Some reflections on the oaths & declaration appointed in an act past in the first year of the reign of King William and Queen Mary in reference to the Roman Catholicks of England / by Sir D.W. Baronet, of the church of Rome.
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             Some reflections on the oaths & declaration appointed in an act past in the first year of the reign of King William and Queen Mary in reference to the Roman Catholicks of England / by Sir D.W. Baronet, of the church of Rome.
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           SOME
           REFLECTIONS
           ON
           THE
           
             Oaths
             &
             Declaration
          
           Appointed
           in
           an
           Act
           past
           in
           the
           first
           Year
           of
           the
           Reign
           of
           King
           William
           AND
           Queen
           Mary
           ,
           In
           reference
           to
           the
           Roman
           Catholicks
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           By
           Sir
           
             D.
             W.
          
           Baronet
           ,
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           MDCXCV
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           my
           worthy
           good
           Friend
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ;
          
        
         
           IT
           was
           not
           yet
           my
           hap
           to
           be
           tendered
           the
           new
           Oaths
           ,
           but
           supposing
           that
           at
           some
           time
           it
           may
           ,
           since
           in
           the
           last
           Sessions
           of
           Parliament
           there
           were
           Agitations
           for
           barring
           all
           Persons
           from
           Voices
           in
           Elections
           of
           Members
           for
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           from
           Practice
           in
           their
           Professions
           ,
           besides
           the
           Penalties
           of
           this
           Statute
           ,
           and
           Paiment
           of
           double
           Taxes
           ,
           in
           case
           of
           refusing
           to
           Swear
           ,
           and
           Declare
           ,
           as
           by
           this
           Act
           is
           required
           ;
           These
           and
           some
           other
           Considerations
           (
           needless
           to
           particularize
           )
           put
           me
           on
           search
           into
           the
           Quality
           and
           Sense
           of
           these
           Oaths
           ,
           with
           the
           Duty
           and
           Lawfulness
           of
           taking
           or
           refusing
           them
           .
           And
           first
           I
           observed
           ,
           that
           in
           these
           Oaths
           there
           is
           no
           declaring
           or
           swearing
           to
           the
           King's
           Supremacy
           ,
           in
           any
           Things
           or
           Causes
           ,
           nor
           a
           Renunciation
           of
           the
           Rights
           or
           Titles
           of
           any
           other
           Person
           ,
           nor
           a
           Promise
           of
           Faith
           and
           Allegiance
           to
           the
           present
           Prince's
           Heirs
           and
           lawful
           Successors
           ,
           nor
           an
           Acknowledgment
           before
           God
           and
           the
           World
           of
           the
           King
           's
           lawful
           Title
           to
           this
           Realm
           ,
           nor
           a
           swearing
           to
           the
           plain
           and
           common
           Sense
           of
           the
           Words
           ;
           all
           which
           were
           Parts
           of
           the
           former
           
           Oaths
           of
           Supremacy
           and
           Allegiance
           ,
           and
           might
           have
           raised
           Scruples
           ,
           if
           inserted
           in
           these
           ,
           that
           are
           now
           frivolous
           .
           I
           likewise
           observe
           ,
           that
           the
           nonjurat
           Protestants
           and
           the
           Catholicks
           are
           not
           by
           the
           same
           Reasons
           induced
           to
           refuse
           to
           take
           these
           Oaths
           ,
           the
           one
           having
           sworn
           the
           former
           ,
           the
           latter
           generally
           refusing
           them
           .
           On
           the
           whole
           I
           have
           made
           the
           Reflections
           ,
           which
           I
           herewith
           present
           to
           you
           ,
           my
           truly
           dear
           Friend
           .
           I
           will
           not
           affirm
           to
           you
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           so
           fully
           satisfied
           in
           this
           Enquiry
           ,
           as
           that
           I
           am
           resolved
           to
           take
           these
           Oaths
           ,
           when
           required
           so
           to
           do
           ;
           nor
           will
           I
           conceal
           from
           you
           ,
           that
           my
           private
           Opinion
           is
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           ,
           as
           a
           sound
           Catholick
           ,
           with
           a
           safe
           Conscience
           ,
           without
           Hazard
           of
           Salvation
           ,
           both
           take
           these
           new
           Oaths
           ,
           and
           subscribe
           the
           Declaration
           now
           framed
           by
           Parliament
           .
           The
           Matters
           therein
           contained
           are
           entirely
           within
           the
           Consideration
           of
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           without
           any
           relation
           to
           the
           Mysteries
           of
           Faith
           ;
           and
           therefore
           I
           believe
           you
           a
           competent
           and
           proper
           Iudg
           herein
           ,
           and
           earnestly
           request
           you
           to
           give
           me
           your
           Thoughts
           hereof
           .
           I
           would
           not
           that
           it
           should
           be
           said
           of
           me
           ,
           
             Incidit
             in
             Scillam
             qui
             vult
             vitare
             Charibdim
             .
          
           I
           resolve
           to
           be
           governed
           by
           your
           Sentiments
           of
           this
           Affair
           ,
           and
           ever
           to
           acknowledg
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           I
           very
           much
           honour
           you
           ,
           and
           am
           ,
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
           
             
               1st
               May
               ,
               1695.
               
            
          
           
             Your
             real
             and
             affectionate
             Servant
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           Because
           in
           reading
           these
           Reflections
           there
           may
           be
           occasion
           for
           comparing
           the
           several
           Oaths
           ,
           I
           have
           here
           set
           them
           down
           at
           large
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Oaths
             and
             Declaration
             in
             the
             Act
             of
             1
             Will.
             Mar.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             I
             
               A.
               B.
            
             do
             sincerely
             promise
             and
             swear
             ,
             That
             I
             will
             be
             faithful
             ,
             and
             bear
             true
             Allegiance
             to
             his
             Majesty
             King
             
               William
               .
               So
               help
               me
               God
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             I
             
               A.
               B.
            
             do
             swear
             ,
             That
             I
             do
             from
             my
             Heart
             abhor
             ,
             detest
             and
             abjure
             ,
             as
             impious
             and
             heretical
             ,
             that
             damnable
             Doctrine
             and
             Position
             ,
             That
             Princes
             excommunicated
             or
             deprived
             by
             the
             Pope
             ,
             or
             any
             Authority
             of
             the
             See
             of
             Rome
             ,
             may
             be
             deposed
             or
             murdered
             by
             their
             Subjects
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             whatsoever
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             And
             I
             do
             declare
             ,
             That
             no
             Foreign
             Prince
             ,
             Person
             ,
             Prelate
             ,
             State
             or
             Potentate
             ,
             hath
             ,
             or
             ought
             to
             have
             ,
             any
             Iurisdiction
             ,
             Power
             ,
             Superiority
             ,
             Prehemmence
             ,
             or
             Authority
             ,
             Ecclesiastical
             or
             Spiritual
             ,
             w●thin
             this
             Realm
             .
             
