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           FAIR-WARNING
           :
           OR
           ,
           XXV
           .
           REASONS
           Against
           Toleration
           and
           Indulgence
           of
           POPERY
           ;
           WITH
           THE
           Arch-Bishop
           of
           Canterbury's
           LETTER
           TO
           THE
           KING
           ,
           AND
           All
           the
           Bishops
           of
           Irelands
           Protestation
           to
           the
           Parliament
           to
           the
           same
           Purpose
           .
           With
           an
           Answer
           to
           the
           Roman-Catholicks
           reasons
           FOR
           INDVLGENCE
           .
        
         
           ALSO
           THE
           Excellent
           Reasons
           of
           the
           Honourable
           HOUSE
           of
           COMMONS
           Against
           INDULGENCE
           ;
           With
           Historical
           Observations
           thereupon
           .
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           for
           S.
           U.
           N.
           T.
           F.S.
           1663.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           KINGS
           Most
           Excellent
           MAJESTY
           ,
        
         
           
             May
             it
             please
             your
             Majesty
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Have
           been
           too
           long
           silent
           ,
           and
           am
           afraid
           ,
           by
           my
           silence
           ,
           I
           have
           neglected
           the
           duty
           of
           the
           place
           it
           hath
           pleased
           God
           to
           call
           me
           unto
           ,
           and
           your
           Majesty
           to
           place
           me
           in
           .
           And
           now
           I
           humbly
           crave
           leave
           ,
           I
           may
           discharge
           my
           conscience
           towards
           God
           ,
           and
           my
           duty
           to
           your
           Majesty
           .
           And
           therefore
           I
           beseech
           your
           Majesty
           ,
           give
           me
           leave
           freely
           to
           deliver
           my self
           ,
           and
           then
           let
           your
           Majesty
           do
           with
           me
           what
           You
           please
           .
           Your
           Majesty
           hath
           propounded
           a
           Toleration
           of
           Religion
           :
           I
           beseech
           you
           Sir
           ,
           take
           into
           your
           consideration
           ,
           what
           the
           Act
           is
           ,
           next
           what
           the
           Consequence
           may
           be
           .
           By
           your
           Act
           you
           labour
           to
           set
           up
           that
           most
           damnable
           ,
           
           and
           heretical
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           whore
           of
           Babylon
           .
           How
           hatefull
           will
           it
           be
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           grievous
           unto
           Your
           good
           Subjects
           ,
           the
           true
           professors
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           that
           your
           Majesty
           ,
           who
           hath
           often
           disputed
           ,
           and
           learnedly
           written
           against
           those
           wicked
           Heresies
           ,
           should
           now
           shew
           Your self
           a
           Patron
           of
           those
           Doctrines
           ,
           which
           Your
           Pen
           hath
           told
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           Your
           Conscience
           tells
           Your self
           ,
           are
           superstitious
           ,
           idolatrous
           ,
           and
           detestable
           .
           Besides
           ,
           this
           Toleration
           which
           You
           endeavour
           to
           set
           up
           by
           Proclamation
           ,
           cannot
           be
           done
           without
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           unlesse
           your
           Majesty
           will
           let
           your
           Subjects
           see
           ,
           that
           You
           will
           take
           unto
           your self
           a
           liberty
           to
           throw
           down
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           at
           your
           pleasure
           .
           What
           dreadfull
           consequence
           these
           things
           may
           draw
           after
           them
           ,
           I
           beseech
           your
           Majesty
           to
           consider
           .
           And
           above
           all
           ,
           lest
           by
           this
           Toleration
           ,
           and
           discontinuance
           of
           the
           true
           profession
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           whereby
           God
           hath
           blessed
           u●
           ,
           and
           under
           which
           this
           Kingdome
           hath
           for
           many
           yeares
           flourished
           ,
           Your
           Majesty
           do
           not
           draw
           upon
           the
           Kingdome
           in
           generall
           ,
           and
           your self
           in
           particular
           ,
           Gods
           heavy
           wrath
           and
           indignation
           Thus
           in
           discharge
           of
           my
           duty
           towards
           God
           ,
           to
           your
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           the
           place
           of
           my
           calling
           ,
           I
           have
           taken
           humble
           boldnesse
           to
           deliver
           my
           conscience
           .
           And
           now
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           doe
           with
           me
           what
           you
           please
           .
        
         
           
             I
             am
             Your
             most
             faithfull
             Subject
             and
             Servant
             .
             
               G.
               Canterbury
            
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           TO
           THE
           Right
           Honourable
           THE
           LORDS
           AND
           COMMONS
           Assembled
           in
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           
             Humbly
             sheweth
          
           ,
           
           THat
           the
           Religion
           of
           the
           Papists
           is
           Superstitious
           and
           Idolatrous
           ,
           their
           Faith
           and
           Doctrine
           erronious
           and
           hereticall
           ,
           their
           Church
           in
           respect
           of
           both
           Apostaticall
           .
           To
           give
           them
           therefore
           a
           Toleration
           ,
           or
           to
           consent
           that
           they
           may
           freely
           exercise
           their
           Religion
           ,
           and
           professe
           their
           Faith
           and
           Doctrine
           is
           a
           grievous
           sin
           ;
           and
           that
           in
           two
           respects
           .
        
         
           For
           first
           ,
           It
           is
           to
           make
           our selves
           accessary
           ,
           
           not
           only
           to
           their
           superstitious
           
             Idolatries
             ,
             Heresies
          
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           to
           all
           the
           abom●nations
           of
           Popery
           ;
           but
           also
           (
           which
           is
           a
           consequent
           of
           the
           former
           )
           to
           the
           perd●tion
           of
           the
           seduced
           people
           ,
           which
           perish
           in
           the
           Deluge
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Apostacy
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           it
           is
           a
           great
           sin
           ,
           so
           also
           a
           matter
           of
           most
           dangerous
           consequence
           ,
           the
           consideration
           whereof
           we
           commend
           to
           the
           wise
           and
           jud●cious
           .
           Beseeching
           the
           zealous
           God
           of
           Truth
           ,
           to
           make
           them
           who
           are
           in
           Authority
           ,
           zealous
           of
           Gods
           Glory
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           advancement
           of
           true
           Religion
           ;
           zealous
           resolute
           ,
           and
           couragious
           against
           all
           
             Popery
             ,
             Superstition
          
           and
           Idolatry
           .
           Amen
           .
        
         
           
             
               Ja
               :
               Armachanus
            
             .
          
           
             
               Auth
               :
               Medensis
            
             .
          
           
             
               Ro
               :
               Dunensis
               .
               &c.
            
             
          
           
             
               Richard
               Cork
               ,
               Cloyne
               ,
               Rosses
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tho
               :
               Kilmore
               &
               Ardagh
            
             .
          
           
             
               Mich
               :
               Waterford
               ,
               and
               Lismore
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mal
               :
               Casohellen
            
             :
          
           
             
               Tho
               :
               Hernes
            
             .
             &
             Laughlin
             .
          
           
             
               Geo
               :
               Deceus
            
             .
          
           
             
               Andr
               :
               Alachadeus
            
          
           
             
               Theo
               :
               Dromore
            
             .
          
           
             
               Franc
               :
               Lymrick
            
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Since
             then
             ,
             neither
             in
             right
             reason
             ,
             and
             true
             policy
             of
             State
             ,
             it
             is
             either
             becoming
             or
             safe
             ,
             for
             
               Christian
               Magistrates
            
             ,
             to
             have
             no
             acknowledgment
             of
             any
             face
             of
             Religion
             ,
             so
             farre
             among
             their
             people
             and
             Subj●cts
             as
             to
             stablish
             ,
             own
             and
             command
             it
             ;
             nor
             is
             it
             any
             piety
             ,
             for
             Christians
             ,
             to
             be
             alwayes
             scepticks
             in
             Religion
             ;
             ever
             unsatisfied
             ,
             and
             unresolved
             ,
             and
             unestablished
             in
             matters
             of
             Gods
             worship
             ,
             and
             mans
             salvation
             ,
             still
             ravelling
             the
             very
             grounds
             of
             Religion
             with
             
               endless
               cavells
            
             and
             
               endless
               disputes
            
             .
             Since
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             is
             neer
             and
             open
             to
             direct
             all
             men
             in
             the
             wayes
             of
             God
             ;
             and
             since
             what
             is
             necessary
             to
             be
             believed
             and
             obeyed
             in
             truth
             and
             holinesse
             ,
             is
             of
             all
             parts
             in
             Scrip●ure
             most
             plaine
             and
             easie
             ;
             No
             doubt
             ,
             but
             
               Christian
               Magistrates
            
             are
             
               highly
               bound
               in
               Conscience
            
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             in
             charity
             to
             the
             good
             of
             their
             Subjects
             ,
             (
             to
             whom
             they
             must
             do
             more
             good
             ,
             then
             they
             are
             desired
             to
             do
             by
             the
             Vulgar
             )
             to
             establish
             those
             things
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             
               extern
               order
               ,
               Ministry
               ,
               form
            
             and
             profession
             of
             Religion
             ,
             both
             in
             doctrine
             and
             duties
             ,
             which
             they
             shall
             in
             their
             conscience
             judge
             and
             conclude
             ,
             upon
             the
             best
             advice
             of
             learned
             and
             godly
             men
             ,
             to
             be
             most
             agreeable
             to
             the
             will
             of
             God
             ,
             as
             most
             clearly
             grounded
             
             on
             the
             Word
             in
             the
             general
             tenor
             and
             analogy
             of
             it
             ;
             and
             as
             most
             
               fundamentally
               necessary
            
             to
             be
             believed
             and
             obeyed
             by
             all
             Christians
             ;
             whereto
             the
             Catholick
             beleife
             and
             practice
             of
             all
             Churches
             (
             more
             or
             lesse
             agreeing
             )
             gives
             a
             great
             light
             and
             direction
             .
             Christians
             must
             not
             be
             alwayes
             tossing
             to
             and
             fro
             in
             Religion
             ,
             as
             if
             nothing
             were
             true
             fixed
             and
             certaine
             in
             Religion
             ;
             nothing
             heretical
             ,
             corrupt
             ,
             and
             damnable
             in
             opinion
             and
             doctrine
             ;
             nothing
             immorall
             ,
             unlawfull
             ,
             and
             abominable
             in
             practice
             ;
             nothing
             perverse
             ,
             uncharitable
             ,
             and
             uncomely
             in
             seditions
             ,
             schisms
             and
             separations
             .
          
           
             
               John
               Wigorn.
               
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           Twenty
           five
           Reasons
           Against
           Toleration
           of
           Popery
        
         
           
             Reason
             .
             1.
             
          
           
             THat
             way
             which
             seduceth
             poor
             Souls
             from
             the
             great
             Rule
             God
             hath
             given
             to
             live
             by
             and
             be
             saved
             ,
             is
             not
             to
             be
             tolerated
             (
             shall
             we
             allow
             them
             among
             us
             who
             take
             away
             from
             Immortal
             Souls
             all
             the
             sure
             foundation
             they
             have
             against
             the
             time
             to
             come
             ?
             shall
             we
             endure
             them
             among
             us
             whose
             business
             it
             is
             to
             hide
             the
             eternal
             counsel
             of
             God
             from
             men
             .
             )
             Popery
             doth
             seduce
             poor
             Souls
             from
             the
             great
             Rule
             of
             life
             .
             Papistis
             ,
             (
             and
             shall
             they
             be
             tolerated
             )
             make
             it
             part
             of
             their
             Religion
             to
             perswade
             us
             that
             we
             should
             not
             search
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             wherein
             we
             may
             have
             life
             ?
             Catholicks
             (
             and
             shall
             they
             be
             Indulgent
             ?
             )
             make
             it
             their
             business
             to
             keep
             us
             from
             the
             holy
             
               Sriptures
               which
               are
               able
            
             to
             make
             us
             wise
             unto
             salvation
             ,
             perfect
             and
             thoughly
             furnished
             unto
             all
             good
             works
             :
             they
             of
             Rome
             (
             and
             shall
             they
             be
             connived
             at
             )
             draw
             poor
             Souls
             from
             the
             word
             of
             God
             
               that
               is
               able
               to
               build
               us
               up
               and
               to
               give
               us
               an
               inheritance
               among
               them
               that
               are
               sanctified
            
             :
             they
             (
             said
             that
             there
             should
             be
             such
             among
             us
             )
             endeavour
             that
             we
             should
             not
             
               prove
               what
               is
               the
               good
               ,
               the
               perfect
               ,
               the
               acceptable
               will
               of
               our
               God
               :
            
             that
             without
             knowledge
             of
             this
             will
             the
             people
             
             
               should
               perish
            
             :
             they
             (
             and
             what
             can
             Satan
             do
             more
             ?
             )
             disuade
             poor
             Souls
             from
             reading
             the
             Scriptures
             :
             they
             persuade
             them
             that
             the
             Scriptures
             ought
             to
             be
             in
             an
             unknown
             Tongue
             ;
             that
             hearing
             poor
             Souls
             might
             hear
             and
             not
             understand
             the
             things
             that
             belong
             to
             their
             peace
             ,
             must
             we
             needs
             have
             these
             among
             us
             that
             may
             persuade
             people
             too
             much
             inclined
             of
             themselves
             to
             sit
             in
             ignorance
             among
             us
             who
             (
             after
             all
             our
             pains
             to
             instruct
             an
             ignorant
             world
             )
             now
             persuade
             poor
             souls
             to
             be
             still
             alienated
             from
             the
             life
             of
             God
             ,
             to
             have
             their
             understanding
             still
             darkened
             to
             retain
             still
             the
             blindnesse
             of
             their
             hearts
             ?
             and
             can
             the
             enemy
             of
             mankind
             do
             any
             more
             :
             shall
             we
             have
             those
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             us
             (
             who
             notwithstanding
             all
             our
             endeavours
             to
             teach
             the
             world
             a
             saving
             knowledge
             of
             God
             )
             shall
             yet
             (
             and
             alas
             !
             the
             
               murderer
               from
            
             the
             beginning
             desires
             no
             more
             )
             persuade
             mankind
             that
             it
             is
             a
             vein
             thing
             to
             be
             filled
             with
             the
             knowledge
             of
             Gods
             will
             in
             all
             wisdom
             and
             
               spiritual
               understanding
            
             :
             no
             Christian
             state
             can
             Tolerate
             those
             people
             whose
             Religion
             is
             to
             keep
             the
             world
             in
             ignorance
             of
             all
             Religion
             ,
             who
             know
             we
             must
             love
             God
             ,
             yet
             will
             not
             suffer
             us
             to
             know
             him
             ;
             who
             know
             we
             must
             obey
             him
             ,
             yet
             wil
             not
             suffer
             us
             to
             know
             his
             will.
             
          
        
         
           
             Reason
             2.
             
          
           
             That
             way
             that
             persuades
             men
             to
             believe
             and
             live
             by
             the
             traditions
             of
             men
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             the
             word
             of
             God
             of
             none
             effect
             is
             not
             to
             be
             tollerated
             ,
             how
             can
             a
             King
             (
             who
             must
             give
             an
             account
             of
             himself
             to
             God
             )
             answer
             for
             his
             connivance
             at
             that
             profession
             which
             teacheth
             men
             to
             live
             ,
             not
             by
             the
             will
             of
             God
             that
             made
             them
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             will
             of
             men
             like
             themselves
             .
             How
             can
             Kings
             answer
             it
             if
             they
             suffer
             men
             to
             live
             by
             the
             Law
             of
             men
             ,
             and
             not
             of
             God
             ,
             will
             God
             endure
             that
             the
             world
             should
             be
             governed
             by
             the
             Creature
             and
             not
             by
             the
             Creator
             ?
             But
             Popery
             takes
             men
             off
             from
             the
             wil
             of
             God
             :
             they
             say
             we
             have
             no
             Scripture
             but
             what
             the
             Pope
             
             allow
             do
             not
             they
             teach
             (
             and
             that
             among
             Christians
             too
             )
             that
             we
             must
             think
             the
             Scripture
             the
             word
             of
             God
             no
             longer
             than
             the
             Church
             saith
             it
             is
             so
             ?
             do
             not
             they
             write
             (
             and
             that
             among
             us
             that
             waite
             upon
             God
             to
             hear
             the
             Scripture
             weekly
             and
             dayly
             ,
             )
             that
             their
             customes
             and
             opinions
             are
             to
             be
             the
             Rule
             and
             foundation
             of
             our
             faith
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Scripture
             do
             not
             they
             equal
             the
             Popes
             decrees
             to
             Gods
             word
             ,
             and
             say
             their
             Church
             may
             impose
             new
             Articles
             of
             faith
             upon
             poor
             Souls
             every
             day
             prefering
             the
             judgement
             of
             the
             Church
             before
             the
             counsel
             of
             God
             ?
             that
             say
             the
             authority
             of
             the
             Church
             in
             its
             Laws
             is
             above
             the
             authority
             of
             God
             in
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             and
             yet
             the
             authority
             of
             the
             Pope
             in
             his
             decrees
             is
             above
             the
             authority
             of
             the
             Church
             in
             her
             Laws
             :
             that
             say
             God
             in
             his
             word
             did
             not
             say
             enough
             to
             save
             men
             ,
             did
             not
             speak
             cleerly
             enough
             to
             instruct
             them
             in
             the
             knowledg
             of
             the
             truth
             .
             Be
             wise
             O
             ye
             Kings
             ,
             be
             instructed
             O
             ye
             Judges
             of
             the
             Earth
             ?
             to
             what
             end
             hath
             he
             set
             up
             you
             ,
             but
             to
             see
             that
             men
             should
             walk
             according
             to
             his
             will
             ?
             to
             what
             end
             hath
             God
             advanced
             you
             but
             to
             see
             that
             men
             lived
             according
             to
             his
             Law
             hath
             God
             raised
             you
             up
             ?
             and
             will
             you
             suffer
             Anti-Christ
             to
             advance
             himself
             above
             every
             thing
             that
             is
             called
             God
             ?
             doth
             not
             God
             see
             this
             ?
             doth
             not
             he
             observe
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Reason
             3.
             
