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         Gentlewoman.
      
       
         
           1681
        
      
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             An answer to Pereat Papa, or, A reply by way of letter from a gentlewoman to a person of quality commending to her consideration a paper entituled Pereat Papa, or, Reasons why popery should not inherit the crown.
             Gentlewoman.
          
           4 p.
           
             s.n.,
             [London? :
             1681]
          
           
             Caption title.
             At head of page: Answer a fool according to his folly.
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           AN
           ANSWER
           TO
           PEREAT
           PAPA
           :
           OR
           ,
           A
           Reply
           by
           way
           of
           Letter
           FROM
           A
           GENTLEWOMAN
           to
           a
           Person
           of
           QUALITY
           ;
           Commending
           to
           her
           consideration
           a
           Paper
           Entituled
           PEREAT
           PAPA
           ;
           Or
           ,
           REASONS
           why
           POPERY
           should
           not
           inherit
           the
           CROWN
           .
        
         
           
             Answer
             a
             Fool
             according
             to
             his
             Folly.
             
          
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           HAD
           the
           Paper
           you
           sent
           me
           ,
           intituled
           
             Pereat
             Papa
             ,
             or
             Reasons
             why
          
           Popery
           
             should
             not
             usurp
             the
             Crown
          
           ,
           come
           accidentally
           to
           my
           hands
           ,
           and
           had
           not
           been
           seriously
           recommended
           to
           my
           observation
           by
           you
           ,
           I
           should
           have
           concluded
           its
           Author
           had
           jocularly
           intended
           ,
           or
           to
           ,
           use
           his
           own
           phrase
           ,
           conceived
           ,
           and
           that
           very
           candidly
           ,
           such
           Reason●
           proper
           to
           Burlesque
           ,
           a
           late
           Design
           for
           altering
           the
           Succession
           ,
           on
           account
           of
           that
           so
           often
           baffled
           a
           Cause
           called
           Popery
           .
           But
           instructed
           by
           your
           Letter
           from
           so
           wild
           a
           Reflection
           ,
           I
           begin
           to
           consider
           it
           as
           the
           Labours
           of
           some
           Grand
           Sage
           —
           Ignoramus
           of
           the
           Common-Law
           ,
           which
           furnishes
           its
           Students
           with
           Reasons
           intelligent
           to
           none
           but
           themselves
           ;
           but
           Reasons
           ,
           since
           he
           is
           pleased
           to
           call
           them
           ,
           so
           let
           them
           be
           ;
           for
           should
           a
           filly
           Woman
           venture
           to
           question
           that
           Title
           ,
           she
           might
           perhaps
           anger
           some
           terrible
           Judge
           that
           daily
           deals
           out
           Death
           with
           the
           like
           Logick
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           with
           humble
           submission
           to
           such
           powerful
           Disputants
           ,
           who
           can
           destroy
           by
           president
           those
           they
           cannot
           confute
           ,
           I
           will
           give
           you
           my
           Observations
           thereupon
           ,
           and
           first
           upon
           his
           Preamble
           ,
           in
           these
           following
           words
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           conceiv'd
           ,
           and
           that
           very
           candidly
           ,
           without
           prejudice
           to
           others
           Judgments
           ,
           or
           troubling
           our selves
           with
           that
           so
           often
           baffled
           a
           Cause
           called
           Popery
           ,
           That
           a
           Papist
           ought
           not
           to
           inherit
           or
           succeed
           to
           the
           management
           of
           the
           Crown
           .
        
         
           ANS
           .
           Now
           as
           to
           his
           candid
           conceiving
           ,
           without
           prejudice
           to
           his
           Judgment
           ,
           I
           humbly
           conceive
           ,
           That
           those
           quaint
           words
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           rest
           so
           ill
           put
           together
           ,
           are
           meer
           Non-sence
           ;
           and
           that
           without
           the
           help
           of
           his
           Title
           it
           would
           be
           hard
           to
           find
           out
           his
           meaning
           to
           be
           ,
           That
           a
           Papist
           ought
           not
           to
           succeed
           to
           the
           Crown
           :
           His
           first
           pretended
           Reason
           is
           ,
        
         
           
             R.
             1.
          
           
           In
           strictness
           of
           Law
           ,
           because
           one
           so
           qualifyed
           hath
           wilfully
           disabled
           or
           rendered
           himself
           uncapable
           of
           that
           Benefit
           which
           the
           Common-Law
           (
           after
           the
           usual
           course
           of
           descent
           )
           doth
           positively
           require
           ,
           for
           't
           is
           presumable
           ,
           That
           he
           that
           succeeds
           in
           the
           Office
           of
           the
           Crown
           should
           be
           legally
           adopted
           to
           execute
           so
           great
           a
           trust
           ;
           and
           therefore
           if
           
             Minus
             Idoneus
          
           not
           sufficiently
           ballasted
           with
           the
           Notions
           and
           Intrigues
           of
           State
           ,
           others
           are
           to
           govern
           in
           aid
           of
           him
           ,
           as
           in
           case
           of
           Ideocy
           ,
           Lunacy
           ,
           or
           the
           like
           ,
           and
           the
           Parliament
           is
           bound
           (
           as
           trusted
           to
           redress
           Grievances
           and
           secure
           the
           Nation
           )
           to
           place
           it
           where
           Religion
           and
           Propertie
           shall
           be
           adjudged
           most
           safe
           .
        
