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         Sherlock, William, 1641?-1707.
      
       
         
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             Observations upon Mr. Johnson's remarks, upon Dr. Sherlock's book of non-resistance
             Sherlock, William, 1641?-1707.
          
           [2], 21 p.
           
             [s.n.],
             London :
             1689.
          
           
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           Johnson, Samuel, 1649-1703. -- Remarks upon Dr. Sherlock's book, intituled The case of resistance of the supreme powers stated and resolved.
           Obedience.
           Divine right of kings.
           Allegiance -- Great Britain.
           Nonjurors.
        
      
    
     
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           OBSERVATIONS
           UPON
           Mr.
           
           JOHNSON's
           REMARKS
           ,
           Upon
           Dr.
           
           Sherlock's
           Book
           OF
           Non-Resistance
           .
        
         
           
             1
             Samuel
             ,
             Chap.
             26.
             
             Verse
             16.
             
          
           
             This
             thing
             is
             not
             good
             that
             ye
             have
             done
             ,
             as
             the
             Lord
             liveth
             ye
             are
             worthy
             to
             Dye
             ,
             because
             ye
             have
             not
             kept
             your
             Master
             the
             Lord
             's
             Anointed
             .
          
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           ,
           1689.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           OBSERVATIONS
           Upon
           The
           PREFACE
           TO
           Mr.
           
           Johnson's
           REMARKS
           ,
           Upon
           Dr.
           
           Sherlock's
           Book
           OF
           Non-Resistance
           .
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Johnson
             ,
          
        
         
           MY
           former
           knowledge
           of
           your
           Person
           and
           manner
           of
           Conversation
           ,
           raised
           my
           desire
           of
           reading
           your
           Life
           of
           Julian
           ,
           and
           the
           little
           piece
           you
           have
           since
           Published
           against
           the
           
             Learned
             Dr.
             Sherlock
          
           ,
           and
           both
           together
           have
           confirmed
           me
           in
           this
           Opinion
           ,
           that
           you
           are
           certainly
           next
           Mr.
           Oats
           the
           fittest
           person
           in
           the
           World
           to
           write
           the
           Life
           of
           Julian
           ,
           having
           so
           exactly
           transcrib'd
           it
           in
           your
           own
           ,
           he
           being
           that
           to
           the
           
             Catholick
             Church
          
           ,
           what
           you
           have
           so
           industriously
           approv'd
           your self
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           a
           perfidious
           Apostat
           .
           You
           are
           pleased
           to
           call
           your
           little
           Book
           (
           and
           such
           it
           is
           upon
           more
           Accounts
           than
           one
           )
           
             Remarks
             upon
             Dr.
             Sherlock's
             Book
             of
             Non-Resistance
             ,
          
           and
           Remarks
           indeed
           they
           are
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           our
           young
           trifling
           Novices
           ,
           make
           in
           their
           Journies
           through
           France
           or
           Italy
           ,
           which
           have
           no
           other
           
           Effect
           upon
           a
           wise
           Reader
           than
           to
           persuade
           a
           belief
           they
           have
           been
           there
           ▪
           and
           scarcely
           that
           :
           they
           are
           such
           Remarks
           as
           would
           tempt
           a
           man
           to
           think
           you
           were
           retain'd
           on
           both
           sides
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           were
           in
           Fee
           with
           your
           Adversary
           ,
           or
           bribed
           by
           a
           partial
           Affection
           to
           his
           Person
           and
           Reputation
           ;
           but
           this
           Conjecture
           you
           can
           easily
           confute
           .
        
         
           You
           are
           pleas'd
           to
           tell
           us
           (
           page
           the
           25th
           )
           that
           you
           
             would
             run
             over
             all
             the
             Doctors
             Scripture
             Proofs
          
           (
           in
           the
           excellent
           management
           of
           which
           lies
           the
           strength
           of
           the
           Cause
           ,
           and
           the
           Learning
           of
           the
           Author
           )
           whereas
           you
           have
           taken
           no
           notice
           of
           any
           more
           than
           two
           ,
           and
           only
           nibled
           at
           them
           without
           any
           impression
           or
           hurt
           ,
           but
           with
           what
           Ingenuity
           is
           not
           easily
           comprehended
           ,
           much
           less
           justifi'd
           without
           your
           
             Old
             Friend
             's
             Secret
             against
             Blushing
          
           :
           and
           thus
           you
           have
           indeed
           
             rid
             your
             hands
             easily
             of
             the
             bafled
             Cause
             of
             Non-Resistance
          
           ;
           which
           ,
           if
           it
           receive
           no
           deeper
           wound
           than
           those
           your
           feeble
           Passes
           yet
           have
           made
           ,
           will
           outlive
           your
           forward
           Triumphs
           ,
           and
           Conquer
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           it
           despises
           ,
           the
           Insolence
           that
           Fools
           and
           Knaves
           have
           treated
           it
           withall
           ;
           A
           Doctrine
           that
           commenc'd
           together
           with
           Religion
           either
           Jew
           or
           Christian
           ,
           (
           as
           the
           pious
           and
           Learned
           Archbishop
           Usher
           has
           irrefragably
           prov'd
           .
           )
           A
           Doctrine
           that
           shall
           know
           no
           end
           ,
           but
           when
           all
           things
           must
           confess
           their
           Ashes
           ,
           and
           then
           it
           shall
           be
           swallowed
           up
           in
           the
           glorious
           Rewards
           of
           Confessors
           and
           Martyrs
           .
        
         
           But
           you
           are
           pleas'd
           to
           give
           us
           another
           Reason
           for
           Publishing
           your
           Book
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           
             to
             offer
             your
             Service
             to
             some
             men's
             New-fashioned
             Loyalty
             ,
             which
             ,
             you
             say
             ,
             must
             be
             adopted
             Church
             of
             England
             Doctrine
             too
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             other
             :
          
           this
           indeed
           gave
           me
           great
           hopes
           of
           finding
           from
           so
           clear
           a
           Casuist
           ,
           and
           so
           moderate
           a
           man
           ,
           irresistible
           Satisfaction
           of
           its
           being
           my
           Duty
           to
           take
           the
           new-Oaths
           ,
           which
           piece
           of
           Service
           would
           have
           bound
           me
           over
           to
           as
           great
           Gratitude
           ,
           as
           can
           be
           supposed
           due
           to
           the
           Charitable
           and
           seasonable
           Preserver
           of
           my
           
             little
             All
          
           I
           have
           in
           this
           World
           :
           but
           if
           instead
           of
           offering
           one
           single
           Reason
           evincing
           the
           Duty
           and
           Obligation
           to
           take
           this
           Oath
           ;
           you
           have
           advanced
           two
           or
           three
           considerably
           Cogent
           Reasons
           why
           I
           should
           not
           ,
           then
           I
           hope
           the
           Government
           
           will
           allow
           your
           Argument
           in
           some
           Abatement
           to
           the
           Guilt
           ,
           whatever
           they
           do
           to
           the
           Punishment
           of
           my
           Non-Complyance
           ;
           for
           all
           good
           men
           fear
           the
           guilt
           more
           than
           they
           do
           the
           Punishment
           ,
           and
           this
           you
           have
           done
           as
           appears
           by
           what
           you
           tell
           us
           (
           page
           the
           55
           )
           
             No
             man
             can
             Authorise
             himself
          
           ;
           if
           so
           ,
           I
           desire
           you
           to
           tell
           us
           by
           what
           Authority
           this
           New-Oath
           is
           imposed
           ;
           for
           the
           Compilers
           of
           this
           Law
           either
           do
           Authorise
           themselves
           ,
           or
           else
           they
           receive
           their
           Authority
           aliunde
           ;
           if
           the
           first
           ,
           you
           have
           already
           determin'd
           against
           them
           ;
           if
           the
           second
           ,
           pray
           shew
           us
           from
           whence
           ;
           taking
           this
           of
           our
           Saviour
           along
           with
           you
           ,
           If
           I
           bear
           Testimony
           of
           my self
           ,
           my
           Testimony
           is
           not
           true
           .
           But
           in
           the
           second
           place
           you
           tell
           us
           ,
           that
           
             King
             William
             is
             the
             rightfullest
             King
             that
             ever
             sat
             upon
             the
             English
             Throne
             :
          
           when
           in
           that
           very
           breath
           you
           defeat
           the
           right
           you
           would
           maintain
           ,
           and
           are
           a
           very
           Traytor
           to
           the
           Title
           you
           would
           advance
           ;
           and
           I
           am
           content
           with
           you
           
             never
             to
             desire
             a
             greater
             advantage
             than
             to
             reduce
             my
             Adversary
             to
             this
             Absurdity
             ,
             of
             making
             no
             difference
             betwixt
             a
             Title
             and
             no
             Title
             ,
          
           which
           is
           a
           Rowland
           for
           the
           Oliver
           you
           gave
           the
           Doctor
           ;
           
