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         Eyre, William, 1612 or 13-1670.
      
       
         
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             A vindication of the letter out of the north concerning Bishop Lake's declaration of his dying in the belief of the doctrine of passive obedience, &c. : in answer to a late pamphlet, called, The defence of the profession, &c. of the said Bishop : as far as it concerns the person of quality.
             Eyre, William, 1612 or 13-1670.
          
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           Lake, Arthur, 1569-1626. -- Defence of the profession.
           Church of England -- Clergy.
           Obedience -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
        
      
    
     
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           A
           VINDICATION
           OF
           THE
           LETTER
           out
           of
           the
           North
           ,
           Concerning
           Bishop
           
           LAKE's
           Declaration
           of
           his
           dying
           in
           the
           Belief
           of
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           
             Passive
             Obedience
             ,
             &c.
          
           
           
             In
             Answer
             to
             a
             late
             PAMPHLET
             ,
             called
             ,
          
           The
           Defence
           of
           the
           Profession
           ,
           &c.
           of
           the
           said
           Bishop
           .
           As
           far
           as
           it
           concerns
           the
           Person
           of
           Quality
           .
        
         
           LICENS'D
           ,
           
             Jan.
             27.
             1689
             
             /
             90.
             
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ;
           Printed
           for
           
             Awnsham
             Churchill
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Sign
           of
           the
           
             Black
             Swan
          
           ,
           near
           Amen-Corner
           .
           1690.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           VINDICATION
           OF
           THE
           LETTER
           out
           of
           the
           North
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             DEAR
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Deferred
           my
           Thanks
           for
           your
           Last
           ,
           till
           I
           could
           tell
           you
           I
           had
           received
           the
           little
           Pamphlet
           ,
           wherein
           you
           thought
           I
           had
           some
           concern
           ,
           therefore
           if
           this
           appear
           a
           slow
           Return
           to
           yours
           ,
           you
           are
           to
           blame
           the
           Carrier's
           pace
           ,
           which
           was
           not
           like
           to
           mend
           in
           so
           bad
           Weather
           and
           Ways
           .
           But
           this
           is
           to
           own
           that
           I
           yesterday
           received
           it
           ;
           and
           being
           at
           present
           from
           my
           own
           House
           ,
           and
           wanting
           the
           convenience
           of
           my
           Books
           and
           Papers
           here
           ,
           I
           thought
           it
           better
           to
           give
           you
           an
           account
           of
           those
           things
           which
           a
           first
           and
           second
           Reading
           suggested
           ,
           than
           to
           take
           a
           longer
           time
           to
           consider
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           thereby
           raise
           your
           Expectations
           beyond
           what
           I
           can
           come
           up
           to
           .
           But
           besides
           ,
           the
           Letter
           you
           sent
           me
           being
           both
           without
           Date
           and
           Licence
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           how
           long
           I
           may
           have
           been
           in
           this
           worthy
           Author's
           Debt
           ,
           and
           therefore
           make
           all
           the
           haste
           I
           can
           to
           get
           out
           of
           it
           .
           For
           altho
           I
           did
           not
           intend
           to
           have
           troubled
           either
           him
           or
           the
           World
           with
           any
           more
           of
           my
           Pamphlets
           ,
           yet
           the
           Respect
           that
           he
           is
           pleased
           to
           shew
           to
           my
           Quality
           ,
           is
           so
           particular
           and
           obliging
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           afraid
           I
           should
           have
           disperaged
           my
           Breeding
           ,
           if
           I
           had
           not
           made
           my
           Acknowledgments
           for
           it
           .
           I
           might
           indeed
           have
           returned
           his
           Complement
           ,
           and
           begg'd
           your
           Pardon
           for
           giving
           you
           a
           trouble
           for
           which
           there
           is
           so
           little
           occasion
           ;
           for
           I
           believe
           there
           are
           some
           that
           think
           his
           Letter
           does
           as
           little
           need
           an
           
           Answer
           as
           mine
           did
           .
           But
           I
           'le
           assure
           you
           I
           am
           very
           sensible
           of
           his
           Favour
           in
           taking
           notice
           of
           such
           a
           Trifle
           ,
           when
           so
           many
           learned
           and
           weighty
           Treatises
           lie
           by
           him
           unanswered
           ;
           therefore
           shall
           not
           suppose
           he
           pick'd
           mine
           out
           because
           it
           was
           the
           weakest
           ,
           but
           because
           there
           was
           something
           in
           it
           that
           deserved
           an
           Answer
           .
           But
           yet
           I
           must
           not
           be
           so
           vain
           as
           to
           assume
           all
           the
           good
           Language
           in
           the
           Book
           to
           my self
           ;
           for
           ,
           to
           speak
           the
           Truth
           ,
           he
           has
           pretty
           equally
           dispenced
           his
           Favours
           between
           three
           of
           us
           ;
           but
           mine
           being
           the
           largest
           Part
           ,
           I
           shall
           leave
           the
           other
           two
           to
           answer
           for
           themselves
           ,
           while
           I
           admire
           the
           Author's
           dexterity
           in
           knocking
           down
           three
           at
           one
           blow
           ;
           I
           have
           indeed
           heard
           of
           killing
           two
           Birds
           with
           one
           stone
           before
           ,
           but
           three
           at
           a
           time
           ,
           besides
           routing
           a
           whole
           Party
           ,
           is
           so
           extraordinary
           ,
           that
           I
           begin
           to
           fear
           Bombs
           will
           come
           in
           fashion
           in
           this
           kind
           of
           War
           also
           ,
           for
           one
           single
           Bullet
           could
           never
           have
           made
           such
           Destruction
           :
           But
           if
           there
           be
           such
           Execution
           by
           the
           by
           ,
           alas
           ,
           what
           will
           become
           of
           me
           ,
           against
           whom
           the
           murderous
           Engine
           was
           directly
           levelled
           ?
           But
           you
           will
           suppose
           that
           I
           have
           a
           little
           too
           much
           business
           on
           my
           hands
           to
           make
           a
           long
           Preamble
           ,
           therefore
           shall
           proceed
           to
           the
           Letter
           ,
           and
           take
           it
           as
           it
           rises
           .
        
         
           And
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           he
           presents
           us
           with
           a
           short
           ,
           and
           so
           very
           short
           an
           Account
           of
           the
           good
           Bishop's
           Life
           ,
           from
           his
           Cradle
           to
           his
           last
           Sickness
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           nothing
           to
           except
           against
           it
           ,
           but
           that
           it
           is
           no
           longer
           ;
           and
           to
           beg
           leave
           to
           inform
           the
           Author
           a
           little
           better
           in
           one
           Passage
           of
           it
           ,
           
           which
           I
           must
           confess
           I
           did
           a
           little
           wonder
           to
           see
           insisted
           on
           ,
           because
           that
           of
           his
           exposing
           himself
           to
           the
           Rabble
           was
           not
           by
           his
           Friends
           look'd
           on
           as
           the
           most
           prudent
           Act
           of
           his
           Life
           .
           But
           the
           Truth
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Short
           of
           the
           Story
           ,
           is
           this
           :
           They
           have
           for
           a
           long
           time
           at
           York
           had
           a
           Custom
           (
           which
           now
           challenges
           the
           Priviledg
           of
           a
           Prescription
           )
           that
           all
           the
           Apprentices
           ,
           Journy-men
           ,
           and
           other
           Servants
           of
           the
           Town
           ,
           had
           the
           liberty
           to
           go
           into
           the
           Cathedral
           ,
           and
           ring
           the
           Pancake-Bell
           (
           as
           we
           call
           it
           in
           the
           Country
           )
           on
           Shrove-Tuesday
           ;
           and
           that
           being
           a
           time
           that
           a
           great
           many
           came
           out
           of
           the
           Country
           to
           see
           the
           City
           ,
           (
           if
           not
           their
           Friends
           )
           and
           Church
           ;
           to
           oblige
           the
           ordinary
           People
           ,
           the
           Minster
           used
           to
           be
           left
           open
           that
           day
           ,
           to
           let
           them
           go
           up
           to
           see
           the
           Lanthorn
           and
           Bells
           ,
           which
           were
           sure
           to
           be
           pretty
           well
           exercised
           ,
           and
           was
           thought
           a
           
           more
           innocent
           Divertisement
           than
           being
           at
           the
           Alehouse
           .
           But
           Dr.
           Lake
           ,
           when
           he
           came
           first
           to
           reside
           there
           ,
           was
           very
           much
           scandaliz'd
           at
           this
           Custom
           ,
           and
           was
           resolved
           he
           would
           break
           it
           at
           first
           dash
           ,
           altho
           all
           his
           Brethren
           of
           the
           Clergy
           did
           disswade
           him
           from
           it
           .
           For
           altho
           they
           had
           as
           much
           Zeal
           both
           for
           the
           Honour
           of
           God
           and
           the
           Church
           as
           he
           could
           have
           ,
           yet
           being
           better
           acquainted
           with
           the
           Temper
           of
           the
           People
           than
           he
           was
           ,
           they
           knew
           it
           would
           be
           a
           vain
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           hazardous
           thing
           to
           attempt
           it
           :
           but
           all
           their
           Arguments
           could
           not
           prevail
           ,
           for
           he
           was
           resolved
           to
           make
           the
           Experiment
           ,
           for
           which
           he
           had
           like
           to
           have
           paid
           very
           dear
           ,
           for
           I
           'le
           assure
           you
           't
           was
           very
           near
           costing
           him
           his
           Life
           ,
           and
           others
           too
           ,
           that
           in
           kindness
           came
           at
           first
           to
           disswade
           him
           ,
           but
           had
           much
           ado
           to
           secure
           themselves
           .
           But
           however
           he
           did
           make
           such
           a
           Combustion
           and
           Mutiny
           ,
           that
           I
           dare
           say
           York
           never
           remembred
           nor
           saw
           the
           like
           ,
           as
           many
           yet
           living
           can
           testify
           .
           But
           how
           well
           soever
           the
           good
           Man
           designed
           in
           the
           thing
           ,
           (
           as
           I
           verily
           believe
           he
           did
           )
           yet
           his
           Zeal
           was
           so
           indiscreetly
           managed
           ,
           that
           it
           had
           like
           to
           have
           produced
           the
           worst
           of
           Mischiefs
           ;
           and
           therefore
           in
           some
           Peoples
           Opinion
           ,
           that
           were
           better
           Judges
           of
           the
           Fact
           than
           I
           was
           ,
           he
           did
           not
           deserve
           any
           Encomium
           for
           it
           .
           But
           however
           at
           this
           time
           it
           would
           not
           be
           very
           reasonable
           to
           follow
           such
           an
           Example
           ,
           which
           was
           all
           I
           took
           notice
           of
           it
           for
           .
        
         
           The
           other
           memorable
           Thing
           he
           relates
           ,
           
           of
           his
           entring
           into
           Episcopal
           Orders
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           late
           Distractions
           ,
           is
           truly
           praise-worthy
           ,
           altho
           he
           is
           not
           the
           only
           Man
           that
           did
           it
           ;
           for
           I
           know
           one
           that
           now
           fills
           as
           eminent
           a
           Place
           in
           the
           Church
           as
           Bp
           Lake
           ever
           did
           ,
           that
           did
           the
           same
           thing
           ,
           and
           that
           under
           more
           discouraging
           Circumstances
           ,
           for
           he
           had
           not
           only
           the
           Danger
           of
           the
           Times
           to
           contend
           with
           ,
           but
           was
           to
           reject
           the
           Importunity
           of
           his
           Friends
           also
           ,
           nay
           more
           than
           that
           ,
           to
           overcome
           himself
           ,
           and
           root
           out
           all
           those
           Prejudices
           that
           a
           contrary
           Education
           (
           for
           he
           was
           brought
           up
           a
           strict
           Presbyterian
           )
           and
           Prepossession
           had
           implanted
           in
           him
           ,
           which
           were
           indeed
           such
           Difficulties
           as
           might
           have
           discouraged
           any
           body
           but
           himself
           ,
           but
           by
           God's
           Grace
           he
           overcame
           them
           all
           ,
           and
           is
           now
           as
           useful
           ,
           as
           eminent
           in
           that
           Church
           ,
           to
           which
           he
           dedicated
           himself
           six
           years
           before
           K.
           Charles
           the
           2d's
           Restoration
           .
           But
           I
           do
           not
           say
           this
           to
           derogate
           from
           Bp
           Lake
           ,
           
           for
           the
           more
           Instances
           the
           better
           ,
           of
           such
           heroick
           Vertue
           ;
           therefore
           could
           have
           wish'd
           that
           our
           Author
           had
           given
           us
           a
           larger
           Account
           of
           that
           excellent
           Bishop
           ,
           whose
           Life
           I
           dare
           say
           might
           have
           furnished
           him
           with
           a
           great
           many
           more
           remarkable
           Passages
           ;
           however
           I
           think
           there
           is
           nothing
           more
           that
           I
           need
           insist
           upon
           in
           the
           first
           Part
           ,
           for
           I
           do
           not
           know
           that
           I
           ever
           questioned
           either
           the
           Bishop's
           making
           of
           the
           Profession
           ,
           or
           the
           Solemnity
           of
           the
           Circumstances
           with
           which
           it
           was
           done
           ,
           therefore
           must
           crave
           leave
           to
           tell
           my
           Author
           ,
           that
           he
           has
           a
           little
           mistaken
           the
           Point
           ,
           for
           't
           was
           not
           the
           making
           ,
           but
           the
           publishing
           of
           it
           that
           I
           excepted
           against
           :
           for
           to
           another
           body
           it
           would
           be
           pretty
           evident
           that
           it
           was
           only
           the
           publishing
           of
           it
           that
           seemed
           so
           unaccountable
           to
           me
           ,
           although
           indeed
           it
           's
           a
           Parenthesis
           ,
           and
           only
           in
           that
           ,
           is
           said
           ,
           
             That
             there
             seemed
             no
             greater
             occasion
             for
             the
             making
             of
             it
             ,
             than
             there
             was
             for
             my
             Lord
             Archbishop
             to
             put
             out
             Manifesto's
             to
             tell
             the
             People
             he
             is
             suspended
             on
             the
             same
             account
             .
          
           (
           for
           these
           are
           the
           very
           Words
           of
           the
           Letter
           :
           )
           and
           where
           the
           great
           offence
           of
           them
           lies
           ,
           or
           
             the
             angry
             Objection
             against
             the
             making
             of
             the
             Protestation
             ,
          
           I
           must
           confess
           I
           do
           not
           yet
           see
           .
           For
           I
           hope
           the
           putting
           him
           in
           the
           same
           form
           with
           his
           Grace
           of
           Canterbury
           ,
           could
           be
           no
           Affront
           or
           Disparagement
           ;
           however
           I
           dare
           say
           the
           good
           Bishop
           would
           not
           have
           thought
           it
           so
           .
           But
           the
           Person
           of
           Quality
           is
           upon
           all
           occasions
           so
           extreamly
           obliged
           to
           this
           worthy
           Author
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           all
           one
           what
           I
           say
           ,
           for
           even
           my
           own
           Encomiums
           meet
           with
           this
           Return
           ;
           for
           these
           are
           his
           Words
           ,
           
             His
             Civility
             and
             due
             Respect
             for
             the
             Memory
             of
             the
             late
             Reverend
             Bishop
             ,
             
             I
             should
             with
             all
             Thankfulness
             most
             readily
             acknowledg
             ,
             if
             I
             could
             think
             it
             not
             designed
             ,
             with
             the
             better
             Grace
             and
             more
             Ceremony
             ,
             to
             cast
             a
             blemish
             upon
             one
             of
             the
             last
             and
             most
             solemn
             Acts
             of
             his
             Life
             .
          
           But
           I
           wonder
           how
           long
           he
           and
           the
           Person
           of
           Quality
           have
           been
           so
           intimately
           acquainted
           ;
           for
           although
           I
           am
           sure
           he
           does
           not
           know
           my
           Face
           ,
           yet
           he
           pretends
           to
           know
           my
           Heart
           a
           great
           deal
           better
           than
           I
           do
           my self
           ,
           (
           if
           the
           Inferences
           he
           is
           pleased
           to
           make
           in
           this
           and
           some
           other
           Places
           are
           true
           )
           for
           I
           can
           assure
           you
           he
           tells
           me
           of
           Designs
           I
           never
           thought
           on
           .
           But
           since
           he
           makes
           such
           Objections
           ▪
           I
           hope
           he
           will
           take
           care
           to
           answer
           them
           ,
           for
           I
           thank
           God
           I
           am
           not
           at
           all
           concerned
           to
           do
           it
           .
           But
           in
           the
           mean
           
           time
           he
           did
           very
           well
           to
           slip
           his
           own
           Neck
           out
           of
           the
           Collar
           ;
           and
           though
           he
           pretends
           to
           answer
           my
           Letter
           ,
           yet
           waves
           the
           main
           Point
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           Design
           of
           publishing
           the
           Protestation
           ;
           which
           he
           tells
           us
           does
           not
           at
           all
           
             concern
             his
             Friends
             ,
             who
             had
             no
             hand
             in
             it
             .
          