         
         
           ANS
           .
           Here
           he
           would
           be
           thought
           a
           Lawyer
           ,
           a
           Calling
           I
           have
           not
           profest
           ,
           because
           I
           observe
           Women
           are
           rarely
           made
           Judges
           ;
           but
           yet
           I
           am
           not
           so
           ignorant
           of
           the
           Common-Law
           ,
           but
           that
           I
           have
           heard
           it
           defin'd
           to
           be
           right
           reason
           ,
           guided
           by
           ancient
           usage
           :
           Therefore
           if
           this
           Gentleman
           had
           brought
           but
           one
           President
           where
           a
           Papist
           had
           been
           put
           by
           the
           Crown
           ,
           meerly
           for
           being
           such
           ,
           he
           had
           saved
           himself
           and
           his
           Readers
           much
           trouble
           in
           composing
           and
           observing
           so
           many
           nothings
           ,
           as
           his
           eight
           unintelligable
           Reasons
           amount
           to
           :
           But
           in
           the
           name
           of
           Wonder
           ,
           how
           does
           a
           Papist
           Prince
           incapacitate
           himself
           for
           the
           Crown
           by
           the
           Common-law
           ,
           (
           after
           the
           usual
           course
           of
           descent
           )
           when
           from
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Conquerour
           there
           has
           been
           one
           and
           twenty
           of
           that
           Religion
           ,
           and
           but
           five
           of
           the
           Reformed
           Church
           ,
           have
           worn
           the
           Imperial
           Crown
           of
           this
           Realm
           ;
           but
           to
           speak
           to
           the
           purpose
           ,
           it
           is
           plain
           that
           the
           Common-law
           alters
           not
           the
           Succession
           on
           account
           of
           Religion
           ,
           nor
           indeed
           on
           any
           account
           whatsoever
           ,
           no
           not
           if
           the
           King
           be
           
             Minus
             Idoneus
          
           ,
           Infant
           ,
           Ideot
           ,
           or
           Lunatick
           :
           for
           right
           reason
           ,
           continual
           usage
           ,
           with
           numberless
           Presidents
           in
           this
           and
           other
           Her●ditary
           Monarchies
           ,
           teach
           us
           .
           That
           such
           alterations
           would
           do
           more
           harm
           to
           Religion
           and
           Property
           ,
           than
           any
           of
           those
           Temporary
           Inconveniences
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           Common-Law
           ,
           both
           by
           President
           and
           right
           reason
           ,
           abhors
           his
           Reason
           :
           and
           what
           the
           Power
           or
           duty
           of
           Parliaments
           in
           this
           Case
           is
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           is
           a
           Theame
           too
           high
           for
           him
           or
           me
           to
           define
           ;
           therefore
           I
           will
           pass
           on
           to
           his
           6
           pretended
           Presidents
           of
           that
           nature
           ,
           and
           if
           any
           of
           them
           proves
           the
           least
           part
           of
           his
           purpose
           ,
           I
           will
           submit
           my
           Reason
           to
           be
           the
           Slave
           of
           Incoherency
           for
           ever
           .
        
         
           President
           the
           1st
           .
           
             Edgar
             Ethling
          
           ,
           (
           as
           Stories
           agree
           )
           was
           the
           undoubted
           Heir
           ,
           yet
           VVilliam
           the
           Norman
           ,
           commonly
           called
           the
           Conquerour
           ,
           was
           call'd
           in
           to
           oppose
           Harold
           ,
           and
           invested
           with
           the
           Crown
           ,
           and
           Ethling
           for
           ever
           an
           Exile
           and
           disinherited
           .
        
         
           2dly
           .
           After
           him
           succeeded
           his
           second
           Son
           ,
           
             William
             Rufus
          
           ,
           and
           not
           Robert
           the
           eldest
           .
        