             Law
             and
             no
             Law
          
           :
           And
           that
           you
           have
           done
           this
           appears
           thus
           ;
           If
           King
           William
           be
           the
           rightfullest
           King
           that
           ever
           sat
           upon
           the
           Throne
           of
           England
           ,
           then
           no
           King
           ever
           ascended
           the
           Throne
           by
           the
           same
           Right
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           same
           hands
           that
           he
           does
           ;
           for
           every
           King
           that
           came
           by
           it
           as
           he
           does
           ,
           was
           just
           as
           rightful
           a
           King
           as
           he
           is
           ,
           and
           then
           consequently
           he
           is
           not
           the
           Rightfullest
           :
           Well
           then
           ,
           if
           no
           King
           was
           ever
           plac'd
           upon
           the
           Throne
           by
           the
           same
           hand
           and
           Right
           as
           he
           ,
           then
           it
           is
           very
           plain
           he
           can
           have
           no
           right
           at
           all
           by
           the
           Common
           Law
           of
           England
           ;
           for
           Common
           Law
           is
           common
           usage
           ,
           and
           sure
           that
           's
           a
           strange
           common
           Usage
           ,
           that
           cannot
           shew
           one
           President
           ;
           one
           Example
           at
           least
           to
           warrant
           it
           ,
           which
           your
           Assertion
           plainly
           supposes
           and
           acknowledges
           :
           Well
           then
           ,
           besides
           the
           Common
           Law
           ,
           England
           knows
           no
           other
           but
           that
           we
           call
           the
           Statute-Law
           ,
           and
           by
           that
           he
           has
           no
           Title
           ,
           or
           else
           the
           Convention
           did
           him
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           wrong
           ,
           for
           they
           never
           declared
           the
           Right
           to
           be
           his
           by
           Succession
           ,
           but
           by
           their
           Donation
           :
           thus
           you
           defend
           the
           present
           Title
           ,
           just
           as
           you
           guided
           your
           unfortunate
           
           Masters
           Conscience
           and
           Honour
           ,
           by
           betraying
           both
           ;
           and
           if
           King
           William
           had
           no
           better
           Title
           than
           what
           in
           this
           Preface
           you
           have
           given
           him
           ,
           he
           neither
           could
           nor
           would
           expect
           to
           be
           obeyed
           ;
           and
           now
           if
           any
           of
           my
           Brethren
           should
           look
           upon
           our
           Obligation
           to
           Complyance
           to
           be
           less
           than
           it
           was
           before
           ,
           through
           the
           Insufficiency
           of
           the
           Arguments
           you
           have
           produced
           in
           its
           behalf
           ,
           you
           will
           be
           responsible
           to
           us
           for
           our
           Livings
           ,
           and
           to
           his
           Majesty
           for
           the
           withdrawing
           the
           Service
           of
           so
           many
           men
           of
           our
           Condition
           ;
           for
           I
           am
           morally
           certain
           that
           were
           these
           words
           of
           yours
           (
           King
           William
           is
           the
           Rightfullest
           King
           that
           ever
           sat
           upon
           the
           English
           Throne
           )
           inserted
           ,
           and
           made
           a
           part
           of
           the
           Oath
           ,
           there
           would
           not
           have
           have
           been
           found
           in
           the
           whole
           Nation
           ,
           as
           bad
           as
           it
           is
           ,
           an
           hundred
           men
           of
           your
           Swallow
           ;
           I
           am
           very
           well
           satisfied
           that
           the
           Government
           is
           not
           so
           unreasonable
           (
           however
           you
           represent
           them
           ,
           )
           as
           not
           to
           be
           glad
           that
           ,
           the
           whole
           body
           of
           the
           Clergy
           were
           satisfied
           as
           well
           as
           themselves
           ;
           and
           I
           hope
           you
           are
           not
           one
           of
           those
           malicious
           Blades
           that
           would
           insinuate
           ,
           as
           if
           this
           new
           Act
           were
           made
           only
           to
           revenge
           the
           Bartholomew
           Act
           in
           62
           ,
           and
           wish
           it
           might
           have
           the
           same
           Effect
           ;
           yet
           you
           have
           given
           us
           a
           very
           fair
           Specimen
           of
           your
           hatred
           to
           the
           present
           Government
           ,
           since
           you
           could
           never
           have
           wish'd
           for
           a
           more
           sweet
           ,
           or
           taken
           a
           more
           effectual
           Revenge
           than
           you
           have
           done
           ,
           by
           turning
           such
           an
           Hebrew
           Advocate
           in
           their
           behalf
           ;
           methinks
           't
           is
           great
           pity
           there
           is
           no
           Law
           obliging
           all
           men
           to
           hang
           the
           Keys
           of
           their
           Consciences
           at
           your
           Girdle
           !
           and
           as
           it
           is
           to
           be
           hoped
           they
           will
           Chastise
           the
           maliciously
           affected
           Weakness
           of
           your
           Defence
           ,
           so
           it
           were
           seriously
           to
           be
           wish'd
           ,
           that
           before
           the
           time
           comes
           ,
           they
           would
           provide
           us
           some
           Learned
           and
           Conscientious
           Casuist
           ,
           that
           might
           be
           able
           by
           the
           Conviction
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           Reason
           and
           Law
           ,
           to
           promote
           those
           good
           Inclinations
           we
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           God
           sincerely
           profess
           to
           have
           of
           living
           under
           our
           Superiours
           ,
           a
           sober
           and
           a
           peaceable
           Life
           in
           all
           Godliness
           and
           Honesty
           .
           And
           I
           do
           promise
           in
           my
           own
           ,
           and
           (
           as
           I
           believe
           I
           may
           )
           in
           the
           name
           of
           all
           my
           Brethren
           ,
           that
           are
           yet
           unsatisfied
           ,
           that
           our
           Refusal
           to
           comply
           shall
           lie
           no
           longer
           hid
           in
           
             lurking
             Scruples
             ,
             and
             reasons
             best
             known
             to
          
           
           our selves
           (
           as
           you
           out
           of
           your
           abundant
           Charity
           would
           insinuate
           )
           than
           till
           our
           Superiours
           shall
           be
           pleased
           with
           indemnity
           to
           allow
           us
           to
           bring
           them
           forth
           ,
           (
           for
           though
           Truth
           never
           seeks
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           driven
           into
           Corners
           )
           to
           men
           of
           their
           own
           Nomination
           and
           Appointment
           ,
           with
           an
           obligation
           to
           the
           severest
           Penalties
           ,
           if
           we
           can
           be
           prov'd
           to
           have
           divulg'd
           them
           any
           farther
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           all
           the
           spiteful
           flourishes
           you
           make
           in
           the
           2d
           .
           Page
           of
           your
           Preface
           ,
           and
           the
           malicious
           as
           well
           as
           silly
           Questions
           that
           you
           ask
           ,
           are
           but
           so
           many
           instances
           of
           your
           natural
           Incivility
           and
           Rudeness
           towards
           us
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           an
           ungentile
           Insolence
           in
           provoking
           him
           whose
           hands
           are
           tyed
           ,
           which
           is
           very
           true
           in
           reference
           to
           the
           Danger
           he
           must
           lye
           under
           ,
           who
           dares
           be
           so
           hardy
           as
           to
           answer
           your
           questions
           ,
           which
           yet
           I
           my self
           dare
           engage
           to
           do
           upon
           good
           security
           of
           Freedom
           and
           Indemnity
           ,
           and
           to
           back
           those
           Answers
           with
           such
           reasons
           as
           shall
           ensure
           me
           the
           Priviledge
           of
           being
           (
           for
           you
           )
           unanswerable
           ,
           or
           else
           I
           will
           forfeit
           my
           Head
           where
           yours
           is
           due
           :
           You
           need
           not
           wonder
           at
           this
           Caution
           in
           me
           (
           in
           whom
           it
           is
           too
           seldom
           a
           fault
           )
           who
           am
           not
           now
           to
           be
           told
           the
           danger
           of
           making
           my
           Tongue
           or
           my
           Pen
           too
           familiar
           with
           my
           Thoughts
           ;
           I
           am
           not
           so
           much
           in
           love
           with
           Jayls
           ,
           and
           Pilloreis
           ,
           and
           Whipping-Posts
           ,
           as
           needlesly
           to
           court
           Mr.
           
             Colliers
             first
             Answer
          
           ,
           or
           the
           no
           less
           pennance
           of
           reading
           his
           second
           ;
           besides
           Mr.
           Oats
           and
           your self
           have
           given
           us
           a
           fair
           Instance
           what
           ineffectual
           Methods
           those
           are
           of
           reducing
           Men
           to
           sobriety
           ;
           if
           ever
           such
           or
           greater
           Punishments
           should
           be
           our
           Lot
           ,
           our
           Prayers
           are
           that
           God
           would
           enable
           us
           to
           bear
           them
           with
           such
           Magnanimity
           ,
           Meekness
           ,
           and
           Resignation
           ,
           as
           becomes
           those
           who
           profess
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           passive
           Obedience
           ,
           taught
           and
           practised
           by
           Christ
           and
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           the
           Primitive
           and
           the
           best
           reformed
           Christians
           ;
           but
           surely
           God
           has
           a
           very
           great
           Controversie
           with
           this
           Nation
           of
           ours
           ,
           surely
           our
           Sins
           are
           ripe
           for
           the
           severest
           Judgments
           ;
           the
           Land
           is
           divided
           into
           two
           extreme
           sinful
           Parts
           ,
           one
           by
           our
           Sins
           are
           fitted
           to
           suffer
           under
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Resistance
           ;
           others
           sinful
           enough
           to
           be
           
           permitted
           to
           preach
           ,
           believe
           and
           prosecute
           it
           :
           I
           meekly
           thank
           God
           ,
           that
           though
           my
           Sins
           are
           strangely
           great
           ,
           and
           deserve
           more
           than
           I
           can
           suffer
           ,
           yet
           he
           hath
           not
           given
           me
           up
           to
           the
           latter
           Judgment
           of
           teaching
           it
           ,
           and
           I
           trust
           he
           never
           will.
           
