A perswasive to moderation to dissenting Christians in prudence and conscience humbly submitted to the King and his great council by one of the humblest and most dutiful of his dissenting subjects.
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             A perswasive to moderation to dissenting Christians in prudence and conscience humbly submitted to the King and his great council by one of the humblest and most dutiful of his dissenting subjects.
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           A
           PERSWASIVE
           TO
           Moderation
           TO
           
             Dissenting
             Christians
          
           ,
           In
           Prudence
           and
           Conscience
           Humbly
           submitted
           to
           the
           KING
           AND
           HIS
           
             Great
             Council
          
           .
        
         
           By
           one
           of
           the
           Humblest
           and
           most
           Dutiful
           of
           his
           Dissenting
           Subjects
           .
        
         
           Let
           your
           Moderation
           be
           known
           unto
           all
           men
           ,
           for
           the
           Lord
           is
           at
           Hand
           ,
           
             Phil.
             4.
             5.
             
          
        
         
           A
           Christian
           Toleration
           often
           dissipates
           their
           Strength
           ,
           whom
           Rougher
           Opposition
           fortifies
           ,
           
             K.
             Charles
             1.
             
               to
               the
               late
               King.
            
             
          
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           and
           Sold
           by
           
             Andrew
             Sowle
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Crooked
           Billet
           in
           Holloway-Lane
           ,
           in
           
             Shoreditch
             ,
             1685.
          
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           PREFACE
           .
        
         
           IF
           it
           was
           permitted
           to
           
             Antient
             Christians
          
           to
           Address
           
             Pagan
             Emperours
          
           ,
           and
           Infidels
           to
           Solicite
           
             Christian
             Caesars
          
           for
           Indulgence
           ,
           with
           Success
           ,
           't
           were
           Rude
           in
           us
           ,
           to
           doubt
           the
           Issue
           of
           a
           Discourse
           of
           this
           Stile
           and
           Tendency
           ,
           with
           our
           Superiors
           ,
           when
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Monarch
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Miseries
           of
           some
           of
           His
           Subjects
           make
           it
           necessary
           .
           For
           if
           we
           consider
           the
           great
           Numbers
           that
           are
           Disabled
           in
           their
           Livelihoods
           ,
           and
           some
           that
           languish
           to
           Death
           by
           Confinement
           ,
           and
           the
           Spoil
           that
           is
           daily
           made
           of
           the
           Estates
           of
           others
           by
           Fines
           ,
           and
           the
           lavish
           and
           excessive
           way
           of
           raising
           them
           ,
           for
           pure
           Dissent
           in
           Matters
           of
           Worship
           :
           And
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           how
           Injurious
           a
           state
           of
           Severity
           is
           to
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Prince
           ,
           by
           the
           Discouragement
           and
           Poverty
           of
           so
           great
           a
           Number
           of
           His
           People
           ;
           and
           consequently
           how
           much
           a
           
             discreet
             Indulgence
          
           would
           contribute
           to
           the
           
             Trade
             ,
             Peace
          
           and
           Amity
           of
           
           His
           Kingdom
           ,
           we
           shall
           be
           forc'd
           to
           conclude
           ,
           That
           in
           Prudence
           as
           well
           as
           Conscience
           ,
           Moderation
           is
           a
           desirable
           thing
           .
        
         
           It
           were
           ,
           doubtless
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           most
           agreeable
           things
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           Mankind
           were
           of
           
             One
             Mind
          
           ,
           because
           the
           occasion
           that
           we
           see
           is
           taken
           at
           the
           Differences
           Men
           have
           about
           Religion
           ,
           that
           should
           teach
           them
           to
           agree
           ,
           make
           them
           so
           uneasie
           ,
           and
           unhappy
           one
           to
           another
           .
           But
           the
           pleasure
           of
           that
           Harmony
           is
           a
           thing
           to
           be
           wisht
           ,
           rather
           than
           yet
           expected
           .
           'T
           is
           Fact
           we
           differ
           ,
           and
           upon
           a
           point
           wherein
           Vnity
           is
           out
           of
           our
           Power
           :
           such
           as
           we
           are
           ,
           what
           shall
           we
           do
           ?
           Destroy
           one
           another
           for
           our
           Differences
           ,
           or
           be
           moderate
           ,
           and
           try
           a
           
             discreet
             Liberty
          
           ?
        
         
           Men
           must
           thank
           themselves
           for
           their
           Animosity
           ,
           that
           suffer
           their
           Opinions
           to
           destroy
           their
           Affections
           .
           Let
           us
           reflect
           what
           it
           was
           confounded
           the
           first
           Tongue
           ,
           and
           if
           Disobedience
           has
           not
           divided
           
             Man's
             Judgment
          
           ?
           yet
           we
           do
           not
           war
           for
           Mother-Tongue
           ,
           nor
           ought
           we
           for
           Religion
           .
           Man's
           Fault
           has
           been
           to
           slight
           the
           
             Divine
             Oracle
          
           in
           his
           persuit
           of
           Truth
           ,
           and
           he
           is
           apt
           to
           entitule
           his
           own
           Thoughts
           to
           her
           Reputation
           .
           Too
           many
           things
           in
           Religion
           ,
           
           and
           those
           too
           fine
           and
           nice
           ,
           made
           necessary
           to
           be
           believed
           ,
           have
           prest
           so
           hard
           upon
           the
           Liberty
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           that
           Nature
           heaves
           against
           the
           Burden
           .
        
         
           We
           ought
           in
           Charity
           to
           presume
           ,
           that
           all
           men
           think
           they
           chuse
           the
           best
           way
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           especially
           where
           the
           choice
           is
           against
           the
           Stream
           ,
           and
           draws
           Loss
           or
           Disgrace
           after
           it
           .
           If
           they
           are
           Mistaken
           ,
           they
           must
           be
           Rectified
           there
           where
           the
           Mistake
           lies
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           in
           the
           Understanding
           :
           And
           to
           do
           it
           Successfully
           ,
           there
           must
           be
           Light
           and
           Moderation
           :
           God
           gives
           one
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           our
           Duty
           and
           Wisdom
           to
           exercise
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           Let
           us
           then
           pray
           to
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           
             That
             he
             would
             enlighten
             our
             Vnderstandings
          
           ;
           And
           to
           the
           end
           we
           may
           obtain
           our
           desire
           ,
           let
           us
           be
           sure
           to
           use
           the
           Light
           we
           have
           ,
           and
           more
           will
           be
           given
           us
           .
           Let
           us
           with
           it
           see
           if
           Expedients
           may
           not
           be
           found
           to
           unite
           our
           Interests
           ,
           and
           so
           our
           Affections
           ,
           if
           not
           our
           Faiths
           .
           How
           to
           keep
           the
           Peace
           ,
           and
           
             Indulge
             Dissenters
          
           safely
           ,
           serves
           the
           Government
           .
           And
           to
           see
           clear
           ,
           we
           must
           put
           away
           the
           Prejudices
           of
           former
           Heats
           ;
           and
           not
           call
           
             Wrath
             ,
             Zeal
          
           ,
           nor
           
             Railing
             ,
             Loyalty
          
           .
        
         
         
           As
           things
           now
           are
           ,
           what
           is
           best
           to
           be
           done
           ?
           I
           take
           to
           be
           the
           Wise
           Man's
           Question
           ;
           as
           to
           consider
           and
           answer
           it
           ,
           will
           be
           his
           Business
           .
           Moderation
           is
           a
           Christian
           Duty
           .
           
             Let
             your
          
           Moderation
           
             be
             known
             to
             all
             Men
          
           :
           And
           has
           ever
           been
           the
           Prudent
           Man's
           Practice
           .
           Those
           Governments
           that
           have
           used
           it
           in
           their
           Conduct
           have
           Succeeded
           best
           ,
           and
           the
           contrary
           been
           unhappy
           .
           I
           remember
           ,
           it
           is
           made
           in
           Livy
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           the
           Romans
           ,
           that
           they
           relaxed
           their
           hand
           to
           the
           Privernates
           ;
           for
           by
           making
           their
           Conditions
           easie
           ,
           they
           made
           them
           most
           faithful
           to
           their
           Interest
           .
           And
           it
           prevailed
           so
           much
           with
           the
           Petilians
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           endure
           any
           Extremity
           from
           Hannibal
           ,
           rather
           than
           desert
           their
           Friendship
           ,
           that
           had
           governed
           them
           with
           so
           much
           Moderation
           ,
           even
           then
           ,
           when
           the
           Romans
           discharged
           their
           Fidelity
           ,
           and
           sent
           them
           the
           Dispair
           of
           knowing
           they
           could
           not
           relieve
           them
           .
           So
           did
           one
           Act
           of
           Humanity
           overcome
           the
           Falisci
           above
           Arms
           :
           Which
           confirms
           that
           noble
           Saying
           of
           
             Seneca
             ,
             Mitius
             imperanti
             ,
             Melius
             paretur
             ,
          
           the
           Mildest
           Conduct
           is
           best
           obeyed
           :
           A
           Truth
           Celebrated
           by
           Grotius
           &
           Campanella
           :
           Practised
           ,
           doubtless
           ,
           by
           the
           bravest
           Princes
           .
           
           For
           Cyrus
           exceeded
           when
           he
           built
           the
           Jews
           a
           Temple
           ,
           and
           himself
           no
           
             Jew
             .
             Alexander
          
           Astonisht
           the
           Princes
           of
           his
           Train
           with
           the
           profound
           Veneration
           he
           paid
           the
           High
           Priest
           of
           that
           People
           .
           And
           Augustus
           was
           so
           far
           from
           Suppressing
           the
           
             Jewish
             Worship
          
           ,
           that
           he
           sent
           Hecatombs
           to
           Jerusalem
           to
           encrease
           their
           Devotion
           .
           Moderation
           fill'd
           the
           Reigns
           of
           the
           most
           Renowned
           Caesars
           :
           They
           were
           Nero's
           and
           Caligulas
           that
           lov'd
           Cruelty
           then
           .
        
         
           But
           that
           which
           in
           a
           singular
           manner
           makes
           Moderation
           the
           
             King's
             Interest
          
           ,
           is
           that
           those
           penal
           Laws
           which
           vex
           Dissenters
           seem
           in
           themselves
           Antimonarchical
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           therefore
           less
           to
           be
           wonder'd
           if
           any
           of
           them
           have
           been
           tempted
           to
           be
           so
           too
           .
           For
           whereas
           the
           Prerogative
           is
           the
           peculiar
           Glory
           of
           the
           King
           ;
           That
           which
           gives
           weight
           and
           lustre
           to
           his
           Crown
           ,
           it
           ,
           is
           so
           shar'd
           by
           these
           Laws
           ,
           to
           Poor
           and
           Informers
           ,
           that
           the
           KING
           can
           but
           put
           in
           for
           a
           third
           of
           his
           own
           Power
           :
           A
           Triumvirat-ship
           ,
           or
           
             Three
             Estates
          
           of
           
             Prerogative
             :
             King
             ,
             Poor
          
           and
           Informers
           :
           For
           tho'
           the
           King
           would
           remit
           ,
           and
           the
           Circumstances
           of
           the
           Person
           deserve
           a
           Pardon
           ,
           it
           cannot
           be
           ,
           without
           the
           Consent
           of
           the
           other
           Two
           :
           which
           is
           a
           
           kind
           of
           an
           Exclusion
           from
           two
           thirds
           of
           his
           Power
           ,
           and
           so
           a
           Dissolution
           of
           that
           entire
           Prerogative
           that
           his
           Ancestors
           had
           ,
           &
           is
           his
           undoubted
           Right
           in
           the
           like
           cases
           .
           And
           as
           some
           of
           these
           Laws
           injure
           the
           Prince
           ,
           so
           they
           deeply
           affect
           the
           Subject
           .
           For
           People
           are
           not
           only
           tempted
           to
           Inform
           by
           Rewards
           ,
           (
           to
           be
           sure
           ,
           not
           the
           cleanest
           way
           of
           Justice
           )
           but
           the
           Oaths
           of
           such
           are
           made
           the
           Evidence
           to
           Convict
           ;
           which
           is
           
             Swearing
             in
             their
             own
             Cause
             ,
             and
             to
             their
             own
             profit
             .
          
           But
           this
           is
           not
           all
           ,
           Men
           are
           
             Try'd
             ,
             Cast
             and
             Fin'd
             ,
             without
             a
             Jury
             .
          
           An
           express
           Contradiction
           to
           one
           of
           the
           most
           celebrated
           Branches
           of
           the
           
             Great
             Charter
          
           .
           So
           that
           the
           Interest
           of
           Prince
           and
           People
           (
           as
           they
           ever
           should
           )
           conspire
           in
           the
           Repeal
           of
           those
           Laws
           that
           furnish
           harsh
           and
           unkind
           Folks
           with
           the
           Power
           of
           disturbing
           their
           Conscientious
           Neighbours
           ,
           and
           which
           disable
           the
           Prince
           to
           Receive
           and
           Redress
           the
           Complaints
           of
           such
           of
           his
           Suffering
           Subjects
           .
           The
           Example
           is
           to
           both
           dangerous
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           KING
           most
           .
        
         
           If
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           claims
           the
           
             King's
             Promise
             of
             Protection
          
           ;
           't
           is
           fit
           she
           has
           it
           .
           But
           her
           Dissenters
           cannot
           forget
           That
           of
           his
           
           Clemency
           :
           And
           as
           they
           were
           both
           great
           ,
           and
           admirably
           distinguish't
           ,
           so
           by
           no
           means
           are
           they
           inconsistent
           or
           impracticable
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           his
           Justice
           will
           not
           let
           him
           be
           wanting
           in
           the
           One
           ,
           His
           wonted
           greatness
           of
           Mind
           will
           hardly
           let
           him
           leave
           the
           Other
           behind
           him
           in
           the
           Storm
           ,
           unpitied
           and
           unhelpt
           .
           Pardon
           me
           ,
           We
           have
           not
           to
           do
           with
           an
           insensible
           Prince
           ,
           but
           one
           
             Toucht
             with
             our
             Infirmities
          
           .
           More
           than
           any
           Body
           fit
           to
           judge
           our
           Cause
           ,
           by
           the
           share
           he
           once
           had
           in
           it
           .
           Who
           should
           give
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           
             like
             the
             Prince
             that
             has
             wanted
             it
             ?
          
           To
           suffer
           for
           his
           own
           was
           Great
           ,
           but
           to
           deliver
           other
           mens
           ,
           were
           Glorious
           .
           It
           is
           a
           sort
           of
           paying
           the
           Vows
           of
           his
           Adversity
           ,
           and
           it
           cannot
           therefore
           be
           done
           by
           any
           one
           else
           ,
           with
           so
           much
           Justice
           and
           Example
           .
        
         
           Far
           be
           it
           from
           me
           to
           solicite
           any
           thing
           in
           Deminution
           of
           the
           just
           Rights
           of
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           :
           Let
           her
           rest
           protected
           where
           she
           is
           ,
           and
           if
           in
           any
           thing
           Mistaken
           ,
           let
           God
           alone
           perswade
           her
           .
           I
           hope
           ,
           none
           will
           be
           thought
           to
           intend
           her
           Injury
           ,
           for
           refusing
           to
           understand
           the
           
             King's
             Promise
          
           to
           her
           ,
           in
           a
           
             Ruinous
             sense
          
           to
           all
           Others
           .
           For
           it
           is
           morally
           impossible
           that
           a
           
             Conscientious
             Prince
          
           can
           be
           
           thought
           to
           have
           ty'd
           himself
           to
           compell
           others
           to
           a
           Communion
           ,
           that
           himself
           cannot
           tell
           how
           to
           be
           of
           ,
           or
           that
           any
           thing
           can
           oblige
           him
           to
           shake
           the
           Firmness
           of
           those
           he
           has
           confirmed
           by
           his
           own
           
             Royal
             Example
          
           .
        
         
           Having
           then
           so
           Illustrous
           an
           Instance
           of
           Integrity
           ,
           as
           the
           hazard
           of
           the
           loss
           of
           
             Three
             Crowns
          
           for
           Conscience
           .
           Let
           it
           at
           least
           ,
           excuse
           our
           Constancy
           ,
           and
           provoke
           the
           Friends
           of
           the
           Succession
           to
           Moderation
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           none
           of
           us
           loose
           our
           Birth-Rights
           for
           our
           Perswasion
           ;
           &
           us
           Dissenters
           to
           live
           Dutifully
           ,
           and
           so
           Peacably
           under
           our
           own
           Vine
           ,
           and
           under
           our
           own
           Fig-Tree
           ,
           with
           
             Glory
             to
             God
             on
             High
          
           ,
           to
           the
           
             King
             ,
             Honour
          
           ,
           and
           
             Good
             Will
             to
             all
             Men.
          
           
        
         
           The
           Publication
           of
           the
           following
           Discourse
           is
           occasioned
           by
           an
           Appeal
           made
           by
           a
           late
           Author
           ,
           to
           all
           
             Crowned
             Heads
          
           against
           Toleration
           and
           
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
          
           ,
           in
           his
           pretended
           Answer
           to
           the
           
             Duke
             of
             Buckingham
          
           I
           shall
           not
           Commend
           it
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           ,
           it
           will
           need
           no
           Excuse
           .
           'T
           is
           writ
           with
           Duty
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           Compassion
           to
           many
           of
           his
           peaceable
           People
           .
           The
           usual
           Objections
           against
           the
           Moderation
           desired
           ,
           are
           stated
           and
           answered
           .
           The
           Whole
           recommended
           to
           the
           Reader
           ,
        
         
           
             By
             his
             Affectionate
             Friend
             ,
             W.
             P.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           PERSWASIVE
           TO
           Moderation
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           MODERATION
           ,
           the
           Subject
           of
           this
           Discourse
           ,
           is
           in
           plain
           English
           ,
           
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             to
             Dissenters
          
           :
           A
           Cause
           I
           have
           ,
           with
           all
           Humility
           undertaken
           to
           plead
           against
           the
           Prejudices
           of
           the
           Times
           .
        
         
           That
           there
           is
           such
           a
           thing
           as
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           the
           Liberty
           of
           it
           ,
           in
           reference
           to
           Faith
           and
           Worship
           towards
           God
           ,
           must
           not
           be
           denyed
           ,
           even
           by
           those
           ,
           that
           are
           most
           scandal'd
           at
           the
           Ill
           use
           some
           seem
           to
           have
           made
           of
           such
           Pretences
           .
           But
           to
           settle
           the
           Terms
           :
           By
           Conscience
           ,
           I
           understand
           
             the
             Apprehension
             and
             Perswasion
             a
             man
             has
             of
             his
             Duty
             to
             God.
          