               So
               help
               me
               God
            
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             The
             Oath
             of
             Supremacy
             ,
             framed
             in
             the
             Act
             ,
             1
             Eliz.
             c.
             1.
             which
             Oath
             is
             now
             abrogated
             .
          
           
             I
             
               A.
               B.
            
             do
             utterly
             testify
             ,
             and
             declare
             in
             my
             Conscience
             ,
             That
             the
             King's
             Majesty
             is
             the
             only
             supreme
             Governour
             of
             this
             Realm
             ,
             and
             of
             all
             other
             his
             Highness
             Dominions
             and
             Countries
             ,
             as
             well
             in
             all
             Spiritual
             or
             
             Ecclesiastical
             Things
             or
             Causes
             ,
             as
             Temporal
             ;
             
               And
               that
               no
               Foreign
               Prince
               ,
               Person
               ,
               Prelate
               ,
               State
               or
               Potentate
               ,
               hath
               ,
               or
               ought
               to
               have
               ,
               any
               Jurisdiction
               ,
               Power
               ,
               Superiority
               ,
               Preheminence
               or
               Authority
               ,
               Ecclesiastical
               or
               Spiritual
               ,
               within
               this
               Realm
               .
            
             And
             therefore
             I
             do
             utterly
             renounce
             and
             forsake
             all
             foreign
             Iurisdictions
             ,
             Powers
             ,
             Superiorities
             and
             Authorities
             ,
             and
             do
             promise
             ,
             that
             from
             henceforth
             I
             shall
             bear
             Faith
             and
             true
             Allegiance
             to
             the
             King's
             Highness
             ,
             his
             Heirs
             and
             lawfull
             Successors
             ,
             and
             to
             my
             Power
             shall
             assist
             and
             defend
             all
             Iurisdictions
             ,
             Privileges
             ,
             Preheminencies
             ,
             and
             Authorities
             ,
             granted
             or
             belonging
             to
             the
             King's
             Highness
             ,
             his
             Heirs
             and
             Successors
             ,
             or
             united
             and
             annexed
             to
             the
             Imperial
             Crown
             of
             this
             Realm
             .
             
               So
               help
               me
               God
               ,
               and
               the
               Contents
               of
               this
               Book
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Oath
             of
             Allegiance
             in
             the
             Stat.
             3
             Iac.
             1.
             which
             Oath
             is
             now
             abrogated
             .
          
           
             I
             
               A.
               B.
            
             do
             truly
             and
             sincerely
             acknowledg
             ,
             profess
             ,
             testify
             and
             declare
             ,
             in
             my
             Conscience
             ,
             before
             God
             and
             the
             World
             ,
             That
             our
             Sovereign
             Lord
             King
             James
             is
             lawful
             King
             of
             this
             Realm
             ,
             and
             of
             all
             other
             his
             Majesty's
             Dominions
             and
             Conntries
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Pope
             ,
             neither
             of
             himself
             ,
             nor
             by
             any
             Authority
             of
             the
             See
             of
             Rome
             ,
             or
             by
             any
             other
             means
             with
             any
             other
             ,
             hath
             any
             Power
             or
             Authority
             to
             depose
             the
             King
             ,
             or
             to
             dispose
             of
             any
             of
             his
             Majesty's
             Kingdoms
             or
             Dominions
             ,
             or
             to
             authorize
             any
             foreign
             Prince
             to
             invade
             or
             annoy
             him
             or
             his
             Countries
             ,
             or
             to
             discharge
             any
             of
             his
             Subjects
             of
             their
             Allegiance
             and
             Obedience
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             or
             to
             
             give
             Licence
             or
             leave
             to
             any
             of
             them
             to
             bear
             Arms
             ,
             raise
             Tumults
             ,
             or
             to
             offer
             any
             Violence
             or
             Hurt
             to
             his
             Majesty's
             Royal
             Person
             ,
             State
             ,
             or
             Government
             ,
             or
             to
             any
             of
             his
             Majesty's
             Subjects
             within
             his
             Dominions
             .
             Also
             I
             do
             swear
             from
             my
             Heart
             ,
             That
             notwithstanding
             any
             Declaration
             or
             Sentence
             of
             Excommunication
             or
             Deprivation
             ,
             made
             or
             granted
             ,
             or
             to
             be
             made
             or
             granted
             ,
             by
             the
             Pope
             or
             his
             Successors
             ,
             or
             by
             any
             Authority
             derived
             or
             pretended
             to
             be
             derived
             from
             him
             or
             his
             See
             ,
             against
             the
             said
             King
             ,
             his
             Heirs
             or
             Successors
             ,
             or
             any
             Absolution
             of
             the
             said
             Subjects
             from
             their
             Obedience
             ,
             
               I
               will
               bear
               Faith
               and
               true
               Allegiance
               to
               his
               Majesty
               ,
            
             his
             Heirs
             and
             Successors
             ,
             and
             him
             and
             them
             will
             defend
             to
             the
             uttermost
             of
             my
             Power
             ,
             against
             all
             Conspiracies
             and
             Attempts
             whatsoever
             ,
             which
             shall
             be
             made
             against
             his
             or
             their
             Persons
             ,
             their
             Crown
             and
             Dignity
             ,
             by
             reason
             or
             colour
             of
             any
             such
             Sentence
             or
             Declaration
             ,
             or
             otherwise
             ,
             and
             will
             do
             my
             best
             Endeavours
             to
             disclose
             and
             make
             known
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             his
             Heirs
             and
             Successors
             ,
             all
             Treasons
             and
             traiterous
             Conspiracies
             which
             I
             shall
             know
             or
             hear
             of
             ,
             to
             be
             against
             him
             ,
             or
             any
             of
             them
             .
             And
             I
             do
             further
             swear
             ,
             That
             
               I
               do
               from
               my
               Heart
               abhor
               ,
               detest
               and
               abjure
               ,
               as
               Impious
               and
               Heretical
               ,
               this
               damnable
               Doctrine
               or
               Position
               ,
               That
               Princes
               which
               be
               excommunicated
               or
               deprived
               by
               the
               Pope
               ,
               may
               be
               deposed
               or
               murdered
               by
               their
               Subjects
               ,
               or
               any
               other
               whatsoever
               .
            
             And
             I
             do
             believe
             ,
             and
             in
             Conscience
             am
             resolved
             ,
             that
             neither
             the
             Pope
             ,
             nor
             any
             Person
             whatsoever
             ,
             hath
             Power
             to
             absolve
             me
             of
             this
             Oath
             ,
             or
             any
             part
             thereof
             ,
             which
             I
             acknowledg
             ,
             by
             good
             and
             full
             Authority
             ,
             to
             be
             lawfully
             ministred
             unto
             me
             ,
             and
             do
             renounce
             all
             Pardons
             and
             Dispensations
             
             to
             the
             contrary
             .
             And
             all
             these
             things
             I
             do
             plainly
             and
             sincerely
             acknowledg
             and
             sweat
             ,
             according
             to
             these
             express
             Words
             by
             me
             spoken
             ,
             and
             according
             to
             the
             plain
             and
             common
             Sense
             and
             understanding
             of
             the
             same
             Words
             ,
             without
             any
             Equivocation
             or
             mental
             Evasion
             ,
             or
             secret
             Reservation
             whatsoever
             .
             And
             I
             do
             make
             this
             Recognition
             and
             Acknowledgment
             ,
             heartily
             ,
             willingly
             and
             truly
             ,
             upon
             the
             true
             Faith
             of
             a
             Christian
             .
             
