A free discourse wherein the doctrines which make for tyranny are display'd the title of our rightful and lawful King William vindicated, and the unreasonableness and mischievous tendency of the odious distinction of a king de facto, and de jure, discover'd / by a Person of Honour.
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             A free discourse wherein the doctrines which make for tyranny are display'd the title of our rightful and lawful King William vindicated, and the unreasonableness and mischievous tendency of the odious distinction of a king de facto, and de jure, discover'd / by a Person of Honour.
             Person of honour.
             Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.
             Howard, Robert, Sir, 1626-1698.
          
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           William -- III, -- King of England, 1650-1702.
           Kings and rulers.
           Despotism.
        
      
    
     
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           A
           FREE
           DISCOURSE
           Wherein
           the
           DOCTRINES
           Which
           make
           for
           TYRANNY
           Are
           Display'd
           .
           The
           TITLE
           of
           our
           Rightful
           and
           Lawful
           King
           WILLIAM
           Vindicated
           .
           And
           the
           unreasonableness
           and
           mischievous
           Tendency
           of
           the
           odious
           distinction
           of
           a
           King
           
             de
             Facto
          
           ,
           and
           
             de
             Jure
          
           ,
           discover'd
           .
        
         
           By
           a
           Person
           of
           Honour
           .
        
         
           
             Quo
             sis
             Africane
             alacrior
             ad
             tutandam
             Rempublicam
             ,
             sic
             habeto
             ,
             Omnibus
             qui
             Patriam
             conservaverint
             ,
             adjuverint
             ,
             auxerint
             ,
             certum
             esse
             in
             Coelo
             ,
             ac
             definitum
             locum
             ,
             ubi
             beati
             sempiterno
             aevo
             fruantur
             .
          
           
             Somn.
             Scip.
             è
             l.
             6.
             
             Ciceronis
             de
             Republica
             .
          
        
         
           London
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             John
             Lawrence
          
           at
           the
           Angel
           in
           the
           Poultrey
           ,
           and
           
             Richard
             Baldwin
          
           near
           the
           Oxford-Arms
           in
           Warwick-Lane
           .
           1697.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           FREE
           DISCOURSE
           Wherein
           the
           DOCTRINES
           Which
           make
           for
           TYRANNY
           Are
           Display'd
           .
        
         
           I
           HAVE
           never
           been
           Conscious
           to
           my self
           ,
           that
           the
           Temptation
           of
           any
           base
           Interest
           ,
           or
           the
           Apprehension
           of
           any
           threatning
           Danger
           ,
           could
           corrupt
           me
           to
           betray
           ,
           or
           force
           me
           to
           decline
           ,
           that
           which
           I
           well
           knew
           to
           be
           the
           true
           Interest
           of
           my
           King
           and
           Country
           ;
           and
           therefore
           have
           I
           constantly
           look'd
           upon
           those
           ,
           that
           made
           it
           their
           Business
           to
           break
           in
           upon
           the
           
           just
           Rights
           of
           the
           one
           ,
           or
           the
           other
           ,
           as
           unhappy
           Contrivers
           to
           involve
           the
           Nation
           ,
           in
           a
           consuming
           Debt
           to
           Tyranny
           ,
           or
           Confusion
           ,
           which
           the
           People
           shall
           be
           sure
           to
           pay
           ,
           out
           of
           their
           Enjoyments
           in
           Life
           ,
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           Property
           .
        
         
           Of
           Consequence
           therefore
           ,
           I
           must
           with
           grating
           Affliction
           have
           observ'd
           ,
           how
           strenously
           this
           vile
           Design
           has
           been
           labour'd
           ,
           from
           towards
           the
           latter
           end
           of
           King
           Charles
           the
           2d
           ,
           to
           this
           present
           time
           .
           Under
           the
           screening
           shelter
           of
           that
           Prince
           ,
           Popery
           and
           Arbitrary
           Power
           were
           favour'd
           ,
           and
           cherish'd
           with
           all
           the
           Art
           and
           Industry
           ,
           which
           Men
           of
           slavish
           Principles
           ,
           and
           profligate
           Consciences
           ,
           could
           devise
           and
           apply
           ,
           till
           the
           twin
           Monsters
           were
           thought
           arriv'd
           at
           that
           fulness
           of
           prodigious
           Stature
           ,
           as
           no
           longer
           to
           need
           his
           Life
           ,
           for
           their
           Concealment
           or
           Protection
           .
        
         
           As
           a
           good
           Preparative
           for
           the
           Introduction
           of
           Arbitrary
           Power
           ,
           in
           which
           are
           all
           the
           hopes
           of
           Popery
           ,
           pernicious
           *
           Pamphlets
           were
           publish'd
           ,
           in
           which
           it
           was
           magisterially
           asserted
           ,
           That
           the
           Realm
           of
           England
           was
           such
           a
           compleat
           
           Imperial
           Soveraignty
           ,
           as
           wherein
           the
           King
           had
           full
           ,
           perfect
           ,
           and
           intire
           Jurisdiction
           from
           God
           alone
           ;
           and
           that
           his
           Subjects
           ought
           rather
           to
           suffer
           Death
           wrongfully
           ,
           than
           resist
           him
           .
           It
           was
           speciously
           granted
           indeed
           ,
           That
           there
           were
           Political
           Laws
           to
           secure
           the
           Rights
           of
           the
           Subject
           :
           but
           it
           was
           stifly
           maintain'd
           ,
           That
           the
           Imperial
           Laws
           ,
           which
           ascertain'd
           the
           Rights
           of
           the
           Sovereign
           Prince
           ,
           were
           superiour
           to
           the
           Political
           ,
           and
           might
           and
           ought
           to
           determine
           when
           the
           Political
           Laws
           should
           be
           observ'd
           ,
           when
           not
           .
           As
           much
           as
           to
           say
           ,
           The
           Rights
           of
           the
           Subject
           should
           be
           secure
           from
           all
           Invasion
           ,
           but
           that
           of
           their
           King.
           Well!
           that
           's
           worth
           something
           ,
           tho'
           the
           Clown
           in
           the
           Greek
           Epigram
           ,
           would
           not
           have
           much
           valued
           it
           ;
           For
           ,
           said
           he
           ,
           a
           little
           irreverently
           indeed
           ,
           but
           very
           plainly
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           purpose
           ,
           
             
               —
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
            
             
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               .
            
             
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
            
             
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               .
            
          
        
         
           Hercules
           ,
           that
           defends
           my
           Flock
           from
           the
           
           Wolf
           ,
           has
           ever
           and
           anon
           ,
           a
           fat
           Sheep
           for
           Sacrifice
           ,
           the
           Wolf
           has
           no
           more
           for
           prey
           .
           I
           lose
           on
           both
           sides
           ;
           for
           't
           is
           all
           one
           to
           me
           ,
           whether
           the
           God
           has
           it
           roasted
           ,
           or
           Isgrim
           raw
           .
        
         
           The
           Judges
           ,
           in
           King
           
           James's
           time
           ,
           very
           leernedly
           stated
           ,
           and
           decided
           the
           Matter
           ;
           pronouncing
           ,
           That
           in
           Cases
           of
           Necessity
           ,
           the
           King
           might
           dispense
           with
           the
           Laws
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           was
           Judge
           of
           the
           Necessity
           .
        
         
           These
           Gentlemen
           seem
           to
           have
           had
           some
           Modesty
           ,
           tho'
           no
           more
           Conscience
           than
           the
           other
           ;
           or
           ,
           perhaps
           this
           little
           show
           of
           Modesty
           ,
           was
           a
           cast
           of
           their
           Wit
           ,
           they
           made
           use
           of
           the
           Fowler
           's
           cunning
           ,
           stalkt
           under
           shelter
           ,
           to
           get
           a
           full
           shoot
           at
           the
           Peoples
           Liberties
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           Quarry
           they
           aim'd
           at
           ;
           and
           dead
           they
           laid
           it
           ,
           beshrew
           their
           hearts
           for
           their
           pains
           .
           But
           't
           was
           a
           sorry
           piece
           of
           cunning
           ,
           which
           would
           never
           have
           taken
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           Game
           they
           shot
           ,
           was
           '
           tangled
           in
           a
           Net
           before
           .
        
         
           Who
           sees
           not
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           King
           may
           dispense
           with
           the
           Laws
           in
           Cases
           of
           Necessity
           ,
           and
           be
           Judge
           of
           the
           Necessity
           ,
           he
           may
           dispense
           with
           them
           as
           often
           
           as
           he
           pleases
           ?
           wherefore
           his
           learned
           Sages
           of
           the
           Law
           might
           have
           spar'd
           their
           Wit
           ,
           and
           more
           ingenuously
           with
           open
           boldness
           ,
           have
           asserted
           and
           declar'd
           like
           Richard
           the
           2d
           ,
           That
           the
           King's
           Will
           was
           the
           Law.
           This
           is
           what
           the
           false
           Coiners
           of
           the
           cheating
           distinction
           of
           Imperial
           and
           Political
           Laws
           ,
           and
           the
           corrupt
           Putters
           of
           Necessity-Cases
           [
           which
           makes
           the
           People's
           Slavery
           the
           one
           thing
           necessary
           ]
           would
           fain
           be
           at
           .
           But
           the
           Design
           is
           so
           wicked
           and
           odious
           ,
           that
           to
           own
           it
           in
           plain
           words
           ,
           were
           the
           way
           to
           overthrow
           it
           :
           In
           truth
           ,
           subtle
           Distinctions
           ,
           and
           Cases
           which
           have
           never
           happen'd
           ,
           are
           like
           to
           make
           the
           most
           of
           this
           bad
           Market
           .
           Thus
           all
           in
           the
           Land
           of
           Metaphysicks
           ,
           where
           every
           Period
           or
           Page
           of
           famous
           School-Divinity
           ,
           harbours
           wild
           Notions
           of
           Religion
           ,
           which
           cannot
           be
           explain'd
           ,
           and
           made
           intelligible
           ,
           much
           less
           prov'd
           and
           ascertain'd
           by
           clear
           Reason
           ;
           the
           Sons
           of
           Science
           supernatural
           ,
           the
           
             Mystic
             Adepti
          
           introduce
           them
           ,
           with
           proper
           Terms
           of
           Art
           ,
           [
           Terms
           useless
           to
           any
           other
           purpose
           ]
           and
           settle
           and
           '
           stablish
           them
           for
           ever
           ,
           [
           i.e.
           as
           long
           as
           ever
           they
           can
           be
           settled
           
           and
           establish'd
           ]
           on
           the
           unexamin'd
           Foundation
           of
           perplexing
           Distinctions
           .
        
         
           There
           were
           not
           wanting
           among
           the
           eminent
           Clergy
           ,
           who
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           would
           go
           a
           length
           K.
           Richard
           never
           dream't
           on
           ,
           seem'd
           to
           intimate
           ,
           That
           the
           King's
           Will
           was
           not
           only
           the
           Law
           ,
           but
           the
           Religion
           of
           the
           Country
           too
           ;
           and
           Passive
           Obedience
           ,
           the
           only
           wretched
           Portion
           of
           the
           unpeopled
           People
           ;
           for
           then
           they
           were
           no
           longer
           a
           People
           ,
           but
           a
           plunder'd
           and
           enslav'd
           Rabble
           ,
           left
           only
           Tenants
           at
           Will
           for
           their
           Lives
           ,
           Liberties
           ,
           and
           Properties
           .
           In
           such
           a
           wretched
           Case
           ,
           it
           would
           become
           the
           unpeopled
           People
           ,
           to
           have
           always
           their
           Loins
           girt
           ,
           Shoes
           on
           their
           Feet
           ,
           and
           Staves
           in
           their
           Hands
           ;
           not
           like
           Israelites
           taking
           leave
           of
           their
           hard
           Masters
           ,
           and
           going
           to
           set
           up
           for
           themselves
           ;
           but
           like
           the
           Shepherds
           of
           Cremona
           ,
           waiting
           for
           the
           terrible
           Sentence
           —
           
             Veteres
             migrate
             coloni
          
           .
           Be
           gone
           ye
           old
           English
           Race
           of
           strubborn
           Free-holders
           ,
           ne're
           trouble
           your selves
           how
           ye
           shall
           drive
           your
           Flocks
           ,
           but
           leave
           such
           things
           behind
           you
           ;
           haste
           ,
           haste
           ,
           you
           have
           nothing
           to
           pack
           up
           ,
           unless
           
           your
           old
           Wives
           ,
           and
           young
           Children
           ;
           haste
           ,
           and
           make
           room
           for
           naked
           Colonies
           of
           
             tres
             humble
             Monsieur
             Serviteurs
          
           ,
           that
           shall
           not
           dare
           to
           call
           their
           Wooden
           Shoes
           their
           own
           ;
           but
           Soul
           and
           Body
           become
           all
           Obedience
           ,
           let
           [
           with
           Spiritual
           Curb
           ,
           or
           Temporal
           Snaffle
           ]
           Priest
           or
           Tyrant
           ride
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           design
           of
           changing
           our
           Legal
           ,
           into
           an
           Arbitrary
           Government
           ,
           was
           copy'd
           from
           the
           French
           Original
           .
           In
           France
           t
           was
           laid
           in
           the
           Reign
           of
           Lewis
           the
           XI
           .
           and
           took
           effect
           to
           the
           destruction
           of
           the
           Rights
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           by
           destroying
           the
           Power
           of
           Parliaments
           .
           The
           destruction
           of
           the
           Power
           of
           Parliaments
           was
           carried
           on
           by
           very
           sober
           paces
           ,
           by
           the
           most
           easie
           and
           modest
           Encroachments
           ,
           that
           People
           weary
           of
           their
           Liberties
           could
           have
           wish'd
           for
           .
           The
           King
           did
           not
           pretend
           to
           raise
           Money
           ,
           when
           he
           pleas'd
           ,
           —
           by
           himself
           ,
           —
           and
           without
           his
           Parliament
           ;
           no
           ,
           —
           good
           Prince
           ,
           —
           not
           He.
           All
           that
           he
           desir'd
           ,
           was
           only
           to
           be
           permitted
           to
           raise
           Money
           ,
           —
           now
           and
           then
           ,
           —
           upon
           occasion
           ,
           —
           in
           the
           Intervals
           of
           Parliament
           ;
           and
           not
           that
           neither
           ,
           but
           in
           Cases
           of
           pure
           Necessity
           ,
           when
           the
           Safety
           
           
           
           
           
           of
           his
           good
           Subjects
           absolutely
           requir'd
           it
           .
           And
           how
           could
           it
           be
           deny'd
           him
           ,
           who
           lov'd
           his
           People
           so
           well
           ,
           to
           judge
           of
           Cases
           of
           Necessity
           .
           But
           the
           Power
           of
           raising
           Money
           being
           once
           gone
           ,
           the
           deluded
           People
           presently
           perceiv'd
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           purchas'd
           their
           Slavery
           with
           it
           .
           For
           now
           all
           Power
           fell
           easily
           into
           the
           Hands
           of
           the
           King.
           In
           vain
           it
           was
           to
           dispute
           with
           him
           any
           Civil
           Rights
           not
           yet
           parted
           with
           by
           name
           ,
           or
           even
           the
           publick
           Profession
           of
           Religion
           .
           For
           the
           Power
           of
           Raising
           Money
           is
           ,
           in
           effect
           ,
           the
           Power
           of
           doing
           all
           things
           ;
           just
           so
           is
           it
           with
           the
           Article
           of
           Infallibility
           ,
           admit
           but
           that
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           that
           first
           false
           Article
           ,
           and
           you
           must
           stand
           with
           his
           Holiness
           for
           nothing
           ,
           but
           believe
           thro'
           thick
           and
           thin
           ,
           in
           spight
           of
           Sense
           and
           Reason
           .
           Well!
           the
           French
           King
           became
           ,
           by
           the
           abovesaid
           Artifice
           ,
           at
           perfect
           Liberty
           to
           be
           ,
           or
           not
           be
           a
           Tyrant
           ,
           which
           he
           pleas'd
           .
           Let
           no
           one
           ask
           how
           he
           govern'd
           himself
           ;
           for
           ,
           did
           ever
           Man
           grasp
           at
           the
           Power
           to
           do
           Mischief
           ,
           without
           the
           purpose
           ?
           If
           there
           have
           been
           such
           mysterious
           Riddles
           of
           irregular
           Vertue
           ,
           yet
           
           the
           French
           King
           's
           after
           Lewis
           XI
           .
           were
           no
           instances
           of
           it
           .
           In
           them
           it
           plainly
           appear'd
           how
           effectually
           the
           temptation
           of
           unlimited
           Power
           works
           on
           Ambitious
           Nature
           .
           Ambitious
           Nature
           seldom
           or
           never
           esteems
           any
           thing
           enough
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           any
           thing
           at
           all
           out
           of
           her
           Possession
           .
           It
           has
           not
           been
           enough
           for
           Lewis
           the
           XIV
           .
           to
           be
           the
           Law
           ,
           but
           he
           must
           be
           the
           Religion
           also
           of
           his
           Slaves
           .
           With
           a
           great
           many
           it
           was
           Argument
           enough
           to
           be
           of
           the
           Religion
           he
           requir'd
           ,
           because
           it
           was
           his
           :
           while
           his
           Spiritual
           Dragoons
           disputed
           more
           forcibly
           with
           those
           of
           a
           more
           backward
           Faith
           ;
           The
           Priests
           had
           stood
           altogether
           idle
           ,
           and
           unconcern'd
           in
           this
           Conversion
           ,
           but
           for
           the
           merit
           of
           that
           flattering
           Doctrine
           .
           A
           King
           is
           accountable
           to
           none
           but
           God
           ,
           but
           to
           make
           amends
           for
           their
           being
           less
           serviceable
           than
           the
           Military
           Men
           ,
           their
           unaccountable
           King
           shall
           be
           stil'd
           ,
           the
           Vicegerent
           of
           God
           ,
           nay
           the
           very
           Image
           of
           the
           Most
           High
           ,
           tho'
           they
           spoil
           the
           Argument
           in
           the
           First
           Chapter
           to
           the
           Hebrews
           ,
           for
           the
           Divinity
           of
           Christ.
           I
           wonder
           they
           do
           not
           maintain
           ,
           That
           their
           King
           is
           accountable
           to
           
           none
           but
           himself
           .
           For
           if
           he
           prescribes
           them
           their
           Religion
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           dictates
           their
           Law
           ,
           he
           is
           their
           Idol
           God
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           their
           Royal
           Tyrant
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           as
           I
           noted
           ,
           Ambitious
           Nature
           never
           esteems
           any
           thing
           enough
           ,
           when
           there
           is
           yet
           something
           out
           of
           her
           possession
           ,
           therefore
           Lewis
           the
           XIV
           .
           is
           for
           advancing
           his
           Tyranny
           over
           his
           Neighbours
           also
           .
           To
           this
           purpose
           ,
           his
           method
           has
           long
           time
           been
           to
           corrupt
           the
           Courts
           of
           Princes
           by
           his
           
             Lovis
             d'Ors
          
           ;
           to
           surprize
           Un-armed
           Countries
           ,
           and
           Ill-provided
           Forts
           ,
           by
           breach
           of
           his
           Oaths
           :
           Thus
           his
           Treachery
           has
           many
           Years
           purvey'd
           for
           his
           Cruelty
           ,
           and
           his
           Cruelty
           shed
           Torrents
           of
           Blood
           to
           quench
           the
           raging
           Thirst
           of
           his
           Ambition
           .
           He
           has
           plunder'd
           the
           Monuments
           of
           the
           Dead
           ,
           and
           the
           Altars
           of
           his
           own
           Gods
           ,
           nor
           Fearing
           ,
           nor
           Reverencing
           one
           more
           than
           the
           other
           .
           He
           has
           broke
           his
           Leagues
           with
           Christian
           Princes
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           they
           would
           trust
           him
           ;
           has
           kept
           them
           ,
           something
           better
           indeed
           ,
           with
           the
           Turk
           ,
           for
           it
           was
           his
           Interest
           ,
           tho'
           the
           Turk
           is
           not
           his
           only
           Allie
           ,
           for
           he
           has
           the
           
             Devil
             ,
             and
             the
             Pope
          
           beside
           .
        
         
         
           What
           good
           understanding
           there
           is
           between
           him
           and
           the
           Pope
           ,
           the
           World
           sees
           ,
           and
           he
           that
           will
           not
           grant
           him
           to
           be
           in
           League
           with
           the
           Foul
           Fiend
           also
           ,
           must
           believe
           that
           there
           's
           no
           Devil
           in
           Hell
           ,
           or
           no
           Monkish
           Conjurer
           in
           France
           ,
           to
           bring
           those
           mighty
           Potentates
           together
           .
           Is
           there
           any
           difference
           between
           Neighbouring
           States
           ?
           Lewis
           will
           interpose
           to
           settle
           it
           ,
           and
           never
           leave
           'till
           he
           has
           settled
           ,
           or
           made
           it
           wider
           .
           Is
           any
           Prince
           or
           Princess
           to
           be
           Married
           ?
           He
           proposes
           a
           Match
           for
           them
           ,
           some
           Bastard
           Son
           ,
           or
           Daughter
           of
           his
           own
           ,
           well
           pre-instructed
           what
           returns
           to
           make
           him
           ,
           for
           their
           Preferment
           .
           Is
           there
           any
           Candidate
           labouring
           for
           a
           Sovereign
           Bishoprick
           ,
           or
           Coadjutorship
           ,
           who
           has
           very
           little
           reason
           to
           support
           his
           pretences
           ?
           Lewis
           the
           Grand
           will
           serve
           his
           hopeless
           interest
           ,
           out
           of
           his
           own
           free
           mischievous
           Generosity
           .
           When
           he
           prospers
           ,
           he
           fights
           for
           the
           glory
           of
           his
           Majesty
           ;
           When
           his
           Affairs
           are
           in
           some
           danger
           ,
           he
           labours
           only
           to
           extirpate
           Heresie
           ;
           but
           in
           neither
           of
           these
           Cases
           ,
           thinks
           it
           improper
           to
           assist
           an
           Heretical
           Noble
           Revolter
           against
           
           his
           Catholick
           Lord
           and
           Master
           .
           In
           sending
           abroad
           Embassadors
           ,
           he
           choses
           Huguenot
           Ravigni
           for
           England
           ,
           a
           stout
           Toper
           for
           Germany
           ,
           a
           bold
           Marquess
           for
           Rome
           ,
           a
           grave
           Clergy-man
           for
           Spain
           .
           In
           short
           he
           makes
           himself
           all
           things
           for
           all
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           confound
           all
           Nations
           ,
           and
           turn
           the
           World
           into
           a
           Wilderness
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           French
           Original
           ,
           which
           some
           unhappy
           men
           among
           us
           have
           studiously
           set
           themselves
           to
           Copy
           .
           Now
           in
           the
           First
           place
           God
           be
           prais'd
           ,
           then
           due
           thanks
           paid
           to
           King
           William
           our
           Deliverer
           ,
           and
           every
           Noble
           Afferter
           of
           our
           English
           Liberties
           in
           the
           Convention-Parliament
           ,
           for
           that
           ,
           the
           work
           of
           those
           unhappy
           Copyers
           was
           disturb'd
           ,
           and
           so
           they
           could
           never
           finish
           their
           Piece
           ;
           but
           they
           gave
           us
           a
           plaguy
           sketch
           of
           it
           in
           the
           last
           Reign
           .
        
         
           But
           there
           is
           another
           Original
           Draught
           of
           a
           Tyrant
           ,
           set
           forth
           in
           that
           excellent
           History
           of
           the
           Revolution
           in
           Sweden
           ,
           wherein
           many
           particulars
           bear
           a
           perfect
           resemblance
           of
           our
           Late
           Times
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           great
           Transactions
           both
           in
           France
           and
           England
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           to
           be
           wonder'd
           at
           ,
           but
           rather
           to
           
           be
           consider'd
           as
           a
           good
           Evidence
           ,
           that
           all
           Tyranny
           is
           alike
           ;
           for
           tho'
           the
           Streams
           from
           the
           same
           Fountain
           may
           run
           in
           several
           Ways
           ,
           and
           Channels
           ,
           yet
           they
           all
           tend
           to
           the
           same
           Ocean
           of
           Blood.
           
        
         
           After
           the
           Death
           of
           the
           Brave
           Steno
           ,
           the
           Worthy
           Administratour
           of
           
             Sweden
             ,
             Christiern
          
           II.
           succeeded
           his
           Father
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Denmark
           ,
           and
           obtain'd
           the
           Crown
           of
           Sweden
           by
           Conquest
           .
           This
           Prince
           was
           not
           more
           ambitious
           to
           make
           others
           his
           Slaves
           ,
           than
           he
           was
           ,
           himself
           to
           become
           the
           Slave
           of
           Sigebrite
           ,
           a
           Woman
           who
           had
           neither
           the
           Charms
           of
           Youth
           ,
           or
           Beauty
           to
           Captivate
           him
           .
           But
           this
           notwithstanding
           ,
           her
           Power
           was
           as
           great
           over
           him
           ,
           as
           if
           she
           had
           seem'd
           intit'led
           to
           it
           ,
           by
           all
           the
           Perfections
           ,
           which
           Nature
           could
           have
           bestow'd
           upon
           her
           .
           It
           is
           hard
           to
           be
           imagin'd
           how
           an
           Old
           Dutch
           Woman
           could
           obtain
           this
           absolute
           Dominion
           over
           a
           haughty
           Monarch
           ,
           unless
           it
           were
           by
           perswading
           him
           to
           assume
           the
           same
           over
           others
           .
           The
           Inhumane
           Polities
           of
           this
           She-Favourite
           were
           extremely
           agreeable
           to
           the
           fierce
           and
           cruel
           Disposition
           of
           
           Christiern
           ;
           He
           look'd
           upon
           the
           Antient
           Liberties
           of
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           as
           inconsistent
           with
           his
           Royal
           Honour
           and
           Dignity
           ;
           and
           she
           tempted
           him
           to
           sacrifice
           a
           whole
           Senate
           to
           his
           Arbitrary
           Ambition
           .
           This
           ,
           this
           was
           the
           pleasing
           Conjuration
           ,
           that
           charm'd
           him
           ,
           whose
           Nature
           was
           not
           so
           pardonably
           wicked
           ,
           as
           to
           dote
           on
           Youth
           and
           Beauty
           ;
           The
           Tyrant
           receiv'd
           the
           Malitious
           Addresses
           of
           his
           furious
           Mistress
           ,
           as
           Testimonies
           of
           her
           passionate
           Fondness
           for
           him
           ,
           and
           so
           gave
           her
           that
           dominion
           over
           himself
           ,
           which
           he
           resolv'd
           to
           have
           over
           the
           Swedes
           .
           He
           found
           the
           Pulse
           of
           the
           Church
           beat
           as
           high
           as
           his
           own
           ,
           they
           were
           even
           impatient
           to
           make
           their
           King
           ,
           their
           Tyrant
           ,
           supposing
           that
           their
           share
           in
           the
           Ecclesiastical
           part
           would
           be
           as
           Flourishing
           ,
           as
           his
           in
           the
           Civil
           ;
           and
           the
           violent
           Arch-Bishop
           of
           Vpsal
           fancied
           he
           should
           not
           be
           much
           the
           lesser
           Monarch
           of
           the
           two
           .
        