           But
           truly
           that
           would
           hardly
           be
           credible
           ,
           if
           he
           did
           not
           affirm
           it
           ;
           for
           not
           many
           lines
           before
           ,
           the
           Person
           of
           Quality
           is
           accused
           for
           designing
           to
           cast
           a
           Blemish
           on
           the
           last
           and
           most
           solemn
           Act
           of
           his
           Life
           .
           Upon
           which
           ,
           if
           this
           be
           true
           ,
           it
           seems
           his
           Friends
           set
           no
           very
           great
           Value
           ;
           for
           methinks
           't
           is
           pretty
           odd
           that
           what
           was
           signed
           and
           asserted
           so
           solemnly
           ,
           should
           be
           immediately
           so
           exposed
           ,
           that
           the
           Witnesses
           and
           Friends
           ,
           should
           neither
           know
           how
           ,
           nor
           why
           it
           was
           made
           publick
           ;
           but
           that
           was
           a
           Query
           that
           I
           believe
           it
           was
           not
           convenient
           to
           answer
           ,
           and
           so
           did
           very
           well
           to
           start
           a
           new
           Question
           ;
           and
           although
           he
           will
           not
           tell
           you
           why
           the
           Profession
           was
           publish'd
           (
           though
           he
           knows
           it
           as
           well
           as
           most
           Men
           in
           England
           )
           yet
           he
           will
           tell
           you
           as
           good
           a
           thing
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           reason
           why
           the
           Bishop
           made
           it
           .
           But
           before
           he
           can
           do
           that
           ,
           he
           must
           have
           t'other
           fling
           at
           the
           Person
           of
           Quality
           ,
           in
           whom
           he
           has
           made
           such
           Discoveries
           ,
           as
           I
           dare
           say
           ,
           you
           in
           so
           many
           Years
           Acquaintance
           have
           never
           made
           .
           But
           Quality
           indeed
           ,
           were
           a
           very
           desirable
           thing
           ,
           if
           it
           would
           make
           one
           more
           sagacious
           than
           other
           People
           ;
           but
           poor
           I
           ,
           am
           like
           to
           lose
           my
           Gentility
           ,
           because
           I
           am
           not
           so
           quick-sighted
           ,
           as
           to
           see
           
             what
             is
             so
             obvious
             to
             Persons
             of
             less
             Rank
             and
             Quality
             ,
             than
             I
             would
             be
             thought
             of
          
           ;
           for
           still
           he
           will
           be
           divining
           my
           Thoughts
           ,
           but
           has
           hitherto
           been
           so
           much
           out
           ,
           that
           I
           would
           not
           advise
           him
           to
           set
           up
           for
           a
           Fortune-Teller
           ,
           of
           all
           things
           ,
           unless
           he
           can
           make
           better
           Guesses
           at
           other
           Peoples
           Hands
           ,
           than
           he
           has
           from
           my
           Writing
           :
           for
           although
           I
           do
           extreamly
           value
           the
           Esteem
           of
           good
           Men
           ,
           yet
           I
           never
           desired
           either
           to
           be
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           thought
           a
           great
           Man.
           So
           that
           without
           any
           Offence
           ,
           he
           may
           believe
           me
           a
           Chimney-Sweeper
           ,
           or
           a
           Cobler
           ,
           if
           he
           pleases
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           he
           tells
           us
           ,
           
           
             That
             all
             Men
             of
             Reason
             ,
             knew
             that
             the
             Reasons
             for
             the
             Doctrine
             of
          
           Passive
           Obedience
           
             could
             not
             be
             contained
             in
             so
             small
             a
             Compass
             ,
             and
             are
             not
             well
             consistent
             with
             the
             Design
             of
             a
             Profession
             .
          
           But
           if
           the
           Design
           of
           it
           was
           to
           give
           the
           World
           Satisfaction
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           a
           Controverted
           Point
           ,
           which
           was
           no
           Fundamental
           of
           the
           Faith
           ,
           nor
           any
           
           way
           essential
           either
           to
           the
           Being
           or
           Well-being
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           then
           I
           cannot
           think
           it
           would
           have
           been
           superfluous
           to
           have
           subjoined
           the
           Reasons
           that
           made
           him
           of
           that
           Opinion
           ,
           rather
           than
           of
           the
           other
           .
           For
           there
           being
           as
           many
           great
           and
           good
           Men
           too
           ,
           of
           the
           other
           Side
           ,
           Bishop
           
           Lake's
           bare
           Name
           and
           Opinion
           is
           not
           of
           Weight
           enough
           to
           turn
           the
           Scales
           ,
           and
           so
           we
           of
           the
           Laity
           must
           still
           remain
           in
           Suspence
           :
           For
           we
           must
           dissent
           from
           some
           of
           our
           
             Reverend
             Fathers
             in
             God
          
           ,
           let
           us
           take
           which
           side
           we
           please
           ;
           and
           being
           willing
           to
           hear
           both
           ,
           should
           have
           been
           very
           glad
           to
           have
           seen
           the
           Bishop's
           Reasons
           for
           his
           adhering
           so
           stifly
           to
           that
           Doctrine
           .
           For
           ,
           with
           Submission
           to
           the
           
             Reverend
             Author
          
           ,
           what
           Satisfaction
           soever
           it
           might
           give
           the
           good
           Bishop
           in
           the
           making
           ,
           the
           publishing
           has
           not
           given
           the
           World
           very
           much
           ,
           for
           it
           only
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             That
             he
             lived
             and
             died
             in
             that
             Opinion
             :
          
           For
           really
           ,
           I
           cannot
           yet
           see
           any
           great
           Weight
           in
           that
           Argument
           of
           his
           having
           been
           bred
           and
           born
           in
           it
           ;
           Nay
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           I
           think
           it
           is
           no
           Argument
           at
           all
           ;
           for
           it
           being
           common
           to
           all
           Religions
           ,
           cannot
           be
           a
           Proof
           of
           the
           Truth
           of
           any
           .
           And
           those
           which
           do
           lay
           any
           great
           Weight
           upon
           that
           ,
           I
           should
           suspect
           had
           but
           very
           little
           to
           say
           for
           that
           Religion
           ,
           or
           Opinion
           ,
           that
           must
           be
           adhered
           to
           only
           on
           that
           account
           .
           But
           to
           prove
           the
           Properness
           of
           the
           Argument
           ,
           the
           Author
           is
           pleased
           to
           cite
           the
           saying
           of
           St.
           Polycarp
           ,
           
             Who
             when
             ,
             
             at
             his
             Martyrdom
             ,
             he
             was
             offered
             his
             Life
             if
             he
             would
             revile
             our
             Saviour
             ,
             answered
             ,
             That
             he
             had
             now
             served
             him
             86
             Years
             ,
             and
             he
             never
             did
             me
             ,
             says
             he
             ,
             any
             Injury
             ,
             and
             how
             can
             I
             blaspheme
             my
             King
             and
             my
             Saviour
             ?
             This
             was
             (
             adds
             my
             Author
             )
             thought
             so
             considerable
             ,
             as
             to
             be
             recorded
             in
             Ecclesiastical
             History
             ,
             and
             delivered
             down
             to
             Posterity
             .
             Though
             I
             suppose
             it
             can
             be
             no
             more
             imagined
             that
             Christians
             only
             lived
             then
             to
             86
             Years
             of
             Age
             ,
             than
             that
             only
             Men
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             now
             are
             bred
             and
             born
             in
             their
             Religion
             .
          
           But
           what
           then
           ?
           for
           really
           he
           would
           have
           obliged
           such
           a
           dull
           Creature
           as
           the
           Person
           of
           Quality
           is
           mightily
           ,
           if
           he
           would
           have
           told
           him
           the
           Inference
           that
           he
           is
           to
           make
           from
           this
           extraordinary
           Comparison
           :
           For
           all
           that
           I
           can
           make
           of
           it
           is
           this
           ,
           In
           
           Polycarp's
           Days
           ,
           other
           People
           besides
           himself
           lived
           to
           be
           86
           Years
           old
           .
           Ergo
           ,
           Bishop
           
           Lake's
           being
           bred
           and
           born
           in
           the
           
           Doctrine
           of
           
             Passive
             Obedience
          
           ,
           is
           an
           undeniable
           Proof
           of
           the
           Truth
           of
           it
           .
           And
           in
           his
           next
           Paragraph
           he
           brings
           another
           Evidence
           for
           the
           Antiquity
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           I
           think
           is
           not
           much
           short
           of
           this
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           end
           it
           was
           designed
           for
           ;
           for
           he
           tells
           us
           ,
           
           
             The
             Bishop
             had
             lived
             to
             hear
             it
             affirmed
             ,
             that
          
           Passive
           Obedience
           
             was
             a
             Doctrine
             of
             but
             40
             or
             50
             Years
             standing
             .
          
           But
           his
           Testimony
           alone
           being
           sufficient
           to
           confute
           that
           Error
           ,
           it
           was
           most
           proper
           and
           requisite
           for
           him
           to
           aver
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           educated
           in
           that
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           was
           not
           only
           as
           old
           as
           he
           could
           remember
           ,
           who
           was
           now
           65
           Years
           of
           Age
           ,
           but
           that
           it
           was
           taught
           him
           as
           an
           ancient
           Doctrine
           .
           
             And
             this
             ,
             Sir
          
           (
           says
           he
           )
           
             was
             the
             way
             of
             maintaining
             the
             Truth
             of
             old
             ,
             by
             pleading
             against
             Hereticks
             .
          
           What
           ?
           by
           bringing
           a
           Youth
           of
           15
           Years
           old
           (
           for
           Bishop
           Lake
           was
           no
           more
           50
           Years
           ago
           )
           to
           depose
           for
           the
           Antiquity
           of
           a
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           single
           Instance
           of
           his
           being
           brought
           up
           in
           it
           ,
           prove
           the
           Universality
           of
           it
           .
           And
           if
           this
           be
           such
           convincing
           Evidence
           of
           his
           side
           ,
           and
           if
           he
           would
           please
           to
           give
           us
           leave
           to
           bring
           in
           our
           Witnesses
           ,
           't
           is
           possible
           we
           might
           produce
           as
           ancient
           and
           authentick
           Persons
           ,
           who
           would
           tell
           us
           another
           Story
           .
           Although
           truly
           for
           my
           own
           part
           ,
           I
           can
           easily
           believe
           the
           Doctrine
           to
           be
           of
           a
           much
           ancienter
           date
           than
           fifty
           Years
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           possible
           might
           be
           taught
           by
           some
           from
           the
           Reformation
           .
           For
           there
           was
           some
           reason
           to
           cajole
           Henry
           the
           Eighth
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           make
           him
           more
           favourable
           to
           them
           ,
           they
           might
           tell
           him
           what
           good
           Passive
           Subjects
           they
           were
           like
           to
           make
           ;
           which
           was
           a
           thing
           he
           liked
           very
           well
           ,
           and
           therefore
           it
           might
           be
           a
           prevalent
           Argument
           with
           him
           to
           encourage
           them
           as
           much
           as
           he
           could
           ;
           but
           for
           all
           that
           ,
           I
           am
           very
           far
           from
           believing
           it
           was
           the
           Faith
           of
           the
           whole
           Clergy
           ,
           either
           then
           ,
           or
           at
           any
           time
           since
           ;
           but
           yet
           believe
           it
           gained
           more
           ground
           since
           King
           
           Charles's
           Restauration
           ,
           and
           was
           more
           generally
           received
           than
           ever
           it
           was
           before
           ;
           but
           yet
           for
           all
           that
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           that
           both
           you
           and
           I
           know
           some
           of
           the
           eminent
           Fathers
           of
           our
           Church
           ,
           who
           never
           owned
           it
           in
           that
           Latitude
           that
           Bishop
           Lake
           and
           some
           others
           preach'd
           it
           up
           at
           .
           But
           after
           all
           ,
           the
           Truth
           is
           ,
           no
           Doctrine
           ought
           to
           be
           valued
           for
           the
           Antiquity
           ,
           but
           the
           Truth
           of
           it
           .
           For
           at
           that
           rate
           Heathenism
           might
           claim
           the
           Preference
           to
           Christianity
           ,
           because
           't
           is
           certain
           it
           had
           the
           Precedence
           of
           it
           ;
           but
           Truth
           is
           
           Truth
           ,
           though
           reveal'd
           but
           yesterday
           ,
           and
           Error
           not
           the
           less
           Error
           (
           but
           the
           more
           to
           be
           avoided
           )
           for
           being
           of
           some
           hundred
           of
           Years
           standing
           .
           But
           for
           all
           those
           weighty
           Reasons
           for
           the
           Bishop's
           making
           this
           Profession
           ,
           I
           cannot
           say
           that
           I
           yet
           see
           any
           Reason
           to
           change
           my
           Opinion
           .
           For
           I
           do
           still
           believe
           that
           his
           submitting
           to
           a
           Suspension
           ,
           was
           a
           more
           convincing
           Proof
           of
           his
           Opinion
           ,
           than
           a
           thousand
           Volumns
           ;
           nay
           ,
           I
           will
           say
           ,
           than
           a
           thousand
           such
           Protestations
           :
           For
           I
           dare
           appeal
           to
           the
           Author
           himself
           ,
           whether
           if
           Bishop
           Lake
           had
           not
           submitted
           to
           Suspension
           ,
           he
           would
           have
           believed
           this
           or
           any
           other
           Protestation
           of
           that
           Nature
           that
           he
           could
           have
           made
           ;
           so
           that
           it
           still
           seems
           very
           evident
           to
           me
           ,
           that
           though
           he
           made
           it
           to
           please
           himself
           ,
           yet
           there
           was
           no
           Necessity
           on
           the
           Bishop's
           Account
           to
           make
           it
           publick
           ;
           the
           World
           being
           as
           much
           satisfied
           of
           his
           Opinion
           as
           they
           could
           be
           .
           But
           although
           the
           Author
           does
           not
           think
           fit
           to
           tell
           us
           what
           were
           the
           Designs
           of
           publishing
           it
           ,
           yet
           he
           is
           pleased
           to
           quarrel
           with
           the
           Inferences
           I
           make
           from
           it
           ,
           but
           how
           justly
           ,
           you
           shall
           see
           presently
           :
           For
           I
           thank
           him
           ,
           instead
           of
           confuting
           ,
           he
           has
           confirm'd
           my
           first
           Inference
           ,
           so
           that
           truly
           I
           have
           no
           Reason
           to
           be
           offended
           ,
           although
           he
           says
           he
           has
           now
           found
           out
           the
           Cause
           why
           I
           am
           so
           .
           But
           at
           this
           time
           the
           Person
           of
           Quality
           is
           not
           a
           Community
           ,
           but
           speaks
           only
           for
           himself
           in
           his
           private
           Capacity
           ;
           so
           that
           I
           dare
           not
           undertake
           for
           others
           ,
           to
           whom
           perhaps
           he
           has
           given
           Provocation
           enough
           :
           but
           they
           being
           to
           be
           Judges
           in
           that
           Matter
           ,
           I
           have
           nothing
           more
           to
           say
           to
           that
           ,
           only
           to
           observe
           ,
           that
           instead
           of
           denying
           what
           I
           charged
           the
           Profession
           with
           ,
           the
           cutting
           off
           the
           Clergy
           in
           Queen
           
           Elizabeth's
           Days
           ,
           he
           does
           now
           absolutely
           cut
           off
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           our
           Clergy
           now
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           the
           major
           part
           of
           the
           Bishops
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           from
           being
           true
           Sons
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ;
           for
           which
           ,
           if
           you
           please
           ,
           you
           may
           read
           his
           own
           Words
           ;
           
           where
           repeating
           my
           first
           Inference
           ,
           which
           was
           to
           suppose
           that
           the
           Protestation
           did
           insinuate
           that
           from
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           ever
           since
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           was
           restored
           to
           its
           Purity
           ,
           
             Passive
             Obedience
          
           was
           the
           Corner-stone
           of
           it
           ,
           for
           't
           is
           call'd
           (
           though
           he
           omits
           that
           Clause
           ,
           which
           perhaps
           is
           the
           Reason
           he
           does
           not
           understand
           the
           Epithite
           )
           the
           distinguishing
           
           Character
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           .
           To
           which
           he
           replies
           ,
           
             That
             whatever
             my
             meaning
             may
             be
             in
             calling
             it
             the
             Corner-Stone
             ,
             he
             must
             tell
             me
             plainly
             ,
             That
             
               Passive
               Obedience
            
             has
             been
             ever
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             .
             And
             when
             I
             say
             afterwards
             ,
             So
             that
             it
             seems
             none
             were
             accounted
             her
             true
             Sons
             ,
             that
             did
             not
             hold
             it
             ;
             if
             he
             means
             ,
             that
             none
             besides
             were
             accounted
             to
             hold
             her
             Doctrines
             whole
             and
             entire
             ,
             or
             to
             hold
             all
             the
             Truth
             which
             she
             teaches
             ,
             the
             Design
             of
             the
             Paper
             is
             to
             assert
             it
             too
             .
          
