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             England's great interest in the choice of this new Parliament dedicated to all her free-holders and electors.
             Penn, William, 1644-1718.
          
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           ENGLAND'S
           Great
           Interest
           IN
           THE
           CHOICE
           OF
           THIS
           New
           Parliament
           ;
           Dedicated
           to
           all
           her
           FREE-HOLDERS
           and
           ELECTORS
           .
        
         
           SInce
           it
           hath
           pleased
           God
           and
           the
           King
           to
           begin
           to
           revive
           and
           restore
           to
           us
           our
           Ancient
           Right
           of
           
             Frequent
             Parliaments
          
           ,
           it
           will
           greatly
           concern
           us
           ,
           as
           to
           our
           present
           Interest
           ,
           and
           therein
           the
           future
           Happiness
           of
           our
           Posterity
           ,
           to
           act
           at
           this
           time
           with
           all
           the
           
             Wisdom
             ,
             Caution
          
           and
           Integrity
           we
           can
           .
           For
           besides
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           our
           own
           Business
           ,
           and
           that
           if
           by
           a
           neglect
           of
           this
           singular
           Opportunity
           we
           desert
           our selves
           ,
           and
           forsake
           our
           own
           Mercies
           ,
           we
           must
           expect
           to
           be
           
             Left
             of
             God
             and
             good
             Men
             too
          
           ;
           It
           may
           be
           there
           has
           never
           happened
           ,
           not
           only
           in
           the
           memory
           of
           the
           living
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           Records
           of
           the
           dead
           ,
           
             so
             odd
             and
             so
             strange
             a
             Conjuncture
             as
             this
             we
             are
             under
          
           :
           It
           is
           made
           up
           of
           so
           many
           unusual
           and
           important
           Circumstances
           (
           all
           affecting
           us
           to
           the
           very
           Heart
           )
           that
           whether
           we
           regard
           the
           long
           sitting
           of
           the
           late
           Parliament
           ,
           or
           its
           abrupt
           and
           most
           unexpected
           Dissolution
           ,
           or
           the
           Prorogation
           of
           the
           last
           and
           its
           surprising
           Dissolution
           ,
           or
           the
           strong
           Jealousies
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           that
           universal
           agitation
           ,
           that
           is
           now
           upon
           the
           spirit
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           the
           Reasons
           and
           Motives
           thereof
           (
           so
           far
           as
           we
           can
           reach
           them
           )
           
             there
             seems
             never
             to
             have
             been
             a
             time
             ,
             wherein
             this
             Kingdom
             ought
             to
             show
             it self
             more
             serious
             and
             diligent
             in
             the
             business
             of
             its
             own
             safety
             .
          
        
         
           To
           be
           plain
           with
           you
           ,
           
             All
             is
             at
             Stake
          
           :
           and
           therefore
           I
           must
           tell
           you
           ,
           That
           the
           Work
           of
           this
           Parliament
           is
           ,
        
         
           First
           ,
           To
           pursue
           the
           Discovery
           and
           Punishment
           of
           the
           Plot
           :
           for
           that
           has
           been
           the
           old
           
             Snake
             in
             the
             Grass
          
           ,
           the
           
             Trojan
             Horse
          
           with
           an
           Army
           in
           the
           Belly
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           To
           remove
           and
           bring
           to
           Justice
           those
           Evil
           Counsellors
           ,
           and
           Corrupt
           and
           
             Arbitrary
             Ministers
          
           of
           State
           ,
           that
           have
           been
           so
           Industrious
           to
           give
           the
           King
           Wrong
           Measures
           ,
           to
           turn
           Things
           out
           of
           their
           Antient
           and
           Legal
           Channel
           of
           Administration
           ,
           and
           Alienate
           his
           Affections
           from
           his
           People
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           To
           Detect
           and
           Punish
           the
           Pensioners
           of
           the
           former
           Parliament
           ,
           in
           the
           Face
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           This
           Breach
           of
           Trust
           being
           Treason
           against
           the
           Fundamental
           constitution
           of
           our
           Government
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           To
           secure
           to
           us
           the
           Execution
           of
           our
           
             Antient
             Laws
          
           by
           New
           ones
           ,
           and
           among
           the
           rest
           such
           ,
           as
           relate
           to
           
             Frequent
             Parliaments
          
           ,
           the
           only
           true
           Check
           upon
           
             Arbitrary
             Ministers
          
           ,
           and
           therefore
           feared
           ,
           ●ated
           and
           opposed
           by
           them
           .
        
         
           Fifthly
           ,
           That
           we
           be
           secur'd
           from
           Popery
           and
           Slavery
           ;
           and
           that
           Protestant-Dissenters
           be
           eased
           .
        
         
           Sixthly
           ,
           That
           in
           case
           this
           be
           done
           ,
           the
           King
           be
           released
           from
           his
           burdensom
           Debts
           to
           the
           Nation
           ,
           
           and
           eas'd
           in
           the
           business
           of
           his
           Revenue
           .
           And
           let
           me
           be
           free
           with
           you
           ,
           if
           you
           intend
           to
           save
           poor
           England
           ,
           You
           must
           take
           this
           General
           Measure
           ,
           viz.
           To
           guide
           and
           fix
           your
           Choice
           upon
           Men
           ,
           that
           you
           have
           reason
           to
           believe
           are
           
             Well
             Affected
             ,
             Able
          
           and
           Bold
           to
           serve
           the
           Country
           in
           these
           Respects
           .
        
         
           The
           Words
           of
           the
           Writ
           (
           at
           least
           ,
           the
           Import
           of
           them
           )
           are
           ,
           
             To
             chuse
             Wise
             Men
             ,
             fearing
             God
             ,
             and
             hating
             Covetousness
          
           ;
           and
           what
           to
           do
           ?
           says
           the
           same
           
             Writ
             ,
             To
             Advice
             the
             King
             of
             the
             Weighty
             Matters
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             .
          
           Let
           us
           not
           then
           play
           the
           Fools
           or
           Knaves
           ,
           to
           Neglect
           or
           Betray
           the
           
             Common
             Interest
          
           of
           our
           Country
           by
           a
           
             Base
             Election
          
           :
           Let
           neither
           Fear
           ,
           Flattery
           nor
           Gain
           Byass
           us
           .
           We
           must
           not
           make
           our
           Publick
           Choice
           the
           Recompence
           of
           
             Private
             Favours
          
           from
           our
           Neighbours
           ;
           they
           must
           excuse
           us
           for
           that
           :
           the
           Weight
           of
           the
           Matter
           will
           very
           well
           bear
           it
           .
           This
           is
           our
           Inheritance
           ;
           all
           depends
           upon
           it
           :
           Men
           don't
           use
           to
           lend
           their
           Wives
           ,
           or
           give
           their
           Children
           to
           satisfie
           
             Personal
             Kindnesses
          
           ;
           nor
           must
           we
           make
           a
           Swop
           of
           our
           Birth-right
           ,
           (
           and
           that
           of
           our
           Posterities
           too
           )
           for
           a
           Mess
           of
           Pottage
           ,
           a
           Feast
           or
           a
           Drinking-bout
           ;
           there
           can
           be
           no
           Proportion
           here
           :
           and
           therefore
           none
           must
           take
           it
           Ill
           ,
           that
           we
           use
           our
           Freedom
           about
           that
           ,
           which
           in
           its
           Constitution
           is
           the
           Great
           Bull-wark
           of
           all
           our
           
             Antient
             English
             Liberties
          
           .
           Truly
           ,
           our
           not
           Considering
           what
           it
           is
           to
           chuse
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           how
           much
           all
           is
           upon
           the
           Hazard
           in
           it
           ,
           may
           at
           last
           
             Loose
             us
             fatally
          
           by
           our
           own
           Choice
           .
           For
           I
           must
           needs
           tell
           you
           ,
           If
           we
           Miscarry
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           our
           own
           Fault
           ;
           we
           have
           no
           Body
           else
           to
           blame
           :
           For
           such
           is
           the
           Happiness
           of
           our
           Constitution
           ,
           That
           we
           cannot
           well
           be
           destroy'd
           ,
           but
           by
           our selves
           :
           and
           what
           Man
           in
           his
           Wits
           would
           Sacrifice
           his
           Throat
           to
           his
           own
           hands
           ?
        
         
           We
           ,
           the
           Commons
           of
           England
           are
           a
           great
           part
           of
           the
           Fundamental
           Government
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           
             Three
             Rights
          
           are
           so
           peculiar
           and
           inherent
           to
           us
           ,
           that
           if
           we
           will
           not
           throw
           them
           away
           for
           Fear
           or
           Favour
           ,
           for
           Meat
           and
           Drink
           ,
           or
           those
           other
           little
           present
           profits
           ,
           that
           
             Ill
             Men
          
           offer
           to
           tempt
           us
           with
           ,
           they
           cannot
           be
           altered
           or
           abrogated
           .
           And
           this
           I
           was
           willing
           to
           give
           you
           a
           brief
           hint
           of
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           know
           ,
           
             what
             Sort
             of
             Creatures
             you
             are
             ,
             and
             what
             your
             Power
             is
             ,
          
           lest
           through
           Ignorance
           of
           your
           own
           Strength
           and
           Authority
           ,
           you
           turn
           Slaves
           to
           the
           Humors
           of
           those
           ,
           that
           properly
           and
           truly
           are
           but
           your
           Servants
           ,
           and
           ought
           to
           be
           used
           so
           .
        
         
           The
           First
           of
           these
           three
           Fundamentals
           is
           Property
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           
             Right
             and
             Title
             to
             your
             own
             Lives
             ,
             Liberties
             and
             Estates
             :
          
           in
           this
           every
           man
           is
           a
           sort
           of
           little
           Soveraign
           to
           himself
           :
           No
           man
           has
           power
           over
           his
           Person
           to
           Imprison
           of
           Hurt
           it
           ,
           or
           over
           his
           Estate
           to
           Invade
           or
           Usurp
           it
           :
           only
           your
           own
           Transgression
           of
           the
           Laws
           ,
           (
           and
           those
           of
           your
           own
           making
           too
           )
           lays
           you
           open
           to
           Loss
           ;
           
             which
             is
             but
             the
             Punishment
             due
             for
             your
             Offences
             ,
          
           and
           this
           but
           in
           Proportion
           to
           the
           Fault
           committed
           .
           So
           that
           the
           Power
           of
           England
           is
           a
           Legal
           Power
           ,
           which
           truly
           merits
           the
           Name
           of
           Government
           :
           that
           which
           is
           not
           Legal
           ,
           
           is
           a
           Tyranny
           ,
           and
           not
           properly
           a
           Government
           .
           Now
           the
           Law
           is
           Umpire
           between
           King
           ,
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           ,
           and
           the
           Right
           and
           Property
           is
           
             One
             in
             kind
             through
             all
             Degrees
             and
             Qualities
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
          
           Mark
           that
           .
        
         
           The
           Second
           Fundamental
           ,
           that
           is
           your
           Birth-right
           and
           Inheritance
           ,
           is
           Legislation
           ,
           or
           the
           Power
           of
           making
           Laws
           ;
           
             No
             Law
             can
             be
             made
             or
             abrogated
             in
          
           England
           
             without
             you
          
           .
           Before
           Henry
           the
           Third's
           Time
           ,
           your
           Ancestors
           ,
           the
           Free-men
           of
           England
           met
           in
           their
           own
           Persons
           ,
           but
           their
           Numbers
           much
           encreasing
           ,
           the
           Vastness
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           Confusion
           that
           must
           needs
           attend
           them
           ,
           making
           such
           Assemblies
           not
           practicable
           for
           Business
           ,
           this
           way
           of
           Representatives
           was
           first
           pitch't
           upon
           as
           an
           Expedient
           ,
           both
           to
           Maintain
           the
           
             Commons
             Right
          
           ,
           and
           to
           avoid
           the
           Confusion
           of
           those
           mighty
           Numbers
           .
           So
           that
           now
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           then
           ,
           
             No
             Law
             can
             be
             made
             ,
             no
             Money
             levied
             ,
             nor
             not
             a
             Penny
             legally
             demanded
          
           (
           even
           to
           defray
           the
           Charges
           of
           the
           Government
           )
           
             without
             your
             own
             Consent
          
           :
           then
           which
           ,
           tell
           me
           ,
           what
           can
           be
           freer
           ,
           or
           what
           more
           secure
           to
           any
           People
           ?
        
         
           Your
           Third
           Great
           Fundamental
           Right
           and
           Priviledge
           is
           Executive
           ,
           and
           holds
           proportion
           with
           the
           other
           two
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           compleat
           both
           your
           
             Freedom
             &
             Security
          
           ,
           &
           that
           is
           
             Your
             share
             in
             the
             Judicatory
             Power
             ,
             in
             the
             Execution
             and
             Application
             of
             those
             Laws
             ,
             that
             you
             agree
             to
             be
             made
             .
          
           Insomuch
           as
           
             No
             man
             according
             to
             the
             ancient
             Laws
             of
             this
             Realm
             can
             be
             adjudg'd
             in
             matter
             either
             of
          
           Life
           ,
           Liberty
           or
           Estate
           ,
           
             but
             it
             must
             be
             by
             the
             Judgment
             of
             his
          
           Peers
           ,
           
             that
             is
             ,
             Twelve
             men
             of
             the
             Neighbourhood
             ,
             commonly
             called
             a
          
           JURY
           ;
           though
           this
           hath
           been
           infringed
           by
           two
           Acts
           made
           in
           the
           late
           long
           Parliament
           ,
           one
           against
           the
           Quakers
           in
           Particular
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           against
           Dissenters
           in
           General
           ,
           called
           
             An
             Act
             against
             seditious
             Conventicles
          
           ,
           where
           persons
           are
           adjudged
           Offenders
           and
           punishable
           without
           a
           Jury
           :
           which
           't
           is
           hoped
           ,
           this
           ensuing
           Parliament
           will
           think
           fit
           in
           their
           Wisdoms
           to
           repeal
           ,
           though
           with
           less
           Severity
           ,
           then
           one
           of
           the
           same
           Nature
           (
           
             as
             to
             punishing
             men
             without
             Juries
          
           )
           was
           by
           Henry
           the
           Eighth
           ,
           who
           for
           executing
           of
           it
           hang'd
           Empson
           and
           Dudly
           .
        
         
           Consider
           with
           your selves
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           nothing
           more
           your
           Interest
           ,
           then
           for
           you
           to
           understand
           your
           Right
           in
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           constantly
           Jealous
           over
           it
           ;
           for
           your
           Well-being
           depends
           upon
           its
           Preservation
           .
        
         
           In
           all
           Ages
           there
           have
           been
           
             Ill
             Men
          
           ,
           and
           we
           to
           be
           sure
           are
           not
           without
           them
           now
           ,
           such
           as
           being
           conscious
           to
           themselves
           of
           ill
           things
           ,
           and
           dare
           not
           stand
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           would
           put
           a
           
             Final
             Dissolution
          
           upon
           the
           very
           Constitution
           it self
           to
           be
           safe
           ,
           that
           so
           we
           might
           never
           see
           another
           .
        
         
           But
           this
           being
           a
           Task
           too
           hard
           to
           compass
           ,
           their
           next
           Expedient
           is
           
             To
             make
             them
             for
             their
             Turn
             ,
          
           by
           directing
           and
           governing
           the
           Elections
           ;
           and
           herein
           they
           are
           very
           Artificial
           &
           too
           often
           Succesful
           ;
           which
           indeed
           is
           worse
           for
           us
           then
           if
           we
           had
           none
           .
           For
           thus
           the
           Constitution
           of
           Parliaments
           may
           be
           destroy'd
           by
           Parliament
           ,
           
           and
           we
           ,
           who
           by
           Law
           are
           Free
           ,
           may
           hereby
           come
           to
           be
           made
           Slaves
           by
           Law.
           If
           then
           you
           are
           
             Free
             and
             resolve
             to
             be
             so
             ,
          
           if
           you
           have
           any
           regard
           to
           God's
           providence
           in
           giving
           you
           a
           claim
           to
           so
           excellent
           a
           Constitution
           ,
           if
           you
           would
           not
           void
           your
           own
           Rights
           ,
           nor
           lay
           a
           Foundation
           of
           Vassallage
           to
           your
           
             unborn
             Followers
             ,
             the
             poor
             Posterity
             of
             your
             Loyns
             ,
          
           for
           whom
           God
           and
           Nature
           ,
           and
           the
           Constitution
           of
           the
           Government
           have
           made
           you
           Trustees
           ,
           then
           seriously
           weigh
           these
           following
           Particulars
           .
        
         
           I.
           In
           your
           present
           Election
           
             Receive
             no
             man's
             Gift
             or
             Bribe
             to
             chuse
             him
          
           ;
           but
           be
           assured
           ,
           that
           
             he
             will
             be
             false
             to
             you
             ,
             that
             basely
             tempts
             you
             to
             be
             false
             to
             your
             Country
             ,
             your self
             and
             your
             Children
             .
          
           How
           can
           you
           hope
           to
           see
           God
           with
           peace
           ,
           that
           turn
           Mercenaries
           in
           a
           matter
           ,
           on
           which
           depends
           the
           Well-being
           of
           an
           whole
           Kingdom
           for
           present
           &
           future
           times
           ?
           since
           at
           a
           pinch
           
             One
             good
             Man
             gains
             a
             Vote
             &
             saves
             a
             Kingdom
          
           ;
           and
           what
           does
           any
           County
           or
           Burgess-Town
           in
           England
           know
           ,
           but
           all
           may
           depend
           upon
           their
           making
           a
           good
           Choice
           ?
           But
           then
           to
           sell
           the
           Providence
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           dear-bought
           purchase
           of
           your
           painful
           Ancestors
           for
           a
           little
           Money
           (
           that
           after
           you
           have
           got
           it
           ,
           
             you
             know
             not
             how
             little
             a
             while
             you
             may
             be
             suffered
             to
             keep
             it
          
           )
           is
           the
           mark
           of
           a
           
             Wretched
             Mind
          
           :
           Truly
           such
           ought
           not
           to
           have
           the
           power
           of
           a
           Free-man
           ,
           that
           would
           so
           abuse
           his
           own
           and
           hazard
           other
           mens
           Freedom
           by
           it
           :
           he
           deserves
           to
           be
           cast
           over
           Board
           ,
           that
           would
           
             Sink
             the
             Vessel
          
           ,
           and
           thereby
           drown
           the
           Company
           embark't
           with
           him
           .
        
         
           Honest
           Gentlemen
           will
           think
           they
           give
           enough
           for
           the
           Choice
           ,
           that
           pay
           their
           Electors
           in
           a
           constant
           ,
           painful
           and
           chargeable
           Attendance
           ;
           but
           
             Such
             as
             give
             Money
             to
             be
             chosen
             ,
             would
             get
             Money
             by
             being
             chosen
             ,
          
           they
           design
           
             not
             to
             serve
             you
             ,
             but
             themselves
             of
             you
          
           ;
           and
           then
           
             fare
             you
             well
          
           .
           As
           you
           will
           answer
           it
           to
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           I
           entreat
           you
           to
           shew
           your
           Abhorrence
           of
           this
           Infamous
           Practice
           :
           It
           renders
           the
           very
           Constitution
           contemptible
           ,
           that
           any
           should
           say
           ,
           
             I
             can
             be
             chosen
             ,
             if
             I
             will
             spend
             Money
             or
             give
             them
             Drink
             enough
          
           ;
           and
           this
           is
           said
           not
           without
           reason
           ,
           Elections
           ,
           that
           ought
           to
           be
           serious
           things
           ,
           and
           gravely
           and
           reasonably
           perform'd
           ,
           being
           generally
           made
           the
           occasions
           of
           more
           Rudeness
           and
           Drunkenness
           ,
           then
           any
           of
           the
           Wild
           May-games
           in
           use
           among
           us
           .
        
         
           Thus
           by
           making
           men
           Law-breakers
           ,
           they
           are
           it
           seems
           made
           fit
           to
           chuse
           Law-makers
           ,
           their
           
             Choice
             being
             the
             purchase
             of
             Excess
             .
          
           But
           must
           we
           alwayes
           owe
           our
           Parliaments
           to
           Rioting
           and
           Drunkenness
           ?
           and
           must
           men
           be
           made
           Vncapable
           of
           all
           Choice
           ,
           before
           they
           chuse
           their
           Legislators
           ?
           I
           would
           know
           of
           any
           of
           you
           all
           ,
           if
           in
           a
           difference
           about
           a
           private
           property
           ,
           an
           Horse
           or
           a
           Cow
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           thing
           you
           would
           be
           as
           easie
           ,
           indifferent
           and
           careless
           in
           chusing
           your
           Arbitrators
           ?
           Certainly
           you
           would
           not
           ;
           with
           what
           reason
           then
           can
           you
           be
           unconcern'd
           in
           the
           Qualifications
           of
           men
           ,
           upon
           whose
           fitness
           and
           Integrity
           depends
           all
           you
           and
           your
           Posterity
           may
           enjoy
           ?
           Which
           leads
           me
           to
           the
           other
           Particulars
           .
        
         
           II.
           Chuse
           no
           Man
           that
           has
           been
           a
           Reputed
           Pensioner
           ;
           't
           is
           not
           only
           against
           your
           Interest
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           disgraceful
           to
           you
           and
           the
           Parliament
           you
           chuse
           .
           The
           Representative
           of
           a
           Nation
           ought
           to
           consist
           of
           the
           most
           Wise
           ,
           Sober
           and
           Valiant
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           not
           Men
           of
           mean
           Spirits
           or
           sordid
           Passions
           ,
           that
           would
           sell
           ,
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           People
           that
           chuse
           them
           ,
           to
           advance
           their
           own
           ,
           or
           be
           at
           the
           Beck
           of
           some
           great
           Man
           ,
           in
           hopes
           of
           a
           Lift
           to
           a
           good
           Employ
           :
           pray
           beware
           of
           these
           .
           You
           need
           not
           be
           streightned
           ,
           the
           Country
           is
           wide
           and
           the
           Gentry
           numerous
           .
        
         
           III.
           By
           no
           means
           chuse
           a
           Man
           that
           is
           an
           Officer
           at
           Court
           ,
           or
           whose
           Employment
           is
           
             durante
             beneplacito
          
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           
             at
             Will
             and
             Pleasure
          
           ;
           nor
           is
           this
           any
           Reflection
           upon
           the
           King
           ,
           who
           being
           one
           Part
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           should
           leave
           the
           other
           free
           ,
           and
           without
           any
           the
           least
           Awe
           or
           Influence
           to
           bar
           or
           hinder
           its
           proceedings
           .
           Besides
           ,
           an
           Officer
           is
           under
           a
           Temptation
           to
           be
           byast
           ;
           and
           to
           say
           true
           ,
           an
           Office
           in
           a
           Parliament
           man
           ,
           is
           but
           a
           softer
           and
           safer
           word
           for
           a
           Pension
           :
           the
           Pretence
           it
           has
           above
           the
           other
           ,
           is
           the
           danger
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           IV.
           In
           the
           next
           place
           ,
           Chuse
           no
           
             Indigent
             Persons
          
           ,
           for
           those
           may
           be
           under
           a
           temptation
           of
           abusing
           their
           Trust
           to
           gain
           their
           own
           ends
           :
           for
           such
           do
           not
           
             Prefer
             you
          
           ,
           which
           should
           be
           the
           end
           of
           their
           Choice
           ,
           but
           
             Raise
             themselves
          
           by
           you
           .
        
         
           V.
           Have
           a
           care
           of
           
             Ambitious
             men
          
           and
           non-Residents
           ,
           such
           as
           live
           about
           Town
           and
           not
           with
           their
           Estates
           ,
           who
           seek
           honours
           and
           preferments
           above
           ,
           and
           little
           or
           never
           embetter
           the
           Country
           with
           their
           Expences
           or
           Hospitality
           ,
           for
           they
           intend
           themselves
           and
           not
           the
           Advantage
           of
           the
           Country
           .
        
         
           VI.
           Chuse
           no
           Prodigal
           or
           
             Voluptuous
             Persons
          
           ,
           for
           besides
           that
           they
           are
           not
           Regular
           enough
           to
           be
           Law-makers
           ,
           they
           are
           commonly
           Idle
           ;
           and
           though
           they
           may
           wish
           well
           to
           your
           Interest
           ,
           yet
           they
           will
           lose
           it
           rather
           then
           their
           Pleasures
           ;
           they
           will
           scarcely
           give
           their
           Attendance
           ,
           they
           must
           not
           be
           relied
           on
           .
           So
           that
           such
           Persons
           are
           only
           to
           be
           preferred
           before
           those
           ,
           that
           are
           
             Sober
             to
             do
             mischief
          
           ;
           whose
           debauchery
           is
           of
           the
           mind
           :
           Men
           of
           
             Injust
             Mercinary
             and
             sinister
             Principles
          
           ,
           who
           ,
           the
           soberer
           they
           be
           to
           themselves
           ,
           the
           
             worse
             they
             are
             to
             you
          
           .
        
         
           VII
           .
           Review
           the
           Members
           of
           the
           last
           Parliaments
           ,
           and
           their
           Inclinations
           and
           Votes
           ,
           as
           near
           as
           you
           can
           learn
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           Conversation
           of
           the
           Gentlemen
           of
           your
           own
           Country
           ,
           that
           were
           not
           Members
           ,
           and
           take
           your
           measures
           of
           both
           ,
           by
           that
           which
           is
           your
           
             True
             and
             Just
             Interest
          
           at
           this
           Critical
           time
           of
           the
           day
           ,
           and
           you
           need
           not
           be
           divided
           or
           distracted
           in
           your
           Choice
           .
        
         
           VIII
           .
           Rather
           take
           a
           Stranger
           ,
           if
           recommended
           by
           an
           unquestionable
           Hand
           ,
           than
           a
           Neighbour
           Ill-affected
           to
           your
           Interest
           .
           'T
           is
           not
           pleasing
           a
           Neighbour
           ,
           because
           rich
           and
           powerful
           ,
           but
           
             Saving
             England
          
           ,
           that
           you
           are
           to
           eye
           :
           Neither
           pay
           or
           return
           private
           Obligations
           at
           the
           cost
           of
           the
           Nation
           ;
           let
           not
           such
           Engagements
           put
           you
           upon
           dangerous
           Elections
           as
           you
           love
           your
           Country
           .
        
         
         
           IX
           .
           Be
           sure
           to
           have
           your
           Eye
           upon
           
             Men
             of
             Industry
          
           and
           Improvement
           .
           For
           those
           that
           are
           Ingenuous
           and
           Laborious
           to
           propagate
           the
           Growth
           of
           the
           Country
           ,
           will
           be
           very
           tender
           of
           weakening
           or
           impoverishing
           it
           :
           you
           may
           trust
           such
           .
        
         
           X
           Let
           not
           your
           Choice
           be
           flung
           upon
           
             Men
             of
             Fearful
             Dispositions
          
           ,
           that
           will
           let
           
             good
             Sense
             ,
             Truth
          
           and
           your
           
             real
             Interest
          
           in
           any
           point
           sink
           ,
           rather
           than
           displease
           some
           one
           or
           other
           great
           Man.
           If
           you
           are
           but
           sensible
           of
           your
           
             own
             Real
             Great
             Power
          
           ,
           you
           will
           wisely
           chuse
           those
           ,
           that
           will
           by
           all
           just
           and
           legal
           wayes
           firmly
           keep
           and
           zealously
           promote
           it
           .
        
         
           XI
           .
           Pray
           see
           ,
           that
           you
           chuse
           
             Sincere
             Protestants
          
           ;
           men
           that
           don't
           play
           the
           
             Protestant
             in
             Design
          
           ,
           and
           are
           indeed
           
             Disguis'd
             Papists
          
           ,
           ready
           to
           pull
           off
           their
           Mask
           ,
           when
           time
           serves
           :
           You
           will
           know
           such
           by
           their
           
             Laughing
             at
             the
             Plot
             ,
             Disgracing
             the
             Evidence
             ,
             Admiring
             the
             Traytors
             Constancy
             ,
          
           that
           were
           forc'd
           to
           it
           ,
           or
           their
           Religion
           and
           Party
           were
           gone
           beyond
           an
           Excuse
           or
           an
           Equivocation
           .
           The
           contrary
           are
           men
           that
           thank
           God
           for
           this
           Discovery
           ,
           and
           in
           their
           Conversation
           zealously
           direct
           themselves
           in
           an
           Opposition
           to
           the
           
             Papal
             Interest
          
           ,
           which
           indeed
           is
           a
           Combination
           against
           good
           
             Sense
             ,
             Reason
          
           and
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           to
           introduce
           a
           blind
           Obedience
           without
           (
           if
           not
           against
           )
           Conviction
           .
           And
           that
           Principle
           which
           introduces
           Implicit
           Faith
           and
           Blind
           Obedience
           in
           Religion
           ,
           will
           also
           introduce
           Implicit
           Faith
           and
           Blind
           Obedience
           in
           Government
           :
           so
           that
           it
           is
           no
           more
           the
           Law
           in
           the
           one
           than
           in
           the
           other
           ,
           but
           the
           Will
           and
           Power
           of
           the
           Superior
           ,
           that
           shall
           be
           the
           Rule
           and
           Bond
           of
           our
           Subjection
           .
           This
           is
           that
           fatal
           Mischief
           Popery
           brings
           with
           it
           to
           
             Civil
             Society
          
           ,
           and
           for
           which
           such
           Societies
           ought
           to
           beware
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           all
           those
           that
           are
           Friends
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           XII
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           Among
           these
           be
           sure
           to
           find
           out
           and
           cast
           your
           favour
           upon
           
             Men
             of
             large
             Principles
          
           ,
           such
           ,
           as
           will
           not
           sacrifice
           his
           Neighbour's
           Property
           to
           the
           frowardness
           of
           his
           own
           Party
           in
           Religion
           :
           
             Pick
             out
             such
             men
             ,
             as
             will
             Inviolably
             maintain
             Civil
             Rights
             for
             all
             that
             will
             live
             soberly
             and
             civilly
             under
             the
             Government
             .
          
        
         
           Christ
           did
           not
           revile
           those
           that
           reviled
           him
           ,
           much
           less
           did
           he
           persecute
           those
           ,
           that
           did
           not
           revile
           him
           .
           He
           rebuk't
           his
           Disciples
           ,
           that
           would
           have
           destroyed
           those
           that
           did
           not
           follow
           and
           conform
           to
           them
           ,
           saying
           ;
           
             To
             know
             not
             what
             Spirit
             ye
             are
             of
             ;
             I
             came
             not
             to
             destroy
             mens
             Lives
             ,
             but
             to
             save
             them
             .
          
           Which
           made
           the
           Apostle
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           Weapons
           of
           their
           Warfare
           were
           
             not
             Carnal
             ,
             but
             Spiritual
          
           .
           This
           was
           the
           Ancient
           Protestant
           Principle
           ;
           and
           where
           Protestants
           persecute
           for
           Religion
           ,
           
             they
             are
             false
             to
             their
             own
             profession
             ,
          
           and
           Turn
           Papists
           
             even
             in
             the
             worst
             sense
          
           ,
           against
           whom
           their
           Ancestors
           did
           so
           stoutly
           exclaim
           ,
           Read
           the
           
             Books
             of
             Martyrs
          
           of
           all
           Countries
           in
           Europe
           ,
           and
           you
           will
           find
           I
           say
           true
           :
           Therefore
           
             beware
             also
             of
             that
             Popery
          
           .
           Consider
           ,
           that
           such
           Partial
           men
           don't
           love
           England
           ,
           but
           a
           Sect
           ;
           and
           prefer
           
             Imposed
             Vniformity
          
           before
           Virtuous
           and
           
             Neighbourly
             Vnity
          
           .
           This
           is
           that
           Disturber
           of
           Kingdoms
           and
           States
           ,
           and
           till
           the
           
             Good
             Man
          
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           
             Opinionative
             Man
          
           be
           the
           Christian
           in
           the
           Eye
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           to
           be
           sure
           ,
           while
           force
           is
           used
           to
           propagate
           or
           destroy
           Faith
           ,
           and
           
             the
             outward
             Comforts
             of
             the
             Widow
             and
             Fatherless
             are
             made
             a
             Forfeit
             for
             the
             peaceable
             Exercise
             of
             their
             Consciences
             to
             God
             ,
          
           he
           that
           fits
           in
           Heaven
           and
           judgeth
           Righteously
           ,
           whose
           Eye
           pities
           the
           Oppressed
           and
           Poor
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           will
           with-hold
           his
           Blessings
           from
           us
           .
        
         
           O
           lay
           to
           heart
           the
           grievous
           Spoils
           and
           Ruins
           that
           have
           been
           made
           upon
           your
           harmless
           Neignbours
           for
           near
           these
           twenty
           years
           ,
           who
           have
           only
           desired
           to
           enjoy
           their
           Consciences
           to
           God
           according
           to
           the
           best
           of
           their
           understandings
           ,
           and
           to
           eat
           the
           Bread
           of
           honest
           Labour
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           but
           a
           Penny
           for
           a
           
             Penny
             's
             worth
          
           among
           you
           .
           Whose
           Ox
           or
           Ass
           have
           they
           taken
           ?
           whom
           have
           they
           wronged
           ?
           or
           when
           did
           any
           of
           them
           offer
           you
           Violence
           ?
           yet
           
             Sixty
             pounds
             have
             been
             distrained
             for
          
           twelve
           ,
           two
           hundred
           pounds
           for
           sixty
           pounds
           .
           
             The
             Flocks
             been
             taken
             out
             of
             the
             Fold
             ,
             the
             Herd
             from
             the
             Stall
             ;
             not
             a
             Cow
             left
             to
             give
             Milk
             to
             the
             Orphans
             ,
             nor
             a
             Bed
             for
             the
             Widow
             to
             lie
             on
             ;
             whole
             Barns
             of
             Corn
             swept
             away
             ,
             and
             not
             a
             penny
             return'd
          
           ;
           &
           thus
           bitterly
           prosecuted
           even
           by
           Laws
           made
           against
           Papists
           .
           And
           what
           is
           all
           this
           for
           ?
           unless
           
             their
             worshipping
             of
             God
             according
             to
             their
             Conscience
          
           ;
           for
           they
           injure
           no
           man
           ,
           nor
           have
           they
           offered
           the
           least
           Molestation
           to
           the
           Government
           .
        
         
           Truly
           ,
           I
           must
           take
           liberty
           to
           tell
           you
           ,
           If
           you
           will
           not
           endeavour
           to
           redress
           these
           Evils
           in
           your
           Choice
           ,
           I
           fear
           ,
           God
           will
           suffer
           you
           to
           fall
           into
           great
           Calamity
           by
           those
           you
           hate
           .
           You
           are
           afraid
           of
           Popery
           ,
           and
           yet
           many
           of
           you
           practise
           it
           :
           for
           why
           do
           you
           fear
           it
           ,
           but
           for
           its
           Compulsion
           and
           Persecution
           ?
           and
           will
           you
           compel
           or
           persecute
           your selves
           ,
           or
           chuse
           such
           as
           do
           ?
           If
           you
           will
           ,
           pray
           let
           me
           say
           ,
           
             You
             hate
             the
             Papists
             ,
             but
             not
             Popery
             .
          
           But
           God
           defend
           you
           from
           so
           doing
           ,
           and
           direct
           you
           to
           do
           ,
           as
           you
           would
           be
           done
           by
           :
           that
           chusing
           such
           as
           love
           England
           ,
           her
           People
           and
           their
           
             Civil
             Rights
          
           ,
           Foundations
           may
           be
           laid
           for
           that
           Security
           and
           Tranquillity
           ,
           which
           the
           Children
           unborn
           may
           have
           cause
           to
           rise
           up
           and
           bless
           your
           Names
           and
           Memories
           for
           .
           Take
           it
           in
           good
           part
           ,
           I
           mean
           nothing
           but
           Justice
           and
           Peace
           to
           all
           ;
           and
           so
           conclude
           my self
           ,
        
         
           
             
               Your
               Honest
               Monitor
               and
               Old
            
             England
             
               's
               True
               Friend
            
             ,
             PHILANGLUS
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A23597-e10
           
             
               We
               see
               it
               daily
               in
            
             Westminster
             -
             
               Hall
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               in
               Parliamentary
               Transactions
               .
            
          
        
      
    
  