          
           
             That
             way
             which
             buildeth
             the
             salvation
             of
             men
             upon
             the
             Infallibility
             of
             one
             man
             is
             not
             to
             be
             tolerated
             Popery
             doth
             so
             therfore
             ,
             &c.
             
             O
             Princes
             do
             you
             not
             watch
             over
             your
             people
             for
             good
             ?
             have
             you
             any
             care
             of
             precious
             Souls
             ?
             will
             you
             endure
             those
             men
             that
             will
             not
             suffer
             us
             to
             rest
             upon
             the
             foundation
             of
             God
             which
             standeth
             sure
             ,
             and
             allure
             us
             to
             trust
             in
             the
             foundation
             of
             men
             that
             wil
             fail
             :
             wil
             you
             indulge
             men
             that
             delude
             your
             people
             to
             rely
             
               upon
               man
               that
               is
               a
               lye
               ,
            
             and
             the
             son
             of
             man
             
               that
               may
               deceive
            
             )
             will
             your
             God
             
             keep
             silence
             when
             he
             observes
             you
             looking
             on
             men
             making
             one
             another
             a
             God
             and
             yet
             
               keep
               silence
            
             :
             will
             you
             stand
             by
             and
             see
             God
             robbed
             of
             his
             honour
             ,
             and
             vain
             man
             indeavouring
             to
             be
             as
             God
             ,
             and
             use
             not
             that
             power
             God
             gave
             you
             to
             punish
             :
             hath
             he
             pulled
             down
             the
             usurpers
             of
             your
             throne
             ;
             and
             will
             you
             not
             keep
             under
             the
             usurpers
             of
             his
             attributes
             ,
             hath
             he
             overturned
             them
             that
             would
             be
             Kings
             as
             well
             as
             you
             :
             and
             will
             you
             encourage
             them
             that
             would
             be
             infallible
             as
             well
             as
             he
             ?
             can
             you
             stand
             still
             and
             see
             so
             many
             perish
             and
             led
             away
             in
             
               that
               great
               Errour
            
             of
             the
             wicked
             :
             
               That
               man
               is
               Infallible
            
             :
             O
             suffer
             not
             that
             way
             which
             leadeth
             us
             to
             man
             ,
             bottometh
             us
             upon
             man
             :
             and
             leaveth
             us
             short
             of
             God.
             
          
        
         
           
             Reason
             4.
             
          
           
             That
             way
             that
             leaves
             men
             ,
             no
             certain
             way
             to
             be
             saved
             is
             not
             to
             be
             Tolerated
             :
             Popery
             is
             that
             way
             &c.
             
             When
             poor
             Souls
             would
             know
             how
             to
             be
             saved
             ?
             They
             say
             hear
             the
             Church
             :
             If
             he
             say
             how
             shall
             I
             know
             wether
             the
             Church
             is
             infallible
             ?
             They
             say
             by
             the
             Scripture
             :
             how
             shall
             we
             know
             the
             Scriptures
             :
             they
             say
             by
             the
             Church
             ,
             O
             wil
             you
             suffer
             your
             subjects
             ,
             O
             ye
             Kings
             to
             be
             thus
             led
             in
             a
             maze
             :
             to
             be
             thus
             perplexed
             in
             a
             circle
             ,
             for
             eternity
             :
             is
             this
             your
             kindness
             to
             give
             them
             leave
             to
             be
             utterly
             at
             a
             loss
             for
             another
             world
             !
             Is
             this
             Indulgence
             to
             let
             them
             live
             and
             dye
             ,
             they
             know
             not
             how
             :
             besides
             its
             a
             cruel
             Favour
             to
             let
             people
             throw
             away
             their
             Souls
             upon
             these
             uncertain
             traditions
             ,
             decrees
             ,
             &c.
             that
             the
             most
             learned
             can
             hardly
             understand
             :
             if
             you
             love
             them
             keep
             them
             to
             the
             Law
             of
             God
             which
             is
             perfect
             converting
             the
             Soul
             ;
             the
             Testimoney
             of
             the
             Lord
             which
             is
             sure
             ,
             making
             wise
             the
             simple
             ;
             the
             commandement
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             which
             is
             pure
             enlightning
             the
             eyes
             :
             the
             fear
             of
             the
             Lord
             
             which
             is
             clean
             ,
             enduring
             for
             ever
             :
             the
             judgements
             of
             the
             Lord
             which
             are
             true
             and
             righteous
             altogether
             :
             however
             be
             not
             so
             unmerciful
             us
             to
             let
             Christians
             cease
             to
             hear
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             hear
             the
             Pope
             cease
             to
             be
             Christians
             that
             they
             may
             be
             Papists
             .
          
        
         
           
             Reason
             5
             ,
          
           
             Being
             there
             is
             but
             one
             safe
             way
             to
             Salvation
             ,
             do
             you
             think
             that
             the
             Protestant
             way
             is
             that
             way
             ,
             or
             is
             it
             not
             .
             If
             it
             be
             not
             ,
             why
             do
             you
             live
             in
             it
             .
             If
             it
             be
             ,
             how
             can
             you
             find
             in
             your
             heart
             to
             give
             your
             subjects
             liberty
             to
             go
             another
             way
             :
             can
             you
             in
             your
             Conscience
             give
             them
             leave
             to
             go
             on
             in
             that
             course
             in
             which
             in
             your
             conscience
             you
             think
             you
             could
             not
             be
             saved
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Reason
             6.
             
          
           
             A
             way
             to
             serve
             God
             ,
             which
             no
             man
             can
             know
             must
             not
             be
             Tolerated
             (
             O
             we
             must
             not
             be
             Indulged
             to
             worship
             we
             know
             not
             what
             )
             Popery
             is
             a
             way
             that
             no
             man
             can
             certainly
             know
             :
             For
             the
             Papists
             way
             is
             to
             believe
             as
             the
             Church
             believes
             :
             Now
             a
             man
             knoweth
             not
             whether
             he
             believe
             a
             right
             in
             that
             way
             ;
             if
             he
             is
             not
             sure
             .
             1.
             
             That
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             is
             the
             true
             Church
             .
             2.
             
             That
             this
             Church
             is
             by
             the
             promise
             made
             to
             St.
             Peter
             infallible
             .
             3.
             
             That
             the
             Pope
             is
             Peter's
             true
             successor
             .
             4.
             
             They
             must
             know
             that
             he
             is
             rightly
             qualified
             ,
             duly
             ,
             well-chosen
             to
             his
             place
             :
             5.
             
             Whether
             the
             Cardinals
             ,
             the
             People
             ,
             or
             the
             Emperour
             have
             the
             right
             power
             to
             make
             a
             Pope
             :
             For
             there
             have
             been
             Popes
             chosen
             by
             all
             these
             at
             one
             time
             .
             6.
             
             They
             must
             know
             which
             of
             the
             Popes
             is
             infallible
             ▪
             when
             sometimes
             one
             Pope
             disannulleth
             ,
             what
             another
             decreed
             .
             7.
             
             When
             there
             are
             many
             Popes
             at
             once
             (
             as
             there
             
             have
             been
             )
             they
             must
             know
             which
             is
             the
             Infallible
             .
             8.
             
             They
             must
             be
             sure
             at
             this
             distance
             that
             the
             Cardinals
             consecrated
             him
             who
             is
             now
             in
             the
             seat
             ,
             they
             must
             know
             in
             England
             that
             they
             have
             the
             right
             decree
             of
             the
             Pope
             ,
             or
             travel
             so
             many
             miles
             to
             him
             themselves
             :
             and
             the
             right
             meaning
             of
             them
             &c.
             will
             you
             (
             O
             gracious
             Prince
             )
             give
             up
             the
             peoples
             Souls
             that
             are
             under
             you
             ,
             to
             these
             infinite
             doubts
             and
             scruples
             which
             it
             is
             impossible
             for
             any
             to
             be
             satisfied
             in
             ?
             will
             you
             not
             keep
             them
             to
             the
             Sure
             
               word
               of
               prophecy
            
             ?
             To
             which
             they
             do
             well
             to
             take
             heed
             ,
             as
             to
             a
             light
             shining
             in
             a
             darke
             place
             .
          
        
         
           
             Reason
             7.
             
          
           
             The
             greatest
             novelty
             and
             Schisme
             in
             the
             world
             is
             not
             to
             be
             Tolerated
             Popery
             :
             
             is
             the
             greatest
             Schisme
             and
             novelty
             in
             the
             world
             :
             So
             great
             a
             Schisme
             that
             separate
             from
             all
             the
             world
             and
             damne
             all
             the
             world
             :
             So
             great
             a
             novelty
             that
             we
             have
             no
             footsteps
             of
             it
             in
             the
             Scripture
             which
             is
             the
             reason
             why
             they
             would
             not
             have
             us
             read
             the
             Scriptures
             :
             will
             you
             Indulge
             novelties
             ,
             O
             ye
             the
             defenders
             of
             the
             Faith
             ,
             
               Once
               delivered
               to
               the
               Saints
            
             .
             Will
             you
             allow
             them
             amongst
             us
             whose
             business
             it
             is
             to
             perswade
             the
             world
             that
             you
             and
             we
             are
             damned
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Reason
             8.
             
          
           
             Nothing
             is
             to
             be
             Tolerated
             that
             is
             directly
             contrary
             to
             the
             word
             &c.
             
             For
             therefore
             indeed
             Kings
             are
             commanded
             to
             read
             the
             word
             of
             God
             that
             they
             may
             suffer
             nothing
             that
             is
             contrary
             to
             the
             word
             ,
             you
             can
             do
             nothing
             against
             the
             truth
             but
             for
             the
             truth
             you
             are
             to
             be
             a
             terror
             to
             them
             that
             do
             evil
             
             against
             the
             word
             ,
             and
             an
             Incouragement
             to
             them
             that
             do
             well
             according
             to
             that
             word
             :
             we
             pray
             four
             you
             that
             are
             in
             authority
             that
             we
             may
             lead
             peaceable
             &
             quiet
             lives
             in
             all
             godlinesse
             according
             to
             the
             
               word
               of
               God
            
             :
             and
             honesty
             according
             to
             the
             Laws
             of
             men
             :
             how
             can
             you
             stand
             by
             and
             see
             the
             Communion
             and
             administred
             in
             one
             kind
             against
             the
             Institution
             of
             Christ
             which
             is
             ,
             
               Eat
               ye
               all
               of
               this
               ,
               drink
               ye
               all
               of
               this
            
             ?
             How
             can
             you
             stand
             by
             and
             look
             upon
             them
             serving
             or
             rather
             mocking
             God
             in
             an
             unknown
             tongue
             in
             dispight
             of
             the
             Apostolical
             injunction
             ,
             1
             Cor.
             14.
             will
             you
             allow
             men
             a
             liberty
             to
             choose
             whether
             they
             will
             read
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             when
             you
             know
             that
             these
             things
             are
             written
             that
             ye
             might
             beleive
             ,
             &
             that
             beleiving
             ye
             might
             have
             life
             through
             his
             name
             ,
             will
             you
             suffer
             them
             that
             say
             rend
             not
             these
             holy
             Scriptures
             least
             they
             destroy
             your
             faith
             and
             bring
             you
             to
             damnation
             ,
             when
             you
             know
             that
             whatsoever
             things
             are
             written
             ,
             are
             written
             for
             our
             learning
             that
             we
             through
             the
             comforts
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             might
             have
             hope
             .
             What
             shall
             I
             do
             saith
             the
             man
             in
             the
             Gospel
             that
             I
             may
             
               inherit
               eternal
               Life
            
             ?
             Our
             
               Saviour
               answereth
               what
               is
               written
               in
               the
               Law
               ,
               how
               readest
               thou
            
             ?
             What
             sins
             will
             you
             punish
             ,
             O
             you
             Kings
             .
             1.
             
             If
             you
             wink
             at
             them
             ,
             that
             vilifie
             Gods
             words
             us
             obscure
             or
             insufficient
             for
             Salvation
             :
             even
             the
             late
             times
             of
             liberty
             denied
             liberty
             to
             them
             that
             denied
             the
             Scripture
             .
             2.
             
             That
             presume
             to
             alter
             the
             express
             Institutions
             of
             God.
             3.
             
             That
             forbid
             the
             reading
             of
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             the
             only
             way
             of
             Life
             :
             Lord
             what
             shall
             not
             be
             allowed
             if
             these
             men
             be
             allowed
             .
          
        
         
           
             Reason
             9.
             
          
           
             Idolatry
             is
             not
             to
             be
             Tolerated
             ?
             What
             have
             we
             to
             do
             any
             more
             with
             Idols
             ?
             Popery
             is
             Idolatry
             ,
             &c.
             can
             you
             have
             the
             patience
             to
             see
             the
             Creature
             worshiped
             instead
             of
             the
             
             Creaor
             :
             is
             not
             your
             spirit
             stirred
             within
             you
             to
             see
             men
             change
             the
             truth
             of
             God
             into
             a
             Lye
             ,
             and
             worshipping
             ,
             and
             serving
             the
             Creature
             ,
             more
             than
             the
             Creator
             God
             blessed
             for
             ever
             ,
             do
             you
             not
             know
             that
             this
             sin
             overthrew
             Princes
             ,
             over
             turned
             Kingdomes
             ,
             and
             hath
             the
             wrath
             of
             the
             jealous
             God
             ,
             who
             will
             not
             give
             his
             honour
             to
             another
             allwayes
             attending
             it
             :
             If
             you
             forbid
             not
             their
             sin
             ,
             you
             commit
             it
             :
             and
             if
             you
             partake
             of
             their
             sins
             ,
             you
             will
             partake
             of
             their
             Plagues
             :
             Hath
             God
             honoured
             you
             (
             O
             ye
             excellent
             Princes
             )
             and
             will
             you
             see
             him
             thus
             dishonored
             ?
             hath
             he
             exalted
             you
             ,
             and
             will
             you
             see
             him
             thus
             debased
             ?
             would
             you
             see
             an
             Usurper
             upon
             your
             Throne
             ,
             and
             can
             you
             endure
             stocks
             and
             stones
             in
             Gods
             house
             ?
             he
             that
             honoureth
             God
             ,
             God
             wil
             honour
             :
             he
             that
             dispiseth
             him
             ,
             shall
             be
             lightly
             esteemed
             :
             shall
             Darius
             make
             a
             decree
             for
             all
             people
             ,
             nations
             ,
             and
             Languages
             that
             dwell
             on
             the
             Earth
             that
             all
             men
             should
             tremble
             and
             fear
             only
             before
             the
             living
             God.
             And
             shall
             Christian
             Kings
             endure
             other
             Gods
             should
             be
             worshipped
             .
             How
             can
             you
             endure
             to
             see
             men
             falling
             down
             before
             the
             works
             of
             mens
             hands
             .
             O
             remember
             that
             Rev.
             2.10
             .
             Notwithstanding
             I
             have
             a
             few
             things
             against
             thee
             :
             because
             thou
             hast
             suffered
             that
             woman
             Iesabel
             which
             calleth
             her self
             a
             Prophetess
             to
             teach
             ,
             and
             to
             seduce
             my
             servants
             to
             commit
             Fornication
             :
             and
             to
             eat
             things
             sacrificed
             to
             Idols
             :
             I
             have
             a
             few
             things
             against
             thee
             ,
             because
             thou
             hast
             there
             ,
             them
             that
             hold
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             Baalam
             ,
             who
             taught
             Balac
             to
             cast
             a
             stumbling-block
             before
             the
             Children
             of
             Israel
             ,
             to
             Eat
             things
             sacrificed
             unto
             Idols
             ,
             and
             to
             commit
             Fornication
             .
          
        
         
           
             Reason
             10.
             
          
           
             That
             Religion
             which
             destroyeth
             all
             civil
             Government
             is
             not
             to
             be
             Tolerated
             (
             shall
             Princes
             wink
             at
             their
             own
             ruine
             
             Popery
             destroyeth
             all
             civil
             Government
             :
             Kings
             have
             no
             more
             power
             ,
             subjects
             owe
             no
             more
             duty
             :
             then
             the
             Pope
             is
             pleased
             to
             grant
             the
             one
             and
             enjoyn
             the
             other
             ,
             shall
             we
             admit
             these
             among
             us
             that
             upon
             all
             occasions
             let
             loose
             the
             people
             to
             cut
             one
             anothers
             Throat
             :
             and
             to
             destroy
             their
             soveraigns
             :
             who
             then
             may
             be
             safely
             :
             the
             Prince
             must
             dayly
             look
             for
             poison
             and
             daggers
             .
             The
             people
             for
             Massacres
             and
             cruelties
             ,
             all
             for
             dangerous
             attempts
             against
             the
             Lord
             and
             against
             his
             Annoynted
             ,
             who
             embroyled
             us
             in
             the
             late
             War
             was
             it
             not
             Papists
             ?
             upon
             what
             principle
             did
             we
             Rebel
             ,
             kill
             and
             take
             possession
             ,
             but
             upon
             the
             principles
             of
             popery
             ,
             if
             they
             did
             such
             mischief
             when
             checked
             and
             awed
             by
             Laws
             what
             will
             they
             do
             when
             tolerated
             ?
             shall
             a
             Protestant
             Prince
             countenance
             them
             that
             may
             in
             conscience
             be
             bound
             to
             kill
             them
             as
             Hereticks
             ,
             shall
             the
             Prince
             look
             upon
             them
             as
             subjects
             who
             may
             upon
             the
             least
             occasion
             be
             absolved
             by
             the
             Pope
             from
             all
             fealty
             and
             Allegiance
             to
             the
             great
             danger
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             if
             they
             are
             Papists
             they
             cannot
             be
             indulged
             ,
             for
             they
             are
             not
             subjects
             ,
             if
             they
             are
             Protestants
             they
             need
             not
             be
             Indulged
             for
             they
             are
             and
             will
             be
             obedient
             and
             faithful
             ,
             subjects
             as
             whole
             Profession
             states
             the
             Rightly
             of
             civil
             Goverment
             upon
             the
             most
             clear
             and
             firm
             principles
             ,
             secure
             them
             by
             the
             most
             powerful
             obligation
             ,
             and
             urgeth
             them
             upon
             the
             most
             efficatious
             imotives
             of
             reward
             and
             punishment
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             shall
             we
             allow
             them
             that
             upon
             ruin
             of
             encommunication
             and
             damnation
             may
             not
             dare
             to
             be
             faithful
             :
             who
             must
             renounce
             their
             Religion
             i.e.
             obedience
             to
             the
             Pope
             ,
             that
             they
             be
             Loyal
             .
          
        
         
           
             Reason
             11.
             
          
           
             That
             way
             must
             not
             be
             tollerated
             ;
             Whose
             tolleration
             
             increaseth
             our
             danger
             ,
             and
             yet
             lesseneth
             those
             Incomes
             whereby
             we
             defrayed
             the
             charges
             of
             our
             danger
             :
             the
             Papists
             disturbed
             us
             indeed
             formerly
             ,
             but
             their
             Estates
             secured
             us
             :
             they
             threatned
             us
             ;
             and
             their
             Estates
             maintained
             those
             forces
             by
             Sea
             and
             Land
             that
             protected
             us
             ;
             shall
             we
             now
             increase
             our
             danger
             in
             allowing
             their
             liberty
             ,
             and
             yet
             quit
             those
             two
             parts
             of
             their
             Estates
             by
             which
             we
             weathered
             out
             the
             danger
             ?
             what
             at
             once
             let
             in
             an
             enemy
             and
             weaken
             our selves
             .
          
        
         
           
             Reason
             12.
             
          
           
             Blasphemy
             must
             not
             be
             tollerated
             (
             he
             that
             blasphemed
             was
             to
             be
             put
             to
             death
             you
             know
             )
             Popery
             is
             Blasphemy
             :
             do
             not
             your
             ears
             tingle
             to
             hear
             them
             say
             ,
             that
             God
             in
             the
             Scripture
             is
             not
             infallable
             ,
             but
             the
             Pope
             in
             his
             decrees
             is
             .
             2.
             
             That
             they
             can
             make
             a
             God
             of
             a
             piece
             of
             bread
             .
             3.
             
             That
             that
             God
             may
             be
             eaten
             by
             the
             most
             wicked
             man
             ,
             yea
             the
             most
             vile
             creature
             ,
             by
             a
             Dog
             ,
             or
             a
             Mouse
             ,
             &c.
             
             Shall
             the
             name
             of
             God
             through
             you
             be
             blasphemed
             ,
             God
             forbid
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Reason
             13.
             
          
           
             That
             way
             which
             brings
             to
             an
             uncertainty
             is
             not
             to
             be
             tollerated
             ,
             &c.
             
             Will
             you
             suffer
             men
             to
             live
             among
             us
             that
             perswade
             us
             we
             must
             not
             believe
             our
             eyes
             :
             that
             are
             so
             deceitful
             ,
             that
             when
             we
             see
             a
             piece
             of
             bread
             ,
             must
             needs
             insinuate
             to
             us
             that
             we
             see
             a
             God
             ,
             a
             Saviour
             ;
             if
             we
             cannot
             trust
             our
             eyes
             ,
             how
             shall
             we
             live
             ?
             if
             we
             cannot
             trust
             our
             
             sences
             how
             can
             we
             know
             you
             ,
             and
             obey
             you
             ?
             how
             can
             we
             know
             the
             Scripture
             and
             believe
             it
             ?
             O
             suffer
             not
             those
             men
             among
             us
             ,
             that
             are
             about
             to
             perswade
             us
             that
             we
             must
             not
             believe
             our
             eyes
             ,
             and
             that
             we
             can
             know
             nothing
             .
          
        
         
           
             Reason
             14.
             
          
           
             They
             are
             not
             to
             be
             tollerated
             who
             turn
             all
             Religion
             to
             interest
             and
             formality
             ;
             will
             you
             endure
             them
             that
             teach
             poor
             men
             no
             more
             religion
             then
             1.
             the
             advancement
             of
             one
             to
             be
             head
             of
             the
             Church
             ;
             For
             let
             us
             believe
             what
             we
             will
             ,
             if
             we
             deny
             that
             the
             Pope
             is
             head
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             we
             are
             damned
             .
             )
             2.
             then
             a
             few
             formalities
             and
             ceremonies
             :
             will
             you
             suffer
             poor
             men
             to
             rest
             in
             a
             form
             of
             Godliness
             denying
             the
             power
             thereof
             :
             will
             you
             let
             Christianity
             turn
             a
             piece
             of
             Pagentry
             ,
             and
             all
             Christians
             walk
             in
             a
             vain
             shew
             :
             will
             you
             not
             once
             appear
             before
             that
             God
             that
             is
             to
             be
             worshiped
             
               in
               Spirit
               and
               in
               truth
            
             :
             and
             can
             you
             forbear
             't
             when
             you
             look
             abroad
             and
             see
             the
             Holy
             and
             Blessed
             God
             mocked
             with
             histrionical
             ,
             gawdy
             ,
             vain
             bablings
             ,
             childish
             canting
             ,
             saying
             and
             hearing
             they
             know
             not
             what
             ;
             God
             forbid
             we
             should
             countenance
             that
             in
             the
             world
             by
             a
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
             whose
             businesse
             is
             to
             mock
             God
             with
             an
             unreasonable
             Service
             ,
             and
             to
             set
             up
             man
             in
             an
             unreasonable
             pomp
             ,
             greatnesse
             ,
             dominion
             ,
             and
             tyranny
             over
             the
             world
             .
             O
             shall
             the
             spiritual
             and
             inward
             frame
             and
             power
             of
             Religion
             be
             turned
             to
             an
             outward
             shew
             .
          
        
         
           
             Reason
             15.
             
          
           
             That
             Religion
             that
             allows
             men
             the
             greatest
             liberty
             to
             sin
             is
             not
             to
             be
             tollerated
             ,
             &c.
             
             Shall
             you
             who
             have
             power
             given
             you
             to
             restrain
             evil
             ,
             allow
             a
             Religion
             that
             gives
             the
             greatest
             liberty
             to
             it
             .
             In
             vain
             are
             you
             Kings
             ,
             if
             you
             allow
             
             that
             way
             which
             can
             dispence
             with
             all
             oaths
             and
             obligations
             of
             Subjects
             unto
             Kings
             .
             In
             vain
             will
             you
             make
             Laws
             against
             prophanesse
             ,
             if
             you
             indulge
             a
             Religion
             (
             if
             I
             may
             so
             call
             it
             )
             which
             may
             give
             indulgence
             to
             all
             prophanesse
             .
             In
             vain
             will
             you
             punish
             ,
             if
             you
             suffer
             men
             to
             think
             the
             Pope
             may
             pardon
             .
             In
             vain
             do
             you
             trust
             your
             Subjects
             upon
             their
             oaths
             and
             promises
             ,
             if
             you
             countenance
             that
             Religion
             that
             teach
             men
             to
             equivocate
             ,
             to
             speak
             one
             thing
             ,
             to
             
               mean
               another
            
             .
             In
             vain
             do
             you
             professe
             the
             Protestant-Religion
             ,
             if
             you
             allow
             that
             Religion
             that
             gives
             men
             liberty
             to
             dissemble
             any
             Religion
             ,
             to
             be
             Anabaptists
             ,
             to
             be
             Quakers
             ,
             to
             be
             any
             thing
             to
             promote
             their
             own
             cause
             .
             Will
             you
             permit
             that
             way
             which
             leads
             men
             to
             these
             abominable
             courses
             .
             
               My
               soul
               come
               not
               thou
               into
               their
               secrets
               .
            
             Shall
             the
             poor
             people
             be
             given
             over
             to
             believe
             Lyes
             and
             Legends
             :
             and
             when
             they
             have
             seen
             their
             ridiculousnesse
             and
             folly
             ,
             at
             last
             come
             to
             believe
             nothing
             ;
             their
             holy
             frauds
             and
             cheats
             ,
             making
             most
             of
             the
             antient
             writings
             uncertain
             :
             a
             mischief
             as
             we
             cannot
             expresse
             ,
             so
             they
             cannot
             repair
             .
          
        
         
           
             Reason
             16.
             
          
           
             A
             way
             that
             engageth
             poor
             souls
             in
             certain
             perjury
             ,
             contradiction
             ,
             and
             impossibility
             ,
             is
             not
             tollerable
             .
             &c.
             The
             Papists
             Can
             you
             ,
             O
             ye
             tender
             hearted
             Princes
             see
             poor
             souls
             perplexed
             thus
             with
             impossibilities
             :
             amazed
             with
             contradictions
             and
             plunged
             in
             perjury
             :
             and
             consider
             that
             posterity
             will
             write
             that
             these
             things
             were
             done
             in
             your
             days
             :
             and
             that
             the
             poor
             souls
             will
             complain
             at
             the
             last
             day
             .
             Alas
             woe
             is
             us
             ,
             we
             were
             undone
             under
             your
             government
             .
             O
             most
             excellent
             Governours
             ,
             we
             hope
             better
             things
             of
             you
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Reason
             17.
             
          
           
             A
             Party
             whose
             businesse
             it
             is
             to
             puzzle
             people
             in
             their
             Religion
             ,
             and
             debauch
             them
             in
             their
             lives
             is
             not
             to
             be
             tollerated
             .
             The
             Papists
             are
             such
             ,
             &c.
             they
             puzzle
             us
             with
             divisions
             ,
             that
             we
             know
             not
             what
             to
             do
             but
             return
             to
             Popery
             ,
             where
             though
             we
             do
             err
             ,
             ,
             yet
             they
             bear
             us
             in
             hand
             that
             we
             
               cannot
               err
            
             .
             They
             debauch
             poor
             souls
             with
             Licenciousnesse
             ,
             that
             when
             they
             are
             troubled
             in
             conscience
             ,
             and
             upon
             their
             death-bed
             ,
             know
             not
             how
             to
             be
             saved
             :
             they
             may
             in
             dispair
             throw
             themselves
             into
             Popery
             for
             that
             pardon
             and
             indulgence
             which
             no
             other
             Religion
             can
             afford
             them
             .
             In
             vain
             do
             you
             set
             up
             an
             Ecclesiastical
             government
             ,
             if
             you
             endure
             another
             way
             to
             
               take
               in
            
             those
             whom
             your
             Discpline
             
               cast
               out
            
             ,
             when
             we
             have
             taught
             the
             people
             faithfully
             ,
             admonished
             them
             sincerely
             ,
             reproved
             them
             severely
             ,
             censured
             them
             justly
             ,
             and
             excomunicated
             them
             solemnly
             ,
             They
             in
             Contempt
             of
             you
             and
             us
             ,
             can
             turn
             Papists
             and
             laugh
             at
             us
             :
             for
             Popery
             and
             Schism
             is
             the
             sinne
             and
             channe
             that
             receives
             the
             excrements
             and
             filth
             of
             our
             Church
             :
             when
             we
             tell
             men
             of
             their
             sins
             they
             run
             to
             the
             Papists
             ,
             and
             they
             tell
             them
             they
             are
             venial
             :
             when
             we
             restrain
             men
             they
             run
             to
             them
             of
             the
             separation
             ,
             and
             there
             are
             at
             liberty
             to
             do
             what
             they
             please
             :
             it
             is
             in
             vain
             to
             make
             Laws
             ,
             if
             a
             party
             of
             dissenters
             be
             tollerated
             ,
             with
             whom
             loose
             men
             may
             find
             .
             Refuge
             against
             
               all
               Laws
            
             ,
          
        
         
           
           
             Reason
             .
             18.
             
          
           
             What
             destroyes
             your
             Government
             most
             Excellent
             Prince
             ,
             under
             which
             we
             lead
             peaceable
             and
             quiet
             lives
             ,
             in
             all
             godliness
             and
             honesty
             ,
             secure
             in
             our
             lives
             ,
             estates
             and
             libertie
             ,
             is
             not
             to
             be
             tolerated
             :
             Popery
             destroyeth
             your
             Government
             ,
             they
             set
             up
             one
             whom
             they
             must
             obey
             for
             conscience
             sake
             ,
             while
             they
             obey
             you
             onely
             for
             conveniency
             :
             theire
             Priests
             may
             do
             what
             they
             please
             ,
             you
             have
             no
             power
             over
             them
             .
             Sr.
             if
             the
             Question
             between
             us
             were
             whether
             we
             should
             be
             holy
             or
             prophane
             ,
             whether
             we
             should
             obey
             Christ
             or
             not
             :
             whether
             we
             should
             be
             good
             Christians
             and
             Subjects
             or
             not
             ?
             we
             should
             be
             ashamed
             to
             come
             behinde
             them
             :
             but
             when
             we
             consider
             that
             all
             this
             stir
             is
             to
             set
             up
             one
             man
             above
             the
             world
             ,
             shall
             we
             gratify
             his
             ambition
             ?
             and
             promote
             his
             designe
             against
             our
             own
             Interest
             and
             welfare
             :
             now
             they
             care
             peaceable
             indeed
             ,
             but
             let
             a
             Priest
             be
             discontented
             (
             and
             what
             State
             can
             promise
             to
             please
             them
             alwayes
             ?
             )
             and
             they
             will
             let
             you
             know
             what
             it
             is
             to
             let
             Priests
             and
             Jesuits
             into
             England
             :
             they
             will
             incense
             the
             people
             ,
             promote
             discontents
             ,
             conviegh
             whispers
             ,
             occasion
             misunderstandings
             ,
             and
             make
             you
             weary
             of
             your
             Government
             and
             life
             .
          
        
         
           
             Reason
             .
             19.
             
          
           
             You
             must
             not
             tolerate
             Popery
             ,
             unless
             you
             will
             withal
             tolete
             all
             these
             heresies
             which
             are
             contained
             in
             Popery
             ,
             viz.
             1.
             