        
         
           But
           here
           I
           must
           admire
           the
           Author's
           Cunning
           extreamly
           ,
           though
           I
           cannot
           much
           commend
           either
           his
           Ingenuity
           or
           good
           Nature
           ;
           for
           although
           he
           does
           very
           peremptorily
           in
           his
           own
           Name
           tell
           the
           Person
           of
           Quality
           plainly
           ,
           That
           
             Passive
             Obedience
          
           has
           been
           ever
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           yet
           he
           is
           so
           kind
           to
           Bishop
           Lake
           as
           to
           allow
           him
           the
           Honour
           of
           condemning
           all
           that
           did
           not
           receive
           it
           :
           For
           he
           owns
           it
           was
           the
           Design
           of
           the
           Paper
           to
           assert
           they
           were
           not
           true
           Sons
           that
           did
           not
           .
           But
           ,
           first
           ,
           I
           would
           know
           by
           what
           particular
           Priviledg
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           Bishop
           does
           take
           upon
           him
           to
           censure
           so
           many
           of
           his
           Brethren
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           next
           Place
           I
           would
           be
           willing
           to
           be
           informed
           what
           Authority
           the
           Author
           had
           to
           pronounce
           such
           a
           Sentence
           against
           so
           many
           of
           his
           Superiours
           .
           But
           whether
           he
           will
           think
           fit
           to
           answer
           these
           two
           Queries
           or
           no
           ,
           we
           have
           got
           a
           good
           Experiment
           by
           the
           by
           ;
           for
           although
           at
           first
           he
           pretended
           Ignorance
           as
           to
           the
           Design
           of
           publishing
           the
           Paper
           ,
           he
           now
           owns
           it
           with
           a
           Witness
           ,
           by
           which
           it
           seems
           the
           Person
           of
           Quality
           was
           not
           so
           very
           much
           out
           in
           his
           Guess
           ;
           but
           however
           ,
           he
           did
           very
           wisely
           to
           lay
           all
           the
           Blame
           on
           the
           poor
           Bishop
           .
        
         
           But
           by
           the
           Treatment
           the
           Living
           Clergy
           receive
           from
           him
           ,
           you
           may
           suppose
           the
           Dead
           had
           not
           fared
           much
           better
           ;
           for
           they
           had
           all
           certainly
           been
           cut
           off
           at
           one
           slap
           ,
           but
           that
           ,
           by
           good
           Fortune
           for
           them
           ,
           he
           can
           bring
           them
           over
           to
           his
           Party
           .
           But
           that
           is
           the
           thing
           now
           to
           be
           examined
           ;
           though
           having
           not
           at
           present
           the
           command
           of
           my
           Books
           ,
           (
           as
           I
           told
           you
           at
           the
           beginning
           )
           I
           shall
           take
           the
           Gentleman's
           Quotations
           ,
           hoping
           he
           has
           dealt
           a
           little
           more
           faithfully
           with
           his
           Authors
           ,
           than
           he
           has
           with
           the
           Person
           of
           Quality
           in
           some
           places
           ,
           as
           I
           shall
           shew
           hereafter
           .
        
         
         
           And
           since
           for
           Expedition-sake
           I
           allow
           all
           his
           Citations
           ;
           all
           that
           remains
           for
           me
           to
           consider
           ,
           is
           ,
           Whether
           his
           Inferences
           from
           them
           will
           hold
           or
           no.
           And
           in
           answer
           to
           what
           I
           urged
           of
           the
           Clergies
           giving
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           three
           such
           considerable
           Subsidies
           on
           the
           account
           of
           her
           assisting
           and
           protecting
           the
           Scotish
           and
           French
           Protestants
           ,
           &c.
           he
           is
           pleased
           to
           undertake
           to
           prove
           two
           things
           :
           First
           ,
           That
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           
             did
             not
             assist
             the
             Scots
             or
             French
             in
             any
             Rebellion
             ,
             but
             always
             declared
             the
             contrary
             .
          
           But
           before
           he
           comes
           to
           that
           ,
           he
           is
           to
           premise
           two
           things
           ,
           which
           I
           shall
           very
           willingly
           yield
           him
           ;
           The
           First
           is
           ,
           that
           for
           Soveraign
           Princes
           in
           War
           to
           serve
           themselves
           of
           the
           Treachery
           and
           Revolt
           of
           another
           Prince's
           Subjects
           ,
           is
           no
           more
           than
           what
           is
           always
           done
           ,
           and
           is
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           Nations
           held
           lawful
           ,
           and
           the
           necessity
           of
           Affairs
           seems
           to
           require
           it
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           That
           it
           is
           lawful
           for
           Princes
           to
           make
           the
           best
           Terms
           they
           can
           ,
           for
           Subjects
           that
           have
           
             been
             serviceable
             to
             their
             Interest
             in
             a
             just
             War
             ,
             tho
             by
             Rebellion
             against
             their
             own
             Prince
             .
          
        
         
           And
           now
           it
           may
           not
           be
           amiss
           to
           collect
           the
           Observations
           these
           two
           Positions
           will
           afford
           us
           :
           for
           the
           Premisses
           being
           granted
           on
           both
           sides
           ,
           I
           hope
           the
           Conclusions
           will
           not
           be
           denied
           by
           either
           .
           And
           from
           the
           first
           we
           may
           infer
           that
           't
           is
           not
           only
           lawful
           ,
           but
           sometimes
           necessary
           ,
           to
           encourage
           Rebellion
           in
           a
           neighbouring
           Prince's
           Kingdom
           ;
           or
           else
           I
           cannot
           very
           easily
           imagine
           what
           he
           means
           by
           saying
           ,
           
             The
             necessity
             of
             Affairs
             seems
             to
             require
             it
             .
          
           For
           it
           seems
           the
           Good
           and
           Preservation
           of
           a
           Nation
           is
           a
           thing
           of
           such
           vast
           Concern
           ,
           that
           Princes
           are
           dispensed
           with
           ,
           and
           not
           obliged
           by
           the
           Rules
           of
           common
           Justice
           (
           as
           he
           himself
           tells
           us
           in
           the
           same
           page
           .
           )
           And
           since
           he
           is
           pleased
           to
           grant
           this
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           why
           he
           should
           stick
           at
           the
           further
           Consequence
           ,
           which
           he
           is
           sensible
           does
           naturally
           enough
           flow
           from
           the
           former
           ,
           and
           therefore
           would
           prevent
           the
           Objection
           :
           And
           says
           ,
           't
           is
           no
           good
           Consequence
           that
           Subjects
           may
           rebel
           ,
           because
           foreign
           Princes
           may
           take
           advantage
           by
           their
           Rebellion
           to
           recover
           their
           own
           Rights
           ,
           or
           to
           secure
           their
           Dominions
           .
           But
           if
           it
           be
           lawful
           for
           a
           King
           ,
           for
           the
           Security
           of
           his
           own
           People
           ,
           to
           raise
           or
           foment
           a
           Rebellion
           in
           his
           Neighbour's
           Country
           ,
           I
           cannot
           see
           but
           it
           may
           be
           as
           lawful
           for
           Subjects
           to
           assert
           their
           own
           Rights
           against
           their
           own
           Prince
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           to
           secure
           themselves
           
           by
           setting
           others
           Subjects
           against
           their
           King
           ,
           unless
           he
           will
           please
           to
           say
           that
           Subjects
           have
           no
           Interest
           nor
           Concern
           in
           the
           common
           Safety
           ,
           but
           are
           obliged
           to
           stand
           still
           to
           have
           their
           Throats
           cut
           ,
           which
           would
           be
           a
           pretty
           odd
           Superstructure
           upon
           the
           Foundation
           he
           just
           now
           laid
           .
           For
           surely
           the
           Dispensation
           that
           he
           says
           is
           given
           to
           Princes
           ,
           by
           which
           they
           are
           exempt
           from
           following
           the
           Rules
           of
           Common
           Justice
           ,
           was
           not
           given
           on
           their
           own
           but
           the
           Peoples
           account
           .
           And
           if
           a
           petty
           Prince
           may
           lawfully
           engage
           all
           the
           great
           Kingdoms
           of
           Europe
           in
           War
           and
           Confusion
           for
           the
           Security
           of
           his
           own
           Subjects
           ,
           shall
           the
           Rights
           of
           those
           Subjects
           be
           so
           inconsiderable
           to
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           must
           lose
           them
           tamely
           ,
           if
           their
           Prince
           should
           mistake
           his
           Office
           ,
           or
           misemploy
           his
           Power
           ,
           and
           subvert
           those
           Rights
           he
           is
           obliged
           to
           maintain
           ?
           For
           although
           ,
           by
           our
           Author
           's
           own
           Position
           ,
           Kings
           may
           lawfully
           do
           unjust
           things
           for
           the
           Preservation
           of
           the
           Rights
           and
           Liberties
           of
           their
           Subjects
           ;
           yet
           neither
           this
           Author
           ,
           nor
           any
           I
           have
           yet
           met
           with
           ,
           will
           say
           that
           it
           is
           lawful
           for
           a
           King
           to
           destroy
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           or
           subvert
           the
           Government
           ,
           although
           indeed
           some
           have
           said
           that
           we
           ought
           to
           submit
           and
           be
           passive
           if
           they
           will
           do
           it
           .
           But
           truly
           our
           Author
           has
           given
           us
           too
           high
           a
           value
           of
           our
           Priviledges
           (
           which
           it
           seems
           are
           to
           be
           preferr'd
           before
           our
           King's
           Virtue
           and
           Justice
           )
           to
           make
           us
           part
           with
           them
           so
           easily
           .
           But
           perhaps
           we
           may
           be
           a
           little
           mistaken
           in
           the
           Nature
           of
           Rebellion
           ,
           and
           it
           may
           not
           be
           so
           great
           a
           Sin
           in
           some
           Countries
           as
           others
           ;
           and
           so
           we
           may
           lawfully
           excite
           them
           to
           that
           which
           we
           are
           not
           to
           commit
           our selves
           :
           But
           besides
           that
           ,
           this
           is
           a
           little
           too
           much
           encroaching
           upon
           the
           Devil's
           Office
           ,
           who
           was
           first
           known
           by
           the
           name
           of
           Tempter
           among
           Men
           ,
           (
           and
           truly
           much
           upon
           the
           same
           score
           that
           he
           allows
           Princes
           to
           do
           it
           for
           the
           Preservation
           and
           Enlargement
           of
           their
           own
           Dominions
           )
           but
           besides
           this
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           but
           a
           small
           Sin
           in
           comparison
           in
           other
           Countries
           to
           what
           it
           would
           be
           here
           ;
           yet
           since
           our
           Saviour
           hath
           told
           us
           ,
           
             Mat.
             5.
             19.
             
             That
             he
             that
             teacheth
             Men
             to
             break
             one
             of
             the
             least
             Commandments
             ,
             shall
             be
             the
             least
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Heaven
          
           ;
           I
           thought
           this
           had
           been
           as
           standing
           a
           Rule
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           as
           Passive
           Obedience
           it self
           .
           For
           to
           make
           another
           body
           sin
           ,
           I
           always
           thought
           not
           a
           lesser
           ,
           but
           a
           higher
           Guilt
           ,
           than
           to
           commit
           it
           my self
           ,
           having
           
           his
           Fact
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           my
           own
           Contrivance
           ,
           to
           answer
           for
           .
           For
           I
           think
           I
           may
           as
           lawfully
           be
           drunk
           my self
           ,
           as
           designedly
           make
           another
           so
           .
           And
           in
           another
           Vice
           ,
           the
           Procurer
           is
           thought
           more
           inexcusable
           and
           odious
           too
           ,
           than
           the
           Party
           that
           employed
           them
           ,
           who
           may
           perhaps
           be
           under
           a
           greater
           Temptation
           .
           But
           however
           ,
           this
           is
           evident
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           not
           the
           doing
           of
           the
           thing
           ,
           but
           the
           taking
           pleasure
           in
           them
           that
           do
           it
           ,
           that
           is
           by
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           Rom.
           1.
           32.
           set
           down
           for
           the
           highest
           pitch
           of
           Sin
           and
           Wickedness
           .
           Therefore
           if
           ,
           as
           our
           Auther
           has
           observed
           ,
           
             the
             necessity
             of
             Affairs
             should
             require
          
           us
           to
           become
           Tempters
           ,
           let
           us
           not
           assume
           the
           other
           part
           of
           the
           Devil's
           Title
           ,
           and
           turn
           Accusers
           of
           our
           Brethren
           also
           ,
           and
           condemn
           them
           for
           that
           to
           which
           we
           have
           betrayed
           them
           ,
           but
           find
           some
           gentler
           Name
           for
           that
           which
           our
           Author
           grants
           may
           not
           be
           only
           useful
           ,
           but
           sometimes
           necessary
           ,
           for
           the
           Preservation
           of
           a
           Nation
           .
           But
           although
           I
           have
           been
           longer
           on
           this
           than
           I
           designed
           ,
           yet
           I
           must
           not
           wholly
           balk
           the
           second
           Position
           ,
           for
           that
           will
           afford
           us
           some
           very
           useful
           Observations
           ,
           for
           he
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             'T
             is
             lawful
             for
             Princes
             to
             make
             the
             best
             Terms
             they
             can
             for
             Subjects
             that
             have
             been
             serviceable
             to
             their
             Interests
             in
             a
             just
             War
             ,
             though
             by
             Rebellion
             against
             their
             own
             Prince
             .
          
           From
           which
           we
           may
           gather
           ,
           that
           our
           Author
           thinks
           it
           possible
           for
           Subjects
           to
           be
           engaged
           in
           a
           just
           War
           against
           their
           own
           Prince
           :
           And
           if
           they
           may
           with
           Justice
           fight
           against
           their
           King
           for
           another
           Prince's
           Right
           ,
           I
           cannot
           at
           all
           understand
           why
           they
           may
           not
           for
           their
           own
           .
           For
           surely
           the
           Safety
           of
           my
           own
           Country
           ought
           to
           be
           dearer
           to
           me
           than
           all
           the
           World
           besides
           ;
           and
           I
           have
           more
           Reason
           to
           defend
           the
           Rights
           and
           Priviledges
           of
           that
           ,
           than
           all
           the
           Princes
           Titles
           in
           the
           World.
           But
           if
           our
           Author
           should
           not
           allow
           all
           the
           Inferences
           I
           have
           made
           from
           his
           Concessions
           ,
           yet
           I
           have
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Reason
           to
           thank
           him
           for
           them
           ,
           because
           they
           will
           not
           only
           be
           of
           use
           to
           me
           hereafter
           ,
           but
           do
           at
           present
           in
           great
           measure
           supercede
           what
           I
           should
           else
           have
           said
           to
           his
           History
           .
           For
           't
           is
           perfectly
           indifferent
           to
           me
           ,
           whether
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           did
           assist
           the
           French
           and
           Scotish
           Protestants
           or
           no
           ,
           since
           by
           his
           first
           Position
           he
           grants
           ,
           
             She
             might
             have
             serv'd
             her self
             of
             the
             Treachery
             and
             Revolt
             of
             other
             Princes
             Subjects
             .
          
