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             An answer to the late K. James's last declaration, dated at St. Germains, April 17. s.n. 1693
             Welwood, James, 1652-1727.
             Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.
          
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           This
           may
           be
           Printed
           ,
        
         
           
             
               Iune
               5.
               1693.
               
            
          
           
             J.
             Trenchard
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           AN
           ANSWER
           To
           the
           Late
           K.
           JAMES's
           
             Last
             Declaration
          
           ,
           Dated
           at
           St.
           Germains
           ,
           April
           17.
           
           
             S.
             N.
          
           1693.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Richard
             Baldwin
          
           near
           the
           Oxford-Arms
           in
           Warwick-lane
           .
           MDCXCIII
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           AN
           ANSWER
           To
           the
           LATE
           K.
           JAMES's
           Last
           Declaration
           .
        
         
           IT
           seems
           we
           are
           yearly
           to
           expect
           a
           New
           Declaration
           of
           the
           Late
           King
           's
           ,
           and
           ev'ry
           one
           of
           them
           is
           to
           be
           of
           a
           quite
           different
           Strain
           from
           another
           .
           In
           that
           published
           the
           last
           Year
           ,
           K.
           Iames
           was
           pleas'd
           to
           pull
           off
           the
           Mask
           ,
           and
           give
           us
           his
           own
           genuine
           Intentions
           what
           he
           had
           a
           mind
           to
           do
           with
           us
           ,
           when
           once
           he
           came
           to
           be
           our
           Master
           .
           Then
           he
           was
           firmly
           resolved
           
             to
             remount
             the
             Throne
             by
             force
             of
             Arms
             ,
             and
             to
             sap
             its
             new
             foundation
             with
          
           English
           Blood.
           This
           Kingdom
           was
           adjudged
           a
           Hecatomb
           to
           
           his
           Revenge
           ;
           And
           indeed
           the
           whole
           Nation
           was
           by
           a
           fair
           consequence
           excepted
           out
           of
           his
           Indemnity
           ,
           and
           nothing
           but
           Axes
           and
           Gibbets
           were
           to
           Attone
           for
           the
           Wrongs
           we
           had
           done
           him
           ;
           but
           now
           it
           's
           thought
           fit
           the
           Mask
           should
           once
           more
           be
           put
           on
           ,
           and
           the
           Thunder
           of
           the
           Last
           Year
           be
           hush'd
           up
           in
           the
           Serene
           Temper
           of
           This.
           Here
           he
           
             desires
             rather
             to
             be
             beholding
             to
             his
             Subjects
             Love
             to
             him
             ,
             than
             to
             any
             other
             expedient
             whatever
             ,
             for
             his
             Restauration
             :
          
           But
           the
           last
           year
           he
           was
           to
           use
           no
           gentler
           methods
           to
           regain
           us
           ,
           
             than
             a
          
           French
           
             Army
             sent
             him
             by
             his
             dearest
             Brother
             the
          
           French
           King
           ,
           that
           is
           in
           plain
           
             English
             ,
             He
             was
             to
             render
             us
             Slaves
             in
             the
             Right
             of
             Conquest
             .
          
           A
           wonderful
           change
           in
           Stile
           !
           And
           
             the
             first
             Essay
             in
             Politicks
             of
             a
             New
             Ministry
             at
             St.
          
           Germains
           .
        
         
           But
           Good
           God!
           What
           a
           low
           Opinion
           must
           the
           Contrivers
           of
           this
           Declaration
           entertain
           of
           the
           whole
           Nation
           of
           England
           ,
           if
           they
           imagin'd
           in
           good
           earnest
           such
           a
           gross
           Sham
           could
           take
           with
           them
           !
           When
           these
           Kingdoms
           have
           so
           severely
           felt
           
             the
             overthrow
             of
             their
             Laws
             ,
             Religion
             and
             Liberties
             ,
             brought
             upon
             them
             in
             spight
             of
             the
             most
             solemn
             Promises
             ,
             and
             the
             Sanction
             of
             an
             Oath
             to
             the
             contrary
          
           ;
           when
           an
           unexpected
           Providence
           had
           broke
           the
           Yoke
           from
           off
           our
           
           Necks
           ,
           and
           
             secured
             to
             us
             all
             those
             valuable
             things
             we
             were
             upon
             the
             point
             of
             losing
             for
             ever
             ,
             by
             changing
             our
             King
             ,
             without
             changing
             the
             Line
             or
             the
             Monarchy
          
           ;
           to
           imagine
           that
           after
           all
           this
           ,
           they
           can
           be
           wheedled
           in
           to
           trust
           the
           same
           Prince
           once
           more
           with
           their
           All
           ,
           meerly
           because
           forsooth
           He
           ,
           or
           some
           in
           his
           Name
           ,
           emits
           a
           kind
           of
           faint
           Promise
           to
           do
           otherwise
           than
           we
           know
           to
           our
           Fatal
           Experience
           he
           did
           before
           ,
           is
           at
           the
           same
           time
           to
           suppose
           this
           Island
           to
           be
           Inhabited
           by
           a
           Herd
           of
           Brutes
           ,
           and
           not
           Reasonable
           thinking
           Creatures
           .
        
         
           I
           challenge
           all
           the
           Late
           King's
           Declarationmakers
           ,
           and
           even
           the
           suppos'd
           Contriver
           of
           this
           last
           ,
           for
           whose
           Parts
           I
           have
           a
           just
           Esteem
           ,
           to
           give
           me
           but
           one
           single
           instance
           from
           History
           ,
           
             That
             ever
             a
             free
             People
             ,
             who
             from
             a
             just
             and
             recent
             sence
             of
             an
             Invasion
             made
             by
             a
             limited
             Monarch
             upon
             their
             Laws
             and
             Fundamental
             Constitution
             ,
             had
             thereupon
             withdrawn
             their
             Allegiance
             from
             him
             ,
             and
             confer'd
             it
             upon
             another
             ,
             did
             ever
             afterwards
             willingly
             and
             tamely
             submit
             to
             His
             Government
             again
             .
          
           No
           ,
           there
           is
           not
           one
           instance
           of
           this
           kind
           in
           all
           the
           Records
           of
           time
           :
           For
           tho'
           scarce
           one
           Age
           has
           past
           without
           some
           remarkable
           Revolution
           in
           Kingdoms
           and
           States
           ,
           yet
           a
           thing
           of
           this
           nature
           
           was
           never
           yet
           heard
           of
           since
           the
           World
           was
           .
        
         
           This
           appears
           one
           of
           the
           most
           universally
           received
           Principles
           of
           Humane
           Society
           ,
           
             Never
             to
             trust
             the
             Promises
             of
             one
             that
             has
             broke
             with
             us
             before
          
           ;
           especially
           if
           those
           former
           were
           back'd
           with
           the
           Religious
           Sanction
           of
           an
           Oath
           .
           To
           break
           through
           this
           Principle
           in
           
             some
             trivial
             matter
          
           ,
           may
           be
           perhaps
           pardonable
           in
           a
           Philosopher
           ,
           or
           some
           good-natur'd
           man
           that
           ventures
           thereby
           no
           more
           than
           what
           he
           is
           content
           to
           lose
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           submit
           
             the
             dearest
             and
             most
             sacred
             things
             that
             Men
             can
             possess
             on
             Earth
             ,
             the
             Liberties
             ,
             Laws
             ,
             and
             Fundamental
             Constitutions
             of
             his
             Countrey
             ,
             all
             that
             either
             he
             ,
             or
             his
             Children
             after
             him
             ,
             can
             call
             ,
             or
             wish
             their
             own
             :
          
           To
           submit
           all
           these
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           to
           a
           few
           feeble
           Promises
           of
           one
           
             that
             has
             broke
             to
             us
             much
             more
             solemn
             ones
             before
             ,
          
           were
           a
           madness
           that
           never
           a
           Nation
           under
           Heaven
           was
           yet
           guilty
           of
           .
           As
           it
           is
           the
           easiest
           thing
           in
           the
           world
           to
           promise
           largely
           ,
           when
           a
           man
           finds
           it
           his
           interest
           so
           to
           do
           ;
           So
           it
           is
           ordinarily
           the
           last
           Refuge
           weak
           minds
           have
           their
           recourse
           to
           ,
           when
           all
           other
           means
           of
           compulsion
           or
           persuasion
           fail
           .
           But
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           he
           that
           threatens
           highly
           ,
           when
           he
           thinks
           he
           has
           
           power
           in
           his
           hands
           to
           make
           his
           Threats
           good
           ,
           and
           comes
           thereafter
           to
           cajole
           with
           soft
           Promises
           of
           good
           Treatment
           ,
           when
           that
           Power
           is
           gone
           ;
           one
           must
           divest
           himself
           of
           all
           common
           sence
           ,
           if
           he
           believe
           that
           that
           man's
           mind
           is
           really
           chang'd
           to
           the
           better
           ,
           and
           does
           not
           ascribe
           the
           change
           of
           his
           manner
           of
           treating
           with
           us
           ,
           to
           the
           change
           of
           his
           Fortune
           .
        
         
           To
           bring
           this
           close
           to
           King
           Iames's
           Case
           ;
           Last
           year
           all
           things
           were
           in
           a
           readiness
           in
           France
           for
           a
           formidable
           Descent
           upon
           us
           ,
           and
           indeed
           it
           was
           within
           an
           ace
           of
           taking
           effect
           .
           We
           were
           ev'ry
           minute
           in
           hazard
           of
           seeing
           a
           French
           Army
           land
           upon
           our
           Coasts
           ,
           and
           King
           Iames
           with
           them
           .
           Matters
           were
           so
           ripened
           for
           them
           in
           the
           Neighbouring
           Kingdom
           ,
           that
           an
           Insurrection
           was
           to
           break
           out
           there
           ,
           as
           soon
           as
           they
           set
           foot
           ashore
           here
           .
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           The
           great
           Design
           of
           carrying
           a
           War
           into
           the
           Bowels
           of
           this
           island
           by
           the
           Power
           of
           France
           ,
           in
           conjunction
           with
           our
           Malcontents
           at
           home
           ,
           was
           well
           enough
           laid
           ,
           and
           wanted
           but
           little
           of
           Execution
           .
           Then
           was
           a
           time
           for
           a
           Generous
           Prince
           to
           tell
           the
           People
           of
           
             England
             ,
             He
             desir'd
             rather
             to
             be
             beholden
             to
             his
             Subjects
             Love
             ,
             than
             to
             any
             other
             expedient
             whatsoever
             for
             his
             Restauration
             .
          
           This
           had
           look'd
           plausible
           indeed
           ,
           and
           one
           would
           
           have
           been
           tempted
           almost
           to
           believe
           he
           was
           in
           earnest
           .
           But
           alas
           !
           the
           Late
           King
           thought
           there
           was
           no
           obligation
           upon
           him
           then
           to
           hide
           or
           dissemble
           his
           Intentions
           .
           Buoy'd
           up
           with
           the
           hopes
           of
           an
           Infallible
           Success
           ,
           he
           spoke
           his
           mind
           plain
           out
           ,
           and
           in
           his
           Declaration
           at
           that
           time
           emitted
           ,
           (
           to
           which
           I
           refer
           the
           Reader
           for
           brevity
           sake
           )
           he
           talk'd
           in
           a
           loftier
           strain
           from
           St.
           Germains
           ,
           and
           
             his
             Camp
             in
          
           Normandy
           ,
           than
           ever
           yet
           he
           had
           done
           at
           the
           top
           of
           his
           Glory
           at
           White-hall
           .
           Full
           with
           the
           mighty
           things
           he
           was
           to
           do
           at
           the
           head
           of
           a
           French
           Army
           ,
           he
           was
           pleas'd
           not
           
             to
             treat
             with
             us
          
           ,
           but
           
             to
             treat
             us
             as
             Slaves
             he
             had
             a
             mind
             to
             conquer
             with
             his
             Sword
             :
          
           Nor
           could
           we
           have
           expected
           higher
           Language
           if
           we
           had
           been
           already
           lying
           groveling
           at
           a
           Conqueror's
           Feet
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           God
           be
           thanked
           ,
           the
           Scene
           is
           much
           alter'd
           with
           respect
           to
           King
           Iames
           since
           last
           Year
           .
           All
           the
           Designs
           of
           the
           French
           Court
           for
           this
           Year
           ,
           are
           levell'd
           elsewhere
           ,
           and
           we
           know
           of
           no
           Preparations
           for
           invading
           England
           this
           Summer
           .
           Scotland
           has
           not
           only
           put
           it self
           into
           a
           posture
           of
           defence
           ,
           but
           the
           whole
           face
           of
           Affairs
           there
           are
           wonderfully
           changed
           by
           this
           Session
           of
           Parliament
           to
           the
           better
           ,
           and
           the
           Late
           King's
           Party
           
           sufficiently
           humbled
           .
           It
           's
           from
           the
           consideration
           of
           this
           change
           of
           Affairs
           in
           England
           and
           Scotland
           ,
           the
           Late
           King
           has
           been
           induc'd
           to
           change
           his
           Stile
           :
           And
           to
           this
           alone
           ,
           instead
           of
           the
           Threats
           of
           the
           former
           ,
           we
           are
           beholding
           for
           this
           last
           Whining
           Declaration
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           come
           to
           the
           Declaration
           it self
           ,
           to
           let
           the
           World
           see
           how
           little
           we
           fear
           its
           being
           capable
           to
           influence
           any
           body
           of
           common
           sense
           to
           their
           Party
           ;
           we
           shall
           give
           the
           express
           words
           of
           it
           Paragraph
           by
           Paragraph
           ,
           with
           some
           short
           Reflections
           on
           ev'ry
           one
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   His
                   Majesties
                   most
                   Gracious
                   Declaration
                   to
                   all
                   his
                   Loving
                   Subjects
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     JAMES
                     R.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   WHereas
                   We
                   are
                   most
                   sensible
                   that
                   nothing
                   
                   has
                   contributed
                   so
                   much
                   to
                   our
                   Misfortunes
                   ,
                   and
                   our
                   Peoples
                   Miseries
                   ,
                   as
                   the
                   false
                   and
                   malicious
                   Calumnies
                   of
                   our
                   Enemies
                   .
                
                 
                   Strange
                   !
                   Might
                   not
                   one
                   have
                   reasonably
                   expected
                   ,
                   that
                   in
                   four
                   years
                   retirement
                   the
                   Late
                   King
                   should
                   have
                   been
                   able
                   to
                   attain
                   the
                   
                   knowledge
                   of
                   the
                   
                     real
                     Causes
                     of
                     his
                     own
                     Misfortunes
                     ,
                     and
                     his
                     Peoples
                     Miseries
                     ?
                  
                   And
                   is
                   he
                   yet
                   to
                   learn
                   what
                   all
                   Europe
                   is
                   long
                   since
                   sufficiently
                   persuaded
                   of
                   ?
                   If
                   he
                   has
                   ,
                   We
                   have
                   not
                   yet
                   forgot
                   ,
                   
                     the
                     breach
                     of
                     reiterated
                     Promises
                     ,
                     and
                     a
                     Coronation
                     Oath
                     ,
                     the
                     setting
                     up
                     a
                     Dispensing
                     Power
                     above
                     ,
                     and
                     contrary
                     to
                     Law
                     ;
                     the
                     bringing
                     over
                     an
                     Army
                     of
                  
                   Irish
                   
                     Papists
                     amongst
                     us
                     ;
                     the
                     employing
                     those
                     ,
                     and
                     almost
                     only
                     those
                     that
                     by
                     Acts
                     of
                     Parliament
                     were
                     incapable
                     ;
                     the
                     turning
                     men
                     out
                     of
                     their
                     Freeholds
                     for
                     not
                     obeying
                     Commands
                     directly
                     contrary
                     to
                     an
                     Oath
                     they
                     had
                     taken
                     before
                     ;
                     the
                     endeavours
                     made
                     ,
                     and
                     methods
                     us'd
                     ,
                     for
                     overturning
                     the
                     Religion
                     establish'd
                     by
                     Law
                     ,
                     and
                     bringing
                     in
                     another
                     by
                     the
                     same
                     Law
                     abolish'd
                  
                   ;
                   with
                   a
                   thousand
                   other
                   bare
                   fac'd
                   Violations
                   of
                   our
                   Rights
                   and
                   Constitution
                   .
                   All
                   these
                   were
                   not
                   
                     the
                     Calumnies
                     of
                     his
                     Enemies
                  
                   .
                   No!
                   It
                   was
                   under
                   those
                   real
                   and
                   felt
                   Evils
                   we
                   groan'd
                   in
                   the
                   last
                   Reign
                   ;
                   And
                   to
                   a
                   wilful
                   and
                   formed
                   Design
                   of
                   bringing
                   all
                   these
                   ,
                   and
                   more
                   upon
                   us
                   ,
                   King
                   Iames
                   is
                   only
                   to
                   ascribe
                   the
                   loss
                   of
                   Three
                   Crowns
                   .
                
                 
                   Therefore
                   we
                   have
                   always
                   been
                   ,
                   
                   and
                   still
                   are
                   ,
                   most
                   willing
                   to
                   condescend
                   to
                   such
                   things
                   ,
                   as
                   after
                   mature
                   deliberation
                   We
                   have
                   thought
                   most
                   proper
                   for
                   removing
                   thereof
                   ,
                   and
                   most
                   likely
                   to
                   give
                   the
                   fullest
                   
                   satisfaction
                   and
                   clearest
                   Prospect
                   of
                   the
                   greatest
                   Security
                   to
                   all
                   ranks
                   and
                   degrees
                   of
                   our
                   People
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   a
                   wonderful
                   Stock
                   of
                   Confidence
                   was
                   there
                   required
                   to
                   pen
                   this
                   one
                   single
                   Period
                   ?
                   A
                   Period
                   ,
                   which
                   though
                   consisting
                   but
                   of
                   two
                   Lines
                   ,
                   yet
                   contains
                   no
                   less
                   than
                   
                     five
                     Superlatives
                  
                   to
                   make
                   up
                   an
                   Assertion
                   that
                   all
                   England
                   knows
                   to
                   be
                   false
                   .
                   Has
                   the
                   Late
                   King
                   been
                   always
                   
                     most
                     willing
                  
                   to
                   condescend
                   to
                   such
                   things
                   as
                   were
                   thought
                   
                     most
                     proper
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     most
                     likely
                  
                   to
                   give
                   the
                   fullest
                   Satisfaction
                   ,
                   and
                   clearest
                   Security
                   to
                   his
                   People
                   ?
                   What
                   then
                   meant
                   his
                   stiff
                   Denial
                   to
                   comply
                   with
                   a
                   Parliament
                   that
                   had
                   exprest
                   the
                   firmest
                   Loyalty
                   to
                   him
                   in
                   his
                   greatest
                   Exigence
                   ,
                   when
                   they
                   came
                   only
                   to
                   address
                   him
                   with
                   all
                   Expressions
                   of
                   humility
                   ,
                   
                     not
                     to
                     break
                     in
                     upon
                     the
                     Law
                     ,
                     by
                     employing
                     those
                     whom
                     the
                     Law
                     incapacitated
                     ?
                  
                   Why
                   sent
                   he
                   that
                   Loyal
                   Parliament
                   a
                   packing
                   immediatly
                   upon
                   the
                   back
                   of
                   this
                   Address
                   ;
                   And
                   told
                   them
                   plainly
                   ,
                   he
                   would
                   do
                   the
                   quite
                   contrary
                   to
                   what
                   they
                   advised
                   him
                   ?
                   Was
                   this
                   to
                   be
                   
                     most
                     willing
                  
                   to
                   give
                   the
                   
                     fullest
                     satisfaction
                  
                   to
                   his
                   People
                   ?
                   When
                   he
                   would
                   needs
                   invade
                   the
                   uncontroverted
                   Rights
                   of
                   
                     Magdalen
                     Colledge
                  
                   ,
                   there
                   was
                   not
                   wanting
                   some
                   ,
                   even
                   then
                   ,
                   to
                   
                   advise
                   him
                   of
                   the
                   danger
                   and
                   Illegality
                   of
                   that
                   Design
                   .
                   How
                   willing
                   he
                   was
                   to
                   hear
                   any
                   Terms
                   of
                   Moderation
                   in
                   that
                   Affair
                   ,
                   all
                   the
                   World
                   knows
                   ;
                   And
                   the
                   thrusting
                   out
                   the
                   Master
                   and
                   Fellows
                   of
                   that
                   House
                   ,
                   merely
                   because
                   they
                   would
                   not
                   comply
                   with
                   an
                   illegal
                   Command
                   ,
                   is
                   not
                   yet
                   quite
                   lost
                   in
                   the
                   memory
                   of
                   man.
                   The
                   sending
                   the
                   Bishops
                   to
                   the
                   Tower
                   was
                   another
                   convincing
                   Evidence
                   of
                   
                     his
                     being
                     always
                     most
                     willing
                  
                   to
                   give
                   
                     the
                     clearest
                     prospect
                  
                   of
                   
                     the
                     greatest
                     Security
                  
                   to
                   all
                   Ranks
                   and
                   Degrees
                   of
                   People
                   .
                   And
                   to
                   add
                   one
                   Instance
                   more
                   to
                   a
                   great
                   many
                   others
                   that
                   might
                   be
                   nam'd
                   ,
                   His
                   refusal
                   afterwards
                   to
                   call
                   a
                   Parliament
                   upon
                   the
                   Address
                   of
                   the
                   Lords
                   Spiritual
                   and
                   Temporal
                   ,
                   in
                   his
                   greatest
                   Exigence
                   ,
                   and
                   when
                   his
                   own
                   Affairs
                   most
                   requir'd
                   it
                   ,
                   did
                   scarce
                   bespeak
                   him
                   a
                   Prince
                   
                     most
                     willing
                  
                   to
                   give
                   his
                   People
                   Satisfaction
                   .
                   So
                   that
                   if
                   one
                   had
                   been
                   to
                   advise
                   the
                   Contrivers
                   of
                   this
                   Declaration
                   which
                   way
                   to
                   make
                   the
                   whole
                   look
                   more
                   ridiculous
                   ,
                   it
                   had
                   been
                   to
                   put
                   in
                   this
                   Period
                   ,
                   That
                   he
                   
                     still
                     is
                     most
                     willing
                  
                   to
                   satisfy
                   all
                   Ranks
                   and
                   Degrees
                   of
                   People
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   same
                   sense
                   
                     he
                     has
                     always
                     been
                     so
                  
                   ,
                   which
                   we
                   are
                   very
                   inclinable
                   to
                   believe
                   :
                   And
                   so
                   in
                   that
                   point
                   we
                   are
                   agreed
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   And
                   because
                   we
                   desire
                   rather
                   to
                   be
                   beholding
                   to
                   our
                   
                   Subjects
                   Love
                   to
                   us
                   ,
                   than
                   to
                   any
                   other
                   expedient
                   whatever
                   ,
                   for
                   our
                   Restoration
                   ;
                   We
                   have
                   thought
                   fit
                   to
                   let
                   them
                   know
                   before-hand
                   our
                   Royal
                   and
                   sincere
                   Intentions
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   whenever
                   our
                   Peoples
                   United
                   Desires
                   ,
                   and
                   our
                   Circumstances
                   give
                   us
                   the
                   opportunity
                   to
                   come
                   and
                   assert
                   our
                   Right
                   ,
                   We
                   will
                   come
                   with
                   the
                   Declaration
                   that
                   follows
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     JAMES
                     R.
                     
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           The
           Writer
           has
           stumbled
           here
           upon
           two
           unlucky
           Expressions
           ,
           
             Our
             Sincere
             Intentions
          
           ,
           and
           
             our
             Peoples
             United
             Desires
          
           .
           When
           he
           fell
           upon
           the
           first
           ,
           it
           seems
           he
           had
           in
           his
           thoughts
           how
           naturally
           the
           people
           of
           England
           would
           be
           inclin'd
           to
           doubt
           the
           Sincerity
           of
           those
           Promises
           he
           makes
           them
           in
           the
           late
           King's
           name
           ;
           and
           even
           the
           very
           moment
           the
           Words
           were
           dropping
           from
           his
           Pen
           ,
           he
           himself
           was
           thinking
           how
           little
           credit
           they
           would
           obtain
           .
           By
           this
           he
           can
           scarcely
           be
           judg'd
           a
           fit
           Amanuensis
           for
           a
           King.
           It
           is
           infinitely
           below
           the
           Majesty
           and
           Honour
           of
           a
           Monarch
           to
           use
           the
           word
           sincere
           in
           speaking
           of
           his
           Intentions
           .
           Among
           Gentlemen
           〈◊〉
           interlarding
           their
           Discourse
           with
           such
           an
           expression
           ,
           
             As
             what
             I
             say
             is
             true
             ,
          
           is
           
           not
           fashionable
           ;
           for
           the
           very
           saying
           so
           ,
           derogates
           from
           that
           just
           sense
           every
           virtuous
           man
           has
           of
           his
           own
           Honour
           and
           Veracity
           ,
           which
           puts
           him
           beyond
           the
           suspicion
           of
           telling
           an
           untruth
           .
           But
           for
           a
           Minister
           to
           tell
           the
           people
           in
           his
           Prince's
           Name
           ,
           That
           his
           Master's
           Intentions
           towards
           them
           are
           Sincere
           ,
           is
           yet
           more
           ridiculous
           ,
           by
           how
           much
           more
           the
           Word
           of
           a
           Prince
           ought
           to
           be
           more
           Sacred
           ,
           and
           less
           liable
           to
           be
           suspected
           than
           that
           of
           private
           men
           .
        
         
           The
           other
           Expression
           ,
           
             The
             united
             Desires
             of
             his
             People
             ,
          
           is
           as
           unluckily
           chose
           .
           If
           the
           late
           King
           come
           not
           to
           assert
           his
           Right
           till
           his
           People's
           
             United
             Desires
          
           give
           him
           an
           opportunity
           ,
           we
           are
           in
           no
           great
           danger
           of
           seeing
           him
           in
           England
           ,
           or
           of
           making
           a
           trial
           how
           far
           he
           has
           a
           mind
           to
           keep
           his
           Word
           .
           
             United
             Desires
          
           is
           a
           very
           comprehensive
           Word
           ;
           and
           it
           must
           be
           some
           Ages
           hence
           that
           such
           a
           thing
           can
           happen
           :
           For
           it
           will
           be
           hard
           enough
           for
           the
           Teeth
           of
           one
           Age
           at
           least
           ,
           to
           eat
           out
           the
           Remembrance
           of
           the
           late
           Reign
           ;
           and
           while
           that
           is
           not
           forgot
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           great
           probability
           of
           the
           People
           of
           
             England's
             Uniting
          
           in
           their
           Desires
           to
           bring
           back
           King
           Iames.
           
        
         
           All
           that
           we
           have
           hitherto
           given
           of
           the
           Declaration
           ,
           being
           it
           seems
           intended
           only
           for
           a
           
           Preface
           to
           another
           within
           the
           Belly
           of
           it
           ;
           the
           other
           follows
           thus
           :
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     JAMES
                     R.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   WHEN
                   We
                   reflect
                   upon
                   the
                   Calamities
                   of
                   
                   our
                   Kingdoms
                   ,
                   We
                   are
                   not
                   willing
                   to
                   leave
                   any
                   thing
                   unattempted
                   whereby
                   We
                   may
                   reconcile
                   our
                   Subjects
                   to
                   their
                   Duty
                   ;
                   And
                   tho'
                   we
                   cannot
                   enter
                   into
                   all
                   the
                   particulars
                   of
                   Grace
                   and
                   Goodness
                   ,
                   which
                   We
                   shall
                   be
                   willing
                   to
                   grant
                   ;
                   yet
                   we
                   do
                   hereby
                   assure
                   all
                   our
                   Loving
                   Subjects
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   may
                   depend
                   upon
                   every
                   thing
                   that
                   their
                   own
                   Representatives
                   shall
                   offer
                   ,
                   to
                   make
                   our
                   Kingdoms
                   happy
                   .
                   For
                   We
                   have
                   set
                   it
                   before
                   our
                   Eyes
                   ,
                   as
                   our
                   Noblest
                   Aim
                   ,
                   to
                   do
                   yet
                   more
                   for
                   their
                   Constitution
                   ,
                   than
                   the
                   most
                   Renowned
                   of
                   our
                   Ancestors
                   ;
                   And
                   ,
                   as
                   our
                   chiefest
                   Interest
                   ,
                   to
                   leave
                   no
                   umbrage
                   for
                   Iealousy
                   ,
                   in
                   relation
                   to
                   Religion
                   ,
                   Liberty
                   ,
                   and
                   Property
                   .
                
                 
                   King
                   Iames
                   has
                   all
                   the
                   reason
                   in
                   the
                   world
                   to
                   reflect
                   upon
                   the
                   Calamities
                   of
                   these
                   Kingdoms
                   ,
                   since
                   He
                   was
                   so
                   very
                   careful
                   to
                   bring
                   them
                   upon
                   us
                   .
                   The
                   Calamities
                   we
                   groan'd
                   under
                   in
                   his
                   Reign
                   ,
                   have
                   been
                   hinted
                   at
                   before
                   .
                   Where
                   to
                   lay
                   the
                   causes
                   of
                   the
                   Calamities
                   of
                   this
                   Reign
                   (
                   which
                   we
                   believe
                   is
                   principally
                   ,
                   if
                   not
                   only
                   here
                   meant
                   )
                   ,
                   
                   is
                   worthy
                   of
                   our
                   Enquiry
                   ;
                   and
                   we
                   need
                   not
                   go
                   far
                   to
                   find
                   them
                   out
                   .
                   It
                   must
                   be
                   acknowledged
                   ,
                   that
                   War
                   in
                   it self
                   deserves
                   well
                   the
                   name
                   of
                   a
                   Calamity
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   great
                   one
                   too
                   .
                   But
                   this
                   we
                   are
                   at
                   present
                   engaged
                   in
                   ,
                   is
                   a
                   War
                   of
                   Necessity
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   save
                   us
                   from
                   Calamities
                   vastly
                   greater
                   than
                   it self
                   .
                   It
                   's
                   a
                   War
                   for
                   Defence
                   of
                   our
                   Countrey
                   ,
                   our
                   Religion
                   ,
                   our
                   Liberties
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   that
                   can
                   be
                   dear
                   to
                   us
                   in
                   the
                   world
                   ;
                   all
                   which
                   must
                   stand
                   or
                   fall
                   by
                   the
                   Success
                   of
                   it
                   .
                   If
                   the
                   exorbitant
                   Greatness
                   and
                   Power
                   of
                   France
                   should
                   happen
                   to
                   prove
                   fatal
                   to
                   us
                   in
                   the
                   upshot
                   ,
                   (
                   which
                   Heaven
                   forbid
                   !
                   )
                   We
                   know
                   whom
                   to
                   thank
                   for
                   it
                   :
                   And
                   all
                   Europe
                   ,
                   even
                   those
                   of
                   the
                   late
                   King's
                   Religion
                   ,
                   lay
                   both
                   it
                   and
                   all
                   the
                   direful
                   effects
                   of
                   it
                   ,
                   with
                   heaviest
                   Execrations
                   ,
                   at
                   his
                   door
                   .
                   It
                   's
                   a
                   truth
                   as
                   conspicuous
                   as
                   a
                   Ray
                   of
                   the
                   Sun
                   ,
                   That
                   the
                   two
                   great
                   Designs
                   which
                   took
                   up
                   the
                   thoughts
                   of
                   a
                   certain
                   Prince
                   both
                   before
                   and
                   after
                   his
                   Accession
                   to
                   the
                   Throne
                   ,
                   were
                   ,
                   
                     How
                     to
                     make
                  
                   France
                   
                     formidable
                     abroad
                     ,
                     and
                     these
                     Three
                     Nations
                     Slaves
                     at
                     home
                     .
                  
                   It
                   's
                   only
                   in
                   these
                   two
                   Noble
                   Designs
                   ,
                   he
                   can
                   yet
                   be
                   call'd
                   a
                   
                     Successful
                     Prince
                  
                   ;
                   and
                   for
                   the
                   first
                   ,
                   instead
                   of
                   a
                   Sanctuary
                   in
                   France
                   ,
                   he
                   deserves
                   well
                   the
                   best
                   Province
                   of
                   that
                   Kingdom
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   He
                   tells
                   us
                   ,
                   
                     He
                     is
                     not
                     willing
                     to
                     leave
                     anything
                     unattempted
                     whereby
                     he
                     may
                     reconcile
                     his
                     Subjects
                     to
                     their
                     Duty
                     .
                  
                   So
                   we
                   find
                   neither
                   foul
                   nor
                   fair
                   means
                   have
                   been
                   neglected
                   ,
                   that
                   's
                   certain
                   .
                   Sometimes
                   we
                   have
                   been
                   tryed
                   with
                   Threats
                   ,
                   and
                   now
                   there
                   's
                   another
                   tryal
                   how
                   far
                   Promises
                   may
                   work
                   upon
                   us
                   .
                   Sometimes
                   the
                   Late
                   King
                   has
                   a
                   mind
                   to
                   reconcile
                   us
                   to
                   our
                   Duty
                   by
                   an
                   Army
                   of
                   French
                   and
                   Irish
                   ;
                   even
                   those
                   generous
                   Gentlemen
                   that
                   have
                   Signaliz'd
                   themselves
                   in
                   their
                   own
                   Country
                   for
                   their
                   singular
                   kindness
                   to
                   those
                   of
                   our
                   Religion
                   :
                   And
                   sometimes
                   when
                   the
                   other
                   fails
                   ,
                   he
                   designs
                   
                     to
                     be
                     beholding
                     only
                     to
                     his
                     peoples
                     Love
                     for
                     his
                     Restoration
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   to
                   come
                   over
                   ,
                   it
                   seems
                   ,
                   with
                   only
                   a
                   few
                   
                     that
                     shall
                     be
                     thought
                     necessary
                     to
                     attend
                     his
                     Person
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   But
                   we
                   are
                   fairly
                   told
                   ,
                   We
                   have
                   been
                   ,
                   and
                   are
                   still
                   out
                   of
                   our
                   Duty
                   ;
                   otherwise
                   there
                   were
                   no
                   need
                   of
                   
                     Reconciling
                     us
                     to
                     it
                  
                   .
                   That
                   is
                   in
                   plain
                   English
                   ,
                   We
                   are
                   in
                   his
                   sense
                   a
                   pack
                   of
                   Villains
                   and
                   Traytors
                   ,
                   
                     That
                     would
                     not
                     timely
                     submit
                     our
                     Religion
                     ,
                     Laws
                     and
                     Liberties
                     to
                     be
                     overturn'd
                     at
                     his
                     caprice
                     ,
                     nor
                     yield
                     up
                     our selves
                     Slaves
                     at
                     discretion
                     :
                     But
                     quite
                     contrary
                     ,
                     either
                     concurr'd
                     with
                     ,
                     or
                     accepted
                     of
                     our
                     Deliverance
                     ,
                     when
                     Heaven
                     was
                     pleased
                     to
                     bring
                     it
                     home
                     to
                     our
                     door
                     .
                  
                   By
                   
                   this
                   we
                   may
                   clearly
                   judge
                   of
                   the
                   Late
                   King's
                   Opinion
                   of
                   us
                   ,
                   and
                   be
                   better
                   able
                   to
                   make
                   a
                   shrewd
                   conjecture
                   of
                   the
                   sincerity
                   of
                   his
                   intentions
                   towards
                   us
                   .
                   In
                   this
                   word
                   
                     of
                     Reconciling
                     us
                     to
                     our
                     Duty
                     ,
                  
                   is
                   still
                   
                     the
                     old
                     Passive-Obedience
                     Principle
                  
                   trump'd
                   up
                   upon
                   us
                   ,
                   which
                   was
                   once
                   within
                   an
                   ace
                   of
                   ruining
                   us
                   all
                   .
                   And
                   King
                   Iames
                   being
                   still
                   of
                   Opinion
                   ,
                   that
                   we
                   fail'd
                   in
                   our
                   Duty
                   when
                   we
                   left
                   that
                   Principle
                   ;
                   It
                   was
                   not
                   only
                   altogether
                   needless
                   for
                   him
                   to
                   make
                   all
                   those
                   Promises
                   ,
                   but
                   we
                   are
                   Knaves
                   if
                   we
                   receive
                   him
                   not
                   again
                   without
                   them
                   ;
                   since
                   according
                   to
                   that
                   Doctrine
                   we
                   are
                   oblig'd
                   to
                   submit
                   to
                   him
                   to
                   day
                   ,
                   though
                   we
                   were
                   sure
                   he
                   would
                   sell
                   us
                   all
                   for
                   Slaves
                   to
                   morrow
                   .
                
                 
                   We
                   are
                   told
                   ,
                   
                     We
                     may
                     depend
                     upon
                     every
                     thing
                     that
                     our
                     Representatives
                     shall
                     offer
                     to
                     make
                     us
                     happy
                     .
                  
                   How
                   willing
                   the
                   Late
                   King
                   was
                   to
                   Grant
                   what
                   our
                   Representatives
                   did
                   offer
                   to
                   him
                   for
                   
                     our
                     necessary
                     security
                     only
                  
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   mention'd
                   before
                   .
                   He
                   kick'd
                   them
                   out
                   of
                   doors
                   merely
                   because
                   they
                   presum'd
                   humbly
                   to
                   Advise
                   him
                   to
                   Govern
                   according
                   to
                   Law
                   ;
                   that
                   is
                   ,
                   
                     To
                     Employ
                     only
                     those
                     the
                     Law
                     capacitated
                     for
                     Employments
                     .
                  
                   With
                   what
                   sort
                   of
                   Representatives
                   he
                   aim'd
                   afterwards
                   during
                   the
                   whole
                   course
                   of
                   
                   his
                   Reign
                   ,
                   to
                   fill
                   St.
                   
                   Stephen's
                   Chappel
                   ,
                   
                     The
                     Regulations
                     of
                     Corporations
                     ,
                     the
                     Closettings
                     of
                     Members
                     ,
                     the
                     Questions
                     put
                     to
                     almost
                     every
                     man
                     in
                  
                   England
                   
                     that
                     had
                     a
                     Voice
                     in
                     Elections
                  
                   ;
                   and
                   all
                   the
                   rest
                   of
                   the
                   means
                   us'd
                   to
                   get
                   a
                   pack'd
                   House
                   of
                   Commons
                   ,
                   were
                   too
                   publick
                   witnesses
                   .
                   So
                   that
                   indeed
                   King
                   Iames
                   may
                   safely
                   enough
                   promise
                   to
                   grant
                   what
                   our
                   Representatives
                   shall
                   offer
                   ,
                   if
                   he
                   means
                   such
                   Representatives
                   
                     as
                     those
                     he
                     was
                     once
                     minded
                     to
                     palm
                     upon
                     the
                     Nation
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   But
                   he
                   tells
                   us
                   ,
                   
                     He
                     has
                     set
                     before
                     his
                     eyes
                     as
                     his
                     noblest
                     aim
                     ,
                     to
                     do
                     yet
                     more
                     for
                     our
                     Constitution
                     than
                     the
                     most
                     Renown'd
                     of
                     his
                     Ancestors
                     .
                  
                   This
                   is
                   not
                   the
                   first
                   time
                   we
                   have
                   been
                   told
                   so
                   :
                   And
                   indeed
                   these
                   words
                   appear
                   to
                   come
                   of
                   course
                   .
                   For
                   in
                   a
                   Speech
                   he
                   made
                   to
                   the
                   Parliament
                   in
                   May
                   1685.
                   he
                   thought
                   fit
                   to
                   tell
                   them
                   ,
                   
                     That
                     he
                     pleas'd
                     himself
                     with
                     the
                     hopes
                     ,
                     that
                     by
                     God's
                     Blessing
                     ,
                     and
                     their
                     Assiistance
                     ,
                     he
                     might
                     carry
                     the
                     Reputation
                     of
                     this
                     Nation
                     higher
                     in
                     the
                     world
                     ,
                     than
                     ever
                     it
                     had
                     been
                     in
                     the
                     time
                     of
                     any
                     of
                     his
                     Ancestors
                     .
                  
                   The
                   truth
                   is
                   ,
                   it
                   was
                   a
                   severe
                   proof
                   enough
                   of
                   our
                   Faith
                   ,
                   even
                   then
                   ,
                   to
                   believe
                   the
                   days
                   of
                   King
                   Iames
                   the
                   2d
                   .
                   should
                   come
                   to
                   eclipse
                   those
                   of
                   Edward
                   the
                   3d.
                   or
                   Henry
                   the
                   5th
                   .
                   and
                   it
                   will
                   be
                   yet
                   much
                   more
                   so
                   now
                   .
                   Every
                   
                   body
                   was
                   at
                   that
                   time
                   upon
                   the
                   enquiry
                   ,
                   How
                   his
                   Late
                   Majesty's
                   hopes
                   were
                   then
                   grounded
                   ,
                   and
                   what
                   were
                   the
                   wonderful
                   steps
                   by
                   which
                   he
                   expected
                   to
                   arrive
                   at
                   so
                   high
                   a
                   pitch
                   of
                   Glory
                   .
                   We
                   have
                   been
                   sufficiently
                   enabled
                   since
                   to
                   unriddle
                   the
                   Mystery
                   :
                   For
                   instead
                   of
                   Conquests
                   abroad
                   ,
                   which
                   has
                   render'd
                   the
                   Reigns
                   of
                   some
                   of
                   his
                   Ancestors
                   so
                   illustrious
                   to
                   Posterity
                   ;
                   he
                   had
                   hopes
                   to
                   perpetuate
                   the
                   Memory
                   of
                   his
                   ,
                   by
                   much
                   more
                   remarkable
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   his
                   opinion
                   ,
                   much
                   more
                   glorious
                   Conquests
                   at
                   home
                   ,
                   
                     even
                     those
                     he
                     had
                     a
                     mind
                     to
                     obtain
                     over
                     our
                     Laws
                     ,
                     Religion
                     ,
                     and
                     Liberties
                     .
                  
