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             His Grace the Duke of Buckingham's speech for liberty of conscience in M.DC.LXXII
             Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of, 1628-1687.
          
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             1689.
          
           
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           Liberty of conscience.
           Dissenters, Religious -- England.
           Great Britain -- History -- Charles II, 1660-1685.
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           HIS
           GRACE
           THE
           Duke
           of
           Buckingham's
           SPEECH
           FOR
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           In
           M.DC.LXXII
           .
        
      
       
         
           Licens'd
        
         
           
             
               April
               25
               
                 th
              
               1689.
               
            
          
        
      
       
         
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           HAving
           by
           me
           a
           short
           Speech
           of
           the
           late
           Duke
           of
           
             Buckingham's
             ,
          
           under
           his
           own
           Hand
           ,
           relating
           to
           
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             ,
          
           I
           thought
           this
           a
           proper
           Season
           to
           Publish
           it
           .
           If
           you
           are
           not
           of
           my
           Opinion
           ,
           it
           will
           take
           up
           so
           little
           of
           your
           time
           to
           read
           it
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           easily
           Pardon
        
         
           
             Your
             Humble
             Servant
             JO.
             HARINGTON
             .
          
           
             25
             
               th
            
             April
             1689.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           
             MY
             LORDS
             ,
          
        
         
           THere
           is
           a
           Thing
           call'd
           
             Property
             ,
          
           which
           (
           whatever
           some
           Men
           may
           think
           )
           is
           that
           the
           People
           of
           
             England
          
           are
           fondest
           of
           ,
           it
           is
           that
           they
           will
           never
           part
           with
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           that
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           in
           His
           Speech
           ,
           has
           promis'd
           us
           to
           take
           a
           particular
           Care
           of
           .
        
         
           This
           ,
           
             my
             Lords
             ,
          
           in
           my
           Opinion
           ,
           can
           never
           be
           done
           ,
           without
           giving
           an
           
             Indulgence
          
           to
           all
           
             Protestant
             Dissenters
             .
          
        
         
         
           It
           is
           certainly
           a
           very
           uneasie
           kind
           of
           Life
           to
           any
           Man
           that
           has
           either
           
             Christian
             Charity
             ,
             Humanity
             ,
          
           or
           
             Good
             Nature
             ,
          
           to
           see
           his
           Fellow
           Subjects
           daily
           Abus'd
           ,
           Diverted
           of
           their
           Liberty
           and
           Birthrights
           ,
           and
           miserably
           thrown
           out
           of
           their
           Possessions
           and
           Freeholds
           ,
           only
           because
           they
           cannot
           Agree
           with
           others
           in
           some
           
             Niceties
             of
             Religion
             ,
          
           which
           their
           
             Consciences
          
           will
           not
           give
           them
           leave
           to
           consent
           to
           ;
           and
           which
           even
           ,
           by
           the
           
             Confession
          
           of
           those
           who
           〈…〉
           upon
           them
           ,
           is
           no
           way
           
             NECESSARY
             TO
             SALVATION
             .
          
        
         
           But
           
             (
             my
             Lords
             )
          
           besides
           this
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           may
           be
           said
           upon
           it
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           
             Improvement
             of
             our
             Trade
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Increase
             of
             the
             Wealth
             ,
             Strength
             ,
             and
             Greatness
             of
             this
             Nation
             ,
          
           (
           which
           ,
           under
           Favor
           ,
           I
           shall
           presume
           to
           discourse
           of
           at
           some
           other
           time
           )
           there
           is
           ,
           methinks
           ,
           in
           this
           Notion
           of
           
             Persecution
             ,
          
           a
           very
           gross
           Mistake
           ,
           both
           as
           to
           the
           
             Point
             of
             Government
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Point
             of
             Religion
             .
          
        
         
           There
           is
           so
           as
           to
           the
           
             Point
             of
             Government
             ,
          
           because
           it
           makes
           every
           Man's
           Safety
           depend
           on
           the
           wrong
           Place
           ,
           not
           upon
           the
           
             Governor
             ,
          
           or
           a
           Man's
           living
           well
           towards
           the
           
             Civil
             Government
             Established
             by
             Law
             ,
          
           but
           upon
           his
           being
           transported
           with
           Zeal
           for
           every
           Opinion
           that
           is
           held
           by
           those
           that
           have
           Power
           in
           the
           Church
           then
           in
           Fashion
           .
        
         
           And
           it
           is
           ,
           I
           conceive
           ,
           a
           Mistake
           in
           
             Religion
             ,
          
           because
           it
           is
           positively
           against
           〈◊〉
           ●express
           Doctrin
           and
           Example
           of
           
             Jesus
             Christ
             .
          
        
         
           
             Nay
             ,
          
           (
           my
           Lords
           )
           
             as
             to
             our
          
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           
             there
             is
             something
             in
             it
             yet
             worse
             ;
             for
             we
          
           Protestants
           
             maintain
             ,
             That
             none
             of
             those
          
           Opinions
           ,
           
             which
          
           Christians
           
             differ
             about
             ,
             are
          
           Infallible
           ;
           
             and
             therefore
             in
             us
             ,
             it
             is
             somewhat
             an
             inexcusable
             Conception
             ,
          
           That
           Men
           ought
           to
           be
           deprived
           of
           their
           Inheritance
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           certain
           Conveniences
           and
           Advantages
           of
           Life
           ,
           because
           they
           will
           not
           agree
           with
           us
           in
           our
           uncertain
           Opinions
           of
           Religion
           .
        
         
           My
           humble
           Motion
           therefore
           to
           your
           Lordships
           is
           ,
           That
           you
           will
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           bring
           in
           a
           Bill
           of
           
             Indulgence
          
           to
           all
           Dissenting
           Protestants
           .
        
         
           I
           know
           very
           well
           ,
           That
           every
           
             Peer
             of
             this
             Realm
          
           has
           a
           Right
           to
           bring
           into
           
             Parliament
          
           any
           Bill
           which
           he
           conceives
           to
           be
           useful
           to
           this
           Nation
           :
           But
           I
           thought
           it
           more
           respectful
           to
           your
           Lordships
           to
           ask
           your
           Leave
           for
           it
           before
           ,
           I
           cannot
           think
           the
           doing
           of
           it
           will
           be
           of
           any
           Prejudice
           to
           the
           Bill
           ,
           because
           I
           am
           confident
           the
           
             Reason
             ,
          
           the
           
             Prudence
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Charitableness
          
           of
           it
           ,
           will
           be
           able
           to
           Justifie
           itself
           to
           this
           
             House
             ,
          
           and
           to
           the
           whole
           
             World.
             
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           LONDON
           ,
           
             Printed
             for
          
           J.
           Curtis
           
             near
          
           Fleet-bridge
           ,
           1689.