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             The pretences of the French invasion examined for the information of the people of England
             Lloyd, William, 1627-1717.
             Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.
          
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           May
           25th
           1692.
           
        
         
           Let
           this
           be
           Printed
           ,
           Nottingham
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           PRETENCES
           OF
           THE
           French
           Invasion
           EXAMINED
           .
           FOR
           THE
           INFORMATION
           OF
           THE
           PEOPLE
           of
           ENGLAND
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             R.
             Clavel
          
           at
           the
           Peacock
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-Yard
           ,
           1692.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           Catalogue
           of
           some
           Books
           lately
           Printed
           and
           Reprinted
           for
           
             Robert
             Clavel
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Peacock
           in
           S.
           
           Paul's
           Church-Yard
           .
        
         
           THE
           State
           of
           the
           Protestants
           of
           Ireland
           under
           the
           late
           King
           
           James's
           Government
           ,
           in
           which
           their
           Carriage
           towards
           him
           is
           justified
           ,
           and
           the
           absolute
           Necessity
           of
           their
           Endeavouring
           to
           be
           freed
           from
           his
           Government
           ,
           and
           of
           submitting
           to
           their
           present
           Majesties
           is
           demonstrated
           .
           Writ
           by
           Bishop
           King.
           Licensed
           by
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           the
           Earl
           of
           Nottingham
           .
           The
           
             Third
             Edition
          
           ,
           with
           Additions
           .
        
         
           The
           Frauds
           of
           the
           Romish
           Monks
           and
           Priests
           set
           forth
           in
           Eight
           Letters
           ,
           lately
           Written
           by
           a
           Gentleman
           in
           his
           Journey
           into
           Italy
           .
           The
           
             Third
             Edition
          
           ,
           very
           fairly
           printed
           .
        
         
           Observations
           on
           a
           Journey
           to
           Naples
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Frauds
           of
           Romish
           Monks
           and
           Priests
           are
           farther
           discover'd
           :
           By
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           former
           Book
           .
        
         
           Forms
           of
           
             Private
             Devotions
          
           for
           every
           Day
           in
           the
           Week
           by
           a
           Method
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Liturgy
           ;
           with
           Occasional
           Prayers
           ,
           and
           an
           Office
           for
           the
           Holy
           Communion
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           time
           of
           Sickness
           .
        
         
           L.
           Annaei
           Flori
           
             Rerum
             Romanarum
             Epitome
             ,
             interpretatione
             ,
             &
             Notis
             illustravit
          
           Anna
           Tanaquilli
           Fabri
           
             Filia
             ,
             Jessu
             Christianismi
             Regis
             in
             usum
             Serenissime
          
           Delphini
           .
           In
           a
           large
           8vo
           .
           curiously
           Printed
           .
        
         
           LEVSDEN's
           Greek
           Testament
           .
           The
           
             Fifth
             Edition
          
           .
        
         
           A
           Defence
           of
           Pluralities
           ,
           or
           holding
           two
           Benefices
           with
           Cure
           of
           Souls
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           now
           practised
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           PRETENCES
           OF
           THE
           French
           Invasion
           EXAMINED
           :
           For
           the
           Information
           of
           the
           People
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           THat
           the
           Sword
           hath
           thus
           long
           been
           kept
           from
           destroying
           among
           us
           ,
           is
           a
           Blessing
           which
           we
           cannot
           sufficiently
           understand
           ,
           unless
           we
           consider
           the
           woful
           Desolation
           it
           hath
           made
           in
           all
           Neighbouring
           Nations
           :
           Nor
           are
           they
           at
           all
           sensible
           how
           much
           they
           owe
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           their
           Majesties
           for
           keeping
           us
           in
           Peace
           ,
           who
           give
           the
           least
           Encouragement
           to
           this
           intended
           Descent
           ,
           which
           must
           turn
           our
           Land
           into
           an
           Aceldama
           ,
           and
           will
           make
           such
           woful
           Havock
           of
           our
           Lives
           and
           Fortunes
           ,
           while
           one
           party
           fights
           for
           Safety
           and
           the
           other
           for
           Revenge
           ,
           that
           no
           Age
           can
           parallel
           the
           horrid
           Consequences
           of
           such
           a
           Civil
           War
           as
           this
           will
           prove
           .
           And
           if
           Papists
           only
           (
           blinded
           by
           Zeal
           for
           their
           Religion
           ,
           and
           blown
           up
           with
           hopes
           of
           absolute
           Empire
           )
           encouraged
           this
           bloody
           design
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           no
           Wonder
           ,
           and
           could
           have
           no
           Success
           ,
           considering
           the
           general
           Aversion
           of
           the
           People
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           fresh
           Instances
           of
           their
           Insolence
           and
           Cruelty
           .
        
         
           But
           alas
           !
           It
           appears
           that
           many
           who
           call
           themselves
           Protestants
           ,
           
           are
           engaged
           in
           this
           fatal
           Conspiracy
           against
           their
           Religion
           and
           their
           Native-Country
           ;
           which
           is
           so
           prodigious
           and
           amazing
           ,
           that
           a
           Man
           would
           wonder
           who
           hath
           bewitched
           these
           foolish
           Galatians
           to
           push
           on
           their
           own
           and
           the
           Churches
           Ruin
           :
           And
           every
           one
           must
           be
           inquisitive
           into
           the
           specious
           pretences
           by
           which
           these
           Men
           are
           induced
           to
           become
           their
           own
           Executioners
           .
        
         
           
             Now
             the
             pretended
             Motives
             are
             these
             :
          
           
             1.
             
             Repairing
             the
             Injury
             done
             to
             the
             late
             King.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Delivering
             us
             from
             the
             Oppressions
             we
             suffer
             under
             the
             present
             King.
             
          
           
             3.
             
             Setling
             the
             Government
             upon
             its
             old
             Basis.
             
          
           
             4.
             
             Securing
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             for
             all
             future
             Ages
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           it
           becomes
           every
           true
           English
           Protestant
           to
           examine
           these
           Pretences
           very
           well
           ,
           before
           he
           venture
           on
           a
           thing
           of
           so
           evil
           Appearance
           and
           dangerous
           Consequence
           ,
           as
           is
           the
           joyning
           with
           these
           Invaders
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           It
           is
           pretended
           ,
           the
           late
           King
           was
           unjustly
           deprived
           of
           his
           Birth-right
           by
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           who
           by
           Nature
           and
           Oaths
           were
           bound
           to
           defend
           him
           in
           the
           Possession
           of
           it
           :
           And
           now
           that
           he
           comes
           to
           demand
           his
           own
           ,
           all
           that
           ever
           were
           his
           Subjects
           must
           either
           assist
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           not
           oppose
           him
           .
        