        
         
           Indeed
           Mr.
           Johnson
           ,
           your
           apparently
           contrary
           behaviour
           in
           the
           very
           subject
           matter
           of
           this
           Discourse
           ,
           has
           not
           been
           so
           amiable
           and
           inviting
           as
           to
           render
           it
           exemplary
           ,
           but
           has
           rather
           prejudic'd
           and
           hinder'd
           that
           Enforcement
           ,
           which
           your
           Suffering
           Name
           and
           fallacious
           Reasons
           might
           otherwise
           have
           given
           it
           :
           No
           good
           Christian
           can
           approve
           ,
           or
           indeed
           with
           patience
           hear
           ,
           and
           no
           crown'd
           Head
           will
           endure
           your
           barbarous
           Usage
           of
           King
           James
           ,
           in
           which
           you
           have
           out-done
           your
           own
           Forgeries
           and
           ill
           pack'd
           Stories
           in
           your
           Life
           of
           Julian
           .
           Is
           it
           thus
           that
           you
           curse
           not
           the
           King
           ,
           no
           not
           in
           your
           heart
           ?
           is
           it
           thus
           that
           you
           commit
           your self
           and
           your
           cause
           to
           him
           that
           judgeth
           righteously
           ?
           is
           it
           thus
           that
           you
           heap
           Coals
           of
           Fire
           upon
           the
           Head
           of
           your
           Enemy
           ?
           and
           do
           you
           thus
           overcome
           evil
           with
           good
           ?
           no
           ,
           no
           ,
           the
           apparent
           Marks
           of
           an
           unchristian
           Resentment
           ,
           and
           an
           ungenerous
           Revenge
           make
           up
           the
           whole
           Contexture
           of
           your
           Preface
           ,
           and
           by
           this
           means
           you
           have
           under
           your
           own
           hand
           renounc'd
           to
           the
           merits
           of
           your
           sufferings
           ,
           forefaulted
           your
           right
           of
           compensation
           ,
           abdicated
           your
           Religion
           together
           with
           your
           King
           ,
           and
           sign'd
           a
           kind
           of
           posthumous
           Apology
           for
           your
           Judges
           ,
           and
           almost
           justify'd
           the
           Inhumanity
           of
           your
           Sentence
           .
        
         
           You
           say
           (
           Page
           the
           sixth
           of
           your
           Preface
           )
           
             that
             if
             King
          
           James
           
             had
             been
             a
             rightful
             King
             when
             he
             took
             Possession
             of
             the
             Crown
             (
             as
             he
             was
             not
             but
             a
             publick
             Enemy
             )
             he
             has
             since
             that
             time
             broken
             the
             Fundamental
             Contract
             :
          
           In
           these
           words
           there
           is
           one
           of
           the
           boldest
           and
           most
           notorious
           Falshoods
           that
           ever
           was
           broach'd
           ,
           for
           he
           was
           certainly
           rightful
           King
           after
           the
           Death
           of
           his
           Brother
           ,
           even
           though
           your
           malicious
           insinuation
           from
           his
           outliving
           him
           ,
           had
           (
           which
           it
           has
           not
           )
           either
           weight
           or
           truth
           in
           it
           :
           The
           very
           Votes
           of
           both
           Houses
           of
           Convention
           acknowledge
           so
           much
           when
           they
           insisted
           upon
           the
           Abdication
           ,
           without
           ever
           calling
           his
           
           Title
           into
           question
           ;
           besides
           if
           he
           had
           no
           right
           to
           succeed
           in
           the
           Throne
           ,
           your
           Lord
           and
           the
           other
           Gentlemen
           of
           the
           Exclusion
           were
           much
           in
           the
           wrong
           ;
           had
           you
           made
           as
           much
           appear
           then
           ,
           as
           you
           confidently
           assert
           now
           ,
           you
           had
           sav'd
           the
           two
           Houses
           a
           great
           many
           angry
           debates
           ,
           and
           the
           important
           Fortress
           of
           Tangier
           had
           been
           still
           in
           our
           hands
           ,
           and
           undemolished
           ;
           and
           the
           lower
           House
           knew
           the
           importance
           of
           that
           place
           very
           well
           when
           they
           set
           the
           Bill
           of
           Exclusion
           upon
           it's
           head
           as
           the
           price
           of
           its
           Relief
           or
           Redemption
           rather
           ;
           and
           what
           necessity
           there
           was
           to
           shut
           out
           by
           Law
           ,
           one
           that
           by
           Law
           had
           no
           right
           to
           come
           in
           ,
           surpasses
           my
           discerning
           :
           yet
           farther
           ,
           you
           prayed
           for
           him
           as
           King
           as
           oft
           as
           you
           did
           your
           duty
           in
           reading
           Common-Prayer
           ;
           now
           Men
           of
           mettle
           are
           seldom
           Hypocrites
           ,
           and
           I
           cannot
           persuade
           my self
           you
           could
           in
           your
           Prayers
           to
           God
           acknowledge
           him
           to
           be
           King
           ,
           whom
           in
           your
           Conscience
           you
           did
           not
           think
           rightfully
           and
           lawfully
           to
           be
           King
           :
           All
           prevarication
           is
           disengenuous
           and
           cannot
           become
           a
           Christian
           ,
           much
           less
           one
           that
           waits
           at
           the
           Altar
           ,
           and
           still
           less
           in
           the
           Service
           of
           God
           ;
           so
           that
           this
           consequence
           is
           self-evident
           ,
           either
           you
           were
           a
           Hypocrite
           then
           ,
           or
           worse
           now
           :
           As
           for
           what
           you
           say
           of
           his
           being
           excluded
           by
           three
           successive
           Houses
           of
           Commons
           ,
           you
           might
           as
           well
           have
           told
           us
           that
           he
           was
           excluded
           by
           the
           Diet
           at
           Ratisbone
           ,
           or
           the
           Swiss
           Cantons
           ,
           for
           their
           Power
           was
           as
           great
           to
           exclude
           him
           as
           that
           of
           the
           Commons
           of
           England
           alone
           without
           the
           consent
           of
           the
           King
           and
           Lords
           :
           you
           have
           made
           as
           much
           of
           it
           as
           the
           case
           will
           bear
           ,
           when
           you
           tell
           us
           it
           was
           a
           Caveat
           ,
           and
           I
           suppose
           you
           know
           the
           Nature
           of
           a
           Caveat
           so
           well
           as
           not
           to
           stand
           in
           need
           of
           information
           what
           manner
           of
           treatment
           they
           commonly
           meet
           with
           in
           all
           places
           where
           they
           are
           entred
           .
        
         
           Page
           the
           
             11th
             .
             You
             say
             ,
             the
             Oath
             of
             Allegiance
             is
             the
             Counterpart
             of
             the
             Coronation
             Oath
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             is
             of
             the
             Nature
             of
             Covenants
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             is
             a
             conditional
             Oath
             .
          
           Now
           if
           all
           this
           could
           be
           substantially
           prov'd
           ,
           it
           would
           go
           a
           great
           way
           towards
           a
           Conviction
           of
           those
           whose
           Consciences
           (
           for
           want
           of
           information
           in
           this
           very
           point
           )
           will
           not
           give
           
           them
           leave
           to
           take
           the
           new
           Oath
           :
           Now
           I
           could
           tell
           you
           this
           looks
           very
           like
           begging
           the
           Question
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           a
           haughty
           Imposition
           of
           your
           Sentiments
           upon
           other
           men
           ,
           having
           not
           been
           pleased
           to
           produce
           one
           Medium
           to
           prove
           so
           great
           an
           Assertion
           by
           ,
           but
           you
           pronounce
           Magisterially
           your
           Opinion
           and
           expect
           all
           your
           Readers
           should
           subscribe
           to
           you
           ,
           as
           to
           an
           infallible
           Dictator
           ;
           but
           when
           we
           took
           that
           Priviledge
           from
           the
           old
           Gentleman
           at
           Rome
           we
           did
           not
           intend
           to
           naturalize
           it
           at
           home
           ,
           we
           have
           long
           since
           Emancipated
           our selves
           from
           that
           piece
           of
           slavery
           ,
           and
           are
           something
           unwilling
           to
           be
           brought
           again
           under
           the
           same
           Yoke
           of
           Bondage
           we
           so
           effectually
           cast
           off
           ;
        
         
           Nullius
           addicti
           jurare
           in
           verba
           Magistri
           ,
        
         
           Is
           our
           Motto
           ,
           and
           whatsoever
           conceit
           you
           may
           have
           of
           your
           own
           Authority
           ,
           you
           must
           not
           expect
           the
           same
           extravagant
           Civility
           should
           be
           paid
           it
           by
           other
           Men
           ;
           you
           have
           given
           us
           but
           too
           just
           a
           cause
           to
           examine
           a
           little
           narrowly
           into
           the
           very
           best
           Reasons
           you
           have
           yet
           thought
           fit
           to
           produce
           ,
           and
           having
           not
           found
           them
           Sterling
           ,
           you
           must
           not
           take
           it
           ill
           if
           we
           bring
           the
           rest
           to
           the
           Touchstone
           .
           How
           pitifully
           you
           trifle
           with
           us
           in
           this
           Paragraph
           with
           a
           silly
           Instance
           of
           a
           Master
           and
           an
           Apprentice
           ,
           where
           you
           wisely
           suppose
           the
           Master
           to
           turn
           his
           Apprentice
           out
           of
           Doors
           ,
           and
           yet
           expect
           the
           performance
           of
           his
           Service
           ;
           did
           King
           James
           ever
           banish
           any
           Man
           to
           Mevis
           or
           the
           Barbadoes
           ,
           and
           yet
           at
           the
           same
           time
           expect
           his
           Attendance
           ,
           either
           in
           the
           Court
           or
           Camp
           ;
           or
           did
           he
           commit
           any
           Clerk
           to
           Jayl
           ,
           and
           then
           punish
           him
           for
           Non-Residence
           ?
           Your
           Instances
           and
           your
           Arguments
           are
           all
           of
           a
           piece
           ,
           and
           you
           have
           very
           ill
           luck
           with
           both
           ;
           had
           you
           prov'd
           that
           a
           Son's
           Obedience
           to
           his
           Father
           had
           held
           no
           longer
           than
           