               So
               help
               me
               God.
            
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           REFLECTIONS
           ON
           THE
           Oaths
           &
           Declaration
           Lately
           appointed
           in
           the
           room
           of
           the
           Oaths
           of
           Supremacy
           and
           Allegiance
           .
        
         
           SInce
           the
           Supreme
           Power
           of
           this
           Nation
           hath
           ,
           for
           the
           Security
           of
           its
           Government
           ,
           enacted
           ,
           that
           all
           Persons
           should
           either
           take
           these
           Oaths
           ,
           or
           suffer
           severe
           Penalties
           for
           their
           Refusal
           :
           It
           seems
           to
           be
           an
           Act
           of
           Charity
           ,
           no
           less
           than
           of
           Prudence
           ,
           to
           consider
           the
           Reasons
           for
           taking
           or
           refusing
           them
           :
           I
           apply
           my self
           to
           Catholicks
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           of
           these
           Oaths
           is
           barely
           promissory
           to
           bear
           Faith
           and
           true
           Allegiance
           to
           the
           present
           Prince
           ,
           who
           ,
           whatever
           his
           Title
           be
           ,
           hath
           sufficient
           
           Power
           to
           rule
           ,
           
           govern
           and
           protect
           us
           :
           To
           him
           ,
           whilest
           we
           live
           under
           his
           Government
           ,
           we
           are
           Subjects
           :
           As
           it
           is
           undeniable
           that
           he
           is
           King
           of
           this
           Realm
           either
           
             de
             jure
          
           or
           
             de
             facto
          
           ,
           or
           both
           ways
           ,
           (
           which
           ,
           matters
           not
           now
           to
           be
           considered
           ,
           for
           no
           sort
           of
           Right
           is
           here
           sworn
           to
           ,
           as
           was
           in
           the
           former
           Oaths
           to
           our
           lawful
           Kings
           )
           so
           it
           is
           plain
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           his
           Subjects
           
             de
             jure
          
           or
           
             de
             facto
          
           ,
           or
           both
           ways
           .
           The
           Right
           of
           a
           Prince
           and
           Duty
           of
           a
           Subject
           are
           Correllatives
           ,
           they
           live
           and
           expire
           together
           .
           Thus
           whilest
           he
           is
           our
           King
           ,
           we
           are
           his
           Subjects
           ;
           whilest
           we
           are
           his
           Subjects
           we
           owe
           him
           Duty
           and
           Fidelity
           ,
           and
           ought
           not
           to
           scruple
           promising
           it
           ,
           when
           thereto
           required
           ;
           to
           which
           we
           are
           now
           more
           strictly
           obliged
           ,
           by
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           commanding
           it
           .
        
         
           In
           all
           Countries
           ,
           as
           well
           Catholick
           as
           others
           ,
           Fidelity
           is
           required
           from
           those
           in
           Subjection
           ,
           unto
           those
           who
           have
           the
           Dominion
           ,
           whether
           it
           be
           gained
           by
           Conquest
           ,
           or
           otherways
           .
           In
           our
           own
           ,
           Pope
           Gregory
           declared
           ,
           that
           (
           notwithstanding
           the
           Censures
           of
           his
           Predecessor
           
             Pius
             Quintus
          
           )
           the
           Subjects
           of
           England
           ought
           to
           perform
           all
           Duty
           to
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           :
           and
           whatsoever
           might
           be
           the
           Catholicks
           inward
           Judgments
           concerning
           her
           Title
           ,
           yet
           after
           the
           Parliament
           
           had
           acknowledged
           her
           a
           lawful
           Queen
           ,
           all
           Civil
           Obedience
           was
           exactly
           paid
           to
           her
           .
           This
           Oath
           of
           Fidelity
           is
           generally
           taken
           in
           Ireland
           by
           the
           Catholicks
           ,
           pursuant
           to
           the
           Articles
           for
           Surrender
           of
           Limerick
           ,
           by
           Approbation
           of
           the
           Primate
           and
           Clergy
           of
           that
           Kingdom
           .
           The
           Fathers
           of
           the
           Society
           of
           Jesus
           ,
           
           of
           the
           English
           Province
           ,
           decree
           thus
           ,
           
             Let
             us
             all
             profess
             ,
             that
             as
             much
             Obedience
             and
             Fidelity
             ought
             to
             be
             sincerely
             sworn
             and
             exhibited
             to
             our
             King
             from
             every
             one
             of
             us
             ,
             as
             is
             wont
             to
             be
             sworn
             and
             exhibited
             to
             any
             Princes
             whatsoever
             from
             other
             Catholick
             Subjects
             .
          
           Here
           is
           no
           Distinction
           made
           between
           lawful
           or
           unlawful
           Titles
           of
           Princes
           ,
           but
           the
           Relation
           between
           any
           Princes
           whatsoever
           and
           their
           Subjects
           allowed
           to
           be
           a
           Ground
           for
           Fidelity
           .
        
         
           The
           second
           Oath
           is
           a
           part
           of
           the
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           ,
           made
           in
           the
           Reign
           of
           King
           James
           ,
           
           which
           Oath
           was
           freely
           taken
           by
           the
           chief
           and
           others
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Clergy
           here
           in
           England
           ,
           and
           by
           them
           the
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           were
           advised
           and
           exhorted
           to
           do
           the
           same
           ,
           declaring
           it
           to
           be
           a
           Duty
           incumbent
           on
           them
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           God.
           Sixty
           of
           the
           Doctors
           of
           the
           Sorbon
           subscribed
           
           to
           the
           said
           Oath
           ,
           these
           following
           Words
           ,
           
             We
             underwritten
             ,
             Divines
             and
             Doctors
             of
             the
             Sacred
             Faculty
             of
             Paris
             ,
             do
             judg
             the
             Oath
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             on
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             (
             
               i.
               e.
            
             the
             Oath
             of
             Allegiance
             )
             may
             with
             Safety
             of
             Faith
             and
             Conscience
             be
             taken
             by
             English
             Catholicks
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           But
           Pope
           Paul
           the
           Fifth
           sent
           a
           Breve
           into
           England
           ,
           directed
           to
           the
           English
           Catholicks
           ,
           wherein
           ,
           reciting
           the
           said
           Oath
           at
           large
           ,
           he
           declares
           ,
           that
           this
           Oath
           contains
           many
           things
           plainly
           repugnant
           to
           Faith
           and
           Salvation
           ,
           and
           admonisheth
           and
           requireth
           them
           not
           to
           take
           
             that
             Oath
          
           .
           This
           Breve
           his
           Holiness
           seconded
           by
           another
           ,
           and
           both
           were
           confirmed
           by
           succeeding
           Popes
           .
           The
           Fathers
           of
           the
           Society
           in
           their
           Provincial
           Congregation
           afore-mentioned
           ,
           decree
           thus
           concerning
           that
           Oath
           ,
           that
           the
           Oath
           (
           
             i.
             e.
          