         
           But
           let
           it
           be
           considered
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           late
           Kings
           Sufferings
           were
           owing
           to
           ,
           and
           caused
           by
           the
           Counsels
           of
           his
           Popish-Priests
           ,
           and
           the
           Bigots
           of
           that
           Persuasion
           :
           Protestants
           were
           not
           the
           Aggressors
           ,
           he
           might
           have
           kept
           his
           Possession
           to
           this
           day
           undisturbed
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           not
           made
           such
           open
           and
           bold
           Attempts
           upon
           our
           Laws
           ,
           our
           Religion
           and
           Properties
           ;
           so
           that
           he
           was
           the
           first
           and
           only
           Cause
           of
           his
           own
           Sufferings
           ;
           and
           why
           should
           Millions
           be
           involved
           in
           Blood
           and
           Ruin
           ,
           who
           are
           perfectly
           Innocent
           of
           doing
           this
           Injury
           ?
           No
           free
           Nation
           did
           ever
           bear
           more
           or
           greater
           Injuries
           ,
           or
           endure
           such
           Violences
           so
           long
           ,
           or
           so
           patiently
           as
           we
           did
           :
           And
           when
           some
           Stop
           was
           to
           be
           put
           to
           the
           final
           
           Ruin
           of
           our
           Liberties
           and
           Religion
           ,
           it
           was
           done
           at
           first
           by
           Petitions
           and
           Complaints
           ;
           and
           when
           they
           were
           despised
           ,
           none
           but
           defensive
           Arms
           were
           taken
           up
           by
           some
           few
           ,
           and
           by
           a
           Foreign
           Prince
           ,
           only
           to
           cover
           their
           Heads
           while
           the
           Grievances
           were
           fairly
           redressed
           ;
           not
           to
           take
           away
           his
           Rights
           ,
           but
           to
           secure
           our
           own
           :
           Nor
           did
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ,
           or
           these
           Gentlemen
           ,
           devest
           or
           deprive
           him
           of
           his
           Throne
           ,
           but
           owned
           his
           Right
           by
           offering
           a
           Treaty
           ,
           during
           the
           continuance
           of
           which
           he
           disbanded
           his
           Army
           ,
           dissolved
           his
           Government
           ,
           and
           as
           much
           as
           in
           him
           lay
           attempted
           to
           desert
           the
           Throne
           ,
           and
           seek
           Aids
           from
           an
           Enemies
           Country
           ;
           which
           might
           secure
           him
           against
           redressing
           any
           Grievances
           ,
           and
           enable
           him
           to
           be
           revenged
           upon
           the
           injured
           Complainers
           :
           We
           did
           not
           make
           the
           Throne
           vacant
           ,
           but
           the
           late
           Archbishop
           and
           other
           Peers
           at
           Guildhall
           ,
           believed
           he
           had
           left
           it
           void
           ,
           or
           else
           they
           would
           not
           without
           his
           Consent
           ,
           have
           seized
           on
           the
           Administration
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           secured
           his
           Chancellor
           ,
           taken
           possession
           of
           the
           Tower
           ,
           and
           offered
           the
           Exercise
           of
           the
           Supream-Power
           to
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           .
           He
           left
           us
           in
           Anarchy
           ,
           and
           we
           provided
           for
           our selves
           in
           the
           best
           manner
           such
           a
           Juncture
           would
           allow
           :
           I
           will
           not
           enquire
           now
           ,
           whether
           these
           Subjects
           who
           are
           so
           Zealous
           for
           his
           Return
           ,
           were
           not
           bound
           to
           do
           more
           than
           they
           did
           to
           keep
           him
           in
           his
           Throne
           while
           he
           had
           it
           ;
           their
           Conscience
           then
           permitted
           them
           to
           look
           on
           and
           let
           him
           sink
           ,
           while
           his
           Security
           had
           been
           far
           more
           easily
           compassed
           :
           But
           they
           who
           have
           now
           these
           unseasonable
           Pangs
           of
           their
           old
           Loyalty
           ,
           must
           consider
           ,
           that
           a
           Man
           may
           leave
           his
           Right
           when
           he
           pleaseth
           ,
           but
           may
           not
           take
           it
           again
           at
           his
           pleasure
           ,
           especially
           not
           by
           Force
           ,
           and
           this
           most
           especially
           as
           to
           Soveraign
           Power
           :
           Some
           Body
           must
           govern
           ,
           when
           he
           would
           not
           ;
           the
           next
           undoubted
           Heir
           in
           an
           Hereditary
           Monarchy
           must
           ;
           and
           whoever
           doth
           govern
           in
           Chief
           in
           this
           Nation
           must
           be
           King
           ,
           by
           our
           Constitution
           ,
           and
           must
           have
           Power
           sufficient
           to
           protect
           himself
           
           and
           the
           Nation
           ,
           against
           all
           their
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           that
           cannot
           be
           without
           Swearing
           new
           Allegiance
           .
           Now
           when
           a
           King
           and
           Queen
           are
           declared
           ,
           submitted
           to
           ,
           and
           owned
           by
           Oaths
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           Methods
           required
           in
           such
           Case
           :
           The
           King
           is
           not
           at
           liberty
           to
           give
           up
           his
           own
           Power
           ,
           and
           the
           Protection
           of
           us
           ,
           nor
           are
           the
           People
           free
           to
           joyn
           with
           him
           that
           deserted
           them
           ,
           or
           to
           venture
           their
           Necks
           or
           their
           Countries
           Ruin
           ,
           to
           restore
           him
           :
           I
           dare
           say
           that
           the
           French
           King
           will
           not
           grant
           ,
           that
           the
           Citizens
           of
           those
           Cities
           who
           were
           Subjects
           to
           Spain
           or
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           and
           bound
           by
           Oath
           to
           those
           Princes
           (
           but
           have
           now
           submitted
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           sworn
           new
           Allegiance
           )
           are
           obliged
           to
           venture
           their
           Lives
           and
           Fortunes
           ,
           by
           vertue
           of
           their
           old
           Oaths
           to
           restore
           those
           Cities
           to
           their
           former
           Masters
           ;
           doubtless
           he
           would
           solve
           their
           Scruples
           with
           a
           Halter
           if
           he
           found
           they
           attempted
           it
           .
           Besides
           the
           Injuries
           (
           as
           they
           are
           called
           )
           done
           to
           the
           late
           King
           by
           his
           own
           Acts
           ,
           if
           they
           were
           capable
           of
           Reparation
           ,
           must
           not
           be
           repaired
           with
           the
           injuring
           ,
           yea
           ruining
           many
           thousand
           innocent
           Persons
           ,
           who
           must
           unavoidably
           lose
           their
           Lives
           ,
           and
           be
           undone
           in
           their
           Estates
           by
           his
           returning
           by
           Force
           :
           The
           present
           King
           and
           his
           Army
           ,
           are
           bound
           by
           Oaths
           ,
           Duty
           and
           Interest
           ,
           to
           oppose
           him
           ,
           so
           are
           all
           now
           protected
           by
           him
           ,
           and
           who
           have
           sworn
           Allegiance
           to
           him
           ;
           and
           't
           is
           certain
           all
           that
           are
           not
           perjur'd
           Hypocrites
           will
           do
           so
           :
           And
           then
           what
           Englishmans
           Bowels
           must
           not
           Bleed
           ,
           to
           consider
           what
           Murthers
           ,
           Burning
           ,
           Plundering
           and
           Destruction
           he
           brings
           upon
           his
           Native-Country
           ,
           who
           encourages
           the
           Aggressors
           ?
           If
           he
           have
           any
           Kindness
           for
           us
           whom
           he
           calls
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           he
           would
           rather
           sit
           quietly
           under
           his
           single
           Injuries
           ,
           than
           wish
           ,
           or
           however
           attempt
           to
           be
           restored
           by
           Blood
           ,
           and
           an
           Universal
           Ruin
           :
           And
           if
           he
           have
           no
           Pity
           for
           us
           ,
           why
           should
           we
           be
           so
           concerned
           for
           him
           as
           to
           Sacrifice
           our
           Lives
           and
           Fortunes
           to
           his
           Revenge
           ?
           He
           went
           away
           while
           a
           Treaty
           was
           on
           Foot
           ,
           and
           nothing
           but
           a
           Treaty
           can
           restore
           