             Pater
             se
             bene
             gesserit
          
           ,
           and
           then
           constituted
           the
           Son
           the
           Judge
           of
           his
           Fathers
           good
           or
           Male-administration
           ;
           or
           that
           the
           Wife
           was
           discharged
           of
           her
           subjection
           to
           her
           Husband
           ,
           if
           she
           can
           plead
           Actions
           of
           unkindness
           against
           him
           ,
           then
           you
           had
           done
           something
           to
           the
           purpose
           ,
           then
           you
           might
           have
           confuted
           
           the
           Apostle
           and
           passive
           Obedience
           ,
           which
           have
           taught
           submission
           not
           only
           to
           the
           good
           and
           gentle
           ,
           but
           also
           to
           the
           froward
           ;
           then
           you
           might
           have
           boldly
           deny'd
           the
           Happiness
           the
           Apostle
           tells
           us
           shall
           be
           the
           reward
           of
           them
           who
           suffer
           patiently
           in
           and
           for
           well-doing
           ,
           since
           according
           to
           you
           ,
           no
           man
           ought
           to
           suffer
           any
           longer
           than
           till
           he
           can
           either
           hinder
           or
           revenge
           his
           sufferings
           :
           I
           always
           thought
           Religion
           had
           been
           intended
           to
           restrain
           and
           correct
           our
           unruly
           Passions
           ,
           not
           to
           give
           up
           the
           Reins
           and
           let
           them
           loose
           ;
           such
           Doctrine
           is
           neither
           the
           Wisdom
           nor
           the
           Peace
           that
           comes
           from
           above
           ,
           nor
           the
           way
           thither
           ,
           but
           comes
           from
           below
           ,
           and
           is
           earthly
           ,
           sensual
           ,
           devilish
           .
        
         
           
             You
             tell
             us
             Pag.
          
           11
           &
           12
           
             you
             are
             able
             to
             prove
             that
             the
             Oath
             of
             Allegiance
             taken
             to
             a
             Tyrant
             ,
             would
             be
             a
             void
             unlawful
             and
             wicked
             Oath
             ;
             void
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             an
             obligation
             to
             obedience
             according
             to
             Law
             ,
             which
             a
             Tyrant
             makes
             it
             his
             business
             to
             destroy
             ,
             so
             that
             it
             is
             swearing
             to
             things
             inconsistent
             ;
             unlawful
             ,
             because
             the
          
           English
           
             Constitution
             will
             not
             admit
             such
             a
             Person
             to
             be
             King
             ,
             it
             knows
             no
             King
             but
             such
             as
             can
             do
             no
             wrong
             ;
             wicked
             ,
             because
             it
             strengthens
             his
             hands
             in
             the
             Destruction
             of
             our
             Countrey
             ,
          
           so
           far
           you
           :
           Now
           this
           needs
           only
           to
           be
           twice
           read
           to
           shew
           the
           absurdity
           ,
           the
           weakness
           and
           the
           malice
           of
           it
           ,
           especially
           if
           you
           design
           the
           Application
           (
           as
           by
           the
           drift
           of
           your
           Discourse
           appears
           you
           do
           )
           to
           be
           made
           to
           King
           James
           ,
           and
           to
           all
           that
           swore
           Allegiance
           to
           him
           ,
           but
           especially
           to
           them
           (
           if
           any
           such
           there
           be
           )
           who
           think
           themselves
           still
           bound
           by
           that
           Oath
           ;
           for
           we
           who
           swore
           Allegiance
           to
           him
           at
           his
           first
           coming
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           did
           it
           to
           a
           King
           not
           to
           a
           Tyrant
           ;
           nay
           ,
           it
           was
           almost
           impossible
           he
           should
           be
           a
           Tyrant
           when
           some
           of
           us
           took
           those
           Oaths
           ,
           unless
           
             susceptio
             Coronae
             facit
             Tyrannum
          
           ,
           which
           for
           some
           Body's
           sake
           I
           know
           you
           won't
           aver
           :
           he
           had
           then
           but
           just
           begun
           his
           Reign
           ,
           and
           had
           given
           us
           assurance
           of
           his
           intentions
           to
           govern
           according
           to
           Law
           :
           Nay
           ,
           even
           they
           who
           swore
           Allegiance
           to
           him
           after
           he
           had
           begun
           to
           break
           his
           word
           ,
           and
           had
           made
           some
           inroads
           upon
           Property
           and
           Religion
           ,
           still
           swore
           to
           a
           King
           and
           not
           to
           a
           Tyrant
           ;
           for
           it
           would
           be
           a
           very
           difficult
           task
           even
           for
           you
           (
           whose
           hatred
           to
           his
           Person
           has
           given
           
           you
           the
           Pen
           of
           a
           ready
           Writer
           )
           to
           assign
           by
           what
           individual
           Action
           he
           commenc'd
           Tyrant
           ,
           and
           the
           very
           moment
           wherein
           he
           ceas'd
           to
           be
           King
           :
           Vertue
           and
           Vice
           dwell
           in
           each
           others
           Neighbourhood
           ,
           and
           their
           Boundaries
           are
           to
           be
           distinguished
           by
           every
           Eye
           :
           Yet
           farther
           ,
           what
           though
           my
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           be
           an
           obligation
           of
           Obedience
           according
           to
           Law
           ?
           and
           what
           though
           the
           King
           to
           whom
           I
           swear
           goes
           about
           to
           destroy
           the
           Law
           ?
           is
           therefore
           my
           swearing
           Allegiance
           to
           him
           ,
           swearing
           to
           things
           inconsistent
           ?
           by
           no
           means
           :
           Am
           I
           bound
           by
           that
           Oath
           to
           be
           one
           of
           his
           Instruments
           that
           shall
           help
           him
           to
           subvert
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           enslave
           my
           fellow
           subjects
           ?
           or
           am
           I
           perjured
           if
           I
           refuse
           ?
           by
           no
           means
           ;
           I
           am
           indeed
           if
           I
           resist
           :
           And
           thus
           you
           may
           easily
           see
           the
           bafled
           Doctrine
           of
           passive
           Obedience
           would
           have
           found
           out
           an
           excellent
           Medium
           betwixt
           these
           two
           ,
           to
           suffer
           when
           according
           to
           Conscience
           (
           and
           that
           I
           will
           allow
           to
           be
           directed
           by
           Law
           )
           I
           can
           do
           no
           longer
           the
           pleasure
           of
           my
           King
           ;
           thus
           an
           Oath
           to
           a
           King
           who
           afterwards
           proves
           a
           Tyrant
           ,
           is
           not
           void
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           not
           
             swearing
             to
             things
             inconsistent
          
           .
           Next
           you
           say
           ,
           
             an
             Oath
             of
             Allegiance
             sworn
             to
             a
             Tyrant
             is
             Unlawful
             ,
          
           and
           for
           so
           saying
           you
           give
           this
           merry
           reason
           ,
           because
           the
           English
           Constitution
           admits
           no
           such
           Person
           to
           be
           King
           ;
           which
           takes
           away
           the
           very
           subject
           matter
           of
           our
           dispute
           ;
           for
           if
           this
           Tyrant
           can
           be
           no
           King
           ,
           I
           am
           as
           sure
           that
           no
           King
           can
           be
           no
           Tyrant
           ;
           there
           can
           be
           no
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           sworn
           in
           a
           Monarchy
           but
           to
           the
           King
           :
           so
           for
           once
           you
           are
           in
           the
           right
           ;
           for
           
             Nullius
             juramenti
             nulla
             est
             obligatio
          
           .
           Lastly
           you
           say
           ,
           
             an
             Oath
             of
             Allegiance
             sworn
             to
             a
             Tyrant
             is
             wicked
             ,
             and
             for
             this
             reason
             ,
             because
             it
             strengthens
             his
             hands
             in
             the
             destruction
             of
             our
             Countrey
             :
          
           which
           I
           flatly
           deny
           ,
           because
           (
           as
           I
           told
           you
           before
           )
           there
           is
           a
           Medium
           betwixt
           a
           sinful
           Obedience
           to
           an
           unlawful
           Command
           ,
           and
           Perjury
           ,
           which
           is
           passive
           Obedience
           ;
           but
           that
           Medium
           you
           don't
           love
           ,
           and
           therefore
           won't
           admit
           it
           .
           Again
           you
           say
           ,
           as
           soon
           as
           the
           Realm
           has
           declared
           him
           a
           Tyrant
           ,
           our
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           becomes
           void
           ,
           but
           for
           what
           reason
           ,
           according
           to
           what
           Law
           ,
           and
           by
           what
           Authority
           ,
           some
           body
           else
           must
           tell
           ,
           for
           you
           cannot
           :
           What
           
           you
           say
           in
           this
           is
           
             gratis
             dictum
          
           ,
           and
           must
           be
           swallowed
           upon
           your
           sole
           Authority
           ;
           but
           that
           I
           do
           and
           always
           shall
           except
           against
           as
           insufficient
           ,
           even
           if
           it
           could
           not
           be
           suspected
           of
           partiality
           ,
           as
           in
           this
           last
           it
           vehemently
           is
           :
           Pray
           what
           Authority
           have
           you
           to
           affirm
           ,
           which
           your
           Readers
           have
           not
           to
           deny
           ?
           But
           your
           next
           is
           a
           delicate
           flight
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           speaking
           about
           the
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           sworn
           to
           King
           
             James
             ,
             an
             Oath
             which
             ought
             not
             to
             have
             been
             MADE
             ,
             and
             is
             now
             as
             if
             it
             never
             had
             been
             MADE
             ,
             which
             was
             ill
             MADE
             ,
             and
             would
             be
             worse
             kept
             ,
          
           I
           suppose
           ,
           than
           it
           was
           MADE
           ;
           now
           there
           seems
           no
           other
           Answer
           required
           to
           this
           but
           a
           little
           of
           your
           own
           Jargon
           ,
           which
           a
           friend
           of
           mine
           has
           done
           to
           my
           Hands
           —
        
         
           
             When
             a
             Corder
             a
             cording
             ,
             encord's
             him
             a
             Cord
             ,
          
           
             In
             cording
             that
             Cord
             ,
             he
             three
             Cords
             doth
             encord
             ;
          
           
             But
             if
             one
             of
             the
             Cords
             that
             encordeth
             ,
             uncord
             ,
          
           
             Then
             the
             Cord
             that
             uncordeth
             ,
             uncordeth
             the
             Cord.
             