           the
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           )
           as
           it
           is
           now
           sprinkled
           with
           many
           Heterodox
           Clauses
           ,
           cannot
           be
           taken
           ,
           as
           being
           condemned
           by
           many
           Breves
           of
           Popes
           .
           These
           things
           considered
           ,
           I
           'll
           suppose
           ,
           
             that
             Oath
          
           might
           not
           be
           taken
           by
           Catholicks
           ,
           because
           it
           contained
           many
           things
           contrary
           to
           Faith
           ,
           &c.
           and
           is
           sprinkled
           with
           many
           Heterodox
           Clauses
           ;
           and
           lastly
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           condemned
           by
           many
           Breves
           of
           Popes
           .
           But
           then
           it
           must
           be
           granted
           
           to
           me
           ,
           that
           this
           Oath
           ,
           now
           to
           be
           taken
           ,
           is
           not
           
             that
             Oath
          
           which
           was
           required
           not
           to
           be
           sworn
           ,
           which
           was
           condemned
           :
           This
           Oath
           is
           but
           one
           Clause
           amongst
           many
           which
           compose
           that
           Oath
           ;
           the
           Pope
           doth
           not
           declare
           that
           all
           the
           things
           in
           that
           Oath
           are
           repugnant
           to
           Faith
           ,
           &c.
           his
           Prohibition
           doth
           not
           fall
           on
           any
           particular
           Clause
           ,
           the
           Fathers
           of
           the
           Society
           do
           not
           impeach
           every
           Clause
           in
           that
           Oath
           ,
           nor
           distinguish
           those
           Heterodox
           ones
           that
           are
           sprinkled
           in
           it
           :
           Both
           Pope
           and
           Fathers
           allow
           ,
           that
           some
           Things
           and
           Clauses
           in
           that
           Oath
           are
           not
           liable
           to
           Censure
           :
           There
           are
           many
           Clauses
           in
           that
           Oath
           ,
           whereof
           those
           which
           are
           condemned
           ,
           though
           called
           many
           ,
           may
           be
           fewest
           in
           number
           .
           Now
           if
           this
           Oath
           be
           not
           plainly
           repugnant
           to
           Faith
           and
           Salvation
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           Ground
           for
           refusing
           it
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           a
           part
           of
           the
           former
           Oath
           :
           And
           that
           it
           is
           not
           plainly
           repugnant
           to
           Faith
           ,
           &c.
           to
           abhor
           ,
           detest
           and
           abjure
           that
           damnable
           Doctrine
           and
           Position
           ,
           (
           mentioned
           in
           this
           Oath
           )
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           Council
           of
           Constance
           ,
           the
           Subscription
           of
           the
           Doctors
           of
           the
           Sorbon
           ,
           the
           Decrees
           of
           the
           Parliament
           of
           Paris
           ,
           and
           Subscription
           of
           the
           Fathers
           of
           the
           Society
           to
           an
           Agreement
           with
           the
           Sorbon
           ,
           are
           full
           and
           sufficient
           
           convincing
           Evidences
           :
           To
           all
           or
           some
           of
           which
           every
           one
           may
           easily
           apply
           himself
           for
           Satisfaction
           .
        
         
           The
           Declaration
           annexed
           to
           these
           Oaths
           is
           not
           to
           be
           sworn
           to
           ,
           
           but
           only
           to
           be
           made
           ,
           repeated
           ,
           and
           subscribed
           to
           ,
           as
           a
           Matter
           which
           the
           Declarer
           believes
           to
           be
           true
           ,
           according
           to
           a
           rational
           Judgment
           and
           moral
           Certainty
           thereof
           ,
           which
           yet
           may
           be
           consistent
           with
           an
           absolute
           Possibility
           of
           the
           thing
           being
           otherwise
           :
           It
           is
           an
           Assertion
           of
           the
           Truth
           of
           a
           thing
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           in
           his
           Conscience
           or
           rational
           Judgment
           ,
           not
           as
           it
           is
           in
           it self
           ;
           and
           this
           moral
           Certainty
           may
           secure
           the
           Declarer
           from
           a
           Lie
           ,
           and
           justify
           him
           before
           God
           and
           Man.
           
        
         
           The
           Reflections
           I
           make
           being
           with
           Reference
           to
           the
           Catholicks
           in
           England
           ,
           I
           will
           consider
           the
           Duty
           and
           Lawfulness
           of
           their
           making
           ,
           or
           refusing
           to
           make
           this
           Declaration
           distinctly
           from
           others
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           And
           to
           shorten
           my
           Work
           I
           will
           here
           suppose
           ,
           that
           by
           foreign
           Prince
           ,
           Person
           ,
           Prelate
           ,
           &c.
           is
           meant
           the
           Pope
           and
           his
           Successors
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           the
           Pope
           hath
           ,
           and
           ought
           to
           have
           ,
           some
           Jurisdiction
           ,
           or
           Power
           ,
           or
           Superiority
           ,
           or
           Preheminence
           ,
           or
           Authority
           ,
           in
           this
           Realm
           .
        
         
         
           3.
           
           That
           the
           Popes
           formerly
           had
           ,
           and
           had
           a
           Right
           to
           ,
           some
           Jurisdictions
           ,
           &c.
           within
           this
           Realm
           ,
           which
           now
           are
           not
           enjoyed
           by
           them
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           That
           the
           Jurisdictions
           ,
           &c.
           which
           Popes
           formerly
           had
           ,
           and
           now
           have
           not
           ,
           they
           ought
           not
           to
           have
           in
           this
           Realm
           .
        
         
           To
           explain
           my self
           in
           my
           second
           Supposition
           ,
           Catholicks
           unanimously
           grant
           ,
           that
           Christ
           gave
           a
           Power
           purely
           spiritual
           to
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           throughout
           the
           whole
           World
           ,
           and
           in
           them
           to
           their
           Successors
           ,
           to
           preach
           ,
           to
           feed
           his
           Sheep
           ,
           to
           bind
           and
           loose
           ,
           &c.
           
           This
           Power
           being
           derived
           to
           the
           Pope
           ,
           as
           Successor
           to
           St.
           Peter
           ,
           his
           Holiness
           hath
           a
           Right
           to
           throughout
           the
           whole
           World
           ,
           for
           thus
           large
           is
           the
           Commission
           from
           Christ
           .
           