           him
           fairly
           ,
           which
           he
           never
           yet
           offered
           :
           We
           did
           not
           force
           him
           to
           go
           away
           in
           Disguise
           ,
           and
           if
           he
           will
           force
           himself
           upon
           us
           again
           by
           French
           Dragoons
           ,
           and
           Irish
           Cut-Throats
           ,
           we
           may
           and
           must
           Oppose
           him
           ;
           for
           our
           Allegiance
           is
           now
           transferred
           to
           another
           .
           Finally
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           Injury
           to
           any
           but
           himself
           ,
           and
           those
           who
           run
           into
           Voluntary
           Exile
           with
           him
           ,
           by
           his
           being
           out
           of
           the
           Possession
           ;
           the
           Monarchy
           ,
           the
           Law
           ,
           the
           Church
           and
           Property
           are
           all
           in
           better
           Estate
           than
           in
           his
           time
           ,
           and
           all
           these
           with
           innumerable
           private
           Persons
           must
           be
           irreparably
           injured
           by
           his
           Return
           in
           an
           Hostile
           manner
           .
           So
           that
           there
           can
           be
           no
           reason
           to
           redress
           the
           sufferings
           he
           ows
           to
           his
           own
           Faults
           ,
           by
           so
           many
           publick
           and
           private
           Injuries
           :
           If
           it
           be
           pleaded
           that
           he
           who
           was
           born
           to
           a
           Kingdom
           really
           wants
           Subsistance
           ,
           I
           reply
           ,
           that
           if
           he
           would
           seek
           the
           Peace
           of
           Christendom
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           late
           Subjects
           ,
           he
           might
           by
           a
           fair
           Treaty
           set
           on
           foot
           ,
           not
           only
           restore
           the
           Exiles
           ,
           but
           have
           a
           sufficient
           and
           honourable
           Maintenance
           from
           this
           Government
           ;
           but
           while
           the
           War
           he
           makes
           upon
           it
           ,
           puts
           us
           to
           so
           great
           Expence
           ,
           he
           cannot
           expect
           it
           ,
           nor
           imagin
           we
           should
           give
           him
           a
           Supply
           to
           enable
           him
           to
           ruin
           us
           .
        
         
           The
           Second
           Pretence
           why
           we
           should
           assist
           towards
           his
           Restauration
           ,
           is
           to
           deliver
           our selves
           from
           the
           Oppression
           we
           suffer
           under
           the
           present
           King
           :
           And
           to
           set
           off
           this
           with
           a
           better
           Gloss
           ,
           the
           late
           Reign
           is
           magnified
           by
           the
           Jesuits
           and
           their
           Tools
           ,
           and
           this
           blackned
           :
           Freedom
           from
           Taxes
           then
           is
           made
           a
           rare
           Instance
           of
           his
           Gentleness
           ,
           and
           the
           present
           Impositions
           heightned
           with
           all
           the
           Rhetorick
           imaginable
           ,
           to
           represent
           this
           King
           as
           an
           Oppressor
           .
           The
           flourishing
           of
           Trade
           then
           is
           extolled
           ,
           the
           decay
           of
           it
           now
           odiously
           insinuated
           ,
           and
           great
           hopes
           are
           given
           of
           Golden
           Days
           ,
           upon
           the
           Return
           of
           James
           the
           Just
           ;
           he
           is
           to
           make
           us
           all
           happy
           .
        
         
           Now
           to
           answer
           this
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           need
           to
           make
           a
           Satyr
           
           on
           that
           Reign
           ,
           or
           a
           Panegyrick
           on
           this
           ;
           that
           is
           so
           well
           remembred
           ,
           and
           this
           so
           fully
           known
           ,
           that
           all
           unprejudiced
           People
           see
           on
           which
           side
           the
           Truth
           lies
           .
           But
           't
           is
           great
           Pity
           they
           who
           have
           the
           Wit
           to
           invent
           or
           urge
           this
           Plea
           ,
           have
           not
           a
           Memory
           to
           remind
           them
           ,
           that
           none
           complained
           more
           of
           the
           Danger
           of
           Law
           and
           Religion
           ,
           of
           our
           Lives
           and
           Fortunes
           in
           that
           Reign
           ,
           than
           many
           who
           have
           this
           high
           Opinion
           of
           it
           now
           ;
           the
           Cruel
           Severities
           in
           the
           West
           ,
           the
           High
           Commission
           ,
           turning
           out
           of
           Office
           all
           good
           Protestants
           ,
           attempting
           to
           reverse
           all
           the
           Penal
           Laws
           ,
           putting
           unqualified
           Men
           into
           all
           Places
           of
           Trust
           ,
           Profit
           and
           Power
           ,
           excluding
           the
           Fellows
           of
           Magdalen
           ,
           and
           putting
           in
           Papists
           ,
           with
           the
           Imprisonment
           and
           Trial
           of
           the
           Bishops
           were
           thought
           Oppressions
           then
           ;
           but
           now
           all
           these
           are
           buried
           in
           Oblivion
           ,
           and
           those
           Taxes
           which
           the
           late
           King
           and
           his
           Ally
           of
           France
           with
           their
           Abettors
           alone
           make
           necessary
           to
           this
           Frugal
           Prince
           ,
           these
           are
           our
           only
           Grievance
           ,
           and
           this
           Kings
           unpardonable
           Crime
           .
           The
           late
           King
           had
           one
           Tax
           ,
           and
           might
           ,
           yea
           ,
           would
           have
           had
           more
           for
           the
           glorious
           Design
           of
           enslaving
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           if
           he
           could
           have
           got
           a
           Parliament
           to
           his
           Purpose
           ,
           which
           he
           vigorously
           endeavoured
           ;
           and
           it
           was
           because
           he
           was
           sure
           he
           must
           satisfie
           his
           People
           in
           their
           just
           Complaints
           ,
           when
           ever
           he
           asked
           a
           Supply
           ,
           that
           he
           durst
           not
           ask
           it
           of
           a
           freely
           chosen
           Parliament
           ;
           yet
           then
           we
           were
           in
           Peace
           with
           all
           Nations
           ,
           and
           now
           he
           hath
           intangled
           us
           in
           a
           War
           with
           the
           worst
           Enemy
           in
           Europe
           .
           Assessments
           then
           were
           not
           needed
           but
           to
           hasten
           our
           Ruin
           ;
           now
           they
           are
           absolutely
           necessary
           to
           our
           Safe●y
           ,
           and
           made
           so
           by
           him
           and
           his
           complaining
           Friends
           .
           Yet
           still
           what
           Grievances
           are
           these
           Taxes
           ,
           in
           comparison
           of
           what
           is
           laid
           on
           the
           French
           Slaves
           ,
           into
           whose
           Condition
           we
           were
           intended
           to
           be
           brought
           ?
           There
           is
           a
           vast
           difference
           between
           losing
           our
           Property
           for
           ever
           ,
           and
           paying
           some
           part
           of
           our
           Profits
           to
           secure
           the
           rest
           ,
           and
           our
           Inheritances
           to
           