         
           Christiern
           ill
           enough
           dispos'd
           of
           himself
           ,
           and
           always
           animated
           to
           mischief
           by
           his
           Hellish
           Erinnys
           ,
           quickly
           came
           to
           a
           resolution
           of
           destroying
           all
           the
           Senatours
           and
           Principal
           Noblemen
           ,
           
           that
           had
           been
           ,
           or
           were
           like
           to
           be
           Enemies
           of
           his
           Imperial
           Arbitrary
           Authority
           .
           To
           facilitate
           the
           fatal
           Execution
           ,
           he
           put
           on
           a
           better
           countenance
           ,
           than
           the
           Withered
           Hagg
           his
           Spightful
           Favourite
           wore
           ,
           no
           cloud
           sate
           on
           his
           Royal
           Brow
           ;
           but
           all
           was
           clear
           and
           calm
           there
           ,
           proper
           as
           could
           be
           to
           perswade
           them
           to
           trust
           ,
           who
           once
           suspected
           him
           .
           With
           this
           show
           of
           Gentleness
           and
           Affection
           then
           ,
           he
           invites
           the
           Lords
           to
           a
           Magnificent
           Feast
           at
           Sockholm
           ,
           Two
           Days
           they
           were
           highly
           treated
           ,
           and
           on
           the
           Third
           Massacred
           .
        
         
           Yet
           was
           not
           the
           Imperial
           Tyrannick
           Thirst
           of
           Christiern
           satisfied
           ,
           for
           the
           Great
           Gustavus
           ,
           with
           some
           few
           Illustrious
           Patriots
           escap'd
           the
           Slaughter
           ,
           wherefore
           he
           sends
           fresh
           bloody
           Orders
           to
           his
           Troops
           ,
           who
           presently
           put
           the
           whole
           Town
           to
           the
           Sword
           ,
           sparing
           none
           except
           the
           Old
           and
           Ugly
           ,
           but
           them
           ,
           perhaps
           in
           Complement
           to
           Sigebrite
           .
           Nay
           so
           utterly
           averse
           did
           this
           Tyrant
           then
           show
           himself
           to
           all
           Humanity
           ,
           that
           when
           a
           Swedish
           Gentleman
           could
           not
           restrain
           his
           Grief
           ,
           beholding
           such
           a
           Scene
           of
           Horrour
           ,
           he
           
           had
           him
           fastned
           to
           a
           Gibbet
           ,
           and
           his
           Bowels
           torn
           forth
           ,
           because
           of
           his
           tenderness
           and
           compassion
           .
        
         
           This
           surprizing
           Bloody
           Start
           from
           a
           King
           to
           a
           Tyrant
           ,
           terrified
           the
           People
           so
           extreamly
           ,
           that
           it
           dispos'd
           them
           to
           do
           their
           parts
           to
           free
           themselves
           from
           their
           deplorable
           Condition
           .
           Slavery
           may
           be
           the
           misfortune
           of
           a
           People
           ,
           but
           to
           submit
           to
           it
           ,
           can
           never
           be
           their
           Duty
           ;
           And
           I
           much
           question
           whether
           in
           the
           like
           Case
           ,
           our
           Advocates
           of
           Imperial
           absolute
           Sovereignty
           would
           not
           have
           been
           of
           the
           same
           mind
           with
           the
           Swedes
           ;
           and
           not
           by
           their
           Passive
           Obedience
           have
           acknowledg'd
           their
           ruine
           for
           their
           Religion
           .
           Well!
           in
           a
           short
           time
           ,
           what
           the
           Swedes
           long'd
           for
           ,
           a
           Deliverer
           appear'd
           .
           He
           was
           the
           injur'd
           
             Gustavus
             Ericson
          
           ,
           descended
           from
           the
           Ancient
           Kings
           of
           Sweden
           ,
           and
           Nephew
           to
           King
           
             Canutson
             .
             Christiern
          
           had
           now
           not
           only
           Abdicated
           his
           Government
           ,
           by
           his
           Tyranny
           ,
           in
           the
           utter
           subversion
           of
           the
           Laws
           ,
           Rights
           ,
           and
           Properties
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           but
           being
           generally
           Hated
           ,
           Beaten
           ,
           and
           Forsaken
           ,
           he
           Consumated
           his
           Abdication
           by
           Flight
           ,
           and
           Gustavus
           the
           Generous
           
           Deliverer
           ,
           was
           by
           a
           Convention
           of
           the
           Estates
           ,
           with
           the
           Joy
           of
           the
           People
           chosen
           King
           of
           Sweden
           ,
           which
           he
           govern'd
           happily
           all
           the
           days
           of
           his
           Life
           .
        
         
           A
           Philosopher
           being
           ask'd
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           most
           dangerous
           of
           all
           Beasts
           ,
           Answer'd
           ,
           of
           Wild
           Ones
           ,
           a
           Tyrant
           ;
           of
           Tame
           Ones
           ,
           a
           Flatterer
           ▪
           These
           Tame
           Ones
           hunt
           the
           Game
           like
           Jacalls
           ,
           and
           with
           their
           plaguy
           yelping
           excite
           ,
           and
           guide
           the
           Wild
           Ones
           to
           the
           Prey
           ;
           and
           this
           they
           do
           ,
           in
           hopes
           ,
           that
           ,
           when
           their
           Lawless
           Masters
           are
           cloy'd
           ,
           they
           may
           satisfie
           their
           own
           Appetites
           with
           Reliques
           of
           that
           Destruction
           ,
           in
           which
           they
           had
           been
           instrumental
           .
        
         
           This
           Jacall
           yalping
           in
           England
           was
           never
           more
           Fierce
           ,
           Eager
           ,
           and
           Loud
           ,
           than
           in
           the
           Reign
           of
           King
           Charles
           II.
           and
           it
           was
           a
           proper
           time
           for
           the
           Enemies
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           with
           the
           advantage
           of
           the
           shelter
           which
           he
           gave
           them
           ,
           to
           make
           preparation
           for
           the
           Triumphant
           Entrance
           of
           Popery
           and
           Slavery
           .
           And
           at
           that
           time
           they
           did
           not
           neglect
           the
           opportunity
           ,
           witness
           the
           Dover
           Treaty
           ;
           The
           Popish
           Plot
           discover'd
           by
           Doctor
           
           Oates
           ,
           and
           many
           a
           bantering
           Sham
           ,
           that
           could
           not
           be
           brought
           to
           pass
           upon
           the
           People
           ;
           but
           then
           something
           that
           could
           make
           its
           one
           way
           came
           on
           ,
           Quo
           Warranto's
           like
           Bombs
           were
           thrown
           into
           Corporations
           ,
           which
           miserably
           destroy'd
           their
           Antient
           Charters
           ;
           Dispensing
           Judges
           were
           advanc'd
           ;
           Proper
           Sheriffs
           chosen
           ,
           and
           all
           unjust
           Arts
           used
           to
           dispose
           things
           for
           the
           easier
           plundering
           the
           Nation
           of
           their
           Liberties
           ,
           Properties
           ,
           and
           Religion
           .
           These
           unrighteous
           Proceedings
           would
           hardly
           have
           been
           ventur'd
           on
           ,
           but
           for
           the
           Countenance
           that
           was
           giv'n
           them
           by
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Passive
           Obedience
           ,
           a
           Doctrine
           not
           reveal'd
           by
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           nor
           recorded
           in
           his
           Gospel
           ,
           but
           
             stamp'd
             by
             latter
             Creation
          
           ,
           under
           the
           protection
           of
           which
           ,
           any
           King
           may
           play
           the
           Christiern
           ,
           or
           the
           Lewis
           safely
           ,
           and
           without
           controul
           .
           This
           
             Creation
             stamped
             Doctrine
          
           grew
           in
           such
           Credit
           ,
           and
           Esteem
           ,
           that
           not
           a
           Man
           ,
           who
           did
           not
           give
           his
           Assent
           and
           Consent
           to
           the
           same
           ,
           could
           be
           allow'd
           to
           be
           a
           true
           Son
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           scarcely
           to
           be
           a
           Christian.
           
        
         
         
           The
           unlimited
           Power
           of
           a
           King
           having
           been
           so
           strenuously
           asserted
           ,
           and
           so
           sucessfully
           in
           the
           Proceedings
           of
           those
           Times
           ,
           seem'd
           to
           make
           the
           death
           of
           King
           Charles
           very
           seasonable
           for
           the
           opening
           the
           Execution
           of
           the
           Grand
           Design
           ,
           in
           a
           barefac'd
           Subversion
           of
           the
           Religion
           and
           Laws
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           King
           James
           at
           his
           first
           coming
           to
           the
           Crown
           seem'd
           to
           endeavour
           to
           take
           away
           the
           Apprehension
           ,
           and
           Terrour
           that
           was
           justly
           imagin'd
           to
           fill
           the
           Minds
           of
           People
           .
           And
           in
           his
           first
           Speech
           declar'd
           so
           much
           tenderness
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           respect
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           their
           Liberties
           and
           Properties
           ,
           that
           the
           cajol'd
           Parliament
           from
           an
           excess
           of
           Satisfaction
           ,
           shew
           ,
           [
           I
           may
           safely
           say
           ]
           more
           Affection
           to
           him
           ,
           than
           ever
           Parliament
           did
           to
           a
           Protestant
           Prince
           ,
           and
           gave
           Money
           ,
           till
           he
           himself
           put
           a
           stop
           to
           the
           profuse
           and
           excessive
           Expressions
           of
           their
           Satisfaction
           .
           It
           must
           be
           granted
           that
           the
           lives
           of
           some
           Professors
           are
           not
           so
           bad
           as
           the
           consequences
           of
           their
           erroneous
           Opinions
           :
           And
           it
           was
           charitably
           thought
           by
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           that
           
           King
           James
           ,
           tho'
           a
           Papist
           ,
           would
           not
           Govern
           so
           Arbitrary
           ,
           as
           the
           encourag'd
           Doctrines
           of
           the
           Age
           gave
           him
           leave
           ;
           but
           they
           quickly
           perceiv'd
           their
           Error
           ,
           and
           found
           to
           their
           Sorrow
           ,
           that
           Popery
           ,
           and
           Arbitrary
           Power
           could
           no
           more
           be
           seperated
           ,
           than
           the
           double
           Monster
           that
           was
           shown
           in
           London
           of
           two
           Brothers
           ,
           one
           growing
           out
           of
           the
           side
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           who
           were
           so
           intimately
           conjoyn'd
           ,
           that
           the
           Life
           ,
           Decay
           ,
           or
           Death
           of
           the
           one
           was
           equally
           the
           Concern
           ,
           and
           Fate
           of
           the
           other
           .
           For
           now
           he
           began
           to
           put
           his
           Imperial
           Laws
           in
           Execution
           ,
           and
           by
           dispensing
           with
           ,
           fairly
           abrogated
           all
           the
           Political
           ,
           which
           should
           have
           secur'd
           the
           Rights
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           but
           alas
           !
           they
           were
           betray'd
           into
           his
           hands
           ,
           and
           he
           without
           Mercy
           dispatch'd
           them
           .
           To
           me
           it
           seems
           almost
           impossible
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           Spiritual
           Defenders
           of
           the
           Absolute
           Power
           of
           an
           English
           King
           —
           who
           deliver'd
           that
           Power
           to
           be
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           the
           Slavish
           Judges
           who
           declar'd
           it
           to
           be
           Law
           ,
           should
           have
           deplor'd
           the
           Wounds
           they
           have
           given
           to
           the
           Religion
           ,
           and
           Laws
           of
           their
           Country
           ,
           unless
           the
           hopes
           of
           a
           share
           in
           the
           Spoiles
           had
           prevail'd
           
           above
           all
           honest
           Considerations
           ,
           and
           unless
           they
           had
           been
           themselves
           as
           ready
           to
           embrace
           the
           Popish
           Religion
           ,
           as
           they
           had
           been
           instrumental
           to
           set
           it
           up
           .
           Together
           with
           the
           first
           Exercise
           of
           an
           Arbitrary
           Power
           ,
           the
           Popish
           Religion
           began
           to
           appear
           on
           the
           Stage
           ;
           and
           the
           Monks
           and
           Friars
           enter'd
           to
           act
           in
           their
           proper
           Habits
           ;
           Seminaries
           were
           set
           up
           in
           several
           places
           ,
           and
           Houses
           fill'd
           with
           those
           Religious
           Furies
           ;
           Father
           Peter
           ,
           a
           Jesuit
           was
           made
           of
           the
           Privy
           Council
           ,
           and
           reign'd
           Chief
           Minister
           .
           Thus
           from
           the
           Spring
           of
           Imperial
           [
           i.e.
           Arbitrary
           ]
           Power
           ,
           an
           over-flowing
           Deluge
           broke
           forth
           ,
           threatning
           miserable
           occasions
           for
           the
           Religious
           Exercise
           of
           that
           Fatal
           Duty
           ,
           Passive
           Obedience
           .
        
         
           King
           James
           no
           sooner
           altered
           from
           what
           he
           seem'd
           to
           be
           in
           his
           first
           Speech
           ,
           but
           the
           People
           alter'd
           from
           what
           they
           were
           .
           Their
           Satisfaction
           in
           their
           new
           King
           vanish'd
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           hopes
           of
           living
           happy
           Subjects
           under
           him
           ,
           they
           sank
           into
           the
           Apprehensions
           of
           becoming
           despis'd
           ,
           and
           ear-boar'd
           Slaves
           .
           A
           general
           Consternation
           fell
           upon
           the
           
           whole
           Body
           of
           the
           People
           ;
           and
           even
           those
           Clergy-men
           that
           were
           the
           Tools
           to
           Subvert
           their
           own
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           Civil
           Rights
           of
           their
           Brethren
           ,
           were
           afraid
           that
           themselves
           should
           feel
           the
           Thunder
           with
           which
           they
           had
           arm'd
           their
           Tyrant
           .
           This
           brought
           them
           quickly
           to
           interpret
           away
           the
           grammatical
           ,
           plain
           ,
           mischievous
           Sense
           of
           Passive
           Obedience
           ;
           and
           as
           for
           the
           Exercise
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           so
           far
           from
           practising
           [
           being
           above
           their
           own
           Ordinances
           ]
           that
           no
           honest
           Men
           were
           more
           forward
           to
           invite
           and
           joyn
           with
           a
           Deliverer
           ,
           than
           these
           Shifters
           .
        
         
           The
           miserable
           Condition
           of
           England
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           did
           not
           only
           move
           Compassion
           in
           our
           Neighbours
           ,
           but
           [
           as
           we
           have
           reason
           to
           believe
           ]
           put
           them
           in
           mind
           ,
           that
           the
           Disease
           we
           labour'd
           under
           was
           catching
           ;
           and
           if
           it
           was
           not
           timely
           repell'd
           by
           their
           Assistance
           ,
           it
           would
           not
           be
           long
           before
           they
           lamented
           their
           own
           Fate
           .
           They
           were
           therefore
           ,
           for
           our
           ,
           and
           for
           their
           own
           sakes
           ,
           aiding
           and
           assisting
           to
           our
           rightful
           and
           lawful
           King
           ,
           the
           then
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ,
           whom
           God
           and
           his
           own
           Vertue
           prompted
           to
           attempt
           our
           Deliverance
           .
        
         
         
           The
           difficulties
           that
           threatned
           this
           attempt
           were
           great
           and
           discouraging
           ,
           but
           he
           ,
           who
           was
           incapable
           of
           fear
           ,
           despis'd
           the
           Dangers
           ,
           Landed
           some
           Forces
           at
           Torbay
           ,
           and
           met
           a
           Success
           answerable
           to
           the
           justness
           of
           his
           Cause
           ,
           and
           the
           greatness
           of
           his
           Courage
           .
        
         
           But
           before
           he
           set
           forward
           ,
           to
           take
           off
           all
           Suspicions
           that
           might
           reasonably
           arise
           ,
           where
           an
           Army
           came
           ,
           that
           might
           pretend
           to
           Conquer
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           relieve
           ,
           he
           put
           forth
           a
           glorious
           Declaration
           Proclaiming
           that
           his
           Expedition
           was
           intended
           for
           no
           other
           end
           ,
           but
           to
           have
           a
           Free
           and
           Lawful
           Parliament
           Assembled
           ,
           soon
           as
           possible
           ,
           to
           secure
           to
           the
           whole
           Nation
           the
           free
           enjoyment
           of
           their
           Laws
           ,
           Rights
           ,
           and
           Liberties
           ,
           to
           preserve
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           and
           cover
           such
           as
           would
           live
           peaceably
           under
           the
           Government
           ,
           [
           as
           becomes
           good
           Subjects
           ]
           from
           all
           persecution
           on
           the
           account
           of
           Religion
           ,
           Papists
           themselves
           not
           excepted
           .
        
         
           King
           James
           was
           now
           reduc'd
           ,
           to
           that
           ,
           wherein
           he
           seem'd
           always
           to
           place
           his
           greatest
           trust
           ,
           an
           Army
           ,
           [
           for
           the
           Preachers
           had
           forsook
           him
           ,
           and
           their
           own
           Slavish
           Doctrines
           sometime
           
           before
           ]
           with
           the
           Army
           then
           he
           advanced
           to
           Salisbury
           ,
           but
           found
           that
           they
           were
           a
           part
           of
           injur'd
           English
           Men
           ;
           seeing
           himself
           therefore
           deserted
           by
           them
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           by
           his
           Chaplains
           [
           who
           invested
           him
           with
           his
           illegal
           Arbitrary
           Power
           ,
           ]
           and
           all
           the
           honest
           English
           ;
           he
           left
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           thus
           he
           did
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           Sign
           and
           Seal
           his
           own
           Abdication
           ,
           which
           was
           grown
           as
           full
           and
           perfect
           as
           obstinate
           Tyranny
           could
           make
           it
           ;
           And
           as
           his
           Act
           and
           Deed
           the
           Nation
           took
           it
           ,
           then
           the
           Lords
           ,
           and
           the
           Commons
           represented
           in
           their
           chosen
           Trustees
           ,
           settled
           the
           Crown
           and
           Royal
           Dignity
           on
           King
           William
           and
           Queen
           Mary
           ,
           the
           exercise
           of
           Regal
           Power
           ,
           on
           their
           glorious
           Deliverer
           only
           .
           Thus
           did
           they
           restore
           the
           Old
           Constitution
           of
           redem'd
           England
           in
           King
           ,
           Lords
           ,
           and
           Commons
           .
        
         
           There
           was
           before
           the
           settlement
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           (
           Feb.
           4.
           1688.
           
           )
           a
           great
           Conference
           between
           the
           Lords
           ,
           and
           Commons
           ,
           chiefly
           on
           two
           Particulars
           Voted
           by
           the
           Commons
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           King
           James
           had
           Abdicated
           the
           Government
           .
        
         
         
           2.
           
           That
           thereby
           the
           Throne
           became
           vacant
           .
        
         
           The
           Lords
           insisted
           on
           altering
           the
           Word
           ,
           Abdicated
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           place
           thereof
           ,
           to
           insert
           Deserted
           .
           Also
           they
           were
           not
           willing
           to
           willing
           to
           admit
           those
           Words
           —
           
             The
             Throne
             is
             thereby
             become
             vacant
             .
          
           The
           exception
           against
           the
           Word
           Abdicated
           was
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           common
           acceptation
           of
           the
           Civil
           Law
           ,
           it
           imports
           a
           voluntary
           express
           Act
           of
           Renuntiation
           ,
           which
           was
           not
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           and
           did
           not
           follow
           from
           the
           Premises
           .
        
         
           To
           this
           the
           Commons
           answer'd
           ,
           that
           the
           doing
           an
           Act
           inconsistent
           with
           the
           being
           and
           end
           of
           a
           thing
           about
           which
           it
           is
           conversant
           ,
           or
           which
           shall
           not
           answer
           the
           end
           of
           that
           thing
           ,
           but
           go
           quite
           contrary
           ,
           That
           
             Act
             shall
             be
             construed
             an
             Abdication
             ,
             and
             formal
             Renunciation
             of
             that
             thing
             .
          
           This
           they
           exemplified
           .
           Thus
           the
           Government
           is
           under
           a
           Trust
           ,
           and
           any
           acting
           contrary
           to
           that
           Trust
           ,
           is
           a
           Renuntiation
           of
           that
           Trust
           ,
           tho'
           it
           be
           not
           a
           Renuntiation
           thereof
           by
           a
           formal
           Deed.
           For
           Act
           and
           Deed
           is
           as
           plain
           and
           full
           a
           Declaration
           ,
           as
           a
           Writing
           can
           be
           .
           He
           
           that
           acts
           contrary
           to
           a
           Trust
           is
           a
           Disclaimer
           of
           that
           Trust
           ,
           tho'
           he
           does
           not
           disclaim
           it
           by
           a
           formal
           Deed.
           From
           all
           this
           they
           drew
           these
           just
           Consequences
           —
           That
           King
           James
           having
           Acted
           contrary
           to
           his
           Trust
           ,
           had
           Abdicated
           his
           Government
           ;
           and
           that
           having
           Abdicated
           it
           ,
           the
           Throne
           is
           thereby
           become
           Vacant
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           Lords
           insisted
           ,
           that
           the
           Throne
           could
           not
           be
           Vacant
           ,
           because
           there
           was
           an
           Heir
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           a
           Successive
           Kingdom
           ,
           an
           Abdication
           of
           the
           Government
           by
           a
           Tyrannous
           breach
           of
           Trust
           ,
           could
           be
           a
           forfeiture
           only
           as
           to
           that
           Person
           ,
           who
           Tyrannically
           breaking
           his
           Trust
           ,
           does
           Abdicate
           the
           Government
           ;
           but
           not
           as
           to
           the
           next
           Heir
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           put
           him
           by
           ,
           and
           make
           the
           Government
           elective
           .
           Therefore
           the
           Abdication
           of
           King
           James
           the
           II.
           could
           not
           prejudice
           the
           next
           Heir
           ,
           and
           then
           by
           consequence
           the
           Throne
           was
           not
           vacant
           .
        
         
           The
           Commons
           upon
           this
           demanded
           ,
           that
           the
           Lords
           would
           tell
           them
           ,
           with
           whom
           the
           Throne
           was
           fill'd
           .
        
         
           The
           Lords
           only
           answer'd
           in
           general
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           sufficient
           to
           know
           ,
           that
           
           there
           were
           Heirs
           to
           take
           by
           lineal
           Succession
           ,
           tho'
           they
           did
           not
           ,
           or
           could
           not
           expressly
           name
           the
           particular
           Person
           ,
           whose
           right
           it
           was
           to
           fill
           the
           Throne
           .
           And
           therefore
           tho'
           they
           could
           not
           say
           who
           fill'd
           the
           Throne
           ,
           yet
           they
           had
           reason
           to
           conclude
           ,
           it
           was
           not
           Vacant
           .
           The
           Commons
           then
           represented
           to
           the
           Lords
           ,
           that
           their
           Lordships
           would
           neither
           agree
           ,
           that
           the
           Throne
           was
           Vacant
           ,
           nor
           say
           how
           it
           was
           full
           ,
           and
           desir'd
           to
           know
           who
           was
           King
           ,
           if
           King
           James
           was
           not
           ,
           or
           were
           they
           to
           be
           always
           in
           that
           doubtful
           Condition
           ?
           For
           none
           could
           be
           King
           James
           his
           Heir
           ,
           during
           his
           Life
           ,
           the
           Crown
           could
           not
           descend
           till
           his
           Death
           .
        
         
           The
           Lords
           replied
           ,
           That
           tho'
           the
           King
           be
           not
           dead
           Naturally
           ,
           yet
           if
           he
           is
           so
           Civilly
           ,
           the
           next
           of
           course
           ought
           to
           come
           in
           as
           by
           Hereditary
           Succession
           .
        
         
           The
           Commons
           replied
           ,
           That
           their
           Lordships
           held
           it
           a
           difficult
           thing
           ,
           to
           go
           upon
           the
           examination
           who
           is
           Heir
           ,
           and
           demanded
           ,
           if
           that
           was
           not
           clear
           ,
           whether
           they
           were
           always
           to
           remain
           under
           the
           difficulty
           .
           As
           for
           the
           Commons
           ,
           they
           were
           not
           concern'd
           what
           
           Words
           were
           us'd
           ,
           
             Fill
             up
             ,
             Nominate
          
           ,
           or
           Elect
           ,
           'T
           was
           the
           Thing
           they
           were
           to
           take
           care
           of
           ,
           and
           't
           was
           high
           time
           it
           were
           done
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           farther
           demanded
           of
           the
           Lords
           ,
           whither
           ,
           if
           there
           had
           been
           an
           Heir
           ,
           to
           whom
           the
           Crown
           had
           descended
           in
           the
           Line
           of
           Succession
           ,
           and
           this
           Heir
           certainly
           known
           ,
           their
           Lordships
           would
           have
           assembled
           without
           his
           calling
           ?
           Or
           would
           have
           either
           administer'd
           the
           Government
           themselves
           ,
           or
           advis'd
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           to
           take
           it
           upon
           him
           ?
           A
           known
           Successor
           being
           in
           Possession
           of
           the
           Throne
           ,
           this
           would
           amount
           to
           High
           Treason
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           one
           must
           be
           in
           Possession
           if
           the
           Throne
           were
           not
           vacant
           .
           Their
           Lordships
           were
           press'd
           to
           consider
           that
           they
           had
           concurr'd
           with
           the
           Commons
           in
           this
           Vote
           —
           That
           it
           is
           inconsistent
           with
           our
           Religion
           and
           our
           Laws
           to
           have
           a
           Papist
           to
           reign
           over
           us
           .
           Upon
           this
           it
           was
           askt
           ,
           Must
           not
           we
           come
           to
           an
           Election
           if
           the
           next
           Heir
           be
           a
           Papist
           ?
           The
           concluding
           Stroke
           was
           ,
           That
           if
           their
           Lordships
           would
           not
           allow
           the
           Throne
           to
           be
           vacant
           ,
           nor
           name
           the
           Heir
           who
           
           fill'd
           it
           ,
           the
           Nation
           would
           be
           left
           in
           in
           Confusion
           and
           Distraction
           ;
           but
           the
           Lords
           were
           not
           willing
           that
           should
           be
           left
           at
           their
           Doors
           ,
           therefore
           ,
           after
           they
           return
           to
           their
           House
           ,
           they
           sent
           a
           Message
           to
           the
           Commons
           on
           Febr.
           7.
           1688.
           
           That
           they
           had
           agreed
           to
           the
           above
           said
           Votes
           of
           the
           Commons
           without
           any
           Alteration
           .
        
         
           I
           thought
           it
           necessary
           to
           the
           chief
           Purpose
           of
           this
           Discourse
           ,
           to
           set
           down
           some
           General
           Arguments
           of
           this
           Conference
           ,
           which
           is
           to
           be
           seen
           at
           large
           in
           Print
           ,
           and
           is
           most
           worthy
           to
           be
           read
           by
           all
           that
           think
           it
           worth
           their
           while
           to
           look
           into
           the
           Constitution
           of
           the
           English
           Government
           ,
           and
           to
           understand
           the
           Reason
           and
           Grounds
           of
           our
           late
           Settlement
           .
        
         
           I
           would
           now
           demand
           of
           any
           one
           ,
           that
           had
           not
           given
           double
           Security
           to
           the
           Goddess
           of
           Errour
           ,
           by
           Swearing
           first
           to
           be
           always
           of
           his
           present
           Opinion
           ;
           and
           secondly
           ,
           never
           to
           examine
           the
           Reasons
           of
           it
           ;
           I
           would
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           demand
           of
           any
           ,
           but
           such
           an
           over-prejudic'd
           Man
           ,
           by
           what
           other
           way
           ,
           or
           means
           ,
           the
           Nation
           could
           have
           been
           justly
           settled
           ,
           besides
           that
           way
           ,
           and
           
           those
           means
           ,
           by
           which
           the
           Representatives
           of
           the
           People
           conventionally
           assembled
           did
           settle
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           Commons
           came
           to
           a
           Vote
           ,
           
             Jan.
             28.
             1688.
             
             That
             King
          
           James
           
             the
             Second
             ,
             having
             endeavoured
             to
             Subvert
             the
             Constitution
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             by
             breaking
             the
             Original
             Contract
             between
             King
             and
             People
             ;
             and
             by
             the
             advice
             of
             the
             Jesuites
             ,
             and
             other
             wicked
             Persons
             ,
             having
             violated
             the
             Fundamental
             Laws
             ,
             and
             having
             withdrawn
             himself
             out
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             hath
             abdicated
             the
             Government
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Throne
             is
             thereby
             become
             vacant
             .
          
           And
           after
           a
           long
           Conference
           betwixt
           the
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           ,
           the
           Lords
           on
           Febr.
           the
           7th
           ,
           next
           following
           ,
           sent
           a
           Message
           to
           the
           Commons
           ,
           to
           acquaint
           them
           ,
           
             That
             they
             had
             agreed
             to
             the
             Vote
             sent
             them
             up
             of
             the
             28th
             of
          
           January
           ,
           
             without
             any
             Alterations
          
           .
        
         
           Here
           now
           was
           the
           whole
           Body
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           the
           Lords
           by
           themselves
           ,
           in
           their
           own
           Persons
           ,
           and
           the
           People
           by
           their
           Representatives
           ,
           agreed
           ,
           That
           King
           James
           had
           Abdicated
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Throne
           was
           vacant
           ;
           by
           which
           it
           is
           evident
           ,
           that
           
           there
           was
           as
           great
           a
           necessity
           to
           provide
           a
           Supply
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           way
           of
           Election
           ,
           as
           there
           was
           to
           have
           any
           Government
           at
           all
           ;
           for
           if
           a
           People
           without
           Government
           ,
           and
           desirous
           to
           settle
           a
           Government
           ,
           must
           not
           choose
           for
           themselves
           ,
           I
           would
           fain
           know
           who
           must
           ?
           It
           is
           not
           to
           be
           expected
           that
           God
           should
           miraculously
           interpose
           ,
           and
           for
           any
           Enemies
           or
           Neighbours
           to
           intermeddle
           ,
           is
           against
           the
           Nature
           of
           the
           thing
           ;
           because
           the
           end
           which
           the
           People
           seek
           in
           Government
           ,
           is
           to
           secure
           themselves
           against
           all
           that
           are
           ,
           or
           may
           be
           Enemies
           .
           It
           remains
           therefore
           ,
           that
           they
           must
           choose
           for
           themselves
           ,
           both
           who
           shall
           govern
           them
           ,
           and
           by
           what
           measures
           .
           The
           Lords
           indeed
           ,
           in
           the
           great
           Conference
           ,
           spake
           much
           of
           an
           Heir
           ,
           and
           argued
           strenuously
           for
           his
           Rights
           ;
           but
           knew
           not
           who
           that
           Heir
           was
           ,
           nor
           where
           to
           find
           him
           ;
           and
           there
           's
           no
           being
           govern'd
           by
           the
           Lord
           knows
           who
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           be
           found
           the
           Lord
           knows
           where
           ;
           or
           ,
           as
           old
           Maynard
           phras'd
           it
           ,
           
             in
             the
             Clouds
          
           .
           If
           the
           Lords
           had
           known
           of
           any
           Heir
           ,
           they
           had
           not
           admitted
           a
           Vacancy
           ;
           if
           the
           Votes
           of
           the
           Majority
           of
           the
           Representatives
           
           of
           the
           People
           had
           not
           supplied
           the
           Vacancy
           by
           resetling
           the
           old
           Constitution
           ,
           or
           framing
           a
           new
           [
           which
           at
           that
           time
           they
           were
           at
           liberty
           to
           have
           done
           ]
           every
           one
           of
           them
           must
           have
           been
           left
           in
           a
           state
           of
           Nature
           ,
           which
           't
           is
           every
           Man's
           Interest
           to
           get
           out
           of
           as
           soon
           as
           he
           can
           :
           For
           tho'
           in
           a
           State
           of
           Nature
           ,
           no
           Man
           has
           a
           Lisence
           to
           do
           what
           he
           pleases
           ,
           every
           one
           being
           under
           obligation
           to
           the
           Dictates
           of
           Reason
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Law
           of
           Nature
           ;
           yet
           ,
           in
           that
           State
           ,
           no
           Man
           has
           the
           Advantage
           of
           more
           than
           his
           single
           Wit
           and
           Strength
           to
           do
           himself
           Justice
           when
           he
           happens
           to
           be
           injur'd
           ,
           which
           Inconvenience
           is
           the
           great
           Motive
           that
           inclines
           Men
           to
           unite
           in
           Society
           ,
           and
           put
           themselves
           under
           such
           Form
           of
           Government
           as
           they
           like
           best
           .
        
         
           When
           the
           Representatives
           of
           the
           People
           were
           conven'd
           to
           supply
           the
           Vacancy
           ,
           [
           after
           that
           King
           James
           had
           sufficiently
           published
           that
           he
           would
           have
           nothing
           to
           do
           with
           the
           Government
           upon
           the
           Terms
           of
           the
           Constitution
           ,
           and
           according
           to
           the
           original
           Contract
           ]
           the
           Condition
           of
           the
           Nation
           
           seem'd
           to
           be
           the
           same
           ,
           as
           when
           the
           Original
           Contract
           was
           first
           made
           ,
           the
           People
           choosing
           their
           Ruler
           ,
           and
           agreeing
           the
           Laws
           ,
           by
           which
           he
           should
           rule
           them
           ;
           which
           Original
           Right
           can
           never
           be
           justly
           taken
           from
           them
           ,
           until
           the
           Champions
           of
           the
           Imperial
           Laws
           of
           a
           Tyrant
           ,
           and
           the
           Preachers
           of
           Passive
           Obedience
           Slavery
           ,
           can
           prove
           ,
           that
           the
           People
           were
           made
           for
           the
           Advantage
           of
           their
           Kingly
           Ruler
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           Kingly
           Ruler
           for
           their
           Advantage
           .
        
         
           I
           know
           it
           has
           been
           affirm'd
           ,
           that
           
             breaking
             the
             Original
             Contract
          
           ,
           is
           a
           Language
           that
           hath
           not
           been
           long
           in
           use
           ,
           nor
           is
           known
           in
           any
           of
           our
           Law-Books
           ,
           or
           Publick
           Records
           ;
           but
           is
           taken
           from
           some
           late
           Authors
           ,
           and
           those
           none
           of
           the
           best
           received
           .
           'T
           is
           strange
           with
           what
           confidence
           some
           Men
           by
           the
           help
           of
           a
           little
           Artifice
           will
           advance
           the
           denial
           of
           Truths
           obvious
           and
           evident
           enough
           ,
           presuming
           ,
           that
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           they
           shall
           by
           their
           Intimations
           and
           Insinuations
           ,
           establish
           their
           own
           wild
           ,
           pernicious
           ,
           and
           novel
           Notions
           .
           
             Imperial
             Laws
          
           controuling
           the
           Political
           ,
           
             Jure
             divino
             
             Tyranny
          
           ,
           quiet
           Submission
           to
           illegal
           Violence
           ,
           commonly
           called
           Non-resistance
           ,
           sometimes
           disguis'd
           under
           the
           absurd
           Phrase
           of
           
             Passive
             Obedience
          
           ,
           this
           without
           Controversy
           is
           barbarous
           Language
           ,
           no
           Man
           ever
           yet
           in
           our
           Law-Books
           or
           Publick
           Records
           could
           find
           either
           name
           or
           thing
           .
           Of
           what
           antiquity
           these
           Doctrines
           may
           be
           in
           the
           Writings
           of
           some
           Clergymen
           ,
           is
           not
           material
           ,
           for
           neither
           Christ
           ,
           nor
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           nor
           natural
           Reason
           requires
           any
           Man
           quietly
           to
           submit
           to
           illegal
           Violence
           ,
           and
           look
           upon
           a
           Tyrant
           as
           the
           Ordinance
           of
           God.
           But
           yet
           there
           are
           among
           the
           Clergy
           some
           good
           Men
           who
           abhor
           these
           unchristian
           and
           unnatural
           Doctrines
           ,
           and
           none
           among
           them
           that
           can
           bring
           themselves
           up
           to
           the
           Practice
           of
           the
           same
           ;
           but
           even
           the
           Apologists
           are
           now
           fain
           to
           trim
           the
           matter
           with
           loose
           general
           talk
           ,
           and
           softning
           Interpretations
           .
           But
           then
           the
           Sense
           of
           
             Original
             Contract
          
           runs
           thro'
           all
           our
           Law-Books
           ,
           the
           unanswerable
           Mr.
           Johnson
           has
           cited
           so
           many
           ,
           so
           clear
           Testimonies
           of
           this
           ,
           that
           I
           will
           only
           mention
           the
           Confession
           of
           an
           English
           Monarch
           ,
           King
           James
           I.
           
           who
           ,
           tho'
           he
           uses
           not
           the
           Word
           Contract
           ,
           yet
           he
           does
           a
           Synonimous
           ,
           if
           Paction
           signifies
           the
           same
           as
           Contract
           :
           In
           his
           Speech
           to
           the
           Parliament
           1603.
           he
           sets
           down
           the
           just
           Distinction
           between
           a
           King
           and
           a
           Parliament
           :
           But
           in
           his
           Speech
           to
           them
           1609.
           he
           hath
           these
           Words
           :
           
             The
             King
             binds
             himself
             by
             a
             double
             Oath
             to
             the
             Observation
             of
             the
             Fundamental
             Laws
             of
             his
             Kingdom
             ;
             tacitly
             ,
             as
             by
             being
             King
             ,
             and
             so
             bound
             to
             protect
             ,
             as
             well
             the
             People
             ,
             as
             the
             Laws
             of
             his
             Kingdom
             ;
             and
             expresly
             ,
             by
             his
             Oath
             at
             his
             Coronation
             :
             So
             as
             every
             just
             King
             ,
             in
             a
             setled
             Kingdom
             ,
             is
             bound
             to
             observe
             that
             Paction
             made
             to
             his
             People
             by
             his
             Laws
             ,
             in
             framing
             his
             Government
             agreeable
             thereunto
             .
          
           But
           he
           that
           is
           most
           a
           stranger
           to
           our
           Law-books
           ,
           may
           easily
           be
           able
           to
           prove
           ,
           that
           the
           beginnings
           of
           all
           Forms
           of
           Government
           could
           not
           but
           proceed
           from
           the
           Choice
           or
           Consent
           of
           the
           People
           .
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           God
           is
           the
           Fountain
           of
           all
           Power
           ,
           but
           he
           does
           not
           communicate
           it
           immediately
           to
           Man
           ,
           at
           least
           he
           has
           not
           done
           so
           in
           these
           later
           Ages
           ;
           Nay
           ,
           in
           
           the
           Designation
           of
           Saul
           ,
           and
           David
           ,
           which
           is
           recorded
           to
           have
           been
           from
           God
           ,
           't
           is
           remarkable
           that
           after
           the
           Divine
           Unction
           ,
           the
           People
           assembled
           ,
           and
           by
           their
           Votes
           freely
           chose
           them
           ,
           and
           before
           the
           Peoples
           Choice
           they
           were
           not
           actually
           Kings
           of
           Israel
           .
           But
           I
           will
           make
           short
           of
           this
           matter
           —
           Original
           Contract
           there
           must
           have
           been
           between
           King
           and
           People
           ,
           wherever
           lawful
           Power
           is
           exercised
           by
           a
           King
           ,
           because
           Kings
           are
           not
           immediately
           chose
           of
           God
           :
           But
           such
           a
           thing
           ,
           as
           a
           Power
           to
           do
           mischief
           ,
           which
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           resisted
           ,
           never
           could
           be
           ,
           because
           't
           is
           against
           the
           Nature
           of
           God
           to
           give
           such
           a
           Power
           to
           any
           Man
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           inclines
           People
           to
           set
           up
           a
           King
           over
           them
           ,
           restrains
           them
           from
           giving
           him
           such
           a
           Power
           .
        
         
           If
           this
           be
           a
           Digression
           ,
           I
           beg
           the
           Readers
           pardon
           ,
           but
           I
           hope
           I
           have
           fully
           prov'd
           that
           at
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Convention
           ,
           [
           when
           't
           is
           confess'd
           we
           were
           without
           a
           setled
           Form
           of
           Government
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           Lords
           of
           their
           own
           free
           Motion
           address'd
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           to
           take
           upon
           him
           the
           Administration
           
           for
           a
           while
           ]
           the
           Government
           could
           not
           have
           been
           setled
           otherways
           than
           it
           was
           setled
           ,
           viz.
           by
           the
           choice
           of
           the
           Community
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           had
           not
           made
           so
           wise
           a
           Choice
           as
           they
           did
           in
           the
           Person
           of
           King
           William
           ;
           yet
           his
           Title
           would
           have
           been
           Lawful
           and
           Rightful
           ,
           because
           his
           Person
           was
           the
           free
           Choice
           of
           the
           Community
           at
           that
           time
           when
           they
           had
           no
           King.
           
        
         
           But
           notwithstanding
           this
           plain
           state
           of
           the
           Case
           ,
           and
           ,
           as
           I
           presume
           to
           think
           ,
           these
           unanswerable
           reasons
           ,
           the
           Old
           Tyrannical
           Doctrine
           had
           still
           a
           spreading
           root
           ,
           and
           tho'
           the
           common
           Sense
           and
           Honesty
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           long
           provok'd
           ,
           and
           almost
           undone
           by
           it
           ,
           was
           ready
           to
           check
           the
           incouragements
           formerly
           given
           it
           ,
           and
           blast
           its
           open
           growth
           ,
           yet
           now
           it
           began
           to
           shoot
           forth
           its
           baneful
           branches
           under
           the
           sheltring
           distinction
           of
           a
           King
           
             DE
             FACTO
          
           ,
           and
           a
           King
           
             DE
             IVRE
          
           .
           Of
           all
           the
           mischievous
           Doctrines
           ,
           that
           ever
           were
           topt
           upon
           a
           Nation
           by
           holy
           Priestcraft
           ,
           none
           ever
           stood
           more
           in
           need
           of
           Shelter
           .
           The
           Doctrines
           of
           Popery
           commit
           but
           slight
           depredations
           on
           the
           Liberties
           ,
           and
           Properties
           
           of
           a
           People
           :
           but
           by
           IMPERIAL
           LAWS
           controuling
           the
           Political
           ,
           by
           quiet
           Submission
           to
           illegal
           Violence
           ,
           they
           are
           with
           a
           vengeance
           swept
           quite
           and
           clean
           away
           .
           Our
           comfort
           is
           ,
           that
           no
           Parliament
           Men
           can
           possibly
           believe
           ,
           that
           the
           People
           have
           no
           right
           to
           their
           Liberties
           ,
           because
           the
           People
           chuse
           Knights
           ,
           and
           Burgesses
           to
           defend
           their
           Liberties
           and
           Properties
           ,
           and
           't
           were
           the
           most
           disingenuous
           injustice
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           for
           Gentlemen
           to
           accept
           such
           a
           Trust
           ,
           if
           they
           are
           of
           opinion
           ,
           that
           the
           People
           are
           not
           rightfully
           possess's
           of
           their
           Liberties
           and
           Properties
           :
           No
           Parliament
           Men
           can
           possibly
           believe
           ,
           that
           King
           William
           is
           only
           a
           King
           
             DE
             FACTO
          
           ,
           because
           it
           were
           the
           most
           Infamous
           Self-contradiction
           to
           joyn
           with
           a
           King
           to
           make
           Laws
           ,
           in
           whom
           they
           did
           not
           own
           a
           right
           to
           give
           them
           a
           Sanction
           .
           Indeed
           when
           I
           look
           back
           on
           the
           beginning
           of
           this
           King's
           Reign
           .
           I
           call
           to
           mind
           those
           things
           ,
           which
           somewhat
           amaze
           ,
           and
           puzzle
           me
           .
           For
           who
           can
           take
           notice
           ,
           without
           some
           extraordinary
           emotion
           ,
           that
           any
           of
           the
           King
           's
           Chief
           Councellours
           should
           
           urge
           him
           not
           to
           insist
           on
           his
           Title
           
             DE
             IVRE
          
           ,
           or
           that
           ,
           when
           the
           owning
           him
           rightful
           and
           lawful
           King
           was
           started
           ,
           and
           propos'd
           in
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           it
           should
           be
           coldly
           received
           and
           rejected
           .
           For
           if
           the
           King
           shall
           not
           hold
           his
           Title
           to
           be
           
             DE
             IURE
          
           ,
           he
           must
           be
           an
           Enemy
           to
           his
           own
           quiet
           Possession
           ,
           and
           if
           the
           Commons
           shall
           not
           own
           him
           for
           their
           rightful
           and
           lawful
           King
           ,
           they
           must
           needs
           look
           upon
           themselves
           as
           Slaves
           ,
           not
           Subjects
           ,
           holding
           their
           Honours
           ,
           Estates
           ,
           and
           Interests
           precariously
           .
           For
           my
           part
           I
           cannot
           but
           conceive
           ,
           that
           when
           the
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           in
           the
           Grand
           Convention
           ,
           declared
           the
           Prince
           and
           Princess
           of
           Orange
           ,
           King
           and
           Queen
           of
           England
           ,
           &c.
           and
           setled
           the
           full
           and
           sole
           exercise
           of
           Regal
           Power
           on
           the
           Prince
           ,
           they
           made
           him
           their
           Lawful
           and
           Rightful
           King.
           They
           made
           him
           their
           Lawful
           and
           Rightful
           King
           ,
           or
           they
           made
           him
           nothing
           .
           Can
           any
           Man
           think
           or
           talk
           so
           absurdly
           ,
           as
           that
           the
           Lords
           ,
           and
           Representatives
           of
           the
           People
           chose
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           to
           the
           infamous
           honour
           of
           an
           Usurper
           and
           a
           Tyrant
           ,
           praying
           
           him
           to
           play
           the
           Tyrant
           ,
           and
           Administer
           that
           Government
           ,
           which
           he
           had
           no
           right
           to
           meddle
           with
           ?
           or
           that
           ,
           at
           one
           and
           the
           same
           time
           they
           own'd
           King
           James
           his
           right
           to
           govern
           them
           ,
           and
           would
           not
           admit
           him
           to
           exercise
           that
           right
           ?
           These
           are
           absurd
           Contradictions
           ,
           which
           cannot
           consist
           with
           the
           Honour
           and
           Wisdom
           of
           English
           Senators
           .
           But
           whatever
           any
           Enemy
           of
           our
           Settlement
           may
           pretend
           was
           meant
           by
           the
           Convention
           ,
           who
           made
           choice
           of
           the
           Prince
           and
           Princess
           of
           Orange
           to
           be
           King
           and
           Queen
           of
           
             England
             ,
             &c.
          
           and
           of
           the
           Prince
           alone
           to
           exercise
           the
           Regal
           Power
           ,
           this
           I
           am
           sure
           that
           the
           distinction
           of
           a
           King
           
             DE
             IVRE
          
           ,
           and
           a
           King
           
             DE
             FACTO
          
           ,
           is
           ill-grounded
           ,
           and
           mischievous
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           It
           is
           ill-grounded
           .
           This
           distinction
           can
           be
           trac'd
           no
           higher
           than
           Edw.
           the
           IV.
           and
           his
           first
           Parliament
           invented
           ,
           and
           made
           use
           of
           it
           ,
           not
           as
           a
           Salvo
           ,
           for
           the
           justification
           of
           any
           thing
           done
           by
           ,
           and
           under
           the
           Kings
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Lancaster
           ,
           but
           in
           contra-distinction
           to
           a
           King
           
             DE
             IVRE
          
           ,
           and
           that
           Parliament
           did
           thereby
           denote
           
           that
           they
           held
           a
           King
           in
           Possession
           ,
           to
           be
           a
           King
           falsly
           so
           call'd
           only
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           no
           right
           to
           the
           Allegiance
           of
           the
           People
           .
           But
           our
           Ancient
           Common
           Lawyers
           ,
           
             Bracton
             ,
             Fortescue
          
           ,
           &c.
           knew
           nothing
           of
           this
           distinction
           .
           A
           
             DE
             FACTO
          
           KING
           OF
           ENGLAND
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           sense
           of
           Words
           ,
           is
           as
           perfect
           Nonsense
           and
           Contradiction
           ,
           as
           ever
           was
           made
           use
           of
           ,
           to
           illustrate
           the
           Romish
           Anti-evangelical
           
             Mysteries
             of
             Priestcraft
          
           .
           A
           KING
           
             DE
             FACTO
          
           is
           just
           as
           much
           as
           a
           Rightful
           and
           Lawful
           Usurper
           ,
           or
           a
           Mild
           and
           Gracious
           Tyrant
           .
           Our
           honest
           Ancient
           Lawyers
           were
           not
           wont
           to
           flatter
           Ambitious
           Princes
           with
           such
           odd
           ,
           and
           wickedly
           devis'd
           Distinctions
           ,
           at
           the
           expence
           of
           their
           Countries
           Honour
           and
           Safety
           .
           A
           King
           ,
           with
           them
           ,
           was
           but
           of
           one
           sort
           ,
           Viz.
           The
           Creature
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           The
           Ordinance
           of
           the
           People
           .
           
             The
             King
          
           ,
           says
           
             Bracton
             ,
             has
             a
             Superiour
             ,
             God
             ,
             also
             the
             Law
             ,
             by
             which
             he
             is
             made
             King.
             A
             King
             is
             made
             ,
             and
             ordain'd
             ,
          
           says
           
             Fortescue
             ,
             for
             the
             Defence
             ,
             or
             Guardianship
             of
             the
             Laws
             of
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             and
             of
             their
             Bodies
             ,
             
             and
             Goods
             ,
             whereunto
             he
             receiveth
             power
             of
             his
             People
             .
          
        
         
           Let
           Kings
           therefore
           [
           it
           is
           the
           monition
           of
           Bracton
           ]
           temper
           their
           power
           by
           the
           Law
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Bridle
           of
           Power
           .
           These
           Famous
           ,
           and
           Learned
           Lawyers
           would
           certainly
           have
           thought
           it
           very
           ridiculous
           ,
           that
           the
           Title
           of
           a
           KING
           ,
           should
           be
           deriv'd
           only
           from
           the
           Notion
           of
           a
           Fact
           ;
           and
           the
           Exercise
           of
           his
           Kingship
           made
           to
           consist
           in
           the
           Execution
           of
           the
           Imperial
           Law
           of
           his
           Will.
           Between
           such
           a
           King
           as
           this
           ,
           and
           a
           People
           ,
           there
           can
           never
           be
           a
           good
           Understanding
           ,
           but
           they
           will
           be
           eternally
           at
           variance
           ,
           for
           their
           Interests
           are
           distinct
           ,
           and
           separate
           ,
           and
           cannot
           but
           often
           happen
           to
           be
           directly
           contrary
           to
           one
           another
           .
           I
           wish
           the
           Clergy
           Advocates
           of
           Imperial
           Power
           ,
           would
           but
           well
           weigh
           the
           reasoning
           of
           the
           Reverend
           Mr.
           Hooker
           ,
           a
           justly
           celebrated
           Writer
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           they
           will
           take
           his
           Word
           ,
           for
           more
           than
           a
           Ceremony
           .
           I
           will
           Transcribe
           a
           Passage
           ,
           they
           that
           like
           it
           not
           ,
           let
           them
           answer
           it
           .
           He
           says
           ,
           
             That
             for
             any
             Prince
             ,
             or
             Potentate
             on
             Earth
             ,
             of
             what
             kind
             soever
             ,
             to
             exercise
             
             Government
             ,
             and
             not
             either
             by
             express
             Commission
             immediately
             ,
             and
             personally
             receiv'd
             from
             God
             ,
             or
             else
             by
             the
             Authority
             deriv'd
             at
             first
             from
             the
             consent
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             upon
             whom
             he
             imposes
             Laws
             ,
             is
             no
             better
             than
             meer
             Tyranny
             ,
             for
             Laws
             they
             are
             not
             ,
             which
             Poitical
             Approbation
             hath
             not
             made
             so
             ,
             but
             ,
             approbation
             they
             only
             give
             ,
             who
             personally
             declare
             their
             consent
             ,
             or
             by
             others
             in
             their
             Names
             ,
             by
             right
             originally
             deriv'd
             from
             them
             ,
             as
             in
             Parliaments
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           But
           all
           of
           this
           Learned
           ,
           Wise
           ,
           and
           Good
           Man's
           order
           are
           not
           of
           his
           excellent
           true
           Christian
           Spirit
           ,
           some
           of
           them
           ,
           among
           those
           that
           best
           understand
           this
           matter
           ,
           in
           spight
           of
           Reason
           ,
           and
           common
           use
           of
           Speaking
           ,
           will
           set
           themselves
           up
           for
           such
           imperious
           Dictators
           of
           Words
           ,
           that
           the
           word
           King
           must
           needs
           signifie
           an
           Absolute
           Monarch
           .
           But
           what
           if
           it
           should
           be
           admitted
           to
           signifie
           so
           sometimes
           in
           some
           Countries
           ,
           yet
           this
           is
           plain
           and
           undeniable
           ,
           it
           does
           not
           signifie
           so
           always
           ,
           nor
           so
           at
           all
           ,
           in
           England
           .
        
         
         
           The
           bare
           Word
           or
           Title
           KING
           does
           not
           distinstly
           inform
           us
           ,
           what
           Power
           belongs
           to
           him
           ,
           that
           must
           be
           known
           by
           examining
           the
           Constitution
           of
           the
           State
           ,
           wherein
           he
           presides
           .
           Perhaps
           some
           may
           object
           ,
           that
           if
           a
           King
           has
           not
           an
           Absolute
           Power
           ,
           he
           is
           dignified
           with
           a
           name
           which
           does
           not
           belong
           to
           him
           .
           But
           this
           is
           like
           all
           the
           rest
           ,
           a
           positive
           stroke
           of
           Arbitrary
           Philosophy
           .
           Words
           signifie
           as
           custom
           ,
           and
           common
           consent
           make
           them
           ,
           there
           is
           nothing
           in
           the
           nature
           of
           Words
           themselves
           ,
           but
           that
           TYRANT
           might
           have
           signified
           a
           Just
           ,
           a
           Gracious
           Prince
           ,
           a
           Father
           of
           his
           Country
           ;
           and
           KING
           ,
           a
           faithless
           cruel
           Tyrant
           ,
           a
           Lewis
           ,
           or
           a
           James
           .
        
         
           The
           Gibberish
           of
           a
           KING
           
             DE
             FACTO
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Cant
           of
           an
           IMPERIAL
           LAW
           ,
           are
           of
           the
           same
           nature
           and
           design
           ,
           levell'd
           at
           the
           two
           Northern
           ,
           equal
           ,
           and
           equally
           hated
           Heresies
           ,
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           and
           Monarchy
           limited
           by
           Law.
           
        
         
           Mr.
           Johnson
           observing
           how
           long
           ,
           and
           how
           troublesomely
           the
           Nation
           had
           been
           haunted
           with
           the
           Word
           
           
             DE
             FACTO
          
           ,
           out
           of
           pure
           kindness
           to
           his
           Countrymen
           try'd
           to
           lay
           the
           Goblin
           ;
           but
           tho'
           he
           had
           exercis'd
           many
           a
           stubborn
           Devil
           in
           his
           time
           ,
           nay
           once
           not
           only
           rescued
           ,
           and
           restor'd
           some
           possess'd
           Creatures
           ,
           but
           thrown
           the
           very
           Devil
           himself
           into
           flames
           ,
           yet
           has
           he
           not
           been
           able
           to
           lay
           this
           
             DE
             FACTO
          
           Goblin
           .
           Perhaps
           I
           ought
           not
           to
           pretend
           to
           more
           powerful
           Charmes
           than
           he
           ,
           however
           I
           will
           repeat
           the
           Exorcism
           ,
           there
           may
           be
           something
           in
           that
           :
           And
           who
           knows
           but
           't
           is
           towards
           day-break
           with
           the
           Common
           People
           ,
           if
           they
           once
           begin
           to
           discern
           the
           Priestcraft
           ,
           and
           State-craft
           of
           the
           distinction
           ,
           a
           little
           matter
           will
           rid
           all
           King
           
           WILLIAM's
           Dominions
           of
           the
           
             Mischeivous
             Phantom
          
           .
        
         
           The
           plain
           English
           of
           a
           KING
           
             DE
             FACTO
          
           is
           of
           ,
           or
           from
           Fact
           ,
           or
           Deed.
           A
           KING
           
             DE
             FACTO
          
           must
           denote
           one
           ,
           that
           by
           the
           means
           of
           some
           Fact
           ,
           or
           Deed
           ,
           is
           denominated
           a
           KING
           .
           
             DE
             FACTO
          
           in
           contradistinction
           to
           
             DE
             IVRE
          
           implies
           an
           unrighteous
           forcible
           ,
           an
           illegal
           violent
           Act.
           A
           KING
           
             DE
             
             FACTO
          
           then
           is
           a
           false
           King
           ,
           a
           wrong
           King
           ,
           a
           King
           who
           carries
           Usurpation
           ,
           and
           Tyranny
           in
           his
           very
           Title
           .
           A
           King
           so
           far
           remov'd
           from
           Rightful
           and
           Lawful
           ,
           that
           he
           has
           not
           ,
           no
           ,
           not
           a
           right
           by
           Law
           ,
           unless
           the
           Law
           of
           his
           Sword
           ;
           a
           King
           that
           has
           no
           right
           to
           govern
           the
           People
           ,
           but
           the
           People
           a
           very
           good
           one
           to
           take
           away
           his
           
             DE
             FACTOSHIP
          
           from
           him
           .
           But
           there
           is
           nothing
           in
           this
           false
           ,
           and
           dishonourable
           Title
           of
           a
           King
           
             DE
             FACTO
          
           ,
           that
           can
           be
           affix'd
           to
           King
           WILLIAM
           ,
           without
           the
           most
           impudent
           and
           malicious
           injustice
           :
           tho
           more
           of
           it
           ,
           than
           the
           Advocates
           of
           the
           late
           King
           are
           well
           aware
           of
           ,
           really
           agrees
           to
           their
           Abdicatour
           .
        
         
           If
           they
           who
           administred
           the
           Coronation
           Oath
           to
           the
           late
           King
           left
           out
           the
           Provision
           in
           the
           Ancient
           Oath
           ,
           for
           the
           Peoples
           enjoying
           St.
           
           Edward's
           Laws
           ,
           and
           added
           a
           special
           clause
           in
           favour
           of
           the
           Clergy's
           ,
           Canonical
           Priviledges
           ;
           if
           they
           Clogg'd
           the
           promise
           of
           securing
           the
           Civil
           Rights
           of
           the
           Nation
           with
           a
           Salvo
           for
           Kingly
           Prerogative
           ,
           then
           we
           may
           safely
           say
           
           that
           the
           late
           King
           was
           no
           more
           than
           a
           King
           
             DE
             FACTO
          
           from
           the
           very
           first
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Oaths
           that
           were
           made
           to
           him
           ,
           are
           of
           no
           Obligation
           ,
           he
           not
           being
           the
           Person
           he
           was
           taken
           for
           .
           But
           supposing
           that
           the
           late
           King
           did
           oblige
           himself
           by
           solemn
           Oath
           to
           Govern
           according
           to
           Law
           ,
           without
           any
           unrighteous
           Omission
           ,
           Addition
           or
           Salvo
           ;
           yet
           when
           he
           notoriously
           violated
           that
           sacred
           Oath
           ,
           by
           claiming
           an
           imperial
           arbitrary
           Power
           ,
           above
           and
           contrary
           to
           Law
           ,
           and
           by
           exercising
           the
           same
           in
           very
           many
           ,
           and
           those
           the
           most
           dangerous
           Instances
           that
           could
           be
           ,
           then
           he
           disclaimed
           all
           the
           Legal
           Title
           he
           could
           ever
           be
           supposed
           to
           have
           had
           ,
           tho'
           he
           continued
           indeed
           but
           too
           long
           afterwards
           a
           King
           
             De
             Facto
          
           ,
           a
           King
           in
           Possession
           doing
           all
           the
           despight
           he
           could
           to
           our
           Old
           English
           Constitution
           ,
           and
           our
           Holy
           Reform'd
           Religion
           .
        
         
           But
           this
           false
           and
           dishonourable
           Title
           of
           a
           King
           
             de
             facto
          
           [
           as
           I
           said
           just
           now
           ]
           cannot
           be
           affix'd
           to
           King
           William
           without
           the
           most
           impudent
           and
           malicious
           Injustice
           ;
           for
           he
           came
           over
           upon
           the
           earnest
           Sollicitation
           of
           Lords
           
           Spiritual
           and
           Temporal
           and
           other
           Subjects
           of
           all
           Ranks
           ,
           to
           deliver
           the
           Nation
           from
           Popery
           and
           Slavery
           :
           To
           this
           purpose
           he
           declar'd
           himself
           in
           Words
           ,
           the
           Truth
           of
           which
           was
           clear
           enough
           from
           matter
           of
           fact
           ,
           for
           the
           Forces
           he
           brought
           over
           with
           him
           were
           proportion'd
           to
           the
           Design
           of
           Relief
           and
           Assistance
           ,
           not
           of
           Invasion
           and
           Conquest
           .
           He
           took
           not
           on
           him
           the
           Administration
           of
           Affairs
           for
           a
           time
           ,
           but
           at
           the
           Request
           of
           the
           Lords
           Spiritual
           and
           Temporal
           assembled
           in
           the
           House
           of
           Lords
           ,
           and
           of
           those
           Parliament
           Men
           that
           had
           serv'd
           in
           the
           Reign
           of
           Charles
           II.
           being
           assembled
           in
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           :
           and
           at
           the
           meeting
           of
           the
           Convention
           he
           gave
           up
           that
           Trust
           ,
           which
           had
           been
           committed
           to
           him
           but
           for
           a
           time
           ,
           and
           and
           left
           it
           to
           the
           Convention
           to
           lay
           such
           a
           Foundation
           for
           the
           Security
           of
           their
           Religion
           ,
           Laws
           and
           Liberties
           ,
           as
           they
           themselves
           should
           think
           good
           .
           It
           was
           never
           yet
           objected
           to
           him
           by
           his
           most
           inveterate
           Enemies
           ,
           that
           by
           any
           Acts
           of
           Force
           ,
           or
           Arts
           of
           Corruption
           ,
           he
           endeavour'd
           to
           work
           on
           the
           Members
           of
           either
           House
           to
           labour
           his
           own
           Advancement
           :
           But
           that
           was
           the
           free
           Election
           
           of
           the
           Majority
           ,
           after
           long
           Debates
           and
           Consultations
           on
           other
           Expedients
           :
           He
           did
           not
           lay
           violent
           hands
           on
           the
           Crown
           ,
           but
           only
           accepted
           it
           when
           offer'd
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           Conditions
           offer'd
           with
           it
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           a
           Truth
           undeniably
           manifest
           ,
           that
           King
           William
           did
           not
           purchase
           to
           himself
           the
           Title
           of
           a
           King
           by
           any
           Fact
           of
           his
           own
           ,
           save
           that
           by
           his
           Vertue
           and
           his
           Merit
           he
           recommended
           himself
           to
           the
           Community
           ,
           and
           their
           Choice
           it
           was
           that
           made
           him
           King
           ,
           that
           's
           the
           Fact
           and
           Deed
           he
           claims
           by
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           the
           most
           Righteous
           and
           Lawful
           that
           can
           be
           ,
           without
           a
           Miracle
           ,
           which
           I
           think
           the
           
             Jure
             Divino
          
           Doctors
           do
           not
           pretend
           that
           we
           ought
           to
           wait
           for
           ,
           that
           so
           we
           may
           have
           a
           lawful
           King.
           
        
         
           The
           Election
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           to
           supply
           the
           Vacancy
           of
           the
           Throne
           gives
           him
           as
           Rightful
           and
           Lawful
           a
           Title
           ,
           as
           the
           Election
           of
           any
           Community
           ever
           gave
           to
           the
           first
           elected
           King.
           There
           's
           nothing
           in
           the
           nature
           of
           a
           King
           
             De
             Facto
          
           ,
           but
           King
           William
           has
           shown
           his
           abhorrence
           of
           it
           ;
           when
           he
           took
           the
           
           Oath
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           Crown
           offer'd
           him
           by
           the
           Scotch
           Commissioners
           ,
           he
           demurr'd
           at
           one
           dubious
           Expression
           ,
           and
           call'd
           Witnesses
           that
           he
           did
           not
           intend
           by
           it
           to
           oblige
           himself
           to
           be
           a
           Persecutor
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           had
           said
           ,
           He
           would
           not
           be
           obliged
           by
           any
           means
           ,
           to
           Govern
           in
           any
           Instances
           as
           a
           Tyrant
           ,
           he
           would
           be
           no
           other
           than
           a
           Legal
           King.
           
        
         
           In
           short
           ,
           if
           the
           Choice
           of
           a
           People
           ,
           whose
           King
           has
           broke
           the
           Original
           Contract
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           govern
           by
           Law
           ,
           but
           be
           the
           Law
           himself
           ,
           or
           nothing
           ;
           if
           this
           Choice
           cannot
           create
           a
           Rightful
           and
           Lawful
           King
           ,
           then
           the
           Fault
           must
           be
           in
           the
           Office
           ;
           but
           if
           the
           Office
           has
           no
           Fault
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           it
           has
           none
           that
           I
           know
           of
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           there
           is
           no
           Flaw
           in
           the
           present
           Possessor's
           Title
           .
           It
           is
           impossible
           that
           every
           Member
           of
           the
           Community
           should
           be
           pleas'd
           with
           the
           Settlement
           of
           the
           Crown
           :
           but
           if
           a
           Party
           think
           much
           to
           be
           concluded
           by
           the
           Votes
           of
           the
           Majority
           ,
           they
           ought
           to
           withdraw
           their
           Persons
           from
           this
           Kingdom
           thus
           setled
           contrary
           to
           their
           likings
           ,
           and
           seek
           out
           some
           Country
           where
           Government
           is
           model'd
           more
           to
           their
           Mind
           :
           For
           while
           they
           stay
           here
           
           and
           question
           the
           Right
           of
           King
           William
           ,
           what
           do
           they
           but
           ridicule
           and
           reproach
           their
           own
           Act
           ?
           In
           their
           Supposition
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           set
           up
           a
           King
           
             DE
             FACTO
          
           ,
           and
           no
           more
           ,
           they
           suppose
           that
           they
           have
           given
           a
           Man
           Authority
           to
           play
           the
           Tyrant
           and
           do
           Mischief
           ,
           they
           suppose
           that
           they
           have
           made
           Slaves
           of
           themselves
           ,
           and
           given
           away
           their
           Liberties
           and
           Properties
           ,
           they
           suppose
           they
           have
           done
           all
           that
           against
           their
           own
           Interest
           ,
           which
           they
           were
           angry
           that
           the
           late
           King
           attempted
           to
           do
           :
           They
           will
           never
           vindicate
           their
           Honour
           ,
           unless
           they
           renounce
           their
           Distinction
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           prov'd
           ill-grounded
           .
           I
           will
           next
           show
           the
           mischievous
           Consequences
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           mischievous
           Consequences
           of
           it
           are
           these
           :
        
         
           I.
           It
           lessens
           the
           Honour
           of
           the
           King.
           This
           Distinction
           was
           reviv'd
           in
           the
           first
           Infancy
           of
           our
           present
           Settlement
           ,
           by
           some
           disappointed
           Persons
           ,
           who
           ,
           when
           they
           found
           they
           could
           not
           serve
           their
           turns
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ,
           [
           whom
           with
           humble
           Supplications
           they
           had
           
           call'd
           in
           to
           their
           rescue
           from
           Popery
           and
           Slavery
           ]
           nor
           prevent
           his
           Election
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           presum'd
           that
           they
           should
           take
           from
           him
           ,
           by
           Artifice
           ,
           that
           which
           was
           confirm'd
           upon
           him
           [
           maugre
           all
           their
           Opposition
           ]
           by
           Law.
           
        
         
           It
           would
           have
           pleas'd
           them
           well
           ,
           to
           have
           been
           screen'd
           from
           the
           Tyranny
           of
           King
           James
           ,
           and
           protected
           in
           their
           Tyranny
           over
           their
           Brethren
           ;
           but
           missing
           their
           point
           there
           ,
           they
           thought
           they
           might
           safely
           restore
           the
           Divine
           Right
           to
           their
           late
           King
           ,
           who
           could
           no
           longer
           hurt
           them
           ;
           and
           as
           for
           the
           new
           elected
           Successor
           ,
           who
           seem'd
           not
           made
           to
           serve
           their
           Party-interest
           ,
           before
           all
           things
           else
           ,
           he
           should
           be
           to
           them
           but
           as
           an
           Usurper
           ,
           not
           have
           more
           than
           the
           empty
           Name
           of
           a
           King.
           
             De
             Facto
          
           ,
           and
           
             De
             Jure
          
           nick'd
           this
           Contrivance
           to
           an
           hair
           ,
           impair'd
           the
           Fame
           of
           their
           envied
           Deliverer
           ,
           and
           gave
           them
           the
           ravishing
           Hopes
           of
           having
           their
           old
           Master
           again
           upon
           their
           own
           Terms
           .
        
         
           They
           could
           not
           have
           started
           ,
           had
           they
           studied
           for
           it
           ,
           a
           more
           mischievous
           Reproach
           than
           this
           against
           their
           generous
           Deliverer
           ;
           for
           thus
           they
           charg'd
           
           his
           honest
           and
           well
           aim'd
           Declarations
           with
           want
           of
           Truth
           and
           Sincerity
           ,
           they
           rob'd
           his
           heroick
           Actions
           of
           their
           Civic
           Garland
           ,
           they
           plunder'd
           his
           happy
           Successes
           of
           much
           of
           the
           just
           Welcom
           and
           Esteem
           ,
           which
           was
           due
           to
           them
           from
           every
           free-born
           English-man
           .
        
         
           Every
           dissatisfied
           Person
           that
           reviles
           the
           King's
           Honour
           with
           this
           illegal
           
             De
             Facto
          
           Title
           ,
           Assassinates
           his
           glorious
           Fame
           ,
           and
           comes
           but
           little
           behind
           [
           if
           he
           does
           not
           exceed
           nor
           equal
           ]
           a
           
             Granvil
             ,
             Friend
          
           or
           Perkins
           .
        
         
           We
           have
           reason
           to
           believe
           that
           our
           glorious
           King
           William
           values
           his
           honourable
           Fame
           more
           than
           his
           Life
           ;
           his
           honourable
           Fame
           may
           last
           thro'
           many
           Ages
           ,
           his
           Life
           cannot
           ;
           the
           Nation
           indeed
           is
           most
           concern'd
           in
           his
           Life
           ,
           Posterity
           in
           his
           Fame
           :
           But
           we
           ought
           to
           be
           tender
           of
           the
           last
           ,
           for
           they
           who
           hold
           him
           but
           a
           King
           
             De
             Facto
          
           ,
           appear
           by
           their
           common
           Discourses
           very
           tender
           even
           of
           the
           Fame
           of
           his
           murderous
           Assassines
           ,
           what
           little
           Stains
           a
           Brace
           of
           those
           Miscreants
           had
           contracted
           ,
           are
           thought
           to
           have
           been
           done
           away
           by
           a
           Triumvirate
           of
           Absolvers
           .
           I
           should
           be
           glad
           to
           see
           that
           Affront
           to
           the
           Government
           reproved
           
           by
           other
           Arguments
           ,
           besides
           what
           our
           Reverend
           Teachers
           use
           .
           The
           Vncanonicalness
           and
           Vnrubricalness
           of
           the
           bold
           Deed
           ,
           not
           but
           that
           it
           might
           be
           Uncanonical
           and
           Unrubrical
           too
           ,
           for
           ought
           I
           know
           ;
           but
           I
           will
           swear
           that
           the
           Publick
           Absolution
           of
           Traytors
           ,
           who
           are
           not
           pretended
           to
           have
           declar'd
           their
           Sorrow
           for
           that
           devillish
           Treason
           which
           brought
           them
           to
           the
           Gallows
           ,
           no
           ,
           not
           so
           much
           as
           in
           the
           Ear
           of
           the
           Absolver
           ,
           was
           a
           more
           impudent
           piece
           of
           Roguery
           ,
           than
           ever
           was
           committed
           by
           the
           Gown
           ,
           in
           the
           Face
           of
           the
           Sun
           ,
           with
           a
           Reverend
           Grace
           and
           Solemnity
           .
           I
           am
           afraid
           I
           digress
           ,
           but
           I
           hope
           I
           am
           within
           the
           Purlues
           of
           the
           Forest.
           
        
         
           It
           is
           the
           Distinction
           of
           
             De
             Facto
          
           and
           
             De
             Jure
          
           which
           I
           am
           to
           arraign
           ,
           and
           I
           charge
           it
           to
           be
           Mischievous
           ,
           because
           it
           lessens
           the
           Honour
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           it
           draws
           King
           
           WILLIAM's
           Picture
           too
           like
           that
           of
           King
           James
           ;
           there
           's
           Difference
           enough
           ,
           let
           but
           an
           ordinary
           Painter
           have
           the
           Shadowing
           it
           ,
           between
           a
           Tyrant
           that
           will
           not
           be
           limited
           by
           Law
           ,
           and
           a
           Rightful
           King
           who
           pretends
           to
           no
           Power
           but
           what
           the
           Law
           
           gives
           him
           .
           Between
           the
           sternness
           of
           the
           one
           awing
           the
           Poor
           Scholars
           of
           Maudlin
           ,
           and
           the
           Martial
           heat
           of
           the
           other
           forcing
           proud
           Boufflers
           out
           of
           Namur
           .
        
         
           It
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           forgot
           ,
           that
           this
           
             DE
             FACTO
          
           injury
           to
           King
           
           WILLIAM's
           Honour
           ,
           is
           an
           instance
           of
           unparalell'd
           ingratitude
           ,
           for
           he
           ventur'd
           Life
           ,
           and
           Fortunes
           for
           the
           Deliverance
           of
           our
           enthrall'd
           Nation
           ,
           and
           that
           ,
           upon
           the
           humble
           requests
           of
           the
           Chief
           of
           those
           very
           Men
           ,
           who
           now
           requite
           him
           ,
           with
           this
           Wicked
           ,
           Shameful
           ,
           and
           Ingrateful
           Distinction
           .
        
         
           One
           would
           think
           it
           was
           not
           politickly
           done
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           plain
           ,
           was
           not
           done
           honestly
           ;
           for
           ,
           who
           would
           serve
           their
           interest
           another
           time
           ,
           if
           this
           be
           their
           way
           of
           Testifying
           their
           Sense
           of
           the
           Obligation
           ?
           They
           are
           a
           Generation
           difficult
           ,
           and
           hard
           to
           be
           pleas'd
           ,
           and
           possibly
           it
           were
           easier
           to
           teach
           them
           their
           Duty
           ,
           and
           make
           them
           Subscribe
           to
           RIGHTFUL
           AND
           LAWFUL
           KING
           ,
           than
           to
           gratifie
           all
           their
           Pretensions
           ,
           for
           ,
           whether
           they
           know
           it
           or
           no
           ,
           the
           honest
           English
           Men
           ,
           who
           were
           enough
           to
           carry
           it
           ,
           for
           the
           
           Election
           of
           King
           WILLIAM
           to
           supply
           the
           vacant
           Throne
           ,
           are
           enough
           to
           defend
           his
           Right
           ,
           and
           establish
           his
           Throne
           ,
           maugre
           all
           their
           restless
           endeavours
           to
           supplant
           him
           .
        
         
           II.
           As
           their
           malevolent
           distinction
           lessens
           the
           honour
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           so
           it
           weakens
           the
           Government
           .
           Unto
           a
           King
           
             DE
             FACTO
          
           only
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           esteem
           ,
           no
           Thanks
           ,
           no
           Allegiance
           due
           .
           We
           may
           admire
           a
           difficult
           ,
           and
           great
           Atchievment
           ,
           but
           it
           must
           be
           a
           Vertuous
           ,
           Honest
           ,
           and
           Beneficent
           ,
           which
           wins
           our
           Esteem
           ,
           and
           Love
           ;
           we
           must
           be
           the
           better
           for
           it
           ,
           if
           it
           deserves
           our
           thanks
           ,
           we
           must
           have
           paid
           our
           thanks
           in
           giving
           the
           Hero
           the
           Right
           of
           a
           King
           or
           he
           can
           have
           no
           just
           claim
           to
           our
           Allegiance
           .
        
         
           Some
           Men
           teach
           ,
           [
           and
           pretend
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           for
           it
           ,
           but
           therein
           they
           wrong
           their
           holy
           Mother
           ]
           that
           Allegiance
           is
           due
           to
           successful
           Usurpers
           ,
           and
           that
           Providence
           ,
           together
           with
           success
           ,
           grants
           them
           that
           Authority
           ,
           which
           the
           People
           ought
           to
           obey
           for
           Conscience
           sake
           .
        
         
         
           When
           an
           unhappy
           interest
           with-holds
           us
           from
           professing
           our
           assent
           to
           an
           evident
           Truth
           ,
           we
           are
           many
           times
           tempted
           to
           profess
           ,
           and
           defend
           an
           evident
           and
           shameful
           untruth
           :
           So
           it
           is
           in
           the
           case
           before
           us
           .
           The
           
             De
             facto
          
           Men
           refusing
           to
           own
           the
           rightful
           ,
           and
           lawful
           Title
           of
           King
           WILLIAM
           ,
           are
           forc'd
           to
           say
           that
           Allegiance
           is
           due
           to
           Usurpers
           ,
           for
           well
           they
           know
           ,
           should
           they
           pursue
           their
           Principle
           as
           far
           as
           it
           would
           carry
           them
           ,
           they
           could
           have
           no
           pretence
           at
           all
           to
           his
           protection
           ;
           besides
           ,
           open
           and
           declar'd
           enmity
           against
           the
           Government
           under
           King
           
           WILLIAM's
           Administration
           ,
           was
           too
           much
           in
           all
           conscience
           to
           be
           endur'd
           .
           Hence
           they
           found
           it
           requisite
           to
           labour
           to
           perswade
           the
           King
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           oblig'd
           to
           obey
           him
           ,
           tho'
           he
           had
           no
           right
           to
           govern
           them
           .
           'T
           was
           a
           strange
           Paradox
           this
           ,
           so
           very
           strange
           ,
           that
           ,
           had
           they
           not
           been
           endued
           with
           the
           uncommon
           wit
           ,
           and
           bouldness
           of
           guilding
           and
           varnishing
           it
           at
           the
           expence
           of
           the
           honour
           of
           God
           Almighty
           ,
           they
           had
           made
           bold
           with
           the
           honour
           of
           the
           King
           to
           very
           little
           purpose
           .
        
         
         
           But
           it
           is
           my
           business
           to
           wash
           off
           the
           guilt
           and
           varnish
           ,
           and
           show
           the
           odd
           Paradox
           naked
           ,
           that
           no
           Consciencious
           weak
           mind
           be
           cheated
           thereby
           hereafter
           .
        
         
           They
           would
           perswade
           the
           King
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           oblig'd
           to
           obey
           him
           ,
           tho'
           he
           had
           no
           right
           to
           govern
           them
           .
           This
           is
           pretended
           ,
           first
           to
           have
           been
           the
           Opinion
           of
           some
           of
           the
           best
           Lawyers
           of
           former
           days
           ,
           and
           Instance
           is
           offer'd
           in
           Sir
           
             Edw.
             Coke
          
           ,
           the
           Judges
           in
           
           Baggett's
           Case
           ,
           the
           Lord
           Chief
           Justice
           Hales
           and
           the
           Lord
           Chief
           Baron
           Bridgman
           .
           But
           the
           Lord
           Chief
           Justice
           Hales
           for
           what
           he
           says
           ,
           quotes
           Sir
           
             Ed.
             Coke
          
           only
           ,
           against
           Sir
           Edw.
           Coke's
           Authority
           many
           things
           are
           obvious
           ,
           besides
           that
           it
           stands
           singly
           on
           
           Baggett's
           Case
           ;
           the
           Parliament
           Roll
           recited
           in
           that
           Case
           ,
           is
           pointed
           directly
           against
           what
           Sir
           
             Edw.
             Coke
          
           is
           suppos'd
           to
           have
           asserted
           ;
           Lord
           Chief
           Baron
           Bridgman
           has
           said
           nothing
           in
           favour
           ,
           but
           much
           against
           the
           Paradox
           .
           For
           a
           fair
           and
           full
           illustration
           of
           these
           particulars
           ,
           I
           refer
           to
           the
           
             Review
             of
          
           Dr.
           Sherlock
           
             's
             Case
             of
             Allegiance
          
           ,
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           1691.
           