           And
           this
           Power
           being
           given
           by
           God
           ,
           cannot
           be
           taken
           away
           by
           Men
           ,
           nor
           be
           denied
           by
           Christians
           ,
           either
           in
           this
           Realm
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           part
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           without
           Breach
           of
           Faith.
           The
           spiritual
           Power
           could
           not
           be
           exercised
           by
           Kings
           or
           Princes
           ,
           it
           did
           never
           belong
           to
           them
           ,
           or
           to
           their
           Crowns
           ,
           nor
           indeed
           was
           ever
           claimed
           or
           pretended
           to
           in
           this
           Realm
           :
           therefore
           I
           will
           here
           only
           conclude
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           probable
           that
           this
           Declaration
           intends
           to
           deny
           the
           Pope's
           Power
           purely
           spiritual
           in
           this
           Kingdom
           .
           
           I
           shall
           endeavour
           to
           make
           this
           more
           plain
           hereafter
           .
        
         
           My
           third
           Supposition
           grants
           ,
           that
           Popes
           had
           a
           Right
           to
           ,
           and
           enjoyed
           Jurisdictions
           ,
           Powers
           ,
           &c.
           
           These
           were
           in
           Courts
           and
           Matters
           called
           Ecclesiastical
           or
           Spiritual
           ,
           as
           Cases
           of
           Marriage
           ,
           Tythes
           ,
           Wills
           ,
           &c.
           
           These
           Jurisdictions
           ,
           &c.
           were
           merely
           external
           ,
           political
           or
           civil
           ,
           and
           came
           not
           to
           the
           Pope
           
             jure
             divino
          
           .
           Our
           Saviour
           declared
           ,
           that
           his
           Kingdom
           is
           not
           of
           this
           World
           ,
           and
           therefore
           gave
           no
           Jurisdiction
           ,
           Power
           ,
           &c.
           besides
           that
           which
           is
           purely
           spiritual
           ,
           to
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           or
           their
           Successors
           .
           The
           Crown
           of
           England
           is
           ,
           and
           of
           long
           time
           hath
           been
           ,
           an
           Imperial
           Crown
           ,
           depending
           only
           on
           God
           ,
           by
           whom
           Princes
           reign
           .
           From
           the
           Crown
           divers
           Privileges
           have
           been
           at
           divers
           times
           ,
           either
           by
           the
           Piety
           or
           Inadvertencies
           of
           Princes
           ,
           granted
           to
           Popes
           (
           in
           the
           Language
           of
           those
           Days
           called
           the
           Church
           ;
           )
           at
           other
           times
           Usurpations
           have
           been
           made
           ,
           when
           the
           Princes
           were
           weak
           or
           unfortunate
           :
           These
           Privileges
           being
           long
           used
           ,
           and
           their
           Origine
           either
           forgotten
           or
           concealed
           ,
           have
           been
           commonly
           look'd
           on
           ,
           and
           claimed
           ,
           as
           the
           proper
           and
           inherent
           Right
           of
           those
           to
           whom
           they
           were
           granted
           ,
           or
           came
           .
           
           This
           Right
           being
           charily
           preserved
           by
           them
           ,
           and
           freely
           confess'd
           by
           others
           to
           be
           a
           good
           Title
           ,
           accompanied
           with
           a
           long
           and
           quiet
           Possession
           ,
           and
           called
           Ecclesiastical
           or
           Spiritual
           ,
           came
           to
           be
           thought
           at
           last
           to
           be
           a
           Right
           given
           them
           by
           God
           ,
           whereas
           in
           Truth
           it
           proceeded
           from
           Men
           ;
           and
           as
           all
           humane
           things
           are
           subject
           to
           change
           ,
           may
           ,
           by
           the
           same
           Power
           from
           whence
           it
           was
           derived
           ,
           be
           taken
           away
           .
           And
           thus
           hath
           it
           fared
           with
           the
           Pope's
           Power
           in
           Temporals
           ,
           
           which
           he
           had
           and
           exercised
           in
           this
           Kingdom
           ;
           sometimes
           they
           have
           been
           disputed
           ,
           other
           times
           taken
           from
           him
           and
           restored
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           then
           again
           restored
           to
           his
           Holiness
           ,
           and
           about
           130
           Years
           since
           were
           again
           taken
           from
           him
           and
           restored
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           
           and
           so
           continue
           at
           this
           Day
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           Matter
           so
           evident
           to
           every
           English-man
           ,
           that
           no
           one
           of
           them
           can
           find
           Reason
           to
           believe
           ,
           that
           the
           Pope
           ,
           
             at
             this
             time
          
           ,
           hath
           any
           Jurisdiction
           ,
           Power
           ,
           &c.
           (
           besides
           that
           which
           is
           purely
           Spiritual
           )
           in
           this
           Realm
           .
        
         
           The
           fourth
           Supposition
           intends
           ,
           that
           since
           those
           Ecclesiastical
           or
           Spiritual
           Jurisdictions
           ,
           Powers
           ,
           &c.
           which
           the
           Pope
           enjoyed
           and
           exercised
           in
           this
           Realm
           ,
           and
           which
           were
           not
           purely
           Spiritual
           ,
           nor
           derived
           to
           him
           from
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           
           but
           came
           to
           him
           by
           the
           Grants
           of
           Princes
           ,
           Consent
           of
           People
           ,
           or
           by
           some
           other
           mere
           humane
           means
           ,
           as
           touching
           Appeals
           ,
           Annats
           ,
           First-fruits
           ,
           electing
           of
           Bishops
           ,
           Dispensations
           in
           humane
           Laws
           ,
           to
           the
           Prejudice
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           and
           impoverishing
           of
           the
           Subjects
           ,
           giving
           Licences
           in
           abundance
           of
           humane
           Cases
           or
           Things
           ,
           putting
           Bishops
           into
           their
           Bishopricks
           ,
           and
           Priests
           into
           their
           Parishes
           :
           since
           I
           say
           these
           Powers
           ,
           &c.
           came
           to
           the
           Popes
           by
           times
           ,
           or
           by
           Concordates
           between
           Princes
           on
           the
           one
           side
           ,
           and
           Popes
           on
           the
           other
           ,
           which
           could
           not
           be
           Divine
           or
           Supernatural
           Powers
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           Powers
           derived
           to
           him
           ,
           or
           conferred
           on
           him
           
             jure
             divino
          
           ,
           are
           abolished
           as
           to
           his
           Holiness
           ,
           and
           restored
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           by
           several
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           as
           antiently
           belonging
           thereto
           ,
           it
           is
           as
           plain
           that
           the
           Pope
           ought
           not
           to
           have
           those
           Jurisdictions
           ,
           Powers
           ,
           &c.
           of
           which
           he
           is
           thus
           legally
           divested
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           apparent
           that
           
             at
             this
             time
          
           he
           neither
           hath
           nor
           exerciseth
           them
           .
        
