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             Speculum crape-gownorum, the second part, or, A continuation of observations and reflections upon the late sermons of some that would be thought Goliah's for the Church of England by the same author.
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             Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.
          
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           Speculum
           Crape-Gownorum
           ,
           THE
           SECOND
           PART
           .
           Or
           a
           Continuation
           of
           OBSERVATIONS
           and
           REFLECTIONS
           Upon
           the
           Late
           SERMONS
           Of
           some
           that
           would
           be
           thought
           GOLIAH's
           FOR
           THE
           Church
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           By
           the
           same
           AUTHOR
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             R.
             Baldwin
          
           .
           1682.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           The
           Second
           Part
           of
           
             Speculum
             Crapegownorum
          
           ,
           in
           a
           Dialogue
           between
           Priestlove
           and
           Meryweather
           .
        
         
           
             Priestlove
             ,
          
           
             I
             Say
             ,
             and
             I
             still
             say
             ,
             that
             had
             it
             not
             been
             for
             the
             Observator
             and
             Heraclitus
             ,
             the
             Nation
             had
             been
             ruin'd
             ere
             this
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mery.
             
          
           
             How
             Friend
             Priestlove
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Priestlove
             .
          
           
             Nay
             ,
             
               how
               me
               no
               how
               's
            
             ,
             for
             't
             is
             very
             true
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mery.
             
          
           
             Not
             so
             hasty
             —
             For
             will
             you
             prefer
             a
             Brace
             of
             Quacks
             to
             a
             whole
             Colledge
             of
             able
             Physitians
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Priestlove
             .
          
           
             I
             prefer
             no
             Quacks
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mery.
             
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             you
             do
             —
             For
             the
             Observator
             and
             Heraclitus
             are
             a
             couple
             of
             meer
             pretending
             Quacks
             ;
             they
             find
             the
             Nation
             labours
             under
             a
             Scorbutick
             distemper
             ,
             and
             they
             come
             with
             their
             French
             Congies
             ,
             and
             cry
             ,
             
               Me
               cure
               de
               State.
               Me
               cure
               de
               State
               ,
            
             when
             they
             know
             no
             more
             of
             State-Physick
             ,
             unless
             it
             be
             to
             Draw
             a
             Blister
             ,
             than
             Horse-Leeches
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest.
             
          
           
             I
             care
             not
             for
             that
             ,
             I
             stand
             to
             my
             first
             Assertion
             still
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mery.
             
          
           
             This
             't
             is
             ,
             not
             to
             consider
             :
             for
             in
             so
             saying
             ,
             you
             dishonour
             the
             whole
             Society
             of
             the
             Crape-Gown
             Order
             of
             D.
             D's
             ,
             and
             B.
             D's
             .
             and
             the
             more
             inferior
             sort
             of
             Rectors
             and
             Vicars
             ,
             who
             have
             now
             undertaken
             to
             be
             the
             State
             Physitians
             themselves
             .
             And
             do
             you
             think
             that
             the
             Applications
             of
             
               Bow
               Church
            
             Sermons
             ,
             Guild-hall
             Sermons
             ,
             Assize
             Sermons
             ,
             and
             Anniversary
             Sermons
             are
             not
             much
             more
             wholesome
             for
             the
             present
             distempers
             of
             the
             State
             ,
             than
             the
             Euphorbucum
             and
             Cantharides
             of
             the
             Observator
             and
             Heraclitus
             ?
          
        
         
           
           
             Priest.
             
          
           
             Both
             Applications
             may
             be
             good
             in
             their
             kinds
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mery.
             
          
           
             Oh
             Sir
             ,
             but
             the
             Levites
             pretend
             their
             Licences
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             which
             th'
             other
             can
             never
             lay
             claim
             to
             :
             So
             that
             the
             other
             are
             meer
             Intruders
             ;
             and
             whether
             the
             Levites
             do
             not
             practice
             beyond
             their
             Skill
             and
             Commission
             is
             much
             to
             be
             question'd
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest.
             
          
           
             The
             Scripture
             commands
             obedience
             and
             submission
             to
             the
             Government
             ;
             they
             are
             commanded
             to
             Preach
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             therefore
             they
             are
             commanded
             to
             Preach
             Obedience
             to
             the
             Government
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mery.
             
          
           
             That
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             in
             Civil
             affairs
             ,
             they
             are
             to
             Preach
             General
             Obedience
             to
             the
             Laws
             and
             the
             Government
             ;
             but
             thence
             it
             does
             not
             follow
             they
             are
             to
             be
             Judges
             of
             the
             breaches
             of
             that
             Obedience
             :
             For
             were
             it
             otherwise
             ,
             they
             were
             to
             take
             their
             Texts
             out
             of
             Polton
             ,
             and
             not
             out
             of
             the
             Bible
             .
             For
             example
             ,
             were
             the
             difference
             between
             the
             People
             and
             the
             Magistrate
             ,
             whither
             the
             Statute
             of
             Jeofails
             ,
             or
             the
             
               Habeas
               Corpus
            
             Act
             were
             to
             be
             Repeal'd
             ;
             what
             have
             they
             to
             do
             with
             that
             ?
             No
             more
             than
             the
             Pinner
             of
             Wakefield
             .
             Would
             it
             not
             be
             fine
             sport
             ,
             to
             hear
             the
             Pulpits
             ring
             with
             the
             
               Habeas
               Corpus
            
             Act
             ,
             or
             the
             Statute
             of
             Jeofails
             ?
             You
             are
             commanded
             to
             obey
             the
             Statute
             of
             Jeofailes
             ,
             you
             are
             commanded
             to
             obey
             the
             
               Habeas
               Corpus
            
             Act
             ,
             Job
             36.21
             .
             In
             like-manner
             ,
             what
             have
             they
             to
             do
             with
             Associatians
             and
             Addresses
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             the
             Disputes
             of
             State
             ?
             For
             let
             them
             talk
             till
             their
             Lungs
             ake
             ,
             they
             can
             never
             prove
             by
             Scripture
             ,
             that
             either
             political
             Associations
             or
             Addresses
             are
             forbidden
             ,
             in
             reference
             to
             the
             English
             Government
             .
             But
             if
             the
             Prince
             shall
             once
             declare
             his
             particular
             dislike
             to
             such
             proceedings
             ,
             then
             are
             they
             to
             press
             a
             general
             Obedience
             to
             his
             Will
             and
             Pleasure
             ,
             so
             far
             as
             is
             consentaneous
             to
             Divine
             Writ
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest.
             
          
           
             Who
             shall
             be
             Judge
             of
             that
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mery.
             
          
           
             The
             very
             definition
             of
             a
             Christian
             Loyalty
             it self
             :
             That
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             That
             vertuous
             and
             inviolable
             Fidelity
             which
             
             the
             Subject
             ows
             to
             his
             Lawful
             Prince
             ,
             by
             vertue
             of
             the
             same
             Obligations
             and
             Ties
             by
             which
             he
             is
             bound
             to
             God
             :
             And
             this
             is
             that
             true
             Christian
             Obedience
             which
             every
             true
             Minister
             of
             the
             Church
             ought
             to
             inculcate
             into
             the
             hearts
             of
             their
             Hearers
             by
             the
             force
             of
             pure
             Divinity
             ,
             not
             Arguments
             of
             State
             ,
             which
             are
             fluctuating
             and
             inconstant
             ;
             in
             regard
             that
             Reason
             of
             State
             ,
             and
             alteration
             of
             Government
             may
             alter
             the
             case
             of
             Obedience
             upon
             various
             occasions
             ;
             in
             so
             much
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             quick
             Turns
             and
             Revolutions
             of
             the
             latter
             end
             of
             H.
             8.
             
             Ed.
             6.
             
             Queen
             Mary
             and
             Elisabeth
             ,
             some
             of
             the
             greatest
             promoters
             and
             Practisers
             of
             Politick
             Obedience
             ,
             were
             asham'd
             at
             last
             of
             their
             frequent
             compliance
             ,
             and
             retir'd
             out
             of
             the
             way
             ;
             as
             you
             may
             Read
             in
             the
             History
             of
             the
             Reformation
             it self
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest.
             
          
           
             You
             have
             given
             a
             nice
             Distinction
             of
             Loyalty
             ,
             pray
             make
             it
             out
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mery.
             
          
           
             The
             first
             is
             that
             Christian
             Obedience
             which
             is
             due
             to
             the
             supreme
             power
             by
             the
             Law
             of
             God
             ,
             so
             far
             as
             may
             stand
             with
             the
             Sacred
             Interest
             of
             Salvation
             .
             The
             second
             is
             an
             Obedience
             upon
             the
             moral
             motives
             of
             Human
             Interest
             to
             the
             Law
             of
             Man
             ,
             which
             may
             sometimes
             impose
             commands
             which
             a
             sincere
             and
             upright
             Conscience
             may
             in
             some
             measure
             scruple
             at
             ,
             nay
             positively
             deny
             a
             submission
             to
             :
             as
             in
             the
             case
             of
             the
             Three
             Children
             ;
             or
             by
             a
             late
             fresh
             example
             in
             the
             case
             of
             the
             late
             times
             ,
             when
             even
             temporal
             obedience
             was
             refus'd
             by
             all
             that
             adheard
             to
             the
             King
             whom
             dire
             necessity
             did
             not
             compel
             to
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest.
             
          
           
             The
             late
             Times
             ,
             what
             d'
             ye
             talk
             of
             those
             Usurpers
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mery.
             
          
           
             However
             to
             talk
             like
             a
             Divine
             ,
             it
             was
             a
             Supreme
             Power
             ,
             tho'
             set
             over
             us
             for
             our
             sins
             and
             our
             punishment
             :
             And
             most
             certain
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             both
             we
             and
             the
             Calvinists
             agree
             in
             this
             ,
             That
             ,
             
               Etiam
               Infideli
               Magistratui
               obediendum
               est
            
             ,
             with
             safety
             of
             Conscience
             .
             I
             only
             speak
             this
             to
             shew
             ,
             that
             
             men
             are
             not
             to
             urge
             upon
             the
             Conscience
             so
             severely
             ,
             that
             were
             so
             nice
             of
             it
             themselves
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest.
             
          
           
             Well
             ,
             but
             then
             to
             the
             second
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mery.
             
          
           
             The
             second
             ,
             which
             is
             an
             Obedience
             to
             commands
             enjoined
             by
             the
             Politick
             Constitution
             and
             Frame
             of
             Government
             ,
             I
             think
             there
             is
             no
             Dissenter
             in
             England
             ,
             that
             would
             not
             be
             accounted
             a
             Rebel
             ,
             but
             would
             confirm
             it
             to
             his
             Prince
             with
             his
             Heart
             ,
             his
             Hand
             and
             his
             Purse
             .
             And
             this
             is
             properly
             call'd
             Loyalty
             ,
             
               Loyaute
               ,
               Legalidad
            
             ,
             (
             all
             from
             the
             Latin
             word
             Lex
             )
             which
             acts
             according
             to
             the
             Laws
             of
             Nature
             and
             Policy
             ,
             as
             being
             due
             first
             to
             those
             Laws
             ,
             and
             then
             to
             the
             Minister
             of
             those
             Laws
             ,
             as
             the
             derivation
             of
             the
             Word
             plainly
             implies
             .
             Which
             being
             the
             chief
             satisfaction
             to
             the
             Civil
             Magistrate
             ,
             it
             seems
             hard
             that
             Ecclesiastical
             Jurisdiction
             should
             make
             such
             a
             heavy
             clutter
             for
             her
             far
             less
             inconsiderable
             mite
             of
             a
             coercive
             power
             .
             Just
             as
             if
             one
             and
             the
             same
             man
             owed
             the
             secular
             claim
             a
             Hundred
             thousand
             pound
             ,
             and
             the
             Ecclesiastical
             pretensions
             Twenty
             pound
             ;
             the
             Secular
             Magistrate
             should
             be
             bound
             to
             give
             no
             Release
             for
             the
             whole
             Hundred
             thousand
             pound
             ,
             because
             the
             same
             person
             requested
             the
             Ecclesiastical
             Jurisdiction
             to
             abate
             Five
             pound
             of
             her
             Twenty
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest.
             
          
           
             Is
             there
             nothing
             then
             due
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mery.
             
          
           
             Yes
             —
             the
             Noblest
             Tithes
             of
             the
             World
             —
             the
             Tithes
             of
             Unity
             ,
             Love
             and
             Charity
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest.
             
          
           
             Why
             do
             they
             not
             pay
             them
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mery.
             
          
           
             Pay
             '
             em
             !
             They
             dare
             not
             come
             nere
             ye
             .
             Up
             ye
             get
             into
             your
             Pulpits
             ,
             as
             into
             so
             many
             Beacons
             ;
             where
             ye
             raise
             such
             a
             Flame
             ,
             that
             they
             're
             afraid
             of
             the
             Countries
             coming
             in
             upon
             '
             em
             .
             But
             doubtless
             had
             that
             method
             been
             us'd
             by
             those
             who
             have
             taken
             another
             course
             ,
             of
             teaching
             true
             Christian
             obedience
             ,
             without
             
               reflexions
               ,
               flames
            
             ,
             and
             virulency
             ,
             that
             Vnion
             had
             been
             long
             since
             accomplish'd
             ,
             which
             the
             Protestant
             Interest
             at
             present
             so
             much
             laments
             ?
          
        
         
           
           
             Priest.
             
          
           
             Tush
             —
             they
             're
             a
             stiffneck'd
             Generation
             that
             will
             never
             conform
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mery.
             
          
           
             No
             ?
             There
             's
             one
             ,
             Mr.
             Read
             by
             name
             ,
             has
             fairly
             lead
             the
             way
             .
             You
             will
             not
             let
             him
             read
             the
             Liturgy
             of
             England
             in
             a
             Church
             ,
             where
             would
             you
             have
             him
             read
             it
             ?
             upon
             the
             top
             of
             the
             Monument
             ?
             Or
             what
             would
             you
             have
             him
             do
             with
             those
             Souls
             that
             have
             commited
             themselves
             to
             his
             charge
             ,
             and
             are
             so
             well
             satisfi'd
             of
             his
             conduct
             to
             Heaven
             ?
             Will
             you
             hear
             his
             own
             words
             ?
             He
             tells
             ye
             ,
             first
             ,
             
               That
               he
               has
               advis'd
               with
               his
               Brethren
               in
               the
               Ministry
               ,
               who
               did
               acknowledg
               the
               lawfulness
               of
               using
               the
               Liturgy
               in
            
             the
             Ordinary
             Lords-day-Service
             .
             
               That
               his
               Principles
               are
               these
            
             ,
             That
             
               Obedience
               to
               the
               Majestrate
               in
               things
               Lawful
               is
               a
               duty
               .
               That
               a
               form
               of
               Prayer
               is
               lawful
               .
               And
               that
               Communion
               in
               such
               Churches
               is
               lawful
               .
            
             Now
             why
             must
             Grand-Juries
             ,
             and
             Petty-Juries
             be
             put
             to
             the
             trouble
             to
             vex
             and
             torment
             such
             men
             as
             these
             ,
             and
             deter
             them
             from
             their
             good
             intentions
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Priest.
             
          
           
             Because
             of
             the
             Law.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mery.
             
          
           
             As
             to
             that
             Law
             (
             for
             I
             know
             you
             mean
             the
             last
             Law
             against
             seditious
             Meetings
             .
             )
             I
             have
             this
             to
             say
             :
          
           
             First
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             find
             that
             the
             makers
             of
             that
             Law
             do
             assign
             the
             least
             breach
             of
             Political
             Obedience
             against
             the
             Dissenters
             :
             only
             there
             is
             a
             Supposition
             ,
             that
             an
             Insurrection
             may
             be
             hatch'd
             at
             such
             a
             Meeting
             :
             So
             that
             as
             long
             as
             there
             is
             no
             such
             thing
             done
             as
             the
             Law
             supposes
             ,
             where
             there
             is
             no
             Transgression
             there
             can
             be
             no
             Punishment
             .
             So
             then
             it
             remains
             ,
             that
             this
             Law
             was
             obtain'd
             by
             some
             part
             of
             the
             Clergy
             for
             their
             own
             advantage
             ,
             and
             to
             render
             themselves
             the
             more
             formidable
             to
             their
             Dissenting
             Brethren
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             second
             place
             ,
             it
             was
             never
             yet
             known
             in
             this
             World
             ,
             that
             ever
             any
             Civil
             Magistrate
             ,
             or
             Supreme
             Power
             ,
             made
             a
             Law
             ,
             with
             an
             intent
             to
             punish
             any
             good
             man.
             This
             Law
             against
             Dissenters
             punishes
             many
             a
             good
             man
             ,
             therefore
             never
             intended
             by
             the
             Supreme
             Power
             against
             the
             Dissenters
             .
             
             Now
             ,
             that
             the
             Dissenters
             are
             good
             men
             ,
             I
             prove
             from
             
             David's
             own
             description
             of
             a
             good
             man
             in
             Psalm
             15.
             where
             putting
             the
             Question
             to
             himself
             ,
             
               Vir
               bonus
               est
               Quis
            
             ?
             He
             answers
             ,
             first
             as
             to
             the
             Civil
             Government
             ,
             
               Qui
               ambulat
               integre
               ,
               exercetque
               justitiam
            
             ;
             That
             is
             ,
             He
             that
             behaves
             himself
             dutifully
             and
             obediently
             toward
             the
             Civil
             Magistrate
             ,
             and
             justly
             toward
             his
             Neighbour
             .
             Now
             that
             the
             Dissenters
             are
             ,
             at
             least
             outwardly
             ,
             under
             the
             guard
             of
             these
             descriptions
             of
             good
             men
             ,
             is
             plain
             ,
             for
             that
             no
             Informer
             complains
             against
             them
             for
             the
             least
             breach
             of
             Civil
             Obedience
             either
             in
             Word
             or
             Deed
             as
             to
             any
             other
             Law
             ,
             but
             only
             the
             single
             act
             of
             Nonconformity
             to
             this
             Statute
             .
             So
             then
             the
             Statute
             not
             being
             intended
             against
             them
             ,
             as
             being
             good
             and
             vertuous
             men
             ,
             and
             conformable
             to
             the
             Civil
             Government
             ,
             they
             can
             be
             guilty
             of
             no
             Nonconformity
             to
             the
             commands
             of
             the
             Civil
             Power
             :
             For
             the
             Civil
             Power
             ,
             by
             this
             Act
             ,
             enjoyns
             nothing
             but
             Peace
             to
             be
             kept
             ;
             with
             the
             breach
             of
             which
             ,
             no
             Informer
             as
             yet
             hath
             taxed
             them
             .
          
           
             That
             the
             Dissenters
             are
             not
             guilty
             of
             any
             Nonconformity
             to
             this
             Act
             ,
             in
             referrence
             to
             the
             Ecclesiastical
             Power
             ,
             I
             offer
             thus
             :
          
           
             The
             Statute
             enjoyns
             the
             
               Exercise
               of
               Religion
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Liturgy
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
            
             which
             contains
             no
             more
             than
             only
             Truth
             .
             If
             then
             the
             Dissenters
             speak
             and
             pray
             according
             to
             Truth
             ,
             they
             exercise
             according
             to
             the
             Liturgy
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             .
             The
             Psalmist
             therefore
             proceeding
             in
             the
             next
             words
             ,
             after
             he
             has
             declared
             who
             does
             well
             in
             Civils
             ,
             tels
             us
             who
             does
             well
             in
             Spirituals
             ;
             That
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             
               Qui
               loquitur
               veritatem
               ex
               animo
               suo
               ,
            
             He
             that
             speaks
             Truth
             from
             his
             heart
             :
             But
             the
             Dissenters
             do
             speak
             Truth
             ,
             nay
             the
             Truth
             of
             Truth
             ,
             Divine
             Truth
             ,
             and
             therefore
             exercise
             according
             to
             the
             Liturgy
             ,
             and
             as
             such
             they
             are
             good
             men
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             be
             accompted
             ,
             
               in
               foro
               Ecclesiastico
            
             .
             Now
             then
             put
             it
             thus
             .
          
           
           
             Never
             any
             Law-givers
             ever
             made
             a
             Law
             ,
             with
             an
             intent
             to
             punish
             any
             man
             that
             speaks
             Divine
             Truth
             ;
             But
             this
             Law
             against
             Dissenters
             punishes
             many
             a
             man
             that
             speaks
             Divine
             Truth
             :
             Therefore
             never
             any
             Law-givers
             intended
             this
             Law
             against
             the
             Dissenters
             .
             And
             the
             same
             Argument
             holds
             for
             the
             Hearers
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Speakers
             ,
             for
             that
             the
             hearing
             of
             Divine
             Truth
             is
             as
             Lawful
             as
             to
             speak
             it
             .
          
           
             So
             then
             ,
             if
             the
             Dissenters
             ,
             as
             intended
             by
             the
             Act
             ,
             were
             to
             be
             punished
             ,
             they
             are
             Transgressors
             ;
             but
             the
             Dissenters
             not
             being
             intended
             by
             the
             Act
             are
             no
             Transgressors
             :
             Therefore
             the
             Dissenters
             are
             not
             to
             be
             punished
             by
             the
             Act.
             Or
             thus
             :
          
           
             If
             the
             Dissenters
             ,
             as
             not
             intended
             by
             the
             Act
             ,
             are
             not
             to
             be
             punished
             ,
             they
             are
             Innocent
             ;
             but
             the
             Dissenters
             ,
             as
             not
             intended
             by
             the
             Act
             ,
             are
             not
             to
             be
             punished
             :
             Therefore
             the
             Dissenters
             are
             Innocent
             .
          
           
             The
             reason
             why
             they
             are
             not
             intended
             by
             the
             Act
             ;
             is
             because
             they
             are
             Loyal
             to
             the
             Civil
             Government
             ,
             and
             Obedient
             to
             the
             Spiritual
             ,
             for
             that
             they
             Speak
             and
             Preach
             Divine
             Truth
             .
             And
             then
             ,
          
           
             That
             the
             Dissenters
             Preach
             Divine
             Truth
             is
             easily
             thus
             proved
             ;
             The
             Church
             of
             England
             Teaches
             Divine
             Truth
             ,
             the
             Dissenters
             teach
             the
             same
             Doctrine
             with
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             :
             Therefore
             the
             Dissenters
             teach
             Divine
             Truth
             .
          
           
             From
             whence
             we
             may
             inferr
             ,
             that
             to
             persue
             such
             Vast
             Numbers
             of
             People
             under
             the
             Notion
             of
             Dissenters
             with
             the
             Lash
             of
             a
             Law
             ,
             that
             assignes
             no
             breach
             of
             publick
             disobedience
             or
             Publick
             disturbance
             ,
             no
             detriment
             to
             the
             Publick
             Revenue
             ,
             or
             forbidden
             Acts
             of
             private
             injury
             ,
             but
             only
             the
             supposition
             of
             an
             Offence
             deduced
             and
             inferred
             from
             the
             bare
             separate
             Excercise
             of
             Divine
             Worship
             ,
             seems
             an
             extremity
             too
             much
             simpathizing
             with
             uncharitable
             ,
             worldly
             Interrest
             ,
             that
             misses
             more
             the
             separated
             Purse
             than
             the
             seperated
             Person
             .
             The
             moderate
             Party
             themselves
             confess
             ,
             that
             as
             to
             those
             who
             
               purely
               and
               out
               of
               Conscience
               refuse
               to
               conform
               ,
               their
               Circumstances
               are
               hard
               .
            
             And
             it
             is
             as
             hard
             ,
             that
             of
             all
             
             the
             Penal
             statutes
             ,
             these
             that
             have
             the
             fairest
             plea
             to
             soften
             them
             ,
             should
             be
             so
             loudly
             awakened
             to
             their
             Offices
             ,
             when
             those
             against
             the
             crying
             sins
             of
             the
             Nation
             and
             more
             destructive
             to
             Government
             ,
             lye
             dreaming
             out
             a
             Lazy
             Being
             for
             want
             of
             Employment
             .
             And
             indeed
             Friend
             Priestlove
             the
             case
             seems
             much
             the
             harder
             ,
             in
             regard
             that
             the
             Turk
             in
             the
             present
             height
             of
             his
             Tyranny
             and
             Popular
             reverence
             of
             his
             Mahumatisme
             ,
             
             yet
             lets
             the
             disconsolate
             Greeks
             have
             the
             free
             Exercise
             of
             their
             own
             Religion
             which
             is
             all
             the
             happiness
             they
             have
             to
             boast
             of
             in
             this
             World.
             
          
        
         
           
             Priestlove
             .
          
           
             I
             care
             not
             for
             your
             Greeks
             or
             your
             Jews
             neither
             ;
             I
             tell
             you
             the
             Presbyterians
             are
             a
             company
             of
             Traytors
             and
             Plotters
             .
             Does
             not
             the
             Observator
             and
             Heraclitus
             tell
             yee
             so
             ?
             and
             do
             not
             the
             streets
             ring
             of
             their
             Plots
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Merry
             .
          
           
             Truly
             you
             are
             well
             hope
             up
             with
             two
             
               special
               Fathers
            
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             .
             What
             if
             they
             should
             tell
             you
             that
             the
             Moon
             were
             made
             of
             Green-Cheese
             ,
             would
             you
             believe
             '
             em
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Priest.
             
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             that
             I
             would
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             they
             wrote
             against
             the
             Presbyterians
             .
          
        
         
           
             Merry
             .
          
           
             Well
             ,
             but
             where
             are
             these
             Presbyterian
             Plotters
             ?
             You
             see
             the
             Popish-Plotters
             have
             been
             visible
             enough
             ,
             at
             the
             
               Old
               Bayly
               ,
               Westminster-hall
               ,
               Tower
               hill
            
             and
             the
             Gallows
             ;
             where
             be
             these
             Presbyterian-Plotters
             ?
             Do
             they
             walk
             in
             the
             Clouds
             ?
             or
             have
             they
             got
             every
             one
             a
             Gyges's
             Ring
             in
             their
             Pockets
             ?
             Has
             your
             Observator
             been
             all
             this
             while
             observing
             ,
             and
             observed
             none
             of
             'em
             yet
             ?
             Whoever
             they
             be
             ,
             let
             'em
             be
             brought
             to
             the
             Stake
             ,
             and
             let
             the
             Observator
             and
             Heraclitus
             have
             the
             pleasure
             of
             Roasting
             'em
             to
             death
             ,
             the
             next
             burning
             of
             the
             Pope
             ,
             for
             the
             reward
             of
             their
             great
             pains
             .
             However
             ,
             I
             will
             not
             undertake
             to
             justifie
             every
             individual
             Dissenter
             ;
             there
             may
             be
             Turbulent
             ,
             Factious
             and
             Ambitious
             persons
             of
             all
             Professions
             ,
             and
             under
             all
             Masks
             of
             Religion
             .
             Nevertheless
             ,
             I
             hope
             you
             would
             think
             it
             a
             great
             peice
             of
             Imprudence
             ,
             for
             a
             man
             to
             throw
             away
             a
             whole
             Quarter
             of
             Wheat
             ,
             for
             the
             mixture
             of
             a
             Peck
             of
             Tares
             .
             If
             your
             Observator
             and
             your
             
             Heraclitus
             would
             bring
             their
             Winnows
             and
             their
             Skreens
             ,
             and
             separate
             tke
             Corn
             from
             the
             Chaff
             ,
             they
             might
             then
             gain
             some
             applause
             perhaps
             for
             that
             ,
             which
             now
             runs
             about
             the
             World
             only
             for
             scandal
             and
             impertinence
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest.
             
          
           
             I
             must
             tell
             ye
             ,
             they
             have
             no
             decency
             ,
             no
             decorum
             in
             their
             Worship
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mery.
             
          
           
             As
             how
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Priest.
             
          
           
             Why
             you
             shall
             come
             into
             a
             Meeting-House
             ,
             and
             while
             the
             Minister
             is
             in
             his
             Pulpit
             ,
             there
             you
             shall
             see
             a
             company
             of
             People
             ,
             Young
             and
             Old
             ,
             Rich
             and
             Poor
             ,
             sitting
             upon
             their
             Bums
             ,
             their
             Hats
             pull'd
             over
             their
             Eyebrows
             ,
             with
             their
             Pens
             ,
             and
             their
             Books
             ,
             and
             their
             Blotting-Papers
             ,
             all
             so
             busily
             employed
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             were
             so
             many
             men
             Copying
             of
             News-Letters
             ,
             and
             this
             in
             such
             a
             strange
             Ethiopic
             Character
             ,
             that
             no-body
             can
             tell
             what
             they
             Write
             :
             They
             may
             be
             setting
             down
             their
             last
             Weeks
             Gains
             and
             Expences
             for
             ought
             I
             know
             .
             Nay
             ,
             I
             saw
             one
             so
             wedded
             to
             his
             Hat
             ,
             that
             after
             the
             Minister
             was
             in
             his
             last
             Prayer
             ,
             he
             would
             not
             stir
             it
             from
             his
             Head
             ,
             till
             he
             had
             concluded
             what
             he
             had
             to
             Write
             ,
             wiped
             his
             Pen
             ,
             screw'd
             his
             Inkhorn
             ,
             fix'd
             his
             Blotting-Paper
             ,
             clasp'd
             his
             Book
             ,
             and
             put
             it
             in
             his
             Pocket
             :
             and
             by
             that
             time
             the
             Minister
             had
             almost
             done
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mery.
             
          
           
             All
             this
             while
             ,
             this
             is
             no
             disobedience
             to
             the
             Law.
             However
             ,
             I
             wish
             there
             were
             no
             greater
             obstacle
             of
             Protestant
             Unity
             than
             this
             ,
             since
             it
             would
             discover
             a
             very
             extravagant
             obstinacy
             indeed
             ,
             if
             the
             promise
             and
             performance
             of
             the
             Reformation
             of
             such
             an
             inconsiderable
             scandal
             as
             this
             should
             be
             refus'd
             .
             For
             indeed
             ,
             Friend
             Priestlove
             ,
             I
             must
             here
             close
             with
             you
             ,
             that
             it
             seems
             to
             me
             a
             very
             indecent
             thing
             for
             the
             Ambassador
             of
             so
             Almighty
             a
             Prince
             ,
             as
             the
             King
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             to
             be
             uncover'd
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Hearers
             should
             receive
             the
             glad
             tidings
             of
             Salvation
             in
             so
             unthankful
             a
             Posture
             .
             I
             speak
             not
             this
             so
             much
             out
             of
             respect
             or
             veneration
             to
             the
             Walls
             ,
             or
             the
             Pillars
             ,
             or
             the
             place
             it self
             ,
             but
             to
             the
             Message
             deliver'd
             ,
             the
             Deliverer
             ,
             and
             the
             Time
             of
             Delivery
             .
             But
             now
             to
             retaliate
             
             your
             Indecorum
             ,
             I
             will
             tell
             ye
             of
             another
             Indecency
             ,
             which
             I
             take
             to
             surpass
             yours
             ,
             from
             which
             ,
             I
             can
             except
             no
             Parish-Church
             within
             the
             Lines
             of
             Communication
             ;
             and
             which
             I
             look
             upon
             to
             be
             the
             mischeif
             of
             Pews
             ,
             not
             us'd
             in
             other
             Reformed
             Churches
             ;
             and
             that
             is
             the
             hideous
             noise
             and
             clatter
             in
             the
             time
             of
             Divine-Service
             .
             For
             it
             behoves
             Mr.
             Sexton
             ,
             or
             Mrs.
             Sextoness
             ,
             to
             have
             a
             vigilant
             eye
             that
             day
             ,
             knowing
             that
             Christmas
             will
             come
             :
             And
             the
             greater
             the
             reputation
             of
             the
             Minister
             that
             Preaches
             that
             day
             ,
             the
             worse
             it
             fares
             with
             mortal
             Ear
             and
             disturb'd
             Devotion
             .
             At
             one
             end
             of
             the
             Church
             come
             in
             Two
             or
             Three
             Women
             ,
             and
             then
             perhaps
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             the
             
               Absolution
               ,
               slap
               —
               slap
               —
               slap
            
             ;
             by
             and
             by
             come
             in
             Three
             or
             four
             men
             together
             ,
             and
             then
             't
             is
             ,
             
               Our
               Father
               which
               art
               in
               Heaven
               ,
               slap
               —
               slap
               —
               slap
            
             ;
             and
             if
             the
             Lock
             be
             a
             little
             refractory
             ,
             then
             three
             or
             four
             slaps
             more
             into
             the
             bargain
             .
             By
             and
             by
             comes
             a
             whole
             shole
             of
             Slugabeds
             ,
             and
             then
             't
             is
             ,
             
               We
               beseech
               ye
               to
               hear
               us
               good
               Lord
               ;
               slap
               here
               ,
               and
               slap
               there
               ,
               slap
               there
               ,
               and
               slap
               here
               ;
               slap
            
             a
             that
             side
             ,
             and
             slap
             a
             this
             side
             ;
             
               slap
               —
               slap
               slap
            
             .
             Anon
             come
             in
             two
             or
             three
             gay
             Peticoats
             ,
             then
             upstarts
             Mrs.
             Ginglekey
             from
             her
             Hassock
             ,
             opens
             this
             Pew
             ,
             and
             that
             Pew
             ,
             and
             then
             't
             is
             ,
             
               Lord
               encline
               our
               hearts
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             Slap
             here
             ,
             and
             slap
             there
             :
             And
             thus
             there
             is
             no
             end
             of
             Slapping
             all
             the
             whole
             Prayer-time
             ;
             as
             if
             the
             Pew
             dores
             had
             been
             ordain'd
             to
             supply
             the
             place
             of
             Organ
             Responsories
             ;
             a
             confusion
             that
             would
             not
             be
             endur'd
             at
             a
             common
             Musick-meeting
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest.
             
          
           
             This
             is
             so
             customary
             ,
             that
             no-body
             minds
             it
             ;
             and
             besides
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             very
             advantageous
             to
             keep
             people
             from
             falling
             asleep
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mery.
             
          
           
             Then
             keep
             your
             Dores
             open
             while
             Prayers
             are
             done
             ,
             and
             slap
             'em
             in
             Sermon-time
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest.
             
          
           
             But
             how
             will
             you
             help
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mery.
             
          
           
             Nay
             ,
             look
             you
             to
             that
             ;
             I
             am
             sure
             't
             is
             a
             very
             great
             Indecorum
             .
             Go
             to
             the
             Observator
             and
             Heraclitus
             ,
             they
             are
             wise
             men
             ,
             perhaps
             they
             'l
             advise
             you
             to
             Oil
             your
             Locks
             every
             Saturday
             night
             ,
             and
             line
             your
             .
             Pew-dore
             with
             Cony-skin
             Furr
             .
             
             But
             I
             'le
             tell
             you
             of
             a
             greater
             inconvenience
             than
             this
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             the
             Translation
             of
             Hopkins
             and
             Sternhold
             .
             I
             may
             call
             it
             a
             Common
             Nusance
             to
             the
             Service
             of
             the
             Church
             ;
             a
             Translation
             (
             to
             use
             Mr.
             Abraham
             Cowley's
             expression
             )
             that
             hath
             revil'd
             David
             
               worse
               than
            
             Shimei
             .
             
             You
             shall
             find
             the
             famous
             Dr.
             Don
             bewailing
             the
             scandal
             that
             attends
             the
             Church
             by
             reason
             of
             their
             permission
             ,
             and
             utterring
             his
             complaint
             in
             these
             passionate
             Expressions
             :
             
               
                 For
                 I
                 must
                 not
                 rejoyce
                 as
                 I
                 would
                 do
                 ,
              
               
                 When
                 I
                 behold
                 that
                 these
                 Psalms
                 are
                 become
              
               
                 So
                 well
                 attir'd
                 abroad
                 ,
                 so
                 ill
                 at
                 home
                 .
              
            
          
           
             Dr.
             Patrick
             gives
             this
             Character
             of
             it
             ,
             
             
               That
               the
               words
               are
               mean
               &
               uncouth
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               sence
               of
               the
               Prophet
               is
               often
               mistaken
               .
            
             To
             say
             truth
             ,
             the
             words
             are
             opprobrious
             to
             the
             present
             Language
             ,
             to
             all
             Rhime
             ,
             Reason
             and
             common
             Sence
             .
             To
             satisfie
             your
             Judgement
             ,
             I
             will
             give
             you
             a
             tast
             of
             some
             passages
             ,
             but
             not
             so
             commonly
             taken
             notice
             of
             ,
             beside
             those
             already
             obvious
             .
             
               
                 But
                 Lord
                 ,
                 
                 out
                 of
                 my
                 Mothers
                 Womb
              
               
                 I
                 came
                 by
                 thy
                 request
                 .
              
            
          
           
             Do
             you
             believe
             now
             ,
             that
             ever
             David
             was
             so
             unmannerly
             ,
             as
             to
             tell
             God
             Almighty
             ,
             that
             his
             Mother
             had
             never
             brought
             him
             into
             the
             World
             ,
             unless
             he
             had
             desir'd
             it
             ?
             Now
             for
             down-right
             Barbarisme
             ,
             
               
                 Lord
                 ,
                 when
                 wilt
                 thou
                 amend
                 this
                 gear
                 ?
                 
              
               
                 Why
                 dost
                 thou
                 stay
                 and
                 pause
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             This
             seems
             to
             me
             to
             be
             a
             kind
             of
             expostulating
             with
             God
             for
             taking
             too
             much
             consideration
             .
             This
             that
             follows
             is
             quite
             out
             of
             season
             :
             
               
                 I
                 shall
                 depend
                 thy
                 Grace
                 upon
                 ;
                 
              
               
                 With
                 all
                 my
                 heart
                 and
                 Lust.
                 
              
            
          
           
             What
             use
             young
             and
             illiterate
             persons
             may
             make
             of
             such
             a
             provocative
             as
             this
             ,
             I
             leave
             you
             to
             consider
             :
             For
             they
             are
             ignorant
             that
             Lust
             had
             two
             significations
             before
             ,
             and
             now
             but
             one
             .
             In
             another
             place
             he
             would
             make
             you
             believe
             that
             the
             Universe
             was
             govern'd
             by
             some
             ordinary
             Mechanick
             .
             For
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             
               
               
                 
                 —
                 Their
                 hearts
                 were
                 nothing
                 bent
              
               
                 To
                 him
                 nor
                 to
                 his
                 Trade
                 .
              
            
          
           
             It
             put
             me
             rather
             in
             mind
             of
             the
             
               Shoemakers
               Saint
            
             ,
             and
             the
             Knight
             of
             the
             Burning-Pestle
             ,
             that
             run
             away
             from
             their
             Master
          
           
             Take
             this
             peice
             of
             modesty
             or
             immodesty
             ,
             which
             you
             will
             ,
             for
             't
             is
             as
             you
             please
             to
             interpret
             it
             ,
             and
             then
             I
             have
             done
             .
          
           
             
             Her
             inward
             parts
             are
             wicked
             plain
             .
          
           
             These
             and
             a
             whole
             Regiment
             of
             horrid
             Barbarismes
             of
             the
             same
             nature
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             sordid
             Nonsence
             and
             villanous
             Rhimes
             that
             attend
             'em
             (
             if
             they
             may
             be
             so
             call'd
             ,
             because
             so
             intended
             ,
             such
             as
             Piller
             and
             Hopper
             ,
             
             and
             a
             thousand
             more
             )
             are
             accusations
             and
             proofes
             sufficient
             to
             prove
             'em
             guilty
             ,
             and
             to
             condemn
             'em
             
               ad
               Cloacam
            
             ,
             as
             a
             dishonour
             to
             all
             Divine
             Worship
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest.
             
          
           
             All
             this
             is
             nothing
             ,
             the
             people
             will
             sing
             ;
             and
             should
             you
             bring
             in
             new
             ones
             ,
             they
             will
             say
             we
             are
             bringing
             in
             Popery
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mery.
             
          
           
             This
             ,
             indeed
             ,
             is
             the
             common
             Crape-gown
             excuse
             :
             Much
             like
             what
             was
             alleadg'd
             in
             the
             Council
             of
             Trent
             ,
             That
             no
             alteration
             in
             Divine-worship
             was
             to
             be
             made
             ,
             tho'
             for
             the
             better
             ,
             for
             fear
             of
             intimating
             a
             fallibility
             before
             .
             But
             I
             hope
             our
             young
             Crape-Gowners
             are
             better
             taught
             at
             
             Sam
             's
             Coffee-house
             than
             so
             ;
             or
             else
             they
             keep
             their
             Sanhedrims
             there
             to
             little
             purpose
             .
             But
             there
             is
             another
             reason
             ,
             these
             Gentlemen
             are
             so
             addicted
             to
             Haranguing
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             no
             time
             to
             spend
             in
             mending
             Psalms
             ;
             as
             if
             the
             gingling
             of
             an
             Alamode
             Sermon
             were
             the
             only
             Musick
             that
             pierced
             Heaven
             .
             And
             thus
             you
             see
             I
             am
             as
             much
             for
             the
             honour
             of
             the
             Liturgy
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             as
             you
             can
             be
             for
             your
             life
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest.
             
          
           
             Well
             ,
             because
             you
             clos'd
             with
             me
             before
             ,
             I
             will
             close
             with
             you
             now
             :
             For
             I
             must
             confess
             I
             never
             look'd
             upon
             Sternhold
             and
             Hopkins
             to
             be
             Poet
             Laureats
             ,
             of
             all
             the
             men
             in
             the
             World.
             But
             you
             know
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             now-a-days
             ,
             there
             's
             more
             got
             by
             one
             Play
             ,
             than
             by
             Twenty
             Volumes
             of
             Divine
             Poetry
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mery.
             
          
           
             And
             then
             another
             thing
             is
             this
             too
             ,
             your
             
               Crape-Gown
               men
            
             sit
             musing
             i'
             th'
             Vestry
             over
             the
             Church-Wardens
             Half-pint
             ,
             
             till
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             last
             Stave
             of
             all
             ;
             and
             so
             never
             hearing
             the
             Old
             ,
             what
             should
             they
             concern
             themselves
             with
             a
             New-Translation
             ?
             Besides
             ,
             they
             have
             most
             of
             them
             very
             ill
             voices
             ,
             or
             such
             an
             aversion
             to
             Harmony
             and
             Concord
             ,
             that
             they
             care
             not
             a
             straw
             for
             singing
             ;
             believing
             farther
             ,
             that
             God
             gave
             them
             their
             voices
             only
             to
             baul
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             sing
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest.
             
          
           
             Well
             ,
             well
             ,
             jeer
             on
             ,
             you
             'l
             get
             nothing
             by
             't
             ,
             Heraclitus
             will
             pay
             ye
             off
             ;
             he
             's
             a
             parlous
             man
             :
             He
             and
             the
             Observator
             are
             to
             take
             upon
             'em
             shortly
             the
             Title
             of
             Subdefenders
             of
             the
             Church
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mery.
             
          
           
             There
             is
             one
             Indecorum
             yet
             remaining
             which
             I
             have
             frequently
             met
             with
             ,
             and
             desire
             you
             to
             give
             me
             your
             judgement
             of
             it
             .
             It
             proceeds
             from
             the
             pride
             and
             vanity
             of
             several
             Crape-Gown
             men
             ,
             that
             Preach
             more
             out
             of
             Ostentation
             than
             Instruction
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest.
             
          
           
             What
             's
             that
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mery.
             
          
           
             Why
             ,
             't
             is
             your
             Church-Huzzaing
             ,
             or
             Hum-humming
             in
             the
             Church
             .
             To
             this
             end
             you
             shall
             have
             the
             Popular
             
               Chrysostom
               ,
               would
               be
               cantonize
            
             his
             Oration
             into
             so
             many
             parts
             ,
             as
             he
             may
             think
             it
             proper
             ,
             so
             expect
             Hums
             .
             Each
             of
             these
             parcels
             of
             sublime
             Eloquence
             are
             tipt
             at
             the
             end
             with
             a
             most
             glorious
             Euphonema
             that
             cries
             chink
             i'
             th'
             close
             ,
             which
             charms
             your
             ears
             and
             dazles
             your
             understanding
             both
             at
             a
             time
             ,
             and
             then
             the
             Gentleman
             makes
             a
             Sembrief
             rest
             ,
             and
             looks
             about
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest.
             
          
           
             And
             what
             then
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mery.
             
          
           
             Why
             ,
             the
             signal
             being
             thus
             given
             ,
             the
             Church
             is
             streight
             in
             an
             uproar
             ,
             
               Hum
               ,
               hum
               ,
               hum
               ;
               Hum
               ,
               hum
               ,
               hum
            
             ;
             in
             so
             much
             that
             you
             would
             even
             admire
             the
             Bells
             don't
             ring
             backwards
             of
             themselves
             .
             To
             these
             kind
             of
             Sermons
             ,
             there
             are
             wanting
             only
             a
             Prologue
             and
             an
             Epilogue
             to
             entitle
             'em
             either
             to
             the
             Buskin
             or
             the
             Socc
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             quality
             of
             the
             Subject
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest.
             
          
           
             Oh
             ,
             I
             find
             where
             you
             are
             ,
             you
             would
             not
             have
             an
             Eloquent
             ,
             Orthodox
             Minister
             encourag'd
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mery.
             
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             but
             not
             like
             a
             Player
             :
             For
             by
             the
             same
             rule
             ,
             you
             
             may
             as
             well
             hiss
             'em
             ,
             when
             they
             displease
             ,
             as
             hum
             'em
             up
             ,
             when
             they
             tickle
             your
             ears
             .
             And
             besides
             ,
             it
             shews
             very
             ill
             ,
             at
             the
             same
             time
             ,
             to
             reproach
             a
             Meeting-house
             ,
             and
             make
             a
             Theater
             of
             the
             Church
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest.
             
          
           
             Well
             —
             I
             shall
             tell
             the
             Observator
             and
             Heraclitus
             what
             you
             say
             ,
             they
             'l
             give
             you
             an
             answer
             I
             'le
             warrant
             ye
             ;
             I
             remember
             your
             three
             Accusations
             ,
             Pew-clapping
             ,
             Sternhold
             and
             Hopkins
             ,
             and
             Church-Huzzaing
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mery.
             
          
           
             Do
             so
             ,
             and
             commend
             my
             Service
             to
             'em
             ,
             and
             tell
             'em
             ,
             there
             's
             no-body
             ever
             car'd
             a
             straw
             for
             'em
             yet
             ,
             that
             had
             either
             Wit
             or
             Sence
             in
             their
             Heads
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest.
             
          
           
             But
             you
             were
             talking
             ,
             I
             remember
             ,
             a
             little
             while
             a-go
             of
             Size
             Sermons
             ,
             Anniversary
             Sermons
             :
             and
             Guild-hall
             Sermons
             ,
             What
             have
             you
             to
             say
             against
             them
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mery.
             
          
           
             I
             say
             still
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             like
             your
             State-Sermons
             ;
             't
             is
             such
             a
             piece
             of
             Pageantry
             as
             was
             formerly
             us'd
             to
             Preach
             up
             the
             Titles
             of
             Princes
             :
             Sometimes
             the
             Scripture
             was
             for
             the
             House
             of
             York
             ,
             sometimes
             for
             the
             House
             of
             Lancaster
             ;
             'T
             is
             such
             a
             Spiritual
             Agency
             in
             Secular
             Affairs
             ,
             that
             nothing
             can
             be
             more
             Jesuitical
             .
             You
             may
             know
             what
             a
             Clock
             't
             is
             ,
             by
             the
             Chiming
             of
             the
             Cathedral
             Pulpit
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest.
             
          
           
             Oh
             Sir
             ,
             upon
             extraordinary
             occasions
             ,
             and
             in
             extraordinary
             places
             ,
             men
             come
             to
             shew
             their
             Parts
             and
             their
             Learning
             ,
             not
             their
             Divinity
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mery.
             
          
           
             There
             you
             say
             something
             indeed
             ;
             For
             now-a-days
             ,
             down-right
             Divinity
             ,
             is
             accounted
             no
             more
             than
             down-right
             Dunstable
             :
             Which
             you
             may
             gather
             from
             the
             usual
             answers
             to
             the
             common
             Questions
             .
             What
             is
             such
             a
             one
             ?
             A
             good
             ,
             honest
             ,
             plain
             ,
             down-right
             man.
             What
             is
             such
             a
             one
             ?
             Ay
             ,
             marry
             Sir
             !
             there
             's
             a
             Quaint
             man
             indeed
             !
             He
             's
             a
             yerker
             ye
             saith
             ;
             He
             claws
             of
             your
             Fanaticks
             .
             Good
             God!
             what
             a
             strange
             itch
             of
             being
             accounted
             a
             
               Quaint
               Man
            
             has
             infected
             our
             Crape-gown
             Gentility
             !
             And
             yet
             there
             is
             no
             understanding
             man
             ,
             but
             will
             give
             more
             attention
             to
             one
             of
             
             Gifford's
             plain
             Sermons
             ,
             than
             to
             a
             Hundred
             Theological
             Orations
             ,
             that
             make
             the
             Pulpits
             roar
             like
             so
             many
             Matrasses
             of
             
               Aurum
               Fulminans
            
             ,
             under
             the
             Guard
             of
             an
             ignorant
             Chymist
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest.
             
          
           
             What
             of
             all
             this
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mery.
             
          
           
             Why
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             that
             Satyr
             and
             Divinity
             are
             ill-match'd
             ;
             they
             look
             like
             a
             White
             and
             black
             Horse
             i'
             th'
             same
             Coach.
             Satyr
             is
             one
             thing
             ,
             Reproof
             another
             ;
             the
             latter
             for
             the
             Pulpit
             ,
             the
             former
             for
             the
             Stage
             .
             And
             
             therefore
             the
             Booksellers
             have
             a
             pretty
             good
             Prospect
             of
             the
             Business
             ,
             while
             they
             lay
             out
             so
             exactly
             Play
             and
             Sermon
             ,
             Sermon
             and
             Play
             ,
             that
             a
             Man
             might
             almost
             play
             at
             Chess
             upon
             their
             Stalls
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             course
             of
             the
             Game
             ,
             here
             snap
             a
             Rook
             upon
             a
             Play
             ,
             there
             a
             Pawn
             upon
             a
             Sermon
             .
             Nay
             ,
             it
             is
             come
             to
             that
             pass
             too
             ,
             that
             Plays
             and
             Sermons
             are
             both
             of
             a
             known
             value
             ;
             Twelve
             Pence
             one
             ,
             Six
             Pence
             t'
             other
             ,
             come
             as
             many
             as
             will
             :
             Nothing
             so
             certain
             as
             Plays
             at
             Twelve
             Pence
             ,
             Sermons
             at
             Six
             Pence
             a
             piece
             ,
             and
             Long
             Thread
             Laces
             ,
             two
             a
             Penny.
             
          
        
         
           
             Priestl
             .
          
           
             I
             see
             whereabouts
             you
             are
             ;
             You
             are
             for
             a
             dull
             ,
             heavy
             ,
             flat
             ,
             insipid
             Sermon
             ,
             without
             Salt.
             
               Salt
               savours
               all
               Things
               ,
               saith
            
             Salomon
             
               the
               wise
            
             ;
             and
             if
             
               All
               Things
            
             ,
             Sermons
             .
             Eene
             eat
             your
             Shoulder
             of
             Veal
             by
             your self
             for
             me
             ,
             if
             you
             will
             give
             me
             neither
             Butter
             nor
             Oranges
             .
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Why
             then
             ,
             it
             seems
             ,
             Rayling
             against
             the
             Phanaticks
             ,
             as
             you
             call
             'em
             ,
             is
             Sawce
             for
             a
             Modern
             Sermon
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priestl
             .
          
           
             It
             both
             embellishes
             ,
             and
             takes
             to
             boot
             .
             And
             besides
             the
             Phanaticks
             are
             now
             the
             onely
             People
             ,
             that
             have
             Abettors
             and
             Upholders
             ;
             Alas
             ,
             as
             for
             the
             Pope
             or
             Anti-christ
             ,
             as
             ye
             call
             him
             ,
             he
             (
             good
             Man
             )
             is
             in
             a
             sinking
             condition
             ;
             the
             
               King
               of
               France
            
             is
             tearing
             from
             his
             Head
             the
             Third
             Part
             of
             his
             
               Triple
               Crown
            
             ;
             And
             would
             it
             not
             be
             an
             ungentile
             Act
             ,
             to
             trample
             upon
             the
             Unfortunate
             ?
             But
             the
             Fanaticks
             are
             Rampant
             ,
             and
             headstrong
             :
             They
             are
             for
             Petitions
             and
             Associations
             ;
             They
             are
             followed
             by
             Throngs
             ,
             and
             Multitudes
             .
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             That
             's
             no
             fault
             of
             theirs
             ;
             if
             the
             People
             finding
             their
             Doctrine
             to
             be
             as
             good
             as
             Yours
             ,
             are
             more
             taken
             with
             their
             Plainness
             ,
             than
             with
             your
             Flashes
             ,
             your
             Extasies
             ,
             and
             Raptures
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priestl
             
          
           
             What
             should
             the
             People
             follow
             them
             for
             ,
             like
             a
             Company
             of
             Phanaticks
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             What
             They
             d'ye
             mean
             ?
          
        
         
           
           
             Priestl
             .
          
           
             Why
             I
             mean
             the
             Phanaticks
             .
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Who
             are
             the
             Fanaticks
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Priestl
             .
          
           
             Why
             —
             the
             Fanaticks
             are
             the
             Fanaticks
             .
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Very
             well
             —
             I
             see
             you
             do
             go
             to
             Church
             sometimes
             ,
             you
             repeat
             so
             well
             .
             What
             a
             happy
             thing
             't
             is
             ,
             to
             hear
             an
             A-la-mode
             Sermon
             ?
             A
             Man
             may
             bring
             away
             the
             greatest
             and
             chiefest
             Part
             of
             it
             in
             a
             smart
             Epitome
             ,
             without
             the
             troublesome
             help
             of
             that
             Mark
             of
             the
             Beast
             ,
             call'd
             Short-hand
             .
             —
             But
             what
             sort
             of
             things
             are
             these
             Phanaticks
             ?
             are
             they
             Men
             or
             Mice
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Priestl
             .
          
           
             They
             are
             such
             as
             the
             Observator
             and
             Heraclitus
             call
             Phanaticks
             .
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             They
             !
             Why
             ,
             they
             don't
             know
             themselves
             who
             they
             are
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priestl
             .
          
           
             I
             care
             not
             for
             that
             ;
             I
             believe
             in
             Them
             ;
             and
             whoever
             They
             be
             ,
             that
             they
             call
             so
             ,
             are
             so
             .
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Y'
             are
             a
             Fool.
             —
             They
             get
             their
             bread
             by
             calling
             Men
             Phanaticks
             —
             They
             'l
             call
             you
             Fanatick
             if
             you
             vex
             '
             em
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priestl
             .
          
           
             Gad
             —
             if
             they
             do
             .
             —
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             What
             then
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Priestl
             .
          
           
             I
             'le
             tell
             'em
             ,
             I
             love
             the
             King.
             —
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             So
             do
             Thousands
             and
             Thousands
             of
             those
             they
             call
             Phanaticks
             ,
             more
             to
             the
             purpose
             ,
             and
             more
             Substantially
             ,
             than
             ever
             they
             did
             ,
             or
             ever
             will
             do
             ,
             or
             are
             able
             to
             do
             ▪
          
        
         
           
             Priestl
             .
          
           
             What
             d'
             ye
             mean
             by
             Serving
             the
             King
             Substantially
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             purpose
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             I
             mean
             ,
             They
             that
             obey
             all
             His
             Civil
             Commands
             exactly
             ,
             and
             both
             can
             and
             do
             pay
             their
             Taxes
             ,
             and
             their
             Duties
             well
             ;
             and
             are
             as
             ready
             to
             serve
             Him
             with
             their
             Swords
             i'
             their
             Hands
             ;
             Not
             Beggars
             ,
             that
             cry
             
               God
               Damn
               'em
               ,
               God
               Bless
               the
               King
               ,
            
             that
             live
             only
             upon
             the
             spoiles
             o●
             His
             Bounty
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priestl
             .
          
           
             Well
             ,
             but
             for
             all
             that
             I
             will
             not
             see
             my
             Parsons
             abus'd
             .
             —
          
        
         
           
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Your
             Crape-Gown
             men
             ,
             d'
             ye
             mean
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Priestl
             .
          
           
             Yes
             .
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             There
             's
             no
             body
             abuses
             'em
             ,
             they
             abuse
             themselves
             .
             —
          
        
         
           
             Priestl
             .
          
           
             As
             how
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Well
             —
             now
             I
             come
             to
             them
             —
             'T
             is
             to
             me
             the
             greatest
             wonder
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             that
             so
             many
             
               Six
               Penny
               Cuts
            
             should
             buz
             about
             your
             Eares
             like
             Dor-Flies
             in
             Summer
             ;
             (
             for
             their
             impatience
             is
             such
             ,
             that
             they
             cannot
             stay
             till
             they
             amount
             to
             a
             Volume
             )
             considering
             nevertheless
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             lay
             under
             the
             Engagement
             of
             the
             
               Self-denying
               Ordinance
            
             ;
             with
             what
             a
             strange
             Reluctancy
             ,
             what
             an
             inestable
             Unwillingness
             ,
             what
             an
             unspeakable
             Constraint
             ,
             they
             are
             forc'd
             ,
             press'd
             ,
             and
             urg'd
             to
             expose
             the
             
               Six
               Penny
               Embryo
            
             ,
             either
             an
             Obliging
             ,
             Caressing
             ,
             endearing
             ,
             bountiful
             ,
             munificent
             Lady
             ,
             that
             cannot
             ,
             must
             not
             ,
             will
             not
             ,
             be
             deny'd
             ,
             obliges
             ,
             under
             the
             high
             ,
             and
             never
             to-be
             forgiven
             Penalties
             of
             Ingratitude
             .
             —
             Or
             else
             the
             most
             Beneficial
             Patron
             beseeches
             ,
             obsecrates
             ,
             entreats
             ,
             implores
             ,
             nay
             will
             have
             it
             so
             ;
             or
             else
             Authority
             Commands
             ;
             Subscrib'd
             Wag-staff
             —
             And
             then
             out
             comes
             the
             Sermon
             ,
             like
             
               Oyl
               of
               sweet
               Almonds
            
             ,
             squeez'd
             between
             two
             Tin
             Plates
             —
             sometimes
             it
             slips
             forth
             like
             a
             wet
             Cherry-stone
             between
             your
             Thumb
             ,
             and
             fore
             Finger
             ,
             without
             their
             knowledg
             .
             —
          
        
         
           
             Priestl
             .
          
           
             You
             'l
             tax
             'em
             with
             Hypocrisy
             ,
             by
             and
             by
             .
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             By
             no
             means
             ,
             Dear
             Sir
             —
             I
             onely
             shew
             ye
             ,
             what
             plunges
             they
             are
             put
             to
             ,
             to
             get
             rid
             of
             their
             
               Modesty
               —
               Self
               conceit
            
             crys
             ,
             Out
             with
             your
             Sermon
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             —
             No
             pray
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             don't
             ,
             cries
             Modesty
             ;
             And
             then
             she
             lays
             before
             him
             a
             hundred
             Arguments
             of
             Infirmities
             ,
             Unworthiness
             ,
             want
             of
             timely
             Notice
             ,
             alias
             Surprize
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             —
             Out
             with
             it
             crys
             Vain-glory
             ,
             't
             is
             as
             good
             as
             ever
             was
             tipp'd
             over
             Tongue
             ,
             Sir
             —
             And
             this
             is
             the
             poor
             Man
             so
             tortur'd
             and
             tormented
             ,
             that
             he
             can
             take
             no
             rest
             ;
             till
             at
             length
             
               Eager
               desire
               of
               Applause
            
             ,
             
             plause
             ,
             pittying
             his
             Condition
             ,
             fetches
             one
             great
             Person
             or
             other
             to
             sollicite
             for
             her
             ,
             and
             so
             Friendless
             Modesty
             is
             forc'd
             to
             withdraw
             behind
             the
             Curtain
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priestl
             .
          
           
             I
             tell
             ye
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             these
             Sermons
             are
             the
             Lights
             ,
             by
             which
             we
             discover
             the
             
               Gentlemens
               Parts
            
             .
             How
             should
             we
             see
             the
             
               Gentlemens
               Parts
            
             ,
             if
             they
             hid
             their
             
               Lights
               under
               a
               Bushel
            
             ;
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             if
             they
             did
             not
             Print
             their
             Sermons
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Prithee
             let
             'em
             Print
             their
             Sermons
             ,
             till
             
               Fools
               Cap
            
             be
             Five
             Pound
             a
             Ream
             if
             they
             please
             ,
             but
             then
             let
             'em
             Print
             'em
             without
             Epistles
             and
             Dedications
             ,
             or
             such
             at
             least
             wherein
             't
             is
             plain
             their
             words
             ,
             and
             their
             minds
             have
             as
             little
             Coherence
             ,
             as
             their
             Texts
             ,
             and
             their
             Sermons
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priestl
             .
          
           
             Hoyty-toyty
             ,
             —
             They
             shall
             come
             to
             You
             ,
             to
             know
             what
             Epistles
             and
             Dedications
             they
             shall
             make
             !
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             No-no
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             I
             never
             expect
             it
             —
             They
             have
             a
             Guide
             of
             their
             own
             ,
             that
             knows
             how
             to
             apply
             himself
             to
             Ladys
             and
             Gentlemen
             of
             all
             sorts
             and
             Conditions
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest.
             
          
           
             Well
             then
             ,
             pray
             set
             your
             Heart
             at
             rest
             —
             I
             say
             they
             shall
             make
             what
             Epistles
             and
             Dedications
             they
             please
             ,
             so
             they
             Preach
             against
             
               Forty
               One.
            
             
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Hush
             —
             you
             don't
             consider
             how
             the
             Observator
             has
             of
             Late
             disturb'd
             the
             sweet
             sleep
             of
             
               Forty
               One
            
             ;
             and
             therefore
             ,
             prethee
             be
             thou
             more
             merciful
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priestl
             .
          
           
             Merciful
             !
             what
             to
             
               Forty
               One
            
             ?
             I
             'le
             wake
             him
             and
             wake
             him
             ,
             and
             keep
             him
             awake
             like
             a
             
               Lancashire
               Witch
            
             —
             but
             I
             le
             make
             him
             Confess
             .
             —
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             What
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Priestl
             .
          
           
             That
             the
             Presbiterians
             hold
             
               King-killing
               Doctrine
            
             ,
             like
             the
             Jesuits
             .
             —
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             —
             Good
             now
             harp
             no
             more
             upon
             that
             string
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priestl
             .
          
           
             Harp
             no
             more
             upon
             that
             string
             ?
             Gad
             I
             'll
             go
             and
             do
             your
             Errand
             to
             the
             Observator
             and
             Heraclitus
             immediately
             .
             —
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Do
             so
             —
             but
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             
               harp
               no
               more
            
             ,
             I
             say
             
             
               upon
               that
               string
            
             —
             For
             if
             the
             
               Presbyterians
               do
            
             hold
             
               King-killing
               Doctrine
            
             ,
             They
             Learnt
             it
             from
             the
             
               Church
               of
            
             England
             Men.
             
          
        
         
           
             Priestl
             .
          
           
             Ye
             Lye.
             —
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Patience
             —
             or
             I
             'le
             call
             the
             Constable
             .
             —
          
        
         
           
             Priestl
             .
          
           
             Call
             the
             Devil
             —
             I
             say
             
               ye
               Lye.
            
             —
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Govern
             your
             Passion
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             d'
             ye
             understand
             Heraldry
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Priestl
             .
          
           
             Yes
             .
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Why
             then
             ,
             Observe
             —
             
               Edward
               the
            
             Sixth's
             
               Church
               of
            
             England
             -
             men
             begat
             Queen
             
             Elizabeth's
             
               Church
               of
            
             England
             -
             men
             —
             Queen
             
             Elizabeth's
             
               Church
               of
            
             England
             -
             men
             begat
             King
             
             James's
             
               Church
               of
            
             England
             -
             men
             —
             King
             
             James's
             
               Church
               of
            
             England
             -
             men
             begat
             
               Charles
               the
            
             Firsts's
             
               Church
               of
            
             England
             
               men
               —
               Charles
               the
            
             First
             's
             
               Church
               of
            
             England
             men
             begat
             
               Charles
               the
            
             Second's
             
               Church
               of
            
             England
             men
             .
             —
          
        
         
           
             Priestl
             .
          
           
             Begat
             ,
             and
             Begat
             ?
             Why
             ;
             I
             don't
             think
             the
             
               Church
               of
            
             England
             men
             dropt
             out
             of
             the
             Skie
             .
             —
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             That
             's
             not
             the
             point
             .
             —
          
        
         
           
             Priestl
             .
          
           
             —
             What
             then
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Why
             ,
             then
             I
             say
             ,
             you
             do
             not
             Read
             in
             any
             Story
             ,
             since
             the
             Growth
             of
             Christianity
             ,
             that
             ever
             any
             
               Crowned
               Head
            
             was
             ever
             brought
             to
             a
             
               Formal
               Barr
               of
               Justice
            
             ,
             till
             MARY
             Queen
             of
             Scots
             was
             Arraigned
             ,
             Try'd
             ,
             Convicted
             ,
             Sentenc'd
             ,
             and
             
               formally
               Beheaded
            
             by
             Queen
             Elizabeth
             ;
             and
             the
             Clergy
             were
             a
             part
             of
             the
             Body
             ,
             that
             
               pressed
               and
               urged
            
             the
             Queen
             to
             hasten
             her
             Execution
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             The
             Interest
             of
             the
             
               Protestant
               Religion
            
             then
             requir'd
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Oh!
             but
             your
             
               Bathonian
               Doctor
            
             tells
             ye
             ,
             you
             must
             
               not
               do
               ill
               ,
               that
               good
               may
               come
               of
               it
               .
            
             How
             strangely
             the
             Case
             is
             alter'd
             ?
             Queen
             Elizabeth
             mig●●●ut
             a
             
               Sovereign
               Prince
            
             to
             Death
             to
             secure
             the
             
               Protestant
               Religion
            
             ,
             but
             now
             't
             is
             a
             crime
             to
             
               exclude
               a
               Popish
               Succession
            
             that
             menaces
             the
             destruction
             of
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             What
             d'
             ye
             talk
             ?
             now
             I
             think
             on
             't
             ,
             she
             was
             a
             Plotter
             against
             the
             Queen
             .
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Could
             ye
             blame
             her
             for
             Plotting
             (
             though
             she
             absolutely
             deny'd
             it
             )
             against
             a
             Person
             that
             kept
             her
             from
             the
             Enjoyment
             of
             her
             Kingdom
             ?
             One
             that
             had
             deceiv'd
             her
             with
             Chains
             and
             Imprisonments
             ,
             after
             she
             had
             made
             choice
             of
             her
             Kingdom
             for
             Sanctuary
             and
             Assistance
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             Well
             but
             now
             I
             think
             on
             't
             again
             ,
             I
             have
             something
             to
             whisper
             in
             your
             Ear
             ,
             in
             the
             behalf
             of
             
               Queen
               Elizabeth
            
             .
             Did
             not
             Jehu
             and
             Jehoiadah
             cause
             Jezebel
             and
             Athaliah
             to
             be
             put
             to
             death
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             That
             won't
             serve
             your
             Turn
             .
             —
             They
             were
             neither
             of
             'em
             
               Sovereign
               Princes
            
             .
             The
             Queen
             of
             Scots
             was
             an
             
               Absolute
               Princess
            
             ;
             nay
             ,
             She
             insisted
             upon
             Her
             Sovereignty
             too
             ,
             and
             Her
             not
             being
             Accountable
             to
             any
             ,
             but
             God
             :
             But
             nothing
             would
             do
             ;
             She
             that
             came
             for
             Succour
             ,
             met
             with
             a
             Heads-man
             for
             all
             that
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest●l
             .
          
           
             Well
             ,
             I
             'll
             say
             this
             for
             
               Queen
               Elizabeth
            
             ,
             tho
             She
             be
             dead
             and
             gone
             ,
             That
             I
             am
             confident
             She
             would
             never
             have
             
               done
               it
            
             ,
             could
             She
             have
             told
             how
             to
             have
             
               avoided
               it
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             That
             may
             very
             well
             be
             ;
             for
             we
             find
             ,
             that
             the
             Nobility
             ,
             and
             Chief
             of
             the
             Clergy
             would
             never
             let
             Her
             be
             at
             quiet
             ,
             till
             She
             had
             given
             Order
             for
             the
             Execution
             .
             And
             therefore
             't
             is
             plain
             ,
             that
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England-Men
            
             did
             hold
             King-Killing
             ,
             or
             
               Queen-Killing
               Doctrine
            
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             same
             thing
             .
             So
             that
             ,
             if
             
               Knox
               ,
               Buchanan
            
             ,
             or
             Calvin
             first
             taught
             the
             
               speculative
               Part
            
             ,
             the
             T'other
             first
             put
             it
             in
             Practice
             ,
             and
             set
             the
             Fatal
             President
             ,
             that
             Others
             follow'd
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             Grant
             it
             were
             so
             ,
             —
             the
             Case
             is
             alter'd
             now
             .
             —
             
               Tempora
               mutantur
               &
               Nos
               mutamur
               ;
               What
               our
               Fore-Fathers
               did
               ,
               is
               nothing
               to
               Vs.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             The
             same
             thing
             may
             be
             said
             of
             the
             Presbyterians
             ,
             who
             always
             disclaim'd
             the
             Fact
             ,
             were
             the
             First
             that
             endeavour'd
             
             to
             prevent
             the
             
               Vnfortunate
               Tragedy
            
             ,
             and
             the
             First
             that
             put
             their
             helping
             Hands
             to
             the
             Restauration
             of
             the
             
               Right
               Heir
            
             .
             It
             cannot
             be
             imagined
             ,
             but
             that
             the
             
               Queen
               of
               England
            
             ,
             Restless
             as
             She
             was
             ,
             what
             to
             do
             at
             that
             Conjuncture
             ,
             consulted
             the
             Choicest
             of
             Her
             Divines
             and
             Her
             Chaplains
             ,
             in
             point
             of
             Conscience
             ;
             and
             it
             is
             as
             evident
             ,
             that
             they
             in
             
               some
               measure
            
             satisfied
             Her
             ,
             by
             the
             Event
             .
             So
             that
             either
             they
             spoke
             against
             their
             Consciences
             ,
             or
             else
             they
             were
             of
             that
             Opinion
             ,
             which
             you
             
               condemn
               in
               others
            
             ,
             but
             cannot
             
               discover
               in
               your selves
            
             .
             Therefore
             keep
             close
             to
             
               Your
               Texts
            
             ,
             and
             let
             
               Six
               Hundred
               Forty
               One
            
             sleep
             in
             the
             Bed
             of
             Oblivion
             ,
             lest
             you
             wake
             
               Five
               Hundred
               Eighty
               Seven
            
             about
             your
             Ears
             :
             Who
             ,
             should
             he
             be
             once
             conjur'd
             up
             ,
             will
             hardly
             be
             laid
             again
             by
             all
             the
             Skill
             of
             
             Sam
             's
             Coffee-House
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             Well
             ,
             well
             .
             —
             Leave
             it
             to
             Them.
             —
             They
             'll
             find
             out
             a
             way
             to
             salve
             all
             this
             Business
             ,
             I
             warrant
             ye
             .
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             This
             I
             only
             speak
             (
             Neighbour
             )
             to
             put
             you
             in
             mind
             ,
             that
             there
             were
             formerly
             ,
             certain
             People
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             called
             Pharisees
             ,
             Persons
             that
             always
             extoll'd
             their
             Own
             Holiness
             and
             Vertues
             ,
             and
             laid
             Crimes
             and
             Miscarriages
             to
             the
             Charge
             of
             Other
             Men
             ;
             perhaps
             ,
             not
             so
             guilty
             as
             Themselves
             .
             More
             than
             this
             ,
             I
             find
             by
             one
             of
             the
             great
             Satyrists
             against
             the
             
               Late
               Times
            
             ,
             
             Nebuchadnezzar
             but
             very
             odly
             justifi'd
             ,
             for
             putting
             out
             
             Zedechiah's
             Eyes
             .
             
               We
               do
               not
               wonder
               at
               the
               Ruin
               of
            
             Zedechiah
             ,
             
               nor
               was
               the
               Ruining
               of
               him
               a
               Crime
               on
            
             Nebuchadnezzar's
             Part.
             
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             He
             gives
             ye
             a
             Reason
             ,
             I
             warrant
             ye
             .
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             A
             notable
             one
             .
             For
             (
             says
             he
             )
             
               Absolute
               Princes
               are
               Co-ordinate
               ,
               and
               stand
               upon
               the
               same
               Level
               ;
               and
               if
               upon
               sufficient
               Provocations
               the
               one
               happens
               to
               gain
               his
               Neighbour's
               Crown
               ,
               the
               Fact
               is
               Just
               by
               Right
               of
               Conquest
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             Well
             —
             what
             think
             you
             of
             it
             now
             ?
          
        
         
           
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Truly
             I
             wonder
             I
             did
             not
             meet
             with
             this
             Argument
             in
             the
             
               King
               of
            
             France's
             Declaration
             ,
             to
             Justifie
             his
             Invasion
             of
             Flanders
             .
             But
             how
             does
             this
             justifie
             the
             Ruining
             of
             Zedechia
             ?
             For
             if
             the
             King
             of
             France
             should
             Conquer
             the
             
               King
               of
               Spain
            
             ,
             it
             does
             not
             presently
             follow
             ,
             that
             the
             one
             must
             put
             out
             the
             
               others
               Eyes
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             
               But
               if
               the
               one
               be
               Subordinate
               to
               the
               other
               ,
               which
               was
               clearly
               the
               Case
               of
            
             Zedechia
             ,
             
               the
               recovery
               of
               the
               Crown
               is
               in
               the
               Supream
               Prince
               an
               Act
               of
               Justice
               ,
               and
               the
               punishment
               of
               an
            
             inferior
             Prince
             
               who
               abjureth
               his
               Fealty
               ,
               is
               by
               all
               Nations
               allow'd
               to
               be
               a
               Righteous
               Act
               of
               Vengeance
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             Could
             an
             Angel
             have
             said
             more
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             An
             Angel
             !
             Why
             I
             say
             this
             is
             all
             nonsence
             .
             For
             there
             was
             never
             any
             such
             thing
             as
             
               Subordinate
               Soveraign
            
             in
             the
             World.
             A
             
               Soveraign
               Prince
            
             though
             
               meaner
               in
               Power
            
             ,
             is
             
               equal
               in
            
             Priviledge
             and
             Dignity
             to
             the
             most
             puissant
             .
             When
             he
             becomes
             Tributary
             ,
             he
             is
             only
             Titular
             ,
             and
             no
             Soveraign
             .
             If
             Zedechia
             were
             Monarch
             of
             Judea
             ,
             he
             was
             equal
             to
             the
             
               Assyrian
               Monarch
            
             ,
             and
             it
             was
             a
             crime
             in
             Nebuchadnezzar
             to
             ruin
             him
             ,
             and
             put
             out
             his
             Eyes
             .
             And
             I
             would
             fain
             know
             ,
             what
             Nation
             i'
             the
             World
             ,
             ever
             thought
             it
             a
             
               Righteous
               Act
               of
               Vengeance
            
             ,
             to
             punish
             a
             
               Tributary
               Prince
            
             for
             endeavouring
             to
             recover
             his
             People
             and
             himself
             ,
             from
             Thraldom
             and
             Sworn
             homage
             ,
             to
             which
             the
             
               Fortune
               of
               War
            
             had
             reduc'd
             him
             .
             If
             Zedechia
             were
             only
             Nebuchadnezzars
             Slave
             ,
             his
             Viceroy
             ,
             or
             Substitute
             ,
             then
             the
             Case
             alters
             in●eed
             ;
             but
             to
             talk
             of
             
               punishing
               Subordinate
               Soveraigns
            
             ,
             is
             to
             countenance
             the
             crime
             ,
             against
             which
             the
             Gentleman
             was
             exclaiming
             all
             his
             Sermon
             along
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             But
             Nebuchadnezzar
             all
             this
             while
             did
             not
             cut
             off
             Zedechiah's
             Head.
             
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Truly
             much
             at
             one
             —
             For
             Chains
             and
             a
             
               Head
               without
               Eyes
            
             ,
             could
             be
             no
             extraordinary
             comforts
             to
             a
             meaner
             Man
             then
             Zedechia
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             Well
             Sir
             ,
             the
             Sermon
             was
             a
             good
             Sermon
             ,
             and
             the
             Gentleman
             meant
             well
             .
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             And
             I
             wish
             him
             the
             Honour
             he
             deserves
             ,
             that
             Nebuchadnezzar
             were
             now
             alive
             to
             make
             him
             his
             Chaplain
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             There
             's
             no
             need
             of
             that
             ;
             He
             is
             already
             Chaplain
             to
             a
             
               Great
               Person
            
             ,
             and
             serves
             a
             
               fine
               Gentleman
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             That
             he
             does
             with
             a
             Vengeance
             —
             For
             you
             may
             read
             him
             acknowledging
             himself
             the
             most
             
               abject
               Slave
            
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             to
             pin
             a
             piece
             of
             Flattery
             upon
             his
             Patron
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             Where
             have
             you
             pick'd
             up
             that
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             In
             the
             Dedication
             of
             the
             Sermon
             before
             mention'd
             to
             the
             D.
             of
             S.
             in
             these
             Words
             .
             
               So
               far
               am
               I
               from
               owning
               that
               Principle
               ,
            
             That
             
               man
               is
               born
               free
               ,
               That
               I
               Confess
               my self
               and
               all
               that
               bear
               my
               Name
               ,
               to
               have
               inherited
               such
               a
               State
               of
               servitude
               to
               your
               Lordship
               ,
               as
               if
               according
               to
               the
               Mosaical
               Custom
               ,
               Your
               Noble
               Ancestors
               had
               bor'd
               the
               Ears
               not
               of
               our
               Progenitors
               only
               ,
               but
               of
               their
               whole
               Issue
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             Will
             ye
             blame
             him
             for
             his
             gratitude
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             By
             no
             means
             ;
             but
             this
             is
             such
             a
             piece
             of
             gratitude
             ,
             as
             never
             was
             heard
             of
             ,
             to
             disown
             himself
             
               Born
               free
            
             ,
             to
             involve
             his
             whole
             Generation
             without
             their
             consent
             ,
             and
             entail
             a
             
               perpetual
               slavery
            
             upon
             his
             Succession
             ,
             for
             Chaplain-Entertainment
             ,
             and
             admission
             to
             the
             First
             Course
             .
             I
             cannot
             tell
             what
             large
             possessions
             he
             may
             hold
             from
             his
             Patron
             in
             soccage
             (
             For
             he
             will
             not
             allow
             'em
             in
             
               Frank
               Almonage
            
             )
             but
             certainly
             they
             cannot
             be
             so
             great
             as
             to
             entitle
             Him
             and
             his
             Posterity
             to
             such
             a
             Servitude
             as
             he
             would
             fain
             aspire
             to
             .
             For
             if
             he
             disown
             his
             Freedom
             in
             a
             Theological
             Sense
             ,
             he
             denies
             the
             Scripture
             ;
             if
             either
             in
             the
             Ethical
             or
             Political
             Sense
             ,
             let
             him
             have
             what
             Opinion
             of
             himself
             he
             pleases
             ;
             we
             are
             not
             bound
             to
             believe
             his
             Paradoxes
             ,
             and
             deny
             our selves
             one
             of
             the
             chiefest
             Blessings
             that
             Heaven
             and
             Nature
             has
             afforded
             us
             .
             
               —
               Licet
               ,
               ut
               volo
               ,
               vivere
               ;
               non
               sim
               Liberior
               Bruto
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             Don't
             tell
             me
             ,
             I
             'de
             not
             give
             a
             rush
             now
             adays
             for
             a
             Complement
             without
             a
             Hyperbole
             .
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             That
             's
             as
             much
             as
             to
             say
             ,
             
               Your
               Worship
               loves
               to
               be
               Flatter'd
            
             —
             May
             that
             happiness
             attend
             your
             Worship
             —
             'T
             is
             Prince-like
             indeed
             —
             But
             for
             my
             part
             ,
             I
             am
             for
             none
             of
             your
             
               Hyperbolical
               Complements
            
             ,
             especially
             in
             Dedications
             to
             Sermons
             .
             For
             it
             shews
             there
             may
             be
             much
             of
             
               Poetical
               License
            
             in
             the
             Sermon
             too
             ,
             that
             follows
             .
             But
             wee
             'l
             leave
             the
             Gentleman
             to
             have
             his
             
               Ears
               bor'd
            
             by
             his
             Patron
             ;
             and
             consequently
             mark'd
             for
             what
             he
             professes
             himself
             to
             be
             ;
             and
             pass
             on
             to
             the
             Quintessence
             of
             Courtship
             ;
             such
             a
             piece
             that
             I
             do
             not
             find
             the
             like
             in
             all
             the
             
               Academy
               of
               Complements
            
             .
             His
             first
             Oblations
             are
             to
             the
             Mother
             in
             this
             
               Seraphick
               Phrase
            
             .
             
             
               For
               as
               for
               your
               Ladiship
               ,
               I
               must
               beg
               Pardon
               of
               your
               Modesty
               to
               say
               ,
               That
               your
               great
               Prudence
               and
               Piety
               is
               a
               sufficient
               guard
               against
               all
               Temptations
               to
               those
               sins
               ,
               which
               in
               this
               following
               Discourse
               are
               found
               guilty
               of
               all
               the
               Miseries
               and
               Mischiefs
               of
               mankind
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Prist-l
             .
          
           
             Bless
             me
             !
             What
             's
             here
             but
             a
             Zealous
             Complement
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             A
             Complement
             ,
             Sir
             !
             Why
             't
             is
             the
             Elixir
             of
             the
             Miseries
             of
             Love
             and
             Eloquence
             .
             It
             ought
             to
             have
             been
             written
             with
             the
             Quill
             of
             an
             
               Angels
               wing
            
             in
             Letters
             of
             Gold
             ,
             and
             sent
             upon
             the
             
               Wings
               of
               a
               Lark
            
             to
             St.
             Winifreid
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             Do
             you
             know
             Sir
             ,
             what
             the
             Lady
             is
             ,
             or
             what
             her
             Vertues
             are
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             No
             Sir
             ,
             neither
             will
             I
             derogate
             from
             them
             .
             She
             may
             be
             a
             
               Lady
               after
               Gods
               own
               Heart
            
             ,
             for
             ought
             I
             know
             :
             But
             I
             am
             sure
             it
             was
             such
             a
             sufficiency
             ,
             that
             neither
             David
             nor
             Solomon
             with
             all
             their
             Prudence
             and
             Piety
             could
             ever
             boast
             of
             .
             And
             therefore
             it
             argues
             a
             high
             piece
             of
             Sycophantism
             ,
             to
             attribute
             those
             praises
             and
             sufficiencies
             to
             Mortal
             Frailty
             ,
             which
             are
             meerly
             supernatural
             ;
             and
             for
             which
             
             the
             Person
             himself
             is
             forc'd
             to
             beg
             pardon
             of
             the
             Ladys
             Modesty
             before
             he
             can
             proclaim
             '
             em
             .
             'T
             is
             palpable
             he
             strain'd
             hard
             ,
             and
             that
             his
             Brains
             were
             upon
             the
             Tenterhooks
             for
             a
             piece
             of
             
               purse-opening
               Sublimity
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priestl
             .
          
           
             Why
             ,
             what
             if
             it
             did
             produce
             him
             
               Twenty
               broad
               Pieces
            
             ,
             or
             so
             ?
             what
             then
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Nay
             ,
             he
             deserv'd
             it
             double
             for
             what
             he
             afterwards
             gives
             to
             the
             
               Son.
               Of
               whom
            
             (
             says
             he
             )
             
               I
               think
               ,
               I
               may
               without
               Complement
               ,
               say
               ,
               That
               he
               seems
               to
               be
               so
               made
               by
               Nature
               ,
               as
               if
               God
               had
               on
               purpose
               fram'd
               him
               ,
               to
               demonstrate
               the
               Beauty
               and
               Lovelyness
               of
               Virtue
               ,
               to
               those
               of
               his
               Quality
               ,
               in
               this
               Degenerate
               Age.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             Priestl
             .
          
           
             And
             all
             this
             may
             be
             real
             —
             For
             (
             he
             says
             )
             he
             speaks
             it
             without
             a
             Complement
             .
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Nay
             ,
             by
             your
             leave
             he
             does
             but
             think
             so
             neither
             .
             —
             For
             my
             part
             ,
             I
             wish
             the
             Dedication
             may
             not
             have
             prais'd
             the
             young
             Gentleman
             out
             of
             the
             World
             —
             For
             't
             is
             the
             General
             Observation
             ,
             that
             
               Persons
               of
               such
               rare
               perfections
               seldom
               live
               long
            
             —
             I
             remember
             a
             Gentlewoman
             that
             lost
             a
             
               hopeful
               Child
            
             once
             ,
             and
             the
             Nurse
             gave
             that
             reason
             for
             it
             .
             But
             you
             do
             not
             Observe
             ,
             Sir
             ;
             Here
             's
             a
             young
             Gentleman
             
               made
               by
               Nature
               ,
               and
               Fram'd
               by
               God
               ,
            
             and
             the
             Master-piece
             of
             both
             it
             seems
             .
             So
             that
             if
             there
             should
             be
             never
             another
             such
             a
             Pattern
             in
             all
             His
             Majesties
             Dominions
             ,
             you
             must
             not
             think
             it
             strange
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priestl
             .
          
           
             Truly
             ,
             I
             must
             confess
             ,
             this
             is
             something
             an
             
               Incomprehensible
               Complement
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Nay
             ,
             he
             goes
             higher
             yet
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             'T
             is
             impossible
             !
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Yes
             he
             does
             ;
             and
             that
             most
             soaringly
             too
             .
             For
             (
             says
             he
             ,
             speaking
             of
             the
             aforesaid
             Gentleman
             )
             
               so
               naturally
               is
               he
               inclin'd
               to
               all
               good
               ,
               and
               averse
               from
               any
               thing
               that
               is
               evil
               ,
               that
               one
               would
               almost
               think
               that
               he
               alone
               was
               exempted
               from
               that
               General
               Corruption
               and
               Depravity
               of
               Nature
               ,
               which
               all
               other
               men
               derive
               from
            
             Adam
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Priestl
             .
          
           
             'T
             was
             well
             that
             Almost
             came
             in
             ,
             in
             Time
             —
             My
             Hair
             began
             to
             stand
             an
             end
             .
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             You
             see
             he
             has
             made
             the
             young
             Gentleman
             Almost
             a
             God
             upon
             Earth
             .
             Had
             it
             not
             been
             for
             that
             Almost
             ,
             and
             one
             single
             Imperfection
             more
             in
             the
             Gentleman
             ,
             that
             he
             suffer'd
             this
             Complement
             to
             be
             made
             him
             ,
             not
             much
             more
             could
             have
             been
             attributed
             to
             the
             Humanity
             of
             Christ
             himself
             :
             and
             you
             are
             also
             to
             mind
             the
             word
             alone
             ,
             upon
             which
             the
             stress
             of
             the
             Complement
             lyes
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priestl
             .
          
           
             'T
             is
             ill
             plac'd
             —
             I
             don't
             deny
             it
             —
             But
             yet
             I
             would
             fain
             find
             out
             an
             Excuse
             for
             this
             Gentleman
             —
             because
             I
             believe
             him
             to
             be
             a
             Tory.
             —
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Do
             you
             believe
             this
             to
             be
             a
             Hyperbole
             ,
             or
             no
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Priestl
             .
          
           
             Yes
             —
             I
             tell
             ye
             .
             —
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Why
             then
             you
             must
             believe
             it
             be
             a
             
               sublime
               Piece
               of
               Flattery
            
             :
             And
             yet
             this
             was
             done
             by
             one
             that
             arraign'd
             and
             convicted
             all
             the
             Sins
             of
             Mankind
             —
             Your
             Humble
             Servant
             ,
             
               Robert
               Wensley
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             Well
             —
             but
             you
             shall
             make
             an
             excuse
             for
             this
             Gentleman
             .
             —
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Troth
             ,
             I
             can't
             do
             it
             —
             you
             must
             e'en
             go
             to
             the
             Great
             Excuse-Forge
             in
             Ludgate-street
             —
             there
             you
             will
             find
             the
             Lay-Chairman
             of
             the
             
               Crape-Gown
               Committee
            
             ,
             whom
             you
             may
             first
             Fee
             ,
             and
             then
             Employ
             —
             But
             the
             jest
             is
             this
             ,
             that
             after
             the
             Gentleman
             has
             
               Seraphim'd
               and
               Cherubim'd
            
             the
             Lady
             and
             her
             Son
             ,
             he
             wishes
             them
             
               all
               the
               Happinessess
               of
               this
               World
               ,
               and
               that
               which
               is
               to
               come
            
             ;
             as
             if
             the
             Latter
             could
             be
             deny'd
             to
             Persons
             so
             supernaturaliz'd
             ,
             and
             fitted
             for
             Heaven
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             And
             thence
             you
             infer
             ,
             that
             the
             Gentleman
             spoil'd
             his
             own
             Complement
             .
             —
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             I
             do
             so
             .
             —
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             —
             I
             am
             glad
             on
             't
             withall
             my
             Heart
             —
             For
             now
             will
             I
             make
             that
             pass
             for
             a
             good
             excuse
             ,
             as
             I
             'le
             manage
             the
             business
             .
             —
          
        
         
           
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             —
             Well
             make
             your
             best
             on
             't
             —
             for
             I
             am
             now
             proceeding
             to
             other
             matter
             —
             Can
             you
             Preach
             before
             the
             
               Artillery
               Company
            
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Priestl
             .
          
           
             Not
             I
             ,
             in
             good
             Truth
             .
             —
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Why
             then
             ,
             I
             'le
             tell
             ye
             —
             If
             you
             would
             Preach
             before
             the
             
               Artillery
               Company
            
             —
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             Prithee
             why
             can
             't
             the
             
               Artillery
               Company
            
             March
             to
             the
             hewing
             down
             half
             a
             score
             
               Chines
               of
               Beef
            
             ,
             but
             they
             must
             have
             a
             Sermon
             ,
             like
             a
             Generals
             Speech
             to
             encourage
             'em
             to
             the
             Battel
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Nay
             —
             I
             can
             give
             you
             no
             great
             Reason
             for
             that
             ;
             but
             if
             you
             will
             Preach
             before
             the
             
               Artillery
               Company
            
             ,
             you
             must
             make
             a
             
               Military
               Sermon
            
             ,
             I
             'me
             sure
             of
             That
             .
             —
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             As
             how
             ?
             —
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Why
             —
             you
             must
             be
             certain
             to
             take
             a
             Text
             first
             ,
             wherein
             you
             find
             the
             word
             Soldiers
             ;
             that
             
               Common
               sense
            
             will
             teach
             ye
             .
             —
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             —
             And
             what
             then
             .
             —
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Why
             then
             Ephes.
             6.
             will
             help
             ye
             very
             much
             .
             But
             because
             that
             Chapter
             is
             too
             well
             known
             you
             may
             pass
             it
             by
             cursorily
             ,
             and
             come
             to
             the
             more
             Novel
             terms
             of
             Art
             ,
             as
             Drums
             ,
             and
             Beats
             :
             For
             Example
             ,
             if
             you
             would
             give
             'em
             a
             hint
             of
             the
             
               Late
               Times
            
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             very
             expedient
             to
             do
             ,
             you
             must
             say
             thus
             ,
             —
             
               When
               the
               Pulpit
               was
               the
               Drum
               ,
               and
               Curse
               ye
               Meroz
               the
               Beat.
            
             By
             way
             of
             Reproof
             you
             may
             tax
             'em
             for
             
               Cashiering
               their
               Honour
               by
               Vice
            
             ,
             and
             suffering
             themselves
             to
             be
             
               beleaguerd
               by
               their
               Lusts.
            
             A
             
               Wing
               of
               Miscreants
            
             ,
             the
             
               Muzzle
               of
               a
               Gun
            
             ,
             or
             
               the
               Swords
               Point
            
             are
             very
             proper
             Expressions
             .
             Forewarn
             'em
             too
             ,
             that
             they
             be
             not
             
               Pioneers
               to
               blow
               up
               Religion
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             That
             's
             an
             
               Improper
               Expression
            
             .
             —
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             'T
             is
             no
             matter
             for
             that
             —
             't
             will
             do
             well
             enough
             in
             a
             Pulpit
             —
             And
             besides
             you
             'l
             find
             most
             of
             the
             
               Red
               Feather
            
             men
             asleep
             —
             Then
             you
             may
             compare
             a
             
               good
               Conscience
            
             to
             
             a
             Sentinel
             ;
             and
             be
             sure
             to
             bid
             the
             Souldiers
             take
             great
             care
             of
             
               Leaping
               over
               the
               Lines
            
             ,
             and
             breaking
             their
             Ranks
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             But
             where
             are
             the
             Blunderbusses
             ,
             and
             the
             Bandeleers
             all
             this
             while
             —
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             I
             believe
             they
             were
             forgot
             —
             but
             I
             found
             that
             the
             Souldiers
             came
             to
             
               John
               the
               Baptist
            
             like
             a
             Forlorn-Hope
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             came
             
               in
               the
               Rear
            
             too
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             O
             but
             I
             would
             have
             had
             Bandeleers
             and
             Blunderbusses
             in
             .
             —
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Why
             Sir
             ,
             I
             believe
             there
             might
             be
             some
             sort
             of
             Blunderbusses
             among
             '
             em
             .
             —
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             I
             do
             not
             mean
             such
             Blunderbusses
             —
             I
             mean
             
               discharging
               ,
               Firing
               Blunderbusses
            
             ,
             such
             as
             will
             kill
             a
             Man
             of
             
               Ten
               Thousand
            
             a
             year
             .
             —
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             What
             would
             you
             have
             had
             him
             done
             with
             '
             em
             .
             —
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             Discharg'd
             'em
             ,
             (
             had
             their
             been
             a
             hundred
             )
             against
             the
             Phanaticks
             .
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Why
             there
             were
             a
             sort
             of
             People
             ,
             that
             the
             Parson
             was
             very
             angry
             with
             ;
             but
             he
             charged
             them
             so
             furiously
             himself
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             no
             need
             of
             any
             other
             assistance
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             Well
             ,
             but
             where
             are
             the
             Culverin
             ,
             and
             the
             Demiculverin
             ?
             were
             there
             none
             of
             them
             neither
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             They
             never
             March
             with
             them
             —
             They
             are
             too
             troublesome
             i'
             the
             street
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             Well
             ,
             —
             but
             the
             Gentleman
             might
             have
             put
             two
             or
             three
             into
             his
             Sermon
             ,
             tho
             —
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Why
             ,
             Sir
             —
             He
             did
             as
             well
             .
             —
             He
             had
             several
             
               Thundering
               Expressions
            
             .
             —
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             Had
             he
             so
             ?
             And
             he
             was
             truly
             angry
             ,
             you
             say
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Truly
             angry
             ,
             Sir
             !
             as
             a
             Man
             ought
             to
             be
             ,
             that
             preaches
             before
             Souldiers
             .
             —
          
           
             Well
             ,
             but
             would
             you
             now
             Preach
             acutely
             among
             the
             Lawyers
             ?
             —
          
        
         
           
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             What
             then
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Why
             then
             ,
             you
             must
             use
             another
             sort
             of
             Dialect
             ,
             as
             thus
             :
             
               God
               resents
               the
               Treason
               ,
               grants
               a
               particular
               Commission
               of
            
             OYER
             and
             TERMINER
             ,
             
             
               Finds
               the
               Bill
               ,
               and
               presently
               gives
               Sentence
               .
            
             In
             an
             
             Assize-Sermon
             you
             ought
             to
             be
             very
             Quaint
             ,
             and
             Magisterial
             —
             To
             tell
             the
             Judges
             their
             Duties
             ,
             the
             Counsel
             their's
             ,
             the
             Jury-men
             their's
             ,
             and
             the
             Plaintiff
             and
             Defendant
             their's
             .
             Then
             you
             are
             to
             give
             the
             Judges
             particular
             Directions
             about
             the
             
               Giving
               of
               Oaths
            
             in
             this
             manner
             ,
             
               That
               they
               ought
               to
               take
               care
               ,
            
             
             
               that
               Oaths
               be
               administer'd
               in
               all
               Courts
               of
               Judicature
               by
               those
               of
               greatest
               Authority
               present
            
             ;
             and
             not
             by
             the
             Cryers
             ,
             who
             are
             generally
             young
             ,
             heedless
             Clerks
             ,
             and
             only
             mind
             their
             Groats
             .
             —
             Nay
             ,
             you
             may
             tell
             'em
             ,
             if
             you
             please
             ,
             that
             
               No
               Man
               ought
               to
               take
               an
               Oath
               ,
               after
               he
               has
               eaten
               his
               Breakfast
               .
            
             If
             you
             speak
             of
             a
             thing
             doubtful
             ,
             you
             may
             say
             ,
             You
             will
             Return
             a
             
               Jury
               of
               Twelve
               Primitive
               Bishops
            
             ,
             or
             more
             ,
             
             (
             and
             then
             ,
             I
             suppose
             ,
             it
             must
             be
             a
             
               Grand
               Jury
            
             )
             
               all
               good
               Men
               and
               true
            
             ,
             to
             prove
             it
             .
             Or
             thus
             :
             If
             these
             things
             be
             so
             ,
             I
             require
             him
             to
             prove
             it
             ;
             if
             not
             ,
             
             St.
             
             Paul's
             Doctrine
             will
             be
             found
             
               Billa
               Vera
            
             in
             Heaven
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             But
             what
             need
             of
             all
             this
             ?
             —
             What
             necessity
             for
             a
             
             Size-Sermon
             .
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Only
             to
             give
             the
             Counsel
             time
             to
             take
             their
             Fees
             ,
             and
             read
             over
             their
             Breviates
             —
             I
             could
             never
             find
             any
             other
             Reason
             —
             And
             therefore
             I
             have
             known
             some
             Judges
             pretend
             haste
             of
             business
             ,
             and
             desire
             the
             Gentleman
             to
             keep
             his
             Sermon
             Cold
             till
             another
             time
             .
             Others
             I
             have
             known
             ,
             when
             the
             Gentleman
             has
             been
             too
             tediously
             wrapt
             up
             in
             his
             own
             conceits
             ,
             that
             have
             gone
             out
             of
             the
             Church
             (
             and
             you
             know
             
             the
             
               Croud
               follows
               the
               Scarlet
            
             )
             and
             left
             him
             to
             talk
             out
             the
             rest
             to
             the
             Pillars
             .
             There
             was
             one
             
               Young
               Stripling
            
             was
             
               mighty
               severe
            
             upon
             the
             Judges
             ,
             and
             their
             Clerks
             ;
             but
             when
             the
             Judge
             came
             to
             the
             Mayors
             House
             ,
             whither
             he
             was
             that
             day
             invited
             ,
             he
             found
             (
             by
             a
             fatal
             mischance
             )
             the
             
               same
               Sermon
            
             in
             the
             Mayors
             Window
             ,
             Printed
             long
             before
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priestl
             .
          
           
             However
             there
             may
             be
             some
             benefits
             reap'd
             by
             these
             Sermons
             .
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Which
             way
             ?
             As
             for
             Example
             in
             the
             Case
             of
             
               Judicial
               Swearing
            
             ,
             to
             talk
             of
             the
             
               Pythagoreans
               ,
               the
               Grecian
               Laws
               ,
               the
               Ancient
               Germans
               ,
               Jupiters
               Old
               Priests
               ,
            
             and
             
               Kata
               tou
               Meizo
               nos
               Homnyousi
            
             ,
             to
             the
             Judges
             ,
             they
             are
             too
             well
             qualified
             ,
             as
             to
             understand
             much
             more
             than
             their
             Teacher
             ;
             and
             for
             the
             Vnder-Sheriff
             and
             his
             Talis-men
             ,
             as
             they
             understand
             not
             what
             was
             said
             ,
             so
             they
             regard
             it
             as
             little
             .
             I
             would
             fain
             know
             how
             far
             the
             League
             between
             Hannibal
             ,
             and
             the
             King
             of
             Macedon
             will
             affect
             them
             ?
             or
             how
             far
             it
             will
             operate
             upon
             a
             
               gaping
               Country
               Fellow
            
             ,
             to
             bid
             him
             not
             
               Swear
               in
               vain
            
             ?
             because
             Tertullian
             disallows
             it
             ?
          
           
             These
             things
             are
             to
             be
             press'd
             upon
             the
             People
             in
             
               plain
               home-spun-Kersey
               Sermons
            
             ;
             not
             in
             
               finical
               Flanders
               ,
               lac'd
               Harangues
               to
               the
               Judges
               .
            
             Either
             they
             preach
             to
             the
             People
             ,
             or
             the
             Judges
             .
             —
             But
             they
             don't
             Preach
             to
             the
             People
             ,
             for
             they
             can't
             understand
             '
             em
             .
             —
             Therefore
             they
             Preach
             to
             the
             Judges
             ;
             and
             that
             's
             but
             
               Ill
               Manners
            
             .
          
           
             Lastly
             ,
             You
             are
             to
             terrifie
             'em
             with
             the
             
               Day
               of
               Judgment
            
             ;
             which
             ,
             to
             put
             in
             
               proper
               Terms
            
             ,
             you
             may
             call
             
               The
               Grand
               Assize
            
             ,
             where
             all
             
               Writs
               of
               Error
               shall
               be
               rectified
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             Well
             ,
             but
             if
             they
             will
             Preach
             ,
             I
             think
             t
             is
             very
             proper
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             use
             Words
             and
             Expressions
             adapted
             to
             the
             Subject
             .
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             'T
             is
             very
             right
             ,
             Sir.
             —
             It
             tickles
             the
             Fancy
             ,
             as
             you
             would
             tickle
             ones
             Eare
             with
             a
             Straw
             :
             however
             to
             knock
             
               terms
               of
               Art
            
             out
             of
             joynt
             among
             Artists
             ,
             seldom
             produces
             
             more
             then
             Laughter
             and
             Dinner-Discourse
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priestl
             .
          
           
             I
             must
             confess
             ,
             I
             would
             not
             have
             a
             man
             in
             an
             
               Assize
               Sermon
            
             tell
             the
             Judges
             a
             Story
             of
             the
             
               good
               Samaritan
            
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             That
             's
             very
             proper
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             —
             For
             a
             Judge
             may
             poure
             the
             
               Balsome
               of
               Recovery
            
             upon
             a
             Gentleman
             's
             almost
             
               Lost
               Estate
            
             .
             That
             will
             hold
             ,
             Sir.
             
          
        
         
           
             Priestl
             .
          
           
             Nor
             would
             I
             have
             a
             Man
             talk
             to
             a
             Company
             of
             Seamen
             ,
             like
             a
             
               Dancing
               Master
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             That
             's
             very
             well
             too
             ,
             Sir
             —
             For
             a
             man
             may
             say
             ,
             the
             
               Ship
               Dances
               in
               a
               rough
               Sea
               ,
            
             very
             properly
             —
             nothing
             better
             .
             I
             tell
             ye
             Sir
             ,
             a
             
               man
               of
               Art
            
             and
             dexterity
             (
             to
             speak
             in
             Theology
             ,
             like
             a
             Seaman
             )
             may
             bring
             any
             Text
             to
             bear
             upon
             any
             point
             of
             a
             Subject
             he
             pleases
             .
             —
             As
             for
             Example
             ,
             to
             prove
             the
             
               Power
               of
               King's
               ,
               and
               particularly
               of
               the
               British
               Monarchy
               .
            
             A
             Gentleman
             takes
             this
             Text
             ,
             
             Psalm
             51.
             vers
             .
             4.
             
             
               Against
               thee
               only
               have
               I
               sinned
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Priestl
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             a
             great
             Argument
             —
             For
             he
             that
             can
             only
             sin
             against
             God
             ,
             is
             
               accomptable
               to
               none
               but
               God.
            
             
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Sir
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             here
             go
             about
             to
             dispute
             the
             Power
             or
             Absolutenless
             of
             the
             
               British
               Monarchy
            
             .
             For
             we
             have
             
               Secular
               Arguments
            
             of
             greater
             force
             to
             prove
             that
             Thesis
             ,
             were
             the
             Pulpit
             (
             as
             it
             ought
             to
             be
             )
             silent
             as
             to
             those
             matters
             ;
             but
             only
             to
             shew
             ,
             that
             it
             cannot
             be
             prov'd
             from
             this
             Text
             ,
             notwithstanding
             the
             dexterity
             of
             the
             Gentleman
             to
             traverse
             it
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             it
             bear
             upon
             that
             Subject
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priestl
             .
          
           
             Well
             —
             proceed
             .
             —
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             In
             the
             first
             place
             ,
             I
             would
             fain
             know
             ,
             why
             David
             should
             aim
             at
             that
             time
             ,
             more
             particularly
             in
             the
             51
             Psalm
             ,
             to
             assert
             the
             Power
             of
             the
             British
             ,
             than
             of
             the
             
               Spanish
               Monarchy
            
             .
             For
             my
             part
             ,
             I
             am
             apt
             to
             believe
             he
             was
             otherwise
             emyloy'd
             ,
             then
             to
             think
             of
             either
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             next
             place
             ,
             I
             conceive
             the
             Gentleman
             does
             not
             take
             the
             Interpretation
             of
             the
             words
             right
             .
             For
             the
             words
             
               L'ke
               L'babka
               Chatathi
            
             ;
             Against
             Thee
             ,
             against
             
               Thee
               only
               have
               I
               sinned
            
             ,
             were
             without
             Question
             utter'd
             in
             reference
             to
             the
             
               privacy
               of
               the
               Fact
               committed
            
             ,
             which
             lay
             conceal'd
             from
             all
             the
             World
             but
             God
             (
             Joab
             being
             then
             an
             Accomplice
             )
             and
             David
             having
             recompenc'd
             the
             
               Injur'd
               Lady
            
             by
             Marriage
             .
             Which
             the
             very
             next
             words
             ,
             explanatory
             of
             the
             first
             ,
             and
             to
             them
             annexed
             ,
             and
             made
             part
             of
             the
             sentence
             ,
             by
             the
             Coputative
             Ve
             ,
             seem
             to
             demonstrate
             .
             
               V
               '
               Harang
               B'gneneka
               Gnasithi
               :
               And
               the
               evil
               I
               have
               done
               in
               thy
               sight
            
             ;
             not
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             any
             other
             .
             
             And
             therefore
             he
             makes
             this
             Confession
             ;
             to
             what
             end
             ?
             not
             to
             shew
             that
             he
             was
             
               unaccountable
               to
               none
               but
               God
            
             ,
             but
             to
             justify
             the
             Almighty
             in
             what
             punishment
             he
             should
             inflict
             upon
             him
             ;
             as
             the
             last
             words
             of
             the
             Text
             demonstratively
             imply
             ;
             
               L'magnan
               tit
               sd●k
               b'dabreka
               ,
               tizkeb
               b'shaphreka
               ,
               To
               the
               end
               thou
               maist
               be
               justify'd
               in
               thy
               Word
               ,
               and
               pure
               in
               thy
               Judgment
               .
            
             And
             therefore
             these
             words
             seem
             to
             be
             grounded
             ,
             more
             likely
             ,
             upon
             
               Davids
               calling
               to
               mind
            
             the
             Words
             of
             the
             Prophet
             
               Nathan
               ,
               Sam.
            
             12.
             v.
             12.
             
             
               Thou
               didst
               it
               secretly
               —
               but
               I
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             To
             which
             this
             Confession
             seems
             to
             have
             referrence
             .
             For
             there
             was
             then
             no
             difference
             between
             the
             King
             and
             his
             People
             ,
             nor
             my
             reason
             for
             the
             King
             to
             Appeal
             to
             Heaven
             ,
             about
             his
             Power
             .
             And
             this
             is
             that
             which
             makes
             me
             believe
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             more
             ground
             ,
             to
             prove
             the
             Power
             of
             the
             
               British
               Monarchy
            
             ,
             from
             this
             sorrowful
             
               Ejaculation
               of
               David
            
             ,
             so
             dreadfully
             alarum'd
             by
             the
             
               King
               of
               Kings
            
             himself
             ;
             then
             there
             is
             to
             prove
             the
             Jurisdiction
             of
             the
             
               British
               Parliaments
            
             from
             the
             2.
             
             
               Sam.
               c.
            
             5.
             v.
             3.
             
             
               So
               all
               the
               Elders
               of
            
             Israel
             
               came
               to
               the
               King
               to
            
             Hebron
             ,
             and
             David
             
               made
               a
               League
               with
               them
               in
            
             Hebron
             
               before
               the
               Lord.
            
             I
             would
             wish
             the
             Gentleman
             for
             Arguments
             sake
             next
             time
             to
             take
             this
             Text
             in
             hand
             ,
             and
             try
             what
             he
             can
             do
             with
             it
             :
             For
             if
             he
             can
             but
             find
             out
             what
             that
             League
             was
             that
             
               King
               David
            
             made
             with
             the
             People
             ,
             we
             should
             sooner
             find
             by
             that
             ,
             whither
             David
             were
             accountable
             to
             none
             but
             God
             or
             no
             ,
             then
             by
             his
             Text.
             
          
        
         
           
             Priestl
             .
          
           
             I
             must
             confess
             ,
             I
             don't
             understand
             your
             Hebrew
             ,
             not
             I
             ;
             but
             my
             thinks
             't
             is
             a
             very
             pretty
             Text.
             
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             The
             Text
             is
             a
             very
             good
             Text
             ,
             but
             you
             can't
             think
             the
             fellows
             that
             are
             hang'd
             were
             accountable
             to
             none
             but
             God
             ,
             because
             they
             sing
             the
             very
             words
             at
             the
             Gallows
             .
             —
             But
             I
             suppose
             you
             have
             heard
             of
             another
             Gentleman
             ,
             and
             he
             's
             a
             Sharper
             —
             I
             mean
             He
             that
             undertakes
             to
             prove
             the
             Unlawfulness
             of
             the
             
               Bill
               of
               Exelusion
            
             from
             Job
             .
             the
             36.
             c.
             21.
             v.
             upon
             this
             Ground
             ,
             
               That
               it
               is
               not
               Lawful
               for
               a
               Man
               to
               do
               evil
               ,
               that
               good
               may
               come
               of
               it
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Priestl
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             I
             have
             hear'd
             of
             him
             ,
             and
             I
             suppose
             you
             are
             of
             the
             same
             Opinion
             .
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Truly
             ,
             I
             belive
             there
             are
             many
             things
             which
             that
             Gentleman
             may
             call
             Evil
             ,
             which
             
               Reason
               of
               State
            
             will
             not
             allow
             to
             be
             so
             .
             And
             I
             believe
             ,
             that
             
               State
               Policy
            
             ,
             is
             not
             bound
             to
             be
             confin'd
             ,
             to
             his
             more
             
               narrow
               approhension
            
             of
             things
             ,
             nor
             to
             take
             his
             Direction
             in
             things
             ,
             wherein
             he
             has
             nothing
             to
             do
             to
             give
             it
             .
             It
             may
             be
             said
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             not
             Lawful
             for
             Queen
             Elizabeth
             to
             assist
             the
             Prince
             of
             Orange
             ,
             to
             
             advance
             the
             
               Protestant
               Religion
            
             ;
             but
             yet
             she
             did
             it
             ,
             without
             taking
             notice
             of
             his
             Maxim
             -
             ▪
             A
             Captain
             of
             a
             Man
             of
             War
             being
             too
             hotly
             engag'd
             ,
             and
             like
             to
             be
             taken
             by
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             is
             bound
             to
             sink
             his
             Ship
             ,
             and
             blow
             up
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             ,
             three
             or
             four
             hundred
             Men
             ,
             rather
             than
             deliver
             his
             Charge
             to
             the
             Enemy
             .
             One
             would
             think
             it
             were
             an
             evil
             in
             it self
             to
             destroy
             so
             many
             Innocent
             Souls
             ,
             and
             Subjects
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             yet
             unless
             this
             evil
             be
             committed
             ,
             that
             good
             may
             come
             of
             it
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             the
             Preservation
             of
             the
             Princes
             and
             the
             
               Nations
               Honour
            
             ;
             that
             Captain
             shall
             be
             shot
             to
             Death
             ,
             by
             the
             Laws
             of
             War
             ,
             if
             he
             do
             not
             do
             it
             .
             So
             that
             in
             what
             is
             evil
             ,
             or
             what
             is
             good
             ,
             They
             who
             are
             managers
             of
             the
             
               Publick
               Government
            
             of
             Kingdoms
             and
             Principalities
             ,
             are
             not
             to
             be
             guided
             by
             the
             
               Little
               Rectors
            
             of
             Parishes
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priestl
             .
          
           
             Well
             ,
             I
             must
             grant
             ,
             this
             was
             a
             little
             too
             farr
             strain'd
             —
             And
             truly
             I
             think
             the
             Texts
             were
             
               ill
               chosen
            
             too
             ;
             the
             one
             from
             the
             words
             of
             a
             
               Suppliant
               to
               God
            
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             from
             an
             Exhortation
             to
             a
             Person
             ,
             Permissively
             under
             the
             Clutches
             of
             the
             Devil
             ;
             but
             now
             I
             shall
             never
             have
             done
             with
             ye
             .
             —
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Upon
             my
             word
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             I
             'le
             give
             ye
             but
             one
             more
             of
             this
             Nature
             .
             —
          
        
         
           
             Priestl
             .
          
           
             Well
             proceed
             .
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             A
             Parson
             not
             long
             since
             Preaching
             at
             Chertsey
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             having
             undertaken
             to
             prove
             the
             
               Excellency
               of
               Monarchy
            
             ,
             takes
             his
             Text
             Judg.
             17.
             vers
             .
             6.
             
             
               In
               those
               days
               there
               was
               no
               King
               in
            
             Israel
             ,
             
               but
               every
               man
               did
               that
               which
               was
               right
               in
               his
               own
               Eyes
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Priestl
             .
          
           
             How
             could
             this
             be
             ?
             A
             Government
             without
             a
             King
             ,
             and
             yet
             an
             
               Excellent
               Monarchy
            
             !
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Oh
             Sir
             —
             you
             see
             they
             have
             the
             Art
             of
             doing
             these
             things
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priestl
             .
          
           
             Well
             ,
             but
             how
             did
             he
             do
             it
             ?
             for
             I
             am
             in
             great
             Expectation
             .
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Why
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             he
             prov'd
             it
             from
             several
             
               evil
               accidents
            
             ,
             that
             happen'd
             at
             that
             time
             ,
             for
             want
             of
             a
             Monarch
             .
             —
          
        
         
           
             Priestl
             .
          
           
             O'
             my
             word
             —
             a
             very
             good
             way
             .
             —
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             First
             —
             
               Micah
               made
               a
               Molten
               and
               a
               Graven
               Image
               ,
               and
               an
               Ephod
               ,
               and
               a
               Teraphim
               ;
               which
               was
               ,
               because
               there
               was
               no
               King
               in
            
             Israel
             ;
             
               for
               had
               there
               been
               a
               King
               in
            
             Israel
             ,
             
               there
               had
               been
               no
               Idolatry
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             but
             an
             ill
             Beginning
             .
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             
               The
               Levites
               taking
               a
               Concubine
               ,
               and
               her
               playing
               the
               Whore
               against
               him
               ,
               was
               ,
               because
               there
               was
               no
               King
               in
            
             Israel
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             
               The
               Ravishing
               of
               the
               Levites
               Concubine
               was
               ,
               because
               there
               was
               no
               King
               in
            
             Israel
             ,
             
               for
               had
               there
               been
               a
               King
               in
            
             Israel
             ,
             
               the
               Levites
               Concubine
               had
               not
               been
               Ravished
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             Enough
             .
             —
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Nay
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             I
             have
             no
             more
             at
             present
             .
             —
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             
               Gad
               ,
               I
               smell
               a
               Rat
            
             ;
             this
             is
             some
             Whig-Story
             of
             your
             own
             Invention
             .
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Whigg
             me
             no
             Whiggs
             ;
             —
             I
             understand
             no
             such
             Names
             of
             Distinction
             .
             —
             But
             I
             know
             more
             than
             one
             ,
             or
             two
             ,
             or
             three
             ,
             that
             heard
             him
             .
             —
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             Then
             he
             is
             —
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Why
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             he
             keeps
             his
             Foot-man
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             Does
             he
             ?
             Then
             he
             's
             high
             enough
             ;
             what
             need
             he
             
               Play
               the
               Fool
            
             ,
             for
             Church-Preferment
             ?
             —
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             But
             what
             d'
             ye
             think
             of
             that
             
               Bathonian
               Squire
            
             ,
             (
             for
             I
             can
             hardly
             call
             him
             Minister
             )
             that
             rides
             
               Tantivy
               ,
               Tantivy
            
             ,
             against
             
               Jack
               Presbyter
            
             ,
             as
             he
             calls
             him
             ,
             with
             his
             Lance
             couch'd
             in
             his
             Rest
             ,
             like
             
               Don
               Bellianis
            
             of
             Greece
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             would
             overturn
             him
             at
             the
             first
             course
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             Why
             truly
             ,
             I
             find
             him
             in
             a
             very
             great
             Passion
             .
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             in
             such
             a
             Passion
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             read
             his
             whole
             Book
             in
             his
             Title-Page
             ,
             and
             discover
             the
             Rancor
             of
             his
             Mind
             in
             
               Thirteen
               Capital
               Letters
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             But
             they
             affronted
             him
             ,
             it
             seems
             —
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Affronted
             him
             !
             Where
             was
             his
             
               Christian
               Charity
            
             ?
             Because
             a
             single
             Person
             Topham'd
             him
             in
             the
             Bath
             ,
             therefore
             must
             he
             ,
             like
             a
             
               pretended
               Attorney-General
            
             of
             a
             Minister
             ,
             undertake
             to
             impeach
             a
             whole
             
               Order
               of
               Men
            
             ,
             that
             contend
             with
             him
             in
             
               Principles
               of
               Divinity
            
             and
             Morality
             ,
             and
             most
             certainly
             out-do
             him
             in
             Preaching
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             But
             you
             know
             ,
             
               There
               are
               some
               things
            
             (
             as
             the
             Proverb
             says
             )
             
               will
               vex
               a
               Saint
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             And
             truly
             ,
             it
             was
             a
             most
             
               Saint-like
               Designe
            
             ,
             to
             revenge
             himself
             upon
             the
             Presbyterians
             ,
             by
             endeavouring
             to
             prove
             the
             
               Vnlawfulness
               of
               the
               Bill
               of
               Exclusion
               ,
            
             from
             the
             Afflictions
             of
             Job
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             As
             to
             the
             Revenge
             ,
             I
             can
             say
             little
             ;
             but
             as
             to
             the
             Ingenuity
             of
             the
             Business
             ,
             I
             find
             you
             do
             not
             apprehend
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             As
             how
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             For
             had
             the
             Bill
             pass'd
             ,
             it
             might
             have
             been
             an
             Affliction
             to
             the
             
               Parties
               concern'd
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             I
             'le
             swear
             ,
             
               Friend
               Priest-love
            
             ,
             you
             have
             hit
             it
             ;
             I
             did
             not
             apprehend
             it
             before
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             Well
             ,
             —
             but
             what
             say
             you
             to
             the
             Sermon
             it self
             ?
             —
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             I
             think
             it
             not
             worth
             the
             Name
             of
             a
             Sermon
             .
             —
             In
             short
             ,
             it
             
             is
             such
             a
             meer
             Tongue-Granado
             ,
             such
             a
             Composition
             of
             Brim-stone
             and
             Fire
             ,
             that
             I
             wonder
             it
             does
             not
             kindle
             of
             it self
             ,
             and
             fire
             the
             
               Book-sellers
               Shop
            
             .
             And
             ,
             in
             a
             word
             ,
             the
             Author
             may
             be
             call'd
             the
             
             Tory's
             Hick●ringhil
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             Well
             —
             have
             ye
             done
             now
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             I
             have
             only
             one
             Request
             t'
             ye
             ,
             because
             I
             know
             y'
             are
             a
             great
             Frequenter
             of
             
             Sam
             's
             Coffee-House
             ,
             to
             desire
             those
             Gentlemen
             ,
             (
             especially
             the
             Historians
             )
             either
             to
             let
             alone
             their
             Quotations
             ;
             or
             else
             to
             cite
             'em
             so
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             find
             'em
             to
             be
             Men
             of
             Reading
             —
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             Why
             ,
             what
             Exceptions
             do
             you
             make
             against
             their
             Quotations
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Why
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             I
             find
             the
             Author
             of
             the
             
               Present
               Miseries
               of
               Sin
            
             ,
             telling
             my
             
               Lord
               Mayor
            
             the
             dreadful
             Example
             of
             
               Sylla
               ,
               who
               in
               a
               violent
               Fit
               of
               Rage
               ,
            
             vomited
             up
             his
             Soul
             ,
             
             
               mixed
               with
               Blood
               and
               Threatnings
            
             .
             For
             which
             he
             cites
             
               Valerius
               Maximus
            
             ,
             whom
             he
             calls
             a
             Historian
             .
             In
             the
             first
             place
             ,
             
               Valerius
               Maximus
            
             was
             no
             Historian
             ;
             but
             only
             a
             
               Collector
               of
               History
            
             .
             In
             the
             second
             place
             ,
             Plutarch
             and
             Pliny
             would
             have
             told
             him
             ,
             That
             he
             did
             not
             die
             of
             a
             
               Violent
               Passion
            
             ,
             but
             of
             a
             Phthiriasis
             ,
             or
             the
             Disease
             call'd
             
               Morbus
               Pediculosus
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             But
             you
             see
             
               Valerius
               Maximus
            
             was
             best
             for
             his
             Turn
             .
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             That
             's
             true
             indeed
             ;
             —
             and
             I
             would
             have
             allow'd
             it
             at
             
             Paul's
             School
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             next
             place
             ,
             he
             tells
             ye
             of
             
               Alexander
               the
            
             Great
             's
             killing
             of
             Clitus
             .
             And
             for
             this
             he
             cites
             
             Oliverius's
             Notes
             upon
             
               Valerius
               Maximus
            
             ;
             whereas
             he
             might
             have
             quoted
             Plutarch
             or
             Arrianus
             for
             the
             same
             thing
             ;
             and
             that
             had
             been
             done
             like
             a
             Schollar
             .
             
             The
             Story
             of
             Ptolomy
             ,
             King
             of
             Cyprus
             ,
             is
             in
             
             Plutarch's
             Life
             of
             Cato
             ;
             so
             that
             he
             need
             not
             have
             been
             beholding
             to
             
             Oliverius's
             Notes
             upon
             
               Valerius
               Maximus
            
             for
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             What
             's
             that
             to
             you
             ,
             if
             the
             Gentleman
             had
             a
             peculiar
             Kindness
             for
             
               Valerius
               Maximus
            
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Dear
             Mr.
             Priest-love
             ,
             I
             bear
             no
             Malice
             to
             
               Valerius
               Maximus
            
             in
             the
             least
             :
             Only
             I
             say
             ,
             'T
             is
             somewhat
             pedantick
             ,
             to
             quote
             an
             Index
             ,
             when
             a
             Man
             may
             cite
             the
             
               Book
               it self
            
             .
             But
             I
             more
             wonder
             ,
             that
             a
             Doctor
             should
             cite
             Cicero
             ,
             
             for
             a
             piece
             of
             History
             ;
             about
             the
             
               Romans
               enacting
               Laws
               against
               the
               Worship
               of
               strange
               Gods
               ,
            
             when
             he
             might
             have
             adorn'd
             his
             Margent
             much
             more
             to
             the
             purpose
             ,
             and
             more
             properly
             out
             of
             Livy
             himself
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             Why
             should
             you
             be
             angry
             at
             this
             ?
          
        
         
           
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             You
             mistake
             ,
             Sir
             ;
             I
             am
             so
             far
             from
             being
             angry
             ,
             that
             since
             Quotation
             and
             Margent-filling
             are
             only
             Acts
             of
             Vain-glory
             and
             Ostentation
             ,
             I
             would
             not
             have
             Gentlemen
             unwarily
             lose
             their
             Applause
             by
             ill
             Management
             .
             —
             I
             promise
             ye
             ,
             I
             expect
             that
             some
             of
             'em
             should
             Thank
             me
             for
             this
             
               good
               Advice
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             Ha'
             ye
             done
             now
             ?
             —
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             Sir.
             —
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             Why
             now
             then
             let
             me
             ask
             thee
             ,
             What
             is
             the
             Meaning
             of
             all
             this
             Clutter
             and
             Hurly-burly
             ?
             Certainly
             ,
             it
             must
             be
             the
             Phanaticks
             ,
             that
             make
             it
             .
             —
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Faith
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             I
             can
             give
             no
             Account
             of
             it
             ;
             but
             I
             find
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England-men
            
             are
             very
             Angry
             .
             —
             You
             cannot
             come
             to
             hear
             or
             read
             a
             Sermon
             made
             upon
             any
             
               publick
               Occasion
            
             ,
             but
             let
             the
             Text
             be
             what
             it
             will
             ,
             half
             the
             Sermon
             is
             
               Matter
               of
               State.
            
             —
             One
             cries
             out
             against
             the
             
               Popish
               Protestants
            
             ;
             
             another
             cries
             ,
             
               Pope
               Populus
               in
               Parliament
            
             ;
             another
             ,
             no
             less
             than
             a
             Parson-Justice
             ,
             
             lifts
             up
             the
             Weavers-Beam
             of
             his
             Indignation
             ,
             and
             lays
             upon
             the
             Parliament
             of
             the
             
               whole
               Nation
            
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             had
             engaged
             all
             his
             Divinity
             for
             the
             Certainty
             of
             the
             
               Mortal
               Stroke
            
             .
          
           
             The
             Weight
             of
             his
             Text
             was
             
               Two
               Hundred
               Shekels
               of
               Silver
               —
               By
               me
               Kings
               reign
               .
            
             —
          
           
             The
             Weight
             of
             his
             Doctrine
             ,
             a
             
               Hundred
               and
               Fifty
            
             :
             —
             That
             Monarchy
             is
             
               Jure
               Divino
            
             .
             —
          
           
             The
             Weight
             of
             the
             rest
             ,
             you
             may
             guess
             by
             what
             follows
             :
             —
             They
             that
             Reign
             ,
             ought
             to
             be
             Kings
             ;
             not
             Commonwealths
             ,
             not
             Lords
             and
             Commons
             ;
             not
             Parliaments
             ,
             (
             especially
             Parliaments
             ,
             that
             by
             
               bare
               Votes
            
             would
             
               abrogate
               Laws
            
             )
             not
             Parliaments
             ,
             that
             by
             
               Arbitrary
               Proceedings
            
             would
             infringe
             the
             
               Liberty
               of
               the
               Subject
            
             ;
             not
             Parliaments
             ,
             that
             would
             
               Exclude
               the
               Right
               Heir
            
             from
             the
             Crown
             ;
             not
             Parliaments
             ,
             that
             are
             
               Guilty
               of
               High
               Treason
            
             .
             —
             Was
             it
             not
             well
             now
             the
             Parliament
             was
             not
             at
             Thetford
             ?
             Else
             ,
             for
             ought
             I
             know
             ,
             they
             might
             have
             been
             Committed
             .
             —
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             I
             confess
             ,
             Zeal
             may
             sometimes
             a
             little
             exceed
             .
             —
             However
             ,
             they
             are
             Men
             ,
             and
             
               Rational
               Men
            
             ;
             and
             sure
             they
             would
             not
             do
             this
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             have
             some
             Reason
             for
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Why
             truly
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             I
             believe
             some
             think
             it
             pleases
             ,
             and
             therefore
             they
             do
             it
             in
             hopes
             of
             preferment
             .
             Others
             ,
             out
             of
             an
             
               over-weaning
               pride
            
             ,
             and
             conceit
             of
             Themselves
             ,
             and
             contempt
             of
             their
             Brethren
             .
             
             And
             then
             ,
             i'
             the
             next
             place
             ,
             there
             is
             such
             a
             
               Numerous
               Fry
            
             ,
             that
             
               Hunger
               and
               Thirst
               after
               Maintenance
            
             ,
             and
             so
             
               few
               Bones
            
             i'
             the
             Nation
             ,
             that
             they
             snarte
             at
             all
             ,
             who
             pretend
             to
             share
             with
             '
             em
             .
          
           
             If
             you
             will
             hear
             their
             own
             Acknowledgment
             ,
             the
             Author
             of
             the
             
               Properties
               of
               Heavenly
               Wisdom
            
             ,
             confesses
             ,
             that
             the
             
               Quarrels
               are
               sleeveless
               ,
               de
               Lana
               Caprina
               ,
            
             as
             he
             calls
             it
             ,
             
             about
             
               Habits
               ,
               Gestures
               ,
               Days
               ,
               and
               other
               Ceremonials
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             Why
             then
             ,
             one
             would
             think
             ,
             such
             Differences
             as
             these
             ,
             might
             easily
             be
             laid
             asleep
             ,
             by
             a
             
               Charitable
               Condescension
            
             on
             both
             Sides
             .
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Ay
             —
             but
             then
             again
             ,
             says
             the
             same
             Author
             ,
             the
             
               Confused
               Noise
            
             of
             Pro
             and
             
               Con
               ,
               Ob
            
             and
             Sol
             ,
             I
             may
             add
             Whigg
             and
             
               Tory
               ,
               drowns
               the
               Voice
               behind
               us
               ,
            
             which
             tells
             us
             ,
             
               This
               is
               the
               Right
               Way
               ,
               walk
               in
               it
               .
            
             We
             find
             also
             ,
             that
             some
             Men
             are
             
               obstinately
               attack'd
            
             to
             their
             
               own
               Opinions
            
             ;
             and
             these
             are
             a
             sort
             of
             People
             ,
             who
             believe
             that
             
               mutual
               Love
            
             and
             Charity
             are
             only
             owing
             to
             those
             of
             their
             
               own
               Sect.
            
             
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             That
             's
             contrary
             ,
             I
             am
             sure
             ,
             to
             the
             Scope
             of
             
               Christian
               Perfection
            
             ,
             and
             the
             Precepts
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             His
             Apostles
             .
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             What
             care
             some
             Men
             for
             that
             ?
             especially
             they
             ,
             who
             are
             guided
             by
             that
             Maxim
             of
             
               Hell
               ,
               divide
               &
               impera
               .
               Interest
               ,
            
             you
             know
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             has
             
               Govern'd
               the
               World
            
             ,
             how
             long
             d'
             ye
             think
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Priest-l
             .
          
           
             Why
             truly
             ,
             I
             believe
             ,
             ever
             since
             I
             can
             remember
             .
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             Why
             ,
             there
             's
             the
             
               Grand
               Cause
               of
               all
               our
               Misfortunes
               .
            
             If
             you
             would
             but
             remove
             that
             Obstacle
             —
          
        
         
           
             Priestl
             .
          
           
             Why
             then
             I
             'le
             propose
             a
             way
             —
             What
             think
             ye
             of
             a
             
               National
               Council
            
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             I
             dare
             not
             undertake
             to
             propose
             it
             ,
             Sir
             ;
             But
             as
             to
             that
             I
             'le
             give
             ye
             the
             words
             of
             the
             Author
             of
             the
             
               Old
               Way
               of
               ending
               new
               Controversies
               .
            
             
             A
             National
             Council
             
               ought
               more
               especially
               Oblige
               us
               ,
               to
               determine
               the
               Controversies
               among
               us
               ;
               because
               their
               Decrees
               are
               our
               own
               Acts
               ,
               as
               having
               chosen
               the
               Persons
               who
               represent
               us
               in
               it
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Priestl
             .
          
           
             Very
             honestly
             spoken
             ,
             what
             think
             you
             ?
             —
          
        
         
           
             Merr.
             
          
           
             That
             's
             a
             thing
             to
             be
             left
             wholly
             to
             Authority
             —
             I
             have
             nothing
             to
             do
             with
             it
             —
             But
             in
             my
             Opinion
             ,
             
             there
             is
             a
             
               Worthy
               Gentleman
            
             has
             put
             your
             Friends
             into
             an
             
               Extraordinary
               Method
            
             .
             Whither
             they
             will
             follow
             it
             or
             no
             ,
             I
             cannot
             tell
             ;
             but
             I
             am
             apt
             to
             believe
             it
             is
             much
             more
             
               wholsome
               advice
            
             ,
             than
             is
             given
             them
             
             by
             their
             
               adored
               Guide
            
             ,
             to
             whom
             they
             bow
             at
             
               Sam
               's
               Coffee-House
            
             .
             And
             therefore
             because
             they
             shall
             not
             be
             offended
             with
             me
             ,
             I
             will
             give
             them
             the
             Gentleman
             's
             own
             words
             .
             
               It
               is
               not
               material
            
             (
             says
             he
             ,
             )
             
               from
               whence
               bad
               Men
               derive
               their
               Principles
               of
               Disloyalty
               ,
               since
               it
               is
               too
               certain
               ,
               they
               owe
               all
               their
               Success
               and
               Advantages
               to
               our
               sins
               ;
               as
               these
               increase
               ,
               so
               do
               they
               ;
               they
               have
               both
               one
               Common
               Fate
               ,
               they
               multiply
               and
               decrease
               together
               .
               Our
               prophaneness
               and
               Contempt
               of
               Religion
               ,
               begets
               in
               them
               a
               Contempt
               of
               Authority
               and
               the
               Laws
               ;
               and
               the
               neglect
               of
               that
               Holy
               Service
               we
               pretend
               to
               extol
               ,
               adds
               greater
               Numbers
               to
               our
               Enemies
               than
               all
               their
               Art
               and
               Industry
               can
               pervert
               .
               If
               we
               would
               weaken
               that
               Faction
               ,
               let
               us
               take
               away
               the
               support
               they
               have
               among
               our selves
               ,
               the
               Open
               Scandal
               and
               Viciousness
               of
               our
               Lives
               ,
               and
               then
               they
               are
               left
               without
               pretence
               ,
               and
               fall
               without
               our
               trouble
               .
               Let
               us
               confute
               their
               Reproaches
               by
               a
               Reformation
               of
               our
               manners
               ,
               and
               detect
               their
               Hypocrisy
               ,
               not
               by
               washing
               off
               the
               paint
               with
               Satyr
               ,
               but
               by
               confronting
               their
               pretence
               and
               form
               with
               solid
               and
               sincere
               Piety
               .
               Without
               this
               ,
               all
               other
               means
               will
               be
               to
               little
               purpose
               .
               Without
               this
               Loyalty
               is
               but
               affectation
               ,
               a
               thing
               no
               less
               unserviceable
               than
               it
               will
               be
               uncertain
               .
            
             And
             with
             this
             I
             will
             conclude
             ;
             firmly
             believing
             ,
             if
             this
             advice
             were
             follow'd
             ,
             all
             
               Thundering
               in
               Pulpits
            
             ,
             and
             
               Caballing
               in
               Coffee-Houses
            
             ,
             would
             soon
             be
             at
             an
             End.
             
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A54793-e70
           
             Smith
             ,
             
               de
               Graecae
               Ecclesiae
               bodierno
               statu
            
             .
          
           
             Preface
             t●
             his
             
               Pindarick
               Odes
            
             .
             Poem
             upon
             Sir
             
               Philip
               Sidneys
            
             Translation
             .
          
           
             Friendly
             Debate
             .
          
           
             Psal.
             22.9
             .
          
           
             Ps.
             35.18
             .
          
           
             Ps.
             55.26
             .
          
           
             Ps.
             78.37
             .
          
           
             Ps.
             55.12
             .
          
           
             Psal.
             78.
             
          
           
             
               Sermon
               Preached
               on
               the
               Anniversary
               of
               that
               most
               Execrable
               Murder
               of
               K.
            
             Charles
             ,
             
               the
               First
               Royal
               Martyr
            
             .
             1682.
             p.
             6.
             
          
           
             Sermon
             call'd
             
               The
               present
               Miseries
               and
               Mischiefs
               of
               Sin.
               
            
          
           
             Humble
             Plea
             for
             the
             Quiet
             Rest
             of
             
             God's
             Ark.
             
          
           
             Assize
             Sermon
             ,
             Preached
             at
             York
             ,
             call'd
             the
             Nature
             ,
             &c.
             
               of
               Solemn
               Judicial
               Swearing
            
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               Mark
               of
               the
               Beast
            
             ,
             p.
             26.
             
          
           
             
               Primitive
               Christian.
            
             p.
             26.
             
          
           
             Sermon
             Preached
             at
             Wakefield
             Octo.
             30th
             .
             1681.
             
          
           
             pag.
             13.
             
          
           
             pag.
             19.
             
          
           
             
               Sermon
               Preach'd
               At
            
             Bow
             -
             Church
             ,
             Jan.
             30.
             1682.
             
          
           
             Bow-Church
             .
             Bath-Church
             .
          
           
             Thetford-Sizes
             .
          
           
             pag.
             28.
             
          
           
             P.
             32.
             
          
           
             M.
             Maurices
             Sermon
             ,
             Preached
             before
             the
             King
             ,
             Jan.
             30.
             1681.