             That
             the
             word
             of
             God
             (
             I
             tremble
             to
             write
             it
             )
             is
             
             obscure
             ,
             imperfect
             ,
             and
             insufficient
             to
             lead
             us
             to
             all
             truth
             that
             may
             save
             us
             ,
             and
             to
             keep
             us
             from
             all
             error
             that
             may
             damn
             us
             .
             2.
             
             That
             men
             must
             rest
             upon
             the
             judgement
             of
             men
             for
             salvation
             .
             3.
             
             That
             some
             ,
             if
             not
             all
             are
             born
             without
             sin
             :
             which
             one
             opinion
             may
             undoe
             the
             world
             by
             keeping
             it
             in
             ignorance
             of
             is
             misery
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             neglect
             of
             the
             way
             of
             safety
             .
             4.
             
             That
             man
             works
             out
             his
             salvation
             by
             the
             power
             of
             nature
             ,
             and
             is
             saved
             by
             the
             merit
             of
             his
             works
             .
             5.
             
             That
             some
             sins
             are
             venial
             ,
             and
             deserve
             not
             death
             (
             though
             the
             Law
             saith
             the
             man
             is
             accursed
             that
             continueth
             not
             in
             all
             things
             commanded
             in
             the
             Law
             to
             do
             them
             ,
             )
             6.
             
             That
             the
             sin
             against
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             is
             not
             unpardonable
             .
             7.
             
             That
             Christ
             is
             not
             God
             of
             himself
             ,
             and
             that
             bread
             and
             wine
             is
             God.
             9.
             
             That
             there
             are
             many
             Mediators
             ,
             as
             the
             Virgin
             Mary
             ,
             &c.
             besides
             ,
             that
             one
             Mediator
             Jesus
             Christ
             :
             by
             whose
             merits
             we
             are
             saved
             :
             That
             Saints
             are
             to
             be
             worshipped
             .
             10.
             
             That
             we
             must
             still
             offer
             sacrifice
             ,
             that
             preaching
             is
             the
             way
             of
             hereticks
             .
             11.
             
             That
             the
             vertue
             of
             Sacraments
             depend
             upon
             the
             intention
             of
             a
             Priest.
             12.
             
             That
             the
             observation
             of
             outward
             Ceremonies
             is
             the
             essence
             of
             divine
             worship
             ▪
             13.
             
             That
             mingle
             so
             many
             Ceremonies
             with
             the
             pure
             worship
             and
             holy
             Sacraments
             .
             14.
             
             That
             the
             grace
             of
             God
             depends
             upon
             these
             Cere●onies
             ,
             and
             the
             outward
             observance
             of
             them
             .
             15.
             
             That
             some
             meats
             are
             unlawful
             .
             16.
             
             That
             priests
             marriages
             are
             unlawful
             .
             17.
             
             That
             a
             few
             words
             turn
             the
             bread
             and
             wine
             into
             the
             body
             and
             blood
             of
             Christ.
             18.
             
             That
             one
             and
             the
             same
             body
             of
             Christ
             is
             in
             heaven
             and
             in
             earth
             all
             one
             .
             19.
             
             That
             men
             must
             worship
             creatures
             .
             20.
             
             That
             none
             are
             saved
             by
             the
             Sacrament
             who
             communicate
             in
             both
             kinds
             against
             the
             judgement
             of
             the
             Church
             .
             21.
             
             That
             men
             can
             pardon
             sin
             .
             22.
             
             That
             Mass
             may
             save
             men
             after
             they
             are
             dead
             .
             23.
             
             That
             if
             man
             believes
             
             in
             Christ
             he
             cannot
             be
             saved
             ,
             unless
             he
             believe
             in
             the
             Pope
             .
             That
             Kings
             may
             be
             deposed
             and
             murthered
             by
             their
             Subjects
             :
             &c.
             
             They
             that
             indulge
             Popery
             ,
             indulge
             almost
             all
             the
             Heresies
             that
             are
             in
             the
             world
             .
             Popery
             being
             nothing
             else
             but
             a
             forrage
             of
             old
             errors
             ,
             heresies
             ,
             and
             superstition
             brought
             into
             the
             Church
             to
             serve
             the
             interest
             of
             men
             ,
             is
             it
             a
             light
             thing
             with
             us
             to
             suffer
             damnable
             heresies
             ,
             shall
             we
             hang
             men
             for
             injuries
             done
             to
             few
             men
             ,
             and
             shall
             suffer
             them
             that
             intend
             to
             damn
             all
             .
          
        
         
           
             Reason
             .
             20.
             
          
           
             We
             ought
             not
             at
             this
             time
             to
             set
             up
             Popery
             ,
             when
             God
             seems
             (
             according
             to
             the
             prophesies
             that
             went
             before
             of
             it
             )
             to
             pull
             it
             down
             ,
             what
             when
             Babylon
             is
             falling
             ,
             shall
             we
             put
             an
             hand
             to
             uphold
             it
             ,
             when
             the
             Kings
             who
             have
             given
             their
             Kingdoms
             to
             her
             ,
             threaten
             her
             ,
             shall
             we
             Indulge
             her
             ?
          
           
             
               REV.
               18.1
               ,
               2
               ,
               3
               ,
               4
               5.
               
            
             
               And
               after
               these
               things
               I
               saw
               another
               angel
               come
               down
               from
               heaven
               ,
               having
               great
               power
               ,
               and
               the
               earth
               was
               lightened
               with
               his
               glory
               ,
            
             
               And
               he
               cried
               mightily
               with
               a
               strong
               voice
               ,
               saying
               ,
               Babylon
               the
               great
               is
               fallen
               ,
               is
               fallen
               and
               is
               become
               the
               habitation
               of
               devils
               ,
               and
               the
               hold
               of
               every
               foul
               spirit
               ,
               and
               a
               cage
               of
               every
               unclean
               and
               hateful
               bird
               .
            
             
               For
               all
               nations
               have
               drunk
               of
               the
               wine
               of
               the
               wrath
               of
               of
               her
               fornication
               ,
               and
               the
               kings
               of
               the
               earth
               have
               committed
               fornication
               with
               her
               ,
               and
               the
               merchants
               of
               the
               earth
               are
               waxed
               rich
               through
               the
               abundance
               of
               her
               delicacies
               .
            
             
               And
               I
               heard
               another
               voice
               from
               heaven
               ,
               saying
               ,
               Come
               out
               of
               her
               my
               people
               ,
               that
               ye
               be
               not
               partakers
               of
               her
               sins
               ,
               and
               that
               ye
               receive
               not
               of
               her
               plagues
               :
            
             
               For
               her
               sins
               have
               reached
               unto
               heaven
               ,
               and
               God
               hath
               remembred
               her
               iniquities
               .
            
          
           
           
             Reas.
             21
             That
             which
             we
             pray
             against
             we
             should
             not
             allow
             :
             we
             pray
             against
             Popery
             —
             &c.
             shall
             we
             not
             deliver
             our selves
             from
             all
             false
             
               Doctrine
               and
               Heresie
            
             ,
             when
             we
             pray
             ,
             
               from
               all
               false
               Doctrine
               and
               Heresie
               good
               Lord
               deliver
               us
               :
            
             Do
             we
             pray
             that
             Antichrist
             may
             be
             destroyed
             ;
             and
             yet
             do
             we
             uphold
             him
             ?
             do
             we
             set
             a
             solemn
             day
             ,
             viz.
             5.
             of
             November
             ,
             to
             thank
             God
             that
             he
             delivered
             us
             from
             the
             
               superstition
               ,
               Idolatry
               ,
               Heresie
               ,
               Tyranny
               and
               cruelty
            
             of
             Rome
             :
             and
             shall
             we
             admit
             them
             ?
             O
             do
             nothing
             against
             your
             Fai●h
             ,
             do
             nothing
             against
             your
             prayers
             .
             —
          
           
             Reas.
             22.
             
             If
             the
             Papists
             may
             with
             a
             safe
             conscience
             conforme
             with
             us
             ;
             then
             we
             ought
             not
             to
             comply
             with
             them
             but
             they
             may
             conform
             with
             us
             ;
             —
             therefore
             ,
             &c.
             —
             our
             Religion
             is
             the
             same
             it
             was
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             Queen
             Elizabeths
             Reign
             ,
             but
             when
             they
             came
             to
             our
             Churches
             ,
             they
             heard
             our
             prayers
             ,
             and
             our
             Sermons
             ,
             why
             can
             they
             not
             do
             it
             now
             ?
             yea
             many
             of
             them
             come
             to
             our
             Churches
             now
             ,
             —
             why
             may
             they
             not
             all
             do
             so
             ?
             the
             Pope
             forbids
             them
             they
             say
             :
             —
             and
             do
             they
             deserve
             an
             indulgence
             from
             our
             Magistrates
             ,
             who
             will
             rather
             obey
             a
             foreign
             Power
             ,
             then
             submit
             to
             our
             lawes
             ;
             they
             are
             not
             worthy
             of
             protection
             ,
             much
             less
             of
             favour
             among
             us
             that
             own
             a
             forreign
             power
             ,
             which
             they
             assert
             for
             disobedience
             to
             our
             own
             .
          
           
             Reas.
             23.
             
             If
             we
             had
             the
             happiest
             times
             for
             peace
             ,
             plenty
             ,
             prosperity
             and
             general
             satisfaction
             
             to
             all
             people
             ,
             when
             the
             severest
             Lawes
             against
             Papists
             were
             made
             ,
             —
             then
             we
             ought
             not
             to
             mitigate
             those
             Lawes
             ;
             the
             restraint
             of
             faction
             is
             our
             security
             ,
             their
             indulgence
             is
             our
             danger
             :
             O
             the
             happy
             yeares
             of
             Queen
             Elizabeth
             when
             Papists
             durst
             not
             shew
             their
             heads
             ;
             the
             blessed
             time
             of
             King
             James
             when
             a
             Priest
             durst
             not
             be
             seen
             ;
             —
             we
             date
             our
             happinesse
             from
             that
             hour
             in
             Queen
             Elizabeths
             time
             that
             Popery
             was
             voted
             treason
             ;
             we
             date
             our
             miseries
             from
             that
             time
             in
             the
             last
             yeares
             of
             King
             James
             that
             it
             was
             declared
             Tolerable
             ;
             what
             calme
             ,
             what
             peace
             ,
             what
             quiet
             ,
             what
             unity
             ,
             order
             and
             uniformity
             before
             ?
             what
             feares
             ,
             what
             jealousies
             ,
             what
             troubles
             ,
             what
             dangers
             ,
             what
             divisions
             and
             disorders
             since
             .
          
           
             Reas.
             24.
             
             And
             what
             you
             think
             would
             our
             fore-Fathers
             say
             ,
             if
             they
             saw
             those
             whom
             they
             resisted
             unto
             blood
             ,
             enjoyning
             equal
             liberty
             with
             themselves
             :
             methinks
             Reverend
             Cranmer's
             ashes
             stirre
             at
             the
             mention
             of
             the
             
               Toleration
               of
               Popery
            
             ;
             —
             methinks
             the
             blood
             of
             Martyrs
             cryes
             aloud
             .
             
               no
               Toleration
               of
               Popery
            
             ;
             the
             Mill●o●s
             that
             have
             been
             massacred
             in
             
               Ireland
               ,
               &c
               c●y
               how
               long
               Lord
               ,
               good
               and
               true
               ,
               will
               thou
               not
               avenge
               our
               blood
               on
               them
               that
               dwell
               on
               the
               Earth
               ?
            
             shall
             God
             avenge
             ?
             and
             will
             you
             indulge
             .
          
           
             Reas.
             25
             And
             to
             say
             no
             more
             when
             I
             see
             
               Coutzen
               Campanella
               ,
               Allen
            
             ,
             &c.
             laying
             this
             m●thod
             for
             the
             undermining
             of
             the
             reformed
             
             Religion
             and
             the
             promoting
             the
             Popish
             :
             viz.
             1.
             
             That
             seeing
             the
             Papists
             are
             so
             odious
             among
             Protestants
             ,
             they
             would
             put
             on
             the
             visors
             of
             severall
             Sects
             and
             factions
             ,
             and
             under
             that
             pretence
             oppose
             the
             established
             Religion
             in
             any
             Country
             privately
             with
             more
             successe
             then
             they
             did
             openly
             ;
             2
             They
             should
             endeavour
             to
             make
             the
             Sects
             so
             considerable
             as
             to
             gain
             an
             universall
             Toleration
             wherein
             they
             might
             be
             included
             by
             the
             benefit
             whereof
             they
             might
             advance
             the
             Catholique
             cause
             with
             security
             and
             confidence
             ;
             I
             promise
             my selfe
             that
             no
             ingenious
             Protestant
             will
             advance
             this
             Toleration
             ,
             which
             seemes
             to
             be
             the
             greatest
             designe
             that
             conclave
             of
             Rome
             manageth
             ,
             —
             which
             is
             the
             wisest
             assembly
             of
             men
             that
             overlooketh
             the
             World
             ;
             have
             they
             embroyled
             us
             in
             war
             ,
             broken
             us
             in
             Religion
             ,
             confounded
             us
             in
             our
             government
             only
             for
             Toleration
             ,
             and
             shall
             it
             in
             peace
             be
             granted
             them
             ,
             if
             indulgences
             be
             the
             utmost
             that
             a
             Papist
             can
             with
             confidence
             desire
             ;
             (
             and
             we
             know
             they
             are
             not
             overmodest
             )
             it
             's
             more
             then
             
               Protestants
               may
               with
               safety
               grant
            
             .
             —
          
           
             And
             whereas
             under
             the
             vizor
             of
             the
             sect
             before
             mentioned
             you
             are
             of
             late
             so
             earnest
             in
             pleading
             for
             a
             toleration
             ,
             deal
             but
             impartially
             like
             honest
             men
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             set
             in
             with
             you
             .
             Procure
             but
             a
             toleration
             for
             the
             Reformed
             
             Christian
             Religion
             in
             Italy
             and
             Spain
             and
             your
             part
             of
             
               Germany
               ,
               Portugal
            
             ,
             &c.
             and
             I
             should
             willingly
             petition
             the
             sovereign
             Powers
             in
             England
             that
             you
             might
             have
             as
             much
             liberty
             here
             :
             But
             that
             you
             shall
             have
             full
             liberty
             here
             ,
             and
             Protestants
             have
             none
             where
             you
             can
             hinder
             it
             ,
             this
             is
             not
             equal
             dealing
             .
             But
             how
             comes
             it
             to
             pass
             that
             you
             that
             pretend
             so
             much
             to
             unity
             are
             in
             this
             also
             of
             so
             many
             opinions
             ;
             the
             English
             Papists
             are
             for
             liberty
             of
             Religion
             ,
             and
             the
             Spanish
             and
             Italian
             are
             against
             it
             ?
             But
             I
             must
             cry
             you
             mercy
             :
             I
             now
             consider
             ,
             It
             is
             but
             your selves
             that
             you
             think
             have
             right
             to
             liberty
             here
             ,
             and
             others
             should
             have
             it
             but
             in
             order
             to
             yours
             .
             As
             hardly
             as
             you
             think
             you
             are
             used
             in
             England
             ,
             you
             live
             openly
             among
             us
             ,
             and
             no
             man
             that
             I
             hearof
             layeth
             hands
             on
             you
             :
             When
             you
             know
             if
             a
             Spaniard
             or
             Italian
             be
             known
             to
             be
             a
             Protestant
             ,
             hee
             's
             as
             sure
             tormented
             and
             burnt
             at
             a
             stake
             as
             the
             coat
             is
             on
             his
             back
             .
             Do
             you
             not
             know
             this
             to
             be
             true
             ?
             Were
             I
             in
             these
             places
             where
             your
             Religion
             hath
             its
             will
             ,
             I
             know
             one
             leafe
             of
             this
             Book
             would
             cause
             me
             to
             be
             burnt
             to
             ashes
             :
             that
             I
             am
             alive
             is
             because
             I
             am
             not
             in
             your
             power
             :
             But
             for
             my
             part
             I
             wish
             not
             the
             shedding
             of
             one
             drop
             of
             your
             blood
             ,
             nor
             your
             imprisonment
             or
             banishment
             ,
             but
             only
             your
             moderate
             and
             necessary
             restraint
             from
             open
             iniquity
             ,
             and
             seducing
             of
             those
             that
             are
             unfurnished
             to
             encounter
             you
             .
          
           
           
             1.
             
             
               Either
               Scripture
               is
               True
               or
               not
               true
               :
               If
               not
               ,
               Popery
               is
               not
               true
               ,
               which
               pleadeth
               its
               warrant
               from
               it
               (
               And
               some
               of
               them
               argue
               ,
               as
               if
               they
               purposed
               to
               disprove
               the
               Scripture
               ,
               and
               to
               imitate
            
             Samson
             ,
             
               in
               pulling
               down
               the
               house
               on
               their
               own
               heads
               and
               ours
               ,
               in
               revenge
               for
               the
               dishonour
               they
               have
               suffered
               by
               the
               Scripture
               .
               )
               If
               it
               be
               true
               (
               as
               nothing
               more
               true
               )
               then
               Popery
               is
               not
               true
               ,
               which
               palpably
               contracteth
               it
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               points
               of
               Latine
               service
               ,
               and
               denying
               the
               Cup
               in
               the
               Lords
               Supper
               ,
               and
               many
               other
               is
               most
               evident
               .
            
          
           
             3.
             
             
               Either
               the
               Judgement
               of
               the
               ancient
               Doctors
               is
               sound
               or
               not
               :
               If
               not
               ,
               then
               the
               Church
               of
            
             Rome
             
               is
               unsound
               ,
               that
               is
               sworn
               to
               expound
               the
               Scripture
               only
               according
               to
               their
               consent
               :
               If
               it
               be
               sound
               ,
               then
               the
               Church
               of
            
             Rome
             
               is
               unsound
               ,
               that
               arrogate
               a
               universal
               Government
               and
               infallibility
               ,
               and
               build
               upon
               a
               foundation
               ,
               that
               was
               never
               allowed
               by
               the
               ancient
               Doctors
               (
               as
               in
               the
               third
               Dispute
               .
               I
               have
               fully
               proved
               )
               and
               which
               most
               Christians
               in
               the
               World
               do
               still
               reject
               .
            
          
           
             4.
             
             
               Either
               Reason
               it self
               is
               to
               be
               renounced
               or
               not
               :
               If
               it
               be
               ,
               then
               none
               can
               be
               Papists
               but
               mad
               men
               .
               If
               not
               ,
               then
               Popery
               must
               be
               renounced
               ,
               which
               founded
               our
               very
               faith
               upon
               impossibilityes
               ,
               and
               teacheth
               men
               of
               necessity
               to
               believe
               in
               the
               Pope
               as
               the
               Vicar
               of
               Christ
               ,
               before
               they
               believe
               in
               Christ
               ,
               with
               many
               the
               like
               which
               are
               afterwards
               laid
               open
               .
            
          
           
             5.
             
             
               Either
               our
               five
               Senses
               ,
               and
               the
               Judgement
               
               made
               upon
               them
               ,
               is
               certain
               and
               infallible
               or
               not
               ,
               If
               not
               ,
               then
               the
               Church
               of
            
             Rome
             ,
             
               both
               Pope
               and
               Council
               are
               Fallible
               ,
               and
               not
               at
               all
               to
               be
               trusted
               .
               For
               when
               all
               their
               Tradition
               ,
               is
               by
               hearing
               or
               reading
               ,
               they
               are
               uncertain
               whether
               ever
               they
               heard
               or
               read
               any
               such
               thing
               ;
               and
               we
               must
               all
               be
               uncertain
               whether
               they
               speak
               or
               write
               it
               :
               And
               then
               we
               must
               not
               only
               subscribe
               to
            
             Fransc.
             Sanchez
             ,
             Quod
             nihil
             scitur
             ,
             
               but
               also
               say
               that
            
             Nihil
             certo
             creditur
             .
             
               But
               if
               sense
               be
               certain
               and
               infallible
               ,
               then
               the
               Church
               of
            
             Rome
             ,
             
               even
               Pope
               and
               Council
               are
               not
               only
               Fallible
               ,
               but
               certainly
               false
               deceivers
               and
               deceived
               .
               For
               the
               Pope
               and
               his
               Council
               tell
               the
               Church
               that
               it
               is
               not
               Bread
               and
               Wine
               which
               they
               take
               ,
               eat
               and
               drink
               in
               the
               Eucharist
               .
               But
               the
               senses
               of
               all
               sound
               men
               ,
               do
               tell
               them
               that
               it
               is
               .
               I
               see
               that
               it's
               Bread
               and
               Wine
               ,
               I
            
             smell
             
               it
               ,
               I
               feel
               it
               ,
               I
            
             taste
             
               it
               ;
               and
               somewhat
               I
            
             hear
             
               to
               further
               my
               assurance
               :
               And
               yet
               if
               Popery
               be
               not
               false
               ,
               it
               's
               no
               such
               matter
               .
               One
               would
               think
               the
               dullest
               Reader
               ,
               might
               be
               quickly
               here
               resolved
               ,
               whether
               Popery
               be
               true
               or
               false
               .
               Look
               on
               the
               consecrated
               bread
               and
               Wine
               ,
               touch
               it
               ,
               smell
               it
               ,
               taste
               it
               ,
               and
               if
               thou
               canst
               but
               be
               sure
               that
               it
               is
               indeed
               Bread
               and
               Wine
               thou
               maist
               be
               as
               sure
               that
               Popery
               is
               a
               delusion
               .
               And
               if
               thou
               canst
               but
               be
               sure
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               not
               Bread
               and
               Wine
               ,
               yet
               thou
               maist
               be
               sure
               that
               the
               Pope
               or
               his
               Council
               ,
               nor
               any
               of
               his
               Doctors
               are
               not
               to
               be
               believed
               .
               For
               if
               other
               mens
               senses
               be
               deceitfull
               ,
               theirs
               and
               thine
               are
               so
               too
               .
            
          
           
           
             Reader
             ,
             Adhere
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             Righteousnesse
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             the
             Teachings
             of
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             by
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
             ,
             and
             a
             faithfull
             Ministry
             ,
             in
             the
             Communion
             of
             the
             Saints
             ,
             and
             as
             a
             member
             of
             the
             Catholique
             Church
             ,
             which
             arising
             at
             Jerusalem
             ,
             is
             dispersed
             over
             the
             World
             ,
             containing
             all
             that
             are
             Christians
             ;
             renounce
             not
             right
             Reason
             ,
             or
             thy
             senses
             ;
             and
             live
             according
             to
             the
             light
             which
             is
             vouchsafed
             thee
             ;
             and
             then
             thou
             shalt
             be
             safe
             from
             Popery
             and
             all
             other
             pernicious
             damning
             errours
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Richard
                 Baxter
              
               ,
               Catholique
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             An
             answer
             to
             the
             Roman
             Catholiques
             Reasons
             for
             Indulgence
          
           
             JUst
             as
             I
             was
             closing
             this
             afternoones
             diversion
             ,
             the
             Reasons
             aforesaid
             come
             to
             my
             hand
             ;
             
               Reasons
               why
            
             Roman
             
               Catholiques
               should
               not
               be
               persecuted
            
             :
             what
             indeed
             I
             expected
             ,
             it
             being
             an
             ill
             cause
             for
             which
             so
             many
             Learned
             Men
             as
             are
             devoted
             for
             that
             way
             ,
             can
             say
             nothing
             ,
             and
             though
             I
             hear
             they
             are
             answered
             by
             an
             abler
             hand
             ,
             yet
             thus
             much
             I
             thought
             fit
             to
             adde
             concerning
             them
             .
          
           
             Reason
             ,
             —
             We
             have
             great
             reason
             to
             bless
             God
             that
             they
             deal
             with
             us
             with
             calme
             reasons
             ,
             who
             dealt
             with
             our
             forefathers
             with
             cruell
             persecutions
             ,
             —
             that
             when
             they
             burned
             them
             ,
             they
             are
             so
             restrained
             that
             they
             can
             only
             dispute
             with
             us
             ,
             that
             they
             only
             argue
             here
             ,
             while
             they
             banish
             as
             in
             Poland
             ;
             torment
             as
             in
             Spain
             ;
             Massacre
             
             as
             in
             other
             places
             :
             —
             not
             unto
             us
             ,
             not
             unto
             us
             ;
             it
             is
             even
             so
             O
             Father
             ,
             because
             so
             it
             pleased
             thee
             .
             —
          
           
             
               Reasons
               why
            
             Roman
             Catholiques
             —
             reason
             is
             as
             universall
             as
             Mankind
             ,
             and
             of
             as
             great
             a
             compasse
             as
             nature
             ;
             —
             doeth
             reason
             say
             in
             England
             ,
             that
             
               Roman
               Catholiques
            
             shall
             not
             be
             persecuted
             ,
             and
             doeth
             not
             reason
             say
             in
             
               Spain
               ,
               Italy
               ,
               &c.
            
             that
             poor
             Protestants
             shall
             not
             be
             tormented
             :
             doeth
             mens
             reason
             tell
             them
             that
             a
             small
             fine
             is
             intollerable
             in
             England
             ,
             and
             doeth
             mens
             reason
             tell
             them
             that
             the
             inquisition
             is
             tollerable
             in
             Spain
             .
             Be
             not
             partiall
             in
             your selves
             ,
             but
             judge
             righteous
             judgement
             :
             desire
             no
             more
             in
             reason
             from
             us
             ,
             then
             you
             would
             in
             reason
             allow
             us
             .
             —
          
           
             
               Should
               not
               be
               persecuted
            
             ,
             alas
             !
             for
             you
             —
             how
             modestly
             you
             insinuate
             —
             
               should
               not
               be
               persecuted
            
             ?
             you
             meane
             no
             harme
             ,
             only
             you
             would
             not
             be
             oppressed
             —
             very
             good
             ,
             and
             how
             are
             you
             persecuted
             ,
             your
             Priests
             are
             safe
             ,
             your
             estates
             are
             intyre
             ,
             your
             way
             is
             connived
             at
             :
             and
             yet
             what
             paines
             you
             take
             to
             prove
             you
             should
             
               not
               be
               persecuted
            
             ,
             —
             will
             you
             never
             leave
             your
             trickes
             —
             thus
             when
             you
             lived
             peaceably
             among
             us
             ,
             you
             perswaded
             the
             World
             we
             eate
             you
             up
             ,
             we
             oppressed
             ,
             we
             tormented
             you
             ;
             —
             in
             so
             much
             that
             some
             of
             your
             people
             take
             us
             for
             Devils
             and
             not
             for
             men
             ,
             and
             think
             England
             is
             an
             Hell
             ,
             or
             a
             Purgatory
             as
             well
             for
             Papists
             as
             for
             Ho●ses
             ;
             Fye
             upon
             these
             Religious
             cheates
             ,
             and
             devout
             frauds
             ,
             is
             this
             the
             way
             to
             uphold
             an
             
               holy
               cause
               :
               what
               will
               yee
               lye
               for
               God
               ,
               and
               do
               so
               great
               an
               evil
               ,
               that
               any
               good
               may
               come
               thereof
               ,
               God
               forbid
               :
               —
               should
               not
               be
               persecuted
               .
            
             —
             A
             subtle
             yet
             a
             palpable
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             :
             O
             sirs
             ,
             this
             is
             not
             the
             first
             time
             you
             meant
             more
             then
             you
             spoke
             ,
             
               i.
               e.
            
             should
             be
             tolerated
             ,
             and
             at
             full
             liberty
             to
             deceive
             
               and
               be
               deceived
               ;
               not
               be
               persecuted
               ,
            
             that
             is
             in
             the
             English
             that
             was
             spoken
             in
             Queen
             Maries
             dayes
             ;
             persecute
             :
             we
             are
             not
             ignorant
             of
             your
             devices
             ,
             we
             know
             that
             an
             Indulgence
             to
             vice
             is
             a
             punishment
             to
             virtue
             ,
             —
             
             that
             a
             toleration
             of
             errour
             ,
             is
             but
             a
             subtle
             oppression
             of
             truth
             ;
             and
             an
             indulgence
             to
             you
             ,
             is
             but
             a
             sly
             persecution
             of
             us
             :
             you
             know
             we
             desire
             
               not
               to
               persecute
               you
               ,
               but
               to
               secure
               our selves
               :
            
             we
             make
             
               no
               Laws
               against
               your
               Religion
               ,
               —
               but
               for
               our
               own
               :
            
             we
             onely
             establish
             the
             truth
             we
             apprehend
             ,
             and
             take
             care
             that
             we
             be
             not
             seduced
             to
             the
             errours
             we
             fear
             .
             If
             you
             will
             needs
             oppose
             these
             Laws
             which
             you
             know
             will
             punish
             you
             ,
             undermine
             this
             truth
             which
             you
             know
             will
             prevail
             against
             you
             ,
             and
             promote
             those
             errours
             which
             you
             know
             will
             undo
             you
             ;
             —
             blame
             us
             not
             ,
             your
             ruine
             is
             of
             your selves
             :
             we
             may
             say
             that
             we
             desire
             not
             you
             misery
             ,
             (
             if
             you
             suffer
             any
             )
             
               but
               that
               you
               should
               turn
               from
               your
               evil
               ways
               ,
               and
               live
               among
               us
               .
            
          
           
             
               Not
               be
               persecuted
            
             :
             —
             If
             we
             persecute
             you
             ,
             it
             is
             onely
             in
             part
             of
             your
             Estates
             ,
             which
             you
             can
             easily
             part
             with
             ,
             and
             live
             very
             well
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             save
             your
             souls
             :
             we
             correct
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             reform
             you
             ;
             we
             give
             you
             over
             to
             some
             punishment
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             be
             saved
             in
             the
             day
             of
             the
             Lord.
             What
             you
             think
             severity
             ,
             is
             the
             greatest
             mercy
             ;
             what
             you
             call
             cruelty
             ,
             is
             the
             greatest
             kindness
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             as
             being
             a
             kindness
             to
             souls
             ,
             and
             that
             for
             Eternity
             .
             —
          
           
             
               Should
               not
               be
               persecuted
            
             :
             —
             and
             who
             of
             you
             is
             persecuted
             ?
          
           
             1.
             
             Not
             your
             Priests
             ,
             for
             they
             are
             onely
             enjoyned
             to
             stay
             in
             those
             forreign
             parts
             whither
             they
             went
             against
             Law
             and
             Allegiance
             of
             their
             own
             accord
             ,
             and
             forbid
             their
             own
             Countries
             which
             they
             have
             of
             their
             own
             accord
             forsaken
             .
             —
             If
             they
             stay
             at
             home
             ,
             they
             may
             have
             the
             priviledge
             of
             Subjects
             :
             if
             they
             will
             run
             beyond
             Sea
             for
             order
             and
             power
             to
             do
             mischief
             ,
             here
             they
             must
             be
             punished
             as
             fugitives
             :
             for
             the
             world
             must
             know
             that
             the
             
               French
               ,
               Spaniards
               ,
               &c.
            
             do
             not
             suffer
             with
             us
             ;
             onely
             such
             English
             men
             as
             must
             needs
             go
             abroad
             to
             learn
             that
             mischief
             which
             they
             may
             practice
             at
             home
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Not
             your
             People
             :
             —
             for
             they
             onely
             pay
             little
             more
             then
             others
             towards
             that
             charge
             of
             the
             Government
             which
             they
             
               occasion
               :
               you
               endanger
               our
               Government
            
             more
             then
             others
             ,
             you
             pay
             a
             little
             more
             towards
             the
             support
             of
             it
             then
             others
             .
             —
             It
             's
             true
             ,
             you
             are
             charged
             two
             parts
             of
             three
             of
             your
             Estates
             ;
             but
             you
             usually
             come
             off
             with
             a
             slight
             composition
             ,
             —
             which
             
             you
             may
             very
             well
             afford
             towards
             the
             security
             of
             the
             Government
             which
             you
             so
             much
             hazard
             .
             Is
             it
             persecution
             to
             allow
             something
             of
             your
             superfluities
             for
             the
             Kings
             necessities
             ?
             especially
             when
             it
             is
             not
             so
             much
             as
             the
             Pope
             extorted
             from
             you
             ,
             when
             he
             called
             
               England
               ,
               Puteus
               inexhaustus
            
             .
             —
             You
             pay
             nothing
             now
             for
             Bulls
             ,
             Pardons
             ,
             Licenses
             ,
             Dirges
             obits
             ,
             —
             Vestments
             ,
             Crosses
             ,
             &c.
             