           By
           
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
          
           ,
           I
           mean
           ,
           
             A
             free
             and
             open
             Profession
             and
             Exercise
             of
             that
             Duty
             :
          
           But
           I
           alwayes
           premise
           ,
           this
           Conscience
           to
           keep
           within
           the
           bounds
           of
           Morality
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           be
           neither
           Frantick
           nor
           Mischievous
           ,
           but
           a
           
           
             Good
             Subject
          
           ,
           a
           
             Good
             Child
          
           ,
           a
           
             Good
             Servant
          
           :
           As
           exact
           to
           yield
           to
           Caesar
           the
           things
           that
           are
           
           Caesar's
           ,
           as
           jealous
           of
           with-holding
           from
           God
           the
           thing
           that
           is
           
           God's
           :
           For
           he
           that
           with-holds
           from
           Man
           the
           thing
           that
           God
           requires
           him
           to
           pay
           ,
           with-holds
           it
           from
           God
           ,
           who
           has
           his
           Tribute
           out
           of
           it
           .
           They
           do
           not
           reject
           their
           Prince
           ,
           Parent
           or
           Master
           ,
           but
           God
           ,
           who
           enjoyns
           that
           Duty
           to
           them
           :
           The
           difference
           being
           only
           this
           ,
           They
           deny
           not
           God
           his
           Due
           immediately
           ,
           and
           to
           his
           face
           ,
           but
           they
           do
           it
           too
           often
           in
           the
           Person
           of
           his
           Deligate
           .
           Those
           Pathetick
           words
           of
           Christ
           will
           naturally
           enough
           reach
           the
           case
           ,
           
             In
             that
             ye
             did
             it
             not
             to
             them
             ,
             ye
             did
             it
             not
             to
             me
          
           ;
           for
           Duty
           to
           such
           Relations
           have
           a
           divine
           Stamp
           :
           And
           divine
           Right
           runs
           through
           more
           things
           of
           the
           World
           and
           Acts
           of
           our
           Lives
           than
           we
           are
           aware
           of
           :
           And
           Sacriledge
           may
           be
           committed
           against
           more
           than
           the
           Church
           .
           Nor
           will
           a
           Dedication
           to
           God
           ,
           of
           the
           Robbery
           from
           Man
           ,
           expiate
           the
           Guilt
           of
           Disobedience
           :
           For
           though
           Zeal
           could
           turn
           Gossip
           to
           Theft
           ,
           his
           Altars
           would
           renounce
           the
           Sacrifice
           .
        
         
           The
           Conscience
           then
           that
           I
           state
           ,
           and
           the
           Liberty
           I
           pray
           ,
           carrying
           so
           great
           a
           Salvo
           and
           Deference
           to
           publick
           and
           private
           Relations
           ,
           no
           ill
           design
           can
           with
           any
           Justice
           be
           fixt
           upon
           the
           Author
           ,
           or
           Reflection
           upon
           the
           Subject
           ,
           which
           by
           this
           time
           I
           think
           I
           may
           venture
           to
           call
           a
           Toleration
           .
        
         
           
             But
             to
             this
             so
             much
             craved
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             needed
          
           Toleration
           ,
           
             I
             meet
             with
             two
             Objections
             of
             weight
             ,
             the
             salving
             of
             which
             will
             make
             way
             for
             it
             in
             this
             Kingdom
             .
             And
             the
             first
             is
             a
             Disbelief
             of
             the
             Possibility
             of
             the
             thing
             .
          
           Toleration
           of
           Dissenting
           Worships
           from
           that
           establish't
           ,
           is
           not
           practicable
           
             (
             say
             some
          
           )
           without
           danger
           to
           the
           State
           ,
           with
           which
           it
           is
           interwoven
           .
           
             This
             is
          
           Political
           .
           
             The
             other
             Objection
             is
          
           ,
           That
           admitting
           Dissenters
           to
           be
           in
           the
           Wrong
           (
           which
           is
           alwayes
           premised
           by
           the
           National
           Church
           )
           such
           Latitude
           were
           the
           way
           to
           keep
           up
           the
           Dis-union
           ,
           and
           instead
           of
           compelling
           them
           into
           a
           better
           Way
           ,
           leave
           them
           in
           the
           
           possession
           and
           persuit
           of
           their
           old
           Errors
           .
           
             This
             is
          
           Religious
           .
           I
           
             think
             I
             have
             given
             the
             Objections
             fairly
             ,
             't
             will
             be
             my
             next
             business
             to
             answer
             them
             as
             fully
             .
          
        
         
           The
           strength
           of
           the
           first
           Objection
           against
           this
           Liberty
           ,
           is
           the
           Danger
           suggested
           to
           the
           State
           ;
           the
           Reason
           is
           ,
           the
           National
           Form
           being
           interwoven
           with
           the
           Frame
           of
           the
           Government
           .
           But
           this
           seems
           to
           me
           only
           said
           ,
           and
           not
           only
           (
           with
           submission
           )
           not
           prov'd
           ,
           but
           not
           true
           :
           For
           the
           establisht
           Religion
           and
           Worship
           are
           no
           other
           ways
           interwoven
           with
           the
           Government
           ,
           than
           that
           the
           Government
           makes
           profession
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           by
           divers-Laws
           has
           made
           them
           the
           
             Currant
             Religion
          
           ,
           and
           required
           all
           the
           Members
           of
           the
           State
           to
           conform
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           nothing
           but
           what
           may
           as
           well
           be
           done
           by
           the
           Government
           ,
           for
           any
           other
           Perswasion
           ,
           as
           that
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           't
           is
           not
           easie
           to
           change
           an
           establish't
           Religion
           ,
           nor
           is
           that
           the
           Question
           we
           are
           upon
           ;
           but
           
             State
             Religions
          
           have
           been
           chang'd
           without
           the
           change
           of
           the
           States
           .
           We
           see
           this
           in
           the
           Governments
           of
           Germany
           and
           Denmark
           upon
           the
           Reformation
           :
           But
           more
           clearly
           and
           near
           our selves
           ,
           in
           the
           case
           of
           Henry
           the
           
             eighth
             ,
             Edward
          
           the
           
             sixth
             ,
             Queen
             Mary
          
           and
           Elizabeth
           ;
           for
           the
           Monarchy
           stood
           ,
           the
           Family
           remained
           and
           succeeded
           under
           all
           the
           Revolutions
           of
           State-Religion
           ,
           which
           could
           not
           have
           been
           ,
           had
           the
           Proposition
           been
           generally
           true
           .
        
         
           The
           change
           of
           Religion
           then
           ,
           does
           not
           necessarily
           change
           the
           Government
           ,
           or
           alter
           the
           State
           ;
           and
           if
           so
           ,
           
             a
             fortiori
          
           ,
           Indulgence
           of
           Church-Dissenters
           ,
           does
           not
           necessarily
           hazard
           a
           change
           of
           the
           State
           ,
           where
           the
           present
           State-Religion
           or
           Church
           remains
           the
           same
           ;
           for
           That
           I
           premise
           .
        
         
           Some
           may
           say
           ,
           
             That
             it
             were
             more
             facile
             to
             change
             from
             one
             National
             Religion
             to
             another
             ,
             than
             to
             maintain
             the
             Monarchy
             and
             Church
             ,
             against
             the
             Ambition
             and
             Faction
             of
             divers
             dissenting
             Parties
             .
          
           But
           this
           is
           improbable
           at
           least
           .
           For
           it
           
           were
           to
           say
           ,
           That
           it
           is
           an
           easier
           thing
           to
           change
           a
           whole
           Kingdom
           ,
           than
           with
           the
           Soveraign
           Power
           ,
           followed
           with
           
             Armies
             ,
             Navies
             ,
             Judges
             ,
             Clergy
             ,
          
           and
           all
           the
           Conformists
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           to
           secure
           the
           Government
           from
           the
           Ambition
           and
           Faction
           of
           Dissenters
           ,
           as
           differing
           in
           their
           Interests
           within
           themselves
           ,
           as
           in
           their
           Perswasions
           ;
           and
           〈◊〉
           they
           united
           ,
           have
           neither
           Power
           to
           awe
           ,
           nor
           Rewards
           to
           allure
           to
           their
           Party
           .
           They
           can
           only
           be
           formidable
           ,
           when
           headed
           by
           the
           Soveraign
           .
           They
           may
           stop
           a
           Gap
           ,
           or
           make
           ,
           by
           his
           Accession
           ,
           a
           Ballance
           :
           Otherwise
           ,
           till
           't
           is
           harder
           to
           fight
           broken
           and
           divided
           Troops
           ,
           than
           an
           entire
           Body
           of
           an
           Army
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           always
           easier
           to
           maintain
           the
           Government
           under
           a
           Toleration
           of
           Dissenters
           ,
           than
           in
           a
           total
           change
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           even
           then
           it self
           ,
           it
           has
           not
           fail'd
           to
           have
           been
           preserved
           .
           But
           whether
           it
           be
           more
           or
           less
           easie
           ,
           is
           not
           our
           point
           ;
           if
           they
           are
           many
           ,
           the
           danger
           is
           of
           exasperating
           ,
           not
           of
           making
           them
           easie
           ;
           for
           the
           force
           of
           our
           Question
           is
           ,
           Whether
           such
           Indulgence
           be
           safe
           to
           the
           State
           ?
           And
           here
           we
           have
           the
           first
           and
           last
           ,
           the
           best
           and
           greatest
           Evidence
           for
           us
           ,
           which
           is
           Fact
           and
           Experience
           ,
           the
           Journal
           and
           Resolves
           of
           Time
           ,
           and
           Treasure
           of
           the
           Sage
           .
        
         
           For
           ,
           First
           ,
           the
           Iews
           ,
           that
           had
           most
           to
           say
           for
           their
           Religion
           ,
           and
           whose
           Religion
           was
           Twin
           to
           their
           State
           (
           both
           being
           joyn'd
           ,
           and
           sent
           with
           Wonders
           from
           Heaven
           )
           Indulg'd
           Strangers
           in
           their
           Religious
           Dissents
           .
           They
           requir'd
           but
           the
           belief
           of
           the
           Noachical
           Principles
           ,
           which
           were
           common
           to
           the
           World
           :
           No
           Idolator
           ,
           and
           but
           a
           
             Moral
             Man
          
           ,
           and
           he
           had
           his
           Liberty
           ,
           ay
           ,
           and
           some
           Priviledges
           too
           ,
           for
           he
           had
           an
           apartment
           in
           the
           Temple
           ,
           and
           this
           without
           danger
           to
           the
           Government
           .
           Thus
           Maimonides
           ,
           and
           others
           of
           their
           own
           Rabbles
           ,
           and
           Grotius
           out
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           Wisdom
           of
           the
           Gentiles
           was
           very
           admireable
           in
           this
           ,
           
           that
           though
           they
           had
           many
           Sects
           of
           Philosophers
           among
           them
           ,
           each
           dissenting
           from
           the
           other
           in
           their
           Principles
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Discipline
           ,
           and
           that
           not
           only
           in
           Physical
           things
           ,
           but
           points
           Metaphysical
           ,
           in
           which
           some
           of
           the
           Fathers
           were
           not
           free
           ,
           the
           School-men
           
             deeply
             engaged
          
           ,
           and
           our
           present
           Accademies
           but
           too
           much
           perplext
           ;
           yet
           they
           indulged
           them
           and
           the
           best
           Livers
           with
           singular
           Kindness
           :
           The
           greatest
           Statesmen
           and
           Captains
           often
           becoming
           Patrons
           of
           the
           Sects
           they
           best
           affected
           ,
           honouring
           their
           Readings
           with
           their
           Presence
           and
           Applause
           .
           So
           far
           were
           those
           Ages
           ,
           which
           we
           have
           made
           as
           the
           original
           of
           Wisdom
           and
           Politeness
           ,
           from
           thinking
           Toleration
           an
           Error
           of
           State
           ,
           or
           dangerous
           to
           the
           Government
           .
           Thus
           
             Plutrach
             ,
             Strabo
             ,
             Laertius
          
           ,
           and
           others
           .
        
         
           To
           these
           Instances
           I
           may
           add
           the
           Latitude
           of
           old
           Rome
           ,
           that
           had
           almost
           as
           many
           Deities
           as
           Houses
           :
           For
           Varro
           tells
           us
           of
           no
           less
           than
           thirty
           Thousand
           several
           Sacra
           ,
           or
           Religious
           Rites
           among
           her
           People
           ,
           and
           yet
           without
           a
           Quarrel
           :
           Unhappy
           fate
           of
           Christianity
           !
           the
           best
           of
           Religions
           ,
           and
           yet
           her
           Professors
           maintain
           less
           Charity
           than
           Idolators
           ,
           while
           it
           should
           be
           peculiar
           to
           them
           .
           I
           fear
           ,
           it
           shews
           us
           to
           have
           but
           little
           of
           it
           at
           Heart
           .
        
         
           But
           nearer
           home
           ,
           and
           in
           our
           own
           time
           ,
           we
           see
           the
           effects
           of
           a
           discret
           Indulgence
           ,
           even
           too
           Emulation
           .
           Holland
           ,
           that
           Bogg
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           neither
           Sea
           nor
           dry
           Land
           ,
           now
           the
           Rival
           of
           tallest
           Monarchs
           ;
           not
           by
           
             Conquests
             ,
             Marriages
          
           ,
           or
           accession
           of
           
             Royal
             Blood
          
           ,
           the
           usual
           wayes
           to
           Empire
           ,
           but
           by
           her
           own
           superlative
           Clemency
           and
           Industry
           ;
           for
           the
           one
           was
           the
           effect
           of
           the
           other
           :
           She
           cherisht
           her
           People
           ,
           whatsoever
           were
           their
           Opinions
           ,
           as
           the
           reasonable
           stock
           of
           the
           Country
           ,
           the
           Heads
           and
           Hands
           of
           her
           Trade
           and
           Wealth
           ;
           and
           making
           them
           easie
           in
           the
           main
           point
           ,
           their
           Conscience
           ,
           she
           became
           great
           by
           them
           :
           This
           made
           her
           fill
           with
           People
           ,
           and
           they
           fill'd
           her
           with
           Riches
           and
           Strength
           .
        
         
         
           And
           if
           it
           should
           be
           said
           ,
           
             She
             is
             upon
             her
             Declension
             for
             all
             that
             .
          
           I
           Answer
           ,
           All
           States
           must
           know
           it
           ,
           nothing
           is
           here
           Immortal
           .
           Where
           are
           the
           
             Babylonian
             ,
             Persian
          
           and
           Grecian
           Empires
           ?
           And
           are
           not
           
             Lacedemon
             ,
             Athens
             ,
             Rome
          
           and
           Carthage
           gone
           before
           her
           ?
           Kingdoms
           and
           Common-Wealths
           have
           their
           Births
           and
           Growths
           ,
           their
           Declensions
           and
           Deaths
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           private
           Families
           and
           Persons
           :
           But
           't
           is
           owing
           ,
           neither
           to
           the
           Armies
           of
           France
           ,
           nor
           Navies
           of
           England
           ,
           but
           her
           own
           Domestick
           Troubles
           .
        
         
           
             Seventy
             Two
          
           sticks
           in
           her
           Bones
           yet
           :
           The
           growing
           Power
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ,
           must
           in
           some
           degree
           ,
           be
           an
           Ebb
           to
           that
           States
           Strength
           ;
           for
           they
           are
           not
           so
           unanimous
           and
           vigrous
           in
           their
           Interest
           as
           formerly
           :
           But
           were
           they
           secure
           against
           the
           danger
           of
           their
           own
           Ambition
           and
           Jealousie
           ,
           any
           body
           might
           ensure
           their
           Glory
           at
           
             five
             per
             Cent.
          
           But
           some
           of
           their
           greatest
           men
           apprehending
           they
           are
           in
           their
           
             Climacterical
             Juncture
          
           ,
           give
           up
           the
           Ghost
           ,
           and
           care
           not
           ,
           if
           they
           must
           fall
           ,
           by
           what
           hand
           it
           is
           .
        
         
           Others
           chuse
           a
           Stranger
           ,
           and
           think
           one
           afar
           off
           will
           give
           the
           best
           Terms
           ,
           and
           least
           annoy
           them
           :
           whilest
           a
           considerable
           Party
           have
           chosen
           a
           Domestick
           Prince
           ,
           
             a
             Kin
          
           to
           their
           early
           Successes
           by
           the
           
             fore-Father's
             side
          
           (
           the
           Gallantry
           of
           his
           Ancestors
           .
           )
           And
           that
           his
           own
           greatness
           and
           security
           are
           wrapt
           up
           in
           theirs
           ,
           and
           therefore
           modestly
           hope
           to
           find
           their
           Account
           in
           his
           Prosperity
           .
           But
           this
           is
           a
           kind
           of
           Digresgression
           ,
           only
           before
           I
           leave
           it
           ,
           I
           dare
           venture
           to
           add
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           changes
           not
           the
           Policies
           of
           that
           State
           ,
           he
           will
           not
           change
           her
           Fortune
           ,
           and
           he
           will
           mightily
           add
           to
           his
           own
           .
        
         
           But
           perhaps
           I
           shall
           be
           told
           ,
           
             That
             no
             body
             doubts
             that
             Toleration
             is
             an
          
           agreeable
           
             thing
             to
             a
             Common-Wealth
             ,
             where
             every
             one
             thinks
             he
             has
             a
             share
             in
             the
             Government
             ;
             ay
             ,
             that
             the
             one
             is
             the
             consequence
             of
             the
             other
             ,
             and
             therefore
             most
             carefully
             to
             be
             avoided
             
             by
             all
             Monarchical
             States
             .
          
           This
           indeed
           were
           shrowdly
           to
           the
           purpose
           ,
           in
           England
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           but
           true
           .
           But
           I
           don't
           see
           how
           there
           can
           be
           one
           true
           Reason
           advanc'd
           in
           favour
           of
           this
           Objection
           :
           Monarchies
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Common-Wealths
           ,
           subsisting
           by
           the
           Preservation
           of
           the
           People
           under
           them
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           First
           ,
           if
           this
           were
           true
           ,
           it
           would
           follow
           by
           the
           Rule
           of
           Contraries
           ,
           that
           a
           Republick
           could
           not
           subsist
           with
           Vnity
           and
           Hierarchy
           ,
           which
           is
           Monarchy
           in
           the
           Church
           ;
           but
           it
           must
           ,
           from
           such
           Monarchy
           in
           Church
           ,
           come
           to
           Monarchy
           in
           State
           too
           .
           But
           
             Venice
             ,
             Genova
             ,
             Lucca
          
           ,
           seven
           of
           the
           Cantons
           of
           Switzerland
           ,
           (
           and
           Rome
           her self
           ,
           for
           she
           is
           an
           Aristocracy
           )
           all
           under
           the
           the
           loftiest
           Hierarchy
           in
           Church
           ,
           and
           where
           is
           no
           Toleration
           ,
           show
           in
           fact
           ,
           that
           the
           contrary
           is
           true
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           Secondly
           ,
           this
           Objection
           makes
           a
           Common-Wealth
           the
           better
           Government
           of
           the
           two
           ,
           and
           so
           overthrows
           the
           thing
           it
           would
           establish
           .
           This
           is
           effectually
           done
           ,
           if
           I
           know
           any
           thing
           ,
           since
           a
           Common-Wealth
           is
           hereby
           rendred
           a
           more
           copious
           ,
           powerful
           and
           beneficial
           Government
           to
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           is
           made
           better
           to
           answer
           Contingencies
           and
           Emergencies
           of
           State
           ,
           because
           this
           subsists
           either
           way
           ,
           but
           Monarchy
           not
           ,
           if
           the
           Objection
           be
           true
           .
           The
           one
           prospers
           by
           Vnion
           in
           Worship
           and
           Discipline
           ,
           and
           by
           Toleration
           of
           dissenting
           Churches
           from
           the
           National
           .
           The
           other
           only
           by
           an
           
             universal
             Conformity
          
           to
           a
           National
           Church
           .
           I
           say
           ,
           this
           makes
           Monarchy
           (
           in
           it self
           ,
           doubtless
           ,
           an
           admirable
           Government
           )
           
             less
             Powerful
             ,
             less
             Extended
             ,
             less
             Propitious
             ,
          
           and
           finally
           
             less
             Safe
          
           to
           the
           People
           under
           it
           ,
           than
           a
           Common-Wealth
           ;
           In
           that
           
             no
             Security
          
           is
           left
           to
           Monarchy
           under
           diversity
           of
           Worships
           ,
           which
           yet
           no
           man
           can
           defend
           or
           forbid
           ,
           but
           may
           often
           arrive
           ,
           as
           it
           hath
           in
           England
           ,
           more
           than
           five
           times
           in
           the
           two
           last
           Ages
           .
           And
           truly
           't
           is
           natural
           for
           men
           to
           chuse
           to
           settle
           where
           they
           may
           be
           safest
           from
           the
           Power
           and
           Mischief
           of
           such
           Accidents
           of
           State.
           