           For
           't
           was
           the
           lawfulness
           of
           the
           Action
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           
           Fact
           it self
           ,
           that
           was
           the
           great
           point
           in
           question
           :
           and
           since
           he
           allows
           she
           might
           have
           assisted
           them
           ,
           though
           they
           had
           been
           Rebels
           ,
           we
           will
           never
           quarrel
           about
           it
           ,
           whether
           they
           were
           so
           or
           no.
           For
           truly
           ,
           the
           Person
           of
           Quality
           is
           very
           well
           pleased
           that
           he
           has
           so
           learned
           an
           Author
           of
           his
           side
           ,
           that
           proves
           all
           he
           desires
           should
           be
           asserted
           in
           the
           point
           :
           For
           since
           he
           will
           allow
           the
           French
           Protestants
           were
           not
           Rebels
           ,
           because
           they
           had
           the
           Law
           of
           their
           side
           :
           Nor
           were
           the
           Netherlands
           guilty
           of
           Rebellion
           against
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           ,
           because
           he
           first
           acted
           contrary
           to
           the
           
             Laetus
             Introitus
          
           ,
           
           
             and
             disengaged
             them
             from
             their
             Obedience
             ,
             when
             he
             had
             broke
             the
             Condition
             of
             it
             .
          
           If
           he
           will
           but
           please
           to
           be
           as
           gracious
           to
           his
           own
           Country-men
           ,
           and
           allow
           them
           the
           benefit
           of
           their
           own
           Laws
           ,
           and
           suffer
           the
           Oaths
           of
           Princes
           to
           be
           as
           binding
           in
           England
           ,
           as
           it
           seems
           they
           then
           were
           in
           Spain
           ,
           I
           know
           no
           body
           that
           will
           desire
           any
           more
           of
           him
           .
           Nay
           ,
           I
           will
           go
           farther
           than
           this
           ;
           for
           if
           he
           can
           name
           any
           one
           Person
           that
           was
           a
           Rebel
           to
           King
           James
           after
           the
           Allowances
           above
           are
           granted
           him
           ;
           rather
           than
           he
           should
           go
           unpunish'd
           ,
           I
           think
           I
           should
           be
           his
           Executioner
           ;
           for
           I
           hate
           those
           that
           rebel
           against
           ,
           and
           break
           the
           Laws
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           the
           Author
           can
           do
           :
           And
           since
           Rebellion
           is
           so
           horrid
           a
           Sin
           ,
           I
           would
           not
           have
           England
           to
           have
           the
           Enclosure
           of
           it
           ;
           but
           only
           desire
           that
           we
           may
           be
           allowed
           to
           fight
           for
           our
           Laws
           and
           Liberties
           ,
           as
           other
           Nations
           do
           ,
           without
           being
           thought
           Rebels
           for
           so
           doing
           .
           But
           if
           our
           Author
           will
           not
           allow
           us
           the
           same
           Priviledges
           he
           gives
           to
           all
           the
           World
           beside
           ,
           there
           would
           be
           some
           reason
           to
           suspect
           that
           he
           designs
           us
           the
           Monopoly
           of
           that
           he
           so
           exclaims
           against
           ;
           and
           is
           so
           particularly
           kind
           to
           his
           own
           Country
           ,
           as
           sometimes
           to
           lay
           them
           under
           the
           unhappy
           necessity
           of
           being
           either
           Rebels
           or
           Slaves
           .
           And
           I
           have
           something
           the
           more
           Reason
           to
           fear
           this
           ,
           because
           I
           find
           he
           is
           not
           so
           sollicitous
           to
           clear
           the
           Scots
           from
           the
           imputation
           of
           Rebels
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           the
           French
           and
           Dutch.
           But
           let
           them
           be
           what
           they
           will
           ,
           you
           see
           't
           is
           evident
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           did
           not
           assist
           them
           ;
           she
           only
           furnish'd
           them
           with
           Men
           ,
           Money
           ,
           and
           Ammunition
           .
           And
           when
           the
           Queen
           of
           Scots
           came
           and
           flung
           her self
           into
           her
           Protection
           ,
           and
           implored
           her
           Aid
           for
           restoring
           her
           to
           her
           Crown
           ,
           she
           then
           asserted
           her
           Cause
           with
           a
           witness
           .
           For
           had
           that
           unhappy
           Princess
           trusted
           to
           the
           Mercy
           of
           her
           Subjects
           ,
           
           as
           great
           Rebels
           as
           they
           were
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           they
           could
           not
           have
           treated
           her
           worse
           than
           she
           was
           used
           by
           that
           Queen
           ,
           who
           our
           Author
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             always
             declared
             against
             any
             Protection
             of
             Subjects
             in
             their
             Resistance
             ,
             which
             she
             always
             called
             Rebellion
             .
          
           But
           I
           suppose
           Princes
           are
           no
           more
           obliged
           to
           speak
           Truth
           ,
           than
           they
           are
           tied
           to
           do
           Justice
           ;
           for
           which
           our
           Author
           gave
           them
           a
           Dispensation
           before
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           think
           it
           now
           time
           to
           proceed
           to
           the
           2d
           thing
           he
           undertook
           to
           prove
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           
             That
             it
             was
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             at
             that
             time
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             unlawful
             for
             Subjects
             to
             resist
             ,
             and
             that
             therefore
             our
             Divines
             justified
             the
             French
             and
             Dutch
             no
             otherwise
             than
             upon
             Principles
             which
             are
             consistent
             with
             this
             Doctrine
             .
          
           And
           truly
           if
           our
           Author
           hold
           in
           the
           same
           mind
           he
           was
           when
           he
           promised
           the
           two
           Positions
           (
           before
           enlarged
           on
           )
           and
           acquitted
           the
           French
           from
           Rebellion
           ,
           because
           they
           had
           the
           Law
           of
           their
           Side
           ;
           and
           the
           Dutch
           ,
           because
           their
           King
           had
           forfeited
           his
           Right
           to
           their
           Obedience
           by
           breaking
           his
           part
           of
           the
           Pact
           and
           Stipulation
           between
           them
           ;
           I
           do
           not
           see
           but
           he
           and
           I
           shall
           agree
           in
           this
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Divines
           of
           this
           Age
           do
           with
           those
           in
           Queen
           
           Elizabeth's
           Days
           .
           For
           I
           suppose
           the
           Convocation
           at
           that
           time
           did
           approve
           of
           Bishop
           Bilson
           his
           Sentiments
           as
           to
           that
           matter
           ;
           for
           the
           Author
           tells
           us
           the
           Book
           was
           perused
           and
           allowed
           by
           publick
           Authority
           ,
           and
           also
           dedicated
           to
           the
           Queen
           ;
           so
           that
           it
           seems
           to
           be
           that
           which
           they
           were
           all
           willing
           to
           stand
           by
           .
           And
           I
           heartily
           wish
           that
           all
           our
           Bishops
           would
           do
           so
           too
           ,
           and
           make
           that
           very
           Passage
           he
           cites
           out
           of
           Bishop
           Bilson
           the
           Judg
           of
           the
           Controversy
           ;
           for
           then
           I
           think
           it
           would
           be
           pretty
           soon
           decided
           ;
           and
           therefore
           I
           shall
           transcribe
           the
           Place
           in
           the
           very
           same
           words
           he
           has
           done
           ,
           page
           33.
           
        
         
           
             In
             France
             ,
             the
             King
             of
             Navar
             and
             the
             Prince
             of
             Conde
             might
             lawfully
             defend
             themselves
             from
             Injustice
             and
             Violence
             ,
             and
             be
             aided
             by
             other
             Princes
             their
             Neighbours
             .
             If
             the
             King
             ,
             as
             too
             mighty
             for
             them
             ,
             sought
             to
             oppress
             them
             ,
             to
             whom
             they
             owe
             not
             simple
             Subjection
             ,
             but
             respective
             Homage
             ,
             as
             Scotland
             did
             to
             England
             ,
             and
             Normandy
             to
             France
             ,
             when
             the
             Kings
             notwithstanding
             had
             bitter
             Wars
             each
             with
             other
             .
             The
             rest
             of
             the
             Nobles
             
             that
             did
             assist
             them
             ,
             if
             it
             were
             the
             King's
             Act
             that
             did
             oppress
             them
             and
             not
             the
             Guises
             ,
             except
             the
             Laws
             do
             permit
             them
             means
             to
             save
             the
             State
             from
             open
             Tyranny
             ,
             I
             will
             not
             excuse
             ;
             and
             yet
             the
             Circumstances
             must
             be
             fully
             known
             before
             the
             Fact
             can
             be
             rightly
             discerned
             ,
             with
             which
             I
             confess
             I
             am
             not
             so
             exactly
             acquainted
             .
          
           Now
           in
           this
           Passage
           here
           are
           three
           several
           things
           observable
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           He
           absolutely
           acquits
           the
           King
           of
           Navar
           and
           Prince
           of
           Conde
           ,
           but
           their
           Associates
           only
           upon
           Supposition
           ,
           that
           the
           Law
           permitted
           them
           to
           oppose
           the
           King's
           Tyranny
           ;
           but
           the
           Guises
           Oppression
           they
           might
           without
           Law.
           But
           although
           the
           Bishop
           says
           ,
           he
           will
           not
           excuse
           those
           that
           resist
           the
           King
           without
           Law
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           pretty
           remarkable
           that
           he
           seems
           to
           suppose
           that
           even
           in
           such
           a
           Case
           ,
           there
           may
           be
           Circumstances
           which
           may
           render
           them
           excusable
           ,
           and
           which
           ought
           to
           be
           fully
           known
           before
           the
           Fact
           can
           be
           discerned
           ,
           and
           therefore
           he
           does
           forbear
           passing
           his
           Judgment
           on
           them
           ,
           because
           he
           is
           not
           thorowly
           acquainted
           with
           the
           Circumstances
           .
           And
           now
           were
           all
           our
           Divines
           of
           this
           good
           Bishop's
           Faith
           in
           this
           Point
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           had
           they
           but
           his
           Charity
           ,
           and
           would
           not
           condemn
           their
           Brethren
           before
           they
           understood
           the
           Cause
           ,
           they
           would
           certainly
           understand
           one
           another
           a
           little
           better
           than
           they
           do
           ,
           or
           however
           there
           would
           be
           no
           Divisions
           nor
           Schismes
           about
           it
           ,
           which
           God
           grant
           they
           do
           not
           now
           make
           in
           the
           Church
           .
           But
           whatever
           others
           do
           ,
           we
           are
           I
           hope
           sure
           of
           our
           Reverend
           Author
           ,
           for
           he
           has
           proved
           that
           the
           Clergy
           in
           Q.
           Elizabeth
           were
           of
           his
           Faith
           as
           to
           this
           Question
           ,
           therefore
           should
           have
           thought
           it
           unnecessary
           to
           have
           said
           any
           thing
           more
           ,
           but
           that
           for
           the
           Authors
           Information
           ,
           I
           must
           answer
           an
           Objection
           or
           two
           about
           David
           ,
           whose
           Example
           though
           so
           much
           recommended
           ,
           might
           perhaps
           carry
           us
           farther
           ,
           and
           give
           greater
           Liberties
           than
           the
           Person
           of
           Quality
           ever
           desired
           ;
           for
           I
           'le
           assure
           you
           ,
           defensive
           Arms
           will
           at
           any
           time
           content
           him
           .
           
           But
           our
           Author
           is
           pleased
           to
           ask
           how
           it
           appears
           ,
           David
           took
           up
           defensive
           Arms
           ,
           for
           the
           Homily
           tells
           us
           of
           no
           such
           thing
           .
           But
           I
           can
           tell
           him
           of
           as
           Authentick
           a
           Book
           that
           does
           ;
           nay
           that
           tells
           us
           a
           little
           more
           of
           David
           :
           for
           if
           he
           will
           please
           to
           
           read
           1
           Sam.
           28.
           2.
           and
           29.
           8.
           he
           will
           find
           it
           was
           not
           
           David's
           Fault
           that
           he
           did
           not
           use
           offensive
           Weapons
           against
           Saul
           ,
           if
           fighting
           against
           him
           be
           to
           be
           called
           so
           ;
           for
           if
           we
           may
           believe
           his
           own
           Words
           ,
           he
           certainly
           intended
           that
           as
           you
           may
           see
           ,
           1
           
             Sam.
             28.
             
             And
             it
             came
             to
             pass
             in
             those
             Days
             ,
             that
             the
             Philistines
             gathered
             their
             Armies
             together
             for
             Warfare
             ,
             to
             fight
             with
          
           Israel
           :
           and
           Achish
           
             said
             anto
          
           David
           ,
           
             Know
             thou
             assuredly
             ,
             that
             thou
             shalt
             go
             out
             with
             me
             to
             battel
             ,
             thou
             and
             thy
             Men.
             And
          
           David
           
             said
             to
          
           Achish
           ,
           
             Surely
             thou
             shalt
             know
             what
             thy
             Servant
             can
             do
             .
             And
          
           Achish
           
             said
             to
          
           David
           ,
           
             therefore
             will
             I
             make
             thee
             Keeper
             of
             mine
             Head
             for
             ever
             .
          
           And
           in
           Pursuance
           of
           this
           we
           find
           David
           and
           his
           Men
           attending
           Achish
           (
           the
           very
           Day
           before
           the
           Battel
           )
           as
           his
           particular
           Guard
           ,
           which
           perhaps
           might
           be
           one
           thing
           that
           disgusted
           the
           Lords
           of
           the
           Philistins
           so
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           not
           let
           him
           go
           to
           fight
           with
           them
           ;
           and
           Achish
           against
           his
           Will
           is
           forced
           to
           dismiss
           David
           ,
           whose
           Expostulation
           ,
           Chap.
           29.
           8.
           is
           very
           remarkable
           ,
           for
           I
           think
           't
           is
           one
           of
           the
           most
           passionate
           things
           of
           the
           kind
           I
           have
           met
           with
           ;
           And
           David
           
             said
             unto
          
           Achish
           ;
           
             But
             what
             have
             I
             done
             ?
             and
             what
             hast
             thou
             found
             in
             thy
             Servant
             so
             long
             as
             I
             have
             been
             with
             thee
             unto
             this
             Day
             ?
             that
             I
             may
             not
             go
             fight
             against
             the
             Enemies
             of
             my
             Lord
             the
             King.
          
           And
           Achish
           was
           forced
           to
           command
           him
           a
           second
           time
           ,
           for
           you
           see
           he
           disputed
           the
           first
           ;
           which
           satisfies
           me
           that
           he
           was
           in
           earnest
           ,
           and
           was
           unwilling
           to
           return
           .
           And
           now
           what
           can
           be
           said
           against
           so
           plain
           a
           Text
           ?
           For
           my
           own
           part
           I
           can
           foresee
           but
           two
           things
           :
           the
           First
           ,
           That
           David
           did
           dissemble
           with
           Achish
           ,
           and
           did
           not
           intend
           to
           fight
           :
           but
           that
           I
           think
           is
           a
           very
           unworthy
           Thought
           ,
           for
           David
           had
           been
           a
           very
           base
           and
           ungrateful
           Man
           to
           have
           either
           deceived
           or
           betrayed
           Achish
           ,
           who
           had
           given
           him
           Protection
           ,
           and
           was
           so
           truly
           kind
           to
           him
           .
           The
           second
           thing
           is
           ,
           That
           a
           Subject
           may
           list
           himself
           under
           a
           Forreign
           Prince
           ,
           and
           in
           his
           quarrel
           lawfully
           fight
           against
           their
           own
           King
           ;
           and
           if
           so
           ,
           then
           all
           that
           listed
           themselves
           under
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ,
           might
           still
           be
           as
           good
           Subjects
           to
           King
           James
           as
           David
           at
           that
           time
           was
           to
           Saul
           :
           And
           as
           to
           the
           proof
           of
           his
           taking
           up
           defensive
           Arms
           ,
           he
           may
           find
           that
           1
           Sam.
           22.
           2.
           
           
             And
             every
             one
             that
             was
             in
             Distress
             ,
             and
             every
             one
             that
             was
             in
             Debt
             ,
             and
             every
             one
             that
             was
             discontented
             ,
             gathered
             themselves
             
             unto
             him
             ,
             and
             he
             became
             Captain
             over
             them
             .
          