         
           Now
           to
           enlarge
           somewhat
           on
           the
           Substance
           of
           the
           two
           last
           Suppositions
           ,
           I
           will
           instance
           in
           some
           few
           Remarks
           ,
           what
           Interruptions
           the
           Popes
           have
           met
           with
           in
           the
           Exercise
           of
           their
           Ecclesiastical
           or
           Spiritual
           Powers
           ,
           &c.
           in
           Matters
           
           merely
           Temporal
           in
           this
           Realm
           .
           King
           Henry
           the
           First
           gave
           the
           Bishoprick
           of
           Winchester
           to
           
             William
             Gifford
          
           ,
           and
           forthwith
           invested
           him
           into
           all
           the
           Possessions
           thereto
           belonging
           ,
           though
           contrary
           to
           a
           Canon
           .
           The
           same
           King
           also
           gave
           the
           Archbishoprick
           of
           Canterbury
           to
           Radolph
           Bishop
           of
           London
           ,
           and
           gave
           him
           Investiture
           by
           a
           Ring
           and
           a
           Crosiers
           Staff.
           In
           the
           same
           King's
           Reign
           Thurstan
           ,
           elect
           Archbishop
           of
           York
           ,
           got
           leave
           of
           the
           King
           to
           go
           to
           a
           Council
           held
           under
           Pope
           Calixtus
           at
           Rhemes
           ,
           giving
           his
           Faith
           to
           the
           King
           that
           he
           would
           not
           receive
           Consecration
           of
           the
           Pope
           ,
           but
           notwithstanding
           he
           obtained
           to
           be
           consecrate
           at
           the
           Pope's
           Hand
           ,
           which
           ,
           as
           soon
           as
           the
           King
           heard
           ,
           he
           forbad
           him
           to
           come
           within
           his
           Dominions
           .
           King
           Edward
           the
           First
           prohibited
           the
           Abbot
           of
           Waltham
           ,
           and
           Dean
           of
           
           Paul's
           ,
           to
           collect
           a
           tenth
           of
           every
           Man's
           Goods
           ,
           for
           a
           Supply
           to
           the
           Holy
           Land
           ,
           which
           the
           Pope
           by
           three
           Bulls
           had
           committed
           to
           their
           Charge
           .
           The
           same
           King
           impleaded
           the
           Dean
           of
           the
           Chappel
           of
           Wulverhampton
           ,
           because
           the
           said
           Dean
           had
           ,
           against
           the
           Privileges
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           given
           a
           Prebend
           of
           the
           same
           Chappel
           to
           one
           at
           the
           Pope's
           Command
           .
           King
           Richard
           the
           Second
           ,
           by
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           prohibited
           
           that
           any
           should
           procure
           a
           Benefice
           from
           Rome
           ,
           under
           pain
           to
           be
           put
           out
           of
           the
           King's
           Protection
           .
           Thus
           several
           Catholick
           Princes
           ,
           in
           Catholick
           times
           ,
           disputed
           the
           Pope's
           Jurisdictions
           ,
           Powers
           ,
           &c.
           in
           several
           Ecclesiastical
           or
           Spiritual
           Matters
           .
           King
           Henry
           the
           Eighth
           (
           no
           less
           a
           Catholick
           ,
           and
           likewise
           in
           a
           Catholick
           time
           )
           by
           several
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           consisting
           of
           Lords
           Spiritual
           and
           Temporal
           ,
           and
           Commons
           ,
           all
           Catholicks
           ,
           deprived
           the
           Pope
           of
           several
           Jurisdictions
           ,
           Powers
           ,
           &c.
           which
           were
           supposed
           to
           be
           usurped
           from
           the
           Crown
           ,
           and
           the
           Exercise
           whereof
           were
           much
           to
           its
           Detriment
           .
           
           Again
           ,
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           revives
           all
           those
           Statutes
           made
           by
           her
           Father
           ,
           restores
           all
           antient
           Jurisdictions
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           and
           abolisheth
           all
           foreign
           Powers
           repugnant
           to
           the
           antient
           Jurisdiction
           of
           the
           Crown
           :
           And
           thus
           they
           continue
           to
           this
           Day
           .
        
         
           From
           what
           I
           have
           collected
           here
           it
           may
           appear
           ,
           that
           no
           purely
           spiritual
           Power
           hath
           been
           by
           the
           Laws
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           taken
           from
           the
           Pope
           ;
           that
           whatever
           Power
           hath
           been
           taken
           from
           the
           Pope
           ,
           hath
           been
           restored
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           as
           its
           antient
           Jurisdiction
           ,
           and
           no
           other
           :
           but
           since
           the
           Words
           of
           the
           Declaration
           deny
           any
           Jurisdiction
           ,
           
           &c.
           to
           be
           enjoyed
           by
           ,
           or
           rightfully
           to
           belong
           to
           any
           foreign
           Prelate
           ,
           &c.
           
           I
           shall
           consider
           the
           Meaning
           of
           those
           Words
           ,
           wherein
           ,
           if
           I
           can
           hit
           on
           the
           Sense
           which
           this
           Declaration
           by
           the
           Intent
           of
           the
           Imposers
           of
           it
           bears
           ,
           let
           that
           determine
           the
           Lawfulness
           or
           Unlawfulness
           of
           making
           it
           ,
           for
           no
           more
           is
           required
           of
           us
           .
        
         
           This
           Declaration
           is
           verbatim
           a
           Clause
           in
           the
           Oath
           of
           Supremacy
           ,
           
           formed
           in
           an
           Act
           past
           in
           the
           Reign
           of
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           ;
           and
           in
           another
           Act
           made
           in
           the
           fifth
           Year
           of
           her
           Reign
           ,
           it
           is
           enacted
           ,
           that
           the
           Oath
           made
           in
           the
           first
           Year
           of
           her
           Reign
           ,
           shall
           be
           taken
           and
           expounded
           in
           such
           Form
           as
           is
           set
           forth
           in
           an
           Admonition
           annexed
           to
           the
           Queen's
           Majesties
           Injunctions
           ,
           published
           in
           the
           first
           Year
           of
           her
           Majesty's
           Reign
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           to
           confess
           and
           acknowledg
           in
           her
           Majesty
           ,
           her
           Heirs
           and
           Successors
           ,
           no
           other
           Authority
           than
           that
           was
           challenged
           and
           lately
           used
           by
           the
           noble
           King
           Henry
           the
           Eighth
           ,
           and
           King
           Edward
           the
           Sixth
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           Admonition
           may
           more
           plainly
           appear
           .
        
         
           In
           that
           Admonition
           the
           Queen
           saith
           as
           followeth
           :
           
           For
           certainly
           her
           Majesty
           neither
           doth
           ,
           nor
           ever
           will
           challenge
           any
           other
           Authority
           than
           that
           which
           was
           challenged
           ,
           and
           lately
           used
           
           by
           the
           noble
           King
           of
           famous
           Memory
           ,
           
           Henry
           the
           Eighth
           ,
           and
           King
           Edward
           the
           Sixth
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           and
           was
           of
           
             antient
             time
          
           due
           to
           the
           Imperial
           Crown
           of
           this
           Realm
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           under
           God
           to
           have
           the
           Soveraignty
           and
           Rule
           over
           all
           manner
           of
           Persons
           born
           within
           these
           Realms
           ,
           Dominions
           ,
           and
           Countries
           ,
           of
           what
           Estate
           (
           either
           Ecclesiastical
           or
           Temporal
           )
           soever
           they
           be
           ,
           
             so
             as
          
           no
           other
           foreign
           Power
           shall
           or
           ought
           to
           have
           any
           Superiority
           over
           them
           .
        