        
         
         
           Upon
           the
           whole
           matter
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           reflect
           the
           
             last
             Mischief
          
           upon
           Monarchy
           ,
           the
           worst
           Enemies
           it
           has
           could
           hope
           to
           disgrace
           or
           endanger
           it
           by
           ;
           since
           it
           is
           to
           tell
           the
           People
           under
           it
           ,
           that
           they
           must
           either
           conform
           ,
           or
           be
           destroyed
           ,
           or
           to
           save
           themselves
           ,
           turn
           Hypocrites
           ,
           or
           change
           the
           Frame
           of
           the
           Government
           they
           are
           under
           .
           A
           perplexity
           both
           to
           Monarch
           and
           People
           ,
           that
           nothing
           can
           be
           greater
           but
           the
           comfort
           of
           knowing
           the
           Objection
           is
           False
           .
           And
           that
           which
           ought
           to
           make
           every
           reasonable
           man
           of
           this
           Opinion
           ,
           is
           the
           cloud
           of
           Witnesses
           that
           almost
           every
           Age
           of
           Monarchy
           affords
           us
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           begin
           with
           that
           of
           Israel
           ,
           the
           most
           exact
           and
           sacred
           Patern
           of
           Monarchy
           ,
           begun
           by
           a
           valiant
           Man
           ,
           translated
           to
           the
           best
           ,
           and
           improv'd
           by
           the
           wisest
           of
           Kings
           ,
           whose
           Ministers
           were
           neither
           Fools
           ,
           nor
           Fanaticks
           :
           Here
           we
           shall
           find
           Provision
           for
           Dissenters
           .
           Their
           
             Prosoliti
             Domicilii
          
           were
           so
           far
           from
           being
           compelled
           to
           their
           National
           Rites
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           expresly
           forbid
           to
           observe
           them
           .
           Such
           were
           the
           Egyptians
           that
           came
           with
           them
           out
           of
           Egypt
           ,
           the
           Gibeonites
           and
           Canaanites
           ,
           a
           great
           People
           ,
           that
           after
           their
           several
           Forms
           worshipt
           in
           an
           apartment
           of
           the
           same
           Temple
           .
           The
           Jews
           with
           a
           Liturgy
           ,
           they
           without
           one
           :
           The
           Jews
           had
           Priests
           ,
           but
           these
           none
           :
           The
           Jews
           had
           variety
           of
           Oblation
           ,
           these
           People
           burnt
           Offerings
           only
           :
           All
           that
           was
           required
           of
           them
           was
           the
           Natural
           Religion
           of
           Noah
           ,
           in
           which
           the
           Acknowledgement
           and
           Worship
           of
           the
           true
           God
           ,
           was
           ,
           as
           it
           still
           ought
           to
           be
           ,
           the
           main
           point
           ;
           nay
           ,
           so
           far
           were
           they
           from
           coercive
           Conformity
           ,
           that
           they
           did
           not
           so
           much
           as
           oblige
           them
           to
           observe
           their
           Sabbath
           ,
           tho'
           one
           of
           the
           ten
           Commandments
           :
           Grotius
           and
           Selden
           say
           more
           .
           Certainly
           this
           was
           great
           Indulgence
           ,
           since
           so
           unsuitable
           an
           Usage
           lookt
           like
           prophaning
           their
           Devotion
           ,
           and
           a
           common
           nusance
           to
           their
           National
           Religion
           .
           One
           would
           think
           by
           this
           ,
           that
           their
           Care
           lay
           on
           the
           side
           of
           
           preserving
           their
           Cult
           from
           the
           touch
           or
           accession
           of
           Dissenters
           ,
           and
           not
           of
           forcing
           them
           ,
           by
           undoing
           Penalties
           to
           conform
           ,
           must
           needs
           be
           evident
           .
           For
           if
           Gods
           Religion
           and
           Monarchy
           (
           for
           so
           we
           are
           taught
           to
           believe
           it
           )
           did
           not
           ,
           and
           would
           not
           at
           a
           time
           ,
           when
           Religion
           lay
           less
           in
           the
           Mind
           ,
           and
           more
           in
           Ceremony
           ,
           compel
           Conformity
           from
           Dissenters
           ,
           we
           hope
           we
           have
           got
           the
           best
           of
           Presidents
           on
           our
           side
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           this
           Instance
           be
           of
           most
           Authority
           ,
           we
           have
           another
           very
           Exemplary
           ,
           and
           to
           our
           point
           pertinent
           ;
           for
           it
           shows
           what
           Monarchy
           may
           do
           :
           It
           is
           yielded
           us
           from
           the
           famous
           Story
           of
           Mordecai
           .
           He
           ,
           with
           his
           Jews
           ,
           were
           in
           a
           bad
           pleight
           with
           the
           King
           ,
           Ahasuerus
           ,
           by
           the
           ill
           Offices
           Human
           did
           them
           ;
           the
           Arguments
           he
           used
           were
           drawn
           from
           the
           common
           Topicks
           of
           Faction
           and
           
             Sedition
             ,
             
               That
               thy
               were
               an
               odd
               and
               dangerous
               People
               ,
               under
               differing
               Laws
               of
               their
               own
               ,
               and
               refused
               Obedience
               to
               his
            
          
           ;
           So
           denying
           his
           Supremacy
           .
           Dissenters
           with
           a
           witness
           ;
           things
           most
           render
           to
           any
           Government
           .
        
         
           The
           King
           thus
           incenst
           ,
           commands
           the
           Laws
           to
           be
           put
           in
           Execution
           and
           decrees
           the
           Ruin
           of
           Mordecai
           with
           all
           the
           Jews
           :
           But
           the
           King
           is
           timely
           entreated
           ,
           his
           Heart
           softens
           ,
           the
           Decree
           is
           revokt
           ,
           and
           Mordecai
           and
           his
           Friends
           saved
           .
           The
           Consequence
           was
           ,
           as
           extream
           Joy
           to
           the
           Jews
           ,
           so
           Peace
           and
           Blessings
           to
           the
           King.
           And
           that
           which
           heightens
           the
           Example
           ,
           is
           the
           Greatness
           and
           Infidelity
           of
           the
           Prince
           :
           had
           the
           Instance
           been
           in
           a
           Jew
           ,
           it
           might
           have
           been
           plac'd
           to
           his
           
             greater
             Light
             or
             Piety
          
           :
           In
           a
           petty
           Prince
           ,
           to
           the
           Paucity
           and
           Entireness
           of
           his
           Territory
           ;
           but
           that
           an
           Heathen
           ,
           and
           King
           of
           one
           hundred
           and
           seven
           and
           twenty
           Provinces
           ,
           should
           throughout
           his
           vast
           Dominions
           ,
           not
           fear
           ,
           but
           practise
           Toleration
           with
           good
           success
           ,
           has
           something
           admirable
           in
           i●
           .
        
         
           If
           we
           please
           to
           remember
           the
           
             Tranquility
             ,
             &
          
           success
           of
           those
           Heathen
           Roman
           Emperors
           ,
           that
           allowed
           Indulgence
           ;
           that
           Agustus
           sent
           Hecatombe
           to
           Jerusalem
           ,
           and
           the
           wisest
           honoured
           
           the
           Jews
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           spared
           the
           divers
           Sects
           of
           Christians
           ,
           it
           will
           certainly
           oblige
           us
           to
           think
           ,
           that
           Princes
           ,
           whose
           Religions
           are
           
             nearer
             of
             Kin
          
           ,
           to
           those
           of
           the
           Dissenters
           of
           our
           times
           ,
           may
           not
           unreasonably
           hope
           for
           quiet
           from
           a
           discreet
           Toleration
           ,
           especially
           when
           there
           is
           nothing
           peculiar
           in
           Christianity
           to
           render
           Princes
           unsafe
           in
           such
           an
           Indulgence
           .
           The
           admirable
           Prudence
           of
           the
           Emperor
           Iovianus
           ,
           in
           a
           quite
           contrary
           method
           to
           those
           of
           the
           Reigns
           of
           his
           Predecessors
           ,
           settled
           the
           most
           Imoroiled
           time
           of
           the
           Chistian
           World
           ,
           
             almost
             to
             a
             Miracle
          
           ;
           for
           though
           he
           found
           the
           Hearts
           of
           the
           Arian
           and
           Orthodox
           carried
           to
           a
           barbarous
           height
           ,
           (
           to
           say
           nothing
           of
           the
           Novations
           ,
           and
           other
           dissenting
           Interests
           )
           the
           Emperor
           esteeming
           those
           Calamities
           the
           effect
           of
           Coercing
           Conformity
           to
           the
           Prince's
           or
           States
           Religion
           ;
           and
           that
           this
           course
           did
           not
           only
           waste
           Christians
           ,
           but
           expose
           Christians
           to
           the
           scorn
           of
           Heathens
           ,
           and
           so
           scandal
           ,
           those
           whom
           they
           should
           Convert
           ,
           he
           resolutely
           declared
           ,
           
             That
             he
             would
             have
             none
             Molested
             for
             the
             different
             exercise
             of
             their
             Religious
             Worship
          
           ;
           which
           (
           and
           that
           in
           a
           true
           (
           for
           he
           reigned
           but
           seven
           Moneths
           )
           calmed
           the
           impestous
           Storms
           of
           Dissention
           ,
           and
           reduced
           the
           Empire
           ,
           (
           before
           agitated
           with
           the
           most
           uncharitable
           Contests
           )
           to
           a
           wonderful
           Serenity
           and
           Peace
           ;
           thus
           a
           kindly
           Amity
           ,
           brought
           a
           civil
           Unity
           to
           the
           State
           ;
           which
           endeavours
           for
           a
           forc'd
           Unity
           ,
           never
           did
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           but
           had
           formerly
           fill'd
           the
           Government
           with
           incomparable
           Miseries
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Church
           with
           Incharity
           ;
           and
           which
           is
           sad
           ,
           I
           must
           needs
           say
           ,
           that
           those
           Leaders
           of
           the
           Church
           that
           should
           have
           been
           the
           Teachers
           and
           Examples
           of
           Peace
           ,
           in
           so
           singular
           a
           juncture
           of
           the
           Churches
           ferments
           ,
           did
           ,
           more
           then
           any
           ,
           
             blow
             the
             Trumpet
             and
             kindled
             the
             Fire
             of
             Division
             .
          
           So
           dangerous
           is
           it
           to
           Super-fine
           upon
           the
           Text
           ,
           and
           then
           Impose
           it
           upon
           Penalty
           for
           Faith.
           
        
         
           
             Valantinian
             
               the
               Emperor
               (
               we
               are
               told
               by
            
          
           Socrates
           Scholasticus
           )
           was
           a
           great
           Honourer
           of
           those
           that
           favoured
           his
           own
           
           Faith
           ;
           but
           so
           ,
           as
           he
           molested
           not
           the
           Arrians
           at
           all
           .
           And
           Marcellinus
           
             further
             adds
             in
             his
             Honour
          
           ,
           That
           he
           was
           much
           Renown'd
           for
           his
           Moderate
           Carriage
           during
           his
           Reign
           ;
           insomuch
           ,
           that
           amongst
           sundry
           Sects
           of
           Religion
           ,
           he
           troubled
           no
           man
           for
           his
           Conscience
           ,
           imposing
           neither
           this
           nor
           that
           to
           be
           observed
           ;
           much
           less
           with
           menacing
           Edicts
           and
           Injunctions
           ,
           did
           he
           compel
           others
           ,
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           to
           bow
           the
           Neck
           ,
           or
           conform
           to
           that
           which
           himself
           worshipped
           ,
           but
           left
           such
           Points
           as
           clear
           and
           untouch'd
           as
           he
           found
           them
           .
        
         
           Gratianus
           &
           Theodsius
           the
           
             great
             ,
             Indulged
          
           divers
           sorts
           of
           Christians
           ;
           but
           the
           Novations
           of
           all
           the
           Dissenters
           were
           prefer'd
           :
           which
           was
           so
           far
           from
           Insecuring
           ,
           that
           it
           preserv'd
           the
           Tranquility
           of
           the
           Empire
           .
           Nor
           till
           the
           time
           of
           Celestine
           Bishop
           of
           Rome
           ,
           were
           the
           Novations
           disturbed
           ;
           And
           the
           Persecution
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           Assumption
           of
           the
           
             secular
             Power
          
           began
           much
           at
           the
           same
           time
           .
           But
           the
           Novations
           at
           Constantinople
           were
           not
           so
           dealt
           withal
           ;
           for
           the
           Greek
           Bishops
           continued
           to
           permit
           them
           the
           quiet
           enjoyment
           of
           their
           dissenting
           Assemblies
           ;
           as
           Socrates
           tells
           us
           in
           his
           fifth
           and
           seventh
           Book
           of
           Ecclesiastical
           Story
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           descend
           nearer
           our
           own
           times
           ;
           for
           notwithstanding
           no
           Age
           has
           been
           more
           furiously
           moved
           ,
           then
           that
           which
           Jovianus
           found
           ,
           and
           therefore
           the
           Experiment
           of
           Indulgence
           
             was
             never
             better
             made
          
           ,
           yet
           to
           speak
           more
           in
           view
           of
           this
           time
           of
           day
           ,
           we
           find
           our
           Contemporaries
           ,
           of
           remoter
           Judgments
           in
           Religion
           ,
           under
           no
           manner
           of
           difficulty
           in
           this
           point
           .
           The
           
             Grand
             Signior
             ,
             great
             Mogul
             ,
             Zars
          
           of
           Mnscovia
           ,
           King
           of
           Persia
           ;
           the
           great
           Monarchs
           of
           the
           East
           have
           
             long
             allow'd
             and
             prosper'd
             with
             a
             Toleration
             :
          
           And
           who
           does
           not
           know
           that
           this
           gave
           Great
           Tamerlan
           his
           mighty
           Victories
           ?
           In
           these
           Western
           Countries
           we
           see
           the
           same
           thing
           .
        
         
           
             Cardinal
             d'Ossat
          
           in
           his
           92d
           Letter
           to
           Villroy
           ,
           Secretary
           
           to
           H●nry
           the
           fourth
           of
           France
           ,
           gives
           us
           Doctrine
           and
           Example
           for
           the
           Subject
           in
           hand
           ;
           
             Besides
             (
             says
             he
             )
             that
             Necessity
             has
             no
             Law
             ,
             be
             it
             in
             what
             case
             it
             will
             ;
             our
             
               Lord
               Jesus
               Christ
            
             instructs
             us
             by
             his
             Gospel
             ,
             
               To
               let
               the
               Tares
               alone
               ,
               lest
               removing
               them
               ,
               may
               endanger
               the
               Wheat
               .
            
             That
             other
             Catholick
             Princes
             have
             allow'd
             it
             without
             Rebuke
             .
             That
             particularly
             the
             Dake
             of
             Savoy
             ,
             who
             (
             as
             great
             a
             Z●●●ot
             as
             he
             would
             be
             thought
             for
             the
             Catholick
             Religion
             )
             Tolerates
             the
             Hereticks
             in
             three
             of
             his
             Provinces
             ,
             namely
             ,
             
               A●groyne
               ,
               Luerne
            
             and
             Perose
             .
             That
             the
             King
             of
             Poland
             does
             as
             much
             ,
             not
             only
             in
             Sweedland
             ,
             but
             in
             Poland
             itself
             .
             That
             all
             the
             Princes
             of
             the
             Austrian
             Family
             ,
             that
             are
             celebrated
             as
             Pillars
             of
             the
             
               Catholick
               Church
            
             ,
             do
             the
             like
             ,
             not
             only
             in
             the
             Town
             ,
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             but
             in
             their
             proper
             Territories
             ,
             as
             in
             Austria
             it self
             ,
             from
             whence
             they
             take
             the
             Name
             of
             their
             Honour
             .
             In
             
               Hungary
               ,
               Bohemia
               ,
               Moravia
               ▪
               Lusatia
               ,
               Stirria
               ,
               Camiolia
            
             and
             Croatia
             the
             like
             .
             That
             
               Charles
               '
            
             the
             fifth
             ,
             Father
             of
             the
             King
             of
             Spain
             ,
             was
             the
             Person
             that
             taught
             the
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             other
             Princes
             ,
             how
             to
             yield
             to
             such
             Emergencies
             .
             That
             his
             Son
             ,
             the
             present
             King
             of
             Spain
             ,
             who
             is
             esteemed
             
               Arch
               Catholick
            
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             ,
             as
             the
             Atlas
             of
             the
             
               Catholick
               Church
               ,
               Tolerates
            
             notwithstanding
             ,
             at
             this
             day
             ,
             in
             his
             Kingdomes
             of
             Valentia
             and
             Granada
             ,
             the
             Moors
             themselves
             in
             their
             M●humatisme
             ,
             and
             has
             offer'd
             to
             those
             of
             
               Zealand
               ,
               Holland
            
             ,
             and
             other
             Hereticks
             of
             the
             Low-Countries
             ,
             the
             
               free
               Exercise
            
             of
             their
             pretended
             Religion
             ,
             so
             that
             they
             will
             but
             acknowledge
             and
             Obey
             him
             in
             Civil
             Matters
             .
          
           It
           was
           of
           those
           Letters
           of
           this
           extraordinary
           Man
           ,
           for
           so
           he
           was
           (
           whether
           we
           regard
           him
           in
           his
           Ecclesiastical
           Dignity
           or
           his
           greater
           Christian
           and
           Civil
           Prudence
           )
           that
           the
           great
           Lord
           Fulkland
           said
           ,
           
             A
             Minister
             of
             State
             should
             no
             more
             be
             without
          
           Cardinal
           d'
           Ossat's
           
             Letters
             ,
             than
             a
             Parson
             without
             his
             Bible
             .
          
           And
           indeed
           ,
           if
           we
           look
           into
           
           France
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           the
           Indulgence
           of
           those
           Protestants
           ,
           hath
           been
           a
           flourishing
           to
           that
           Kingdom
           ,
           as
           their
           Arms
           a
           Succour
           to
           their
           King.
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           that
           since
           they
           help't
           the
           Ministers
           of
           his
           Greatness
           to
           Success
           ,
           that
           haughty
           Monarch
           has
           changed
           his
           Measures
           ,
           and
           resolves
           their
           Conformity
           to
           his
           own
           Religion
           ,
           or
           their
           Ruin
           ;
           but
           no
           man
           can
           give
           another
           Reason
           for
           it
           ,
           than
           that
           he
           thinks
           it
           for
           his
           turn
           to
           please
           that
           part
           of
           his
           own
           Church
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           present
           necessary
           and
           unwearied
           Instruments
           of
           his
           absolute
           Glory
           .
           But
           let
           us
           see
           the
           end
           of
           this
           Conduct
           ,
           it
           will
           require
           more
           time
           to
           approve
           the
           Experiment
           .
        
         
           As
           it
           was
           the
           Royal
           Saying
           of
           
             Stephen
             ,
             King
          
           of
           Poland
           ,
           That
           he
           was
           a
           
             King
             of
             Men
             ,
             and
             not
             of
             Conscience
             a
             Commander
             of
             Bodies
             ,
             and
             not
             of
             Souls
             .
          