                   Neither
                   in
                   this
                   design
                   was
                   he
                   altogether
                   inexcusable
                   ;
                   since
                   upon
                   his
                   Principles
                   ,
                   to
                   subdue
                   the
                   Northern
                   Heresy
                   ,
                   carry'd
                   more
                   of
                   true
                   Glory
                   along
                   with
                   it
                   ,
                   than
                   the
                   Conquest
                   of
                   any
                   one
                   side
                   of
                   the
                   Globe
                   .
                   If
                   then
                   he
                   unluckily
                   fail'd
                   at
                   that
                   time
                   to
                   surpass
                   the
                   renown
                   of
                   his
                   Ancestors
                   by
                   making
                   the
                   Conquests
                   I
                   have
                   hinted
                   at
                   ,
                   it
                   's
                   not
                   to
                   be
                   doubted
                   but
                   he
                   will
                   push
                   the
                   harder
                   for
                   it
                   the
                   next
                   time
                   we
                   give
                   him
                   an
                   opportunity
                   of
                   doing
                   it
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   to
                   encourage
                   all
                   our
                   Loving
                   Subjects
                   ,
                   
                   of
                   what
                   degree
                   or
                   quality
                   soever
                   ,
                   to
                   set
                   their
                   Hearts
                   and
                   Hands
                   to
                   the
                   perfecting
                   of
                   so
                   good
                   a
                   Work
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   
                   unite
                   themselves
                   in
                   this
                   only
                   means
                   of
                   Establishing
                   the
                   future
                   Peace
                   and
                   Prosperity
                   of
                   these
                   Kingdoms
                   ,
                   We
                   have
                   thought
                   fit
                   to
                   publish
                   and
                   declare
                   ;
                   That
                   ,
                   on
                   our
                   part
                   ,
                   We
                   are
                   ready
                   and
                   willing
                   wholly
                   to
                   lay
                   aside
                   all
                   thoughts
                   of
                   Animosity
                   or
                   Resentment
                   for
                   what
                   is
                   past
                   ;
                   desiring
                   nothing
                   more
                   ,
                   than
                   that
                   it
                   should
                   be
                   buried
                   in
                   perpetual
                   Oblivion
                   .
                
                 
                   They
                   must
                   indeed
                   be
                   his
                   
                     Loving
                     Subjects
                  
                   that
                   set
                   their
                   hearts
                   and
                   hands
                   to
                   the
                   perfecting
                   the
                   work
                   of
                   the
                   Late
                   King's
                   Restoration
                   ;
                   for
                   none
                   that
                   have
                   a
                   true
                   love
                   for
                   their
                   Country
                   will
                   venture
                   upon
                   it
                   .
                   If
                   this
                   work
                   of
                   Restoring
                   him
                   to
                   the
                   Throne
                   ,
                   be
                   
                     the
                     only
                     means
                     of
                     establishing
                     the
                     peace
                     and
                     happiness
                     of
                     these
                     Kingdoms
                  
                   ;
                   Then
                   Popery
                   and
                   Slavery
                   must
                   be
                   quite
                   other
                   things
                   than
                   we
                   took
                   them
                   to
                   be
                   .
                   We
                   fondly
                   imagin'd
                   our
                   Lives
                   and
                   Estates
                   could
                   not
                   be
                   better
                   bestow'd
                   than
                   in
                   warding
                   off
                   from
                   our selves
                   ,
                   our
                   Country
                   and
                   Posterity
                   ,
                   those
                   two
                   .
                   But
                   now
                   our
                   late
                   Declarationmakers
                   have
                   found
                   out
                   the
                   secret
                   ;
                   for
                   instead
                   of
                   being
                   such
                   affrightful
                   things
                   as
                   we
                   believ'd
                   ,
                   they
                   are
                   the
                   only
                   means
                   to
                   establish
                   our
                   peace
                   and
                   happiness
                   ;
                   and
                   indeed
                   they
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Restoring
                   of
                   King
                   Iames
                   are
                   reciprocal
                   ,
                   and
                   must
                   of
                   necessity
                   go
                   hand
                   in
                   hand
                   together
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   
                     He
                     is
                     ready
                     and
                     willing
                     to
                     lay
                     aside
                     all
                     Resentments
                     for
                     what
                     is
                     past
                     ,
                     desiring
                     nothing
                     more
                     than
                     that
                     it
                     should
                     be
                     buried
                     in
                     perpetual
                     oblivion
                     .
                  
                   It
                   's
                   hop'd
                   we
                   may
                   without
                   offence
                   believe
                   him
                   
                     to
                     be
                     willing
                     to
                     lay
                     aside
                     all
                     Resentments
                     ,
                  
                   in
                   the
                   same
                   sense
                   as
                   we
                   believe
                   him
                   
                     to
                     have
                     been
                     always
                     most
                     willing
                     to
                     condescend
                     to
                     such
                     things
                     as
                     might
                     give
                     fullest
                     satisfaction
                     to
                     his
                     people
                  
                   ;
                   and
                   the
                   rather
                   ,
                   that
                   in
                   believing
                   this
                   last
                   ,
                   we
                   arrive
                   at
                   the
                   highest
                   pitch
                   of
                   Faith
                   ,
                   even
                   
                     that
                     of
                     belieivng
                     against
                     sense
                  
                   .
                   But
                   does
                   he
                   really
                   desire
                   that
                   all
                   that
                   's
                   past
                   should
                   be
                   buried
                   in
                   oblivion
                   ?
                   Certainly
                   he
                   has
                   all
                   the
                   reason
                   in
                   the
                   world
                   so
                   to
                   do
                   ;
                   and
                   they
                   deserve
                   to
                   be
                   branded
                   for
                   fools
                   that
                   doubt
                   his
                   Sincerity
                   in
                   that
                   point
                   .
                   But
                   though
                   the
                   Late
                   King
                   should
                   ,
                   yet
                   it
                   s
                   hop'd
                   the
                   people
                   of
                   England
                   are
                   not
                   yet
                   willing
                   to
                   bury
                   in
                   oblivion
                   what
                   's
                   past
                   .
                   The
                   sense
                   of
                   the
                   hazards
                   they
                   were
                   in
                   ,
                   was
                   too
                   great
                   to
                   be
                   so
                   soon
                   forgot
                   :
                   And
                   yet
                   we
                   are
                   heartily
                   content
                   they
                   should
                   be
                   no
                   otherwise
                   remembred
                   ,
                   than
                   as
                   the
                   Shipwrack'd
                   Mariner
                   retains
                   the
                   impression
                   of
                   the
                   Shelve
                   on
                   which
                   he
                   once
                   was
                   in
                   danger
                   to
                   split
                   ;
                   that
                   is
                   ,
                   in
                   order
                   to
                   shun
                   it
                   for
                   the
                   time
                   to
                   come
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   And
                   do
                   therefore
                   by
                   this
                   our
                   Declaration
                   ,
                   
                   under
                   our
                   Great
                   Seal
                   ,
                   solemnly
                   promise
                   our
                   free
                   〈◊〉
                   and
                   Indemnity
                   to
                   all
                   our
                   Loving
                   Subjects
                   ,
                   of
                   〈◊〉
                   degree
                   or
                   quality
                   soever
                   ,
                   who
                   shall
                   not
                   by
                   Land
                   or
                   〈◊〉
                   oppose
                   Us
                   and
                   those
                   we
                   shall
                   think
                   necessary
                   to
                   accompany
                   our
                   own
                   Person
                   in
                   this
                   just
                   attempt
                   to
                   recover
                   our
                   Right
                   ;
                   or
                   (
                   in
                   such
                   a
                   number
                   of
                   days
                   after
                   our
                   Landing
                   ,
                   as
                   we
                   shall
                   hereafter
                   express
                   )
                   shall
                   not
                   resist
                   those
                   who
                   in
                   any
                   parts
                   of
                   our
                   Dominions
                   shall
                   according
                   to
                   their
                   Duty
                   assert
                   and
                   maintain
                   the
                   Iustice
                   of
                   our
                   Cause
                   :
                   Beseeching
                   God
                   to
                   incline
                   the
                   Hearts
                   of
                   our
                   People
                   ,
                   that
                   all
                   effusion
                   of
                   Blood
                   may
                   be
                   prevented
                   ,
                   and
                   Righteousness
                   and
                   Mercy
                   take
                   place
                   .
                   And
                   for
                   that
                   end
                   ,
                   We
                   further
                   promise
                   to
                   all
                   such
                   as
                   shall
                   come
                   to
                   ,
                   and
                   assist
                   us
                   ,
                   That
                   We
                   will
                   reward
                   them
                   according
                   to
                   their
                   respective
                   Degrees
                   and
                   Merits
                   .
                
                 
                   Here
                   is
                   a
                   touch
                   of
                   that
                   mighty
                   Act
                   of
                   Indemnity
                   we
                   are
                   to
                   be
                   blest
                   with
                   ,
                   upon
                   the
                   late
                   King's
                   Restoration
                   .
                   An
                   Indemnity
                   which
                   it
                   's
                   hop'd
                   we
                   shall
                   never
                   stand
                   in
                   need
                   of
                   ,
                   and
                   yet
                   one
                   express'd
                   in
                   such
                   words
                   ,
                   as
                   would
                   stand
                   us
                   in
                   no
                   stead
                   ,
                   tho
                   we
                   should
                   come
                   to
                   plead
                   it
                   .
                   He
                   pardons
                   all
                   but
                   such
                   as
                   
                     shall
                     oppose
                     him
                     by
                     Sea
                     or
                     Land.
                  
                   A
                   comprehensive
                   Exception
                   ,
                   and
                   fully
                   as
                   wide
                   as
                   that
                   Universal
                   one
                   mention'd
                   
                   in
                   his
                   Declaration
                   last
                   year
                   .
                   The
                   word
                   Oppose
                   ,
                   may
                   receive
                   a
                   thousand
                   different
                   Interpretations
                   at
                   the
                   Bar
                   ;
                   and
                   God
                   have
                   mercy
                   on
                   us
                   ,
                   if
                   ever
                   it
                   come
                   to
                   that
                   !
                   For
                   the
                   late
                   King
                   was
                   always
                   careful
                   enough
                   to
                   pick
                   out
                   Judges
                   sufficiently
                   inclin'd
                   to
                   put
                   what
                   Interpretations
                   on
                   Words
                   or
                   Things
                   best
                   pleased
                   their
                   Master
                   .
                   However
                   it
                   be
                   ,
                   we
                   know
                   above
                   One
                   hundred
                   thousand
                   people
                   excepted
                   by
                   this
                   Clause
                   at
                   one
                   blow
                   ,
                   all
                   our
                   Army
                   by
                   Land
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   our
                   Fleet
                   at
                   Sea
                   :
                   They
                   will
                   certainly
                   fall
                   under
                   the
                   word
                   Oppose
                   ,
                   tho
                   they
                   should
                   never
                   strike
                   a
                   stroke
                   in
                   the
                   Quarrel
                   ;
                   the
                   receiving
                   a
                   Commission
                   to
                   Oppose
                   Him
                   ,
                   among
                   the
                   rest
                   of
                   Their
                   Majesties
                   Enemies
                   ,
                   will
                   admit
                   of
                   no
                   favourable
                   sense
                   in
                   the
                   case
                   .
                   How
                   far
                   all
                   the
                   rest
                   of
                   the
                   Nation
                   may
                   fall
                   under
                   the
                   Exception
                   ,
                   it
                   's
                   only
                   to
                   stretch
                   the
                   meaning
                   of
                   the
                   words
                   a
                   little
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   are
                   all
                   in
                   the
                   same
                   Category
                   with
                   those
                   that
                   appear
                   in
                   Arms
                   against
                   him
                   ;
                   for
                   there
                   is
                   an
                   opposing
                   of
                   him
                   
                     in
                     the
                     Parliament-House
                     ,
                     in
                     the
                     Pulpit
                     ,
                     in
                     one's
                     Chamber
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   in
                   a
                   thousand
                   other
                   ways
                   which
                   a
                   clear
                   witted
                   
                     bene
                     placito
                  
                   Judge
                   can
                   easily
                   find
                   out
                   .
                
                 
                   As
                   to
                   his
                   Promise
                   of
                   
                     Rewarding
                     those
                     that
                     shall
                     come
                     in
                     to
                     him
                     ,
                  
                   he
                   has
                   been
                   always
                   very
                   careful
                   
                   that
                   no
                   body
                   repent
                   their
                   good
                   Service
                   to
                   him
                   .
                   Witness
                   the
                   Parliament
                   that
                   had
                   stuck
                   so
                   close
                   to
                   him
                   in
                   the
                   affair
                   of
                   
                   Monmouth's
                   Insurrection
                   ,
                   whom
                   he
                   turn'd
                   out
                   of
                   doors
                   when
                   the
                   Danger
                   was
                   over
                   ;
                   and
                   the
                   Prelates
                   of
                   the
                   Church
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   who
                   had
                   adher'd
                   to
                   his
                   Interest
                   in
                   the
                   matter
                   of
                   the
                   Bill
                   of
                   Exclusion
                   ,
                   upon
                   whom
                   afterwards
                   he
                   rubb'd
                   all
                   the
                   Affronts
                   were
                   in
                   his
                   power
                   ;
                   and
                   ,
                   in
                   fine
                   ,
                   witness
                   a
                   great
                   many
                   Protestants
                   that
                   had
                   serv'd
                   him
                   effectually
                   against
                   Monmouth
                   ,
                   in
                   keeping
                   the
                   Crown
                   on
                   his
                   Head
                   ,
                   whom
                   he
                   afterwards
                   turn'd
                   out
                   of
                   their
                   Employments
                   ,
                   to
                   make
                   way
                   for
                   his
                   Rascally
                   beloved
                   Irish.
                   
                
                 
                   We
                   do
                   further
                   declare
                   ,
                   
                   That
                   we
                   will
                   ,
                   with
                   all
                   speed
                   ,
                   call
                   together
                   the
                   Representative
                   Body
                   of
                   our
                   Kingdom
                   ;
                   And
                   therein
                   will
                   inform
                   our selves
                   what
                   are
                   the
                   united
                   Interests
                   and
                   Inclinations
                   of
                   our
                   People
                   ;
                   and
                   with
                   their
                   concurrence
                   will
                   be
                   ready
                   to
                   redress
                   all
                   their
                   Grievances
                   ,
                   and
                   give
                   all
                   those
                   Securities
                   of
                   which
                   they
                   shall
                   stand
                   in
                   need
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   sort
                   of
                   Representatives
                   the
                   late
                   King
                   aim'd
                   at
                   ,
                   when
                   he
                   sat
                   on
                   the
                   Throne
                   ,
                   we
                   have
                   hinted
                   at
                   before
                   :
                   They
                   were
                   only
                   such
                   as
                   would
                   break
                   in
                   upon
                   our
                   Laws
                   and
                   Constitutions
                   ,
                   
                   to
                   favour
                   those
                   that
                   were
                   design'd
                   to
                   be
                   our
                   Executioners
                   ,
                   at
                   least
                   the
                   
                     Instruments
                     of
                     our
                     Slavery
                  
                   .
                   A
                   Principle
                   to
                   have
                   such
                   and
                   only
                   such
                   Representatives
                   ,
                   was
                   so
                   rooted
                   in
                   the
                   breast
                   of
                   that
                   Prince
                   ,
                   that
                   even
                   when
                   the
                   greatest
                   danger
                   came
                   afterwards
                   to
                   threaten
                   him
                   ,
                   he
                   could
                   not
                   bring
                   himself
                   to
                   the
                   Temper
                   of
                   calling
                   any
                   other
                   ,
                   tho
                   most
                   of
                   the
                   Lords
                   Spiritual
                   and
                   Temporal
                   begg'd
                   him
                   earnestly
                   so
                   to
                   do
                   ,
                   as
                   the
                   only
                   means
                   to
                   settle
                   the
                   then
                   troubled
                   state
                   of
                   his
                   Affairs
                   .
                   The
                   difficulties
                   that
                   then
                   environ'd
                   him
                   ,
                   forc'd
                   from
                   him
                   indeed
                   a
                   faint
                   kind
                   of
                   Compliance
                   with
                   their
                   desire
                   at
                   first
                   ;
                   he
                   made
                   a
                   show
                   of
                   Issuing
                   out
                   Writs
                   for
                   calling
                   a
                   Free
                   Parliament
                   ;
                   but
                   so
                   strong
                   was
                   his
                   Inclination
                   to
                   have
                   none
                   but
                   such
                   a
                   pack'd
                   House
                   of
                   Commons
                   ,
                   as
                   might
                   serve
                   the
                   Great
                   Turn
                   he
                   had
                   so
                   long
                   aim'd
                   at
                   ,
                   that
                   before
                   half
                   the
                   Writs
                   were
                   sealed
                   ,
                   all
                   the
                   Scheme
                   was
                   altered
                   in
                   a
                   moment
                   ,
                   and
                   things
                   went
                   on
                   in
                   the
                   old
                   channel
                   again
                   .
                   Here
                   was
                   a
                   demonstration
                   with
                   a
                   witness
                   ,
                   how
                   far
                   the
                   late
                   King
                   was
                   inclin'd
                   to
                   
                     call
                     together
                     the
                     Representative
                     Body
                     of
                     the
                     Kingdom
                     :
                  
                   And
                   he
                   that
                   could
                   not
                   be
                   brought
                   to
                   it
                   at
                   
                     so
                     pinching
                     a
                     juncture
                  
                   as
                   that
                   was
                   ,
                   can
                   never
                   in
                   reason
                   be
                   thought
                   a
                   hearty
                   Friend
                   to
                   
                     Free
                     Parliaments
                  
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   Upon
                   calling
                   this
                   
                     Representative
                     Body
                  
                   ,
                   he
                   will
                   
                     inform
                     himself
                     what
                     are
                     the
                     United
                     Interests
                     and
                     Inclinations
                     of
                     his
                     people
                     .
                  
                   Sure
                   he
                   cannot
                   be
                   yet
                   to
                   learn
                   what
                   those
                   are
                   ;
                   and
                   he
                   has
                   had
                   too
                   many
                   and
                   too
                   remarkable
                   occasions
                   not
                   to
                   be
                   ignorant
                   of
                   them
                   .
                   He
                   could
                   not
                   but
                   be
                   so
                   much
                   acquainted
                   with
                   the
                   Interests
                   and
                   Inclinations
                   of
                   the
                   People
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   as
                   to
                   see
                   a
                   rooted
                   Principle
                   of
                   Liberty
                   in
                   opposition
                   to
                   Slavery
                   ,
                   predominant
                   in
                   every
                   English
                   breast
                   ;
                   and
                   yet
                   all
                   that
                   did
                   not
                   hinder
                   him
                   from
                   a
                   form'd
                   Design
                   of
                   overturning
                   the
                   very
                   fundamental
                   Constitution
                   that
                   rendred
                   that
                   Principle
                   of
                   theirs
                   warrantable
                   .
                   He
                   could
                   not
                   but
                   know
                   that
                   the
                   Inclinations
                   of
                   the
                   Generality
                   of
                   the
                   People
                   of
                   England
                   were
                   averse
                   to
                   the
                   Religion
                   of
                   Rome
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   their
                   Interests
                   were
                   quite
                   opposite
                   to
                   that
                   Hierarchy
                   :
                   Yet
                   this
                   did
                   not
                   dissuade
                   him
                   from
                   making
                   more
                   steps
                   in
                   four
                   years
                   time
                   towards
                   the
                   reconciling
                   this
                   Nation
                   (
                   as
                   the
                   then
                   Court-Phrase
                   was
                   )
                   to
                   the
                   Church
                   of
                   Rome
                   ,
                   than
                   was
                   made
                   in
                   France
                   it self
                   from
                   the
                   Death
                   of
                   
                     Henry
                     4th
                  
                   .
                   till
                   about
                   three
                   years
                   before
                   the
                   
                     Edict
                     of
                     Nants
                  
                   was
                   revok'd
                   for
                   good
                   and
                   all
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   
                     with
                     the
                     Concurrence
                     of
                     this
                     Representative-Body
                     he
                     will
                     be
                     ready
                     to
                     redress
                     all
                     Grievances
                     ,
                     and
                     
                     give
                     all
                     those
                     Securities
                     of
                     which
                     we
                     shall
                     stand
                     in
                     need
                     .
                  
                   There
                   was
                   a
                   time
                   when
                   scarce
                   one
                   single
                   step
                   was
                   made
                   in
                   the
                   Government
                   ,
                   but
                   what
                   deserv'd
                   well
                   the
                   name
                   of
                   a
                   Grievance
                   ;
                   and
                   how
                   well
                   these
                   Grievances
                   were
                   redress'd
                   ,
                   is
                   worthy
                   of
                   our
                   Enquiry
                   :
                   The
                   late
                   King
                   was
                   not
                   warm
                   in
                   the
                   Throne
                   when
                   he
                   ventur'd
                   fairly
                   to
                   give
                   us
                   a
                   taste
                   of
                   what
                   he
                   was
                   afterwards
                   to
                   do
                   :
                   
                     He
                     order'd
                     a
                     part
                     of
                     the
                     Revenue
                     that
                     expired
                     with
                     his
                     Brother's
                     Death
                     ,
                     to
                     be
                     levied
                     for
                     his
                     own
                     use
                  
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   by
                   virtue
                   of
                   his
                   own
                   Edict
                   ,
                   without
                   an
                   Act
                   of
                   Parliament
                   .
                   A
                   little
                   after
                   this
                   ,
                   he
                   would
                   needs
                   
                     send
                     a
                     solemn
                     Ambassy
                     to
                  
                   Rome
                   ,
                   
                     to
                     lay
                     his
                     Crown
                     and
                     Kingdoms
                     at
                     the
                     Pope's
                     Feet
                     :
                  
                   A
                   Compliment
                   few
                   Kings
                   ever
                   made
                   ,
                   lest
                   it
                   should
                   be
                   taken
                   in
                   good
                   earnest
                   .
                   The
                   Slights
                   his
                   Ambassador
                   met
                   with
                   there
                   ,
                   were
                   not
                   able
                   to
                   mortify
                   his
                   Zeal
                   in
                   the
                   least
                   degree
                   :
                   As
                   he
                   had
                   sent
                   a
                   Splendid
                   Ambassy
                   to
                   the
                   Pope
                   ,
                   so
                   he
                   could
                   not
                   rest
                   till
                   he
                   obtained
                   the
                   
                     Glory
                     of
                     seeing
                     a
                     Nuncio
                     sent
                     hither
                     ,
                     whom
                     he
                     not
                     only
                     caressed
                     himself
                     ,
                     but
                     made
                     it
                     a
                     Crime
                     even
                     in
                     the
                     greatest
                     Peers
                     of
                     the
                     Kingdom
                     ,
                     to
                     refuse
                     to
                     attend
                     at
                     his
                     Publick
                     Entry
                     ,
                     a
                     Minister
                     whose
                     Character
                     was
                     in
                     it self
                     High-Treason
                     by
                     the
                     Law
                     of
                  
                   England
                   .
                   After
                   the
                   Storm
                   rais'd
                   by
                   Monmouth
                   was
                   over
                   ,
                   he
                   plainly
                   tells
                   the
                   Parliament
                   
                   then
                   sitting
                   ,
                   
                     That
                     he
                     will
                     employ
                  
                   Roman
                   -
                   
                     Catholicks
                     in
                     his
                     Army
                  
                   ;
                   that
                   was
                   as
                   much
                   in
                   plain
                   English
                   ,
                   as
                   if
                   he
                   had
                   said
                   ,
                   
                     Gentlemen
                     ,
                     I
                     judge
                     it
                     fit
                     to
                     tell
                     you
                     ,
                     I
                     think
                     not
                     my self
                     obliged
                     to
                     govern
                     any
                     longer
                     according
                     to
                     Law
                     ,
                     now
                     that
                     by
                     your
                     kind
                     Assistance
                     I
                     am
                     rid
                     of
                     a
                     Competitor
                     in
                     the
                     Throne
                     .
                  
                   After
                   this
                   we
                   were
                   not
                   to
                   expect
                   any
                   fair
                   Weather
                   ;
                   all
                   that
                   followed
                   was
                   Thunder
                   and
                   Lightning
                   :
                   
                     The
                     Penal
                     Laws
                     and
                     Test
                     must
                     be
                     taken
                     off
                  
                   ;
                   and
                   the
                   Dissenters
                   cajol'd
                   to
                   consent
                   to
                   what
                   at
                   last
                   was
                   to
                   ruin
                   them
                   as
                   well
                   as
                   the
                   Church
                   of
                   England
                   .
                   Till
                   a
                   
                     packt
                     Parliament
                  
                   could
                   be
                   got
                   to
                   do
                   this
                   Job
                   ,
                   
                     a
                     Dispensing
                     Power
                     was
                     set
                     up
                     ,
                     that
                     upon
                     the
                     matter
                     was
                     to
                     supply
                     the
                     place
                     of
                     an
                     Act
                     of
                     Parliament
                     .
                  
                   This
                   devouring
                   Monster
                   ,
                   altogether
                   unknown
                   to
                   our
                   Ancestors
                   ,
                   was
                   not
                   only
                   to
                   swallow
                   up
                   all
                   Laws
                   that
                   stood
                   in
                   the
                   late
                   King's
                   way
                   towards
                   the
                   
                     Grand
                     Design
                  
                   ,
                   but
                   was
                   to
                   have
                   the
                   Force
                   of
                   a
                   Law
                   in
                   it self
                   as
                   strong
                   as
                   any
                   ever
                   made
                   by
                   
                     King
                     ,
                     Lords
                     ,
                     and
                     Commons
                     .
                  
                   It
                   was
                   this
                   
                     Paramount
                     ,
                     All
                     devouring
                     Power
                  
                   ,
                   claim'd
                   by
                   King
                   Iames
                   ,
                   that
                   produc'd
                   afterwards
                   the
                   
                     Ecclesiastical
                     Commission
                     ;
                     the
                     Suspension
                     of
                     the
                     first
                     Bishop
                     of
                  
                   England
                   ;
                   
                     the
                     dashing
                     in
                     pieces
                     the
                     Ancient
                     Rights
                     of
                  
                   Magdalen
                   
                     College
                     ;
                     the
                     Imprisonment
                     of
                     the
                     Bishops
                     in
                     the
                     Tower
                  
                   ;
                   and
                   a
                   great
                   many
                   other
                   
                   things
                   too
                   long
                   to
                   be
                   mention'd
                   here
                   .
                   All
                   these
                   were
                   Grievances
                   of
                   a
                   deep
                   dye
                   ,
                   and
                   yet
                   neither
                   Prayers
                   nor
                   Tears
                   ,
                   Submissions
                   nor
                   remonstrances
                   could
                   prevail
                   with
                   him
                   to
                   mitigate
                   the
                   weight
                   of
                   any
                   of
                   these
                   blows
                   .
                   They
                   were
                   heavy
                   Grievances
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   knew
                   and
                   was
                   told
                   every
                   day
                   they
                   were
                   so
                   ;
                   And
                   how
                   ready
                   he
                   was
                   to
                   redress
                   them
                   ,
                   the
                   whole
                   course
                   of
                   that
                   Reign
                   testifies
                   .
                
                 
                   In
                   the
                   same
                   sence
                   
                     he
                     is
                     willing
                     to
                     redress
                     our
                     grievances
                     ,
                  
                   he
                   may
                   perhaps
                   be
                   
                     willing
                     to
                     give
                     us
                     those
                     securities
                     we
                     stand
                     in
                     need
                     off
                     .
                  
                   Thanks
                   to
                   his
                   love
                   for
                   what
                   we
                   do
                   not
                   want
                   .
                   We
                   know
                   no
                   better
                   ,
                   nor
                   more
                   natural
                   securities
                   than
                   our
                   Laws
                   are
                   ;
                   they
                   are
                   the
                   only
                   sence
                   ,
                   next
                   to
                   Providence
                   ,
                   we
                   trust
                   in
                   ;
                   and
                   while
                   they
                   are
                   not
                   violated
                   ,
                   we
                   are
                   safe
                   .
                   But
                   had
                   not
                   we
                   those
                   Securities
                   before
                   ;
                   and
                   did
                   not
                   the
                   Late
                   King
                   break
                   through
                   them
                   ?
                   Could
                   any
                   Law
                   in
                   the
                   world
                   be
                   exprest
                   in
                   more
                   positive
                   terms
                   than
                   that
                   of
                   the
                   Test
                   ?
                   And
                   yet
                   this
                   well-twisted
                   rope
                   ,
                   like
                   that
                   of
                   
                   Sampson's
                   of
                   old
                   ,
                   
                     prov'd
                     but
                     a
                     thred
                     of
                     towe
                     ,
                     when
                     the
                     fury
                     of
                     King
                  
                   James
                   
                     's
                     Zeal
                     came
                     to
                     touch
                     it
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   We
                   likewise
                   declare
                   ,
                   upon
                   our
                   Royal
                   Word
                   ,
                   
                   that
                   We
                   will
                   protect
                   and
                   defend
                   the
                   Church
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   
                   as
                   it
                   is
                   now
                   established
                   by
                   Law
                   ;
                   And
                   secure
                   to
                   the
                   Members
                   of
                   it
                   ,
                   all
                   the
                   Churches
                   ,
                   Universities
                   ,
                   Colledges
                   ,
                   and
                   Schools
                   ,
                   together
                   with
                   their
                   Immunities
                   ,
                   Rights
                   ,
                   and
                   Priviledges
                   .
                
                 
                   This
                   is
                   not
                   the
                   first
                   time
                   the
                   Late
                   King
                   has
                   promis'd
                   all
                   this
                   ,
                   and
                   done
                   quite
                   otherwise
                   .
                   King
                   Charles
                   the
                   2d
                   .
                   was
                   scarce
                   yet
                   cold
                   clay
                   ,
                   when
                   in
                   the
                   speech
                   he
                   made
                   to
                   his
                   New
                   Councel
                   ,
                   He
                   told
                   them
                   ,
                   
                     He
                     would
                     make
                     it
                     his
                     endeavours
                     to
                     preserve
                     the
                     Government
                     both
                     in
                     Church
                     and
                     State
                     as
                     it
                     was
                     then
                     established
                     by
                     Law
                     :
                  
                   And
                   afterwards
                   adds
                   ,
                   
                     That
                     he
                     shall
                     always
                     defend
                     and
                     support
                     the
                     Church
                     of
                  
                   England
                   
                     and
                     the
                     Members
                     of
                     it
                  
                   .
                   I
                   cannot
                   see
                   how
                   larger
                   promises
                   could
                   have
                   been
                   made
                   :
                   And
                   this
                   last
                   is
                   but
                   a
                   repetition
                   of
                   the
                   former
                   .
                   Yet
                   how
                   well
                   they
                   were
                   kept
                   ,
                   we
                   have
                   number'd
                   up
                   instances
                   enough
                   already
                   .
                   Thanks
                   to
                   Heaven
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   the
                   Laws
                   already
                   made
                   ,
                   the
                   Church
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Members
                   of
                   it
                   ,
                   are
                   much
                   better
                   secured
                   ,
                   than
                   King
                   
                   Iames's
                   
                     Royal
                     word
                  
                   can
                   possibly
                   do
                   it
                   ,
                   though
                   he
                   had
                   never
                   given
                   us
                   ground
                   to
                   call
                   the
                   truth
                   of
                   it
                   in
                   question
                   .
                   Having
                   so
                   strong
                   Barriers
                   already
                   ,
                   we
                   were
                   errant
                   fools
                   to
                   trust
                   our
                   safety
                   to
                   so
                   weak
                   props
                   that
                   have
                   fail'd
                   us
                   so
                   often
                   before
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   We
                   also
                   declare
                   ,
                   
                   We
                   will
                   with
                   all
                   earnestness
                   recommend
                   to
                   that
                   Parliament
                   such
                   an
                   impartial
                   Liberty
                   of
                   Conscience
                   ,
                   as
                   they
                   shall
                   think
                   necessary
                   for
                   the
                   Happiness
                   of
                   these
                   Nations
                   .
                
                 
                   We
                   have
                   not
                   altogether
                   forgot
                   what
                   kind
                   of
                   
                     Liberty
                     of
                     Conscience
                  
                   the
                   Late
                   King
                   always
                   aim'd
                   at
                   ;
                   a
                   Liberty
                   fatal
                   to
                   ,
                   and
                   inconsistent
                   with
                   the
                   safety
                   of
                   the
                   Protestant
                   Religion
                   ,
                   and
                   infallibly
                   destructive
                   to
                   the
                   Church
                   of
                   England
                   .
                   A
                   Liberty
                   that
                   was
                   to
                   end
                   in
                   the
                   exalting
                   the
                   Romish
                   Religion
                   to
                   a
                   pitch
                   in
                   England
                   that
                   was
                   not
                   even
                   the
                   interest
                   of
                   wise
                   
                   Roman-Catholicks
                   themselves
                   to
                   wish
                   .
                   But
                   why
                   recommend
                   to
                   a
                   Parliament
                   Liberty
                   of
                   Conscience
                   ?
                   Might
                   not
                   
                     the
                     Dispensing
                     Power
                  
                   supply
                   all
                   defects
                   as
                   it
                   did
                   before
                   :
                   And
                   if
                   the
                   Late
                   King
                   has
                   an
                   unquestion'd
                   right
                   to
                   emit
                   
                     a
                     Declaration
                     for
                     Liberty
                     of
                     Conscience
                  
                   when
                   and
                   how
                   he
                   pleaseth
                   ,
                   which
                   was
                   Treason
                   in
                   effect
                   to
                   Controvert
                   some
                   years
                   ago
                   ;
                   then
                   it
                   's
                   altogether
                   a
                   piece
                   of
                   folly
                   to
                   trouble
                   a
                   Parliament
                   with
                   it
                   .
                   This
                   one
                   Engine
                   was
                   like
                   
                   Goliah's
                   Sword
                   ,
                   has
                   none
                   like
                   to
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   it
                   would
                   indeed
                   be
                   a
                   disparagement
                   to
                   use
                   any
                   other
                   when
                   that
                   is
                   so
                   ready
                   at
                   hand
                   on
                   all
                   occasions
                   .
                   But
                   alas
                   !
                   the
                   word
                   
                   
                     Impartial
                     Liberty
                  
                   has
                   unluckily
                   slip'd
                   in
                   in
                   the
                   Declaration
                   .
                   How
                   came
                   any
                   body
                   to
                   dream
                   that
                   an
                   
                     Impartial
                     Liberty
                  
                   of
                   Conscience
                   would
                   ever
                   please
                   the
                   Protestants
                   of
                   England
                   ?
                   An
                   impartial
                   Liberty
                   ,
                   is
                   
                     a
                     Liberty
                     of
                     equal
                     extent
                     to
                     all
                     :
                  
                   And
                   does
                   King
                   Iames
                   think
                   the
                   people
                   of
                   England
                   would
                   be
                   willing
                   there
                   should
                   be
                   a
                   Liberty
                   of
                   Conscience
                   granted
                   to
                   the
                   Roman
                   Catholicks
                   ,
                   equal
                   to
                   what
                   the
                   Laws
                   have
                   already
                   secured
                   in
                   favour
                   of
                   the
                   Protestants
                   ?
                   In
                   this
                   sence
                   all
                   the
                   Bishopricks
                   and
                   Livings
                   of
                   England
                   must
                   be
                   divided
                   Impartially
                   into
                   equal
                   parts
                   ;
                   we
                   must
                   have
                   one
                   
                   Roman-Catholick
                   Archbishop
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   other
                   a
                   Protestant
                   ,
                   and
                   thus
                   it
                   must
                   be
                   with
                   the
                   rest
                   of
                   the
                   Dignities
                   and
                   Livings
                   of
                   the
                   Church
                   .
                   The
                   truth
                   is
                   ,
                   when
                   King
                   Iames
                   comes
                   back
                   ,
                   we
                   shall
                   be
                   heartily
                   content
                   with
                   this
                   division
                   ,
                   and
                   think
                   we
                   well
                   escape
                   too
                   ,
                   if
                   he
                   takes
                   no
                   more
                   than
                   one
                   half
                   :
                   But
                   who
                   shall
                   be
                   security
                   to
                   us
                   we
                   shall
                   lose
                   no
                   more
                   ?
                
                 
                   We
                   further
                   declare
                   ,
                   
                   We
                   will
                   not
                   dispense
                   with
                   ,
                   or
                   violate
                   the
                   Test.
                   And
                   ,
                   as
                   for
                   the
                   dispensing
                   power
                   in
                   other
                   matters
                   ,
                   we
                   leave
                   it
                   to
                   be
                   explained
                   and
                   limited
                   by
                   that
                   Parliament
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   A
                   very
                   Gracious
                   Promise
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   mighty
                   Condescention
                   
                     He
                     will
                     not
                     dispense
                     with
                     the
                     Test
                     ,
                  
                   as
                   he
                   did
                   before
                   ,
                   tho
                   still
                   he
                   has
                   a
                   Right
                   so
                   to
                   do
                   if
                   he
                   pleases
                   ;
                   for
                   we
                   were
                   often
                   told
                   in
                   the
                   last
                   Reign
                   ,
                   That
                   this
                   Dispensing
                   Power
                   was
                   
                     one
                     of
                     the
                     brightest
                     Iewels
                     of
                     the
                     Crown
                  
                   ;
                   and
                   in
                   a
                   Royal
                   Declaration
                   for
                   Liberty
                   of
                   Conscience
                   to
                   the
                   Neighbouring
                   Kingdom
                   ,
                   he
                   told
                   them
                   plainly
                   he
                   dispensed
                   with
                   all
                   Laws
                   to
                   the
                   contrary
                   ,
                   
                     by
                     virtue
                     of
                     that
                     Absolute
                     Power
                     every
                     body
                     was
                     obliged
                     to
                     obey
                     without
                     reserve
                     .
                  
                   So
                   that
                   here
                   is
                   indeed
                   no
                   more
                   than
                   a
                   simple
                   Promise
                   not
                   to
                   make
                   use
                   of
                   that
                   Power
                   to
                   dispense
                   with
                   the
                   Test
                   ,
                   which
                   he
                   has
                   an
                   undoubted
                   Right
                   to
                   still
                   ;
                   whereas
                   the
                   Law
                   and
                   the
                   People
                   of
                   England
                   say
                   ,
                   there
                   is
                   no
                   such
                   Power
                   lodg'd
                   any
                   where
                   ;
                   and
                   nothing
                   but
                   an
                   Act
                   of
                   Parliament
                   can
                   suspend
                   or
                   make
                   void
                   an
                   Act
                   of
                   Parliament
                   in
                   this
                   case
                   :
                   But
                   pray
                   how
                   does
                   this
                   Promise
                   ,
                   
                     Not
                     to
                     violate
                     the
                     Test
                  
                   ,
                   agree
                   with
                   the
                   Notion
                   the
                   late
                   King
                   always
                   express'd
                   he
                   had
                   of
                   it
                   ?
                   He
                   was
                   pleas'd
                   in
                   his
                   Closettings
                   of
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   constantly
                   to
                   inculcate
                   into
                   them
                   ,
                   
                     the
                     unjustness
                     of
                     the
                     Test
                     in
                     it self
                     ,
                     how
                     contradictory
                     it
                     was
                     to
                     that
                     Christian
                     Charity
                     which
                     ought
                     to
                     be
                     among
                     his
                     Subjects
                     ;
                     how
                     contrary
                     to
                     the
                     very
                     Law
                     of
                     Nature
                     it self
                     ,
                     that
                     any
                     body
                     should
                     be
                     incapacitated
                     
                     to
                     serve
                     their
                     Countrey
                     upon
                     the
                     account
                     of
                     their
                     Religion
                     .
                  
                   These
                   were
                   the
                   Common
                   Places
                   the
                   late
                   King
                   had
                   constant
                   recourse
                   to
                   ,
                   in
                   all
                   his
                   Arguments
                   for
                   taking
                   off
                   the
                   Test
                   :
                   And
                   in
                   a
                   great
                   many
                   Papers
                   publish'd
                   at
                   that
                   time
                   by
                   Publick
                   Authority
                   ,
                   the
                   same
                   frightful
                   Ideas
                   were
                   again
                   and
                   again
                   represented
                   .
                   If
                   this
                   Test
                   then
                   be
                   such
                   an
                   unjust
                   thing
                   in
                   it self
                   ,
                   if
                   it
                   be
                   so
                   contradictory
                   to
                   the
                   Rules
                   of
                   Charity
                   and
                   the
                   Law
                   of
                   Nature
                   ,
                   how
                   comes
                   it
                   about
                   now
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   is
                   resolv'd
                   not
                   to
                   violate
                   that
                   ,
                   which
                   according
                   to
                   his
                   Principles
                   he
                   is
                   indeed
                   obliged
                   to
                   abolish
                   ?
                   But
                   Promises
                   cost
                   nothing
                   ,
                   especially
                   when
                   the
                   Performance
                   is
                   never
                   intended
                   .
                
                 
                   We
                   declare
                   also
                   ,
                   
                   That
                   we
                   will
                   give
                   our
                   Royal
                   Assent
                   to
                   all
                   such
                   Bills
                   as
                   are
                   necessary
                   to
                   secure
                   the
                   frequent
                   calling
                   and
                   holding
                   of
                   Parliaments
                   ;
                   The
                   free
                   Elections
                   ,
                   and
                   fair
                   Returns
                   of
                   Members
                   ;
                   And
                   provide
                   for
                   impartial
                   Trials
                   :
                   And
                   that
                   we
                   will
                   ratifie
                   and
                   confirm
                   all
                   such
                   Laws
                   made
                   under
                   the
                   present
                   Vsurpation
                   ,
                   as
                   shall
                   be
                   tendred
                   to
                   us
                   by
                   that
                   Parliament
                   .
                
                 
                   Here
                   is
                   a
                   very
                   comprehensive
                   Paragraph
                   ,
                   and
                   deserves
                   well
                   to
                   be
                   taken
                   into
                   consideration
                   by
                   pieces
                   .
                   
                     He
                     will
                     give
                     his
                     Royal
                     Assent
                     to
                     all
                     such
                     Bills
                     as
                     are
                     necessary
                     to
                     secure
                     the
                     frequent
                     Calling
                     and
                     Sitting
                     of
                     Parliaments
                     .
                  
                   We
                   all
                   know
                   the
                   reason
                   of
                   putting
                   in
                   this
                   Clause
                   at
                   this
                   time
                   :
                   But
                   instead
                   of
                   frequent
                   Parliaments
                   ,
                   if
                   King
                   Iames
                   were
                   once
                   again
                   upon
                   the
                   Throne
                   ,
                   we
                   would
                   rather
                   there
                   were
                   none
                   at
                   all
                   ;
                   Since
                   nothing
                   can
                   be
                   of
                   more
                   dangerous
                   consequence
                   to
                   England
                   ,
                   than
                   the
                   sitting
                   of
                   such
                   kind
                   of
                   Parliaments
                   as
                   that
                   which
                   King
                   Iames
                   always
                   aim'd
                   at
                   .
                   Doubtless
                   we
                   should
                   then
                   have
                   a
                   
                     Representative
                     Body
                  
                   (
                   to
                   give
                   it
                   in
                   his
                   own
                   Words
                   )
                   that
                   would
                   render
                   all
                   Representations
                   of
                   the
                   People
                   in
                   Parliament
                   for
                   the
                   
                   time
                   to
                   come
                   utterly
                   needless
                   .
                   We
                   might
                   expect
                   to
                   see
                   our
                   Liberties
                   and
                   Laws
                   given
                   up
                   to
                   the
                   Will
                   of
                   a
                   Prince
                   all
                   at
                   once
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   the
                   struggles
                   between
                   the
                   Prerogative
                   and
                   Rights
                   of
                   the
                   Subject
                   put
                   an
                   end
                   to
                   at
                   one
                   blow
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   entire
                   resigning
                   up
                   all
                   Pretences
                   to
                   these
                   last
                   for
                   ever
                   .
                   So
                   far
                   then
                   would
                   the
                   calling
                   of
                   Parliaments
                   be
                   a
                   terror
                   to
                   us
                   ,
                   that
                   ev'ry
                   Session
                   of
                   them
                   would
                   be
                   but
                   so
                   many
                   new
                   Links
                   added
                   to
                   our
                   Chain
                   ,
                   till
                   all
                   remaining
                   impressions
                   of
                   our
                   former
                   Liberty
                   were
                   intirely
                   swallowed
                   up
                   in
                   an
                   irrecoverable
                   Slavery
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Freedom
                     of
                     Election
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     fair
                     Returns
                     of
                     Members
                  
                   ,
                   are
                   two
                   things
                   diametrically
                   opposite
                   to
                   the
                   late
                   King
                   's
                   former
                   Measures
                   :
                   And
                   he
                   does
                   ,
                   or
                   at
                   least
                   may
                   know
                   the
                   Temper
                   of
                   this
                   Nation
                   better
                   ,
                   than
                   to
                   hope
                   to
                   succeed
                   in
                   his
                   Designs
                   by
                   the
                   means
                   of
                   a
                   Parliament
                   
                     freely
                     constituted
                     of
                     true
                     Englishmen
                  
                   .
                   Slavery
                   is
                   a
                   Pill
                   will
                   never
                   go
                   down
                   with
                   them
                   ;
                   And
                   it
                   's
                   only
                   to
                   a
                   pack't
                   House
                   of
                   Commons
                   that
                   those
                   of
                   King
                   
                   Iames's
                   Religion
                   can
                   ever
                   owe
                   their
                   long
                   experienced
                   Triumphs
                   .
                   That
                   he
                   will
                   provide
                   for
                   
                     Impartial
                     Trials
                  
                   ,
                   we
                   do
                   not
                   at
                   all
                   doubt
                   ,
                   if
                   he
                   mean
                   
                     Trials
                     without
                     favour
                     or
                     prospect
                     of
                     mercy
                  
                   ;
                   for
                   of
                   those
                   ,
                   the
                   last
                   Reign
                   was
                   but
                   one
                   continued
                   Instance
                   ;
                   and
                   indeed
                   no
                   body
                   can
                   blame
                   the
                   late
                   King
                   for
                   not
                   executing
                   Justice
                   to
                   the
                   full
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   this
                   is
                   not
                   all
                   ;
                   There
                   are
                   yet
                   greater
                   Blessings
                   in
                   store
                   for
                   us
                   ;
                   
                     He
                     will
                     Ratify
                     and
                     Confirm
                     all
                     such
                     Laws
                     made
                     under
                     the
                     present
                     Vsurpation
                     ,
                     as
                     shall
                     be
                     tender'd
                     him
                     by
                     that
                     Parliament
                     .
                  
                   Good
                   God!
                   where
                   have
                   we
                   been
                   all
                   this
                   time
                   with
                   our
                   distinction
                   of
                   
                     a
                     King
                     de
                     Facto
                  
                   ,
                   that
                   some
                   People
                   have
                   coin'd
                   to
                   save
                   both
                   their
                   Credit
                   and
                   Estates
                   !
                   Our
                   Law
                   says
                   expresly
                   ,
                   
                     That
                     whatever
                     is
                     done
                     by
                     a
                     King
                     in
                     Possession
                     ,
                     is
                     sufficiently
                     valid
                     .
                  
                   But
                   here
                   the
                   late
                   King
                   at
                   one
                   dash
                   (
                   and
                   I
                   believe
                   ,
                   
                   without
                   thinking
                   on
                   what
                   he
                   had
                   promis'd
                   us
                   a
                   few
                   lines
                   before
                   )
                   does
                   plainly
                   insinuate
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   is
                   resolv'd
                   to
                   stand
                   to
                   what
                   has
                   been
                   Enacted
                   by
                   a
                   King
                   in
                   Possession
                   ,
                   not
                   
                     because
                     it
                     's
                     Law
                     ,
                     but
                     out
                     of
                     meer
                     compliment
                     to
                     his
                     new
                     Parliament
                     .
                  
                   So
                   we
                   have
                   here
                   a
                   standing
                   Law
                   since
                   the
                   days
                   of
                   Henry
                   the
                   7th
                   ,
                   torn
                   up
                   by
                   the
                   Roots
                   ,
                   and
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   most
                   necessary
                   provisions
                   for
                   the
                   Publick
                   Safety
                   unhing'd
                   :
                   And
                   if
                   this
                   be
                   not
                   all
                   over
                   the
                   Dispensing
                   Power
                   ,
                   or
                   rather
                   worse
                   ,
                   I
                   refer
                   it
                   to
                   every
                   body
                   of
                   common
                   Sense
                   .
                   However
                   ,
                   if
                   if
                   it
                   be
                   any
                   mitigation
                   of
                   sorrow
                   to
                   have
                   Companions
                   in
                   it
                   ,
                   we
                   shall
                   have
                   the
                   pleasure
                   to
                   see
                   
                     our
                     de
                     Facto
                     Gentlemen
                  
                   come
                   in
                   for
                   their
                   share
                   of
                   a
                   Publick
                   Calamity
                   ,
                   in
                   which
                   their
                   nice
                   distinction
                   will
                   stand
                   them
                   in
                   no
                   stead
                   ,
                   as
                   probably
                   some
                   of
                   them
                   vainly
                   hop'd
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   in
                   that
                   Parliament
                   We
                   will
                   also
                   consent
                   to
                   every
                   thing
                   they
                   shall
                   think
                   necessary
                   ,
                   
                   to
                   re-establish
                   the
                   late
                   Act
                   of
                   Settlement
                   of
                   Ireland
                   made
                   in
                   the
                   Reign
                   of
                   our
                   Dearest
                   Brother
                   ;
                   And
                   will
                   advise
                   with
                   them
                   ,
                   how
                   to
                   recompence
                   such
                   of
                   that
                   Nation
                   as
                   have
                   followed
                   us
                   to
                   the
                   last
                   ,
                   and
                   who
                   may
                   suffer
                   by
                   the
                   said
                   Re-establishment
                   ,
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   degree
                   of
                   their
                   Sufferings
                   thereby
                   ;
                   Yet
                   so
                   as
                   that
                   the
                   said
                   Act
                   of
                   Settlement
                   may
                   always
                   remain
                   Intire
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   ,
                   if
                   Chimny-money
                   ,
                   or
                   any
                   other
                   part
                   of
                   the
                   Revenue
                   of
                   the
                   Crown
                   ,
                   has
                   been
                   burthen
                   some
                   to
                   our
                   Subjects
                   ,
                   We
                   shall
                   be
                   ready
                   to
                   exchange
                   it
                   for
                   any
                   other
                   Assesment
                   that
                   shall
                   be
                   thought
                   more
                   easie
                   .
                
                 
                   There
                   was
                   certainly
                   a
                   great
                   measure
                   of
                   confidence
                   requir'd
                   to
                   mention
                   the
                   first
                   part
                   of
                   this
                   period
                   without
                   a
                   Blush
                   .
                   
                     The
                     Abolishing
                     the
                     Act
                     of
                     Settlement
                     in
                     Ireland
                  
                   was
                   the
                   Late
                   King's
                   Master-piece
                   .
                   In
                   England
                   he
                   made
                   only
                   
                     one
                     step
                     after
                     another
                  
                   in
                   order
                   to
                   overthrow
                   our
                   Legal
                   Constitution
                   :
                   But
                   in
                   Ireland
                   he
                   was
                   pleas'd
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   in
                   a
                   Parliamentary
                   way
                   at
                   one
                   
                   blow
                   to
                   overturn
                   the
                   
                     Great
                     Charter
                  
                   by
                   which
                   the
                   Protestants
                   of
                   that
                   Island
                   enjoy'd
                   their
                   Estates
                   .
                   The
                   true
                   reason
                   of
                   this
                   difference
                   in
                   his
                   treating
                   them
                   and
                   us
                   ,
                   was
                   because
                   here
                   he
                   had
                   not
                   yet
                   been
                   able
                   to
                   get
                   a
                   Parliament
                   according
                   to
                   his
                   mind
                   ;
                   but
                   there
                   he
                   found
                   just
                   such
                   a
                   one
                   as
                   he
                   wish'd
                   for
                   .
                   They
                   went
                   thorough-stitch
                   without
                   the
                   least
                   hesitation
                   ,
                   and
                   struck
                   home
                   at
                   the
                   Root
                   of
                   the
                   English
                   Liberty
                   ,
                   in
                   making
                   void
                   the
                   
                     Act
                     of
                     Settlement
                  
                   ,
                   which
                   was
                   the
                   only
                   Pillar
                   it
                   lean'd
                   upon
                   .
                   But
                   now
                   
                     he
                     will
                     consent
                     to
                     the
                     re-establishing
                     that
                     Act
                     of
                     Settlement
                     .
                  
                   Very
                   probable
                   the
                   only
                   best
                   time
                   for
                   a
                   man
                   to
                   shew
                   his
                   real
                   Inclinations
                   is
                   ,
                   when
                   he
                   is
                   Master
                   ,
                   and
                   may
                   do
                   it
                   without
                   controul
                   .
                   By
                   what
                   the
                   Late
                   King
                   did
                   in
                   Ireland
                   ,
                   we
                   may
                   best
                   judge
                   what
                   he
                   inclines
                   to
                   do
                   
                     of
                     himself
                  
                   ;
                   for
                   there
                   he
                   was
                   Master
                   of
                   his
                   own
                   designs
                   ,
                   having
                   few
                   or
                   none
                   but
                   those
                   of
                   his
                   own
                   Religion
                   and
                   Principles
                   about
                   him
                   ,
                   and
                   consequently
                   none
                   to
                   oppose
                   him
                   .
                   If
                   then
                   it
                   was
                   that
                   he
                   shewed
                   such
                   an
                   open
                   Hatred
                   against
                   the
                   Protestants
                   of
                   Ireland
                   ,
                   as
                   at
                   one
                   dash
                   to
                   send
                   some
                   Hundred
                   Thousands
                   of
                   them
                   a
                   Beging
                   ,
                   by
                   making
                   void
                   the
                   Fundamental
                   Law
                   to
                   which
                   they
                   ow'd
                   their
                   Bread
                   ,
                   what
                   are
                   we
                   justly
                   to
                   expect
                   from
                   him
                   in
                   England
                   if
                   we
                   by
                   an
                   unexampled
                   piece
                   of
                   Folly
                   bring
                   him
                   back
                   to
                   be
                   our
                   Master
                   here
                   ?
                
                 
                   But
                   tho
                   he
                   designs
                   to
                   re
                   establish
                   the
                   Act
                   of
                   Settlement
                   in
                   
                     Ireland
                     ,
                     He
                     will
                     not
                     permit
                     his
                     dear
                  
                   Irish
                   
                     to
                     suffer
                     by
                     it
                     ,
                     no
                     ,
                     they
                     are
                     to
                     be
                     recompenced
                     according
                     to
                     the
                     degree
                     of
                     their
                     sufferings
                     .
                  
                   This
                   period
                   must
                   certainly
                   be
                   a
                   very
                   reli●ning
                   one
                   to
                   the
                   many
                   Thousand
                   Protestants
                   of
                   that
                   Kingdom
                   who
                   have
                   been
                   ruin'd
                   by
                   the
                   Irish
                   ,
                   and
                   who
                   cannot
                   think
                   of
                   them
                   without
                   a
                   just
                   horrour
                   for
                   the
                   Barbarities
                   they
                   committed
                   in
                   the
                   two
                   last
                   Rebellions
                   .
                   We
                   are
                   to
                   have
                   Golden
                   
                   Days
                   ,
                   when
                   those
                   whose
                   Hands
                   are
                   yet
                   reeking
                   in
                   Protestant
                   Blood
                   ,
                   are
                   to
                   be
                   recompenc'd
                   for
                   shedding
                   it
                   :
                   Strange
                   !
                   We
                   must
                   be
                   the
                   most
                   abject
                   Slaves
                   that
                   ever
                   were
                   ,
                   if
                   we
                   can
                   hear
                   this
                   with
                   Patience
                   .
                   And
                   what
                   signs
                   has
                   the
                   Engl●sh
                   Nation
                   yet
                   given
                   of
                   so
                   gross
                   stupidity
                   ,
                   that
                   incouraged
                   the
                   Contrivers
                   of
                   this
                   Declaration
                   to
                   banter
                   us
                   at
                   this
                   rate
                   ?
                   it
                   had
                   been
                   time
                   enough
                   to
                   have
                   told
                   us
                   this
                   ,
                   when
                   the
                   wreath
                   is
                   about
                   our
                   Necks
                   ,
                   and
                   we
                   groaning
                   under
                   the
                   weight
                   of
                   our
                   Chains
                   ;
                   but
                   beforehand
                   ,
                   while
                   we
                   are
                   yet
                   free
                   ,
                   to
                   entertain
                   us
                   with
                   such
                   a
                   dismal
                   prospect
                   ,
                   is
                   a
                   piece
                   of
                   Policy
                   I
                   believe
                   very
                   few
                   are
                   able
                   to
                   fathom
                   .
                
                 
                   He
                   puts
                   a
                   mighty
                   Obligation
                   upon
                   us
                   in
                   
                     being
                     ready
                     to
                     exchange
                     the
                     Chimney
                     money
                     for
                     any
                     other
                     Assesment
                     that
                     shall
                     be
                     thought
                     more
                     easy
                     .
                  
                   The
                   truth
                   is
                   ,
                   this
                   is
                   wisely
                   enough
                   propos'd
                   ,
                   and
                   upon
                   a
                   very
                   reasonable
                   foresight
                   .
                   If
                   ever
                   the
                   Late
                   King
                   return
                   ,
                   Chimney-money
                   must
                   certainly
                   sink
                   ;
                   no
                   Protestant
                   that
                   can
                   flee
                   ,
                   will
                   be
                   very
                   desirous
                   to
                   stay
                   in
                   England
                   ,
                   and
                   consequently
                   from
                   that
                   and
                   a
                   thousand
                   other
                   Calamities
                   wasting
                   us
                   ,
                   there
                   must
                   necessarily
                   come
                   to
                   be
                   a
                   vast
                   number
                   of
                   Houses
                   without
                   Fire
                   or
                   Smoke
                   ,
                   for
                   want
                   of
                   Inhabitants
                   .
                
                 
                   Thus
                   ●e
                   have
                   sincerely
                   declared
                   our
                   Royal
                   Intentions
                   ,
                   
                   in
                   terms
                   we
                   think
                   necessary
                   ,
                   for
                   setling
                   our
                   Subjects
                   minds
                   ;
                   and
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   advice
                   and
                   intimations
                   we
                   have
                   received
                   from
                   great
                   numbers
                   of
                   our
                   Loving
                   Subjects
                   of
                   all
                   ranks
                   and
                   degrees
                   ,
                   who
                   have
                   adjusted
                   the
                   manner
                   of
                   our
                   coming
                   to
                   regain
                   our
                   own
                   Right
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   relieve
                   our
                   People
                   from
                   Oppression
                   and
                   Slavery
                   .
                
                 
                   After
                   this
                   ,
                   we
                   supp●se
                   it
                   will
                   not
                   be
                   necessary
                   to
                   enumerate
                   the
                   Tyrannical
                   Violations
                   and
                   Burthens
                   with
                   which
                   our
                   Kingdoms
                   have
                   been
                   oppressed
                   ,
                   and
                   are
                   now
                   like
                   to
                   be
                   destroyed
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   We
                   have
                   a
                   great
                   many
                   too
                   too
                   recent
                   grounds
                   to
                   know
                   the
                   late
                   King
                   's
                   
                     Royal
                     Intentions
                  
                   towards
                   us
                   ,
                   without
                   running
                   to
                   this
                   Declaration
                   to
                   search
                   for
                   them
                   .
                   The
                   truth
                   was
                   ,
                   he
                   could
                   not
                   in
                   some
                   sense
                   be
                   call'd
                   a
                   dangerous
                   Prince
                   ,
                   as
                   people
                   are
                   inclinable
                   to
                   call
                   those
                   that
                   hide
                   their
                   Designs
                   from
                   publick
                   view
                   .
                   He
                   was
                   open
                   enough
                   in
                   all
                   he
                   aim'd
                   at
                   ;
                   and
                   whether
                   it
                   was
                   from
                   his
                   Natural
                   Temper
                   ,
                   or
                   that
                   he
                   thought
                   himself
                   sure
                   of
                   Success
                   ,
                   he
                   was
                   never
                   at
                   much
                   pains
                   to
                   disguise
                   his
                   Intentions
                   ,
                   but
                   instead
                   of
                   working
                   under
                   ground
                   our
                   ruin
                   ,
                   he
                   push'd
                   it
                   on
                   with
                   a
                   high
                   hand
                   ,
                   and
                   like
                   
                     Alexander
                     the
                     Great
                  
                   (
                   tho
                   upon
                   a
                   more
                   ignoble
                   occasion
                   )
                   
                     he
                     scorn'd
                     to
                     steal
                     upon
                     us
                     a
                     Victory
                     .
                  
                   But
                   all
                   this
                   openness
                   was
                   only
                   when
                   he
                   was
                   upon
                   the
                   Throne
                   ,
                   at
                   the
                   Head
                   of
                   a
                   good
                   Army
                   ;
                   now
                   the
                   case
                   is
                   quite
                   alter'd
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   little
                   disguising
                   is
                   thought
                   proper
                   in
                   his
                   present
                   Circumstances
                   .
                
                 
                   We
                   know
                   of
                   no
                   
                     Oppression
                     and
                     Slavery
                  
                   we
                   lye
                   under
                   at
                   present
                   .
                   If
                   our
                   Taxes
                   be
                   thought
                   heavy
                   in
                   themselves
                   ,
                   they
                   are
                   not
                   so
                   ,
                   if
                   we
                   consider
                   they
                   are
                   given
                   to
                   ward
                   off
                   the
                   greatest
                   Miseries
                   that
                   can
                   befal
                   a
                   Nation
                   ;
                   and
                   we
                   must
                   be
                   a
                   base
                   People
                   indeed
                   ,
                   
                     if
                     we
                     think
                     our
                     Religion
                     and
                     Liberty
                     can
                     be
                     too
                     dear
                     bought
                     .
                  
                   Now
                   ,
                   we
                   pay
                   a
                   part
                   ,
                   and
                   we
                   have
                   a
                   right
                   to
                   call
                   the
                   rest
                   our
                   own
                   ;
                   but
                   if
                   our
                   Enemies
                   had
                   their
                   Wills
                   of
                   us
                   ,
                   instead
                   of
                   a
                   Part
                   ,
                   they
                   would
                   make
                   themselves
                   Masters
                   of
                   our
                   All.
                   Herein
                   we
                   make
                   a
                   Composition
                   ,
                   that
                   a
                   great
                   many
                   of
                   our
                   Neighbours
                   envy
                   us
                   for
                   ,
                   who
                   would
                   be
                   heartity
                   willing
                   to
                   part
                   with
                   the
                   Quota
                   of
                   their
                   Estates
                   we
                   retain
                   ,
                   provided
                   they
                   might
                   be
                   suffer'd
                   to
                   enjoy
                   the
                   Proportion
                   but
                   of
                   what
                   we
                   pay
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   whereas
                   our
                   Enemies
                   endeavour
                   to
                   assright
                   our
                   Subjects
                   ,
                   
                   with
                   the
                   apprehensions
                   of
                   great
                   Sums
                   which
                   must
                   
                   he
                   repaid
                   to
                   France
                   ;
                   We
                   positively
                   assure
                   them
                   ,
                   That
                   our
                   Dearest
                   Brother
                   ,
                   the
                   Most
                   
                     Christian
                     King
                  
                   ,
                   expects
                   no
                   other
                   Compensation
                   for
                   what
                   he
                   has
                   done
                   for
                   us
                   ,
                   than
                   meerly
                   the
                   Glory
                   of
                   having
                   Succor'd
                   an
                   Injur'd
                   Prince
                   .
                
                 
                   To
                   tell
                   us
                   at
                   this
                   time
                   of
                   day
                   of
                   
                     the
                     Generosity
                     of
                     his
                     dearest
                     Brother
                     ,
                     the
                     Most
                     Christian
                     King
                     ,
                  
                   is
                   news
                   indeed
                   .
                   All
                   Europe
                   ,
                   and
                   his
                   own
                   Subjects
                   ,
                   are
                   sufficiently
                   sensible
                   how
                   well
                   that
                   Name
                   becomes
                   him
                   .
                   Tho
                   he
                   had
                   mortally
                   hated
                   the
                   late
                   King
                   ,
                   he
                   did
                   no
                   more
                   but
                   what
                   his
                   own
                   proper
                   Interest
                   obliged
                   him
                   to
                   ,
                   in
                   protecting
                   him
                   :
                   And
                   never
                   had
                   a
                   Prince
                   a
                   larger
                   prospect
                   of
                   Advantage
                   ,
                   than
                   the
                   French
                   King
                   has
                   at
                   present
                   from
                   King
                   Iames
                   ;
                   since
                   it
                   's
                   by
                   his
                   means
                   he
                   intends
                   ,
                   if
                   possible
                   to
                   make
                   these
                   three
                   Kingdoms
                   slaves
                   to
                   France
                   .
                   But
                   how
                   comes
                   the
                   Late
                   King
                   to
                   make
                   us
                   so
                   large
                   Promises
                   for
                   his
                   dearest
                   Brother
                   ?
                   Is
                   it
                   because
                   he
                   supposes
                   no
                   body
                   will
                   be
                   prevail'd
                   with
                   to
                   believe
                   the
                   French
                   King
                   upon
                   his
                   own
                   word
                   ;
                   and
                   if
                   so
                   ,
                   he
                   is
                   much
                   in
                   the
                   right
                   on
                   't
                   :
                   Or
                   is
                   it
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   expects
                   we
                   will
                   rely
                   more
                   upon
                   his
                   word
                   ,
                   when
                   he
                   promises
                   for
                   another
                   ,
                   than
                   for
                   himself
                   :
                   If
                   so
                   ,
                   he
                   is
                   mistaken
                   ,
                   for
                   we
                   believe
                   'em
                   both
                   alike
                   .
                   The
                   King
                   of
                   Spain
                   has
                   more
                   reason
                   on
                   many
                   Accounts
                   to
                   call
                   the
                   French
                   King
                   his
                   dearest
                   Brother
                   ,
                   being
                   indeed
                   so
                   ,
                   in
                   more
                   senses
                   than
                   one
                   ;
                   And
                   yet
                   he
                   has
                   found
                   to
                   his
                   sad
                   experience
                   ,
                   that
                   no
                   Oath
                   nor
                   Treaty
                   could
                   tie
                   him
                   up
                   from
                   Pretentions
                   less
                   plausible
                   then
                   those
                   he
                   has
                   against
                   England
                   upon
                   the
                   Account
                   of
                   King
                   Iames.
                   He
                   renounc'd
                   again
                   and
                   again
                   by
                   his
                   solemn
                   Oath
                   ,
                   and
                   upon
                   the
                   Sacrament
                   ,
                   all
                   Pretences
                   to
                   Flanders
                   in
                   right
                   of
                   his
                   Mother
                   or
                   Wife
                   ;
                   and
                   yet
                   every
                   time
                   he
                   swore
                   so
                   ,
                   he
                   broke
                   it
                   as
                   soon
                   as
                   he
                   was
                   in
                   a
                   Condition
                   so
                   to
                   do
                   .
                   Shall
                   King
                   Iames
                   or
                   we
                   expect
                   better
                   Treatment
                   from
                   the
                   French
                   King
                   ,
                   than
                   the
                   King
                   of
                   Spain
                   his
                   Cousin-German
                   ,
                   and
                   Brother-in-law
                   ,
                   that
                   
                   never
                   wrong'd
                   him
                   ,
                   has
                   met
                   with
                   ?
                   We
                   to
                   whom
                   he
                   imputes
                   his
                   having
                   been
                   put
                   to
                   the
                   Charges
                   of
                   a
                   long
                   War
                   ,
                   and
                   King
                   Iames
                   who
                   has
                   been
                   upon
                   the
                   matter
                   the
                   Original
                   Cause
                   of
                   it
                   ?
                
                 
                   We
                   only
                   add
                   ,
                   
                   That
                   We
                   come
                   to
                   vindicate
                   our
                   own
                   Right
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   establish
                   the
                   Liberties
                   of
                   our
                   People
                   .
                   And
                   may
                   GOD
                   give
                   us
                   Success
                   in
                   the
                   prosecution
                   of
                   the
                   one
                   ,
                   as
                   We
                   sincerely
                   intend
                   the
                   Confirmation
                   of
                   the
                   other
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     IAMES
                     R.
                     
                  
                   
                     Given
                     at
                     St.
                     
                       Germaines
                       en
                       Laye
                    
                     ,
                     
                       April
                       17th
                       
                         S.
                         N.
                      
                       1693.
                       
                       And
                       in
                       the
                       Ninth
                       Year
                       of
                       our
                       Reign
                       .
                    
                  
                
                 
                   God
                   Save
                   the
                   King.
                   
                
              
            
          
        
         
           The
           Contrivers
           of
           this
           Declaration
           have
           made
           pretty
           bold
           with
           the
           Late
           King
           ,
           in
           palming
           upon
           him
           a
           kind
           of
           Oath
           or
           Execration
           ,
           that
           it
           's
           probable
           he
           knows
           nothing
           of
           .
           Methinks
           they
           deserve
           but
           little
           thanks
           that
           put
           thus
           upon
           their
           Master
           ,
           what
           they
           themselves
           believe
           he
           would
           not
           approve
           of
           ;
           unless
           they
           think
           ,
           after
           the
           breach
           of
           a
           Coronation-Oath
           ,
           all
           other
           Promises
           may
           be
           broken
           of
           course
           ;
           and
           so
           they
           may
           coyn
           as
           many
           Oaths
           and
           Promises
           in
           his
           Name
           as
           they
           please
           ,
           if
           it
           serve
           their
           turn
           .
           Well!
           for
           our
           part
           ,
           we
           are
           once
           willing
           to
           say
           ,
           Amen
           to
           the
           late
           King's
           Prayers
           ;
           and
           so
           perswaded
           are
           we
           of
           his
           real
           Intentions
           towards
           England
           ,
           That
           in
           his
           own
           words
           ,
           
             We
             wish
             him
             Success
             in
             the
             Prosecution
             of
             his
             pretended
             Right
             ,
             as
             he
             sincerely
             intends
             the
             Confirmation
             of
             our
             Liberty
             .
          
        
         
           Thus
           have
           I
           fought
           with
           a
           Phantosm
           ,
           appearing
           in
           the
           likeness
           of
           a
           Declaration
           from
           K.
           Iames
           ,
           but
           for
           ought
           I
           know
           ,
           
             A
             Paper
             contriv'd
             ,
             writ
             ,
             and
             printed
             here
             without
             his
             direction
             ,
             and
             perhaps
             his
             knowledg
             .
          
           I
           pretend
           to
           no
           Honour
           in
           so
           inglorious
           a
           Cause
           ;
           tho
           I
           must
           acknowledge
           the
           decency
           that
           's
           due
           to
           a
           Prince
           whose
           Name
           is
           affixt
           to
           it
           ,
           has
           hinder'd
           me
           from
           treating
           the
           Party
           that
           contriv'd
           it
           ,
           so
           ill
           as
           they
           deserve
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
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