         
           ANS
           .
           By
           his
           leave
           ,
           Stories
           do
           not
           agree
           ,
           that
           William
           was
           called
           in
           ,
           though
           Edgar
           the
           right
           Heir
           't
           is
           true
           was
           put
           by
           ,
           but
           't
           is
           as
           true
           (
           that
           Stories
           agree
           )
           that
           Liberty
           and
           Property
           were
           thereupon
           destroyed
           ;
           for
           William
           divested
           whom
           he
           pleas'd
           of
           their
           Lands
           ,
           to
           gratifie
           his
           Fellow
           Conquerours
           :
           Nor
           did
           the
           second
           William
           deal
           Kindlier
           with
           any
           whom
           he
           suspected
           had
           the
           least
           Eye
           to
           his
           Brother
           
           Robert's
           Signiority
           ;
           nor
           was
           the
           Nation
           freed
           from
           this
           Tyranny
           untill
           the
           Blood
           of
           the
           right
           Saxon
           Heir
           Edgar
           was
           again
           inocculated
           into
           the
           Crown
           by
           the
           Wife
           of
           Henry
           the
           First
           .
           Would
           any
           Man
           then
           in
           his
           right
           wits
           write
           such
           Presidents
           in
           order
           to
           preserve
           Religion
           and
           Property
           ?
        
         
           3dly
           .
           King
           John
           not
           only
           laid
           aside
           
             Arthur
             Plantaginet
          
           ,
           his
           elder
           Brother's
           Son
           ,
           but
           likewise
           put
           him
           to
           death
           .
        
         
           ANS
           .
           By
           this
           President
           Ignoramus
           discovers
           his
           Morals
           ;
           For
           that
           King
           John
           usurp'd
           against
           his
           Nephew
           Arthur
           none
           denys
           ;
           and
           that
           thereupon
           ensued
           Bloody
           Intestine
           Broyls
           ,
           with
           the
           loss
           of
           Normandy
           &c.
           with
           other
           National
           Miseries
           ,
           the
           constant
           consequences
           of
           such
           mutations
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           murther'd
           his
           Nephew
           he
           ever
           denyed
           ;
           though
           had
           our
           Lawyer
           been
           of
           his
           Council
           ,
           he
           might
           have
           boasted
           it
           ,
           because
           't
           is
           two
           to
           one
           ,
           the
           young
           Prince
           stood
           Popishly
           affected
           .
        
         
           4thly
           .
           In
           Cicily
           there
           was
           lately
           a
           great
           Contest
           between
           the
           two
           Sons
           of
           Charles
           the
           Second
           ,
           Martellus
           and
           Robert
           ,
           and
           I
           find
           the
           Crown
           awarded
           to
           Robert
           the
           youngest
           ,
           as
           ,
           
             Magnus
             dignus
             ad
             Regandum
          
           .
        
         
           5thly
           .
           Alexander
           was
           demanded
           to
           whom
           he
           would
           bequeath
           his
           Scepter
           ,
           he
           said
           ,
           
             To
             the
             worthiest
             ,
             and
             to
             him
             whose
             Sword
             hath
             the
             sharpest
             point
          
           ;
           meaning
           ,
           to
           him
           whose
           Vertues
           were
           most
           Luculent
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           brightest
           Integrity
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           disposition
           of
           Jacob
           ,
           passing
           by
           Manasses
           ,
           and
           conferring
           the
           Blessing
           on
           Ephraim
           the
           younger
           ,
           as
           most
           deserving
           and
           acceptable
           to
           God.
           
        
         
           ANS
           .
           Now
           would
           I
           defie
           your
           Author
           ,
           or
           the
           most
           cunning
           Sophister
           on
           Earth
           ,
           to
           make
           these
           two
           Presidents
           ,
           or
           any
           part
           of
           them
           ,
           to
           quadrate
           in
           the
           least
           with
           his
           Title
           to
           them
           :
           There
           are
           several
           Presidents
           of
           this
           nature
           ,
           but
           he
           is
           extream
           lucky
           in
           his
           choice
           ,
           both
           of
           words
           and
           matters
           which
           are
           nothing
           to
           the
           purpose
           ,
           and
           above
           all
           in
           the
           next
           .
        
         
           6thly
           .
           The
           State
           of
           France
           rejected
           the
           King
           of
           Navarr
           ,
           and
           appointed
           Henry
           the
           Fourth
           to
           reign
           over
           them
           ,
           because
           of
           another
           Religion
           ,
           in
           leaving
           God
           ,
           and
           complying
           with
           their
           Church
           ,
           to
           gain
           a
           Crown
           ,
           with
           what
           a
           Tragical
           end
           did
           they
           reward
           him
           ?
        