           And
           here
           is
           as
           formal
           levying
           of
           War
           ,
           as
           I
           think
           can
           be
           desired
           ,
           and
           if
           it
           was
           not
           to
           defend
           himself
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           to
           what
           purpose
           it
           was
           ;
           for
           if
           he
           desired
           only
           Flight
           ,
           he
           might
           have
           done
           that
           safer
           as
           well
           as
           privater
           by
           himself
           than
           with
           an
           Army
           .
           Nor
           was
           that
           Army
           of
           any
           use
           as
           to
           the
           gaining
           of
           the
           Crown
           after
           
           Saul's
           Death
           ;
           for
           God
           commanded
           him
           to
           go
           and
           live
           at
           Hebron
           ;
           where
           the
           Men
           of
           Judah
           of
           their
           own
           Accord
           went
           down
           and
           made
           him
           King
           ,
           as
           he
           will
           find
           2
           Sam.
           2.
           
           So
           that
           so
           many
           hundred
           Men
           from
           the
           beginning
           to
           the
           ending
           were
           of
           no
           use
           unless
           it
           were
           to
           defend
           him
           against
           Saul
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           did
           design
           to
           have
           garison'd
           Keilah
           ,
           but
           that
           God
           told
           him
           the
           Men
           of
           the
           Place
           would
           betray
           him
           :
           I
           think
           nothing
           can
           be
           more
           evident
           from
           any
           Text
           ,
           in
           Spight
           of
           all
           the
           Author's
           Comments
           .
           But
           now
           he
           refers
           me
           to
           the
           last
           Homily
           against
           Rebellion
           ,
           as
           I
           did
           him
           to
           the
           second
           ;
           
           and
           asks
           me
           ,
           whether
           King
           
           John's
           Subjects
           took
           up
           only
           defensive
           Arms
           ?
           But
           by
           Bishop
           
           Bilson's
           excellent
           Rule
           above
           cited
           ,
           neither
           he
           nor
           I
           ought
           to
           judg
           them
           because
           we
           do
           not
           ,
           nor
           cannot
           know
           all
           their
           Circumstances
           :
           For
           Historians
           are
           seldom
           so
           impartial
           as
           to
           give
           us
           all
           things
           in
           their
           true
           Colours
           .
           But
           the
           Design
           of
           that
           Homily
           was
           only
           to
           shew
           the
           Intolerableness
           of
           the
           Romish
           Yoke
           ,
           and
           how
           impossible
           it
           was
           for
           them
           that
           depended
           on
           and
           obeyed
           the
           Pope
           to
           be
           good
           Subjects
           .
           But
           as
           for
           King
           John
           himself
           ,
           he
           had
           been
           as
           great
           a
           Traitor
           ,
           and
           used
           him
           that
           should
           have
           been
           his
           Soveraign
           ,
           as
           ill
           as
           his
           Subjects
           could
           do
           him
           ;
           for
           all
           the
           World
           knows
           that
           he
           first
           usurp'd
           the
           Crown
           ,
           and
           then
           killed
           Prince
           Arthur
           that
           was
           the
           true
           Heir
           .
           And
           truly
           if
           their
           present
           Majesties
           would
           have
           pursued
           King
           
           John's
           Method
           ,
           they
           might
           before
           this
           have
           had
           as
           indisputable
           a
           Title
           ,
           and
           had
           as
           much
           Right
           to
           have
           been
           called
           Natural
           Soveraign
           Lord
           ,
           as
           King
           John
           had
           .
           But
           shall
           they
           have
           the
           less
           Respect
           ,
           and
           be
           the
           worse
           thought
           on
           ,
           because
           they
           spared
           the
           Life
           of
           our
           late
           unfortunate
           King
           ,
           and
           suffered
           him
           to
           escape
           when
           he
           was
           in
           their
           Power
           ,
           nay
           would
           not
           abridg
           him
           of
           his
           Liberty
           ,
           although
           they
           knew
           he
           would
           use
           it
           against
           their
           Interest
           ?
           If
           this
           be
           the
           Quarrel
           that
           the
           Clergy
           have
           against
           King
           William
           ,
           I
           shall
           admire
           their
           Politicks
           a
           great
           
           deal
           more
           than
           their
           Divinity
           .
           But
           to
           return
           to
           King
           John
           :
           What
           Cause
           our
           Ancestors
           might
           have
           to
           repent
           them
           of
           their
           Wars
           against
           him
           I
           know
           not
           ,
           but
           I
           believe
           their
           Posterity
           think
           they
           have
           not
           much
           ,
           for
           it
           produced
           those
           great
           Priviledges
           wherein
           the
           English
           Subjects
           glory
           .
           The
           Charter
           obtained
           from
           him
           being
           the
           first
           part
           ,
           or
           first
           Draught
           if
           you
           please
           ,
           of
           the
           famous
           
             Magna
             Charta
          
           ,
           confirmed
           afterwards
           by
           Henry
           the
           3d.
           whom
           the
           Homily
           might
           have
           cited
           as
           well
           as
           King
           John
           ,
           if
           it
           had
           been
           the
           Subjects
           Rebellion
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           Pope's
           Usurpation
           that
           they
           designed
           to
           declaim
           against
           .
           But
           although
           I
           am
           very
           far
           from
           justifying
           all
           that
           was
           done
           in
           those
           two
           King's
           Reigns
           ,
           yet
           I
           think
           verily
           the
           Author
           would
           have
           a
           harder
           Task
           to
           perswade
           the
           People
           of
           England
           to
           give
           up
           the
           Advantages
           they
           hold
           from
           it
           .
           And
           I
           think
           I
           may
           undertake
           to
           call
           back
           both
           King
           James
           and
           Popery
           (
           for
           they
           deceive
           themselves
           that
           think
           they
           are
           to
           be
           separated
           ,
           for
           could
           they
           have
           been
           divided
           he
           need
           never
           to
           have
           forsaken
           his
           Crown
           and
           Kingdom
           )
           when
           he
           shall
           prevail
           with
           the
           People
           of
           this
           Nation
           to
           give
           up
           their
           
             Magna
             Charta
          
           :
           For
           if
           the
           former
           never
           return
           (
           as
           I
           pray
           God
           they
           may
           not
           )
           till
           we
           are
           willing
           to
           part
           with
           the
           latter
           ;
           both
           the
           Author
           and
           I
           may
           have
           Reason
           to
           say
           as
           Hezekiah
           does
           ,
           
             Isaiah
             39.
             
             Good
             is
             the
             Word
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             for
             Peace
             and
             Truth
             shall
             be
             in
             my
             Days
             .
          
           But
           although
           't
           is
           a
           very
           true
           Rule
           that
           we
           must
           not
           do
           Evil
           ,
           that
           Good
           may
           come
           of
           it
           ,
           yet
           when
           Evil
           is
           done
           (
           especially
           if
           without
           our
           Consent
           )
           it
           is
           certainly
           very
           lawful
           both
           to
           enjoy
           and
           rejoice
           in
           that
           Good
           which
           God
           Almighty
           by
           his
           infinite
           Wisdom
           shall
           bring
           out
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           if
           our
           Author
           is
           so
           tender
           conscienced
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           of
           another
           Mind
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           receive
           Advantage
           from
           any
           thing
           which
           springs
           from
           other
           Peoples
           Sins
           ,
           he
           must
           not
           only
           deny
           the
           Priviledges
           of
           his
           Birth-Right
           as
           an
           English-Man
           ,
           but
           even
           his
           Christianity
           also
           :
           For
           was
           there
           ever
           so
           horrid
           a
           Sin
           as
           crucifying
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ?
           And
           yet
           what
           a
           lost
           undone
           World
           has
           this
           been
           ,
           if
           that
           had
           not
           happened
           ?
           And
           although
           for
           ten
           thousand
           Worlds
           I
           would
           not
           be
           the
           Traytor
           Judas
           ,
           nor
           any
           of
           the
           impenitent
           Jews
           ,
           yet
           with
           what
           Hallelujahs
           ought
           we
           to
           celebrate
           that
           Divine
           Goodness
           ,
           that
           from
           Man's
           
           greatest
           Sin
           ,
           and
           the
           Devil
           's
           highest
           Malice
           could
           thus
           work
           out
           Mans
           Salvation
           .
           And
           indeed
           Events
           of
           this
           Nature
           seem
           to
           be
           the
           great
           Abyss
           of
           God's
           Wisdom
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Goodness
           ,
           which
           Man
           's
           shallow
           Reason
           must
           never
           pretend
           to
           sound
           :
           but
           however
           we
           may
           adore
           what
           we
           cannot
           comprehend
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           Apostle
           cry
           out
           ,
           
             O
             Altitudo
          
           ,
           Rom.
           11.
           33.
           
           
             Oh
             the
             Height
             and
             the
             Depth
             of
             the
             Riches
             ,
             both
             of
             the
             Wisdom
             and
             Knowledg
             of
             God!
             How
             unsearchable
             are
             his
             Judgments
             ,
             and
             his
             Ways
             past
             finding
             out
             !
          
           And
           perhaps
           this
           might
           be
           a
           better
           Employment
           for
           all
           our
           Thoughts
           than
           to
           censure
           and
           quarrel
           with
           our
           Brethren
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           not
           of
           our
           Sentiments
           in
           all
           Points
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           think
           themselves
           so
           much
           in
           the
           Right
           ,
           yet
           pray
           let
           them
           remember
           the
           Apostle's
           Rules
           ,
           
             That
             they
             which
             are
             strong
             ought
             to
             bear
             with
             the
             Infirmities
             of
             the
             weak
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             please
             themselves
             ,
          
           Rom.
           15.
           1.
           
           And
           he
           also
           commands
           the
           Galatians
           ,
           that
           they
           
             bear
             one
             anothers
             Burdens
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             fulfil
             the
             Law
             of
             Christ
             .
          
           But
           alas
           ,
           instead
           of
           following
           this
           Method
           ,
           we
           rather
           chuse
           to
           imitate
           the
           Scribes
           and
           Pharisees
           ,
           who
           by
           laying
           heavy
           Burdens
           on
           other
           Mens
           Shoulders
           ,
           thought
           to
           discharge
           their
           own
           Duty
           .
           But
           for
           all
           they
           sat
           in
           
           Moses's
           Seat
           ,
           yet
           all
           their
           Comments
           on
           the
           Law
           were
           not
           true
           ,
           nor
           were
           all
           Conjectures
           false
           that
           contradicted
           their
           received
           Opinions
           and
           Infallibility
           ;
           which
           being
           no
           more
           intailed
           on
           the
           Chair
           now
           ,
           than
           it
           was
           then
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           very
           happy
           if
           all
           sides
           would
           remember
           and
           observe
           
           Gamaliel's
           Advice
           to
           the
           Jews
           ,
           who
           said
           very
           well
           when
           he
           told
           them
           ,
           
             Acts
             5.
             38.
             
             If
             this
             Counsel
             and
             Work
             be
             of
             Men
             ,
             it
             will
             come
             to
             nought
             ;
             but
             if
             it
             be
             of
             God
             ,
             ye
             cannot
             overthrow
             it
             ,
             lest
             happily
             ye
             be
             found
             to
             fight
             against
             God.
          
           Therefore
           it
           would
           be
           Piety
           as
           well
           as
           Discretion
           for
           both
           sides
           to
           attend
           a
           little
           ,
           and
           not
           divide
           from
           ,
           much
           less
           fall
           foul
           upon
           one
           another
           ,
           till
           they
           are
           sure
           that
           by
           so
           doing
           they
           shall
           not
           oppose
           God
           also
           .
           Although
           I
           must
           confess
           I
           have
           some
           Temptation
           to
           believe
           from
           what
           has
           already
           happened
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           the
           Lords
           Doing
           ;
           and
           that
           upon
           this
           Consideration
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           ways
           of
           returning
           to
           King
           James
           ,
           are
           guarded
           by
           the
           blackest
           and
           foulest
           Sins
           that
           a
           Nation
           can
           possibly
           be
           guilty
           of
           ;
           and
           you
           must
           break
           thorow
           ,
           that
           is
           commit
           all
           of
           them
           before
           you
           can
           open
           
           any
           one
           Door
           for
           his
           Return
           .
           For
           1st
           .
           There
           would
           be
           the
           greatest
           Falseness
           ,
           and
           highest
           Ingratitude
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           against
           a
           Prince
           that
           put
           his
           Life
           in
           his
           Hand
           ,
           and
           exposed
           his
           own
           Person
           to
           the
           greatest
           Hazard
           to
           rescue
           a
           perishing
           Church
           and
           sinking
           Nation
           .
           2dly
           .
           No
           Person
           can
           so
           much
           as
           treat
           of
           such
           a
           thing
           without
           incurring
           the
           Guilt
           of
           Treason
           ,
           for
           by
           the
           ancient
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           't
           is
           Treason
           to
           conspire
           against
           the
           King
           
             de
             facto
          
           .
           Then
           3dly
           .
           There
           would
           be
           the
           same
           Guilt
           of
           Perjury
           in
           breaking
           an
           Oath
           to
           him
           as
           to
           King
           
             James
             .
             4thly
          
           .
           They
           must
           betray
           God's
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           true
           Religion
           ,
           and
           give
           up
           their
           Country
           to
           Ruin
           and
           Devastation
           ;
           and
           consequently
           have
           all
           the
           Blood
           to
           answer
           for
           ,
           that
           should
           be
           shed
           in
           such
           an
           unhappy
           Revolution
           :
           So
           that
           were
           King
           
           James's
           Return
           a
           good
           Worth
           projecting
           for
           on
           other
           Accounts
           ,
           yet
           that
           standing
           Rule
           of
           St.
           
           Paul's
           ,
           
             That
             you
             must
             not
             do
             Evil
             that
             Good
             may
             come
             of
             it
             ,
          
           ought
           to
           deter
           any
           body
           from
           attempting
           it
           ;
           but
           when
           the
           thing
           it self
           ,
           if
           compass'd
           ,
           would
           be
           the
           greatest
           Mischief
           ,
           it
           would
           then
           be
           the
           greatest
           Height
           of
           Madness
           as
           well
           as
           Sin
           to
           go
           about
           it
           .
           For
           can
           any
           body
           think
           that
           the
           destroying
           a
           Church
           and
           Nation
           ,
           nay
           extirpating
           the
           true
           Faith
           out
           of
           the
           World
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           we
           can
           go
           towards
           it
           )
           is
           so
           meritorious
           a
           thing
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           legitimate
           the
           use
           of
           those
           means
           ,
           which
           it
           was
           not
           lawful
           to
           use
           ,
           no
           not
           for
           the
           planting
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           and
           if
           any
           Man
           can
           think
           this
           but
           a
           Jesuit
           (
           for
           a
           good
           honest
           moral
           Papist
           I
           believe
           will
           not
           )
           I
           should
           indeed
           think
           it
           a
           great
           Infatuation
           ;
           but
           however
           that
           would
           not
           alter
           the
           Nature
           of
           things
           ,
           but
           my
           Rule
           would
           still
           remain
           unshaken
           ;
           for
           the
           way
           to
           Duty
           always
           lies
           plain
           and
           open
           ,
           
             so
             that
             he
             that
             runs
             may
             read
             .
          
           And
           although
           sometimes
           it
           may
           be
           attended
           with
           Sufferings
           ,
           yet
           I
           am
           confident
           never
           any
           Person
           had
           the
           fatal
           Necessity
           of
           sining
           laid
           on
           him
           ,
           to
           enable
           him
           to
           discharge
           any
           Part
           of
           his
           Duty
           to
           God
           or
           Man.
           But
           I
           beg
           Pardon
           for
           this
           Digression
           which
           proved
           longer
           than
           I
           at
           first
           designed
           it
           ,
           but
           yet
           I
           shall
           not
           think
           it
           impertinent
           if
           it
           proves
           useful
           to
           the
           undeceiving
           of
           any
           that
           have
           been
           carried
           out
           of
           the
           way
           by
           the
           specious
           Pretence
           of
           Loyalty
           .
           But
           to
           return
           to
           my
           Author
           .
        
         
         
           And
           the
           next
           thing
           we
           are
           to
           consider
           ,
           is
           the
           Epithet
           of
           the
           distinguishing
           Character
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ;
           and
           you
           may
           remember
           that
           I
           ask'd
           you
           whether
           you
           thought
           it
           necessary
           for
           particular
           Churches
           to
           have
           particular
           distinguishing
           Doctrines
           ;
           for
           that
           to
           me
           it
           appear'd
           so
           far
           from
           necessary
           ,
           that
           I
           thought
           it
           very
           inconvenient
           .
           But
           he
           tells
           us
           as
           to
           that
           ,
           
             Whether
             distinguishing
             Doctrines
             be
             convenient
             or
             inconvenient
             ,
             it
             is
             according
             as
             the
             Doctrines
             are
             good
             or
             bad
             .
             No
             doubt
             it
             is
             inconvenient
             to
             have
             bad
             distinguishing
             Doctrines
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             as
             certain
             that
             it
             is
             very
             convenient
             for
             a
             Church
             to
             have
             distinguishing
             Doctrines
             ,
             provided
             they
             be
             good
             ones
             ,
             unless
             a
             Church
             can
             be
             obliged
             to
             err
             for
             Company
             ,
             and
             to
             avoid
             Distinction
             .
          
