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             An enquiry into the reasons for abrogating the test imposed on all members of Parliament offered by Sa. Oxon.
             Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715.
          
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             s.n.,
             [London :
             1688]
          
           
             Written by Gilbert Burnet. Cf. Wing.
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           An
           ENQUIRY
           into
           the
           Reasons
           for
           Abrogating
           the
           TEST
           imposed
           on
           all
           Members
           of
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           Offered
           by
           
             Sa.
             Oxon.
          
           
        
         
           WHEN
           the
           Cardinals
           in
           Rome
           go
           abroad
           without
           Fiocco's
           on
           their
           Horses
           heads
           ,
           it
           is
           unstood
           that
           they
           will
           be
           then
           incognito
           ,
           and
           they
           expect
           nothing
           of
           that
           Respect
           which
           is
           payed
           them
           on
           other
           Occasions
           .
           So
           since
           there
           is
           no
           Fiocco
           at
           the
           Head
           of
           this
           Discourse
           ,
           no
           Name
           nor
           Designation
           ,
           it
           seems
           the
           Writer
           offers
           himself
           to
           be
           examined
           without
           those
           nice
           regards
           ,
           that
           may
           be
           due
           to
           the
           Dignity
           he
           bears
           :
           and
           indeed
           when
           a
           Man
           forgets
           what
           he
           is
           himself
           ,
           it
           is
           very
           natural
           for
           others
           to
           do
           it
           likewise
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           no
           wonder
           to
           see
           those
           of
           the
           
             Roman
             Communion
          
           be
           stir
           themselves
           ,
           so
           much
           as
           they
           do
           ,
           to
           be
           delivered
           from
           the
           Test
           ,
           and
           every
           thing
           else
           that
           is
           uneasie
           to
           them
           :
           and
           tho
           othres
           may
           find
           it
           very
           reasonable
           to
           oppose
           themselves
           ,
           in
           all
           the
           just
           and
           legal
           ways
           that
           agree
           with
           our
           Constitution
           ,
           to
           this
           Design
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           so
           natural
           to
           all
           that
           are
           under
           any
           Pressure
           ,
           to
           desire
           to
           get
           free
           from
           it
           ,
           that
           at
           the
           same
           time
           that
           we
           cannot
           forbear
           to
           withstand
           them
           ,
           we
           cannot
           much
           condemn
           them
           :
           but
           it
           raises
           nature
           a
           little
           ,
           to
           see
           a
           Man
           that
           has
           been
           so
           long
           fatned
           with
           the
           Spoils
           of
           our
           Church
           ,
           and
           who
           has
           now
           got
           up
           to
           a
           degree
           so
           disproportioned
           to
           his
           Merit
           ,
           to
           turn
           so
           treacherously
           upon
           it
           .
           If
           he
           is
           already
           weary
           of
           his
           
             comfortable
             importance
          
           ,
           and
           will
           here
           give
           her
           into
           the
           bargain
           ,
           and
           declare
           himself
           ,
           no
           body
           will
           be
           surprised
           at
           the
           change
           of
           his
           masque
           ,
           since
           he
           has
           taken
           much
           pains
           to
           convince
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           his
           Religion
           goes
           no
           deeper
           than
           his
           Habit
           :
           yet
           tho
           his
           confidence
           is
           of
           a
           piece
           with
           all
           his
           other
           Vertues
           ,
           few
           thought
           it
           could
           have
           carried
           him
           so
           far
           ;
           I
           confess
           I
           am
           not
           surprized
           ,
           but
           rather
           wonder
           to
           see
           that
           others
           should
           be
           so
           ;
           for
           he
           has
           given
           sufficient
           Warning
           of
           what
           he
           is
           capable
           of
           ;
           he
           has
           told
           the
           World
           
             what
             is
             the
             worst
             thing
             that
             Dr.
          
           Burnet
           
             can
             do
          
           .
           p.
           50.
           but
           I
           am
           sure
           the
           Dr.
           cannot
           be
           quit
           with
           him
           ,
           to
           tell
           what
           is
           the
           
             worst
             thing
          
           that
           he
           can
           do
           ;
           it
           must
           needs
           be
           a
           very
           fruitful
           Fancy
           that
           can
           find
           out
           all
           the
           degrees
           of
           Wickedness
           to
           which
           he
           can
           go
           :
           And
           tho'
           this
           Pamphlet
           is
           a
           good
           Essay
           of
           his
           Talent
           that
           way
           ,
           yet
           that
           
             Terra
             Incognita
          
           is
           boundless
           .
           In
           the
           
             Title
             Page
          
           it
           is
           said
           that
           this
           was
           
             first
             writ
             for
             the
             Author
             's
             own
             Satisfaction
             ,
             and
             now
             published
             for
             the
             benefit
             of
             all
             others
             whom
             it
             may
             concern
             .
          
           But
           the
           words
           are
           certainly
           wrong
           placed
           ;
           for
           the
           truth
           of
           the
           matter
           is
           ,
           That
           it
           was
           
             written
             for
             the
             Author
             's
             own
             benefit
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             is
             now
             published
             for
             the
             satisfaction
             of
             all
             others
             whom
             it
             may
             concern
             :
          
           In
           some
           sense
           perhaps
           it
           was
           written
           for
           the
           Author
           's
           own
           Satisfaction
           ;
           for
           so
           petulant
           and
           so
           depraved
           a
           mind
           as
           His
           ,
           is
           capable
           of
           being
           delighted
           with
           His
           Treachery
           and
           a
           poor
           Bishoprick
           with
           the
           addition
           of
           :
           Presidentship
           ,
           being
           too
           low
           a
           Prize
           for
           His
           Ambition
           and
           Avarice
           .
           He
           resolved
           to
           assure
           Himseif
           of
           the
           first
           great
           Bishoprick
           that
           falls
           ;
           the
           
             Liege
             Letter
          
           let
           us
           see
           how
           far
           the
           Iesuits
           were
           assured
           of
           him
           ,
           and
           how
           much
           courted
           by
           him
           :
           and
           that
           he
           said
           ,
           
             that
             none
             but
          
           Athiests
           
             supported
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             now
             in
          
           England
           ;
           yet
           how
           many
           soever
           of
           these
           may
           be
           among
           us
           ,
           He
           is
           upon
           the
           point
           of
           lessening
           their
           number
           ,
           by
           one
           at
           least
           :
           and
           he
           takes
           care
           to
           justifie
           the
           Hopes
           which
           these
           Father
           's
           conceived
           of
           Him.
           They
           are
           severe
           Masters
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           be
           put
           
           off
           with
           Secret
           Civilities
           ,
           Lewd
           Jests
           ,
           Entertainments
           ,
           and
           Healths
           drank
           to
           their
           good
           Success
           ;
           so
           now
           the
           Price
           of
           the
           ●residen●ship
           is
           to
           be
           pay'd
           ,
           so
           good
           a
           Morsel
           as
           this
           deserved
           that
           Dr.
           Stillingfleet
           ,
           Dr.
           Tillotson
           ,
           Dr.
           Burnet
           ,
           and
           some
           other
           Divines
           should
           be
           ill
           used
           ,
           and
           He
           to
           preserve
           the
           Character
           of
           Drawcansir
           ,
           which
           is
           as
           due
           to
           Him
           as
           th●t
           of
           Bays
           ,
           falls
           upon
           the
           Articles
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           upon
           both
           
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
          
           .
           It
           is
           Reproach
           enough
           to
           the
           
             House
             of
             Lords
          
           ,
           that
           He
           is
           of
           it
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           somewhat
           new
           ,
           and
           a
           Character
           becoming
           
             Sa.
             Oxon
          
           ,
           to
           arraign
           that
           House
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           Insolence
           to
           which
           He
           can
           raise
           his
           wanton
           Pen.
           Laws
           that
           are
           in
           being
           are
           treated
           with
           respect
           ,
           even
           by
           those
           who
           move
           for
           their
           Repeal
           ;
           but
           our
           Draw●ansir
           scorns
           that
           modest
           strain
           ,
           He
           is
           not
           contented
           to
           arraign
           the
           Law
           ,
           but
           calls
           it
           Barbarous
           ,
           and
           says
           ,
           
             that
             nothing
             can
             be
             more
             Barbarous
             and
             Prophane
             than
             to
             make
             the
             renouncing
             of
             a
             Mystery
             ,
             so
             unanimously
             received
             ,
             a
          
           State
           Test
           ;
           pag.
           133.
           pag.
           64.
           