           our
           Posterity
           as
           well
           as
           our Selves
           .
           Besides
           ,
           should
           we
           not
           leap
           out
           of
           the
           Frying-Pan
           into
           the
           Fire
           ,
           if
           to
           avoid
           tolerable
           Payments
           ,
           we
           should
           rashly
           bring
           a
           fatal
           War
           to
           our
           Doors
           ,
           that
           must
           last
           till
           more
           than
           one
           half
           of
           the
           Nation
           be
           destroyed
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           utterly
           and
           almost
           irrecoverably
           impoverished
           ?
           This
           I
           am
           sure
           is
           voluntarily
           to
           change
           our
           Whips
           for
           Scorpions
           .
           We
           have
           paid
           as
           much
           formerly
           for
           assisting
           France
           to
           ruine
           Europe
           ,
           and
           maintain
           Vice
           at
           Home
           ,
           as
           now
           serves
           to
           deliver
           Europe
           ,
           and
           secure
           our
           Native
           Country
           and
           Religion
           from
           utter
           Destruction
           :
           Nor
           are
           the
           Sums
           considerable
           ,
           (
           reckoning
           the
           Abatement
           of
           Chimney-Mony
           ,
           )
           which
           we
           have
           paid
           to
           this
           Government
           ;
           no
           Country
           in
           Europe
           hath
           paid
           so
           little
           in
           proportion
           to
           our
           Wealth
           ,
           these
           last
           Three
           Years
           of
           War
           :
           And
           if
           the
           late
           King
           return
           ,
           England
           must
           pay
           all
           the
           Sums
           borrowed
           of
           France
           to
           maintain
           him
           abroad
           ,
           to
           keep
           Ireland
           ,
           and
           to
           discharge
           the
           Forces
           that
           come
           to
           thrust
           him
           on
           us
           ,
           and
           must
           stay
           to
           compleat
           the
           happy
           Design
           of
           setting
           up
           Popery
           and
           Slavery
           ,
           the
           natural
           consequences
           of
           his
           Restauration
           ;
           and
           't
           is
           well
           if
           Arrears
           of
           Chimney-Mony
           ,
           and
           other
           publick
           Monies
           be
           not
           called
           for
           to
           carry
           on
           so
           glorious
           a
           Work
           :
           So
           that
           if
           England
           rebel
           against
           the
           present
           King
           to
           avoid
           the
           Burthens
           now
           upon
           them
           ,
           they
           expose
           themselves
           to
           Ten
           times
           greater
           Taxes
           for
           many
           Years
           ,
           and
           it
           can
           end
           in
           nothing
           but
           the
           utter
           Impoverishing
           of
           the
           whole
           Nation
           ,
           especially
           the
           Protestant
           part
           of
           it
           ,
           who
           by
           their
           Poverty
           will
           become
           a
           more
           easie
           Prey
           .
           As
           for
           Trade
           ,
           the
           Decay
           of
           it
           began
           in
           the
           late
           King's
           time
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           the
           War
           which
           he
           and
           France
           have
           engaged
           us
           in
           ,
           that
           still
           keeps
           it
           at
           a
           low
           Ebb
           ;
           so
           that
           for
           the
           late
           King's
           Friends
           to
           expose
           the
           present
           Government
           for
           this
           ,
           is
           like
           a
           Conjurers
           complaining
           of
           the
           Storms
           he
           raises
           .
           That
           ingenious
           History
           of
           Bishop
           
           King
           's
           of
           the
           Estate
           of
           the
           Protestants
           in
           Ireland
           under
           King
           James
           ,
           makes
           it
           out
           ,
           
           that
           the
           late
           King
           feared
           and
           hated
           the
           increase
           of
           Trade
           ,
           which
           made
           him
           use
           all
           means
           to
           hinder
           it
           ;
           and
           all
           the
           World
           fees
           ,
           that
           no
           Absolute
           Monarch
           (
           as
           he
           affects
           to
           be
           ,
           )
           likes
           that
           his
           Subjects
           should
           grow
           rich
           by
           Trade
           .
           But
           our
           present
           King
           so
           soon
           as
           he
           can
           have
           Peace
           ,
           will
           make
           it
           his
           first
           Care
           to
           promote
           Trade
           here
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           in
           the
           Country
           he
           came
           from
           ;
           and
           even
           in
           the
           difficult
           times
           he
           had
           ,
           Trade
           hath
           been
           a
           great
           part
           of
           his
           and
           his
           Parliaments
           Care.
           Finally
           ,
           if
           Men
           can
           remember
           the
           times
           that
           are
           so
           lately
           past
           ,
           when
           Law
           and
           Right
           was
           only
           the
           King's
           Pleasure
           ,
           dictated
           by
           Mercenary
           Judges
           ,
           when
           no
           Party
           but
           the
           Papists
           flourished
           ,
           when
           a
           general
           Consternation
           had
           stopt
           all
           Business
           ,
           they
           cannot
           hope
           to
           be
           happy
           by
           his
           Return
           ,
           who
           caused
           all
           these
           Miseries
           :
           And
           they
           must
           expect
           now
           he
           hath
           more
           perfectly
           Learned
           the
           French
           Methods
           (
           of
           making
           a
           King
           the
           greatest
           of
           Monarchs
           ,
           by
           making
           his
           Subjects
           the
           vilest
           of
           Slaves
           ,
           )
           that
           he
           will
           practise
           it
           with
           greater
           Industry
           and
           Application
           than
           ever
           ,
           to
           put
           it
           eternally
           out
           of
           his
           Subjects
           Power
           ,
           to
           protect
           themselves
           again
           :
           For
           oppressing
           his
           People
           ,
           which
           was
           but
           expedient
           before
           ,
           will
           now
           be
           thought
           absolutely
           necessary
           .
           So
           that
           nothing
           can
           be
           more
           improbable
           ,
           not
           to
           say
           impossible
           ,
           than
           for
           England
           to
           be
           happy
           under
           him
           ,
           that
           attempted
           to
           make
           her
           Miserable
           without
           any
           provocation
           ,
           and
           must
           return
           with
           the
           same
           Principles
           and
           Designs
           ,
           the
           same
           Counsellors
           and
           Interests
           he
           had
           before
           ,
           and
           with
           all
           the
           addition
           that
           Revenge
           ,
           Hatred
           and
           Fear
           can
           make
           to
           an
           angry
           and
           implacable
           Mind
           :
           But
           it
           may
           be
           said
           ,
           his
           Dear-bought
           Experience
           of
           the
           ill
           success
           of
           these
           Methods
           ,
           will
           make
           him
           rule
           more
           moderately
           ,
           if
           he
           be
           restored
           :
           To
           which
           I
           reply
           ,
           
             Coelum
             ,
             non
             Animum
             mutat
          
           .
           The
           fore-cited
           Book
           of
           Bishop
           
           King's
           demonstrates
           ,
           that
           after
           he
           had
           lost
           England
           and
           Scotland
           ,
           and
           a
           great
           part
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           upon
           his
           Return
           thither
           from
           France
           ,
           he
           was
           
           more
           Arbitrary
           and
           hard
           to
           his
           Protestant
           Obedient
           Subjects
           ,
           than
           ever
           he
           had
           been
           before
           ,
           even
           though
           it
           was
           against
           his
           visible
           Interest
           ,
           and
           tended
           to
           disgust
           all
           the
           Protestants
           who
           would
           have
           served
           him
           there
           .
           His
           declaring
           himself
           Papist
           at
           first
           here
           ,
           and
           all
           his
           Actions
           since
           shew
           that
           he
           prefers
           his
           Will
           ,
           and
           an
           obstinate
           pursuing
           his
           own
           Methods
           ,
           far
           above
           his
           true
           Interest
           ;
           whence
           it
           follows
           ,
           that
           we
           vainly
           expect
           from
           one
           of
           his
           Temper
           ,
           that
           either
           his
           past
           Experience
           ,
           or
           his
           future
           Interest
           should
           teach
           him
           Moderation
           ,
           any
           longer
           than
           till
           he
           hath
           Power
           to
           oppress
           us
           :
           And
           if
           he
           should
           by
           a
           Thousand
           Promises
           or
           Oaths
           engage
           to
           rule
           by
           Law
           ,
           his
           frequent
           breach
           of
           both
           hath
           given
           us
           no
           reason
           to
           trust
           him
           ;
           and
           the
           Religion
           he
           professes
           can
           so
           easily
           dispence
           with
           both
           ,
           that
           neither
           of
           them
           give
           us
           any
           security
           from
           that
           sort
           of
           Obligations
           .
           The
           Interests
           of
           Popery
           and
           France
           require
           he
           should
           be
           Absolute
           ,
           and
           his
           Nature
           spurs
           him
           on
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           nothing
           but
           Fear
           can
           for
           a
           Moment
           restrain
           him
           from
           being
           so
           .
           What
           a
           shadow
           of
           a
           Dream
           then
           must
           this
           be
           of
           Protestant
           Subjects
           ,
           being
           happy
           under
           a
           bigotted
           Popish
           Prince
           of
           such
           a
           Temper
           ?
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           Whereas
           't
           is
           said
           we
           have
           changed
           our
           old
           Hereditary
           Monarchy
           into
           one
           meerly
           Elective
           ,
           and
           by
           degrees
           shall
           bring
           it
           to
           a
           Common-wealth
           ;
           nor
           can
           any
           thing
           prevent
           this
           ,
           (
           which
           will
           be
           of
           Fatal
           consequence
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           )
           but
           our
           restoring
           the
           late
           King
           :
           I
           answer
           ,
           the
           Position
           is
           false
           ,
           and
           the
           Consequence
           a
           meer
           Sham
           ;
           the
           Government
           of
           England
           always
           was
           ,
           and
           ever
           must
           be
           Monarchical
           ;
           that
           Twelve
           Years
           when
           it
           was
           endeavoured
           to
           make
           it
           otherwise
           ,
           convinced
           all
           Men
           ,
           that
           all
           Projects
           to
           the
           contrary
           must
           come
           to
           nothing
           .
           As
           for
           this
           Revolution
           ,
           't
           is
           not
           likely
           a
           Parliament
           which
           made
           an
           Entail
           of
           the
           Crown
           in
           a
           Lineal
           Succession
           ,
           should
           be
           for
           setting
           up
           a
           Common-wealth
           ,
           
           or
           altering
           the
           Hereditary
           Monarchy
           .
           If
           it
           be
           alledged
           there
           was
           a
           great
           Breach
           as
           to
           the
           Person
           of
           the
           Reigning
           King
           ,
           't
           is
           replyed
           ,
           he
           himself
           made
           it
           ,
           and
           they
           did
           not
           make
           ,
           but
           find
           the
           Throne
           void
           .
           And
           there
           have
           been
           greater
           Breaches
           since
           the
           Conquest
           as
           to
           the
           true
           Lineal
           Succession
           ,
           and
           laying
           aside
           ,
           yea
           deposing
           the
           Reigning
           King
           ,
           and
           setting
           up
           his
           Son
           ,
           or
           a
           Remoter
           Person
           ,
           which
           indeed
           was
           an
           Injury
           to
           the
           Kings
           so
           Deposed
           ;
           but
           still
           the
           Monarchy
           was
           called
           and
           continued
           to
           be
           Hereditary
           .
           In
           our
           case
           the
           King
           deserted
           us
           ,
           yea
           ,
           left
           us
           without
           any
           Government
           ;
           but
           we
           applied
           to
           his
           next
           certain
           Heir
           ,
           with
           whom
           at
           her
           Request
           ,
           and
           for
           our
           Safety
           and
           hers
           ,
           by
           general
           consent
           a
           Title
           was
           given
           to
           her
           Husband
           and
           our
           Deliverer
           ,
           but
           this
           only
           for
           Life
           ,
           though
           he
           be
           much
           nearer
           in
           Blood
           to
           the
           Right
           of
           Succession
           ,
           than
           either
           Henry
           the
           Fourth
           ,
           or
           Henry
           the
           Seventh
           ,
           successively
           made
           Kings
           of
           England
           .
           And
           the
           saving
           the
           Succession
           to
           the
           Princess
           of
           Denmark
           and
           her
           Heirs
           ,
           shews
           how
           far
           that
           Parliament
           was
           from
           designing
           any
           such
           thing
           as
           a
           Common-wealth
           .
           We
           see
           Philip
           of
           Spain
           ,
           who
           had
           no
           Title
           to
           be
           King
           of
           England
           but
           by
           his
           Marriage
           with
           Queen
           Mary
           ,
           was
           made
           King
           at
           her
           Request
           and
           in
           her
           Right
           ;
           but
           he
           had
           not
           merited
           so
           much
           as
           our
           King
           ,
           and
           therefore
           his
           Title
           was
           to
           cease
           at
           her
           Death
           .
           As
           for
           the
           Prince
           of
           Wales
           ,
           there
           are
           so
           clear
           Indications
           of
           his
           Birth
           being
           an
           Imposture
           ,
           and
           the
           Design
           of
           forming
           that
           Project
           is
           so
           known
           to
           be
           Revenge
           on
           the
           Princesses
           for
           adhering
           to
           their
           Religion
           ,
           and
           to
           get
           more
           time
           to
           force
           Popery
           and
           Slavery
           upon
           us
           ;
           yea
           his
           Health
           and
           Strength
           make
           it
           so
           unlikely
           he
           should
           proceed
           from
           such
           crazy
           Parents
           ,
           that
           till
           the
           Parties
           concerned
           prove
           the
           Affirmative
           by
           better
           Witnesses
           and
           clearer
           Evidence
           ,
           and
           the
           People
           of
           England
           in
           Parliament
           own
           him
           for
           the
           Heir
           ,
           we
           need
           not
           go
           about
           the
           unreasonable
           Task
           of
           proving
           a
           Negative
           :
           Wherefore
           
           since
           the
           breach
           in
           the
           Succession
           was
           the
           late
           King
           's
           own
           Act
           ,
           and
           only
           concerns
           his
           Person
           and
           a
           supposed
           unknown
           Heir
           ,
           we
           are
           not
           to
           answer
           for
           that
           ;
           and
           considering
           the
           hurry
           his
           unexpected
           Desertion
           put
           all
           things
           in
           ,
           and
           the
           absolute
           necessity
           of
           a
           speedy
           Settlement
           ,
           the
           Friends
           of
           the
           old
           English
           Monarchy
           have
           just
           cause
           to
           rejoyce
           it
           was
           made
           so
           near
           the
           old
           Foundation
           ,
           with
           a
           small
           and
           only
           Temporary
           Variation
           from
           it
           ,
           which
           was
           also
           absolutely
           necessary
           in
           that
           Juncture
           of
           Affairs
           :
           And
           't
           is
           evident
           that
           there
           are
           many
           of
           the
           best
           Quality
           and
           Interest
           who
           hate
           the
           notion
           of
           a
           Common-wealth
           in
           England
           ,
           and
           love
           Monarchy
           as
           well
           as
           any
           of
           the
           late
           King's
           Abettors
           ,
           who
           freely
           consented
           ,
           and
           firmly
           adhere
           to
           this
           Establishment
           .
           If
           it
           be
           objected
           that
           King
           William
           was
           bred
           up
           in
           a
           Common-wealth
           ,
           and
           inclines
           to
           that
           Form
           of
           Government
           ;
           't
           is
           answered
           ,
           He
           doth
           and
           may
           like
           it
           in
           Holland
           ,
           but
           they
           must
           shew
           some
           Instances
           that
           his
           Zeal
           for
           a
           Common-wealth
           is
           as
           hot
           and
           as
           blind
           ,
           as
           King
           
           James's
           for
           Popery
           ,
           before
           they
           can
           prove
           him
           so
           desperate
           a
           Foe
           to
           his
           own
           Interest
           ,
           as
           to
           uncrown
           himself
           ,
           and
           make
           himself
           the
           People's
           Vassal
           ,
           when
           he
           is
           and
           may
           be
           their
           Gracious
           Lord.
           If
           it
           be
           urged
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           a
           dangerous
           Precedent
           for
           future
           Kings
           ,
           to
           allow
           the
           People
           a
           Liberty
           to
           take
           away
           their
           Princes
           Right
           ,
           and
           set
           up
           another
           ,
           on
           Pretence
           of
           Misgovernment
           :
           The
           Reply
           is
           ,
           the
           late
           King
           was
           the
           occasion
           of
           this
           Precedent
           ,
           by
           first
           attempting
           to
           alter
           the
           whole
           frame
           of
           our
           Laws
           ,
           Government
           and
           Religion
           ,
           and
           then
           Deserting
           us
           .
           And
           if
           it
           be
           an
           ill
           Precedent
           for
           the
           safety
           of
           Princes
           ,
           that
           the
           Advantage
           was
           taken
           ,
           it
           was
           however
           necessary
           to
           take
           it
           for
           the
           Safety
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           for
           whose
           good
           Heaven
           made
           Kings
           .
           Sure
           I
           am
           ,
           there
           are
           as
           dreadful
           Consequences
           of
           Arbitrary
           Tyranny
           ,
           as
           there
           are
           of
           Rebellion
           ,
           witness
           the
           Misery
           and
           Slavery
           of
           the
           poor
           French
           at
           this
           
           Day
           ;
           and
           it
           seems
           as
           necessary
           there
           should
           be
           some
           Precedents
           to
           deter
           Princes
           from
           abusing
           their
           Power
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           restrain
           the
           People
           from
           abusing
           their
           Liberty
           :
           For
           both
           Tyranny
           and
           Rebellion
           are
           great
           Sins
           ,
           and
           of
           most
           mischievous
           Consequence
           .
           Wherefore
           this
           unexpected
           Example
           may
           make
           our
           Kings
           more
           Just
           and
           more
           apt
           to
           Rule
           by
           Law
           ,
           but
           it
           can
           never
           hurt
           the
           Monarchy
           it self
           ,
           or
           countenance
           a
           Rebellion
           ,
           while
           a
           King
           is
           in
           the
           Throne
           that
           will
           stay
           to
           hear
           and
           redress
           his
           Peoples
           Grievances
           ,
           which
           will
           never
           be
           denied
           by
           the
           present
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           good
           King.
           
        
         
           The
           last
           Pretence
           is
           the
           most
           surprising
           of
           all
           ,
           That
           there
           is
           no
           way
           to
           preserve
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           no
           nor
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           but
           by
           restoring
           the
           late
           King
           ,
           who
           its
           said
           in
           his
           Declaration
           promises
           this
           as
           liberally
           as
           he
           did
           at
           his
           first
           Accession
           to
           the
           Throne
           .
        
         
           If
           Mankind
           were
           not
           the
           oddest
           part
           of
           the
           Creation
           ,
           one
           would
           wonder
           how
           't
           is
           possible
           for
           Protestants
           to
           believe
           ,
           that
           the
           Wolves
           design
           good
           to
           the
           Sheep
           :
           When
           the
           late
           King
           was
           here
           ,
           he
           involved
           himself
           in
           infinite
           Mischiefs
           ,
           and
           did
           the
           most
           odious
           things
           in
           the
           World
           to
           destroy
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           and
           especially
           to
           ruin
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ;
           and
           hath
           he
           given
           any
           Evidence
           of
           changing
           his
           Temper
           ,
           his
           Principles
           ,
           his
           Zeal
           ,
           or
           his
           Methods
           ?
           He
           shewed
           in
           Ireland
           a
           greater
           spite
           to
           Protestants
           than
           ever
           ;
           he
           hath
           lived
           in
           France
           ever
           since
           ,
           where
           he
           hath
           seen
           how
           much
           it
           tends
           to
           advance
           his
           dear
           absolute
           Power
           to
           Dragoon
           all
           Men
           into
           the
           Kings
           Religion
           ;
           his
           only
           Motives
           to
           draw
           in
           this
           Frenchify'd
           Pope
           to
           lend
           him
           Mony
           to
           invade
           us
           ,
           is
           by
           convincing
           him
           ,
           he
           lost
           all
           by
           his
           Zeal
           to
           restore
           Popery
           ,
           and
           by
           engaging
           he
           will
           use
           his
           Power
           (
           if
           he
           can
           regain
           it
           )
           only
           to
           promote
           the
           Catholick
           Interest
           .
           His
           other
           Ally
           the
           
