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         Phillips, John, 1631-1706.
      
       
         
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             Sam. Ld. Bp. of Oxon, his celebrated reasons for abrogating the test and notions of idolatry, answered by Samuel, Arch-Deacon of Canterbury.
             Phillips, John, 1631-1706.
          
           
             The third edition.
          
           [2], 22 p.
           
             [s.n.],
             London printed :
             1688.
          
           
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           Parker, Samuel, 1640-1688. -- Reasons for abrogating the test imposed upon all members of Parliament.
           Test Act (1673)
           Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1660-1688.
        
      
    
     
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           SAM
           .
           L
           d.
           B
           p.
           of
           OXON
           ,
           His
           Celebrated
           REASONS
           FOR
           ABROGATING
           THE
           TEST
           ,
           And
           NOTIONS
           of
           IDOLATRY
           ,
           ANSWERED
           BY
           SAMUEL
           ,
           Arch-Deacon
           of
           Canterbury
           .
        
         
           The
           Third
           Edition
           .
        
         
           It
           's
           better
           to
           Indulge
           Mens
           Vices
           and
           Debaucheries
           ,
           than
           their
           Consciences
           .
           
             Sam.
             Park
             .
             
               Eccles.
               Pol.
            
             Pag.
             54.
             
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           ,
           1688.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           THere
           is
           nothing
           hereby
           intended
           to
           impugn
           the
           
             Abrogation
             of
             the
             TEST
          
           :
           May
           His
           Majesty's
           Sacred
           Will
           and
           Pleasure
           be
           fulfill'd
           ;
           and
           may
           the
           Rights
           of
           the
           
             English
             Peerage
          
           remain
           Inviolable
           .
           But
           there
           seems
           to
           have
           been
           an
           absolute
           Necessity
           ,
           for
           the
           AUTHOR
           of
           the
           
             Reasons
             for
             Abrogating
             the
             TEST
          
           ,
           to
           have
           Repeal'd
           his
           most
           bitter
           Invectives
           against
           the
           Nonconformists
           ,
           and
           his
           Tempestuous
           Indignation
           against
           Dissenters
           in
           general
           ;
           so
           diametrically
           opposite
           to
           the
           Serene
           and
           Pious
           Desires
           and
           Resolutions
           of
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           to
           make
           His
           Subjects
           happy
           ,
           and
           unite
           them
           to
           Him
           as
           well
           by
           Inclination
           ,
           as
           Duty
           ;
           and
           to
           have
           shew'd
           his
           Compliance
           to
           His
           Majesty
           in
           all
           His
           most
           Laudable
           and
           Generous
           Designs
           ,
           before
           he
           had
           singl'd
           out
           that
           particular
           Point
           of
           the
           TEST
           ,
           meerly
           to
           hook
           in
           a
           Plea
           for
           Transubstantiation
           ,
           and
           his
           own
           New
           modell'd
           Notions
           of
           Idolatry
           .
           But
           let
           Others
           ,
           whom
           it
           may
           concern
           ,
           dispute
           
           those
           Controversies
           :
           The
           present
           Question
           is
           ,
           Whether
           his
           Lordship
           of
           Oxon
           ,
           have
           Retracted
           his
           Discouses
           of
           
             Ecclesiastical
             Polity
          
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           ,
           those
           Passages
           in
           them
           ,
           which
           run
           so
           apparently
           counter
           to
           His
           Majesty's
           
             Gracious
             Declaration
             for
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             ?
          
           Otherwise
           he
           may
           seem
           to
           have
           calculated
           his
           Writings
           for
           the
           various
           Meridians
           of
           State
           ;
           and
           his
           Arguments
           will
           not
           bear
           that
           Weight
           ,
           which
           (
           tho'
           the
           same
           ,
           yet
           )
           coming
           from
           Another
           Person
           ,
           they
           would
           have
           done
           .
        
         
           NOW
           ,
           there
           cannot
           be
           a
           more
           certain
           Touch-stone
           of
           Truth
           of
           the
           
           Bishop's
           ,
           or
           
           Arch-Deacon's
           (
           which
           you
           please
           ,
           for
           they
           are
           both
           the
           same
           Person
           's
           )
           
             Ecclesiastical
             Polity
          
           ,
           than
           the
           Declaration
           it self
           :
           Only
           ,
           out
           of
           his
           Christian
           Charity
           ,
           the
           Arch-Deacon
           has
           Peopled
           the
           Kingdom
           with
           such
           a
           dreadful
           
             Canaille
             ,
          
           (
           all
           but
           those
           of
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           )
           that
           Astonishment
           it self
           might
           wonder
           well
           ,
           were
           his
           unconscionable
           Epithetes
           to
           be
           allow'd
           ,
           that
           so
           Gracious
           ,
           so
           Indulgent
           ,
           so
           Soft
           and
           Calm
           a
           Declaration
           ,
           should
           come
           forth
           in
           Kindness
           to
           such
           a
           Rabble
           :
           For
           Those
           whom
           His
           Majesty
           
           calls
           
             His
             Good
             Subjects
          
           ,
           the
           Arch-Deacon
           continually
           strigmatizes
           with
           the
           foul
           Epithetes
           of
           
             Iugglers
             ,
             Dissemblers
             ,
             Wicked
             Rebellious
             ,
             Hypocrites
             ,
             
             Sons
             of
             Strife
             and
             Singularity
             ,
             and
             most
             notorious
             Hereticks
             .
          
           And
           ,
           upon
           this
           Supposition
           ,
           as
           the
           Foundation
           of
           his
           Pile
           ,
           that
           the
           Generality
           of
           the
           People
           of
           England
           are
           such
           ,
           (
           for
           he
           excepts
           none
           but
           Those
           of
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           )
           he
           rears
           the
           Fabrick
           of
           his
           
             Ecclesiastical
             Polity
          
           ;
           wherein
           he
           had
           only
           this
           Misfortune
           ,
           to
           be
           of
           a
           quite
           contrary
           Opinion
           to
           His
           Prince
           ;
           and
           that
           his
           Draconicks
           were
           not
           Repeal'd
           ,
           before
           the
           Declaration
           came
           forth
           .
        
         
           The
           Declaration
           expresses
           His
           Majesty's
           
             Earnest
             Desire
             to
             Establish
             His
             Government
             on
             such
             a
             Foundation
             ,
             as
             to
             make
             His
             Subjects
             happy
             ,
             and
             unite
             Them
             to
             Him
             as
             well
             by
             Inclination
             ,
             as
             Duty
             ;
             which
             He
             thinks
             can
             be
             done
             by
             no
             means
             so
             effectually
             ,
             as
             by
             Granting
             Them
             the
             Free
             Exercise
             of
             their
             Religion
             .
          