           ;
           So
           we
           see
           a
           Toleration
           has
           been
           practised
           in
           that
           Country
           of
           a
           long
           time
           ,
           with
           no
           ill
           Success
           to
           the
           State
           ;
           the
           Cities
           of
           
             Cracovia
             ,
             Racovia
          
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           Towns
           of
           Note
           ,
           almost
           wholly
           dissenting
           from
           the
           common
           Religion
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           which
           is
           
             Roman
             Catholick
          
           ,
           as
           the
           others
           are
           Socinian
           and
           Calvanist
           ,
           the
           most
           opposite
           to
           that
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           themselves
           .
        
         
           The
           King
           of
           Denmark
           ,
           in
           his
           large
           Town
           of
           Altona
           ,
           but
           about
           a
           Mile
           from
           Hambrough
           ,
           and
           therefore
           called
           so
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           
             All
             to
             near
          
           ,
           is
           a
           pregnant
           proof
           of
           our
           point
           .
           For
           though
           his
           Seat
           be
           so
           remote
           from
           that
           place
           ,
           and
           another
           strong
           and
           insinuating
           State
           so
           near
           ,
           yet
           under
           his
           Indulgence
           of
           divers
           Perswasions
           ,
           they
           enjoy
           that
           Peace
           ,
           and
           he
           that
           Security
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           not
           upon
           better
           Terms
           in
           any
           of
           his
           more
           Immediate
           and
           Vniform
           Dominions
           .
           I
           leave
           it
           to
           the
           thinking
           Reader
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           not
           much
           owing
           to
           this
           Freedom
           ,
           and
           that
           a
           contrary
           course
           were
           not
           the
           way
           for
           him
           to
           furnish
           his
           Neighbours
           with
           means
           to
           Depopulate
           that
           place
           ,
           or
           make
           it
           uneasie
           and
           chargeable
           to
           him
           to
           keep
           ?
        
         
           If
           we
           look
           into
           other
           parts
           of
           Germany
           ,
           where
           
           we
           find
           a
           Stout
           and
           War-like
           People
           ,
           fierce
           for
           the
           thing
           they
           opine
           ,
           or
           believe
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           the
           Prince
           Palatine
           of
           the
           Rhine
           ,
           safe
           ,
           and
           more
           potent
           by
           his
           Indulgence
           ,
           〈◊〉
           his
           Improvements
           at
           M●nhine
           :
           And
           as
           (
           believe
           me
           )
           〈◊〉
           the
           Prince
           to
           his
           People
           in
           other
           things
           ,
           so
           in
           this
           to
           the
           Empire
           ;
           for
           he
           has
           made
           bold
           with
           the
           Constitution
           of
           it
           ,
           in
           the
           Latitude
           he
           gives
           his
           Subjects
           in
           this
           Affair
           .
        
         
           The
           Duke
           of
           Bradenburg
           is
           himself
           a
           Calvanist
           ,
           his
           People
           mostly
           Lutherain
           ,
           yet
           in
           part
           of
           his
           Dominions
           ,
           the
           Roman-Catholicks
           enjoy
           their
           Churches
           quietly
           .
        
         
           The
           Duke
           of
           Newburg
           ,
           and
           a
           strict
           
             Roman
             Catholick
          
           ,
           Brother-in-Law
           to
           the
           present
           Emperor
           ,
           in
           his
           Province
           of
           Juliers
           ,
           has
           ,
           not
           only
           at
           
             Dewsburg
             ,
             Mulheim
          
           ,
           and
           other
           places
           ,
           but
           in
           Deuseldorp
           it self
           ,
           where
           the
           Court
           resides
           ,
           Lutherain
           ,
           and
           Calvanist
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           
             Roman
             Catholick
          
           Assemblies
           .
        
         
           The
           Duke
           of
           Saxony
           ,
           by
           Religion
           a
           Lutherain
           ,
           in
           his
           City
           of
           Budissin
           ,
           has
           both
           Lutherains
           and
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           in
           the
           same
           Church
           ,
           parted
           only
           by
           a
           Grate
           .
        
         
           In
           Ausburg
           ,
           they
           have
           two
           chief
           Magistrates
           ,
           as
           their
           Duumvirat
           ,
           one
           must
           alwayes
           be
           a
           
             Roman
             Catholick
          
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           a
           Lutherain
           .
        
         
           The
           Bishop
           of
           Osnabrug
           is
           himself
           a
           Lutherain
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Town
           of
           his
           Title
           ,
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Lutherains
           ,
           have
           their
           Churches
           ;
           and
           which
           is
           more
           ,
           the
           next
           Bishop
           must
           be
           a
           Catholick
           too
           ;
           for
           like
           the
           Buckets
           in
           the
           Well
           ,
           they
           take
           turns
           ,
           one
           way
           to
           be
           sure
           ,
           so
           that
           one
           be
           but
           in
           the
           Right
           .
        
         
           From
           hence
           we
           will
           go
           to
           Sultzbach
           ,
           a
           small
           Territory
           ,
           but
           has
           a
           great
           Prince
           ,
           I
           mean
           ,
           in
           his
           own
           extraordinary
           Qualities
           ;
           for
           among
           other
           things
           we
           shall
           find
           him
           act
           the
           Moderator
           among
           his
           People
           .
           By
           profession
           he
           is
           a
           
             Roman
             Catholick
          
           ,
           but
           has
           
             Simultaneum
             Religionis
             Exercitium
          
           ,
           not
           only
           Lutherains
           and
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           enjoy
           their
           different
           
           Worships
           ,
           but
           alternatively
           in
           one
           and
           the
           same
           place
           ,
           the
           same
           day
           ;
           so
           ballancing
           his
           Affection
           by
           his
           Wisdom
           ,
           that
           there
           appears
           neither
           Partiality
           in
           him
           ,
           nor
           Envy
           in
           them
           ,
           though
           of
           such
           opposite
           Perswasions
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           end
           these
           forregin
           Instances
           with
           a
           Prince
           and
           Bishop
           ,
           all
           in
           one
           ,
           and
           he
           a
           
             Roman
             Catholick
          
           too
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Mentz
           ;
           who
           admits
           ,
           with
           a
           very
           Peaceable
           success
           ,
           such
           Lutherains
           with
           his
           Catholicks
           ,
           to
           enjoy
           their
           Churches
           ,
           as
           live
           in
           his
           Town
           of
           Erford
           .
           Thus
           does
           Practice
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           neither
           Monarchy
           nor
           Hierarchy
           are
           in
           danger
           from
           a
           Toleration
           .
           On
           the
           contrary
           ,
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Empire
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           Acts
           of
           the
           Emperor
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Soveraign
             Princes
          
           of
           it
           ,
           have
           tolerated
           these
           three
           Religious
           Perswasions
           ,
           viz.
           the
           
             Roman-Catholick
             ,
             Lutherain
          
           and
           Calvanist
           ,
           and
           they
           may
           as
           well
           tolerate
           three
           more
           ,
           for
           the
           same
           Reasons
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           same
           Success
           .
           For
           it
           is
           not
           their
           
             greater
             nearerness
          
           or
           consistency
           in
           Doctrine
           ,
           or
           in
           Worship
           ;
           On
           the
           contrary
           ,
           they
           differ
           much
           ,
           and
           by
           that
           ,
           and
           other
           Circumstances
           ,
           are
           sometimes
           engaged
           in
           great
           Controversies
           ,
           yet
           is
           a
           Toleration
           practicable
           ,
           &
           the
           way
           of
           Peace
           with
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           which
           is
           closest
           to
           our
           point
           at
           home
           it self
           ,
           we
           see
           that
           a
           Toleration
           of
           the
           
             Iews
             ,
             French
          
           and
           
             Dutch
             Churches
          
           in
           England
           ,
           both
           Dissenters
           from
           the
           
             National
             Way
          
           :
           And
           the
           Connivance
           that
           has
           been
           in
           Ireland
           ;
           And
           the
           down-right
           Toleration
           in
           most
           of
           
             his
             Majesties
             Plantations
          
           abroad
           ,
           proves
           the
           Assertion
           ,
           
             That
             Toleration
             is
             not
             dangerous
             to
             Monarchy
             .
          
           For
           Experience
           tells
           us
           ,
           where
           it
           is
           in
           any
           degree
           admitted
           ,
           the
           
             King's
             Affairs
             prosper
          
           most
           ;
           
             People
             ,
             Wealth
          
           and
           Strength
           being
           sure
           to
           follow
           such
           Indulgence
           .
        
         
           But
           after
           all
           that
           I
           have
           said
           in
           Reason
           and
           Fact
           ,
           why
           Toleration
           is
           safe
           to
           Monarchy
           ,
           Story
           tells
           us
           that
           worse
           things
           have
           befallen
           Princes
           in
           Countries
           under
           
             Ecclesiastical
             Vnion
          
           ,
           than
           in
           places
           under
           divided
           forms
           of
           Worship
           ;
           and
           so
           ,
           tolerating
           
           Countries
           stand
           to
           the
           Prince
           ,
           more
           than
           upon
           equal
           terms
           with
           conforming
           ones
           .
           And
           where
           Princes
           have
           been
           exposed
           to
           hardship
           in
           tolerating
           Countries
           ,
           they
           have
           as
           often
           come
           from
           the
           Conforming
           ,
           as
           Non-conforming
           party
           ;
           and
           so
           the
           Dissenter
           is
           upon
           equal
           terms
           ,
           to
           the
           Prince
           or
           State
           ,
           with
           the
           Conformist
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           is
           evident
           in
           the
           Iews
           ,
           under
           the
           conduct
           of
           Moses
           ;
           their
           Dissention
           came
           from
           the
           men
           of
           their
           own
           Tribes
           ,
           such
           as
           
             Corah
             Dathan
          
           and
           Abiram
           ,
           with
           their
           pertakers
           .
           To
           say
           nothing
           of
           the
           Gentiles
           .
        
         
           The
           Miseries
           and
           Slaughters
           of
           Mauritius
           the
           Emperor
           proves
           my
           point
           ,
           who
           by
           the
           greatest
           Church-men
           of
           his
           time
           was
           withstood
           ,
           and
           his
           Servant
           that
           perpetrated
           the
           Wickedness
           by
           them
           ,
           substituted
           in
           his
           room
           ,
           because
           more
           officious
           to
           their
           Grandure
           .
           What
           power
           but
           that
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           dethron'd
           Childrek
           King
           of
           France
           ,
           and
           set
           Pippin
           in
           his
           place
           ?
           The
           miseries
           of
           the
           Emperors
           ,
           Henry
           the
           fourth
           and
           fifth
           ,
           Father
           and
           Son
           ,
           from
           their
           rebellious
           Subjects
           ,
           raised
           and
           animated
           by
           the
           power
           of
           Conformists
           ;
           dethroning
           both
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           they
           could
           ,
           are
           notorious
           .
           'T
           is
           as
           plain
           that
           Sigismond
           King
           of
           Sweedland
           ,
           was
           rejected
           by
           that
           Lutherain
           Country
           ,
           because
           he
           was
           a
           Roman-Catholick
           .
        
         
           If
           we
           come
           nearer
           home
           ,
           which
           is
           most
           suitable
           to
           the
           Reasons
           of
           the
           discourse
           ,
           we
           find
           the
           Church-men
           take
           part
           with
           
             William
             Rufus
          
           ,
           and
           Henry
           the
           first
           against
           Robert
           their
           elder
           Brother
           ;
           and
           after
           that
           ,
           we
           see
           some
           of
           the
           greatest
           of
           them
           
             make
             Head
          
           against
           their
           King
           ,
           namely
           Anselm
           ,
           Arch-Bishop
           of
           Canterbury
           ,
           and
           his
           party
           ,
           as
           did
           his
           Successor
           Thomas
           of
           Becket
           to
           the
           second
           
             Henry
             .
             Stephen
          
           Usurpt
           the
           Crown
           when
           there
           was
           a
           
             Church
             Vnion
          
           :
           And
           King
           John
           lived
           miserable
           for
           all
           that
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           dyed
           
             by
             one
             of
             his
             own
             Religion
             too
             .
          
           The
           Dissentions
           that
           agitated
           the
           Reign
           of
           his
           Son
           Henry
           the
           third
           ,
           and
           the
           Barrons
           War
           ,
           with
           
             Bishop
             Grosteeds
          
           
           Blessing
           to
           Mumford
           their
           General
           .
           The
           Deposition
           and
           Murther
           of
           the
           second
           Edward
           ,
           &
           Richard
           ,
           &
           sixth
           Henry
           ,
           and
           his
           Son
           the
           Prince
           .
           The
           Vsurpation
           of
           Richard
           the
           third
           ,
           and
           the
           Murther
           of
           the
           Sons
           of
           Edward
           the
           fourth
           ,
           in
           the
           Tower
           of
           London
           .
           The
           
             civil
             War
          
           that
           followed
           between
           him
           and
           the
           
             Earl
             of
             Richmond
          
           ,
           afterwards
           our
           
             wise
             Henry
          
           the
           seventh
           were
           all
           perpetrated
           in
           a
           Country
           of
           
             one
             Religion
          
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Hands
           of
           Conformists
           .
           In
           short
           ,
           if
           we
           will
           but
           look
           upon
           the
           civil
           War
           ,
           that
           so
           long
           raged
           in
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           between
           the
           Houses
           of
           York
           and
           Laneaster
           ,
           and
           consider
           that
           they
           professed
           but
           one
           and
           the
           same
           Religion
           ,
           and
           both
           back't
           with
           numbers
           of
           Church-men
           too
           (
           to
           say
           nothing
           of
           the
           Miserable
           end
           of
           many
           of
           our
           Kings
           princely
           Ancestors
           in
           Scotland
           ,
           especially
           the
           first
           and
           third
           James
           )
           will
           find
           cause
           to
           say
           ,
           
             That
             Church-Vniformity
             is
             not
             a
             Security
             for
             Princes
             to
             depend
             upon
             .
          
        
         
           If
           we
           will
           look
           next
           into
           Countries
           where
           Dissenters
           from
           the
           National
           Church
           are
           tolerated
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           the
           Conformist
           not
           less
           Culpable
           than
           the
           Dissenter
           .
        
         
           The
           Disorders
           among
           the
           Iews
           ,
           after
           they
           were
           settled
           in
           the
           Land
           that
           God
           had
           given
           them
           ,
           came
           not
           from
           those
           they
           tolerated
           ,
           but
           themselves
           .
           They
           
             cast
             off
             Samuel
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           Judges
           .
           'T
           was
           the
           Children
           of
           the
           National
           Church
           ,
           that
           fell
           in
           with
           the
           Ambition
           of
           Absolom
           ,
           and
           animated
           the
           Rebellion
           against
           his
           Father
           David
           .
           They
           were
           the
           same
           that
           revolted
           from
           
           Solomon's
           Son
           ,
           and
           cryed
           in
           behalf
           of
           
             Jeroboam
             ,
             To
             your
             Tents
             ,
             O
             Israel
             !
          
        
         
           Not
           two
           Ages
           ago
           ,
           the
           Church
           of
           France
           ,
           too
           generally
           fell
           in
           with
           the
           Family
           of
           Guise
           ,
           against
           their
           lawful
           Soveraign
           ,
           Henry
           the
           fourth
           :
           Nor
           were
           they
           without
           Countenance
           of
           the
           greatest
           of
           their
           Belief
           ,
           who
           stiled
           it
           an
           
             holy
             War
          
           ;
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           fearing
           (
           not
           without
           cause
           )
           the
           Defection
           of
           that
           Kingdom
           from
           the
           Roman
           See.
           In
           this
           conjuncture
           ,
           
           the
           Dissenters
           made
           up
           the
           best
           part
           of
           that
           King's
           Armies
           ,
           and
           by
           their
           Loyalty
           and
           Blood
           ,
           preserved
           the
           
             Blood
             Royal
          
           of
           France
           ,
           and
           set
           the
           Crown
           on
           the
           Head
           of
           that
           Prince
           .
           That
           King
           was
           twice
           assinated
           ,
           and
           the
           last
           time
           murdered
           ,
           as
           was
           Henry
           the
           third
           ,
           his
           Predecessor
           ;
           but
           they
           fell
           ,
           one
           by
           the
           hand
           of
           a
           Church-man
           ,
           the
           other
           ,
           at
           least
           by
           a
           Conformist
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           that
           the
           next
           
             civil
             War
          
           was
           between
           the
           Catholicks
           and
           the
           Hugenots
           ,
           under
           the
           conduct
           of
           
             Cardinal
             Richlien
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Duke
             of
             Roan
          
           .
           But
           as
           I
           will
           not
           justifie
           the
           Action
           ▪
           so
           their
           Liberties
           and
           Cautions
           so
           solemnly
           settled
           by
           Henry
           the
           fourth
           ,
           as
           the
           reward
           of
           their
           singular
           Merit
           ,
           being
           by
           the
           Ministry
           of
           that
           Cardinal
           invaded
           ,
           they
           say
           ,
           they
           did
           but
           defend
           their
           own
           ,
           and
           that
           rather
           against
           the
           Cardinal
           ,
           than
           the
           King
           ,
           whose
           softness
           suffered
           him
           to
           become
           a
           property
           to
           the
           great
           Wit
           and
           Ambition
           of
           that
           Person
           :
           And
           there
           is
           this
           Reason
           to
           believe
           them
           ,
           that
           if
           it
           had
           been
           otherwise
           ,
           we
           are
           sure
           that
           
             King
             Charles
          
           the
           first
           would
           not
           in
           the
           least
           have
           countenanced
           their
           Quarrel
           .
        
         
           However
           ,
           the
           Cardinal
           ,
           like
           himself
           ,
           wisely
           knew
           when
           to
           stop
           :
           For
           though
           he
           thought
           it
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           to
           moderate
           their
           greatness
           ▪
           and
           check
           their
           growth
           ,
           yet
           having
           fresh
           in
           Memory
           the
           Story
           of
           the
           fore-going
           Age
           ,
           he
           saw
           ,
           
             '
             twaswise
             to
             have
             a
             Ballance
          
           upon
           occasion
           .
           But
           this
           was
           more
           then
           recompenc'd
           in
           their
           first
           Adhesion
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           France
           ,
           under
           the
           Ministry
           and
           Direction
           of
           the
           succeeding
           Cardinal
           ,
           when
           their
           Perswasion
           had
           not
           only
           Number
           ,
           and
           many
           good
           Officers
           to
           value
           it self
           upon
           ,
           but
           yielded
           their
           King
           ,
           the
           ablest
           Captain
           of
           the
           Age
           ,
           namely
           ,
           Turene
           :
           It
           was
           an
           Hugenot
           then
           ,
           at
           the
           Head
           of
           almost
           an
           Hugenot
           Army
           ,
           that
           fell
           in
           with
           a
           cardinal
           himself
           ,
           (
           see
           the
           Union
           ,
           Interest
           makes
           )
           to
           maintain
           the
           Imperial
           Crown
           of
           France
           ,
           and
           that
           
             on
             a
             Roman-Catholicks
             head
          
           :
           And
           
           together
           
             with
             their
             own
             Indulgence
             ,
             that
             Religion
             ,
             as
             National
             too
             ,
          
           against
           the
           pretences
           of
           a
           Roman-Catholick
           Army
           ,
           headed
           by
           a
           Prince
           ,
           brave
           and
           learned
           of
           the
           same
           Religion
           .
        