           French-Persecutor
           ,
           cannot
           be
           endeared
           by
           any
           better
           Interest
           ,
           till
           the
           Principal
           
           of
           the
           Sums
           Lent
           are
           repaid
           by
           poor
           England
           ,
           than
           by
           Assurance
           that
           he
           will
           make
           one
           Kingdom
           in
           the
           World
           as
           miserable
           by
           absolute
           Empire
           ,
           and
           forcing
           one
           Religion
           ,
           as
           France
           now
           is
           ;
           that
           his
           Barbarity
           ,
           Cruelty
           and
           Treachery
           may
           not
           be
           the
           infamous
           single
           Instance
           of
           such
           Proceedings
           ;
           his
           Promises
           to
           his
           Allies
           ,
           his
           Zeal
           ,
           his
           Principles
           ,
           and
           his
           Nature
           ,
           all
           engage
           him
           to
           destroy
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           .
           He
           attempted
           it
           when
           he
           was
           not
           half
           so
           deeply
           obliged
           ,
           and
           can
           we
           think
           he
           will
           not
           pursue
           it
           now
           ?
           'T
           is
           next
           to
           Frenzy
           to
           think
           the
           Pope
           and
           King
           of
           France
           furnish
           him
           with
           Mony
           ,
           Ships
           ,
           Forces
           ,
           &c.
           only
           to
           secure
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           and
           Church
           of
           England
           ;
           he
           must
           be
           tyed
           in
           more
           than
           ordinary
           Bonds
           ,
           to
           endeavour
           the
           Ruin
           of
           both
           ,
           or
           no
           such
           Favours
           had
           been
           shewn
           by
           such
           a
           Pope
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           Persecutor
           :
           It
           cannot
           be
           Ease
           to
           Roman
           Catholicks
           he
           desires
           ;
           They
           are
           more
           at
           Ease
           under
           King
           William
           ,
           than
           under
           any
           Protestant
           King
           ever
           since
           the
           Reformation
           :
           It
           must
           therefore
           be
           the
           suppressing
           all
           other
           Religions
           ,
           and
           setting
           up
           that
           alone
           ,
           must
           engage
           
             Rome
             ,
             France
          
           and
           Lucifer
           in
           his
           Restauration
           :
           As
           for
           his
           Promises
           to
           us
           in
           his
           Declaration
           ,
           alas
           he
           hath
           already
           given
           greater
           and
           stronger
           to
           the
           Pope
           and
           French
           King
           to
           the
           contrary
           ;
           and
           though
           his
           Interest
           ,
           and
           the
           Hopes
           that
           some
           will
           be
           so
           mad
           to
           believe
           him
           ,
           put
           him
           upon
           renewing
           these
           Promises
           to
           England
           ,
           yet
           his
           Consessor
           can
           soon
           resolve
           him
           which
           Promise
           is
           to
           be
           kept
           ,
           whether
           that
           pious
           Catholick
           Promise
           to
           the
           
             Holy
             Father
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Hector
           of
           that
           Cause
           ,
           or
           that
           extorted
           one
           to
           Hereticks
           :
           Besides
           ,
           we
           should
           remember
           the
           Italian
           Proverb
           ,
           
             God
             forgive
             him
             who
             deceives
             me
             once
             ,
             but
             God
             forgive
             me
             if
             one
             Man
             deceives
             me
             twice
             .
          
           No
           Prince
           in
           the
           World
           ever
           promised
           with
           more
           Solemnity
           than
           the
           late
           King
           to
           protect
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           or
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ;
           yet
           nothing
           is
           more
           clear
           ,
           than
           that
           he
           designed
           to
           gull
           us
           only
           ,
           not
           to
           oblige
           himself
           by
           this
           Protestation
           ;
           and
           
           the
           first
           thing
           he
           did
           was
           to
           break
           it
           as
           soon
           as
           he
           durst
           ,
           and
           can
           we
           be
           so
           distracted
           to
           believe
           him
           again
           ?
           He
           declared
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           that
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           stunk
           in
           his
           Nose
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           abhorred
           it
           .
           He
           cannot
           truly
           love
           either
           any
           person
           of
           that
           Persuasion
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Protestant
           ;
           he
           may
           flatter
           some
           of
           them
           to
           get
           into
           the
           Saddle
           ,
           but
           when
           they
           have
           mounted
           him
           he
           will
           ride
           over
           their
           Heads
           ;
           his
           own
           Friends
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           are
           very
           few
           ,
           and
           his
           Revenge
           on
           the
           far
           greater
           number
           who
           have
           opposed
           his
           Designs
           ,
           will
           out-weigh
           the
           Kindness
           of
           a
           few
           inconsiderable
           Hereticks
           who
           abetted
           his
           Interest
           ,
           and
           who
           will
           be
           told
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           not
           Sense
           of
           Duty
           ,
           but
           despair
           of
           obliging
           his
           Enemies
           that
           forced
           them
           into
           his
           Quarrel
           :
           They
           had
           sufficient
           Experience
           after
           
           Monmouth's
           Rebellion
           (
           suppressed
           only
           by
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           Men
           )
           how
           little
           any
           Acts
           of
           those
           he
           counts
           Hereticks
           can
           oblige
           him
           ;
           his
           carriage
           in
           Ireland
           to
           the
           Loyal
           Protestants
           ,
           writ
           this
           in
           Capital
           Letters
           ,
           and
           it
           must
           be
           supposed
           they
           have
           drunk
           deep
           of
           Lethe
           who
           can
           forget
           all
           this
           :
           But
           I
           pray
           what
           is
           it
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           wants
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Protestant
           ?
           This
           King
           is
           as
           serious
           and
           sincere
           a
           Protestant
           ,
           and
           as
           true
           a
           Lover
           of
           that
           Interest
           ,
           as
           King
           James
           is
           a
           professed
           Enemy
           to
           it
           ;
           and
           why
           may
           not
           he
           be
           more
           likely
           to
           preserve
           the
           Religion
           he
           professes
           ,
           than
           the
           other
           to
           maintain
           that
           Religion
           which
           he
           vilely
           deserted
           ,
           and
           mortally
           hates
           ?
           The
           Church-Men
           say
           King
           William
           is
           too
           kind
           to
           Dissenters
           ;
           but
           hath
           he
           given
           them
           any
           other
           or
           more
           Liberty
           than
           King
           James
           did
           ?
           That
           King
           begun
           with
           Toleration
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           not
           for
           a
           new
           Prince
           in
           a
           troublous
           State
           of
           things
           to
           alter
           any
           thing
           of
           that
           Nature
           :
           Besides
           ,
           at
           the
           same
           time
           the
           Dissenters
           do
           think
           the
           present
           King
           too
           kind
           to
           the
           established
           Church
           ,
           not
           considering
           that
           't
           is
           the
           National
           Religion
           which
           he
           found
           ,
           and
           keeps
           in
           possession
           of
           all
           its
           Rights
           ,
           as
           his
           Duty
           and
           Oath
           oblige
           him
           ,
           yet
           so
           as
           the
           Dissenters
           have
           Ease
           ,
           and
           every
           thing
           
           but
           Empire
           ,
           which
           from
           a
           prudent
           King
           of
           England
           they
           can
           never
           expect
           ,
           being
           not
           only
           a
           less
           part
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           but
           so
           divided
           among
           themselves
           ,
           that
           nothing
           can
           please
           all
           parties
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           therefore
           freedom
           to
           Worship
           in
           their
           several
           ways
           ,
           is
           all
           the
           Favour
           they
           can
           be
           capable
           of
           in
           the
           best
           times
           ;
           and
           so
           they
           are
           most
           unreasonable
           to
           hope
           for
           more
           now
           :
           Besides
           ,
           let
           it
           be
           considered
           ,
           that
           our
           King
           is
           not
           only
           the
           Head
           and
           Protector
           of
           the
           Protestants
           of
           England
           ,
           but
           of
           all
           the
           Reformed
           Churches
           in
           Europe
           :
           And
           the
           French
           King
           (
           the
           main
           Wheel
           in
           this
           designed
           Restauration
           )
           is
           so
           mortal
           an
           Enemy
           to
           the
           whole
           Reformation
           ,
           that
           he
           desperately
           weakned
           himself
           ,
           and
           banished
           30000
           Families
           of
           useful
           Subjects
           ,
           only
           to
           root
           the
           whole
           Profession
           out
           of
           his
           own
           Dominions
           :
           And
           now
           can
           any
           rationally
           pretend
           ,
           this
           present
           King
           will
           destroy
           the
           English
           Church
           ,
           or
           the
           French-Persecutor
           ,
           and
           his
           Client
           the
           late
           King
           of
           England
           ,
           uphold
           it
           ?
           My
           dear
           Brethren
           and
           Country-men
           ,
           do
           not
           so
           infamously
           abuse
           your selves
           to
           believe
           so
           incredible
           a
           Fiction
           ,
           so
           manifest
           a
           Cheat
           :
           Alas
           ,
           all
           these
           good
           words
           are
           only
           to
           lull
           you
           asleep
           ,
           till
           you
           ,
           at
           the
           peril
           of
           your
           Necks
           ,
           get
           him
           Power
           enough
           to
           Extirpate
           you
           and
           your
           Religion
           also
           :
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           for
           a
           while
           he
           would
           maintain
           the
           established
           Church
           ,
           and
           renew
           his
           Indulgence
           ,
           because
           he
           can
           get
           Footing
           no
           other
           way
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           easie
           to
           foresee
           how
           short-liv'd
           all
           these
           Sham-Favours
           will
           be
           :
           They
           spring
           from
           Fear
           ,
           and
           desire
           of
           Opportunity
           to
           be
           revenged
           ;
           and
           so
           soon
           as
           ever
           the
           Fear
           ceases
           ,
           and
           that
           Opportunity
           comes
           ,
           he
           will
           most
           certainly
           kick
           down
           the
           Ladder
           by
           which
           he
           ascended
           ,
           and
           pull
           off
           the
           Mask
           ,
           appearing
           what
           he
           is
           in
           his
           Nature
           and
           Principles
           ,
           and
           not
           what
           his
           Necessities
           have
           made
           him
           seem
           to
           be
           ;
           so
           that
           if
           this
           Disguise
           be
           credited
           ,
           the
           persons
           imposed
           on
           will
           and
           must
           pay
           for
           their
           Credulity
           ,
           with
           the
           woful
           price
           of
           helping
           to
           destroy
           the
           most
           pure
           and
           flourishing
           Church
           in
           the
           World
           :
           In
           assisting
           
           to
           re-instate
           him
           ,
           and
           fighting
           for
           him
           ,
           they
           fight
           against
           their
           own
           Religion
           ,
           which
           the
           Primitive
           Christians
           for
           all
           their
           Heroick
           Loyalty
           would
           not
           do
           ,
           and
           which
           no
           Man
           ought
           to
           do
           ,
           either
           for
           Interest
           or
           Revenge
           :
           For
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           think
           true
           Religion
           so
           far
           above
           all
           worldly
           Concerns
           ,
           and
           the
           Preservation
           of
           it
           ,
           so
           principal
           an
           advantage
           of
           Government
           ,
           that
           the
           Prince
           who
           will
           certainly
           Suppress
           that
           ,
           must
           be
           more
           intolerable
           than
           he
           that
           would
           take
           away
           my
           Liberty
           ,
           Estate
           ,
           or
           my
           Life
           ;
           and
           it
           must
           be
           a
           damnable
           Sin
           in
           me
           to
           assist
           him
           in
           it
           ,
           or
           put
           him
           into
           a
           Capacity
           to
           do
           it
           :
           No
           Oath
           or
           Allegiance
           can
           bind
           me
           to
           this
           ;
           it
           may
           oblige
           me
           to
           suffer
           ,
           but
           not
           to
           act
           for
           such
           a
           design
           :
           Wherefore
           for
           Shame
           ,
           let
           his
           Irish
           and
           
             English
             Popish
          
           Subjects
           alone
           carry
           on
           this
           impious
           Design
           ,
           who
           can
           only
           hope
           for
           Advantage
           by
           his
           Restauration
           ,
           and
           who
           are
           only
           bound
           in
           Conscience
           to
           help
           him
           :
           Neuter
           we
           must
           stand
           at
           least
           ,
           and
           that
           will
           suffice
           to
           shew
           how
           contemptible
           a
           party
           that
           is
           ,
           which
           must
           be
           set
           up
           on
           the
           Nations
           Ruin
           ,
           and
           how
           impossible
           it
           is
           for
           him
           to
           cut
           down
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           in
           England
           ,
           without
           borrowing
           a
           handle
           from
           the
           Tree
           he
           would
           fell
           :
           Take
           warning
           by
           what
           is
           past
           ,
           and
           what
           must
           be
           the
           inevitable
           Consequence
           of
           your
           deserting
           this
           King
           ,
           or
           assisting
           the
           late
           Prince
           ,
           even
           the
           Ruin
           of
           this
           most
           famous
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           the
           endangering
           the
           whole
           Estate
           of
           Protestantism
           through
           all
           Europe
           :
           In
           vain
           will
           you
           complain
           of
           this
           Consequence
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           too
           late
           to
           remedy
           it
           ;
           your
           Guilt
           ,
           Shame
           and
           Sorrow
           will
           then
           only
           remain
           ,
           for
           having
           had
           a
           hand
           in
           so
           deplorable
           a
           Mischief
           :
           For
           my
           part
           I
           have
           delivered
           my
           own
           Soul
           ,
           and
           given
           you
           fair
           warning
           ;
           God
           of
           his
           infinite
           Mercy
           open
           your
           Eyes
           in
           time
           ,
           and
           grant
           you
           a
           right
           Judgment
           in
           this
           and
           in
           all
           things
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .