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             The loyal Protestants vindication, fairly offered to all those sober minds who have the art of using reason, and the power of suppressing passion by a Queen Elizabeth Protestant.
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           THE
           Loyal
           Protestants
           VINDICATION
           ,
           FAIRLY
           Offered
           to
           All
           those
           Sober
           Minds
           WHO
           Have
           the
           Art
           of
           Using
           REASON
           ,
           AND
           The
           Power
           of
           Suppressing
           PASSION
           .
        
         
           By
           a
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           Protestant
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Walter
             Kettilby
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Sign
           of
           the
           Bishops-Head
           ,
           in
           S.
           
           Paul's
           Church-yard
           ,
           1680.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
         
           THE
           Loyal
           Protestants
           VINDICATION
           .
        
         
           Fellow
           Natives
           and
           Brother
           Protestants
           .
        
         
           FOR
           by
           Birth
           and
           Charity
           we
           are
           bound
           so
           to
           call
           you
           .
           And
           we
           hope
           ,
           That
           (
           upon
           the
           Ebbs
           of
           your
           heat
           and
           humour
           )
           you
           will
           out
           of
           humility
           think
           it
           fit
           at
           last
           to
           call
           Us
           so
           too
           .
        
         
           It
           cannot
           de
           denied
           ,
           but
           that
           (
           ever
           since
           the
           Blessed
           Reformation
           )
           Protestanism
           is
           the
           Common
           Cause
           and
           Interest
           of
           England
           .
           And
           that
           he
           only
           is
           to
           be
           reputed
           Our
           Enemy
           ,
           who
           shall
           and
           doth
           by
           Plots
           and
           Designs
           endeavour
           ,
           either
           to
           Subvert
           or
           Alter
           our
           Government
           ,
           as
           it
           now
           stands
           by
           Law
           established
           both
           in
           Church
           and
           State.
           
        
         
           Now
           for
           the
           Blasting
           and
           Defeating
           of
           all
           wicked
           Conspiracies
           against
           Our
           Established
           Government
           ,
           both
           at
           present
           and
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           I
           can
           assure
           you
           ,
           that
           you
           have
           our
           Heads
           ,
           our
           Hands
           and
           our
           Hearts
           .
           Nor
           can
           you
           be
           more
           zealous
           for
           the
           Overthrow
           of
           the
           late
           discovered
           Damnable
           and
           Hellish
           Popish
           Plot
           ,
           and
           the
           suppressing
           the
           Growth
           of
           Popery
           ,
           than
           the
           true
           honest-minded
           Church
           of
           England
           men
           are
           .
           Pardon
           them
           only
           in
           this
           ;
           That
           they
           love
           a
           Zeal
           regulated
           with
           Prudence
           ,
           and
           softned
           with
           Moderation
           .
        
         
           You
           all
           very
           well
           know
           ,
           That
           it
           hath
           been
           of
           late
           the
           great
           artifice
           of
           the
           Jesuited
           Party
           to
           intrude
           (
           if
           possible
           )
           their
           damnable
           Plot
           upon
           that
           Classis
           of
           Protestants
           call'd
           Presbyterians
           .
           Who
           I
           am
           perswaded
           have
           learn'd
           from
           their
           former
           miscarriages
           ,
           That
           it
           is
           both
           theirs
           and
           all
           Protestants
           Interest
           ,
           not
           to
           disturb
           our
           National
           Government
           ,
           or
           disoblige
           their
           Prince
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           could
           heartily
           wish
           that
           the
           Papists
           might
           never
           have
           had
           any
           colourable
           pretence
           for
           fathering
           their
           Brat
           of
           Rebellion
           upon
           any
           sort
           of
           Protestants
           amongst
           Us.
           And
           this
           they
           would
           never
           have
           had
           ,
           if
           the
           years
           between
           1640.
           and
           60.
           could
           be
           raz'd
           out
           of
           the
           Book
           of
           Time
           ,
           and
           the
           memory
           of
           this
           Age.
           
        
         
           But
           whatever
           things
           the
           Papists
           may
           Revive
           to
           serve
           their
           Cause
           ,
           We
           are
           willing
           to
           forget
           them
           ,
           so
           it
           may
           heal
           our
           Breaches
           ,
           and
           Cement
           us
           together
           in
           a
           Brotherly
           Assistance
           of
           each
           other
           ,
           for
           the
           saving
           both
           of
           You
           and
           Us
           ,
           and
           our
           Protestant
           Religion
           .
        
         
         
           And
           for
           the
           effectual
           promoting
           of
           so
           considerable
           and
           publick
           a
           concern
           ,
           I
           think
           all
           judicious
           and
           thoughtful
           men
           will
           allow
           that
           there
           is
           nothing
           so
           essential
           and
           necessary
           as
           our
           Union
           .
           And
           though
           it
           's
           not
           reasonable
           to
           expect
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           sorts
           of
           Protestants
           in
           England
           should
           in
           a
           moment
           concentre
           in
           one
           mind
           ,
           in
           one
           judgment
           and
           opinion
           :
           Yet
           what
           should
           hinder
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           may
           have
           a
           reciprocal
           kindness
           and
           love
           one
           for
           another
           ,
           and
           one
           and
           the
           same
           Loyalty
           to
           their
           Prince
           ?
        
         
           Unless
           the
           Protestant
           parties
           in
           England
           are
           like
           the
           Princes
           in
           Germany
           ,
           wherein
           every
           one
           is
           so
           much
           wedded
           to
           his
           own
           interest
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           rather
           see
           the
           Emperor
           dethron'd
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           Empire
           lost
           ,
           than
           lose
           one
           little
           Regalia
           of
           his
           own
           to
           save
           it
           .
        
         
           Never
           were
           the
           Papists
           so
           full
           of
           Plots
           ,
           and
           so
           big
           with
           hopes
           as
           now
           .
           And
           never
           was
           the
           Wicked
           one
           so
           busie
           in
           sowing
           the
           Seeds
           of
           discord
           and
           contention
           as
           within
           this
           moneth
           or
           two
           last
           past
           .
           For
           to
           an
           observing
           eye
           the
           Print
           of
           the
           Cloven
           foot
           hath
           been
           easily
           seen
           in
           all
           the
           Roads
           ,
           Cities
           ,
           Towns
           and
           Corporations
           of
           England
           within
           that
           time
           .
        
         
           And
           whatever
           Sentiments
           some
           Over-zealous
           and
           misguided
           men
           may
           have
           of
           linking
           and
           listing
           themselves
           and
           names
           ,
           under
           the
           form
           of
           a
           Petition
           ;
           yet
           certainly
           none
           but
           the
           Jesuite
           ,
           (
           who
           alone
           hath
           the
           Art
           of
           out
           doing
           the
           Devil
           in
           malice
           and
           mischief
           )
           could
           have
           invented
           a
           more
           proper
           and
           effectual
           way
           of
           setting
           Protestants
           in
           England
           at
           a
           greater
           variance
           and
           distance
           than
           ever
           they
           were
           before
           .
        
         
           The
           Old
           weather-beaten
           course
           which
           the
           Jesuits
           used
           to
           make
           us
           Protestants
           hateful
           to
           ,
           and
           hating
           one
           of
           another
           ,
           was
           to
           cast
           upon
           some
           the
           name
           and
           character
           of
           Calvinists
           ,
           upon
           some
           Arminians
           ,
           upon
           some
           Socinians
           ,
           upon
           some
           Pelagians
           ,
           upon
           some
           Cavaliers
           and
           Malignants
           ,
           upon
           some
           Covenanters
           and
           Round-heads
           after
           the
           old
           style
           ;
           but
           now
           Church-men
           and
           Fanaticks
           ,
           or
           Court
           and
           Countrey
           party
           ,
           after
           the
           style
           of
           the
           newest
           fashions
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           since
           the
           Jesuit
           perceives
           that
           We
           Protestants
           begin
           to
           smell
           the
           device
           of
           these
           Nick-names
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           are
           growing
           so
           skilful
           as
           to
           discern
           that
           these
           are
           only
           bones
           thrown
           in
           amongst
           us
           ,
           merely
           to
           make
           us
           snarl
           ,
           and
           bite
           ,
           and
           devour
           one
           another
           ;
           Therefore
           the
           Jesuits
           (
           to
           perpetuate
           and
           continue
           the
           Protestant
           fray
           and
           scuffle
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           only
           advantage
           to
           their
           Cause
           )
           have
           now
           at
           this
           time
           (
           if
           not
           invented
           )
           yet
           at
           least
           set
           on
           foot
           a
           Form
           and
           mode
           of
           Petitioning
           ,
           which
           must
           inevitably
           run
           us
           into
           fearful
           Broyles
           ,
           if
           not
           timely
           prevented
           .
        