         
           I
           mention
           not
           this
           ,
           to
           prefer
           one
           party
           to
           another
           ;
           for
           contrary
           Instances
           may
           be
           given
           elsewhere
           ,
           as
           Interests
           have
           varied
           .
           In
           Sweedland
           a
           Prince
           was
           rejected
           by
           Protestants
           ;
           and
           in
           England
           and
           Holland
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           the
           Principalities
           of
           
             Germany
             ,
             Roman-Catholicks
          
           have
           approv'd
           themselves
           Loyal
           to
           their
           
             Kings
             ,
             Princes
          
           and
           States
           :
           But
           this
           suffices
           to
           us
           ,
           that
           we
           gain
           the
           Point
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           evident
           in
           Countries
           where
           Dissenters
           are
           tolerated
           ,
           the
           Insecurity
           of
           the
           Prince
           and
           Government
           ,
           
             may
             as
             well
             come
             from
             the
             Conforming
             ,
             as
             Dissenting
             Party
             ,
          
           and
           that
           it
           comes
           not
           from
           Dissenters
           ,
           
             because
             such
          
           .
        
         
           But
           how
           happy
           and
           admirable
           was
           this
           civil
           Union
           between
           the
           Cardinal
           and
           Turene
           ?
           two
           most
           opposite
           ,
           Religions
           ,
           both
           followed
           by
           People
           of
           their
           own
           Perswasion
           :
           One
           says
           his
           Mass
           ,
           'tother
           his
           Directory
           ,
           both
           invoke
           one
           Deity
           ,
           by
           several
           wayes
           ,
           for
           
             one
             success
          
           ,
           and
           it
           followed
           with
           Glory
           ,
           and
           a
           Peace
           to
           this
           Day
           .
           O
           why
           should
           it
           be
           otherwise
           now
           !
           what
           has
           been
           ,
           may
           be
           :
           Methinks
           Wisdom
           and
           Charity
           are
           on
           that
           side
           still
           .
        
         
           It
           will
           doubtless
           be
           objected
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Dissenting
             Party
             of
             England
          
           ,
           fell
           in
           with
           the
           
             State
             Dissenter
          
           in
           our
           late
           
             Civil
             ,
             but
             Vnnatural
             War
          
           :
           And
           this
           seems
           to
           be
           against
           us
           ,
           yet
           three
           things
           must
           be
           confessed
           ;
           First
           ,
           That
           the
           War
           rather
           
             made
             the
             Dissenters
          
           ,
           than
           the
           Dissenters
           made
           the
           War
           :
           Secondly
           ,
           that
           those
           that
           were
           then
           in
           being
           ,
           were
           not
           tolerated
           as
           in
           France
           ,
           but
           prosecuted
           :
           And
           lastly
           ,
           that
           they
           did
           not
           lead
           ,
           but
           follow
           great
           Numbers
           of
           Church-goers
           ,
           of
           all
           Qualities
           in
           that
           unhappy
           Controversie
           ,
           which
           began
           upon
           other
           Topicks
           than
           Liberty
           for
           Church-Dissenters
           .
           And
           though
           they
           were
           herein
           blameable
           ,
           Reason
           is
           Reason
           ,
           in
           
           all
           Climates
           and
           Latitudes
           .
           This
           does
           not
           affect
           the
           Question
           :
           Such
           Calamities
           are
           no
           
             necessary
             Consequences
          
           of
           Church-dissent
           ;
           because
           they
           would
           then
           follow
           in
           all
           places
           where
           Dissenters
           are
           tolerated
           ,
           which
           we
           see
           they
           do
           not
           :
           but
           these
           may
           sometimes
           indeed
           be
           the
           effects
           of
           a
           
             violent
             endeavour
          
           of
           Vniformity
           ;
           and
           that
           
             under
             all
             Forms
             of
             Goverment
          
           ,
           as
           I
           fear
           they
           were
           partly
           here
           under
           our
           Monarchy
           .
           But
           then
           this
           teaches
           us
           to
           conclude
           ,
           that
           a
           Toleration
           of
           those
           ,
           that
           a
           contrary
           course
           makes
           uneasie
           and
           desperate
           ,
           may
           prevent
           or
           Cure
           
             Intestine
             Troubles
          
           ;
           as
           Anno
           forty
           eight
           ,
           it
           ended
           the
           Strife
           ,
           and
           settled
           the
           Peace
           of
           Germany
           .
           For
           't
           is
           not
           now
           the
           question
           ,
           how
           far
           men
           may
           be
           provok'd
           ,
           or
           ought
           to
           resent
           it
           ;
           but
           
             whether
             Government
             is
             safe
             in
             a
             Toleration
             ,
             especially
             Monarchy
             .
          
           And
           to
           this
           Issue
           we
           are
           come
           in
           Reason
           and
           Fact
           ,
           
             That
             't
             is
             safe
          
           ,
           and
           that
           Conformists
           (
           generally
           speaking
           )
           have
           for
           their
           Interests
           ,
           as
           rarely
           known
           their
           Duty
           to
           their
           Prince
           ,
           as
           Dissenters
           for
           their
           Consciences
           .
           So
           that
           the
           danger
           seems
           to
           lie
           on
           the
           side
           of
           
             forcing
             Vniformity
          
           against
           Faith
           ,
           upon
           severe
           Penalties
           ,
           rather
           than
           of
           a
           discreet
           Toleration
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           next
           place
           ,
           I
           shall
           endeavour
           to
           shew
           the
           Prudence
           and
           Reasonableness
           of
           a
           Toleration
           by
           the
           great
           Benefits
           that
           follow
           it
           .
        
         
           Toleration
           ,
           which
           is
           an
           Admission
           of
           dissenting
           Worships
           ,
           with
           Impunity
           to
           the
           Dissenters
           ,
           secures
           Property
           ,
           which
           is
           
             Civil
             Right
          
           ,
           and
           That
           
             eminently
             the
             Line
             and
             Power
             of
             the
             Monarchy
             :
          
           For
           if
           no
           man
           suffer
           in
           his
           
             Civil
             Right
          
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           such
           Dissent
           ,
           the
           point
           of
           Succession
           is
           settled
           without
           a
           
             Civil
             War
          
           ,
           or
           a
           Recantation
           ;
           Since
           it
           were
           an
           absurd
           thing
           to
           imagin
           ,
           that
           a
           man
           born
           to
           
             five
             Pounds
          
           a
           Year
           ,
           should
           not
           be
           liable
           to
           forfeit
           his
           Inheritance
           for
           Non-conformity
           ,
           and
           yet
           a
           
             Prince
             of
             the
             Blood
             ,
             and
             an
             Heir
             to
             the
             Imperial
             Crown
             ,
             should
             be
             made
             incapable
             of
             his
             Inheritance
             for
             Church-dissent
             .
          
        
         
         
           The
           Security
           then
           of
           Property
           ,
           or
           
             Civil
             Right
          
           ,
           from
           being
           forfeitable
           for
           Religious
           dissent
           ,
           becomes
           a
           security
           to
           the
           
             Royal
             Family
          
           ,
           against
           the
           Difficulties
           lately
           labour'd
           under
           in
           the
           business
           of
           the
           Succession
           .
           And
           though
           I
           have
           no
           Commission
           for
           it
           ,
           besides
           the
           great
           Reason
           and
           Equity
           of
           the
           thing
           it self
           ,
           I
           dare
           say
           ,
           there
           can
           hardly
           be
           a
           Dissenter
           at
           this
           time
           of
           day
           so
           void
           of
           Sense
           and
           Justice
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Duty
           and
           Loyalty
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           be
           of
           the
           same
           mind
           .
           Else
           it
           were
           to
           deny
           that
           to
           the
           Prince
           ,
           which
           he
           needs
           ,
           and
           prays
           from
           him
           .
           Let
           us
           not
           forget
           the
           Story
           of
           Sigismund
           of
           Sweedland
           ,
           of
           Henry
           the
           fourth
           of
           France
           ,
           and
           especially
           of
           our
           own
           
             Queen
             Mary
          
           .
           Had
           Property
           been
           fix't
           ,
           the
           Line
           of
           those
           Royal
           Families
           could
           not
           have
           met
           with
           any
           let
           or
           Interruption
           .
           'T
           was
           this
           Consideration
           that
           prevail'd
           with
           Judge
           Hales
           ,
           though
           a
           strong
           Protestant
           after
           King
           Edward's
           Death
           ,
           to
           give
           his
           Opinion
           for
           Queen
           Mary's
           succession
           ,
           against
           that
           of
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Judges
           to
           the
           contrary
           :
           which
           noble
           President
           ,
           was
           recompenc'd
           in
           the
           Loyalty
           of
           
             Arch-Bishop
             Heath
             ,
          
           a
           Roman-Catholick
           ,
           in
           favour
           of
           the
           Succession
           of
           
             Queen
             Elizabeth
          
           ;
           and
           the
           same
           thing
           would
           be
           done
           again
           ,
           in
           the
           like
           case
           ,
           by
           men
           of
           the
           same
           Integrity
           .
        
         
           I
           know
           it
           may
           be
           said
           ,
           
             That
             there
             is
             little
             Reason
             now
             for
             the
             Prince
             to
             regard
             this
             Argument
             in
             favour
             of
             Dissenters
             ,
             when
             it
             was
             so
             little
             heeded
             in
             the
             case
             of
             the
             
               Presumtive
               Heir
            
             to
             the
             Crown
             .
          
           But
           as
           this
           was
           the
           Act
           and
           Heat
           of
           Conforming
           men
           within
           Doors
           ,
           so
           if
           it
           were
           in
           Counsel
           or
           Desire
           ,
           the
           Folly
           and
           Injustice
           of
           any
           Dissenters
           without
           Doors
           ,
           shall
           many
           entire
           Parties
           pay
           the
           Reckoning
           of
           the
           few
           busie
           Offendors
           ?
           They
           would
           humbly
           hope
           ,
           that
           the
           singular
           Mildness
           and
           Clemency
           ,
           which
           make
           up
           so
           great
           a
           part
           of
           his
           Majesties
           publick
           Assurances
           ,
           will
           not
           leave
           him
           in
           his
           Reflection
           here
           .
        
         
         
           'T
           is
           the
           Mercies
           of
           Princes
           ,
           that
           above
           all
           their
           Works
           ,
           give
           them
           the
           nearest
           Resemblance
           to
           Divinity
           in
           their
           Administration
           .
           Besides
           ,
           it
           is
           their
           Glory
           to
           measure
           their
           Actions
           by
           the
           Reason
           and
           Consequence
           of
           things
           ,
           and
           not
           by
           the
           Passions
           that
           possess
           and
           annimate
           private
           Breasts
           :
           For
           it
           were
           fatal
           to
           the
           Interest
           of
           a
           Prince
           ,
           that
           the
           Folly
           or
           Vndutifulness
           of
           any
           of
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           should
           put
           him
           out
           of
           the
           way
           ,
           or
           tempt
           him
           to
           be
           unsteady
           to
           his
           Principle
           and
           Interest
           :
           And
           yet
           ,
           with
           submission
           ,
           I
           must
           say
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           the
           Consequence
           of
           Coertion
           :
           For
           by
           expossing
           Property
           for
           Opinion
           ,
           the
           Prince
           exposes
           the
           Consciences
           and
           Property
           of
           his
           own
           Family
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           disarms
           them
           of
           all
           Defence
           ,
           upon
           any
           alteration
           of
           Judgment
           .
           Let
           us
           remember
           that
           several
           of
           the
           same
           Parliament-men
           ,
           who
           at
           first
           sacrificed
           civil
           Rights
           for
           Non-conformity
           in
           
             common
             Dissenters
          
           ,
           fell
           at
           last
           to
           make
           the
           Succession
           of
           the
           Crown
           the
           
             Price
             of
             Dissent
             in
             the
             next
             Heir
             of
             the
             Royal
             Blood.
          
           So
           dangerous
           a
           thing
           it
           is
           to
           hazard
           Property
           to
           serve
           a
           turn
           for
           any
           Party
           ,
           or
           suffer
           such
           Examples
           in
           the
           case
           of
           the
           meanest
           Person
           in
           a
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           Nor
           is
           this
           all
           the
           benefit
           that
           attends
           the
           Crown
           ,
           by
           the
           preservation
           of
           Civil
           Rights
           ;
           for
           the
           
             Power
             of
             the
             Monarchy
          
           is
           kept
           more
           entire
           by
           it
           .
           The
           King
           has
           the
           benefit
           of
           his
           Whole
           People
           ,
           and
           the
           Reason
           of
           their
           Safety
           is
           owing
           to
           their
           Civil
           ,
           and
           not
           Ecclesiastical
           Obedience
           :
           Their
           
             Loyalty
             to
             Caesar
          
           ,
           and
           not
           Conformity
           to
           the
           Church
           :
           Whereas
           the
           other
           Opinion
           would
           have
           it
           ,
           that
           no
           Conformity
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           
             no
             Property
          
           in
           the
           State
           :
           Which
           is
           to
           clog
           and
           narrow
           the
           civil
           Power
           ;
           for
           at
           this
           rate
           ,
           
             No
             Church-Man
             ,
             
               No
               English-man
            
          
           ,
           and
           
             no
             Conformist
             ,
             
               no
               Subject
            
          
           .
           A
           way
           to
           Alien
           the
           King's
           People
           ,
           and
           practise
           an
           Ecclusion
           upon
           him
           ,
           from
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           a
           fourth
           part
           of
           his
           Dominions
           .
           Thus
           it
           may
           happen
           that
           the
           ablest
           State-man
           ,
           the
           bravest
           
           Captain
           ,
           and
           the
           best
           Citizen
           may
           be
           disabled
           ,
           and
           the
           Prince
           forbid
           their
           Imployment
           to
           his
           Service
           .
        
         
           Some
           Instances
           of
           this
           we
           have
           had
           since
           his
           late
           Majesties
           Restoration
           :
           For
           upon
           the
           first
           Dutch-War
           ,
           Sir
           
             William
             Penn
          
           being
           commanded
           to
           give
           in
           a
           List
           of
           the
           ablest
           Sea-Officers
           in
           the
           Kindom
           ,
           to
           serve
           in
           that
           Expedition
           .
           I
           do
           very
           well
           remember
           he
           presented
           our
           present
           King
           with
           a
           Catalogue
           of
           the
           knowingest
           and
           bravest
           Officers
           the
           Age
           had
           bred
           ,
           with
           this
           subscrib'd
           ,
           
             These
             men
             ,
             if
             his
             Majesty
             will
             please
             to
             admit
             of
             their
             Perswasions
             ,
             I
             will
             answer
             for
             their
             Skill
             ,
             Courage
             and
             Integrity
             .
          
           He
           pickt
           them
           by
           their
           Ability
           ,
           not
           their
           Opinions
           ;
           and
           he
           was
           in
           the
           right
           ;
           for
           that
           was
           the
           best
           way
           of
           doing
           the
           King's
           business
           .
           And
           of
           my
           own
           knowledge
           ,
           Conformity
           robb'd
           the
           King
           at
           that
           time
           of
           Ten
           men
           ,
           whose
           greater
           Knowledge
           and
           Valour
           ,
           than
           some
           one
           ten
           of
           that
           Fleet
           ,
           had
           in
           their
           room
           ,
           been
           able
           to
           have
           saved
           a
           Battel
           ,
           or
           perfected
           a
           Victory
           .
           I
           will
           name
           three
           of
           them
           .
           The
           first
           was
           Old
           Vice-Admiral
           Goodson
           ;
           than
           whom
           ,
           no
           body
           was
           more
           Stout
           ,
           or
           a
           Sea-man
           .
           The
           second
           ,
           Captain
           Hill
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           Saphire
           beat
           
             Admiral
             Everson
             ,
          
           hand
           to
           hand
           ,
           that
           came
           to
           the
           Relief
           of
           old
           Trump
           .
           The
           third
           was
           Captain
           Potter
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           constant
           Warwick
           ,
           took
           Captain
           Beach
           ,
           after
           eight
           hours
           smart
           Dispute
           .
           And
           as
           evident
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           if
           a
           War
           had
           proceeded
           between
           this
           Kingom
           and
           France
           ,
           seven
           years
           ago
           ,
           the
           business
           of
           Conformity
           had
           deprived
           the
           King
           of
           many
           Land-Officers
           ,
           whose
           share
           in
           the
           late
           Wars
           of
           Europe
           ,
           had
           made
           knowing
           and
           able
           .
        
         
           But
           which
           is
           worst
           of
           all
           ,
           such
           are
           not
           safe
           ,
           with
           their
           dissent
           ,
           under
           their
           own
           extraordinary
           Prince
           .
           For
           though
           a
           man
           were
           a
           great
           Honourer
           of
           his
           Prince
           ,
           a
           Lover
           of
           his
           Country
           ,
           an
           Admirer
           of
           the
           Government
           :
           In
           the
           course
           of
           his
           Life
           ,
           sober
           ,
           wise
           ,
           industrous
           and
           useful
           ;
           if
           a
           Dissenter
           
           from
           the
           establish't
           Form
           of
           Worship
           ,
           in
           that
           condition
           there
           is
           no
           Liberty
           for
           his
           Person
           ,
           nor
           Security
           to
           his
           Estate
           ;
           As
           Vseless
           to
           the
           Publick
           ,
           so
           Ruin'd
           in
           himself
           .
           For
           this
           Net
           catches
           the
           best
           :
           Men
           true
           to
           their
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           who
           indulged
           ,
           are
           most
           like
           to
           be
           so
           to
           their
           Prince
           :
           whilst
           the
           rest
           are
           left
           to
           Cousen
           him
           by
           their
           change
           ;
           for
           that
           is
           the
           unhappy
           end
           of
           forced
           Conformity
           in
           the
           poor
           spirited
           Compliers
           .
           And
           this
           must
           always
           be
           the
           consequence
           of
           necessitating
           the
           Prince
           to
           put
           
             more
             and
             other
             Tests
          
           upon
           his
           People
           ,
           than
           are
           requisit
           to
           secure
           him
           of
           their
           Loyalty
           .
        
         
           And
           when
           we
           shall
           be
           so
           happy
           in
           our
           measures
           as
           to
           consider
           this
           Mischief
           to
           the
           Monarchy
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           be
           hop'd
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           thought
           expedient
           to
           dis-intangle
           Property
           from
           Opinion
           ,
           and
           cut
           the
           untoward
           Knot
           ,
           some
           men
           have
           tyed
           ,
           that
           hath
           so
           long
           hamper'd
           and
           gaul'd
           the
           Prince
           as
           well
           as
           People
           .
           It
           will
           be
           then
           ,
           when
           civil
           Punishments
           shall
           no
           more
           follow
           Church
           faults
           ,
           that
           the
           
             civil
             Tenure
          
           will
           be
           recover'd
           to
           the
           Government
           and
           the
           Natures
           of
           Acts
           ,
           Rewards
           and
           Punishments
           ,
           so
           distinguish't
           ,
           as
           Loyalty
           shall
           be
           the
           safety
           of
           Dissent
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           People
           made
           useful
           to
           the
           Government
           .
        
         
           It
           will
           ,
           perhaps
           ,
           be
           objected
           ,
           
             That
             Dissenters
             can
             hardly
             I
             obliged
             to
             be
             true
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             Crown
             unsafe
             in
             their
             very
             Services
             ;
             for
             they
             may
             easily
             turn
             the
             Power
             given
             them
             to
             serve
             it
             ,
             against
             it
             ,
             to
             greaten
             themselves
             .
          
           I
           am
           willing
           to
           obviate
           every
           thing
           ,
           that
           may
           with
           any
           pretence
           be
           offer'd
           against
           our
           entreated
           Indulgence
           .
           I
           say
           ,
           No
           ,
           and
           appeal
           to
           the
           King
           himself
           ,
           (
           against
           whom
           the
           Prejudices
           of
           our
           late
           Times
           ran
           highest
           ,
           and
           therefore
           has
           most
           reason
           to
           resent
           )
           If
           he
           was
           ever
           better
           lov'd
           or
           serv'd
           ,
           than
           by
           the
           Old
           Roundheaded
           Sea-men
           ,
           the
           Earl
           of
           Sandwich
           ,
           Sir
           
             William
             Penn
          
           ,
           Sir
           
             J.
             Lawson
          
           ,
           Sir
           
             G.
             Ascue
          
           ,
           Sir
           
             R.
             Stainer
          
           ,
           Sir
           
             Jer.
             Smith
          
           ,
           Sir
           
             J.
             Jordan
          
           ,
           Sir
           
             J.
             Harmon
          
           ,
           Sir
           
             Chris.
             Minns
          
           ,
           
           Captain
           
             Sansum
             ,
             Cuttins
             ,
             Clark
             ,
             Robinson
             ,
             Molton
             ,
             Wager
             ,
             Tern
             ,
             Parker
             ,
             Haward
             ,
             Hubbard
             ,
             Fen
             ,
             Langhorn
             ,
             Daws
             ,
             Earl
             ,
             White
          
           ;
           to
           say
           nothing
           of
           many
           yet
           living
           ,
           of
           real
           Merit
           ,
           and
           many
           inferior
           Officers
           ,
           expert
           and
           brave
           And
           to
           do
           our
           Prince
           Justice
           ,
           he
           deserv'd
           it
           from
           them
           ,
           by
           his
           Humility
           ,
           Plainness
           and
           Courage
           ,
           and
           the
           care
           and
           affection
           that
           he
           always
           shew'd
           to
           them
           .
        
         
           If
           any
           say
           ,
           
             That
             most
             of
             these
             men
             were
             Conformists
             :
          
           I
           presume
           to
           tell
           them
           ,
           I
           know
           as
           well
           as
           any
           man
           ,
           they
           serv'd
           the
           King
           never
           the
           better
           for
           that
           ;
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           't
           was
           all
           the
           strife
           that
           some
           of
           them
           had
           in
           themselves
           ,
           in
           the
           doing
           that
           service
           ,
           that
           they
           must
           not
           serve
           him
           without
           it
           ;
           and
           if
           in
           that
           they
           could
           have
           been
           Indulged
           ,
           they
           had
           perform'd
           it
           with
           the
           greatest
           Alacrity
           Interest
           will
           not
           lye
           .
           Where
           People
           find
           their
           Reckoning
           ,
           they
           are
           sure
           to
           be
           True.
           For
           't
           is
           want
           of
           Wit
           that
           makes
           any
           man
           false
           to
           himself
           .
           'T
           was
           he
           that
           knew
           all
           mens
           Hearts
           ,
           that
           said
           ,
           
             Where
             the
             Treasure
             is
             ,
             there
             the
             Heart
             will
             be
             also
             .
          
           Let
           men
           be
           easie
           ,
           safe
           ,
           and
           upon
           their
           preferment
           with
           the
           prince
           ,
           and
           they
           will
           be
           Dutiful
           ,
           Loyal
           ,
           and
           most
           Affectionate
           .
        
         
           Mankind
           by
           nature
           fears
           Power
           ,
           and
           melts
           at
           Goodness
           .
           Pardon
           my
           Zeal
           ,
           I
           would
           not
           be
           thought
           to
           plead
           for
           Dissenters
           Preferment
           ;
           't
           is
           enough
           they
           keep
           what
           they
           have
           ,
           and
           may
           live
           at
           their
           own
           Charges
           .
           Only
           I
           am
           for
           having
           the
           Prince
           have
           Room
           for
           his
           choice
           ,
           and
           not
           be
           crampe
           and
           stinted
           by
           Opinion
           ;
           but
           imploy
           those
           who
           are
           best
           able
           to
           serve
           him
           :
           And
           I
           think
           out
           of
           six
           Parties
           't
           is
           better
           picking
           ,
           than
           out
           of
           one
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           therefore
           the
           Prince's
           interest
           is
           to
           be
           head
           of
           all
           of
           them
           ;
           which
           a
           Toleration
           effects
           in
           a
           moment
           ;
           since
           those
           six
           (
           divided
           Interests
           ,
           within
           themselves
           )
           having
           but
           〈◊〉
           
             civil
             Head
          
           ,
           become
           one
           intire
           
             civil
             Body
          
           to
           the
           Prince
           :
           And
           
           I
           am
           sure
           ,
           I
           have
           Monarchy
           on
           my
           side
           ,
           if
           Solomon
           and
           his
           Wisdom
           may
           stand
           for
           it
           ,
           who
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Glory
             of
             a
             King
             is
             in
             the
             Multitude
             of
             his
             People
             .
          
        
         
           Nor
           is
           this
           all
           ,
           for
           the
           Consequences
           of
           such
           an
           Universal
           Content
           would
           be
           of
           infinite
           moment
           to
           the
           security
           of
           the
           Monarchy
           ,
           both
           
             at
             Home
          
           and
           
             Abroad
             .
             At
             Home
          
           ,
           for
           it
           would
           
             behead
             the
             factions
             without
             Blood
          
           ,
           and
           Banish
           the
           
             Ring-leaders
             without
             going
             abroad
          
           .
           When
           the
           great
           bodies
           of
           Dissenters
           see
           the
           care
           of
           the
           Government
           for
           their
           safety
           ,
           they
           have
           no
           need
           of
           their
           Captains
           ,
           nor
           These
           any
           ground
           for
           their
           Pretences
           :
           For
           as
           They
           us'd
           the
           People
           to
           value
           themselves
           ,
           and
           raise
           their
           Fortunes
           with
           the
           Prince
           ,
           so
           the
           People
           followed
           their
           Leaders
           to
           get
           that
           ease
           ,
           they
           see
           their
           Heads
           promis'd
           ,
           but
           could
           not
           ,
           and
           the
           Government
           can
           ,
           and
           does
           give
           them
           .
        
         
           Multitudes
           cannot
           Plot
           ,
           they
           are
           too
           many
           ,
           and
           have
           not
           Conduct
           for
           it
           ,
           they
           move
           by
           another
           Spring
           .
           Safety
           is
           the
           pretence
           of
           their
           Leaders
           :
           If
           once
           they
           see
           they
           enjoy
           it
           ,
           they
           have
           yet
           Wit
           enough
           not
           to
           hazard
           it
           for
           any
           Body
           :
           For
           the
           endeavours
           of
           busie
           men
           are
           then
           discernable
           ;
           but
           a
           state
           of
           Severity
           gives
           them
           a
           pretence
           ,
           by
           which
           the
           Multitude
           is
           easily
           taken
           .
        
         
           This
           I
           say
           ,
           upon
           a
           Supposition
           ,
           that
           the
           Dissenters
           could
           agree
           against
           the
           Government
           ;
           which
           is
           a
           begging
           of
           the
           Question
           :
           For
           it
           is
           improbable
           (
           if
           not
           impossible
           without
           Conformists
           )
           since
           besides
           the
           Distance
           they
           are
           at
           in
           their
           Perswasions
           and
           Affections
           ,
           they
           dare
           not
           hope
           for
           so
           good
           terms
           from
           one
           another
           ,
           as
           the
           Government
           gives
           :
           And
           that
           Fear
           ,
           with
           their
           Emulation
           ,
           would
           draw
           them
           into
           that
           Duty
           ,
           that
           they
           must
           all
           fall
           into
           a
           Natural
           dependance
           ,
           which
           I
           call
           holding
           of
           the
           Prince
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Great
             Head
             of
             the
             State.
          
           
        
         
           
             From
             abroad
          
           ,
           we
           are
           as
           safe
           as
           from
           within
           our selves
           :
           For
           
           if
           leading
           Men
           at
           home
           are
           thus
           disappointed
           of
           their
           Interest
           in
           the
           People
           ,
           Forreigners
           will
           find
           here
           no
           Interpreters
           of
           their
           
             dividing
             Language
          
           ,
           nor
           matter
           (
           if
           they
           could
           )
           to
           work
           upon
           ;
           for
           the
           Point
           is
           gain'd
           ,
           the
           People
           they
           would
           deal
           in
           ,
           are
           at
           their
           ease
           ,
           and
           cannot
           be
           bribed
           ;
           and
           those
           that
           would
           ,
           can't
           deserve
           it
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           this
           that
           makes
           Princes
           live
           Independent
           of
           their
           Neighbours
           ;
           and
           
             to
             be
             lov'd
             at
             home
             ,
             is
             to
             be
             fear'd
             abroad
             :
          
           One
           follows
           necessarily
           the
           other
           .
           Where
           Princes
           are
           driven
           to
           seek
           a
           forreign
           Assistance
           ,
           the
           issue
           must
           either
           be
           the
           Ruin
           of
           the
           Prince
           ,
           or
           the
           
             absolute
             subjection
          
           of
           the
           People
           ;
           not
           without
           the
           hazard
           of
           becoming
           a
           Province
           to
           the
           power
           of
           that
           Neighbour
           that
           turns
           the
           Scale
           .
           These
           consequences
           have
           on
           either
           hand
           an
           
             ill
             look
          
           ,
           and
           should
           rebate
           Extreams
           .
        
         
           The
           Greatness
           of
           France
           carries
           those
           Threats
           to
           all
           her
           Neighbours
           ,
           that
           ,
           politically
           speaking
           ,
           't
           is
           the
           Melanchollist
           prospect
           England
           has
           had
           to
           make
           since
           
             Eighty
             Eight
          
           :
           The
           Spaniard
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           being
           shorter
           in
           all
           things
           but
           his
           Pride
           and
           Hope
           ,
           than
           the
           
             French
             King
          
           is
           now
           of
           the
           same
           
             universal
             Monarchy
          
           .
           This
           greatness
           begun
           by
           the
           
             eleaventh
             Lewis
             ,
          
           some
           will
           have
           it
           ,
           has
           not
           been
           so
           much
           advanced
           by
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           Richlieu
           ,
           and
           Craft
           of
           Mazarene
           ,
           no
           ,
           not
           the
           Arms
           of
           the
           present
           Monarch
           ,
           as
           by
           the
           
             assistance
             or
             connivance
             of
             England
          
           ,
           that
           has
           most
           to
           lose
           by
           him
           .
        
         
           Cromwell
           begun
           ,
           and
           gave
           him
           the
           Scale
           against
           the
           Spaniard
           .
           The
           Reason
           of
           State
           he
           went
           upon
           ,
           was
           the
           support
           of
           his
           usurp'd
           Dominion
           :
           And
           he
           was
           not
           out
           in
           it
           ;
           for
           the
           Exile
           of
           the
           
             Royal
             Family
          
           was
           a
           great
           part
           of
           the
           price
           of
           that
           Aid
           :
           In
           which
           we
           see
           ,
           how
           much
           Interest
           prevails
           above
           Nature
           .
           It
           was
           not
           
             Royal
             Kindred
          
           could
           shelte
           a
           King
           against
           the
           Solicitations
           of
           an
           Vsurper
           with
           the
           Son
           his
           
             Mother's
             Brother
          
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           will
           be
           told
           us
           by
           some
           People
           ,
           
             We
             have
             n●●
             
             degenerated
          
           ,
           but
           exactly
           follow'd
           the
           same
           Steps
           ever
           since
           ,
           which
           has
           given
           such
           an
           Increase
           to
           those
           Beginnings
           ,
           that
           the
           
             French
             Monarchy
          
           is
           almost
           above
           our
           reach
           .
           But
           suppose
           it
           were
           true
           ,
           what
           's
           the
           cause
           of
           it
           ?
           It
           has
           not
           been
           old
           Friendship
           ,
           or
           nearness
           of
           Blood
           ,
           or
           Neighbourhood
           ;
           Nor
           could
           it
           be
           from
           an
           Inclination
           in
           our
           Ministers
           ,
           to
           bring
           things
           here
           to
           a
           like
           issue
           ,
           as
           some
           have
           suggested
           ;
           for
           then
           we
           should
           have
           clogg'd
           his
           Successes
           ,
           instead
           of
           helping
           them
           in
           any
           kind
           ,
           lest
           in
           doing
           so
           ,
           we
           should
           have
           put
           it
           into
           his
           power
           to
           hinder
           our
           own
           .
        
         
           But
           perhaps
           our
           cross
           Accidents
           of
           State
           may
           sometimes
           have
           compell'd
           us
           into
           his
           Friendship
           ,
           and
           his
           Councils
           have
           carefully
           improv'd
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           husbanded
           the
           other
           ,
           to
           great
           Advantages
           ;
           and
           that
           this
           was
           more
           then
           made
           for
           our
           English
           Interest
           ;
           and
           yet
           't
           is
           but
           too
           true
           ,
           that
           the
           
             extreams
             Heats
          
           of
           some
           men
           ,
           that
           most
           inveighed
           against
           it
           ,
           went
           too
           far
           to
           strengthen
           that
           understanding
           ,
           by
           not
           taking
           what
           would
           have
           been
           granted
           ,
           and
           creating
           an
           Interest
           at
           home
           ,
           that
           might
           naturally
           have
           dissolved
           that
           Correspondence
           abroad
           .
        
         
           I
           love
           not
           to
           revive
           things
           that
           are
           uneasily
           remembred
           ,
           but
           in
           Points
           most
           tender
           to
           the
           late
           King
           ,
           he
           thought
           himself
           sometimes
           too
           closely
           prest
           ,
           and
           hardly
           held
           ;
           and
           we
           are
           all
           wise
           enough
           now
           to
           say
           ,
           a
           milder
           Conduct
           had
           succeeded
           better
           :
           For
           if
           reasonable
           things
           may
           be
           unreasonably
           prest
           ,
           and
           with
           such
           private
           Intentions
           as
           induced
           a
           denial
           ,
           Heats
           about
           things
           doubtful
           ,
           unwise
           or
           unjust
           ,
           must
           needs
           harden
           and
           prejudice
           .
        
         
           Let
           us
           then
           create
           an
           Interest
           for
           the
           Prince
           
             at
             Home
          
           ,
           and
           Forreign
           Friendships
           (
           at
           best
           ,
           uncertain
           and
           dangerous
           )
           will
           fall
           of
           course
           ;
           for
           if
           it
           be
           allow'd
           to
           
             private
             men
          
           ,
           shall
           it
           be
           forbid
           ,
           to
           Princes
           only
           ,
           to
           know
           and
           be
           true
           to
           their
           own
           Support
           ?
        
         
         
           It
           is
           no
           more
           than
           what
           every
           Age
           makes
           us
           to
           see
           in
           all
           Parties
           of
           men
           .
           The
           Parliaments
           of
           England
           since
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           
             giving
             no
             quarter
             to
             
               Roman
               Catholicks
            
          
           ,
           have
           forced
           them
           to
           the
           Crown
           for
           shelter
           :
           And
           to
           induce
           the
           Monarchy
           to
           yield
           them
           the
           Protection
           they
           have
           needed
           ,
           have
           with
           mighty
           Address
           and
           Skill
           ,
           recommended
           themselves
           as
           the
           great
           Friends
           of
           the
           Prerogative
           ,
           and
           so
           successfully
           too
           ,
           that
           it
           were
           not
           below
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           that
           Constitution
           to
           reflect
           what
           they
           have
           lost
           by
           that
           constiveness
           of
           theirs
           to
           Cath●licks
           .
           On
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           the
           Crown
           having
           treated
           the
           
             Protestant
             Dissenters
          
           ,
           with
           the
           severity
           of
           the
           Laws
           that
           affected
           them
           ,
           suffering
           the
           sharpest
           of
           them
           to
           fall
           upon
           their
           Persons
           and
           Estates
           ,
           they
           have
           been
           driven
           successively
           to
           Parliaments
           for
           Succour
           ,
           whose
           Priviledges
           ,
           with
           equal
           Skill
           and
           Zeal
           ,
           they
           have
           abetted
           :
           And
           our
           late
           unhappy
           Wars
           are
           too
           plain
           a
           proof
           ,
           how
           much
           their
           Accession
           gave
           the
           Scale
           against
           the
           Power
           and
           Courage
           of
           both
           Conformists
           and
           Catholicks
           ,
           that
           adhered
           to
           the
           Crown
           .
        
         
           Nor
           must
           this
           contrary
           Adhesion
           ,
           be
           imputed
           to
           Love
           or
           Hatred
           ,
           but
           
             necessary
             Interest
          
           :
           Refusal
           in
           one
           place
           makes
           way
           for
           Address
           in
           another
           .
           If
           the
           Scene
           be
           changed
           the
           parts
           must
           follow
           ;
           for
           as
           well
           before
           as
           after
           Cromwell's
           Usurpation
           ,
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           did
           not
           only
           promise
           the
           most
           ready
           Obedience
           to
           that
           Government
           in
           his
           Printed
           Apologies
           for
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           :
           But
           actually
           treated
           by
           some
           of
           their
           greatest
           Men
           ,
           with
           the
           Ministers
           of
           those
           Times
           for
           Indulgence
           ,
           upon
           the
           assurances
           they
           offer'd
           to
           give
           of
           their
           
             good
             Behaviour
          
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           as
           then
           establisht
           .
           On
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           we
           see
           the
           Presbyteriens
           ,
           That
           in
           Scotland
           began
           the
           War
           ,
           and
           in
           England
           promoted
           and
           upheld
           it
           to
           
             Forty
             Seven
          
           ,
           when
           ready
           to
           be
           supplanted
           by
           the
           Independants
           ,
           wheel
           to
           the
           
           King.
           In
           Scotland
           they
           Crown
           him
           ,
           &
           come
           into
           England
           ,
           with
           an
           Army
           to
           restore
           him
           ,
           where
           their
           Brethren
           joyn
           them
           ;
           but
           being
           defeated
           ,
           They
           help
           ,
           by
           
             private
             Collections
          
           ,
           to
           support
           him
           abroad
           ,
           and
           after
           the
           Overthrow
           of
           Sir
           G.
           Booth's
           Attempt
           ;
           to
           almost
           a
           Miracle
           ,
           restore
           him
           .
           And
           which
           is
           more
           ,
           a
           great
           part
           of
           that
           Army
           too
           ,
           whose
           Victories
           rise
           from
           the
           Ruin
           of
           the
           Prince
           they
           restored
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           give
           the
           last
           Proofs
           our
           Age
           has
           of
           the
           power
           of
           Interest
           ,
           against
           the
           Notion
           opposed
           by
           this
           Discourse
           .
           First
           ,
           the
           Independants
           themselves
           ,
           held
           the
           greatest
           Republicans
           of
           all
           Parties
           ,
           were
           the
           most
           Lavish
           and
           Superstitous
           Adorers
           of
           Monarchy
           in
           
             Oliver
             Cromwell
          
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           regard
           he
           had
           to
           them
           ;
           allowing
           him
           ,
           and
           his
           Son
           after
           him
           ,
           to
           be
           
             Custos
             Vtriusque
             Tabule
          
           ,
           over
           all
           Causes
           ,
           as
           well
           Ecclesiastical
           as
           Civil
           ,
           
             Supream
             Governour
          
           .
           And
           next
           ,
           the
           Conformists
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           reputed
           the
           most
           Loyal
           and
           
             Monarchical
             men
          
           ,
           did
           more
           than
           any
           body
           question
           and
           oppose
           the
           late
           King's
           
             Declaration
             of
             Indulgence
          
           ;
           even
           They
           themselves
           would
           not
           allow
           so
           much
           Prerogative
           to
           the
           Crown
           .
        
