A sermon preach'd at Cotenham, near Cambridge, on the 9th. of September, 1683 being the day set a-part for publick thanksgiving for the deliverance of His Sacred Majesty and the government from the late treasonable conspiracy / by John Fitz-William.
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             A sermon preach'd at Cotenham, near Cambridge, on the 9th. of September, 1683 being the day set a-part for publick thanksgiving for the deliverance of His Sacred Majesty and the government from the late treasonable conspiracy / by John Fitz-William.
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           A
           SERMON
           PREACH'D
           AT
           
             COTENHAM
             ▪
             ●●ar
             CAMBRIDGE
          
           ,
           On
           the
           9th
           .
           of
           September
           ,
           1683.
           
           Being
           the
           Day
           set
           A-part
           for
           
             Publick
             Thanksgiving
          
           FOR
           THE
           DELIVERANCE
           OF
           His
           Sacred
           Majesty
           AND
           THE
           GOVERNMENT
           From
           the
           Late
           Treasonable
           Conspiracy
           .
           By
           JOHN
           FITZ-WILLIAM
           ,
           
             D.
             D.
             and
             Chaplain
             to
             His
          
           ROYAL
           HIGHNESS
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           
             Printed
             for
          
           Will.
           Nott
           ,
           
             at
             the
          
           Queens-Arms
           
             in
             the
          
           Pall-Mall
           ,
           1683.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           Right
           Reverend
           Father
           in
           GOD
           ,
           And
           my
           most
           Honoured
           LORD
           ,
           GEORGE
           ,
           Lord
           BISHOP
           of
           Winchester
           ,
           PRELATE
           of
           the
           most
           Noble
           Order
           of
           the
           GARTER
           .
        
         
           
             My
             LORD
             ,
          
        
         
           THe
           Zeal
           I
           had
           for
           the
           
             present
             Government
          
           ,
           even
           while
           it
           was
           meerly
           to
           be
           enjoy'd
           in
           hopes
           ,
           and
           we
           could
           only
           wish
           it
           might
           be
           restored
           ,
           filled
           me
           with
           a
           just
           Indignation
           to
           find
           It
           ,
           after
           its
           Re-establishment
           ,
           now
           again
           assaulted
           by
           Men
           of
           such
           restless
           turbulent
           Spirits
           ,
           that
           it
           's
           probable
           they
           would
           scarce
           si●
           quiet
           and
           still
           (
           or
           not
           long
           )
           under
           One
           of
           their
           own
           framing
           and
           devising
           ;
           and
           that
           put
           me
           upon
           expressing
           my
           thoughts
           of
           
             Their
             late
             design●d
             Attempt
             against
             It
             :
          
           And
           had
           not
           This
           set
           me
           on
           the
           Work
           ,
           I
           might
           plead
           
             the
             Command
             of
             Authority
          
           enjoyning
           a
           publick
           Thanksgiving
           to
           God
           for
           our
           Deliverance
           from
           it
           ;
           in
           performing
           which
           ,
           the
           Priests
           being
           to
           be
           the
           
             Peoples
             Mouths
             ,
             That
          
           seem'd
           to
           require
           ,
           that
           I
           ,
           one
           of
           that
           Order
           ,
           should
           consider
           well
           ,
           take
           advice
           ,
           and
           
             speak
             my
             mind
             of
             their
             Fact.
             
          
        
         
           Accordingly
           I
           did
           ,
           
             (
             i.
             e.
          
           )
           as
           well
           as
           the
           little
           leisure
           Windsor
           and
           my
           attendance
           there
           afforded
           ,
           would
           permit
           ;
           and
           my
           Thoughts
           of
           it
           ,
           rough
           drawn
           as
           they
           were
           ,
           I
           shew'd
           them
           to
           Your
           Lordship
           at
           Farnham
           ,
           desiring
           You
           to
           pass
           Judgment
           upon
           them
           ;
           where
           meeting
           with
           your
           Approbation
           and
           Encouragement
           ,
           I
           was
           resolv'd
           ,
           without
           moulding
           them
           into
           a
           more
           regular
           Figure
           and
           Order
           ,
           to
           make
           them
           publick
           ,
           and
           send
           them
           
           into
           the
           World
           under
           the
           Protection
           of
           
             Your
             Name
          
           :
           concluding
           there
           was
           none
           fitter
           to
           countenance
           a
           
             Sermon
             against
             Change
             of
             Government
          
           ,
           than
           ●ou
           ,
           who
           have
           stood
           unalterable
           in
           the
           last
           great
           Vicissitudes
           and
           Changes
           here
           ;
           was
           the
           same
           
             in
             them
          
           ,
           as
           you
           were
           before
           ,
           or
           are
           now
           
             after
             them
          
           ;
           as
           great
           and
           faithful
           an
           Advocate
           for
           the
           Church
           afflicted
           and
           trod
           under
           foot
           ,
           as
           you
           are
           a
           Father
           of
           it
           now
           ,
           rais'd
           and
           re-flourishing
           ;
           as
           dutifully
           devoted
           to
           an
           
             Exil'd
             Prince
          
           then
           ,
           as
           you
           are
           to
           Him
           now
           ,
           restor'd
           ,
           and
           
             seated
             on
             His
             Throne
          
           ;
           whose
           Allegiance
           follow●d
           Caesar
           abroad
           ,
           and
           attended
           on
           Him
           ,
           not
           His
           Fortune
           ,
           home
           again
           .
        
         
           But
           there
           are
           other
           reasons
           ,
           with
           reference
           to
           my self
           ,
           why
           I
           praefix
           your
           Name
           to
           it
           :
           I
           was
           determin'd
           to
           take
           some
           occasion
           of
           recognizing
           your
           Favours
           to
           me
           ,
           in
           recommending
           me
           to
           that
           Person
           of
           singular
           perspicacity
           in
           Affairs
           of
           State
           ,
           and
           unshaken
           Fidelity
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           the
           late
           Lord
           Treasurer
           
           Southampton's
           Patronage
           ;
           and
           after
           His
           Death
           ,
           taking
           me
           into
           
             Your
             Own
          
           ;
           and
           since
           my
           dismission
           from
           your
           Service
           with
           a
           fair
           Reward
           ,
           recommending
           me
           a-new
           to
           His
           Royal
           Highness's
           ,
           where
           now
           I
           am
           ,
           and
           was
           (
           as
           your
           Lordship
           knows
           )
           as
           willing
           to
           be
           ,
           when
           that
           Prince
           was
           in
           the
           greatest
           danger
           of
           being
           oppress'd
           by
           the
           Power
           of
           His
           Enemies
           ,
           
           as
           ever
           
             M.
             Terentius
          
           was
           frank
           after
           the
           utter
           Rnine
           of
           Sejanus
           to
           own
           he
           had
           been
           his
           Friend
           ,
           
           had
           coveted
           to
           be
           so
           ,
           and
           glad
           he
           was
           admitted
           to
           that
           Relation
           .
        
         
           I
           was
           determined
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           to
           make
           some
           such
           recognition
           ,
           which
           I
           could
           not
           with
           more
           satisfaction
           to
           my self
           ,
           than
           by
           a
           Declaration
           as
           notorious
           as
           Print
           could
           make
           it
           ,
           and
           addressing
           it
           to
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           ,
        
         
           
             My
             LORD
             ,
          
           
             Your
             Honours
             most
             Obliged
             ,
             Affectionately
             Humble
             ,
             and
             Obedient
             Servant
             ,
             J.
             FITZ-WILLIAM
             .
          
           
             Cotenham
             ,
             
               Sept.
               12.
               1683.
               
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           Summary
           of
           the
           whole
           Discourse
           .
        
         
           S.
           1.
           
           THe
           Text
           explain'd
           ,
           and
           divided
           into
           three
           parts
           ,
           and
           thence
           three
           Doctrines
           rais'd
           .
        
         
           S.
           2.
           
           
             The
             first
             Doctrine
             handled
          
           ,
           That
           fearing
           God
           and
           the
           King
           are
           inseperable
           Duties
           :
           
             and
             there
             it
             is
             shew'd
          
           ,
           That
           though
           there
           be
           a
           connexion
           between
           all
           the
           Commands
           ,
           yet
           that
           there
           seems
           to
           be
           a
           closer
           Union
           between
           
             Fearing
             God
             and
             the
             King
          
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           One
           cannot
           be
           found
           without
           the
           Other
           .
        
         
           S.
           3.
           
           
             Second
             Doctrine
          
           ,
           As
           a
           manifestation
           of
           our
           fearing
           God
           and
           the
           King
           ,
           we
           ought
           not
           to
           meddle
           with
           them
           who
           are
           given
           to
           change
           :
           
             wherein
             is
             treated
             ,
             §
          
           .
           1.
           
           That
           we
           may
           meddle
           with
           them
           who
           are
           given
           to
           change
           ,
           either
           by
           consenting
           to
           them
           ,
           or
           by
           assisting
           them
           ;
           and
           the
           medling
           either
           way
           prov'd
           to
           be
           Unlawful
           .
           §
           .
           2.
           
           
             By
             these
             Arguments
          
           ,
           1.
           
           Because
           contrary
           to
           the
           Duties
           of
           Subjection
           to
           Governours
           ,
           and
           praying
           for
           them
           .
           §
           .
           3.
           2
           dly
           ,
           To
           the
           tenor
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           proceeding
           from
           Ambition
           ,
           Covetousness
           ,
           Revenge
           ,
           
             &c.
             
             §
          
           ,
           4.
           3
           dly
           ,
           The
           methods
           for
           bringing
           it
           about
           extreme
           ill
           ;
           as
           ,
           1.
           by
           Lies
           .
           2.
           by
           hypocritical
           pretences
           .
           3.
           by
           violation
           of
           positive
           Oaths
           ,
           Natural
           Obligations
           ,
           and
           entring
           into
           illegal
           Covenants
           .
           §
           .
           5.
           4
           ly
           .
           The
           means
           by
           which
           it
           's
           executed
           are
           base
           Treachery
           ,
           or
           open
           Violence
           .
           §
           .
           6.
           5
           ly
           ,
           The
           Concomitants
           and
           Consequences
           of
           it
           are
           sad
           and
           dismal
           .
        
         
           S.
           4.
           
           
             The
             third
             Doctrine
          
           ,
           That
           the
           endeavouring
           a
           Change
           is
           very
           destructive
           to
           those
           who
           engage
           in
           it
           :
           
             The
             Danger
             of
             this
             remonstrated
             in
             several
             respects
             :
          
           1.
           
           There
           is
           danger
           it
           may
           be
           discovered
           while
           it
           's
           carrying
           on
           ,
           1.
           because
           the
           Design
           must
           be
           entrusted
           to
           many
           .
           2.
           because
           some
           
           unforeseen
           accident
           may
           administer
           occasion
           to
           the
           Discovery
           .
           3.
           there
           is
           danger
           it
           may
           miscarry
           at
           the
           point
           of
           execution
           .
           4.
           it
           's
           in
           danger
           that
           it
           may
           not
           thrive
           through
           this
           World
           ,
           even
           after
           it
           hath
           succeeded
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           Authors
           may
           be
           overtaken
           ,
           and
           punish'd
           here
           .
           5.
           however
           ,
           they
           run
           a
           certain
           danger
           of
           being
           mightily
           tormented
           in
           the
           other
           World.
           
        
         
           S.
           5.
           
           §
           .
           1.
           
           The
           first
           Use
           is
           of
           Reproof
           ,
           directed
           against
           those
           who
           in
           their
           Practice
           dissever
           the
           
             Fear
             of
             God
          
           and
           
             the
             King.
          
           
        
         
           §
           .
           2.
           
           The
           seccond
           a
           Reprehension
           of
           those
           who
           affect
           a
           Change.
           
        
         
           §
           .
           3.
           
           The
           third
           is
           Exhortatory
           ,
           to
           persuade
           not
           to
           endeavour
           a
           Change
           ,
           or
           meddle
           with
           them
           who
           do
           .
        
         
           §
           .
           4.
           
           The
           fourth
           is
           Hortatory
           ,
           to
           return
           Thanks
           and
           Praise
           unto
           God
           ,
           for
           his
           Goodness
           in
           preventing
           the
           impiety
           of
           those
           who
           design'd
           to
           have
           work'd
           a
           Change
           here
           ;
           and
           to
           pray
           unto
           him
           that
           he
           would
           still
           bring
           to
           nought
           such
           Counsels
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           The
           DUTIES
           of
           Fearing
           GOD
           and
           the
           KING
           ,
           AND
           THE
           Mischiefs
           of
           CHANGE
           .
        
         
           
             Prov.
             24.
             verse
             21
             ,
             22.
             
          
           
             
               21.
               
               My
               Son
               ,
               Fear
               thou
               the
               Lord
               and
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               meddle
               not
               with
               them
               that
               are
               given
               to
               change
               .
            
             
               22.
               
               For
               their
               Calamity
               shall
               rise
               suddenly
               ,
               and
               who
               knoweth
               the
               ruine
               of
               them
               both
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             
               S.
            
             1
          
           OUr
           Translation
           of
           these
           words
           being
           very
           exact
           ,
           and
           particularly
           more
           agreeable
           to
           the
           import
           of
           the
           
           Hebrew-Text
           in
           that
           part
           of
           it
           which
           we
           have
           rendred
           ,
           
           
             Meddle
             not
             with
             them
             that
             are
             given
             to
             change
             ,
          
           (
           various
           and
           inconstant
           men
           )
           than
           the
           Latine
           ,
           
           who
           read
           it
           ,
           
             Meddle
             not
             with
             Detractors
          
           ;
           or
           the
           Syriack
           and
           Chaldee
           paraphrase
           ,
           
             Meddle
             not
             with
             ●ools
          
           ;
           
           or
           than
           the
           Greek
           and
           
             Arabick
             ,
             Fe●●
             God
             and
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             disobey
             neither
          
           ;
           And
           the
           Changers
           denoted
           being
           such
           rather
           who
           vary
           from
           the
           
             Precepts
             of
             God
          
           ,
           and
           
             Edicts
             of
             the
             King
          
           than
           vary
           the
           Order
           ,
           and
           respect
           those
           of
           the
           King
           before
           those
           of
           God
           ;
           which
           some
           Rabbins
           have
           hinted
           at
           ,
           last
           of
           all
           ,
           since
           the
           Ruine
           of
           them
           both
           here
           may
           be
           either
           actively
           taken
           the
           Punishment
           which
           both
           God
           and
           the
           King
           can
           inflict
           ,
           
           as
           Vatablus
           and
           Castalio
           have
           expounded
           it
           ;
           or
           passively
           ,
           that
           which
           both
           they
           that
           fear
           not
           God
           nor
           the
           King
           ,
           
           shall
           suffer
           ,
           as
           Mercer
           ;
           and
           its
           indifferent
           which
           we
           admit
           ,
           and
           we
           may
           safely
           both
           :
           I
           shall
           insist
           no
           farther
           upon
           explaining
           the
           Text
           ,
           but
           distributing
           it
           into
           three
           parts
           ,
           whereof
           two
           are
           Commands
           ,
           1.
           
           
             Fear
             God
             and
             the
             King.
          
           2.
           
           
             Meddle
             not
             with
             them
             that
             are
             given
             to
             change
             .
          
           The
           3.
           a
           Reason
           to
           inforce
           the
           observance
           of
           them
           ,
           
             For
             Calamity
             shall
             suddenly
             
             come
             upon
             them
             ,
             and
             who
             knoweth
             the
             ruine
             of
             them
             both
             ?
          
           I
           shall
           thence
           raise
           as
           many
           Propositions
           to
           treat
           on
           :
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           fearing
           God
           and
           the
           King
           are
           Duties
           inseperable
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           
             That
             as
             a
             manifestation
             of
             our
             fearing
             God
             and
             honouring
             the
             King
             ,
             we
             ought
             not
             to
             meddle
             with
             those
             who
             are
             given
             to
             change
             :
          
           where
           ,
           tho'
           the
           change
           may
           have
           such
           a
           latitude
           as
           to
           signifie
           that
           from
           Gods
           Mandate
           ,
           yet
           I
           shall
           choose
           to
           consider
           it
           as
           a
           deflection
           from
           the
           Kings
           Ordinances
           ,
           because
           it
           's
           immediately
           conjoyn'd
           with
           fearing
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           so
           may
           be
           supposed
           to
           design
           civil
           inconstancy
           and
           mutability
           ;
           and
           likewise
           it
           's
           most
           suitable
           to
           the
           occasion
           ,
           that
           I
           should
           regard
           it
           in
           that
           sence
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           That
           the
           endeavouring
           a
           change
           in
           the
           Civil
           Government
           ,
           proves
           dangerous
           and
           pernicious
           to
           the
           persons
           engag'd
           in
           the
           Design
           .
        
         
           Fearing
           God
           and
           the
           King
           are
           Duties
           inseperable
           .
           
        
         
           Indeed
           all
           the
           Commands
           are
           so
           chain'd
           together
           ,
           
           that
           he
           who
           loosens
           but
           a
           single
           Link
           ,
           dissolves
           the
           whole
           Chain
           ;
           who
           transgresseth
           One
           ,
           is
           guilty
           of
           All.
           
        
         
           For
           ,
           
           though
           they
           were
           wrote
           in
           two
           distinct
           Tables
           ,
           and
           distributed
           under
           ten
           Heads
           ,
           or
           Words
           ,
           (
           as
           the
           Jewish
           Doctors
           speak
           )
           by
           God
           himself
           ;
           yet
           ,
           his
           Authority
           (
           being
           the
           Soul
           which
           quickned
           them
           )
           like
           the
           Soul
           animating
           the
           several
           Members
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           gave
           them
           all
           but
           one
           common
           Life
           and
           Being
           :
           So
           that
           a
           particular
           violation
           of
           One
           ,
           becomes
           of
           necessity
           a
           univeral
           destruction
           to
           All.
           
        
         
           And
           ,
           
           as
           the
           Commands
           ,
           so
           our
           Obligations
           to
           observe
           them
           are
           connext
           ;
           
           If
           not
           after
           that
           manner
           as
           Zeno
           affirm'd
           all
           Virtues
           were
           ▪
           
           who
           promiscuously
           confounded
           them
           together
           ;
           yet
           so
           as
           
             (
             hrysippus
          
           hath
           explain'd
           that
           Stoical
           Doctrine
           ,
           
             That
             a
             man
             could
             not
             be
             truly
             Brave
             ,
          
           
           
             without
             the
             conduct
             of
             Prudence
             ;
             nor
             Prudent
             ,
             without
             attending
             to
             Justice
             ;
             nor
             Just
             ,
             without
             the
             regulation
             of
             Temperance
             .
          
        
         
         
           So
           in
           like
           manner
           ,
           a
           man
           cannot
           be
           piously
           affected
           towards
           God
           ,
           without
           being
           honestly
           disposed
           towards
           men
           ;
           cannot
           express
           his
           love
           towards
           the
           One
           ,
           in
           the
           instances
           belonging
           to
           him
           ,
           without
           shewing
           it
           towards
           the
           Other
           in
           all
           points
           which
           concern
           them
           ;
           and
           he
           who
           pretends
           to
           the
           Former
           ,
           and
           neglects
           the
           Latter
           ,
           
           proclaims
           himself
           a
           Lyar.
           
        
         
           The
           reason
           of
           this
           is
           plain
           and
           obvious
           ,
           because
           if
           I
           perform
           the
           First
           from
           a
           right
           Principle
           ,
           out
           of
           conscience
           of
           my
           Duty
           towards
           God
           requiring
           it
           :
           the
           same
           Principle
           will
           engage
           me
           to
           do
           the
           Second
           ,
           because
           he
           demands
           that
           likewise
           .
           And
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           if
           the
           motive
           of
           my
           Love
           and
           Respect
           to
           my
           fellow-Creature
           Man
           ,
           be
           his
           bearing
           the
           Image
           of
           God
           ,
           I
           cannot
           but
           love
           and
           reverence
           Him
           who
           fashion'd
           him
           after
           his
           own
           likeness
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           there
           is
           no
           dividing
           ,
           so
           there
           is
           no
           commuting
           of
           Duties
           ;
           Our
           Zeal
           in
           
             one
             kind
          
           ,
           will
           not
           make
           attonement
           for
           our
           Remissness
           in
           another
           ;
           Our
           Piety
           ,
           for
           Injustice
           .
        
         
           But
           though
           all
           the
           Commands
           are
           inseperably
           conjoyn'd
           ,
           
           yet
           there
           is
           a
           closer
           and
           more
           indissoluble
           Union
           (
           if
           I
           may
           be
           permitted
           to
           say
           so
           )
           between
           these
           two
           particular
           ones
           of
           
             fearing
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             King
             ,
          
           by
           how
           much
           Kings
           are
           more
           lively
           expressions
           of
           God's
           Majesty
           and
           Power
           ,
           than
           ordinary
           Images
           ,
           other
           men
           ,
           are
           .
           The
           wise
           man
           hath
           here
           mention'd
           them
           as
           one
           Command
           ;
           and
           St.
           Peter
           too
           ,
           
           even
           while
           he
           useth
           two
           words
           for
           them
           ,
           Fear
           and
           
             Honour
             ,
             Fear
             God
             ,
             Honour
             the
             King
          
           ;
           for
           this
           Honouring
           the
           King
           is
           the
           same
           Act
           as
           Fearing
           of
           Him
           ,
           or
           expressive
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           Kings
           ,
           for
           their
           nearer
           and
           exacter
           resemblance
           of
           Him
           ,
           are
           adorn'd
           with
           His
           Title
           ,
           wear
           His
           Name
           ,
           and
           have
           His
           Stile
           given
           them
           by
           Himself
           .
        
         
           a
           I
           have
           said
           ,
           ye
           are
           Gods
           ;
           and
           ,
           b
           Thou
           shalt
           not
           curse
           the
           Gods.
           
        
         
           From
           this
           strict
           Alliance
           and
           Union
           of
           these
           two
           Commands
           ,
           arising
           out
           of
           the
           near
           resemblance
           between
           the
           Persons
           ,
           
           God
           and
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           the
           Majesty
           of
           the
           One
           ,
           and
           Sovereignty
           of
           the
           Other
           ;
           it
           's
           made
           as
           impossible
           to
           Adore
           God
           ,
           and
           not
           Revere
           the
           King
           ,
           who
           represents
           Him
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           to
           Honour
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           throw
           all
           the
           Contumely
           we
           can
           upon
           his
           Lieutenants
           or
           Vice-Roys
           commission'd
           by
           him
           .
        
         
         
           And
           of
           necessity
           follows
           ,
           that
           the
           Subjects
           withdrawing
           their
           Obedience
           from
           their
           lawful
           Prince
           ,
           is
           a
           denying
           Gods
           Authority
           ,
           a
           shaking
           off
           His
           Government
           from
           their
           Shoulders
           ,
           a
           laying
           Him
           aside
           ,
           that
           He
           should
           not
           reign
           over
           them
           .
        
         
           (
           God
           plainly
           declares
           this
           to
           Samuel
           ,
           when
           the
           Israelites
           ,
           weary
           of
           his
           administration
           ,
           who
           was
           deputed
           to
           it
           by
           himself
           ,
           were
           desirous
           to
           have
           a
           King
           of
           their
           own
           nomination
           .
        
         
           They
           have
           not
           rejected
           thee
           ,
           
           but
           Me
           ,
           that
           I
           should
           not
           reign
           over
           them
           )
        
         
           Treason
           against
           Him
           ,
           
           is
           a
           kind
           of
           Sacriledge
           ;
           a
           revolt
           from
           Him
           ,
           an
           Apostacy
           from
           God
           ;
           a
           resisting
           Him
           ,
           an
           opposing
           God
           ;
           rebelling
           against
           Him
           ,
           fighting
           with
           God
           ;
           the
           setting
           up
           the
           Title
           of
           a
           counterfeit
           Prince
           against
           the
           true
           One
           ,
           an
           introducing
           a
           Plurality
           of
           God-heads
           ;
           the
           obeying
           of
           a
           Usurper
           ,
           Idolatry
           ;
           the
           slandering
           his
           Anointed
           and
           his
           Foot-steps
           ,
           a
           blaspheming
           God
           ;
           the
           blaming
           his
           Conduct
           ,
           a
           quarrelling
           with
           Providence
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           we
           cannot
           Fear
           God
           the
           Supreme
           Potentate
           ,
           
           without
           Honouring
           the
           Subordinate
           ,
           who
           bears
           his
           Image
           and
           Superscription
           ,
           so
           we
           cannot
           Honour
           this
           Last
           as
           we
           should
           ,
           without
           Fearing
           the
           Former
           as
           we
           ought
           .
           We
           cannot
           revere
           the
           Copy
           of
           Divinity
           transcribed
           in
           the
           King
           ,
           without
           revering
           the
           Original
           ,
           the
           Deity
           ,
           from
           whom
           his
           Power
           came
           ,
           any
           more
           than
           we
           can
           have
           a
           veneration
           for
           the
           Picture
           of
           a
           man
           ,
           and
           none
           for
           his
           Person
           ;
           We
           cannot
           be
           for
           the
           Monarchy
           ,
           and
           supporting
           it
           ,
           while
           we
           dethrone
           God
           ,
           by
           a
           denying
           him
           either
           in
           Words
           or
           Actions
           ;
           not
           for
           upholding
           the
           Government
           ,
           while
           by
           impious
           Disputes
           ,
           or
           wicked
           Lives
           ,
           we
           exclude
           his
           Regiment
           out
           of
           the
           World
           ;
           not
           for
           maintaining
           the
           Prerogative
           ,
           while
           we
           are
           for
           clipping
           the
           Wings
           of
           his
           Power
           ,
           and
           confining
           it
           to
           some
           Cases
           only
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           no
           bearing
           true
           Faith
           and
           Allegiance
           to
           our
           King
           ,
           when
           we
           do
           it
           not
           to
           our
           God
           ;
           no
           being
           Loyal
           Subjects
           to
           the
           One
           ,
           while
           we
           are
           down-right
           Traytors
           to
           the
           Other
           .
        
         
           The
           reason
           of
           this
           is
           clear
           ,
           because
           the
           honouring
           and
           obeying
           our
           Prince
           should
           proceed
           from
           a
           Religion
           towards
           God
           ,
           a
           conscientious
           
           regard
           to
           his
           Authority
           ,
           exacting
           the
           payment
           of
           both
           these
           ;
           which
           if
           they
           do
           not
           ,
           they
           are
           false
           and
           spurious
           ,
           wanting
           the
           true
           and
           genuine
           Parent
           ,
           a
           right
           Principle
           I
           mean
           ,
           for
           their
           production
           ,
           and
           must
           needs
           be
           fickle
           and
           inconstant
           ,
           for
           not
           being
           grounded
           upon
           a
           sure
           and
           standing
           bottom
           :
           So
           that
           when
           in
           inviting
           occasion
           offers
           of
           promoting
           our
           Interest
           to
           greater
           advantage
           ,
           of
           serving
           our
           ambition
           with
           better
           success
           ,
           than
           by
           honouring
           or
           obeying
           him
           ;
           or
           of
           gratifying
           our
           revenge
           ,
           of
           wrecking
           our
           malice
           ;
           then
           these
           are
           forgot
           and
           withdrawn
           :
           or
           last
           of
           all
           ,
           
           when
           by
           a
           declination
           in
           the
           state
           of
           Affairs
           he
           is
           grown
           too
           weak
           to
           compel
           us
           to
           render
           these
           ,
           then
           we
           deny
           the
           payment
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           justifie
           it
           too
           .
        
         
           Then
           Maxims
           of
           Humane
           Wisdom
           ,
           the
           most
           contrary
           to
           these
           Precepts
           of
           the
           Divine
           ,
           are
           broach'd
           by
           us
           ,
           
             That
             the
             King
             is
             not
             Gods
             Minister
             ,
             but
             the
             Peoples
             Servant
             ;
             and
             as
             theirs
             ,
             stands
             accountable
             to
             them
             for
             his
             Misdemeanors
             ;
             That
             his
             Power
             being
             a
             Trust
             only
             from
             and
             for
             them
             ,
             is
             revocable
             at
             their
             pleasure
             and
             discretion
             ,
             and
             they
             may
             justly
             re-seize
             it
             into
             their
             own
             hands
             ,
             and
             for
             their
             own
             behoof
             ,
             when
             they
             see
             it
             is
             not
             administred
             for
             their
             Good
             ;
             That
             Wicked
             and
             Irreligeous
             Princes
          
           (
           and
           such
           are
           all
           they
           whom
           they
           please
           to
           brand
           with
           those
           Marks
           )
           
             have
             actually
             forfeited
             their
             Crown
             and
             Dignity
             to
             them
             :
          
           
           And
           then
           Practices
           squared
           (
           or
           rather
           deformed
           )
           by
           these
           enormous
           Rules
           ,
           
           are
           set
           on
           foot
           too
           .
           Seditious
           Clubs
           and
           Cabals
           are
           erected
           ;
           Illegal
           Associations
           form'd
           ,
           and
           entred
           into
           ;
           Secret
           Conspiracies
           hatch'd
           ;
           next
           open
           Iusurrections
           raised
           against
           them
           ;
           and
           last
           of
           all
           ,
           villainous
           Assassinations
           committed
           upon
           their
           Persons
           .
        
         
           A
           disdainsul
           Pride
           swell'd
           a
           
             Tiathan
             ,
             Abiram
          
           and
           On
           ,
           Sons
           of
           Reuben
           ,
           and
           so
           of
           the
           eldest
           House
           ,
           to
           see
           that
           Power
           lodg'd
           in
           Moses
           and
           
           Aaron's
           hands
           ,
           which
           by
           Right
           of
           Primogeniture
           they
           imagin'd
           belong'd
           to
           them
           .
           Ambition
           seduced
           b
           Absalom
           ,
           the
           Peoples
           Gull.
           And
           Revenge
           for
           being
           removed
           from
           his
           great
           Charge
           ,
           and
           drove
           into
           Exile
           by
           Solomon
           ,
           inflam'd
           c
           Jeroboam
           into
           Rebellion
           under
           the
           Reign
           of
           his
           Son.
           
        
         
           And
           every
           one
           of
           these
           either
           forsook
           God
           afore
           they
           did
           
           their
           lawful
           Governours
           ,
           or
           else
           renounc'd
           Them
           and
           disclaim'd
           Him
           together
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           ,
           the
           Seditious
           Reubenites
           were
           engaged
           in
           a
           Schism
           against
           God
           ,
           at
           the
           same
           time
           as
           they
           were
           up
           in
           a
           mutiny
           against
           their
           Rulers
           ;
           joyn'd
           themselves
           to
           Korah
           a
           Levite
           ,
           who
           had
           usurp'd
           the
           Priests
           Office
           ,
           in
           burning
           Incense
           before
           the
           Lord
           ,
           which
           appertain'd
           not
           to
           him
           .
        
         
           Absalom
           had
           his
           hands
           imbrew'd
           in
           his
           Brother
           
           Amnon's
           blood
           ,
           
           afore
           he
           lifted
           them
           up
           against
           his
           Prince
           and
           Father
           .
        
         
           And
           Jeroboam
           ,
           
           to
           strengthen
           himself
           in
           his
           unjust
           acquisitions
           ,
           made
           a
           change
           in
           the
           Worship
           ;
           to
           continue
           the
           rent
           in
           State
           ,
           by
           widening
           it
           ,
           he
           made
           a
           rupture
           in
           Religion
           ;
           to
           defend
           his
           Rebellion
           ,
           he
           set
           up
           Idolatry
           ,
           two
           Calves
           at
           Dan
           and
           Bethel
           .
        
         
           
             
               S.
            
             2
          
           
             
               §
            
             1
          
           
           
             The
             second
             Proposition
             was
          
           ,
           That
           as
           a
           manifestation
           of
           our
           fearing
           God
           ,
           and
           honouring
           the
           King
           ,
           we
           ought
           not
           to
           meddle
           with
           those
           who
           are
           given
           to
           change
           .
        
         
           Meddle
           we
           may
           ,
           
           either
           by
           approving
           the
           projects
           of
           men
           designing
           a
           Change
           ,
           or
           by
           actual
           endeavouring
           one
           our selves
           ;
           and
           the
           concerning
           our selves
           either
           way
           is
           unlawful
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           ;
           The
           approving
           a
           Change
           renders
           us
           as
           equally
           guilty
           ,
           as
           if
           we
           had
           brought
           it
           about
           ;
           for
           it
           's
           consenting
           to
           a
           Crime
           which
           derives
           all
           the
           Malignity
           of
           it
           upon
           us
           :
           the
           external
           commission
           of
           it
           being
           only
           the
           owning
           of
           that
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           which
           we
           had
           before
           perpetrated
           within
           our selves
           ;
           and
           it
           being
           withal
           certain
           ,
           
           we
           should
           commit
           what
           we
           consent
           to
           and
           approve
           ,
           did
           not
           the
           Law
           (
           which
           takes
           cognizance
           only
           of
           Facts
           ,
           or
           of
           an
           
           Overt-declaration
           of
           our
           intending
           them
           )
           restrain
           ,
           or
           some
           Accident
           intervening
           ,
           or
           Power
           interposing
           ,
           hinder
           us
           .
        
         
           Catiline
           was
           not
           less
           a
           Conspirator
           ,
           and
           an
           Enemy
           to
           Rome
           ,
           when
           he
           sate
           in
           consultation
           within
           its
           Walls
           ,
           by
           what
           methods
           and
           practices
           its
           Frame
           and
           Constitution
           were
           to
           be
           subverted
           ,
           than
           when
           he
           took
           the
           Field
           ,
           and
           usurping
           the
           Ensigns
           and
           Badges
           of
           Consulship
           ,
           he
           joyn'd
           with
           
             C.
             Mallius
          
           .
        
         
           And
           a
           man
           may
           be
           as
           compleat
           a
           Rebel
           as
           he
           was
           ,
           without
           taking
           up
           Arms
           against
           the
           Government
           ,
           meerly
           by
           justifying
           
           the
           lawfulness
           of
           so
           doing
           ;
           a
           Traytor
           ,
           by
           giving
           a
           favourable
           ear
           to
           overtures
           tending
           that
           way
           ;
           deep
           dy'd
           in
           the
           blood
           of
           his
           Prince
           ,
           by
           being
           conscious
           to
           a
           Design
           of
           shedding
           it
           ;
           or
           all
           over
           Coal-black
           with
           foul
           Poyson
           ,
           which
           he
           hath
           neither
           prepared
           nor
           mingled
           ,
           by
           being
           privy
           to
           an
           intention
           of
           administring
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           we
           are
           guilty
           in
           the
           Courts
           of
           Heaven
           and
           our
           own
           Consciences
           ,
           of
           a
           Treason
           or
           Conspiracy
           which
           hath
           once
           gain'd
           our
           liking
           ,
           though
           we
           proceed
           not
           to
           execution
           ;
           so
           we
           may
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           State
           be
           justly
           punish'd
           for
           the
           same
           ,
           if
           that
           can
           be
           proved
           .
        
         
           For
           although
           it
           might
           be
           hard
           ,
           it
           was
           not
           unjust
           ,
           when
           a
           Nobleman
           of
           Normandy
           was
           arrested
           and
           condemned
           of
           Treason
           by
           the
           Judges
           of
           the
           Parliament
           of
           Paris
           ,
           for
           an
           intention
           to
           kill
           Francis
           the
           first
           ,
           which
           he
           himself
           disclosed
           in
           Confession
           to
           his
           Ghostly
           Father
           ,
           as
           a
           Crime
           he
           repented
           of
           ,
           and
           for
           which
           he
           craved
           the
           comfort
           of
           Absolution
           .
        
         
           The
           second
           ;
           
           The
           endeavouring
           a
           Change
           ,
           plungeth
           the
           person
           (
           though
           he
           be
           drawn
           in
           by
           the
           artifice
           of
           others
           )
           over
           head
           and
           ears
           in
           guilt
           ;
           immerseth
           him
           as
           deep
           in
           it
           ,
           as
           the
           first
           Contrivers
           and
           hottest
           Promoters
           of
           it
           ;
           For
           it
           matters
           not
           to
           the
           abatement
           of
           that
           ,
           what
           time
           he
           engaged
           in
           it
           ,
           or
           whether
           after
           engagement
           he
           was
           active
           or
           supine
           in
           prosecuting
           it
           ;
           nor
           is
           it
           any
           ,
           what
           means
           he
           chooseth
           to
           effect
           it
           ,
           whether
           fair
           or
           foul
           ,
           as
           we
           distinguish
           ;
           whether
           he
           be
           for
           picking
           his
           way
           ,
           (
           as
           we
           say
           )
           or
           resolv'd
           to
           adventure
           through
           thick
           and
           thin
           .
        
         
           In
           a
           Crime
           of
           this
           nature
           ,
           there
           are
           no
           Accessaries
           ,
           but
           all
           Principals
           .
        
         
           
             
               §
               .
            
             2
          
           The
           unlawfulness
           of
           concerning
           our selves
           any
           way
           to
           bring
           this
           about
           ,
           
           will
           be
           manifest
           from
           these
           following
           Reflections
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           endeavouring
           it
           is
           contrary
           to
           the
           Duties
           so
           oft
           and
           so
           earnestly
           pressed
           upon
           us
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           of
           
             not
             touching
             God's
             Anointed
          
           ,
           of
           
             being
             subject
             to
             the
             Higher
             Powers
             ,
             (
             i.
             e.
             )
          
           those
           invested
           with
           the
           Supreme
           ,
           
           because
           God
           ordained
           them
           the
           place
           and
           station
           ;
           
           of
           submitting
           to
           every
           Ordinance
           of
           every
           one
           constituted
           in
           Authority
           ,
           
           
             whether
             to
             the
             King
             as
             Supreme
             ,
             or
             unto
             Governours
             as
             those
             who
             are
             sent
             ,
          
           commissioned
           ,
           
             by
             him
          
           .
        
         
         
           For
           is
           not
           the
           Assassination
           of
           God's
           Anointed
           ,
           thus
           contrary
           to
           our
           not
           touching
           Him
           ?
           Is
           not
           the
           plucking
           down
           Rulers
           ,
           a
           labouring
           to
           level
           them
           to
           us
           ,
           or
           to
           raise
           and
           build
           our selves
           up
           above
           them
           ,
           so
           ,
           to
           our
           subjection
           and
           submission
           to
           Them
           ?
           Is
           not
           the
           endeavouring
           to
           embroil
           the
           Affairs
           of
           His
           or
           Their
           Government
           ,
           so
           ,
           to
           living
           quietly
           under
           it
           ?
           And
           are
           not
           these
           the
           methods
           we
           pursue
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           bring
           about
           a
           Change
           ,
           or
           some
           of
           the
           ends
           we
           propose
           in
           labouring
           it
           ?
           And
           if
           they
           are
           ,
           they
           cannot
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           allowance
           of
           favour
           ,
           be
           so
           construed
           ,
           as
           they
           may
           be
           reconciled
           with
           our
           honouring
           Him
           or
           Them
           ;
           for
           it
           may
           be
           as
           easily
           made
           out
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           smite
           them
           with
           the
           Fist
           of
           Violence
           ,
           and
           not
           touch
           them
           ;
           raise
           Combustions
           ,
           and
           not
           meddle
           in
           their
           Affairs
           ;
           as
           salve
           the
           doing
           these
           with
           honouring
           Them.
           
        
         
           And
           if
           there
           have
           been
           men
           among
           us
           who
           have
           taken
           these
           courses
           ,
           and
           yet
           have
           confidently
           ,
           or
           rather
           impudently
           ,
           stiled
           themselves
           
             His
             Majesties
             most
             Loyal
             Subjects
          
           ,
           and
           pretended
           to
           be
           affectionate
           lovers
           of
           the
           establish'd
           Government
           ,
           they
           ought
           to
           prove
           the
           fore-mention'd
           Texts
           were
           to
           be
           expounded
           backward
           ,
           and
           shew
           us
           they
           have
           sound
           out
           the
           mysterious
           Art
           of
           salving
           Contradictions
           ;
           of
           making
           Light
           and
           Darkness
           ▪
           Order
           and
           Confusion
           ,
           dwell
           together
           ;
           Peace
           and
           War
           salute
           and
           kiss
           each
           other
           ;
           or
           else
           leave
           us
           at
           liberty
           to
           dis-believe
           their
           Professions
           ,
           when
           we
           see
           their
           Practices
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           
           the
           endeavouring
           it
           is
           contrary
           to
           the
           Duty
           of
           praying
           for
           the
           safety
           of
           our
           Governours
           ,
           and
           the
           prosperity
           of
           their
           Government
           ;
           a
           point
           which
           the
           Jews
           were
           commanded
           to
           do
           for
           the
           Peace
           of
           Babylon
           ,
           and
           the
           lives
           of
           Nebuchadnezzar
           and
           Baltazar
           his
           Son
           while
           they
           were
           Captives
           in
           that
           place
           ,
           
           and
           held
           so
           by
           those
           persons
           ;
           
           which
           Christians
           are
           
             for
             Kings
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             are
             in
             Authority
             ,
             that
             under
             them
             they
             may
             lead
             a
             quiet
             and
             peaceable
             life
             ,
             in
             all
             Godliness
             and
             Honesty
             ,
          
           with
           this
           recommendation
           ,
           
             because
             it
             's
             good
             and
             acceptable
             in
             the
             fight
             of
             God
             their
             Saviour
             ,
          
           and
           which
           in
           the
           first
           and
           purest
           Ages
           of
           that
           Doctrine
           they
           performed
           for
           their
           Emperours
           and
           Kings
           ,
           irrespectively
           to
           their
           Religion
           ,
           their
           Opinions
           in
           it
           ,
           their
           natural
           Disposition
           ,
           or
           their
           carriage
           towards
           them
           ;
           For
           their
           Heathen
           
           Persecutors
           ,
           as
           a
           Tertullian
           is
           a
           competent
           Witness
           for
           
             Sept.
             Severus
          
           ,
           and
           b
           Dionysius
           of
           Alexandria
           for
           Valerianus
           and
           Galienus
           :
           Their
           Arrian
           ,
           as
           the
           c
           African
           did
           for
           Thrasimund
           ,
           such
           ,
           and
           a
           Goth
           to
           boot
           :
           The
           d
           Gallican
           ,
           for
           Alaricus
           the
           same
           :
           The
           e
           Eastern
           ,
           for
           the
           Emperour
           Valens
           an
           Arrian
           :
           for
           f
           Theodosius
           the
           younger
           ,
           and
           Valentinian
           the
           third
           ,
           the
           one
           a
           favourer
           of
           Nestorius
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           a
           very
           dissolute
           person
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           substance
           of
           their
           Prayers
           was
           ,
           
             That
             God
             would
             grant
             them
             a
             long
             Life
             ,
             and
             a
             secure
             Reign
             ;
             preserve
             their
             Family
             in
             Safety
             ,
             and
             their
             Government
             in
             Peace
             :
          
           In
           short
           ,
           
             whatsoever
             others
             or
             themselves
             could
             wish
             for
          
           ;
           all
           which
           is
           perfectly
           inconsistent
           with
           attempts
           on
           their
           Persons
           ,
           or
           practices
           to
           disturb
           the
           tranquility
           of
           the
           Government
           .
           And
           therefore
           ,
           He
           who
           prays
           ,
           or
           pretends
           to
           do
           so
           ,
           for
           his
           Prince
           ,
           
             That
             his
             Crown
             may
             slourish
             long
             upon
             his
             head
             ,
             and
             his
             Empire
             may
             continue
             like
             the
             Sun
             and
             Moon
             through
             all
             Generations
             :
          
           and
           yet
           is
           guilty
           of
           such
           ,
           confutes
           himself
           ,
           and
           his
           actions
           disgracefully
           give
           his
           Tongue
           the
           Lie
           ;
           for
           They
           would
           bring
           his
           Life
           to
           a
           sudden
           period
           ,
           and
           his
           Kingdom
           to
           a
           sad
           catastrophe
           ,
           while
           This
           expresseth
           abundance
           of
           clamorous
           Zeal
           for
           the
           Preservation
           of
           the
           One
           ,
           and
           Establishment
           of
           the
           Other
           .
        
         
         
           
             
               §
               .
            
             3
          
           
           2
           dly
           .
           It
           's
           most
           opposite
           to
           the
           tenor
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           the
           frame
           of
           Christianity
           .
           The
           Virtues
           That
           inculcates
           ,
           and
           This
           makes
           profession
           of
           ,
           are
           ,
           Contentedness
           in
           all
           Estates
           ,
           Humility
           in
           the
           highest
           ,
           Patience
           in
           suffering
           ,
           Meekness
           in
           bearing
           ,
           and
           Charity
           in
           forgiving
           Injuries
           :
           whereas
           Discontent
           ,
           Pride
           ,
           Ambition
           ,
           Impatience
           ,
           Anger
           ,
           Revenge
           ,
           are
           the
           Passions
           and
           Vices
           which
           instigate
           men
           to
           endeavour
           revolutions
           in
           Governments
           .
        
         
           They
           affect
           Novelty
           ,
           
           and
           therefore
           sit
           uneasie
           under
           the
           present
           Government
           ,
           which
           will
           be
           always
           deem'd
           *
           heavy
           by
           men
           of
           such
           volatile
           and
           unquiet
           Spirits
           .
        
         
           They
           love
           not
           a
           Constitution
           wherein
           Divine
           Providence
           hath
           a
           hand
           ,
           
           and
           are
           for
           one
           of
           their
           own
           setting
           up
           .
        
         
           This
           made
           the
           Israelites
           request
           to
           have
           a
           King
           ,
           like
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Nations
           round
           about
           ,
           
           when
           they
           were
           under
           a
           Theocracy
           ;
           God
           reserving
           the
           Sovereignty
           in
           his
           own
           hands
           ,
           but
           exercising
           the
           Acts
           of
           it
           by
           Samuel
           ,
           1
           Sam.
           8.
           5.
           
        
         
           The
           Yoak
           of
           Authority
           galls
           their
           stiff
           Necks
           ,
           though
           in
           it self
           never
           so
           easie
           ;
           and
           they
           are
           for
           shaking
           it
           off
           ,
           venturing
           the
           issue
           either
           of
           having
           none
           at
           all
           ,
           or
           one
           that
           will
           hang
           very
           loose
           about
           them
           .
           
        
         
           An
           opinion
           that
           
           Jeroboam's
           Loins
           would
           be
           lighter
           than
           
           Rehoboam's
           little
           Finger
           ,
           occasioned
           the
           Revolt
           of
           ten
           Tribes
           from
           the
           latter
           ,
           and
           the
           mutation
           which
           thereupon
           succeeded
           in
           the
           Jewish
           State.
           
        
         
           Or
           they
           are
           dissatisfied
           with
           their
           station
           and
           place
           in
           the
           Government
           ,
           as
           too
           low
           and
           mean
           for
           men
           of
           their
           Abilities
           and
           Merits
           ;
           and
           suspecting
           they
           are
           not
           like
           to
           rise
           higher
           ,
           or
           make
           themselves
           greater
           ,
           in
           the
           present
           posture
           of
           Affairs
           ,
           are
           for
           disturbing
           them
           ,
           as
           the
           probabl'st
           way
           to
           gain
           their
           point
           ;
           or
           out
           of
           meer
           indignation
           to
           see
           themselves
           neglected
           ,
           as
           they
           esteem
           ,
           are
           for
           subverting
           it
           ,
           
           though
           they
           themselves
           be
           oppressed
           with
           its
           fall
           .
        
         
           Or
           if
           they
           stand
           high
           ,
           they
           are
           displeas'd
           to
           see
           any
           above
           them
           ;
           (
           for
           it
           's
           the
           nature
           of
           Ambition
           not
           to
           look
           down
           ,
           but
           up
           ;
           not
           on
           those
           behind
           ,
           but
           those
           before
           )
           and
           therefore
           they
           will
           unhinge
           the
           whole
           Frame
           ,
           in
           hopes
           to
           get
           into
           their
           places
           ,
           or
           tumble
           all
           down
           ,
           so
           they
           may
           Them.
           
        
         
         
           Or
           they
           are
           Poor
           and
           Needy
           ,
           and
           so
           would
           sain
           enrich
           themselves
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           with
           the
           spoils
           of
           their
           Countrey
           ,
           which
           they
           can
           never
           come
           to
           have
           the
           ransacking
           of
           ,
           but
           in
           publick
           Commotions
           :
           Want
           enrag'd
           Catiline
           and
           his
           Associates
           to
           conspire
           against
           theirs
           .
        
         
           
             For
             that
             Observation
             of
             the
             Historian
             will
             be
             always
             found
             true
          
           ;
           
           Those
           in
           a
           Commonwealth
           who
           want
           Power
           or
           Riches
           ,
           will
           envy
           them
           who
           have
           ;
           and
           out
           of
           meer
           anger
           or
           madness
           with
           their
           private
           Fortune
           ,
           will
           desire
           and
           labour
           to
           have
           the
           publick
           State
           turn'd
           topsy-turvy
           .
        
         
           Or
           they
           like
           not
           the
           disposition
           of
           their
           Governours
           ;
           
           They
           are
           too
           mild
           ,
           or
           too
           severe
           for
           them
           ;
           too
           sordid
           ,
           or
           too
           profuse
           ;
           And
           though
           the
           Excesses
           of
           Princes
           are
           to
           be
           born
           with
           as
           overmuch
           Drought
           ,
           or
           immoderate
           Rain
           ;
           nor
           are
           vitious
           Princes
           always
           succeeded
           by
           vitious
           ,
           but
           the
           good
           interpose
           and
           compensate
           for
           the
           bad
           :
           yet
           they
           will
           not
           expect
           time
           to
           assist
           them
           with
           this
           remedy
           ,
           
           but
           are
           for
           immediate
           discarding
           them
           ,
           and
           going
           in
           quest
           after
           another
           of
           a
           more
           suitable
           temper
           ,
           let
           the
           hazard
           of
           the
           Wild-goose-Chace
           be
           what
           it
           will.
           
        
         
           Or
           they
           have
           been
           disgusted
           by
           them
           ,
           
           because
           in
           the
           disposition
           of
           Honours
           they
           have
           pass'd
           them
           over
           ,
           or
           have
           not
           had
           that
           high
           esteem
           for
           them
           ,
           they
           have
           for
           themselves
           ;
           or
           they
           have
           disgraced
           them
           in
           words
           or
           actions
           :
           And
           to
           be
           revenged
           for
           these
           neglects
           and
           affronts
           ,
           they
           will
           combine
           together
           to
           Depose
           and
           Murther
           them
           ;
           care
           not
           whether
           they
           confound
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           in
           one
           common
           Chaos
           again
           ,
           so
           be
           it
           they
           have
           their
           revenge
           .
        
         
           Pausanius
           killed
           Philip
           of
           Macedon
           ,
           
           for
           advancing
           Attalus
           to
           the
           Government
           of
           a
           Province
           ,
           instead
           of
           punishing
           him
           upon
           his
           Complaint
           for
           abusing
           his
           Body
           ;
           and
           Aruns
           brought
           the
           Goths
           into
           Italy
           ,
           for
           having
           not
           Justice
           done
           him
           against
           Lucamon
           ,
           
           who
           had
           defiled
           his
           Wife
           ;
           
           Lucan
           conspired
           with
           Piso
           and
           others
           against
           
           
           Nero's
           Life
           ,
           
           for
           snppressing
           his
           Poem
           ;
           
           Quinctianus
           ,
           for
           Defaming
           him
           in
           Song
           ;
           Maximus
           against
           Valentinian
           the
           third
           ,
           
           Julian
           a
           Nobleman
           of
           Spain
           calls
           in
           the
           Moors
           thither
           to
           be
           even
           with
           Roderic
           for
           corrupting
           his
           Wife
           or
           Daughter
           ;
           and
           even
           he
           was
           ,
           for
           their
           success
           put
           an
           end
           to
           his
           Life
           and
           the
           Gothique
           race
           of
           Kings
           in
           that
           Country
           .
           
        
         
           Robert
           of
           Artois
           called
           the
           English
           into
           the
           France
           because
           a
           Suit
           of
           Law
           went
           against
           him
           :
           
           And
           Charles
           of
           Bourbon
           rais'd
           up
           harles
           the
           fifth
           against
           Francis
           the
           first
           ,
           
           for
           the
           same
           reason
           ;
           and
           Bodilus
           kill'd
           Chilperick
           for
           ordering
           him
           to
           be
           Whipt
           as
           a
           punishment
           .
           
        
         
           Or
           last
           of
           all
           their
           Villanies
           ,
           
           have
           render'd
           them
           obnoxious
           to
           the
           Justice
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           from
           which
           they
           have
           no
           way
           left
           of
           saving
           themselves
           ,
           unless
           by
           committing
           the
           greatest
           ,
           that
           of
           undermining
           and
           overthrowing
           it
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Phylosopher
             wisely
             observ'd
          
           ,
           
           Those
           who
           have
           done
           wrong
           ,
           usually
           fly
           to
           Sedition
           to
           protect
           them
           against
           Punishment
           ;
           
           
             and
             the
             Historian
          
           ,
           That
           men
           fling
           themselves
           intoactual
           dangers
           to
           secure
           themselves
           against
           those
           they
           only
           fear
           .
        
         
           
             
               §
               .
            
             4
          
           3
           dly
           .
           The
           methods
           which
           men
           usually
           ,
           and
           of
           necessity
           almost
           must
           take
           to
           bring
           about
           a
           Change
           are
           extremly
           ill
           .
           
        
         
           The
           first
           of
           which
           is
           the
           Devising
           and
           Venting
           Lies
           against
           their
           Governours
           .
           
        
         
           This
           of
           Slandering
           them
           and
           their
           Conduct
           ,
           is
           generally
           the
           first
           step
           Seditious
           Incendiaries
           take
           in
           their
           progress
           to
           Rebellion
           .
        
         
           Absolom
           ,
           
           
             The
             prime
             model
             of
             such
             ,
             told
             the
             people
             ,
          
           There
           matters
           were
           good
           and
           right
           ,
           but
           no
           man
           deputed
           of
           the
           King
           to
           hear
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           having
           this
           precedent
           before
           them
           ,
           they
           fail
           not
           of
           complaining
           to
           the
           People
           of
           their
           Princes
           neglecting
           his
           Affairs
           and
           Justice
           ;
           or
           insinuating
           moreover
           his
           Inclinations
           to
           alter
           Religion
           ,
           and
           Laws
           ,
           then
           which
           nothing
           is
           (
           I
           am
           sure
           ought
           to
           be
           )
           more
           
           tender
           and
           dear
           to
           them
           ;
           to
           bring
           in
           a
           Forreign
           Power
           or
           Settle
           a
           standing
           Army
           ;
           than
           which
           ,
           nothing
           can
           be
           more
           Dreadful
           and
           Afrightful
           to
           them
           ;
           that
           he
           Affects
           an
           Immensity
           of
           Power
           ,
           or
           Arbitrarily
           exerciseth
           what
           he
           hath
           already
           :
           In
           short
           they
           Maliciously
           spy
           out
           Faults
           where
           there
           are
           none
           ,
           Agravate
           those
           that
           are
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           like
           greediness
           and
           pleasure
           divulge
           them
           both
           ,
           
           to
           weaken
           his
           Credit
           and
           Estimation
           with
           his
           People
           .
        
         
           They
           make
           Invidious
           Constructions
           of
           his
           Designs
           ,
           Odious
           Reflections
           on
           his
           Actions
           ,
           and
           spread
           them
           Abroad
           ;
           which
           when
           they
           are
           grown
           the
           subject
           of
           Common
           Report
           ,
           fill
           the
           Peoples
           minds
           with
           Fears
           and
           Jealousies
           ,
           and
           so
           dispose
           them
           ,
           as
           Combustible
           matter
           soon
           takes
           Fire
           ,
           for
           Tumults
           and
           Insurrections
           .
        
         
           The
           spreading
           of
           false
           Rumors
           ,
           is
           to
           the
           Multitude
           as
           Winds
           to
           the
           Sea
           ,
           
           
             Makes
             them
             Rage
             and
             Swell
             ,
             lift
             up
             their
             voice
             and
             roar
             ,
          
           in
           the
           elegant
           Expression
           of
           the
           Psalmist
           ,
           who
           otherwise
           like
           that
           ,
           smooth
           when
           not
           blown
           upon
           ,
           would
           have
           layn
           still
           and
           calm
           ;
           and
           by
           insensible
           degrees
           it
           tends
           to
           work
           this
           effect
           ,
           though
           the
           False
           News
           within
           few
           Hours
           ,
           Days
           at
           farthest
           ,
           can
           be
           disprov'd
           ;
           for
           either
           the
           refutation
           shall
           never
           reach
           so
           far
           as
           the
           Lye
           went
           ,
           or
           if
           it
           doth
           ,
           that
           hath
           made
           too
           deep
           an
           Impression
           in
           some
           to
           be
           eras'd
           ;
           the
           Poison
           of
           it
           hath
           wrought
           it self
           so
           far
           in
           ,
           and
           lodg'd
           it self
           so
           strongly
           ,
           that
           Truth
           is
           too
           weak
           an
           Antidote
           to
           expel
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           second
           method
           is
           near
           of
           kin
           to
           this
           ,
           False
           and
           Hypocritical
           pretences
           .
           
        
         
           They
           who
           level
           at
           the
           Government
           ,
           always
           disguise
           those
           aims
           with
           the
           fair
           and
           specious
           colours
           of
           maintaining
           endanger'd
           Religion
           ,
           Liberty
           and
           Property
           ;
           while
           they
           have
           no
           Sense
           of
           the
           first
           ;
           intend
           to
           Oppress
           the
           second
           ,
           and
           Seize
           on
           the
           third
           .
        
         
           These
           are
           all
           such
           pleasing
           names
           in
           the
           Peoples
           Ears
           ,
           that
           albeit
           no
           attempt
           towards
           a
           Change
           can
           be
           made
           ,
           without
           first
           Violating
           Religion
           and
           its
           commands
           of
           Subjection
           and
           Obedience
           ;
           and
           it
           s
           always
           seen
           if
           that
           succeeds
           ,
           that
           Liberty
           is
           afterwards
           crush'd
           ,
           and
           Property
           usurp'd
           :
           Yet
           as
           Conspiring
           Knaves
           never
           fail
           to
           make
           use
           of
           them
           ;
           so
           nor
           easie
           Fools
           to
           be
           
           charm'd
           and
           caught
           by
           them
           ,
           to
           contribute
           their
           assistance
           towards
           the
           destruction
           of
           them
           all
           in
           a
           Change.
           
        
         
           For
           when
           that
           's
           actually
           done
           ,
           then
           these
           cunning
           Contrivers
           of
           it
           are
           sure
           to
           bind
           the
           silly
           ,
           giddy
           ,
           helpers
           of
           it
           forwards
           with
           Chains
           for
           Cords
           ,
           and
           instead
           of
           an
           easie
           yoak
           ,
           to
           put
           a
           heavy
           burdensome
           clog
           about
           their
           Necks
           ;
           for
           enjoy'd
           or
           promis'd
           Freedom
           ,
           to
           entail
           Slavery
           on
           them
           and
           their
           Posterity
           :
           And
           have
           the
           Impudence
           at
           the
           same
           time
           to
           call
           this
           State
           of
           Oppression
           and
           Tyranny
           ,
           
           an
           asserting
           the
           Priviledges
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           restoring
           the
           People
           to
           their
           Birthright
           .
           
           As
           the
           Romans
           when
           they
           had
           seiz'd
           on
           Kingdoms
           without
           right
           ,
           
           and
           wasted
           them
           with
           Fire
           and
           Sword
           ,
           call'd
           that
           Desolation
           Peace
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           recompence
           ,
           
           and
           a
           deserved
           one
           ,
           they
           meet
           with
           for
           their
           easiness
           in
           believing
           the
           pretences
           ,
           and
           forwardness
           in
           aiding
           them
           in
           their
           wicked
           enterprizes
           .
        
         
           Absalom
           used
           both
           these
           colours
           :
           He
           complain'd
           that
           the
           due
           course
           of
           Law
           was
           stop'd
           ,
           and
           seem'd
           griev'd
           that
           Justice
           did
           not
           freely
           flow
           in
           its
           Channels
           ,
           and
           promis'd
           withall
           to
           open
           them
           a
           passage
           ,
           
           if
           he
           were
           made
           Judge
           ;
           
             That
             every
             man
             then
             who
             had
             a
             Suit
             ,
             and
             would
             come
             unto
             him
             ,
             should
             have
             right
             done
             him
             .
          
        
         
           And
           yet
           he
           violated
           the
           Law
           of
           Nature
           in
           thus
           affecting
           the
           Soveraignty
           ,
           which
           was
           not
           to
           be
           had
           without
           Killing
           or
           Commanding
           his
           Father
           as
           his
           supreme
           ;
           and
           proceeded
           farther
           in
           the
           breach
           of
           it
           ,
           in
           Lying
           with
           his
           Concubines
           without
           regard
           to
           shame
           ,
           in
           the
           face
           of
           the
           Sun
           ,
           and
           before
           the
           Eyes
           of
           the
           People
           .
        
         
           He
           made
           Profession
           of
           Concience
           too
           ,
           the
           paying
           of
           a
           Vow
           he
           had
           2
           years
           stood
           charged
           with
           ,
           to
           have
           his
           Fathers
           leave
           to
           make
           a
           Journey
           to
           Hebron
           ,
           when
           it
           was
           only
           to
           gain
           the
           opportunity
           of
           time
           ,
           
           and
           the
           conveniency
           of
           place
           to
           commence
           a
           Rebellion
           .
        
         
           And
           Jeroboam
           if
           he
           did
           not
           cover
           his
           Ambition
           at
           first
           with
           zeal
           for
           the
           purity
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           charge
           Solomons
           making
           
           twelve
           Oxen
           to
           support
           the
           brazen
           Sea
           in
           his
           Temple
           with
           a
           degree
           of
           Idolatry
           ,
           
           as
           the
           Rabbins
           have
           done
           ;
           yet
           he
           was
           a
           great
           Stickler
           for
           the
           Peoples
           Liberty
           ,
           went
           with
           them
           to
           Rehoboam
           to
           redress
           their
           Grievances
           :
           And
           as
           being
           got
           into
           the
           Throne
           he
           certainly
           debased
           Religion
           ,
           in
           setting
           up
           the
           Calves
           at
           Dan
           and
           Bethel
           ,
           and
           proclaiming
           they
           were
           the
           Gods
           which
           brought
           the
           Israelites
           out
           of
           Aegypt
           ;
           so
           it
           's
           as
           little
           to
           be
           question'd
           but
           that
           he
           infring'd
           their
           Liberty
           ,
           laid
           heavier
           Taxes
           on
           the
           revolted
           Tribes
           than
           ever
           Solomon
           did
           ,
           towards
           the
           payment
           of
           the
           Souldiers
           and
           Garrisons
           it
           was
           necessary
           he
           should
           maintain
           for
           the
           holding
           of
           his
           ill
           got
           power
           ;
           and
           those
           ,
           no
           doubt
           ,
           harder
           to
           be
           paid
           in
           his
           divided
           and
           unquiet
           Usurpation
           ,
           than
           the
           same
           would
           have
           been
           under
           Solomon
           ,
           while
           the
           Kingdom
           stood
           entire
           ,
           and
           his
           Reign
           flow'd
           with
           Peace
           and
           Wealth
           .
        
         
           The
           third
           method
           is
           ,
           
           Breaking
           through
           all
           Oaths
           they
           stand
           bound
           by
           ,
           
             Of
             bearing
             true
             Faith
             and
             Allegiance
             to
             their
             Governours
             ,
             of
             discovering
             all
             Treasonable
             Designs
             and
             Practices
             against
             their
             Persons
             or
             Authority
             :
          
           Oaths
           in
           which
           they
           deposited
           with
           them
           the
           richest
           Pawn
           it
           was
           possible
           for
           them
           to
           stake
           down
           ,
           and
           gave
           them
           the
           strongest
           Security
           the
           others
           could
           require
           of
           their
           Fidelity
           and
           Obedience
           ,
           
             their
             Salvation
          
           ;
           Oaths
           in
           which
           they
           call'd
           God's
           Omniscience
           to
           witness
           these
           Engagements
           ,
           and
           his
           Justice
           and
           Power
           to
           revenge
           the
           breach
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           yet
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           were
           no
           more
           to
           be
           held
           by
           them
           than
           Samson
           was
           with
           green
           Wyths
           or
           new
           Ropes
           ,
           (
           which
           to
           his
           force
           were
           slight
           and
           weak
           as
           single
           Threds
           )
           or
           as
           if
           their
           consciences
           were
           no
           more
           to
           be
           wounded
           by
           Perjury
           ,
           than
           the
           German
           Hard-men
           are
           by
           Sword
           and
           Shot
           ;
           or
           last
           of
           all
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           had
           a
           secret
           Recipe
           of
           being
           acquainted
           with
           Conspiracies
           ,
           and
           not
           being
           affected
           with
           the
           Treason
           of
           them
           :
           All
           who
           are
           for
           innovating
           in
           Government
           ,
           direct
           their
           Councels
           against
           the
           Constitution
           it self
           ,
           or
           the
           Supreme
           Person
           in
           it
           ,
           to
           the
           Subverting
           the
           One
           ,
           and
           Deposing
           or
           Murthering
           the
           Other
           ,
           notwitstanding
           their
           Oaths
           to
           the
           contrary
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           there
           were
           no
           breaking
           through
           Oaths
           ,
           (
           and
           yet
           I
           believe
           there
           is
           scarce
           any
           form
           of
           Regiment
           in
           the
           World
           which
           
           takes
           not
           this
           kind
           of
           cautionary
           Bond
           from
           their
           Subjects
           )
           they
           must
           make
           their
           way
           through
           all
           Natural
           Obligations
           to
           come
           at
           their
           end
           .
           
        
         
           For
           every
           man
           who
           is
           not
           born
           to
           Empire
           ,
           
           antecedent
           to
           all
           Oaths
           ,
           
           and
           abstracting
           from
           the
           force
           of
           all
           Humane
           Laws
           ,
           is
           born
           with
           a
           tie
           of
           Duty
           and
           Obedience
           to
           the
           Government
           under
           which
           he
           was
           born
           ;
           
           and
           he
           can
           no
           more
           dissolve
           ,
           change
           or
           transfer
           this
           Obligation
           by
           a
           subsequent
           Protestation
           of
           his
           Obedience
           to
           a
           Prince
           or
           State
           ,
           
           other
           than
           his
           Natural
           ,
           than
           he
           could
           afore
           he
           came
           into
           the
           World
           choose
           of
           what
           Parents
           he
           would
           descend
           ,
           the
           Countrey
           where
           ,
           and
           the
           Dominion
           under
           which
           he
           would
           make
           his
           entrance
           into
           it
           .
        
         
           Yet
           farther
           ,
           
           besides
           the
           wickedness
           of
           breaking
           through
           all
           Civil
           and
           Natural
           Obligations
           to
           bring
           on
           a
           Change
           ,
           they
           bind
           themselves
           by
           impious
           Oaths
           ,
           the
           most
           directly
           contrary
           to
           those
           Engagements
           ,
           to
           labour
           it
           :
           Catiline
           initiated
           his
           Complices
           to
           the
           privacy
           of
           his
           Conspiracy
           by
           a
           Sacrament
           solemn
           as
           a
           Sacrifice
           to
           the
           Gods
           ,
           drank
           to
           them
           in
           a
           mingled
           Bowl
           of
           mans
           Blood
           and
           Wine
           ,
           made
           them
           pledge
           him
           and
           one
           another
           in
           that
           ,
           and
           so
           doing
           ,
           their
           mutual
           Faith
           ,
           devoting
           themselves
           with
           horrid
           Execrations
           to
           suffer
           all
           ills
           ,
           in
           case
           they
           infringed
           it
           ,
           afore
           he
           ventured
           to
           acquaint
           them
           with
           the
           Villainy
           they
           were
           to
           be
           Actors
           in
           .
           And
           the
           Gunpowder-Traytors
           bound
           their
           Truth
           and
           Secrecy
           one
           to
           another
           in
           the
           wicked
           Project
           they
           had
           in
           hand
           ,
           by
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           the
           Body
           of
           Christ
           .
        
         
           
             
               §
               .
            
             2
          
           
           The
           Means
           by
           which
           a
           Change
           is
           executed
           ,
           are
           base
           and
           vile
           ,
           generally
           by
           occult
           Fraud
           and
           Treachery
           ,
           without
           any
           preceding
           Declaration
           of
           Animosity
           .
        
         
           If
           the
           Government
           be
           Monarchical
           ,
           and
           the
           Change
           depend
           upon
           the
           removal
           of
           the
           present
           Possessor
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           or
           the
           legal
           Heir
           and
           Successor
           to
           it
           ,
           it
           's
           executed
           by
           Poyson
           ,
           a
           Stab
           ,
           
           Shot
           ,
           
           or
           some
           such
           foul
           villainous
           means
           ;
           the
           using
           of
           which
           is
           the
           Symptom
           ,
           
           or
           rather
           the
           Malady
           ,
           of
           an
           abject
           profligate
           Mind
           ,
           which
           a
           person
           of
           any
           bravery
           of
           Spirit
           can
           no
           more
           do
           ,
           than
           he
           can
           protect
           himself
           against
           them
           .
        
         
           He
           hath
           the
           Courage
           to
           oppose
           Arms
           to
           Arms
           ,
           and
           may
           be
           with
           success
           ;
           
           but
           he
           dares
           not
           be
           an
           Assassin
           ,
           or
           Poysoner
           :
           He
           hath
           no
           more
           a
           Soul
           that
           can
           be
           guilty
           of
           such
           base
           Actions
           ,
           than
           he
           hath
           a
           Body
           that
           is
           defensible
           and
           proof
           against
           them
           .
           
        
         
           Or
           if
           it
           be
           accomplish'd
           with
           the
           formality
           of
           a
           Process
           ,
           as
           ours
           was
           ,
           when
           our
           Prince
           was
           Arraigned
           and
           Sentenced
           by
           a
           mock
           
             Court
             of
             Justice
          
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           Executed
           ;
           or
           as
           that
           of
           Naples
           was
           ,
           when
           Conradine
           the
           Nephew
           of
           Conrade
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           contending
           for
           that
           Crown
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           of
           Sicily
           ,
           with
           the
           House
           of
           Anjou
           and
           the
           Papal
           See
           ,
           being
           taken
           at
           the
           Battle
           of
           Alby
           ,
           was
           Tryed
           ,
           Condemned
           ,
           and
           Beheaded
           in
           the
           publick
           Streets
           of
           Naples
           :
           
           it
           makes
           it
           still
           more
           villainous
           ;
           for
           there
           is
           no
           more
           capital
           Injustice
           ,
           than
           that
           which
           is
           done
           with
           the
           Ceremony
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           the
           Pageant-shew
           of
           Justice
           .
           
        
         
           But
           if
           it
           be
           a
           Republick
           ,
           in
           the
           strict
           notion
           of
           the
           word
           ,
           its
           Change
           is
           hardly
           to
           be
           effected
           without
           violence
           ,
           as
           many
           times
           that
           of
           Kingdoms
           is
           not
           too
           ,
           and
           the
           Government
           hath
           no
           warning
           to
           prepare
           it self
           against
           this
           danger
           ,
           as
           in
           a
           just
           War
           denounced
           by
           a
           Foreign
           Enemy
           it
           hath
           ;
           but
           like
           conceal'd
           Fire
           ,
           it
           breaks
           out
           all
           of
           a
           Flame
           ,
           which
           masters
           in
           a
           moment
           whatever
           opposeth
           it
           ,
           or
           stands
           in
           its
           way
           .
        
         
           
             
               §
               .
            
             6
          
           
           But
           fifthly
           ,
           The
           Concomitants
           and
           Cousequences
           of
           a
           Change
           ,
           are
           dire
           and
           mischevous
           :
           If
           it
           's
           not
           preceded
           and
           usher'd
           in
           ,
           it
           's
           attended
           and
           followed
           by
           Tumults
           and
           Insurrections
           ,
           where
           the
           Sword
           is
           licentiated
           to
           do
           those
           horrid
           Wickednesses
           which
           I
           have
           too
           great
           a
           tenderness
           to
           mention
           ,
           or
           ,
           may
           be
           ,
           you
           to
           hear
           ;
           Virgins
           are
           deflowr'd
           ;
           Matrons
           ravish'd
           ;
           Sucklings
           hanging
           at
           their
           Mothers
           Breasts
           ,
           snatch'd
           thence
           ;
           Children
           torn
           from
           the
           Bosoms
           and
           kind
           Embraces
           of
           their
           Parents
           ,
           and
           both
           either
           dash'd
           against
           the
           stones
           ,
           or
           impaled
           upon
           the
           Spears
           point
           ,
           or
           swoon
           away
           
           through
           Famine
           in
           the
           streets
           ;
           the
           Comliness
           of
           Youth
           shamefully
           abused
           against
           Nature
           ;
           Manhood
           tortur'd
           with
           all
           Cruelty
           ;
           Old
           Age
           ,
           without
           Reverence
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           tender
           Sex
           ,
           without
           Pity
           to
           it
           ,
           forced
           to
           suffer
           all
           the
           Contumelies
           of
           Military
           Insolence
           ;
           Temples
           profan'd
           and
           pillag'd
           ;
           ancient
           Inheritances
           turn'd
           to
           Strangers
           ,
           and
           Houses
           to
           Aliens
           ,
           or
           else
           sack'd
           and
           burnt
           ;
           all
           places
           fill'd
           with
           Lust
           ,
           Rapine
           and
           Murther
           ;
           the
           Air
           resounding
           with
           the
           dreadful
           groans
           of
           the
           dying
           ;
           the
           Ground
           strew'd
           with
           the
           gastly
           Carcases
           of
           the
           slain
           ,
           or
           drown'd
           in
           a
           Deluge
           of
           their
           Blood
           ;
           In
           short
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           no
           other
           Spectacle
           but
           Sadness
           and
           Horrour
        
         
           
             
               S.
            
             4
          
           But
           if
           these
           Arguments
           representing
           the
           sinfulness
           of
           endeavouring
           a
           Change
           ,
           be
           not
           powerful
           enough
           to
           dissuade
           us
           from
           making
           such
           Attempts
           ,
           the
           danger
           we
           may
           draw
           upon
           our selves
           may
           be
           of
           force
           to
           discourage
           us
           .
           The
           Text
           presents
           us
           with
           this
           Consideration
           ,
           where
           it
           is
           brought
           in
           as
           a
           Reason
           to
           deter
           us
           :
           
             For
             their
             Calamity
             shall
             rise
             suddenly
             ,
          
           &c.
           and
           might
           be
           regarded
           by
           us
           as
           such
           here
           ;
           But
           because
           I
           cannot
           treat
           of
           it
           with
           the
           same
           brevity
           as
           I
           have
           done
           the
           fore-going
           ,
           I
           shall
           choose
           rather
           to
           handle
           it
           under
           the
           qualification
           I
           propounded
           it
           at
           first
           ,
           as
           an
           absolute
           entire
           Proposition
           ,
        
         
           That
           the
           attempting
           a
           change
           in
           Government
           ,
           
           proves
           dangerous
           and
           pernicious
           to
           the
           persons
           engag'd
           in
           the
           Design
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           exhibit
           the
           danger
           of
           it
           to
           your
           view
           in
           these
           several
           respects
           :
        
         
           1.
           
           From
           the
           difficulty
           of
           carrying
           on
           such
           a
           Design
           without
           detection
           ;
           and
           in
           that
           case
           ,
           the
           severity
           of
           punishment
           which
           shall
           be
           inflicted
           on
           the
           Agents
           concern'd
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           If
           it
           be
           not
           prevented
           by
           discovery
           ,
           but
           succeeds
           to
           their
           hearts
           desire
           ,
           the
           punishment
           it
           may
           in
           probability
           meet
           with
           some
           time
           or
           other
           in
           this
           World.
           
        
         
           And
           3.
           
           If
           it
           be
           so
           lucky
           and
           thriving
           ,
           as
           to
           escape
           punishment
           in
           this
           World
           ,
           yet
           the
           certainty
           of
           its
           being
           pursued
           ,
           overtaken
           ,
           and
           punish'd
           by
           Divine
           Justice
           in
           the
           World
           to
           come
           .
        
         
         
           
             
               §
               .
            
             1
          
           1.
           
           Then
           its
           difficult
           to
           carry
           on
           any
           design
           towards
           the
           Alteration
           of
           the
           State
           without
           discovery
           .
           
        
         
           1.
           
           And
           the
           difficulty
           of
           this
           ariseth
           in
           the
           first
           place
           from
           the
           number
           of
           those
           who
           of
           necessity
           must
           be
           engaged
           in
           an
           affair
           of
           this
           nature
           ,
           
           always
           too
           many
           to
           keep
           Councel
           ,
           and
           too
           few
           for
           Action
           .
           And
           in
           such
           a
           number
           there
           will
           be
           some
           who
           are
           troubled
           with
           a
           natural
           infirmity
           ,
           are
           leaky
           and
           chinky
           in
           the
           Comaedians
           Phrase
           ,
           and
           cannot
           hold
           a
           secret
           ;
           are
           in
           
           Boccalini's
           afraid
           if
           they
           should
           ,
           that
           it
           would
           smell
           and
           corrupt
           their
           Breath
           ,
           in
           the
           Son
           of
           
           Sirach's
           travel
           ,
           with
           it
           and
           are
           in
           pain
           till
           they
           be
           deliver'd
           of
           it
           .
           This
           was
           the
           weakness
           of
           Dymnus
           a
           Complice
           with
           Philotas
           in
           the
           Conspiracy
           against
           Alexander
           .
           
           He
           could
           not
           forbear
           telling
           it
           Nicomachus
           a
           Catamite
           Boy
           he
           lov'd
           ,
           
           who
           acquainted
           his
           Brother
           Ceballinus
           with
           it
           ,
           and
           he
           the
           King
           by
           Motronus
           .
           And
           the
           Disease
           of
           Curius
           in
           
           Cataline's
           ,
           who
           tatled
           it
           to
           Fulvia
           his
           Mistress
           ,
           and
           she
           reveal'd
           it
           to
           the
           Consul
           .
        
         
           Others
           are
           of
           a
           treacherous
           disposition
           inclining
           them
           to
           betray
           whatsoever
           is
           Committed
           to
           their
           Trust
           ,
           
           though
           under
           the
           strictest
           and
           Sacred'st
           adjurations
           of
           Secrecy
           to
           seal
           up
           their
           Lips
           in
           Silence
           ,
           
           and
           their
           Associates
           to
           boot
           ,
           though
           leagu'd
           together
           in
           mutual
           confidence
           by
           the
           powerful
           Cement
           of
           a
           Sacrament
           .
        
         
           Nor
           is
           it
           reasonably
           to
           be
           expected
           otherwise
           ,
           that
           men
           false
           to
           their
           Lawful
           Governours
           Authority
           ,
           should
           be
           true
           to
           one
           another
           in
           Villany
           .
        
         
           
             
               §
               .
            
             2
          
           But
           2
           dly
           ,
           If
           it
           pass
           safe
           these
           pikes
           of
           Garrulity
           or
           Perfidiousness
           ,
           some
           occurrence
           or
           other
           (
           which
           we
           call
           Accident
           and
           are
           apt
           to
           give
           to
           chance
           but
           in
           Truth
           happens
           not
           without
           the
           interposition
           of
           Divine
           Providence
           watchful
           for
           the
           Conservation
           of
           Governments
           it
           hath
           erected
           )
           administers
           some
           Jealousy
           of
           a
           Contrivance
           carried
           on
           against
           it
           .
           
           Either
           to
           the
           Rulers
           and
           Conducters
           of
           Affairs
           ,
           or
           persons
           unconcern'd
           in
           the
           management
           of
           them
           .
        
         
         
           This
           occasions
           the
           apprehension
           of
           the
           suspected
           ,
           
           who
           through
           Fear
           or
           Hope
           are
           wrought
           upon
           to
           discover
           all
           they
           know
           of
           the
           Confederacy
           and
           Confederates
           :
           
           For
           Torments
           or
           Rewards
           are
           the
           Picklocks
           of
           all
           Secrets
           ,
           and
           scarce
           a
           humane
           breast
           so
           fastned
           with
           the
           bars
           and
           bolts
           of
           Obstinacy
           ,
           which
           one
           of
           these
           will
           not
           open
           :
           So
           Mordecai
           either
           overheard
           Bigthan
           and
           Theresh
           contriving
           to
           lay
           Hands
           on
           Ahasuerus
           ,
           
           or
           suspected
           their
           Design
           and
           Accused
           them
           .
           So
           it
           was
           in
           
           Piso's
           Conspiracy
           .
           Milichus
           a
           manumis'd
           servant
           of
           Scevinus
           ,
           
           one
           of
           the
           chiefs
           in
           that
           Plot
           against
           Nero
           ,
           suspected
           he
           had
           some
           such
           Design
           ,
           from
           his
           calling
           for
           his
           Rusty-Sword
           ,
           and
           ordering
           it
           to
           be
           scour'd
           and
           sharpn'd
           ,
           Filleting
           useful
           for
           the
           binding
           up
           of
           Wounds
           to
           be
           got
           ready
           ;
           the
           making
           his
           Will
           ,
           and
           giving
           his
           Slaves
           their
           Freedom
           ;
           all
           which
           he
           did
           but
           the
           day
           before
           it
           should
           have
           been
           put
           in
           Execution
           :
           Thereupon
           he
           accuseth
           him
           to
           the
           Emperor
           ,
           and
           on
           this
           dark
           intimation
           alone
           he
           is
           seiz'd
           and
           brought
           before
           him
           ;
           where
           ,
           while
           he
           stood
           Confronted
           by
           Milichus
           singly
           ,
           he
           considently
           deny'd
           any
           knowledge
           of
           it
           ;
           but
           understanding
           Natalis
           had
           declar'd
           something
           ,
           he
           forthwith
           Confesseth
           all
           ,
           and
           names
           his
           Complices
           :
           
             Lucanus
             ,
             Quinchanus
          
           ,
           
           Senecio
           ;
           the
           first
           of
           which
           upon
           Examination
           did
           his
           Mother
           ,
           the
           other
           two
           their
           Intimatest
           Friends
           Two
           Domesticks
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Bourbons
             ,
             Martignon
          
           and
           Argogne
           ,
           penetrat'd
           into
           his
           Conjuration
           ,
           and
           reveal'd
           it
           to
           Francis
           the
           first
           :
           So
           the
           Sagacity
           of
           one
           of
           our
           Princes
           from
           an
           obscure
           Expression
           in
           a
           Letter
           to
           the
           Lord
           Monteagle
           ,
           warning
           him
           to
           keep
           from
           that
           Session
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           becanse
           it
           should
           receive
           a
           
             Terrible
             Blow
          
           ,
           scented
           out
           the
           Treason
           ,
           which
           was
           then
           near
           perfected
           ,
           and
           that
           Powder
           should
           be
           the
           Instrument
           of
           it
           :
           confirm'd
           in
           which
           conjecture
           more
           and
           more
           by
           weighing
           the
           Word
           ,
           he
           gives
           order
           for
           a
           diligent
           search
           to
           be
           made
           of
           the
           Cellers
           and
           Vaults
           about
           the
           Parliament-house
           ,
           which
           happily
           ended
           in
           the
           taking
           the
           Prime
           Artificer
           of
           wickedness
           standing
           before
           the
           doors
           as
           one
           of
           them
           ;
           where
           all
           the
           Engines
           prepared
           to
           work
           the
           Dire
           mischief
           lay
           hid
           under
           Piles
           of
           Wood
           and
           Coal
           .
        
         
         
           Thus
           God
           undiscern'd
           ,
           
           shoots
           with
           a
           secret
           Arrow
           at
           those
           who
           encourage
           themselves
           in
           mischief
           ,
           and
           commune
           among
           themselves
           of
           laying
           snares
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           that
           no
           man
           shall
           see
           them
           ;
           so
           that
           suddenly
           they
           are
           wounded
           ,
           and
           he
           makes
           their
           own
           Tongues
           to
           fall
           upon
           them
           .
        
         
           
             Thus
             he
             ordereth
             it
          
           ,
           
           That
           they
           fall
           into
           the
           Pit
           which
           they
           digg'd
           for
           others
           ;
           and
           that
           in
           the
           Net
           which
           they
           laid
           privily
           should
           their
           own
           foot
           be
           caught
           .
        
         
           
             
               §
               .
            
             3
          
           But
           if
           it
           neither
           be
           detected
           before-hand
           by
           the
           Vanity
           ,
           Loosness
           and
           Faithlessness
           of
           men
           ,
           
           or
           Gods
           Miraculous
           Providence
           ,
           it
           oft
           fails
           at
           the
           very
           nick
           and
           point
           of
           Execution
           through
           precipitancy
           and
           Inconsideration
           .
        
         
           The
           design
           of
           Quinctianus
           against
           the
           Life
           of
           the
           Emperor
           Commodus
           ,
           
           miscarried
           by
           his
           rash
           drawing
           out
           his
           naked
           Poiynard
           ,
           
           and
           presenting
           it
           towards
           his
           Breast
           with
           this
           Complement
           ,
           
             The
             Senate
             sends
             thee
             this
          
           ;
           for
           this
           ,
           though
           small
           warning
           ,
           gave
           him
           opportunity
           to
           make
           his
           escape
           .
        
         
           In
           like
           manner
           did
           that
           of
           
             Antonius
             de
             Volaterra
          
           against
           
             Lawrence
             di
             Medici
          
           ,
           by
           so
           little
           notice
           before
           ,
           as
           the
           crying
           out
           of
           ,
           
             Ah
             Traytor
          
           !
           gave
           him
           to
           prevent
           it
           .
        
         
           
             
               §
               .
            
             4
          
           But
           suppose
           it
           to
           meet
           with
           all
           the
           success
           Conspirators
           themselves
           can
           wish
           themselves
           ,
           
           yet
           in
           the
           second
           place
           ;
           these
           persons
           are
           oft
           at
           the
           long
           run
           overtaken
           by
           Vengence
           ,
           and
           explarily
           punish'd
           in
           this
           World.
           
        
         
           Innumerable
           footsteps
           of
           this
           justice
           are
           left
           us
           standing
           both
           on
           Sacred
           and
           Civil
           Records
           :
           The
           earth
           open'd
           her
           mouth
           wide
           and
           swallow'd
           up
           
             Corah
             Dathan
          
           and
           Abiram
           with
           their
           Rebellious
           Crew
           in
           the
           very
           act
           and
           height
           of
           their
           wickedness
           :
           
           Abimelech
           ,
           who
           dy'd
           his
           Princely
           Scarlet
           in
           the
           Blood
           of
           70
           Brethren
           he
           slew
           ,
           
           that
           he
           might
           rule
           without
           controul
           ,
           had
           his
           Skull
           at
           the
           storming
           of
           Thebez
           broke
           by
           a
           Stone
           thrown
           from
           a
           Womans
           hand
           ,
           on
           which
           the
           Historian
           ,
           who
           relates
           it
           ,
           makes
           this
           remarque
           .
        
         
         
           Athaliah
           who
           murther'd
           all
           the
           Royal
           Line
           of
           Judah
           (
           except
           an
           Infant
           Heir
           preserv'd
           by
           his
           Aunt
           for
           a
           more
           favourable
           juncture
           )
           that
           she
           might
           reign
           and
           reign
           without
           a
           Rival
           ,
           
           fell
           from
           her
           Greatness
           by
           the
           same
           bloody
           steps
           she
           mounted
           to
           it
           ;
           was
           slain
           by
           her
           Guard
           within
           the
           Verge
           of
           her
           Palace
           .
        
         
           Jeroboam
           the
           grand
           Usurper
           of
           the
           Israelitish
           Crown
           ,
           though
           he
           escap'd
           in
           his
           Person
           ,
           yet
           was
           punish'd
           in
           the
           utter
           extirpation
           of
           his
           Posterity
           ;
           
           Nadab
           his
           Son
           kill'd
           and
           all
           his
           Family
           by
           the
           Sword
           of
           Baasha
           ,
           not
           one
           left
           alive
           who
           breath'd
           .
        
         
           This
           murtherers
           Son
           Elah
           ,
           
           together
           with
           all
           the
           Male
           Line
           destroy'd
           by
           Zimri
           ;
           not
           one
           left
           who
           piss'd
           against
           the
           Wall.
           
        
         
           Zimri
           after
           seven
           days
           reign
           ,
           
           laid
           hands
           on
           himself
           to
           avoid
           falling
           into
           
           Omri's
           who
           Besieged
           him
           ,
           burning
           his
           Palace
           over
           his
           own
           head
           .
        
         
           Shallum
           who
           took
           away
           
           Zechariah's
           Life
           and
           Kingdom
           was
           depriv'd
           of
           both
           within
           a
           Month
           by
           Menahem
           ,
           
           whose
           Son
           Pekajah
           had
           the
           like
           turn
           done
           him
           by
           Pekah
           the
           Captain
           of
           his
           Guard
           ,
           
           and
           he
           by
           Hoshea
           ,
           who
           in
           the
           9
           th
           .
           year
           of
           his
           Usurpation
           was
           strip'd
           of
           his
           Regality
           ,
           and
           carried
           Captive
           by
           Salmanezer
           into
           Assyria
           and
           Media
           ,
           
           and
           with
           him
           expir'd
           that
           Monarchy
           .
        
         
           And
           should
           I
           travel
           now
           out
           of
           Sacred
           Story
           into
           Profane
           for
           Instances
           ,
           time
           would
           fail
           me
           in
           recounting
           the
           Tragical
           ends
           of
           Usurpers
           or
           Rigicides
           ,
           of
           Cyrus
           who
           seiz'd
           on
           his
           Grandfathers
           Kingdoms
           ,
           of
           Bessus
           whose
           Murther
           of
           
             Darius
             Ochus
          
           caus'd
           the
           Translation
           of
           the
           Empire
           from
           the
           Persian
           to
           the
           Greeks
           ,
           of
           Philip
           the
           Usurper
           of
           the
           Macedonian
           Crown
           ,
           slain
           between
           his
           Son
           Alexander
           the
           Great
           and
           his
           Son
           in
           Law
           Alexander
           of
           Epirus
           at
           the
           Espousals
           of
           his
           Daughter
           ;
           of
           Pisistratus
           who
           invaded
           the
           
             Athenian
             ,
             Julius
             Caesar
          
           who
           Invaded
           the
           Roman
           Government
           :
           The
           Murderers
           of
           Gordian
           the
           Emperor
           ,
           who
           fell
           all
           by
           their
           own
           hands
           ,
           employing
           those
           very
           Swords
           against
           their
           own
           Lives
           ,
           which
           they
           had
           before
           us'd
           to
           take
           away
           his
           .
        
         
           And
           infinite
           numbers
           more
           mention'd
           by
           the
           
             Roman
             ,
             Byzantine
          
           and
           other
           Writers
           ;
           
           only
           I
           cannot
           omit
           two
           memorable
           Examples
           .
           the
           one
           of
           Maximus
           ,
           who
           procur'd
           the
           Murder
           of
           Valentinian
           
           the
           Third
           ,
           
           Torn
           afterwards
           in
           pieces
           by
           the
           People
           of
           Rome
           ;
           the
           other
           of
           Phocas
           ,
           who
           through
           the
           barbarous
           murther
           of
           his
           Master
           Mauritius
           ,
           ascended
           the
           Throne
           of
           Constantinople
           :
           He
           taken
           by
           Photinus
           ,
           received
           a
           suitably
           reward
           ,
           and
           had
           his
           Head
           ,
           Hands
           ,
           Feet
           ,
           and
           Privities
           cut
           off
        
         
           In
           these
           ,
           generally
           speaking
           ,
           is
           that
           saying
           of
           our
           Saviour
           verified
           ,
           
             They
             who
             take
             the
             Sword
          
           ,
           [
           take
           it
           against
           lawful
           Authority
           ]
           
             shall
             perish
             with
             the
             Sword
          
           ,
           [
           the
           Sword
           of
           Justice
           ;
           ]
           And
           of
           St.
           
             John
             ,
             He
             that
             killeth
             with
             the
             Sword
             ,
             must
             be
             killed
             with
             the
             Sword
          
           ;
           by
           the
           Sword
           ,
           very
           oft
           ,
           of
           him
           whose
           way
           to
           the
           Throne
           that
           persons
           Sword
           cut
           ,
           
           in
           murthering
           him
           who
           sate
           thereon
           ;
           for
           Princes
           recompence
           such
           a
           kindness
           done
           them
           ,
           by
           revenging
           it
           on
           the
           Authors
           :
           David
           did
           it
           on
           the
           Amalekite
           who
           slew
           Saul
           at
           his
           own
           intreaty
           ,
           and
           with
           exemplary
           severity
           on
           those
           two
           who
           slew
           Ishboseth
           their
           Master
           ,
           and
           his
           Competitor
           for
           Empire
           ,
           cutting
           off
           first
           their
           Hands
           and
           Feet
           .
        
         
           Amassas
           put
           to
           death
           the
           murtherers
           of
           his
           Father
           
             Joas
             ;
             Alexander
             ,
             Pausanias
          
           and
           his
           Abettors
           ;
           and
           thus
           Vitellius
           did
           those
           who
           killed
           
             Galba
             ;
             Probus
          
           ,
           the
           murtherer
           of
           Aurelianus
           and
           
             Tacitus
             ;
             Theophilus
          
           ,
           the
           murtherers
           of
           
             Leo
             Armenius
          
           ,
           though
           his
           death
           made
           his
           Father
           
             Michael
             Balbus
          
           Emperour
           ;
           and
           Claudius
           ,
           as
           great
           a
           Bruit
           as
           he
           was
           ,
           
           those
           of
           Caligula
           :
           And
           a
           Christian
           Council
           hath
           enjoyn'd
           the
           Successor
           to
           take
           this
           just
           revenge
           of
           those
           whose
           hands
           were
           embrew'd
           in
           his
           Predecessors
           Blood.
           
        
         
           But
           if
           Justice
           doth
           not
           follow
           them
           so
           close
           and
           fast
           ,
           as
           to
           signalize
           her self
           in
           the
           overtaking
           and
           punishing
           them
           here
           ,
           she
           will
           pursue
           them
           into
           another
           World
           ,
           
           and
           there
           certainly
           apprehend
           and
           chastise
           them
           :
           In
           this
           sense
           that
           of
           Amos
           shall
           be
           fulfilled
           ,
           
             He
             that
             escapeth
             of
             them
             ,
             shall
             not
             be
             delivered
             .
          
        
         
           And
           therefore
           ,
           
           if
           we
           have
           seen
           or
           observed
           men
           who
           have
           been
           active
           in
           disturbing
           the
           Order
           and
           Tranquility
           of
           States
           ,
           and
           turning
           them
           topsy-turvey
           through
           Ambition
           or
           Revenge
           ,
           go
           off
           the
           Stage
           gloriously
           with
           all
           their
           ill-got
           Power
           and
           Greatness
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           steal
           silently
           into
           their
           Graves
           ,
           (
           as
           a
           late
           Usurper
           ,
           and
           a
           later
           Boutefeu
           ,
           among
           us
           have
           done
           ,
           whose
           Names
           I
           'll
           commit
           to
           Oblivion
           ,
           
           because
           I
           will
           not
           gratifie
           their
           Vanity
           in
           thirsting
           after
           
           a
           great
           Name
           )
           though
           we
           are
           no
           more
           to
           envy
           than
           applaud
           their
           Fortune
           ,
           but
           really
           pity
           their
           misery
           ,
           such
           ,
           that
           their
           Crimes
           were
           not
           punish'd
           according
           to
           their
           Condignity
           here
           ,
           but
           reserv'd
           to
           be
           so
           in
           another
           World
           ,
           with
           pains
           that
           Almighty
           Vengeance
           alone
           can
           inflict
           ,
           and
           the
           Damned
           alone
           sustain
           .
        
         
           There
           ,
           there
           ,
           at
           God's
           Tribunal
           ,
           shall
           they
           stand
           to
           be
           judged
           ,
           whom
           the
           Bench
           hath
           been
           too
           weak
           to
           reach
           ,
           or
           take
           cognizance
           of
           ;
           and
           then
           shall
           his
           terrible
           Sentence
           deliver
           over
           such
           who
           have
           evaded
           the
           lash
           of
           the
           Law
           to
           evil
           Angels
           ,
           his
           Executioners
           ,
           to
           scourge
           with
           Scorpions
           .
        
         
           Then
           with
           his
           own
           right
           Arm
           shall
           he
           discomfit
           ,
           and
           overthrow
           in
           a
           perpetual
           Destruction
           ,
           such
           successful
           Rebels
           who
           have
           been
           too
           strong
           for
           the
           Arm
           of
           Flesh
           to
           correct
           .
        
         
           For
           ,
           should
           he
           not
           do
           this
           ,
           that
           infinitely
           impartial
           Justice
           of
           his
           ,
           in
           
             rendring
             to
             every
             man
             according
             to
             his
          
           a
           
             ways
             ,
             and
             the
             fruit
             of
             his
          
           b
           doings
           ;
           that
           exact
           Truth
           of
           his
           ,
           which
           hath
           declared
           ,
           
             though
             hand
             joyn
             in
             hand
          
           ,
           c
           
             the
             wicked
             shall
             not
             be
             unpunished
             ,
          
           would
           be
           liable
           to
           be
           question'd
           and
           impeach'd
           .
        
         
           Upon
           that
           Justice
           and
           Truth
           then
           which
           can
           never
           be
           justly
           and
           truly
           tax'd
           ,
           we
           may
           be
           confident
           that
           they
           shall
           then
           receive
           their
           woful
           Doom
           .
        
         
           For
           can
           it
           be
           thought
           ,
           that
           he
           who
           
             will
             not
             hold
             him
             guiltless
             that
             taketh
             his
             Name
             in
             vain
             ,
          
           should
           connive
           at
           the
           violation
           of
           all
           Obligations
           of
           Duty
           and
           Fidelity
           contracted
           in
           that
           Name
           ;
           and
           let
           such
           escape
           scot-free
           who
           do
           this
           that
           they
           rise
           up
           against
           them
           who
           wear
           his
           Name
           ,
           and
           are
           clad
           in
           the
           Rays
           of
           his
           Majesty
           ?
           That
           if
           men
           shall
           be
           in
           danger
           of
           Hell
           fire
           for
           calling
           their
           Brother
           Fool
           ,
           
           they
           shall
           be
           in
           none
           for
           railing
           against
           their
           Superiours
           invested
           with
           Authority
           from
           above
           ,
           
           and
           acting
           by
           a
           Commission
           from
           Heaven
           ?
           St.
           Peter
           and
           St.
           Jude
           have
           taught
           us
           otherwise
           ,
           
             viz.
             That
             God
             reserveth
             such
             who
             speak
             evil
             of
             Dignities
             unto
             the
             day
             of
             Indgment
             ,
             to
             be
             punished
             :
             for
             the
             blackness
             of
             darkness
             for
             ever
             .
          
        
         
           Certainly
           ,
           if
           neither
           Thieves
           ,
           nor
           Extortioners
           ,
           nor
           the
           Covetous
           ,
           shall
           inherit
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           
           as
           St.
           Paul
           hath
           told
           us
           they
           shall
           not
           ;
           If
           pety
           Thieves
           ,
           who
           steal
           a
           Lamb
           from
           the
           Fold
           ,
           or
           a
           Thimble
           and
           Bodkin
           out
           of
           the
           House
           ;
           small
           Extortioners
           ,
           
           who
           take
           Ten
           in
           the
           Hundred
           ;
           poor
           Covetous
           Ones
           ,
           who
           rake
           and
           scrape
           to
           save
           a
           peny
           ,
           shall
           not
           :
           I
           say
           ,
           Certainly
           such
           Thieves
           who
           rob
           and
           spoil
           whole
           Countreys
           ,
           such
           Extortioners
           who
           by
           their
           exactions
           for
           the
           maintenance
           of
           their
           unwarrantable
           Armies
           ,
           poll
           and
           flea
           the
           People
           to
           the
           skin
           ,
           such
           Covetous
           who
           are
           not
           to
           be
           sated
           with
           all
           the
           plunder'd
           Wealth
           of
           Provinces
           ,
           (
           and
           such
           are
           all
           Rebels
           against
           Government
           )
           shall
           not
           .
        
         
           If
           such
           Hypocrites
           who
           
             make
             long
             prayers
             to
             devour
             widows
             houses
             ,
          
           
           
             shall
             receive
             greater
             Damnation
          
           ;
           then
           they
           who
           do
           so
           to
           swallow
           whole
           Kingdoms
           in
           a
           Usurpation
           ,
           shall
           receive
           That
           ,
           or
           a
           greater
           than
           the
           greater
           .
        
         
           If
           Lyars
           ,
           Sorcerers
           ,
           Whoremongers
           ,
           Murtherers
           ,
           and
           Idolaters
           ,
           shall
           
             receive
             their
             part
             in
             the
             Lake
             which
             burneth
             with
             fire
             and
             brimstone
             ,
          
           
           as
           we
           are
           informed
           they
           shall
           ;
           surely
           such
           Lyars
           ,
           who
           maliciously
           slander
           their
           Prince
           ,
           first
           to
           weaken
           his
           Credit
           ,
           then
           his
           Hands
           ;
           such
           Sorcerers
           ,
           who
           with
           the
           Witchcraft
           of
           cunning
           and
           fair
           speaking
           alienate
           the
           Peoples
           affections
           from
           him
           ;
           such
           Whoremongers
           who
           are
           guilty
           of
           ,
           and
           stand
           answerable
           to
           Justice
           for
           all
           the
           Rapes
           and
           Deflorations
           Souldiers
           raised
           by
           them
           to
           begin
           an
           Insurrection
           ,
           and
           make
           a
           Revolt
           ,
           in
           the
           heat
           of
           War
           and
           Lust
           commit
           .
        
         
           Surely
           then
           those
           Murtherers
           of
           their
           honest
           fellow-Subjects
           who
           will
           not
           side
           with
           them
           in
           taking
           up
           Arms
           ,
           and
           of
           their
           Prince
           if
           they
           prevail
           ;
           then
           those
           Idolaters
           ,
           who
           ,
           crown'd
           with
           success
           ,
           erect
           false
           Power
           in
           opposition
           to
           the
           legal
           One
           ,
           and
           would
           compell
           all
           to
           acknowledge
           and
           pay
           homage
           to
           it
           ,
           like
           Nebuchadnezzar
           ,
           to
           fall
           down
           and
           worship
           the
           Image
           they
           have
           made
           and
           set
           up
           ,
           shall
           be
           cast
           there
           .
        
         
           
             
               S.
            
             5
          
           
             
               §
               .
            
             1
          
           I
           have
           now
           gone
           through
           the
           several
           parts
           of
           the
           Text
           in
           speculation
           ,
           but
           will
           resume
           them
           again
           ,
           
           and
           try
           how
           practically
           useful
           they
           may
           be
           to
           us
           .
        
         
           And
           first
           ,
           
             The
             inseperability
             of
             these
             two
             Commands
             of
             Fearing
             God
             ,
             and
             Honouring
             the
             King
             ,
          
           may
           serve
           for
           a
           Reproof
           against
           two
           sorts
           of
           men
           ,
           whose
           Cloak
           of
           Hypocrisie
           or
           open
           Profaneness
           put
           assunder
           in
           practice
           what
           God
           hath
           joyned
           together
           in
           precept
           .
        
         
         
           The
           first
           make
           use
           of
           their
           pretended
           Fear
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           justle
           out
           the
           King's
           Honour
           ;
           their
           serving
           Him
           ,
           to
           excuse
           their
           Disobedience
           to
           This
           ;
           their
           fits
           of
           Devotion
           and
           Extatical
           Raptures
           ,
           their
           acts
           of
           Disloyalty
           ;
           their
           asserting
           the
           true
           Religion
           ,
           justifie
           their
           rising
           up
           against
           Majesty
           .
        
         
           The
           other
           pay
           their
           Duty
           to
           their
           Prince
           ,
           at
           the
           rate
           of
           substracting
           it
           from
           their
           Maker
           ;
           think
           with
           their
           Allegiance
           do
           discount
           for
           their
           Irreligion
           ;
           that
           being
           good
           and
           faithful
           Subjects
           ,
           makes
           amends
           for
           being
           bad
           and
           false
           Christians
           ;
           being
           right
           for
           the
           Government
           and
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           satisfies
           for
           Actions
           unbecoming
           and
           scandalous
           to
           the
           glorious
           Gospel
           of
           their
           Saviour
           .
        
         
           These
           are
           such
           gross
           mistakes
           ,
           and
           the
           practices
           grounded
           on
           them
           so
           dangerous
           ,
           that
           the
           entertainers
           of
           such
           Principles
           ,
           and
           such
           Actors
           ,
           deserve
           the
           sharpest
           rebuke
           ,
           to
           be
           told
           with
           all
           smartness
           on
           both
           ears
           :
           That
           a
           devout
           stirrer
           up
           of
           Sedition
           ,
           a
           religious
           Incendiary
           ,
           a
           godly
           Rebel
           ,
           on
           one
           hand
           ;
           and
           an
           atheistical
           Royallist
           ,
           a
           dissolute
           Leige-man
           ,
           a
           wicked
           good
           Subject
           on
           the
           other
           ,
           are
           contradictions
           in
           the
           adject
           :
           To
           be
           subject
           to
           the
           Powers
           which
           be
           ,
           for
           conscience-sake
           ,
           because
           ordained
           by
           God
           ;
           and
           to
           strive
           or
           fight
           with
           them
           for
           conscience-sake
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           not
           of
           the
           same
           persuasion
           in
           matters
           of
           Faith
           with
           us
           ,
           of
           the
           same
           piece
           in
           Religion
           :
           To
           honour
           God's
           Vicegerent
           ,
           by
           a
           dutiful
           deporting
           our selves
           towards
           him
           ;
           and
           to
           dishonour
           the
           Sovereign
           of
           all
           the
           World
           ,
           who
           constituted
           him
           such
           ,
           by
           flagitious
           lives
           ,
           are
           inconsistent
           impossibilities
           .
        
         
           
             
               §
               .
            
             2
          
           But
           2
           dly
           .
           If
           the
           dividing
           the
           Commands
           deserves
           such
           a
           reproof
           ,
           the
           neglecting
           the
           caution
           or
           the
           going
           directly
           against
           the
           wise
           Charge
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           
           of
           not
           
             meddling
             with
             those
             who
             are
             given
             to
             change
             ,
          
           requires
           a
           yet
           sharper
           rebuke
           .
        
         
           It
           's
           observed
           of
           Islanders
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           usually
           as
           variable
           as
           the
           Weather
           of
           their
           Climate
           is
           ;
           and
           it
           hath
           been
           our
           reproach
           ,
           that
           none
           have
           been
           more
           so
           than
           we
           .
        
         
           After
           that
           great
           and
           total
           change
           which
           the
           success
           of
           the
           last
           Rebellion
           produced
           ,
           the
           subversion
           of
           the
           Monarchy
           for
           a
           time
           ,
           how
           many
           several
           Changes
           did
           we
           pass
           through
           after
           !
           We
           shifted
           
           Scenes
           of
           Government
           ,
           or
           rather
           Anarchy
           ,
           as
           oft
           as
           in
           the
           Pythagorean
           Opinion
           the
           Soul
           doth
           Bodies
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           The
           obscene
           part
           of
           a
           
             House
             of
             Commons
          
           ,
           which
           had
           the
           impudence
           to
           stile
           it self
           
             a
             Parliament
          
           ,
           domineers
           ;
           next
           ,
           upon
           their
           being
           thrown
           out
           by
           their
           own
           Army
           ,
           a
           
             Councel
             of
             State
          
           ,
           form'd
           for
           the
           most
           part
           of
           Officers
           ;
           then
           a
           Convention
           of
           some
           of
           their
           Creatures
           ,
           or
           confiding
           Brethren
           ,
           with
           the
           assumed
           name
           of
           
             a
             Parliament
          
           too
           ;
           then
           a
           single
           person
           ,
           and
           he
           a
           General
           forsooth
           ,
           advanced
           from
           a
           Lieutenant
           or
           Captain
           at
           first
           ,
           (
           and
           that
           Officer
           extracted
           from
           an
           indigent
           Gentleman
           )
           with
           the
           specious
           title
           of
           
             Protector
             of
             the
             Commonwealths
             of
          
           England
           ,
           Scotland
           and
           Ireland
           :
           He
           succeeded
           by
           an
           unequal
           Son
           ,
           unfit
           to
           hold
           what
           he
           had
           got
           ,
           and
           so
           deposed
           by
           his
           ambitious
           and
           jealous
           Kindred
           :
           then
           at
           the
           Armies
           call
           that
           
             filthy
             part
             of
             the
             Commons
          
           return
           to
           take
           the
           Reins
           of
           Government
           ,
           who
           not
           pleasing
           their
           powerful
           Masters
           ,
           are
           a
           second
           time
           disgracefully
           expulsed
           by
           them
           ;
           then
           a
           Creature
           of
           the
           Armies
           begetting
           and
           moulding
           ,
           with
           a
           new
           name
           of
           their
           own
           devising
           ,
           
             a
             Committee
             of
             Safety
          
           ,
           is
           substituted
           ;
           this
           occasion'd
           a
           difference
           between
           the
           English
           and
           Scotch
           Army
           ,
           the
           last
           declaring
           its
           dissatisfaction
           against
           the
           Proceedings
           of
           the
           former
           ;
           and
           the
           Contest
           ended
           by
           the
           gradual
           mouldring
           away
           of
           That
           ,
           and
           the
           subsistence
           of
           This
           ,
           in
           placeing
           the
           
             ejected
             Members
          
           once
           more
           in
           their
           Seats
           ;
           who
           being
           scarce
           warm
           there
           ,
           had
           unwelcom
           Guests
           added
           to
           them
           by
           the
           prudent
           Fabius
           ,
           General
           MONCK
           ,
           viz.
           those
           who
           were
           secluded
           (
           1648.
           )
           by
           violence
           ,
           for
           voting
           the
           King's
           Concessions
           satisfactory
           ,
           and
           a
           ground
           for
           Peace
           ;
           who
           dissolving
           themselves
           ,
           made
           room
           for
           the
           sitting
           down
           of
           that
           Assembly
           which
           recals
           home
           our
           Exil'd
           King
           and
           His
           Brothers
           .
        
         
           And
           when
           all
           the
           Tribes
           seem'd
           unanimous
           in
           bringing
           back
           our
           David
           to
           his
           Throne
           ,
           and
           he
           was
           according
           to
           their
           wish
           safe
           seated
           thereon
           ,
           one
           would
           have
           thought
           all
           these
           Feaverish
           Distempers
           should
           have
           been
           allay'd
           ,
           our
           floating
           Island
           fix'd
           by
           His
           Restauration
           ,
           as
           they
           say
           Delos
           was
           by
           
           Apollo's
           Birth
           .
           But
           there
           was
           no
           such
           matter
           ;
           for
           there
           was
           a
           Party
           of
           men
           injur'd
           ,
           as
           they
           suppos'd
           ,
           by
           His
           Restitution
           ,
           because
           it
           stript
           them
           of
           their
           ill-got
           Wealth
           and
           Power
           :
           and
           these
           were
           restless
           to
           bring
           all
           
           things
           back
           to
           the
           late
           Confusion
           again
           ,
           as
           the
           probabl'st
           means
           to
           re-imburse
           and
           re-instate
           themselves
           .
        
         
           These
           endeavoured
           to
           seize
           His
           Majesties
           Castle
           of
           Dublin
           ,
           and
           make
           an
           Insurrection
           here
           ;
           and
           being
           defeated
           in
           both
           ,
           continued
           the
           carrying
           on
           of
           the
           Design
           here
           ,
           which
           they
           thought
           to
           accomplish
           by
           surprizing
           the
           *
           Tower
           ;
           and
           to
           facilitate
           that
           ,
           resolv'd
           to
           set
           fire
           on
           the
           City
           ,
           
           for
           which
           several
           Army-Officers
           being
           taken
           ,
           Arraigned
           ,
           and
           Convicted
           by
           the
           Teflimony
           of
           others
           and
           their
           own
           Confession
           ,
           were
           Condemn'd
           and
           Executed
           the
           April
           before
           that
           September
           in
           which
           great
           part
           of
           it
           was
           laid
           in
           Ashes
           .
           
        
         
           There
           was
           another
           Party
           indeed
           for
           His
           Restauration
           ,
           yet
           not
           for
           His
           or
           the
           Kingdoms
           sake
           ,
           but
           with
           hopes
           to
           have
           their
           fallen
           Ark
           of
           the
           Covenant
           and
           the
           Kirk-Discipline
           rear'd
           and
           set
           up
           ;
           like
           the
           People
           of
           Rome
           ,
           
           who
           oppress'd
           by
           the
           Decemviri
           ,
           look'd
           up
           to
           the
           Nobility
           ,
           in
           expectation
           by
           their
           help
           to
           breath
           free
           Air
           ,
           who
           by
           fear
           of
           their
           Power
           before
           had
           brought
           themselves
           into
           that
           state
           of
           Servitude
           .
        
         
           These
           finding
           themselves
           mistaken
           in
           their
           measures
           ,
           engaged
           themselves
           in
           our
           Neighbourhood
           of
           Scotland
           in
           two
           actual
           Rebellions
           ,
           the
           one
           at
           Pentland-hills
           ,
           the
           other
           at
           Bothwel-bridge
           ,
           for
           the
           Cause
           of
           the
           holy
           League
           .
           
        
         
           And
           both
           these
           (
           neither
           being
           dishearten'd
           by
           their
           former
           ill
           success
           )
           joyn'd
           together
           lately
           in
           one
           common
           Design
           ,
           either
           of
           
             undermining
             and
             blowing
             up
             the
             Government
             by
             Fraud
             ,
          
           or
           
             overthrowing
             it
             by
             plain
             force
          
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           not
           trouble
           you
           with
           repeating
           to
           you
           the
           method
           of
           this
           last
           Project
           ,
           which
           you
           have
           had
           fully
           and
           yet
           succinctly
           deduced
           in
           His
           Majesties
           Declaration
           ;
           but
           it
           may
           be
           I
           shall
           trouble
           you
           ,
           and
           grate
           your
           tender
           ears
           ,
           in
           charging
           you
           with
           assisting
           towards
           it
           ,
           and
           so
           bringing
           you
           in
           as
           
             Medlers
             with
             them
             who
             were
             given
             to
             change
             .
          
        
         
           For
           ,
           Did
           not
           you
           shew
           your selves
           such
           ,
           by
           siding
           and
           going
           along
           with
           that
           Faction
           which
           wrought
           the
           last
           dismal
           Change
           ,
           or
           by
           following
           men
           who
           trac'd
           their
           steps
           ,
           and
           practis'd
           the
           same
           methods
           of
           Sedition
           which
           usher'd
           in
           that
           Rebellion
           ?
        
         
         
           For
           first
           ,
           Did
           you
           not
           greedily
           swallow
           down
           the
           Lies
           they
           fed
           you
           with
           against
           the
           Government
           ;
           sometimes
           as
           if
           it
           was
           making
           it self
           Arbitrary
           and
           Tyrannical
           ;
           other
           times
           as
           if
           it
           was
           selling
           you
           for
           Bondslaves
           to
           the
           French
           ;
           and
           by
           and
           by
           as
           if
           it
           were
           introducing
           Popery
           ,
           Images
           were
           just
           a
           setting
           up
           in
           your
           Churches
           to
           be
           worship'd
           ,
           and
           the
           holy
           Water
           for
           sprinkling
           was
           already
           in
           the
           Porches
           ?
        
         
           And
           when
           the
           falshood
           of
           these
           were
           discover'd
           to
           you
           ,
           were
           you
           not
           as
           ready
           to
           entertain
           any
           new
           ones
           they
           devis'd
           to
           stop
           those
           Leaks
           ,
           (
           though
           never
           so
           ridiculous
           ?
           )
           Had
           they
           not
           inured
           you
           so
           to
           them
           ,
           or
           you
           your selves
           ,
           that
           your
           Spirits
           were
           not
           to
           be
           kept
           up
           without
           them
           ;
           as
           men
           accustoming
           their
           Stomachs
           to
           Brandy
           ,
           are
           fainting
           if
           they
           warm
           them
           not
           ever
           and
           anon
           with
           a
           Dram
           of
           the
           Bottle
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Have
           you
           not
           had
           their
           persons
           in
           the
           greatest
           admiration
           ,
           who
           made
           the
           biggest
           noise
           for
           Religion
           and
           Liberty
           ,
           while
           their
           Lives
           manifested
           they
           had
           extinguish'd
           the
           One
           all
           but
           the
           Name
           ,
           and
           their
           arbitrary
           proceedings
           that
           they
           were
           resolv'd
           to
           prostitute
           the
           Other
           to
           their
           own
           Lusts
           ?
           Such
           who
           had
           scrupl'd
           at
           Order
           and
           Decency
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           but
           had
           made
           none
           of
           involving
           three
           Kingdoms
           in
           misery
           and
           Confusion
           ;
           strain'd
           at
           Conformity
           ,
           but
           swallow'd
           down
           Rebellion
           ;
           stumbl'd
           at
           a
           Ceremony
           ,
           but
           leap'd
           over
           the
           Murther
           of
           their
           King
           ?
        
         
           Were
           not
           such
           esteem'd
           the
           fittest
           persons
           you
           could
           choose
           to
           represent
           you
           ,
           and
           act
           on
           your
           behalf
           ;
           Atheists
           ,
           to
           Reform
           Religion
           for
           you
           ;
           Bankrupts
           ,
           to
           secure
           your
           Property
           ;
           
             Old
             Army-Officers
          
           ,
           to
           guard
           your
           Liberty
           ;
           and
           
             Conspirators
             of
             forty
             years
             growth
             and
             upwards
             ,
          
           to
           shield
           you
           from
           the
           danger
           of
           the
           late
           Plot
           ?
        
         
           3.
           
           Last
           of
           all
           ,
           Did
           you
           not
           look
           upon
           your selves
           as
           absolved
           from
           the
           Oaths
           of
           Allegiance
           and
           Supremacy
           ,
           and
           on
           them
           as
           antiquated
           Bonds
           ?
           Or
           were
           you
           not
           for
           expounding
           them
           so
           as
           they
           might
           be
           best
           accomodated
           to
           Rebellion
           ,
           or
           willing
           Disciples
           of
           such
           Masters
           who
           did
           ?
           That
           they
           were
           stipulations
           of
           a
           conditional
           Obedience
           ,
           provided
           the
           King
           maintain'd
           your
           Rights
           ,
           and
           that
           limited
           and
           restrained
           to
           some
           Cases
           only
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           King
           not
           performing
           the
           former
           ,
           you
           were
           not
           bound
           to
           the
           latter
           ;
           or
           
           commanding
           something
           without
           the
           Verge
           of
           his
           Authority
           ,
           might
           be
           oppos'd
           by
           Arms
           ,
           and
           forc'd
           within
           compass
           ;
           or
           that
           they
           might
           be
           violated
           without
           sin
           ,
           for
           promoting
           such
           great
           goods
           as
           the
           Power
           of
           Godliness
           and
           the
           Freedom
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ?
           Did
           not
           the
           Casuistical
           Divinity
           of
           such
           Rabbies
           please
           you
           ,
           who
           directed
           you
           in
           order
           to
           shake
           the
           Crown
           from
           off
           the
           Monarchs
           Head
           in
           time
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           enfeeble
           his
           hands
           for
           the
           present
           ?
           How
           ,
           
           as
           Jurors
           ,
           sworn
           to
           make
           true
           enquiry
           between
           Him
           and
           Prisoners
           at
           the
           Bar
           ,
           you
           might
           break
           such
           an
           Oath
           with
           the
           deepest
           sense
           of
           Religion
           ,
           
           before
           sworn
           with
           a
           sound
           Conscience
           ;
           call
           Damnation
           upon
           your
           heads
           with
           the
           Fear
           of
           God
           before
           their
           eyes
           ?
           How
           in
           singleness
           of
           heart
           you
           might
           receive
           the
           Communion
           kneeling
           ,
           to
           capacitate
           you
           for
           an
           Office
           whereby
           to
           do
           mischief
           to
           the
           State
           ,
           and
           yet
           be
           free
           from
           the
           Idolatry
           charged
           upon
           that
           gesture
           there
           ?
        
         
           
             
               §
               .
            
             3
          
           If
           you
           have
           in
           any
           of
           the
           fore-mentioned
           respects
           been
           guilty
           ,
           
           as
           it
           's
           more
           than
           to
           be
           suspected
           you
           have
           ,
           I
           exhort
           you
           to
           wash
           away
           the
           contracted
           guilt
           with
           the
           Tears
           of
           Repentance
           ,
           
           and
           to
           take
           care
           for
           the
           future
           of
           drawing
           any
           farther
           on
           your selves
           .
           If
           you
           have
           sinned
           in
           this
           kind
           ,
           sin
           no
           more
           .
        
         
           The
           Contrariety
           of
           any
           ways
           assisting
           towards
           a
           change
           of
           Government
           ,
           to
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Christ
           enjoyning
           subjection
           to
           all
           Powers
           irrespectively
           which
           are
           lawful
           ,
           
           because
           ordain'd
           by
           God
           ;
           To
           a
           Caligula
           ,
           
           as
           well
           as
           an
           Augustus
           ;
           to
           cruel
           Nero's
           and
           Domitians
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           courteous
           Vespasians
           ;
           to
           an
           Apostate
           Julian
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           a
           Christian
           Constantine
           :
           because
           they
           had
           equally
           their
           Power
           from
           Him
           ;
           
           to
           that
           demanding
           us
           to
           pray
           for
           all
           in
           Authority
           ,
           because
           constituted
           by
           Him
           ;
           Of
           the
           Vices
           ,
           which
           drive
           and
           push
           men
           on
           to
           this
           ,
           (
           such
           as
           are
           discontent
           with
           the
           lowness
           of
           their
           station
           ,
           Ambition
           to
           climb
           higher
           ,
           Covetousness
           to
           make
           themselves
           richer
           ,
           Envy
           against
           those
           who
           are
           above
           them
           in
           Place
           ,
           or
           exceed
           them
           in
           Fortune
           ,
           Revenge
           for
           some
           conceived
           affront
           or
           neglect
           )
           to
           a
           Christian
           Frame
           of
           Spirit
           ;
           the
           baseness
           of
           the
           courses
           taken
           to
           bring
           it
           about
           ,
           Lies
           ,
           deep
           Dissimulation
           ,
           and
           Perjury
           ;
           Of
           the
           means
           to
           execute
           it
           ,
           Devilish
           Fraud
           and
           Treachery
           ;
           the
           horrid
           Concomitants
           and
           Consequences
           of
           it
           ,
           Confusion
           
           and
           Desolation
           ,
           should
           be
           very
           powerful
           Arguments
           to
           dissuade
           you
           from
           medling
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           the
           Villainy
           and
           Wickedness
           of
           it
           will
           not
           ,
           certainly
           the
           Danger
           of
           being
           discovered
           ,
           through
           the
           Falseness
           and
           Cowardice
           of
           Partakers
           with
           you
           in
           the
           Design
           ;
           or
           by
           some
           unforeseen
           (
           and
           therefore
           unpreventable
           )
           occasion
           ;
           of
           miscarrying
           at
           the
           very
           nick
           of
           executing
           it
           ,
           through
           rashness
           or
           faintheartedness
           ;
           or
           if
           it
           take
           effect
           ,
           and
           you
           succeed
           for
           a
           time
           ,
           the
           danger
           of
           being
           afterwards
           over-turn'd
           ,
           and
           brought
           under
           the
           Wheel
           ;
           (
           for
           Rebellion
           ,
           though
           it
           prospers
           on
           the
           Stage
           through
           four
           Acts
           ,
           
           is
           generally
           plagu'd
           in
           the
           fifth
           ;
           
           )
           and
           then
           ,
           in
           all
           the
           fore-mentioned
           Cases
           ,
           the
           certainty
           of
           being
           punish'd
           should
           discourage
           you
           ;
           which
           ,
           let
           it
           be
           never
           so
           sharp
           and
           painful
           ,
           the
           black
           Complexion
           of
           your
           Crimes
           will
           make
           it
           construed
           Mildness
           and
           Clemency
           ;
           Or
           ,
           if
           the
           Torments
           man
           can
           inflict
           are
           too
           mean
           Considerations
           to
           dis-hearten
           men
           of
           Bravery
           from
           thus
           attempting
           ,
           surely
           those
           which
           God
           can
           and
           will
           lay
           on
           you
           ,
           should
           afright
           you
           ;
           if
           the
           Princes
           Wrath
           will
           not
           ,
           Damnation
           should
           ;
           if
           the
           Gallows
           ,
           the
           Wheel
           ,
           Dis-membring
           ,
           Unbowelling
           ,
           Breaking
           ,
           will
           not
           ,
           Hell
           ,
           its
           Fire
           ,
           Smoak
           ,
           Chains
           of
           Darkness
           ,
           should
           ;
           if
           the
           Pains
           of
           the
           first
           Death
           cannot
           ,
           those
           of
           the
           second
           ,
           containing
           all
           the
           exquisite
           sorts
           of
           Pain
           which
           usher
           in
           the
           first
           ,
           intended
           into
           infinity
           in
           degree
           ,
           extended
           into
           eternity
           in
           duration
           ,
           (
           the
           Portion
           in
           the
           next
           World
           of
           the
           most
           prosperous
           and
           thriving
           Rebels
           in
           This
           )
           should
           ;
           under
           all
           which
           this
           shall
           be
           a
           farther
           aggravation
           ,
           the
           Reflection
           that
           Lucifer
           ,
           Chief
           of
           the
           Rebel-Angels
           Armies
           ,
           and
           Ring-leader
           of
           all
           here
           below
           ,
           shall
           be
           the
           Minister
           of
           God's
           Vengeance
           to
           you
           ,
           whom
           his
           subtle
           Arts
           first
           inveigl'd
           and
           drew
           in
           .
        
         
           
             
               §
               .
            
             4
          
           
             And
             now
          
           ,
           
           
             If
             upon
             the
             score
             of
             Religion
             ,
             a
             sense
             of
             the
             impious
             Villainy
             of
             endeavouring
             a
             Change
             ,
             a
             consideration
             of
             the
             dreadful
             everlasting
             Torments
             with
             which
             (
             unrepented
             )
             it
             shall
             be
             revenged
             ,
             you
             detest
             such
             thoughts
             ,
             and
             abhor
             such
             Miscreants
             who
             are
             inclin'd
             that
             way
             ;
             you
             may
             ,
             at
             my
             entreaty
             ,
             or
             rather
             Gods
             by
             me
             his
             Ambassador
             ,
             be
             induced
             to
             comply
             with
             another
             part
             of
             your
             Duty
             ,
             which
             is
             ,
          
           to
           praise
           and
           magnifie
           the
           riches
           of
           his
           Mercy
           and
           Goodness
           ,
           in
           preventing
           the
           Change
           design'd
           to
           be
           
           brought
           upon
           this
           Nation
           ,
           by
           men
           who
           wip'd
           their
           mouths
           ,
           and
           call'd
           themselves
           
             the
             peaceable
             People
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
          
           while
           they
           had
           War
           in
           their
           hearts
           ,
           and
           there
           delighted
           and
           wanton'd
           in
           mischief
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           dismal
           consequents
           of
           that
           ;
           For
           bringing
           to
           light
           all
           their
           secret
           Counsels
           of
           Darkness
           ;
           For
           baffling
           their
           Devices
           ,
           and
           making
           them
           of
           none
           effect
           ;
           For
           disappointing
           their
           proud
           hopes
           ,
           and
           turning
           their
           weapons
           form'd
           against
           his
           Anointed
           and
           his
           Friends
           ,
           upon
           themselvs
           .
        
         
           If
           the
           stopping
           Blood
           from
           breaking
           out
           in
           such
           plentiful
           issues
           as
           should
           cover
           the
           face
           of
           the
           Land
           again
           ;
           If
           the
           repressing
           of
           Rape
           ,
           Uncleanness
           ,
           Robbery
           ,
           Profanation
           of
           holy
           things
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           sorts
           of
           Disorders
           ,
           which
           are
           not
           barely
           committed
           ,
           but
           priviledg'd
           in
           Tumults
           ;
           If
           the
           sheathing
           up
           the
           Sword
           ,
           and
           shutting
           up
           Fire
           from
           ravaging
           ,
           and
           making
           this
           Eden
           of
           ours
           ,
           this
           Garden
           of
           the
           Lords
           ,
           desolate
           as
           a
           barren
           Wilderness
           ;
           If
           the
           not
           letting
           loose
           upon
           us
           other
           Judgments
           for
           the
           just
           Punishment
           of
           our
           Murthers
           ,
           and
           those
           fore-mentioned
           Crimes
           ,
           deserve
           an
           humble
           and
           thankful
           Remembrance
           of
           God's
           gracious
           deallng
           ,
           it
           's
           due
           upon
           these
           occasions
           ,
           
             the
             detection
             of
             a
             horrid
             Conspiracy
             to
             raise
             an
             Insurrection
             ,
          
           whose
           mildest
           aim
           ,
           interpreted
           by
           the
           greatest
           Charity
           ,
           could
           not
           be
           less
           than
           seizing
           on
           and
           imprisoning
           the
           King's
           Person
           ,
           till
           he
           should
           have
           consented
           to
           their
           wild
           demands
           ;
           and
           another
           of
           a
           more
           bare-fac'd
           Impiety
           ,
           
             against
             His
             Life
             ,
             His
             dearest
             Brother's
             ,
             many
             of
             the
             Lords
             of
             His
             Council
             ,
             of
             the
             Magistracy
             of
             His
             capital
             City
             ,
             of
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Body
             of
             His
             Subjects
             ,
             whose
             signal
             Loyalty
             had
             mark'd
             them
             out
             for
             fit
             Victims
             to
             Phanatick
             Rage
             .
          
           A
           Murther
           ,
           as
           relating
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           not
           only
           execrable
           in
           it self
           ,
           but
           in
           its
           circumstances
           likewise
           :
           For
           they
           who
           had
           murther'd
           Him
           before
           in
           His
           Reputation
           ,
           by
           mis-calling
           Him
           Tyrant
           ,
           (
           whose
           fault
           was
           His
           Clemency
           )
           intended
           to
           murther
           Him
           in
           His
           Person
           ,
           after
           the
           same
           manner
           as
           they
           in
           *
           
           Piso's
           Conspiracy
           did
           Nero
           ,
           the
           worst
           of
           that
           denomination
           ;
           To
           which
           purpose
           ,
           they
           of
           the
           Faction
           who
           had
           the
           Learning
           may
           be
           supposed
           to
           have
           examined
           that
           History
           ,
           
           to
           parallel
           it
           the
           fitter
           .
        
         
           For
           they
           design'd
           to
           do
           it
           as
           he
           should
           go
           to
           or
           return
           from
           some
           of
           his
           Houses
           of
           Pleasure
           ,
           (
           as
           they
           did
           that
           Emperour
           at
           Baiae
           )
           as
           least
           secured
           there
           by
           Guards
           or
           Friends
           ;
           or
           at
           some
           Recreation
           
           and
           Pastime
           ,
           as
           they
           did
           him
           at
           the
           Theatre
           or
           Circersian
           Game
           ;
           and
           resolved
           if
           their
           Design
           should
           be
           prevented
           by
           a
           Discovery
           ,
           
           impudently
           to
           outface
           the
           World
           they
           had
           none
           ;
           so
           they
           have
           actually
           done
           ,
           though
           it
           was
           proved
           by
           the
           Depositions
           of
           persons
           engaged
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           confess'd
           by
           Parties
           suffering
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           at
           a
           time
           chiefly
           when
           they
           should
           speak
           the
           Truth
           ,
           or
           could
           be
           least
           supposed
           to
           lye
           against
           themselves
           ,
           viz.
           at
           the
           point
           of
           death
           ;
           as
           the
           well-wishers
           to
           
           Piso's
           Conspiracy
           spread
           it
           abroad
           ,
           
             That
             he
             and
             those
             others
             executed
             upon
             that
             score
             ,
             were
             murthered
             out
             of
             envy
             or
             fear
             :
          
           albeit
           they
           who
           pry'd
           narrowly
           into
           Affairs
           at
           that
           juncture
           ,
           and
           those
           who
           had
           fled
           ,
           upon
           their
           return
           home
           after
           
           Nero's
           Death
           ,
           allow'd
           the
           Truth
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           Such
           (
           alas
           !
           )
           is
           the
           unhappy
           condition
           of
           Princes
           ,
           that
           they
           must
           be
           first
           oppress'd
           by
           an
           Insurrection
           ,
           afore
           it
           will
           be
           believed
           there
           was
           one
           a
           hatching
           ,
           and
           men
           seemingly
           unprovided
           should
           venture
           to
           contest
           with
           their
           arm'd
           Forces
           ;
           Murther'd
           ,
           before
           it
           will
           be
           entertain'd
           there
           was
           any
           Treasonable
           intention
           against
           their
           Lives
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           hope
           otherwise
           ,
           at
           least
           of
           a
           great
           part
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           of
           all
           who
           were
           not
           partakers
           of
           the
           Secrecy
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           fully
           convinc'd
           of
           the
           reality
           of
           both
           the
           Conspiracies
           :
           
           And
           if
           we
           are
           ,
           acknowledging
           God's
           Providence
           (
           which
           is
           always
           awake
           to
           conserve
           the
           Peace
           of
           Kingdoms
           and
           States
           ,
           and
           takes
           the
           Persons
           of
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           into
           his
           particular
           Care
           and
           Guardianship
           ,
           unless
           otherwise
           provoked
           )
           in
           the
           Discovery
           ,
           awakening
           the
           minds
           of
           some
           of
           the
           Conspirators
           with
           the
           horror
           of
           their
           meditated
           Crime
           ,
           and
           filling
           others
           with
           such
           suspicions
           of
           their
           Complices
           ,
           that
           they
           could
           have
           no
           peace
           with
           their
           Consciences
           ,
           nor
           calm
           in
           their
           Breasts
           ,
           until
           ,
           like
           Jonah
           in
           a
           Storm
           ,
           
           they
           had
           reveal'd
           their
           own
           Guilt
           ,
           and
           discover'd
           others
           ;
           acknowledging
           likewise
           his
           goodness
           in
           preventing
           the
           mischiefs
           which
           would
           have
           ensu'd
           had
           they
           taken
           effect
           ,
           let
           us
           adore
           and
           praise
           his
           holy
           Name
           for
           these
           marvellous
           acts
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           delivered
           David
           his
           Servant
           from
           the
           peril
           of
           the
           Sword
           which
           was
           ready
           to
           be
           drawn
           against
           him
           ,
           preserv'd
           his
           Anointed
           ,
           the
           Breath
           of
           our
           Nostrils
           ,
           from
           being
           taken
           in
           the
           Pit
           which
           was
           digg'd
           for
           him
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           hath
           not
           given
           us
           over
           
           a
           Prey
           unto
           the
           teeth
           of
           our
           Enemies
           ,
           but
           their
           Snares
           are
           broken
           ,
           and
           we
           ,
           with
           our
           Souls
           ,
           our
           Lives
           in
           our
           hands
           ,
           are
           escaped
           out
           of
           them
           ;
           Yea
           further
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           driven
           them
           back
           ,
           and
           making
           inquisition
           for
           Blood
           ,
           he
           remembred
           to
           bring
           to
           open
           Light
           and
           condign
           Punishment
           men
           who
           thirsted
           after
           it
           :
           Let
           us
           ,
           for
           this
           eminent
           mercy
           ,
           be
           praising
           him
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           memorial
           of
           our
           deliverance
           ,
           transmit
           our
           Thanks
           to
           Posterity
           ;
           for
           the
           gracious
           and
           merciful
           Lord
           hath
           so
           done
           it
           ,
           that
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           had
           in
           remembrance
           ,
           and
           the
           Wonder
           declared
           unto
           the
           Children
           of
           Men.
           
        
         
           Together
           with
           these
           Praises
           ,
           let
           us
           joyn
           our
           ardent
           Prayers
           ,
           That
           he
           would
           change
           the
           hearts
           of
           such
           evil-minded
           persons
           ,
           whose
           dis-affection
           to
           the
           Government
           makes
           them
           afflicted
           and
           griev'd
           for
           its
           Prosperity
           ;
           and
           put
           them
           in
           fear
           ,
           such
           as
           they
           may
           not
           dare
           for
           the
           future
           to
           think
           of
           disturbing
           its
           Peace
           ;
           Or
           if
           they
           will
           not
           be
           affraid
           ,
           yet
           that
           he
           would
           not
           suffer
           them
           to
           have
           the
           upper-hand
           of
           us
           ,
           but
           still
           continue
           to
           deliver
           David
           his
           Servant
           from
           the
           hands
           of
           such
           strange
           Children
           whose
           right
           hand
           is
           a
           right
           hand
           of
           Iniquity
           ;
           and
           making
           ready
           the
           strings
           of
           his
           Bowe
           against
           the
           face
           of
           them
           ,
           he
           would
           put
           to
           flight
           and
           scatter
           the
           People
           who
           delight
           in
           War.
           
        
         
           So
           shall
           it
           come
           to
           pass
           ,
           
           that
           our
           Prince
           having
           the
           Hearts
           or
           the
           Necks
           of
           such
           who
           would
           have
           disturb'd
           the
           Tranquility
           of
           his
           Government
           ,
           by
           endeavouring
           a
           Change
           ,
           (
           Change
           ,
           more
           destructive
           to
           a
           Nation
           than
           the
           worst
           of
           the
           worst
           Governours
           can
           be
           ;
           )
           we
           his
           People
           ,
           secure
           even
           from
           the
           Fears
           of
           Calamity
           and
           Ruine
           ,
           shall
           enjoy
           every
           one
           our
           own
           ,
           our
           Flocks
           and
           Herds
           ,
           the
           Fruit
           of
           our
           Labour
           ,
           and
           our
           Fields
           ;
           a
           Trade
           which
           shall
           silence
           all
           complaints
           of
           Poverty
           and
           Decay
           ,
           or
           all
           grounds
           for
           them
           ;
           our
           Wives
           ,
           Children
           ,
           Servants
           ,
           Families
           ,
           with
           safety
           ,
           and
           our
           persons
           with
           freedom
           ;
           and
           a
           farther
           Blessing
           than
           all
           this
           ,
           even
           the
           Lord
           for
           our
           God.
           
        
         
           Now
           God
           ,
           who
           alone
           can
           ,
           give
           us
           all
           this
           peaceable
           frame
           of
           Spirit
           here
           ,
           and
           then
           reward
           us
           with
           that
           happiness
           hereafter
           which
           consists
           in
           the
           fruition
           of
           Himself
           ;
        
         
           To
           whom
           ,
           One
           undivided
           Essence
           ,
           subsisting
           in
           Three
           Personalities
           ,
           the
           Father
           ,
           Son
           ,
           and
           Holy
           Spirit
           ,
           be
           ascrib'd
           all
           Power
           ,
           Glory
           ,
           Might
           ,
           Majesty
           and
           Dominion
           ,
           throughout
           all
           Churches
           of
           the
           Saints
           ,
           now
           and
           for
           ever
           ,
           Amen
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A39620-e130
           
             Tacit.
             
          
           
             Annal.
             6.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A39620-e1040
           
             
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               〈◊〉
            
          
           
             70
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ●●rab
             .
          
           
             〈◊〉
             travenias
             ulli●e
             Mercer
             in
             loc
             .
             Bayn
             .
             in
             loc
             .
          
           
             Vatabl.
             &
             Castal
             .
             
               in
               loc
            
             .
          
           
             Mercer
             ibid.
             
          
           
             1
             PROPOSIT
             .
          
           
             Fearing
             God
             and
             honouring
             the
             King
             inseperable
             .
          
           
             All
             the
             Commands
             and
             our
             Duties
             are
             connext
             .
          
           
             Plut.
             de
             Virtut
             .
             Moral
             .
             quem
             ap
             .
             Lipsium
             manuduct
             .
             ad
             Stoica
             Phylos
             .
             l.
             3.
             c.
             4.
             vide
             .
          
           
             Priore
             sententiam
             Zenoni
             Tribuit
             idem
             de
             contrariet
             Stioco
             .
             posteriorem
             Zenoni
             .
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             Eodem
             modo
             exponit
             ,
             Cic.
             de
             fin
             .
             l.
             5.
             
             &
             Sen.
             Ep.
             68.
             
          
           
             1
             St.
             John
             3.
             21
             ,
             22.
             
          
           
             But
             yet
             these
             two
             of
             
               Fearing
               God
            
             and
             
               Hououring
               the
               King
            
             are
             more
             closelyunited
             .
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             2.
             17
             
          
           
             a
             Psal
             .
             82.
             6.
             
             &
             John
             10.
             34.
             
          
           
             b
             Exod.
             22.
             28.
             
          
           
             No
             Fearing
             God
             ,
             without
             Honouring
             the
             King.
             
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             9.
             7.
             
          
           
             Vlpian
             in
             l.
             1.
             ad
             l.
             Jul.
             Majest
             .
             scribit
             ,
             crimen
             in
             Imperatorem
             admissum
             sacrilegio
             esse
             proximum
             .
          
           
             No
             Honouring
             the
             King
             ,
             without
             Fearing
             God.
             
          
           
             Baxter
             '
             
               s
               holy
            
             Commonwealth
             ,
             Thes
             .
             137.
             
          
           
             Ibid.
             Thes
             .
             136.
             
          
           
             Affirming
             That
             such
             Princes
             depose
             themselves
             .
          
           
             a
             Num.
             16.
             8
             ,
             13
             ,
             14.
             
          
           
             b
             2
             Sam.
             15.
             
          
           
             c
             1
             Kings
             ,
             11.
             28.
             40.
             
          
           
             2
             Sam.
             13.
             28.
             
          
           
             1
             King.
             12.
             27
             ,
             28.
             
          
           
             2
             PROP.
             
          
           
             Medling
             not
             to
             change
             Covernment
             ,
             a
             sign
             of
             fearing
             God
             and
             honouring
             the
             King.
             
          
           
             The
             Consenting
             to
             a
             Change
             ,
             renders
             us
             as
             guilty
             as
             
               bringing
               it
               about
            
             .
          
           
             The
             endeavouring
             
               it
               ,
               as
               guilty
               as
               the
            
             prime
             Leaders
             .
          
           
             Arguments
             to
             shew
             the
             unlawfulness
             of
             endeavouring
             a
             Change.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             105
             ,
             15
             ,
          
           
             Rom.
             13.
             d.
             1.
             ad
             ●
             .
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             2.
             13
             ,
             14.
             
          
           
             Contrary
             to
             the
             duty
             of
             praying
             for
             them
             .
          
           
             Jer.
             29.
             7.
             
             Baruch
             .
             1.
             11.
             
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             2.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
          
           
             a
             
               Tertull.
               c.
            
             30.
             
             
               Apol.
               p.
            
             30.
             
               ed.
               Rigal
               .
               F.
            
             &
             B.
             Nos
             euim
             pro
             salute
             Imperatorum
             Deum
             invocamus
             aeternum
             ,
             &c.
             dein
             Oramus
             pro
             omnibus
             Imperatoribus
             ,
             vitam
             illis
             prolixam
             ,
             Imperium
             securum
             ,
             Demum
             tutam
             ,
             Exercitus
             Fortes
             ,
             Senatum
             Fidelem
             ,
             Populum
             probum
             ,
             orbem
             quietum
             &
             quaecunque
             hominis
             &
             Caesaris
             vota
             sunt
             .
          
           
             b
             Dionys
             .
             Alexand.
             Epist
             .
             ad
             Herm.
             ap
             .
             Euseub
             .
             l.
             7.
             c.
             11.
             p.
             257.
             ed.
             
             Henr.
             Valesii
             .
             
               Illius
               vero
            
             Dionysii
             
               sunt
               verba
               ad
            
             Aemilianum
             Praefectum
             Aegypti
             
               jubentem
               ut
               Deos
               Imperti
               custodes
               adoraret
               ,
            
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ;
             &c.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             c
             Fulgentius
             ad
             Thrasimund
             .
             l.
             3.
             c.
             36.
             
             Claudit
             librum
             peroratione
             pro
             Rege
             .
          
           
             d
             
               Praefatio
               praemissa
               Synod
               .
               Agathens
               .
               Actis
               :
               Tom.
            
             4.
             p.
             1382.
             
               ed.
               Labb
               .
               &
               Cossart
               .
               quae
               habita
               erat
               Anno
               22
               Alarici
               Gothorum
               in
               Gallia
               Regis
               .
            
             Cum-Sancta
             Synodus
             cenvenisset
             ,
             ibique
             fli●is
             in
             terram
             Genibus
             pro
             Regno
             ejus
             ,
             pro
             longaevitate
             ,
             pro
             populo
             Dominum
             Deprecaretur
             ut
             qui
             nobis
             Congregationis
             permiserat
             Potestatem
             Regnum
             ejus
             Dominus
             faelicitate
             extenderet
             .
          
           
             e
             
               Theodoret.
               l.
            
             4.
             c.
             26.
             
             Spectatim
             de
             Aphraate
             Monacho
             (
             quamvis
             sparsim
             per
             integrum
             librum
             de
             Obedientia
             Orthodox
             .
             agit
             )
             quem
             ad
             Imperatorem
             cum
             è
             Regia
             Porticu
             Antiochenâ
             ,
             festinantem
             vidisset
             &
             percontatus
             esset
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             respondisse
             refe't
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             f
             
               
                 Epist
                 .
                 Conc.
                 Ephesin
                 .
                 Sess
                 .
              
               7.
               
                 ad
                 Theodos
                 .
                 &
                 Valent.
              
               Imperat.
               extans
               apud
               Binium
               uti
               puto
               ,
               vel
               inter
               Acta
               Conc.
               edita
               ab
               
                 Hieron
                 .
                 Commelino
              
               .
               Omissam
               vero
               a
               Labbaeo
               &
               Cossart
               .
               aestimo
               ,
               quod
               per
               Dei
               gratiam
               &
               ipsorum
               Majestatis
               Sanctionem
               Coactam
               agnoverit
               .
            
             
               Omnes
               &
               singuli
               assiduas
               Christo
               Domino
               pro
               Regni
               vestri
               stabilitate
               Preces
               offerimus
               ,
               etiam
               atque
               etiam
               obsecrantes
               ,
               ut
               Christianissimum
               vestrum
               fastigium
               quam
               diutlssime
               orbi
               tucatur
               incolume
               .
            
          
           
             2
             Argum.
             The
             very
             endeavouring
             it
             opposite
             to
             the
             tenor
             of
             the
             ●ospel
             .
          
           
             Thucydid
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ;
          
           
             Statius
             Theba●d
             .
          
           
             Militis
             aut
             ●lebis
             ingenium
             observit
             Nec
             imposites
             unquam
             cervice
             volenti
             ferre
             Duces
             .
          
           
             1
             Kings
             12.
             c.
             a.
             v.
             14.
             ad
             .
             21.
             
          
           
             Nem●c●rum
             qui
             in
             Republica
             ver
             .
             santur
             quos
             vincit
             sed
             a
             quibas
             vincitur
             aspicit
             .
          
           
             Sal.
             de
             .
             
               B.
               Catil
            
             .
             de
             ipso
             Catil
             .
             Inopia
             &
             mali
             meres
             stimulabant
             .
          
           
             Idem
             ibid.
             Nova
             ex
             optant
             ,
             odio
             suarum
             rerum
             omnia
             misceri
             student
             
          
           
             idem
             B.
             Jugurth
             Semper
             in
             Civitate
             quibas
             opes
             nu●●●e
             sunt
             bonis
             invident
             ;
             vetera
             odere
             ,
             nova
             expetunt
             ,
             odio
             suarum
             rerum
             mutari
             omnia
             student
             .
          
           
             Cerialis
             ita
             loquitur
             .
             Quomodo
             sterilitatem
             aut
             nimios
             imbres
             ,
             &
             caetera
             naturae
             mala
             ,
             ita
             Luxum
             vel
             Avaritiam
             Dominantium
             tolerate
             .
             Vitia
             erunt
             ,
             donec
             homines
             ;
             sed
             neque
             hac
             continua
             &
             meliorum
             interventu
             pensantur
             .
             Iacit
             .
             hist
             .
             l.
             4
             c.
             73
             ,
             74.
             ed.
             Lips
             .
          
           
             〈◊〉
             
          
           
             Tacit.
             Annal
             .
             l.
             1●
             ,
             c.
             12.
             
          
           
             Lucanum
             propriae
             causae
             accendebant
             ,
             quod
             fa●●am
             carminum
             ejup
             premebat
             Nero
             prohib
             ..
             eratque
             ostentare
             .
          
           
             Idem
             Ibid.
             Cuspini
             an
             .
             Maximus
             
          
           
             De
             Quinctiano
             .
             à
             Nerone
             probroso
             Carmine
             diffamatus
             coniumelias
             ultum
             ibat
             .
          
           
             Roderic
             Teleton
             l.
             3.
             c.
             8.
             
             &
             19.
             
          
           
             P●tav
             .
             Rationar
             .
             part
             .
             1.
             l.
             8.
             c.
             4.
             
          
           
             Joan
             Buss●
             ere
             's
             Hist
             .
          
           
             Gallic
             .
             l.
             16.
             c.
             11.
             part
             .
             3.
             p.
             301.
             
          
           
             D.
             Pet.
             l.
             8.
             c.
             3.
             
             Ration
             .
             par
             1.
             
          
           
             Jo.
             Bussier
             l.
             3.
             c.
             18.
             p.
             1.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             Imminentium
             periculum
             emedium
             ipsa
             pericula
             arbitrati
             ,
             Aristot
             .
             Polit.
             l.
             5.
             c.
             3.
             
          
           
             Tacit.
             
          
           
             3
             d.
             Argument
             .
          
           
             The
             Methods
             to
             bring
             it
             about
             ill
             .
             as
             (
             1.
             )
             by
             Lyes
             .
          
           
             2
             S●muel
             15.
             34.
             
          
           
             Tacitus
             Annal.
             lib.
             16.
             
             Inserunt
             querelas
             &
             ambiguos
             de
             principe
             sermones
             ,
             quaeque
             alia
             turbamenta
             Vulgi
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             46.
             3.
             
          
           
             2d
             .
             Method
             False
             Pretences
             .
          
           
             Galgacus
             popularis
             noster
             ap
             .
             Agricoloe
             vitam
             a
             Tac●to
             scriptam
             .
          
           
             Auferre
             ,
             trucidare
             ,
             rapere
             falsis
             nominibus
             Imperium
             ,
             atque
             ubi
             solitudinem
             fecerint
             ,
             pacem
             appellant
             .
          
           
             Miseram
             servitutem
             falso
             pacem
             vocarent
             .
          
           
             Civilis
             apud
             Eundem
             l.
             4.
             
             Hist
             .
          
           
             2
             Sam.
             15
             ch
             .
          
           
             2
             Sam.
             15.
             v.
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             1
             Kings
             12
             28
             ,
             29
             ,
             30.
             
          
           
             The
             third
             Method
             toward
             a
             Change
             ,
             
               Breaking
               Oaths
            
             .
          
           
             Natural
             Obligations
             .
          
           
             Aerodius
             l.
             10.
             
             Rer.
             Judicat
             .
             tit
             .
             ad
             Municipal
             .
             c.
             3.
             
          
           
             Sed
             si
             Patriae
             ,
             non
             nobis
             Nati
             sumus
             ,
             &c.
             
             Cur
             licebit
             Civitatem
             tanquam
             Militiam
             deserere
             ,
             cui
             Nativitate
             ,
             cui
             Sanguine
             ,
             cui
             Divino
             Humanoque
             jure
             addicti
             &
             adstricti
             sumus
             ?
             Atqui
             qui
             Militiam
             deserit
             Adultero
             aut
             Homicida
             propterea
             gravius
             peccat
             .
             (
             inquit
             Aristoteles
             )
             quod
             hic
             unum
             aut
             alterum
             laedit
             ;
             illa
             Remp.
             Quid
             de
             eo
             igitur
             ,
             qui
             Civitatem
             ,
             qui
             Patriam
             deserit
             ?
             Jus
             Naturale
             ,
             jus
             Gentium
             laedit
             sane
             ut
             jura
             Sanguinis
             non
             possunt
             Commutari
             ita
             nec
             originis
             .
          
           
             Zouch
             fecial
             .
             Gent.
             p.
             2.
             
             S.
             2.
             sect
             .
             17.
             
          
           
             Aerod
             .
             pan
             .
             l.
             10.
             tit
             .
             1.
             
             Sparfim
             .
          
           
             Entring
             into
             unlawful
             Oaths
             .
          
           
             4
             Argum.
             The
             Means
             of
             effecting
             it
             ,
             Base
             .
          
           
             Tacit
             2
             hist
             .
          
           
             Arma
             aperta
             palam
             vites
             ,
             fraus
             &
             dolus
             ecculta
             ecque
             inevitabilia
             .
          
           
             Caesur
             apud
             .
             Sal.
             B.
             
          
           
             Catilin
             Hostem
             adversum
             homini
             strenuo
             opprimere
             haud
             difficile
             est
             pericula
             neque
             facere
             ,
             neque
             vitare
             bonis
             in
             pr●mtu
             est
             .
          
           
             Raynald
             Annal.
             ad
             A.
             1268.
             P.
             Aemil.
             l.
             7.
             
             &
             Mich.
             
          
           
             Ritio
             de
             Reg
             to
             sic
             l.
             3.
             
          
           
             5
             Argum.
             The
             Concomitants
             and
             Consequences
             of
             〈◊〉
             Change
             ,
             Dire
             .
          
           
             3
             PROP.
             Or
             Doctrine
             The
             danger
             of
             defigning
             a
             Change
             in
             3
             respects
             .
          
           
             The
             danger
             in
             the
             1
             st
             .
             respect
             from
             Detection
             .
          
           
             It
             s
             hard
             to
             aviod
             discovery
             because
             of
             the
             number
             ,
             the
             taking
             or
             treacherous
             humour
             of
             some
             of
             the
             Conspirators
             .
          
           
             Sal.
             B.
             Cat.
             de
             Curio
             Huic
             homini
             non
             minor
             vanitas
             inerat
             quam
             audacia
             ,
             neque
             reticere
             quae
             audierat
             ,
             neque
             ,
             suamet
             ipse
             scelera
             ●ccultare
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Tac.
             Annal.
             15.
             ●rusira
             filentium
             &
             fidem
             in
             tot
             Censciorum
             Animis
             &
             cor
             poribus
             sperari
             .
          
           
             Curt.
             l.
             6.
             num
             .
             7
             
          
           
             Plut.
             v.
             Alex.
             
          
           
             2
             ly
             .
             It
             s
             oft
             discover'd
             by
             some
             strauge
             Providence
             .
          
           
             Tac.
             Annal.
             15.
             
          
           
             Cruciatu
             aut
             Praemio
             cuncta
             pervia
             esse
             .
          
           
             Esther
             2.
             21
             ,
             22.
             
          
           
             Tac
             Annal.
             
          
           
             Joan.
             Buss
             .
             l.
             16.
             c.
             12.
             p.
             3.
             p
             303
             ,
             &
             304.
             
          
           
             Psal
             64.
             .
             v.
             56
             ,
             78
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             9
             15.
             
          
           
             3
             ly
             .
             It
             oft
             fails
             at
             the
             point
             of
             Execution
             
          
           
             De
             Quintiano
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             ●
             Herodian
             l
             1.
             vita
             Commo
             p.
             12.
             edit
             H.
             Steph.
             
          
           
             2
             d.
             Danger
             is
             of
             its
             being
             punish'd
             afterwards
             ,
             though
             it
             succeeds
             for
             the
             present
             .
          
           
             Numb
             .
             16.
             32.
             
          
           
             Judges
             9
             ch
             .
             v.
             53.
             
          
           
             2
             Kings
             c.
             11.
             16.
             
          
           
             1
             King
             15.
             29.
             
          
           
             1
             King
             16.
             10
             ,
             and
             12.
             
          
           
             1
             King
             16.
             15
             ,
             18.
             
          
           
             1
             King.
             15.
             30.
             
          
           
             2
             King
             18.
             9.
             
          
           
             Quod
             de
             Caesure
             memoriae
             Traditum
             est
             hoc
             etiam
             de
             Gordiano
             evenisse
             perscribit
             nam
             omnes
             quicunque
             illum
             gladio
             appetiverunt
             (
             qui
             novem
             fuisse
             dicuncuntur
             )
             postea
             inte
             remptis
             Philippissua
             ma
             nu
             suisque
             gladiis
             &
             iisdem
             quibus
             illum
             percusserant
             interisse
             dicuntur
             ,
             Jul.
             Capit.
             vi
             .
             Gordia
             3tii
             p.
             241.
             ed.
             C.
             Sigonii
             .
          
           
             Cuspin
             t.
             Maximus
             Sidon
             2.
             
             Ep.
             l.
             3
             
          
           
             P
             Diac.
             l
             17
             Mat
             26.
             52.
             
             Rev
             13.
             10.
             
             Tac.
             A.
             Loquens
             de
             Galbae
             occissoribus
             ,
             nec
             priores
             nec
             futuri
             principes
             terruere
             ,
             quo
             facerent
             scelus
             cujus
             ultor
             est
             quisquis
             successit
             .
          
           
             Tac.
             l.
             1.
             hist
             de
             Galbae
             occisoribus
             omnesque
             conquiri
             &
             interfici
             jussit
             ,
             non
             Honore
             Galbae
             sed
             tradito
             Principibus
             more
             munimentum
             ad
             praesens
             in
             pos
             terum
             ultionem
             .
          
           
             Zonaras
             de
             Theophil
             .
             &
             Zezim
             .
             l.
             1.
             p.
             35.
             ed.
             p.
             35.
             ed.
             
             Steph.
             de
             Probo
             me
             morat
             .
          
           
             Sueton.
             6.
             
             Conc.
             6.
             
             Tol.
             v.
             l.
             7.
             tit
             .
             2.
             c.
             20
             ,
             21
             ,
             22
             ,
             23.
             
          
           
             3
             Danger
             Of
             being
             certainly
             punisht
             in
             the
             world
             to
             come
             ,
             if
             it
             escape
             scotfree
             in
             this
             .
          
           
             Amos
             9.
             1.
             
          
           
             a
             Job
             34.
             11.
             
          
           
             b
             Jer.
             17.
             10.
             
             &
             32.
             19.
             
          
           
             c
             Prov.
             11.
             21.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             5.
             21.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             1
             2.
             c.
             9.
             comp
             .
             with
             the
             10.
             
             Jud.
             ●
             comp
             .
             with
             the
             13.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             6.
             10.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             33.
             14.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             21.
             8.
             
          
           
             1
             Use
             of
             Reproof
             of
             those
             who
             in
             th●●●●●●ctice
             dissever
             the
             Commands
             of
             
               Fearing
               God
            
             &
             the
             King.
             
          
           
             Reproof
             2.
             of
             those
             who
             are
             given
             to
             change
             ,
             and
             particularly
             of
             us
             of
             England
             .
          
           
             1663.
             
             June
             1.
             in
             Ireland
             .
          
           
             1666.
             
             April
             26.
             in
             They
             were
             Try'd
             at
             the
             Sess
             .
             in
             the
             
               Old
               baily
               ▪
            
          
           
             Liv.
             Inde
             libertatis
             auram
             captare
             unde
             servitutem
             timendo
             in
             eum
             statum
             Remp.
             ad
             duxerant
             .
          
           
             1666.
             
             Nov.
             26.
             1679.
             
             May
             29.
             
          
           
             A
             Pamphlet
             entituled
             ,
             
               No
               Prot.
               Plot
            
             ,
             2d
             .
             part
             ,
             p.
             26.
             ad
             calcem
             :
          
           
             
               and
               a
            
             Treatise
             of
             occasional
             Commun
             .
          
           
             Exhort
             .
             1.
             
          
           
             Not
             to
             meddle
             in
             bringing
             about
             a
             Change.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             13.
             
          
           
             S.
             Aug.
             l.
             5.
             de
             C.
             D.
             21.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             2.
             12
             ,
             13.
             
          
           
             Cicero
             Catilin
             .
             4.
             
          
           
             Nulla
             esse
             potest
             in
             tanti
             sceleris
             immanitate
             immanitate
             punienda
             crudelitas
             .
          
           
             Exhort
             .
             2.
             
             To
             praise
             God
             for
             the
             discovering
             &
             preventing
             the
             impious
             design
             of
             making
             a
             Change
             in
             the
             Government
             .
          
           
             *
             Tac.
             An.
             nal
             .
             l.
             15.
             
             &
             12.
             hist
             .
             Et
             cepisse
             im
             petum
             Subrius
             Flavius
             ferebatur
             in
             scenam
             Canentem
             Neronem
             aggrediendi
             .
             
               Afterwards
               at
            
             Baiae
             ,
             Cujus
             amenitate
             captus
             Caesar
             .
             crebro
             ventitabat
             ,
             balneasque
             &
             Epulas
             inibat
             omissis
             excubiis
             &
             fortune
             sunt
             male
             .
          
           
             Then
             ,
             Tandem
             statuere
             Circenfium
             Iudorum
             die
             qui
             Cereri
             celebratur
             destinata
             Exequi
             .
          
           
             Tac.
             Annal.
             15.
             c.
             15.
             de
             Nerone
             ,
             Crebro
             rumore
             lacerabatur
             tanquam
             viros
             insontes
             ob
             invidiam
             aut
             metum
             extinuisset
             ;
             ceterum
             ceptam
             ,
             adultamque
             conjurationem
             esse
             ,
             neque
             tunc
             dubitavere
             quibus
             rerum
             noscendi●nra
             erat
             &
             fatentur
             qui
             post
             intevitum
             Neronis
             in
             urbem
             regressi
             sunt
             .
          
           
             Dion
             .
             l.
             52.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             Sueton.
             v.
             Domit.
             c.
             21.
             observat
             conditionem
             principum
             esse
             miserrimam
             ,
             quibus
             de
             con●uratione
             comperta
             non
             creditur
             nisi
             occifis
             .
          
           
             Tac.
             Annal.
             2.
             ferenda
             Regum
             ingenia
             ,
             neque
             usus
             Crebras
             mutationes
             .