        
         
         
           As
           our
           Law
           is
           not
           chargeable
           with
           so
           foolish
           and
           unrighteous
           an
           injunction
           ,
           as
           that
           ,
           which
           requires
           obedience
           to
           Kings
           in
           possession
           ,
           Kings
           falsely
           so
           call'd
           ,
           who
           have
           no
           right
           to
           govern
           ;
           so
           much
           less
           is
           it
           to
           be
           defended
           from
           the
           words
           of
           Holy
           Scripture
           .
           But
           as
           it
           sometimes
           happens
           in
           other
           Cases
           ,
           so
           in
           this
           ,
           where
           Men
           have
           the
           least
           reason
           for
           it
           ,
           there
           they
           put
           the
           greatest
           trust
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           not
           a
           Text
           in
           the
           Bible
           which
           commands
           Obedience
           to
           Tyrants
           or
           Usurpers
           .
           The
           Scope
           of
           the
           places
           ,
           and
           the
           evident
           reason
           of
           things
           all
           along
           evinces
           ,
           that
           the
           Kings
           ,
           Magistrates
           ,
           and
           other
           Superiours
           ,
           whom
           we
           are
           commanded
           to
           obey
           ,
           have
           a
           lawful
           Authority
           to
           govern
           .
           Yet
           by
           artifice
           ,
           and
           dextrous
           shifting
           the
           Sails
           ,
           our
           
             De
             facto
          
           Men
           hope
           to
           weather
           the
           point
           .
        
         
           Their
           method
           is
           ,
           to
           refer
           all
           events
           to
           the
           over-ruling
           disposals
           of
           Providence
           ;
           so
           as
           if
           Providence
           left
           nothing
           to
           the
           free
           will
           of
           Man.
           
        
         
           Indeed
           if
           it
           were
           the
           positive
           Will
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           Ambitious
           Men
           should
           grasp
           Sceptres
           ,
           and
           Arbitrarily
           Lord
           
           it
           over
           cheated
           or
           conquer'd
           People
           ,
           then
           we
           ought
           to
           obey
           Tyrants
           ,
           and
           Usurpers
           for
           Conscience-sake
           ,
           but
           then
           the
           Argument
           would
           prove
           too
           much
           ,
           for
           such
           Ambitious
           Men
           being
           the
           Ministers
           of
           God's
           Providence
           ,
           and
           executing
           only
           what
           he
           would
           have
           them
           ,
           they
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           called
           Tyrants
           and
           Usurpers
           ,
           they
           have
           according
           to
           this
           reasoning
           ,
           from
           Providence
           ,
           a
           lawful
           Tittle
           .
           But
           the
           Sophistry
           ,
           in
           this
           way
           of
           arguing
           from
           Providence
           ,
           is
           plainly
           discover'd
           ,
           and
           refuted
           by
           distinguishing
           between
           the
           Will
           ,
           and
           the
           Permission
           of
           God
           Almighty
           .
           When
           those
           things
           ,
           that
           ought
           to
           be
           done
           and
           which
           are
           just
           and
           good
           ,
           are
           done
           ,
           then
           the
           Will
           of
           God
           is
           complied
           with
           ;
           when
           contrary
           things
           are
           done
           ,
           then
           the
           Will
           of
           God
           is
           resisted
           ,
           and
           oppos'd
           ,
           for
           as
           Dr.
           Sherlock
           has
           excellently
           observ'd
           ,
           
             We
             are
             to
             learn
             our
             duty
             from
             the
             law
             of
             God
             ,
             not
             from
             his
             Providence
             ;
             the
             Providence
             of
             God
             will
             never
             justify
             any
             action
             which
             his
             Law
             forbids
             .
          
        
         
           Let
           me
           add
           ,
           nor
           can
           we
           ,
           without
           the
           highest
           impiety
           ,
           ascribe
           an
           unlawful
           action
           ,
           to
           his
           over-ruling
           influence
           ;
           he
           does
           not
           so
           much
           as
           give
           leave
           to
           
           the
           attempts
           of
           Ambitious
           Men
           ,
           he
           is
           not
           pleas'd
           with
           Usurpation
           and
           Tyranny
           ,
           and
           therefore
           it
           is
           impossible
           for
           him
           to
           require
           ,
           that
           Obedience
           be
           paid
           to
           Usurpers
           and
           Tyrants
           .
        
         
           God
           ,
           for
           many
           wise
           Reasons
           ,
           permits
           the
           Affairs
           of
           the
           World
           to
           go
           on
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           mov'd
           by
           the
           force
           of
           Natural
           Causes
           ,
           thence
           it
           comes
           to
           pass
           ;
           that
           Craft
           ,
           and
           Cruelty
           often
           prevail
           over
           Right
           ,
           and
           Innocence
           :
           But
           God
           has
           not
           made
           the
           misfortunes
           of
           honest
           Men
           their
           Duty
           ;
           neither
           Reason
           ,
           nor
           Revelation
           forecloses
           them
           ,
           from
           using
           the
           lawful
           means
           to
           free
           themselves
           from
           Oppression
           and
           Slavery
           .
        
         
           When
           the
           Calvinists
           are
           charg'd
           with
           making
           God
           the
           Author
           of
           Sin
           ,
           they
           commonly
           answer
           ,
           that
           the
           Divine
           Decrees
           do
           indeed
           necessitate
           every
           Action
           ,
           taken
           materially
           ,
           not
           formally
           ;
           I
           acknowledge
           this
           Distinction
           ,
           to
           be
           an
           empty
           nominal
           distinction
           ,
           not
           containing
           any
           sound
           reason
           to
           invalidate
           the
           heavy
           charge
           brought
           against
           them
           ;
           But
           however
           ,
           it
           showes
           that
           the
           Men
           have
           some
           modesty
           ,
           for
           ,
           whatever
           may
           be
           the
           Consequence
           of
           
           their
           Doctrines
           ,
           which
           they
           pretend
           not
           to
           see
           ,
           they
           will
           not
           charge
           God
           so
           foolishly
           ,
           as
           to
           say
           in
           direct
           terms
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           the
           Author
           of
           Sin
           ;
           But
           the
           Defenders
           of
           the
           
             De
             facto
          
           Notion
           applied
           to
           King
           WILLIAM
           ,
           are
           not
           afraid
           to
           make
           God
           the
           Author
           of
           Usurpation
           .
           They
           Blasphemously
           affirm
           ,
           That
           
             Allegiance
             is
             due
             ,
             not
             to
             legal
             Right
             only
             ,
             but
             to
             the
             Authority
             of
             God
             who
             sets
             up
             Kings
             ,
             without
             any
             regard
             to
             legal
             Right
             ,
             or
             humane
             Laws
             .
          
        
         
           If
           there
           be
           any
           Doctrine
           which
           more
           than
           another
           deserves
           to
           be
           call'd
           a
           Doctrine
           of
           Devils
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           this
           ,
           which
           boldly
           flies
           in
           the
           Face
           of
           God
           himself
           ,
           and
           in
           downright
           terms
           proclaims
           ,
           that
           the
           Judge
           of
           all
           the
           World
           does
           wrong
           .
           The
           publishing
           and
           defending
           such
           Notions
           as
           this
           ,
           naturally
           tends
           to
           promote
           all
           flagitious
           and
           unjust
           attempts
           ,
           and
           thereby
           to
           bring
           Confusion
           and
           Ruin
           upon
           a
           Nation
           .
        
         
           The
           Great
           God
           has
           a
           just
           Authority
           over
           all
           Men
           ,
           for
           He
           made
           them
           ;
           they
           ought
           to
           obey
           him
           ,
           for
           his
           commands
           are
           just
           ,
           when
           he
           expostulates
           with
           Disobedient
           Sinners
           ,
           he
           appeals
           
           to
           them
           ,
           whether
           his
           Laws
           are
           not
           reasonable
           .
           He
           gives
           none
           but
           reasonable
           commands
           ,
           but
           to
           obey
           Usurpers
           and
           Tyrants
           is
           not
           reasonable
           ,
           nor
           any
           command
           of
           his
           .
        
         
           The
           success
           of
           Ambitious
           Usurpers
           is
           not
           promoted
           by
           any
           favourable
           assistance
           from
           Heaven
           ;
           but
           is
           only
           the
           consequence
           of
           the
           Wit
           ,
           Vigour
           ,
           and
           industry
           of
           those
           Usurpers
           ,
           the
           Almighty
           permiting
           ,
           and
           leaving
           the
           course
           of
           things
           to
           the
           force
           of
           Natural
           Causes
           .
           It
           is
           a
           most
           impious
           thought
           to
           imagin
           ,
           that
           the
           Righteous
           God
           should
           require
           us
           to
           be
           aiding
           ,
           and
           assisting
           to
           wicked
           Usurpations
           .
           It
           might
           as
           well
           be
           thought
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           bid
           us
           disobey
           lawful
           Powers
           ,
           as
           bid
           us
           to
           obey
           Usurpers
           .
           In
           short
           ,
           even
           the
           
             De
             facto
          
           Men
           themselves
           have
           granted
           all
           this
           ,
           in
           their
           Discourses
           of
           God
           and
           Providence
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           not
           had
           a
           By-cause
           to
           serve
           .
        
         
           What
           I
           have
           now
           mention'd
           and
           censur'd
           ,
           was
           all
           ,
           which
           for
           some
           while
           ,
           Envy
           and
           Ingratitude
           against
           our
           Glorious
           Deliverer
           ,
           and
           Rightful
           King
           ,
           could
           advance
           in
           behalf
           of
           that
           
           shameful
           Paradox
           —
           which
           requires
           Allegiance
           to
           be
           paid
           to
           a
           successful
           Usurper
           ,
           a
           King
           
             DE
             FACTO
          
           ,
           who
           has
           no
           right
           to
           govern
           .
        
         
           But
           when
           it
           was
           observ'd
           ,
           that
           neither
           our
           Law-Books
           ,
           nor
           Bibles
           ,
           by
           all
           the
           artful
           application
           of
           ill-affected
           Lawyers
           ,
           and
           Priests
           ,
           could
           be
           perswaded
           to
           spread
           a
           sheltring
           Umbrage
           over
           that
           shameful
           Paradox
           of
           theirs
           ,
           which
           the
           denial
           of
           King
           
           WILLIAM's
           Right
           forc'd
           them
           to
           devise
           ,
           some
           more
           refin'd
           Phoilosophers
           ,
           with
           a
           particular
           Court-like
           Address
           ,
           thought
           to
           save
           its
           Credit
           .
           The
           Throne
           (
           say
           they
           )
           being
           fill'd
           ,
           [
           no
           matter
           how
           ]
           we
           are
           protected
           by
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           benefit
           of
           Protection
           requires
           the
           reciprocal
           duty
           of
           Obedience
           .
           By
           this
           one
           Argument
           ,
           they
           would
           have
           us
           believe
           ,
           that
           all
           Differences
           may
           be
           compromiz'd
           ,
           their
           Consciences
           sav'd
           ,
           and
           the
           Government
           in
           no
           danger
           .
        
         
           But
           by
           their
           Favour
           ,
           tho'
           perhaps
           their
           Consciences
           may
           shift
           well
           enough
           ,
           come
           what
           will
           ;
           yet
           I
           think
           the
           Government
           cannot
           be
           safely
           ventur'd
           upon
           their
           gratitude
           ,
           we
           have
           had
           so
           many
           Plots
           ,
           and
           Trayterous
           
           Correspondencies
           of
           Discontented
           Men
           ,
           who
           were
           not
           only
           protected
           ,
           but
           some
           of
           them
           trusted
           ,
           and
           honour'd
           ;
           that
           there
           's
           no
           avoiding
           such
           a
           suspicious
           thought
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           speak
           close
           to
           their
           Argument
           :
           They
           make
           possession
           of
           the
           Throne
           ,
           tho'
           obtain'd
           by
           bloody
           ,
           and
           violent
           Mischiefs
           ,
           the
           same
           thing
           as
           Protection
           ;
           to
           an
           Usurper's
           Administration
           they
           give
           the
           name
           of
           a
           Benefit
           ,
           and
           to
           such
           a
           Violent
           Benefit
           obtruded
           upon
           Men
           against
           their
           wills
           ,
           they
           would
           have
           Obedience
           paid
           ,
           as
           Duty
           .
           More
           Absurdities
           cannot
           well
           be
           crowded
           into
           so
           few
           words
           .
           A
           violent
           Possessour
           is
           like
           to
           give
           but
           an
           odd
           sort
           of
           Protection
           to
           them
           ,
           who
           do
           not
           uphold
           his
           violent
           Possession
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           they
           are
           able
           ;
           his
           dealing
           to
           all
           but
           the
           Friends
           of
           his
           Usurpation
           will
           look
           more
           like
           Tyranny
           than
           Protection
           ,
           and
           must
           more
           properly
           be
           called
           an
           Injury
           than
           a
           Benefit
           .
        
         
           A
           violent
           Possessor
           does
           ,
           by
           his
           first
           unjust
           Violence
           a
           present
           great
           Injury
           ,
           to
           all
           them
           on
           whom
           he
           imposes
           his
           Yoke
           ;
           and
           how
           should
           they
           expect
           
           any
           future
           Benefit
           from
           him
           ?
           For
           ,
           by
           his
           Usurpation
           ,
           they
           are
           depriv'd
           of
           all
           Right
           to
           claim
           ,
           or
           expect
           it
           by
           any
           Obligation
           of
           Laws
           ,
           or
           claim
           of
           Justice
           ;
           what
           they
           shall
           chance
           to
           meet
           with
           of
           that
           kind
           ,
           they
           must
           have
           from
           his
           unconfin'd
           Will
           and
           arbitrary
           Power
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           very
           Capricious
           and
           Fortuitous
           thing
           .
        
         
           Are
           we
           oblig'd
           to
           obey
           a
           Prince
           ,
           whom
           not
           our
           Law
           ,
           but
           his
           own
           Might
           advanc'd
           over
           us
           ?
           Then
           it
           must
           be
           his
           Might
           that
           obliges
           us
           ,
           and
           the
           Obedience
           which
           we
           pay
           ,
           is
           Obedience
           per
           Force
           ,
           Obedience
           falsly
           so
           call'd
           ,
           in
           truth
           ,
           it
           is
           no
           more
           Obedience
           than
           Possession
           is
           Protection
           ,
           and
           Governing
           us
           whither
           we
           will
           or
           no
           ,
           a
           Benefit
           ;
           true
           Obedience
           is
           from
           choice
           ,
           and
           always
           paid
           for
           real
           and
           valuable
           Considerations
           .
           The
           due
           Allegiance
           of
           Subjects
           is
           paid
           for
           the
           Enjoyment
           of
           Life
           ,
           Liberty
           and
           Property
           ,
           defended
           by
           such
           Laws
           as
           the
           Subjects
           have
           consented
           to
           ,
           the
           Execution
           of
           which
           Laws
           is
           committed
           to
           his
           Trust
           ,
           who
           is
           by
           due
           Course
           of
           Law
           made
           their
           Governor
           ,
           under
           what
           high
           Character
           or
           Title
           soever
           .
        
         
         
           He
           that
           is
           advanc'd
           to
           the
           Throne
           by
           due
           course
           of
           Law
           and
           Consent
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           becomes
           a
           King
           
             De
             Jure
          
           ,
           a
           Rightful
           and
           Lawful
           King
           ,
           and
           to
           him
           Obedience
           is
           really
           due
           ;
           for
           ,
           from
           his
           legal
           Possession
           ,
           we
           have
           a
           real
           and
           not
           an
           imaginary
           Benefit
           under
           his
           Government
           ;
           we
           have
           a
           Protection
           from
           certain
           and
           known
           Laws
           ,
           not
           from
           uncertain
           and
           unknown
           Will
           and
           Power
           .
        
         
           From
           this
           plain
           and
           clear
           state
           of
           the
           Case
           it
           appears
           ,
           That
           our
           refin'd
           Philosophers
           in
           their
           neat
           Argument
           are
           guilty
           of
           a
           wilful
           or
           weak
           Mistake
           in
           putting
           one
           Word
           for
           another
           ,
           in
           calling
           violent
           Possession
           Protection
           ,
           an
           Injury
           ,
           a
           Benefit
           ,
           Suffering
           Obedience
           :
           Whether
           I
           should
           call
           it
           a
           wilful
           or
           weak
           Mistake
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           ,
           for
           '
           t
           is
           not
           plain
           to
           me
           which
           they
           value
           most
           ,
           their
           Wit
           ,
           or
           Honesty
           ,
           but
           a
           manifest
           Mistake
           it
           is
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           pass
           upon
           the
           Nation
           ,
           unless
           they
           who
           take
           such
           pains
           to
           dress
           things
           in
           Disguises
           ,
           had
           that
           Command
           in
           Rhetorical
           Sophistry
           which
           the
           old
           Declamators
           at
           Athens
           so
           valued
           themselves
           upon
           ,
           pretending
           to
           be
           able
           to
           make
           the
           worst
           Cause
           look
           
           well
           ;
           unless
           they
           could
           by
           artificial
           studied
           Words
           ,
           and
           Strains
           of
           Wit
           ,
           make
           the
           People
           esteem
           it
           as
           great
           a
           Benefit
           to
           live
           in
           the
           Apprehension
           and
           Expectation
           of
           being
           Slaves
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           Condition
           of
           Subjects
           ;
           unless
           they
           could
           by
           wheedling
           Amusements
           ,
           persuade
           them
           ,
           that
           their
           Lives
           ,
           Liberties
           and
           Properties
           are
           as
           safe
           under
           uncontrouled
           and
           Arbitrary
           Power
           ,
           as
           under
           a
           Power
           limited
           by
           those
           Laws
           ,
           which
           they
           themselves
           had
           a
           share
           in
           making
           .
        
         
           In
           short
           ,
           if
           this
           be
           good
           Reasoning
           ,
           he
           that
           fills
           a
           Throne
           ,
           tho'
           he
           has
           no
           right
           to
           fill
           it
           ,
           does
           ,
           by
           filling
           it
           ,
           give
           Protection
           to
           the
           People
           ;
           and
           by
           governing
           them
           without
           their
           Consent
           ,
           bestows
           a
           Benefit
           upon
           them
           ,
           in
           return
           for
           which
           they
           are
           oblig'd
           to
           obey
           him
           :
           Then
           Thieves
           that
           break
           open
           a
           House
           ,
           and
           spare
           the
           Lives
           of
           the
           Family
           ,
           may
           be
           said
           to
           give
           them
           Protection
           ,
           and
           in
           disposing
           the
           Goods
           at
           their
           own
           Pleasure
           ,
           to
           bestow
           a
           Benefit
           on
           the
           true
           Owners
           ,
           and
           what
           the
           Owners
           suffer
           under
           such
           a
           Terror
           ,
           may
           be
           called
           Obedience
           :
           Nay
           ,
           according
           to
           these
           Measures
           ,
           the
           Man
           that
           
           is
           hang'd
           may
           be
           said
           to
           pay
           Obedience
           ,
           and
           he
           that
           trusses
           him
           up
           ,
           right
           or
           wrong
           ,
           is
           his
           Ruler
           
             De
             Facto
          
           .
        
         
           The
           Preachers
           of
           Passive
           Obedience
           made
           it
           their
           Business
           to
           abuse
           the
           People
           with
           a
           very
           pernicious
           false
           Doctrine
           ,
           but
           they
           gave
           it
           a
           proper
           ,
           agreeable
           ,
           and
           true
           Name
           ;
           for
           ,
           the
           plain
           signification
           of
           Passive
           Obedience
           is
           ,
           
             Suffering
             ,
             Actual
             Suffering
             ,
             Irremediable
             Suffering
             :
          
           With
           a
           bareface
           it
           teaches
           ,
           that
           if
           we
           receive
           no
           manner
           of
           Protection
           or
           Benefit
           by
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           but
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           are
           depriv'd
           of
           our
           Liberties
           and
           Properties
           ,
           yet
           we
           must
           submit
           and
           suffer
           :
           But
           the
           Authors
           of
           the
           Argument
           which
           I
           am
           reproving
           ,
           are
           pleas'd
           to
           call
           Suffering
           ,
           Obedience
           ;
           the
           one
           would
           enslave
           us
           by
           a
           confident
           belying
           of
           Religion
           ,
           the
           other
           by
           a
           subtle
           misuse
           of
           seeming
           Reason
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           prov'd
           in
           General
           ,
           that
           the
           distinction
           of
           a
           King
           
             De
             Jure
          
           and
           
             De
             Facto
          
           ,
           as
           applied
           to
           King
           William
           ,
           weakens
           the
           Government
           .
           I
           will
           now
           exemplisy
           the
           same
           in
           some
           Particulars
           .
        
         
         
           I.
           They
           that
           do
           not
           believe
           King
           William
           to
           be
           their
           King
           
             De
             Jure
             ,
             i.
             e.
          
           their
           True
           and
           Lawful
           King
           ,
           are
           not
           like
           to
           bear
           true
           Faith
           and
           Allegiance
           to
           him
           .
           They
           have
           no
           Motive
           ,
           no
           Temptation
           to
           induce
           them
           :
           If
           they
           bear
           true
           Faith
           and
           Allegiance
           to
           a
           King
           ,
           in
           their
           Opinion
           ,
           an
           Usurper
           ,
           they
           must
           contradict
           the
           Principles
           which
           God
           and
           Nature
           have
           implanted
           in
           them
           ,
           they
           must
           cross
           their
           own
           present
           Inclinations
           without
           the
           Prospect
           of
           a
           future
           Advantage
           .
           It
           is
           as
           much
           as
           ever
           our
           Preachers
           can
           do
           ,
           to
           keep
           Men
           from
           indulging
           their
           present
           Inclinations
           by
           the
           Hopes
           of
           a
           Recompence
           hereafter
           ;
           but
           't
           would
           puzzle
           all
           their
           Eloquence
           to
           persuade
           them
           to
           this
           ,
           when
           the
           Instance
           is
           not
           a
           moral
           Action
           fit
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           nor
           any
           thing
           to
           be
           got
           by
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           wonderful
           and
           unreasonable
           Confidence
           of
           those
           Jacobizing
           Authors
           ,
           who
           would
           persuade
           their
           Readers
           ,
           that
           Allegiance
           ought
           to
           be
           paid
           to
           a
           King
           ,
           whom
           they
           believe
           to
           have
           no
           Right
           to
           require
           it
           ,
           made
           me
           with
           
           a
           strict
           Thoughtfulness
           consider
           ,
           on
           what
           Bottom
           they
           could
           pretend
           to
           ground
           the
           Obligation
           ;
           but
           Bottom
           could
           I
           find
           none
           ,
           save
           that
           from
           the
           Christian
           Precept
           of
           loving
           Enemies
           ,
           a
           merry
           Man
           might
           make
           a
           Jest
           on
           't
           .
           By
           the
           way
           ,
           this
           most
           difficult
           of
           Christian
           Precepts
           ,
           had
           been
           recommended
           to
           the
           World
           before
           our
           Blessed
           Master's
           Time
           ,
           by
           wise
           Heathens
           ,
           Grotius
           in
           his
           Book
           
             De
             Ver.
             Rel.
             Christianae
          
           ,
           quotes
           several
           ,
           but
           no
           wise
           Heathen
           or
           Christian
           ,
           ever
           explain'd
           that
           Precept
           so
           far
           ,
           as
           to
           exact
           the
           Payment
           of
           good
           Offices
           to
           an
           Enemy
           at
           the
           Expence
           of
           the
           just
           Rights
           of
           a
           Friend
           ,
           or
           Allegiance
           to
           an
           arbitrary
           King
           in
           Possession
           ,
           to
           the
           Wrong
           of
           the
           lawful
           King
           unhappily
           dispossess'd
           :
           And
           I
           am
           Opinion
           ,
           that
           the
           Consideration
           of
           this
           ,
           or
           a
           less
           justifiable
           cause
           mov'd
           a
           good
           Doctor
           to
           mince
           the
           matter
           thus
           :
           
             It
             is
             our
             Duty
             to
             pray
             for
             the
             King
             in
             Possession
             ,
             while
             we
             take
             care
             to
             do
             it
             in
             such
             terms
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             pray
             against
             the
             dispossess'd
             Prince
             .
          
           Which
           is
           as
           much
           as
           to
           say
           ,
           We
           may
           pray
           that
           God
           would
           do
           such
           a
           King
           some
           small
           Personal
           Kindnesses
           ,
           
           or
           so
           ;
           but
           not
           to
           discomfit
           his
           Enemies
           ,
           or
           establish
           his
           Throne
           ,
           and
           this
           justifies
           my
           Position
           .
           That
           they
           who
           do
           not
           believe
           King
           William
           to
           be
           their
           King
           
             De
             Jure
          
           ,
           are
           not
           like
           to
           bear
           him
           true
           Faith
           and
           Allegiance
           ;
           we
           have
           but
           too
           long
           seen
           the
           Effects
           of
           the
           Doctor
           's
           Caution
           ,
           one
           while
           many
           were
           contented
           to
           pray
           for
           King
           William
           only
           from
           the
           Desk
           in
           appointed
           Forms
           ,
           they
           abstain'd
           from
           mentioning
           his
           Name
           in
           the
           Pulpit
           ;
           the
           most
           thought
           it
           enough
           in
           General
           Terms
           to
           pray
           God
           to
           be
           Gracious
           to
           King
           William
           ;
           not
           one
           of
           a
           hundred
           at
           this
           Day
           dares
           pronounce
           him
           Rightful
           and
           Lawful
           King
           ;
           they
           will
           ,
           't
           is
           true
           ,
           not
           grudge
           to
           call
           him
           the
           King
           that
           God
           has
           set
           over
           them
           ;
           but
           that
           's
           an
           oblique
           Reflexion
           ,
           for
           ,
           the
           same
           is
           their
           Phrase
           also
           for
           an
           Usurper
           .
        
         
           The
           questioning
           King
           
           William's
           Title
           ,
           was
           always
           the
           profess'd
           Cause
           of
           the
           Refusal
           of
           Swearing
           to
           bear
           Faith
           and
           true
           Allegiance
           to
           him
           .
           Indeed
           the
           above
           mention'd
           Doctor
           was
           pleas'd
           to
           tell
           the
           Nation
           ,
           
             That
             he
             did
             not
             refuse
             the
             Oaths
             out
             of
             any
             Fondness
             for
             the
             Government
             
             of
             King
          
           James
           ,
           
             nor
             Zeal
             for
             his
             Return
          
           :
           But
           I
           am
           confident
           he
           did
           not
           refuse
           them
           out
           of
           any
           Persuasion
           of
           the
           Right
           of
           King
           William
           ,
           nor
           Zeal
           for
           his
           Establishment
           ;
           in
           Truth
           ,
           his
           Refusal
           of
           the
           Oaths
           ,
           was
           a
           plain
           Declaration
           of
           his
           Sense
           against
           King
           
           William's
           Right
           ;
           but
           when
           he
           took
           the
           Oaths
           ,
           then
           to
           insinuate
           that
           King
           William
           had
           no
           Legal
           Right
           —
           
             hic
             nigrae
             succus
             soliginis
             ,
             haec
             est
             aerugo
             mera
             .
          
           Yet
           this
           Doctor
           is
           a
           Saint
           ,
           in
           Comparison
           with
           that
           Loyal
           Rector
           ,
           who
           essay'd
           to
           prove
           ,
           that
           notwithstanding
           his
           Oath
           to
           King
           William
           and
           Queen
           Mary
           ,
           he
           had
           not
           put
           himself
           out
           of
           a
           Capacity
           to
           perform
           what
           he
           swore
           to
           the
           late
           King
           :
           Which
           makes
           it
           plain
           that
           they
           who
           are
           not
           persuaded
           of
           King
           
           William's
           Rightful
           Title
           ,
           cannot
           be
           willing
           to
           give
           him
           ,
           no
           ,
           not
           their
           Oaths
           ,
           unless
           it
           be
           for
           the
           better
           Opportunity
           to
           betray
           him
           .
           In
           short
           ,
           I
           would
           sooner
           hope
           to
           find
           an
           Atheist
           ,
           zealous
           to
           promote
           the
           practise
           of
           Vertue
           and
           Piety
           ,
           than
           that
           the
           Government
           under
           King
           William
           should
           be
           rightly
           serv'd
           ,
           by
           those
           that
           are
           persuaded
           of
           the
           Right
           of
           the
           late
           King.
           
        
         
         
           When
           the
           late
           King
           sent
           Forces
           against
           the
           late
           Duke
           of
           Monmouth
           he
           was
           in
           the
           right
           ,
           not
           to
           put
           his
           trust
           in
           the
           County
           Troops
           ,
           for
           he
           look'd
           upon
           many
           of
           them
           to
           have
           no
           opinion
           of
           his
           Title
           ,
           but
           rather
           to
           think
           well
           of
           the
           cause
           of
           the
           Invader
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           the
           ordinary
           Policy
           of
           every
           Tyrant
           to
           oppress
           his
           own
           People
           with
           Mercenary
           Foreigners
           ,
           or
           such
           Subjects
           of
           his
           own
           ,
           as
           are
           Souldiers
           ,
           who
           have
           nothing
           but
           Fortune
           ,
           and
           his
           Bounty
           to
           trust
           to
           ;
           't
           were
           as
           foolish
           to
           go
           about
           to
           suppress
           them
           by
           other
           Instruments
           ,
           as
           't
           is
           wicked
           to
           oppress
           them
           at
           all
           .
        
         
           Perhaps
           a
           hungry
           Lawyer
           may
           plead
           for
           his
           Fee
           against
           his
           Conscience
           ,
           but
           a
           lover
           of
           his
           Country
           will
           not
           be
           the
           Chief
           Justice
           of
           an
           Arbitrary
           Monarch
           .
        
         
           II.
           They
           that
           do
           not
           believe
           King
           WILLIAM
           to
           be
           their
           Righful
           and
           Lawful
           King
           ,
           are
           bound
           in
           Conscience
           to
           endeavour
           to
           dispossess
           him
           .
        
         
         
           I
           know
           there
           be
           some
           Casuists
           ,
           who
           contend
           earnestly
           ,
           that
           an
           Erroneous
           Conscience
           does
           not
           oblige
           a
           Man
           to
           follow
           it
           ;
           in
           proof
           of
           their
           Negative
           ,
           they
           muster
           many
           Zealous
           ,
           and
           some
           Witty
           Pleadings
           ,
           proper
           to
           amuse
           ,
           and
           entertain
           one
           sort
           of
           Readers
           ,
           but
           no
           Man
           can
           be
           convinc'd
           by
           them
           .
           For
           God
           gave
           us
           Conscience
           to
           be
           our
           Guide
           ,
           and
           Nature
           will
           have
           us
           to
           follow
           it
           ,
           whether
           in
           the
           doing
           good
           or
           evil
           .
           I
           prove
           it
           by
           this
           plain
           Reason
           —
           if
           we
           are
           not
           oblig'd
           to
           obey
           an
           Erroneous
           Conscience
           ,
           then
           we
           are
           not
           oblig'd
           to
           obey
           a
           right
           and
           well
           perswaded
           Conscience
           ,
           for
           the
           Erroneous
           Conscience
           thinks
           it self
           in
           the
           right
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Conscience
           that
           both
           thinks
           so
           ,
           and
           is
           so
           .
           A
           Man
           who
           is
           Erroneously
           perswaded
           in
           Moral
           Matters
           cannot
           but
           sin
           ;
           he
           sins
           in
           following
           his
           Erroneous
           Conscience
           ,
           when
           it
           prompts
           him
           to
           an
           Immoral
           Action
           ,
           because
           by
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           Right
           Reason
           ,
           he
           might
           have
           inform'd
           his
           Conscience
           better
           :
           He
           sins
           most
           audaciously
           when
           he
           acts
           against
           his
           Conscience
           ,
           because
           he
           thinks
           it
           his
           
           Duty
           to
           obey
           it
           .
           Bishop
           Taylor
           teaches
           ,
           That
           it
           is
           a
           greater
           sin
           to
           do
           a
           good
           Action
           against
           our
           Conscience
           ,
           than
           to
           do
           an
           evil
           Action
           in
           obedience
           to
           it
           .
           The
           Example
           he
           brings
           answers
           exactly
           but
           to
           one
           part
           of
           his
           Rule
           ,
           but
           comes
           near
           the
           other
           ,
           and
           leads
           to
           our
           purpose
           .
           
             Fryar
             Clement
             the
             Jacobine
             thinks
             Erroneously
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             lawful
             to
             kill
             his
             King
             :
             The
             poor
             Damosel
             Faucette
             thinks
             it
             unlawful
             to
             spit
             in
             the
             Church
             ;
             but
             it
             happen'd
             ,
             that
             one
             day
             she
             did
             it
             against
             her
             Conscience
             ;
             and
             the
             Fryar
             one
             day
             with
             his
             Conscience
             and
             a
             long
             Knife
             kill'd
             the
             King.
             If
             the
             Question
             be
             here
             who
             sinn'd
             most
             ,
             the
             disparity
             is
             next
             to
             infinite
             ,
             the
             poor
             Woman
             was
             to
             be
             chidden
             for
             doing
             against
             her
             Conscience
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             to
             be
             hang'd
             for
             doing
             according
             to
             his
             .
          
           Thus
           say
           I
           ,
           those
           Assasines
           deserve
           to
           be
           hang'd
           who
           attempt
           to
           kill
           ,
           and
           those
           also
           who
           consult
           ,
           and
           labour
           to
           disposses
           our
           Rightful
           and
           Lawful
           King
           WILLIAM
           ;
           but
           while
           with
           an
           Erroneous
           Conscience
           ,
           they
           believe
           
           him
           to
           be
           only
           King
           
             DE
             FACTO
             ,
             i.e.
          
           a
           false
           King
           ,
           but
           a
           real
           Usurper
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           see
           how
           they
           can
           avoid
           
             Treason
             ,
             and
             the
             danger
             of
             the
             Gallows
             .
          
           Now
           ,
           bless
           us
           !
           and
           deliver
           us
           !
           Some
           Friends
           of
           the
           Party
           may
           say
           ,
           from
           so
           barbarous
           Doctrine
           as
           this
           .
           What!
           Hang
           Men
           for
           obeying
           their
           Consciences
           ?
           and
           doing
           what
           in
           their
           Circumstances
           they
           could
           not
           avoid
           .
           But
           to
           abate
           their
           Wonder
           ,
           and
           let
           them
           into
           the
           cruel
           Mystery
           ,
           I
           reply
           ,
           it
           is
           but
           a
           Just
           ,
           Reasonable
           ,
           and
           Necessary
           Doctrine
           ;
           for
           why
           should
           their
           Consciences
           disturb
           our
           Settlement
           ,
           and
           endanger
           the
           Life
           of
           our
           King.
           They
           should
           labour
           to
           inform
           their
           Consciences
           better
           ,
           or
           carry
           them
           to
           some
           other
           Country
           ,
           where
           our
           Government
           ,
           and
           the
           Life
           of
           our
           King
           ,
           may
           be
           as
           safe
           from
           the
           treacherous
           practices
           of
           their
           Consciences
           ,
           as
           their
           Consciences
           from
           the
           Just
           ,
           and
           but
           too
           slow
           ,
           Vengeance
           of
           the
           Government
           ;
           For
           ,
           as
           Mr.
           Johnson
           told
           them
           long
           agoe
           .
           
             He
             ought
             not
             to
             live
             under
             any
             Government
             ,
             who
             refuses
             to
             give
             it
             the
             customary
             and
             legal
             caution
             .
          
        
         
         
           They
           shall
           put
           you
           out
           of
           the
           Synagogues
           ,
           
             said
             Christ
             to
             his
             Apostles
          
           ,
           yea
           the
           time
           cometh
           ,
           that
           whosoever
           killeth
           you
           ,
           will
           think
           ,
           that
           be
           doth
           God
           good
           service
           .
        
         
           Friend
           ,
           and
           Perkins
           ,
           and
           their
           Fellow
           Assassines
           thought
           themselves
           oblig'd
           in
           Conscience
           to
           take
           off
           King
           WILLIAM
           ,
           because
           they
           look'd
           upon
           him
           only
           as
           a
           King
           
             DE
             FACTO
          
           ,
           a
           meer
           Usurper
           :
           In
           Conscience
           they
           held
           themselves
           oblig'd
           to
           endeavour
           the
           Restoration
           of
           the
           late
           King
           ,
           because
           they
           look'd
           on
           him
           as
           King
           
             DE
             IVRE
          
           .
           And
           rather
           than
           not
           effect
           these
           Purposes
           they
           engage
           to
           promote
           a
           French
           Invasion
           ,
           which
           would
           have
           made
           bloody
           Work
           among
           us
           ,
           but
           what
           car'd
           they
           for
           that
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           it
           was
           to
           reinstate
           the
           right
           Heir
           .
           A
           more
           Mischievous
           Distinction
           cannot
           be
           imagin'd
           than
           this
           of
           a
           King
           
             DE
             IVRE
          
           ,
           and
           
             DE
             FACTO
          
           ,
           the
           former
           being
           applied
           to
           the
           late
           King
           ,
           the
           latter
           to
           King
           WILLIAM
           ;
           but
           I
           will
           descend
           to
           some
           particular
           Instances
           .
        
         
         
           This
           wicked
           Distinction
           ,
           thus
           Mischievously
           applied
           ,
           long
           encourag'd
           troublesom
           Commotions
           in
           Scotland
           ,
           but
           more
           fatally
           delay'd
           the
           Reduction
           of
           Ireland
           .
           It
           famish'd
           some
           Thousands
           in
           London-Derry
           ,
           kept
           a
           gallant
           Army
           from
           Action
           One
           Summer
           for
           Six
           Weeks
           ,
           that
           was
           ,
           till
           the
           Season
           for
           Action
           was
           over
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           Victory
           of
           the
           next
           Year
           cost
           the
           King
           some
           of
           his
           own
           Blood
           ,
           and
           the
           Life
           of
           his
           brave
           General
           .
           It
           betray'd
           our
           Councils
           ,
           and
           brought
           the
           French
           Fleet
           into
           our
           Channel
           ,
           prevented
           the
           pushing
           on
           our
           Successes
           ,
           so
           that
           our
           dishonour
           is
           not
           yet
           reveng'd
           ,
           as
           it
           ought
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           might
           be
           ,
           it
           expos'd
           our
           Merchants
           ,
           and
           ruin'd
           our
           Trade
           ,
           it
           hatch'd
           many
           a
           Hellish
           Plot
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           in
           Flanders
           ,
           in
           England
           ,
           against
           the
           Life
           of
           King
           WILLIAM
           and
           Queen
           MART
           ,
           against
           the
           Liberties
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           and
           the
           Lives
           of
           all
           honest
           Protestants
           ,
           it
           hinder'd
           the
           due
           Examination
           of
           discover'd
           Plots
           ,
           and
           rescued
           Traytors
           convict
           ,
           without
           obliging
           them
           to
           Confession
           .
        
         
           This
           Wicked
           ,
           and
           Mischievously
           applied
           
           distinction
           contriv'd
           the
           last
           Hellish
           Conspiracy
           ,
           laid
           it
           deep
           ,
           and
           spread
           it
           wide
           ,
           urg'd
           it
           on
           with
           a
           steddy
           Zeal
           ,
           and
           unwearied
           Application
           under
           the
           Auspices
           of
           an
           exil'd
           Tyrant
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           vast
           expence
           of
           his
           proud
           Protector
           ,
           watch'd
           all
           opportunities
           to
           begin
           the
           Bloody
           Execution
           ;
           conceal'd
           it
           obstinately
           ,
           pursued
           it
           after
           disappointments
           ,
           and
           we
           have
           reason
           to
           believe
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           not
           got
           so
           far
           into
           the
           horrid
           Secret
           ,
           but
           they
           have
           their
           hopes
           to
           retrieve
           it
           .
           However
           ,
           blessed
           be
           God
           ,
           who
           has
           brought
           so
           much
           of
           it
           to
           light
           ,
           that
           we
           shall
           not
           perish
           —
           that
           we
           shall
           not
           perish
           ,
           —
           unless
           it
           be
           our
           own
           fault
           ;
           —
           if
           we
           please
           ,
           —
           the
           Sun
           may
           be
           let
           in
           upon
           it
           ,
           the
           Law
           may
           effectually
           spppress
           it
           ,
           and
           then
           ,
           —
           and
           not
           till
           then
           ,
           we
           shall
           be
           safe
           ,
           both
           we
           ,
           and
           our
           King.
           
        
         
           The
           undantedly
           honest
           Mr.
           Johnson
           ,
           and
           one
           or
           two
           more
           ,
           out
           of
           dry
           love
           to
           their
           Country
           ,
           some
           Years
           ago
           oppos'd
           this
           Wretched
           ,
           Mischievous
           ,
           and
           Misapplied
           Distinction
           ,
           with
           Learning
           ,
           Wit
           ,
           and
           Reason
           ;
           but
           the
           Friends
           of
           the
           late
           King
           James
           could
           endure
           
           that
           Opposition
           ,
           and
           reply
           little
           ,
           while
           they
           met
           with
           no
           Penal
           Opposition
           from
           the
           Government
           :
           But
           when
           one
           or
           two
           of
           the
           Conspirators
           ,
           averse
           to
           so
           horrid
           a
           Villany
           ,
           as
           was
           in
           agitation
           among
           them
           ,
           reveal'd
           the
           design
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           the
           King
           laid
           it
           before
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ;
           of
           a
           sudden
           the
           Spirits
           of
           that
           Honourable
           Body
           ,
           the
           Representatives
           of
           the
           People
           of
           England
           ,
           were
           rouz'd
           from
           the
           confus'd
           Lethargy
           of
           a
           doubtful
           Opinion
           ,
           into
           a
           clear
           discerning
           Sense
           of
           the
           danger
           ,
           into
           which
           the
           Sacred
           Life
           of
           KING
           WILLIAM
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           dearest
           Interest
           of
           all
           true
           Englishmen
           were
           betray'd
           by
           the
           distinction
           of
           a
           King
           
             DE
             IVRE
          
           ,
           and
           a
           King
           
             DE
             FACTO
          
           .
           Immediately
           therefore
           to
           repair
           their
           Errour
           ,
           with
           a
           just
           warmth
           ,
           they
           declar'd
           the
           right
           of
           their
           King
           ,
           that
           so
           they
           might
           on
           a
           stable
           Rock
           ,
           build
           their
           own
           defence
           ,
           which
           had
           been
           vilely
           shaken
           by
           the
           rotten
           Foundation
           of
           an
           Usurper
           ,
           daub'd
           over
           with
           the
           empty
           name
           only
           of
           a
           King.
           A
           very
           great
           Majority
           of
           that
           August
           Assembly
           ,
           presently
           cheerfully
           subscrib'd
           the
           
           Association
           ,
           wherein
           ,
           after
           they
           Sincerely
           ,
           and
           Solemnly
           Profess
           ,
           Testifie
           ,
           and
           declare
           ,
           That
           his
           present
           Majesty
           King
           WILLIAM
           is
           Rightful
           ,
           and
           Lawful
           King
           of
           these
           Realms
           ;
           they
           mutually
           promise
           and
           engage
           to
           stand
           by
           ,
           and
           assist
           each
           other
           to
           the
           utmost
           of
           their
           Power
           ,
           in
           the
           support
           and
           defence
           of
           his
           Majesties
           most
           Sacred
           Person
           ,
           and
           Government
           ,
           against
           the
           late
           King
           James
           and
           his
           Adherents
           .
           Further
           they
           oblige
           themselves
           ,
           if
           the
           King
           should
           come
           to
           any
           violent
           and
           untimely
           death
           ,
           which
           God
           forbid
           ,
           to
           revenge
           the
           same
           on
           his
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           their
           Adherents
           ,
           Lastly
           ,
           To
           support
           the
           Succession
           of
           the
           Crown
           according
           to
           an
           Act
           made
           in
           the
           First
           Year
           of
           KING
           WILLIAM
           and
           QUEEN
           MARY
           .
        
         
           The
           House
           of
           Lords
           also
           ,
           moved
           by
           the
           same
           amazing
           occasion
           ,
           as
           the
           Commons
           ,
           damn'd
           the
           Mischievous
           distinction
           
             DE
             FACTO
          
           ,
           and
           
             DE
             IVRE
          
           ,
           declaring
           that
           His
           present
           Majesty
           King
           WILLIAM
           hath
           
             A
             Right
             by
             Law
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
          
           which
           Words
           one
           might
           be
           afraid
           of
           ,
           but
           
           that
           their
           Lordships
           ,
           ever
           Honourable
           ,
           and
           Sincere
           ,
           took
           care
           to
           secure
           them
           from
           Exception
           ,
           by
           the
           next
           Plain
           ,
           Righteous
           and
           Decretory
           Sentence
           ,
           —
           
             And
             that
             neither
             the
             late
             King
          
           James
           ,
           
             nor
             the
             pretended
             Prince
             of
          
           Wales
           ,
           
             nor
             any
             other
             Person
             ,
             hath
             any
             right
             whatsoever
             to
             the
             same
             .
          
        
         
           I
           can't
           see
           wherein
           this
           Declaration
           comes
           short
           of
           that
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           for
           here
           the
           Lords
           determine
           ,
           that
           King
           WILLIAM
           hath
           a
           Right
           by
           Law
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           Right
           by
           Law
           ,
           that
           neither
           the
           late
           King
           ,
           nor
           the
           pretended
           Prince
           of
           Wales
           ,
           nor
           any
           other
           Person
           hath
           any
           Right
           whatsoever
           to
           the
           same
           ;
           then
           of
           Consequence
           ,
           He
           hath
           all
           the
           right
           to
           the
           Crown
           that
           can
           be
           ,
           all
           the
           right
           that
           ever
           Prince
           had
           ,
           or
           can
           have
           .
           And
           is
           in
           their
           Lordships
           Judgments
           ,
           what
           the
           Commons
           have
           declar'd
           him
           ,
           Viz.
           our
           Rightful
           and
           Lawful
           King.
           I
           am
           glad
           the
           Houses
           are
           so
           well
           agreed
           .
           But
           alas
           !
           neither
           has
           their
           happy
           Agreement
           ,
           nor
           the
           following
           hearty
           and
           just
           Votes
           of
           the
           Commons
           carried
           the
           Association
           of
           
           the
           Commons
           thro'
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           with
           that
           success
           as
           might
           have
           been
           expected
           ,
           and
           as
           was
           due
           to
           so
           well
           advised
           a
           Sanction
           for
           the
           Publick
           good
           .
           The
           reason
           of
           which
           disappointment
           I
           cannot
           imagine
           ,
           for
           I
           hope
           ,
           that
           
           Commoner's
           Chaplain
           was
           not
           in
           the
           right
           ,
           who
           openly
           told
           an
           Acquaintance
           ,
           that
           the
           Penalties
           inforcing
           the
           Association
           were
           only
           
             In
             terrorem
          
           .
           But
           as
           if
           he
           had
           been
           able
           to
           give
           the
           Refusers
           Security
           ,
           many
           stood
           off
           ,
           and
           began
           to
           frame
           Exceptions
           against
           it
           .
           To
           pass
           by
           the
           little
           Cavils
           ,
           and
           impertient
           Sarcasms
           ,
           started
           by
           vain
           and
           unquiet
           Men
           ,
           who
           are
           proud
           to
           tell
           the
           World
           with
           what
           unfair
           Equivocation
           they
           swallow'd
           the
           Oaths
           of
           Allegiance
           ,
           and
           consonant
           to
           that
           Scandalous
           Wickedness
           ,
           will
           affix
           a
           sense
           of
           their
           own
           devising
           to
           the
           Parliament
           Association
           ,
           or
           else
           Associate
           in
           a
           cold
           empty
           Form
           of
           their
           own
           drawing
           up
           ;
           to
           pass
           by
           every
           thing
           of
           this
           nature
           ,
           I
           shall
           only
           reflect
           on
           the
           grand
           Exception
           ,
           which
           is
           so
           common
           in
           the
           mouths
           of
           all
           the
           
             De
             facto
          
           Men.
           And
           that
           is
           
           this
           —
           They
           have
           as
           their
           bounden
           duty
           does
           require
           ,
           that
           awful
           regard
           for
           the
           Divine
           Prohibition
           of
           Revenge
           ,
           that
           they
           can
           by
           no
           means
           agree
           to
           oblige
           themselves
           to
           revenge
           the
           King
           's
           violent
           death
           upon
           his
           Treacherous
           Enemies
           .
        
         
           To
           this
           I
           have
           several
           things
           to
           reply
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Tho'
           with
           some
           Men
           the
           Blood
           of
           a
           King
           is
           so
           cheap
           that
           it
           may
           be
           spilt
           like
           Water
           on
           the
           Ground
           ,
           and
           they
           never
           trouble
           their
           hearts
           about
           it
           :
           Yet
           I
           make
           no
           question
           ,
           but
           were
           it
           the
           Blood
           but
           of
           an
           Arch-Bishop
           of
           St.
           Andrew
           ,
           they
           would
           be
           very
           active
           to
           hunt
           the
           Murtherers
           from
           their
           Coverts
           ,
           and
           bring
           them
           to
           condign
           Punishment
           .
           That
           these
           words
           may
           not
           be
           wrested
           ,
           I
           do
           avow
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           a
           necessary
           piece
           of
           Justice
           ,
           the
           Punishment
           of
           that
           Arch-Bishop's
           Murtherers
           .
           But
           I
           argue
           
             a
             fortiori
          
           ,
           how
           necessary
           then
           is
           it
           to
           punish
           Wicked
           Regicides
           ?
        
         
         
           II.
           when
           a
           Noble
           Peer
           is
           impeach'd
           in
           Parliament
           for
           High-Treason
           ,
           the
           Lords
           Spiritual
           pretend
           to
           a
           Right
           of
           Siting
           ,
           and
           Voting
           among
           his
           Judges
           ,
           so
           that
           Clergy-Men
           are
           not
           willing
           to
           be
           wholly
           Sequestred
           from
           their
           share
           in
           legal
           Revenges
           .
        
         
           III.
           When
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           declar'd
           ,
           [
           upon
           the
           occasion
           of
           the
           Popish
           Plot
           ,
           discover'd
           by
           Doctor
           Oates
           ,
           ]
           that
           if
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           King
           Charles
           ,
           that
           then
           was
           ,
           should
           come
           to
           any
           violent
           Death
           ,
           [
           which
           they
           pray'd
           God
           to
           prevent
           ,
           tho'
           [
           as
           't
           is
           thought
           ,
           ]
           they
           were
           not
           heard
           ]
           they
           would
           revenge
           it
           to
           the
           utmost
           on
           the
           Papists
           .
           None
           of
           this
           Clan
           of
           Non-Associators
           bawl'd
           against
           that
           Vote
           ,
           as
           unchristian
           ;
           and
           yet
           I
           do
           not
           see
           ,
           but
           King
           
           WILLIAM's
           Life
           is
           as
           precious
           ,
           and
           ought
           to
           be
           as
           dear
           to
           the
           Nation
           as
           ever
           King
           
           Charles's
           was
           ;
           besides
           ,
           I
           perswade
           my self
           ,
           that
           popish
           Assassines
           deserve
           not
           to
           be
           more
           severely
           treated
           ,
           than
           —
           than
           any
           other
           Assassines
           .
        
         
         
           IV.
           When
           any
           private
           Person
           unites
           with
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           to
           revenge
           the
           Violent
           death
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           [
           which
           God
           prevent
           ,
           ]
           he
           unites
           with
           the
           Representatives
           of
           the
           Body
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           for
           the
           just
           Execution
           of
           a
           legal
           Revenge
           .
        
         
           V.
           He
           that
           is
           not
           willing
           to
           do
           his
           part
           towards
           the
           bringing
           the
           Assassines
           of
           the
           King
           to
           suffer
           the
           Law
           ,
           may
           be
           justly
           suspected
           as
           an
           Abettor
           of
           the
           Assassination
           ,
           [
           if
           such
           a
           thing
           should
           happen
           ,
           which
           God
           prevent
           ]
           and
           if
           he
           be
           treated
           accordingly
           ,
           he
           is
           not
           worse
           treated
           ,
           than
           the
           old
           Lady
           Lisle
           .
        
         
           VI.
           In
           a
           state
           of
           Nature
           ,
           every
           Man
           has
           a
           Right
           to
           preserve
           all
           his
           honest
           Interests
           against
           the
           Injuries
           of
           others
           ,
           and
           to
           punish
           such
           Injuries
           according
           as
           he
           judges
           they
           deserve
           to
           be
           punish'd
           .
           In
           political
           Society
           every
           Man
           resigns
           up
           this
           natural
           right
           to
           the
           Community
           ,
           who
           intrust
           some
           chosen
           Man
           or
           Men
           to
           govern
           them
           ,
           by
           setled
           Laws
           made
           with
           their
           own
           Consent
           :
           
           Now
           if
           wicked
           Assassines
           shall
           traiterously
           take
           off
           the
           chief
           Head
           or
           Heads
           that
           govern
           ,
           and
           so
           reduce
           the
           People
           to
           the
           unhappy
           Necessity
           of
           a
           new
           Choice
           ,
           from
           whence
           may
           arise
           infinite
           Mischiefs
           ,
           by
           Reason
           of
           the
           Differences
           of
           ambitious
           Pretenders
           ,
           the
           People
           seem
           reduc'd
           to
           a
           state
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           then
           every
           particular
           individual
           Person
           has
           a
           Right
           to
           be
           reveng'd
           of
           the
           Assassines
           .
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           the
           English
           Government
           is
           Hereditary
           ,
           and
           by
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           setled
           after
           the
           Death
           or
           demise
           of
           King
           William
           ,
           on
           the
           Princess
           Ann
           and
           the
           Heirs
           of
           her
           Body
           ,
           but
           then
           there
           is
           Danger
           that
           Jacobite
           Zeal
           may
           wade
           thro'
           more
           Blood
           to
           make
           a
           clear
           Vacancy
           for
           a
           Royal
           Abdicator
           ;
           and
           if
           so
           ,
           there
           's
           Reason
           for
           every
           true
           Englishman
           ,
           by
           the
           Parliaments
           Association
           to
           denounce
           Vengeance
           against
           the
           Assassines
           ;
           but
           the
           single
           loss
           of
           King
           William
           alone
           by
           violent
           ,
           sudden
           Treachery
           ,
           might
           chance
           to
           throw
           us
           into
           those
           Confusions
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           just
           and
           prudent
           to
           associate
           to
           be
           aveng'd
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           shall
           tear
           that
           dear
           Interest
           from
           us
           .
        
         
         
           VII
           .
           Let
           who
           will
           refuse
           the
           Association
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           honestly
           and
           wisely
           done
           of
           them
           who
           enter
           into
           it
           ;
           for
           thereby
           they
           not
           only
           discharge
           the
           Duty
           which
           they
           owe
           to
           the
           King
           ;
           but
           also
           do
           that
           which
           has
           a
           powerful
           Influence
           to
           deter
           execrable
           Assassines
           from
           attempting
           the
           desperate
           Villany
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           the
           hope
           of
           Impunity
           that
           confirms
           the
           bold
           Nonjurers
           in
           their
           declar'd
           Enmity
           to
           King
           William
           ;
           the
           hope
           of
           Impunity
           that
           animates
           the
           sneaking
           perjur'd
           Jurors
           to
           abide
           by
           their
           mischievous
           Distinction
           of
           a
           King
           
             De
             Facto
          
           and
           
             De
             Jure
          
           ;
           the
           hope
           of
           Impunity
           that
           hatches
           Conspiracies
           ,
           and
           carries
           on
           Correspondencies
           with
           France
           ;
           and
           no
           doubt
           King-killers
           hereafter
           will
           be
           harder
           to
           be
           hired
           ,
           because
           that
           particular
           Villany
           has
           the
           least
           hope
           of
           Mercy
           ;
           to
           say
           no
           more
           ,
           't
           is
           the
           hope
           of
           Impunity
           that
           hardens
           a
           perverse
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           makes
           so
           many
           Non-associators
           .
        
         
           VIII
           .
           'T
           is
           not
           indeed
           unwisely
           done
           of
           the
           Non-associators
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           
           put
           the
           best
           Colour
           they
           can
           upon
           their
           Refusal
           ,
           to
           pretend
           that
           they
           are
           Christians
           ,
           and
           cannot
           be
           reveng'd
           ,
           no
           not
           upon
           their
           most
           mischievous
           Enemies
           ;
           but
           then
           it
           is
           easy
           to
           see
           thro'
           this
           Pretence
           ;
           a
           wet
           Finger
           will
           fetch
           off
           the
           false
           Varnish
           ;
           for
           tho'
           they
           dare
           not
           for
           the
           World
           Associate
           to
           revenge
           the
           violent
           Death
           of
           King
           William
           ;
           yet
           they
           are
           well
           contented
           to
           give
           up
           Three
           Nations
           to
           the
           Vengeance
           of
           the
           late
           King
           ,
           who
           if
           ever
           he
           returns
           ,
           [
           which
           God
           of
           his
           Infinite
           Mercy
           ,
           I
           beseech
           him
           ,
           prevent
           ]
           will
           return
           like
           the
           Evil
           Spirit
           in
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           
             with
             Seven
             other
             Spirits
             more
             wicked
             than
             himself
             ,
             and
             the
             last
             state
             of
          
           our
           Nation
           
             shall
             be
             worse
             than
             the
             first
             :
          
           For
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           said
           by
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
             It
             had
             been
             better
             never
             to
             have
             known
             the
             way
             of
             righteousness
             ,
             than
             having
             known
             ,
             to
             depart
             therefrom
             :
          
           So
           it
           had
           been
           better
           for
           us
           never
           to
           have
           been
           deliver'd
           from
           the
           Yoke
           of
           the
           late
           King's
           Tyranny
           ,
           than
           to
           submit
           our
           Necks
           to
           it
           again
           ;
           if
           he
           hooks
           us
           under
           his
           Power
           a
           second
           time
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           a
           Mercy
           to
           dispatch
           us
           ;
           he
           will
           hamper
           us
           so
           
           sufficiently
           ,
           that
           our
           next
           Deliverer
           must
           be
           that
           sure
           Conqueror
           ,
           who
           makes
           the
           ill
           figure
           in
           Churches
           with
           his
           Scythe
           and
           Hour-glass
           .
        
         
           IX
           .
           Among
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Mischiefs
           whereof
           the
           
             De
             Jure
          
           and
           
             De
             Facto
          
           distinction
           is
           the
           procuring
           Cause
           ,
           set
           it
           down
           for
           one
           ,
           That
           it
           keeps
           them
           who
           falsly
           and
           maliciously
           apply
           it
           to
           King
           WILLIAM
           ,
           from
           associating
           with
           their
           Representatives
           in
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           It
           comes
           into
           my
           Mind
           now
           ,
           very
           opportunely
           ,
           I
           think
           ,
           That
           their
           Tyrant
           
             De
             Jure
          
           ,
           just
           upon
           his
           departure
           ,
           [
           and
           the
           Words
           of
           departing
           Friends
           we
           know
           sink
           deep
           into
           the
           Minds
           of
           good
           Christian
           People
           ]
           advis'd
           his
           Loyal
           Officers
           and
           Soldiers
           expresly
           ,
           and
           all
           his
           other
           Well-wishers
           [
           not
           worth
           naming
           ]
           tacitly
           ,
           not
           to
           expose
           themseves
           by
           resisting
           a
           foreign
           Enemy
           ,
           and
           a
           poison'd
           Nation
           [
           that
           was
           his
           Complement
           to
           Old
           England
           ]
           but
           to
           keep
           themselves
           free
           from
           Associations
           and
           such
           pernicious
           things
           .
           Our
           mischievous
           
           Distinguishers
           have
           observ'd
           this
           Advice
           most
           exactly
           ,
           they
           have
           not
           yet
           rashly
           ventur'd
           their
           Carcasses
           in
           the
           Field
           against
           our
           King
           and
           Government
           .
           Their
           Treachery
           must
           succeed
           before
           they
           try
           their
           Valour
           ;
           and
           as
           for
           Associations
           ,
           and
           such
           pernicious
           things
           ,
           they
           most
           religiously
           keep
           themselves
           pure
           and
           undefil'd
           .
        
         
           For
           another
           particular
           Instance
           of
           the
           Mischief
           caus'd
           by
           the
           wretched
           Distinction
           ,
           I
           might
           mention
           ,
           That
           it
           encourages
           the
           Attempts
           of
           the
           French
           King
           ,
           to
           re-impose
           on
           us
           the
           late
           King
           James
           as
           his
           Deputy
           ,
           [
           for
           that
           's
           the
           most
           the
           late
           King
           in
           his
           vainest
           hopes
           can
           expect
           ;
           nay
           ,
           if
           it
           should
           rain
           Crowns
           and
           Miracles
           on
           his
           Head
           ,
           who
           may
           have
           more
           Faith
           to
           believe
           the
           latter
           ,
           than
           Strength
           to
           bear
           the
           former
           ;
           he
           must
           govern
           by
           the
           imperious
           Dictates
           of
           his
           Protectors
           Arbitrary
           Will
           ,
           he
           must
           be
           but
           the
           prime
           Minister
           of
           a
           superior
           Tyrant
           ,
           nay
           ,
           hardly
           that
           ,
           for
           Lewis
           would
           not
           trust
           him
           but
           under
           French
           School-masters
           ,
           
           and
           having
           first
           deliver'd
           up
           cautionary
           Towns.
           ]
        
         
           If
           King
           Lewis
           were
           not
           well
           assur'd
           that
           the
           mischievous
           Distinction
           was
           suffer'd
           among
           us
           with
           impunity
           ,
           he
           would
           not
           be
           at
           the
           Expence
           of
           a
           Livre
           to
           make
           a
           Descent
           upon
           us
           ,
           but
           rather
           be
           glad
           to
           secure
           his
           own
           Shoars
           ,
           which
           indeed
           is
           more
           than
           he
           can
           do
           now
           ,
           
             Rebus
             sic
             stantibus
          
           .
           But
           that
           I
           may
           not
           on
           this
           Head
           chance
           to
           touch
           on
           some
           things
           said
           before
           ,
           I
           am
           content
           to
           dismiss
           it
           with
           this
           bare
           mentioning
           ,
           only
           let
           me
           take
           my
           leave
           of
           the
           
             De
             Facto
          
           Men
           with
           one
           question
           upon
           the
           whole
           matter
           :
           Since
           they
           vex
           their
           Wits
           to
           serve
           the
           Fury
           of
           a
           Prince
           whose
           Tyranny
           t'
           other
           day
           themselves
           could
           not
           brook
           ,
           let
           them
           tell
           the
           World
           ,
           Is
           Tyranny
           one
           of
           those
           Blessings
           whose
           value
           we
           can
           never
           enough
           esteem
           till
           we
           begin
           to
           want
           it
           ?
        
         
           I
           make
           haste
           to
           conclude
           my
           Discourse
           ,
           and
           therefore
           shall
           wholly
           pass
           by
           some
           little
           Inconveniences
           caus'd
           by
           the
           Distinction
           of
           a
           King
           
             De
             Facto
          
           and
           
           
             De
             Jure
          
           ,
           such
           as
           that
           it
           hinders
           the
           late
           King's
           Devotions
           ;
           if
           it
           were
           not
           for
           the
           vain
           hope
           of
           returning
           to
           be
           reveng'd
           of
           a
           certain
           poison'd
           Nation
           ;
           why
           ,
           he
           might
           retire
           to
           a
           Religious
           House
           ,
           and
           spend
           the
           Remnant
           of
           his
           Life
           in
           Prayers
           ,
           Mass
           it
           early
           and
           late
           ,
           for
           the
           Soul
           of
           his
           Elder
           Brother
           ,
           or
           any
           of
           the
           unlucky
           Assassines
           that
           t'other
           day
           fell
           in
           his
           Cause
           ,
           and
           might
           for
           ought
           he
           knows
           drop
           into
           Purgatory
           notwithstanding
           their
           Absolution
           :
           Or
           if
           a
           Court
           is
           the
           thing
           with
           which
           his
           Heart
           is
           ravish'd
           ,
           he
           might
           e'en
           betake
           himself
           to
           his
           Holy
           Father
           ,
           the
           Blessed
           Pope's
           Holy
           Court
           ,
           where
           he
           might
           be
           forgiven
           ,
           submitting
           to
           Penance
           ,
           all
           the
           Improvidences
           and
           Cowardize
           in
           his
           frustrated
           pious
           Attempt
           to
           Massacre
           a
           Nation
           or
           two
           of
           Hereticks
           .
        
         
           As
           a
           Corallary
           to
           the
           foregoing
           Discourse
           ,
           take
           this
           —
           The
           Impunity
           of
           them
           who
           own
           King
           WILLIAM
           only
           as
           a
           King
           
             De
             Facto
          
           ,
           discourages
           the
           Friends
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           who
           own
           him
           ,
           and
           believe
           him
           to
           be
           our
           
           Rightful
           and
           Lawful
           King.
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           a
           Man
           of
           steddy
           Vertue
           will
           not
           be
           put
           by
           the
           Practice
           of
           those
           Duties
           which
           serve
           the
           Interest
           of
           his
           Country
           ,
           by
           any
           Neglects
           from
           the
           Government
           ,
           or
           Apprehensions
           of
           Danger
           likely
           to
           happen
           :
           But
           surely
           their
           Number
           ,
           who
           have
           wrought
           themselves
           up
           to
           such
           consummate
           Excellence
           ,
           bears
           no
           Proportion
           ,
           either
           with
           their
           own
           Friends
           ,
           who
           are
           but
           [
           more
           or
           less
           ]
           well
           inclin'd
           ,
           or
           with
           their
           Enemies
           who
           are
           mischievously
           bent
           :
           Of
           the
           most
           of
           them
           that
           sincerely
           believe
           King
           WILLIAM
           to
           be
           rightful
           and
           lawful
           King
           ;
           I
           fear
           this
           is
           the
           extent
           of
           their
           Praise
           :
           They
           are
           ready
           to
           defend
           the
           Government
           as
           far
           as
           the
           Government
           is
           willing
           to
           defend
           it self
           and
           them
           ;
           but
           cautiously
           do
           they
           abstain
           from
           an
           over-active
           Zeal
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           well
           accepted
           ,
           for
           fear
           it
           should
           be
           visited
           upon
           them
           and
           their
           Children
           in
           another
           Revolution
           .
           For
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           believe
           it
           as
           impossible
           for
           our
           late
           King
           
           James
           ,
           to
           recover
           his
           forfeited
           and
           abdicated
           Crowns
           ,
           as
           for
           the
           intreaguing
           King
           of
           France
           to
           make
           himself
           Monarch
           Universal
           :
           But
           the
           annual
           Succession
           ,
           and
           thickning
           of
           Jacobite
           Plots
           ,
           and
           the
           last
           refusal
           of
           a
           Bill
           to
           be
           brought
           in
           ,
           obliging
           certain
           persons
           to
           abjure
           King
           James
           ;
           convince
           me
           ,
           that
           Men
           of
           good
           and
           bad
           Principles
           ,
           have
           ,
           the
           one
           hop'd
           for
           ,
           the
           other
           suspected
           and
           fear'd
           such
           a
           new
           dismal
           Scene
           of
           Affairs
           .
           And
           ,
           for
           ought
           I
           know
           ,
           the
           Establishment
           and
           Security
           of
           the
           Government
           under
           King
           WILLIAM
           ,
           may
           be
           owing
           more
           to
           what
           has
           been
           done
           against
           it
           ,
           than
           to
           what
           has
           been
           done
           for
           it
           .
           
             Perîssem
             nisi
             perîssem
          
           :
           I
           think
           it
           was
           the
           Saying
           of
           the
           brave
           Themistocles
           ,
           by
           which
           I
           suppose
           he
           design'd
           to
           declare
           that
           it
           was
           his
           Opinion
           ,
           he
           had
           not
           arriv'd
           at
           that
           Heighth
           of
           Greatness
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           not
           been
           ruffled
           ,
           oppos'd
           and
           banish'd
           ;
           and
           I
           am
           very
           fully
           satisfied
           ,
           that
           if
           it
           had
           not
           been
           for
           this
           last
           devillish
           Invasion
           
           and
           Assassination-Plot
           ,
           we
           had
           not
           in
           haste
           declar'd
           King
           WILLIAM
           our
           Rightful
           and
           Lawful
           King
           ,
           nor
           associated
           for
           the
           Preservation
           of
           his
           Life
           ,
           by
           threatning
           to
           revenge
           his
           violent
           Death
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           a
           difference
           between
           those
           that
           were
           to
           have
           had
           their
           part
           in
           the
           Assassination
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           were
           concern'd
           only
           in
           the
           Invasion
           .
           The
           Assassines
           are
           not
           able
           to
           devise
           any
           the
           least
           colour
           to
           take
           off
           from
           the
           Heinousness
           of
           their
           intended
           Villany
           .
           Perkins
           was
           a
           little
           asham'd
           of
           this
           infamous
           Design
           ;
           but
           as
           for
           the
           Promoters
           of
           the
           Invasion
           ,
           their
           Treason
           was
           but
           Consonant
           to
           their
           old
           mischievous
           Distinction
           of
           a
           King
           
             De
             Facto
          
           and
           
             De
             Jure
          
           :
           Some
           of
           the
           Assassines
           have
           met
           their
           deserv'd
           Fate
           ,
           but
           the
           simple
           Invaders
           have
           hardly
           been
           scar'd
           ;
           yet
           if
           they
           shall
           not
           be
           call'd
           to
           an
           Account
           also
           [
           who
           bid
           fair
           for
           slaying
           Ten
           Thousands
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           so
           making
           up
           in
           Numbers
           ,
           a
           Sacrifice
           equal
           to
           that
           
           of
           their
           King
           ]
           they
           will
           not
           only
           be
           confirm'd
           that
           they
           have
           distinguish'd
           well
           ,
           but
           prompted
           more
           vigorously
           to
           pursue
           the
           fatal
           end
           and
           purpose
           of
           their
           threatning
           Distinction
           .
           And
           this
           indeed
           is
           enough
           and
           enough
           to
           cool
           the
           Zeal
           ,
           and
           to
           discourage
           the
           Endeavours
           of
           them
           that
           are
           otherwise
           very
           well
           dispos'd
           to
           serve
           the
           Interests
           of
           King
           WILLIAM
           ,
           their
           Country
           ,
           and
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           .
           Our
           King
           himself
           is
           not
           capable
           of
           endangering
           his
           own
           just
           Rights
           ,
           or
           the
           Safety
           of
           the
           People
           of
           England
           ,
           unless
           by
           his
           singular
           Mercy
           and
           Goodness
           ,
           which
           like
           his
           fearless
           Valour
           ,
           knows
           no
           Bounds
           :
           as
           for
           the
           Representatives
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           Reasonably
           presum'd
           ,
           they
           will
           at
           last
           provide
           ,
           that
           the
           
             De
             Facto
             Jacobites
          
           shall
           not
           have
           the
           Temptation
           of
           Impunity
           to
           attempt
           to
           subvert
           the
           Liberties
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           to
           destroy
           the
           Lives
           of
           all
           that
           love
           their
           Liberties
           .
           They
           have
           indeed
           ,
           according
           
           to
           the
           Trust
           reposed
           in
           them
           ,
           honestly
           endeavour'd
           and
           advanc'd
           some
           Paces
           towards
           such
           a
           necessary
           Provision
           ,
           by
           their
           Noble
           ,
           Just
           ,
           and
           Righteous
           Association
           :
           But
           there
           remains
           a
           great
           deal
           more
           for
           them
           to
           do
           still
           ,
           lest
           what
           they
           have
           already
           done
           ,
           be
           frustrated
           ,
           and
           render'd
           all
           together
           ineffectual
           ;
           for
           their
           Association
           is
           no
           sooner
           drawn
           up
           ,
           subscrib'd
           by
           a
           great
           Majority
           ,
           and
           the
           Session
           prorogu'd
           .
        
         
           But
           Ante-Associations
           are
           form'd
           against
           it
           by
           some
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           not
           indeed
           in
           broad
           Words
           directly
           contrary
           ,
           but
           in
           cold
           and
           empty
           Flourishes
           of
           their
           own
           devising
           ,
           and
           such
           borrowed
           Expressions
           as
           they
           imagine
           capable
           of
           an
           interpretation
           ,
           that
           will
           not
           utterly
           subvert
           their
           Distinction
           of
           a
           KING
           
             DE
             FACTO
          
           ,
           and
           
             DE
             IVRE
          
           ,
           Which
           Distinction
           while
           it
           Reigns
           unpunish'd
           ,
           KING
           WILLIAM
           
           does
           not
           reign
           secure
           .
           Several
           of
           the
           Ante-Associations
           were
           drawn
           up
           so
           little
           favouring
           the
           Title
           of
           His
           present
           MAJESTY
           ,
           so
           little
           consulting
           the
           Security
           of
           his
           Administration
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           scandalously
           manifest
           ,
           the
           Subscribers
           associated
           only
           in
           lewd
           Hypocisy
           ,
           to
           avoid
           the
           Envy
           of
           Non-associating
           ,
           to
           sham
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Nation
           with
           some
           deceitful
           Complements
           ,
           but
           in
           Reality
           and
           Truth
           ,
           to
           preserve
           their
           dear
           Distinction
           .
           Such
           Associations
           therefore
           as
           these
           ,
           were
           rejected
           ,
           as
           they
           well
           deserved
           ,
           nor
           could
           all
           the
           Academic
           Elegance
           bestowed
           upon
           them
           ,
           help
           them
           through
           the
           officious
           Hands
           of
           Friends
           ,
           to
           his
           Majesty's
           gracious
           Acceptance
           :
           But
           these
           Gentlemen
           carried
           it
           highly
           ,
           if
           his
           Majesty
           would
           not
           accept
           such
           Association
           as
           they
           had
           drawn
           up
           ,
           he
           should
           have
           none
           at
           all
           from
           them
           .
           This
           being
           observ'd
           by
           other
           Persons
           of
           the
           same
           Order
           ,
           they
           wisely
           consider'd
           what
           Inconveniences
           
           might
           possibly
           happen
           from
           not
           Associating
           at
           all
           ,
           and
           therefore
           determin'd
           to
           comply
           ,
           but
           resolv'd
           to
           come
           off
           as
           cheap
           as
           they
           could
           .
           They
           would
           venture
           to
           Associate
           ,
           but
           not
           with
           their
           Parishoners
           in
           the
           Form
           prescrib'd
           by
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           [
           except
           here
           and
           there
           an
           honest
           Parson
           that
           had
           no
           Priestcraft
           in
           him
           ]
           wherefore
           they
           carefully
           abstain
           from
           declaring
           it
           to
           be
           their
           perswasion
           ,
           that
           His
           present
           Majesty
           King
           WILLIAM
           ,
           is
           Rightful
           and
           Lawful
           King
           of
           these
           Realms
           ;
           and
           as
           for
           his
           Violent
           and
           untimely
           death
           ,
           should
           it
           happen
           ,
           which
           God
           prevent
           ,
           they
           oblige
           not
           themselves
           to
           revenge
           it
           upon
           his
           Enemies
           and
           their
           Adherents
           .
           But
           let
           us
           see
           !
           What
           do
           they
           give
           us
           in
           the
           room
           of
           RIGHTFUL
           AND
           LAWFUL
           KING
           ,
           and
           instead
           of
           making
           it
           the
           utmost
           danger
           to
           kill
           him
           ?
           Why
           ?
           They
           borrow
           some
           words
           from
           the
           Association
           of
           the
           House
           Lords
           ,
           and
           insert
           the
           same
           among
           
           some
           empty
           Flourishes
           of
           their
           own
           ;
           upon
           which
           I
           note
           ,
           that
           ,
           altho'
           the
           Form
           of
           the
           Association
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Lords
           ,
           be
           in
           the
           Literal
           ,
           Plain
           ,
           and
           Obvious
           Sense
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Sense
           by
           them
           intended
           ,
           Truly
           ,
           Just
           ,
           and
           Highly
           Loyal
           ,
           yet
           when
           Clergy-men
           ,
           who
           are
           represented
           by
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           and
           not
           by
           the
           House
           of
           Lords
           ,
           shall
           Associate
           in
           the
           Language
           of
           the
           latter
           ,
           and
           not
           of
           the
           former
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           manifest
           sign
           ,
           that
           they
           dislike
           the
           Association
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           and
           that
           ,
           tho'
           the
           Association
           of
           the
           Lords
           tends
           to
           the
           same
           Just
           ,
           Noble
           and
           Necessary
           Purposes
           ,
           yet
           in
           their
           Opinion
           it
           may
           be
           interpreted
           to
           signifie
           something
           less
           .
           It
           cannot
           be
           imagin'd
           ,
           that
           any
           of
           the
           Clergy
           should
           decline
           the
           Association
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           by
           whom
           they
           are
           represented
           ,
           if
           they
           were
           perswaded
           that
           the
           same
           was
           a
           Just
           ,
           and
           Righteous
           Association
           ;
           it
           cannot
           be
           imagin'd
           that
           they
           should
           prefer
           
           the
           Phrase
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Lords
           ,
           by
           whom
           they
           are
           not
           represented
           ,
           if
           they
           were
           firmly
           perswaded
           [
           as
           I
           declare
           my self
           to
           be
           ]
           that
           ,
           that
           Phrase
           did
           come
           fully
           up
           ,
           to
           the
           Sense
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           and
           could
           not
           possibly
           be
           interpreted
           to
           signifie
           ,
           with
           a
           Jacobite
           abatement
           ,
           something
           favourable
           to
           their
           mischievously
           applied
           distinction
           of
           a
           King
           
             De
             Facto
          
           ,
           and
           
             De
             Jure
          
           .
        
         
           Now
           in
           this
           their
           Practise
           they
           do
           a
           great
           injury
           to
           both
           Houses
           ,
           they
           audaciously
           slight
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           wickedly
           traduce
           the
           other
           .
           What
           reward
           so
           high
           a
           Misdemeanour
           may
           deserve
           ,
           I
           take
           not
           upon
           me
           to
           pronounce
           ;
           but
           I
           hope
           I
           may
           have
           leave
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           these
           Clergy-Association-Separatists
           have
           not
           that
           unquestionable
           fair
           pretence
           to
           His
           Majesties
           Special
           Graces
           and
           Favours
           ,
           as
           the
           voluntary
           Subscribers
           of
           the
           Association
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ;
           indeed
           they
           may
           ,
           
           considering
           the
           Wonderful
           Generosity
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           expect
           as
           much
           Forgiveness
           as
           they
           shall
           need
           ,
           and
           more
           Grace
           and
           Favour
           than
           they
           are
           dispos'd
           to
           deserve
           :
           But
           it
           were
           a
           Presumption
           very
           like
           Impudence
           in
           them
           ,
           to
           hope
           that
           His
           Majesty
           King
           WILLIAM
           should
           prefer
           them
           before
           his
           best
           affected
           Liege
           People
           ,
           who
           Associate
           ,
           [
           as
           is
           most
           Just
           and
           Proper
           ,
           Fair
           and
           Unexceptionable
           ]
           with
           their
           Representatives
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           Heartily
           ,
           Sincerely
           ,
           and
           Solemnly
           Professing
           ,
           Testifying
           and
           Declaring
           ,
           that
           His
           Present
           Majesty
           King
           WILLIAM
           is
           Rightful
           and
           Lawful
           King
           of
           these
           Realms
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           that
           they
           will
           stand
           by
           one
           another
           ,
           in
           revenging
           his
           untimely
           death
           ,
           [
           which
           God
           prevent
           ]
           upon
           His
           Enemies
           and
           their
           Adherents
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           a
           very
           sharp
           Reflection
           ,
           and
           ,
           I
           would
           very
           fain
           perswade
           my self
           ,
           an
           unjust
           one
           ,
           that
           of
           Mr.
           
             Dryden
             ,
             For
             Priests
             of
             all
             Religions
             
             are
             the
             same
          
           ;
           but
           it
           grieves
           my
           Soul
           to
           think
           ,
           that
           so
           necessary
           an
           order
           of
           Men
           ,
           Protestants
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Papists
           ,
           should
           be
           so
           generally
           given
           to
           oppose
           the
           Proceedings
           of
           the
           State.
           
        
         
           Old
           and
           Crazy
           is
           the
           Body
           ,
           I
           cannot
           say
           ,
           which
           I
           carry
           about
           with
           me
           ,
           but
           which
           is
           carried
           about
           for
           me
           ;
           but
           yet
           ,
           I
           am
           in
           hopes
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           hold
           out
           ,
           till
           all
           His
           Majesties
           Subjects
           represented
           by
           the
           Commons
           ,
           be
           taught
           the
           necessity
           of
           Subscribing
           the
           Association
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ;
           for
           ,
           I
           well
           remember
           ,
           how
           before
           the
           end
           of
           their
           last
           Sessions
           ,
           they
           set
           their
           own
           Members
           a
           day
           to
           Subscribe
           it
           ,
           or
           declare
           their
           Refusal
           ;
           also
           the
           Names
           of
           Refusers
           were
           requir'd
           to
           be
           return'd
           ,
           from
           all
           or
           most
           Towns
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ;
           which
           was
           setting
           and
           a
           distinguishing
           Mark
           upon
           them
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           not
           reasonable
           to
           suppose
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           suffer
           their
           August
           Assembly
           ,
           
           and
           Wise
           Councils
           to
           be
           so
           contemptuously
           us'd
           ,
           as
           they
           must
           be
           ,
           if
           that
           Form
           of
           Association
           ,
           which
           their
           Wisdom
           judg'd
           absolutely
           necessary
           to
           save
           the
           Honour
           and
           Life
           of
           the
           King
           ;
           the
           Lives
           ,
           Liberties
           ,
           and
           Religion
           of
           the
           Subject
           ,
           happen
           to
           be
           disappointed
           by
           particular
           Forms
           of
           Association
           ,
           devis'd
           by
           some
           Discontented
           Ecclesiasticks
           ,
           who
           refuse
           to
           declare
           ,
           that
           His
           present
           Majesty
           King
           WILLIAM
           is
           Rightful
           and
           Lawful
           King
           of
           these
           Realms
           ;
           and
           have
           so
           very
           little
           love
           for
           His
           Person
           ,
           that
           who
           as
           will
           may
           Assassinate
           him
           ,
           for
           all
           them
           ,
           with
           impunity
           .
           O
           the
           Christianity
           of
           these
           Gentlemen
           !
           Whose
           Consciences
           will
           not
           serve
           them
           to
           be
           aiding
           and
           assisting
           any
           just
           Orders
           of
           Legal
           Revenge
           !
           If
           this
           be
           Christianity
           ,
           commend
           me
           to
           the
           Manners
           ,
           and
           Doctrine
           of
           Heathens
           .
           But
           why
           should
           Christianity
           be
           reproach'd
           for
           their
           sakes
           ?
           That
           Holy
           Institution
           neither
           injures
           the
           Civil
           
           Rights
           of
           particular
           Persons
           ,
           nor
           alters
           the
           Grand
           Reason
           on
           which
           Political
           Societies
           ,
           Kingdoms
           ,
           and
           Commonwealths
           are
           founded
           ,
           and
           preserv'd
           .
           
             Salus
             populi
          
           the
           good
           of
           the
           People
           is
           the
           grand
           Reason
           on
           which
           Political
           Societies
           are
           founded
           ;
           the
           good
           of
           the
           People
           requires
           that
           Enormous
           Wickednesses
           should
           not
           escape
           unpunished
           ;
           he
           that
           has
           it
           in
           his
           power
           ,
           but
           will
           not
           contribute
           to
           the
           Legal
           Punishment
           of
           an
           Infamous
           Assassin
           ,
           is
           wanting
           in
           the
           duty
           which
           he
           owes
           to
           that
           Body
           Politick
           ,
           whereof
           he
           is
           a
           Member
           ,
           In
           short
           ,
           every
           Member
           of
           a
           Body
           Politick
           is
           in
           strict
           justice
           oblig'd
           to
           endeavour
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           in
           him
           lies
           ,
           to
           bring
           to
           Legal
           Punishment
           the
           Bloody
           Villain
           that
           shall
           murder
           the
           meanest
           of
           his
           Fellow
           Subjects
           ;
           this
           is
           a
           duty
           ,
           which
           by
           the
           Fundamental
           Reason
           of
           Society
           is
           owning
           from
           every
           single
           Person
           to
           the
           Publick
           ;
           how
           much
           more
           strongly
           does
           it
           oblige
           ,
           if
           a
           brave
           Prince
           should
           
           fall
           [
           which
           God
           forbid
           ]
           by
           the
           Treacherous
           Cruelty
           of
           ingrateful
           Miscreants
           ,
           prompted
           by
           a
           disappointed
           Tyrant
           ,
           and
           supported
           by
           a
           Faithless
           ,
           Enchroaching
           Foreign
           Enemy
           ?
           It
           is
           a
           very
           odd
           thing
           ,
           that
           any
           Men
           should
           pretend
           Conscience
           for
           their
           forbearance
           of
           that
           action
           ,
           which
           they
           are
           bound
           in
           duty
           to
           perform
           ,
           tho'
           they
           look
           no
           farther
           ,
           than
           their
           being
           Members
           of
           a
           Body
           Politick
           .
           There
           is
           no
           Government
           upon
           the
           face
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           that
           will
           take
           them
           in
           upon
           other
           conditions
           ,
           than
           their
           agreeing
           to
           be
           reveng'd
           upon
           those
           Assassines
           ,
           whose
           desperate
           Malice
           shall
           wound
           the
           Publick
           in
           so
           noble
           a
           part
           ,
           as
           her
           Chief
           Officer
           .
           And
           therefore
           we
           have
           good
           reason
           to
           hope
           ,
           that
           since
           the
           Government
           knows
           her
           boldest
           Enemies
           who
           [
           mindful
           of
           the
           Advice
           from
           Rochester
           ]
           will
           not
           Associate
           with
           us
           at
           all
           ;
           and
           her
           No-friends
           who
           will
           not
           Associate
           in
           the
           form
           of
           the
           House
           of
           
           Commons
           ,
           since
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           the
           Government
           knows
           them
           
             intus
             &
             incute
          
           ,
           fully
           ,
           and
           throughly
           ,
           [
           as
           she
           well
           may
           ,
           after
           Seven
           long
           Years
           troublesom
           experience
           ]
           that
           she
           will
           now
           at
           last
           take
           the
           necessary
           security
           ,
           that
           security
           which
           Providence
           hath
           so
           loudly
           ,
           and
           so
           oft
           proclaim'd
           to
           be
           the
           only
           necessary
           ;
           by
           which
           not
           only
           the
           Government
           ,
           but
           ,
           by
           the
           blessing
           of
           God
           ,
           even
           the
           Enemies
           thereof
           may
           be
           brought
           to
           their
           right
           Wits
           ,
           and
           sav'd
           from
           cruel
           Tyranny
           ,
           and
           foolish
           Superstition
           .
           This
           looks
           ,
           some
           may
           object
           ,
           as
           if
           I
           wish'd
           ,
           that
           the
           Association
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           might
           be
           impos'd
           on
           the
           Clergy
           .
           I
           might
           reply
           ,
           if
           that
           really
           was
           my
           wish
           ,
           I
           know
           no
           great
           harm
           which
           would
           follow
           ;
           but
           I
           rather
           choose
           with
           all
           softness
           to
           clear
           the
           purpose
           of
           my
           Writing
           .
        
         
           I
           remember
           to
           have
           read
           some
           Author
           ,
           who
           vindicating
           the
           practice
           
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           [
           which
           sometime
           had
           been
           ,
           ]
           in
           compelling
           Men
           to
           Conformity
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           asham'd
           to
           affirm
           in
           express
           terms
           ,
           that
           violence
           might
           be
           offer'd
           to
           Mens
           Consciences
           ,
           in
           matters
           about
           Religious
           Worship
           ;
           He
           gave
           this
           turn
           to
           the
           matter
           —
           they
           might
           lawfully
           be
           compell'd
           to
           consider
           .
           I
           mean
           no
           more
           ,
           as
           to
           our
           Dissenting
           Associators
           .
           And
           I
           am
           perswaded
           ,
           let
           the
           Government
           give
           them
           but
           one
           good
           Argument
           able
           to
           move
           them
           to
           consider
           the
           matter
           ,
           they
           will
           never
           stand
           with
           their
           Representatives
           for
           the
           Phrase
           of
           RIGHTFUL
           AND
           LAWFUL
           KING
           ,
           no
           ,
           nor
           the
           Word
           REVENGE
           neither
           ,
           which
           when
           the
           Parliament
           threatned
           against
           the
           King's
           Enemies
           ,
           they
           never
           dream'd
           it
           would
           scare
           the
           Clergy
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           ground
           of
           this
           my
           perswasion
           ,
           I
           will
           tell
           the
           Reader
           a
           Story
           .
        
         
         
           When
           Pope
           Paul
           the
           Vth.
           quarrell'd
           with
           the
           Venetians
           ,
           the
           Imprisonment
           of
           a
           brace
           of
           Ecclesiastick
           Villians
           was
           the
           least
           thing
           that
           troubled
           him
           .
           But
           the
           great
           Offence
           was
           from
           Two
           Decrees
           ,
           the
           First
           commanding
           that
           no
           more
           Churches
           should
           be
           Erected
           within
           the
           City
           Precincts
           ;
           the
           Second
           that
           no
           more
           Lands
           should
           be
           alienated
           to
           the
           Ecclesiasticks
           ,
           without
           leave
           had
           from
           the
           Senate
           .
           It
           seems
           the
           Senate
           were
           for
           Governing
           the
           Republick
           ,
           by
           such
           Decrees
           ,
           as
           they
           judg'd
           necessary
           for
           the
           Publick
           Good.
           The
           Pope
           Excommunicates
           the
           Duke
           and
           Senate
           ,
           lays
           their
           Dominions
           under
           his
           Interdict
           ,
           the
           Jesuits
           Associating
           on
           the
           side
           of
           his
           Holiness
           ,
           obey
           the
           Interdict
           ,
           and
           refuse
           to
           say
           Mass
           ;
           for
           this
           ,
           the
           Senate
           banishes
           them
           ,
           but
           the
           People
           Associating
           with
           the
           Senate
           ,
           instead
           of
           mutining
           for
           the
           Holy
           Fathers
           now
           ready
           to
           depart
           each
           Man
           with
           the
           Hoast
           at
           his
           Neck
           ,
           intimating
           that
           they
           and
           JESUS
           
           CHRIST
           were
           both
           taking
           their
           leave
           together
           ,
           bid
           them
           be
           gone
           with
           a
           vengeance
           .
           The
           Senate
           pursu'd
           their
           steaddy
           Resolutions
           with
           an
           Order
           that
           all
           Ecclesiasticks
           ,
           who
           would
           not
           continue
           the
           Celebration
           of
           Divine
           Service
           ,
           should
           retire
           out
           of
           their
           Dominions
           ;
           upon
           this
           ,
           many
           of
           the
           Holy
           Men
           ,
           especially
           the
           Capuchins
           ,
           had
           the
           Courage
           to
           make
           a
           noise
           of
           departing
           ,
           they
           intended
           to
           have
           gone
           out
           in
           Procession
           with
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           Senate
           forbid
           it
           ;
           they
           actually
           did
           use
           all
           Arts
           to
           make
           the
           People
           apprehend
           the
           sadness
           of
           their
           case
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           being
           without
           Priests
           was
           being
           without
           God
           in
           the
           World.
           One
           Morning
           therefore
           they
           celebrated
           Mass
           ,
           they
           eat
           up
           all
           their
           Gods
           ,
           and
           concluded
           the
           Service
           without
           blessing
           the
           People
           .
           But
           the
           Senate
           stood
           firm
           to
           their
           Order
           ,
           and
           the
           People
           were
           quiet
           ,
           and
           content
           to
           take
           care
           of
           their
           own
           Souls
           ,
           which
           so
           troubled
           
           these
           Holy
           Fathers
           ,
           that
           several
           alter'd
           their
           minds
           ,
           and
           were
           content
           to
           stay
           and
           do
           their
           Duties
           ,
           most
           of
           the
           Capuchins
           in
           the
           Territories
           of
           Berscia
           and
           Bergamo
           wisely
           consider'd
           that
           they
           could
           not
           live
           half
           so
           well
           without
           their
           Flock
           ,
           as
           their
           Flock
           without
           them
           ;
           therefore
           when
           they
           saw
           they
           could
           not
           help
           it
           ,
           they
           associated
           with
           the
           Senate
           ,
           and
           celebrated
           Divine
           Service
           as
           before
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           Pope's
           Interdict
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           not
           say
           ,
           That
           every
           thing
           in
           this
           Story
           ,
           which
           relates
           to
           the
           Senate
           of
           Venice
           and
           their
           Clergy
           ,
           runs
           paralel
           with
           the
           Circumstances
           between
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           our
           Clergy-dissenting-Associators
           ;
           but
           if
           any
           one
           shall
           say
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           manner
           of
           Resemblance
           between
           the
           one
           and
           the
           other
           ,
           I
           must
           beg
           his
           Pardon
           .
           What
           may
           or
           may
           not
           be
           fitly
           applied
           ,
           the
           Reader
           shall
           freely
           judge
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           labour
           to
           prepossess
           
           him
           with
           my
           Notions
           ;
           yet
           I
           will
           make
           bold
           to
           affix
           one
           Note
           to
           the
           Story
           ,
           and
           That
           's
           this
           —
           It
           was
           not
           with
           the
           Popish
           Religion
           ,
           nor
           its
           Ministers
           ,
           that
           the
           Senate
           had
           a
           Difference
           ;
           only
           this
           they
           firmly
           resolv'd
           ,
           that
           none
           should
           be
           Ministers
           of
           Religion
           for
           them
           ,
           that
           would
           not
           own
           ,
           that
           the
           Senate
           had
           a
           Rightful
           and
           Lawful
           Authority
           to
           govern
           the
           Republick
           by
           what
           Decrees
           they
           pleas'd
           ,
           without
           asking
           leave
           of
           the
           Pope
           .
        
         
           The
           Readers
           Trouble
           shall
           be
           over
           ,
           when
           I
           have
           told
           him
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           nor
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           as
           such
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           here
           tax'd
           ;
           for
           I
           heartily
           and
           sincerely
           profess
           a
           profound
           Veneration
           to
           the
           Right
           Reverend
           Fathers
           in
           God
           ,
           my
           Lords
           ,
           the
           Archbishops
           and
           Bishops
           that
           are
           as
           faithful
           to
           his
           Majesty
           King
           WILLIAM
           ,
           and
           the
           Interest
           of
           their
           Country
           ,
           
           as
           
             Paolo
             Sarpio
             Veneto
          
           ,
           better
           known
           by
           the
           Name
           of
           Father
           Paul
           ,
           was
           to
           the
           Senate
           of
           Venice
           ;
           I
           highly
           esteem
           and
           regard
           all
           the
           inferior
           Clergy
           ,
           whose
           Honesty
           and
           Loyalty
           keeps
           even
           Paces
           with
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           the
           Representatives
           of
           the
           People
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           equals
           them
           to
           those
           Venetian
           Ecclesiasticks
           ,
           who
           prefer'd
           the
           Decrees
           of
           the
           Senate
           their
           Lawful
           Governors
           before
           the
           Interdiction
           of
           their
           Holy
           ,
           Medling
           ,
           Spiritual
           Father
           ,
           the
           Pope
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           POSTSCRIPT
           .
        
         
           OF
           the
           Mischiefs
           which
           flow
           from
           the
           seditious
           Distinction
           of
           a
           King
           
             De
             Facto
          
           and
           
             De
             Jure
          
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           end
           ;
           as
           oft
           as
           I
           think
           of
           it
           ,
           new
           Instances
           of
           its
           Mischievousness
           occur
           to
           my
           mind
           :
           For
           might
           not
           a
           French
           Commissioner
           at
           a
           Treaty
           of
           Peace
           ,
           from
           hence
           take
           occasion
           to
           argue
           after
           this
           manner
           —
           As
           it
           was
           said
           in
           behalf
           of
           the
           Dutch
           ,
           when
           they
           first
           refus'd
           the
           Bank
           of
           
           England's
           Bills
           ,
           
             Why
             should
             they
             take
             them
             ,
             when
             the
             English
             
             among
             themselves
             would
             not
             ?
          
           So
           it
           may
           be
           said
           in
           behalf
           of
           the
           French
           King
           ,
           
             Why
             should
             he
             own
             King
          
           William
           
             for
             Rightful
             and
             Lawful
             King
             of
          
           England
           ,
           &c.
           
             when
             so
             many
             of
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             enjoying
             their
             Tythes
             and
             Pulpits
             ,
             and
             not
             a
             few
             of
             the
             Laity
             in
             publick
             Office
             and
             Imployment
             will
             not
             ?
          
        
         
           Might
           not
           the
           Monsieur
           pursue
           the
           Raillery
           thus
           —
           When
           the
           Government
           does
           not
           think
           fit
           to
           impose
           the
           Lawfulness
           of
           King
           
           William's
           Title
           on
           the
           Consciences
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           Officers
           and
           Magistrates
           commissionated
           by
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           why
           should
           it
           be
           impos'd
           on
           the
           Conscience
           of
           
           the
           French
           King
           ,
           who
           is
           none
           of
           King
           
           William's
           Subject
           ,
           but
           a
           Crown'd
           Head
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           himself
           ?
           I
           know
           not
           what
           could
           be
           reply'd
           to
           this
           argumentative
           Raillery
           ,
           which
           mingles
           Reason
           and
           Reproach
           together
           ,
           unless
           that
           English
           Subjects
           of
           all
           Orders
           and
           Degrees
           should
           be
           better
           taught
           their
           Duty
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           French
           King
           would
           stand
           with
           us
           for
           nothing
           —
           When
           once
           those
           wretched
           Inventions
           of
           Usurpation
           ,
           Conquest
           and
           Desertion
           ,
           Branches
           of
           the
           
             De
             Facto
          
           Doctrine
           ,
           are
           penally
           restrain'd
           ,
           as
           by
           English
           Law
           they
           might
           and
           ought
           to
           be
           ;
           there
           's
           not
           a
           Clergyman
           of
           an
           hundred
           ,
           but
           shall
           justify
           the
           
           choice
           of
           the
           People
           and
           speak
           honourably
           of
           the
           Conventional
           Parliament
           ;
           there
           's
           not
           a
           Lay-Magistrate
           but
           shall
           know
           under
           whom
           ,
           and
           for
           whom
           he
           was
           created
           ,
           and
           dare
           as
           well
           be
           —
           as
           betray
           King
           William
           or
           his
           Country
           .
        
         
           Let
           Clergy-men
           and
           Lay-men
           be
           compell'd
           to
           Associate
           in
           the
           Form
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           to
           defend
           their
           Rightful
           and
           Lawful
           King
           William
           ,
           and
           to
           revenge
           his
           untimely
           Death
           ,
           which
           God
           prevent
           ,
           [
           and
           a
           very
           little
           compulsion
           will
           doe
           ,
           for
           the
           most
           backward
           of
           them
           ,
           are
           only
           a
           little
           Knavish
           ,
           or
           so
           ,
           not
           obstinate
           ]
           and
           there
           shall
           not
           be
           a
           Mercenary
           Villain
           
           found
           ,
           that
           will
           be
           hir'd
           to
           lift
           up
           a
           hand
           against
           him
           ,
           not
           a
           Crown'd
           ,
           nor
           Decrown'd
           Head
           so
           foolishly
           wicked
           ,
           as
           to
           go
           about
           to
           hire
           them
           .
        
         
           Note
           ,
           That
           this
           should
           have
           been
           inserted
           among
           the
           Arguments
           ,
           which
           are
           offer'd
           against
           the
           Non-Associators
           ,
           who
           scruple
           the
           word
           Revenge
           .
        
         
           A
           Parliament-Association
           with
           the
           Royal
           Assent
           ,
           is
           in
           all
           its
           Parts
           ,
           as
           Legal
           ,
           as
           any
           other
           Parliamentary
           Act
           with
           the
           same
           Royal
           Assent
           ;
           and
           if
           the
           Supream
           Authority
           of
           a
           Nation
           ,
           may
           decree
           what
           sort
           of
           Punishment
           ,
           
           they
           judge
           most
           proper
           ,
           to
           be
           inflicted
           on
           Thieves
           and
           Robbers
           ,
           House-breakers
           and
           Murderers
           ;
           nothing
           hinders
           but
           that
           they
           may
           decree
           what
           Punishments
           they
           please
           ,
           to
           be
           inflicted
           on
           those
           Treacherous
           Assassines
           ,
           that
           shall
           kill
           King
           William
           .
           And
           if
           the
           Supream
           Authority
           of
           a
           Nation
           may
           lawfully
           Authorize
           all
           and
           every
           Person
           of
           the
           Nation
           to
           kill
           a
           mischievous
           Out-law
           ,
           where
           e're
           they
           find
           him
           ;
           no
           Reason
           can
           be
           giv'n
           why
           they
           may
           not
           Authorize
           all
           and
           every
           Person
           of
           the
           Nation
           to
           be
           reveng'd
           according
           to
           the
           utmost
           of
           their
           power
           ,
           of
           the
           Treacherous
           Assassines
           that
           shall
           kill
           King
           William
           .
           It
           is
           the
           interest
           of
           the
           Nation
           
           that
           such
           Treacherous
           Assassines
           should
           not
           scape
           Vengeance
           ,
           it
           is
           therefore
           the
           prudence
           of
           the
           Parliament
           to
           Commission
           every
           particular
           Man
           against
           them
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           Some
           Books
           sold
           by
           John
           Lawrence
           ,
           at
           the
           Angel
           in
           the
           Poultery
           .
        
         
           THE
           Life
           of
           the
           Reverend
           Mr.
           
             Richard
             Baxter
          
           ,
           Published
           by
           Mr.
           
             Mathew
             Sylvester
             ,
             Folio
          
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           Lorrimers
           Apology
           for
           the
           Ministers
           ,
           who
           Subscribed
           only
           to
           the
           Stating
           of
           Truths
           and
           Errors
           in
           Mr.
           
           William's
           Book
           ,
           in
           Answer
           to
           Mr.
           
           Trail's
           Letter
           .
           4
           o
        
         
           Mr.
           
           Lorrimer's
           Remarks
           upon
           Mr.
           
           Goodwin's
           Discourse
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
           4
           o
        
         
           Dr.
           
           Burton's
           Discourses
           of
           Purity
           ,
           Charity
           ,
           Repentance
           ,
           and
           seeking
           first
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           God.
           Published
           with
           a
           Preface
           by
           Dr.
           
             John
             Tillotson
          
           ,
           late
           Arch-Bishop
           of
           Canterbury
           .
           In
           8
           o
        
         
           Bishop
           
           Wilkin's
           Discourse
           of
           Prayer
           ,
           and
           Preaching
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           
           Adday's
           Stenographia
           :
           Or
           the
           Art
           of
           Short-Writing
           Compleated
           ,
           in
           a
           far
           more
           Compendious
           way
           than
           any
           yet
           Extant
           ,
           8
           o
        
         
           Mr.
           
           Addy's
           Short-Hand
           Bible
           .
        
         
         
           The
           
             London
             Dispensatory
          
           reduced
           to
           the
           Practice
           of
           the
           London
           Physitians
           ;
           wherein
           are
           contained
           the
           Medicines
           both
           Galenical
           and
           Chymical
           that
           are
           now
           in
           use
           ,
           those
           out
           of
           use
           omitted
           ;
           and
           those
           in
           use
           ,
           not
           in
           the
           Latin
           Copy
           ,
           here
           added
           .
           By
           
             John
             Peachey
          
           of
           the
           College
           of
           Physitians
           London
           .
           12
           o
        
         
           
           Atkin's
           English
           Grammer
           :
           Or
           the
           English
           Tongue
           reduced
           to
           Grammatical
           Rules
           ,
           Composed
           for
           the
           use
           of
           Schools
           .
           8
           o
        
         
           Cambridge
           Phrases
           for
           the
           use
           of
           Shools
           .
           8
           o
        
         
           The
           Dying
           Man's
           Assistant
           :
           Or
           ,
           Short
           Instructions
           for
           those
           who
           are
           concern'd
           in
           the
           Preparing
           of
           Sick
           Persons
           for
           Death
           .
           Being
           also
           no
           less
           worthy
           the
           Consideration
           of
           all
           Good
           Christians
           in
           time
           of
           Health
           .
           As
           shewing
           the
           Importance
           of
           an
           Early
           Preparation
           for
           their
           Latter
           End
           ;
           with
           regard
           as
           well
           to
           their
           Temporal
           ,
           as
           Eternal
           State.
           12
           o
        
      
       
         
         
           Books
           sold
           by
           R.
           Baldwin
           ,
           near
           the
           Oxford-Arms
           in
           Warwick-Lane
           .
        
         
           THE
           History
           of
           Religion
           .
           Written
           by
           a
           Person
           of
           Quality
           .
           1694.
           
        
         
           A
           Twofold
           Vindication
           of
           the
           late
           Archbishop
           of
           Canterbury
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Author
           of
           
             The
             History
             of
             Religion
          
           .
           The
           first
           part
           defending
           the
           said
           Author
           against
           the
           Defamations
           of
           Mr.
           Fr.
           Atterbury's
           Sermon
           ,
           and
           both
           those
           eminent
           Persons
           against
           a
           Traiterous
           Libel
           ,
           titled
           ,
           
             The
             Charge
             of
             Socinianism
             against
          
           Dr.
           Tillotson
           consider'd
           .
           In
           two
           Letters
           to
           the
           Honourable
           Sir
           
             R.
             H.
          
           The
           Second
           containing
           Remarks
           on
           the
           said
           Sermon
           ,
           and
           a
           Reply
           to
           the
           same
           Libel
           :
           Wherein
           some
           Right
           is
           done
           to
           that
           great
           and
           good
           Man
           ,
           Dr.
           Tillotson
           ,
           in
           the
           Points
           of
           the
           
             Original
             of
             Sacrifices
          
           ,
           the
           
             Sacrifice
             
             of
             Christ
             ,
             Future
             Punishments
             ,
          
           &c.
           and
           a
           Word
           in
           Defence
           of
           the
           Eminent
           Bishop
           of
           Salisbury
           .
           By
           another
           Hand
           .
           1696.
           
        
         
           Twelve
           Dissertations
           out
           of
           Monfieur
           Le
           Clerk's
           Genesis
           ,
           Concerning
           I.
           The
           Hebrew
           Tongue
           ,
           II.
           The
           manner
           of
           Interpreting
           the
           Bible
           .
           III.
           The
           Author
           of
           the
           Pentateuch
           .
           IV.
           The
           Temptation
           of
           Eve
           by
           the
           Serpent
           .
           V.
           The
           Flood
           .
           VI.
           The
           Confusion
           of
           Languages
           .
           VII
           .
           The
           Original
           of
           Circumcision
           .
           VIII
           .
           The
           Divine
           Appearances
           in
           the
           
             Old
             Testament
          
           .
           IX
           .
           The
           Subversion
           of
           Sodom
           .
           X.
           The
           Pillar
           of
           Salt.
           XI
           .
           The
           coming
           of
           Shiloh
           .
           XII
           .
           The
           several
           obscure
           Texts
           in
           Genesis
           Explain'd
           and
           illustrated
           .
           Done
           out
           of
           Latin
           by
           Mr.
           Brown.
           To
           To
           which
           is
           added
           ,
           a
           Dissertation
           concerning
           the
           Israelites
           Passage
           through
           the
           
             Red
             Sea.
          
           By
           another
           Hand
           .
           1696.
           
        
         
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A70272-e190
           
             *
             Jovian
             .