         
           For
           pray
           observe
           ,
           With
           what
           heat
           and
           earnestness
           did
           some
           press
           the
           Subscription
           of
           it
           upon
           others
           their
           fellow
           subjects
           ?
           With
           what
           Reluctancy
           and
           stubbornness
           did
           others
           deny
           and
           refuse
           it
           ?
           How
           passionately
           and
           bitterly
           did
           many
           in
           Coffee-Houses
           and
           other
           places
           debate
           and
           argue
           the
           lawfulness
           and
           unlawfulness
           of
           it
           ?
        
         
           And
           it
           's
           to
           be
           wisht
           ,
           that
           in
           some
           Towns
           ,
           Parishes
           ,
           and
           Neighbourhoods
           it
           be
           not
           the
           standing
           cause
           of
           irreconcileable
           feuds
           and
           quarrels
           among
           the
           people
           .
           For
           such
           hath
           been
           the
           imprudence
           of
           some
           Hot-headed
           men
           that
           carried
           this
           Petition
           about
           for
           Subscriptions
           ,
           that
           they
           told
           the
           un-thinking
           vulgar
           ,
           it
           was
           the
           Shibboleth
           to
           discern
           between
           the
           Protestants
           and
           Papists
           in
           England
           .
        
         
           And
           hence
           many
           of
           them
           (
           poor
           Souls
           !
           )
           out
           of
           fear
           and
           ignorance
           set
           their
           Hands
           ,
           but
           more
           their
           Marks
           to
           it
           :
           when
           as
           they
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           Prest
           it
           upon
           them
           ,
           can
           give
           no
           just
           positive
           account
           ,
           whether
           this
           Petition
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Solemn
             League
             and
             Covenant
          
           ,
           were
           invented
           and
           fram'd
           either
           by
           a
           Papist
           or
           a
           Protestant
           .
        
         
         
           And
           now
           is
           not
           this
           a
           pretty
           piece
           of
           Sport
           to
           our
           Common
           enemy
           the
           Papist
           ,
           to
           see
           a
           Leaf
           of
           paper
           set
           all
           England
           in
           a
           Flame
           ,
           and
           create
           most
           desperate
           Animosities
           amongst
           its
           Protestant
           natives
           ?
           Could
           there
           be
           any
           Project
           or
           Device
           (
           next
           to
           the
           killing
           of
           our
           Gracious
           Soveraign
           whom
           God
           long
           preserve
           )
           so
           essential
           and
           proper
           for
           the
           Ruine
           of
           Us
           ,
           and
           our
           Protestant
           Religion
           as
           this
           ?
        
         
           What
           need
           have
           the
           Papists
           of
           Collections
           from
           their
           friends
           ?
           or
           moneys
           from
           the
           Holy
           Chamber
           ?
           or
           of
           Armyes
           from
           Foreign
           Popish
           Princes
           ?
           when
           as
           our
           Divisions
           ,
           which
           they
           have
           set
           up
           amongst
           us
           ,
           will
           with
           good
           looking
           after
           most
           certainly
           and
           inevitably
           do
           this
           work
           to
           their
           hands
           ,
           without
           any
           such
           cost
           or
           trouble
           .
        