           But
           he
           ought
           to
           have
           avoided
           the
           word
           Prophane
           ,
           since
           it
           leads
           men
           to
           remember
           ,
           that
           He
           had
           taxed
           the
           praying
           for
           the
           King
           ,
           
             as
             under
             God
             and
             Christ
             ,
             as
             Crude
             ,
          
           not
           to
           say
           Prophane
           :
           when
           in
           the
           prospect
           He
           had
           then
           [
           36
           ]
           of
           a
           Bishoprick
           he
           raised
           the
           King
           above
           Christ
           ,
           but
           now
           another
           prospect
           ,
           will
           make
           Him
           sink
           Him
           beneath
           the
           Pope
           ,
           who
           is
           but
           at
           best
           Christs
           Vicar
           .
           But
           this
           is
           not
           all
           ,
           there
           comes
           another
           Flower
           that
           is
           worthy
           of
           Him
           ,
           He
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             That
             the
          
           TEST
           
             was
             the
             First-born
             of
          
           Oats
           
             's
             Plot
             ,
             and
             brought
             forth
             on
             purpose
             to
             give
             Credit
             and
             Reputation
             to
             the
             Perjury
             ,
          
           pag.
           5.
           and
           because
           this
           went
           in
           common
           between
           the
           
             Two
             Houses
          
           ,
           He
           bestows
           a
           more
           particular
           mark
           of
           His
           Favour
           on
           the
           
             House
             of
             Lords
          
           :
           and
           tells
           them
           
             That
             this
             was
             a
             Monument
             erected
             by
             themselves
             in
             honour
             of
             so
             gross
             an
             Imposture
             .
          
           (
           ibid.
           )
           But
           after
           all
           ,
           the
           Royal
           Assent
           was
           added
           ;
           and
           here
           no
           doubt
           it
           itched
           somewhere
           ,
           for
           if
           it
           had
           not
           been
           for
           the
           manner
           of
           the
           Late
           
           King's
           Death
           ,
           and
           the
           Papers
           published
           since
           His
           Death
           ,
           He
           would
           have
           wreaked
           His
           Malice
           upon
           
             His
             Memory
          
           ,
           for
           He
           will
           never
           forgive
           His
           not
           Advancing
           him
           :
           And
           the
           Late
           King
           being
           so
           true
           a
           Judg●
           of
           Wit
           ,
           could
           not
           but
           be
           much
           taken
           with
           the
           best
           Satyr
           of
           our
           Time
           ;
           and
           saw
           that
           
             Bays's
             Wit
          
           ,
           when
           measured
           with
           anothers
           ,
           was
           of
           a
           piece
           with
           hi●
           Vertues
           ,
           and
           therefore
           judged
           in
           favour
           of
           the
           
             Rehearsal
             Transpros'd
          
           :
           this
           went
           deep
           ,
           and
           though
           it
           gave
           occasion
           to
           the
           single
           piece
           of
           Modesty
           ,
           with
           which
           he
           can
           be
           charged
           ,
           of
           withdrawing
           from
           the
           Town
           ,
           and
           not
           importuning
           the
           Press
           more
           for
           some
           years
           ,
           since
           even
           a
           Face
           of
           Brass
           must
           grow
           red
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           so
           Burnt
           as
           his
           was
           then
           ;
           yet
           his
           Malice
           against
           the
           Elder
           Brother
           was
           never
           extinguished
           but
           with
           his
           Life
           :
           But
           now
           a
           strange
           conjuncture
           has
           brought
           him
           again
           on
           the
           Stage
           ,
           and
           Bays
           will
           be
           Bays
           still
           .
        
         
           He
           begins
           his
           Prologue
           with
           the
           only
           soft
           word
           in
           the
           whole
           piece
           ,
           
             I
             humbly
             conceive
          
           ,
           but
           he
           quickly
           repents
           him
           of
           that
           Debonarity
           ,
           and
           so
           makes
           Thunder
           and
           Lightning
           speak
           the
           rest
           ,
           as
           if
           his
           Designs
           were
           to
           Insult
           over
           the
           two
           Houses
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           convince
           them
           .
           He
           who
           is
           one
           of
           the
           Punies
           of
           his
           Order
           ▪
           and
           is
           certainly
           one
           of
           its
           justest
           Reproaches
           ,
           tells
           us
           pag.
           8.
           
           
             That
             to
             the
             shame
             of
             the
             Bishops
             ,
             this
             Law
             was
             consented
             to
             by
             them
             in
             the
             House
             of
             Lords
             :
          
           But
           what
           shame
           is
           due
           to
           him
           ,
           who
           has
           treated
           that
           Venerable
           Bench
           ,
           and
           in
           particular
           his
           Metropolitan
           ,
           in
           so
           scurrilous
           a
           manner
           .
           The
           Order
           has
           much
           more
           cause
           to
           be
           ashamed
           of
           such
           a
           Member
           :
           tho
           if
           there
           are
           two
           or
           three
           such
           as
           he
           is
           among
           the
           Twenty
           six
           ,
           they
           may
           Comfort
           themselves
           with
           this
           ,
           That
           a
           dozen
           of
           
             much
             berter
          
           Men
           ,
           had
           one
           among
           them
           ,
           that
           I
           confess
           was
           not
           
             much
             worse
          
           ,
           if
           it
           was
           not
           for
           this
           ,
           That
           he
           let
           the
           price
           of
           his
           Treachery
           fall
           much
           lower
           than
           
             Sa.
             Oxon
          
           does
           ,
           who
           is
           still
           true
           to
           his
           Old
           Maxim
           ,
           that
           he
           delivered
           in
           Answer
           to
           one
           who
           asked
           him
           
             What
             was
             the
             best
             Body
             of
             Divinity
             ?
             which
             was
             ,
             That
             that
             which
             could
             help
             a
             man
             to
             keep
             a
             Coach
             and
             six
             Horses
             ,
             was
             certainly
             the
             best
             ,
             But
             now
             I
             come
             to
             Examine
             his
             Reasons
             for
             abrogating
             the
             TEST
             .
          
        
         
           The
           first
           is
           ,
           
             That
             it
             is
             con●rary
             to
             the
             
               Natural
               Rights
               of
               Peerage
            
             ,
             and
             turns
             the
             Birth-Right
             of
             the
             English
             Nobility
             ,
             into
             a
             Precarious
             Title
             :
             which
             is
             at
             the
             mercy
             of
             every
             Faction
             and
             Passion
             in
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             that
             therefore
             ,
             how
             useful
             soever
             the
             TEST
             might
             have
             been
             in
             its
             season
             ,
             it
             sometime
             must
             prove
             a
             very
             ill
             President
             against
             the
             Right
             of
             Peerage
             :
             and
             upon
             this
             he
             tells
             a
             story
             of
             a
             Protestation
             made
             in
             
             the
             House
             of
             Lords
             ,
             against
             the
             TEST
             ,
             that
             was
             brought
             in
             ,
             in
             1675
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             Resolution
             of
             the
             House
             against
             that
             Penalty
             upon
             the
             Peers
             ,
             of
             loosing
             their
             Votes
             in
             case
             of
             a
             Refusal
             :
             he
             represents
             this
             ,
             as
             a
             Test
             or
             Oath
             of
             Loyalty
             ,
             against
             the
             Lawfulness
             of
             taking
             Arms
             upon
             any
             pretence
             whatsoever
             against
             the
             King.
             
          
        
         
           But
           in
           Answer
           to
           all
           this
           ,
           one
           would
           gladly
           know
           what
           are
           the
           
             Natural
             Rights
          
           of
           Peerage
           ,
           and
           in
           what
           Chapter
           of
           the
           Law
           of
           Nature
           they
           are
           to
           be
           found
           ,
           for
           if
           those
           Rights
           have
           no
           other
           Warrant
           ,
           but
           the
           Constitution
           of
           this
           Government
           ,
           then
           they
           are
           still
           subject
           to
           the
           Legislative
           Authority
           ,
           and
           may
           be
           regulated
           by
           it
           .
           The
           Right
           of
           Peerage
           is
           still
           in
           the
           Family
           ,
           only
           as
           the
           exercise
           of
           it
           is
           limited
           by
           the
           Law
           to
           such
           an
           Age
           ,
           so
           it
           may
           be
           suspended
           as
           oft
           as
           the
           Publick
           Safety
           comes
           to
           require
           it
           :
           even
           the
           indelible
           Character
           it self
           ,
           may
           be
           brought
           under
           a
           total
           Suspension
           ,
           of
           which
           our
           Author
           may
           ,
           perhaps
           ,
           afford
           an
           instance
           at
           some
           time
           or
           other
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Votes
           in
           either
           House
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           are
           never
           to
           be
           put
           in
           Ballance
           with
           Establish'd
           Laws
           :
           these
           are
           but
           the
           Opinions
           of
           One
           House
           ,
           and
           are
           changeable
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           But
           if
           the
           TEST
           might
           have
           been
           useful
           in
           its
           Season
           ,
           one
           would
           gladly
           see
           how
           it
           should
           be
           so
           soon
           out
           of
           Season
           :
           for
           its
           chief
           Use
           being
           to
           Secure
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           in
           1678.
           it
           does
           not
           appear
           ,
           That
           now
           in
           1688.
           the
           Dangers
           are
           so
           quite
           dissipated
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           more
           need
           of
           Securing
           it
           .
           In
           one
           Sense
           we
           are
           in
           a
           Safer
           Condition
           than
           we
           were
           then
           :
           for
           some
           False
           Brethren
           have
           shewed
           themselves
           ,
           and
           have
           lost
           that
           little
           Credit
           which
           some
           unhappy
           Accidents
           had
           procured
           them
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           It
           was
           not
           the
           Loyalty
           in
           the
           TEST
           of
           the
           Year
           1675.
           that
           raised
           the
           greatest
           Opposition
           to
           it
           :
           but
           another
           part
           of
           it
           ,
           
             That
             they
             should
             never
             Endeavour
             any
             Alteration
             in
             the
             Government
             ,
             either
             in
             the
             Church
             or
             State.
             
          
           Now
           it
           seemed
           to
           be
           an
           unreasonable
           Limitation
           on
           the
           Legislative
           Body
           ,
           to
           have
           the
           Members
           engaged
           to
           make
           no
           Alteration
           :
           And
           it
           is
           that
           which
           would
           not
           have
           much
           pleased
           those
           ,
           
             For
             whose
             Satisfaction
             this
             Book
             is
             published
             .
          
        
         
           The
           second
           Reason
           was
           already
           hinted
           at
           ,
           
             of
             its
             dishonourable
             Birth
             and
             Original
          
           ;
           pag.
           10.
           which
           according
           to
           the
           decency
           of
           his
           stile
           he
           calls
           
             the
             first
             Sacrament
             of
             the
             Otesian
             Villany
             ,
          
           pag.
           9.
           
           This
           he
           aggravates
           
             as
             such
             a
             Monstrous
             and
             Inhuman
             piece
             of
             Barbarity
             as
             could
             never
             have
             entred
             into
             the
             thoughts
             of
             any
             man
             but
             the
             infamous
             Author
             of
             it
          
           ;
           this
           piece
           of
           Elegance
           ,
           tho
           it
           belongs
           to
           this
           Reason
           ,
           comes
           in
           again
           in
           his
           Fourth
           Reason
           ,
           Pag.
           6.
           and
           to
           let
           the
           
             House
             of
             Lords
          
           see
           their
           Fate
           ,
           if
           they
           will
           not
           yield
           to
           his
           Reasons
           ,
           he
           tells
           them
           that
           this
           will
           be
           not
           only
           an
           
             Eternal
             National
             Reproach
             ,
             but
             such
             a
             blot
             upon
             the
             Peers
             ,
             that
             no
             length
             of
             time
             could
             wear
             away
             ,
             nothing
             but
             the
             Universal
             Conoagration
             could
             destroy
             ,
          
           which
           are
           the
           aptest
           Expressions
           that
           I
           know
           to
           mark
           how
           deeply
           ,
           the
           many
           blots
           with
           which
           he
           is
           stigmatized
           are
           rooted
           in
           his
           Nature
           .
           The
           wanton
           man
           in
           his
           Drawcansir
           humor
           thinks
           that
           Parliaments
           and
           a
           
             House
             of
             Peers
          
           are
           to
           be
           treated
           by
           him
           with
           as
           much
           Scorn
           as
           is
           justly
           due
           to
           himself
           .
           But
           to
           set
           this
           matter
           in
           its
           true
           Light
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           be
           remembred
           that
           in
           1678.
           there
           were
           besides
           the
           Evidences
           of
           the
           Witnesses
           ,
           a
           great
           many
           other
           Discoveries
           made
           of
           Letters
           and
           Negotiations
           in
           Forreign
           Parts
           ,
           chiefly
           in
           the
           Courts
           of
           France
           and
           Rome
           ,
           for
           Extirpating
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ;
           upon
           which
           the
           Parts
           that
           was
           most
           united
           to
           the
           Court
           ,
           set
           on
           this
           Law
           ,
           for
           the
           Test
           ,
           as
           that
           which
           was
           both
           in
           it self
           a
           just
           and
           necessary
           Security
           for
           the
           Establish'd
           Religion
           ,
           and
           that
           would
           probably
           lay
           the
           fermentation
           which
           was
           then
           in
           the
           Nation
           :
           and
           the
           Act
           was
           so
           little
           acceptable
           to
           Him
           ,
           whom
           he
           calls
           
             its
             Author
          
           ,
           that
           he
           spake
           of
           it
           then
           with
           Contempt
           ,
           as
           a
           Trick
           of
           the
           Court
           to
           lay
           the
           Nation
           too
           soon
           asleep
           .
           The
           Negotiations
           beyond
           Sea
           were
           too
           evidently
           proved
           to
           be
           denied
           ;
           and
           (
           which
           is
           not
           yet
           generally
           known
           )
           Mr.
           Coleman
           when
           Examined
           by
           the
           Committee
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           said
           plain
           enough
           to
           them
           ,
           that
           the
           Late
           King
           was
           concerned
           in
           them
           ;
           but
           the
           Committee
           would
           not
           look
           into
           that
           matter
           ,
           and
           so
           Mr.
           Sacheverill
           ,
           that
           was
           their
           Chair-man
           ,
           did
           not
           report
           it
           ;
           yet
           the
           thing
           was
           not
           so
           secret
           but
           that
           one
           to
           whom
           it
           was
           trusted
           ,
           gave
           the
           Late
           King
           an
           Account
           of
           it
           ;
           who
           said
           ,
           That
           he
           had
           not
           heard
           of
           it
           any
           other
           way
           ,
           and
           was
           so
           fully
           convinced
           
           that
           the
           Nation
           had
           cause
           given
           them
           to
           be
           jealous
           ,
           that
           he
           himself
           set
           forward
           the
           Act
           ,
           and
           the
           rather
           because
           he
           saw
           that
           the
           E.
           of
           S.
           did
           not
           much
           like
           it
           .
           The
           Parliament
           as
           long
           as
           it
           was
           known
           that
           the
           Religion
           was
           safe
           in
           the
           Kings
           Negative
           ,
           had
           not
           taken
           any
           great
           Care
           of
           its
           own
           Constitution
           ,
           but
           it
           seemed
           the
           best
           Expedient
           that
           could
           be
           found
           ,
           for
           laying
           the
           Jealousies
           of
           His
           Late
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           the
           apprehensions
           of
           the
           Successor
           ,
           to
           take
           so
           much
           Care
           of
           the
           
             Two
             Houses
          
           ,
           that
           so
           the
           Dangers
           with
           which
           men
           were
           than
           allarm'd
           ,
           might
           seem
           the
           less
           formidable
           ,
           upon
           so
           effectual
           a
           Security
           :
           and
           thus
           all
           the
           stir
           that
           He
           keeps
           with
           Perjury
           and
           Imposture
           ,
           ought
           to
           make
           no
           other
           impression
           ,
           but
           to
           shew
           the
           wantonness
           of
           His
           own
           Temper
           ,
           that
           meddles
           so
           boldly
           with
           things
           of
           which
           He
           knew
           so
           little
           the
           true
           Secret
           :
           For
           here
           was
           a
           Law
           passed
           of
           which
           all
           made
           great
           use
           that
           opposed
           
             the
             Bill
             of
             Exclusion
          
           ,
           to
           demonstrate
           to
           the
           Nation
           that
           there
           could
           be
           no
           Danger
           of
           Popery
           ,
           even
           under
           a
           Prince
           of
           that
           Religion
           ;
           but
           as
           he
           would
           turn
           the
           matter
           ,
           it
           amounts
           to
           this
           ,
           That
           that
           Law
           might
           be
           of
           good
           use
           in
           that
           season
           ,
           to
           lay
           the
           Jealousies
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           till
           there
           were
           a
           Prince
           on
           the
           Throne
           of
           that
           Communion
           ,
           and
           then
           when
           the
           turn
           is
           served
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           thrown
           away
           ,
           to
           open
           the
           only
           door
           that
           is
           now
           shut
           upon
           the
           Re-Establishment
           of
           that
           Religion
           .
           This
           is
           but
           one
           Hint
           among
           a
           great
           many
           more
           of
           the
           state
           of
           Affairs
           at
           the
           time
           that
           this
           Act
           of
           the
           TEST
           was
           made
           ,
           shew
           that
           the
           Evidence
           given
           by
           the
           Witnesses
           ,
           had
           no
           other
           share
           in
           that
           matter
           ,
           but
           that
           it
           gave
           a
           rise
           to
           the
           other
           Discoveries
           ;
           and
           a
           fair
           Opportunity
           to
           those
           who
           knew
           the
           Secret
           of
           the
           Late
           
           King's
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           Negotiation
           at
           Dover
           ,
           to
           provide
           such
           an
           effectual
           Security
           ,
           as
           might
           both
           save
           the
           Crown
           ,
           and
           secure
           the
           Religion
           :
           and
           this
           I
           am
           sure
           some
           of
           the
           Bishops
           knew
           ,
           who
           
             (
             to
             their
             Honour
          
           )
           were
           faithful
           to
           both
           .
        
         
           The
           Third
           Reason
           he
           gives
           for
           Repealing
           the
           Act
           ,
           is
           
             the
             incompetent
             Authority
             of
             those
             who
             Enacted
             it
             ;
             for
             i●
             was
             of
             an
             Ecclesiastical
             nature
             :
          
           and
           here
           He
           stretches
           out
           His
           Wings
           to
           a
           Top
           flig●t
           ,
           and
           charges
           it
           with
           nothing
           less
           than
           
             the
             Deposing
             of
             Christ
             from
             His
             Throne
             ,
             the
             disowning
             ,
             neglecting
             and
             a●fronting
             his
             Commission
             to
             his
             Catholick
             Church
             ,
             and
             entrenching
             upon
             this
             Sacred
             Prerogative
             of
             his
             Holy
             Catholick
             Church
             :
          
           and
           then
           that
           He
           might
           have
           occasion
           to
           feed
           his
           Spleen
           with
           railing
           at
           the
           whole
           Order
           ,
           he
           makes
           a
           ridiculous
           Objection
           of
           the
           Bishops
           being
           present
           in
           the
           
             House
             of
             Lords
          
           ,
           that
           He
           might
           shew
           His
           respect
           to
           them
           ,
           by
           telling
           in
           a
           Parenthesis
           
             that
             (
             to
             their
             Shame
             )
             they
             had
             consented
             to
             it
             .
          
           But
           has
           this
           Scaramuchio
           no
           Shame
           left
           him
           ?
           Did
           the
           Parliament
           pretend
           by
           this
           Act
           to
           make
           any
           Decision
           in
           those
           two
           Points
           of
           Transubstantiation
           and
           Idolatry
           ?
           Had
           not
           the
           Convocation
           defined
           them
           both
           for
           above
           an
           Age
           before
           ?
           In
           the
           28
           
             th
             Article
          
           of
           our
           Church
           these
           words
           are
           to
           be
           found
           :
           
             Transubstantiatien
             (
             or
             the
             change
             of
             the
             substance
             of
             Bread
             and
             Wine
             )
             in
             the
             Supper
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             cannot
             be
             proved
             by
             Holy
             Writ
             ;
             but
             it
             is
             repugnant
             to
             the
             plain
             words
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             overthrows
             the
             nature
             of
             a
             Sacrament
             ,
             and
             hath
             given
             occasion
             to
             many
             Superstitions
          
           ;
           and
           for
           the
           Idolatry
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           that
           was
           also
           declared
           very
           expresly
           in
           the
           same
           Body
           of
           Articles
           :
           since
           in
           the
           Article
           35
           the
           Homiliys
           are
           declared
           
             to
             contain
             a
             godly
             and
             wholesome
             Doctrine
             necessary
             for
             those
             times
             :
             and
             upon
             that
             it
             is
             judged
             that
             they
             should
             be
             read
             in
             the
             Churches
             by
             the
             Ministers
             ,
             diligently
             and
             distinctly
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             be
             understood
             of
             the
             People
             .
          
           And
           the
           Second
           of
           these
           ,
           which
           is
           against
           the
           
             Peril
             of
             Idolatry
          
           ,
           aggravates
           the
           Idolatry
           of
           that
           Church
           in
           so
           many
           particulars
           ,
           and
           with
           such
           severe
           Expressions
           ,
           that
           those
           who
           at
           first
           made
           those
           Articles
           ,
           and
           all
           those
           who
           do
           now
           sign
           them
           ,
           or
           oblige
           others
           to
           sign
           'em
           ,
           must
           either
           believe
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           to
           be
           guilty
           of
           Idolatry
           ,
           or
           that
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           is
           the
           Impudentest
           Society
           that
           ever
           assumed
           the
           Name
           of
           a
           Church
           ,
           if
           she
           proposes
           such
           Homilies
           to
           the
           People
           ,
           in
           which
           this
           Charge
           is
           given
           so
           home
           ,
           and
           yet
           does
           not
           believe
           it
           Her Self
           .
           A
           man
           must
           be
           of
           
           Bays's
           pitch
           to
           rise
           up
           to
           this
           degree
           of
           Impudence
           .
           Upon
           the
           whole
           matter
           then
           ,
           these
           points
           had
           been
           already
           determined
           ,
           and
           were
           a
           part
           of
           our
           Doctrine
           enacted
           by
           Law
           :
           all
           that
           the
           Parliament
           did
           ,
           was
           only
           to
           take
           these
           out
           of
           a
           great
           many
           more
           that
           by
           this
           Test
           it
           might
           appear
           whether
           they
           who
           came
           into
           either
           House
           were
           of
           that
           Religion
           or
           not
           ,
           and
           now
           let
           our
           Reasoner
           try
           what
           he
           ●an
           make
           out
           
           of
           this
           :
           or
           how
           he
           can
           justifie
           the
           Scandal
           that
           he
           so
           boldly
           throws
           upon
           his
           Order
           ,
           
             as
             if
             they
             had
             as
             much
             as
             in
             them
             lay
             destroyed
             the
             very
             being
             of
             a
             Christian
             Church
             ,
             and
             had
             profanely
             pawned
             the
             Bishop
             to
             the
             Lord
             :
             and
             betraied
             the
             Rights
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             as
             by
             Law
             established
             in
             particular
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             of
             the
             Church
             Catholick
             in
             general
             .
             p.
          
           8.9
           .
           All
           this
           shews
           to
           whom
           he
           was
           pawned
           both
           the
           Bishop
           and
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           something
           else
           too
           ,
           which
           is
           both
           Conscience
           and
           Honour
           ,
           if
           he
           has
           any
           left
           .
           When
           one
           reflects
           on
           two
           of
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           that
           were
           of
           that
           Venerable
           Body
           ,
           while
           this
           Act
           passed
           ,
           whose
           Memory
           will
           be
           blessed
           in
           the
           present
           and
           following
           Ages
           ,
           those
           two
           great
           and
           good
           Men
           that
           filled
           the
           Sees
           of
           Chester
           and
           Oxford
           ,
           he
           must
           conclude
           ,
           that
           as
           the
           World
           was
           not
           worthy
           of
           them
           ,
           so
           certainly
           their
           Sees
           were
           not
           worthy
           of
           them
           ,
           since
           they
           have
           been
           plagued
           with
           such
           Successors
           ;
           that
           because
           Bays
           delights
           in
           Figures
           taken
           from
           the
           Roman
           Empire
           ,
           I
           must
           tell
           him
           ,
           that
           since
           Commodus
           suceeded
           to
           
             Marcus
             Aurelius
          
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           find
           a
           more
           incongrous
           Succession
           in
           History
           .
           With
           what
           sensible
           regret
           must
           those
           who
           were
           so
           often
           edified
           with
           the
           Gravity
           ,
           the
           Piety
           ,
           the
           Generosity
           ,
           and
           Charity
           ,
           of
           the
           late
           Bishop
           of
           Oxford
           ,
           look
           look
           on
           ,
           when
           they
           see
           such
           a
           Harleguin
           in
           his
           room
           .
        
         
           His
           fourth
           Reason
           is
           taken
           from
           the
           
             uncertainty
             and
             falsehood
             of
             the
             matters
             contained
             in
             the
             Declaration
             it self
             ,
          
           pag.
           9.
           for
           our
           Comedian
           maintains
           his
           Character
           still
           ,
           and
           scorns
           to
           speak
           of
           Establish'd
           Laws
           with
           any
           Decency
           ;
           here
           he
           puts
           in
           a
           paragraph
           ,
           as
           was
           formerly
           marked
           ,
           which
           belonged
           to
           his
           Second
           Reason
           ,
           but
           it
           seems
           some
           of
           those
           to
           whom
           he
           has
           
             pawn'd
             himself
          
           ,
           thought
           he
           had
           not
           said
           enough
           on
           that
           head
           ,
           and
           therefore
           to
           save
           blottings
           ,
           he
           put
           it
           in
           here
           .
           After
           that
           ,
           he
           tells
           the
           Genty
           ,
           that
           
             Transubstantiation
             was
             a
             Notion
             belonging
             to
             the
             School-men
             and
             Metaphysitians
             ,
          
           and
           that
           he
           may
           bespeak
           their
           Favour
           ,
           he
           tells
           them
           in
           very
           soft
           words
           ,
           
             That
             their
             Learning
             was
             more
             polite
             and
             practicable
             in
             the
             Civil
             Affairs
             of
             Human
             Life
             ,
             to
             understand
             the
             Rules
             of
             Honour
             ,
             and
             the
             Laws
             of
             their
             Countrey
             ,
             the
             practice
             of
             Martial
             Discipline
             ,
             and
             the
             Examples
             of
             Great
             Men
             in
             former
             Ages
             ,
             and
             by
             them
             to
             square
             their
             Actions
             in
             their
             re●●●●tive
             Station●
             ,
             and
             the
             life
             .
          
           But
           ●ine
           the
           Bishop
           is
           here
           without
           his
           Fiocco
           ,
           yet
           at
           least
           for
           Decencys
           sake
           he
           should
           have
           named
           Religion
           and
           Virtue
           among
           the
           p●oper
           Studies
           of
           the
           Gentry
           :
           and
           if
           he
           dares
           not
           trust
           them
           with
           the
           reading
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           yet
           at
           least
           they
           might
           read
           the
           
             Articles
             of
             our
             Church
          
           ,
           and
           hearken
           to
           the
           Homilies
           ,
           for
           tho
           it
           has
           been
           long
           one
           of
           the
           first
           Maxims
           that
           he
           has
           infused
           into
           all
           the
           Clergy
           that
           come
           near
           him
           ,
           that
           the
           People
           ought
           to
           be
           brought
           into
           an
           〈…〉
           ance
           in
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ,
           that
           Prea●●ing
           ought
           to
           be
           laid
           aside
           ,
           for
           a
           Preaching
           Church
           could
           not
           stand
           ,
           that
           in
           Sermons
           no
           points
           of
           Doctrine
           ought
           to
           be
           explained
           ,
           and
           that
           only
           the
           Rules
           of
           Human
           Life
           ought
           to
           be
           told
           the
           People
           ,
           yet
           after
           all
           ,
           they
           may
           read
           the
           
             short
             Articles
          
           :
           and
           tho
           they
           were
           as
           blindly
           Implicit
           as
           he
           would
           wish
           them
           to
           be
           ,
           yet
           they
           would
           without
           more
           Enquiry
           ,
           find
           Transubstantiation
           to
           be
           condemned
           in
           them
           .
           Next
           he
           Triumphs
           over
           the
           renouncing
           of
           it
           ,
           pag.
           11.
           
           
             as
             too
             bold
             and
             too
             prophane
             an
             Affront
             to
             Almighty
             God
             :
             when
             men
             Abjure
             a
             thing
             which
             it
             is
             morally
             impossible
             for
             them
             to
             understand
             .
          
           And
           he
           appeals
           to
           the
           Members
           of
           both
           Houses
           (
           whom
           in
           a
           fit
           of
           Respect
           he
           calls
           Honourable
           ,
           after
           he
           had
           Reproach'd
           them
           all
           he
           could
           )
           
             if
             they
             have
             any
             distinct
             Idea
             or
             Notion
             in
             their
             minds
             ,
             of
             the
             thing
             they
             here
             so
             Solemnly
             Renounce
             .
          
           I
           do
           verily
           believe
           none
           of
           them
           have
           any
           
             distinct
             Notion
             of
             Transubstantiation
             ,
          
           and
           that
           it
           is
           not
           only
           Morally
           ,
           but
           
             Phisically
             impossible
             for
             them
             to
             understand
             it
          
           :
           But
           one
           would
           think
           thet
           this
           is
           enough
           for
           declaring
           that
           they
           do
           not
           Believe
           it
           ,
           since
           the
           TEST
           contains
           no
           declaration
           concerning
           Transubstantiation
           it self
           ,
           whether
           it
           is
           a
           True
           or
           a
           False
           Doctrine
           :
           but
           only
           concerning
           the
           Belief
           of
           him
           that
           takes
           it
           .
           And
           if
           one
           can
           have
           
             no
             distinct
             Notion
             of
             it
             ,
             so
             that
             it
             is
             morally
             impossible
             for
             him
             to
             understand
             it
             ,
          
           he
           may
           very
           well
           declare
           
           
             That
             he
             does
             not
             believe
             it
             .
          
           After
           a
           Far●e
           of
           a
           ●light
           Story
           ,
           he
           concludes
           ,
           that
           
             there
             seems
             to
             be
             nothing
             but
             a
             prophane
             Levity
             in
             the
             whole
             mat●er
             :
             and
             a
             shameless
             abuse
             put
             upon
             God
             and
             Religion
             ,
             to
             carry
             on
             the
             Wicked
             Designs
             of
             a
             Rebel-Faction
             .
          
           For
           he
           cannot
           for
           his
           heart
           ,
           abate
           an
           ace
           of
           his
           Insolence
           ,
           even
           when
           he
           makes
           the
           
             King
             ,
             Lords
             ,
             and
             Commons
             ,
          
           the
           subject
           of
           his
           sco●●
           .
           Certainly
           whatever
           his
           Character
           is
           ,
           it
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           expected
           that
           a
           man
           who
           attacks
           all
           that
           is
           sacred
           under
           God
           and
           Christ
           ,
           should
           not
           be
           treated
           as
           he
           deserves
           :
           it
           were
           a
           feeble
           weakness
           ,
           to
           have
           so
           great
           a
           regard
           to
           a
           Character
           that
           is
           so
           prostituted
           by
           him
           .
           He
           tells
           us
           ▪
           pag.
           47.
           