          
        
         
           But
           to
           be
           serious
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           very
           difficult
           amidst
           such
           stuff
           as
           this
           ,
           let
           me
           ask
           you
           ,
           Do
           you
           seriously
           believe
           ,
           that
           the
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           made
           to
           King
           James
           did
           never
           bind
           ?
           Whom
           do
           you
           arraign
           when
           you
           say
           that
           Oath
           ought
           never
           to
           have
           been
           made
           ?
           did
           he
           make
           or
           enact
           it
           himself
           ?
           or
           was
           it
           not
           made
           and
           enforced
           in
           the
           good
           days
           of
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           ,
           and
           his
           Grandfather
           King
           James
           the
           First
           ?
           or
           was
           the
           exacting
           that
           Oath
           any
           part
           of
           the
           Accusation
           laid
           to
           the
           Charge
           of
           Charles
           the
           Martyr
           ?
           or
           did
           the
           bloody
           Preachers
           of
           your
           Doctrine
           of
           Resistance
           in
           those
           days
           suppress
           any
           of
           his
           Crimes
           out
           of
           a
           tender
           regard
           to
           his
           Person
           or
           Credit
           ?
           besides
           you
           say
           ,
           it
           was
           ill
           made
           and
           would
           be
           worse
           kept
           ,
           without
           considering
           the
           strange
           Incongruity
           of
           that
           expression
           ;
           indeed
           a
           thing
           that
           is
           
             ill
             made
          
           may
           be
           
             ill
             kept
          
           ,
           but
           how
           that
           which
           is
           
             ill
             made
          
           can
           be
           worse
           kept
           ,
           I
           find
           not
           ;
           the
           guilt
           of
           keeping
           ,
           must
           bear
           proportion
           to
           the
           guilt
           of
           making
           a
           Law
           ,
           because
           the
           effect
           must
           be
           commensurate
           to
           the
           Cause
           ;
           and
           though
           the
           stream
           may
           fall
           lower
           ,
           it
           cannot
           Naturally
           rise
           
           higher
           than
           the
           Fountain
           ;
           so
           that
           we
           who
           believe
           our selves
           under
           an
           Obligation
           to
           keep
           it
           ,
           are
           for
           so
           doing
           just
           as
           guilty
           (
           and
           no
           more
           )
           as
           those
           Parliaments
           that
           made
           it
           :
           If
           then
           it
           was
           lawfully
           imposed
           ,
           and
           lawfully
           taken
           ;
           then
           as
           there
           needs
           no
           Angel
           to
           oblige
           us
           to
           keep
           it
           ,
           (
           our
           Obligation
           arising
           from
           a
           greater
           Authority
           than
           theirs
           ,
           )
           so
           none
           of
           that
           glorious
           Order
           either
           can
           or
           will
           oblige
           us
           to
           break
           it
           ,
           for
           they
           are
           the
           Ministers
           of
           good
           ,
           not
           evil
           .
        
         
           You
           say
           ,
           page
           the
           13th
           .
           the
           Maxim
           of
           those
           you
           are
           pleased
           to
           call
           Male-Contents
           ,
           is
           
             better
             Popery
             than
             Perjury
          
           .
           If
           my
           perfect
           agreement
           to
           the
           truth
           of
           that
           Proposition
           will
           render
           me
           a
           Male-Content
           ,
           I
           am
           and
           shall
           be
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           one
           all
           the
           days
           of
           my
           Life
           ;
           nay
           ,
           I
           will
           go
           one
           step
           farther
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           any
           thing
           on
           this
           side
           Hell
           worse
           than
           Popery
           ,
           I
           had
           rather
           it
           should
           befall
           me
           ,
           than
           that
           it
           should
           be
           kept
           out
           ,
           or
           prevented
           by
           any
           unlawful
           ,
           unjust
           ,
           or
           wicked
           means
           of
           mine
           whatever
           ;
           believe
           me
           ,
           he
           is
           either
           a
           mean
           Scholar
           in
           Religion
           ,
           or
           a
           very
           bold
           Man
           that
           dares
           say
           God
           stands
           in
           need
           of
           our
           Vertues
           ;
           but
           he
           must
           be
           a
           man
           of
           a
           more
           than
           ordinary
           Assurance
           (
           of
           your
           Mettle
           ,
           )
           that
           dares
           say
           God
           stands
           in
           need
           of
           our
           Vices
           .
        
         
           —
           Si
           Pergama
           Dextra
           Defendi
           possint
           ,
           etiam
           hac
           defensa
           fuissent
           .
        
         
           
             With
             his
             own
             right
             hand
             ,
             and
             with
             his
             holy
             Arm
             ,
             he
             can
             get
             himself
             the
             Victory
             :
          
           If
           he
           sees
           it
           good
           for
           us
           to
           enjoy
           the
           Blessing
           of
           a
           publick
           and
           free
           Exercise
           of
           our
           Religion
           ;
           he
           can
           do
           it
           
             without
             any
             Offence
             or
             fault
             of
             ours
             at
             all
          
           ;
           but
           if
           not
           ,
           we
           have
           been
           always
           taught
           ,
           and
           will
           constantly
           maintain
           and
           teach
           ,
           That
           we
           are
           in
           no
           Case
           to
           do
           evil
           ,
           that
           good
           may
           come
           of
           it
           ;
           not
           to
           break
           Gods
           Laws
           ,
           to
           maintain
           his
           Worship
           ;
           not
           to
           turn
           Bankrupts
           to
           Loyalty
           ,
           to
           drive
           the
           greater
           Trade
           in
           Religion
           ;
           not
           to
           shake
           hands
           with
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           to
           take
           the
           firmer
           hold
           of
           Christ
           ;
           not
           to
           forsake
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           to
           secure
           the
           Reformation
           ;
           not
           to
           bring
           in
           a
           Bill
           of
           Exclusion
           of
           the
           next
           rightful
           Heir
           ,
           to
           
           secure
           an
           Hereditary
           Monarchy
           ;
           not
           to
           think
           the
           Observation
           of
           the
           second
           and
           fourth
           ,
           a
           valuable
           Composition
           for
           the
           breach
           of
           the
           fifth
           and
           tenth
           Commandments
           ;
           these
           are
           slow
           Hebrew
           methods
           of
           Divinity
           to
           me
           ;
           as
           if
           all
           Religion
           were
           Analytical
           ,
           and
           the
           only
           way
           of
           Progression
           in
           Christianity
           ,
           were
           to
           be
           Retrograde
           in
           the
           duties
           of
           it
           :
           For
           what
           good
           can
           our
           Religion
           do
           us
           ,
           when
           we
           defend
           it
           by
           means
           that
           dishonour
           both
           it
           ,
           and
           its
           Author
           ?
           You
           desire
           us
           to
           remember
           that
           
             the
             Popery
             and
             the
             Perjury
             have
             gone
             always
             together
             ,
             and
             have
             always
             been
             both
             of
             a
             side
          
           ;
           I
           agree
           with
           you
           entirely
           as
           to
           this
           matter
           ;
           and
           I
           have
           long
           fear'd
           the
           coming
           in
           of
           Popery
           ,
           and
           I
           thank
           you
           for
           discovering
           from
           what
           Quarter
           we
           are
           to
           expect
           it
           ;
           I
           have
           in
           all
           places
           ,
           and
           upon
           every
           fair
           opportunity
           freely
           declared
           ,
           that
           Popery
           could
           never
           come
           into
           England
           ,
           unless
           carried
           upon
           Protestants
           Shoulders
           ,
           and
           the
           four
           last
           years
           Reign
           has
           not
           in
           the
           least
           confuted
           ,
           but
           confirm'd
           and
           strengthned
           that
           Opinion
           :
           Alas
           !
           What
           a
           silly
           poor
           feeble
           thing
           is
           Popery
           in
           its
           proper
           Colours
           ?
           How
           easily
           was
           it
           driven
           out
           without
           a
           blow
           ?
           Did
           we
           not
           laugh
           at
           and
           despise
           ,
           the
           Reverse
           of
           Fabius's
           Wisdom
           manifested
           in
           their
           no
           less
           foolish
           than
           hasty
           and
           forward
           methods
           to
           bring
           Popery
           in
           ?
           When
           all
           the
           Protestants
           in
           the
           world
           could
           not
           have
           taken
           a
           more
           effectual
           course
           (
           than
           themselves
           did
           )
           to
           keep
           it
           out
           :
           But
           Popery
           in
           its
           
             borrowed
             light
          
           confesses
           Anack
           ,
           whilst
           we
           Protestants
           by
           our
           Divisions
           lend
           it
           fatal
           Colours
           ,
           and
           a
           Gigantick
           proportion
           ,
           and
           Power
           ;
           in
           this
           she
           boasts
           like
           Archimedes
           ,
           she
           is
           able
           to
           turn
           the
           world
           upside
           down
           ,
           but
           she
           must
           sharpen
           her
           Instruments
           at
           your
           Forge
           ,
           and
           our
           Animosities
           must
           give
           her
           room
           whereon
           to
           set
           her
           Foot
           :
           Must
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           be
           weakned
           for
           fear
           the
           Protestant
           Interest
           should
           be
           strong
           ?
           And
           will
           she
           not
           be
           weakned
           by
           the
           Deprivation
           of
           so
           many
           as
           are
           resolv'd
           to
           make
           a
           Conscience
           of
           keeping
           the
           Oaths
           that
           they
           have
           taken
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           Obligation
           of
           which
           they
           have
           sworn
           ,
           that
           no
           power
           upon
           Earth
           is
           able
           to
           absolve
           them
           ?
           So
           that
           if
           