             You
             may
             have
             a
             cheap
             way
             of
             serving
             God
             :
             and
             therefore
             I
             hope
             you
             may
             afford
             his
             Majesty
             the
             more
             that
             he
             may
             maintain
             that
             way
             .
             —
          
           
             
               Should
               not
               be
               persecuted
            
             :
             —
             You
             are
             not
             persecuted
             for
             Religion
             ,
             but
             punished
             for
             disobedience
             .
             —
             You
             say
             you
             disobey
             for
             conscience
             sake
             :
             —
             be
             that
             between
             God
             and
             you
             :
             —
             the
             Magistrates
             observe
             your
             actions
             ,
             and
             punish
             them
             ;
             your
             hearts
             they
             know
             not
             ,
             and
             therefore
             they
             judge
             them
             not
             .
             —
             There
             is
             no
             governing
             of
             Mankind
             ,
             if
             the
             Magistrate
             must
             not
             punish
             mens
             actions
             which
             he
             seeth
             ,
             but
             indulge
             them
             for
             their
             conscience
             which
             he
             seeth
             not
             .
             —
          
           
             
               Should
               not
               be
               persecuted
            
             :
             —
             You
             are
             not
             persecuted
             ,
             but
             onely
             disabled
             from
             persecuting
             us
             :
             you
             are
             weakned
             in
             your
             Estates
             onely
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             not
             ruine
             us
             :
             you
             are
             uncapable
             of
             power
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             not
             oppress
             us
             :
             to
             live
             quietly
             ,
             soberly
             and
             honestly
             ,
             you
             have
             enough
             ;
             to
             live
             seditiously
             ,
             dangerously
             and
             factiously
             ,
             you
             have
             too
             much
             .
             We
             are
             so
             indulgent
             to
             you
             ,
             that
             you
             want
             nothing
             which
             may
             be
             necessary
             for
             your
             livelyhood
             ,
             though
             we
             are
             so
             jealous
             over
             you
             that
             you
             want
             that
             which
             may
             be
             necessary
             for
             your
             designe
             :
             we
             take
             away
             part
             of
             your
             Estates
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             not
             be
             capable
             of
             attempting
             that
             whereby
             you
             may
             forfeit
             the
             whole
             .
             —
          
           
             Here
             I
             observe
             two
             Rules
             :
             1.
             
             The
             one
             of
             Charity
             ;
             
               teaching
               not
               to
               do
               to
               others
               what
               we
               would
               not
               have
               done
               to
               our selves
               :
            
             where
             we
             must
             distinguish
             what
             we
             
               would
               not
               in
               reason
            
             ,
             and
             what
             we
             
               would
               not
               in
               interest
            
             :
             If
             I
             were
             a
             malefactor
             in
             interest
             ,
             I
             would
             not
             be
             punisht
             ;
             if
             I
             were
             a
             Judge
             in
             reason
             ,
             I
             would
             punish
             a
             malefactor
             :
             so
             if
             I
             were
             in
             an
             errour
             ,
             self-love
             would
             distaste
             to
             me
             a
             desire
             of
             advancing
             my
             errour
             .
             —
             If
             I
             held
             the
             truth
             contrary
             to
             that
             errour
             ,
             conscience
             would
             suggest
             to
             me
             my
             duty
             to
             suppress
             that
             for
             the
             advancement
             of
             a
             
             truth
             ;
             to
             the
             case
             in
             hand
             ,
             if
             you
             should
             really
             think
             we
             were
             deceived
             and
             went
             astray
             ,
             we
             would
             have
             you
             by
             all
             means
             discover
             to
             us
             the
             errours
             of
             our
             waies
             ,
             and
             restrain
             us
             from
             them
             ;
             and
             now
             we
             really
             think
             you
             in
             damnable
             errors
             ,
             we
             would
             convince
             you
             of
             those
             errors
             ;
             and
             by
             all
             means
             restrain
             you
             from
             them
             .
             2.
             
             The
             other
             rule
             is
             of
             prudence
             ;
             teaching
             to
             bear
             with
             you
             the
             lesser
             inconveniences
             as
             coming
             neerest
             to
             us
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             be
             able
             to
             suppress
             other
             factions
             that
             go
             farthest
             from
             us
             :
             1.
             
             Of
             two
             inconveniences
             we
             may
             chuse
             the
             least
             ;
             but
             of
             two
             sins
             we
             may
             chuse
             none
             ,
             —
             and
             really
             I
             think
             it
             sin
             in
             me
             to
             countenance
             any
             thing
             in
             which
             I
             judge
             against
             Gods
             truth
             and
             way
             ;
             —
             if
             I
             can
             discountenance
             it
             .
             2.
             
             To
             bear
             with
             you
             is
             to
             bear
             wi●h
             all
             the
             errors
             in
             the
             World
             :
             your
             way
             being
             a
             farrage
             of
             all
             the
             exploded
             heresies
             among
             Christians
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Now
             you
             know
             we
             are
             under
             the
             disgrace
             of
             coming
             too
             neer
             your
             way
             ,
             we
             must
             say
             and
             will
             prove
             it
             that
             your
             religion
             (
             if
             I
             may
             so
             call
             it
             )
             is
             the
             farthest
             from
             that
             which
             is
             styled
             the
             old
             Protestant
             ,
             then
             from
             any
             other
             way
             professed
             and
             owned
             in
             England
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             And
             is
             it
             come
             to
             that
             ,
             that
             you
             have
             raised
             so
             many
             Sects
             among
             us
             —
             (
             for
             the
             Sects
             are
             but
             your
             by-blowes
             )
             that
             we
             have
             but
             this
             sad
             choice
             left
             ,
             either
             to
             be
             swallowed
             up
             by
             them
             ,
             or
             to
             close
             with
             you
             ?
             —
             This
             is
             plain
             English.
             —
          
           
             1.
             
             
               Reas.
               Roman
               Catholique
               was
               the
               Religion
               of
            
             England
             
               a
               thousand
               years
            
             .
          
           
             Ans.
             the
             Roman
             Catholique
             way
             was
             not
             the
             Religion
             of
             England
             ,
             but
             the
             corruption
             of
             its
             Religion
             these
             
               thousand
               years
            
             :
             (
             Although
             however
             that
             's
             not
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             that
             is
             of
             a
             thousand
             standing
             onely
             )
             our
             Religion
             was
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             for
             1400
             years
             ,
             to
             which
             the
             Papist
             added
             their
             Idolatry
             ,
             superstition
             ,
             and
             tradition
             ,
             these
             900.
             years
             :
             the
             Religion
             of
             England
             was
             alwaies
             contained
             in
             the
             Lords
             Prayer
             ,
             the
             10
             Commandments
             ,
             the
             Articles
             of
             Faith
             ,
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Sacraments
             ,
             the
             Order
             and
             Discipline
             we
             have
             now
             established
             by
             Law
             :
             —
             the
             corruptions
             of
             Rome
             were
             only
             of
             late
             brought
             in
             upon
             these
             foundations
             ;
             and
             are
             now
             
             removed
             by
             Law
             :
             and
             really
             it
             's
             strange
             that
             humane
             corruptions
             ,
             such
             as
             Popery
             is
             ,
             should
             claim
             the
             same
             right
             with
             Gods
             institution
             ,
             such
             as
             Judaism
             was
             :
             one
             institution
             of
             God
             may
             give
             place
             to
             another
             by
             degrees
             ,
             —
             though
             it
             give
             not
             place
             to
             the
             corruption
             of
             men
             
               not
               for
               an
               hour
            
             .
             —
             We
             have
             buried
             your
             way
             in
             honour
             ,
             our
             care
             is
             how
             that
             it
             rise
             not
             again
             in
             dishonour
             .
             As
             the
             Primitive
             Christians
             suffered
             that
             generation
             of
             Jews
             which
             was
             bred
             up
             in
             Judaism
             to
             continue
             their
             own
             way
             ,
             though
             they
             suffered
             neither
             Jews
             nor
             Gentiles
             to
             be
             bred
             up
             in
             it
             ,
             in
             the
             next
             generation
             :
             so
             we
             used
             that
             generation
             we
             found
             here
             at
             first
             
               very
               civilly
            
             ,
             but
             would
             not
             suffer
             any
             more
             to
             learn
             that
             way
             .
             The
             Apostles
             that
             suffered
             Jews
             to
             practice
             their
             way
             for
             the
             present
             ,
             would
             not
             suffer
             them
             to
             teach
             it
             for
             the
             future
             :
             and
             we
             who
             indulged
             Papists
             in
             the
             first
             generation
             after
             the
             Reformation
             to
             live
             in
             their
             own
             perverse
             way
             ,
             would
             not
             allow
             them
             to
             pervert
             others
             in
             the
             next
             generation
             :
             And
             as
             we
             would
             not
             force
             a
             Heathen
             (
             as
             he
             saith
             )
             to
             our
             way
             ,
             so
             would
             we
             not
             suffer
             him
             to
             perswade
             others
             from
             our
             way
             ;
             we
             would
             not
             compel
             Heathens
             or
             Papists
             (
             who
             in
             some
             places
             are
             little
             better
             then
             Heathens
             )
             to
             the
             truth
             ,
             but
             we
             would
             restrain
             them
             that
             they
             should
             not
             seduce
             others
             to
             their
             errours
             .
          
           
             Reas.
             
               But
               shall
               the
               old
               Protestant
               ,
               who
               confesseth
            
             Rome
             
               a
               true
               Church
               ,
               and
               himself
               derived
               from
               her
               ,
               persecute
               her
               ,
               —
               and
            
             call
             
               her
               a
            
             Whore
             ,
             
               let
               the
               Presbyterian
               ,
               &c.
            
             
          
           
             Answ.
             Let
             the
             world
             know
             that
             the
             old
             Protestant
             bears
             as
             little
             honour
             to
             the
             corruptions
             of
             Rome
             ,
             as
             the
             Presbyterian
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Presbyterian
             bears
             as
             much
             honour
             to
             the
             truth
             of
             Rome
             as
             the
             old
             Protestant
             :
             and
             that
             both
             (
             for
             we
             will
             not
             by
             your
             Artifices
             be
             divided
             any
             further
             then
             needs
             must
             )
             own
             her
             as
             a
             true
             Church
             ,
             though
             they
             do
             not
             own
             her
             as
             a
             corrupued
             Church
             .
             —
             They
             will
             allow
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             and
             they
             maintain
             their
             own
             here
             :
             they
             condemn
             not
             them
             that
             live
             in
             communion
             with
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             because
             they
             have
             the
             foundation
             of
             Religion
             .
             —
             They
             allow
             them
             not
             the
             same
             priviledge
             with
             those
             of
             their
             own
             communion
             ,
             because
             they
             build
             dangerous
             things
             upon
             that
             foundation
             :
             
             we
             own
             all
             Protestants
             for
             Christians
             ;
             yet
             we
             hang
             them
             for
             murder
             and
             felony
             :
             so
             we
             own
             Papists
             for
             Christians
             ,
             yet
             we
             punish
             them
             for
             superstition
             and
             Idolatry
             .
             —
          
           
             Reason
             ,
             3.
             
             If
             we
             acknowledge
             they
             have
             all
             things
             necessarie
             to
             salvation
             ,
             then
             we
             should
             indulge
             them
             .
             —
          
           
             An.
             Indeed
             you
             hold
             as
             you
             say
             ,
             the
             fundamental
             truth
             by
             which
             men
             may
             be
             saved
             :
             but
             you
             hold
             likewise
             some
             errors
             in
             judgement
             ,
             and
             corruptions
             in
             practice
             contrary
             to
             those
             fundamental
             truths
             ,
             by
             which
             men
             may
             be
             damned
             :
             we
             embrace
             your
             faith
             ,
             and
             yet
             we
             oppose
             the
             heresies
             you
             hold
             contrary
             to
             the
             faith
             :
             I
             love
             a
             man
             ,
             though
             I
             hate
             his
             disease
             :
             —
             I
             love
             the
             Religion
             of
             Rome
             ,
             —
             I
             hate
             her
             prophanation
             of
             that
             Religion
             :
             —
             if
             any
             man
             be
             saved
             in
             Rome
             ,
             it
             's
             by
             the
             truths
             we
             and
             you
             hold
             in
             common
             ,
             and
             not
             by
             those
             abominations
             we
             punish
             in
             you
             :
             —
             and
             we
             must
             needs
             say
             that
             we
             restrain
             you
             not
             as
             Christians
             ,
             whom
             we
             shall
             see
             in
             Heaven
             one
             day
             ;
             but
             as
             Idolaters
             and
             Hereticks
             ,
             whom
             except
             you
             repent
             ,
             we
             shall
             never
             see
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             1
             Cor.
             6.9
             .
             Gal.
             5.20
             ,
             21.
             —
          
           
             4.
             
             Reason
             ,
             We
             differ
             but
             in
             small
             questions
             and
             opinions
             ,
             &c.
             therefore
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Answ.
             If
             so
             small
             the
             difference
             between
             us
             ,
             why
             so
             great
             your
             cruelty
             towards
             us
             ?
             —
             were
             we
             burned
             ,
             massacred
             ,
             
               tortured
               ,
               banished
               ,
               imprisoned
               ,
               famished
               ,
               upon
               quirkes
               ,
               and
               differences
               in
               words
               ,
               rather
               then
               in
               real
               points
               ?
            
             —
          
           
             2.
             
             But
             is
             the
             worshipping
             of
             Creatures
             but
             a
             quirk●s
             with
             you
             ?
             is
             saying
             to
             a
             peice
             of
             bread
             ,
             Thou
             art
             God
             ,
             but
             a
             trifle
             ?
             and
             to
             God
             ,
             Thou
             art
             not
             able
             to
             instruct
             us
             for
             salvation
             without
             humane
             tradition
             ,
             but
             a
             Toy
             ?
             —
          
           
             5.
             
             Reason
             ,
             Because
             we
             own
             one
             rule
             of
             Faith
             with
             them
             that
             is
             
               Scripture
               and
               tradition
               ,
               we
               ought
               to
               tollerate
               them
               .
            
          
           
             Answ.
             We
             disown
             this
             reproachful
             insinuation
             :
             we
             own
             no
             rule
             of
             Faith
             but
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             —
             by
             which
             we
             try
             all
             humane
             writings
             —
             judging
             in
             our selves
             what
             is
             right
             :
             —
             and
             though
             we
             have
             the
             Fathers
             and
             the
             first
             Councils
             against
             you
             ,
             yet
             we
             desire
             nothing
             but
             the
             Scripture
             for
             our selves
             ;
             —
             we
             reverence
             the
             practice
             of
             the
             Ancients
             ;
             we
             walk
             by
             the
             rule
             of
             Scripture
             ;
             as
             we
             would
             do
             as
             they
             did
             ,
             so
             would
             we
             
             walk
             by
             the
             same
             rule
             they
             did
             .
          
           
             6
             Reason
             ,
             The
             Lutherans
             agree
             with
             the
             Papasts
             elsewhere
             ,
             therefore
             ,
             
               &c.
               Ans.
            
             I.
             How
             the
             Lutherans
             agree
             with
             Papists
             we
             say
             not
             ,
             we
             are
             sure
             the
             Papists
             agree
             not
             with
             Lutherans
             ,
             —
             what
             else
             means
             the
             quarrels
             ,
             plots
             ,
             seditions
             ,
             tumults
             ,
             discontents
             we
             hear
             of
             every
             day
             ?
             2.
             
             We
             walk
             not
             by
             example
             ,
             but
             by
             rule
             :
             3.
             
             This
             favour
             the
             Lutherans
             and
             Hugonots
             got
             by
             arms
             ,
             and
             keep
             by
             interest
             ;
             before
             we
             know
             how
             they
             were
             used
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             Reason
             ,
             As
             to
             what
             you
             say
             of
             commerce
             and
             marriage
             ,
             we
             establish
             not
             our
             religion
             upon
             policie
             ,
             but
             upon
             piety
             —
             we
             look
             not
             what
             is
             most
             advantagious
             ,
             but
             what
             is
             most
             lawfull
             :
             although
             yet
             it
             be
             the
             interest
             of
             forreigners
             as
             much
             to
             be
             of
             our
             Religion
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             ours
             to
             be
             of
             theirs
             —
             the
             English
             peace
             and
             trade
             is
             as
             much
             their
             advantage
             ,
             as
             theirs
             is
             ours
             :
             as
             for
             the
             Earl
             of
             Bristow
             ,
             he
             told
             King
             James
             and
             King
             Charles
             ,
             that
             for
             which
             he
             was
             questioned
             by
             the
             Duke
             of
             Buckingham
             in
             Parliament
             :
             As
             for
             the
             Earl
             of
             Leicester
             he
             did
             a
             little
             regard
             Richleau
             ,
             as
             he
             did
             him
             :
             —
             and
             he
             hath
             lived
             to
             see
             as
             great
             a
             Cardinal
             court
             the
             English
             ,
             when
             resolute
             in
             their
             way
             ,
             though
             never
             so
             severe
             to
             Catholiques
             —
             their
             resolute
             
               are
               fooled
               ,
               the
               resolved
            
             are
             feared
             :
             —
             as
             for
             the
             Queen
             of
             Bohemia
             ,
             if
             we
             had
             followed
             Her
             interest
             ,
             she
             might
             have
             been
             the
             greatest
             Queen
             in
             Europe
             ;
             —
             and
             the
             Lord
             would
             have
             let
             the
             World
             have
             seen
             —
             that
             it
             was
             the
             highest
             advantage
             in
             the
             World
             to
             give
             up
             our selves
             and
             relation
             to
             God
             and
             the
             Gospel
             :
             as
             for
             English
             Queens
             we
             may
             in
             time
             have
             Protestant
             Queens
             .
             In
             the
             mean
             time
             we
             know
             our
             gracious
             Queens
             will
             not
             impose
             upon
             us
             the
             publick
             practice
             or
             indulgence
             at
             least
             of
             their
             Religion
             no
             more
             ,
             then
             we
             impose
             our
             Religion
             upon
             them
             :
             they
             had
             rather
             few
             then
             whole
             Kingdoms
             should
             suffer
             ,
             they
             had
             rather
             see
             you
             suffer
             for
             your
             conscience
             ,
             then
             force
             us
             to
             allow
             your
             way
             against
             our
             consciences
             ;
             however
             to
             avoid
             some
             
               supposed
               inconveniences
            
             ,
             we
             will
             not
             commit
             sin
             which
             is
             a
             real
             ,
             and
             the
             
               greatest
               inconvenience
            
             in
             the
             World.
             
          
           
             To
             your
             eighth
             ,
             ninth
             and
             tenth
             Reason
             :
             we
             say
             ,
             if
             you
             are
             
             true
             to
             the
             Popes
             Supremacy
             ,
             you
             cannot
             be
             true
             to
             the
             Kings
             Government
             :
             —
             if
             you
             deny
             that
             ,
             (
             as
             you
             seem
             to
             do
             )
             you
             deny
             the
             foundation
             of
             your
             Religion
             ,
             yea
             ,
             the
             sum
             of
             Christianity
             ,
             as
             Bellarmine
             saith
             .
             Whether
             you
             speak
             as
             you
             think
             in
             the
             eighth
             and
             ninth
             Reason
             ,
             we
             know
             not
             ;
             for
             you
             can
             equivocate
             :
             —
             we
             know
             your
             Brethren
             will
             never
             say
             so
             ,
             when
             they
             have
             obtained
             a
             Toleration
             ▪
             and
             we
             know
             it
             is
             no
             new
             thing
             to
             have
             a
             few
             moderate
             men
             offer
             that
             in
             adversity
             ,
             which
             their
             Brethren
             will
             never
             own
             in
             prosperity
             .
             Indeed
             you
             can
             juggle
             so
             ,
             as
             that
             some
             shall
             write
             for
             Supremacy
             ,
             and
             others
             against
             it
             ;
             and
             laugh
             among
             your selves
             to
             see
             how
             you
             cheat
             the
             world
             :
             we
             know
             what
             the
             Sorbonist●
             stand
             upon
             at
             this
             time
             :
             however
             ,
             you
             are
             punished
             here
             onely
             for
             actual
             disobedience
             ,
             upon
             what
             principle
             soever
             you
             disobey
             :
             if
             some
             of
             you
             think
             loyally
             ,
             you
             all
             live
             disobediently
             to
             the
             Ecclesiastical
             Laws
             of
             this
             Realm
             .
          
           
             II.
             Reason
             .
             You
             say
             you
             are
             forced
             to
             be
             dangerous
             by
             fleeing
             to
             forreign
             Embassadours
             ,
             and
             parts
             for
             safety
             .
          
           
             Answ.
             1.
             
             It
             's
             well
             we
             know
             your
             designe
             .
             2.
             
             If
             you
             did
             not
             go
             to
             Forreigners
             for
             Religion
             ,
             you
             need
             not
             go
             to
             Forreigners
             for
             Protection
             :
             if
             you
             will
             worship
             with
             them
             ,
             you
             may
             live
             with
             them
             .
             3.
             
             If
             you
             keep
             correspondence
             with
             our
             enemies
             ,
             and
             practise
             against
             us
             ,
             when
             you
             are
             in
             danger
             of
             punishment
             ;
             what
             will
             you
             do
             when
             you
             are
             tolerated
             ?
             If
             you
             deal
             with
             Forreigners
             now
             ,
             
               to
               secure
               your selves
               from
               us
            
             ;
             much
             more
             will
             you
             deal
             with
             them
             hereafter
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             have
             
               power
               over
               us
            
             :
             what
             you
             do
             now
             for
             liberty
             ,
             you
             will
             do
             hereafter
             for
             power
             :
             this
             threatning
             insinuation
             will
             signifie
             little
             with
             us
             ,
             who
             measure
             our
             Religion
             by
             our
             Consciences
             ,
             and
             not
             by
             Interest
             ;
             whatever
             inconvenience
             follows
             upon
             your
             punishment
             ,
             we
             will
             not
             displease
             God
             to
             tolerate
             you
             .
          
           
             To
             your
             twelfth
             Reason
             ,
             we
             can
             say
             upon
             sad
             experience
             that
             you
             may
             do
             more
             harm
             by
             creeping
             into
             houses
             ,
             then
             we
             can
             do
             good
             by
             preaching
             in
             Congregations
             .
          
           
             To
             your
             last
             we
             say
             ,
             —
             Our
             Bishops
             can
             prove
             their
             Consecration
             ;
             they
             will
             make
             their
             authority
             eminent
             in
             awing
             
             you
             ,
             if
             they
             cannot
             make
             their
             perswasions
             eminent
             in
             converting
             you
             ;
             and
             that
             when
             they
             are
             the
             severest
             enemies
             to
             your
             corruptions
             ,
             they
             are
             the
             most
             hearty
             well-wishers
             to
             your
             persons
             ,
             and
             you
             may
             hear
             them
             as
             such
             .
             —
          
           
             Sirs
             ,
             As
             you
             did
             your
             duty
             in
             serving
             the
             King
             in
             his
             just
             War
             ,
             so
             he
             will
             allow
             you
             all
             just
             priviledge
             in
             time
             of
             peace
             :
             but
             you
             must
             not
             think
             that
             the
             reward
             of
             your
             obedience
             to
             him
             in
             some
             things
             ,
             shall
             be
             a
             liberty
             to
             disobey
             him
             in
             other
             .
             Although
             we
             have
             been
             (
             as
             you
             say
             )
             
               fellow
               sufferers
               with
               you
            
             ,
             we
             will
             not
             sin
             with
             you
             .
             You
             say
             ,
             you
             hazarded
             much
             to
             restore
             the
             King
             to
             his
             Throne
             :
             To
             what
             purpose
             ,
             I
             pray
             you
             ,
             if
             every
             man
             shall
             do
             what
             is
             good
             in
             his
             own
             eyes
             ,
             
               as
               when
               there
               was
               no
               King
               in
               Israel
               ?
            
             And
             you
             must
             know
             ,
             his
             sacred
             Majestie
             makes
             Laws
             against
             you
             ,
             not
             to
             satisfie
             any
             mans
             passion
             or
             revenge
             ,
             but
             to
             satisfie
             his
             own
             conscience
             .
          
           
             Whereas
             you
             speak
             of
             his
             Majesties
             mercie
             ,
             and
             word
             from
             Breda
             :
             —
             1.
             
             Let
             me
             tell
             you
             ,
             
               That
               Toleration
               would
               be
               the
               greatest
               cruelty
               in
               the
               world
               .
               —
            
             2.
             
             You
             know
             his
             Majestie
             promised
             no
             more
             at
             
               Breda
               ,
               but
               that
               he
               should
               condescend
               to
               such
               provisions
               for
               tender
               Consciences
               as
               his
               Parliament
               would
               think
               fit
               .
            
          
           
             May
             it
             please
             therefore
             the
             wisdome
             and
             goodness
             of
             both
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             setting
             aside
             those
             plausible
             insinuations
             which
             undermine
             the
             principles
             of
             Government
             ,
             to
             see
             that
             the
             permission
             of
             Roman
             Catholicks
             is
             not
             onely
             contrary
             to
             the
             peace
             ,
             quiet
             and
             union
             of
             the
             subject
             ,
             but
             also
             dangerous
             to
             the
             constitution
             ,
             and
             threatning
             to
             the
             welfare
             of
             this
             Church
             and
             Kingdome
             ;
             and
             not
             let
             that
             be
             promoted
             upon
             shallow
             and
             fallacious
             suggestion
             of
             any
             interest
             and
             advantage
             ,
             especially
             since
             the
             wisdome
             of
             France
             .
             The
             Duke
             of
             Rhoan
             hath
             made
             it
             appear
             to
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             your
             wisdom
             makes
             it
             clear
             to
             your selves
             ,
          
           
             
               That
               the
               Protestant
               Religion
               is
               the
               Interest
               of
            
             England
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           excellent
           Reasons
           of
           the
           Honourable
           House
           of
           Commons
           against
           Indulgence
           ;
           with
           Historical
           Observations
           thereupon
           .
        
         
           BUt
           to
           what
           end
           do
           we
           trouble
           the
           World
           with
           our
           inconsiderable
           Reasons
           ,
           now
           we
           are
           all
           concluded
           by
           the
           common
           reason
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           (
           at
           least
           that
           part
           of
           it
           wherein
           we
           are
           included
           )
           represented
           by
           the
           most
           Honourable
           the
           Commons
           of
           England
           assembled
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           then
           whom
           the
           Sun
           scarce
           beheld
           a
           more
           noble
           ,
           a
           more
           resolved
           ,
           a
           more
           unanimous
           ,
           a
           more
           loyal
           and
           Orthodox
           Assembly
           ,
           and
           Assembly
           as
           that
           excellent
           Bishop
           said
           ,
           
             quo
             nihil
             videt
             orbis
             augustius
          
           :
           their
           famous
           Vote
           which
           may
           satisfie
           all
           your
           Reasons
           ,
           —
           their
           Vote
           —
           at
           which
           your
           conclave
           at
           Rome
           may
           tremble
           ,
           all
           the
           Conventicles
           in
           the
           World
           shake
           ;
           a
           dejected
           and
           forlorn
           Church
           raiseth
           up
           its
           selfe
           ;
           decayed
           Religion
           is
           recovered
           ,
           the
           soules
           of
           the
           first
           reformers
           (
           if
           they
           have
           any
           sence
           of
           things
           here
           below
           ,
           )
           rejoyce
           ;
           (
           O
           if
           there
           be
           joy
           in
           Heaven
           at
           the
           recovery
           of
           one
           sinner
           ,
           what
           is
           their
           at
           the
           Recovery
           of
           a
           Nation
           !
           )
           millions
           of
           unstable
           Soules
           are
           setled
           :
           the
           many
           breaches
           of
           our
           Church
           are
           close
           ,
           that
           threatning
           evill
           of
           schisme
           and
           separation
           is
           checked
           ,
           —
           the
           loose
           hopes
           of
           dangerous
           men
           are
           bounded
           :
           the
           callapsed
           Honour
           of
           England
           is
           restored
           ;
           former
           miscariages
           are
           expiated
           ,
           for
           which
           our
           gracious
           King
           the
           Defender
           of
           the
           true
           Ancient
           ,
           and
           Apostolick
           Faith
           heartily
           thankes
           them
           .
           In
           which
           the
           Nobles
           if
           they
           have
           any
           sence
           of
           their
           Ancestors
           Honour
           ,
           will
           concur
           with
           them
           ;
           the
           reverend
           Clergy
           will
           be
           bound
           to
           pray
           for
           them
           ;
           and
           we
           with
           our
           posterity
           that
           are
           yet
           unborn
           will
           stand
           up
           and
           call
           them
           blessed
           :
           —
           their
           famous
           Vote
           to
           which
           we
           must
           submit
           is
           this
           ;
           —
        
         
           
           
             The
             Vote
             .
          
           
             
               That
               it
               be
               presented
               to
               the
               Kings
               Majesty
               as
               the
               humble
               advice
               of
               this
               House
               ,
               That
               no
               Indulgence
               be
               granted
               to
               the
               Dissenters
               from
               the
               Act
               of
               Vniformity
               .
            
          
           
             And
             that
             you
             may
             know
             that
             this
             is
             not
             an
             Act
             of
             power
             but
             —
             of
             reason
             ,
             not
             what
             they
             think
             they
             may
             ,
             but
             what
             they
             think
             they
             ought
             ,
             you
             have
             added
             their
             reason
             too
             —
             Ordering
             .
          
           
             
               That
               a
               Committee
               be
               appointed
               to
               collect
               and
               bring
               in
               the
               Reasons
               of
               this
               House
               for
               this
               Vote
               upon
               the
               present
               Debate
               ,
               to
               be
               prescuted
               to
               his
               Majesty
               ;
               and
               that
               the
               nominating
               of
               the
               Committee
               be
               adjourned
               till
               to
               morrow
               morning
               .
            
          
           
             But
             reason
             is
             not
             reason
             untill
             it
             be
             resolved
             on
             ,
             it
             was
             therefore
             resolved
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               That
               in
               the
               close
               of
               the
               Reasons
               to
               be
               presented
               to
               His
               Majesty
               for
               the
               Vote
               of
               advice
               ;
               it
               being
               also
               added
               ,
               That
               this
               House
               will
               assist
               His
               Majesty
               with
               their
               Lives
               and
               Fortunes
               ,
               and
               That
               the
               Comittee
               appointed
               to
               bring
               in
               the
               Reasons
               do
               pen
               an
               Address
               for
               that
               purpose
               to
               His
               Majesty
               .
            
          
           
             Do
             you
             observe
             their
             reasons
             against
             your
             suggestions
             1.
             
             As
             to
             the
             promise
             of
             Breda
             you
             urge
             ,
             —
             they
             say
             you
             should
             not
             trouble
             his
             Majesty
             further
             with
             it
             .
          
           
             Reas.
             1.
             
             
               Because
               it
               is
               not
               a
               Promise
               in
               it selfe
               ,
               but
               only
               a
               Gracious
               Declaration
               of
               your
               Majesties
               Intentions
               ,
               to
               do
               what
               in
               You
               lay
               ,
               and
               what
               a
               Parliament
               should
               advise
               Your
               Majesty
               to
               do
               ;
               and
               no
               such
               Advise
               was
               ever
               given
               ,
               or
               thought
               fit
               to
               be
               offered
               ;
               nor
               could
               it
               be
               otherwise
               understood
               ,
               because
               there
               were
               Laws
               of
               Vniformity
               then
               in
               being
               ,
               which
               could
               not
               be
               dispensed
               with
               ,
               but
               by
               Act
               of
               Parliament
               .
            
          
           
             
               They
               who
               do
               pretend
               a
               Right
               to
               that
               supposed
               Promise
               ,
               put
               the
               Right
               into
               the
               hands
               of
               their
               Representatives
               ,
               whom
               they
               chose
               to
               serve
               for
               them
               in
               this
               Parliament
               ,
               who
               have
               Passed
               ,
               and
               Your
               Majesty
               consented
               to
               the
               Act
               of
               Vniformity
               .
               If
               any
               shall
               presume
               so
               say
               ,
               that
               a
               Right
               to
               this
               Declaration
               doth
               still
               remaine
               after
               this
               Act
               Passed
               ,
            
          
           
           
             
               It
               tends
               to
               dissolve
               the
               very
               Bonds
               of
               Government
               ,
               and
               to
               suppose
               a
               disability
               in
               Your
               Majesty
               and
               the
               Houses
               of
               Parliament
               ,
               to
               make
               a
               Law
               contrary
               to
               any
               part
               of
               Your
               Majesties
               Declaration
               ,
               though
               both
               Houses
               should
               advise
               Your
               Majesty
               to
               it
               .
            
          
           
             Against
             Indulgence
             that
             most
             Honourable
             House
             saith
             ,
          
           
             1.
             
             That
             
               it
               will
               establish
               schisme
               by
               a
               Law
               :
            
             In
             the
             24.25
             .
             and
             26.
             year
             of
             Queen
             Elizabeth
             the
             Non-conformists
             especially
             of
             Kent
             bestired
             themselves
             ,
             and
             procured
             the
             Lords
             of
             the
             Councell
             to
             write
             to
             Arch-Bishop
             Whitgift
             to
             take
             
               charitable
               consideration
               of
               their
               causes
               ,
               that
               the
               people
               of
               the
               Realme
               might
               not
               be
               deprived
               of
               their
               Pastors
               ,
               being
               diligent
               ,
               learned
               and
               zealous
               ,
               though
               in
               s●me
               points
               Ceremoniall
               ,
               they
               may
               seeme
               doubtfull
               onely
               in
               conscience
               ,
               not
               in
               willfulnesse
               ,
            
             Upon
             this
             ,
             though
             onely
             an
             intercession
             of
             the
             Councell
             :
             they
             are
             incouraged
             to
             separate
             from
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             upon
             the
             Earle
             of
             Leicesters
             Interest
             (
             what
             would
             they
             do
             if
             they
             had
             a
             Law
             of
             their
             side
             ?
             )
             they
             are
             hardned
             to
             hold
             a
             solemne
             Councell
             at
             Cambridge
             I
             think
             to
             answer
             our
             Convocation
             ;
             wherein
             they
             made
             
               decrees
               as
               they
               call
               them
               of
               such
               things
               as
            
             (
             do
             seeme
             )
             
               may
               stand
               with
               the
               peace
               of
               Gods
               Church
               :
            
             see
             Bishop
             Bancrofts
             danger
             
               pos
               .
               p.
            
             46.
             they
             have
             a
             conference
             at
             Lambeth
             before
             the
             Lords
             of
             the
             Councell
             with
             the
             Arch-Bishops
             of
             Canterbury
             and
             York
             ,
             and
             the
             Bishop
             of
             
               Winchester
               Cambd●el
            
             .
             1584.
             and
             finding
             but
             favour
             (
             no
             Law
             all
             this
             while
             on
             their
             behalfes
             in
             Parliament
             )
             they
             erect
             a
             Presbytery
             at
             Wandsworth
             in
             Sunrey
             ,
             Bishop
             
               Bancroft
               Engl.
               scot
            
             .
             3.
             
               b.
               c.
            
             1.
             
             Full.
             Cent.
             xvi
             p.
             30
             where
             Offices
             and
             rules
             are
             agreed
             on
             by
             24.
             
             Presbyters
             in
             as
             much
             authority
             as
             our
             26.
             
             Arch-Bishops
             and
             Bishops
             ,
             this
             way
             they
             settle
             in
             London
             a
             while
             after
             ;
             Altar
             against
             Altar
             ,
             Post
             against
             Post
             :
             —
             they
             became
             violent
             Anno
             1575.
             and
             left
             the
             sober
             men
             ,
             
               Humphrey
               —
               ,
               Fox
            
             ,
             &c.
             they
             set
             up
             prophesying
             ,
             Anno
             1580.
             and
             private
             meetings
             ,
             fasts
             and
             conferences
             ;
             they
             meet
             at
             Cuckefield
             in
             Suffolke
             threescore
             Ministers
             almost
             enough
             to
             make
             a
             convocation
             ,
             where
             they
             
               resolved
               what
               was
               to
            
             be
             
               Tolerated
               ,
               and
               what
               was
               to
               be
               refused
            
             :
             again
             they
             meet
             at
             Cambridge
             ,
             where
             were
             many
             things
             very
             solemnly
             enacted
             :
             in
             the
             year
             1585.
             
          
           
           
             1.
             
             A
             Parliament
             meets
             ,
             2.
             
             Convocation
             sits
             ,
             3.
             an
             Assembly
             of
             Ministers
             vying
             with
             the
             Convocation
             ,
             gets
             together
             ,
             they
             admonish
             ,
             they
             threaten
             ,
             they
             plot
             ,
             they
             get
             a
             16.
             fold
             Petition
             drawn
             up
             for
             them
             Anno
             1587.
             el
             30.
             they
             Libel
             ,
             —
             they
             met
             at
             a
             Synod
             in
             Coventry
             10th
             .
             of
             the
             4.
             
             Moneth
             as
             they
             write
             ,
             —
             where
             they
             resolved
             thirteen
             points
             against
             the
             Church
             ,
             Full.
             xvi
             Cent.
             194.
             and
             drew
             up
             a
             
               discipline
               and
               form
               essential
               at
               all
               times
               ,
            
             which
             was
             tendered
             to
             all
             the
             classes
             far
             and
             near
             in
             England
             ;
             —
             they
             humble
             themselves
             at
             Northampton
             for
             their
             former
             Conformity
             to
             the
             Church
             ,
             —
             
               John
               test
               p.
            
             6
             
               Full.
               p.
            
             196.
             they
             refuse
             Oaths
             tendred
             to
             them
             ,
             —
             they
             talke
             of
             a
             bickering
             and
             then
             a
             battle
             ;
             as
             one
             Wiggington
             words
             it
             ,
             they
             sollicit
             the
             King
             of
             Scots
             assistance
             May
             2.
             1591.
             
             —
             Hacket
             and
             Coppinger
             ,
             grow
             outragious
             and
             threaten
             the
             Queen
             and
             the
             Privy
             Councell
             ,
             at
             last
             they
             grew
             so
             odious
             at
             Court
             as
             Mr.
             Fuller
             writes
             that
             none
             durst
             appear
             in
             their
             behalfe
             ,
             and
             so
             they
             continued
             all
             King
             James
             his
             time
             —
             and
             King
             Charles
             when
             we
             had
             peace
             untill
             at
             last
             this
             Schisme
             in
             the
             Warre
             was
             established
             by
             a
             pretended
             Law
             ,
             —
             and
             England
             knowes
             very
             well
             what
             it
             is
             
               to
               establish
               Schisme
               by
               a
               Law.
            
             —
          
           
             In
             the
             latter
             end
             of
             King
             James
             his
             Reign
             there
             was
             a
             Toleration
             propounded
             ,
             and
             immediately
             the
             Popish
             policy
             and
             Government
             was
             set
             up
             in
             opposition
             to
             ours
             ,
             —
             they
             had
             Archbishops
             to
             our
             Archbishops
             ,
             Bishops
             to
             our
             Bishops
             ,
             their
             meeting
             of
             Priest
             to
             our
             Convocation
             ,
             —
             their
             Masse
             to
             our
             Common
             Prayer
             :
             And
             so
             Cromwell
             told
             his
             Cronies
             in
             a
             thing
             called
             a
             Parliament
             in
             his
             loose
             time
             ,
             that
             they
             had
             their
             Hierarchy
             setled
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             had
             an
             orderly
             Government
             within
             his
             Government
             ;
             —
             this
             ,
             this
             it
             is
             to
             
               have
               a
               Schisme
               established
               by
               Law.
            
             —
          
           
             2.
             
             
               The
               Honourable
               House
               of
               Commons
               are
               against
               Indulgence
               to
               dissenters
               ,
               because
               it
               will
               make
               the
               Government
               of
               the
               Church
               precarious
               ,
               and
               Contemptible
               :
            
             What
             can
             a
             Bishop
             do
             ,
             if
             there
             be
             parties
             to
             which
             all
             the
             guilty
             will
             betake
             themselves
             ,
             to
             elude
             his
             Authority
             ,
             he
             excommunicates
             ,
             they
             seperate
             
             and
             excommunicate
             themselves
             :
             He
             cites
             ,
             they
             undervalue
             him
             ;
             He
             threatneth
             ,
             they
             (
             as
             the
             Church
             wardens
             of
             Saint
             
               Anne
               Aldersgate
            
             )
             say
             they
             will
             try
             it
             with
             him
             ,
             he
             would
             turn
             out
             a
             Parish-clark
             like
             him
             of
             Black-fryers
             ,
             he
             goeth
             to
             Law
             with
             him
             :
             The
             Indulged
             Party
             will
             be
             the
             receptacle
             of
             all
             the
             discontented
             ,
             ambitious
             ,
             turbulent
             ,
             and
             guilty
             Persons
             which
             the
             Law
             threatneth
             ,
             discipline
             correcteth
             :
             and
             justice
             punisheth
             .
          
           
             3
             
               The
               Honourable
               House
               of
               Commons
               are
               against
               Indulgence
               ,
            
             Because
             ,
          
           
             
               It
               will
               no
               way
               become
               the
               Gravity
               or
               Wisedome
               of
               a
               Parliament
               ,
               to
               pass
               a
               Law
               at
               one
               Sessions
               for
               Vniformity
               ,
               and
               at
               the
               next
               Sessions
               (
               the
               reasons
               of
               Vniformity
               continuing
               still
               the
               same
               )
               to
               pass
               another
               Law
               to
               frustrate
               or
               weaken
               the
               execution
               of
               it
               .
            
          
           
             The
             most
             happy
             constitutions
             are
             they
             that
             are
             maturely
             ,
             debated
             ,
             resolvedly
             enacted
             ,
             and
             not
             without
             great
             reason
             ,
             and
             much
             time
             repealed
             .
             The
             first
             Parliament
             that
             ever
             was
             in
             England
             ordered
             that
             the
             same
             
               Assembly
               should
               not
               repeale
               and
               make
               Laws
               :
            
             A
             Parliament
             Hen.
             the
             thirds
             time
             refused
             to
             alter
             a
             most
             inconvenient
             Law
             ,
             because
             they
             thought
             no
             inconvenience
             greater
             then
             Alteration
             of
             Laws
             ,
             so
             in
             K.
             H●n
             .
             7.
             
             Hen.
             8.
             Q.
             Eliz.
             Reign
             .
          
           
             4
             
               The
               Honourable
               House
               of
               Commons
               are
               against
               indulgence
               .
            
             Because
             ,
          
           
             
               It
               will
               expose
               His
               Majesty
               to
               the
               restless
               Importunity
               of
               every
               Sect
               and
               Opinion
               ,
               and
               of
               every
               single
               Person
               also
               ,
               who
               shall
               presume
               to
               dissent
               from
               the
               Church
               of
            
             England
             .
          
           
             
               It
               will
               be
               a
               cause
               of
               increasing
               Sects
               and
               Sectaries
               ,
               whose
               numbers
               will
               weaken
               the
               true
               Protestant
               Profession
               so
               far
               ,
               that
               it
               will
               at
               least
               be
               difficult
               for
               it
               ,
               to
               defend
               it selfe
               against
               them
               :
               And
               ,
               which
               is
               yet
               further
               considerable
               ,
               those
               Numbers
               ,
               which
               by
               being
               troublesome
               to
               the
               Government
               ,
               finde
               they
               can
               arrive
               to
               an
               Indulgence
               ,
               will
               ,
               as
               their
               numbers
               increase
               ,
               be
               yet
               more
               troublesome
               ,
               that
               so
               at
               length
               they
               may
               arrive
               to
               a
               generall
               Toleration
               ,
               which
               His
               Majesty
               hath
               declared
               against
               ;
               and
               in
               time
               some
               prevalent
               
               S●ct
               ,
               will
               at
               last
               contend
               for
               an
               establishment
               ;
               which
               ,
               for
               ought
               can
               be
               foreseen
               ,
               may
               end
               in
               Popery
               .
            
          
           
             
               It
               is
               a
               thing
               altogether
               without
               Precedent
               ,
               and
               will
               take
               away
               all
               means
               of
               convicting
               Recusants
               ,
               and
               be
               inconsistent
               with
               the
               method
               and
               proceedings
               of
               the
               Laws
               of
            
             England
             .
          
           
             You
             know
             there
             is
             no
             end
             of
             humor
             and
             faction
             ,
             Hooper
             procures
             K.
             Edw.
             6.
             letter
             for
             a
             dispensation
             from
             certain
             
               Rights
               and
               Ceremonies
               offensive
               to
               his
               conscience
               ,
            
             as
             the
             letter
             runs
             ;
             The
             nonconformists
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             Q
             Elizabeths
             reign
             ,
             are
             onely
             for
             alteration
             of
             some
             
               things
               offensive
            
             :
             The
             later
             nonconformists
             were
             against
             the
             Common
             Prayer
             ,
             and
             most
             of
             the
             usage
             of
             the
             Church
             ;
             at
             last
             they
             are
             against
             all
             Church
             government
             ,
             discipline
             ,
             orders
             and
             forms
             of
             worship
             ,
             
               the
               people
               will
               have
               it
               so
               ?
            
             and
             what
             will
             
               ye
               do
               in
               the
               end
               thereof
               .
            
          
           
             5
             
               The
               Honourable
               House
               of
               Commons
               are
               against
               Indulgence
               ,
               to
               dissenters
               .
            
             Because
             ,
          
           
             
               It
               is
               humbly
               conceived
               ,
               That
               the
               Indulgence
               proposed
               will
               be
               so
               far
               from
               tending
               to
               the
               Peace
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               rather
               likely
               to
               occasion
               great
               disturbance
               .
               And
               on
               the
               contrary
               ,
               That
               the
               asserting
               of
               the
               Laws
               ,
               and
               the
               Religion
               establisht
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Act
               of
               Vniformity
               ,
               is
               the
               most
               probable
               meanes
               to
               produce
               settled
               Peace
               and
               Obedience
               throughout
               Your
               Kingdom
               :
               Because
               the
               variety
               of
               Professions
               of
               Religion
               ,
               when
               openly
               indulged
               ,
               doth
               directly
               distinguish
               men
               into
               parties
               ,
               and
               withall
               gives
               them
               opportunity
               to
               count
               their
               numbers
               ;
               which
               ,
               considering
               the
               animosities
               ,
               that
               out
               of
               a
               Religious
               Pride
               will
               be
               kept
               on
               foot
               by
               the
               severall
               Factions
               ,
               doth
               tend
               directly
               and
               inevitably
               to
               open
               disturbance
               .
               Nor
               can
               Your
               Majesty
               have
               any
               Security
               ,
               that
               the
               Doctrine
               or
               Worship
               of
               the
               severall
               Factions
               ,
               which
               are
               all
               Governed
               by
               a
               severall
               Rule
               ,
               shall
               be
               consistent
               with
               the
               Peace
               of
               Your
               Kingdom
               .
            
          
           
             When
             Master
             Cartwright
             preached
             at
             Saint
             Maries
             in
             Cambridge
             the
             Church
             could
             not
             hold
             the
             people
             ,
             when
             Doctor
             Gouge
             preached
             at
             Black-fryers
             ,
             it
             was
             too
             little
             for
             him
             ,
             when
             Master
             Dod
             preached
             ,
             people
             were
             almost
             througed
             to
             death
             ;
             If
             a
             nonconformist
             preach
             ,
             the
             whole
             City
             is
             in
             a
             tumult
             ;
             
             if
             a
             man
             be
             but
             a
             little
             inclined
             that
             way
             ,
             how
             great
             is
             his
             Auditors
             ?
             If
             Orthodox
             ,
             how
             thin
             his
             Congregation
             ,
             which
             ,
             
               considering
               the
               animosities
               ,
               that
               out
               of
               a
               Religious
               Pride
               will
               be
               kept
               on
               foot
               by
               the
               severall
               Factions
               ,
               doth
               tend
               directly
               and
               inevetably
               to
               open
               disturbance
               .
               Nor
               can
               His
               Majesty
               have
               any
               Security
               ,
               that
               the
               Doctrine
               or
               Worship
               of
               the
               severall
               Factions
               ,
               which
               are
               all
               Governed
               by
               a
               severall
               Rule
               ,
               shall
               be
               consistent
               with
               the
               Peace
               of
               Your
               Kingdom
               .
            
          
           
             What
             security
             have
             we
             that
             the
             Papists
             will
             not
             teach
             the
             Popes
             power
             as
             well
             as
             his
             Religion
             :
             that
             they
             will
             not
             absolve
             men
             from
             their
             allegiance
             to
             the
             King
             of
             England
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             they
             absolve
             men
             from
             their
             obedience
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ;
             that
             they
             will
             not
             disobey
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             
               not
               obey
            
             for
             
               Conscience
               sake
            
             ,
             —
             how
             know
             we
             but
             they
             have
             all
             taken
             a
             solemn
             Covenant
             to
             defend
             the
             Kings
             Majesty
             
               onely
               in
               the
               maintenance
               of
               Religion
               ;
               i.
               e.
            
             of
             their
             severall
             wayes
             :
             —
          
           
             
               Be
               wise
               therefore
               O
               ye
               Kings
               ,
               be
               instructed
               O
               ye
               Judges
               of
               the
               Earth
               .
               —
            
             
               Habet
               aliquod
               ex
               iniquo
               omne
               magnum
               exemplum
               quod
               contra
               singulos
               ,
               utilitate
               publica
               rependitur
               —
            
             
               Tac.
               An
               14.
               
            
             
               Ne
               timeas
               contrà
               Charitatem
               esse
               si
               unius
               scandalum
               multorum
               pace
               compensaveris
               .
               —
            
             
               Bern.
               Ep.
               
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A26927-e850
           
             See
             Bishop
             Abbot
             on
             Jer.
             6
             16.
             ●e
             Dr.
             Peirce
             Sermon
             .