         
           Now
           to
           shew
           that
           King
           Henry
           the
           Eighth
           neither
           claimed
           nor
           pretended
           to
           any
           Power
           purely
           Spiritual
           ,
           let
           us
           see
           a
           Proviso
           made
           in
           an
           Act
           past
           in
           his
           Reign
           ,
           
           Provided
           always
           that
           this
           Act
           ,
           nor
           any
           thing
           therein
           contained
           ,
           shall
           be
           hereafter
           interpreted
           or
           expounded
           ,
           that
           your
           Grace
           ,
           your
           Nobles
           ,
           and
           Subjects
           ,
           intend
           ,
           by
           the
           same
           ,
           to
           decline
           or
           vary
           from
           the
           Congregation
           of
           Christ's
           Church
           ,
           in
           any
           things
           concerning
           the
           very
           Articles
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Faith
           of
           Christendom
           ,
           or
           in
           any
           other
           things
           declared
           by
           Holy
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           necessary
           for
           your
           and
           their
           Salvation
           .
           The
           Statute
           containing
           this
           Proviso
           is
           revived
           and
           confirmed
           by
           the
           Statute
           of
           1
           
             Eliz.
             cap.
          
           1.
           
           And
           it
           is
           undeniable
           ,
           that
           all
           Christendom
           ,
           at
           that
           
           time
           ,
           did
           own
           the
           Pope's
           Spiritual
           Power
           ,
           which
           was
           derived
           from
           the
           Apostles
           .
        
         
           Further
           ,
           to
           shew
           ,
           that
           the
           Queen
           who
           made
           this
           Oath
           ,
           intended
           it
           only
           for
           to
           distinguish
           those
           who
           denied
           the
           Pope's
           Power
           in
           Temporals
           ,
           from
           others
           who
           would
           not
           ,
           and
           that
           therefore
           she
           doubted
           of
           their
           Loyalty
           .
           In
           the
           Act
           made
           aforesaid
           is
           enacted
           ,
           
           
             That
             forasmuch
             as
             the
             Queen's
             Majesty
             is
             otherways
             sufficiently
             assured
             of
             the
             Faith
             and
             Loyalty
             of
             the
             Temporal
             Lords
             of
             her
             Highness's
             Court
             of
             Parliament
             ;
             therefore
             this
             Act
             ,
             nor
             any
             thing
             therein
             contained
             ,
             shall
             not
             extend
             to
             compel
             any
             temporal
             Person
             ,
             of
             or
             above
             the
             Degree
             of
             a
             Baron
             of
             this
             Realm
             ,
             to
             take
             or
             pronounce
             the
             Oath
             abovesaid
             .
          
        
         
           It
           was
           notoriously
           known
           ,
           that
           the
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           in
           that
           Parliament
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Oath
           of
           Supremacy
           was
           appointed
           ,
           were
           mostly
           Roman
           Catholicks
           ,
           which
           includes
           their
           holding
           and
           professing
           the
           Pope's
           Pastoral
           Power
           .
           It
           was
           Treason
           and
           Premunire
           to
           hold
           or
           profess
           what
           by
           the
           Oath
           was
           denied
           to
           the
           Pope
           ;
           but
           it
           was
           neither
           for
           a
           Lord
           or
           other
           Person
           to
           profess
           himself
           a
           Roman
           Catholick
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           Disloyalty
           in
           that
           .
           Thus
           then
           ,
           I
           conclude
           ,
           that
           
           the
           Pope's
           purely
           Ecclesiastical
           or
           Spiritual
           Power
           is
           not
           denied
           in
           that
           Oath
           ,
           and
           that
           this
           is
           the
           Sense
           ,
           in
           which
           this
           Declaration
           is
           to
           be
           made
           ,
           as
           being
           a
           part
           of
           that
           Oath
           .
           And
           this
           I
           am
           the
           more
           inclined
           to
           believe
           ,
           because
           in
           these
           Oaths
           there
           are
           no
           doubtful
           Expressions
           of
           swearing
           the
           Jurisdictions
           ,
           Powers
           ,
           &c.
           to
           belong
           to
           any
           other
           Person
           ;
           those
           which
           are
           here
           only
           declared
           ,
           are
           ,
           that
           no
           foreign
           Prince
           ,
           &c.
           hath
           or
           ought
           to
           have
           .
           Nor
           is
           it
           to
           be
           past
           by
           without
           notice
           ,
           that
           the
           Powers
           taken
           from
           his
           Holiness
           by
           King
           Henry
           the
           Eighth
           ,
           were
           never
           meant
           to
           be
           other
           than
           those
           that
           were
           Temporal
           ,
           for
           Queen
           Mary
           ,
           
           by
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           restores
           to
           the
           Pope
           such
           Authority
           ,
           Preheminence
           and
           Jurisdiction
           ,
           as
           his
           Holiness
           used
           and
           exercised
           ,
           or
           might
           lawfully
           have
           used
           and
           exercised
           ,
           by
           Authority
           of
           his
           Supremacy
           ,
           &c.
           without
           Diminution
           or
           Enlargement
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           no
           other
           .
           Which
           demonstrates
           ,
           that
           the
           Jurisdictions
           ,
           Powers
           ,
           &c.
           which
           King
           Henry
           the
           Eighth
           deprived
           the
           Pope
           of
           ,
           were
           only
           such
           as
           an
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           could
           restore
           him
           to
           ,
           which
           cannot
           be
           meant
           of
           that
           purely
           Spiritual
           Power
           given
           by
           Christ
           .
        
         
         
           To
           sum
           up
           this
           Discourse
           :
           The
           Pope
           had
           a
           purely
           Spiritual
           Power
           committed
           by
           Christ
           to
           him
           ,
           as
           Successor
           to
           St.
           Peter
           ,
           to
           be
           exercised
           throughout
           the
           whole
           World
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           To
           teach
           ,
           to
           bind
           ,
           and
           loose
           ,
           &c.
           
           This
           Power
           ,
           we
           say
           ,
           no
           Temporal
           Prince
           ever
           had
           ,
           or
           claimed
           ,
           or
           could
           deprive
           him
           of
           .
           The
           Pope
           likewise
           had
           in
           this
           Kingdom
           Ecclesiastical
           or
           Spiritual
           Power
           in
           Courts
           and
           Causes
           ,
           or
           Matters
           ,
           called
           Ecclesiastical
           or
           Spiritual
           ,
           as
           in
           Divorces
           ,
           Tythes
           ,
           Oblations
           ,
           Obventions
           ,
           &c.
           