         
           Serious
           and
           frequent
           have
           been
           our
           Addresses
           to
           you
           for
           a
           Brotherly
           Correspondence
           and
           Reconciliation
           ,
           and
           your
           Joyning
           with
           Us
           in
           the
           Defence
           and
           Preservation
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           .
           Nay
           we
           have
           made
           it
           Our
           Humble
           Requests
           to
           You
           ,
           that
           you
           would
           do
           Us
           that
           Right
           and
           Justice
           ,
           as
           to
           own
           and
           allow
           us
           to
           be
           Protestants
           as
           well
           as
           your selves
           .
           And
           yet
           such
           hath
           been
           the
           hard
           fate
           and
           misfortune
           of
           Our
           Gentleness
           and
           Meekness
           towards
           you
           ,
           that
           like
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           to
           proud
           and
           wanton
           sinners
           ,
           they
           have
           been
           scorn'd
           and
           rejected
           .
        
         
           For
           instead
           of
           any
           Civilities
           to
           us
           for
           this
           our
           Humble
           Demeanour
           ,
           you
           have
           imperiously
           ascended
           the
           Seat
           of
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           the
           Chair
           of
           the
           Scorner
           :
           Loading
           us
           with
           Scoffs
           and
           Reproaches
           ,
           and
           condemning
           us
           for
           Hereticks
           and
           Papists
           .
           Nay
           ,
           so
           mightily
           Sowr'd
           are
           you
           in
           your
           Opinions
           and
           Judgments
           of
           an
           English
           Church-man
           ,
           that
           you
           nauseate
           him
           ,
           as
           you
           pretend
           to
           do
           a
           Papist
           ,
           and
           shun
           his
           converse
           and
           sight
           as
           much
           as
           a
           man
           of
           curdled
           bloud
           doth
           Cheese
           .
        
         
           But
           whatever
           Treatments
           you
           are
           pleased
           to
           give
           us
           ,
           or
           whatever
           Liveries
           you
           think
           fit
           to
           Clothe
           us
           withal
           ;
           yet
           (
           begging
           your
           leave
           )
           we
           shall
           desire
           this
           freedom
           as
           to
           cleanse
           our
           Garments
           from
           those
           foul
           Aspersions
           thrown
           upon
           them
           from
           Pulpits
           in
           Conventicles
           ,
           Libels
           from
           the
           Press
           ,
           and
           those
           Scurrilous
           Reproaches
           vented
           by
           Republican
           Tools
           and
           Tantivy's
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           let
           him
           that
           hath
           Eyes
           and
           Learning
           to
           read
           ,
           Consider
           the
           Loyal
           Protestants
           Vindication
           ,
           
             In
             these
             following
             Particulars
          
           ,
        
         
           FIRST
           ,
           We
           do
           own
           and
           love
           all
           Protestants
           of
           whatever
           Sort
           ,
           Title
           and
           Name
           ,
           that
           do
           really
           abominate
           the
           Superstitious
           fooleries
           and
           Heretical
           Doctrines
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           We
           do
           Approve
           and
           Delight
           in
           all
           Persons
           ,
           which
           assert
           and
           vindicate
           the
           King's
           Supremacy
           over
           all
           Persons
           and
           in
           all
           Causes
           both
           in
           Church
           and
           State.
           
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           We
           countenance
           and
           commend
           all
           such
           ,
           who
           mind
           their
           own
           business
           and
           study
           to
           be
           quiet
           ,
           and
           who
           out
           of
           Duty
           as
           well
           as
           Modesty
           have
           so
           good
           and
           just
           opinion
           of
           their
           present
           Soveraign's
           Art
           and
           Judgment
           in
           Governing
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           not
           presume
           to
           prescribe
           him
           rules
           and
           methods
           of
           managing
           the
           people
           which
           God
           hath
           committed
           to
           his
           care
           and
           charge
           .
        
         
           For
           such
           hath
           been
           his
           Education
           ,
           and
           so
           much
           experience
           hath
           he
           learnt
           in
           foreign
           Courts
           and
           Countreys
           ,
           during
           his
           Exile
           ,
           that
           we
           can
           
           positively
           say
           ,
           He
           is
           the
           Wisest
           King
           in
           Christendom
           ,
           and
           the
           best
           Statesman
           in
           all
           his
           whole
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           We
           are
           for
           giving
           all
           men
           their
           just
           dues
           according
           to
           their
           Dignities
           ,
           Places
           ,
           and
           Qualities
           ,
           and
           do
           abominate
           all
           those
           harsh
           and
           rough
           methods
           ,
           which
           irritate
           our
           Superiors
           anger
           and
           displeasure
           .
           For
           certainly
           of
           all
           persons
           ,
           Governours
           chiefly
           are
           to
           be
           oblig'd
           and
           not
           forc't
           .
        
         
           Fifthly
           ,
           We
           do
           verily
           believe
           ,
           that
           according
           to
           the
           Contents
           of
           our
           New
           Testament
           ,
           no
           man
           ought
           to
           Affront
           and
           Vilifie
           his
           Princes
           Person
           and
           Authority
           either
           in
           words
           or
           deeds
           .
           And
           that
           if
           he
           cannot
           conform
           to
           the
           Government
           of
           his
           Prince
           ,
           yet
           he
           is
           bound
           in
           Conscience
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           openly
           ,
           publickly
           ,
           and
           actually
           disobedient
           ,
           especially
           where
           the
           Prince
           is
           Christian
           and
           Protestant
           too
           .
           And
           where
           the
           ground
           of
           Subjects
           Obedience
           and
           Disobedience
           is
           purely
           about
           Things
           Indifferent
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           thing
           that
           wholly
           excludes
           all
           doubts
           and
           scruples
           of
           Conscience
           .
        
         
           Sixthly
           ,
           We
           do
           abominate
           ,
           and
           as
           seasonably
           and
           prudentially
           as
           we
           can
           ,
           rebuke
           and
           suppress
           all
           sorts
           of
           Vices
           and
           Immoralities
           without
           respect
           had
           to
           persons
           .
           And
           should
           be
           heartily
           glad
           to
           see
           Whoredom
           ,
           Adultery
           ,
           Drunkenness
           ,
           Swearing
           and
           Pride
           ,
           to
           grow
           out
           of
           fashion
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           ;
           as
           we
           wish
           ,
           Malice
           ,
           Spight
           ,
           Backbiting
           ,
           Censuring
           ,
           Slandering
           ,
           Railing
           and
           Bitterness
           of
           Spirit
           may
           decay
           amongst
           you
           .
        
         
           Seventhly
           ,
           We
           heartily
           Love
           ,
           and
           highly
           Applaud
           all
           plain-hearted
           and
           publick-spirited
           men
           ,
           who
           aim
           and
           endeavour
           at
           things
           for
           the
           Kings
           Honour
           and
           Greatness
           ,
           and
           the
           real
           good
           of
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           .
           But
           we
           do
           detest
           and
           abhor
           all
           self-ended
           and
           self-seeking
           men
           ,
           especially
           those
           who
           engage
           a
           whole
           Kingdom
           for
           a
           particular
           disgust
           ;
           and
           study
           revenge
           for
           a
           private
           defeat
           they
           have
           received
           ,
           or
           who
           design
           to
           make
           themselves
           Popular
           ,
           great
           and
           rich
           under
           the
           Pretence
           of
           serving
           the
           Publick
           .
        
         
           Eighthly
           ,
           We
           heartily
           pray
           ,
           and
           use
           all
           the
           interest
           we
           have
           ,
           that
           this
           late
           Damnable
           Hellish
           Popish
           Plot
           ,
           (
           which
           God
           in
           mercy
           to
           us
           all
           hath
           brought
           to
           light
           )
           may
           be
           daily
           more
           and
           more
           detected
           and
           brought
           to
           a
           final
           Period
           .
           And
           we
           joyn
           with
           you
           in
           our
           souls
           ,
           that
           the
           Parliament
           may
           sit
           for
           the
           Tryal
           of
           those
           Great
           Conspirators
           ,
           who
           cannot
           be
           otherwise
           Tryed
           but
           by
           Parliament
           .
           But
           as
           for
           the
           time
           ,
           when
           this
           Parliament
           should
           sit
           about
           this
           weighty
           affair
           ,
           we
           humbly
           leave
           it
           to
           His
           Majesties
           Prudence
           ,
           who
           ,
           of
           all
           men
           hath
           the
           sole
           right
           ,
           and
           is
           best
           able
           to
           chuse
           the
           seasonableness
           of
           doing
           it
           .
        
         
           Ninthly
           ,
           We
           do
           firmly
           believe
           ,
           that
           the
           Present
           Actings
           and
           Designs
           of
           Our
           Enemies
           the
           Papists
           are
           so
           wicked
           and
           evil
           ,
           and
           Our
           Cause
           so
           Good
           and
           Just
           ,
           that
           we
           dare
           (
           with
           the
           use
           of
           lawful
           and
           justifiable
           means
           )
           in
           an
           humble
           confidence
           refer
           the
           whole
           matter
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           Providence
           ,
           not
           doubting
           but
           that
           God
           will
           so
           rule
           the
           heart
           of
           our
           King
           ,
           and
           direct
           his
           Councils
           ,
           that
           We
           and
           Our
           Religion
           will
           at
           last
           have
           as
           Memorable
           a
           Deliverance
           ,
           as
           any
           of
           those
           which
           have
           been
           in
           the
           Days
           of
           our
           Ancestors
           .
        
         
           Tenthly
           ,
           We
           do
           affirm
           ,
           and
           can
           justifie
           it
           :
           That
           the
           Men
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           are
           the
           true
           ,
           right
           ,
           and
           only
           Protestants
           .
           And
           for
           this
           we
           dare
           appeal
           to
           the
           known
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           to
           the
           Hugonots
           of
           France
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Calvinistical
           and
           Lutheran
           Churches
           abroad
           ;
           for
           whenever
           they
           write
           or
           speak
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           they
           mean
           that
           which
           is
           established
           by
           Law
           in
           our
           Nation
           .
        
         
         
           And
           because
           the
           Memory
           of
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           is
           always
           so
           fresh
           and
           fragrant
           in
           your
           minds
           ,
           that
           you
           keep
           her
           Anniversary
           Coronation-day
           above
           all
           other
           Protestant
           Kings
           of
           England
           ,
           with
           the
           solemnities
           of
           Bonefires
           and
           ringing
           of
           Bells
           .
           We
           therefore
           take
           the
           opportunity
           to
           declare
           to
           you
           ;
           That
           it
           's
           not
           you
           ,
           but
           we
           are
           the
           Men
           ,
           who
           are
           not
           only
           the
           Legal
           ,
           but
           the
           true
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           Protestants
           .
           And
           I
           would
           advise
           you
           ,
           the
           next
           time
           you
           observe
           that
           Day
           ,
           (
           which
           I
           shall
           observe
           with
           you
           )
           that
           you
           would
           enquire
           into
           your selves
           ,
           whether
           you
           are
           the
           Protestants
           of
           that
           mould
           and
           stamp
           ,
           which
           she
           loved
           ,
           and
           her
           Laws
           protected
           in
           her
           Reign
           .
        
         
           Eleventhly
           ,
           Though
           you
           take
           a
           pride
           or
           pleasure
           ,
           or
           both
           ,
           to
           represent
           us
           to
           the
           Vulgar
           under
           those
           filthy
           characters
           of
           Mungrel
           Protestants
           ,
           Half
           Protestants
           ,
           Protestants
           in
           Masquerade
           ,
           and
           Church
           Papists
           .
           Yet
           under
           our
           patient
           bearing
           of
           your
           Reproaches
           :
           We
           beg
           your
           pardon
           to
           make
           this
           Declaration
           :
           That
           we
           do
           abhor
           and
           detest
           those
           black
           and
           odious
           Titles
           .
           And
           had
           you
           but
           a
           spark
           of
           modesty
           ,
           or
           a
           grain
           of
           reason
           ,
           or
           the
           least
           insight
           into
           our
           Laws
           ,
           you
           would
           have
           long
           since
           forborn
           to
           persecute
           us
           with
           this
           slanderous
           Accusation
           .
        
         
           What
           was
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           a
           good
           Protestant
           ,
           and
           now
           must
           the
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           Protestants
           be
           counted
           no
           Protestants
           ,
           or
           call'd
           half
           Protestants
           ,
           and
           Protestants
           in
           Masquerade
           ?
           What
           doth
           the
           Jesuit
           and
           Papists
           hate
           us
           ,
           and
           plot
           to
           destroy
           us
           ,
           because
           he
           finds
           us
           the
           best
           and
           truest
           Protestants
           ?
           And
           must
           you
           to
           Revile
           us
           and
           seek
           to
           Root
           us
           out
           :
           because
           we
           are
           not
           Protestants
           according
           to
           your
           standard
           ?
        
         
           Certainly
           had
           you
           but
           any
           wit
           or
           Reason
           about
           you
           ,
           you
           might
           plainly
           see
           ;
           That
           whatever
           you
           think
           of
           us
           ,
           the
           Papists
           take
           us
           only
           to
           be
           the
           truest
           Protestants
           ,
           and
           their
           greatest
           Enemies
           .
           For
           it
           's
           against
           Us
           that
           all
           these
           malicious
           Plots
           are
           levell'd
           .
           And
           they
           have
           only
           set
           you
           up
           as
           Tools
           and
           Instruments
           to
           compleat
           their
           design
           .
           For
           alas
           ,
           there
           is
           hardly
           one
           amongst
           all
           your
           Parties
           hath
           writ
           so
           Judiciously
           and
           Rationally
           against
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           as
           to
           deserve
           either
           a
           Learned
           Papists
           reading
           or
           answer
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           must
           our
           Bishops
           ,
           Doctors
           and
           Divines
           be
           the
           only
           Champions
           for
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           against
           the
           Romanists
           .
           And
           yet
           must
           their
           Hearers
           and
           Followers
           be
           branded
           with
           the
           Ignominious
           Names
           of
           Half
           Protestants
           ,
           Church
           Papists
           ,
           and
           Protestants
           in
           Masquerade
           ?
        
         
           For
           shame
           forbear
           these
           unchristian
           slanders
           ;
           or
           else
           all
           foreign
           Protestants
           will
           say
           ,
           that
           you
           want
           both
           manners
           and
           modesty
           ,
           or
           which
           is
           worse
           ,
           brains
           and
           reason
           .
        
         
           Go
           on
           ,
           if
           you
           please
           ,
           with
           your
           trade
           of
           Calumniating
           :
           But
           thus
           plain
           we
           will
           be
           with
           you
           ,
           to
           acquaint
           you
           ,
           that
           our
           Eyes
           are
           so
           open
           ,
           as
           to
           see
           you
           use
           one
           way
           ,
           and
           the
           Papists
           use
           another
           way
           ,
           to
           destroy
           and
           Ruine
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           with
           its
           Protestant
           professors
           .
           And
           we
           declare
           ,
           That
           from
           our
           knowledge
           of
           you
           Both
           ,
           we
           expect
           no
           Quarter
           or
           mercy
           from
           either
           of
           you
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           men
           have
           already
           endured
           two
           Persecutions
           ,
           the
           one
           of
           Fire
           in
           the
           Reign
           of
           Queen
           Mary
           ,
           the
           other
           of
           the
           Sword
           in
           our
           late
           Unnatural
           Wars
           ,
           when
           men
           of
           your
           own
           kidney
           Plundered
           ,
           Sequestred
           ,
           Imprisoned
           ,
           Hanged
           and
           Beheaded
           many
           Thousands
           ,
           for
           no
           other
           Crime
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           were
           Loyal
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           Protestants
           .
           And
           now
           we
           are
           Expecting
           to
           fall
           under
           a
           Third
           Persecution
           :
           But
           whether
           it
           will
           come
           from
           the
           Papists
           ,
           or
           You
           ,
           we
           cannot
           as
           yet
           so
           easily
           Discern
           .
        
         
         
           Lastly
           ,
           Because
           you
           so
           arrogantly
           call
           your selves
           
             The
             Protestants
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             True
             Protestants
          
           ;
           and
           so
           scoffingly
           call
           us
           the
           
             Half
             Protestants
          
           ,
           and
           
             Church
             Papists
          
           ,
           and
           
             Protestants
             in
             Masquerade
          
           :
        
         
           
             We
             therefore
             send
             you
             this
             Challenge
             .
          
        
         
           Go
           if
           you
           dare
           with
           us
           into
           Westminster-Hall
           ,
           to
           the
           Assizes
           and
           Quarter-Sessions
           before
           the
           Judges
           and
           Justices
           of
           the
           Peace
           ;
           and
           there
           (
           if
           you
           dare
           )
           take
           with
           Us
           the
           Oaths
           of
           Allegiance
           and
           Supremacy
           .
           Renounce
           with
           us
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Transubstantiation
           ,
           and
           the
           Solemn
           League
           and
           Covenant
           .
           Subscribe
           with
           us
           the
           Declaration
           of
           the
           Unlawfulness
           of
           taking
           up
           Arms
           against
           the
           King.
           And
           bring
           with
           us
           your
           Certificates
           of
           Receiving
           the
           Sacrament
           according
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           This
           ,
           This
           is
           the
           Test
           and
           Shiboleth
           to
           distinguish
           Protestants
           from
           Papists
           ,
           and
           not
           your
           Form
           of
           Petition
           which
           lately
           went
           in
           Procession
           ;
           and
           should
           your
           boasted
           multitudes
           of
           Subscribers
           be
           brought
           to
           this
           Touchstone
           ,
           we
           know
           that
           three
           parts
           of
           five
           would
           run
           a
           great
           danger
           of
           being
           convicted
           for
           Recusants
           by
           Law
           ;
           for
           many
           of
           you
           who
           proudly
           call
           your selves
           the
           
             True
             Protestants
          
           ,
           will
           as
           stifly
           deny
           the
           doing
           of
           these
           things
           as
           the
           Rankest
           Papist
           in
           England
           .
        
         
           In
           love
           therefore
           I
           desire
           you
           to
           refrain
           from
           the
           Villifying
           us
           with
           the
           filthy
           characters
           of
           Protestants
           in
           Masquerade
           ,
           and
           Church
           Papists
           ,
           since
           that
           we
           have
           been
           so
           kind
           to
           you
           for
           many
           years
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           put
           you
           upon
           this
           Tryal
           ,
           which
           we
           know
           would
           be
           as
           ungrateful
           and
           prejudicial
           to
           you
           as
           any
           Papists
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           you
           cannot
           out
           of
           Modesty
           and
           Charity
           ,
           yet
           out
           of
           Interest
           learn
           to
           be
           more
           Sober
           and
           Moderate
           to
           your
           fellow
           Natives
           and
           Protestant
           Brethren
           ;
           and
           do
           not
           Calumniate
           the
           Honest
           Church-men
           of
           England
           who
           Pray
           for
           you
           ,
           and
           love
           you
           better
           than
           you
           do
           your selves
           ,
           and
           would
           be
           glad
           to
           have
           you
           to
           joyn
           with
           them
           in
           all
           lawful
           and
           justifiable
           ways
           ,
           for
           the
           overthrow
           of
           all
           Popish
           Plots
           ,
           and
           the
           Preservation
           of
           that
           Protestant
           Religion
           which
           is
           Established
           by
           Law.
           
        
         
           And
           now
           let
           all
           the
           World
           Judge
           ,
           whether
           We
           or
           You
           ,
           are
           Half-Protestants
           ,
           and
           Protestants
           in
           Masquerade
           ;
           since
           that
           We
           will
           abide
           by
           those
           Legal
           Tryals
           and
           Touch-stones
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           National
           Discriminations
           between
           Protestants
           and
           Papists
           :
           and
           You
           ,
           or
           the
           major-part
           of
           You
           ,
           refuse
           these
           Tests
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Papists
           ;
           and
           as
           long
           as
           You
           stand
           in
           the
           Refusal
           of
           them
           ,
           You
           are
           but
           Papists
           in
           a
           Protestant
           disguise
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .