to
           satisfie
           her
           Relations
           ,
           run
           out
           of
           the
           way
           to
           the
           Bath
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           purposely
           absent
           just
           at
           the
           time
           the
           Queen
           reckoned
           to
           be
           delivered
           ,
           though
           she
           had
           most
           pressing
           reasons
           of
           Interest
           to
           be
           here
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           nor
           could
           ,
           without
           most
           manifest
           Injustice
           ,
           
           be
           denied
           all
           the
           Liberty
           allowable
           ●o
           one
           of
           the
           same
           Sex
           ,
           both
           to
           satisfie
           her
           s●lf
           and
           others
           ;
           though
           at
           the
           same
           time
           it
           was
           given
           out
           ,
           that
           she
           was
           sent
           away
           by
           her
           F●ther
           ,
           lest
           she
           should
           discover
           the
           pretended
           Cheat
           :
           I●
           none
           of
           the
           Three
           nearly
           conc●r●ed
           ,
           nor
           any
           other
           ,
           made
           the
           least
           Scruple
           ,
           nor
           pretended
           the
           least
           Dissatisfaction
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           when
           the
           Queen
           was
           ●elivered
           of
           other
           Chi●●ren
           formerly
           ,
           though
           not
           half
           the
           number
           was
           presen●
           ,
           untill
           a
           
             Male
             Child
          
           was
           born
           ,
           which
           to
           th●i●
           R●gret
           ,
           put
           them
           by
           the
           Hopes
           and
           Expecta●ion
           of
           succeeding
           in
           th●ir
           turns
           ●he
           Next
           :
           If
           instead
           of
           offering
           any
           Proof
           at
           all
           ,
           or
           any
           one
           Witness
           of
           the
           contrary
           ,
           to
           invalidate
           or
           counte●bala●ce
           in
           the
           least
           degree
           this
           consonant
           Testimony
           of
           so
           many
           Persons
           of
           untai●ted
           Honour
           and
           Sincerity
           ;
           this
           Farce
           ,
           to
           gull
           ●nd
           mad
           the
           silly
           credulous
           People
           ,
           was
           carried
           on
           and
           abe●●ed
           with
           nothing
           but
           Multitudes
           of
           Lyes
           ,
           printed
           and
           baw'd
           about
           to
           serve
           a
           present
           Turn
           ;
           as
           that
           the
           Woman
           whose
           Child
           it
           was
           ,
           was
           come
           out
           of
           Holland
           ,
           and
           would
           appear
           to
           justifie
           it
           ;
           that
           it
           was
           brought
           to
           St
           
           Iames's
           ,
           sometimes
           in
           a
           Coach
           ,
           some●imes
           in
           a
           Warming-p●n
           ,
           that
           the
           Midwife
           had
           co●fessed
           the
           Cheat
           ,
           &c.
           
           All
           which
           are
           e●i●ced
           to
           be
           Falshoods
           by
           this
           ,
           that
           they
           wer●
           
             never
             prov'd
          
           ,
           or
           attempted
           to
           be
           prov'd
           ,
           th●ugh
           it
           was
           so
           
             highly
             necessary
          
           :
           If
           the
           factious
           Members
           in
           the
           Conventi●n
           ,
           that
           voted
           up
           this
           new
           King
           ,
           were
           p●est
           by
           the
           loyal
           Party
           to
           call
           this
           matter
           into
           Examination
           ,
           yet
           could
           never
           be
           brought
           to
           doe
           it
           ,
           though
           it
           were
           in
           it self
           of
           the
           highest
           Concern
           imaginable
           to
           our
           Nation
           ,
           and
           withall
           most
           absolutely
           necessary
           to
           justifie
           this
           otherwise
           barbarous
           Invasi●n
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ,
           and
           their
           own
           Treasonable
           Abdication
           of
           King
           Iames
           :
           Lastly
           ,
           If
           this
           heavy
           Charge
           against
           the
           Ki●g
           and
           Queen
           ,
           of
           trumping
           up
           a
           Sham
           Prince
           of
           Wales
           ,
           was
           indu●●riously
           spread
           throughout
           the
           Three
           Kingdoms
           ,
           not
           out
           of
           any
           real
           Zeal
           of
           pres●rving
           the
           ●●ue
           Succession
           ,
           but
           onely
           as
           a
           fit
           occasion
           to
           throw
           off
           That
           ,
           and
           the
           Mona●chy
           too
           ,
           as
           
             hereditary
             by
             Lineal
             Descent
          
           ,
           by
           changing
           it
           into
           an
           Elective
           ,
           as
           frankly
           acknowledged
           by
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           Abdicating
           P●ers
           of
           the
           Realm
           ,
           who
           owned
           to
           a
           Person
           of
           known
           Integrity
           ,
           that
           he
           believed
           the
           Prince
           of
           Wales
           to
           be
           as
           truly
           born
           of
           the
           Queen's
           body
           ,
           as
           his
           own
           Son
           of
           his
           Wife
           's
           ;
           and
           that
           therefore
           they
           were
           resolved
           to
           pluck
           up
           both
           Root
           and
           Branch
           ;
           which
           in
           other
           words
           is
           to
           change
           the
           Government
           :
           If
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           all
           these
           Particulars
           be
           true
           ,
           as
           we
           dare
           affirm
           them
           to
           be
           ,
           and
           are
           ready
           to
           p●ove
           by
           unquestio●able
           Testimonies
           ;
           and
           as
           most
           of
           them
           are
           most
           notorious
           ,
           then
           we
           may
           safely
           conclude
           ,
           that
           the
           Birth
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           Wales
           was
           no
           
             just
             Occasion
             of
             a
             War
          
           ,
           nor
           consequently
           can
           be
           derive
           hence
           a
           
             Right
             to
             the
             Government
          
           by
           the
           
             Law
             of
             Nations
          
           justifying
           his
           Invasion
           ,
           as
           this
           Gentleman
           pretends
           .
        
         
           I
           pity
           his
           Weakness
           in
           compa●ing
           (
           p.
           15.
           this
           
             open
             Carriage
          
           of
           things
           in
           the
           Birth
           of
           that
           Prince
           ,
           before
           Multitudes
           of
           People
           of
           all
           sorts
           indifferently
           to
           a
           Jugg●e
           between
           Three
           ,
           (
           the
           pretended
           Father
           and
           Mother
           and
           a
           M●dwife
           ,
           )
           to
           subo●n
           a
           false
           Chi●d
           :
           He
           thinks
           it
           too
           of
           great
           Weight
           ,
           That
           the
           Ju●y
           upon
           
             hearing
             the
             whole
             Evidence
             ,
             gave
             Iudgment
             that
             t●at
             Child
             was
             supposititious
          
           :
           What
           Straws
           wil
           Men
           catch
           at
           when
           their
           Cause
           is
           sinking
           ?
           But
           why
           does
           he
           not
           tell
           us
           ,
           what
           Evidence
           the
           Jury
           he
           speaks
           of
           proceeded
           upon
           ?
           Because
           it
           would
           shame
           his
           
           alleadging
           it
           .
           'T
           is
           this
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           been
           informed
           :
           The
           
             Hereford
             〈◊〉
          
           Woman
           was
           held
           Incapable
           of
           Children
           ,
           which
           made
           the
           next
           Heir
           to
           the
           Estate
           suspect
           no
           Child
           was
           born
           :
           A
           crafty
           Lawyer
           ,
           who
           undertook
           to
           discover
           it
           ,
           first
           made
           Enqui●y
           what
           poor
           Women
           the
           midwife
           '
           had
           delivered
           about
           that
           time
           ,
           and
           found
           that
           ●ne
           of
           them
           had
           her
           Child
           missing
           ;
           having
           discovered
           this
           ,
           he
           f●ights
           the
           Woman
           ,
           by
           telling
           her
           there
           was
           a
           great
           Rumour
           that
           the
           had
           murthered
           her
           Child
           ,
           and
           that
           she
           should
           be
           hanged
           if
           she
           did
           not
           produce
           it
           alive
           or
           dead
           .
           Hereupon
           she
           made
           known
           the
           whole
           Intrigue
           of
           the
           Midwife
           ,
           and
           the
           p●etended
           Parents
           ,
           and
           the
           Juggle
           came
           to
           be
           consist
           Is
           this
           in
           any
           Regard
           like
           our
           Case
           ?
           None
           were
           sworn
           there
           but
           the
           two
           Persons
           immediately
           con●erned
           ,
           who
           hoped
           to
           enjoy
           the
           Estate
           ,
           and
           a
           Countrey
           Midwife
           ,
           who
           was
           to
           have
           a
           share
           in
           it
           for
           her
           Project
           ,
           at
           least
           we
           may
           be
           sure
           a
           good
           lusty
           Bribe
           .
           So
           that
           here
           wa●
           in
           really
           but
           One
           Witness
           ,
           the
           pretended
           Parents
           being
           barred
           from
           witnessing
           in
           their
           own
           C●use
           :
           Coun●
           now
           the
           Number
           of
           our
           Witnesses
           ,
           and
           weigh
           their
           Worth
           ,
           and
           how
           that
           they
           were
           not
           Persons
           
             〈◊〉
             out
          
           ,
           but
           came
           accidentally
           as
           they
           hapt
           to
           hear
           of
           the
           Queen's
           Co●●ition
           ,
           and
           it
           will
           appear
           impossible
           they
           should
           be
           capable
           of
           a
           Confederacy
           or
           Subornation
           .
           Again
           :
           The
           Queen
           was
           never
           held
           to
           be
           barren
           ;
           She
           had
           had
           formerly
           divers
           Daughters
           ,
           and
           a
           Son
           ;
           and
           it
           was
           likely
           ,
           and
           no
           more
           but
           what
           by
           the
           course
           of
           Nature
           is
           
             generally
             expected
          
           ,
           that
           She
           should
           at
           another
           time
           have
           a
           second
           Male-Child
           :
           '
           Nor
           did
           any
           Mother
           of
           the
           Child
           appear
           to
           own
           it
           ,
           as
           the
           Lying
           Parts
           a
           go●d
           w●●e
           pretended
           she
           would
           ;
           all
           those
           kind
           of
           Romances
           serv'd
           like
           Butt●esses
           or
           Scaffolds
           to
           raise
           this
           new
           King
           to
           his
           Height
           ,
           and
           
             build
             up
          
           our
           New
           Govern●ent
           ;
           and
           therefore
           when
           things
           were
           better
           settled
           ,
           and
           could
           stand
           without
           them
           ,
           they
           were
           taken
           down
           again
           ,
           and
           laid
           aside
           as
           useless
           .
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           let
           him
           bring
           an
           Evidence
           in
           any
           degree
           like
           that
           which
           his
           Herefordshire
           J●ry
           had
           ,
           and
           we
           shall
           acknowledge
           the
           Wrong
           done
           to
           the
           Natio●
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           R●yal
           Family
           ,
           and
           grant
           the
           War
           (
           had
           there
           been
           any
           )
           just
           :
           Till
           then
           let
           not
           such
           Personages
           lie
           under
           such
           intolerable
           Slanders
           ,
           let
           not
           Christianity
           and
           Duty
           be
           so
           wickedly
           violated
           ,
           nor
           the
           People
           of
           
             England
             deluded
          
           and
           scandalized
           with
           such
           Talk
           without
           Proof
           ,
           and
           s●ch
           
             heavy
             C●arges
          
           laid
           without
           the
           least
           colourable
           Shadow
           of
           Evidence
           ,
           to
           ju●●ifie
           that
           they
           are
           so
           much
           as
           in
           any
           degree
           Probable
           ,
           much
           less
           (
           as
           he
           mouths
           it
           )
           great
           and
           
             violent
             Presumptions
          
           ,
           and
           least
           of
           all
           (
           what
           they
           ought
           to
           have
           been
           )
           
             absolutely
             certain
             Truths
          
           .
        
         
           Thus
           much
           of
           his
           
             great
             and
             violent
             Presumptions
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           Next
           follows
           (
           for
           though
           he
           be
           a
           very
           
             slender
             Prover
          
           ,
           yet
           he
           is
           still
           a
           very
           
             big
             Pretender
          
           )
           his
           
             Too
             g●eat
             Evidence
             of
             a
             form'd
             Design
             to
             subvert
             the
             Establisht
             Religion
             ,
             and
             Civil
             Liberties
             of
             the
             Nation
             .
          
           I
           supp●se
           he
           calls
           it
           
             Too
             great
             Evidence
          
           ,
           because
           't
           is
           so
           great
           that
           it
           dazles
           the
           Night
           ,
           as
           the
           Sun
           does
           at
           Noon-day
           ;
           so
           that
           no
           Man
           can
           see
           it
           ,
           or
           b●hold
           it
           ,
           else
           why
           is
           it
           
             too
             great
          
           ?
           Now
           when
           a
           Man
           has
           
             too
             much
          
           of
           a
           thing
           ,
           't
           is
           very
           unkind
           ,
           and
           even
           ill-natur'd
           and
           hard-hearted
           ,
           not
           to
           spare
           a
           Little
           of
           it
           to
           his
           Friends
           to
           whom
           he
           owes
           it
           ,
           and
           who
           both
           want
           it
           ,
           and
           expect
           it
           from
           him
           .
           But
           we
           mistake
           his
           Genius
           ,
           he
           is
           a
           Pra●ing
           not
           a
           Proving
           
           Writer
           :
           Nor
           does
           he
           evidence
           the
           Calumny
           otherwise
           ,
           than
           by
           referring
           us
           again
           to
           his
           Alcoran
           ,
           the
           Prince
           of
           
             Orange's
             Declaration
          
           :
           Whatever
           he
           finds
           there
           ,
           he
           makes
           account
           is
           a
           
             First
             Principle
          
           ,
           and
           so
           bring
           of
           
             too
             great
             Evidence
          
           ,
           it
           can
           need
           no
           Proof
           .
        
         
           An
           impartial
           Narrative
           of
           matters
           of
           Fact
           known
           to
           most
           in
           England
           ,
           will
           give
           us
           a
           true
           Light
           to
           judge
           of
           this
           Point
           .
           King
           Iames
           his
           Religion
           and
           the
           hatred
           which
           the
           generality
           of
           the
           Nation
           had
           against
           it
           ,
           made
           all
           those
           who
           were
           of
           a
           different
           Persuasion
           look
           with
           a
           jealous
           Eye
           upon
           his
           Actions
           ,
           and
           apt
           to
           make
           the
           worst
           Constructions
           of
           every
           thing
           he
           did
           ,
           in
           favour
           of
           Papists
           :
           Nor
           is
           it
           to
           be
           thought
           that
           he
           wanted
           many
           Enemies
           of
           the
           Old
           
             Excluding
             Faction
          
           ,
           who
           stood
           watching
           all
           Opportunities
           to
           b●eed
           him
           Vexation
           ,
           and
           disaffect
           his
           Subjects
           by
           malicious
           Insinuations
           .
           Those
           of
           our
           Church
           who
           were
           heartily
           Loyal
           ,
           did
           grieve
           exceedingly
           to
           see
           him
           give
           his
           Enemies
           
             too
             fair
          
           occasions
           to
           work
           him
           Mischief
           :
           They
           judged
           that
           the
           setting
           up
           the
           High
           Commission
           Court
           over
           Ecclesiasticks
           ,
           were
           there
           nothing
           in
           it
           but
           the
           Novelty
           of
           it
           ,
           should
           not
           have
           been
           attempted
           in
           such
           Circumstances
           
             if
             at
             all
          
           .
           The
           making
           one
           of
           the
           Iesuits
           (
           Men
           more
           odious
           to
           our
           Nation
           than
           
             Turkish
             M●sties
          
           )
           a
           Privy-Counsellor
           ,
           could
           ,
           they
           fear'd
           ,
           have
           no
           other
           likely
           Effect
           ,
           but
           to
           exasperate
           all
           England
           to
           the
           highest
           degree
           .
           They
           conceived
           that
           the
           Dispensing
           with
           the
           Test
           ,
           and
           putting
           Roman-Catholicks
           promiscuously
           into
           Offices
           Civil
           and
           Military
           ,
           might
           have
           been
           let
           alone
           'till
           the
           Test
           it self
           were
           Abrogated
           ;
           which
           would
           certainly
           have
           been
           more
           easily
           obtained
           ,
           had
           not
           this
           forward
           Anticipation
           put
           our
           Church
           of
           England
           out
           of
           humour
           ,
           and
           made
           them
           more
           warily
           stand
           upon
           their
           Guard
           ,
           and
           resolve
           unanimously
           to
           part
           with
           nothing
           that
           could
           any
           way
           he
           likely
           to
           advantage
           them
           :
           But
           that
           which
           most
           Startled
           our
           Church
           ,
           was
           the
           Design
           of
           giving
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           to
           all
           Dissenters
           ;
           they
           had
           sadly
           experienced
           in
           the
           long
           Parliament's
           Time
           ,
           and
           in
           
           Oliver's
           Days
           ,
           how
           those
           Men
           had
           trampled
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           under
           Foot
           ,
           and
           they
           feared
           that
           this
           setling
           them
           by
           Law
           ,
           on
           an
           
             even
             level
          
           with
           themselves
           ,
           might
           in
           time
           give
           those
           restless
           Men
           opportunity
           to
           play
           the
           same
           Franks
           over
           again
           .
           In
           a
           Word
           ,
           they
           apprehended
           they
           were
           to
           fence
           with
           their
           Enemies
           on
           both
           hands
           ,
           and
           therefore
           they
           combined
           —
           
             Veleus
             Testindine
             factâ
          
           —
           to
           link
           themselves
           unanimously
           against
           the
           
             universally
             D●●pensing
          
           Power
           ,
           and
           in
           Maintenance
           of
           the
           Test.
           
        
         
           On
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           King
           Iames
           was
           very
           earnest
           to
           have
           a
           
             general
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
          
           setled
           by
           Law.
           It
           had
           ever
           been
           his
           Tenet
           ,
           that
           Persecution
           purely
           for
           Conscience
           sake
           was
           Vnchristian
           :
           Besides
           ,
           he
           judged
           it
           would
           enrich
           the
           Nation
           ,
           as
           it
           had
           done
           Holland
           ,
           by
           inviteing
           Strangers
           hither
           ,
           and
           encouraging
           Trade
           ;
           the
           conveniency
           of
           our
           Ports
           ,
           above
           those
           of
           our
           Neighbours
           ,
           being
           an
           efficacious
           Motive
           to
           draw
           the
           Traffick
           from
           them
           to
           us
           .
           He
           judged
           too
           that
           this
           universal
           Toleration
           ,
           if
           wisely
           setled
           and
           managed
           ,
           might
           be
           a
           means
           to
           compose
           the
           Bedlam
           Animosities
           here
           about
           Religion
           ,
           which
           had
           so
           often
           distracted
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           ,
           within
           our
           Memory
           ,
           turned
           the
           Government
           topsie-turvy
           ▪
           Nor
           was
           it
           one
           of
           his
           least
           Motives
           (
           though
           not
           the
           only
           one
           ,
           as
           some
           apprehended
           )
           to
           gain
           those
           of
           his
           own
           Religion
           a
           Toleration
           among
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Dissenters
           ;
           a
           thing
           (
           to
           speak
           impartially
           )
           
           to
           which
           both
           his
           Honour
           and
           his
           Conscience
           could
           not
           but
           exceedingly
           encline
           him
           .
           These
           Conveniences
           meeting
           in
           one
           ,
           took
           such
           full
           hold
           of
           his
           Judgment
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           exceedingly
           fond
           of
           a
           Project
           ,
           which
           did
           seem
           to
           him
           so
           hugely
           Advantageous
           to
           the
           Nation
           .
           Hereupon
           he
           try'd
           all
           
             Sweet
             means
          
           imaginable
           to
           bring
           it
           about
           ▪
           but
           found
           all
           his
           Caresses
           ineffectual
           to
           induce
           our
           Church
           Party
           to
           permit
           it
           to
           be
           enacted
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           which
           was
           his
           main
           design
           :
           Wherefore
           he
           saw
           there
           was
           no
           other
           Expedient
           ,
           but
           to
           turn
           out
           such
           Officers
           as
           opposed
           his
           Intentions
           ,
           and
           (
           
             for
             the
             present
          
           )
           to
           put
           in
           Dissenters
           to
           whom
           he
           knew
           it
           would
           be
           grateful
           ,
           and
           by
           that
           means
           to
           compass
           such
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           as
           was
           likely
           to
           establish
           this
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           by
           Law.
           He
           hop'd
           it
           would
           not
           much
           displease
           our
           Church
           ,
           since
           he
           declared
           he
           would
           continue
           to
           them
           the
           Prerogative
           above
           others
           to
           be
           still
           the
           State-Religion
           established
           by
           Law
           ,
           to
           enjoy
           all
           the
           Bishopricks
           and
           Benefices
           ,
           and
           by
           that
           means
           to
           have
           vast
           Priviledges
           a●●
           Advantages
           over
           any
           others
           whatsoever
           :
           But
           they
           were
           jealous
           that
           this
           was
           not
           sufficient
           to
           secure
           them
           for
           the
           future
           .
           And
           hence
           ,
           as
           it
           happens
           ,
           when
           both
           Parties
           are
           stiff
           in
           their
           contrary
           Pre●ensions
           mutual
           Diskindnesses
           past
           towards
           one
           another
           ,
           which
           ill
           meaning
           Men
           laid
           hold
           on
           ,
           and
           made
           use
           of
           to
           disaffect
           the
           Nation
           ;
           and
           so
           facilitated
           the
           way
           to
           welcome
           the
           Invader
           .
        
         
           Now
           all
           this
           while
           ,
           What
           had
           K●ng
           Iames
           done
           to
           make
           his
           
             Son
             in
             Law
          
           ,
           and
           his
           
             own
             Nephew
          
           ,
           nay
           his
           own
           Daughter
           ,
           turn
           their
           Father
           out
           of
           his
           Kingdoms
           ?
           There
           was
           nothing
           taken
           from
           our
           Church
           but
           the
           
             Power
             of
             Persecution
          
           ,
           our
           Principles
           he
           meddled
           not
           with
           ,
           nor
           intruded
           Men
           of
           Heterodox
           Tenets
           into
           our
           Bishopricks
           and
           Livings
           ;
           whereas
           now
           we
           have
           Soctnians
           and
           Latitudinarians
           softed
           into
           our
           Chief
           Cathedrals
           ,
           and
           ou●
           Parish
           Churches
           ;
           so
           that
           we
           may
           expect
           shortly
           ,
           without
           God's
           special
           and
           undeserved
           Mercy
           ,
           our
           Church
           will
           be
           made
           an
           Amsterdam
           of
           all
           Religions
           :
           Their
           Swearing
           Allegiance
           at
           a
           venture
           attones
           for
           all
           their
           Heretical
           Tenets
           let
           them
           be
           as
           D●m●able
           as
           they
           will
           ,
           or
           can
           be
           .
           Had
           our
           Governour
           (
           for
           to
           call
           him
           Head
           of
           such
           a
           d●fferent
           natured
           Church
           ,
           were
           to
           call
           it
           a
           Monster
           )
           taken
           away
           our
           
             ●xternal
             Grandure
          
           ,
           or
           our
           Revenues
           ,
           it
           had
           been
           
             less
             pernice
          
           us
           ●o
           our
           Church
           ,
           than
           what
           it
           now
           suffers
           .
           For
           not
           
             outward
             Splendor
          
           or
           R●b●s
           ,
           but
           
             True
             Principles
             of
             Fai●b
          
           are
           that
           which
           make
           a
           Church
           ▪
           The
           C●●i●tian
           Church
           under
           the
           Ten
           Heathen
           Persecutions
           ,
           was
           still
           a
           most
           perfect
           and
           
             pure
             Church
          
           ,
           h●
           keeping
           her
           Principles
           untainted
           ▪
           and
           admitting
           none
           into
           her
           Communion
           that
           were
           polluted
           with
           
             False
             Tenets
          
           ,
           though
           it
           wanted
           then
           all
           these
           outward
           Ornaments
           and
           Accessaries
           :
           So
           that
           both
           the
           very
           Essence
           and
           Being
           of
           our
           Church
           goes
           on
           n●w
           corrupting
           every
           Day
           ;
           and
           her
           Revenues
           too
           ,
           in
           great
           part
           ,
           are
           given
           away
           to
           Aliens
           :
           Whereas
           King
           Iames
           never
           injured
           us
           ,
           in
           
             the
             least
          
           ,
           either
           in
           the
           one
           of
           those
           respects
           ,
           or
           the
           other
           ,
           (
           nor
           have
           we
           any
           more
           than
           a
           suspicion
           that
           he
           ever
           meant
           it
           )
           though
           he
           shew'd
           some
           Resentments
           against
           the
           personal
           Opposition
           ,
           or
           rather
           uncompliance
           of
           some
           of
           our
           great
           ones
           ,
           which
           was
           a
           trifle
           in
           Comparison
           :
           Whereas
           the
           Prince
           of
           
             Orange's
             declaring
          
           he
           came
           over
           to
           
             maintain
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ,
           was
           a
           
             meer
             Pretence
          
           ,
           being
           so
           far
           from
           maintaining
           ,
           or
           upholding
           our
           
             Principles
             of
             Faith
          
           ,
           or
           assisting
           our
           Church
           ;
           that
           ,
           as
           appears
           
           by
           the
           Event
           ,
           he
           has
           taken
           Care
           to
           corrupt
           the
           One
           ,
           and
           is
           making
           haste
           to
           destroy
           the
           Other
           ;
           the
           War
           therefore
           (
           if
           any
           )
           cannot
           be
           said
           to
           be
           just
           upon
           that
           Account
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           what
           King
           Iames
           is
           pretended
           to
           have
           done
           in
           prejudice
           of
           our
           
             Civil
             Liberties
          
           ,
           which
           required
           the
           Prince
           of
           
           Orange's
           over-charitable
           vindicating
           them
           :
           He
           was
           told
           by
           his
           Judges
           that
           it
           was
           his
           
             due
             Prerogative
          
           ;
           and
           suppose
           he
           had
           something
           extended
           that
           ,
           why
           should
           this
           oblige
           a
           Son
           and
           Daughter
           to
           invade
           a
           Father
           ?
           Had
           he
           beggar'd
           the
           Nation
           by
           
             Heavy
             Taxes
          
           ,
           it
           had
           been
           worse
           for
           them
           when
           their
           turn
           came
           to
           enjoy
           it
           .
           But
           to
           magnifie
           the
           
             Ro●al
             Prerogative
          
           had
           been
           a
           
             high
             Benefit
          
           to
           them
           ,
           especially
           in
           a
           Nation
           which
           was
           in
           great
           part
           of
           Common-weal●hish
           Principles
           ,
           and
           ought
           to
           have
           been
           esteemed
           meritorions
           .
           Again
           :
           The
           greatest
           Encroachment
           upon
           our
           Civil
           Liberties
           that
           was
           objected
           ,
           was
           the
           Dispensing
           universally
           with
           the
           Laws
           against
           the
           Dissenters
           ,
           whence
           it
           was
           inferred
           ,
           he
           might
           by
           the
           same
           Reason
           dispense
           with
           any
           other
           Law
           ,
           or
           suspend
           the
           Execution
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           then
           adieu
           to
           our
           
             Civil
             Liberties
          
           .
           But
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           remembred
           ,
           that
           when
           he
           did
           this
           ,
           he
           declared
           his
           Judgment
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           what
           it
           estimable
           
             Common
             Goods
          
           it
           would
           being
           to
           the
           Nation
           ,
           (
           which
           cannot
           be
           pretended
           the
           Dispensing
           with
           any
           other
           Law
           whatsoever
           ,
           )
           and
           he
           judged
           himself
           to
           be
           by
           his
           Office
           ,
           as
           indeed
           he
           was
           ,
           
             Ove●seer
             of
             the
             Common
             Good.
          
           It
           may
           be
           remembred
           ,
           that
           it
           enrich'd
           not
           himself
           ,
           but
           rather
           impoverished
           him
           ;
           for
           he
           l●st
           the
           Fines
           and
           Forfeitures
           raised
           upon
           Conventicles
           :
           So
           that
           't
           is
           manife●●
           he
           aimed
           onely
           at
           the
           Common
           Good
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           not
           at
           his
           
             own
             private
             Interest
          
           ;
           and
           therefore
           if
           he
           had
           erred
           ,
           it
           ought
           to
           have
           been
           very
           pardonable
           ,
           and
           not
           have
           been
           made
           such
           a
           heinous
           Fault
           ,
           as
           deserv'd
           an
           Invasion
           ,
           and
           the
           Loss
           of
           his
           Crown
           .
        
         
           Again
           :
           If
           King
           Iames
           over-reach'd
           ,
           it
           was
           in
           order
           to
           get
           Universal
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           settled
           by
           Law
           ,
           which
           suiting
           so
           exactly
           with
           the
           Dutch
           Methods
           could
           not
           ,
           to
           a
           Dutch
           Prince
           ,
           be
           a
           
             just
             Ground
          
           for
           such
           an
           
             Vnnatural
             Quarrel
          
           ;
           especially
           since
           it
           was
           intended
           to
           take
           the
           Grievous
           Yoke
           of
           Queen
           
           Elizabeth's
           Laws
           from
           off
           the
           Necks
           of
           those
           of
           the
           Presbyterian
           Persuasion
           ;
           which
           being
           the
           Religion
           that
           Prince
           had
           espoused
           ,
           and
           been
           bred
           up
           in
           ,
           it
           ought
           rather
           to
           have
           obliged
           him
           ,
           than
           have
           exasperated
           him
           so
           highly
           as
           to
           draw
           his
           Sword
           at
           his
           Father
           .
           This
           Prete●ce
           then
           of
           
             maintaining
             our
             Civil
             Liberties
          
           ,
           and
           of
           Justifying
           the
           War
           upon
           that
           score
           ,
           is
           so
           open
           a
           Sham
           past
           upon
           us
           poor
           English
           Gulls
           ,
           that
           it
           gives
           it self
           the
           Lye
           ,
           even
           from
           the
           Principles
           of
           our
           New
           Governours
           themselves
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           It
           is
           denied
           there
           was
           
             any
             War
             at
             all
          
           ,
           either
           intended
           ,
           or
           proclaimed
           ,
           or
           acted
           .
           Princes
           that
           conceive
           themselves
           aggrieved
           ,
           use
           to
           be
           so
           generous
           ,
           as
           first
           to
           complain
           and
           
             demand
             Satisfaction
          
           ;
           and
           if
           this
           be
           denied
           ,
           then
           to
           
             d●●ounce
             War
          
           ,
           and
           pr●se●ute
           it
           .
           Thi●
           is
           the
           Law
           of
           Nations
           ,
           and
           the
           common
           Custom
           of
           the
           World
           :
           But
           here
           was
           no
           Complaint
           ,
           no
           Demand
           of
           Sati●f●ction
           ,
           no●
           any
           War
           proclaim'd
           ,
           but
           denied
           to
           the
           very
           time
           of
           their
           Larding
           ;
           nor
           was
           any
           battel
           inten●●d
           ,
           That
           Warlike
           and
           Noble
           Prince
           (
           witness
           his
           false-hearted
           Declaration
           )
           came
           over
           to
           wheedle
           ,
           not
           ●●
           fight
           .
           Some
           Th●●sa●●●
           of
           Souldiers
           he
           did
           indeed
           bring
           over
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           they
           might
           cr●●mp
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           muster
           ;
           but
           for
           coming
           forwards
           within
           the
           Lists
           ,
           till
           the
           
           King's
           Army
           had
           voluntarily
           dispersed
           it self
           ,
           or
           offer
           to
           join
           B●ttel
           with
           them
           ,
           you
           must
           pardon
           them
           .
           Alas
           !
           They
           were
           so
           far
           from
           the
           least
           Thought
           of
           taking
           upon
           them
           that
           Boldness
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           we●l
           known
           how
           upon
           the
           Delay
           of
           our
           Renegadoes
           coming
           over
           to
           them
           ,
           they
           had
           called
           a
           Council
           ,
           not
           of
           War
           ,
           or
           of
           Fight
           ,
           but
           of
           Flight
           ;
           for
           it
           was
           there
           in
           a
           
             Panick
             Fear
          
           resolved
           to
           be
           gone
           most
           valiantly
           the
           next
           day
           ,
           had
           not
           one
           of
           them
           unexpectedly
           arrived
           ,
           who
           brought
           the
           reviving
           Tidings
           of
           more
           chief
           Officers
           to
           follow
           ;
           whose
           shamefull
           Deserting
           ,
           as
           it
           gave
           them
           the
           Courage
           to
           stay
           ,
           so
           it
           amused
           the
           King
           ,
           that
           he
           durst
           not
           venture
           to
           trust
           the
           rest
           ,
           not
           knowing
           the
           Number
           of
           his
           
             firm
             Friends
          
           ,
           since
           those
           who
           had
           the
           greatest
           Obligations
           in
           the
           world
           to
           
             be
             so
          
           ,
           had
           so
           dishonourably
           run
           to
           his
           Enemy
           ,
           and
           turned
           
             Traitors
             .
             War
          
           implies
           some
           kind
           of
           Bravery
           in
           its
           Notion
           ,
           but
           in
           this
           case
           there
           was
           nothing
           but
           a
           
             sneaking
             Treachery
          
           ,
           and
           a
           more
           Trick
           to
           f●ight
           ●some
           with
           the
           apprehension
           of
           an
           unive●sal
           Defection
           of
           the
           King's
           Army
           ,
           and
           to
           debauch
           the
           rest
           with
           Shams
           and
           Lyes
           .
           This
           was
           the
           War
           ,
           this
           the
           Success
           of
           War
           ,
           which
           (
           p.
           11
           )
           this
           idle
           Talker
           so
           much
           braggs
           of
           ,
           and
           on
           which
           he
           builds
           the
           Prince
           of
           
             Orange's
             Right
             to
             the
             Government
          
           .
           A
           strange
           War
           without
           doubt
           ,
           where
           never
           a
           Stroke
           was
           struck
           !
           and
           as
           strange
           a
           
             Success
             of
             War
          
           ,
           which
           depended
           not
           on
           the
           
             Battled
             Courage
          
           of
           the
           Dutch
           ,
           but
           on
           the
           Treachery
           of
           the
           English.
           Till
           now
           all
           Ma●kind
           verily
           judged
           ,
           that
           Success
           in
           War
           imposed
           Victory
           or
           Conquests
           ▪
           and
           Can
           it
           be
           called
           a
           Victory
           ,
           ●here
           none
           fought
           ?
           Besides
           ,
           a
           Victor
           signifies
           a
           Conquerour
           ;
           and
           then
           England
           should
           be
           his
           by
           Conquest
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           
             Consent
             of
             the
             People
          
           afterwards
           ,
           unless
           the
           People
           compounded
           it
           with
           the
           Conquerours
           before
           hand
           ,
           as
           the
           Kentish-Men
           did
           with
           William
           I.
           otherwise
           all
           is
           his
           .
        
         
           L●●●ly
           ,
           'T
           is
           denied
           there
           was
           an
           unanimous
           
             Consent
             of
             the
             People
          
           .
           He
           distinguishes
           (
           p.
           23
           )
           between
           a
           
             Right
             to
             the
             Government
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Manner
             of
             assuming
             it
             .
             The
             Right
             ,
          
           she
           says
           ,
           
             was
             founded
             on
             the
             〈◊〉
             Causes
             of
             the
             War
             ,
             and
             the
             Success
             in
             it
             :
             But
             the
             Assuming
             it
             was
             not
             by
             any
             way
             of
             Forc●
             or
             Violence
             ,
             but
             by
             a
             free
             Co●●ent
             of
             the
             People
             .
          
           It
           see
           us
           then
           the
           Government
           originally
           was
           〈◊〉
           his
           ,
           even
           while
           he
           was
           in
           Holland
           ,
           if
           he
           could
           but
           catch
           it
           ;
           and
           so
           ,
           if
           he
           were
           but
           so
           wise
           as
           to
           know
           his
           own
           Right
           ,
           and
           his
           own
           lot
           〈◊〉
           ,
           of
           which
           none
           can
           doubt
           ,
           ●he
           came
           over
           with
           a
           Design
           and
           full
           Intention
           to
           get
           it
           .
           Yet
           himself
           in
           his
           De●la●ati●n
           disclaimed
           any
           such
           Intention
           ;
           and
           continued
           to
           doe
           so
           all
           along
           ,
           till
           the
           very
           time
           of
           ch●sing
           him
           ,
           even
           after
           King
           Iames
           was
           gone
           ,
           and
           his
           Army
           dispersed
           ;
           and
           consequ●ntly
           after
           the
           
             Success
             of
             the
             War
          
           (
           such
           as
           it
           was
           )
           was
           acquired
           :
           So
           that
           this
           acute
           Gentleman
           gives
           us
           a
           New
           and
           Sixth
           Title
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           which
           was
           never
           known
           to
           that
           Prince
           himself
           ,
           nor
           ever
           owned
           by
           him
           ,
           nor
           hinted
           in
           any
           of
           his
           Proclamations
           ;
           nor
           (
           which
           is
           strange
           )
           acknowledged
           or
           intimated
           by
           the
           Convention
           ;
           when
           they
           voted
           him
           King
           ,
           and
           were
           at
           an
           utter
           Loss
           on
           what
           Ground
           to
           settle
           his
           Title
           ,
           while
           the
           true
           King
           was
           yet
           living
           ;
           nor
           ,
           lastly
           ,
           
             thought
             on
             ,
             d●eam'd
             on
          
           ,
           or
           
             heard
             on
          
           by
           any
           Man
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           till
           himself
           writ
           ;
           and
           one
           would
           think
           ,
           that
           had
           not
           his
           bad
           Cause
           suspended
           his
           Use
           of
           Common
           Sense
           ,
           he
           could
           not
           but
           see
           that
           the
           very
           Word
           [
           
             Acceptance
             of
             the
             Government
          
           ,
           ]
           which
           he
           here
           uses
           ,
           (
           pag.
           23.
           )
           is
           clearly
           relative
           to
           their
           Giving
           him
           the
           same
           
           Government
           ,
           and
           (
           unless
           we
           will
           wrong
           the
           Use
           and
           signification
           of
           Words
           )
           giving
           it
           as
           a
           Kindness
           too
           ,
           since
           no
           man
           can
           be
           said
           to
           accept
           that
           as
           a
           Gift
           which
           was
           
             his
             own
             before
          
           .
           But
           give
           it
           they
           did
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           he
           
             left
             his
             hand
          
           ,
           and
           thanked
           them
           for
           the
           Favour
           .
           And
           I
           wonder
           to
           what
           end
           ,
           if
           this
           Dis●ourse
           of
           his
           be
           true
           ,
           was
           all
           that
           mad
           Clutter
           about
           the
           
             Abdication
             Vote
          
           ,
           to
           make
           room
           for
           a
           new
           King
           ,
           and
           give
           him
           a
           Title
           :
           For
           if
           K.
           William
           had
           Right
           
             even
             then
          
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           upon
           the
           score
           of
           a
           
             successfull
             War
          
           ,
           King
           Iames
           had
           
             no
             Right
          
           at
           all
           ,
           but
           was
           absolutely
           outed
           ,
           whether
           he
           had
           abdicated
           or
           
             not
             abdicated
          
           .
           But
           it
           seems
           they
           were
           all
           Fools
           to
           this
           Gentleman
           ,
           whose
           quick
           sight
           could
           descry
           a
           Title
           which
           was
           hid
           from
           the
           dim
           Eyes
           of
           the
           
             whole
             Consenting
             Nation
          
           .
        
         
           But
           was
           there
           indeed
           a
           
             free
             Consent
             of
             the
             People
          
           ?
           Let
           us
           see
           .
           A
           Consent
           is
           said
           then
           to
           be
           free
           ,
           when
           there
           is
           neither
           Force
           over●awing
           Men
           ,
           nor
           Fraud
           either
           circumventing
           them
           with
           false
           Motives
           ,
           or
           frightening
           them
           with
           false
           Fears
           .
           Now
           the
           Common
           People
           were
           bubbled
           at
           that
           time
           with
           a
           Thousand
           Lyes
           about
           the
           Prince
           of
           Wales
           ,
           Smithfield-Fares
           ,
           a
           League
           made
           with
           France
           to
           enslave
           us
           all
           ;
           nay
           ,
           that
           we
           were
           all
           sold
           to
           the
           French
           King
           ,
           and
           in
           Danger
           to
           have
           all
           our
           Throats
           cut
           by
           him
           :
           They
           conserted
           then
           upon
           such
           Suppositions
           ,
           not
           absolutely
           ;
           and
           so
           these
           Suppositions
           being
           found
           to
           be
           false
           ,
           their
           
             true
             Reason
             consented
             not
          
           ,
           but
           they
           were
           surprized
           ,
           terrified
           ,
           and
           ama●ed
           into
           a
           false
           grounded
           Passion
           ,
           which
           made
           them
           in
           a
           hurry
           doe
           they
           
             knew
             not
             what
          
           ;
           whereas
           the
           most
           sedate
           Deliberation
           ,
           and
           most
           true
           Rep●esentation
           of
           things
           is
           requisite
           to
           such
           a
           
             Free
             Consent
          
           ,
           as
           submits
           all
           the
           Subjects
           Lives
           and
           Fortun●s
           to
           the
           maintaining
           this
           New
           Governour
           in
           the
           Throne
           ,
           as
           they
           must
           do
           ,
           whoever
           own
           their
           Allegiance
           due
           to
           him
           .
        
         
           At
           least
           he
           will
           say
           the
           Convention
           represented
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           
             ●e
             consented
          
           ,
           and
           that
           's
           enough
           .
           I
           deny
           all
           Three
           .
           It
           was
           neither
           a
           Legal
           Representative
           ,
           and
           so
           let
           it
           Vote
           what
           it
           will
           it
           
             binds
             no
             Man
          
           ,
           nor
           consequently
           is
           it
           enough
           for
           his
           Purpose
           :
           Nor
           did
           the
           People
           who
           chose
           the
           Commons
           intend
           to
           empower
           them
           to
           alter
           the
           most
           fundamental
           Law
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           and
           make
           a
           New
           King
           as
           they
           pleased
           .
           Besides
           ,
           if
           they
           would
           needs
           do
           it
           ,
           they
           ought
           to
           have
           first
           repealed
           the
           Laws
           for
           the
           Royal
           Succession
           ,
           and
           all
           those
           other
           Laws
           too
           which
           make
           it
           Treason
           to
           obey
           or
           acknowledge
           any
           other
           but
           the
           immediate
           Successour
           for
           their
           King
           ;
           otherwise
           those
           Laws
           ,
           yet
           standing
           ,
           whatever
           was
           done
           against
           them
           was
           beyond
           all
           Excuse
           illegal
           and
           treasonable
           in
           the
           highest
           Degree
           .
           Nor
           ,
           lastly
           ,
           did
           the
           Convention
           unanunorisly
           and
           
             freely
             consent
          
           .
           The
           Common-wealth●sh
           Party
           could
           not
           〈◊〉
           to
           bring
           in
           a
           New
           King
           ,
           while
           the
           Old
           one
           was
           Alive
           ,
           and
           had
           not
           resigned
           .
           Being
           thus
           at
           a
           loss
           ,
           when
           they
           had
           computed
           the
           Number
           of
           their
           Faction
           ,
           who
           they
           knew
           would
           vote
           
             any
             thing
          
           ,
           they
           put
           the
           King's
           Abdication
           to
           vote
           :
           It
           was
           carried
           ,
           though
           it
           was
           such
           a
           Piece
           of
           bold
           Impudence
           as
           was
           ,
           at
           
             another
             time
          
           ,
           (
           and
           will
           be
           for
           
             all
             future
             Ages
          
           )
           enough
           to
           make
           all
           the
           Convention
           held
           Mad-men
           .
           The
           King
           was
           commanded
           out
           of
           his
           Palace
           to
           a
           Prison
           ,
           and
           all
           Treaty
           with
           him
           refused
           ,
           and
           so
           ,
           being
           made
           justly
           apprehensive
           by
           his
           Father's
           Fate
           ,
           he
           had
           retired
           for
           his
           Safety
           ;
           but
           well
           foreseeing
           
           the
           ambitious
           Drift
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ,
           He
           ,
           both
           by
           his
           Letter
           from
           Rochester
           ,
           and
           divers
           others
           afterwards
           ,
           particularly
           in
           that
           to
           the
           Lords
           ,
           both
           claimed
           the
           Government
           ,
           
             challenged
             their
             Allegiance
          
           ,
           desired
           them
           to
           prepare
           things
           for
           his
           safe
           Return
           ,
           and
           signified
           he
           would
           be
           within
           Convenient
           distance
           ,
           to
           receive
           and
           answer
           their
           Proposals
           :
           He
           told
           them
           the
           Right
           was
           His
           ,
           and
           bid
           them
           remember
           ,
           that
           none
           but
           Himself
           was
           or
           could
           be
           their
           Sovereign
           .
        
         
           Besides
           :
           It
           was
           fresh
           in
           every
           Man's
           Memory
           ,
           how
           his
           Royal
           Brother
           King
           Charles
           had
           retired
           also
           for
           his
           Safety
           ,
           continued
           many
           Years
           out
           of
           England
           ;
           yet
           no
           Man
           living
           ever
           thought
           ,
           nor
           were
           his
           very
           Enemies
           so
           senseless
           and
           shameless
           as
           to
           object
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           Abdicated
           his
           Crown
           :
           Yet
           notwithstanding
           all
           this
           ,
           and
           in
           despight
           of
           common
           Sense
           ,
           Claiming
           was
           called
           Abdicating
           ,
           and
           the
           Challenging
           their
           Allegiance
           was
           voted
           Renouncing
           it
           :
           They
           might
           better
           have
           voted
           ;
           that
           the
           Huntington
           Colt
           ,
           driven
           down
           to
           the
           Bridge
           at
           Cambridge
           ,
           was
           a
           Sturgeon
           ;
           that
           an
           Apple
           is
           an
           Oyster
           ;
           or
           that
           Chalk
           is
           Cheese
           ;
           for
           th●se
           are
           onely
           different
           Things
           ,
           not
           directly
           Opposites
           ,
           as
           a●e
           the
           other
           .
           No
           Wonder
           then
           it
           cost
           the
           Factious
           Party
           such
           Sweat
           and
           Toil
           to
           get
           such
           a
           damnable
           Contradiction
           enacted
           :
           Such
           a
           Solliciting
           ,
           Cajolling
           ,
           Frighting
           !
           Such
           Hurry
           and
           Clamour
           ,
           [
           
             Make
             him
             King
             ,
             make
             him
             King
             ,
          
           ]
           enough
           to
           put
           sober
           Mankind
           out
           of
           its
           Senses
           !
           Besides
           ;
           a
           Dutch
           Army
           over-awing
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           Fear
           of
           being
           accused
           afterwards
           to
           the
           New
           King
           as
           disaffected
           to
           him
           ,
           which
           considering
           his
           Humour
           ,
           impatient
           of
           Opposition
           in
           a
           pretence
           he
           was
           violently
           bent
           upon
           ,
           might
           either
           prove
           their
           Ruine
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           make
           them
           live
           very
           uneasie
           under
           him
           .
        
         
           Take
           one
           short
           but
           very
           significant
           Instance
           ,
           how
           things
           were
           carried
           in
           those
           Mad
           Days
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           related
           by
           a
           Noble
           Pee●
           (
           who
           was
           himself
           very
           forward
           for
           the
           Abdication
           )
           to
           his
           Friends
           upon
           occasion
           .
           There
           being
           no
           Judges
           yet
           appointed
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           Debate
           in
           the
           Convention
           ,
           what
           Gentlemen
           of
           the
           long
           Robe
           should
           be
           made
           choi●e
           of
           to
           assist
           in
           the
           House
           :
           Some
           named
           Sir
           
             Francis
             Pemberton
          
           ,
           Sir
           
             Robert
             Sawyer
          
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           Finch
           ;
           but
           the
           Lords
           
             Mordant
             ,
             Delamere
          
           ,
           and
           some
           others
           ,
           took
           Fire
           suddenly
           ,
           and
           brake
           out
           into
           big
           and
           boisterous
           Language
           ,
           telling
           the
           House
           flatly
           and
           plainly
           ,
           [
           
             We
             will
             have
             none
             of
             those
             who
             have
             been
             Instruments
             in
             the
             late
             Reign
             :
          
           ]
           Upon
           which
           a
           sudden
           Damp
           seized
           all
           the
           Lords
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           had
           been
           attackt
           in
           Flank
           and
           Rear
           with
           Canons
           and
           Mortars
           ,
           or
           the
           Thunder
           from
           Mount
           Sinai
           :
           
             For
             we
             lookt
             on
             them
          
           ,
           said
           that
           Lord
           ,
           
             as
             on
             so
             many
             Princes
             of
          
           Orange
           ,
           
             or
             such
             as
             might
             not
             be
             contradicted
             for
             fear
             of
             his
             Displeasure
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             same
             Manner
             most
             Votes
             were
             forced
             ,
             till
             we
             had
             the
             Grace
             to
             be
             pliable
             to
             what
             the
             Military
             Lords
             and
             their
             Complices
             proposed
             .
          
           Is
           not
           this
           a
           strange
           kind
           of
           
             free
             Consent
          
           ,
           when
           the
           Heads
           of
           the
           Faction
           did
           All
           at
           their
           Pleasure
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           ,
           who
           made
           up
           the
           Generality
           ,
           durst
           do
           
             Nothing
             at
             all
          
           ,
           but
           what
           was
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Arbitrary
           Will
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ,
           and
           his
           insolent
           Adherents
           ?
        
         
           And
           yet
           though
           their
           own
           Party
           was
           so
           great
           ,
           and
           had
           all
           those
           Advantages
           to
           back
           them
           ,
           they
           were
           able
           to
           carry
           it
           but
           by
           a
           very
           few
           Votes
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           the
           Catalogues
           of
           each
           .
           And
           which
           gives
           a
           greater
           Blemish
           in
           the
           House
           of
           Lords
           ,
           than
           it
           had
           Advantage
           in
           the
           House
           
           of
           Commons
           ,
           Six
           Dukes
           ,
           and
           Thirty
           Lords
           protested
           solemnly
           against
           it
           ,
           and
           their
           Protestations
           stand
           yet
           upon
           Record
           :
           And
           the
           Generality
           of
           the
           others
           admitted
           it
           ,
           because
           they
           judged
           it
           would
           be
           a
           Ruine
           to
           themselves
           ,
           and
           withall
           worse
           for
           King
           Iames
           ,
           if
           the
           Government
           should
           settle
           into
           a
           Common-wealth
           ,
           than
           if
           they
           should
           keep
           up
           Monarchy
           ,
           by
           setting
           up
           a
           King
           
             de
             Facto
          
           at
           present
           ,
           which
           is
           all
           they
           intended
           at
           first
           ,
           as
           divers
           of
           them
           have
           declared
           privately
           to
           those
           Friends
           they
           durst
           trust
           ;
           though
           now
           they
           are
           carried
           down
           by
           the
           Current
           of
           the
           Times
           into
           many
           Treasonable
           Actions
           ,
           contrary
           to
           their
           first
           Intentions
           .
           So
           dangerous
           is
           it
           to
           recede
           from
           Principles
           ,
           in
           Compliance
           with
           any
           
             present
             Circumstances
          
           whatever
           .
        
         
           Seeing
           then
           all
           this
           whole
           Turn
           of
           our
           State
           depends
           upon
           the
           
             Abdication
             Vote
          
           ,
           as
           on
           its
           Bottom
           and
           sole
           Foundation
           ,
           and
           no
           King
           was
           chosen
           ,
           but
           in
           Supposition
           of
           King
           
           Iames's
           Relinquishing
           ,
           and
           voluntary
           divesting
           himself
           of
           his
           Crown
           ,
           it
           follows
           ,
           that
           the
           
             True
             Ground
          
           of
           King
           
           William's
           
             Right
             to
             the
             Government
          
           ,
           is
           a
           piece
           of
           
             m●re
             Nonsense
          
           ,
           which
           we
           English
           Men
           call
           a
           Bull
           :
           And
           therefore
           since
           none
           of
           the
           many
           minded
           Writ●rs
           ,
           who
           have
           gone
           about
           to
           settle
           his
           Authority
           ,
           have
           light
           on
           this
           Seventh
           and
           truest
           Title
           of
           his
           ,
           I
           thought
           it
           fit
           to
           let
           them
           know
           it
           ,
           that
           all
           his
           Friends
           may
           adore
           this
           mysterious
           Monster
           ,
           this
           Bull
           ;
           and
           in
           their
           Devotions
           cry
           aloud
           ,
           
             These
             are
             the
             Gods
             that
             brought
             our
          
           Israel
           
             out
             of
             the
             Land
             of
          
           Aegypt
           ,
           
             out
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Bondage
          
           ;
           i.e.
           from
           under
           the
           
             Government
             of
             King
          
           James
           .
           And
           for
           not
           thinking
           this
           Bull
           to
           be
           rational
           ,
           and
           falling
           down
           and
           adoring
           it
           ,
           our
           
             Loyal
             Martyr
          
           suffered
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           put
           an
           upshot
           to
           this
           whole
           Business
           :
           Let
           any
           Man
           who
           has
           but
           Eyes
           ,
           and
           common
           Sense
           ,
           peruse
           these
           following
           Letters
           of
           King
           Iames's
           to
           the
           
             Lords
             of
             the
             Council
          
           ,
           and
           the
           House
           of
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           ,
           and
           he
           must
           ,
           whether
           he
           will
           or
           no
           ,
           plainly
           see
           how
           prodigiously
           senseless
           this
           pretence
           is
           of
           that
           King's
           Abdication
           ,
           on
           which
           ,
           (
           and
           which
           onely
           )
           the
           Convocation
           grounded
           their
           Dethroning
           him
           ,
           and
           Setting
           up
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           in
           his
           stead
           .
        
         
           
             
             
               His
               Majesties
               Letter
               to
               the
               Lords
               ;
               and
               others
               of
               his
               Privy-Council
               .
            
             
               
                 JAMES
                 R.
                 
              
               
                 My
                 Lords
                 ,
              
            
             
               WHen
               We
               saw
               that
               it
               was
               no
               longer
               Safe
               for
               Us
               to
               remain
               within
               Our
               Kingdom
               of
               England
               ,
               and
               that
               thereupon
               We
               had
               taken
               Our
               Resolutions
               to
               withdraw
               for
               some
               time
               .
               We
               left
               to
               be
               Communicated
               to
               You
               and
               to
               all
               Our
               Subjects
               ,
               the
               Reasons
               of
               Our
               withdrawing
               :
               And
               were
               likewise
               resolved
               ,
               at
               the
               same
               time
               ,
               to
               leave
               such
               O●ders
               behind
               Us
               to
               You
               of
               Our
               Privy-Council
               ,
               as
               might
               best
               suit
               with
               the
               present
               State
               of
               Affairs
               :
               But
               that
               being
               altogether
               Unsafe
               for
               Us
               at
               that
               time
               ;
               We
               now
               think
               fit
               to
               let
               you
               know
               ,
               that
               though
               it
               has
               been
               our
               constant
               Care
               since
               Our
               first
               Accession
               to
               the
               Crown
               ,
               to
               govern
               Our
               People
               with
               that
               Justice
               and
               Moderation
               ,
               as
               to
               give
               ,
               if
               possible
               ,
               no
               occasion
               of
               Complaint
               ;
               yet
               more
               particularly
               upon
               the
               late
               Invasion
               ,
               seeing
               how
               the
               Design
               was
               laid
               ,
               and
               fearing
               that
               Our
               People
               ,
               who
               could
               not
               be
               destroy'd
               but
               by
               themselves
               ,
               might
               by
               little
               imaginary
               Grievances
               be
               cheated
               into
               a
               certain
               Ruine
               .
               To
               prevent
               so
               great
               Mischief
               ,
               and
               to
               take
               away
               ,
               not
               only
               all
               just
               Causes
               ,
               but
               even
               pretences
               of
               Discontent
               ,
               We
               freely
               and
               of
               Our
               own
               accord
               redressed
               all
               those
               Things
               that
               were
               set
               forth
               as
               the
               Causes
               of
               that
               Invasion
               :
               And
               that
               We
               might
               be
               informed
               by
               the
               Counsel
               and
               Advice
               of
               Our
               Subjects
               themselves
               ,
               which
               way
               We
               might
               give
               them
               a
               further
               and
               a
               full
               Satisfaction
               ,
               We
               resolved
               to
               meet
               them
               in
               a
               Free
               Parliament
               ;
               and
               in
               order
               to
               it
               ,
               We
               first
               laid
               the
               Foundation
               of
               such
               a
               Free
               Parliament
               ,
               in
               restoring
               the
               City
               of
               London
               ,
               and
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Corporations
               to
               their
               ancient
               Charters
               and
               Priviledges
               ;
               and
               afterwards
               actually
               appointed
               the
               Writs
               to
               be
               issued
               out
               ,
               for
               the
               Parliament's
               Meeting
               on
               the
               Fifteenth
               of
               Ianuary
               :
               But
               the
               Prince
               of
               
               Orange
               ●eeing
               all
               the
               Ends
               of
               his
               Declaration
               Answered
               ,
               the
               People
               beginning
               to
               be
               undeceiv'd
               ,
               and
               returning
               apace
               to
               their
               ancient
               Duty
               and
               Allegiance
               ,
               and
               well
               foreseeing
               that
               if
               the
               Parliament
               should
               meet
               at
               the
               time
               appointed
               ,
               such
               a
               Settlement
               ,
               in
               all
               probability
               ,
               would
               he
               made
               both
               in
               Church
               and
               State
               ,
               as
               would
               totally
               defeat
               his
               Ambitious
               and
               Unjust
               Designs
               ,
               resolved
               by
               all
               means
               possible
               to
               prevent
               the
               Meeting
               of
               the
               Parliament
               .
               And
               to
               do
               this
               the
               most
               effectual
               way
               ,
               he
               thought
               fit
               to
               lay
               a
               restraint
               on
               Our
               Royal
               Person
               ,
               for
               as
               it
               were
               absurd
               to
               call
               that
               a
               Free
               Parliament
               ,
               where
               there
               is
               any
               force
               on
               either
               of
               the
               Houses
               ,
               so
               much
               less
               can
               that
               Parliament
               be
               said
               to
               act
               freely
               wh●re
               the
               Sovereign
               ,
               by
               whose
               Authority
               they
               meet
               and
               sit
               ,
               and
               from
               whose
               Royal
               Assent
               all
               their
               Acts
               receive
               their
               Life
               and
               Sanction
               ,
               is
               under
               actual
               Confinement
               .
               The
               hurrying
               of
               Us
               under
               a
               Guard
               from
               Our
               City
               of
               London
               ,
               whose
               returning
               Loyalty
               We
               could
               no
               longer
               
               Trust
               ,
               and
               the
               other
               Indignities
               We
               suffered
               in
               the
               Person
               of
               the
               Earl
               of
               Feversham
               ,
               when
               sent
               to
               him
               by
               Us
               ;
               and
               in
               that
               Barbarous
               Confinement
               of
               Our
               own
               Person
               We
               shall
               not
               here
               repeat
               ,
               because
               they
               are
               ,
               We
               doubt
               not
               ,
               by
               this
               time
               very
               well
               known
               ,
               and
               may
               ,
               We
               hope
               ,
               if
               enough
               considered
               and
               refl●cted
               upon
               ,
               together
               with
               his
               other
               Violations
               and
               Breaches
               of
               the
               Laws
               and
               Liberties
               of
               England
               ,
               which
               by
               this
               Invasion
               he
               pretended
               to
               restore
               ,
               be
               sufficient
               to
               open
               the
               Eyes
               of
               all
               Our
               Subjects
               ,
               and
               let
               them
               plainly
               see
               what
               every
               one
               of
               them
               may
               expect
               ,
               and
               what
               Treatment
               they
               shall
               find
               from
               him
               ,
               if
               at
               any
               time
               it
               may
               serve
               his
               Purpose
               ,
               from
               whose
               Hands
               a
               Sovereing
               Prince
               ,
               an
               Uncle
               ,
               and
               a
               Father
               ,
               could
               meet
               with
               no
               better
               Entertainment
               .
               However
               ,
               the
               Sense
               of
               these
               Indignities
               ,
               and
               the
               Just
               Apprehension
               of
               further
               Attempts
               against
               Our
               Person
               ,
               by
               them
               who
               already
               endeavoured
               to
               murder
               Our
               Reputation
               by
               infamous
               Calumnies
               ,
               (
               as
               if
               We
               had
               been
               capable
               of
               supposing
               a
               Prince
               of
               Wales
               ,
               )
               which
               was
               incomparably
               more
               Injurious
               than
               the
               Destroying
               of
               Our
               Person
               it Self
               ;
               together
               with
               a
               serious
               Reflection
               on
               a
               Saying
               of
               Our
               Royal
               Father
               ,
               of
               blessed
               Memory
               ,
               when
               he
               was
               in
               the
               like
               Circumstances
               ,
               
                 That
                 there
                 is
                 little
                 distance
                 between
                 the
                 Prisons
                 and
                 the
                 Graves
                 of
                 Princes
                 ,
              
               (
               which
               afterwards
               proved
               too
               true
               in
               his
               Case
               ,
               )
               could
               not
               but
               persuade
               Us
               to
               make
               use
               of
               that
               which
               the
               Law
               of
               Nature
               gives
               to
               the
               meanest
               of
               Our
               Subjects
               ,
               of
               freeing
               Our Selves
               by
               all
               means
               possible
               from
               that
               unjust
               Co●fi●●ment
               and
               Restraint
               .
               And
               this
               We
               did
               not
               more
               for
               the
               Security
               of
               Our
               own
               Person
               ,
               than
               that
               thereby
               We
               might
               be
               in
               a
               better
               Capacity
               of
               transacting
               and
               providing
               for
               every
               Thing
               ,
               that
               may
               contribute
               to
               the
               Peace
               and
               Settlement
               of
               Our
               Kingdoms
               :
               For
               ,
               as
               on
               the
               one
               hand
               ,
               
                 No
                 Change
                 of
                 Fortune
                 shall
                 make
                 Vs
                 forget
                 Our Selves
                 ,
                 so
                 far
                 as
                 to
                 cond
                 sc●nd
                 to
                 any
                 Thing
                 unbecoming
                 that
                 High
                 and
                 Royal
                 Station
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 God
                 Almighty
                 by
                 Right
                 of
                 Succession
                 has
                 placed
                 Vs
                 :
              
               So
               on
               the
               other
               hand
               ,
               neither
               the
               Provocation
               or
               Ingratitude
               of
               Our
               own
               Subjects
               ,
               nor
               any
               other
               Consideration
               whatsoever
               ,
               shall
               ever
               prevail
               with
               Us
               to
               make
               the
               least
               step
               contrary
               to
               the
               t●●e
               l●●erest
               of
               the
               English
               N●●io●
               ;
               
                 Which
                 we
                 ever
                 did
                 ,
                 and
                 ever
                 must
                 lo●k
                 upon
                 as
                 Our
                 own
                 .
              
               Our
               Wall
               and
               P●●●sure
               ,
               therefore
               is
               ,
               That
               You
               of
               Our
               Privy-Council
               ,
               take
               the
               most
               effectual
               Care
               to
               make
               these
               Our
               gracious
               Intentions
               known
               to
               the
               Lords
               Spiritual
               and
               Temporal
               ,
               in
               and
               about
               our
               Cities
               of
               London
               and
               Westminster
               ,
               to
               the
               Lord
               Mayor
               and
               Commons
               of
               Our
               City
               of
               London
               and
               to
               all
               Our
               Subjects
               in
               general
               .
               And
               to
               assure
               them
               ,
               That
               
                 We
                 desire
                 nothing
                 more
                 than
                 to
                 return
                 and
                 hold
                 a
                 Free
                 Parliament
                 ,
              
               wherein
               We
               may
               hav●
               the
               best
               Opportunity
               of
               undeceiving
               O●r
               People
               ,
               and
               shewing
               the
               Sincerity
               of
               those
               Prote●●ations
               ,
               We
               have
               often
               made
               of
               the
               preserving
               the
               Liberties
               and
               Properties
               of
               Our
               Subjects
               ,
               and
               the
               
                 Protestant
                 Religion
              
               ,
               more
               especially
               the
               
                 Church
                 of
                 England
              
               as
               by
               Law
               established
               ,
               with
               such
               Indulgence
               for
               those
               that
               d●ssent
               from
               her
               ,
               as
               We
               have
               always
               thought
               Our Selves
               in
               Justice
               and
               Care
               of
               the
               general
               Wellfare
               of
               Our
               Peop●e
               bound
               to
               procure
               for
               them
               .
               And
               in
               the
               mean
               time
               You
               of
               Our
               Privy-Council
               ,
               (
               who
               can
               Judge
               better
               by
               being
               upon
               the
               Place
               ,
               )
               are
               to
               send
               Us
               Your
               Advice
               ,
               what
               is
               fit
               to
               be
               done
               by
               Us
               towards
               Our
               Returning
               ,
               and
               Accomplishing
               those
               good
               Ends.
               And
               We
               do
               require
               You
               in
               
                 Our
                 Name
              
               ,
               and
               by
               
                 Our
                 Authority
              
               ,
               to
               endeavour
               
               so
               to
               suppress
               all
               Tumults
               and
               Disorders
               ,
               that
               the
               Nation
               in
               general
               ,
               and
               every
               one
               of
               Our
               Subjects
               in
               particular
               ,
               may
               not
               receive
               the
               least
               Prejudice
               from
               the
               present
               Distractions
               that
               is
               possible
               .
               So
               not
               doubting
               of
               Your
               Dutiful
               Obedience
               to
               these
               Our
               Royal
               Commands
               ,
               We
               bid
               You
               heartily
               Farewell
               .
            
             
               
                 Given
                 at
                 
                   St.
                   Germains
                   en
                   Laye
                   the
                
                 
                   14th
                   .
                   
                     of
                     Ianuary
                  
                   ,
                   1688.
                   
                   And
                   of
                   Our
                   Reign
                   the
                   Fourth
                   Year
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   By
                   Hiis
                   Majesties
                   Command
                
                 ,
                 MELFORT
                 .
              
               
                 Directed
                 thus
                 —
                 To
                 the
                 Lords
                 ,
                 and
                 others
                 of
                 our
                 Privy-Council
                 of
                 Our
                 Kingdom
                 of
              
               England
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               His
               Majesties
               Letter
               to
               the
               House
               of
               Lords
               and
               Commons
               ,
               Writ
               from
               
                 St.
                 Germains
              
               the
               Third
               of
               
                 February
                 ,
                 1688.
              
               
            
             
               
                 JAMES
                 R.
                 
              
               
                 
                   My
                   Lords
                
                 ,
              
            
             
               
                 WE
                 think
                 Our Selves
                 obliged
              
               in
               Conscience
               
                 to
                 do
                 all
                 We
                 can
                 to
                 open
                 Our
                 Peoples
              
               Eyes
               ,
               
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 see
                 the
                 true
                 Interest
                 of
                 the
                 Nation
                 in
                 this
              
               Important
               Conjuncture
               ;
               
                 and
                 therefore
                 We
                 think
                 fit
                 to
                 let
                 you
                 know
                 ,
                 that
                 finding
                 We
                 could
                 no
                 longer
                 stay
              
               with
               Safety
               ,
               
                 nor
                 act
              
               with
               Freedom
               
                 in
                 what
                 concerned
              
               Our
               People
               ,
               
                 We
                 left
                 the
              
               Reasons
               
                 of
                 Our
                 Withdrawing
                 under
                 Our
                 own
                 Hand
                 ,
              
               in
               the
               following
               Terms
               .
            
             
               THe
               World
               cannot
               wonder
               at
               My
               Withdrawing
               My Self
               
                 now
                 this
                 Second
                 time
              
               ;
               I
               might
               have
               expected
               somewhat
               
                 better
                 Vsage
              
               after
               what
               I
               writ
               to
               the
               Prince
               of
               Orange
               ,
               by
               my
               Lord
               Feversham
               ,
               and
               the
               Instructions
               I
               gave
               him
               ;
               but
               instead
               of
               an
               Answer
               ,
               such
               as
               I
               might
               have
               hop'd
               for
               ,
               what
               was
               I
               to
               expect
               after
               the
               Usage
               
                 I
                 received
              
               ,
               by
               his
               making
               the
               said
               Earl
               a
               Prisoner
               against
               the
               
                 Practice
                 and
                 Law
                 of
                 Nations
                 ;
                 The
                 sending
                 his
                 own
                 Guards
                 at
                 Eleven
                 at
                 Night
                 to
                 take
                 Possession
                 of
                 the
                 Posts
                 at
              
               White-hall
               ,
               without
               Advertising
               Me
               in
               the
               least
               manner
               of
               it
               ;
               
                 The
                 sending
                 to
                 Me
                 at
                 One
                 a
                 Clock
                 after
                 Midnight
                 ,
                 when
                 I
                 was
                 in
                 Bed
                 ,
                 a
                 kind
                 of
                 an
                 Order
                 by
                 Three
                 Lords
                 to
                 be
                 gone
                 out
                 of
                 My
                 own
                 Pallace
                 before
                 Twelve
                 the
                 next
                 Morning
                 .
              
               After
               all
               this
               ,
               How
               could
               I
               hope
               to
               be
               Safe
               ,
               so
               long
               as
               I
               was
               in
               the
               Power
               of
               one
               ,
               who
               had
               not
               only
               done
               this
               to
               Me
               ,
               and
               Invaded
               My
               Kingdoms
               ,
               without
               any
               just
               occasion
               given
               him
               for
               it
               ,
               but
               that
               did
               by
               his
               
                 First
                 Declaration
              
               lay
               the
               greatest
               
               Aspersion
               on
               Me
               ,
               that
               Malice
               could
               invent
               ,
               in
               that
               Clause
               of
               it
               which
               concerns
               
                 My
                 Son
              
               ?
               I
               appeal
               to
               all
               that
               know
               Me
               ,
               
                 nay
                 ,
                 even
                 to
                 himself
              
               ,
               that
               in
               their
               Consciences
               ,
               
                 neither
                 he
                 nor
                 they
              
               ,
               can
               believe
               Me
               ,
               in
               the
               least
               ,
               capable
               of
               so
               
                 Vnnatural
                 a
                 Villany
              
               ,
               nor
               of
               so
               little
               common
               Sense
               to
               be
               imposed
               upon
               ,
               
                 in
                 a
                 Thing
                 of
                 such
                 a
                 nature
                 as
                 that
                 :
              
               What
               had
               I
               then
               to
               expect
               from
               one
               ,
               who
               by
               all
               Arts
               hath
               taken
               such
               pains
               to
               make
               Me
               appear
               
                 as
                 black
                 as
                 Hell
                 to
                 My
                 own
                 People
                 ,
              
               as
               well
               as
               to
               all
               the
               World
               besides
               ?
               What
               Effect
               that
               had
               at
               Home
               all
               Mankind
               have
               seen
               ,
               by
               so
               general
               a
               Defection
               in
               My
               Army
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               in
               the
               Nation
               ,
               amongst
               all
               sorts
               of
               People
               .
            
             
               I
               was
               born
               Free
               ,
               and
               desire
               to
               continue
               so
               ;
               and
               though
               I
               have
               
                 ventured
                 My
                 Life
                 very
                 frankly
              
               ,
               on
               several
               occasions
               ,
               for
               the
               
                 Good
                 and
                 Honor
                 of
                 My
                 Countrey
                 ,
              
               and
               am
               as
               free
               to
               do
               it
               again
               ,
               
                 (
                 and
                 which
                 I
                 hope
                 I
                 shall
                 yet
                 do
                 ,
                 as
                 Old
                 as
                 I
                 am
                 ,
                 to
                 redeem
                 it
                 from
                 the
                 Slavery
                 it
                 is
                 like
                 to
                 fall
                 under
                 ,
                 )
              
               yet
               I
               think
               it
               not
               convenient
               to
               expose
               My Self
               to
               be
               Secured
               ,
               as
               not
               to
               be
               at
               Liberty
               to
               effect
               it
               ;
               and
               for
               that
               Reason
               
                 do
                 withdraw
              
               ,
               but
               so
               as
               to
               be
               within
               Call
               ,
               whensoever
               the
               Nations
               Eyes
               shall
               be
               opened
               ,
               so
               as
               to
               see
               how
               they
               have
               been
               
                 Abused
                 and
                 Imposed
                 upon
              
               by
               the
               specious
               Pretence
               of
               Religion
               and
               Property
               .
               I
               hope
               it
               will
               please
               God
               to
               touch
               their
               Hearts
               ,
               out
               of
               his
               infinite
               Mercy
               ,
               and
               to
               make
               them
               sensible
               of
               the
               ill
               Condition
               they
               are
               in
               ,
               and
               bring
               them
               to
               such
               a
               Temper
               ,
               
                 That
                 a
                 legal
                 Parliament
                 may
                 be
                 called
              
               ;
               and
               that
               amongst
               other
               Things
               ,
               which
               may
               be
               necessary
               to
               be
               done
               ,
               they
               will
               agree
               to
               Liberty
               of
               Conscience
               for
               
                 all
                 Protestant
                 Dissenters
              
               ;
               and
               that
               those
               of
               My
               own
               Persuasion
               may
               be
               so
               
                 far
                 considered
              
               ,
               and
               have
               such
               a
               share
               of
               it
               ,
               as
               they
               may
               live
               Peaceably
               and
               Quietly
               ,
               as
               
                 English-men
                 and
                 Christians
                 ought
                 to
                 do
                 ,
              
               and
               not
               to
               be
               obliged
               to
               transplant
               themselves
               ,
               which
               would
               be
               very
               grievous
               ,
               especially
               to
               such
               as
               love
               their
               
                 own
                 Countrey
              
               :
               And
               I
               appeal
               to
               all
               Men
               ,
               
                 who
                 are
                 Considering
                 Men
              
               ,
               and
               have
               had
               Experience
               ,
               Whether
               any
               thing
               can
               make
               this
               Nation
               so
               Great
               and
               Flourishing
               ,
               as
               Liberty
               of
               Conscience
               ?
               Some
               of
               Our
               Neighbours
               dread
               it
               .
            
             
               I
               could
               add
               much
               more
               to
               confirm
               all
               I
               have
               said
               ,
               but
               now
               is
               not
               the
               proper
               time
               .
            
             
               
                 Rochester
                 ,
                 
                   Decemb.
                   22d
                   .
                   1688.
                   
                
              
            
          
        
         
           But
           finding
           
             this
             Letter
          
           not
           to
           be
           taken
           to
           be
           Ours
           by
           some
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ,
           and
           his
           Adherents
           did
           Maliciously
           Suppress
           the
           same
           ,
           We
           Writ
           to
           several
           of
           Our
           Privy-Council
           ,
           and
           directed
           Copies
           thereof
           to
           divers
           of
           You
           the
           
             Peers
             of
             the
             Realm
          
           ,
           believing
           that
           none
           durst
           take
           upon
           them
           to
           intercept
           ,
           or
           open
           any
           of
           Your
           Letters
           :
           But
           of
           all
           these
           We
           have
           no
           Account
           .
        
         
           But
           We
           wonder
           not
           ,
           that
           all
           Arts
           are
           used
           to
           hinder
           You
           from
           knowing
           Our
           Sentiments
           ,
           since
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           rather
           chose
           against
           all
           Law
           to
           imprison
           the
           Earl
           of
           Feversham
           ,
           and
           by
           Force
           to
           drive
           
             Vs
             away
          
           from
           Our
           own
           Palace
           ,
           than
           receive
           Our
           Invitation
           of
           coming
           to
           Us
           ,
           
             or
             hearing
          
           what
           We
           had
           to
           propose
           to
           him
           ,
           well
           knowing
           that
           what
           
             We
             had
             to
             offer
          
           ,
           would
           content
           all
           Honest
           and
           Reasonable
           Men
           ,
           and
           was
           what
           he
           durst
           not
           trust
           You
           with
           
             the
             Knowledge
             of
          
           .
        
         
         
           Those
           False
           and
           Wicked
           Reflections
           
             on
             Vs
          
           ,
           relating
           to
           the
           French-League
           ,
           and
           to
           Our
           Son
           the
           
             Prince
             of
             Wales
          
           ,
           We
           require
           You
           to
           examine
           into
           ,
           and
           thereby
           satisfie
           Your Selves
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           Our
           Subjects
           ,
           where
           the
           Imposture
           lies
           ;
           We
           hope
           God
           will
           not
           permit
           You
           to
           deprive
           Your Selves
           of
           a
           lawful
           Prince
           ,
           
             whose
             Education
          
           shall
           be
           such
           ,
           as
           may
           give
           a
           Prospect
           of
           Happiness
           to
           all
           Our
           Kingdoms
           hereafter
           .
        
         
           We
           are
           Resolved
           nothing
           shall
           be
           omitted
           on
           Our
           part
           (
           whenever
           We
           can
           with
           Safety
           return
           )
           that
           can
           contribute
           towards
           the
           
             red●ess
             of
             all
             former
             Errors
          
           ,
           or
           present
           Disorders
           ,
           or
           add
           to
           the
           Securing
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ,
           or
           the
           Property
           of
           every
           individual
           Subject
           ,
           intending
           to
           refer
           the
           whole
           to
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           
             Legally
             Called
             ,
             Freely
             Elected
             ,
             and
             held
             without
             Constraint
             ,
          
           wherein
           We
           shall
           not
           only
           have
           a
           particular
           Regard
           to
           the
           Support
           and
           Security
           
             of
             the
             Church
             of
          
           England
           ,
           
             as
             by
             Law
             Established
          
           ;
           but
           also
           give
           such
           an
           Indulgence
           to
           Dissenters
           ,
           as
           Our
           People
           shall
           have
           no
           Reason
           to
           be
           jealous
           of
           ,
           not
           expecting
           for
           the
           future
           any
           other
           Favour
           to
           those
           of
           Our
           own
           Persuasion
           ,
           than
           the
           exercise
           of
           their
           Religion
           in
           their
           
             own
             private
             Families
          
           .
        
         
           And
           because
           many
           of
           Our
           well-meaning
           Subjects
           ,
           whose
           unnecessary
           Fears
           
             for
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ,
           and
           the
           unhappy
           Mistakes
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           
           Orange's
           Ambitious
           Designs
           (
           which
           they
           did
           not
           sufficiently
           see
           into
           time
           enough
           )
           have
           been
           
             Fatally
             led
          
           ,
           beyond
           what
           they
           first
           intended
           ,
           (
           viz.
           the
           Preservation
           of
           their
           Religion
           ,
           &c.
           )
           to
           the
           Breach
           of
           all
           Laws
           ,
           and
           even
           to
           the
           total
           Dissolution
           of
           the
           
             An●ient
             Government
          
           it self
           ;
           and
           knowing
           themselves
           thereby
           to
           be
           Obnoxious
           ,
           may
           despair
           of
           Our
           Mercy
           :
           We
           do
           therefore
           declare
           ,
           on
           the
           Word
           of
           a
           King
           ,
           That
           
             Our
             Free
             Pardon
          
           shall
           not
           only
           be
           extended
           to
           them
           ,
           but
           to
           all
           Our
           Subjects
           ,
           to
           the
           worst
           ,
           even
           those
           that
           Betrayed
           Us
           ,
           (
           some
           few
           Excepted
           ,
           )
           Resolving
           in
           that
           Parliament
           ,
           by
           an
           Act
           of
           Oblivion
           ,
           to
           cover
           all
           Faults
           ,
           heal
           all
           Divisions
           ,
           and
           restore
           Peace
           and
           Happiness
           to
           all
           Our
           Subjects
           ,
           which
           can
           never
           be
           effectually
           done
           by
           any
           other
           Methods
           or
           Power
           .
        
         
           Having
           thus
           firmly
           Resolved
           
             on
             Our
             part
          
           ,
           whatsoever
           Crimes
           are
           omitted
           ,
           whose
           Posterity
           shall
           come
           to
           suffer
           for
           these
           Crimes
           ,
           We
           shall
           look
           upon
           Our Selves
           as
           Justified
           in
           the
           sight
           both
           of
           
             God
             and
             Man
          
           and
           therefore
           leave
           it
           with
           You
           ,
           expecting
           You
           will
           seriously
           and
           speedily
           consider
           hereof
           ;
           and
           so
           we
           bid
           You
           heartily
           Farewell
           .
        
         
           Given
           at
           
             St.
             Germains
             en
             Laye
          
           the
           Third
           of
           February
           ,
           1688.
           
           And
           of
           Our
           Reign
           the
           Fourth
           Year
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Letter
             to
             the
          
           Commons
           
             was
             Verbatim
             the
             same
          
           .
        
         
           
             
               To
               the
               Officers
               and
               Souldiers
               of
               the
               Army
               .
            
             
               
                 JAMES
                 R.
                 
              
            
             
               THe
               Regard
               We
               have
               for
               you
               as
               Gentlemen
               ,
               and
               Souldiers
               ,
               obliges
               Us
               
                 to
                 endeavour
              
               to
               restore
               you
               to
               
                 that
                 Reputation
              
               for
               Courage
               ,
               Loyalty
               ,
               &c.
               which
               has
               till
               now
               been
               inseparable
               from
               
                 English
                 men
              
               ,
               
               which
               by
               your
               late
               fatal
               Defection
               from
               Us
               your
               lawful
               Prince
               (
               
                 whose
                 particular
                 Care
                 you
                 ever
                 were
              
               )
               is
               now
               become
               Contemptible
               ,
               even
               to
               those
               you
               joyned
               with
               against
               Us
               ,
               nor
               can
               any
               thing
               restore
               you
               to
               
                 your
                 former
                 Character
              
               ,
               but
               
                 a
                 sudden
                 and
                 hearty
                 return
              
               to
               that
               Duty
               ,
               which
               you
               have
               so
               unduly
               quitted
               ,
               which
               We
               doubt
               not
               of
               ,
               
                 being
                 verily
                 persuaded
              
               ,
               that
               even
               those
               that
               first
               left
               
                 Our
                 Service
              
               ,
               had
               no
               just
               Prejudice
               against
               
                 Our
                 Person
              
               ,
               but
               were
               Betray'd
               and
               Decoy'd
               by
               Persons
               employ'd
               by
               ,
               or
               in
               Confederacy
               with
               the
               Prince
               of
               Orange
               ,
               who
               by
               
                 most
                 wicked
                 and
                 malicious
                 Lyes
              
               ,
               had
               represented
               Us
               as
               black
               as
               Hell
               
                 to
                 Our
                 Subj●cts
              
               ,
               who
               ,
               We
               hope
               ,
               do
               now
               see
               into
               their
               evil
               Designs
               ,
               which
               they
               c●uld
               never
               have
               
                 thus
                 far
                 accomplished
              
               ,
               but
               by
               
                 deluding
                 you
              
               into
               a
               belief
               
                 of
                 the
                 Imposture
              
               of
               Our
               Son
               
                 the
                 Prince
              
               of
               Wales
               ,
               the
               French-League
               ,
               the
               
                 Death
                 of
                 Our
                 Brother
                 the
                 late
                 King
                 ,
              
               &c.
               of
               all
               which
               they
               well
               know
               
                 Vs
                 Innocent
              
               ,
               and
               da●e
               not
               therefore
               bring
               on
               the
               Stage
               
                 to
                 be
                 Examined
                 and
                 Searched
                 into
                 ,
              
               according
               to
               their
               former
               Promises
               .
            
             
               And
               can
               you
               then
               without
               Indignation
               ,
               
                 Serve
                 th●se
              
               who
               have
               thus
               Villanously
               
                 Betrayed
                 ,
                 Deluded
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 a
                 Property
                 of
                 you
                 ?
              
               And
               now
               having
               obtained
               their
               Ends
               
                 by
                 your
                 Assistance
              
               ,
               Neglect
               ,
               D●●spise
               ,
               and
               Evilly
               
                 Intreat
                 you
              
               :
               For
               to
               the
               eternal
               Shame
               of
               all
               English
               men
               ●one
               but
               Foreigners
               
                 are
                 now
                 trusted
              
               in
               the
               most
               Honourable
               P●sts
               in
               and
               about
               White-hall
               and
               London
               ,
               whilst
               you
               are
               sent
               ab●oad
               as
               Mercenaries
               ,
               and
               made
               subservient
               to
               them
               ;
               cast
               back
               your
               Thoughts
               on
               the
               Villanies
               of
               their
               Actions
               ,
               
                 who
                 sate
                 in
                 Our
                 Councils
                 and
                 Betray'd
                 Vs
                 ,
              
               adding
               Treachery
               
                 to
                 the
                 blackest
                 of
                 Ingratitude
              
               ;
               enquire
               into
               the
               Morals
               of
               those
               General
               Officers
               that
               
                 Deserted
                 Vs
                 ,
                 and
                 Misled
                 You
                 ,
              
               and
               indeed
               into
               the
               Principles
               of
               most
               of
               these
               ,
               in
               their
               present
               New
               Government
               ,
               and
               you
               will
               soon
               be
               convinced
               ,
               
                 That
                 't
                 was
                 not
              
               Religion
               (
               though
               that
               was
               made
               the
               specious
               Pretence
               )
               that
               influenced
               their
               Actings
               ,
               but
               
                 Interest
                 and
                 Ambition
              
               ;
               We
               charge
               not
               these
               Crimes
               but
               on
               some
               particular
               Persons
               ,
               well
               knowing
               that
               the
               greatest
               part
               
                 both
                 of
                 Officers
                 and
                 Souldiers
              
               in
               Our
               Army
               ,
               were
               not
               faulty
               
                 in
                 their
                 Allegiance
              
               :
               And
               therefore
               We
               shall
               only
               look
               forward
               ,
               
                 and
                 resolve
                 to
                 reward
                 all
              
               according
               to
               their
               Demerits
               ,
               and
               prefer
               those
               first
               
                 who
                 continue
                 untainted
              
               ,
               and
               shall
               
                 be
                 quickest
                 in
                 returning
                 to
                 their
                 Duty
              
               ;
               which
               We
               doubt
               not
               ,
               but
               that
               e'er
               long
               ,
               
                 by
                 God's
                 Blessing
              
               ,
               We
               shall
               
                 by
                 appearing
                 in
                 Our
                 own
                 Kingdoms
                 ,
              
               give
               them
               an
               opportunity
               to
               do
               ,
               and
               consequently
               to
               retrieve
               their
               own
               Honours
               ,
               as
               becomes
               true
               hearted
               English-men
               ,
               and
               Lovers
               of
               their
               
                 King
                 and
                 Countrey
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Given
                 at
                 
                   St.
                   Germains
                   en
                   Laye
                   the
                
                 
                   14th
                   .
                   
                     of
                     February
                  
                   ,
                   1688
                   And
                   in
                   the
                   Fifth
                   Year
                   of
                   Our
                   Reign
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           But
           to
           return
           to
           our
           Discours●
           —
           Such
           a
           
             free
             Consent
          
           ,
           as
           suffices
           in
           this
           Case
           of
           transferring
           a
           Kingdom
           and
           the
           All●giances
           of
           all
           their
           fellow
           Subjects
           ,
           ought
           to
           have
           been
           General
           of
           the
           whole
           Nation
           ,
           
             unanimous
             ,
             hearty
          
           ,
           and
           most
           deliberate
           ,
           not
           done
           in
           a
           sudden
           heat
           ,
           not
           check'd
           nor
           overaw'd
           ,
           not
           
             protested
             against
          
           ;
           especially
           it
           ought
           to
           have
           been
           grounded
           ,
           at
           least
           ,
           upon
           good
           tolerable
           Sense
           ;
           all
           which
           were
           here
           wanting
           .
           This
           in
           case
           their
           
             free
             Cons●nt
          
           could
           do
           the
           Work
           :
           But
           let
           their
           Consent
           be
           the
           best
           qualified
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           it
           can
           never
           be
           sufficient
           for
           this
           purpose
           ;
           for
           no
           Consent
           of
           those
           who
           have
           no
           R●ght
           to
           
           a
           Thing
           ,
           though
           it
           were
           never
           so
           free
           ,
           is
           able
           to
           give
           away
           
             another
             Man's
          
           Title
           ,
           who
           is
           known
           to
           have
           had
           a
           true
           and
           
             undoubted
             Right
          
           to
           it
           .
           Well
           ,
           May
           a
           Conspiracy
           of
           my
           Servants
           ,
           Tenants
           ,
           and
           of
           my
           Children
           joyned
           with
           them
           ,
           have
           the
           Power
           to
           d●ive
           or
           fright
           me
           out
           of
           my
           House
           ?
           But
           not
           all
           these
           together
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           many
           ,
           can
           give
           away
           that
           Right
           ,
           which
           
             the
             Laws
             of
             the
             Land
          
           ,
           and
           in
           our
           Case
           
             God's
             Law
          
           too
           ,
           have
           made
           my
           Property
           .
        
         
           Thus
           much
           for
           his
           new
           Coined
           Notion
           of
           
             Right
             by
             the
             Law
             of
             Nations
             ,
          
           own'd
           by
           none
           but
           this
           singular
           Writer
           ,
           who
           seeing
           all
           other
           Titles
           of
           this
           upstart
           Government
           baffled
           ,
           was
           forc'd
           ,
           for
           a
           shift
           ,
           to
           recurr
           to
           this
           Whimsie
           .
           But
           since
           he
           was
           pleased
           to
           decline
           the
           Law
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           and
           run
           to
           a
           
             Superior
             Law
          
           ,
           (
           viz.
           )
           that
           of
           Nations
           ,
           we
           shall
           take
           leave
           to
           mind
           him
           (
           for
           He
           and
           his
           Party
           seem
           to
           have
           quite
           forgot
           it
           ,
           or
           rather
           indeed
           to
           out-brave
           ,
           and
           laugh
           at
           it
           )
           of
           the
           
             Supreme
             Law
             of
             all
          
           ,
           the
           
             Law
             of
             God
          
           ,
           which
           commands
           us
           to
           
             Honour
             our
             ,
             Father
             and
             Mother
             ,
          
           and
           not
           to
           covet
           ,
           much
           less
           to
           rob
           or
           cheat
           another
           ;
           and
           least
           of
           all
           so
           near
           ,
           and
           so
           
             Revered
             a
             Relation
          
           ,
           of
           what
           is
           rightfully
           his
           .
           Let
           us
           consider
           then
           what
           Good
           and
           Conscientious
           Christians
           would
           have
           done
           in
           the
           Case
           of
           the
           Prince
           ,
           and
           Princess
           of
           Orange
           .
           For
           ,
           First
           ,
           If
           their
           Party
           ,
           with
           their
           Consent
           or
           Connivance
           ,
           invented
           those
           Stories
           ,
           which
           he
           makes
           the
           
             just
             Occasion
             of
             the
             War
          
           ,
           on
           purpose
           to
           turn
           out
           their
           Father
           ,
           it
           was
           in
           many
           regards
           the
           most
           hideous
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           villanous
           Injustice
           that
           can
           be
           imagin'd
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           If
           those
           Falshoods
           were
           suggested
           to
           them
           by
           others
           ,
           they
           knew
           the
           Genius
           of
           the
           English
           Subjects
           was
           apt
           to
           raise
           and
           believe
           the
           most
           Senseless
           Falshoods
           of
           him
           out
           of
           hatred
           to
           his
           Religion
           ;
           and
           so
           they
           ought
           to
           have
           considered
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           no
           kind
           of
           Evidence
           of
           this
           Story
           ,
           nor
           so
           much
           as
           one
           Witness
           ,
           that
           the
           Prince
           of
           Wales
           was
           a
           Counterfeit
           ,
           nor
           (
           as
           appears
           by
           their
           
             not
             producing
          
           it
           in
           their
           Justification
           when
           it
           was
           so
           necessary
           )
           
             any
             one
          
           tolerable
           Reason
           ,
           able
           to
           persuade
           a
           prudent
           Man
           ,
           the
           Thing
           was
           true
           :
           Whereas
           ,
           on
           the
           other
           side
           there
           were
           ,
           as
           was
           said
           ,
           near
           Fifty
           Sworn
           Witnesses
           of
           clear
           Honour
           and
           Reputation
           testifying
           the
           contrary
           ,
           any
           Two
           or
           Three
           of
           whom
           were
           sufficient
           to
           carry
           the
           greatest
           Estate
           ,
           or
           take
           away
           the
           Life
           of
           any
           Man
           in
           England
           .
           They
           knew
           too
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           pretended
           Injury
           done
           to
           them
           were
           not
           
             really
             true
          
           ,
           they
           must
           incurr
           the
           dreadful
           Indignation
           of
           a
           just
           God
           ,
           for
           breaking
           divers
           of
           his
           Commandments
           ,
           in
           that
           one
           Action
           ,
           by
           
             Dishonouring
             ,
             Injuring
          
           ,
           and
           Slandering
           their
           Innocent
           and
           
             near
             Related
          
           Neighbour
           ;
           And
           who
           would
           hazard
           their
           Soul
           upon
           such
           odds
           ?
           Thirdly
           ,
           If
           they
           did
           indeed
           doubt
           of
           it
           before
           the
           Birth
           ,
           they
           ought
           (
           as
           was
           said
           )
           to
           have
           sent
           some
           trusty
           Persons
           ,
           or
           have
           signified
           their
           desire
           ,
           that
           some
           here
           ,
           whom
           they
           could
           confide
           in
           ,
           should
           be
           present
           .
           If
           they
           only
           doubted
           of
           it
           after
           the
           Prince
           was
           Born
           ,
           they
           might
           have
           demanded
           that
           the
           same
           Persons
           might
           have
           Counter-interrogated
           ,
           and
           Examin'd
           the
           Witnesses
           ;
           now
           they
           were
           bound
           in
           Conscience
           to
           use
           all
           such
           honest
           and
           wary
           Means
           before
           they
           proceded
           thus
           to
           the
           
             highest
             Extremities
          
           .
           Fourthly
           ,
           If
           
             greatest
             Proof
          
           against
           
             no
             Proof
          
           could
           not
           satisfie
           them
           ,
           Why
           did
           they
           not
           ,
           to
           clear
           their
           Honour
           that
           they
           had
           not
           acted
           Unjustly
           ,
           Undutifully
           ,
           or
           Unchristianly
           since
           the
           time
           they
           came
           hither
           ,
           bring
           the
           Matter
           into
           a
           new
           Examination
           ?
           Since
           nothing
           
           could
           more
           contribute
           to
           settle
           them
           in
           the
           Throne
           ,
           had
           it
           been
           prov'd
           an
           Imposture
           ,
           nor
           have
           more
           ob●iged
           all
           England
           to
           them
           ,
           nor
           have
           more
           
             taken
             off
          
           the
           Scandal
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           have
           satisfied
           every
           Man
           of
           the
           Iustice
           of
           their
           Proceedings
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           If
           it
           had
           been
           done
           for
           the
           good
           of
           Europe
           ,
           and
           to
           bring
           the
           
             French
             King
          
           lower
           ,
           (
           though
           this
           could
           not
           justifie
           this
           Invasion
           ,
           )
           yet
           Why
           was
           not
           at
           least
           the
           wisest
           Course
           taken
           for
           this
           ?
           Had
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           pursued
           only
           the
           Ends
           express'd
           in
           his
           Declaration
           ,
           and
           obliged
           King
           Iames
           ,
           as
           he
           might
           easily
           have
           done
           ,
           to
           
             redress
             Abuses
             here
          
           ,
           and
           make
           a
           lasting
           League
           with
           the
           Confederates
           abroad
           ;
           it
           had
           ,
           in
           all
           likelihood
           ,
           by
           this
           time
           reduced
           the
           
             French
             King
          
           to
           a
           low
           Condition
           :
           For
           then
           King
           Iames
           had
           been
           able
           to
           unite
           all
           the
           Force
           of
           
             England
             ,
             Scotland
          
           ,
           and
           Ireland
           ,
           and
           bend
           them
           unanimously
           against
           the
           Common
           Enemy
           :
           Whereas
           now
           our
           Men
           (
           and
           Money
           too
           )
           are
           employ'd
           in
           Fighting
           against
           one
           another
           in
           Scotland
           and
           Ireland
           ;
           nor
           only
           so
           ,
           but
           England
           it self
           ,
           whose
           
             free
             Consent
          
           he
           so
           much
           brags
           of
           ,
           is
           so
           Distracted
           ,
           that
           we
           know
           not
           how
           soon
           we
           may
           fall
           into
           the
           same
           Misfortunes
           ;
           some
           out
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           not
           daring
           to
           hazard
           their
           Souls
           in
           Swearing
           Allegiance
           to
           one
           ,
           whose
           Title
           the
           most
           zealous
           Adherers
           to
           him
           cannot
           agree
           on
           ,
           nor
           themselves
           are
           satisfied
           with
           ;
           and
           far
           more
           of
           them
           being
           disgusted
           to
           see
           our
           Countrey
           beggared
           to
           maintain
           the
           Quarrel
           of
           Foreigners
           ,
           and
           enrich
           our
           
             greatest
             Enemies
             the
             Dutch
          
           ;
           so
           that
           this
           Pretence
           of
           pulling
           down
           the
           Heighth
           of
           France
           ,
           though
           I
           doubt
           not
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           the
           Intention
           of
           the
           Confederates
           ,
           was
           far
           from
           being
           the
           main
           Design
           of
           the
           
             Prince
             of
             Orange
          
           .
           He
           could
           then
           have
           no
           other
           Motive
           of
           Invading
           England
           ,
           Driving
           out
           his
           Father
           ,
           and
           Usurping
           his
           Throne
           ,
           but
           mere
           Ambition
           ,
           seconded
           by
           Dutch
           Policy
           ,
           making
           use
           of
           our
           Rebelliousness
           ,
           silly
           Credulity
           ,
           and
           our
           addictedness
           to
           Lying
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           cheat
           us
           of
           our
           Money
           ,
           make
           us
           defend
           their
           Quarrel
           ,
           and
           impoverish
           us
           to
           that
           degree
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           not
           dare
           to
           resent
           it
           ,
           when
           they
           get
           our
           Trade
           ,
           and
           c●zen
           us
           of
           our
           Plantations
           ,
           (
           as
           they
           have
           done
           often
           ,
           )
           and
           then
           (
           to
           crown
           the
           Dutch
           Jest
           )
           laugh
           at
           us
           for
           a
           Company
           of
           
             dull-headed
             block
             headedly
             Fools
          
           when
           they
           have
           done
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           must
           not
           forget
           the
           Instances
           he
           brings
           to
           prove
           this
           Invasion
           to
           be
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           
           England's
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           vouch'd
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           Nations
           ;
           and
           those
           are
           these
           Three
           .
        
         
           First
           he
           Instances
           in
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           giving
           Assistance
           to
           the
           Dutch
           against
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           ,
           (
           p.
           16.
           )
           Now
           this
           hath
           been
           so
           well
           answered
           already
           ,
           in
           the
           
             Defence
             of
             the
             Bishop
             of
          
           Chichester's
           
             Dying
             Declaration
          
           ,
           that
           I
           do
           not
           see
           any
           Reason
           to
           concern
           my self
           with
           it
           ;
           and
           ,
           methinks
           ,
           this
           Answerer
           should
           have
           first
           answered
           what
           had
           been
           alledged
           there
           ,
           before
           he
           ventured
           on
           this
           Instance
           ;
           but
           some
           Men
           have
           a
           peculiar
           Confidence
           to
           bring
           in
           Things
           over
           and
           over
           ,
           though
           they
           have
           been
           answered
           sufficiently
           ,
           and
           yet
           never
           take
           notice
           of
           the
           Answers
           .
           However
           ,
           it
           is
           sufficient
           here
           to
           observe
           ,
           that
           this
           is
           nothing
           at
           all
           to
           his
           purpose
           ;
           he
           tells
           us
           but
           four
           lines
           before
           ,
           That
           what
           
             he
             is
             to
             make
             out
             ,
             is
             that
             the
             then
          
           P.
           of
           O
           
             by
             his
             Relation
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             had
             a
             just
             Right
             to
             concern
             himself
             in
             the
             Vindication
             of
             our
             Religion
             and
             Liberties
             ,
             and
             that
             this
             is
             not
             repugnant
             to
             the
             Doctrines
             of
             the
             Church
             of
          
           England
           ,
           p.
           15.
           
           And
           ,
           
           I
           pray
           ,
           good
           Sir
           ,
           Had
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           any
           Relation
           to
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           
             Low
             Countries
          
           ?
           And
           if
           not
           ,
           how
           does
           this
           Instance
           prove
           that
           which
           he
           is
           to
           
             make
             out
          
           ,
           that
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ,
           by
           virtue
           of
           his
           Relation
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           had
           a
           just
           Right
           to
           concern
           himself
           ;
           and
           his
           Instance
           proves
           that
           any
           Prince
           ,
           whether
           they
           have
           any
           
             such
             Relation
          
           or
           not
           ,
           have
           a
           just
           Right
           to
           concern
           themselves
           .
           And
           what
           ,
           I
           pray
           ,
           is
           all
           this
           to
           a
           Title
           by
           Conquest
           ?
           Let
           it
           be
           admitted
           ,
           but
           not
           granted
           ,
           and
           which
           I
           suppose
           will
           not
           be
           easily
           proved
           ,
           that
           no
           Foreign
           Prince
           hath
           a
           just
           Right
           to
           make
           War
           upon
           another
           Prince
           ,
           for
           Invading
           the
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           Religion
           of
           his
           own
           Subjects
           ;
           hath
           he
           therefore
           a
           just
           Right
           to
           make
           a
           Conquest
           of
           these
           People
           ,
           whose
           Liberties
           he
           pretends
           to
           defend
           ,
           and
           to
           set
           himself
           King
           over
           them
           ?
           Or
           had
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           ,
           upon
           pretence
           of
           securing
           the
           Dutch
           Liberties
           ,
           a
           just
           Right
           to
           make
           her self
           Queen
           over
           them
           ?
           In
           my
           Opinion
           it
           is
           a
           pre●ty
           odd
           way
           of
           rescuing
           People's
           Liberties
           ,
           to
           make
           a
           Conquest
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           if
           this
           be
           the
           Case
           ,
           Princes
           and
           their
           Flatterers
           may
           talk
           of
           Piety
           and
           a
           Care
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           but
           all
           the
           World
           will
           see
           that
           the
           Design
           is
           not
           Religion
           nor
           Liberty
           to
           the
           People
           ,
           but
           a
           Crown
           to
           themselves
           ;
           and
           it
           cannot
           chuse
           but
           be
           very
           Pious
           and
           Religious
           to
           gain
           a
           Crown
           .
        
         
           His
           next
           Instance
           is
           in
           King
           
           Iames's
           time
           ,
           When
           the
           
             Prince
             Elector
             was
             chosen
             King
             of
          
           Bohemia
           .
           And
           how
           does
           this
           prove
           his
           Point
           ?
           Why
           ,
           
             he
             sent
             to
             King
          
           James
           
             for
             Advice
             ,
             and
             he
             had
             no
             mind
             he
             should
             engage
             in
             it
             .
          
           And
           therefore
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           hath
           a
           just
           Right
           to
           concern
           himself
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           himself
           King
           according
           to
           the
           Principles
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           .
           I
           perceive
           it
           is
           not
           for
           every
           body
           to
           make
           Consequences
           ,
           for
           who
           but
           our
           Authour
           could
           ever
           have
           found
           out
           how
           such
           wonderful
           Things
           followed
           from
           King
           
           Iames's
           denying
           his
           Son
           to
           engage
           in
           it
           .
           Well
           ,
           
             But
             the
             Arch
             bishop
             wrote
             a
             Letter
             to
             the
             Secretary
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             satisfied
             in
             his
             Conscience
             that
             the
             B●bemians
             had
             a
             just
             Cause
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             King's
             Daughter
             professed
             she
             would
             not
             leave
             her self
             one
             Iewel
             ,
             rather
             than
             not
             maintain
             so
             Religious
             and
             Righteous
             ●
             Cause
             .
          
           And
           that
           may
           be
           too
           ;
           but
           without
           Reflection
           on
           that
           Princess
           ,
           that
           is
           no
           Evidence
           of
           the
           Righteousness
           of
           a
           Cause
           ;
           for
           some
           Kings
           Daughters
           will
           not
           leave
           themselves
           a
           Jewel
           ,
           rather
           than
           not
           to
           take
           away
           ,
           and
           keep
           a
           Kingdom
           from
           their
           Own
           Father
           ,
           and
           which
           is
           neither
           a
           Religious
           ,
           nor
           a
           Righteous
           Cause
           .
        
         
           His
           Third
           Instance
           is
           in
           the
           time
           of
           King
           Charles
           the
           First
           ,
           
             When
             the
             King
             of
          
           Denmark
           
             had
             taken
             Arms
             to
             settle
             the
             Peace
             ,
             and
             Liberty
             of
             the
             Germans
             ,
             and
             was
             Defeated
             ;
             and
             King
          
           Charles
           
             thought
             himself
             concerned
             to
             assist
             him
             ;
             and
             Arch-bishop
          
           Laud
           
             drew
             up
             a
             Declaration
             setting
             forth
             the
             Danger
             ,
             and
             requiring
             the
             People's
             Prayers
             and
             Assistance
             to
             prevent
             the
             growth
             of
          
           Spain
           ,
           &c.
           
           Now
           it
           does
           not
           appear
           whether
           th●
           King
           of
           
           Denmark's
           pretence
           of
           taking
           Arms
           was
           just
           ,
           or
           unjust
           ,
           (
           for
           our
           Authour
           has
           a
           peculiar
           faculty
           of
           talking
           of
           Things
           at
           random
           ,
           and
           never
           stating
           them
           ,
           and
           bringing
           them
           down
           to
           the
           matter
           in
           Dispute
           .
           )
           But
           let
           that
           be
           as
           it
           will
           ,
           it
           makes
           no
           difference
           in
           the
           present
           Dispute
           ;
           for
           let
           the
           Cause
           of
           his
           taking
           Arms
           be
           originally
           what
           it
           will
           ,
           I
           hope
           King
           Charles
           might
           assist
           him
           to
           prevent
           his
           being
           over-run
           ,
           thereby
           securing
           the
           Peace
           and
           Safety
           of
           his
           own
           Kingdom
           .
           And
           this
           
           was
           plainly
           the
           Case
           :
           The
           King
           of
           Denmark
           had
           made
           War
           upon
           the
           Empire
           ,
           and
           was
           defeated
           ;
           and
           it
           ●
           had
           ●een
           ●e●t
           without
           Assi●●ence
           ,
           the
           Emperour
           might
           have
           wholly
           subdued
           him
           ,
           which
           would
           not
           ●●ely
           have
           ruined
           Denmark
           ,
           but
           have
           endangered
           all
           the
           Northern
           Princes
           ,
           and
           especially
           England
           ,
           as
           the
           Declaration
           it self
           speaks
           ,
           
             there
             will
             be
             an
             open
             way
             for
          
           Spain
           
             left
             ,
             to
             do
             what
             they
             pleased
             .
          
           And
           what
           is
           this
           to
           our
           Authour's
           purpose
           ?
           Is
           there
           no
           difference
           between
           Assisting
           one
           Prince
           actually
           at
           War
           with
           another
           ,
           to
           prevent
           his
           utter
           Overthrow
           and
           Destruction
           ,
           and
           in
           such
           a
           case
           for
           wise
           and
           politick
           Ends
           to
           stop
           the
           exorbitant
           and
           dangerous
           Growth
           of
           a
           potent
           Neighbour
           ;
           and
           for
           the
           same
           Prince
           to
           take
           away
           another
           Prince's
           Crown
           ,
           because
           he
           is
           uneasie
           and
           ungratefull
           to
           his
           Subjects
           ?
           Yet
           after
           such
           fallacious
           Inferences
           ,
           our
           Author
           with
           his
           wonted
           Modesty
           adds
           ,
           
             Let
             those
             who
             now
             with
             as
             much
             Ignorance
             as
             Confidence
             upbraid
             Men
             with
             Renouncing
             the
             Doctrines
             and
             Principles
             of
             the
             Church
             of
          
           England
           ,
           
             read
             and
             consider
             these
             Passages
             ,
             and
             if
             any
             thing
             will
             make
             them
             more
             wise
             and
             humble
             ,
             this
             will.
             
          
        
         
           He
           contends
           all
           along
           to
           prove
           from
           those
           Instances
           ,
           which
           are
           of
           several
           
             Independent
             Governours
          
           ,
           and
           so
           relate
           to
           the
           
             Law
             of
             Nations
          
           ,
           that
           this
           Proceeding
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           
             Orange
             is
             not
             repugnant
             to
             the
             Doctrines
             and
             Principles
             of
             the
             Church
             of
          
           England
           ,
           p.
           15.
           and
           more
           particularly
           afterwards
           from
           the
           Homilies
           ,
           p.
           21
           ,
           22.
           which
           say
           ,
           
             we
             are
             bound
             to
             obey
             a
             Heathen
             Tyrant
             ,
          
           and
           to
           pray
           for
           him
           ;
           from
           the
           Jews
           who
           were
           
             commended
             to
             pray
             for
             the
             King
             of
          
           Babylon
           ,
           and
           for
           obeying
           Augustus
           ;
           lastly
           ,
           from
           
             our
             Saviour's
             acknowledging
             the
             Roman
             President
             's
             Power
             and
             Authority
             ,
             as
             given
             him
             from
             God.
          
           Nay
           ,
           he
           argues
           
             a
             fortiori
          
           ,
           p.
           21.
           from
           the
           Homilies
           ,
           thus
           :
           
             If
             they
          
           (
           and
           consequently
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           )
           
             declare
             we
             are
             bound
             by
             God's
             Word
             to
             obey
             a
             Heathen
             Tyrant
             ,
          
           much
           more
           ought
           we
           ,
           
             by
             the
             Doctrines
             and
             Principles
             of
             our
             Church
             ,
             to
             pay
             Allegiance
             to
             good
             and
             religious
             Princes
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           This
           is
           the
           full
           force
           of
           his
           Argument
           why
           we
           ought
           to
           pay
           Allegiance
           to
           the
           present
           Governours
           .
           But
           first
           ,
           We
           cannot
           think
           th●m
           good
           and
           religious
           ,
           whilst
           we
           see
           they
           have
           
             wilfully
             broken
          
           ,
           and
           obstinately
           continue
           to
           
             break
             God's
             holy
             Commandments
          
           ,
           the
           Observing
           of
           which
           is
           the
           best
           Test
           of
           Goodness
           and
           Religion
           .
           Next
           he
           le●ves
           the
           main
           Point
           ,
           which
           Dr.
           Sherlock
           mentions
           out
           of
           his
           Convocations
           that
           are
           better
           Declarers
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
           England's
           Doctrine
           than
           the
           Homilies
           ,
           )
           That
           the
           Authority
           of
           all
           those
           Conquerours
           was
           to
           be
           
             thoroughly
             settled
          
           ;
           so
           that
           there
           was
           no
           mor●l
           .
           Possibility
           the
           former
           Governour
           (
           in
           case
           he
           had
           been
           alive
           )
           could
           ev●r
           by
           himself
           ,
           or
           his
           Friends
           ,
           be
           restored
           ;
           and
           therefore
           we
           seldom
           or
           never
           hear
           that
           any
           of
           such
           ejected
           or
           subdued
           Sovereigns
           did
           ever
           struggle
           for
           their
           Kingdoms
           ,
           or
           went
           about
           to
           recover
           them
           .
           H●w
           this
           suits
           with
           our
           prese●t
           C●se
           ,
           where
           the
           former
           supreme
           Governour
           is
           living
           ,
           did
           ever
           ,
           and
           does
           still
           
             claim
             it
             ,
             pursues
          
           the
           Recovery
           of
           it
           ,
           has
           a
           most
           potent
           Monarch
           abroad
           for
           his
           Friend
           ,
           who
           espouses
           his
           Quarrel
           has
           engaged
           his
           Honour
           
             he
             will
             either
             restore
             him
             to
             his
             Crown
             ,
             or
             lose
             his
             own
             ,
          
           is
           easie
           to
           be
           discerned
           .
           But
           moreover
           ,
           which
           is
           n●●ess
           material
           in
           this
           Business
           ,
           King
           Iames
           has
           great
           Parties
           in
           each
           of
           the
           three
           Nations
           ,
           who
           do
           not
           acknowledge
           th●
           present
           Governours
           ▪
           and
           look
           upon
           them
           as
           
             unjust
             Vsurpers
          
           of
           their
           Father's
           Right
           .
           Besides
           ,
           (
           which
           alters
           the
           Case
           extremely
           ,
           )
           here
           was
           no
           Conquest
           ,
           or
           subduing
           England
           
             by
             Force
          
           ;
           nay
           ,
           
           no
           War
           at
           all
           exercised
           upon
           it
           :
           His
           bad
           Cause
           forces
           this
           mercenary
           Writer
           to
           shuffle
           to
           and
           fro
           ,
           and
           pretend
           now
           one
           Thing
           ,
           now
           another
           ;
           but
           all
           of
           them
           ,
           when
           they
           come
           to
           be
           scann'd
           and
           applied
           ,
           equally
           to
           no
           purpose
           .
           Conquest
           he
           dares
           not
           call
           it
           in
           
             down
             right
             Terms
          
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           disgusting
           all
           England
           ,
           by
           making
           us
           all
           Slaves
           ;
           yet
           those
           Instances
           of
           
             Rightfall
             Power
          
           which
           he
           brings
           ,
           and
           would
           have
           us
           think
           to
           be
           parallel
           to
           this
           New
           Government
           ,
           and
           proper
           to
           a●et
           it
           ,
           were
           all
           true
           Successes
           in
           War
           ,
           and
           by
           consequence
           perfect
           Conquests
           .
           'T
           is
           easie
           to
           discern
           by
           these
           Hints
           what
           he
           would
           be
           at
           ,
           and
           not
           hard
           to
           conjecture
           what
           Title
           ,
           though
           they
           have
           agreed
           of
           none
           hitherto
           ,
           they
           intend
           at
           length
           to
           pitch
           upon
           finally
           ,
           unless
           the
           Patriots
           of
           the
           Subjects
           Liberty
           do
           in
           time
           restrain
           such
           audacious
           Attempts
           .
        
         
           Thus
           far
           in
           Answer
           to
           his
           settling
           King
           
           William's
           Title
           ,
           which
           being
           shown
           to
           be
           incoherent
           and
           ill
           grounded
           ,
           in
           every
           Regard
           ,
           it
           follows
           ,
           that
           Mr.
           Ashton
           suffered
           for
           a
           
             Righteous
             Cause
          
           ,
           and
           for
           his
           
             due
             Allegiance
          
           to
           his
           
             true
             Sovereign
          
           ,
           which
           entitles
           him
           to
           the
           Honour
           of
           a
           
             glorious
             Martyr
          
           ,
           and
           this
           in
           case
           he
           had
           endeavoured
           to
           make
           way
           for
           his
           Master's
           Restauration
           .
           It
           remains
           to
           vindicate
           his
           Paper
           from
           those
           other
           petty
           Exceptions
           this
           G●ntleman
           makes
           against
           it
           .
        
         
           He
           denies
           p.
           24.
           that
           King
           
           Iames's
           Usage
           ,
           after
           the
           Prince
           of
           
           Orange's
           Arrival
           ,
           was
           very
           hard
           ,
           severe
           ,
           and
           unjust
           .
           Let
           the
           World
           judge
           .
           A
           Council
           was
           held
           at
           Windsor
           ,
           upon
           Notice
           of
           the
           King
           's
           being
           in
           hold
           at
           Feversham
           ,
           where
           it
           was
           debated
           ,
           whether
           or
           no
           he
           should
           be
           sent
           to
           the
           Tower
           ▪
           And
           't
           is
           well
           known
           who
           they
           were
           that
           voted
           in
           the
           Affirmative
           .
           But
           the
           Prince
           having
           laid
           his
           Design
           ,
           feared
           that
           if
           the
           King
           staid
           here
           ,
           some
           Accommodation
           would
           be
           made
           ;
           so
           he
           sent
           Monsieur
           Zuylisten
           to
           tell
           him
           ,
           he
           would
           have
           him
           to
           stay
           at
           Rochester
           ,
           which
           being
           a
           Port
           Town
           ,
           and
           towards
           the
           Sea
           ,
           might
           afford
           him
           opportunity
           to
           escape
           out
           of
           England
           .
           The
           Message
           mist
           him
           ;
           so
           he
           returned
           to
           White-hall
           .
           The
           next
           Night
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           sent
           three
           Lords
           to
           him
           at
           Midnight
           ,
           to
           tell
           him
           he
           would
           have
           him
           remove
           by
           Ten
           the
           next
           Morning
           to
           Ham
           ,
           a
           place
           very
           unlikely
           to
           be
           approved
           of
           ,
           there
           being
           (
           as
           the
           King
           objected
           )
           neither
           Furniture
           nor
           Provisions
           for
           him
           ;
           and
           therefore
           as
           he
           expected
           he
           moved
           ,
           for
           his
           Return
           to
           Rochester
           ,
           which
           after
           his
           sitting
           an
           hour
           in
           his
           Barge
           ,
           waiting
           his
           Pleasure
           ,
           was
           granted
           :
           And
           thither
           he
           was
           pack'd
           away
           in
           great
           State
           with
           
             Dutch
             Myrmidons
          
           ;
           now
           (
           to
           the
           eternal
           Shame
           of
           English
           Su●jects
           )
           their
           King's
           Gaolers
           ,
           under
           whom
           he
           suffered
           Hardship
           enough
           ;
           but
           he
           was
           not
           allowed
           out
           of
           his
           own
           Exchequer
           one
           Farthing
           to
           bear
           his
           Charges
           .
           The
           King
           had
           before
           this
           sent
           him
           a
           Message
           by
           the
           Earl
           of
           Feversham
           ,
           offering
           to
           settle
           all
           things
           in
           Parliament
           to
           His
           and
           the
           Kingdom
           's
           Satisfaction
           :
           Now
           had
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           meant
           sincerely
           in
           what
           he
           pretended
           ,
           and
           come
           onely
           for
           the
           Good
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           what
           could
           he
           have
           wished
           more
           ?
           But
           what
           would
           have
           obliged
           and
           sweetened
           another
           ,
           did
           highly
           exasperate
           him
           ;
           for
           he
           relish'd
           this
           Condescendence
           of
           his
           so●ll
           ,
           being
           indeed
           unsuitable
           to
           the
           ambitious
           Aim
           he
           proposed
           to
           himself
           ,
           that
           ,
           first
           ,
           
             contrary
             to
             the
             Law
             of
             Nations
             ,
          
           he
           made
           his
           Ambassadour
           Prisoner
           ,
           and
           th●n
           sent
           his
           Worshipfull
           Command
           at
           Midnight
           to
           his
           Father
           ,
           to
           be
           gone
           out
           of
           his
           own
           Palace
           to
           a
           Prison
           ;
           for
           they
           told
           him
           a
           Guard
           was
           appointed
           for
           
           him
           at
           Ham-house
           ,
           whither
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ordered
           him
           to
           go
           the
           next
           Morning
           ;
           enough
           to
           let
           the
           King
           see
           what
           he
           was
           to
           expect
           .
           He
           tells
           the
           Prince
           of
           
             Orange
             could
             have
             prevented
             his
             going
             away
          
           ;
           true
           :
           But
           then
           he
           feared
           the
           Nation
           would
           only
           
             reduce
             King
             Iames
          
           ,
           not
           
             depose
             him
          
           ,
           much
           less
           
             chuse
             another
          
           ,
           their
           own
           King
           being
           present
           ;
           it
           was
           therefore
           thought
           more
           Politick
           to
           fright
           him
           away
           ,
           and
           then
           pretend
           Abdication
           ,
           and
           the
           Necessity
           of
           a
           new
           Government
           ,
           which
           he
           knew
           well
           (
           as
           he
           and
           his
           Faction
           would
           handle
           it
           )
           could
           light
           on
           none
           but
           himself
           :
           So
           that
           it
           was
           out
           of
           kindness
           to
           himself
           ,
           not
           to
           King
           Iames
           ,
           or
           the
           Nation
           ,
           that
           he
           let
           him
           escape
           .
           Yet
           he
           Magnifies
           this
           Indulgence
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           exceedingly
           ;
           but
           I
           would
           ask
           him
           ,
           in
           what
           this
           Civility
           differs
           from
           that
           of
           Robbers
           ,
           who
           first
           strip
           the
           poor
           Travellers
           of
           all
           they
           have
           ,
           and
           then
           turn
           them
           a
           Grazing
           without
           a
           Penny
           in
           their
           Purse
           ,
           or
           as
           this
           pretty
           Gentleman
           phrases
           it
           ,
           (
           p.
           24.
           )
           
             Allow
             them
             great
             Freedom
             to
             go
             where
             they
             please
             .
          
           I
           would
           ask
           him
           too
           what
           one
           Thing
           was
           done
           by
           the
           Prince
           ,
           which
           look'd
           either
           
             Generous
             ,
             Civil
          
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           
             least
             degree
             Respectful
          
           towards
           a
           King
           and
           a
           Father
           ,
           and
           not
           rather
           most
           Barbarous
           and
           Rude
           ?
           Or
           what
           one
           Action
           of
           his
           gives
           us
           Reason
           to
           think
           ,
           he
           intended
           to
           accommodate
           Things
           with
           the
           true
           King
           ,
           and
           not
           rather
           to
           set
           up
           for
           himself
           ?
        
         
           The
           Martyr
           ,
           out
           of
           Love
           to
           his
           Native
           Countrey
           ,
           resented
           ,
           that
           
             All
             the
             new
             Methods
             of
             settling
             the
             Nation
             ,
             have
             hitherto
             made
             it
             more
             miserable
             ,
             poor
             ,
             and
             exposed
             to
             Foreign
             Enemies
             .
          
           What
           says
           he
           to
           this
           ▪
           Can
           Impudence
           it self
           deny
           this
           to
           be
           true
           ?
           Is
           not
           the
           Interest
           of
           England
           torn
           piece-meal
           ,
           and
           every
           Nation
           has
           a
           Limb
           of
           us
           ?
           Is
           not
           the
           Charge
           of
           securing
           Scotland
           ,
           reducing
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           the
           hiring
           Souldier●
           from
           Denmark
           ,
           and
           other
           Places
           ,
           the
           Bribing
           of
           Holland
           ,
           the
           
             Suiss-Cantons
             ,
             Savoy
          
           ,
           and
           other
           poor
           Confederates
           ,
           the
           keeping
           and
           paying
           two
           great
           Armies
           in
           Flanders
           and
           Ireland
           ,
           and
           the
           setting
           out
           a
           vast
           Fleet
           at
           Sea
           ,
           gone
           all
           out
           of
           our
           Pockets
           ?
           Has
           not
           the
           
             driving
             out
             King
             Iames
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Protecting
           our
           new
           Governor
           (
           and
           his
           only
           )
           put
           us
           upon
           such
           an
           expensive
           War
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           upon
           our
           last
           Legs
           ;
           it
           being
           absolutely
           impossible
           to
           squeeze
           Five
           Millions
           more
           out
           of
           our
           drain'd
           Purses
           to
           keep
           the
           War
           on
           foot
           another
           Year
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           least
           Summ
           that
           can
           now
           be
           expected
           :
           For
           if
           
             Five
             Millions
          
           this
           Year
           have
           done
           
             nothing
             at
             all
          
           ,
           't
           is
           to
           be
           fear'd
           that
           
             Seven
             Millions
          
           will
           scarce
           enable
           us
           to
           do
           much
           the
           next
           .
           A
           certain
           Person
           employ'd
           in
           the
           Treasury
           ,
           who
           has
           the
           opportunity
           to
           know
           exactly
           the
           Incomes
           and
           Issues
           of
           the
           Exchequer
           ,
           assured
           a
           worthy
           Friend
           of
           mine
           ,
           that
           this
           Michaelmas
           there
           will
           have
           been
           paid
           out
           of
           it
           ,
           since
           this
           Revolution
           ,
           
             Fifteen
             Millions
          
           ;
           and
           that
           there
           is
           still
           an
           Arrear
           behind
           ,
           to
           the
           Army
           ,
           to
           the
           Navy
           ,
           and
           for
           Stores
           ,
           of
           
             Five
             Millions
          
           more
           :
           And
           this
           besides
           many
           Thousands
           (
           perhaps
           a
           Hundred
           of
           Thousands
           )
           owing
           for
           the
           Wages
           of
           transport
           Ships
           ;
           and
           that
           for
           want
           of
           ready
           Money
           the
           Creditors
           are
           paid
           with
           Tallies
           ,
           so
           that
           those
           who
           have
           them
           can
           raise
           no
           Money
           ,
           without
           abating
           Four
           or
           Five
           Shillings
           in
           the
           Pound
           ,
           until
           the
           next
           Parliament
           gives
           Money
           to
           pay
           off
           all
           these
           Back-reckonings
           .
           The
           insuperable
           Difficulty
           of
           doing
           which
           ,
           and
           withall
           of
           raising
           
             Seven
             Millions
          
           more
           to
           carry
           on
           the
           War
           the
           next
           Campaign
           ,
           (
           not
           to
           mention
           the
           repaying
           the
           Money
           we
           have
           borrowed
           ,
           )
           will
           make
           the
           great
           
           Work
           of
           Conquering
           France
           go
           but
           slowly
           on
           :
           Every
           wise
           Man
           ,
           even
           of
           our
           State-Party
           ,
           clearly
           seeing
           ,
           and
           with
           regret
           complaining
           ,
           that
           in
           all
           appearance
           the
           War
           is
           as
           far
           from
           an
           End
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           at
           the
           Beginning
           .
        
         
           Now
           where
           is
           all
           this
           Money
           to
           be
           had
           ,
           or
           whence
           to
           be
           raised
           ?
           Are
           not
           our
           Ships
           taken
           in
           great
           Multitudes
           ,
           our
           Traffick
           decay'd
           abroad
           ,
           our
           Trade
           at
           home
           ,
           the
           Tenants
           unable
           to
           pay
           their
           Landlords
           ;
           so
           that
           sometimes
           instead
           of
           bringing
           in
           their
           Rents
           ,
           they
           are
           forc'd
           to
           send
           to
           them
           for
           Money
           to
           pay
           their
           Taxes
           ,
           or
           else
           they
           must
           throw
           up
           their
           Farms
           ?
           Are
           not
           they
           already
           forced
           ,
           in
           many
           Places
           for
           want
           of
           Money
           ,
           to
           exchange
           one
           Commodity
           for
           another
           in
           the
           Markets
           ?
           Is
           not
           half
           our
           Cash
           gone
           out
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           so
           that
           in
           Holland
           alone
           our
           Guineas
           and
           
             M●ll'd
             Money
          
           have
           been
           as
           frequent
           as
           their
           own
           Coin
           ?
           Is
           not
           Clipp'd
           Money
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           worth
           Transporting
           ,
           now
           ,
           in
           a
           manner
           ,
           the
           only
           currant
           Coin
           left
           in
           the
           Nation
           ?
           And
           to
           prevent
           the
           possibility
           our
           good
           Money
           should
           ever
           return
           again
           ,
           it
           is
           melted
           down
           in
           Holland
           into
           the
           drossie
           Alloy
           of
           their
           Sebellings
           and
           Stuyvers
           .
           But
           the
           Transporting
           our
           Coin'd
           Money
           is
           not
           all
           :
           They
           have
           invented
           more
           Expedients
           than
           One
           or
           Two
           open
           ones
           to
           impoverish
           England
           ;
           the
           
             Decus
             &
             Th●amen
          
           ,
           inscribed
           on
           the
           Edges
           of
           our
           new
           Coin
           ,
           was
           Judg'd
           an
           eff●ctual
           Preservative
           from
           Clipping
           and
           Fyling
           .
           But
           now
           the
           Clippers
           (
           who
           by
           the
           Law
           are
           to
           suffer
           as
           Felows
           )
           are
           become
           the
           best
           Friends
           to
           the
           Trafficking
           part
           of
           the
           Nation
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           be
           not
           conniv'd
           at
           ,
           and
           the
           Melters
           down
           of
           our
           M●ll'd
           and
           Vncircumcised
           Money
           into
           Bullion
           ,
           transported
           in
           vast
           quantities
           every
           Year
           into
           Holland
           ,
           (
           as
           appears
           by
           the
           Entries
           in
           the
           Custom-house
           ,
           )
           be
           not
           severely
           punish'd
           ,
           we
           must
           in
           a
           short
           time
           be
           contented
           with
           onely
           Copper
           and
           
             Tin
             Farebings
          
           ,
           or
           else
           be
           forc'd
           to
           debase
           our
           Money
           to
           the
           Dutch
           Standard
           .
           If
           Captain
           Guy
           and
           several
           other
           Masters
           of
           Yatches
           ,
           and
           other
           Vessels
           both
           Dutch
           and
           English
           ,
           were
           strictly
           〈◊〉
           ,
           they
           could
           tell
           them
           what
           prodigious
           Number
           of
           Chests
           of
           Money
           in
           Specie
           ,
           or
           in
           Bullion
           have
           been
           transported
           these
           Three
           last
           Years
           into
           Holland
           and
           Flanders
           .
           We
           have
           indeed
           some
           Returns
           from
           thence
           ,
           for
           they
           bring
           us
           prohibited
           Goods
           ;
           so
           that
           both
           in
           Exporting
           and
           Importing
           our
           English
           Laws
           are
           still
           Dispensed
           with
           ,
           without
           any
           permission
           from
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           no
           Man
           (
           though
           our
           Ruin
           depends
           upon
           it
           )
           dares
           complain
           .
           There
           is
           yet
           another
           odd
           Commodity
           imported
           ,
           which
           would
           much
           encrease
           the
           Revenue
           ,
           if
           it
           did
           but
           pay
           Custom
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           Shoals
           of
           Caterpillars
           ,
           that
           come
           over
           to
           devour
           the
           Fruits
           of
           our
           Labours
           ,
           the
           Dutch
           ,
           I
           mean
           ,
           and
           other
           Foreigners
           with
           their
           Wives
           and
           Children
           ,
           of
           which
           scarce
           a
           Ship
           or
           Hoy
           comes
           hither
           that
           brings
           not
           from
           Ten
           to
           Sixty
           ,
           &c.
           
           These
           and
           the
           
             French
             Hugenots
          
           are
           transported
           hither
           to
           make
           up
           several
           new
           Colonies
           ,
           and
           compose
           a
           
             Secret
             Militia
          
           ,
           to
           be
           ready
           at
           a
           dead
           lift
           to
           enslave
           our
           Countrey
           ,
           if
           ,
           our
           Eyes
           being
           at
           length
           opened
           to
           see
           our
           impending
           Ruine
           ,
           we
           grow
           Head-strong
           ,
           and
           refuse
           to
           wear
           the
           Yoke
           which
           is
           preparing
           for
           us
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           Have
           we
           felt
           nothing
           from
           the
           Insolencies
           of
           the
           
             Dutch
             ,
             Danes
          
           ,
           and
           other
           Foreigners
           wherever
           they
           come
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           What
           are
           all
           those
           Losses
           put
           together
           ,
           in
           Comparison
           to
           the
           loss
           of
           so
           many
           English-men's
           Lives
           ,
           who
           have
           perish'd
           either
           by
           War
           ,
           o●●
           through
           
           want
           of
           Necessaries
           ,
           or
           else
           by
           strange
           Diseases
           in
           Ireland
           and
           at
           Sea.
           A
           Thousand
           or
           Two
           are
           swept
           away
           at
           a
           clap
           in
           this
           late
           prodigious
           Storm
           :
           The
           loss
           of
           the
           Coronation
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           Ships
           that
           perish'd
           ,
           and
           the
           damage
           done
           to
           all
           the
           rest
           that
           suffered
           in
           their
           Rigging
           ,
           and
           otherwise
           in
           that
           Hurricane
           ,
           is
           not
           worth
           the
           mention
           by
           those
           who
           are
           so
           inur'd
           to
           continual
           losses
           of
           sundry
           kinds
           as
           we
           are
           ;
           though
           I
           'm
           told
           by
           a
           knowing
           Person
           ,
           that
           the
           Repairing
           of
           that
           one
           M●sfortune
           will
           require
           some
           Hundreds
           of
           Thousands
           of
           Pounds
           to
           be
           added
           to
           the
           former
           large
           Audit
           of
           the
           Nation
           's
           Accounts
           .
           And
           will
           this
           Man
           persuade
           us
           that
           all
           this
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           such
           ,
           are
           
             no
             Miseries
          
           ?
           He
           runs
           from
           the
           M●tter
           to
           talk
           of
           the
           
             French
             King
          
           ;
           but
           the
           true
           point
           ,
           to
           which
           he
           ought
           to
           have
           spoken
           ,
           is
           ,
           Whether
           we
           were
           burden'd
           with
           any
           such
           Taxes
           ,
           or
           felt
           these
           Miseries
           of
           War
           and
           Poverty
           under
           King
           Iames
           ?
           Had
           we
           any
           concern
           with
           France
           ,
           either
           by
           abetting
           or
           opposing
           it
           in
           his
           Days
           ?
           Had
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ,
           or
           our selves
           used
           the
           King
           Dutifully
           ,
           as
           we
           ought
           ,
           we
           might
           have
           secur'd
           our selves
           whilst
           that
           Prince
           was
           here
           against
           either
           Popery
           or
           Slavery
           (
           which
           we
           pretended
           to
           dread
           )
           being
           forc'd
           upon
           us
           ,
           we
           might
           have
           enjoy'd
           
             Peace
             ,
             Plenty
             ,
             Trade
          
           ,
           and
           Riches
           ,
           and
           have
           reapt
           
             incomparable
             Benefits
          
           ,
           and
           
             vast
             Advantages
          
           by
           the
           Distractions
           of
           
             all
             others
          
           round
           about
           us
           .
           This
           we
           might
           have
           done
           ;
           and
           if
           we
           saw
           Cause
           to
           fear
           that
           France
           meant
           to
           disturb
           us
           ,
           when
           we
           medled
           not
           with
           it
           ,
           (
           which
           that
           King
           is
           too
           Politick
           to
           do
           ,
           )
           we
           might
           ,
           by
           joyning
           with
           other
           Disinterested
           Princes
           ,
           have
           kept
           the
           Ballance
           of
           Europe
           even
           at
           our
           pleasure
           ,
           and
           have
           stipulated
           with
           Holland
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Confederates
           to
           bear
           the
           Charges
           of
           the
           War
           ,
           whilst
           we
           stept
           into
           their
           Assistance
           ;
           whereas
           now
           we
           are
           forc'd
           to
           hire
           them
           at
           a
           dear
           Rates
           to
           assist
           us
           ,
           to
           keep
           a
           Man
           in
           the
           Throne
           who
           has
           no
           Right
           to
           it
           :
           All
           this
           we
           might
           then
           have
           done
           ,
           had
           we
           been
           wise
           ;
           but
           a
           
             Rebellious
             Spirit
          
           ,
           which
           had
           possess'd
           and
           infatuated
           us
           ,
           hurried
           us
           inconsiderately
           into
           a
           War
           ,
           for
           no
           other
           Reason
           but
           to
           maintain
           obstinately
           that
           Sin
           ,
           which
           we
           ought
           to
           have
           repented
           of
           .
           And
           that
           War
           unless
           God's
           undeserv'd
           Mercy
           do
           prevail
           over
           his
           Justice
           ,
           will
           by
           a
           
             just
             Iudgment
          
           of
           the
           same
           God
           prove
           our
           
             utter
             Ruine
          
           .
        
         
           He
           seems
           ●ma●'d
           ,
           p.
           25.
           (
           for
           he
           seems
           Twenty
           times
           to
           wonder
           when
           he
           wants
           something
           to
           say
           ,
           )
           that
           Mr.
           Ashton
           should
           say
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Religion
             we
             pretend
             to
             be
             so
             fond
             of
             Preserving
             ,
             is
             now
             much
             more
             than
             ever
             likely
             to
             be
             destroy'd
             .
          
           Nor
           do
           I
           wonder
           at
           his
           Amazement
           ;
           for
           he
           makes
           account
           Religion
           consists
           only
           in
           having
           Benéfices
           conferred
           on
           Ecclesiasticks
           ,
           and
           secured
           to
           them
           let
           the
           Incumbents
           be
           of
           what
           Principles
           they
           will
           :
           This
           I
           told
           him
           of
           formerly
           ,
           and
           here
           he
           makes
           my
           Words
           good
           ;
           for
           (
           p.
           25
           ,
           26
           ,
           27
           ,
           &c.
           )
           he
           reckons
           up
           Three
           Things
           as
           putting
           our
           Religion
           out
           of
           Danger
           ;
           (
           viz.
           )
           The
           
             same
             Laws
             ,
             the
             same
             Protection
             ,
             the
             same
             Encouragement
          
           :
           But
           Principles
           which
           are
           the
           Main
           ,
           and
           Essential
           to
           a
           Church
           ,
           are
           the
           least
           part
           of
           his
           Thought
           .
           Let
           but
           a
           Church
           have
           
             True
             Principles
          
           preserved
           Sincere
           by
           her
           B●shops
           and
           Pastors
           ,
           and
           she
           will
           be
           a
           Church
           and
           a
           
             Glorious
             One
          
           too
           in
           the
           Eyes
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           all
           good
           Men
           ,
           in
           despight
           of
           all
           the
           Opposition
           that
           wicked
           Men
           ,
           or
           Hell
           it self
           ,
           can
           do
           ,
           though
           she
           had
           neither
           
             Laws
             ,
             Protection
          
           ,
           nor
           the
           least
           Encouragement
           to
           befriend
           her
           ;
           nay
           ,
           though
           the
           Laws
           ,
           
           and
           the
           State
           were
           bent
           against
           her
           .
           As
           for
           our
           
             new
             Principles
          
           then
           ;
           let
           him
           but
           open
           his
           Eyes
           ,
           and
           he
           may
           see
           Rebellion
           made
           now
           a
           chief
           point
           of
           Religion
           .
           He
           may
           see
           Oaths
           of
           Allegiance
           made
           to
           Persons
           ,
           whose
           Title
           to
           the
           Government
           (
           as
           appears
           by
           what
           has
           been
           amply
           prov'd
           above
           )
           not
           one
           Man
           in
           England
           certainly
           knows
           ,
           and
           not
           one
           knowing
           and
           disinteressed
           Man
           is
           satisfied
           in
           ,
           forc'd
           upon
           Men's
           Consciences
           to
           make
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           lies
           in
           their
           Power
           ,
           a
           
             Nation
             of
             Knaves
          
           ,
           and
           all
           those
           who
           make
           a
           good
           Conscience
           of
           their
           ways
           a
           
             Company
             of
             Beggars
          
           .
           He
           may
           see
           the
           Commandments
           
             laugh'd
             a●
          
           ;
           and
           those
           who
           dare
           boldly
           stand
           up
           for
           them
           branded
           and
           persecuted
           for
           Traitors
           ,
           and
           put
           to
           death
           as
           the
           worst
           of
           Malefactors
           .
           Besides
           the
           foremention'd
           Miseries
           ,
           there
           is
           still
           One
           that
           is
           no
           less
           Galling
           to
           Persons
           of
           Honour
           and
           Probity
           ,
           who
           for
           themselves
           ,
           and
           the
           Reputation
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           would
           preserve
           the
           Characters
           of
           Just
           and
           Upright
           ,
           Loyal
           and
           Pious
           ,
           Conscientious
           and
           keepers
           of
           their
           Faith
           to
           God
           and
           Man
           ;
           these
           now
           lie
           under
           the
           heavy
           Sentence
           of
           Violaters
           of
           all
           the
           
             Cardinal
             Vertues
          
           ,
           with
           which
           Character
           when
           Foreign
           Nations
           once
           brand
           a
           People
           ,
           it
           sticks
           upon
           them
           to
           all
           succeeding
           Ages
           .
           In
           former
           days
           we
           were
           reputed
           Valiant
           ,
           Hospitable
           ,
           
             inviolable
             Observers
          
           of
           our
           
             Compacts
             ,
             Faith
          
           ,
           and
           Honesty
           .
        
         
           But
           we
           can't
           forget
           what
           an
           Odium
           the
           Murther
           of
           
             King
             Charles
          
           I.
           brought
           upon
           the
           whole
           Island
           of
           Britain
           ;
           yet
           there
           was
           then
           some
           just
           Apology
           to
           be
           made
           for
           that
           Barbarity
           :
           That
           Tremendous
           Fact
           was
           not
           committed
           'till
           after
           Six
           Yeas
           Civil
           War
           ,
           '
           wherein
           the
           Victorious
           Rebels
           had
           conquer'd
           ,
           disarm'd
           ,
           and
           utterly
           impoverish'd
           the
           Loyal
           Party
           ,
           yet
           there
           still
           remain'd
           a
           numerous
           Part
           of
           the
           Three
           Kingdome
           ,
           who
           made
           many
           generous
           Attempts
           to
           restore
           King
           Charles
           II.
           and
           the
           whole
           Nation
           wearied
           with
           their
           endless
           Miseries
           ,
           and
           the
           Succession
           of
           Usurpers
           ,
           at
           last
           happily
           effected
           it
           .
        
         
           Now
           what
           shall
           we
           say
           for
           our selves
           ,
           who
           have
           Abdicated
           our
           King
           without
           shedding
           
             One
             Ounce
             of
             Blood
          
           ,
           or
           adventuring
           a
           bloody
           Nose
           in
           his
           Defence
           ?
           All
           Nations
           from
           the
           Orcades
           to
           the
           extreamest
           Indies
           ,
           must
           judge
           us
           to
           be
           a
           People
           who
           have
           no
           regard
           to
           the
           most
           Sacred
           Oaths
           ,
           the
           most
           ungrateful
           of
           all
           Mankind
           ,
           a
           Nation
           
             fitted
             for
             Slavery
             degenerating
          
           from
           our
           
             Loyal
             Ancestors
          
           ,
           the
           Off-spring
           or
           By-blows
           of
           
             Prostigate
             Rebels
          
           .
        
         
           Yea
           ,
           we
           are
           still
           so
           much
           worse
           than
           those
           of
           the
           last
           Age
           ,
           in
           that
           now
           so
           numerous
           a
           Party
           of
           the
           very
           Clergy
           ,
           who
           should
           ,
           and
           
             do
             know
          
           the
           Oligation
           of
           the
           Oaths
           of
           Allegiance
           and
           Supremacy
           ,
           which
           every
           single
           Man
           of
           them
           took
           to
           their
           
             lawful
             King
          
           ,
           have
           by
           
             unpardonable
             Perjury
          
           renounc'd
           their
           King
           ,
           and
           sworn
           Allegiance
           to
           One
           whom
           they
           know
           in
           their
           Consciences
           ,
           and
           have
           often
           declar'd
           upon
           Occasion
           hath
           no
           
             legal
             Right
          
           ;
           no
           ,
           not
           so
           much
           as
           
             Cromewell
             the
             Wicked
          
           :
           These
           are
           the
           Men
           who
           have
           brought
           an
           
             indelible
             Scandal
          
           and
           Hatred
           upon
           our
           Religion
           .
           
             Miratur
             Orbis
             se
             tam
             cito
             factum
             esse
             Arrianum
             ,
          
           was
           the
           pathetical
           Exclamation
           of
           a
           holy
           Authour
           of
           Old
           :
           What
           would
           he
           have
           said
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           liv'd
           in
           our
           Age
           ,
           to
           see
           a
           National
           Clergy
           Apostatise
           from
           the
           Establish'd
           Doctrine
           of
           their
           own
           Church
           ,
           in
           the
           point
           of
           Allegiance
           and
           Non-resistance
           ?
           By
           the
           Conduct
           of
           these
           Men
           ,
           one
           would
           be
           almost
           tempted
           to
           look
           upon
           all
           Religion
           as
           a
           mere
           Cheat
           ,
           
           and
           to
           believe
           that
           they
           themselves
           own'd
           no
           God.
           Whether
           they
           do
           or
           not
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           give
           my self
           the
           trouble
           to
           enquire
           ;
           but
           I
           am
           sure
           some
           of
           them
           do
           as
           good
           as
           own
           no
           Hell
           ,
           by
           Teaching
           Men
           ,
           that
           notwithstanding
           those
           
             terrible
             Threatnings
          
           God
           in
           his
           holy
           Word
           has
           denounc'd
           against
           the
           Incorrigible
           and
           Impenitent
           ,
           of
           
             everlasting
             Fire
             ,
             everlasting
             Punishment
          
           ,
           &c
           ,
           he
           has
           not
           obliged
           himself
           to
           the
           literal
           Performance
           of
           them
           ,
           since
           
             he
             that
             threatens
             keeps
             the
             Right
             of
             punishing
             in
             his
             own
             hand
             ,
             and
             is
             not
             obliged
             to
             execute
             what
             he
             hath
             threatned
             ,
             any
             farther
             than
             the
             Reasons
             and
             Ends
             of
             Government
             do
             require
             ,
          
           &c.
           Dr.
           Tillot
           son's
           Sermon
           before
           the
           Queen
           ,
           March
           7.
           1690.
           pag.
           13.
           
           And
           that
           these
           Threatnings
           ,
           
             &c.
             do
             not
             restrain
             God
             from
             doing
             what
             he
             pleases
             ,
             though
             they
             cut
             off
             from
             the
             Sinner
             all
             reasonable
             Hopes
             of
             the
             Relaxation
             or
             Mitigation
             of
             them
             .
          
           p.
           16.
           
        
         
           Of
           what
           comfortable
           Importance
           this
           Doctrine
           may
           be
           to
           some
           ,
           and
           how
           necessary
           under
           our
           present
           Circumstances
           ,
           let
           any
           one
           judge
           :
           'T
           is
           impossible
           Men
           should
           have
           perpetrated
           such
           abominable
           Villanies
           as
           have
           been
           lately
           transacted
           ,
           to
           the
           Amazement
           of
           all
           that
           have
           the
           least
           Sense
           of
           Piety
           or
           Honour
           left
           ,
           unless
           their
           Minds
           had
           been
           first
           debauched
           with
           these
           or
           the
           like
           Principles
           .
           He
           that
           will
           audaciously
           violate
           the
           sacred
           Commands
           of
           God
           ,
           acknowledged
           such
           by
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
             ,
             his
             own
             Subscriptions
             ,
             Oaths
             ,
          
           and
           Preaching
           ,
           must
           necessarily
           fansie
           some
           secret
           Reserves
           of
           Mercy
           in
           the
           Breast
           of
           the
           Almighty
           for
           the
           Authors
           and
           Abetters
           of
           such
           horrid
           Crimes
           ,
           upon
           
             some
             Occasions
          
           ,
           which
           will
           not
           suffer
           his
           Justice
           to
           pass
           upon
           them
           in
           another
           World
           ,
           or
           some
           extraordinary
           Relaxations
           or
           Mitigations
           of
           future
           Torments
           .
           The
           first
           seems
           to
           be
           despaired
           of
           ,
           because
           there
           is
           small
           Hopes
           of
           Repentance
           left
           ,
           the
           Scriptures
           for
           that
           very
           Reason
           ,
           perhaps
           ,
           amongst
           many
           others
           ,
           comparing
           Rebellion
           to
           the
           Sin
           of
           Witchcraft
           ;
           the
           latter
           therefore
           is
           pitch'd
           upon
           as
           most
           congruous
           to
           carnal-minded
           Men
           ,
           who
           to
           enjoy
           the
           
             Pleasures
             of
             Sin
          
           for
           a
           Season
           ,
           and
           not
           willing
           to
           go
           to
           Heaven
           through
           Tribulations
           and
           Afflictions
           ,
           do
           rather
           chuse
           to
           undergo
           a
           future
           Pu●ishment
           ,
           especially
           if
           it
           consists
           onely
           as
           to
           its
           Perpetuity
           in
           a
           bare
           Exclusion
           from
           Eternal
           Happiness
           .
           Serm.
           p.
           15.
           
        
         
           Now
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           such
           a
           Series
           of
           Villany
           as
           has
           been
           hitherto
           ,
           and
           shall
           be
           farther
           exposed
           ,
           being
           altogether
           inconsistent
           with
           the
           Principles
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           which
           this
           accursed
           Generation
           of
           Monsters
           had
           not
           long
           since
           most
           zealously
           professed
           ,
           they
           found
           it
           as
           necessary
           to
           Abdicate
           their
           Saviour
           and
           his
           Precepts
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           their
           King
           and
           his
           Rights
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           they
           durst
           .
           The
           first
           thing
           they
           did
           was
           to
           ridicule
           and
           blasphemously
           expose
           the
           
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Cross
          
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           could
           have
           drawn
           over
           the
           Majority
           of
           the
           Convocation
           to
           their
           Party
           ,
           the
           next
           thing
           they
           design'd
           was
           to
           have
           expunged
           out
           of
           the
           Liturgie
           the
           
             Athanasian
             Creed
          
           ,
           which
           was
           in
           effect
           to
           have
           denied
           the
           
             Divinity
             of
             our
             Saviour
          
           ,
           le●t
           they
           ,
           should
           have
           been
           charged
           with
           Rebellion
           against
           God
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           their
           King
           ,
           if
           all
           Power
           be
           derived
           from
           the
           second
           Person
           of
           the
           Trinity
           as
           Mediator
           ,
           and
           all
           lawful
           Kings
           ,
           whether
           
             Christians
             ,
             Heathens
          
           ,
           or
           Mahometans
           ,
           be
           his
           Vicegerents
           ,
           and
           
             he
             hath
             the
             Disp●sal
             of
             their
             Crowns
             ,
             and
             the
             Command
             of
             their
             Power
             ,
             and
             doth
             actually
             employ
             ,
             and
             makes
             use
             of
             it
             in
             the
             Prosecution
             of
             the
             righteous
             Ends
             of
             ●is
             Government
             ,
          
           
           as
           Doctor
           Scot
           has
           learnedly
           proved
           in
           his
           
             Christian
             Life
          
           .
           Part.
           3.
           
        
         
           As
           it
           appeared
           necessary
           to
           reform
           the
           Doctrines
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           to
           make
           them
           square
           the
           better
           with
           their
           late
           Practice
           ;
           so
           likewise
           to
           procure
           an
           Alteration
           amongst
           our
           Ecclesiastical
           Governours
           too
           ,
           it
           being
           as
           much
           for
           the
           Interest
           of
           this
           upstart
           Government
           the
           Metropolitan
           should
           be
           an
           Vsurper
           ,
           as
           the
           supreme
           Governour
           in
           the
           Civil
           State
           ;
           
             Like
             Bishop
             like
             King
          
           ,
           being
           as
           true
           a
           Maxim
           now
           ,
           a
           
             No
             Bishop
             no
             King
          
           heretofore
           .
           If
           the
           Metropolitical
           See
           had
           been
           real●y
           void
           ,
           this
           present
           nominal
           Archbishop
           was
           unqualified
           for
           it
           ,
           being
           esteem'd
           an
           Heretick
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           84th
           Canon
           of
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           as
           being
           an
           actual
           Rebel
           ,
           who
           ought
           to
           be
           deposed
           ,
           or
           degraded
           from
           his
           Priesthood
           and
           though
           in
           the
           present
           juncture
           he
           cannot
           be
           convicted
           and
           sentenced
           ;
           yet
           his
           Crimes
           being
           so
           notorious
           ,
           all
           that
           understand
           them
           ought
           not
           in
           Conscience
           to
           own
           him
           as
           a
           Christian
           Bishop
           ,
           or
           hold
           Communion
           with
           him
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           33d
           Canon
           of
           the
           
             Laodicean
             Council
          
           ,
           that
           we
           ought
           not
           to
           pray
           ,
           or
           communicate
           with
           Schismaticks
           ,
           or
           Hereticks
           .
        
         
           Of
           what
           grand
           Concern
           these
           particulars
           are
           let
           every
           good
           Christian
           seriously
           consider
           ,
           and
           lay
           to
           heart
           .
           Now
           it
           is
           that
           
             Poison
             is
             poured
             out
             into
             our
             Church
          
           ;
           therefore
           it
           's
           high
           time
           for
           us
           to
           avoid
           the
           Contagion
           ,
           according
           to
           that
           excellent
           Advice
           of
           St.
           
             Cyprian
             ,
             Keep
             at
             a
             Distance
             from
             the
             Infection
             of
             such
             Men
             by
             fleeing
             from
             them
          
           ;
           and
           shun
           their
           
             Conversation
             as
             you
             would
             the
             Cancer
             or
             Plague
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Premonition
             of
             our
             Lord
             ,
          
           Mat.
           15.14
           .
           
             They
             be
             blind
             Leaders
             of
             the
             blind
             ,
             and
             if
             the
             blind
             lead
             the
             blind
             ,
          
           &c.
           —
           
             Let
             them
             perish
             by
             themselves
             who
             are
             willing
             to
             perish
             ,
             let
             them
             alone
             remain
             without
             the
             Church
             ,
             who
             have
             forsaken
             the
             Church
             .
          
           Epist.
           40.
           
             ad
             Plebem
             ,
             &c.
          
           
           How
           can
           these
           Men
           pretend
           to
           be
           Guides
           to
           others
           ,
           who
           keep
           to
           no
           certain
           Path
           themselves
           ?
           What
           certainty
           can
           there
           be
           in
           their
           Doctrines
           ,
           when
           they
           vary
           th●m
           with
           their
           Interest
           ,
           and
           ever
           calculate
           them
           to
           serve
           a
           turn
           ?
           Therefore
           none
           ought
           to
           communicate
           with
           them
           ,
           who
           value
           the
           Salvation
           of
           their
           Souls
           ,
           and
           are
           not
           willing
           to
           partake
           of
           their
           Guilt
           and
           Punishment
           .
        
         
           The
           Doctrines
           and
           Duties
           of
           our
           holy
           Religion
           have
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Truth
           and
           Holiness
           for
           their
           Author
           ,
           and
           like
           him
           are
           always
           the
           same
           ,
           without
           any
           
             shadow
             of
             Change
          
           :
           But
           from
           what
           Spirit
           must
           these
           bold
           Attempts
           upon
           Common
           Christianity
           proceed
           ?
           Holloixius
           in
           his
           Defence
           of
           
             Origen
             ,
             lib.
          
           3.
           cap.
           6.
           cites
           several
           Passages
           out
           of
           his
           Writings
           ,
           wherein
           he
           assigns
           a
           different
           evil
           Spirit
           to
           every
           Vice
           or
           Sin
           ,
           which
           he
           calls
           
             inimicas
             ,
             &
             adversarias
             Virtutes
          
           ,
           and
           delivers
           this
           Notion
           among
           the
           rest
           :
           
             There
             seems
             to
             me
          
           ,
           says
           he
           ,
           
             to
             be
             an
             infinite
             number
             of
             contrary
             Powers
             ,
             or
             Spirits
             ;
             because
             in
             almost
             every
             Man
             there
             are
             certain
             Spirits
             ,
             which
             incite
             and
             provoke
             him
             to
             the
             Commission
             of
             divers
             Sins
             :
          
           E.g.
           
             There
             is
             a
             Spirit
             of
             Fornication
             ,
             and
             a
             Spirit
             of
             Anger
             ,
             a
             Spirit
             of
             Avarice
             ,
             and
             a
             Spirit
             of
             Pride
             ;
             and
             if
             it
             happens
             that
             any
             Man
             be
             acted
             by
             all
             these
             ,
             or
             more
             Sins
             ,
             he
             is
             to
             be
             look'd
             upon
             as
             possessed
             by
             so
             many
             or
             more
             Enemies
             ,
             or
             evil
             Spirits
             .
          
           Surely
           then
           ,
           according
           to
           this
           Opinion
           of
           Origen
           .
           Legion
           must
           have
           taken
           Possession
           in
           some
           of
           the
           Grandees
           of
           this
           new
           schisinatical
           Church
           of
           England
           .
           How
           obvious
           is
           it
           for
           any
           but
           those
           who
           are
           infatuated
           ,
           and
           spiritually
           blind
           ,
           to
           discern
           the
           Spirit
           
           of
           
             Rebellion
             ,
             Ambition
          
           ,
           and
           Emulation
           ;
           the
           Spirit
           of
           
             Heresie
             ,
             Schism
          
           ,
           and
           Persecution
           ;
           the
           Spirit
           of
           
             Blasphemy
             ,
             Lying
             ,
             Slandering
          
           ,
           and
           Apostacy
           ,
           reigning
           and
           triumphing
           among
           them
           .
        
         
           This
           word
           Apostacy
           I
           am
           very
           sensible
           will
           found
           very
           harsh
           in
           their
           Ears
           ;
           but
           let
           any
           sober
           and
           unprejudiced
           Person
           seriously
           consult
           the
           several
           Acceptations
           of
           the
           Word
           among
           sacred
           and
           prophane
           Authors
           ,
           and
           he
           will
           soon
           be
           convinced
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           be
           no
           easie
           Task
           for
           these
           Gentlemen
           to
           purge
           themselves
           from
           the
           imputation
           of
           it
           .
           Grotius
           ,
           in
           his
           Appendix
           to
           his
           Commentaries
           
             de
             Antichristo
          
           ,
           tell
           us
           ,
           th●t
           by
           Apostacy
           is
           understood
           all
           kinds
           of
           Hostility
           or
           Con●umacy
           against
           a
           Superiour
           ,
           who
           has
           the
           Right
           of
           Commanding
           ,
           and
           proves
           it
           from
           several
           Texts
           of
           Scripture
           .
           Sometimes
           it
           signifies
           a
           Defection
           ,
           or
           a
           Revolt
           ;
           see
           Suidas
           and
           Stephanus
           .
           In
           its
           common
           acceptation
           amongst
           Christian
           Writers
           ,
           a
           Departure
           from
           the
           Faith
           ,
           by
           going
           over
           to
           Heresie
           ,
           &c.
           
           Maimonides
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           cited
           by
           Hottinger
           ,
           in
           his
           
             Thesaur
             .
             Phil
             log
             .
             l.
          
           1.
           c.
           1.
           s.
           3.
           amongst
           the
           several
           Distinctions
           of
           Apostates
           among
           the
           Iews
           ,
           reckons
           
             those
             who
             taught
             or
             sollicited
             others
             to
             sin
             .
          
           I
           shall
           not
           make
           a
           particular
           Application
           of
           these
           significations
           of
           the
           word
           Apostacy
           to
           the
           forementioned
           Persons
           ,
           I
           onely
           refer
           the
           Reader
           to
           their
           Sermons
           and
           other
           Discourses
           ,
           their
           very
           Prayers
           and
           Practices
           ,
           it
           being
           so
           easie
           to
           be
           observed
           by
           the
           meanest
           Capacity
           ;
           but
           shall
           onely
           add
           this
           following
           Remark
           ,
           as
           an
           Illustration
           of
           what
           has
           been
           just
           now
           charged
           upon
           them
           .
           If
           the
           Abrenunciation
           ,
           and
           the
           solemn
           Stipulation
           to
           keep
           God's
           holy
           Will
           and
           Commandments
           ,
           &c.
           before
           Baptism
           were
           the
           real
           Tests
           of
           the
           Faith
           and
           Sincerity
           of
           the
           Candidate
           ,
           by
           which
           he
           was
           obliged
           to
           
             deny
             himself
          
           ,
           and
           to
           
             take
             up
             his
             Cross
             ;
             i.e.
          
           to
           forsake
           
             Father
             and
             Mother
             ,
             Wife
             and
             Children
             ,
             Lands
             and
             Possessions
             ,
             and
             to
             lay
             down
             even
             his
             very
             Life
             ,
          
           when
           ever
           they
           should
           come
           in
           competition
           with
           his
           Duty
           ;
           and
           we
           cannot
           ordinarily
           be
           called
           to
           the
           Performance
           of
           this
           our
           Vow
           and
           Covenant
           ,
           but
           under
           unrighteous
           and
           persecuting
           Princes
           ,
           then
           it
           follows
           clearly
           ,
           that
           by
           our
           entring
           into
           Christianity
           we
           have
           tied
           up
           our
           hands
           (
           by
           our
           own
           solemn
           Act
           )
           from
           making
           any
           forcible
           Resistence
           against
           our
           supreme
           Governours
           ,
           upon
           any
           pretence
           whatsoever
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Cross
          
           ,
           or
           
             Passive
             Obedience
          
           ,
           is
           a
           fundamental
           Doctrine
           ,
           or
           Principle
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ;
           and
           ,
           lastly
           ,
           that
           whosoever
           teach
           or
           practice
           otherwise
           ,
           are
           Renegadoes
           and
           Apostates
           from
           Christianity
           it self
           .
           This
           was
           very
           near
           the
           Assertion
           of
           Dr.
           Burnet
           himself
           ,
           in
           his
           Sermon
           on
           Rom.
           13.
           v.
           5.
           p.
           36.
           
           
             But
             ,
             blessed
             be
             God
             ,
             our
             Church
             hates
             and
             condemns
             this
             Doctrine
             ,
             (
             viz.
             of
             deposing
             and
             resisting
             of
             Kings
             ,
             )
             from
             what
             hand
             soever
             it
             come
             ,
             and
             hath
             established
             the
             Rights
             and
             Authority
             of
             Princes
             on
             sure
             and
             unalterable
             Foundations
             ,
             enjoining
             an
             entire
             Obedience
             to
             all
             the
             lawful
             Commands
             of
             Authority
             ,
             and
             an
             absolute
             Submission
             to
             that
             supreme
             Power
             which
             God
             hath
             put
             in
             our
             Sovereigns
             Hands
             .
             This
             Doctrine
             we
             justly
             glory
             in
             ,
             and
             if
             any
             that
             had
             their
             Education
             in
             our
             Church
             ,
             have
             turned
             Renegadoes
             from
             this
             ,
             they
             proved
             no
             less
             Enemies
             to
             the
             Church
             her self
             ,
             than
             to
             the
             Civil
             Authority
             ;
             so
             that
             their
             Apostacy
             leaves
             no
             blame
             on
             our
             Church
             .
          
        
         
           If
           this
           be
           the
           Case
           (
           as
           we
           have
           all
           the
           Reason
           in
           the
           World
           to
           think
           so
           )
           it
           's
           plain
           and
           evident
           to
           any
           ordinary
           Understanding
           ,
           That
           these
           
           Men
           are
           not
           true
           Church
           of
           England
           Divines
           ,
           as
           they
           would
           have
           all
           the
           World
           believe
           ;
           neither
           is
           the
           Church
           in
           Possession
           any
           more
           to
           be
           esteemed
           the
           True
           ,
           Legal
           ,
           Ancient
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           than
           the
           Donatists
           of
           Old
           were
           to
           be
           accounted
           the
           only
           
             Catholick
             Church
          
           .
           Their
           Priesthood
           is
           now
           become
           Schismatical
           ,
           having
           erected
           Altar
           against
           Altar
           ;
           their
           Liturgy
           Blasphemous
           and
           Diabolical
           ,
           wherein
           they
           address
           themselves
           to
           God
           as
           the
           Author
           and
           Fountain
           of
           all
           unjust
           Power
           ,
           the
           Patron
           of
           Injustice
           ,
           and
           the
           grand
           Protector
           ,
           and
           Encourager
           of
           the
           Notorious
           Violators
           of
           his
           most
           sacred
           Laws
           .
           What
           is
           this
           ,
           but
           with
           the
           most
           impudent
           and
           horrid
           Blasphemy
           that
           ever
           was
           heard
           of
           ,
           to
           beseech
           the
           Almighty
           to
           divest
           himself
           of
           his
           most
           glorious
           Attributes
           ,
           and
           to
           enter
           into
           a
           League
           with
           Hell
           it self
           ,
           for
           the
           support
           and
           maintenance
           of
           all
           their
           detestable
           Impieties
           .
        
         
           What
           have
           they
           now
           to
           say
           ?
           Confusion
           and
           Shame
           must
           cover
           them
           ,
           who
           are
           the
           Scandal
           and
           Reproach
           of
           the
           Pure
           and
           Undefiled
           Religion
           they
           should
           profess
           .
           Thousands
           of
           these
           could
           not
           say
           (
           though
           in
           reality
           the
           well
           known
           pretence
           of
           most
           )
           that
           they
           swore
           for
           Bread
           ;
           God
           forgive
           them
           they
           durst
           not
           trust
           Providence
           ,
           wanted
           the
           Courage
           to
           give
           a
           good
           Example
           ,
           or
           to
           teach
           their
           Flocks
           the
           danger
           of
           Perjury
           :
           They
           sinned
           against
           God
           ,
           and
           his
           Anointed
           ,
           and
           their
           own
           Souls
           ,
           and
           
             knew
             they
             did
          
           so
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           preceeding
           Age
           we
           can
           scarce
           name
           a
           Dignifi'd
           Clergy-man
           ,
           or
           any
           Person
           Eminent
           for
           Piety
           and
           Learning
           ,
           in
           either
           of
           the
           Universities
           ,
           in
           City
           or
           Country
           ,
           who
           were
           not
           outed
           their
           Benefices
           for
           refusing
           to
           take
           the
           Covenant
           or
           Engagement
           ;
           but
           now
           the
           great
           Body
           of
           the
           Clergy
           have
           been
           observed
           to
           renounce
           their
           Allegiance
           ,
           and
           worship
           the
           Idol
           of
           the
           Hogans
           :
           Indeed
           out
           of
           this
           Number
           we
           must
           except
           the
           
             Most
             Reverend
          
           the
           Metropolitan
           ,
           and
           Seven
           of
           his
           
             Right
             Reverend
          
           Brethren
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           Clergy
           and
           Loyal
           Fellows
           in
           the
           Universities
           ,
           who
           have
           not
           defiled
           themselves
           with
           the
           Abominations
           of
           their
           Apostate
           Brethren
           ,
           whose
           Virtue
           and
           Piety
           is
           the
           only
           Thing
           left
           to
           attone●
           for
           these
           loud
           and
           crying
           Sins
           of
           our
           Clergy
           ;
           and
           ,
           who
           incessantly
           like
           Abraham
           intercede
           with
           Almighty
           God
           to
           avert
           his
           Judgments
           from
           this
           sinful
           Nation
           ,
           and
           which
           the
           Perjury
           and
           Apostacy
           ,
           and
           the
           general
           Defection
           gives
           but
           too
           sad
           an
           occasion
           to
           fear
           hangs
           over
           our
           Heads
           .
        
         
           In
           short
           ,
           whatever
           hopes
           we
           may
           conceive
           of
           ever
           seeing
           the
           true
           Church
           of
           England
           flourish
           in
           its
           true
           Lustre
           and
           Purity
           ,
           we
           must
           owe
           it
           (
           next
           to
           the
           infinite
           Mercy
           of
           God
           )
           to
           those
           never
           enough
           applauded
           Heroes
           of
           our
           Church
           ,
           the
           true
           Arch-bishop
           of
           Canterbury
           ,
           and
           those
           ejected
           Bishops
           ,
           &c.
           who
           have
           stood
           in
           the
           Gap
           of
           Schism
           ,
           and
           
             bor●●
             up
          
           Loyally
           against
           the
           
             all
             over-bearing
          
           Torrent
           of
           the
           prevaricating
           Party
           ,
           who
           have
           preferred
           the
           Peace
           and
           Comfort
           of
           a
           
             good
             Conscience
          
           ,
           before
           all
           wordly
           Honour
           and
           Interest
           ,
           and
           fear'd
           the
           offending
           their
           good
           God
           more
           than
           their
           own
           certain
           Ruine
           from
           
             ill
             natured
          
           Men.
           How
           will
           these
           glorious
           Lights
           of
           our
           Church
           ,
           and
           true
           Servants
           of
           the
           living
           God
           shine
           after
           their
           Tryal
           is
           over
           past
           ,
           when
           the
           Adorer's
           of
           Mammon
           (
           those
           interloping
           Arch
           bishops
           ,
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           those
           other
           mean
           spiritted
           Worldlings
           ,
           who
           preferred
           their
           Profit
           before
           their
           Honesty
           )
           shrink
           ,
           look
           dim
           and
           pale
           with
           Guilt
           ;
           and
           at
           length
           their
           Candlesticks
           
           being
           removed
           from
           them
           ,
           come
           to
           be
           utterly
           extinguish'd
           and
           go
           out
           like
           an
           
             ill
             scenting
             Snuff
          
           .
        
         
           Some
           Instances
           he
           brings
           (
           p.
           26.
           )
           to
           shew
           we
           are
           not
           singular
           in
           Perjury
           and
           Rebellion
           .
           He
           tells
           us
           that
           the
           Law
           of
           the
           Land
           and
           of
           Nations
           ,
           require
           us
           to
           swear
           Allegiance
           to
           him
           who
           is
           in
           Possession
           :
           Which
           lame
           Pretence
           is
           answered
           fully
           over
           and
           over
           ,
           in
           the
           forenamed
           Books
           against
           Dr.
           Sherlock
           ;
           only
           this
           Gentleman's
           Assertion
           is
           more
           raw
           than
           his
           ,
           for
           he
           proceeds
           upon
           
             quiet
             Possession
          
           (
           as
           do
           also
           our
           Lawyers
           ,
           whom
           he
           speaks
           of
           ,
           and
           would
           have
           quoted
           if
           he
           durst
           .
           )
           But
           this
           Man
           makes
           account
           that
           
             bare
             Possession
          
           ,
           however
           qualified
           ,
           gives
           Title
           to
           our
           Allegiance
           ,
           nay
           obliges
           us
           to
           swear
           it
           too
           ,
           which
           we
           cannot
           do
           unless
           we
           can
           safely
           swear
           ,
           that
           this
           Discourse
           of
           his
           is
           Convictive
           ;
           which
           ,
           
             I●le
             be
             sworn
          
           ,
           is
           most
           pernicious
           Nonsense
           ,
           and
           would
           ,
           if
           followed
           ,
           pervert
           all
           the
           settled
           Order
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           all
           Right
           in
           the
           World.
           To
           assert
           that
           mere
           Possession
           of
           a
           Thing
           gives
           a
           Man
           Right
           to
           it
           ,
           is
           enough
           to
           encourage
           all
           Men
           to
           be
           
             Rebels
             ,
             Vsurpers
             ,
             Robbers
             ,
             Thieves
             ,
          
           and
           Cheats
           .
           It
           cries
           aloud
           to
           them
           all
           ,
           
             Catch
             that
             catch
             may
             ,
             my
             Masters
             ;
             all
             that
             you
             get
             is
             your
             own
             ,
             by
             the
             Law
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
             and
             of
             Nations
             ,
             of
             once
             you
             get
             but
             Possession
             .
          
           It
           makes
           the
           saying
           of
           the
           Th●eves
           [
           
             This
             is
             mine
             ,
             I
             stole
             it
          
           ]
           very
           strong
           Reason
           and
           good
           Sense
           .
           He
           'll
           say
           these
           Cases
           are
           not
           parallel
           to
           his
           :
           But
           why
           are
           they
           not
           ,
           if
           a
           true
           Prince
           has
           as
           
             good
             Right
          
           to
           his
           Crown
           ,
           as
           a
           Subject
           has
           to
           his
           Money
           or
           his
           Goods
           ?
           For
           if
           he
           has
           ,
           then
           a
           Possession
           transfers
           the
           Right
           of
           a
           Crown
           ;
           so
           it
           must
           transfer
           the
           Right
           of
           a
           Purse
           ,
           a
           Cloak
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           with
           so
           much
           the
           more
           Reason
           as
           the
           Right
           of
           the
           Crown
           (
           on
           which
           the
           common
           Good
           of
           the
           Nation
           depends
           .
           )
           ought
           to
           be
           more
           fixt
           and
           unalienable
           ,
           than
           the
           Right
           of
           private
           Men
           to
           their
           Goods
           ,
           which
           are
           of
           an
           inferior
           Concern
           .
           Now
           if
           the
           Law
           of
           the
           Land
           require
           us
           to
           swear
           Allegiance
           as
           due
           to
           any
           present
           Possessor
           ,
           the
           same
           Law
           declares
           that
           Allegiance
           ,
           and
           consequently
           the
           Crown
           is
           his
           Right
           ;
           otherwise
           the
           Law
           would
           oblige
           me
           to
           swear
           false
           .
           And
           if
           the
           
             Law
             of
             the
             Land
          
           declares
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           has
           Right
           ;
           To
           what
           end
           did
           this
           Gentleman
           all
           this
           while
           run
           about
           to
           the
           
             Law
             of
             Nations
          
           to
           patch
           him
           up
           a
           Title
           ?
           It
           must
           be
           a
           pitiful
           Cause
           that
           makes
           a
           Man
           ,
           who
           otherwise
           has
           wit
           enough
           ,
           still
           interfere
           thus
           with
           himself
           .
        
         
           But
           he
           says
           ,
           That
           if
           
             an
             Oath
             of
             Allegiance
             should
             not
             follow
             Possession
             ,
             there
             would
             be
             infinite
             Snares
             to
             the
             Consciences
             of
             all
             such
             who
             are
             requir'd
             to
             obey
             ,
             but
             are
             not
             bound
             to
             enquire
             into
             the
             Right
             of
             War.
          
           Note
           ,
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           one
           of
           those
           shuffling
           Tricks
           ,
           of
           which
           his
           Book
           is
           full
           .
           He
           begins
           with
           Oaths
           ,
           but
           proceeds
           as
           if
           only
           Obedience
           were
           required
           :
           As
           if
           a
           Man
           could
           not
           live
           quietly
           under
           a
           Government
           ,
           without
           Swearing
           and
           calling
           God
           to
           witness
           that
           the
           Governor
           has
           Right
           to
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           (
           and
           consequently
           to
           our
           Allegiance
           ,
           )
           whether
           we
           know
           he
           has
           or
           no.
           But
           let
           us
           apply
           our selves
           to
           his
           Discourse
           .
           All
           the
           play
           of
           these
           Men
           ,
           is
           to
           persuade
           the
           World
           that
           this
           business
           of
           Allegiance
           due
           to
           
             King
             Iames
          
           only
           ,
           is
           a
           Kind
           of
           
             dubious
             Case
          
           ;
           and
           then
           if
           they
           can
           but
           get
           their
           Judgment
           to
           bover
           ,
           they
           hope
           that
           Interest
           or
           Fear
           
             may
             turn
             the
             Ballance
          
           ,
           and
           make
           them
           swear
           to
           
             King
             William
          
           :
           Whereas
           we
           maintain
           that
           't
           is
           a
           
             most
             plain
          
           Case
           ,
           which
           none
           but
           byass'd
           Men
           can
           doubt
           of
           .
           Is
           it
           not
           evident
           to
           all
           ,
           that
           King
           Iames
           was
           Three
           Years
           
           agoe
           the
           undoubted
           Supreme
           Governor
           ,
           and
           that
           all
           the
           World
           held
           that
           none
           but
           he
           had
           Right
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           and
           consequently
           that
           Allegiance
           would
           then
           be
           lawfully
           sworn
           to
           
             none
             but
             him
          
           ?
           Is
           it
           not
           evident
           that
           he
           is
           living
           ,
           and
           has
           not
           
             given
             up
          
           his
           Right
           ;
           and
           so
           ,
           by
           the
           common
           course
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           't
           is
           evidently
           
             his
             still
          
           ?
           Is
           it
           not
           evident
           even
           to
           themselves
           that
           the
           new
           Right
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           is
           obscure
           ,
           that
           Men
           are
           in
           several
           Minds
           about
           the
           Ground
           and
           Reason
           of
           it
           ;
           some
           alledging
           one
           Thing
           ,
           others
           another
           ,
           which
           shews
           that
           England
           it self
           is
           
             not
             satisfied
          
           with
           the
           Truth
           of
           his
           Title
           ,
           but
           is
           led
           on
           by
           Fear
           or
           Interest
           ?
           Is
           it
           not
           evident
           that
           very
           many
           conscientious
           and
           good
           Men
           ,
           amongst
           whom
           are
           the
           Primate
           ,
           and
           some
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           many
           reverend
           and
           worthy
           Pastors
           of
           our
           Church
           do
           refuse
           to
           take
           the
           New
           Oath
           ;
           whose
           Authority
           far
           
             outweighs
             all
          
           the
           others
           ,
           in
           regard
           they
           have
           no
           Motive
           but
           
             pure
             Conscience
          
           ,
           since
           they
           are
           ruin'd
           for
           refusing
           ;
           whereas
           the
           Complying
           Party
           find
           Interest
           ,
           and
           the
           Favour
           of
           great
           Men
           ,
           by
           their
           mercenary
           Submission
           ?
           Is
           it
           not
           manifestly
           evident
           to
           every
           sincere
           Christian's
           Conscience
           ,
           even
           of
           the
           most
           ordinary
           Capacity
           ,
           that
           Oaths
           are
           
             most
             Sacred
          
           Things
           ;
           and
           that
           those
           Oaths
           which
           were
           due
           ,
           or
           have
           been
           sworn
           upon
           certain
           Grounds
           to
           an
           undoubted
           and
           indisputable
           Authority
           ,
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           unsworn
           again
           ,
           by
           swearing
           Allegiance
           upon
           uncertain
           Grounds
           to
           a
           dubious
           (
           at
           least
           )
           and
           disputable
           Authority
           ?
           So
           that
           here
           is
           no
           
             moot
             Case
          
           in
           the
           Business
           ,
           as
           he
           would
           pretend
           ,
           but
           
             plain
             Sense
          
           ,
           which
           every
           sincere
           and
           conscientious
           Christian
           is
           capable
           of
           comprehending
           :
           There
           is
           no
           danger
           then
           of
           
             infinite
             Snares
          
           ,
           (
           as
           he
           madly
           calls
           them
           ,
           )
           not
           of
           any
           at
           all
           ,
           but
           those
           of
           
             weak
             Fears
          
           ,
           or
           
             base
             Interest
          
           ,
           which
           have
           already
           ensnared
           many
           Consciences
           ,
           and
           are
           spread
           every
           where
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Devil's
             Nets
          
           to
           entangle
           and
           ensnare
           the
           unwary
           ,
           unstable
           ,
           and
           worldly
           minded
           Men.
           
        
         
           He
           asks
           ,
           p.
           26.
           
           If
           it
           be
           Perjury
           and
           Rebellion
           in
           the
           now
           
             French
             King's
             Conquests
             ,
             for
             the
             Inhabitants
             to
             take
             Oaths
             of
             Fidelity
             to
             the
             French
             King
          
           ?
           Now
           this
           is
           a
           very
           pleasant
           Gentleman
           ;
           and
           for
           all
           his
           objecting
           ,
           p.
           19.
           
           
             The
             admiring
             the
             French
             Conduct
             to
             this
             sort
             of
             Mai●
          
           [
           Mr.
           
           Ashton's
           Friends
           .
           ]
           He
           hath
           said
           more
           for
           the
           
             French
             King
          
           than
           any
           Iacobite
           in
           England
           will
           say
           ,
           and
           the
           rankest
           
             French
             Man
          
           in
           the
           World
           can
           say
           no
           more
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           a
           Right
           to
           all
           the
           Places
           he
           has
           over-run
           with
           his
           Arms
           ,
           in
           
             Flanders
             ,
             Savoy
          
           ,
           yea
           ,
           and
           the
           Principality
           of
           Orange
           too
           .
           But
           then
           ,
           Where
           is
           that
           independant
           Sovereignty
           which
           our
           Author
           talks
           of
           ,
           as
           necessary
           and
           essential
           to
           make
           a
           Title
           by
           Conquest
           ?
           For
           he
           is
           possess'd
           of
           the
           Principality
           of
           Orange
           ;
           and
           therefore
           according
           to
           our
           Author
           ,
           the
           King
           of
           France
           is
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ,
           and
           no
           body
           else
           .
           And
           not
           to
           meddle
           with
           what
           Right
           Conquest
           conveys
           ,
           (
           as
           being
           foreign
           to
           the
           present
           Question
           ;
           )
           here
           is
           this
           vast
           difference
           in
           the
           two
           Cases
           :
           The
           King
           of
           France
           actually
           Conquered
           these
           Places
           and
           People
           ;
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           did
           not
           Conquer
           England
           ,
           and
           none
           but
           a
           Mad-man
           will
           say
           he
           did
           :
           And
           therefore
           if
           the
           Author
           would
           have
           made
           the
           Case
           parallel
           ,
           he
           should
           thus
           have
           put
           his
           Question
           ,
           Whether
           it
           would
           not
           have
           been
           Perjury
           for
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           those
           Places
           ,
           to
           have
           put
           the
           Government
           into
           the
           
             French
             King's
          
           Hands
           ,
           to
           transfer
           their
           Allegiance
           ,
           and
           to
           take
           an
           Oath
           of
           Fidelity
           to
           him
           ,
           when
           it
           was
           in
           their
           Power
           to
           resist
           ;
           nay
           ,
           
           when
           he
           could
           not
           do
           it
           otherwise
           but
           by
           themselves
           ,
           and
           by
           their
           own
           Contrivance
           ,
           and
           Assistance
           :
           In
           that
           Case
           ,
           which
           is
           plainly
           ours
           ,
           I
           stick
           not
           to
           affirm
           that
           it
           is
           Perjury
           and
           Rebellion
           with
           a
           witness
           ;
           and
           no
           Man
           who
           hath
           not
           his
           Ear
           bored
           ,
           and
           is
           became
           a
           Slave
           to
           Interest
           ,
           can
           have
           the
           Face
           to
           deny
           it
           :
           And
           yet
           for
           all
           that
           he
           goes
           on
           .
           
             If
             it
             be
             not
             Perjury
             and
             Rebellion
             in
             those
             Conquer'd
             Provinces
             ,
             How
             comes
             it
             to
             be
             so
             here
             ?
          
           By
           which
           we
           say
           again
           ,
           he
           is
           ready
           to
           maintain
           ,
           (
           for
           he
           does
           here
           manifestly
           suggest
           it
           already
           ,
           )
           That
           England
           is
           the
           Prince
           of
           
           Orange's
           by
           Conquest
           ,
           and
           all
           our
           Lives
           and
           Estates
           are
           at
           his
           Disposal
           .
           And
           there
           wants
           nothing
           but
           one
           of
           his
           
             infinite
             Snares
          
           ,
           a
           good
           rich
           Deanry
           ,
           or
           Bishoprick
           ,
           to
           make
           him
           
             perfectly
             hold
          
           and
           
             openly
             maintain
          
           that
           Opinion
           .
           Parliaments
           had
           best
           look
           to
           such
           Libels
           in
           time
           ,
           left
           the
           pretended
           Conqueror
           come
           to
           
             abdicate
             them
          
           too
           as
           Vseless
           ,
           or
           Obstacles
           to
           the
           pretence
           of
           Conquest
           ,
           and
           make
           all
           our
           Countrey-men
           become
           Slaves
           to
           his
           Ambition
           .
        
         
           But
           what
           meant
           he
           by
           his
           instancing
           ,
           p.
           26
           ,
           27.
           in
           the
           Portugueze's
           swearing
           Allegiance
           to
           the
           Duke
           of
           Braganza
           ,
           though
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           had
           enjoyed
           the
           Crown
           for
           Three
           Generations
           ?
           The
           Case
           was
           this
           .
           There
           were
           Three
           Pretenders
           to
           that
           Crown
           ,
           and
           most
           of
           the
           Universities
           in
           Europe
           were
           emploied
           to
           determine
           which
           of
           them
           had
           Right
           ;
           when
           Philip
           the
           Second
           ,
           while
           the
           Thing
           was
           yet
           under
           debate
           ,
           seeing
           them
           encline
           most
           to
           the
           Duke
           of
           Braganza
           ,
           sends
           the
           Duke
           
             d'
             Alva
          
           with
           an
           Army
           ,
           and
           very
           unfairly
           Surprizes
           and
           Oppresses
           the
           Headless
           Nation
           ,
           and
           decided
           the
           Controversie
           by
           the
           Sword
           :
           This
           was
           no
           Conquest
           ,
           but
           a
           manifest
           Vsurpation
           ,
           for
           no
           Battle
           was
           fought
           ,
           nor
           Resistance
           made
           ;
           Was
           this
           parallel
           to
           the
           Case
           of
           us
           in
           England
           ?
           Was
           our
           Nation
           Headless
           at
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           
           Orange's
           Invasion
           ?
           Was
           it
           
             under
             dispute
          
           whether
           King
           Iames
           ,
           or
           he
           had
           Right
           to
           the
           Crown
           ?
           Or
           had
           King
           
             Iames
             usurp'd
          
           it
           ,
           as
           King
           Philip
           had
           done
           ?
           Was
           he
           not
           in
           quiet
           Possession
           of
           England
           ,
           which
           King
           Philip
           never
           was
           ?
           The
           Portugueze
           still
           grumbling
           and
           resenting
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           enslav'd
           to
           a
           Foreigner
           ,
           when
           a
           King
           of
           their
           own
           Nation
           had
           a
           Title
           to
           it
           .
           Again
           ,
           their
           swearing
           Allegiance
           to
           King
           Philip
           ,
           was
           too
           ,
           in
           many
           regards
           ,
           more
           justifiable
           than
           ours
           ;
           they
           were
           kept
           under
           by
           a
           Foreign
           Force
           ,
           whereas
           we
           do
           it
           voluntarily
           :
           Besides
           ,
           the
           Spanish
           King
           had
           been
           one
           of
           the
           Pretenders
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Question
             was
             not
             decided
          
           .
           Had
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ,
           or
           his
           Princess
           ,
           any
           kind
           of
           pretence
           to
           England
           while
           their
           Father
           liv'd
           ?
           Lastly
           ,
           They
           rose
           against
           a
           Foreign
           King
           to
           introduce
           one
           of
           their
           own
           Nation
           ,
           whereas
           we
           rose
           against
           our
           own
           to
           introduce
           a
           Foreigner
           .
           How
           shallow
           then
           is
           it
           to
           huddle
           together
           many
           Instances
           ,
           and
           not
           bring
           one
           of
           them
           home
           to
           his
           purpose
           ?
           How
           ridiculous
           to
           argue
           all
           along
           from
           Matters
           of
           Fact
           to
           Matter
           of
           Right
           ?
           Which
           is
           just
           as
           wise
           as
           to
           pretend
           ,
           that
           whatever
           has
           been
           done
           ,
           must
           be
           
             well
             done
          
           ;
           and
           is
           the
           same
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           would
           set
           himself
           to
           prove
           ,
           that
           we
           were
           not
           the
           first
           ,
           nor
           the
           only
           Rebels
           ,
           Traytors
           ,
           or
           Perjured
           Persons
           ,
           that
           have
           been
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           but
           that
           there
           have
           been
           others
           ,
           both
           of
           our
           own
           and
           other
           Nations
           before
           us
           ,
           which
           we
           never
           denied
           .
        
         
           He
           has
           not
           done
           with
           his
           Plot
           ,
           to
           prove
           the
           Paper
           none
           of
           Mr.
           
           Ashton's
           ;
           but
           (
           take
           which
           you
           will
           )
           tells
           you
           p.
           28.
           
           That
           either
           't
           is
           not
           his
           ,
           or
           else
           that
           
             he
             contradicted
             himself
          
           .
           In
           what
           I
           beseech
           him
           ?
           Why.
           
           Mr.
           Ashton
           ,
           at
           his
           Tryal
           said
           
             He
             could
             not
             but
             own
             he
             had
             a
             fair
             Tryall
             for
             his
             Life
             ,
          
           and
           yet
           in
           his
           Paper
           he
           complains
           of
           the
           
             severe
             Charge
             of
             the
             Iudges
          
           ,
           and
           
             hard
             Measure
          
           :
           And
           where
           lies
           the
           Contradiction
           ?
           Every
           Man
           knows
           that
           the
           Tryall
           is
           over
           before
           the
           Charge
           is
           given
           ,
           or
           the
           Verdict
           brought
           in
           by
           the
           Jury
           :
           So
           that
           nothing
           hinders
           but
           the
           Tryall
           may
           be
           fair
           ,
           and
           seemingly
           kind
           ,
           though
           the
           Charge
           which
           came
           after
           did
           aggravate
           ,
           and
           made
           the
           worse
           Misconstruction
           (
           as
           indeed
           it
           did
           )
           of
           every
           thing
           ,
           and
           so
           was
           very
           hard
           and
           severe
           .
           But
           does
           Mr.
           Ashton
           mention
           no
           
             hard
             Measures
          
           besides
           ?
           Does
           he
           not
           object
           his
           
             close
             Imprisonment
          
           ,
           the
           
             hasty
             and
             violent
             Proceedings
             against
             him
             ,
             and
             the
             Industry
             used
             in
             the
             Return
             of
             fi●ting
             Persons
             to
             pass
             upon
             him
             ,
             the
             denying
             of
             him
             a
             Copy
             of
             the
             Panel
             ,
          
           with
           an
           &c.
           at
           the
           end
           of
           them
           ?
           Were
           not
           these
           
             hard
             Measures
          
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           them
           villanously
           unjust
           ,
           and
           indeed
           plainly
           shewed
           ,
           that
           since
           they
           saw
           him
           so
           heartily
           honest
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           not
           be
           warpt
           ,
           the
           Resolution
           was
           taken
           beforehand
           by
           the
           Party
           to
           have
           his
           Life
           ,
           
             per
             Fas
             aut
             Nefas
          
           ?
           Does
           he
           deny
           these
           were
           
             hard
             Measures
          
           ,
           or
           that
           Mr.
           Ashton
           said
           true
           ,
           when
           he
           told
           us
           he
           had
           receiv'd
           such
           
             hard
             Measures
          
           ?
           He
           confesses
           both
           ,
           by
           his
           Silence
           in
           such
           main
           Businesses
           .
           Is
           it
           not
           a
           rare
           piece
           of
           Justice
           ,
           to
           cull
           out
           a
           select
           Company
           of
           Court
           Pick-thanks
           ,
           who
           they
           were
           sure
           would
           hang
           him
           ;
           and
           yet
           deny
           a
           Copy
           of
           the
           Panel
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           except
           against
           some
           chief
           Boute-feus
           ,
           (
           and
           particularly
           that
           malicious
           Jury
           Man
           he
           so
           complains
           of
           ,
           )
           who
           would
           never
           leave
           pressing
           and
           solliciting
           the
           rest
           ,
           till
           they
           brought
           them
           (
           let
           the
           Cause
           be
           never
           so
           ugly
           )
           into
           the
           same
           Guilt
           of
           Murther
           with
           themselves
           ?
           Yet
           a
           Man
           who
           loses
           his
           Life
           by
           such
           Tricks
           ,
           is
           (
           according
           to
           this
           Caviller
           )
           
             confident
             ,
             uncharitable
          
           ,
           or
           whatever
           other
           Character
           his
           time-serving
           Spite
           thinks
           fit
           to
           put
           upon
           him
           ,
           if
           he
           do
           but
           barely
           speak
           of
           what
           they
           did
           to
           take
           away
           his
           Life
           .
        
         
           Now
           after
           all
           this
           Outcry
           and
           heavy
           Charges
           ,
           to
           lay
           Load
           upon
           the
           Martyr's
           Credit
           ,
           what
           was
           it
           he
           said
           :
           
             Though
             I
             have
          
           ,
           I
           
             think
             ,
             just
             reason
             to
             complain
             of
             the
             severe
             Charge
             given
             by
             the
             Iudges
             ,
             and
             the
             hard
             measure
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           
             Yet
             as
             I
             hope
             for
             Pardon
             at
             the
             Hands
             of
             my
             God
             ,
             I
             do
             most
             heartily
             pray
             for
             and
             forgive
             them
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Could
           any
           thing
           be
           said
           
             more
             sweetly
          
           ,
           or
           
             more
             modestly
          
           ?
           He
           onely
           spoke
           it
           
             in
             Transcursu
          
           ,
           and
           as
           a
           Transition
           to
           the
           declaring
           his
           Charitable
           Forgiving
           of
           his
           Enemies
           :
           He
           onely
           said
           [
           
             he
             thought
          
           ]
           he
           had
           received
           ill
           Usage
           ,
           and
           why
           might
           not
           he
           think
           so
           ,
           when
           his
           Lawyers
           told
           him
           the
           Law
           did
           not
           reach
           him
           ,
           there
           being
           onely
           Presumption
           ,
           which
           was
           incompetent
           in
           that
           Case
           ?
           Yet
           this
           uncharitable
           Ca●iller
           charges
           him
           with
           Confidence
           ,
           and
           want
           of
           
             Common
             Charity
          
           ,
           and
           employs
           all
           his
           little
           Tricks
           of
           Rhetorick
           to
           have
           it
           thought
           he
           dyed
           an
           ill
           Man
           ,
           and
           (
           which
           is
           the
           worse
           Sin
           of
           the
           two
           )
           to
           murther
           as
           far
           as
           he
           could
           ,
           his
           Soul
           ,
           and
           his
           Credit
           as
           a
           good
           Christian
           ,
           after
           the
           Judges
           and
           Jury
           had
           murthered
           his
           Body
           .
        
         
           But
           how
           does
           he
           clear
           the
           Jury
           ?
           He
           cites
           my
           Lord
           Coke
           ,
           p.
           29.
           that
           the
           
             Intent
             is
             to
             be
             discovered
             by
             Circumstances
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           But
           does
           he
           or
           any
           Man
           say
           ,
           that
           those
           Circumstances
           must
           not
           be
           
             evidently
             connected
          
           with
           the
           Intention
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           such
           as
           
             could
             not
          
           have
           light
           or
           could
           not
           have
           been
           put
           ,
           had
           there
           not
           been
           such
           an
           Intention
           ?
           Otherwise
           the
           Evidence
           rises
           not
           above
           Presumption
           ,
           which
           that
           Lawyer
           declares
           to
           be
           insufficient
           ;
           and
           therefore
           he
           requires
           
             Good
             and
             Manifest
             Proof
          
           ;
           and
           
           the
           Proof
           of
           a
           Man's
           Intention
           cannot
           be
           said
           to
           be
           manifest
           ,
           unless
           the
           Over-act
           was
           manifestly
           connected
           with
           it
           .
           Was
           it
           so
           here
           ?
           Ashton
           clear'd
           the
           occasion
           of
           his
           going
           over
           to
           France
           to
           have
           been
           upon
           a
           quite
           different
           Account
           .
           But
           the
           Papers
           ,
           says
           he
           ,
           were
           
             found
             about
             him
          
           .
           What
           then
           ?
           Might
           not
           another
           who
           was
           in
           the
           Company
           ,
           and
           who
           onely
           was
           conscious
           of
           their
           Contents
           ,
           give
           them
           to
           him
           to
           keep
           ?
           Nay
           ,
           would
           not
           that
           Person
           who
           was
           concerned
           judge
           it
           best
           in
           Reason
           ,
           rather
           to
           give
           them
           to
           a
           Person
           which
           was
           
             not
             at
             all
          
           concerned
           in
           them
           ,
           than
           to
           another
           of
           his
           own
           Gang
           ?
           Certainly
           he
           would
           .
           Nothing
           more
           frequent
           in
           
           Oliver's
           Days
           ,
           than
           for
           loyal
           Gentlemen
           going
           in
           Coach
           ,
           to
           give
           such
           Papers
           which
           were
           Treasonable
           in
           those
           days
           to
           the
           Coachman
           ,
           or
           some
           Gentlewomen
           in
           Company
           ;
           and
           must
           such
           Persons
           who
           carried
           them
           be
           concluded
           guilty
           of
           Treason
           ?
           This
           Circumstance
           then
           of
           having
           the
           Papers
           found
           upon
           him
           ,
           which
           were
           evidently
           another
           Man's
           Concern
           ,
           as
           being
           writ
           in
           his
           hand
           ,
           was
           so
           far
           from
           being
           
             manifestly
             connected
          
           with
           his
           being
           concerned
           in
           them
           ,
           or
           
             knowing
             their
             Contents
          
           ;
           that
           ,
           of
           the
           two
           it
           rather
           signifies
           the
           contrary
           .
           Besides
           ,
           this
           Circumstance
           is
           not
           rightly
           represented
           .
           Had
           they
           been
           found
           upon
           him
           when
           
             first
             search'd
          
           ,
           it
           might
           have
           born
           a
           sleight
           Suspition
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           the
           Bearer
           of
           them
           ;
           but
           when
           he
           was
           first
           forc'd
           out
           of
           the
           hiding
           Place
           ,
           he
           was
           search'd
           ,
           and
           nothing
           found
           about
           him
           ;
           but
           going
           down
           afterwards
           to
           the
           Hold
           of
           the
           Ship
           ,
           and
           finding
           those
           Papers
           left
           ,
           (
           which
           he
           might
           suspect
           my
           Lord
           Preston
           would
           not
           have
           had
           found
           ,
           )
           he
           put
           them
           in
           his
           Bosome
           ,
           with
           design
           to
           throw
           them
           over-board
           ,
           which
           being
           observed
           ,
           they
           were
           found
           there
           .
           Well
           ;
           but
           he
           had
           a
           mind
           to
           have
           these
           Papers
           thrown
           over-board
           :
           What
           then
           ?
           Would
           not
           any
           Friend
           do
           the
           same
           ,
           if
           his
           Friend
           and
           Fellow-Traveller
           ,
           who
           by
           leaving
           his
           Letters
           behind
           him
           where
           he
           lay
           ,
           had
           by
           so
           doing
           signified
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           not
           have
           them
           seen
           ,
           though
           at
           the
           same
           time
           he
           knew
           nothing
           of
           the
           Contents
           .
           Did
           not
           Captain
           Billop
           at
           the
           Tryal
           declare
           upon
           Oath
           ,
           that
           Mr.
           Elliot
           was
           much
           more
           concerned
           than
           he
           was
           ,
           and
           yet
           no
           Presumptive
           Evidence
           was
           grounded
           thereupon
           against
           him
           ,
           of
           knowing
           their
           Contents
           ?
           Again
           ,
           Are
           there
           no
           Secrets
           ,
           and
           important
           Ones
           too
           ,
           but
           Treason
           ?
           What
           Man
           who
           is
           versed
           in
           the
           World
           would
           have
           made
           such
           a
           
             rash
             Conclusion
          
           of
           his
           knowing
           the
           Contents
           of
           the
           Letters
           from
           a
           Carriage
           ,
           as
           was
           lately
           shew'd
           
             has
             sometimes
          
           ,
           and
           
             may
             often
          
           be
           used
           in
           other
           Occasions
           ,
           where
           he
           that
           destroys
           or
           conceals
           any
           Papers
           of
           another's
           ,
           is
           yet
           utterly
           ignorant
           of
           what
           's
           in
           them
           ,
           or
           what
           is
           his
           Friend's
           Design
           ?
           My self
           in
           the
           Protector
           's
           Days
           lodged
           near
           the
           Pall-Mall
           ,
           when
           a
           Civil
           Gentleman
           came
           to
           take
           a
           Room
           in
           the
           same
           Hou'e
           ;
           it
           seems
           he
           came
           over
           to
           England
           about
           King
           Charles
           his
           Business
           ,
           though
           he
           kept
           it
           to
           himself
           ,
           and
           never
           in
           the
           least
           had
           acquainted
           me
           with
           it
           ;
           upon
           a
           fright
           he
           came
           running
           from
           the
           Yard
           into
           the
           House
           ,
           and
           feating
           a
           Search
           ,
           retired
           into
           a
           safe
           hiding
           Place
           ,
           giving
           me
           some
           Papers
           (
           which
           it
           seems
           he
           would
           not
           have
           found
           
             with
             him
          
           )
           to
           secure
           them
           if
           I
           could
           ,
           or
           else
           to
           burn
           them
           .
           I
           did
           not
           much
           fear
           ,
           knowing
           the
           Constable
           ;
           so
           I
           lock'd
           them
           in
           a
           small
           Trunk
           of
           Mine
           ,
           and
           put
           them
           under
           the
           Beds-head
           .
           They
           search'd
           but
           found
           nothing
           .
           Here
           is
           a
           Case
           parallel
           exactly
           ,
           or
           rather
           far
           more
           obnoxious
           than
           was
           that
           of
           Mr.
           Ashton's
           ,
           
           and
           more
           significant
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           privy
           to
           the
           Design
           of
           them
           .
           Now
           I
           would
           ask
           this
           inconsiderate
           Jury
           ,
           whether
           ,
           had
           those
           Papers
           (
           which
           I
           understood
           afterwards
           to
           be
           Commissions
           )
           been
           found
           in
           my
           Trunk
           ,
           they
           would
           have
           brought
           me
           in
           guilty
           ?
           Doubtless
           such
           a
           Jury
           as
           this
           would
           have
           done
           it
           ;
           and
           yet
           I
           can
           safely
           be
           deposed
           ,
           That
           I
           was
           then
           utterly
           ignorant
           ,
           both
           of
           the
           Business
           of
           that
           Gentleman
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Contents
           of
           the
           Papers
           .
           I
           desire
           those
           
             Gentlemen
             of
             the
             Iury
          
           to
           lay
           their
           Hands
           on
           their
           Hearts
           ,
           and
           tell
           us
           seriously
           ,
           whether
           they
           durst
           have
           ventured
           their
           own
           Lives
           ,
           (
           could
           it
           have
           been
           brought
           to
           the
           Tryall
           ,
           )
           that
           Mr.
           Ashton
           intended
           to
           go
           into
           France
           with
           such
           a
           Design
           ?
           I
           doubt
           their
           Hearts
           would
           quail
           at
           such
           a
           dubious
           Wager
           :
           And
           could
           they
           think
           fit
           to
           take
           away
           another
           Man's
           Life
           ,
           and
           hazard
           to
           damn
           their
           own
           Souls
           too
           ,
           on
           an
           Evidence
           that
           they
           durst
           not
           stake
           their
           own
           Lives
           upon
           .
           Let
           them
           reflect
           how
           often
           even
           
             very
             great
             Likelihoods
          
           deceive
           us
           every
           day
           ;
           nay
           ,
           sometimes
           so
           great
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           have
           judged
           it
           almost
           impossible
           it
           should
           have
           missed
           ;
           and
           yet
           no
           wise
           or
           good
           Man
           would
           venture
           his
           Life
           or
           his
           Salvation
           upon
           those
           
             highest
             Likelihoods
          
           ,
           or
           think
           fit
           to
           swear
           the
           Truth
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           dare
           Iuror●
           then
           hazard
           to
           forswear
           themselves
           ,
           and
           to
           commit
           Murther
           in
           to
           the
           Bargain
           ,
           by
           bringing
           in
           an
           illegal
           Verdict
           ,
           which
           takes
           away
           a
           Man's
           Life
           upon
           Likelihoods
           or
           Presumptions
           ?
           The
           Law
           he
           confesses
           requires
           
             manifest
             Proof
          
           ;
           What
           says
           this
           Patron
           of
           Injustice
           to
           the
           Law
           ?
           Yet
           
             this
             Proof
          
           (
           says
           he
           ,
           page
           29.
           )
           
             must
             still
             be
             such
             as
             the
             thing
             will
             bear
             .
          
           Let
           us
           examine
           the
           sense
           of
           these
           Words
           .
           Either
           he
           means
           by
           the
           Word
           [
           Thing
           ,
           ]
           a
           Fact
           of
           such
           a
           Nature
           as
           Mr.
           
           Ashton's
           is
           pretended
           to
           be
           ,
           and
           that
           such
           a
           Fact
           ,
           
             abstractedly
             speaking
          
           ,
           cannot
           bear
           a
           
             more
             manifest
          
           Proof
           than
           this
           had
           :
           Or
           he
           means
           that
           this
           individual
           pretended
           Fact
           ,
           as
           standing
           under
           the
           Circumstances
           it
           
             really
             had
          
           ,
           can
           bear
           no
           better
           Proof
           than
           it
           did
           ,
           or
           be
           made
           
             more
             manifest
          
           .
           He
           cannot
           without
           extreme
           Folly
           mean
           the
           former
           of
           these
           :
           For
           it
           is
           evident
           and
           confessed
           here
           ,
           p.
           30.
           by
           himself
           ,
           That
           had
           the
           Papers
           been
           produced
           
             writ
             in
             his
             own
             hand
             ,
             it
             would
             have
             been
             a
             plain
             Proof
             of
             his
             knowing
             what
             was
             in
             those
             Papers
             ,
          
           (
           which
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           is
           a
           plain
           Confession
           ,
           that
           (
           that
           Proof
           wanting
           )
           there
           was
           no
           plain
           or
           manifest
           Proof
           at
           all
           ,
           )
           He
           must
           mean
           then
           ,
           
             that
             this
             Fact
             ,
             no
             better
             circumstanc'd
             ,
             can
             bear
             no
             better
             Proof
          
           :
           Which
           is
           in
           less
           candid
           Terms
           to
           say
           ;
           
             We
             were
             resolved
             to
             hang
             him
             ,
             and
             could
             have
             been
             glad
             of
             a
             plain
             or
             manifest
             Proof
             ,
             but
             the
             Evidence
             we
             could
             get
             from
             all
             the
             Circumstances
             ,
             not
             bearing
             or
             affording
             as
             such
             a
             Proof
             ,
             we
             were
             forced
             to
             condemn
             him
             upon
             this
             unmanifest
             Proof
             ,
             or
             else
          
           (
           which
           would
           have
           vexed
           us
           )
           
             we
             must
             have
             acqui●ted
             him
          
           .
           This
           is
           what
           he
           would
           say
           ,
           had
           he
           the
           Gift
           of
           Ingenuity
           .
           Well
           then
           ,
           since
           there
           was
           (
           as
           he
           confesses
           )
           no
           plain
           or
           manifest
           Proof
           ,
           what
           Proof
           will
           he
           afford
           us
           instead
           of
           it
           ?
           Why
           ,
           he
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             there
             was
             sufficient
             Proof
             of
             his
             Privity
             to
             the
             Contents
             of
             those
             Papers
             .
          
           Sufficient
           !
           What
           does
           he
           mean
           by
           that
           indeterminate
           and
           insignificant
           Expression
           ?
           No
           Proof
           is
           sufficient
           by
           the
           Law
           but
           what
           is
           manifest
           :
           But
           he
           as
           good
           as
           confesses
           here
           ,
           that
           the
           Proof
           was
           not
           manifest
           .
           He
           can
           onely
           mean
           then
           by
           that
           lukewarm
           word
           [
           sufficient
           ,
           ]
           that
           the
           Proof
           was
           sufficient
           to
           take
           away
           his
           Life
           ,
           if
           such
           Judges
           and
           such
           a
           Jury
           had
           the
           managing
           of
           it
           ,
           who
           were
           resolved
           to
           sacrifice
           their
           Consciences
           and
           Honesty
           to
           the
           Fear
           or
           
           Favour
           of
           Men
           ,
           and
           blindly
           submit
           them
           ;
           without
           Scruple
           ,
           to
           the
           Pleasure
           of
           the
           State.
           
        
         
           Next
           he
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             there
             can
             be
             no
             direct
             and
             plain
             Proofs
             of
             a
             secret
             Intention
             .
          
           How
           many
           Tricks
           are
           coucht
           in
           these
           few
           words
           ?
           What
           does
           the
           word
           [
           direct
           ]
           here
           ?
           Did
           any
           Man
           ever
           pretend
           he
           could
           see
           a
           Soul
           directly
           ,
           or
           receive
           Impressions
           from
           it
           in
           a
           
             streight
             Line
          
           ,
           as
           Light
           and
           visible
           Objects
           come
           to
           the
           bodily
           Eye
           ?
           Again
           :
           What
           does
           the
           word
           [
           secret
           ]
           here
           ?
           Had
           it
           not
           been
           enough
           to
           say
           ,
           
             None
             can
             have
             a
             plain
             Proof
             of
             an
             Intention
          
           ?
           But
           to
           confound
           the
           weak
           Reader
           ,
           and
           colour
           over
           the
           Paradox
           ,
           he
           must
           add
           [
           secret
           ]
           to
           it
           .
           Indeed
           while
           an
           Intention
           is
           secret
           ,
           't
           is
           undoubtedly
           secret
           ;
           but
           why
           can
           there
           be
           no
           plain
           Proof
           of
           an
           Intention
           ,
           making
           it
           become
           
             not
             secret
          
           ?
           Certainly
           the
           denying
           this
           would
           destroy
           all
           humane
           Negotiation
           ,
           in
           all
           its
           mainest
           Concerns
           ,
           and
           make
           all
           our
           chief
           Actions
           floating
           and
           uncertain
           :
           It
           makes
           all
           the
           Execution
           of
           the
           Law
           comfortless
           to
           the
           Judges
           and
           Jury
           ,
           and
           wickedly
           injurious
           to
           the
           Persons
           accused
           ;
           for
           by
           this
           Man's
           Discourse
           the
           former
           can
           never
           tell
           whether
           or
           not
           they
           condemn
           an
           Innocent
           ,
           and
           the
           latter
           sees
           his
           Life
           and
           Honor
           exposed
           to
           Hap-hazard
           .
           'T
           is
           the
           Intention
           ,
           and
           that
           onely
           ,
           which
           the
           Law
           regards
           ,
           nor
           is
           any
           Action
           reputed
           by
           it
           to
           be
           Felony
           ,
           Murther
           ,
           Treason
           ,
           &c.
           unless
           it
           be
           done
           
             Animo
             Felonico
          
           ,
           &c.
           with
           a
           Felonious
           Intention
           ,
           &c.
           and
           this
           Intention
           ,
           according
           to
           him
           ,
           can
           never
           be
           made
           plain
           ;
           so
           no
           Man
           ●ving
           knows
           ,
           or
           
             can
             know
          
           ,
           who
           dies
           deservedly
           ,
           who
           innocently
           .
           Let
           him
           reflect
           ,
           that
           all
           that
           the
           Witnesses
           can
           do
           is
           to
           atrest
           the
           Overt-act
           ,
           or
           the
           
             Words
             spoken
          
           imprinted
           on
           their
           Senses
           ;
           but
           't
           is
           the
           Duty
           of
           the
           Judges
           and
           Jury
           ,
           when
           once
           they
           are
           satisfied
           of
           the
           Witnesses
           Integrity
           ,
           to
           see
           that
           those
           Actions
           are
           necessarily
           connected
           with
           such
           an
           Intention
           as
           with
           its
           Cause
           ,
           and
           proceeded
           from
           it
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           be
           not
           satisfied
           ,
           but
           that
           possibly
           it
           might
           spring
           from
           another
           Cause
           ,
           they
           must
           be
           judged
           not
           to
           value
           how
           pretious
           a
           Man's
           Life
           is
           ,
           nor
           to
           regard
           much
           whether
           they
           legally
           condemn
           an
           innocent
           or
           no
           ,
           if
           they
           bring
           him
           in
           guilty
           ;
           and
           so
           they
           incurr
           the
           Guilt
           themselves
           of
           
             careless
             Murtherers
          
           :
           Nor
           do
           the
           Judges
           deserve
           a
           better
           Character
           ,
           if
           they
           fail
           in
           the
           Duty
           of
           instructing
           them
           ,
           that
           the
           Law
           requires
           
             manifest
             Proof
          
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           ought
           not
           to
           proceed
           upon
           even
           
             high
             Likelihoods
          
           or
           Presumptions
           ,
           which
           we
           do
           experience
           do
           often
           deceive
           us
           :
           But
           especially
           if
           they
           aggravate
           and
           enhance
           those
           Likelihoods
           to
           make
           the
           Jury
           proceed
           upon
           them
           as
           Certainties
           :
           All
           which
           was
           but
           too
           visible
           in
           the
           Charge
           to
           this
           easily
           byast
           Jury
           .
           Did
           this
           Gentleman
           ,
           who
           denies
           that
           Intentions
           can
           admit
           of
           
             plain
             Proof
          
           ,
           never
           hear
           of
           those
           Sayings
           ,
           That
           
             out
             of
             the
             abundance
             of
             the
             Heart
             the
             Mouth
             speaketh
             ,
          
           or
           that
           
             the
             Tree
             is
             known
             by
             its
             Fruit
             ;
             i.e.
          
           a
           Man's
           Interiour
           by
           his
           
             Outward
             Actions
          
           ?
           Can
           we
           not
           know
           very
           manifestly
           ,
           that
           if
           a
           Man
           way-lay
           his
           Enemy
           ,
           and
           out
           of
           an
           Ambush
           assaults
           and
           runs
           him
           through
           ,
           he
           had
           an
           Intention
           to
           do
           him
           a
           Mischief
           ?
           Does
           not
           himself
           confess
           ,
           that
           had
           the
           Papers
           been
           in
           Mr.
           
           Ashton's
           own
           hand
           ,
           it
           had
           been
           a
           plain
           or
           
             manifest
             Proof
          
           of
           his
           
             knowing
             their
             Contents
          
           ;
           which
           Knowledge
           is
           of
           its
           own
           Nature
           altogether
           as
           secret
           as
           is
           an
           Intention
           :
           Lastly
           ,
           Does
           he
           not
           tell
           us
           out
           of
           my
           Lord
           Coke
           ,
           that
           no
           Proof
           is
           sufficient
           but
           a
           manifest
           one
           ;
           and
           yet
           he
           sets
           himself
           to
           prove
           ,
           that
           there
           
             can
             be
             no
             plain
          
           or
           
           manifest
           
             Proof
             of
             an
             Intention
          
           ,
           which
           makes
           the
           Law
           require
           Impossibilities
           ?
           What
           Stuff
           is
           this
           to
           be
           vented
           by
           a
           Man
           chosen
           out
           to
           support
           the
           State
           ,
           vindicate
           the
           Judges
           ,
           and
           confute
           the
           solid
           Paper
           bequeath'd
           us
           by
           our
           dying
           Martyr
           !
        
         
           After
           this
           he
           pretends
           ,
           that
           ,
           
             in
             his
             Iudgment
          
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Papers
           was
           writ
           in
           the
           
             very
             same
             Hand
             in
             which
             this
             Speech
             was
             written
          
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           it
           was
           
             writ
             by
             Mr.
          
           Ashton
           .
           But
           he
           must
           pardon
           us
           if
           we
           dare
           not
           believe
           his
           Judgement
           ,
           which
           (
           as
           has
           been
           abundantly
           shewn
           )
           has
           scarcely
           
             judg'd
             right
          
           in
           one
           single
           Line
           of
           his
           whole
           Book
           :
           But
           how
           frivolous
           is
           this
           Pretence
           of
           his
           !
           Had
           the
           Judges
           ,
           or
           the
           Managers
           of
           the
           Tryal
           found
           the
           least
           Ground
           for
           such
           a
           Suspition
           ,
           it
           had
           been
           the
           easiest
           thing
           in
           the
           World
           to
           have
           compared
           that
           Paper
           with
           Hundreds
           of
           Accomp●s
           ,
           Acquittances
           ,
           and
           Letters
           ,
           which
           were
           all
           seized
           in
           his
           House
           by
           Order
           from
           the
           State
           :
           Nor
           could
           they
           have
           wanted
           Witnesses
           to
           have
           sworn
           ,
           that
           they
           believed
           such
           a
           Paper
           was
           writ
           by
           him
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           they
           did
           in
           the
           Tryal
           of
           my
           Lord
           Preston
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           very
           great
           Presumption
           that
           they
           found
           no
           such
           Paper
           under
           his
           Hand
           ,
           or
           so
           near
           resembling
           it
           as
           might
           induce
           any
           to
           swear
           it
           .
           They
           found
           indeed
           another
           Paper
           of
           his
           ,
           which
           more
           vext
           them
           and
           hastened
           his
           Death
           ,
           than
           had
           they
           found
           any
           such
           other
           as
           this
           Gentleman
           pretends
           :
           Concerning
           which
           take
           the
           Martyr's
           own
           Words
           out
           of
           
             part
             of
             that
             Paper
             left
             by
             him
             in
             a
             Friend's
             hands
          
           ;
           which
           are
           as
           followeth
           .
        
         
           
             [
             Being
             suddenly
             to
             give
             up
             my
             Accounts
             to
             the
             Searcher
             of
             all
             Hearts
             ,
             I
             think
             it
             a
             Duty
             incumbent
             upon
             me
             to
             impart
             some
             Things
             farther
             ,
             which
             neither
             the
             Interest
             nor
             Iniquity
             of
             these
             Times
             will
             ,
             I
             conclude
             ,
             willingly
             bear
             the
             publication
             of
             ,
             and
             therefore
             not
             fit
             to
             be
             inserted
             in
             the
             Sheriffs
             Paper
             .
          
           
             Some
             time
             after
             the
             Prince
             of
             
             Orange's
             Arrival
             here
             ,
             when
             it
             was
             expected
             ,
             that
             ,
             pursuant
             to
             his
             own
             Declaration
             ,
             and
             the
             King's
             Letter
             to
             the
             Convention
             ,
             an
             exact
             Search
             and
             Enquiry
             would
             have
             been
             made
             into
             the
             Birth
             of
             the
             Prince
             of
             Wales
             ,
             there
             was
             a
             Scheme
             drawn
             up
             of
             that
             whole
             Matter
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Proofs
             that
             were
             then
             (
             and
             are
             still
             )
             ready
             to
             be
             produced
             ,
             to
             prove
             his
             Royal
             Highness's
             Legitimacy
             ;
             but
             no
             publick
             Examination
             being
             ever
             had
             ,
             and
             the
             Violence
             of
             the
             Times
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Interest
             of
             the
             present
             Government
             ,
             not
             permitting
             any
             private
             Person
             to
             move
             in
             it
             ,
             those
             Papers
             have
             ever
             since
             lain
             by
             :
             But
             it
             being
             now
             thought
             advisable
             by
             some
             ,
             to
             have
             them
             printed
             and
             published
             ,
             and
             (
             as
             at
             first
             they
             were
             designed
             )
             addressed
             ,
             at
             their
             next
             Meeting
             ,
             to
             the
             Lords
             and
             Commons
             ,
             entreating
             them
             to
             enquire
             into
             that
             weighty
             Affair
             ,
             and
             to
             call
             forth
             ,
             examine
             ,
             and
             protect
             (
             for
             who
             else
             dares
             to
             appear
             )
             the
             many
             Witnesses
             to
             the
             several
             Particulars
             therein
             offered
             to
             be
             legally
             proved
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             I
             was
             ordered
             to
             carry
             those
             Papers
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             my
             Master
             ,
             for
             his
             view
             ,
             that
             his
             Leave
             and
             Approbation
             might
             go
             along
             with
             the
             Desires
             of
             his
             good
             Subjects
             here
             ;
             and
             they
             being
             taken
             with
             me
             ,
             with
             some
             other
             Papers
             of
             Accounts
             ,
             &c.
             in
             a
             small
             Trunck
             ,
             amongst
             my
             Linen
             ,
             and
             other
             private
             Things
             of
             my
             own
             ,
             and
             not
             in
             the
             Packet
             ,
             (
             my
             Lord
             Pre●ton
             being
             altogether
             a
             stranger
             to
             the
             whole
             
             proceeding
             ,
             )
             by
             this
             means
             fell
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             our
             present
             Governours
             ,
             who
             ,
             though
             they
             wisely
             waved
             the
             producing
             them
             as
             Evidence
             at
             my
             Tryal
             ,
             yet
             have
             I
             just
             Reason
             to
             believe
             my
             greatest
             Crimes
             were
             contained
             in
             them
             ;
             and
             I
             do
             therefore
             conclude
             and
             hope
             ,
             that
             I
             only
             am
             designed
             to
             be
             sacrificed
             ,
             who
             only
             knew
             of
             them
             :
             Nor
             am
             I
             surprised
             at
             it
             ,
             since
             nothing
             ,
             I
             think
             ,
             can
             be
             more
             prejudical
             to
             some
             Persons
             present
             Interest
             ,
             than
             the
             exposing
             of
             those
             Papers
             to
             the
             Publick
             ,
             which
             will
             set
             that
             pretended
             Mystery
             of
             Darkness
             in
             so
             clear
             a
             Light
             ,
             that
             all
             Mankind
             must
             be
             convinced
             of
             his
             Highness's
             being
             Born
             of
             the
             Queen
             ,
             and
             of
             their
             Wickedness
             ,
             who
             have
             malitiously
             and
             designedly
             asserted
             that
             innocent
             Prince
             to
             be
             an
             Impostor
             .
             The
             Love
             and
             Compassion
             that
             I
             have
             for
             my
             native
             Countrey
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Charity
             ,
             obliges
             me
             humbly
             to
             implore
             Almighty
             God
             to
             be
             merciful
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             charge
             this
             great
             Sin
             to
             the
             publick
             Account
             ,
             and
             that
             we
             may
             not
             farther
             provoke
             his
             Justice
             by
             our
             wilfully
             continuing
             in
             Errour
             and
             Mistake
             ,
             I
             beseech
             him
             to
             put
             it
             into
             the
             Hearts
             of
             the
             Lords
             ,
             &c.
             at
             their
             next
             Meeting
             ,
             to
             examine
             into
             that
             whole
             Matter
             ,
             and
             (
             if
             before
             that
             time
             this
             be
             published
             )
             to
             enquire
             after
             ,
             call
             for
             ,
             and
             ,
             if
             possible
             ,
             retrieve
             those
             Papers
             that
             were
             taken
             with
             me
             ;
             whereby
             the
             Obstinate
             will
             most
             certainly
             be
             convinced
             ,
             the
             Ignorant
             informed
             ,
             the
             Doubtful
             confirmed
             ,
             the
             Eyes
             of
             all
             opened
             ,
             and
             a
             sacred
             most
             important
             Truth
             made
             apparent
             to
             the
             whole
             World.
             ]
          
        
         
           And
           may
           we
           not
           now
           with
           good
           Reason
           challenge
           those
           of
           the
           other
           Party
           to
           give
           an
           Answer
           to
           those
           Papers
           ,
           which
           were
           the
           true
           occasion
           of
           his
           Suffering
           ;
           and
           in
           behalf
           of
           Justice
           ,
           Truth
           ,
           and
           the
           good
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           to
           demand
           that
           the
           said
           Papers
           ,
           which
           are
           now
           stiffled
           ,
           may
           be
           produced
           ,
           and
           (
           if
           possible
           )
           confuted
           :
           For
           since
           never
           greater
           fedulity
           was
           used
           by
           any
           other
           to
           set
           that
           Business
           in
           a
           manifest
           Light
           ;
           the
           Answering
           them
           must
           consequently
           be
           the
           surest
           Means
           to
           keep
           the
           Nation
           from
           being
           imposed
           upon
           in
           so
           weighty
           a
           Matter
           .
           And
           if
           this
           be
           not
           done
           ,
           Will
           not
           all
           sincere
           Persons
           conclude
           hence
           that
           the
           Proofs
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           
           Wales's
           Legitimacy
           ,
           contained
           in
           those
           Papers
           of
           Mr.
           Ashton
           ,
           are
           even
           in
           the
           Opinion
           of
           our
           Stat●sts
           themselves
           ,
           absolutely
           unanswerable
           ,
           and
           all
           England
           be
           convinced
           that
           the
           Pretence
           of
           his
           being
           Supposititious
           ,
           was
           set
           up
           for
           no
           other
           End
           but
           to
           bring
           ,
           by
           that
           detestable
           Forgery
           ,
           the
           King
           and
           Queen
           into
           Odium
           and
           Disgrace
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           way
           for
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           to
           seize
           on
           his
           Crown
           ;
           and
           reflect
           ,
           that
           from
           this
           one
           villa●ous
           Cheat
           ,
           all
           the
           Calamities
           that
           have
           befallen
           our
           deluded
           Nation
           ,
           have
           had
           their
           true
           Source
           and
           Origin
           .
           I
           know
           the
           Observator
           upon
           Mr.
           
           Ashton's
           Papers
           denies
           there
           were
           any
           such
           ;
           but
           could
           it
           be
           done
           with
           our
           Security
           ,
           we
           do
           undertake
           to
           prove
           Circumstantially
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           in
           his
           Trunck
           when
           taken
           by
           the
           Government
           's
           Order
           ;
           and
           farther
           that
           we
           will
           clear
           that
           whole
           Matter
           ,
           far
           more
           fully
           than
           has
           been
           done
           hitherto
           ,
           by
           many
           other
           Witnesses
           of
           unquestionable
           Credit
           ,
           and
           by
           most
           convincing
           Proofs
           ;
           and
           to
           satisfie
           all
           I
           terrogatories
           that
           can
           be
           offered
           by
           the
           most
           inquisitive
           Scrupler
           .
           But
           to
           return
           to
           our
           Juries
           ;
           What
           matters
           it
           what
           was
           brought
           to
           light
           about
           those
           Papers
           afterwards
           ?
           The
           
           Question
           is
           ,
           what
           Evidence
           the
           Jury
           then
           had
           ,
           when
           they
           brought
           in
           their
           lawless
           Verdict
           :
           If
           they
           had
           
             at
             that
             time
          
           no
           such
           Evidence
           as
           the
           Law
           requires
           ;
           i.e.
           if
           they
           had
           
             then
             no
             manifest
          
           Proof
           ,
           he
           died
           Innocent
           
             in
             the
             Eye
             of
             the
             Law
          
           ;
           and
           nothing
           can
           acquit
           his
           Condemners
           from
           being
           ,
           according
           
             to
             the
             same
             Law
          
           ,
           and
           God's
           Law
           too
           ,
           
             unconscientious
             Murderers
          
           .
           And
           't
           is
           of
           this
           kind
           of
           Innocence
           only
           the
           Martyr
           speaks
           ,
           when
           he
           declares
           himself
           Innocent
           ;
           about
           which
           P●ssage
           this
           Gentleman
           ,
           who
           can
           neither
           understand
           
             another
             Man
          
           ,
           nor
           many
           times
           himself
           very
           well
           ,
           is
           very
           Gay
           and
           Pleasant
           :
           Though
           ,
           't
           is
           true
           ,
           the
           Martyr
           by
           owning
           his
           Duty
           to
           his
           lawful
           Sovereign
           ,
           does
           withall
           ,
           by
           consequence
           profess
           ,
           that
           ,
           though
           he
           had
           been
           legally
           Convicted
           of
           an
           intention
           to
           restore
           him
           ,
           and
           of
           acting
           too
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           that
           good
           End
           ,
           he
           had
           notwithstanding
           been
           Innocent
           also
           
             before
             God.
          
           
        
         
           The
           Result
           of
           all
           the
           whole
           foregoing
           Discourse
           is
           this
           ,
           That
           our
           blessed
           Martyr
           is
           clearly
           vindicated
           from
           any
           
             Treasonable
             Guilt
          
           ,
           and
           proved
           to
           have
           died
           
             doubly
             Innocent
          
           ;
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           in
           dying
           for
           his
           Allegiance
           ,
           which
           provok'd
           this
           unreasonable
           Malice
           against
           him
           ;
           and
           
             in
             the
             Eye
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
          
           by
           being
           adjudg'd
           to
           die
           without
           
             manifest
             Proof
          
           ,
           or
           legal
           Evidence
           .
           May
           his
           Noble
           Christian
           Fortitude
           ,
           and
           his
           Pious
           Example
           ,
           so
           influence
           his
           
             Prevaricating
             Brethren
          
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           repent
           them
           of
           their
           Perjury
           and
           Rebellion
           ,
           imitate
           his
           
             Constant
             Loyalty
          
           ,
           and
           be
           partakers
           of
           that
           Eternal
           Crown
           of
           Glory
           which
           he
           now
           enjoys
           ,
           for
           undauntedly
           owning
           ,
           and
           even
           to
           Death
           persevering
           in
           his
           Duty
           of
           Allegiance
           to
           his
           
             only
             Lawful
          
           ,
           and
           
             only
             Rightful
          
           Sovereign
           .
        
         
           
             An
             Humble
             Petition
             to
             the
             Present
             Government
             .
          
           
             SInce
             Nature
             does
             generally
             encline
             every
             Man
             to
             avoid
             his
             own
             Ruine
             ,
             and
             to
             do
             that
             which
             is
             apparently
             best
             for
             his
             own
             worldly
             Interest
             and
             Conveniency
             ;
             it
             cannot
             in
             common
             Reason
             and
             Prudence
             be
             imagined
             ,
             but
             that
             the
             generality
             of
             those
             ,
             who
             do
             adhere
             to
             King
             IAMES
             his
             Title
             ,
             would
             be
             glad
             to
             live
             at
             Ease
             ,
             and
             out
             of
             Danger
             ,
             by
             submitting
             freely
             to
             the
             present
             Government
             ,
             did
             not
             some
             Consideration
             that
             is
             of
             a
             Superior
             Nature
             ,
             and
             concerns
             their
             well-being
             in
             another
             World
             ,
             over-awe
             them
             and
             deter
             them
             from
             owning
             it
             .
             Wherefore
             as
             we
             who
             write
             this
             ,
             do
             in
             our
             Names
             ,
             so
             we
             justly
             presume
             we
             may
             in
             the
             Names
             of
             those
             others
             ,
             protest
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             Almighty
             God
             ,
             who
             sees
             their
             Hearts
             ,
             that
             our
             refusing
             to
             take
             the
             Oath
             ,
             and
             pay
             a
             voluntary
             Allegiance
             to
             the
             present
             Governours
             ,
             does
             not
             spring
             from
             any
             inclination
             to
             Faction
             ,
             nor
             from
             Obstinacy
             ,
             nor
             yet
             from
             any
             Disaffection
             to
             their
             Persons
             ;
             but
             purely
             from
             this
             ,
             That
             we
             cannot
             be
             satisfied
             ,
             either
             by
             our
             own
             Reason
             ,
             or
             any
             Thing
             that
             has
             been
             hitherto
             writ
             upon
             that
             Subject
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             any
             Title
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             either
             by
             the
             Law
             of
             God
             or
             Man
             ;
             but
             ,
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             that
             both
             Divine
             and
             
               Humane
               Laws
            
             are
             against
             their
             wresting
             it
             ,
             by
             a
             Trick
             ,
             out
             of
             the
             Hands
             of
             their
             Father
             ,
             who
             was
             the
             
               undoubted
               rightful
            
             Owner
             of
             it
             ;
             and
             that
             their
             still
             Possessing
             and
             Detaining
             it
             from
             him
             ,
             is
             no
             less
             against
             the
             
               same
               Laws
            
             ,
             and
             consequently
             
               a
               doubly-unjust
               Vsurpation
            
             :
             And
             therefore
             our
             Conscience
             tells
             
             us
             ,
             That
             we
             shall
             incurr
             the
             just
             Indignation
             of
             Almighty
             God
             ;
             and
             withal
             ,
             become
             Obnoxious
             ,
             by
             our
             English
             Laws
             ,
             to
             the
             Punishments
             due
             to
             Traitors
             ,
             should
             we
             yield
             to
             such
             illegal
             Compliances
             .
             Wherefore
             we
             humbly
             Petition
             ,
             That
             for
             satisfaction
             to
             our
             Consciences
             ,
             our
             Governours
             would
             please
             to
             give
             Order
             ,
             that
             some
             grave
             and
             learned
             Man
             may
             compile
             a
             Treatise
             ,
             shewing
             
               their
               true
            
             Title
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             and
             manifesting
             how
             King
             
             Iames's
             legal
             Title
             ,
             by
             Succession
             ,
             comes
             to
             be
             annull'd
             :
             And
             let
             him
             evince
             these
             Two
             main
             Points
             from
             any
             solid
             Principles
             ,
             of
             what
             nature
             soever
             ,
             acknowledg'd
             for
             such
             by
             the
             indifferent
             part
             of
             the
             World
             ;
             and
             so
             that
             it
             may
             appear
             by
             their
             giving
             Authority
             to
             that
             Treatise
             ,
             by
             such
             their
             Order
             ,
             that
             that
             is
             the
             
               true
               Ground
            
             of
             their
             Claim
             ,
             and
             the
             Title
             they
             will
             
               stand
               by
            
             .
             Those
             who
             have
             writ
             in
             Justification
             of
             their
             Government
             ,
             are
             in
             so
             many
             Minds
             about
             the
             Ground
             of
             their
             pretended
             Right
             ,
             that
             instead
             of
             clearing
             it
             they
             have
             ,
             by
             their
             Disagreement
             ,
             satisfied
             all
             understanding
             Men
             ,
             that
             't
             is
             
               very
               obscure
            
             ,
             even
             to
             their
             
               own
               Party
            
             ;
             whereas
             yet
             it
             ought
             to
             
               be
               of
               it self
            
             ,
             or
             else
             
               be
               made
            
             most
             Evident
             ,
             e'er
             it
             can
             in
             any
             Reason
             be
             held
             able
             to
             overthrow
             a
             Tenure
             so
             
               incontestibly
               Evident
            
             and
             Legal
             ,
             as
             was
             that
             of
             King
             Iames
             ,
             it
             being
             built
             on
             a
             long
             continued
             H●reditary
             Succession
             ,
             abetted
             by
             the
             most
             Fundamental
             Laws
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
             and
             approved
             by
             the
             universal
             acknowledgement
             of
             the
             whole
             World.
             We
             humbly
             request
             then
             to
             be
             inform'd
             which
             of
             those
             many
             Grounds
             ,
             advanc'd
             by
             their
             Writers
             ,
             themselves
             will
             think
             fit
             to
             make
             choice
             of
             ,
             and
             esteem
             
               thus
               Evident
            
             ,
             which
             we
             have
             not
             hitherto
             any
             Light
             to
             guess
             at
             .
             Their
             Carriage
             by
             carressing
             and
             advancing
             Dr.
             Sherlock
             ,
             seems
             to
             hint
             that
             they
             most
             approve
             of
             his
             new
             Notion
             ;
             but
             that
             Flash
             of
             his
             has
             been
             so
             perfectly
             and
             so
             manifoldly
             baffled
             ,
             and
             laid
             flat
             beyond
             all
             possibility
             of
             setting
             it
             up
             again
             ,
             or
             supporting
             it
             ,
             that
             (
             next
             to
             the
             Abdication
             Title
             )
             no
             Tenet
             in
             the
             World
             was
             ever
             so
             notoriously
             convicted
             of
             Folly
             and
             Inconsistency
             .
             We
             are
             told
             that
             Mr.
             Johnson
             is
             about
             publishing
             something
             upon
             that
             Subject
             ,
             with
             a
             disclaim
             of
             any
             other
             Title
             but
             that
             he
             is
             setting
             up
             :
             But
             as
             we
             are
             well
             assured
             that
             the
             Principles
             that
             Gentleman
             will
             proceed
             upon
             ,
             (
             however
             he
             may
             pretend
             to
             wrest
             our
             Laws
             to
             his
             Fancy
             ,
             )
             are
             purely
             Commonwealthish
             ,
             and
             no
             less
             confident
             that
             our
             Governours
             will
             never
             think
             it
             Honourable
             for
             them
             to
             own
             such
             a
             precarious
             Authority
             ;
             so
             we
             cannot
             think
             it
             safe
             in
             Conscience
             for
             us
             to
             acquiesce
             in
             such
             a
             Title
             ,
             which
             they
             themselves
             will
             not
             think
             fit
             to
             acknowledge
             and
             
               abide
               by
            
             .
          
           
             This
             Request
             is
             for
             another
             Regard
             the
             more
             Reasonable
             ,
             because
             the
             granting
             it
             is
             clearly
             the
             best
             for
             the
             Interest
             even
             of
             our
             Governours
             themselves
             :
             For
             nothing
             can
             be
             more
             Prevalent
             to
             unite
             all
             England
             in
             a
             hearty
             Subjection
             to
             their
             Government
             ,
             than
             the
             making
             out
             Evidently
             ,
             and
             Inconfutably
             (
             in
             Case
             they
             judge
             it
             fecible
             )
             upon
             what
             Ground
             we
             may
             justly
             hold
             the
             former
             Prince's
             rightful
             Title
             is
             Extinguished
             ,
             and
             their
             own
             rightfully
             Introduced
             and
             Established
             .
             Nor
             can
             an●
             Thing
             more
             acquit
             them
             from
             the
             heavy
             Imputation
             of
             Cruelty
             and
             Murder
             ,
             (
             which
             Odium
             they
             will
             otherwise
             lie
             under
             ,
             )
             than
             will
             shewing
             their
             Right
             to
             be
             thus
             Evident
             :
             I
             say
             Evident
             ;
             for
             plain
             Reason
             very
             sensibly
             informs
             every
             honest
             Christian
             ,
             that
             a
             Title
             which
             was
             
               never
               doubted
            
             or
             controverted
             ,
             nor
             had
             the
             least
             flaw
             in
             it
             ,
             by
             any
             one
             pretender
             
             in
             the
             whole
             World
             ,
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             held
             abolish'd
             by
             a
             Title
             which
             is
             controverted
             and
             dubious
             ;
             and
             also
             that
             O●t●s
             of
             Allegiance
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             sworn
             to
             those
             whose
             Right
             to
             our
             Allegiance
             is
             doubtful
             and
             uncertain
             .
             Wherefore
             let
             them
             but
             take
             away
             this
             doubtfulness
             ,
             by
             making
             their
             Title
             Clear
             and
             Evident
             ;
             and
             then
             the
             same
             Reason
             which
             makes
             us
             yet
             retain
             our
             Allegiance
             to
             King
             Iames
             ,
             will
             oblige
             us
             in
             Conscience
             to
             become
             Faithful
             and
             Obedient
             Subjects
             to
             the
             Prince
             and
             Princess
             of
             Orange
             ;
             and
             will
             shew
             ,
             moreover
             ,
             that
             we
             enjoy
             under
             them
             a
             State
             of
             Liberty
             and
             Reason
             ,
             and
             are
             not
             purely
             under
             the
             slavish
             Condition
             of
             Force
             and
             Fear
             .
          
           
             The
             granting
             then
             this
             Humble
             Petition
             of
             ours
             being
             every
             way
             so
             Reasonable
             and
             Advantagious
             to
             their
             own
             Honour
             and
             Interest
             ;
             so
             satisfactory
             to
             those
             who
             have
             Scruples
             ,
             which
             hinder
             their
             Complying
             ;
             so
             agreeable
             to
             the
             Prince
             of
             
             Orange's
             Declaration
             ,
             which
             promises
             not
             to
             persecute
             for
             Conscience
             sake
             ;
             so
             conducive
             to
             the
             Peace
             and
             Union
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             in
             general
             ;
             and
             ,
             lastly
             ,
             so
             necessary
             to
             clear
             the
             Honour
             of
             all
             their
             own
             Party
             ,
             now
             lying
             under
             the
             Scandal
             of
             Complying
             they
             know
             not
             why
             ,
             and
             of
             Sacrificing
             their
             Consciences
             to
             
               servile
               Fear
            
             or
             
               base
               Interest
            
             :
             If
             this
             be
             refused
             by
             the
             State
             ,
             and
             yet
             Oaths
             be
             still
             press'd
             upon
             the
             Iacobites
             ,
             and
             they
             be
             still
             Persecuted
             ,
             Imprisoned
             ,
             and
             put
             to
             Death
             ,
             for
             performing
             their
             conscientious
             Duties
             to
             him
             whom
             they
             cannot
             but
             judge
             as
             yet
             to
             be
             their
             rightful
             Prince
             ,
             then
             they
             do
             call
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             to
             witness
             that
             they
             suffer
             for
             Conscience
             sake
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             pretended
             Governours
             are
             resolved
             to
             ruine
             them
             ,
             for
             no
             other
             Reason
             but
             that
             they
             will
             not
             ,
             to
             second
             and
             uphold
             their
             unaccountable
             Authority
             ,
             break
             God's
             holy
             Commands
             ,
             and
             our
             own
             Laws
             ;
             which
             all
             good
             Christians
             and
             true
             English-men
             are
             bound
             to
             observe
             .
          
           
             On
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             their
             not
             yielding
             to
             this
             Humble
             Request
             cannot
             but
             redound
             highly
             to
             their
             Dishonour
             ;
             for
             all
             thinking
             Man
             will
             easily
             make
             this
             Inference
             from
             their
             refusal
             ,
             that
             either
             they
             do
             not
             judge
             they
             have
             any
             Title
             at
             all
             ,
             which
             will
             
               bear
               the
               Test
            
             ,
             or
             which
             they
             will
             
               stand
               to
            
             ;
             or
             else
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             most
             cruel
             and
             most
             unchristian
             Persecuters
             :
             While
             ,
             on
             the
             one
             hand
             ,
             they
             refuse
             ,
             when
             humbly
             Supplicated
             ,
             to
             take
             Order
             to
             give
             satisfaction
             to
             Men's
             Consciences
             ,
             in
             a
             Case
             which
             the
             many
             Controversies
             about
             it
             ,
             and
             the
             former
             
               long
               settled
            
             and
             legal
             Title
             shews
             to
             be
             (
             at
             least
             )
             Dubious
             ;
             and
             on
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             they
             go
             on
             to
             punish
             and
             put
             Men
             to
             Death
             ,
             who
             are
             desirous
             to
             be
             satisfied
             ,
             merely
             for
             acting
             
               according
               to
               their
               Consciences
            
             ;
             which
             those
             Men
             themselves
             are
             not
             able
             to
             satisfie
             ,
             that
             they
             ought
             to
             submit
             voluntarily
             to
             the
             Present
             Government
             ;
             and
             those
             who
             should
             be
             
               most
               able
            
             are
             
               most
               concern'd
            
             ,
             nay
             absolutely
             ,
             in
             many
             regards
             ,
             bound
             to
             do
             it
             ,
             refuse
             them
             that
             Christian
             Charity
             .
          
           
             In
             a
             word
             ,
             Let
             the
             Present
             Governours
             either
             satisfie
             our
             Consciences
             ,
             or
             leave
             off
             to
             persecute
             us
             for
             being
             Conscientious
             ;
             or
             ,
             else
             (
             which
             is
             only
             left
             )
             let
             them
             speak
             out
             ,
             and
             tell
             the
             World
             in
             plain
             Terms
             ,
             what
             this
             refusal
             of
             theirs
             will
             sufficiently
             intimate
             ,
             that
             they
             will
             do
             neither
             ;
             but
             that
             they
             are
             resolved
             we
             shall
             be
             punish'd
             as
             Traitors
             ,
             if
             we
             will
             not
             be
             Knaves
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             will
             only
             allow
             us
             this
             sad
             Choice
             ,
             to
             be
             either
             Hang'd
             or
             Damn'd
             .
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
        
      
    
     
  