           But
           I
           would
           be
           very
           glad
           to
           know
           upon
           what
           Thesis
           it
           is
           he
           grounds
           this
           dogmatical
           Conclusion
           ,
           That
           a
           Church
           must
           needs
           err
           that
           holds
           only
           the
           Catholick
           Faith
           ,
           and
           has
           not
           some
           particular
           Doctrine
           of
           its
           own
           to
           distinguish
           it
           from
           other
           Churches
           by
           .
           This
           did
           not
           seem
           to
           be
           the
           Rule
           of
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           who
           when
           they
           were
           to
           preach
           to
           all
           the
           World
           ,
           were
           so
           afraid
           of
           Distinction
           and
           Divisions
           in
           their
           Churches
           ,
           that
           before
           they
           parted
           ,
           it
           is
           generally
           supposed
           they
           agreed
           of
           a
           common
           form
           of
           Words
           ;
           which
           they
           all
           delivered
           to
           their
           Converts
           ,
           and
           was
           not
           to
           be
           the
           distinguishing
           Doctrine
           of
           any
           particular
           Church
           ,
           but
           the
           common
           Badg
           of
           their
           Christianity
           ,
           and
           is
           I
           suppose
           that
           to
           which
           St.
           Paul
           refers
           ,
           when
           he
           charges
           his
           Son
           Timothy
           ,
           to
           
             hold
             fast
             the
             form
             of
             sound
             Words
             ,
             which
             thou
             hast
             heard
             of
             me
             ,
          
           2
           Tim.
           1.
           13.
           and
           he
           also
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           the
           Design
           of
           his
           leaving
           him
           at
           Ephesus
           was
           ,
           
             that
             thou
             mightest
             charge
             some
             that
             they
             teach
             no
             other
             Doctrine
             ,
          
           1
           Tim.
           1.
           3.
           
           And
           the
           first
           Request
           that
           St.
           Paul
           makes
           to
           his
           Corinthians
           ,
           is
           ,
           
             That
             you
             all
             speak
             the
             same
             things
             ,
             and
             there
             be
             no
             Divisions
             among
             you
             ,
             but
             that
             you
             be
             perfectly
             joyn'd
             together
             in
             the
             same
             Mind
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             same
             Judgment
             ,
          
           1
           Cor.
           1.
           10.
           
           And
           this
           being
           a
           thing
           of
           such
           extraordinary
           Concern
           ,
           he
           does
           not
           only
           make
           use
           of
           his
           own
           Authority
           ,
           but
           as
           it
           was
           the
           Custom
           of
           the
           Jews
           to
           adjure
           by
           the
           Name
           of
           God
           when
           they
           would
           oblige
           any
           Person
           to
           answer
           truly
           ,
           as
           the
           High
           Priest
           did
           to
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           Mat.
           22.
           63.
           
           So
           how
           the
           Apostle
           ushers
           in
           his
           Request
           with
           the
           same
           Solemnity
           ,
           
           
             Now
             I
             beseech
             you
             ,
             Brethren
             ,
             by
             the
             Name
             of
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             :
          
           thereby
           to
           oblige
           them
           the
           more
           carefully
           to
           observe
           what
           he
           says
           ,
           from
           which
           you
           may
           guess
           how
           far
           he
           was
           from
           thinking
           distinguishing
           Doctrines
           necessary
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           not
           tolerate
           them
           .
           And
           if
           Unity
           were
           so
           necessary
           among
           Christians
           then
           ,
           is
           it
           less
           so
           now
           ?
           Or
           what
           Necessity
           is
           there
           of
           being
           so
           uncharitable
           as
           to
           suppose
           all
           the
           Churches
           erroneous
           in
           their
           Creeds
           but
           our selves
           ?
           
             That
             't
             is
             now
             convenient
             for
             particular
             Churches
             to
          
           make
           new
           Articles
           of
           Faith
           ,
           
             and
             have
             their
             distinguishing
             Doctrines
             ,
             unless
             they
             will
             be
             obliged
             to
             err
             for
             Company
             .
          
           I
           thought
           it
           had
           been
           all
           along
           one
           of
           the
           great
           Charges
           against
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           their
           making
           such
           large
           Addenda's
           to
           our
           Creed
           ,
           and
           making
           the
           Belief
           of
           some
           Points
           necessary
           to
           Salvation
           ,
           which
           neither
           our
           Saviour
           nor
           his
           Apostles
           taught
           :
           and
           that
           Churches
           abounding
           so
           with
           distinguishing
           Doctrines
           ,
           and
           imposing
           them
           upon
           others
           for
           Catholick
           Truths
           ,
           has
           formerly
           been
           look'd
           upon
           as
           one
           of
           their
           great
           Errors
           ;
           but
           I
           perceive
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           that
           was
           a
           great
           Mistake
           ,
           for
           this
           Learned
           Author
           tells
           me
           ,
           
             That
             although
             the
             avoiding
             Distinction
             does
             not
             very
             well
             agree
             with
             the
             Practice
             of
             the
             Primitive
             Christians
             ;
             yet
             it
             agrees
             admirably
             with
             the
             Principles
             of
             Popery
             thus
             to
             avoid
             Distinction
             ,
             which
             has
             its
             Numbers
             to
             boast
             on
             ,
             when
             nothing
             else
             can
             be
             said
             .
          
           But
           if
           their
           Unity
           and
           Number
           is
           the
           only
           thing
           that
           the
           Author
           has
           to
           object
           against
           the
           Papists
           ,
           I
           could
           as
           soon
           be
           reconciled
           to
           their
           Uncharitableness
           as
           his
           ;
           for
           Heaven
           I
           perceive
           is
           to
           be
           the
           Enclosure
           of
           his
           distinguishing
           Doctrines
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           no
           body
           is
           to
           be
           thought
           a
           Member
           of
           the
           true
           Church
           ,
           unless
           they
           hold
           that
           ,
           and
           this
           strange
           Uncharitableness
           is
           that
           which
           does
           convince
           me
           of
           the
           great
           Inconvenience
           of
           distinguishing
           Doctrines
           ;
           for
           generally
           speaking
           all
           sides
           are
           so
           apt
           to
           value
           themselves
           upon
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           ready
           with
           the
           Men
           in
           the
           Prophet
           Isaiah
           65.
           5.
           to
           cry
           ,
           
             Stand
             by
             thy self
             ,
             come
             not
             near
             me
             ,
             for
             I
             am
             holier
             than
             thou
             .
          
           And
           did
           we
           press
           our selves
           only
           for
           doing
           our
           Duty
           ,
           and
           adhering
           to
           our
           Common
           Creed
           ,
           it
           might
           be
           the
           more
           pardonable
           :
           But
           alas
           ,
           
             'T
             is
             not
             the
             Faith
             that
             was
             once
             delivered
             to
             the
             Saints
             ,
          
           Jude
           3.
           that
           
             we
             thus
             earnestly
             contend
             for
          
           ;
           for
           a
           Man
           may
           hold
           all
           that
           ,
           and
           yet
           be
           pronounced
           a
           Heretick
           ,
           
           unless
           he
           chance
           to
           agree
           with
           them
           in
           all
           their
           Opinions
           ,
           which
           are
           now
           to
           be
           the
           Standard
           of
           our
           Faith.
           But
           whether
           the
           breach
           of
           Charity
           and
           Unity
           among
           our selves
           ,
           is
           the
           readiest
           way
           to
           
             build
             us
             up
             in
             our
             most
             holy
             Faith
             ,
          
           our
           sad
           Experience
           will
           I
           doubt
           too
           soon
           shew
           .
           But
           however
           ,
           sure
           I
           am
           it
           does
           not
           agree
           very
           well
           with
           Saint
           
           Jude's
           Method
           ,
           ver
           .
           21.
           who
           bids
           us
           
             keep
             our selves
             in
             the
             Love
             of
             God
             ,
          
           and
           then
           we
           may
           
             look
             for
             the
             Mercy
             of
             Christ
             unto
             Eternal
             Life
             .
          
           But
           because
           it
           is
           so
           possible
           to
           deceive
           our selves
           ,
           Saint
           John
           has
           given
           us
           an
           infallible
           Criterion
           ,
           whereby
           we
           may
           know
           whether
           we
           love
           God
           or
           no
           ,
           for
           he
           tells
           us
           ,
           1
           Epist
           .
           4.
           20.
           
           
             If
             a
             Man
             say
             he
             loveth
             God
             ,
             and
             hateth
             his
             Brother
             ,
             he
             is
             a
             Liar
             :
             for
             he
             that
             loveth
             not
             his
             Brother
             whom
             he
             hath
             seen
             ,
             how
             can
             he
             love
             God
             whom
             he
             hath
             not
             seen
             ?
             Therefore
             this
             Commandment
             have
             we
             from
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             that
             loveth
             God
             ,
             loveth
             his
             Brother
             also
             .
          
           Therefore
           since
           God
           has
           made
           our
           Brother
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           his
           Proxy
           to
           receive
           the
           Proofs
           of
           our
           Love
           to
           him
           ;
           and
           our
           Saviour
           has
           made
           it
           the
           Badg
           of
           our
           Discipleship
           ,
           
             By
             this
             shall
             all
             Men
             know
             that
             you
             are
             my
             Disciples
             ,
             if
             ye
             love
             one
             another
             :
          
           It
           is
           very
           unhappy
           that
           those
           that
           pretend
           to
           be
           so
           ,
           should
           set
           up
           another
           Touch-stone
           for
           the
           Trial
           of
           their
           Sincerity
           ,
           and
           think
           to
           approve
           their
           Love
           to
           God
           by
           their
           Zeal
           against
           their
           Brethren
           ,
           if
           they
           chance
           to
           dissent
           from
           them
           in
           a
           bare
           Opinion
           .
           Although
           our
           Saviour
           did
           not
           say
           ,
           by
           their
           Faith
           and
           distinguishing
           Doctrines
           ,
           but
           by
           their
           Love
           to
           one
           another
           ,
           Men
           shall
           know
           whether
           you
           are
           my
           Disciples
           or
           no.
           Therefore
           I
           think
           it
           is
           not
           strange
           if
           no
           Church
           be
           fond
           of
           those
           Opinions
           that
           will
           engage
           them
           to
           deposit
           their
           Charity
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           are
           ,
           't
           is
           certainly
           their
           Failing
           ,
           not
           their
           Excellence
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           it
           seems
           I
           am
           to
           beg
           the
           Author's
           Pardon
           ,
           for
           thinking
           that
           the
           distinguishing
           Doctrine
           of
           such
           a
           Church
           had
           been
           that
           which
           was
           peculiar
           to
           it
           ;
           for
           it
           seems
           a
           distinguishing
           Doctrine
           is
           that
           which
           they
           held
           in
           common
           with
           other
           Churches
           ,
           which
           truly
           I
           did
           not
           understand
           before
           .
           And
           if
           this
           Doctrine
           be
           so
           ,
           yet
           the
           appropriating
           
           of
           it
           to
           one
           ,
           looks
           as
           if
           they
           had
           a
           mind
           to
           have
           the
           Enclosure
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           skipped
           one
           short
           Paragraph
           ,
           wherein
           our
           Author
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           fair
           way
           of
           treating
           the
           Person
           of
           Quality
           ,
           has
           jumbled
           two
           Texts
           together
           ,
           which
           were
           cited
           on
           different
           Accounts
           ,
           as
           will
           be
           apparent
           to
           any
           body
           that
           consults
           the
           Paper
           .
           For
           when
           from
           our
           having
           but
           
             one
             Lord
             ,
             one
             Faith
             ,
             one
             Baptism
             ,
          
           I
           was
           willing
           to
           infer
           the
           reasonableness
           of
           being
           (
           or
           at
           least
           endeavouring
           to
           be
           )
           all
           of
           one
           Mind
           .
           I
           did
           not
           think
           that
           had
           been
           such
           an
           Error
           as
           stood
           in
           need
           of
           a
           Confutation
           .
           But
           now
           he
           asks
           ,
           And
           must
           not
           then
           those
           ,
           that
           held
           one
           Lord
           ,
           one
           Faith
           ,
           one
           Baptism
           ,
           necessarily
           distinguish
           themselves
           from
           all
           that
           held
           more
           than
           one
           ?
           But
           I
           think
           there
           is
           distinction
           enough
           made
           to
           our
           Hands
           ,
           for
           those
           Hereticks
           that
           first
           set
           up
           those
           Errors
           ,
           and
           separated
           from
           the
           Church
           on
           their
           account
           ,
           I
           hope
           were
           distinguishable
           enough
           from
           the
           true
           Church
           ;
           and
           if
           others
           hold
           two
           Gods
           ,
           or
           first
           Principles
           ,
           with
           the
           Manichees
           ,
           must
           I
           therefore
           have
           a
           particular
           Doctrine
           to
           distinguish
           me
           from
           that
           Church
           that
           holds
           but
           one
           ?
           And
           because
           some
           are
           to
           blame
           in
           making
           Factions
           ,
           and
           crying
           up
           Apollos
           ,
           or
           Cephas
           ,
           must
           I
           for
           fear
           of
           mixing
           with
           them
           ,
           distinguish
           my self
           from
           those
           that
           are
           of
           Christ
           ?
           For
           ,
           God
           be
           thanked
           ,
           there
           never
           yet
           was
           a
           time
           that
           Truth
           was
           left
           so
           without
           witness
           ,
           but
           that
           there
           was
           a
           true
           Church
           ,
           to
           which
           if
           we
           adhered
           ,
           we
           need
           not
           set
           up
           distinguishing
           Doctrines
           for
           our selves
           ,
           the
           Inconvenience
           of
           which
           I
           am
           now
           more
           than
           ever
           satisfied
           of
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           he
           should
           come
           to
           my
           second
           Inference
           ,
           but
           he
           passes
           it
           over
           very
           gently
           ,
           only
           denies
           the
           Consequence
           ,
           for
           he
           saith
           ,
           
           
             This
             doth
             not
             imply
             that
             all
             who
             have
             taken
             the
             Oath
             ,
             have
             thereby
             renounced
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             .
          
           And
           in
           this
           I
           must
           own
           the
           Author's
           Candor
           ,
           for
           I
           believe
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           you
           know
           some
           that
           are
           of
           another
           Mind
           ,
           and
           that
           have
           urged
           this
           very
           Profession
           of
           Bishop
           
           Lake's
           to
           prove
           it
           .
           Although
           I
           never
           said
           it
           was
           Bishop
           
           Lake's
           Opinion
           ,
           as
           he
           very
           unjustly
           accuses
           me
           ,
           and
           although
           the
           Charge
           is
           some
           pages
           off
           ,
           yet
           belonging
           to
           this
           Point
           ,
           I
           think
           I
           may
           under
           it
           ,
           take
           the
           opportunity
           of
           clearing
           my self
           .
           His
           
           Words
           are
           these
           ,
           
           
             But
             when
             this
             Gentleman
             must
             needs
             know
             that
             his
             Lordship
             at
             the
             same
             time
             received
             the
             Holy
             Sacrament
             at
             the
             Hand
             of
             a
             Reverend
             Divine
             who
             has
             taken
             the
             Oath
             ,
             to
             insinuate
             that
             he
             would
             hardly
             allow
             those
             who
             have
             taken
             the
             new
             Oath
             ,
             to
             be
             so
             much
             as
             out-Liers
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             is
             a
             thing
             I
             confess
             I
             can
             scarce
             reconcile
             to
             any
             degree
             of
             Charity
             .
          