         
           ANS
           .
           Would
           not
           this
           President
           give
           me
           just
           cause
           to
           believe
           ,
           That
           the
           Gentleman
           was
           burlesqueing
           his
           Cause
           ;
           for
           who
           could
           think
           a
           man
           so
           ill
           verst
           in
           History
           ,
           should
           pretend
           to
           quote
           Presidents
           from
           it
           ;
           They
           rejected
           ,
           says
           he
           ,
           the
           King
           of
           Navarr
           for
           Henry
           the
           Fourth
           ;
           and
           why
           could
           he
           not
           have
           said
           ,
           They
           rejected
           again
           Henry
           the
           Fourth
           for
           the
           King
           of
           Navarr
           ;
           and
           so
           it
           had
           been
           a
           noble
           President
           to
           such
           as
           did
           not
           know
           that
           Henry
           the
           4th
           ,
           and
           the
           King
           of
           Navarr
           ,
           were
           one
           and
           the
           same
           Person
           :
           But
           why
           should
           I
           concern
           my self
           with
           so
           impertinent
           a
           Paper
           ;
           for
           indeed
           all
           his
           Presidents
           are
           as
           much
           to
           the
           purpose
           ,
           as
           the
           reply
           to
           ones
           demand
           ,
           Why
           the
           Devil
           was
           generally
           painted
           with
           Horns
           ?
           how
           says
           the
           other
           ,
           did
           you
           never
           read
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           that
           
             the
             Devil
             goes
             about
             like
             a
             roaring
             Lyon
             ,
             seeking
             whom
             he
             may
             devour
             .
          
           Therefore
           ,
           not
           much
           to
           combate
           a
           Nothing
           .
           I
           will
           only
           observe
           the
           Gentleman
           strangely
           forgot
           one
           President
           ,
           proper
           indeed
           to
           his
           Principals
           and
           Morals
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           Deposal
           and
           Murther
           of
           Charles
           the
           First
           ,
           on
           pretence
           ,
           amongst
           other
           Falshoods
           ,
           that
           he
           favoured
           Popery
           ;
           This
           truly
           ,
           as
           to
           his
           design
           ,
           is
           worth
           a
           thousand
           such
           as
           he
           hath
           quoted
           .
        
         
           Reas
           .
           2.
           
           Can
           it
           be
           thought
           but
           that
           he
           that
           succeeds
           in
           the
           Crown
           ,
           should
           not
           succeed
           
             Concurrentibus
             his
             qui
             in
             jure
             requiserunt
             ,
          
           as
           the
           Civil
           Law
           expresses
           it
           ,
           That
           in
           all
           the
           concerns
           thereof
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           Laws
           ,
           principally
           those
           that
           relate
           to
           Religion
           ,
           and
           not
           for
           one
           man
           led
           away
           with
           a
           purblind
           
           perverseness
           ,
           renouncing
           the
           Religion
           he
           knows
           not
           why
           ,
           (
           and
           so
           wilfully
           attainting
           himself
           )
           to
           inthrall
           the
           Nation
           in
           Superstition
           and
           Tyranny
           ;
           for
           regularly
           in
           all
           parts
           ,
           where
           Popish
           Lords
           are
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           there
           Tyranny
           of
           course
           rages
           in
           the
           State.
           
        
         
           ANS
           .
           Can
           this
           be
           thought
           to
           look
           to
           any
           reasonable
           man
           like
           Reason
           ,
           for
           ,
           except
           a
           scrap
           of
           Latine
           ,
           (
           whereby
           the
           Gentleman
           pretends
           to
           the
           Civil
           Law
           ,
           of
           which
           he
           understands
           as
           much
           as
           of
           the
           Common
           ,
           or
           History
           )
           there
           is
           not
           one
           word
           to
           the
           purpose
           ;
           for
           ,
           what
           can
           purblind
           perverseness
           ,
           or
           wilfully
           attainting
           himself
           mean
           more
           than
           mallice
           ,
           as
           the
           whole
           Sentence
           indeed
           is
           intended
           for
           ,
           concluding
           with
           a
           positive
           falseness
           ,
           since
           it
           is
           well
           known
           we
           owe
           our
           thanks
           for
           
             Magna
             Charta
          
           ,
           and
           other
           Franchises
           to
           Popish
           Princes
           .
        
         
           Reas
           .
           3.
           
           'T
           is
           a
           Maxime
           amongst
           Lawyers
           ,
           that
           ,
           
             Lex
             facit
             Regem
          
           ;
           and
           Maxims
           must
           not
           be
           denyed
           ;
           if
           so
           ,
           then
           to
           speak
           out
           after
           the
           true
           intendment
           of
           the
           Law
           ;
           he
           that
           comes
           not
           to
           the
           Crown
           satiatim
           ,
           as
           the
           Law
           notifies
           ,
           and
           prescribes
           ,
           't
           is
           no
           lawful
           Succession
           ,
           but
           down-right
           usurpation
           ,
           and
           without
           scruple
           it
           is
           in
           the
           Devoir
           of
           every
           good
           Christian
           to
           withstand
           an
           Usurper
           ,
           it
           being
           undoubtedly
           more
           pleasing
           to
           God
           to
           put
           one
           man
           by
           who
           thus
           wilfully
           disables
           himself
           ,
           and
           withall
           most
           shamefully
           usurps
           ,
           than
           expose
           Millions
           of
           Souls
           to
           Damnation
           ,
           and
           the
           Streets
           to
           flow
           with
           Blood
           ,
           by
           suffering
           that
           Religion
           to
           creep
           in
           ,
           whose
           Reformation
           (
           at
           the
           milder
           rate
           )
           will
           certainly
           prove
           Fire
           and
           Faggot
           .
        