             Perjury
             and
             Popery
             go
             always
             together
             ,
             and
             are
             of
             a
             side
             ,
          
           you
           have
           fairly
           acquitted
           us
           from
           any
           share
           in
           the
           guilt
           of
           
           Introducing
           it
           ,
           unless
           refusing
           to
           swear
           to
           a
           new
           Oath
           ,
           in
           direct
           Contradiction
           to
           one
           we
           have
           lawfully
           sworn
           already
           ,
           be
           Perjury
           ,
           and
           methinks
           you
           might
           as
           well
           call
           it
           any
           thing
           else
           .
        
         
           See
           now
           what
           your
           Argument
           will
           amount
           to
           :
           thus
           ,
           the
           fears
           or
           Interest
           of
           a
           
             Roman
             Catholick
          
           have
           overcome
           him
           ,
           and
           prevail'd
           upon
           him
           to
           take
           an
           Oath
           wherein
           he
           does
           from
           his
           heart
           acknowledge
           Supremacy
           in
           all
           Causes
           ,
           and
           over
           all
           persons
           whether
           Ecclesiastical
           or
           Civil
           ,
           to
           be
           lodged
           in
           the
           person
           of
           a
           Protestant
           King
           in
           whose
           Dominions
           he
           Lives
           ,
           and
           upon
           Oath
           declares
           that
           he
           believes
           no
           person
           or
           persons
           upon
           Earth
           have
           any
           power
           to
           release
           him
           from
           this
           Oath
           ,
           or
           from
           any
           part
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           that
           therefore
           as
           he
           ought
           ,
           so
           he
           will
           bear
           Faith
           and
           true
           Allegiance
           to
           that
           King
           whilst
           he
           Lives
           ,
           and
           to
           his
           Heirs
           and
           lawful
           Successors
           when
           he
           is
           Dead
           ;
           now
           comes
           
             Julian
             Johnson
          
           and
           tells
           him
           ,
           after
           some
           other
           Discourse
           ,
           wherein
           he
           persuaded
           him
           not
           to
           think
           he
           lay
           under
           any
           Obligation
           to
           that
           Oath
           ;
           pish
           Sir
           ,
           you
           are
           a
           young
           Christian
           ,
           and
           a
           Stranger
           to
           that
           Liberty
           wherewith
           Christ
           hath
           made
           you
           free
           ;
           the
           King
           you
           are
           Sworn
           to
           ,
           hates
           your
           Religion
           and
           persecutes
           your
           Person
           ;
           the
           Church
           has
           declared
           him
           a
           Heretick
           ,
           and
           the
           State
           a
           Tyrant
           ,
           and
           an
           Oath
           made
           to
           a
           Tyrant
           is
           void
           ,
           unlawful
           and
           wicked
           ;
           the
           time
           of
           our
           Redemption
           is
           come
           ,
           and
           Redemption
           is
           a
           Title
           though
           Conquest
           is
           not
           ,
           and
           will
           make
           your
           Redeemer
           the
           rightfullest
           King
           that
           ever
           sat
           upon
           the
           Throne
           :
           Why
           man
           ,
           are
           you
           not
           satisfi'd
           yet
           ?
           your
           want
           of
           satisfaction
           lies
           hid
           in
           Lurking
           places
           ,
           and
           reasons
           best
           known
           to
           your self
           ,
           for
           I
           am
           able
           to
           prove
           if
           occasion
           required
           .
        
         
           (
           Non
           tali
           Auxilio
           ne
           Defensoribus
           istis
           Tempus
           eget
           .
           )
           —
        
         
           That
           your
           Oath
           did
           never
           bind
           ;
           that
           it
           is
           an
           Oath
           which
           ought
           not
           to
           have
           been
           made
           ,
           and
           is
           now
           as
           if
           it
           were
           never
           made
           ,
           which
           was
           ill
           made
           ,
           and
           would
           be
           worse
           kept
           —
           and
           by
           this
           time
           my
           Blade
           begins
           to
           relent
           ;
           truly
           Sir
           ,
           I
           
           have
           been
           always
           taught
           ,
           and
           always
           believed
           otherwise
           ,
           but
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           
             Catholick
             Religion
          
           and
           the
           good
           of
           Holy
           Church
           ,
           I
           must
           submit
           to
           your
           unanswerable
           Arguments
           ;
           and
           then
           he
           breaks
           an
           Oath
           ,
           which
           he
           had
           but
           little
           Inclination
           to
           keep
           .
           Now
           let
           any
           man
           in
           the
           world
           judge
           ,
           whether
           this
           be
           any
           more
           than
           fair
           turning
           of
           the
           Tables
           ,
           and
           giving
           just
           the
           same
           Sauce
           to
           the
           Goose
           ,
           that
           you
           gave
           to
           the
           Gander
           ;
           for
           what
           Protestant
           King
           in
           the
           world
           has
           any
           reason
           to
           think
           this
           Perjury
           in
           his
           Popish
           ,
           which
           any
           Popish
           King
           has
           not
           to
           think
           this
           Perjury
           in
           his
           Protestant
           Subjects
           ,
           with
           this
           aggravation
           of
           the
           matter
           into
           the
           Bargain
           ,
           that
           the
           Protestants
           have
           constantly
           accused
           the
           Church
           as
           prevaricating
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           and
           have
           abhorr'd
           her
           upon
           that
           very
           Score
           ,
           which
           ought
           to
           set
           that
           Example
           at
           the
           greatest
           distance
           from
           us
           ;
           and
           every
           word
           of
           this
           the
           Catholicks
           in
           Queen
           Elizabeth's
           days
           might
           well
           have
           pleaded
           ,
           if
           the
           
             Spanish
             Invasion
          
           had
           succeeded
           ;
           and
           no
           doubt
           they
           would
           have
           had
           their
           appointed
           days
           of
           Thanksgiving
           also
           ,
           and
           have
           celebrated
           Philip
           of
           Spain
           as
           their
           great
           and
           glorious
           Deliverer
           from
           Heresy
           and
           Slavery
           :
           Thus
           by
           laying
           the
           Scene
           under
           another
           Reign
           ,
           we
           may
           take
           a
           just
           Estimate
           of
           the
           unaccountable
           Partiality
           we
           are
           guilty
           of
           in
           our
           own
           Cause
           ,
           whereas
           there
           ought
           to
           be
           
             legitima
             personarum
             mutatio
          
           in
           order
           to
           the
           true
           understanding
           and
           practising
           the
           greatest
           and
           the
           most
           comprehensive
           Rule
           of
           Righteousness
           ,
           
             Whatsoever
             you
             would
             that
             men
             should
             do
             unto
             you
             ,
             do
             you
             even
             so
             unto
             them
             :
          
           Now
           if
           all
           the
           Priests
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           were
           just
           such
           Casuists
           as
           you
           are
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           People
           of
           that
           Communion
           could
           believe
           them
           ,
           and
           would
           be
           directed
           by
           them
           ,
           you
           might
           as
           well
           shackle
           the
           Hellespont
           ,
           and
           commit
           the
           Sea
           to
           the
           Gate-House
           ,
           or
           make
           any
           other
           Gotham-Act
           to
           hedge
           in
           these
           Cuckows
           ;
           for
           they
           upon
           this
           principle
           bid
           the
           same
           defence
           to
           any
           Law
           ,
           Oaths
           or
           Tests
           that
           the
           power
           or
           wit
           of
           man
           can
           make
           ,
           that
           you
           have
           done
           (
           with
           less
           reason
           )
           to
           Cambridge
           ,
           and
           the
           Church
           Julia
           shall
           spead
           the
           rest
           ;
           the
           Heathen
           Poet
           corrects
           the
           Christian
           Priest.
           