           
             That
             all
             Parties
             agree
             in
             the
             thing
             and
             that
             they
             differ
             only
             in
             the
             word
             and
             m●nner
             ▪
          
           and
           here
           he
           makes
           a
           long
           excursion
           to
           shew
           his
           Learning
           ,
           in
           tacking
           a
           great
           many
           things
           together
           ,
           which
           passes
           with
           Ignorant
           Readers
           as
           a
           mark
           of
           his
           great
           Reading
           :
           whereas
           in
           this
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           in
           all
           his
           other
           Books
           ,
           in
           which
           any
           shews
           of
           Learning
           appear
           ,
           those
           who
           have
           searched
           into
           the
           Fountains
           ,
           see
           that
           he
           doe●
           nothing
           but
           gather
           from
           the
           Collection
           of
           others
           :
           onl●
           he
           spoils
           them
           with
           the
           Levities
           of
           his
           Bu●●o●n-Stile
           ,
           and
           which
           is
           worse
           ,
           with
           his
           Dis-ingenuity
           .
           I
           leave
           all
           these
           matters
           to
           be
           exa●ined
           ,
           by
           those
           who
           have
           leisure
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           ●hat
           think
           him
           worth
           their
           pains
           ▪
           But
           asfor
           Tra●substantiation
           ,
           the
           words
           that
           I
           have
           cited
           from
           out
           of
           our
           Articles
           ,
           shew
           plainly
           that
           it
           is
           rejected
           in
           our
           Church
           ,
           so
           that
           he
           is
           bound
           either
           to
           renounce
           it
           ,
           or
           to
           renounce
           our
           Church
           :
           therefore
           all
           that
           shew
           he
           makes
           with
           our
           History
           ,
           comes
           to
           nothing
           ,
           since
           whatever
           he
           may
           say
           with
           relation
           to
           Edwar●
           the
           Sixth's
           Reign
           ,
           it
           cannot
           be
           denied
           ,
           but
           they
           were
           Enacted
           by
           the
           Convocation
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           Queen
           
           Elizabeth's
           Reign
           ,
           and
           t●ey
           have
           been
           ever
           since
           ,
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           our
           Church
           :
           so
           that
           without
           going
           further
           ,
           this
           is
           now
           our
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           since
           
             Sa.
             Oxon
          
           carries
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Convocation
           so
           high
           ,
           he
           will
           find
           the
           Original
           Record
           of
           these
           Arti●les
           in
           
             Corpus-Christi
             College
          
           in
           Cambridge
           ,
           subscribed
           by
           the
           Members
           of
           both
           Houses
           ,
           in
           which
           there
           is
           a
           much
           more
           Positive
           Decision
           then
           is
           in
           the
           Prints
           ,
           not
           only
           against
           Transub●tantiation
           ,
           but
           against
           any
           
             Corporal
             or
             Real
             Pre●●●ce
             of
             the
             Body
             and
             Blood
             of
             Christ
             in
             the
             Sacra●●●●
             :
          
           And
           if
           he
           will
           give
           himself
           scope
           ▪
           to
           rail
           at
           those
           who
           suppressed
           this
           ,
           I
           leave
           him
           to
           his
           Liberty
           .
           But
           here
           is
           the
           formal
           decision
           of
           this
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           pretending
           that
           there
           was
           no
           Evidence
           of
           
           Cranmer's
           Opinion
           ,
           but
           in
           an
           unknown
           Manuscript
           ,
           or
           a
           famous
           
             Invisible
             Manuscript
          
           ,
           p.
           49
           ,
           47.
           when
           there
           are
           two
           Books
           writ
           on
           this
           matter
           by
           Cranme●
           himself
           ,
           and
           when
           all
           the
           Disputes
           in
           Queen
           
           Mary's
           Time
           ,
           besides
           those
           that
           were
           both
           in
           Oxford
           ,
           and
           Cambridge
           ,
           in
           King
           
           Edward's
           Time
           ,
           shew
           so
           clearly
           ,
           That
           this
           was
           his
           Doctrine
           ,
           is
           a
           strain
           becoming
           his
           Since●ity
           ,
           that
           gives
           this
           among
           many
           other
           Essays
           of
           the
           Trust
           that
           is
           due
           to
           him
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           seems
           he
           thought
           that
           Dr.
           Tillotson
           ,
           Dr.
           Stillingfleet
           ,
           and
           Dr.
           Burnet
           ,
           besides
           some
           others
           w●om
           he
           does
           not
           Name
           ,
           had
           not
           Reputation
           enough
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           therefore
           he
           intended
           to
           raise
           it
           ,
           by
           using
           them
           ill
           :
           which
           is
           all
           the
           effect
           that
           his
           Malice
           can
           have
           .
           He
           had
           set
           on
           one
           of
           his
           poor
           under-workmen
           ,
           some
           years
           ago
           ,
           to
           decry
           the
           Manuscript
           which
           Dr.
           Stillingfleet
           had
           in
           his
           keeping
           for
           above
           Twenty
           Yea●s
           ,
           and
           which
           D●
           .
           Burnet
           had
           in
           his
           Hands
           ,
           for
           many
           months
           ,
           and
           which
           ●hey
           shewed
           to
           as
           many
           as
           desired
           to
           see
           it
           ,
           but
           th●t
           had
           turned
           so
           much
           to
           his
           Shame
           that
           first
           vented
           the
           Calumny
           ,
           that
           it
           seems
           he
           summoned
           
             Sa.
             Oxon
          
           to
           appear
           his
           Second
           in
           the
           Slander
           :
           and
           he
           whose
           Brow
           is
           of
           so
           peculiar
           a
           Composition
           ▪
           will
           needs
           bring
           it
           here
           ,
           tho
           ever
           so
           impertinently
           .
           But
           I
           forgive
           the
           Hatred
           that
           he
           bears
           both
           to
           that
           Manúscript
           ,
           and
           to
           those
           Doctors
           ,
           since
           nothing
           could
           be
           less
           to
           
             the
             Satisf●ction
             of
             those
             for
             whom
             he
             published
             his
             Book
             ,
          
           then
           to
           see
           the
           Mature
           and
           Regular
           Methods
           in
           which
           the
           Reformation
           was
           advanced
           ,
           For
           the
           Bishops
           and
           Divines
           were
           appointed
           ,
           to
           Examine
           all
           Points
           with
           much
           Care
           ,
           and
           to
           bring
           every
           man
           His
           Opinion
           in
           Writing
           ,
           all
           which
           were
           compared
           very
           faithfully
           ,
           and
           upon
           these
           the
           Decisions
           were
           made
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           many
           other
           Papers
           yet
           extant
           ,
           which
           by
           comparing
           the
           Hands
           shew
           these
           to
           be
           Originals
           :
           and
           they
           were
           in
           the
           Salisbury
           Family
           probably
           ever
           since
           they
           were
           at
           first
           brought
           together
           .
           Their
           Ancestor
           the
           Lord
           Burghly
           who
           was
           
             Secretary
             of
             State
          
           in
           Edward
           the
           Sixth's
           time
           ,
           gathered
           them
           
           up
           ;
           and
           as
           appears
           in
           a
           Letter
           ●nder
           his
           own
           Hand
           yet
           extant
           ,
           he
           had
           6
           or
           7
           Vol●mes
           of
           them
           ,
           of
           which
           Dr.
           
             Stilling
             fleet
          
           had
           only
           two
           ,
           but
           Dr.
           Burnet
           saw
           two
           more
           of
           these
           Volumes
           .
        
         
           The
           
             History
             of
             the
             Reformation
          
           sells
           still
           so
           well
           ,
           that
           I
           do
           not
           believe
           Mr.
           Chiswell
           the
           Printer
           of
           it
           has
           made
           any
           present
           to
           this
           Reasoner
           ,
           to
           raise
           its
           price
           :
           for
           to
           attack
           it
           with
           so
           much
           malice
           ,
           and
           yet
           not
           to
           offer
           one
           Reason
           to
           lessen
           its
           Credit
           ,
           is
           as
           effectual
           a
           Recommendation
           ,
           as
           this
           Author
           can
           give
           it
           .
        
         
           He
           pretends
           that
           Dr.
           Burnets
           Design
           was
           ,
           to
           make
           Cranmer
           appear
           a
           meer
           Sacrame●tarian
           as
           to
           Doctrine
           ,
           as
           he
           had
           made
           him
           appear
           an
           Erastian
           ,
           as
           to
           Discipline
           :
           and
           he
           thinks
           the
           
             vain
             Man
          
           was
           flattered
           into
           all
           the
           pains
           he
           took
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           give
           Reputatio●
           to
           the
           Errours
           of
           his
           Patrons
           ,
           and
           that
           those
           two
           
             grand
             Forgeries
          
           are
           the
           grand
           Singularities
           of
           his
           History
           :
           and
           the
           main
           things
           that
           gave
           it
           Popular
           Vogue
           and
           Reputation
           with
           his
           Party
           .
           So
           that
           were
           these
           two
           blind
           Stories
           ,
           and
           the
           Reasons
           depending
           upon
           them
           retrenched
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           like
           the
           shaving
           off
           Samsons
           hair
           ,
           and
           destroy
           all
           the
           strength
           peculiar
           to
           the
           History
           .
           But
           to
           all
           this
           stuff
           I
           shall
           only
           say
           ,
           1.
           
           That
           the
           Charge
           of
           Forgery
           falls
           back
           on
           the
           Reasoner
           ,
           since
           as
           to
           Cranmers
           opinion
           of
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           his
           own
           Books
           ,
           and
           his
           Dispute
           at
           Oxford
           are
           such
           plain
           evidences
           ,
           that
           none
           but
           Bays
           could
           have
           questioned
           it
           :
           and
           for
           his
           being
           an
           Erastian
           ,
           Dr.
           Burnet
           had
           clearly
           proved
           that
           he
           had
           changed
           his
           Opinion
           in
           that
           point
           ,
           so
           that
           tho
           he
           shewed
           that
           he
           had
           been
           indeed
           once
           engaged
           in
           those
           Opinions
           ,
           yet
           he
           proved
           that
           he
           had
           forsaken
           them
           :
           Let
           the
           Reader
           judge
           to
           whom
           the
           charge
           of
           Forgery
           belongs
           .
           2.
           
           Dr.
           Burnet
           has
           indeed
           some
           temptations
           to
           Vanity
           now
           ,
           since
           he
           is
           ill
           used
           b●
           Bays
           ;
           and
           put
           in
           such
           Company
           ▪
           But
           I
           dare
           say
           if
           he
           goes
           to
           give
           him
           his
           Character
           he
           will
           never
           mention
           so
           slight
           a
           one
           as
           Vanity
           ,
           in
           which
           how
           excessive
           so
           ever
           he
           may
           be
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           the
           smallest
           of
           all
           his
           Faults
           .
           3.
           
           These
           two
           particulars
           here
           mentioned
           ,
           bear
           so
           inconsiderable
           a
           share
           in
           that
           History
           ,
           and
           have
           been
           so
           little
           minded
           ,
           that
           I
           dare
           say
           of
           an
           hundred
           that
           are
           pleased
           with
           that
           Work
           ,
           there
           is
           not
           one
           that
           will
           assign
           these
           as
           their
           Motives
           .
        
         
           He
           censures
           Dr.
           Burnet
           for
           saying
           
             he
             had
             often
             heard
             it
             said
             that
             the
             Articles
             of
             our
             Church
             were
             framed
             by
          
           Cranmer
           and
           Ridley
           ;
           
             as
             if
             it
             were
             the
             meanest
             Trade
             of
             an
             Historian
             to
             stoop
             to
             hear
             says
             .
          
           p.
           55.
           
           But
           the
           best
           of
           all
           the
           
             Roman
             Historians
             (
             Salust
             .
             in
             ●ello
             Catil
             .
             )
          
           does
           it
           ,
           and
           in
           this
           Dr.
           Burnet
           maintains
           the
           Character
           of
           a
           sincere
           Historian
           to
           say
           not●ing
           that
           was
           not
           well
           grounded
           :
           and
           since
           it
           has
           been
           often
           said
           by
           many
           Wr●ters
           that
           these
           two
           Bishops
           prepared
           our
           Articles
           ,
           he
           finding
           no
           particular
           Evidence
           of
           that
           ,
           delivers
           it
           with
           its
           own
           doubtfulness
           .
           It
           is
           very
           like
           
             Sa.
             Oxon
          
           would
           have
           been
           more
           positive
           upon
           half
           the
           Grounds
           ,
           that
           Dr.
           Bu●net
           had
           ,
           but
           the
           other
           chose
           to
           write
           exactly
           :
           yet
           h●
           adds
           ,
           Tha●
           it
           is
           probable
           that
           they
           penned
           them
           :
           a●●
           if
           either
           the
           Dignity
           of
           their
           Sees
           ,
           or
           of
           their
           Persons
           be
           considered
           ,
           the
           thing
           will
           appear
           reasonable
           enough
           .
           But
           I
           do
           not
           wonder
           to
           see
           any
           thing
           that
           looks
           like
           a
           modesty
           of
           Stile
           offend
           our
           Author
           .
           He
           is
           next
           so
           kind
           to
           Dr.
           B●r●et
           as
           to
           offer
           him
           some
           Counsel
           ,
           (
           p.
           50.
           )
           
             that
             he
             would
             be
             well
             advised
             to
             imploy
             his
             Pen
             in
             writing
             Lampoons
             upon
             the
             present
             Princes
             of
             Christendom
             (
             especially
             his
             own
             )
             which
             he
             delights
             in
             most
             ;
             because
             i●
             is
             the
             worst
             thing
             that
             himself
             can
             do
             ,
             then
             collecting
             the
             Records
             of
             former
             times
             :
             for
             the
             first
             will
             require
             time
             and
             Postage
             ,
             to
             pursue
             his
             Malice
             :
             but
             the
             second
             is
             easily
             traced
             in
             the
             Chimney
             corner
             .
          
        
         
           One
           would
           think
           that
           this
           period
           was
           Writ
           by
           Mr.
           Louth
           ,
           it
           is
           so
           obscure
           and
           ill
           expres●ed
           ,
           that
           nothing
           is
           plain
           ,
           but
           the
           malice
           of
           it
           :
           but
           He
           of
           all
           men
           should
           be
           the
           furthest
           from
           reproaching
           any
           for
           Writing
           Lampoons
           ,
           who
           has
           now
           given
           so
           rude
           a
           one
           ,
           on
           the
           late
           King
           and
           the
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           ;
           if
           bold
           railing
           without
           either
           Wit
           or
           Decency
           ,
           deserves
           that
           Name
           .
           I
           will
           only
           say
           this
           further
           ,
           that
           if
           one
           had
           the
           ill
           nature
           to
           write
           a
           Lampoon
           on
           the
           Government
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           severest
           Articles
           in
           it
           ,
           would
           be
           .
           That
           it
           seems
           Writers
           are
           hard
           to
           be
           found
           ,
           when
           such
           a
           Baboon
           is
           made
           use
           of
           .
           It
           is
           Lampoon
           enough
           upon
           the
           Age
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           ●
           Bishop
           :
           but
           it
           is
           downright
           Reproach
           that
           he
           is
           made
           the
           Champion
           of
           a
           Cause
           ,
           which
           if
           ●t
           is
           bad
           of
           it self
           ,
           must
           suffer
           extreamly
           by
           beïng
           in
           such
           Hands
           .
        
         
         
           And
           thus
           I
           think
           enough
           is
           said
           in
           Answer
           to
           His
           impertinent
           digression
           upon
           Transubstantiation
           ,
           let
           Him
           renounce
           the
           Article
           of
           our
           Church
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           he
           possesses
           in
           Consequence
           to
           His
           having
           signed
           it
           ,
           and
           then
           we
           will
           argue
           all
           the
           rest
           with
           Him
           upon
           the
           square
           :
           but
           as
           long
           as
           He
           owns
           that
           ,
           He
           is
           bound
           likewise
           to
           own
           the
           first
           Branch
           of
           the
           TEST
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Renouncing
           of
           Transubstantiation
           .
           In
           this
           Discourse
           He
           makes
           His
           old
           Hatred
           to
           Calvin
           and
           the
           Calvinists
           return
           so
           often
           ,
           that
           ít
           appears
           very
           Conspicuously
           .
           I
           believe
           it
           is
           stronger
           now
           than
           ever
           ,
           and
           that
           for
           a
           particular
           reason
           :
           When
           the
           Prince
           and
           Prircess
           of
           Orange
           were
           Married
           ,
           he
           was
           perhaps
           the
           only
           Man
           in
           England
           that
           expressed
           his
           uneasiness
           at
           that
           Happy
           Conjunction
           ,
           in
           so
           Clownish
           a
           manner
           ,
           that
           when
           their
           Highnesses
           past
           thro
           Canterbury
           he
           would
           not
           go
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           that
           Body
           ,
           to
           which
           he
           was
           so
           long
           a
           Blemish
           ,
           to
           pay
           his
           Duty
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           when
           He
           was
           Asked
           the
           Reason
           ,
           he
           said
           ,
           
             He
             could
             have
             no
             regard
             to
             a
             Calvinist
             Prince
             .
          
           Now
           this
           
             Calvinist
             Prince
          
           has
           declared
           his
           mind
           so
           openly
           and
           fully
           against
           the
           
             Repeal
             of
             the
             Test
          
           ,
           that
           no
           doubt
           this
           has
           encreased
           
           Bays's
           distemper
           ,
           and
           heightned
           his
           Choler
           against
           the
           Whole
           Party
           .
        
         
           The
           second
           Branch
           of
           the
           TEST
           is
           the
           Declaration
           made
           of
           the
           
             Idolatry
             committed
             in
             the
             Roman
             Church
             :
          
           upon
           which
           he
           tells
           us
           ,
           pag.
           71.72
           .
           That
           
             Idolatry
             is
             a
             Stabbing
             and
             Cut-throat
             Word
             ,
             a●d
             that
             it
             is
             an
             Inviting
             and
             Warranting
             the
             Rabble
             whenever
             Opportunity
             favours
             to
             destroy
             the
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           ;
           and
           here
           Bays
           will
           outdo
           himself
           ,
           since
           this
           was
           a
           Master-piece
           of
           Service
           ,
           therefore
           he
           makes
           the
           taxing
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           with
           Idolatry
           ,
           
             a
             piece
             of
             inh●manity
             that
             outdoes
             the
             Savages
             of
             the
             Canibals
             themselves
             ;
             and
             damns
             at
             once
             both
             Body
             and
             Soul.
          
           He
           Charges
           Dr.
           Stillingfleet
           as
           the
           
             great
             Founder
             of
             this
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             Anti-catholick
             and
             Antichristian
             and
             uncharitable
             Principles
             among
             us
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Test
             is
             the
             Swearing
             to
             the
             Truth
             of
             his
             unlearned
             and
             Fanatick
             Nation
             of
             Idolatry
             .
             pag.
          
           130.135
           .
           and
           the
           result
           of
           all
           is
           ,
           
             That
             Idolatry
             made
             the
             Plot
             ,
             and
             then
             the
             Plot
             made
             Idolatry
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             ●ame
             persons
             made
             both
             .
          
           He
           has
           also
           troubled
           the
           Reader
           with
           a
           second
           impertinence
           to
           shew
           his
           second
           hand
           Reading
           again
           upon
           the
           Notion
           of
           Idolatry
           .
           But
           all
           this
           falls
           off
           with
           a
           very
           short
           Answer
           ,
           if
           he
           is
           of
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           ,
           and
           believes
           that
           the
           
             Homilies
             contain
             a
             Godly
             and
             Wholsome
             Doctrine
             ,
          
           all
           this
           clamour
           against
           Idolatry
           ,
           turns
           against
           himself
           ,
           for
           he
           will
           find
           the
           
             Church
             of
             Rome
          
           charged
           with
           this
           ,
           almost
           an
           Age
           before
           Dr.
           Sti●lingfleet
           was
           Born
           ;
           and
           tho
           perhaps
           none
           has
           ever
           defended
           the
           charge
           ,
           with
           so
           much
           Learning
           as
           he
           has
           done
           ,
           yet
           no
           malice
           less
           Impudent
           than
           his
           is
           ,
           eould
           make
           him
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           Accu●ation
           .
           It
           will
           be
           another
           strain
           of
           our
           Authors
           modesty
           ,
           if
           he
           will
           pretend
           that
           our
           Church
           is
           not
           bound
           to
           own
           the
           Doctrine
           that
           is
           contained
           in
           h●r
           Homilies
           ,
           he
           must
           by
           this
           maxe
           our
           Church
           as
           Treacherous
           to
           her
           Members
           ,
           as
           
             Sa.
             Oxon
          
           is
           to
           her
           ,
           or
           to
           deliver
           this
           Doctrine
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           if
           we
           believe
           it
           not
           our selves
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           as
           Impudent
           as
           he
           himself
           can
           pretend
           to
           be
           .
           A
           Church
           may
           believe
           a
           Doctrine
           which
           she
           does
           not
           think
           necessary
           to
           propose
           to
           all
           her
           Members
           ;
           but
           she
           were
           indeed
           a
           Society
           fit
           for
           such
           Pastors
           as
           he
           is
           ,
           if
           she
           could
           propose
           to
           the
           people
           a
           Doctrine
           ,
           chiefly
           one
           of
           so
           great
           consequence
           as
           this
           is
           ,
           without
           she
           believed
           it
           her Self
           .
           So
           then
           he
           must
           either
           Renounce
           our
           Church
           and
           her
           Articles
           ,
           or
           he
           must
           Answer
           all
           his
           own
           Plea
           for
           clearing
           that
           Church
           of
           this
           Imputation
           :
           which
           is
           so
           slight
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           be
           no
           hard
           matter
           even
           for
           such
           a
           trifling
           Writer
           as
           himself
           is
           ,
           to
           do
           it
           :
           As
           for
           what
           he
           says
           of
           Stabbing
           and
           Cut-throat
           Words
           ,
           he
           may
           charge
           us
           with
           such
           words
           ,
           if
           he
           will
           ,
           but
           we
           know
           who
           we
           may
           charge
           with
           the
           Deeds
           .
           I
           would
           gladly
           see
           the
           List
           of
           all
           that
           have
           been
           murdered
           by
           these
           Words
           ,
           to
           try
           if
           they
           can
           be
           put
           in
           the
           Ballance
           ,
           either
           with
           the
           Massacre
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           or
           that
           of
           Paris
           ;
           upon
           which
           I
           must
           take
           notice
           of
           his
           slight
           way
           of
           mentioning
           
             Coligny
             ,
             and
             Faction
          
           ,
           and
           telling
           us
           in
           plain
           words
           ,
           pag.
           45.
           
           "
           That
           they
           were
           Rebells
           ,
           this
           is
           perhaps
           another
           instance
           of
           his
           kindness
           to
           the
           
             Calvinist
             Prince
          
           ,
           that
           is
           descended
           from
           that
           Great
           Man.
           
        
         
           If
           
             Idolatry
             made
             our
             Plot
          
           ,
           it
           was
           not
           the
           first
           that
           is
           made
           ;
           but
           his
           malignity
           is
           still
           like
           himself
           ,
           his
           charging
           Dr.
           Stillingfleet
           ,
           who
           he
           says
           is
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           Imputation
           of
           Idolatry
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           had
           suborned
           the
           
             Evidence
             in
             our
             Plot.
          
           I
           should
           congratulate
           to
           the
           Dr.
           the
           Honour
           that
           is
           done
           him
           by
           the
           Malice
           of
           one
           who
           must
           needs
           be
           the
           object
           of
           the
           Hatred
           of
           all
           good
           Men
           ,
           if
           I
           did
           not
           look
           upon
           Him
           as
           so
           contemptible
           a
           person
           ,
           that
           his
           love
           and
           his
           hatred
           are
           equally
           insignificant
           .
           If
           he
           thinks
           our
           Church
           worse
           than
           Canibals
           ,
           I
           wish
           he
           would
           be
           at
           the
           pains
           to
           go
           and
           make
           a
           trial
           ,
           and
           see
           whether
           these
           Salvages
           will
           use
           him
           as
           we
           have
           done
           .
           I
           dare
           say
           they
           would
           not
           Eat
           him
           ,
           for
           they
           would
           find
           so
           much
           Gall
           and
           Choler
           in
           him
           ,
           that
           the
           first
           bit
           would
           quite
           disgust
           them
           .
        
         
           FINIS
        
      
    
     
  