         
           For
           this
           very
           cause
           Mecha
           was
           removed
           from
           being
           Queen
           ,
           by
           her
           Son
           King
           Asa
           ,
           for
           making
           an
           Idol
           in
           a
           Grove
           ,
           incited
           thereunto
           by
           the
           Prophet
           Azariah
           .
        
         
           ANS
           .
           I
           will
           believe
           it
           is
           a
           Maxime
           ,
           and
           by
           it
           is
           only
           meant
           :
           That
           by
           the
           Law
           ,
           the
           next
           of
           blood
           ,
           is
           made
           King
           ;
           for
           as
           to
           his
           inference
           ,
           't
           is
           malicious
           ,
           Trayterous
           ,
           and
           Ridiculous
           ,
           setting
           up
           in
           every
           pretended
           good
           Christian
           ,
           a
           power
           to
           depose
           any
           Prince
           he
           pleases
           to
           call
           an
           Usurper
           ;
           for
           his
           Fire
           and
           Faggots
           they
           are
           meerly
           Wildfire
           in
           his
           own
           Brains
           ,
           as
           his
           Example
           of
           King
           Asa
           is
           ,
           who
           only
           took
           from
           his
           Mother
           the
           dignity
           of
           a
           Queen
           :
           for
           the
           Regal
           Power
           was
           before
           in
           himself
           ,
           and
           sure
           he
           had
           reason
           to
           suppress
           in
           his
           first
           Subject
           so
           great
           an
           Example
           of
           Idolatry
           .
        
         
           Reas
           .
           4.
           
           The
           succession
           of
           the
           Crown
           and
           a
           common
           descent
           much
           differ
           ,
           for
           if
           an
           Heir
           that
           's
           a
           subject
           prove
           loose
           and
           debauch'd
           it
           little
           damnifies
           the
           Publick
           ,
           more
           deserving
           persons
           may
           haply
           step
           into
           his
           Possession
           ,
           and
           be
           more
           serviceable
           to
           the
           Publick
           ;
           the
           dammage
           is
           still
           but
           private
           to
           his
           own
           Family
           .
           But
           in
           case
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           there
           is
           none
           so
           senseless
           but
           must
           needs
           conceive
           the
           dammage
           most
           fatal
           ,
           because
           universal
           ,
           the
           whole
           Nation
           must
           inevitably
           suffer
           ,
           Religion
           be
           subverted
           ,
           and
           Property
           destroyed
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           people
           in
           danger
           of
           their
           lives
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           well
           known
           in
           the
           private
           case
           ,
           the
           Heir
           is
           usually
           thrown
           off
           and
           dis-inherited
           ,
           if
           an
           Entail
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           destroyed
           ,
           and
           the
           Law
           justifies
           it
           .
           The
           like
           in
           the
           publick
           of
           the
           Throne
           (
           the
           Grand
           Inquisitors
           of
           State
           and
           Conservators
           of
           the
           Liberties
           of
           England
           )
           the
           Parliament
           may
           for
           weighty
           Causes
           refuse
           the
           Heir
           presumptive
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           safety
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           settle
           it
           where
           they
           in
           honour
           and
           prudence
           conceive
           most
           proper
           .
        
         
           ANS
           .
           What
           shall
           I
           say
           more
           to
           all
           this
           New-Nothing
           ,
           but
           that
           't
           is
           not
           fit
           he
           or
           I
           should
           limit
           the
           power
           of
           the
           King
           in
           his
           Parliament
           ;
           but
           't
           is
           to
           be
           supposed
           that
           they
           will
           know
           best
           how
           to
           obey
           new
           Laws
           ,
           who
           are
           not
           factious
           against
           the
           Old
           ,
           as
           your
           Author
           most
           impudently
           appears
           to
           be
           ,
           notwithstanding
           his
           Golden
           Rule
           .
        
         
           Reas
           .
           5.
           
           We
           read
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Golden
           Rule
           we
           must
           walk
           by
           ;
           That
           Libnah
           revolted
           from
           Jehoram
           because
           he
           had
           forsaken
           the
           God
           of
           his
           Fathers
           ,
           and
           so
           we
           had
           better
           forsake
           man
           and
           adhere
           to
           God
           in
           keeping
           our
           Religion
           ,
           than
           trust
           to
           man
           and
           lose
           God
           ,
           to
           be
           unavoidably
           destroyed
           here
           ,
           and
           hereafter
           irrecoverably
           damned
           in
           serving
           Baal
           ,
           and
           parting
           with
           the
           Divinity
           now
           establisht
           .
        
         
           ANS
           .
           This
           might
           have
           past
           as
           well
           for
           a
           President
           ,
           as
           a
           Reason
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           infers
           from
           it
           a
           necessity
           to
           revolt
           from
           the
           worship
           of
           Baall
           ,
           for
           the
           Divinity
           establisht
           ,
           which
           priviledge
           by
           my
           consent
           no
           body
           shall
           deny
           him
           ,
           since
           he
           has
           already
           made
           a
           revolt
           from
           Common-sense
           and
           Humanity
           ,
           by
           so
           many
           vain
           and
           Chymerical
           suppositions
           as
           are
           put
           together
           in
           this
           and
           his
           next
           Reason
           .
        
         
           Reas
           .
           6.
           
           When
           Rehoboam
           
             had
             prepared
             a
             huge
             Army
             to
             reduce
             the
          
           Israelites
           ,
           
             he
             was
             forbidden
             by
             the
             Prophet
             ,
          
           Thus
           saith
           the
           Lord
           ,
           ye
           shall
           not
           go
           up
           nor
           fight
           against
           your
           brethren
           ,
           for
           this
           is
           for
           me
           ,
           mark
           ,
           he
           calls
           them
           Brethren
           not
           Rebels
           .
        
         
           Passive
           Obedience
           therefore
           is
           simple
           and
           fit
           for
           tame
           Owls
           that
           know
           no
           better
           ,
           now
           God
           has
           discover'd
           the
           Snare
           and
           the
           Pit
           of
           Ruins
           that
           the
           Pope
           and
           the
           Devil
           has
           prepar'd
           for
           us
           ,
           if
           we
           do
           not
           timely
           countermine
           it
           by
           cautionary
           Laws
           to
           suppress
           those
           that
           dig'd
           it
           ,
           we
           may
           in
           a
           short
           space
           be
           thrown
           into
           it
           head-long
           and
           no
           one
           pity
           us
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           Right
           Line
           with
           some
           shallow
           pated
           talkers
           ,
           is
           a
           
             Noli
             me
             tangere
          
           ,
           so
           sacred
           forsooth
           ,
           that
           we
           must
           venture
           Body
           and
           Soul
           in
           subjecting
           our selves
           to
           all
           the
           curses
           imaginable
           that
           Hell
           it self
           can
           inflict
           on
           us
           ,
           rather
           than
           in
           the
           least
           alter
           or
           controul
           it
           ,
           a
           very
           frivolous
           Caveat
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           be
           heeded
           ,
           humane
           examples
           ,
           as
           I
           shewed
           before
           ,
           have
           voted
           against
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           Scripture
           warrants
           it
           ,
           Samuel
           foretold
           in
           the
           Case
           of
           Saul
           that
           he
           would
           be
           rejected
           for
           his
           disobedience
           ,
           though
           not
           his
           Person
           degraded
           or
           Deposed
           ,
           yet
           that
           the
           Kingdom
           should
           both
           be
           remov'd
           from
           his
           Line
           and
           Tribe
           ,
           which
           was
           done
           accordingly
           ,
           and
           transferred
           on
           David
           .
        
         
           This
           proves
           very
           fully
           that
           Heirs
           ,
           or
           next
           in
           Succession
           ,
           are
           not
           so
           immoveably
           placed
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           
           may
           lawfully
           (
           on
           just
           Cause
           )
           be
           displaced
           ,
           if
           not
           legally
           Quallified
           ,
           and
           others
           put
           up
           for
           Gods
           glory
           in
           their
           Rooms
           .
        
         
           God
           raised
           Jehu
           to
           purge
           Idolatry
           against
           the
           House
           of
           Ahab
           ,
           all
           the
           Sons
           of
           Ahab
           were
           beheaded
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           manner
           his
           whole
           Line
           cut
           off
           ,
           for
           his
           good
           Service
           he
           had
           a
           Promise
           of
           a
           special
           Blessing
           for
           his
           Issue
           to
           continue
           the
           Throne
           to
           the
           fourth
           generation
           ,
           several
           other
           instances
           I
           could
           give
           ,
           but
           this
           may
           suffice
           .
        
         
           In
           brief
           there
           is
           no
           Reformed
           Church
           ,
           from
           the
           first
           Waldenses
           of
           Lyons
           and
           Languedock
           to
           this
           very
           day
           ,
           but
           have
           held
           it
           lawful
           .
        
         
           ANS
           .
           Through
           all
           the
           railing
           and
           no
           Reason
           of
           this
           long
           Reason
           ,
           I
           will
           only
           pick
           out
           these
           Observations
           ;
           First
           ,
           That
           the
           Author
           is
           no
           true
           Son
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           who
           has
           always
           taught
           her
           Children
           Passive
           Obedience
           at
           least
           ,
           for
           which
           they
           are
           by
           our
           mannerly
           Statists
           branded
           with
           the
           Titles
           of
           Tame
           Owls
           and
           shallow
           pated
           Talkers
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           That
           he
           has
           cast
           an
           Aspersion
           on
           all
           the
           Reformed
           Churches
           ,
           from
           the
           first
           
             Waldenses
             ,
             &c.
          
           to
           this
           day
           ,
           for
           holding
           his
           Wild
           Principles
           and
           bloody
           Examples
           lawful
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           What
           greater
           advantage
           he
           could
           have
           given
           the
           Jesuits
           ,
           falsly
           charged
           with
           such
           Principles
           ,
           to
           retort
           them
           on
           the
           Reformers
           ,
           I
           cannot
           tell
           ,
           but
           this
           am
           sure
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           true
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           fair
           Caveat
           to
           all
           Princes
           ,
           not
           subject
           to
           such
           Doctines
           ,
           to
           be
           careful
           of
           their
           spreading
           in
           their
           Dominions
           ,
           for
           at
           worst
           't
           is
           less
           dangerous
           to
           have
           one
           Mad
           Deposer
           ,
           called
           the
           Pope
           ,
           at
           a
           distance
           ,
           then
           to
           have
           every
           Town
           in
           ones
           Dominions
           crouded
           with
           such
           Soveraign
           Judges
           ,
           whose
           Sentences
           may
           be
           executed
           according
           to
           this
           Divinity
           by
           every
           desperate
           hand
           .
        
         
           Reas
           .
           7.
           
           'T
           is
           conceited
           by
           half-witted
           States-men
           ,
           that
           Restrictive
           Laws
           may
           prevent
           all
           mischief
           ,
           and
           secure
           the
           Protestants
           :
           A
           very
           vain
           Opinion
           ,
           and
           most
           fallacious
           ;
           for
           Laws
           will
           never
           bind
           ,
           but
           more
           enrage
           ,
           shackle
           him
           as
           you
           will
           ,
           and
           load
           him
           with
           ne're
           so
           many
           Laws
           ,
           when
           King
           ,
           he
           and
           his
           Party
           will
           be
           restless
           ,
           till
           they
           have
           set
           themselves
           at
           liberty
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           the
           Protestants
           under
           ;
           when
           King
           he
           is
           not
           Impeachable
           ,
           and
           the
           
             posse
             Regni
          
           will
           then
           be
           at
           his
           disposal
           .
        
         
           When
           the
           Wolf
           is
           Shepherd
           ,
           the
           Flock
           is
           very
           safe
           indeed
           ,
           and
           like
           to
           be
           well
           look't
           to
           ;
           after
           all
           denounceable
           at
           will
           ;
           for
           if
           his
           Party
           now
           commit
           such
           outrages
           ,
           that
           no
           Age
           can
           parallel
           ,
           what
           will
           they
           do
           then
           ?
           now
           no
           man
           safe
           in
           his
           Bed
           ,
           then
           none
           safe
           at
           all
           ;
           they
           will
           adventure
           to
           murder
           people
           covertly
           ,
           and
           in
           their
           houses
           ,
           for
           they
           hold
           it
           no
           more
           sin
           than
           to
           kill
           a
           Dog.
           
        
         
           ANS
           .
           The
           Gent.
           might
           have
           been
           more
           mannerly
           in
           his
           Character
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           considered
           what
           States-man
           has
           lately
           in
           Council
           ,
           or
           rather
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           declared
           his
           Opinion
           for
           the
           Restrictive
           Laws
           under
           a
           right
           Succession
           ;
           whose
           Declaration
           ought
           to
           have
           made
           that
           matter
           ,
           
             A
             noli
             me
             tangere
          
           ,
           at
           least
           to
           any
           private
           person
           :
           But
           he
           that
           dare
           speak
           evil
           of
           Dignities
           ,
           and
           brand
           Superiours
           with
           the
           Title
           of
           half-witted
           States-men
           ,
           would
           ,
           had
           he
           but
           half
           the
           courage
           that
           he
           has
           malice
           ,
           commit
           greater
           outrages
           ,
           than
           Fancy
           can
           make
           the
           others
           guilty
           of
           .
        
         
           Reas
           .
           8.
           
           In
           fine
           ,
           be
           sure
           he
           and
           his
           Party
           (
           which
           will
           daily
           encrease
           ,
           and
           the
           Protestants
           decline
           )
           will
           soon
           get
           an
           opportunity
           ,
           either
           by
           Stratagem
           ,
           or
           open
           force
           ,
           to
           avoid
           all
           Laws
           ,
           though
           they
           are
           ne're
           so
           strong
           and
           wary
           ,
           and
           so
           impossible
           to
           be
           safe
           without
           a
           Protestant
           Successor
           .
        
         
           ANS
           .
           This
           Prophetical
           Reason
           ,
           in
           fine
           ,
           is
           at
           best
           but
           one
           Doctors
           Opinion
           ,
           and
           ,
           I
           doubt
           me
           ,
           but
           a
           meer
           Mountebank
           at
           the
           Pulse
           of
           a
           Kingdom
           :
           of
           which
           I
           will
           assure
           you
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           I
           perceive
           by
           his
           Paper
           he
           knows
           so
           little
           ,
           that
           a
           better
           Discourse
           often
           comes
           
             ex
             tempore
          
           from
           a
           good
           Woman
           at
           a
           Gossiping
           upon
           the
           same
           Subject
           .
           For
           the
           whole
           ,
           't
           is
           an
           unconnext
           Rapsody
           of
           meer
           words
           ,
           interlaced
           with
           scraps
           of
           Latine
           ,
           brought
           in
           to
           as
           little
           purpose
           as
           his
           Presidents
           ;
           so
           that
           if
           he
           be
           your
           Acquaintance
           (
           for
           Friend
           he
           cannot
           be
           to
           so
           worthy
           a
           Person
           )
           perswade
           him
           to
           keep
           his
           Ignorance
           out
           of
           Paper
           hereafter
           ;
           and
           his
           Impudence
           ,
           to
           treat
           of
           Subjects
           so
           much
           above
           his
           comprehension
           ,
           will
           pass
           off
           well
           enough
           in
           Coffee-Houses
           ,
           where
           to
           rail
           sufficiently
           against
           Popery
           ,
           is
           policy
           to
           the
           purpose
           :
           To
           which
           Crouds
           of
           unthinking
           Praters
           ,
           I
           freely
           bequeath
           him
           ,
           as
           I
           do
           my self
           ,
           to
           be
           for
           ever
           ,
        
         
           
             Yours
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           SInce
           my
           Answer
           to
           yours
           ,
           in
           slight
           observations
           ,
           on
           
             Pereat
             Papa
          
           ,
           I
           find
           the
           Author
           so
           fond
           of
           his
           folly
           ,
           as
           to
           put
           it
           in
           print
           ,
           though
           with
           a
           little
           alteration
           ,
           I
           suppose
           by
           direction
           from
           the
           Printer
           ,
           for
           he
           has
           chang'd
           his
           first
           President
           ;
           not
           into
           better
           sense
           ,
           nor
           a
           jot
           more
           to
           his
           purpose
           ,
           but
           into
           something
           that
           shews
           he
           has
           been
           told
           by
           some
           body
           ,
           that
           Henry
           the
           Fourth
           of
           France
           ,
           was
           the
           rejected
           King
           of
           Navar
           ;
           but
           his
           Historian
           ,
           it
           seems
           ,
           could
           not
           inform
           him
           ,
           that
           the
           Crown
           was
           setled
           on
           his
           Head
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           had
           a
           long
           ,
           glorious
           ,
           and
           prosperous
           Reign
           ,
           till
           assassinated
           by
           a
           desperate
           ,
           barbarous
           ,
           and
           irreligious
           Villain
           ,
           upon
           a
           private
           revenge
           as
           was
           ever
           believed
           ,
           and
           has
           been
           since
           confest
           by
           Ravillacks
           Brother
           on
           his
           Death-bed
           in
           Germany
           .
           The
           Printer
           too
           had
           the
           manners
           ,
           I
           suppose
           ,
           against
           the
           Authors
           will
           ,
           to
           leave
           out
           the
           witty
           Epithet
           of
           tame
           Owls
           ,
           given
           to
           the
           passive
           obedience
           in
           his
           sixth
           Reason
           ;
           other
           material
           change
           there
           is
           none
           ,
           and
           you
           must
           pardon
           this
           ,
           being
           printed
           since
           :
           'T
           is
           pity
           the
           World
           should
           see
           the
           Coxcomb
           uncorrected
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           the
           hand
           of
           a
           Woman
           ,
           the
           provocation
           whereof
           ,
           I
           suppose
           ,
           made
           him
           appeal
           to
           the
           more
           Judicious
           in
           print
           ,
           and
           has
           forced
           me
           to
           do
           the
           same
           ,
           with
           this
           addition
           to
           my
           first
           Sentence
           —
           
             Bray
             a
             Fool
             in
             a
             Mortar
             ,
             and
             he
             will
             not
             return
             from
             his
             folly
             .
          
        
      
    
     
  