           This
           Power
           was
           external
           ,
           political
           ,
           civil
           ,
           and
           meerly
           temporal
           ,
           granted
           by
           or
           gained
           from
           the
           Princes
           of
           these
           Realms
           ,
           which
           being
           found
           to
           be
           exercised
           to
           the
           great
           Detriment
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           and
           adjudged
           to
           be
           so
           by
           the
           Estates
           of
           the
           Realm
           ,
           hath
           been
           by
           several
           Statutes
           divested
           from
           the
           Pope
           ,
           and
           restored
           to
           the
           Crown
           above
           130
           Years
           past
           ,
           and
           so
           still
           it
           continues
           .
           The
           Truth
           of
           this
           is
           assured
           to
           us
           by
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           other
           credible
           Histories
           ,
           so
           manifestly
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           room
           for
           Scruple
           in
           affirming
           ,
           that
           (
           
             rebus
             sic
             stantibus
          
           )
           no
           foreign
           Prelate
           ,
           &c.
           hath
           or
           ought
           to
           have
           any
           Jurisdiction
           ,
           &c.
           in
           this
           Realm
           ,
           which
           is
           
           not
           derived
           from
           Christ
           ,
           and
           which
           the
           Laws
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           have
           deprived
           him
           of
           .
        
         
           Here
           is
           Authority
           commanding
           us
           to
           take
           lawful
           Oaths
           ,
           and
           to
           declare
           what
           we
           may
           reasonably
           judg
           and
           be
           morally
           certain
           to
           be
           true
           ,
           no
           competent
           Authority
           admonishing
           or
           requiring
           the
           contrary
           :
           Here
           are
           the
           Opinions
           of
           great
           and
           learned
           Divines
           for
           the
           Lawfulness
           and
           Duty
           of
           taking
           these
           Oaths
           :
           Here
           are
           the
           highest
           of
           Evidences
           for
           the
           Truth
           of
           that
           Matter
           which
           we
           are
           to
           declare
           our
           Belief
           of
           ;
           the
           Catholicks
           in
           England
           (
           generally
           )
           never
           took
           the
           former
           Oaths
           of
           Supremacy
           and
           Allegiance
           ,
           and
           therefore
           on
           account
           of
           some
           Branches
           in
           those
           ,
           they
           are
           not
           obliged
           to
           refuse
           the
           first
           of
           these
           Oaths
           :
           These
           Oaths
           neither
           are
           in
           themselves
           ,
           nor
           are
           intended
           to
           be
           distinctive
           Signs
           between
           Catholicks
           and
           Protestants
           ,
           for
           the
           Acts
           lately
           made
           for
           amoving
           Papists
           and
           reputed
           Papists
           ,
           &c.
           and
           for
           disarming
           Papists
           and
           reputed
           Papists
           ,
           appoint
           the
           Declaration
           ,
           made
           in
           the
           Reign
           of
           the
           late
           King
           Charles
           ,
           
           to
           be
           for
           the
           Trial
           and
           Discovery
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           Declaration
           is
           not
           scrupled
           at
           by
           Protestants
           ,
           who
           yet
           (
           some
           of
           them
           )
           refuse
           the
           first
           of
           these
           Oaths
           :
           And
           had
           the
           Declaration
           which
           
           is
           annexed
           to
           these
           Oaths
           been
           a
           Denial
           of
           the
           Pope's
           Pastoral
           Power
           in
           this
           Realm
           ,
           there
           needed
           no
           other
           Test
           for
           Discovery
           of
           Papists
           ,
           since
           no
           Catholick
           would
           disown
           that
           Spiritual
           Power
           to
           be
           in
           his
           Holiness
           .
           These
           things
           considered
           ,
           I
           must
           own
           ,
           that
           I
           know
           no
           Reason
           for
           the
           Roman
           Catholicks
           in
           England
           to
           provoke
           the
           Government
           ,
           
           to
           fall
           under
           the
           Reputation
           of
           being
           entirely
           in
           the
           French
           Interest
           ,
           and
           to
           undergo
           severe
           Penalties
           for
           refusing
           these
           Oaths
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A65348-e500
           
             Protection
             infers
             publick
             Obedience
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             Provincial
             Congregation
             at
             Ghent
             ,
             5
             July
             ,
             1681.
             
          
           
             3
             Jac.
             1.
             cap.
             4.
             
          
           
             This
             Declaration
             is
             assertory
             of
             something
             past
             ;
             it
             is
             an
             Act
             of
             Faith
             ,
             depending
             on
             the
             probable
             Evidence
             of
             what
             is
             past
             .
          
           
             King
             James
             
               in
               his
               Premonition
            
             ,
             p.
             46.
             
             
               Let
               the
               Pope
               be
            
             Primus
             Episcopus
             inter
             omnes
             Episcopos
             ,
             and
             Princeps
             Episcoporum
             as
             Peter
             was
             Princeps
             Apostolorum
             .
          
           
             24
             H.
             8.
             c.
             12.
             25
             
             H.
             8.
             c.
             20.
             25
             
             H.
             8.
             c.
             19.
             25
             
             H.
             8.
             c.
             21.
             28
             
             H.
             8.
             c.
             16.
             1
             
             Eliz.
             cap.
             1.
             5
             
             Eliz.
             cap.
             1.
             1
             ,
             2
             P.
             M.
             c.
             8.
             
          
           
             In
             France
             the
             Clergy
             published
             this
             Proposition
             ,
             That
             the
             Pope
             had
             no
             Power
             in
             civil
             or
             temporal
             Affairs
             ,
             and
             that
             Kings
             are
             subject
             to
             no
             Ecclesiastical
             Powers
             .
          
           
             1
             Eliz.
             cap.
             1.
             5
             
             Eliz.
             cap.
             8.
             
          
           
             1
             Eliz.
             cap.
             1●
             Entituled
             ,
             An
             Act
             to
             restore
             to
             the
             Crown
             the
             antient
             Jurisdiction
             over
             the
             Estate
             Ecclesiastical
             and
             Spiritual
             ,
             and
             abolishing
             all
             foreign
             Powers
             repugnant
             to
             the
             same
             .
             5
             Eliz.
             cap.
             1.
             
          
           
             Admonition
             to
             simple
             Men
             deceived
             by
             malicious
             .
          
           
             If
             any
             Person
             shall
             accept
             the
             same
             Oath
             with
             this
             Interpretation
             ,
             Sense
             or
             Meaning
             ,
             her
             Majesty
             is
             well
             pleased
             to
             accept
             every
             such
             in
             that
             behalf
             as
             her
             good
             and
             obedient
             Subjects
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             24
             H.
             8.
             c.
             21.
             
          
           
             5
             Eliz.
             cap.
             1.
             
          
           
             ●
             2
             P.
             M.
             c.
             8.
             
          
           
             30
             Carol.
             2.
             
          
           
             Johnson
             .