           But
           yet
           I
           do
           not
           question
           but
           that
           all
           I
           there
           said
           is
           full
           as
           consistent
           with
           the
           great
           Doctrine
           of
           Charity
           ,
           as
           first
           the
           making
           a
           Falsity
           ,
           and
           then
           charging
           the
           malicious
           Inferences
           of
           it
           on
           their
           Brother
           .
           But
           I
           must
           confess
           this
           is
           a
           sort
           of
           dealing
           that
           I
           did
           not
           at
           all
           expect
           from
           so
           ingenious
           an
           Adversary
           ;
           for
           I
           know
           there
           were
           weak
           Places
           enow
           in
           my
           Paper
           ,
           that
           he
           needed
           not
           have
           been
           reduced
           to
           those
           pitiful
           shifts
           :
           but
           the
           confuting
           of
           the
           Paper
           would
           not
           satisfy
           ,
           unless
           he
           also
           laid
           an
           Odium
           on
           the
           Person
           ,
           whom
           I
           am
           sure
           he
           does
           not
           know
           ,
           but
           has
           the
           good
           Fortune
           to
           have
           a
           beter
           Character
           from
           them
           that
           do
           .
           But
           the
           Passage
           to
           which
           he
           refers
           ,
           and
           does
           so
           falsly
           render
           ,
           is
           this
           :
           After
           the
           Story
           of
           the
           dying
           Papist
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           
             That
             I
             am
             confident
             the
             Bishop
             would
             not
             have
             approved
             of
             the
             Argument
             ,
             had
             I
             turned
             Papist
             on
             that
             dying
             Man's
             Declaration
             .
             But
             it
             seems
             some
             think
             it
             no
             great
             matter
             what
             we
             turn
             now
             ;
             for
             I
             hear
             some
             are
             so
             exceeding
             fierce
             ,
             that
             they
             will
             hardly
             allow
             those
             which
             have
             taken
             the
             new
             Oaths
             ,
             to
             be
             so
             much
             as
             Out-Liers
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             :
          
           And
           then
           I
           add
           immediately
           after
           ,
           
             But
             although
             the
             indiscreet
             Zeal
             of
             some
             have
             made
             them
             so
             uncharitable
             ,
             I
             am
             far
             from
             supposing
             it
             the
             Temper
             of
             all
             the
             worthy
             Men
             of
             that
             Party
             .
          
           Now
           I
           'le
           be
           judg'd
           by
           all
           the
           World
           ,
           what
           there
           is
           in
           this
           Clause
           that
           refers
           to
           Bishop
           Lake
           ,
           or
           does
           so
           much
           as
           insinuate
           that
           he
           was
           one
           of
           those
           fierce
           ones
           :
           nay
           ,
           any
           one
           may
           see
           that
           I
           take
           particular
           care
           to
           free
           the
           worthy
           Men
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           if
           our
           Author
           will
           take
           Bishop
           Lake
           out
           of
           that
           List
           ,
           and
           number
           him
           with
           the
           indiscreetly
           zealous
           ,
           (
           who
           are
           the
           only
           People
           I
           charge
           )
           I
           cannot
           help
           that
           ;
           but
           be
           it
           known
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           is
           his
           doing
           ,
           and
           not
           mine
           .
           But
           although
           he
           accuses
           me
           for
           want
           of
           Charity
           ,
           I
           think
           I
           shall
           shew
           that
           I
           have
           a
           great
           deal
           ,
           since
           I
           
           can
           forgive
           this
           .
           For
           as
           I
           thank
           God
           I
           am
           (
           whatever
           my
           Quality
           is
           )
           above
           such
           mean
           Tricks
           ,
           so
           I
           am
           above
           revenging
           of
           them
           too
           ,
           for
           such
           Crimes
           are
           commonly
           their
           own
           Lictors
           .
           For
           I
           am
           confident
           he
           will
           suffer
           more
           by
           it
           than
           I
           shall
           ,
           therefore
           't
           is
           generally
           my
           Pity
           and
           not
           my
           Anger
           that
           it
           excites
           on
           such
           occasions
           .
           But
           now
           to
           return
           ,
           if
           this
           be
           a
           Digression
           ,
           I
           am
           glad
           to
           find
           our
           Author
           think
           that
           there
           are
           so
           many
           accounts
           on
           which
           the
           Oaths
           may
           lawfully
           be
           taken
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           not
           my
           Task
           to
           examine
           any
           Man
           on
           which
           of
           those
           different
           Hypotheses
           they
           took
           it
           ;
           for
           having
           satisfied
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           so
           charitable
           as
           to
           believe
           their
           own
           Consciences
           also
           ,
           I
           have
           nothing
           to
           object
           against
           it
           .
           For
           I
           am
           so
           far
           from
           disapproving
           a
           tender
           Conscience
           ,
           that
           I
           would
           have
           all
           the
           liberty
           in
           the
           World
           allowed
           to
           those
           who
           are
           truly
           so
           ;
           so
           that
           his
           Question
           was
           a
           little
           superfluous
           as
           to
           me
           ,
           
             And
             must
             those
             of
             the
             Church
             of
          
           England
           
             only
             not
             be
             allowed
             to
             have
             tender
             Consciences
             ?
          
           But
           I
           am
           really
           sorry
           to
           find
           that
           any
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           should
           think
           they
           are
           abridged
           of
           the
           liberty
           of
           theirs
           ,
           if
           they
           may
           not
           declaim
           against
           all
           those
           that
           dissent
           from
           them
           ;
           for
           as
           I
           think
           the
           Author
           is
           very
           free
           ,
           so
           I
           think
           't
           is
           very
           fit
           every
           body
           should
           enjoy
           their
           own
           Sentiments
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           I
           shall
           not
           be
           denied
           the
           Liberty
           I
           grant
           ,
           but
           that
           is
           only
           in
           private
           ;
           for
           I
           know
           no
           necessity
           of
           imposing
           them
           on
           others
           ,
           nor
           condemning
           all
           that
           do
           not
           approve
           of
           them
           .
           And
           that
           is
           the
           main
           ,
           and
           indeed
           the
           only
           Exception
           I
           have
           to
           Bishop
           
           Lake's
           Profession
           ;
           for
           I
           did
           suspect
           ,
           and
           the
           Author
           himself
           is
           so
           ingenuous
           as
           to
           own
           ,
           that
           the
           design
           of
           the
           Paper
           was
           to
           assert
           that
           none
           were
           true
           Sons
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           as
           he
           himself
           explains
           it
           ,
           
             did
             not
             hold
             her
             Doctrine
             whole
             and
             entire
          
           )
           that
           did
           not
           hold
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Passive
           Obedience
           in
           the
           same
           sense
           Bishop
           Lake
           did
           .
           And
           now
           I
           cannot
           but
           say
           this
           looks
           assuming
           enough
           ,
           but
           however
           our
           Author
           assures
           us
           ,
           that
           
             the
             making
             this
             Profession
             ,
             was
             the
             most
             proper
             ,
             and
             the
             most
             seasonable
             and
             charitable
             thing
             a
             dying
             Bishop
             could
             do
             ,
             to
             declare
             that
             nothing
             but
             Conscience
             was
             the
             Cause
             of
             his
             Refusal
             .
          
           And
           although
           I
           do
           verily
           believe
           it
           might
           be
           so
           in
           the
           good
           Man's
           Intentions
           ,
           yet
           I
           cannot
           
           not
           say
           it
           was
           so
           ,
           or
           was
           likely
           to
           be
           so
           in
           the
           Effects
           ,
           although
           we
           are
           told
           it
           
             was
             an
             Action
             that
             did
             naturally
             tend
             to
             our
             Peace
             .
          
           For
           a
           Surgeon
           may
           wish
           very
           well
           to
           his
           Patient
           ,
           and
           yet
           mistake
           in
           his
           Applications
           ;
           for
           if
           he
           use
           Corrosives
           ,
           where
           Oil
           and
           Balsam
           were
           needful
           ,
           he
           will
           be
           more
           like
           to
           fester
           than
           heal
           the
           Sore
           .
           And
           truly
           I
           must
           needs
           say
           ,
           that
           a
           dying
           Man's
           entring
           a
           Protestation
           against
           a
           whole
           Party
           ,
           looks
           as
           it
           were
           designed
           to
           perpetuate
           ,
           not
           compose
           a
           Dispute
           :
           However
           I
           am
           sure
           it
           is
           much
           properer
           for
           the
           former
           than
           the
           latter
           .
           For
           the
           shortning
           of
           this
           ,
           (
           which
           much
           exceeds
           the
           Bulk
           I
           designed
           )
           I
           have
           been
           forced
           to
           skip
           whole
           Pages
           ,
           to
           lay
           those
           things
           together
           that
           belonged
           to
           one
           Head
           ,
           but
           having
           all
           along
           cited
           the
           Author
           's
           own
           Words
           ,
           I
           hope
           I
           have
           done
           neither
           him
           nor
           the
           Reader
           much
           injury
           .
           But
           now
           we
           will
           go
           a
           little
           back
           ,
           and
           pick
           up
           what
           may
           be
           of
           use
           in
           the
           way
           .
           And
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           I
           am
           very
           well
           pleased
           to
           find
           him
           so
           much
           concerned
           for
           any
           thing
           that
           reflects
           on
           their
           present
           Majesties
           ,
           but
           I
           am
           half
           afraid
           lest
           some
           that
           should
           have
           more
           Wit
           ,
           teach
           us
           of
           the
           Laity
           the
           ill-breeding
           he
           talks
           on
           ;
           for
           I
           could
           tell
           him
           of
           one
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           Convocation
           said
           ,
           the
           King
           had
           sent
           them
           a
           
             bantring
             Message
          
           ,
           and
           they
           had
           sent
           him
           a
           
             bantring
             Address
          
           :
           But
           I
           suppose
           the
           Gentleman
           does
           not
           value
           himself
           so
           much
           on
           his
           Jest
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           is
           willing
           enough
           to
           have
           his
           Name
           conceal'd
           .
           But
           however
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           well
           if
           the
           Clergy
           would
           set
           us
           better
           Example
           ,
           although
           I
           cannot
           justify
           any
           body
           for
           following
           their
           ill
           .
        
         
           I
           do
           not
           at
           all
           question
           what
           he
           says
           of
           the
           Dissenting
           Bishops
           ,
           for
           did
           they
           but
           once
           own
           themselves
           to
           be
           their
           Majesties
           Subjects
           ,
           I
           do
           verily
           believe
           they
           would
           be
           as
           good
           ,
           if
           not
           better
           Subjects
           than
           any
           they
           have
           ;
           and
           I
           am
           confident
           one
           might
           take
           their
           Words
           in
           the
           point
           ,
           and
           not
           exact
           an
           Oath
           from
           them
           ,
           if
           that
           be
           all
           they
           scruple
           at
           ,
           with
           which
           they
           might
           long
           ago
           ,
           I
           believe
           ,
           have
           been
           dispensed
           ,
           had
           they
           offered
           any
           other
           Security
           .
           For
           I
           believe
           their
           Majesties
           have
           as
           great
           Respect
           and
           Inclination
           too
           for
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           as
           the
           Bishops
           can
           have
           for
           them
           ,
           
           and
           particularly
           to
           him
           that
           he
           mentions
           ,
           to
           whom
           the
           whole
           Nation
           must
           ever
           own
           a
           great
           Obligation
           ,
           for
           his
           Care
           and
           Diligence
           in
           so
           well
           principling
           the
           two
           Royal
           Sisters
           ;
           and
           't
           is
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           pity
           he
           should
           deny
           them
           the
           Satisfaction
           they
           would
           take
           in
           repaying
           his
           great
           Service
           .
        
         
           There
           now
           follow
           some
           Pages
           ,
           with
           which
           I
           think
           I
           have
           little
           to
           do
           ,
           he
           that
           is
           concerned
           in
           them
           being
           so
           able
           to
           answer
           for
           himself
           ;
           but
           yet
           rather
           than
           have
           nothing
           to
           say
           to
           the
           
             Person
             of
             Quality
          
           ,
           he
           will
           quarrel
           with
           him
           on
           his
           Friend
           
           Julian's
           account
           .
           But
           had
           the
           Author
           observed
           the
           Rule
           he
           imposes
           ,
           and
           not
           made
           use
           of
           any
           Arguments
           that
           had
           been
           urged
           before
           ,
           I
           believe
           the
           Person
           of
           Quality's
           part
           would
           have
           been
           much
           shorter
           in
           his
           last
           Pamphlet
           than
           it
           is
           .
           But
           however
           of
           all
           things
           I
           thought
           the
           Laws
           and
           Statutes
           of
           a
           Nation
           had
           been
           in
           common
           ,
           and
           not
           like
           a
           
             Terra
             Incognita
          
           ,
           only
           to
           be
           appropriated
           to
           the
           use
           of
           the
           first
           Discoverer
           ,
           that
           is
           in
           this
           case
           the
           first
           Citer
           .
           But
           that
           he
           may
           not
           fear
           that
           I
           should
           hereafter
           make
           any
           Encroachments
           on
           the
           Prerogatives
           of
           so
           good
           a
           Friend
           ,
           I
           shall
           (
           and
           I
           am
           sure
           with
           Truth
           )
           declare
           that
           I
           am
           not
           only
           a
           Stranger
           to
           his
           Person
           ,
           but
           also
           so
           much
           to
           his
           Writings
           ,
           that
           I
           never
           heard
           of
           the
           conceit
           of
           
             grinning
             Honour
          
           before
           ,
           but
           from
           Sir
           
             John
             Falstaff
          
           in
           the
           Play
           ;
           but
           however
           I
           do
           believe
           't
           is
           a
           very
           good
           Jest
           ,
           because
           so
           ingenuous
           an
           Author
           repeats
           it
           so
           often
           .
           But
           for
           any
           thing
           more
           ,
           I
           shall
           say
           as
           the
           Parents
           of
           the
           blind
           Man
           did
           ,
           
             Ask
             him
             ,
             he
             is
             of
             Age
             ,
             let
             him
             speak
             for
             himself
             .
          
        
         
           But
           it
           is
           well
           if
           I
           can
           do
           so
           for
           my self
           ,
           for
           my
           hardest
           Task
           is
           yet
           to
           come
           ,
           for
           alas
           ,
           I
           am
           to
           answer
           for
           a
           
             whole
             Community
          
           ;
           for
           at
           last
           our
           sagacious
           Author
           has
           discovered
           that
           the
           
             Person
             of
             Quality
          
           is
           so
           :
           though
           to
           tell
           you
           truly
           ,
           I
           never
           knew
           before
           that
           I
           had
           Pigs
           in
           my
           Belly
           ,
           much
           less
           that
           I
           was
           with
           Child
           of
           a
           whole
           Corporation
           .
           But
           although
           't
           is
           against
           the
           Canon
           ,
           I
           doubt
           I
           must
           answer
           for
           them
           all
           my self
           ,
           for
           I
           fear
           the
           Author
           will
           not
           be
           so
           kind
           as
           to
           be
           Godfather
           to
           any
           of
           my
           Productions
           ,
           so
           I
           must
           provide
           for
           them
           as
           well
           
           as
           I
           can
           .
           But
           since
           Charity
           begins
           at
           home
           ,
           I
           must
           first
           consider
           my self
           in
           my
           private
           Capacity
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           am
           resolved
           (
           as
           he
           sees
           )
           to
           be
           as
           passive
           as
           he
           himself
           can
           desire
           :
           And
           altho
           't
           is
           possible
           I
           may
           have
           more
           than
           one
           Title
           to
           be
           distinguished
           by
           ,
           yet
           truly
           I
           will
           not
           vie
           with
           the
           Author
           in
           that
           point
           ,
           to
           which
           purpose
           I
           will
           tell
           him
           a
           Story
           :
           An
           unlucky
           Fellow
           met
           with
           Doctor
           Harding
           on
           the
           Road
           ,
           and
           knowing
           that
           he
           had
           divers
           Preferments
           ,
           he
           rides
           before
           to
           the
           Inn
           ,
           and
           told
           the
           Host
           there
           was
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Company
           to
           come
           to
           his
           House
           that
           Night
           ,
           and
           therefore
           bid
           him
           get
           all
           the
           good
           things
           he
           could
           provide
           for
           Supper
           ;
           for
           ,
           says
           he
           ,
           there
           is
           the
           Parson
           of
           St.
           Martins
           ,
           the
           Dean
           of
           such
           a
           Place
           ,
           the
           Prebendary
           of
           another
           ,
           and
           so
           reckoned
           up
           all
           his
           Places
           .
           And
           at
           this
           rate
           't
           is
           possible
           the
           Author
           may
           much
           better
           deserve
           to
           be
           thought
           a
           Community
           than
           poor
           Me
           ;
           but
           however
           I
           shall
           answer
           his
           jocund
           Discourse
           a
           little
           more
           seriously
           .
           And
           I
           am
           sure
           I
           need
           not
           tell
           him
           that
           a
           new
           Relation
           does
           also
           lay
           a
           new
           Obligation
           and
           Duty
           ,
           and
           that
           sometimes
           so
           contrary
           to
           the
           former
           ,
           that
           what
           was
           a
           Vertue
           and
           commendable
           in
           one
           State
           ,
           may
           be
           really
           a
           Fault
           in
           another
           .
           As
           for
           Instance
           ,
           for
           a
           single
           Man
           to
           give
           all
           his
           Goods
           and
           Possessions
           to
           charitable
           Uses
           ,
           is
           counted
           a
           great
           and
           heroick
           piece
           of
           Charity
           ;
           but
           should
           the
           same
           Person
           marry
           and
           have
           a
           great
           many
           Children
           ,
           should
           he
           by
           his
           Charity
           disenable
           himself
           from
           providing
           for
           his
           Family
           ,
           if
           he
           will
           take
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Word
           ,
           
             That
             Man
             has
             denied
             the
             Faith
             ,
             and
             is
             worse
             than
             an
             Infidel
             ,
          
           for
           those
           are
           the
           Words
           of
           the
           Censure
           that
           he
           passes
           ,
           1
           Tim.
           5.
           8.
           on
           him
           
             that
             provides
             not
             for
             his
             own
             ,
             especially
             those
             of
             his
             own
             House
             .
          