        
         
           But
           the
           
           Arch-Deacon's
           Politicks
           are
           of
           another
           Strain
           :
           For
           ,
           in
           his
           Preface
           to
           his
           
             Ecclesiastical
             Polity
          
           ,
           p.
           12.
           he
           say
           ;
           
             That
             the
             Aim
             of
             his
             Discourse
             is
             ,
             by
             representing
             the
             Palpable
             Inconsistency
             of
             Phanatick
             Tempers
             and
             Principles
             ,
             with
             the
             Welfare
             
             and
             Security
             of
             Government
             ,
             to
             awaken
             
               Authority
               to
               beware
               of
               its
               worst
               ,
               and
               most
               dangerous
               Enemies
               ,
            
             and
             force
             them
             to
             Modesty
             and
             Obedience
             by
             Severity
             of
             Laws
             .
          
        
         
           
             Pag.
             
               52.
               of
               the
               same
            
             Preface
             :
             If
             Princes
             
               (
               says
               he
            
             )
             would
             but
             consider
             ,
             how
             liable
             Mankind
             are
             to
             abuse
             themselves
             with
             serious
             and
             conscientious
             Villanies
             ,
             they
             would
             quickly
             see
             it
             to
             be
             absolutely
             necessary
             to
             the
             Peace
             and
             Happiness
             of
             their
             Kingdoms
             ,
             that
             there
             be
             set
             up
             a
             more
             severe
             Government
             over
             Men
             
               's
               Consciences
            
             ,
             than
             over
             their
             Vices
             and
             Immoralities
             .
          
        
         
           
             Pag.
             
               54.
               of
               the
               same
               ,
               He
               boasts
               his
               having
               prov'd
               ,
            
             That
             Indulgence
             and
             Toleration
             is
             the
             most
             Absolute
             sort
             of
             Anarchy
             ;
             and
             that
             Princes
             may
             with
             less
             Hazard
             give
             Liberty
             to
             Men
             
               's
               Vices
            
             and
             Debaucheries
             ,
             than
             to
             their
             Consciences
             .
          
        
         
           But
           the
           Declaration
           is
           quite
           of
           another
           Temper
           :
           VVe
           humhly
           thank
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           it
           is
           ,
           and
           hath
           of
           a
           long
           Time
           been
           ,
           Our
           constant
           Sense
           and
           Opinion
           ,
           which
           upon
           divers
           Occasions
           VVe
           have
           declared
           ,
           That
           Conscience
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           constrain'd
           ,
           nor
           People
           forc'd
           in
           Matters
           of
           meer
           Religion
           .
        
         
           But
           this
           will
           not
           be
           admitted
           by
           the
           Arch-Deacon
           :
           
             For
             ,
             (
             
               says
               he
            
             ,
             Ecclesiast
             .
             Pol.
             
               pag.
               321.
            
             )
             
             when
             Men's
             Consciences
             are
             so
             squemish
             ,
             that
             they
             will
             rise
             against
             the
             Customs
             and
             Injunctions
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             She
             must
             scourge
             them
             into
             Order
             and
             chastize
             them
             for
             their
             troublesome
             Peevishness
             ,
          
        
         
           
             Pag.
             324.
          
           
           (
           Eccles.
           Polit.
           )
           He
           pretnnds
           to
           have
           prov'd
           
             the
             Vnavoidable
             danger
             of
             Toleration
             ,
             and
             keeping
             Religious
             Differances
             ,
             that
             Religion
             must
             be
             govern'd
             by
             the
             same
             Rules
             ,
             as
             all
             other
             Transactions
             of
             
               Human
               Life
            
             ;
             and
             that
             nothing
             can
             do
             it
             but
             severe
             Laws
             ;
             nor
             they
             neither
             ,
             unless
             severely
             Executed
             .
          
        
         
           Ecclesiast
           .
           Pol
           :
           
             Pag.
             311.
          
           
           
             if
             Princes
             
               (
               says
               he
            
             )
             will
             suffer
             themselves
             to
             be
             checked
             in
             their
             
               Laws
               Spiritual
            
             by
             every
             
               Systematical
               Theologue
            
             ,
             they
             may
             as
             well
             bare
             to
             see
             themselves
             affronted
             in
             their
             
               Laws
               Civil
            
             by
             every
             Viliage-Attorney
             .
          
        
         
           
             Pag.
             284.
          
           
           But
           to
           indulge
           Ideots
           in
           their
           folly
           because
           they
           threaten
           Authority
           to
           be
           peevish
           and
           ,
           Scrupulous
           ,
           and
           to
           Infest
           the
           Government
           with
           a
           sullen
           ,
           and
           cross-grain'd
           Godliness
           ,
           (
           an
           Artifice
           not
           much
           unlike
           the
           Tricks
           of
           forward
           Children
           )
           is
           to
           suffer
           Ignorance
           to
           ride
           in
           Triumph
           ;
           and
           therefore
           such
           Humorsom
           Saints
           must
           be
           lash'd
           out
           of
           their
           Sullenness
           ,
           into
           Compliance
           ,
           and
           better
           
             Manners
             .
             This
          
           (
           
             as
             the
          
           Arch-Deacon
           
             calls
             it
          
           ,
           Preface
           to
           
           Brambal
           's
           Vindication
           )
           
             was
             one
             his
          
           Rhapsodies
           of
           hasty
           and
           huddled
           Thoughts
           .
           
             Most
             Divine
             Words
             ,
             and
             most
             Seraphick
             Charity
             !
             but
             the
          
           Arch-Deacon
           
             will
             have
          
           Tenderness
           of
           Conscience
           
             to
             be
          
           Pride
           ;
           Vanity
           ,
           and
           Insolence
           ,
           
             though
             all
             the
          
           Seven
           Champions
           
             should
             contradict
             him
          
           .
        
         
           
             Pag.
             273.
          
           
           He
           that
           pretends
           Conscience
           to
           vouch
           his
           Humour
           ,
           and
           his
           Insolence
           ,
           is
           a
           Villian
           ,
           and
           an
           Hypocrite
           ;
           and
           so
           far
           from
           deserving
           Pity
           ,
           especially
           from
           Authority
           ,
           than
           no
           Offenders
           can
           more
           need
           or
           provoke
           their
           Severity
           .
           
             This
             may
             be
             True
             :
             But
             ,
          
           
           
             where
             the
             Supream
             Government
             ,
             which
             must
             of
             necessity
             be
             Absolute
             ,
             Uncontroulable
             ,
             and
             Unlimited
             ,
             as
             well
             in
             matters
             of
             Religion
             ,
          
           &c.
           
             more
             Sagaciously
             discerns
             beyond
             the
          
           Arch-Deacon
           
             's
             ,
             that
             same
          
           Conscience
           
             to
             be
             neither
          
           Humouor
           nor
           Insolence
           -
           
             nor
             will
             comprehend
             it
             under
             that
             Notion
             ;
             there
             ,
             it
             is
             to
             be
             hoped
             ,
             the
             Man
             is
             not
             a
          
           Villian
           ,
           
             nor
             an
          
           Hypocrite
           ,
           
             and
             so
             not
             liable
             to
             the
             Fury
             of
             Correction
             .
          
        
         
           
             Pag.
             271.
          
           
           And
           therefore
           ,
           if
           Princes
           will
           be
           Resolute
           ,
           they
           may
           easily
           make
           the
           most
           Stubborn
           Consciences
           bend
           to
           their
           Commands
           ;
           But
           ,
           if
           they
           will
           not
           ,
           they
           must
           subbmit
           Themselves
           ,
           and
           their
           Power
           ,
           to
           
           all
           the
           Follies
           and
           Passions
           of
           their
           Subjects
           .
           
             Probatum
             est
          
           .
           S.
           P.
           
        
         
           
             Pag.
             270.
          
           
           Governours
           must
           look
           to
           the
           Publick
           ,
           and
           let
           
             Tender
             Consciences
          
           look
           to
           Themselves
           .
           Laws
           must
           be
           of
           an
           unyielding
           ,
           and
           unflexible
           Temper
           ,
           and
           not
           soft
           and
           easie
           Things
           .
           Princes
           must
           not
           be
           diffident
           in
           their
           Maxims
           of
           Policy
           ;
           but
           ,
           as
           they
           must
           set
           up
           some
           to
           Themselves
           ;
           so
           they
           must
           Act
           roundly
           up
           to
           them
           
             Dii
             te
             donent
             Tonsore
          
           .
           —
           Quaere
           ,
           
             Why
             this
             Counsel
             was
             not
             taken
             ,
             since
             the
             Counsel
             was
             given
             so
             long
             before
             the
          
           Declaration
           
             came
             forth
          
           ?
           Answ.
           Because
           it
           was
           ever
           contrary
           to
           His
           Majesty's
           Inclination
           ,
           
        
         
           
             Pag.
             269.
          
           
           'T
           is
           all
           one
           to
           the
           Concernments
           of
           Government
           ,
           whether
           Tenderness
           of
           Conscience
           be
           Serious
           or
           Counterfeit
           :
           for
           whether
           so
           or
           so
           ,
           't
           is
           directly
           contrary
           to
           the
           Ends
           and
           Interest
           of
           Government
           .
           
             Better
             unsaid
             ,
             than
             not
             Believed
             .
          
        
         
           
             Pag.
             263.
          
           
           And
           what
           can
           be
           more
           destructive
           to
           all
           manner
           of
           Government
           ,
           than
           to
           make
           all
           the
           Rules
           of
           Order
           and
           Discipline
           less
           Sacred
           ,
           than
           the
           Whimsies
           of
           every
           Phanatick
           Zealot
           ?
           
             Pray
             be
             patient
          
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           
             there
             's
             no
             such
             thing
             done
          
           .
        
         
           Ibid.
           When
           to
           pick
           Quarrels
           with
           the
           Laws
           ,
           and
           make
           Scruple
           of
           Obeying
           them
           ,
           shall
           be
           made
           the
           Specifick
           
           Character
           of
           the
           Godly
           :
           When
           giddy
           and
           humorous
           Zeal
           shall
           not
           only
           excuse
           ,
           but
           hallow
           Disobedience
           ;
           when
           every
           one
           that
           has
           Fancy
           enough
           to
           fancy
           himself
           a
           Child
           of
           God
           ,
           shall
           have
           License
           to
           dispise
           Authority
           .
           
             Who
             would
             have
             been
             at
             the
             trouble
             of
             all
             this
             Rhetorick
             ,
             had
             he
             known
             what
             would
             have
             followed
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Pag.
             253.
          
           
           In
           brief
           The
           only
           Cause
           of
           all
           our
           Troubles
           and
           Disturbances
           ,
           is
           ,
           the
           Inflexible
           Perverseness
           of
           about
           an
           hundred
           Proud
           Ignorant
           ,
           and
           Seditious
           Preachers
           ;
           against
           whom
           ,
           if
           the
           Severity
           of
           the
           Laws
           were
           particularly
           levell'd
           ,
           how
           easie
           would
           it
           be
           to
           reduce
           the
           People
           to
           a
           Peacable
           Temper
           ?
           
             There
             were
             just
             Three
             more
             than
             his
             Number
             ,
             and
             that
             spoild
             the
             Project
             .
          
        
         
           
             Pag.
             187.
          
           
           What
           can
           be
           more
           apparently
           vain
           ,
           than
           to
           talk
           of
           Accommodations
           ,
           or
           to
           hope
           for
           any
           Possibility
           of
           Quiet
           or
           Settlement
           ,
           till
           Authority
           shall
           see
           it
           necessary
           to
           scourge
           them
           into
           better
           Manners
           ,
           and
           wiser
           Opinions
           ?
        
         
           
             Pag.
             219.
          
           
           T
           is
           easie
           possible
           for
           well-meaning
           People
           ,
           through
           Ignorance
           or
           Inadvertency
           ,
           to
           be
           betraid
           into
           such
           unhappy
           Errors
           ,
           as
           may
           tend
           to
           the
           
             Publick
             Desturbance
          
           ;
           which
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           not
           so
           much
           their
           
           Crime
           ●as
           Infelecity
           ;
           yet
           is
           there
           no
           
           Remedy
           ,
           but
           it
           must
           expose
           them
           to
           the
           Correction
           of
           the
           
             Publick
             Rods
          
           and
           
             Axes
             .
             Surely
          
           ,
           Rhadamanthus
           
             's
             own
             Chaplain
             could
             not
             have
             preached
             more
             severe
             Divinity
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Pag.
             271.
          
           
           In
           brief
           ,
           There
           is
           nothing
           so
           ungovernable
           ,
           as
           a
           
             Tender
             Conscience
          
           ;
           or
           so
           restiff
           and
           inflexible
           ,
           as
           Folly
           or
           Wickedness
           ,
           when
           hardned
           with
           Religion
           :
           And
           therefore
           ,
           instead
           of
           being
           Comply'd
           with
           ,
           they
           must
           be
           Restrain'd
           with
           a
           more
           peremtory
           and
           unyielding
           Rigor
           ,
           than
           naked
           and
           unsanctify'd
           Villany
           .
        
         
           
             Pag.
             223.
          
           
           Nay
           ,
           so
           easie
           it
           is
           for
           Men
           to
           deserve
           to
           be
           Punish'd
           for
           their
           Consciences
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           Nation
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           (
           were
           Government
           rightly
           understood
           ,
           and
           duly
           manag'd
           )
           wherein
           Mistakes
           and
           Abuses
           in
           Religion
           ,
           would
           not
           supply
           the
           Galleys
           with
           vastly
           greater
           Numbers
           ,
           than
           
             Villany
             .
             'T
             is
             a
             comfort
             ,
             curst
             Cows
             have
             now
             short
             Horns
             .
          
        
         
           
             However
             ,
             to
             this
             the
             Tender
          
           Declaration
           
             makes
             a
             Reply
             ,
             declaring
             one
             of
             the
             Reasons
             of
             His
             Majesty's
          
           Indulgence
           
             to
             be
             ,
             Because
             He
             finds
             ,
             That
          
           Force
           in
           Matters
           of
           meer
           Religion
           ,
           
             tends
             to
             the
          
           Depopulating
           of
           Countries
           .
        
         
           
             On
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             the
          
           Arch-Deacon
           
             in
             Opposition
             
             to
             the
          
           KING
           
             's
             Reason
             ,
             is
             for
          
           Depopulating
           the
           Land
           ,
           and
           Peopling
           the
           Galleys
           ;
           
             and
             arraigns
             that
             Government
             for
             want
             of
             Understanding
             ,
             and
             due
             Management
             ,
             that
             does
             not
             observe
             his
             Method
             of
             Cruelty
             .
             He
             is
             for
          
           Pillories
           ,
           Whipping-Posts
           ,
           Rods
           ,
           Axes
           ,
           Scourges
           ,
           
             &c.
             as
             if
             no
             Government
             pleas'd
             him
             ,
             but
             that
             described
             by
          
           Virgil
           
             in
             Hell
          
           :
           
             
               Hinc
               exaudiri
               gemitus
               ,
               &
               saeva
               sonare
            
             
               Verbera
               ;
               tum
               stridor
               Ferri
               ,
               tractaeque
               catenae
               .
            
             
               —
               Accincta
               flagella
            
             
               Tisiphone
               quatit
               insultans
               ,
               torvosque
               sinistra
            
             
               Intentans
               Angues
               vocat
               Agmina
               saeva
               sororum
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             This
             ,
             in
             the
          
           Arch-Deacon
           's
           Ecclesaistical
           Polity
           ;
           
             and
             to
             shew
             ,
             that
             no
             other
          
           Government
           
             will
             content
             him
             but
             this
          
           ,
           Pag.
           18.
           
           I
           leave
           it
           ,
           
             (
             says
             he
          
           )
           to
           Governors
           themselves
           to
           judge
           ,
           whether
           it
           does
           not
           concern
           them
           ,
           with
           as
           much
           Vigilance
           and
           Severity
           ,
           either
           to
           prevent
           the
           Rise
           ,
           or
           suppress
           the
           Growth
           ,
           (
           of
           Phanaticks
           
             he
             means
             ,
             that
             find
             themselves
             aggrieved
             by
             the
          
           Penal
           Laws
           )
           as
           to
           punish
           any
           the
           foulest
           Crimes
           of
           Immortality
           ?
           And
           if
           they
           would
           but
           seriously
           consider
           into
           what
           Exorbitances
           peevish
           and
           nntoward
           Principles
           about
           Religion
           
           improve
           themselves
           ,
           they
           could
           not
           but
           perceive
           it
           to
           be
           as
           much
           their
           Concernment
           to
           punish
           them
           with
           the
           severest
           Inflictions
           ,
           as
           any
           whatsoever
           Principles
           and
           Rebellions
           in
           the
           
             State
             —
             Well!
             The
             Business
             is
             consider'd
             ,
             and
             his
          
           Ecclesiastical
           Polity
           
             is
             found
             to
             be
             Deficient
          
           .
        
         
           
             Nay
             ,
             he
             goes
             farther
             ,
             and
             arraigns
             all
          
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           
             for
             their
             Folly
             ,
             under
             the
             Title
             of
          
           Governors
           :
           
             For
             ,
             says
             he
             ,
             in
             the
             following
          
           Pag.
           19.
           
           This
           certainly
           has
           ever
           been
           one
           of
           the
           Fatal
           Miscarriages
           of
           all
           Governors
           ,
           in
           that
           they
           have
           not
           been
           aware
           of
           this
           Fierce
           and
           Implacable
           Enemy
           ,
           (
           
             meaning
             the
          
           Phanaticks
           ,
           
             who
             care
             no
             more
             for
          
           Whips
           and
           Scourges
           ,
           
             than
             the
          
           Devil
           
             does
             for
          
           Holy-Water
           )
           but
           have
           gone
           about
           to
           govern
           unruly
           Consciences
           by
           more
           easie
           and
           remiss
           Laws
           than
           those
           that
           are
           only
           able
           to
           suppress
           scandalous
           and
           confess'd
           Villanies
           ;
           and
           have
           thought
           them
           sufficiently
           restrain'd
           ,
           by
           threatning
           Punishments
           ,
           without
           inflicting
           them
           .
           And
           indeed
           ,
           in
           most
           Kingdoms
           ,
           so
           little
           have
           Princes
           understood
           their
           own
           Interests
           in
           Matters
           of
           Religion
           ,
           &c.
           
           
             Hearken
             ,
             O
             ye
          
           Princes
           of
           Europe
           ,
           
             and
             go
             to
             School
             again
             to
             the
             Author
             of
             the
          
           Discourses
           of
           Ecclesiastical
           ●●lity
           .
        
         
         
           
             But
             ,
             here
             is
             another
             bold
             Touch
             :
             Prohibition
          
           disobliges
           Dissenters
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           one
           Evil
           ;
           Impunity
           allows
           them
           Toleration
           ,
           but
           that
           is
           a
           Greater
           ;
           and
           where
           Governors
           permit
           what
           their
           Laws
           permit
           ,
           
             (
             This
             is
             not
             the
             present
             Case
             )
          
           there
           the
           Commonwealth
           must
           at
           once
           feel
           all
           the
           Evils
           both
           of
           Restraint
           and
           Liberty
           .
           So
           that
           ,
           as
           they
           would
           expect
           Peace
           and
           Settlement
           ,
           they
           must
           be
           sure
           ,
           at
           first
           ,
           to
           bind
           on
           their
           
             Ecclesiastical
             Laws
          
           with
           the
           streightest
           Knot
           ;
           and
           afterwards
           keep
           them
           in
           Force
           and
           Countenance
           ,
           by
           the
           Severity
           of
           the
           Law.
           Their
           Restraint
           must
           be
           proportion'd
           to
           their
           Unruliness
           of
           the
           Conscience
           ;
           and
           they
           must
           be
           manag'd
           with
           so
           much
           the
           greater
           Strictness
           ,
           than
           all
           other
           Principles
           of
           Disturbance
           ,
           by
           how
           much
           they
           are
           the
           more
           dangerous
           .
           Gratias
           Domine
           ,
           
             now
             Princes
             understand
             what
             they
             have
             to
             do
             .
          
        
         
           
             Yet
             a
             little
             more
             of
             the
          
           Arch-Deacon
           's
           Ecclesiastical
           Polity
           .
           
             Beloved
             ,
             in
             his
          
           Preface
           
             to
             Bishop
          
           Bra●hal
           's
           Vindication
           ,
           
             (
             for
             it
             is
             not
             Pag'd
             )
             you
             shall
             find
             it
             thus
             written
             :
          
           They
           (
           
             meaning
             the
          
           Phanaticks
           ,
           
             or
             Complainants
             against
             the
          
           Penal
           Statutes
           )
           have
           been
           so
           long
           accustom'd
           to
           undutiful
           Demeanor
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           to
           be
           fear'd
           ,
           they
           are
           grown
           too
           Head-strong
           and
           Incorrigible
           ,
           to
           be
           aw'd
           into
           a
           
           more
           modest
           Behaviour
           by
           Threatnings
           of
           Severity
           .
           Therefore
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           thought
           necessary
           to
           bridle
           their
           ungovern'd
           Tongues
           and
           Spirits
           with
           Pillories
           and
           Whipping-Posts
           .
        
         
           
             And
             at
             the
             Bottom
             of
             the
             same
             Page
             :
          
           To
           this
           Peevishness
           of
           their
           Humors
           ,
           I
           might
           add
           the
           Restlesness
           of
           their
           Minds
           ,
           that
           is
           always
           displeas'd
           with
           the
           settled
           Frame
           of
           Things
           ,
           (
           innuendo
           ,
           
             the
             settled
             Penal
             Laws
          
           ;
           )
           and
           that
           no
           Alterations
           can
           satisfy
           .
           If
           you
           condescend
           to
           their
           First
           Demands
           ,
           you
           only
           encourage
           them
           to
           be
           making
           
             New
             Remonstrances
          
           :
           Appease
           all
           their
           Old
           Complaints
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           immediately
           picking
           New
           Faults
           to
           be
           Redress'd
           .
           They
           that
           at
           first
           only
           request
           Indulgence
           ,
           will
           ,
           when
           strong
           enough
           ,
           demand
           it
           .
           
             In
             short
             ,
             Give
             the
          
           Non-conformists
           
             an
             Inch
             ,
             and
             they
             'll
             take
             an
             Ell.
             
          
        
         
           But
           ,
           (
           
             in
             the
             same
          
           Preface
           )
           should
           it
           ever
           so
           happen
           hereafter
           ,
           that
           any
           King
           of
           England
           should
           be
           prevail'd
           with
           to
           deliver
           up
           the
           
             Church
             ,
             (
             That
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             to
             dispence
             with
             the
          
           Penal
           Laws
           and
           TEST
           ;
           
             for
             the
          
           TEST
           ,
           
             notwithstanding
             the
             Reasons
             against
             it
             ,
             must
             be
             included
             in
             this
             long
          
           Parenthesis
           ,
           
             because
             the
          
           Church
           
             fram'd
             it
          
           )
           he
           had
           as
           good
           ,
           at
           the
           same
           Time
           ,
           resign
           up
           his
           
             Crown
             .
             And
             thus
             you
             see
             the
             Danger
             of
             the
             Present
             
             Government
             ,
             through
             the
          
           Non-conformity
           
             to
             the
          
           Arch-Deacon
           's
           Ecclesiastical
           Polity
           .
        
         
           
             There
             is
             another
             Reason
             ,
             why
             His
             Majesty
             was
             graciously
             pleas'd
             to
          
           Think
           ,
           Force
           in
           Matters
           of
           meer
           Religion
           
             directly
             contrary
             to
             the
             Interest
             of
             Government
             ;
             and
             that
             is
             ,
          
           Spoyling
           of
           TRADE
           .
        
         
           
             Trade
             !
             cries
             the
          
           Arch-Deacon
           :
           
             Trade
             !
             No.
             Let
             Grass
             grow
             about
             the
          
           Custom-House
           ,
           
             rather
             than
             abate
             one
             Tittle
             of
             my
          
           Ecclesiastical
           Polity
           :
           For
           ,
           (
           
             in
             his
          
           Preface
           
             to
             his
          
           Ecclesiast
           .
           Pol.
           
             Pag.
             49.
          
           )
           'T
           is
           notorious
           ,
           
             (
             says
             he
          
           )
           that
           there
           is
           not
           any
           sort
           of
           People
           so
           inclinable
           to
           
             Seditious
             Practices
          
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Trading
             Part
          
           of
           a
           Nation
           ;
           and
           their
           Pride
           and
           Arrogance
           naturally
           increases
           with
           the
           Improvement
           of
           their
           Stock
           .
           And
           if
           we
           reflect
           upon
           our
           late
           Miserable
           Distractions
           ,
           't
           is
           easie
           to
           observe
           ,
           how
           the
           Quarrel
           was
           hatcht
           in
           Trade
           ,
           Men's
           Shops
           ,
           and
           cherisht
           by
           the
           Zeal
           of
           
             Prentices
             :
             (
             By
             the
             way
             ,
             this
             is
             plausible
             Nonsense
             all
             over
             .
             )
             But
             he
             goes
             on
             ,
             Pag.
             50.
             
          
           'T
           is
           a
           very
           odd
           ,
           and
           preposterous
           Piece
           of
           Policy
           ,
           to
           design
           the
           enriching
           this
           sort
           of
           People
           ,
           while
           their
           Heads
           are
           distemper'd
           with
           
             Religious
             Lunacies
             .
             And
             ,
             Pag.
             51.
             
          
           He
           is
           a
           very
           silly
           Man
           ,
           and
           understands
           
           nothing
           of
           the
           
             Follies
             ,
             Passions
          
           ,
           and
           Inclinations
           of
           
             Human
             Nature
          
           ,
           who
           sees
           not
           there
           is
           no
           Creature
           so
           ungovernable
           ,
           as
           a
           
             Wealthy
             Phanatick
             .
             And
             therefore
             ,
             (
             Pag.
             48.
             )
          
           I
           confess
           ,
           I
           cannot
           but
           smile
           ,
           when
           I
           observe
           how
           some
           ,
           that
           would
           be
           thought
           wonderful
           grave
           and
           solemn
           Statesmen
           ,
           labour
           with
           mighty
           Projects
           of
           setting
           up
           this
           and
           that
           Manufacture
           ,
           in
           their
           several
           respective
           Towns
           and
           Corporations
           ;
           and
           how
           eagerly
           they
           pursue
           these
           Petty
           Attempts
           ,
           beyond
           the
           Great
           Affairs
           of
           a
           more
           Publick
           Concernment
           ,
           (
           
             Meaning
             the
             dreadful
             and
             terrible
             Execution
             of
             the
          
           Penal
           Laws
           ;
           )
           and
           how
           wisely
           they
           neglect
           the
           Settlement
           of
           a
           whole
           Nation
           ,
           for
           the
           Benefit
           of
           a
           Village
           or
           
             Burrough
             ?
             Very
             pleasant
          
           Ecclesiastical
           Polity
           !
           
             No
             Man
             must
             eat
             or
             drink
             ,
             or
             maintain
             his
             Family
             :
             The
             grand
             Relation
             of
             Human
             Necessities
             ,
             depending
             one
             upon
             another
             ,
             must
             stand
             still
             ,
             to
             oblige
             the
          
           Arch-Deacon
           's
           Ecclesiastical
           Polity
           .
           
             Here
             's
             a
          
           Quietus
           est
           
             for
             above
             the
             Third
             Part
             of
             the
             Nation
             .
             None
             but
             those
             that
             can
             swallow
             a
          
           Surplice
           ,
           
             and
             adore
             the
          
           Parochial
           Levite
           ,
           
             must
             weave
             Camlets
             at
          
           Norwich
           ,
           
             make
             Bays
             at
          
           Colchester
           ,
           
             Spurrs
             at
          
           Rippon
           ,
           
             Nayls
             at
          
           Brommigeham
           ,
           
             or
             Saddles
             at
          
           Burford
           .
           
             For
             why
          
           ?
           There
           
           is
           not
           any
           sort
           of
           People
           so
           Seditious
           ,
           as
           the
           Trading
           Part
           of
           the
           Nation
           .
           
             So
             that
             ,
             supposing
             the
             Greater
             Part
             of
             the
          
           Trading
           Part
           of
           the
           Nation
           
             be
             ,
             as
             the
          
           Arch-Deacon
           
             calls
             them
          
           ,
           Phanaticks
           ,
           and
           Nonconformists
           ,
           (
           
             that
             is
             ,
             Men
             Conscientiously
             scrupuling
             the
             Ceremonies
             of
             the
          
           Church
           of
           England
           )
           
             they
             must
             either
             be
          
           Scourg'd
           into
           better
           Manners
           with
           Bryars
           and
           Thorns
           ;
           
           
             or
             else
             the
             Nation
             must
             be
             laid
             waste
             and
             desolate
             .
             For
             ,
             to
             tell
             you
             true
             ,
             as
             good
             have
             no
             People
             ,
             as
             those
             that
             will
             not
             pay
             Tithes
             ;
             't
             is
             no
             matter
             for
             the
             KING's
             Duties
             ,
             nor
             how
             the
             Nation
             may
             be
             otherwise
             weakn'd
             and
             expos'd
             .
          
        
         
           
             There
             is
             yet
             behind
             one
             more
             Reason
             urg'd
             in
             the
          
           Declaration
           ,
           
             and
             that
             is
             this
          
           ;
           That
           Force
           in
           Matters
           of
           meer
           Religion
           ,
           never
           obtain'd
           the
           End
           for
           which
           it
           was
           imploy'd
           ;
           
             wherein
             His
             Majesty
             declares
             Himself
             the
          
           more
           Confirm'd
           ,
           by
           the
           Reflections
           He
           had
           made
           upon
           the
           Conduct
           of
           the
           Four
           last
           Reigns
           .
        
         
           
             Now
             ,
             here
             's
             the
             utter
             Subversion
             of
             the
          
           Arch-Deacon
           's
           Ecclesiastical
           Policy
           ;
           
             All
             meer
             Labour
             in
             vain
             ,
             abundance
             of
             Ranting
             ,
             Raving
             ,
             Reviling
             expressions
             ,
             insomuch
             ,
             that
             the
          
           Arch-Angel
           
             was
             more
             civil
             to
             the
          
           Devil
           ,
           
             than
             the
          
           Arch-Deacon
           
           
             to
             the
          
           Dissenters
           ;
           
             and
             yet
             all
             to
             no
             purpose
             .
             He
             has
             been
             at
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             pains
             in
             setting
             up
          
           Pillories
           and
           Whipping-Posts
           
             in
             all
             Parts
             and
             Corners
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ;
             and
             now
             he
             may
             e'ne
             go
             ,
             and
             pull
             'em
             down
             again
             .
             What
             are
             now
             become
             of
             all
             his
             Politick
          
           Let
           but
           's
           ?
           
             In
             his
             Preface
             to
             Bishop
          
           Bramhall
           
             's
             Vindication
          
           ;
           Let
           but
           the
           Government
           think
           it
           seasonable
           at
           any
           time
           to
           Reprieve
           them
           (
           
             meaning
             the
          
           Dissenters
           )
           from
           the
           Severity
           of
           the
           Laws
           ,
           and
           they
           immediately
           start
           up
           into
           that
           Confidence
           ,
           as
           to
           imagine
           themselves
           the
           only
           Darlings
           of
           State.
           Let
           but
           the
           
             Publick
             Rods
          
           be
           removed
           from
           their
           Backs
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           presently
           full
           of
           Expectations
           to
           have
           them
           put
           into
           their
           own
           hands
           .
           If
           they
           are
           not
           always
           Scourg'd
           and
           Chastis'd
           ,
           they
           will
           grow
           Sawcy
           ,
           and
           must
           by
           all
           means
           become
           Cronies
           to
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           .
        
         
           
             Many
             other
             Passages
             might
             have
             been
             Collected
             out
             of
             his
             several
             Bitter
             (
             if
             they
             may
             not
             be
             said
             to
             be
             Scurrilous
             )
             Invectives
             against
             the
          
           Dissenters
           ;
           
             but
             here
             are
             sufficient
             to
             make
             it
             apparently
             Manifest
             ,
             that
             the
          
           Author
           
             of
             the
          
           Ecclesiastical
           Polity
           ,
           
             was
             as
             great
             a
          
           Dissenter
           
             from
             the
             mild
             and
             tender
             Maxims
             of
             his
             Majesty's
             Government
             ,
             and
             his
             constant
             Sense
             and
             Opinion
             ,
             
             of
             a
             long
             time
             professed
             and
             declared
             upon
             several
             Occasions
             in
             Matters
             of
             Religion
             ,
             as
             the
          
           Dissenters
           
             were
             dissatisfied
             with
             the
             Rigid
             Severity
             of
             the
             Church
             of
          
           England
           ;
           
             or
             ,
             at
             least
             ,
             with
             the
             Principles
             of
             his
          
           Ecclesiastical
           Polity
           .
        
         
           
             Which
             makes
             it
             seem
             questionable
             ,
             whether
             a
             Person
             ,
             who
             has
             brandish'd
             his
             Pen
             with
             that
             Virulency
             ,
             against
             the
          
           Dissenters
           
             in
             general
             ,
             and
             His
             Majesty's
             Royal
             Opinion
             ,
             and
             the
             Mature
             Results
             of
             his
             most
             serious
             Deliberations
             ,
             may
             be
             a
             proper
             Champion
             against
             the
          
           Test
           ?
           
             For
             most
             certainly
             ,
             there
             has
             been
             much
             more
             said
             already
             ,
             and
             much
             more
             to
             the
             purpose
             ,
             than
             he
             has
             produced
             .
          
        
         
           
             On
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             he
             has
             most
             Dogmatically
             avouch'd
             ,
          
           
           That
           if
           ever
           the
           Boisterous
           and
           unreasonable
           Opposition
           
             (
             as
             he
             calls
             it
          
           )
           of
           the
           Nonconformists
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           be
           Re-erected
           it
           must
           be
           upon
           its
           Ruins
           :
           And
           that
           if
           ever
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           get
           any
           Ground
           ,
           or
           Advantage
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           they
           will
           be
           bound
           to
           make
           their
           Acknowledgments
           to
           the
           Puritans
           ,
           and
           the
           Strength
           of
           their
           Assistance
           .
           
             Whence
             he
             draws
             his
             Conclusion
          
           ,
           That
           it
           would
           be
           a
           pleasant
           Spectacle
           ,
           
             (
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             A
             
             ridiculous
             over-sight
             in
             Government
             )
          
           to
           see
           either
           the
           Classical
           or
           Congregational
           Discipline
           establish'd
           by
           Authority
           .
        
         
           
             Moreover
             ,
             in
             the
             721.
          
           
           Pag.
           
             of
             the
             Vindication
             of
             his
          
           Eccles.
           Pol.
           
             He
             appeals
             to
             all
             Men
             ,
             whether
          
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           
             be
             any
             better
             ,
             than
             a
             License
             for
          
           Anarchy
           and
           Confusion
           ?
           
             Pag.
             238.
             
             He
             says
          
           ,
           That
           to
           grant
           Subjects
           a
           lawless
           and
           uncontroul'd
           
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
          
           ,
           in
           all
           Matters
           and
           Pretences
           of
           Religion
           ,
           is
           to
           dissolve
           one
           half
           of
           the
           Government
           into
           perfect
           Anarchy
           ,
           and
           yield
           up
           the
           Constitution
           of
           all
           Publick
           Affairs
           ,
           to
           the
           Humor
           of
           every
           wild
           
             Enthusiast
             .
             And
          
           Pag.
           
             553.
             you
             find
             it
             thus
             written
          
           ;
           So
           that
           ,
           seeing
           an
           Ecclesiastical
           Iurisdiction
           (
           of
           Pillories
           and
           
             Whipping-Posts
             ,
             Thorns
          
           and
           Bryars
           )
           is
           absolutely
           necessary
           to
           prevent
           all
           Confusions
           ,
           arising
           from
           unrestrain'd
           Liberty
           ,
           it
           is
           better
           that
           Mankind
           should
           be
           sometimes
           exposed
           to
           the
           Miseries
           of
           Tyranny
           and
           Persecution
           ,
           than
           always
           Groan
           under
           the
           Intolerable
           Disorders
           of
           Anarchy
           ,
           or
           Reluctancy
           to
           
             Penal
             Statutes
          
           .
        
         
           
             If
             then
             the
             Church
             of
          
           England
           
             be
             Establish'd
             upon
             such
             a
             firm
             Foundation
             ,
             that
             nothing
             can
             endanger
             it
             ,
             but
             Indulgence
             to
             the
          
           Dissenters
           ,
           
             't
             is
             to
             be
             admir'd
             ,
             that
             a
             Man
             ,
             so
             knowing
             in
          
           
           Ecclesiastical
           Policy
           ,
           
             and
             so
             great
             a
             Friend
             to
             th●
             Church
             of
          
           England
           ,
           
             would
             open
             such
             a
             Gap
             as
             to
             plead
             for
             the
          
           Abrogation
           
             of
             the
          
           Test
           ,
           
             which
             the
             Church-Men
             of
          
           England
           
             fram'd
             and
             set-up
             ,
             as
             the
             only
          
           Bulwark
           
             to
             prevent
             her
             Dissolution
             .
             So
             that
             ,
             to
             use
             his
             own
             Words
             ,
          
           'T
           is
           very
           hardly
           Credible
           ,
           That
           a
           Person
           ,
           who
           has
           lately
           appear'd
           so
           Vigorously
           in
           her
           Cause
           ,
           should
           ,
           notwithstanding
           all
           his
           seeming
           Zeal
           and
           Earnestness
           ,
           be
           really
           i●
           good
           Earnest
           ,
           in
           his
           Pretences
           ,
           against
           the
           
             Test.
             For
             what
             signifies
             the
             Abrogating
             the
          
           Test
           ,
           
             if
             there
             be
             no
             way
             to
             shake
             the
             otherwise
             immovable
             Church
             of
          
           England
           ,
           
             but
             by
             making
             two
             Bridge●
             of
          
           Dissenters
           ,
           
             one
             between
          
           Callice
           and
           Dover
           ,
           
             the
             other
             between
          
           Diepe
           and
           Rye
           ,
           for
           Popery
           
             to
             return
             into
          
           England
           :
           
             For
             ,
             when
             he
             comes
             to
             tha●
             part
             of
             his
          
           Preface
           
             to
             Bishop
          
           Bramhall
           's
           Vindication
           ,
           
             where
             he
             considers
             what
             likelyhood
             ,
             o●
             how
             much
             danger
             there
             is
             of
             the
             Return
             o●
          
           Popery
           
             into
             this
             Nation
          
           :
           For
           my
           own
           part
           ,
           
             says
             he●
          
           I
           know
           none
           ,
           but
           the
           Nonconformist's
           boisterous
           an
           unreasonable
           Opposition
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
             ▪
             If
             he
             think
             ,
             that
             the
             Abrogation
             of
             the
          
           T●●●
           
             may
             be
             a
             means
             to
             unite
             the
          
           Papist
           ,
           
             and
             the
          
           Di●senter
           ,
           
             which
             he
             seems
             to
             intimate
             ,
             by
             saying
          
           
           That
           the
           Faction
           of
           the
           Dissenters
           may
           be
           made
           use
           of
           ,
           ●●
           instruments
           (
           Iourney-men
           Tools
           )
           to
           dissolve
           and
           unravel
           the
           establish'd
           Frame
           of
           things
           ,
           and
           destroy
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ;
           and
           so
           make
           an
           unobstructed
           Passage
           for
           the
           Return
           of
           Popery
           in
           Glory
           and
           Triumph
           ;
           
             then
             he
             has
             left
             his
             Cause
             in
             the
             Lurch
             ,
             and
             relinquish'd
             all
             his
          
           Ecclesiastical
           Polity
           
             at
             once
          
           .
        
         
           
             As
             for
             the
          
           Papists
           ,
           
             he
             deals
             with
             them
             after
             such
             a
             rate
             ,
             that
             no
             Man
             living
             knows
             where
             to
             have
             him
             .
             In
             his
          
           Preface
           
             to
             Bishop
          
           Bramhall
           's
           Vindication
           ,
           
             he
             seems
             neither
             to
             Love
             nor
             Fear
             'em
             :
             For
             that
             ,
             as
             long
             as
             the
             Church
             of
          
           England
           stands
           in
           Power
           and
           Reputation
           ,
           it
           will
           easily
           beat
           back
           and
           baffle
           all
           the
           Attempts
           of
           Rome
           ,
           and
           its
           Adherents
           ;
           Their
           Plausible
           Reasons
           being
           evidently
           no
           more
           ,
           than
           little
           Tricks
           and
           Sophisms
           ,
           and
           seem
           intended
           by
           themselves
           ,
           rather
           to
           abuse
           the
           Simple
           ,
           than
           satisfie
           the
           Wise
           ,
           Their
           Innovations
           are
           so
           undeniable
           ,
           and
           the
           Design
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England's
           Reformation
           ,
           so
           apparently
           Apostolical
           ,
           that
           those
           People
           must
           needs
           argue
           at
           a
           strange
           wild
           rate
           ,
           that
           will
           be
           demonstrating
           against
           Experience
           ,
           and
           Ocular
           Inspection
           .
           
             So
             then
             ,
             the
             Reformation
             made
             by
             the
             Church
             of
          
           England
           ,
           
             in
             the
             Points
             of
          
           Transubstantiation
           ,
           Worship
           of
           Images
           ,
           Adoration
           of
           the
           Host
           ,
           and
           Invocation
           of
           Saints
           ,
           being
           
           Apostolical
           ;
           
             What
             must
             be
             thought
             of
             his
          
           Reasons
           
             against
             the
          
           Test
           ?
           
             Nay
             ,
             there
             is
          
           Nothing
           could
           preserve
           the
           Papists
           from
           being
           hiss'd
           out
           of
           the
           Pit
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           are
           extreamly
           Confident
           ,
           and
           most
           Readers
           sufficiently
           ignorant
           :
           So
           that
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           may
           safely
           defie
           all
           their
           Opposition
           .
           She
           does
           not
           stand
           upon
           such
           Trembling
           Foundations
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           thrust
           down
           with
           Bull-rush
           Spears
           ,
           and
           
             Oral
             Traditions
          
           ,
           with
           Labyrinths
           ,
           and
           Castles
           in
           the
           Air.
           
        
         
           
             But
             then
             his
             Heart
             misgives
             him
             again
             ,
             and
             he
             begins
             to
             fear
             the
             Return
             of
          
           Popery
           
             into
             the
             Nation
             ,
             should
             the
          
           Nonconformists
           
             joyn
             with
             the
          
           Papists
           :
           
             And
             therefore
             ,
             at
             the
             End
             of
             his
          
           Preface
           ,
           
             he
             begs
             the
          
           Hearty
           Prayers
           
             of
             his
             Friend
          
           ,
           for
           the
           Peace
           and
           Prosperity
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ;
           for
           when
           That
           is
           gone
           ,
           
             (
             farewel
             Frost
          
           )
           't
           will
           he
           hard
           to
           find
           out
           Another
           ,
           with
           which
           any
           ,
           that
           are
           either
           Honest
           or
           Wise
           ,
           will
           be
           over
           forward
           to
           joyn
           in
           Communion
           .
        
         
           
             Notwithstanding
             all
             this
             ,
             upon
             better
             Consideration
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             in
             Compassion
             of
             the
             despis'd
             Weakness
             of
             the
             Church
             of
          
           Rome
           ,
           
             and
             her
             Adherents
             ,
             he
             undertakes
             to
             furnish
             Them
             with
             better
             Arguments
             of
             his
             own
             ,
             than
             any
             they
             have
             Themselves
             ,
             to
             vindicate
          
           Transubstantiation
           ,
           
             and
             clear
             them
             from
          
           Idolatry
           :
           
             For
             which
             he
             strains
             an
             Argument
             deduc'd
             from
             the
          
           Cherubims
           ,
           
             that
             cover'd
             the
          
           Ark.
           
             And
             yet
             ,
             in
             his
          
           Defence
           
             of
             his
          
           Ecclesiastical
           Polity
           ,
           
             Pag.
             285
             ,
             286.
             he
             condemns
             both
          
           Turk
           and
           Pope
           
             together
             in
             a
             Breath
             ;
             the
             One
             for
          
           giving
           Divine
           Worship
           to
           a
           lewd
           Impostor
           ;
           
             the
             Other
             ,
             to
             a
          
           Senseless
           Piece
           of
           Matter
           .
           
             And
             thus
             ,
             what
             ,
             by
             Vertue
             of
          
           Apparent
           ,
           Apostolical
           Reformation
           ,
           
             he
             call'd
             (
             Before
             )
             a
          
           Senseless
           Piece
           of
           Matter
           ,
           
             he
             has
             (
             Now
             )
             cover'd
             with
             the
          
           Cherubim
           's
           Golden
           Wings
           ,
           
             and
             render'd
             Adorable
             by
          
           Scripture
           -
           
             Warrant
             :
             But
          
           ,
           Bene
           scribit
           ,
           qui
           bene
           intelligitur
           ;
           
             What
             he
             has
             Written
             ,
             he
             has
             Written
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A54782-e180
           
             
               Ecclesiast
               .
               Polit
            
             ,
             pag.
             241
             ,
             242
             ,
             273
             ,
             319
             ,
             187.
             
          
           
             Eccles.
             Pol.
             p.
             
               27
               ,
               28
               ,
               36
            
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               Declar.
               P.
               2.
            
             
          
           
             
               Preface
               to
            
             Bramhal
             's
             Vindication
             .
          
           
             Preface
             to
             Bishop
             
             Bramhall's
             Vindicat.
             
          
        
      
    
  