        
         
           
           
             Sunt
             qui
             in
             fortunae
             jam
             Casibus
             omnia
             ponunt
             ,
          
           
             Et
             nullo
             credunt
             Mundum
             Rectore
             moveri
             ,
          
           
             Fortuna
             volvente
             vices
             ,
             &
             Lucis
             ,
             &
             Anni
             ,
          
           
             Atque
             ideo
             intrepidi
             quaecunque
             Altaria
             tangunt
             ,
          
           
             Hic
             putat
             esse
             Deos
             ,
             ET
             PEIERAT
             .
             —
          
        
         
           Your
           14
           and
           15
           Pages
           are
           a
           glorious
           Apothesis
           of
           those
           men
           who
           were
           Executed
           according
           to
           Law
           ,
           for
           the
           meritorious
           Crimes
           of
           Treason
           and
           Rebellion
           .
           Oh!
           that
           the
           Mastership
           of
           the
           Canonization-Office
           were
           but
           divided
           betwixt
           Mr.
           Baxter
           and
           you
           ,
           we
           must
           quickly
           reform
           and
           Correct
           our
           Calendar
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           room
           of
           the
           twelve
           Apostles
           ,
           (
           those
           Church
           of
           England
           Preachers
           of
           Passive
           Obedience
           ,
           )
           Insert
           the
           Names
           of
           
             Cromwell
             ,
             Bradshaw
             ,
             Ravilliack
          
           ,
           and
           Milton
           ,
           in
           the
           Company
           of
           some
           now
           alive
           ;
           but
           ,
        
         
           
             —
             Quos
             dicere
             nolo
             ,
          
           
             Experiar
             quid
             concedatur
             in
             illos
             ,
          
           
             Quorum
             Flaminia
             tegitur
             Cinis
             atque
             Latina
             .
          
        
         
           You
           have
           this
           expression
           concerning
           some
           you
           hate
           ,
           —
           
             Who
             shed
             that
             more
             than
             Innocent
             Blood
          
           ;
           without
           adverting
           ,
           that
           every
           drop
           of
           Blood
           in
           man
           that
           pretends
           to
           be
           more
           than
           Innocent
           ,
           is
           for
           that
           very
           reason
           ,
           less
           ;
           you
           would
           do
           well
           to
           answer
           if
           you
           can
           ,
           that
           which
           you
           ignorantly
           call
           an
           infamous
           Libel
           ,
           the
           Magistracy
           and
           Government
           of
           England
           Vindicated
           ,
           and
           then
           perhaps
           we
           may
           call
           the
           Execution
           of
           that
           unfortunate
           ,
           (
           but
           by
           his
           own
           Confession
           not
           very
           innocent
           )
           Lord
           ,
           
             The
             Murther
             of
             a
             great
             Man
             :
          
           I
           cannot
           indeed
           blame
           your
           concern
           for
           the
           Death
           of
           a
           man
           ,
           whom
           you
           first
           seduced
           ,
           (
           as
           is
           credibly
           reported
           )
           and
           then
           confirm'd
           in
           the
           fatal
           Doctrin
           of
           Resistance
           against
           the
           Supreme
           Power
           ,
           in
           case
           the
           Religion
           Established
           by
           Law
           were
           invaded
           ,
           (
           which
           I
           cannot
           but
           believe
           that
           Lord
           then
           thought
           )
           contrary
           to
           the
           then
           sentiments
           of
           Dr.
           Burnet
           ,
           and
           the
           Reverend
           Dean
           of
           Canterbury
           ,
           as
           evidently
           appears
           by
           Mr.
           Deans
           Letter
           to
           that
           unfortunate
           Nobleman
           ,
           
           —
           and
           in
           that
           Letter
           he
           lays
           down
           these
           three
           Propositions
           .
        
         
           
             First
             ,
             That
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             doth
             plainly
             forbid
             the
             Resistance
             of
             Authority
             .
          
        
         
           
             Secondly
             ,
             That
             though
             our
             Religion
             be
             Established
             by
             Law
             ,
             (
             which
             your
             Lordship
             urges
             as
             a
             difference
             between
             our
             Case
             and
             the
             Case
             of
             the
             Primitive
             Christians
             ,
             )
             yet
             in
             the
             same
             Law
             which
             Establishes
             our
             Religion
             it
             is
             declared
             ,
             That
             it
             is
             not
             lawful
             upon
             any
             pretence
             whatsoever
             to
             take
             up
             Arms
             :
             Besides
             ,
             that
             there
             's
             a
             particular
             Law
             declaring
             the
             Power
             of
             the
             Militia
             to
             be
             solely
             in
             the
             King.
             And
             this
             ties
             the
             hands
             of
             Subjects
             ,
             though
             the
             Law
             of
             Nature
             ,
             and
             the
             general
             rules
             of
             Scripture
             had
             left
             us
             at
             Liberty
             ;
             which
             I
             believe
             they
             do
             not
             ,
             because
             the
             Government
             and
             Peace
             of
             humane
             Societies
             could
             not
             well
             subsist
             upon
             these
             Terms
             .
          
        
         
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             Your
             Lordships
             Opinion
             is
             contrary
             to
             the
             declared
             Doctrin
             of
             all
             Protestant
             Churches
             ;
             and
             though
             some
             particular
             persons
             have
             taught
             otherwise
             ,
             yet
             they
             have
             been
             contradicted
             herein
             and
             Condemn'd
             for
             it
             by
             the
             generality
             of
             Protestants
             ;
             —
          
           This
           is
           part
           of
           that
           Excellent
           Letter
           Dr.
           Tillotson
           wrote
           to
           my
           Lord
           ,
           to
           persuade
           him
           to
           repent
           of
           that
           dangerous
           Mistake
           ,
           by
           which
           he
           says
           ,
           
             his
             Lordship
             might
             prevent
             a
             mighty
             Scandal
             to
             the
             reformed
             Religion
             ,
             —
          
           whether
           either
           or
           both
           of
           these
           great
           Men
           have
           changed
           their
           Opinion
           since
           ,
           and
           upon
           what
           Motives
           ,
           is
           neither
           my
           Duty
           nor
           my
           present
           Business
           to
           Enquire
           ;
           however
           no
           Mans
           Example
           shall
           shock
           me
           who
           know
           that
           Truth
           ,
           like
           its
           Eternal
           Author
           ,
           
             is
             unchangeable
             ,
             the
             same
             yesterday
             and
             to
             day
             for
             ever
             .
          
           What
           you
           seem
           to
           conjecture
           some
           few
           lines
           after
           ,
           may
           for
           ought
           I
           know
           ,
           come
           to
           pass
           .
        
         
           
           Committunt
           eadem
           diverso
           Crimina
           Fato
           ,
        
         
           And
           though
           we
           are
           indeed
           guilty
           of
           Misnomers
           now
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           be
           hoped
           we
           shall
           not
           be
           always
           so
           ,
           but
           may
           enjoy
           the
           Priviledge
           we
           claim
           from
           Adam
           ,
           of
           giving
           things
           Names
           proper
           to
           their
           Natures
           .
        
         
           —
           Mentiri
           nescio
           ,
           Librum
           Si
           malus
           est
           ,
           nequeo
           laudare
           &
           poscere
           —
        
         
           Besides
           ,
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           pronounce
           a
           dreadful
           Wo
           to
           all
           such
           as
           call
           Good
           Evil
           ,
           or
           Evil
           Good.
           
        
         
           There
           are
           some
           persons
           in
           the
           World
           who
           will
           not
           thank
           you
           for
           the
           unseasonable
           mention
           you
           make
           of
           Sheriffs
           
             de
             Facto
          
           ,
           and
           not
           
             de
             Jure
          
           ;
           I
           am
           afraid
           there
           is
           a
           spice
           of
           Malice
           or
           Discontent
           upon
           some
           Disappointment
           ,
           that
           made
           you
           furnish
           us
           with
           such
           an
           ill
           natur'd
           Hint
           ,
           provoking
           us
           to
           an
           undutiful
           Enquiry
           ,
           what
           things
           there
           are
           else
           at
           present
           in
           the
           World
           that
           are
           
             de
             Facto
          
           and
           not
           
             de
             Jure
          
           ,
           and
           how
           many
           and
           great
           things
           depend
           upon
           the
           Solution
           of
           that
           Question
           ,
           no
           less
           than
           what
           the
           Authority
           is
           of
           that
           Court
           ,
           which
           you
           say
           (
           for
           I
           have
           no
           Acquaintance
           there
           ;
           )
           
             The
             Black
             Guard
             can
             make
             amongst
             themselves
             every
             day
             ,
          
           (
           pag.
           the
           17th
           )
           of
           your
           Preface
           :
           Surely
           he
           that
           writes
           as
           you
           do
           ,
           must
           measure
           things
           as
           you
           do
           ,
           by
           Success
           ;
           I
           am
           not
           without
           hopes
           ,
           that
           
             God
             will
             indeed
             restore
             Justice
             to
             this
             lost
             Nation
             ,
             and
             make
             it
             run
             down
             like
             a
             mighty
             Stream
             :
             for
             otherwise
             ,
             as
             appears
             by
             the
             repeated
             choice
             of
             Sir
          
           P.
           W.
           
             and
             others
             ;
             there
             are
             a
             Set
             of
             men
             must
             have
             the
             Priviledge
             of
             destroying
             this
             Church
             and
             Nation
             in
          
           89
           ,
           
             only
             to
             justifie
             their
             having
             done
             it
             once
             before
             in
          
           48.
           
        
         
           Hoc
           Ithacus
           velit
           &
           magno
           mercentur
           Atridae
           ,
        
         
           And
           then
           every
           honest
           Man
           could
           repeat
           ,
           and
           truly
           apply
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           Lines
           in
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           
           Victrix
           Causa
           Diis
           placuit
           ,
           sed
           Victa
           CATONI
           .
        
         
           Now
           Sir
           ,
           I
           have
           run
           through
           some
           ,
           if
           not
           most
           of
           the
           material
           Passages
           in
           your
           scurrilous
           Preface
           ;
           and
           upon
           the
           whole
           matter
           it
           plainly
           appears
           ,
           that
           you
           hate
           even
           the
           very
           Name
           of
           King
           ,
           since
           you
           have
           as
           rudely
           treated
           ,
           though
           more
           covertly
           ,
           the
           Title
           of
           King
           William
           ,
           as
           you
           have
           done
           the
           Person
           of
           King
           James
           ;
           and
           the
           boldest
           freedom
           that
           the
           late
           private
           Pamphlets
           are
           furnished
           withal
           ,
           comes
           very
           short
           of
           that
           with
           which
           you
           have
           treated
           the
           late
           proceedings
           .
           Would
           not
           a
           man
           think
           you
           a
           great
           Courtier
           when
           you
           tell
           us
           ,
           the
           Convention
           did
           not
           choose
           King
           William
           ,
           as
           the
           Persians
           did
           Darius
           by
           the
           '
           neighing
           of
           a
           Horse
           ,
           (
           page
           the
           3d.
           )
           to
           their
           immortal
           Honour
           :
           But
           you
           were
           resolved
           that
           their
           Election
           should
           not
           want
           what
           Confirmation
           could
           be
           given
           it
           ,
           by
           the
           same
           Instrument
           wherewith
           Samson
           and
           you
           have
           
             slain
             your
             Enemies
          
           .
           There
           are
           other
           things
           that
           need
           corrections
           ,
           but
           neither
           the
           Times
           nor
           you
           can
           bear
           them
           now
           ;
           but
           in
           reference
           to
           them
           I
           must
           only
           say
           as
           the
           Governour
           did
           to
           St.
           
             Paul
             ,
             Go
             thy
             way
             for
             this
             time
             ,
             when
             I
             have
             a
             more
             convenient
             season
             I
             will
             send
             for
             thee
             .
          
        
         
           And
           after
           all
           ,
           it
           would
           grieve
           me
           very
           much
           ,
           were
           I
           conscious
           to
           my self
           that
           I
           had
           measured
           even
           to
           you
           the
           same
           measure
           that
           you
           measured
           to
           your
           ,
           once
           at
           least
           ,
           lawful
           King
           ,
           and
           I
           should
           be
           very
           sorry
           that
           ever
           I
           descended
           to
           read
           your
           Preface
           ,
           fearing
           the
           infection
           of
           the
           Example
           ;
           I
           cannot
           ,
           (
           though
           but
           for
           half
           an
           hour
           )
           put
           on
           ill
           Nature
           enough
           ,
           to
           write
           up
           to
           that
           pitch
           of
           Satyr
           ,
           you
           have
           both
           deserved
           and
           provok'd
           ,
           and
           am
           but
           hardly
           reconcil'd
           to
           my
           very
           Ink
           ,
           because
           like
           you
           't
           is
           made
           of
           Copperass
           and
           Galls
           :
           but
           I
           dare
           not
           give
           way
           to
           the
           farther
           progress
           even
           of
           a
           just
           Indignation
           ,
           nor
           had
           I
           spoke
           so
           far
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           least
           engag'd
           my self
           either
           with
           your
           Book
           or
           you
           ,
           could
           I
           have
           stood
           unconcern'd
           at
           the
           sight
           of
           a
           degenerous
           Son
           ,
           like
           Nero
           ,
           ripping
           ,
           and
           like
           the
           Vulture
           preyng
           upon
           the
           Bowels
           of
           his
           two
           tender
           Mothers
           ,
           the
           University
           and
           
           the
           Church
           :
           And
           here
           indeed
           I
           must
           break
           out
           and
           say
           ,
           if
           Grief
           ,
           though
           silent
           ,
           have
           a
           Voice
           ,
           if
           Anguish
           without
           a
           Tongue
           be
           vocal
           ,
           if
           Sorrow
           be
           loud
           to
           Elah
           ,
           or
           the
           Groans
           of
           an
           expiring
           Church
           ,
           and
           a
           Consumptive
           Monarchy
           can
           be
           accented
           ;
           if
           a
           mighty
           Amazement
           and
           Consternation
           of
           an
           honest
           Mind
           ,
           but
           reasonably
           solicitous
           for
           my
           own
           and
           for
           the
           Publick
           safety
           ,
           may
           be
           allowed
           to
           have
           any
           Emphasis
           ;
           then
           the
           Injuries
           which
           Religion
           and
           Kings
           suffer
           from
           such
           Doctrins
           ,
           and
           such
           Men
           as
           these
           ,
           can
           never
           want
           Arguments
           nor
           Orators
           ;
           and
           he
           that
           pleads
           
             this
             Cause
          
           shall
           sooner
           be
           at
           a
           loss
           where
           to
           begin
           ,
           than
           what
           to
           say
           ;
           —
           
             Inopem
             me
             Copia
             fecit
          
           ;
           These
           are
           Miscreant
           Persecutors
           of
           Crowns
           ,
           who
           will
           not
           permit
           the
           Primitive
           Christians
           to
           wear
           those
           glorious
           Rewards
           of
           their
           Martyrdom
           ,
           any
           more
           than
           they
           will
           let
           them
           sit
           quietly
           upon
           the
           Heads
           of
           Kings
           ;
           you
           take
           as
           much
           pains
           to
           justifie
           ,
           as
           the
           Apostles
           did
           to
           clear
           themselves
           of
           the
           Imputation
           of
           being
           Men
           ,
           whose
           Religion
           taught
           them
           to
           
             turn
             the
             World
             upside
             down
          
           ;
           and
           therefore
           before
           you
           undertake
           to
           answer
           Dr.
           Sherlock
           ,
           you
           should
           do
           well
           to
           answer
           Christ
           and
           his
           Apostles
           in
           their
           Doctrin
           and
           Practice
           ,
           and
           the
           truly
           Primitive
           Christians
           in
           their
           Writings
           and
           Examples
           ,
           you
           should
           confute
           the
           Apologies
           of
           Tertullian
           and
           Justin
           Martyr
           ,
           and
           the
           Writings
           of
           the
           first
           and
           best
           Reformers
           ,
           the
           Articles
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           in
           general
           ,
           and
           in
           particular
           the
           Canons
           of
           40.
           you
           should
           answer
           Bishop
           
             Usher
             ,
             Sanderson
             ,
             Hammond
          
           ,
           and
           a
           whole
           Cloud
           of
           Witnesses
           in
           the
           late
           Rebellious
           Times
           ;
           the
           
             Judicium
             Oxoniense
          
           drawn
           up
           by
           Sandersou
           ,
           the
           
             Decretum
             Oxoniense
          
           drawn
           up
           by
           Dr.
           Jane
           the
           Present
           
             Regius
             Professor
          
           ;
           you
           should
           answer
           Dr.
           Scot's
           Sermon
           at
           the
           Assizes
           of
           Chelmesford
           ;
           if
           you
           are
           not
           at
           leisure
           ,
           get
           him
           to
           do
           it
           himself
           ;
           the
           forementioned
           Letter
           to
           the
           Lord
           Russel
           ,
           Dr.
           Falkner
           ,
           Sir
           
             Robert
             Filmer
          
           ,
           the
           Learned
           and
           Brave
           Judge
           Jenkins
           ,
           Dr.
           Hick's
           Jovian
           in
           answer
           to
           your
           Julian
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           that
           lodge
           the
           Supremacy
           and
           Militia
           in
           the
           King
           alone
           :
           This
           when
           you
           have
           done
           fairly
           ,
           and
           acquitted
           your self
           according
           to
           the
           Merits
           of
           the
           Cause
           ,
           you
           shall
           know
           more
           
           of
           my
           mind
           :
           But
           let
           me
           advise
           you
           to
           be
           sincere
           in
           your
           Quotations
           ,
           candid
           in
           your
           Inferences
           ,
           close
           in
           your
           Arguments
           ,
           impartial
           in
           your
           Determination
           ,
           and
           very
           modest
           in
           your
           personal
           Reflection
           ;
           envy
           no
           Man
           who
           knows
           more
           ,
           pity
           every
           man
           who
           knows
           less
           than
           your self
           ,
           triumph
           over
           the
           Infelicities
           of
           no
           Man
           of
           what
           kind
           soever
           they
           be
           ,
           especially
           such
           as
           are
           occasion'd
           by
           endeavouring
           
             to
             keep
             a
             Conscience
             void
             of
             Offence
             towards
             God
             and
             Man
             :
          
           Shun
           all
           Prevarications
           in
           Religion
           ,
           and
           Misrepresentations
           of
           Persons
           and
           Things
           ;
           it
           is
           disingenuously
           and
           barbarously
           done
           by
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           History
           of
           the
           Convention
           ,
           He
           pretends
           word
           for
           word
           to
           quote
           Mr.
           Collier's
           Desertion
           discuss'd
           ,
           and
           yet
           in
           the
           twenty
           first
           Section
           he
           has
           foisted
           in
           the
           Word
           (
           Popish
           )
           apply'd
           to
           Judges
           and
           Justices
           ,
           and
           at
           once
           deprav'd
           his
           meaning
           ,
           and
           weakned
           the
           force
           of
           his
           Argument
           ;
           and
           nothing
           can
           be
           a
           greater
           evidence
           of
           a
           bad
           Cause
           ,
           than
           making
           it
           stand
           in
           need
           of
           Lies
           and
           Forgeries
           to
           support
           it
           ,
           without
           which
           they
           could
           never
           have
           driven
           their
           Master
           away
           .
        
         
           
             
               Criminibus
               terrere
               novis
               ,
               &
               spargere
               Voces
            
             
               In
               vulgum
               ambiguas
               ,
               &
               quaerere
               Conscius
               Arma.
               
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
  