           So
           that
           we
           may
           see
           what
           a
           vast
           difference
           an
           additional
           Relation
           makes
           in
           the
           self-same
           Action
           .
           And
           me-thinks
           I
           should
           not
           need
           to
           apply
           this
           to
           the
           Point
           in
           hand
           ;
           but
           because
           he
           is
           so
           apt
           to
           mistake
           the
           Person
           of
           Quality's
           meaning
           ,
           I
           shall
           tell
           him
           that
           when
           there
           is
           nothing
           but
           my
           own
           Right
           in
           question
           ,
           I
           will
           quietly
           sacrifice
           that
           to
           my
           King's
           Pleasure
           ,
           and
           for
           my
           Countries
           Peace
           .
           But
           if
           I
           am
           in
           a
           Publick
           Office
           ,
           and
           made
           
           it
           were
           a
           Trustee
           for
           my
           Country
           ,
           to
           look
           after
           and
           maintain
           its
           Rights
           and
           Priviledges
           ,
           neither
           Fear
           nor
           Favour
           should
           ever
           prevail
           with
           me
           to
           part
           with
           one
           Tittle
           of
           it
           .
           Therefore
           I
           think
           the
           
             House
             of
             Commons
          
           have
           proposed
           very
           well
           to
           lay
           a
           Brand
           on
           them
           who
           did
           voluntarily
           deliver
           up
           their
           Charters
           ,
           and
           thereby
           betray
           those
           Liberties
           they
           were
           sworn
           to
           maintain
           :
           for
           ,
           for
           my
           part
           I
           cannot
           understand
           why
           I
           am
           not
           as
           much
           obliged
           by
           the
           Oath
           that
           I
           take
           for
           the
           Defence
           of
           my
           Country
           ,
           and
           the
           maintaining
           of
           the
           Rights
           and
           Franchises
           of
           such
           a
           Town
           ,
           as
           I
           am
           by
           the
           Oaths
           of
           Allegiance
           to
           the
           King
           ;
           for
           if
           the
           King
           break
           his
           Oath
           ,
           and
           infringe
           those
           Liberties
           he
           has
           sworn
           to
           protect
           ,
           yet
           I
           do
           not
           see
           how
           he
           can
           absolve
           or
           dispence
           with
           mine
           ,
           unless
           we
           make
           him
           Pope
           as
           well
           as
           King.
           But
           however
           ,
           if
           that
           Doctrine
           of
           Passive
           ,
           or
           if
           you
           please
           we
           will
           call
           it
           Implicit
           Obedience
           to
           the
           King
           is
           binding
           ,
           I
           cannot
           see
           how
           't
           is
           possible
           for
           the
           Subjects
           to
           avoid
           Perjury
           under
           such
           a
           Reign
           as
           our
           late
           King
           James
           ;
           for
           was
           it
           not
           as
           downright
           Perjury
           for
           a
           Mayor
           of
           a
           Town
           to
           deliver
           up
           the
           Charter
           he
           was
           so
           solemnly
           sworn
           to
           maintain
           ,
           as
           it
           would
           have
           been
           to
           have
           resisted
           the
           King
           in
           the
           Defence
           of
           it
           ?
           But
           this
           of
           being
           perjured
           ,
           take
           which
           side
           you
           will
           ,
           is
           such
           an
           unhappy
           Necessity
           ,
           as
           I
           believe
           God
           never
           laid
           on
           any
           one
           ;
           therefore
           suppose
           that
           in
           such
           Exigencies
           there
           is
           yet
           a
           way
           to
           extricate
           ones
           self
           without
           committing
           the
           Sin.
           And
           truly
           to
           do
           the
           Author
           right
           ,
           I
           have
           not
           met
           with
           a
           better
           Resolution
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           than
           what
           he
           himself
           thinks
           fit
           to
           urge
           in
           the
           behalf
           of
           the
           Netherlands
           ,
           when
           they
           flung
           off
           their
           Subjection
           to
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           ;
           and
           if
           he
           will
           please
           to
           apply
           that
           to
           his
           own
           Scruples
           ,
           I
           think
           he
           need
           not
           go
           any
           further
           for
           a
           Solution
           ,
           therefore
           suppose
           it
           superfluous
           for
           me
           to
           say
           any
           more
           on
           that
           Point
           ,
           for
           if
           he
           will
           not
           be
           his
           own
           Convert
           ,
           I
           cannot
           hope
           he
           should
           ever
           be
           mine
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           ,
           at
           last
           ,
           SIR
           ,
           we
           are
           come
           to
           the
           concluding
           ,
           and
           ,
           as
           he
           calls
           it
           ,
           
             stabbing
             Question
             of
          
           London-Derry
           .
           
           But
           really
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           the
           Person
           of
           Quality
           had
           no
           such
           murderous
           Intention
           ,
           but
           since
           the
           Weapon
           was
           so
           in
           its
           own
           Nature
           ,
           it
           was
           very
           happy
           it
           fell
           into
           such
           unskilful
           Hands
           ,
           for
           else
           no
           body
           knows
           what
           Execution
           it
           might
           have
           done
           .
           But
           how
           ill
           soever
           I
           managed
           my
           Dagger
           ,
           I
           perceive
           he
           is
           a
           little
           afraid
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           come
           near
           the
           Question
           ;
           but
           that
           he
           may
           be
           sure
           to
           be
           out
           of
           my
           reach
           ,
           he
           is
           sending
           me
           as
           far
           as
           Troy.
           But
           methinks
           I
           need
           not
           go
           so
           far
           for
           the
           Answer
           of
           one
           poor
           Question
           .
           But
           here
           our
           Author
           is
           forced
           to
           his
           old
           shifts
           of
           shuffling
           and
           packing
           the
           Cards
           ;
           for
           he
           has
           really
           the
           best
           Faculty
           of
           singling
           out
           one
           Line
           out
           of
           a
           Sentence
           ;
           and
           lest
           it
           should
           not
           appear
           ridiculous
           enough
           by
           it self
           ,
           joins
           it
           to
           another
           I
           know
           not
           how
           far
           off
           ,
           to
           which
           it
           had
           no
           Coherence
           ,
           as
           he
           has
           done
           in
           several
           others
           as
           well
           as
           this
           place
           :
           for
           my
           Query
           is
           in
           these
           very
           words
           ;
           
             Whether
             they
             did
             not
             both
             wish
             and
             pray
             ,
             that
             London-Derry
             should
             be
             delivered
             out
             of
             the
             Hands
             of
             those
             merciless
             Butchers
             ?
             And
             this
             the
             Excellency
             of
             their
             Temper
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             their
             Christianity
             ,
             obliging
             to
             ,
             I
             cannot
             at
             all
             question
             but
             they
             did
             ;
             nay
             ,
             I
             verily
             believe
             they
             would
             have
             gone
             farther
             ,
             and
             assisted
             them
             with
             their
             Purses
             ,
             if
             they
             had
             known
             how
             to
             have
             conveyed
             them
             Relief
             .
          
           And
           how
           faithfully
           he
           renders
           it
           ,
           and
           how
           fully
           he
           answers
           it
           ,
           you
           shall
           guess
           from
           his
           own
           Words
           ,
           which
           I
           'le
           assure
           you
           are
           transcribed
           a
           little
           exacter
           than
           he
           does
           mine
           :
           
             It
             is
             ,
             
               says
               he
            
             ,
             the
             Duty
             of
             Christians
             to
             pray
             for
             Righteousness
             ,
             and
             Truth
             ,
             and
             Peace
             to
             all
             Mankind
             :
             How
             strange
             a
             Question
             is
             it
             therefore
             to
             ask
             ,
             Whether
             the
             suspended
             Clergy
             did
             no●
             both
             wish
             and
             pray
             that
             London-Derry
             should
             be
             delivered
             out
             of
             the
             Hands
             of
             merciless
             Butchers
             ?
          
           (
           for
           those
           is
           to
           be
           left
           out
           in
           that
           place
           for
           some
           Reasons
           best
           known
           to
           himself
           .
           )
           
             He
             believes
             they
             did
             ,
             because
             there
             were
             many
             thousand
             innocent
             Persons
             whom
             they
             never
             saw
             ,
             and
             who
             never
             did
             them
             any
             wrong
             .
          
           And
           now
           I
           will
           appeal
           to
           my
           Reader
           if
           here
           is
           not
           a
           Passage
           as
           faithfully
           cited
           ,
           and
           as
           well
           applied
           as
           ever
           he
           saw
           .
           For
           let
           the
           Question
           be
           what
           it
           will
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           pretty
           much
           if
           it
           be
           stranger
           than
           the
           Answer
           :
           So
           that
           I
           think
           the
           suspended
           Clergy
           are
           not
           much
           more
           obliged
           to
           him
           ,
           
             for
             bringing
             them
             in
             so
             needlesly
             ,
             and
             using
             
             such
             weighty
             Arguments
             in
             their
             behalf
             ,
          
           than
           the
           
           Derry-Men
           ,
           as
           he
           says
           ,
           are
           to
           me
           .
           There
           is
           only
           this
           Difference
           ,
           that
           by
           his
           own
           Confession
           mine
           may
           be
           urged
           for
           any
           Place
           ,
           but
           truly
           I
           know
           not
           for
           what
           Place
           or
           Subject
           his
           was
           calculated
           .
           But
           if
           what
           I
           said
           of
           Derry
           may
           be
           applied
           to
           any
           other
           City
           in
           their
           Circumstances
           ,
           I
           see
           not
           where
           the
           Injury
           would
           be
           to
           them
           by
           it
           ;
           nor
           do
           I
           very
           well
           discern
           how
           the
           Bigness
           or
           Distance
           of
           the
           City
           should
           add
           weight
           to
           the
           Argument
           ,
           tho
           to
           tell
           him
           truly
           ,
           I
           am
           very
           glad
           I
           had
           no
           occasion
           to
           instance
           nearer
           home
           ,
           tho
           I
           care
           not
           how
           soon
           I
           may
           in
           all
           the
           Cities
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           provided
           they
           conclude
           as
           happily
           .
           But
           now
           was
           it
           not
           very
           kindly
           done
           of
           our
           Author
           ,
           who
           had
           so
           little
           to
           say
           for
           his
           own
           Tribe
           ,
           to
           furnish
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           Derry
           with
           an
           Apology
           in
           Law
           ,
           when
           they
           did
           not
           know
           what
           to
           say
           for
           themselves
           ?
           for
           his
           Instance
           in
           the
           Netherlands
           is
           as
           pat
           to
           their
           purpose
           as
           if
           it
           had
           been
           made
           for
           them
           .
           Altho
           I
           think
           their
           having
           so
           many
           thousand
           innocent
           Persons
           among
           them
           that
           must
           certainly
           have
           perished
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           not
           taken
           up
           Arms
           for
           their
           Preservation
           ,
           was
           no
           ill
           Argument
           ,
           nor
           can
           I
           believe
           disapproved
           by
           the
           Dissenting
           Clergy
           ,
           if
           they
           would
           be
           once
           so
           ingenuous
           and
           kind
           as
           to
           own
           their
           Thoughts
           in
           the
           Point
           :
           but
           I
           suppose
           they
           might
           be
           committed
           to
           the
           Author
           under
           the
           Seal
           of
           Confession
           ,
           and
           so
           are
           not
           to
           be
           made
           publick
           .
           For
           else
           methinks
           he
           should
           not
           so
           industriously
           have
           avoided
           the
           Question
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           had
           any
           thing
           to
           have
           said
           to
           it
           :
           for
           I
           know
           he
           has
           so
           great
           Kindness
           for
           the
           
             Person
             of
             Quality
          
           that
           he
           would
           shew
           him
           all
           his
           Errors
           and
           weak
           Places
           ;
           therefore
           I
           look
           upon
           my
           two
           Inferences
           as
           irrefragable
           ,
           since
           he
           dare
           not
           undertake
           their
           Confutation
           .
           For
           either
           they
           did
           pray
           for
           the
           Deliverance
           of
           London-Derry
           ,
           and
           would
           have
           contributed
           to
           their
           Relief
           ;
           or
           they
           would
           not
           :
           If
           they
           would
           ,
           then
           they
           are
           in
           the
           same
           Predicament
           with
           them
           ,
           for
           't
           is
           with
           Rebellion
           as
           in
           Murder
           ,
           there
           are
           no
           Accessaries
           ,
           but
           all
           are
           Principals
           :
           A
           Maxim
           of
           our
           Law
           ,
           for
           which
           some
           poor
           People
           in
           the
           West
           paid
           pretty
           dear
           after
           
           Monmouth's
           Defeat
           ,
           as
           I
           think
           the
           Lady
           
           Lisle's
           Execution
           will
           sufficiently
           convince
           any
           body
           ,
           who
           did
           no
           more
           than
           I
           believe
           all
           our
           dissenting
           Bishops
           would
           have
           done
           for
           them
           in
           London-Derry
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           have
           kept
           them
           from
           starving
           if
           they
           could
           :
           but
           if
           they
           
           would
           not
           ,
           (
           I
           must
           then
           repeat
           what
           I
           said
           before
           )
           
             It
             would
             give
             me
             a
             greater
             Prejudice
             against
             the
             Doctrine
             than
             ever
             yet
             I
             had
             ,
             since
             it
             not
             only
             made
             them
             put
             off
             those
             Bowels
             of
             Mercies
             which
             Christians
             ought
             to
             have
             for
             one
             another
             ,
             but
             even
             divested
             them
             of
             Common
             Humanity
             .
          
           And
           whether
           it
           would
           not
           be
           a
           greater
           Crime
           to
           sin
           against
           Nature
           ,
           than
           to
           break
           some
           nice
           Bands
           of
           our
           own
           (
           not
           the
           Laws
           )
           imposing
           in
           an
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           ?
           I
           should
           at
           another
           time
           trust
           our
           Author
           to
           judg
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           ,
           SIR
           ,
           I
           have
           in
           haste
           run
           over
           that
           part
           of
           the
           Pamphlet
           ,
           wherein
           I
           thought
           I
           had
           any
           Concern
           ,
           for
           I
           do
           not
           pretend
           to
           answer
           for
           ,
           or
           justify
           other
           People
           .
           But
           if
           I
           have
           not
           acquitted
           my self
           so
           well
           as
           you
           expected
           ,
           yet
           considering
           my
           disadvantage
           of
           having
           nothing
           but
           my
           Bible
           ,
           and
           a
           very
           bad
           Memory
           to
           consult
           ,
           I
           hope
           you
           will
           wink
           at
           small
           Faults
           .
           I
           shall
           not
           enlarge
           your
           Trouble
           by
           a
           needless
           Apology
           for
           the
           length
           of
           this
           ,
           but
           conclude
           with
           the
           Complement
           of
           the
           Season
           ,
           this
           ,
           and
           many
           happy
           New
           Years
           being
           heartily
           wish'd
           You
           ,
           by
        
         
           
             
               January
               9.
               1689.
               
            
          
           Your
           most
           affectionate
           Friend
           ,
           and
           humble
           Servant
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
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             24.
             
          
           
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             25.
             
          
           
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             25.
             
          
           
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