         
           This
           proves
           the
           Power
           of
           Interest
           ,
           and
           that
           all
           Perswasions
           center
           with
           it
           :
           And
           when
           they
           see
           the
           Government
           engaging
           them
           with
           a
           fix't
           
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
          
           ,
           they
           must
           for
           their
           own
           sakes
           seek
           the
           Support
           of
           it
           ,
           by
           which
           it
           is
           maintained
           .
           This
           Vnion
           ,
           directed
           under
           the
           Prince's
           Conduct
           ,
           would
           awe
           the
           greatness
           of
           our
           Neighbours
           ,
           and
           soon
           return
           Europe
           to
           its
           antient
           Ballance
           ,
           and
           that
           into
           his
           hand
           too
           .
           So
           that
           he
           may
           be
           the
           great
           Arbiter
           of
           the
           Christian
           World.
           But
           if
           the
           Policy
           of
           the
           Government
           places
           the
           Security
           of
           its
           Interest
           in
           the
           Distruction
           of
           the
           
             civil
             Interest
          
           of
           the
           Dissenters
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           wondered
           at
           ,
           if
           they
           are
           less
           found
           in
           the
           praises
           of
           its
           Conduct
           ,
           than
           others
           to
           whom
           they
           are
           offered
           up
           a
           Sacrifice
           by
           it
           .
        
         
           I
           know
           it
           will
           be
           insinuated
           ,
           
             That
             there
             is
             danger
             in
             builing
             
             upon
             the
             Vnion
             of
             divers
             Interests
          
           ;
           and
           this
           will
           be
           aggravated
           to
           the
           Prince
           ,
           by
           such
           as
           would
           engross
           his
           Bonny
           and
           intercept
           his
           Grace
           from
           a
           great
           part
           of
           his
           People
           .
           But
           I
           will
           only
           oppose
           to
           that
           meer
           Suggestion
           ,
           three
           Examples
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           with
           this
           Challange
           ,
           That
           if
           after
           rummaging
           the
           Records
           of
           all
           Time
           ,
           they
           find
           one
           Instance
           to
           contradict
           me
           ,
           I
           shall
           submit
           the
           Question
           to
           their
           Authority
           .
        
         
           The
           First
           is
           given
           by
           those
           
             Christian
             Emperors
          
           ,
           who
           admitted
           of
           all
           sorts
           of
           Dissenters
           into
           their
           
             Armies
             ,
             Courts
          
           and
           Senates
           .
           This
           ,
           the
           Ecclesiastical
           Story
           of
           those
           Times
           ,
           assures
           us
           ,
           and
           particularly
           
             Socrates
             ,
             Evagrius
          
           ,
           and
           Onuphrius
           .
        
         
           The
           Next
           Instance
           is
           that
           of
           
             Prince
             William
             of
             Orange
          
           ,
           who
           by
           a
           timely
           Indulgence
           ,
           united
           the
           scattered
           strength
           of
           Holland
           ,
           and
           ,
           all
           animated
           by
           the
           Clemency
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Valour
           of
           their
           Captain
           ,
           crown'd
           his
           Attempts
           with
           an
           extraordinary
           Glory
           ;
           and
           what
           makes
           ,
           continues
           Great
           .
        
         
           The
           last
           is
           given
           us
           by
           Livy
           ,
           in
           his
           account
           of
           
             Hannibals
             Army
          
           ;
           
             That
             they
             consisted
             of
             divers
             
               Nations
               ,
               Languages
               ,
               Customs
            
             &
             Religions
             :
             That
             under
             all
             their
             successes
             of
             War
             and
             Peace
             ,
             for
             
               Thirteen
               Years
               together
            
             ,
             they
             never
             mutinied
             against
             their
             General
             ,
             nor
             fell
             out
             among
             themselves
             .
          
           What
           Livy
           relates
           for
           a
           Wonder
           ,
           the
           Marquess
           
             Virgilio
             Malvetzy
          
           gives
           the
           Reason
           of
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           their
           Variety
           and
           
             Difference
             ,
             
               well
               managed
               by
               their
               General
            
          
           ;
           for
           said
           he
           ,
           
             It
             was
             impossible
             for
             so
             many
             
               Nations
               ,
               Customs
            
             and
             Religions
             to
             combine
             ,
             especially
             when
             the
             General
             's
             equal
             hand
             gave
             him
             more
             Reverence
             with
             them
             ,
             than
             they
             had
             of
             affection
             for
             one
             another
             .
             This
             (
             says
             he
             )
             some
             would
             wholly
             impute
             to
             
               Hannibal
               ▪
            
             but
             however
             great
             he
             was
             ,
             I
             attribute
             it
             to
             the
             variety
             of
             People
             in
             the
             Army
             :
             For
             (
             adds
             he
             )
             Rome's
             Army
             was
             ever
             less
             given
             to
             Mutiny
             ,
             
             when
             ballanced
             with
             Auxiliary
             Legions
             ,
             then
             when
             intirely
             Roman
             .
             Thus
             much
             in
             his
             Discourses
             upon
             
               Cornelius
               Tacitus
            
             .
          
        
         
           And
           they
           are
           neither
           few
           ,
           nor
           of
           the
           weakest
           sort
           of
           men
           ,
           that
           have
           thought
           the
           Concord
           of
           Discords
           the
           firmest
           Basis
           for
           Government
           to
           build
           upon
           .
           The
           business
           is
           to
           Tune
           them
           well
           ,
           and
           that
           must
           be
           by
           the
           skill
           of
           the
           Misitian
           .
        
         
           In
           Nature
           we
           see
           ,
           all
           Heat
           consumes
           ,
           all
           Cold
           kills
           :
           That
           three
           Degrees
           of
           Cold
           to
           two
           of
           Heat
           ,
           allays
           the
           Heat
           ,
           but
           introduces
           the
           contrary
           Quality
           ,
           and
           over-cools
           by
           a
           Degree
           ;
           but
           
             two
             Degrees
          
           of
           Cold
           to
           two
           of
           Heat
           ,
           makes
           a
           Poize
           in
           Elements
           ,
           and
           a
           Ballance
           in
           Nature
           .
           And
           in
           those
           Families
           where
           the
           evenest
           Hand
           is
           carried
           ,
           the
           Work
           is
           best
           done
           ,
           and
           the
           Master
           is
           most
           reverenced
           .
        
         
           This
           brings
           me
           to
           another
           benefit
           ,
           which
           accrues
           to
           the
           Monarchy
           by
           a
           Toleration
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           a
           
             Ballance
             
               at
               home
            
             :
          
           For
           though
           it
           be
           improbable
           ,
           it
           may
           so
           happen
           ,
           that
           either
           the
           conforming
           or
           non-conforming
           Party
           may
           be
           ●●…tiful
           ;
           the
           one
           is
           then
           a
           Ballance
           to
           the
           other
           .
           
             This
             might
             have
             prevented
             much
             Mischief
             to
             our
             second
             and
             third
             Henry
             ,
             King
             John
             ,
             the
             second
             Edward
             and
             Richard
             ,
             and
             unhappy
             Henry
             the
             sixth
             ,
             as
             it
             undeniably
             saved
             the
             
               Royal
               Family
            
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             secured
             Holland
             ,
             and
             kept
             it
             from
             truckling
             under
             the
             Spanish
             Monarchy
             .
          
           While
           all
           hold
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           't
           is
           that
           which
           gives
           the
           Scale
           to
           the
           most
           Datiful
           ;
           but
           still
           ,
           no
           farther
           than
           to
           show
           Its
           Power
           ,
           and
           awe
           the
           disorderly
           into
           Obedience
           ,
           not
           to
           destroy
           the
           Ballance
           ,
           lest
           It
           should
           afterwards
           want
           the
           means
           of
           
             Over-poizing
             Faction
          
           .
        
         
           That
           this
           is
           more
           than
           Fancy
           ;
           plain
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           Dissenter
           must
           firmly
           adhear
           to
           the
           Government
           for
           his
           Being
           ,
           while
           the
           Church-man
           is
           provided
           for
           .
           The
           one
           subsists
           by
           its
           Mercy
           ,
           the
           other
           by
           its
           Bounty
           .
           This
           is
           ty'd
           by
           Plenty
           ,
           but
           that
           by
           Necessity
           ,
           which
           being
           the
           last
           of
           Tyes
           ,
           and
           
           strongest
           of
           Obligations
           ,
           the
           Security
           is
           greatest
           from
           him
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           fancied
           most
           unsafe
           to
           Tolerate
           .
        
         
           But
           besides
           this
           ,
           the
           Tranquility
           which
           it
           gives
           at
           Home
           ,
           will
           both
           oblige
           those
           that
           are
           upon
           the
           Wing
           for
           
             Forreign
             Parts
          
           ,
           to
           
             pitch
             here
             again
          
           ;
           and
           at
           a
           time
           when
           our
           Neighbouring
           Monarch
           is
           wasting
           his
           People
           ,
           excite
           those
           Sufferers
           into
           his
           Majesties
           Kingdoms
           ,
           whose
           Number
           will
           encrease
           that
           of
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           their
           Labour
           and
           Consumption
           ,
           the
           Trade
           and
           Wealth
           of
           his
           Dominions
           .
        
         
           For
           what
           are
           all
           Conquests
           but
           of
           People
           ?
           And
           if
           the
           Government
           may
           by
           Indulgence
           add
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           
             Ten
             Cities
          
           to
           those
           of
           its
           own
           ,
           it
           obtains
           a
           Victory
           without
           charge
           .
           The
           Antient
           
             Persecution
             of
          
           France
           
             and
             the
          
           Low
           Countries
           ,
           has
           furnisht
           us
           with
           an
           invincible
           Instance
           ;
           for
           of
           those
           that
           came
           hither
           on
           that
           account
           ,
           we
           were
           instructed
           in
           most
           useful
           Manufacturies
           ,
           as
           by
           courses
           of
           the
           like
           nature
           ,
           we
           lost
           a
           great
           part
           of
           our
           
             Woollen
             Trade
          
           .
           And
           as
           men
           ,
           in
           times
           of
           danger
           ,
           draw
           in
           their
           Stock
           ,
           and
           either
           transmit
           it
           to
           other
           Banks
           ,
           or
           bury
           their
           Talent
           at
           home
           for
           security
           (
           that
           being
           out
           of
           sight
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           out
           of
           reach
           too
           (
           and
           either
           is
           fatal
           to
           a
           Kingdom
           )
           So
           this
           mildness
           entreated
           ,
           setting
           every
           mans
           Heart
           at
           rest
           ,
           every
           man
           will
           be
           at
           work
           ,
           and
           the
           Stock
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           employed
           ;
           which
           ,
           like
           the
           Blood
           ,
           that
           hath
           its
           due
           passage
           ,
           will
           give
           Life
           and
           Vigour
           to
           every
           Member
           in
           the
           publick
           Body
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           mention
           the
           Experiment
           made
           at
           Home
           by
           his
           late
           Majesty
           ,
           in
           his
           Declaration
           of
           Indulgence
           .
           No
           matter
           how
           well
           or
           ill
           built
           the
           act
           of
           State
           was
           ,
           't
           is
           no
           part
           of
           the
           business
           in
           hand
           ,
           but
           what
           effect
           the
           
             Liberty
             of
             it
          
           had
           upon
           the
           Peace
           and
           Wealth
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           may
           have
           instruction
           in
           it
           to
           our
           present
           Condition
           .
           'T
           was
           evident
           ,
           that
           all
           men
           Laboured
           cheerfully
           ,
           and
           Traded
           boldly
           ,
           when
           they
           had
           the
           
             Royal
             Word
          
           to
           keep
           what
           they
           got
           ,
           and
           
           the
           King
           himself
           became
           the
           
             universal
             Jusurer
          
           of
           Dissenters
           Estates
           .
           White-Hall
           then
           ,
           and
           St.
           James's
           were
           as
           much
           visited
           and
           courted
           by
           their
           respective
           Agents
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           had
           been
           of
           the
           Family
           :
           For
           that
           which
           eclipsed
           the
           
             Royal
             Goodness
          
           ,
           being
           by
           his
           
             own
             Hand
          
           thus
           removed
           ,
           his
           benigne
           Influences
           drew
           the
           returns
           of
           Sweetness
           and
           Duty
           from
           that
           part
           of
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           that
           the
           want
           of
           those
           Influences
           had
           made
           barren
           before
           .
           Then
           it
           was
           that
           we
           look't
           like
           the
           Members
           of
           one
           Family
           ,
           and
           Children
           of
           one
           Parent
           .
           Nor
           did
           we
           envy
           our
           eldest
           Brother
           ,
           Episcopacy
           ,
           his
           Inheritance
           ,
           so
           that
           we
           had
           but
           a
           Child's
           Portion
           :
           For
           not
           only
           
             Discontents
             vanish't
          
           ,
           but
           no
           matter
           was
           left
           for
           ill
           Spirits
           ,
           forreign
           or
           domestick
           ,
           to
           brood
           upon
           ,
           or
           hatch
           to
           Mischief
           .
           Which
           was
           a
           plain
           proof
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           the
           Vnion
           of
           Interests
           ,
           and
           not
           of
           Opinions
           ,
           that
           gives
           Peace
           to
           Kingdoms
           .
        
         
           And
           with
           all
           Deference
           to
           Authority
           ,
           I
           would
           speak
           it
           ,
           the
           Liberty
           of
           the
           Declaration
           ,
           seems
           to
           be
           our
           
             English
             Amomum
          
           at
           least
           ,
           the
           
             Soveraign
             Remedy
          
           to
           our
           English
           Constitution
           .
           And
           to
           say
           true
           ,
           we
           shifted
           Luck
           as
           soon
           as
           we
           had
           lost
           it
           ;
           
             like
             those
             that
             loose
             their
             
               Royal
               Gold
            
             ,
             their
             Evil
             returns
             .
          
           For
           all
           Dissenters
           seem'd
           then
           united
           in
           their
           affection
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           follow'd
           their
           Affairs
           without
           fear
           or
           distraction
           .
           Projects
           then
           ,
           were
           stale
           and
           unmerchantable
           ,
           and
           no
           body
           cared
           for
           them
           ,
           because
           no
           body
           wanted
           them
           :
           That
           gentle
           Opiate
           at
           the
           Prince's
           hand
           ,
           laid
           the
           most
           busie
           and
           Turbulent
           to
           sleep
           :
           But
           when
           the
           loss
           of
           that
           Indulgence
           made
           them
           uncertain
           ,
           and
           that
           uneasie
           ,
           their
           Persons
           and
           Estates
           being
           again
           exposed
           to
           pay
           the
           Reckoning
           of
           their
           Dissent
           ,
           no
           doubt
           ,
           but
           every
           Party
           shifted
           then
           as
           they
           could
           :
           Most
           grew
           selfish
           ,
           at
           least
           ,
           jealous
           ,
           fearing
           one
           should
           make
           Bargains
           apart
           ,
           or
           exclusive
           of
           the
           other
           .
           This
           was
           the
           fatal
           part
           Dissenters
           acted
           to
           their
           common
           Ruin
           :
           And
           I
           take
           this
           Partiality
           to
           have
           had
           too
           great
           a
           share
           in
           our
           
           late
           Animosities
           ;
           which
           ,
           by
           fresh
           Accidents
           falling
           in
           ,
           have
           swell'd
           to
           a
           mighty
           Deluge
           ,
           such
           an
           one
           as
           hath
           overwhelmed
           the
           former
           civil
           Concord
           and
           Serenity
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           And
           pardon
           me
           if
           I
           say
           ,
           I
           cannot
           see
           that
           those
           Waters
           are
           like
           to
           asswage
           ,
           till
           this
           
             Olive
             Branch
          
           of
           Indulgence
           be
           some
           way
           or
           other
           restored
           :
           The
           Waves
           will
           still
           cover
           our
           Earth
           ,
           and
           a
           spot
           of
           Ground
           will
           hardly
           be
           found
           in
           this
           glorious
           Isle
           ,
           for
           a
           great
           Number
           of
           useful
           People
           to
           set
           a
           quiet
           foot
           upon
           .
           And
           to
           persue
           the
           Allegory
           ;
           what
           was
           that
           Ark
           it self
           ,
           
             but
             the
             most
             apt
             and
             lively
             Emblem
             of
             Toleration
             ?
          
           A
           kind
           of
           
             natural
             Temple
          
           of
           Indulgence
           .
           In
           which
           ,
           we
           find
           
             two
             of
             every
          
           living
           Creature
           dwelling
           together
           ,
           of
           both
           Sexes
           too
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           propagate
           ;
           and
           that
           as
           well
           of
           the
           unclean
           as
           clean
           kind
           :
           So
           that
           the
           baser
           and
           less
           useful
           sort
           were
           saved
           .
           Creatures
           never
           like
           to
           change
           their
           Nature
           ,
           and
           so
           far
           from
           being
           whip't
           and
           punish't
           to
           the
           Altar
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           expresly
           forbid
           .
           
             These
             were
             Saved
             ,
             these
             were
             Fed
             and
             Restored
             to
             their
             Antient
             Pastures
             .
          
           Shall
           we
           be
           so
           mannerly
           as
           to
           complement
           the
           Conformists
           with
           the
           stile
           of
           Clean
           ,
           and
           so
           humble
           as
           to
           take
           the
           Vnclean
           kind
           to
           our selves
           ,
           who
           are
           the
           less
           Noble
           ,
           and
           more
           Clownish
           sort
           of
           People
           ?
           I
           think
           verily
           we
           may
           do
           it
           ,
           if
           we
           may
           but
           be
           saved
           too
           by
           the
           Commander
           of
           our
           
             English
             Ark.
          
           And
           this
           the
           Peaceable
           and
           
             Virtuous
             Dissenter
          
           has
           the
           less
           reason
           to
           fear
           ,
           since
           
             Sacred
             Text
          
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             'T
             was
             Vice
          
           ,
           and
           
             not
             Opinion
          
           that
           brought
           the
           Deluge
           upon
           the
           rest
           .
           And
           here
           (
           to
           drop
           our
           Allegory
           )
           I
           must
           take
           leave
           to
           hope
           ,
           that
           thought
           the
           Declaration
           be
           gone
           ,
           if
           the
           reason
           of
           it
           remain
           ,
           I
           mean
           ,
           the
           
             Interest
             of
             the
             Monarchy
          
           ,
           the
           King
           and
           His
           
             Great
             Council
          
           will
           graciously
           please
           to
           think
           a
           Toleration
           ,
           no
           Dangerous
           nor
           Obsolete
           thing
           .
        
         
           But
           as
           Toleration
           has
           many
           Arguments
           for
           it
           ,
           that
           are
           drawn
           from
           the
           Advantages
           that
           have
           &
           would
           come
           to
           the
           Publick
           by
           it
           ,
           so
           there
           are
           divers
           Mischiefs
           that
           must
           unavoidably
           
           follow
           the
           Persecution
           of
           Dissenters
           ,
           that
           may
           reasonably
           disswade
           from
           such
           Severity
           .
           For
           they
           must
           either
           be
           
             Ruin'd
             ,
             Fly
          
           or
           Conform
           ;
           and
           perhaps
           the
           last
           is
           not
           the
           Safest
           .
           If
           they
           are
           Ruin'd
           in
           their
           Estates
           ,
           and
           their
           Persons
           Imprison'd
           ,
           modestly
           computing
           ,
           a
           fourth
           of
           the
           Trade
           and
           Manufactury
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           sinks
           ;
           and
           those
           that
           have
           help't
           to
           maintain
           the
           Poor
           ,
           must
           come
           upon
           the
           
             Poors
             Book
          
           for
           Maintenance
           .
           This
           seems
           to
           be
           an
           Impoverishing
           of
           the
           Publick
           .
           But
           if
           to
           avoid
           this
           ,
           they
           Transport
           themselves
           ,
           with
           their
           Estates
           ,
           into
           other
           Governments
           ;
           nay
           ,
           though
           it
           were
           to
           any
           of
           his
           
             Majesties
             Plantations
          
           ,
           the
           Number
           were
           far
           
             too
             great
          
           to
           be
           spar'd
           from
           Home
           .
           So
           much
           
             Principal
             Stock
          
           wanting
           to
           turn
           the
           yearly
           Traffick
           ,
           and
           so
           many
           People
           too
           ,
           to
           consume
           our
           yearly
           Growth
           ,
           must
           issue
           fatally
           to
           the
           Trade
           one
           way
           ,
           and
           on
           the
           Lands
           and
           Rents
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           the
           other
           way
           .
        
         
           And
           Lastly
           ,
           If
           they
           should
           resolve
           ,
           neither
           to
           suffer
           nor
           fly
           ,
           but
           conform
           to
           prevent
           both
           .
           It
           is
           to
           be
           enquired
           ,
           if
           this
           Cure
           of
           Church-Division
           be
           safe
           to
           the
           State
           ;
           or
           not
           rather
           ,
           a
           raking
           up
           
             Coals
             under
             Ashes
          
           ,
           for
           a
           future
           Mischief
           ?
           He
           whom
           Fear
           or
           Policy
           hath
           made
           Treacherous
           to
           his
           own
           Conscience
           ,
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           held
           True
           to
           any
           thing
           but
           his
           own
           Safety
           and
           Revenge
           .
           His
           Conformity
           gives
           him
           the
           first
           ,
           and
           his
           Resentment
           of
           the
           Force
           that
           compels
           it
           ,
           will
           on
           no
           occasion
           let
           him
           want
           the
           last
           .
           So
           that
           
             Conformity
             couzens
          
           no
           body
           but
           the
           Government
           :
           For
           the
           
             State
             Phanatick
          
           (
           which
           is
           the
           unsafe
           thing
           to
           the
           State
           )
           being
           christen'd
           by
           Conformity
           ,
           he
           is
           Elegible
           every
           where
           ,
           with
           Persons
           the
           most
           devoted
           to
           the
           Prince
           :
           And
           all
           men
           will
           hold
           themselves
           protected
           in
           their
           Votes
           by
           it
           .
        
         
           A
           Receipt
           to
           make
           
             Faction
             keep
             ,
             and
             preserve
             Disloyalty
             against
             all
             Weathers
             .
          
           For
           whereas
           the
           nature
           of
           Tests
           is
           to
           discover
           ,
           this
           is
           the
           way
           to
           conceal
           the
           Inclinations
           of
           
           men
           from
           the
           Government
           .
           
             Plain
             Dissent
          
           is
           the
           
             Prince
             with
             a
             Candle
             in
             His
             hand
             :
          
           He
           sees
           the
           Where
           and
           What
           of
           Persons
           and
           Things
           :
           He
           discriminates
           ,
           and
           makes
           that
           a
           rule
           of
           conduct
           :
           but
           forc'd
           Conformity
           is
           the
           
             Prince
             in
             the
             dark
          
           :
           It
           blows
           out
           his
           Candle
           ,
           and
           leaves
           him
           without
           Distinction
           :
           Such
           Subjects
           are
           like
           
             Figures
             in
             Sand
          
           ,
           when
           Water
           is
           flap't
           upon
           them
           ,
           they
           run
           together
           ,
           and
           are
           indiscernable
           :
           Or
           
             written
             Sedition
          
           ,
           made
           illegible
           by
           writing
           the
           Oaths
           &
           Canons
           upon
           it
           :
           
             The
             safest
             way
             of
             blotting
             out
             Danger
             .
          
        
         
           And
           I
           know
           not
           how
           to
           forbear
           saying
           ,
           that
           this
           
             necessary
             Conformity
          
           makes
           the
           Church
           dangerous
           to
           the
           State
           :
           For
           even
           the
           Hypocrisie
           that
           follows
           ,
           makes
           the
           Church
           both
           conceal
           and
           protect
           the
           Hypocrites
           ;
           which
           together
           with
           their
           Liberality
           to
           the
           
             Parson
             ,
             Charity
             to
             the
             Poor
             ,
             and
             Hospitality
             to
             their
             Neighbours
             ,
          
           recommends
           them
           to
           the
           first
           favour
           they
           have
           to
           bestow
           .
           That
           Fort
           is
           unsafe
           where
           a
           part
           of
           the
           Garrison
           consists
           of
           
             disguised
             Enemies
          
           ;
           for
           when
           they
           take
           their
           turns
           at
           the
           Watch
           ,
           the
           danger
           is
           hardly
           evitable
           .
           It
           would
           then
           certainly
           be
           for
           the
           safety
           of
           the
           Fort
           ,
           that
           such
           Friends
           in
           Masquerade
           were
           industrously
           
             kept
             out
          
           ,
           instead
           of
           being
           whipt
           in
           .
        
         
           And
           it
           was
           something
           of
           this
           I
           remember
           that
           was
           made
           an
           Argument
           for
           the
           
             Declaration
             of
             Indulgence
          
           in
           the
           Preamble
           ,
           to
           wat
           ,
           the
           
             greater
             Safety
             of
             the
             Government
             ,
             from
             Open
             and
             Publick
             ,
             then
             private
             ,
             dissenting
             Meetings
             of
             worship
          
           ;
           as
           indeed
           the
           rest
           bear
           the
           like
           resemblance
           .
           For
           these
           were
           the
           Topicks
           ,
           quieting
           the
           People
           ,
           encouraging
           Strangers
           to
           come
           and
           live
           among
           us
           ,
           and
           Trade
           by
           it
           ;
           and
           lastly
           ,
           preventing
           the
           Danger
           that
           might
           arise
           to
           the
           Government
           by
           private
           Meetings
           .
           Of
           greater
           reason
           then
           from
           private
           men
           ,
           not
           less
           discontented
           ,
           but
           more
           concealed
           and
           secured
           by
           the
           great
           Drake
           of
           Church
           Conformity
           .
           It
           is
           this
           will
           make
           a
           Comprehension
           of
           the
           next
           Dissenters
           to
           the
           Church
           dangerous
           ,
           tho'
           it
           were
           practicable
           ,
           of
           which
           side
           soever
           it
           be
           .
           For
           in
           an
           
           Age
           ,
           the
           
             present
             Government
          
           shall
           feel
           the
           Art
           and
           Industry
           of
           the
           comprehended
           .
           So
           that
           a
           Toleration
           is
           in
           reason
           of
           State
           to
           be
           prefer'd
           .
           And
           if
           the
           Reasons
           of
           the
           Declaration
           were
           ever
           good
           ,
           they
           are
           so
           still
           ,
           because
           the
           Emergencies
           of
           State
           that
           made
           them
           so
           ,
           remain
           ;
           and
           our
           Neighbours
           are
           not
           less
           powerful
           to
           improve
           them
           to
           our
           detriment
           .
        
         
           
             But
             it
             will
             be
             now
             said
             ,
          
           Though
           the
           Government
           should
           find
           its
           account
           in
           what
           has
           been
           last
           alledged
           ,
           this
           were
           the
           way
           to
           overthrow
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           encourage
           Dissenters
           to
           continue
           in
           their
           Errors
           .
           
             Which
             is
             that
             second
             main
             Objection
             I
             proposed
             at
             first
             ,
             to
             answer
             in
             its
             proper
             place
             ,
             and
             that
             I
             think
             this
             is
             .
          
        
         
           I
           humbly
           say
           ,
           if
           it
           prove
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           three
           considerable
           Church-Interests
           in
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           a
           Relaxation
           ,
           at
           least
           ,
           can
           hardly
           fail
           us
           .
           The
           three
           Church
           Interests
           are
           ,
           That
           of
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           ;
           That
           of
           the
           Roman-Catholick-Dissenter
           ;
           and
           That
           of
           the
           Protestant-Dissenter
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           ought
           
             in
             Conscience
             and
             Prudence
          
           to
           consent
           to
           the
           Ease
           desired
           .
        
         
           I
           pray
           first
           ,
           that
           it
           be
           considered
           ,
           how
           great
           a
           reflection
           it
           will
           be
           upon
           her
           Honour
           ,
           that
           from
           a
           Persecuted
           ,
           she
           should
           turn
           a
           
             Persecuting
             Church
          
           :
           An
           overthrow
           none
           of
           her
           Enemies
           have
           been
           able
           to
           give
           to
           her
           many
           
             excellent
             Apologies
          
           .
           Nor
           will
           it
           be
           excused
           ,
           by
           her
           saying
           ,
           
             She
             is
             in
             the
             Right
          
           ,
           which
           her
           Persecutors
           were
           not
           ;
           since
           this
           is
           a
           confidence
           not
           wanting
           in
           any
           of
           them
           ,
           or
           her
           Dissenters
           ;
           and
           the
           truth
           is
           ,
           it
           is
           but
           the
           begging
           of
           a
           Question
           ,
           that
           will
           by
           no
           means
           be
           granted
           .
        
         
           No
           body
           ought
           to
           know
           more
           then
           Church-men
           ,
           that
           
             Conscience
             cannot
             be
             forced
          
           .
           That
           Offerings
           against
           Conscience
           ,
           are
           as
           odious
           to
           God
           ,
           as
           uneasie
           to
           them
           that
           make
           them
           .
           That
           God
           loves
           a
           
             free
             Sacrifice
          
           .
           That
           Christ
           
             forbad
             Fire
          
           ,
           though
           from
           Heaven
           (
           it
           self
           )
           to
           punish
           Dissenters
           ;
           and
           commanded
           that
           the
           
             Tares
             should
             grow
             with
             the
          
           
           Wheat
           
             till
             the
             Harvest
          
           .
           In
           sine
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           
             love
             Enemies
          
           themselves
           :
           And
           to
           exclude
           worldly
           strife
           for
           Religion
           ;
           
             That
             his
             Kingdom
             is
             not
             of
             this
             World.
          
           This
           was
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           
             Blessed
             Saviour
          
           of
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           Saint
           Paul
           persues
           the
           same
           course
           .
           Is
           glad
           Christ
           is
           Preached
           ,
           be
           it
           of
           Envy
           ;
           the
           worst
           ground
           for
           Dissent
           that
           can
           be
           .
           It
           was
           he
           that
           ask't
           that
           hard
           ,
           but
           just
           Question
           ,
           
             Who
             art
             thou
             that
             judgest
             another
             mans
             Servant
             ?
             To
             his
             own
             Lord
             he
             standeth
             or
             falleth
             .
          
           He
           allows
           the
           Church
           a
           Warfare
           ,
           and
           Weapons
           to
           perform
           it
           ,
           but
           they
           are
           not
           Carnal
           ,
           but
           Spiritual
           .
           Therefore
           it
           was
           so
           advised
           ,
           that
           every
           man
           in
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ,
           should
           be
           
             fully
             perswaded
             in
             his
             own
             mind
             ,
          
           and
           if
           any
           were
           short
           or
           mistaken
           ,
           God
           would
           ,
           in
           his
           time
           ,
           Inform
           them
           better
           .
        
         
           He
           tells
           us
           of
           Schismaticks
           and
           Hereticks
           too
           ,
           and
           their
           punishment
           ,
           which
           is
           to
           the
           point
           in
           hand
           :
           He
           directs
           to
           a
           first
           and
           
             second
             Admonition
          
           ,
           and
           if
           that
           prevail
           not
           ,
           
             reject
             them
          
           :
           That
           is
           ,
           refuse
           them
           Church
           Fellowship
           ,
           disown
           their
           Relation
           ,
           and
           deny
           them
           Communion
           .
           But
           in
           all
           this
           there
           is
           not
           a
           Word
           of
           Fines
           or
           Imprisonments
           ,
           nor
           is
           it
           an
           excuse
           to
           any
           Church
           ,
           that
           the
           
             civil
             Magistrate
          
           executes
           the
           severity
           ,
           while
           they
           are
           
             Members
             of
             her
             Communion
             ,
             that
             make
             and
             execute
             the
             Laws
             .
          
        
         
           But
           if
           the
           Church
           could
           gain
           her
           Point
           ,
           I
           mean
           Conformity
           ,
           unless
           she
           could
           gain
           consent
           too
           ,
           't
           were
           but
           Constraint
           at
           last
           .
           A
           Rape
           upon
           the
           Mind
           ,
           which
           may
           encrease
           her
           Number
           ,
           
             not
             her
             Devotion
          
           .
           On
           the
           contrary
           ,
           the
           rest
           of
           her
           Sons
           are
           in
           danger
           by
           their
           Hypocrisie
           .
           The
           most
           close
           ,
           but
           watchful
           and
           Revengeful
           thing
           in
           the
           World.
           Besides
           ,
           the
           Scandal
           can
           hardly
           be
           removed
           :
           To
           
             over-value
             Coyn
          
           ,
           and
           
             Rate
             Brass
          
           to
           Silver
           ,
           Beggers
           any
           Country
           ;
           and
           to
           own
           them
           for
           Sons
           she
           
             never
             begat
          
           ,
           debases
           and
           destroyes
           any
           Church
           .
           'T
           were
           better
           to
           indulge
           forreign
           Coyn
           of
           
             intrinsick
             Value
          
           ,
           and
           
           let
           it
           pass
           for
           its
           Weight
           .
           'T
           is
           not
           Number
           ,
           but
           Quality
           :
           Two
           or
           three
           
             sincere
             Christians
          
           ,
           that
           form
           an
           Evangelical
           Church
           ;
           and
           tho'
           the
           Church
           were
           
             less
             ,
             more
             Charity
          
           on
           the
           one
           hand
           ,
           and
           Piety
           on
           the
           other
           ,
           with
           exact
           Church-censure
           ,
           and
           less
           
             civil
             Coertion
          
           ,
           would
           give
           her
           credit
           with
           Conscience
           in
           all
           Sects
           ;
           without
           which
           ,
           their
           Accession
           it self
           would
           be
           no
           benefit
           ,
           but
           disgrace
           ,
           and
           hazard
           to
           her
           Constitution
           .
        
         
           And
           to
           speak
           prudently
           in
           this
           Affair
           't
           is
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           ,
           not
           to
           suffer
           the
           Extinction
           of
           Dissenters
           ,
           that
           she
           may
           have
           a
           
             Counter
             Ballance
          
           to
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           ,
           who
           ,
           though
           few
           in
           Number
           ,
           are
           great
           in
           Quality
           ,
           and
           greater
           in
           their
           forreign
           Friendships
           and
           Assistance
           .
           On
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           it
           is
           her
           Interest
           to
           Indulge
           the
           Roman-Catholick
           ,
           that
           by
           his
           Accession
           .
           She
           may
           at
           all
           times
           ,
           have
           the
           Ballance
           in
           her
           own
           hand
           ,
           against
           the
           
             Protestant
             Dissenter
             ,
             leaning
          
           to
           either
           ,
           as
           she
           finds
           her
           Doctrine
           undermined
           by
           the
           one
           ,
           or
           her
           Discipline
           by
           the
           other
           ;
           or
           lastly
           ,
           her
           
             civil
             Interest
          
           endangered
           from
           either
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           it
           is
           certainly
           the
           Interest
           of
           both
           those
           Extreams
           of
           Dissent
           ,
           that
           She
           ,
           rather
           than
           either
           of
           them
           should
           hold
           the
           Scale
           .
           For
           as
           the
           Protestant-Dissenter
           cannot
           hope
           for
           any
           Tenderness
           ,
           exclusive
           of
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           ,
           but
           almost
           the
           
             same
             Reasons
          
           may
           be
           advanced
           against
           him
           ;
           so
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           it
           would
           look
           imprudent
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           unjust
           ,
           in
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           ,
           to
           solicite
           any
           Indulgence
           exclusive
           of
           
             Protestant
             Dissenters
          
           .
           For
           besides
           that
           ,
           this
           keeps
           up
           the
           Animosity
           ,
           which
           it
           is
           their
           Interest
           to
           bury
           :
           The
           consequence
           will
           be
           ,
           to
           take
           the
           advantage
           of
           Time
           ,
           to
           snatch
           it
           from
           one
           another
           ,
           when
           an
           united
           Request
           for
           Liberty
           ,
           once
           granted
           ,
           will
           oblige
           both
           Parties
           ,
           in
           all
           times
           ,
           for
           Example
           sake
           ,
           to
           have
           it
           equally
           preserved
           .
           Thus
           are
           all
           Church-Interests
           of
           Conformists
           and
           Dissenters
           ,
           rendered
           
           consistent
           and
           safe
           in
           their
           civil
           Interest
           one
           with
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           
             But
             it
             will
             last
             of
             all
             ,
             doubtless
             ,
             be
             objected
             ,
          
           That
           though
           a
           Toleration
           were
           never
           so
           desirable
           in
           it self
           ,
           and
           in
           its
           consequence
           beneficial
           to
           the
           Publick
           ,
           yet
           the
           Government
           cannot
           allow
           it
           ,
           without
           Ruin
           to
           the
           Church
           England
           ,
           which
           it
           is
           obliged
           to
           maintain
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           think
           this
           〈◊〉
           not
           affect
           the
           Question
           at
           all
           ,
           unless
           by
           maintaing
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           ,
           it
           is
           understood
           that
           he
           should
           force
           whole
           Parties
           to
           be
           of
           〈◊〉
           Communion
           ,
           or
           knock
           them
           on
           the
           Head
           :
           Let
           us
           call
           to
           mind
           ,
           that
           the
           Religion
           that
           is
           true
           ,
           allows
           no
           man
           to
           do
           Wrong
           ,
           that
           Right
           may
           come
           of
           it
           .
           And
           that
           nothing
           has
           lessen'd
           the
           Credit
           of
           any
           Religion
           more
           ,
           than
           declining
           to
           support
           it self
           by
           its
           
             own
             Charity
          
           and
           Piety
           ,
           and
           taking
           Sanctuary
           in
           the
           
             Arms
             ,
             rather
             than
             the
             Vnderstanding
             of
             men
             .
          
           Violences
           are
           ill
           Pillars
           for
           Truth
           to
           rest
           upon
           .
           The
           Church
           of
           England
           must
           be
           maintain'd
           :
           Right
           ;
           but
           can't
           that
           be
           done
           without
           the
           Dissenter
           be
           destroyed
           ?
           In
           vain
           then
           did
           Christ
           command
           Peter
           to
           put
           up
           his
           Sword
           ,
           with
           this
           Rebuke
           ,
           
             He
             that
             kills
             with
             the
             Sword
             ,
             with
             the
             Sword
             shall
             be
             killed
             ,
          
           if
           his
           Followers
           are
           to
           draw
           it
           again
           .
           He
           makes
           killing
           for
           Religion
           ,
           Murder
           ,
           and
           deserving
           Death
           :
           Was
           he
           then
           in
           the
           right
           ,
           Not
           to
           call
           Legions
           to
           his
           assistance
           ?
           And
           are
           not
           his
           Followers
           of
           these
           times
           in
           the
           wrong
           ,
           to
           seek
           to
           uphold
           their
           Religion
           by
           any
           methods
           of
           Force
           ?
           The
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           must
           be
           maintain'd
           ,
           therefore
           the
           Dissenters
           ,
           that
           almost
           hold
           the
           same
           Doctrine
           ,
           must
           be
           ruined
           .
           A
           Consequence
           most
           unnatural
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           almost
           impossible
           .
           For
           besides
           that
           ,
           the
           Drudgery
           would
           unbecome
           the
           civil
           Magistrate
           ,
           who
           is
           ,
           the
           Image
           of
           divine
           Justice
           and
           Clemency
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           would
           fasten
           the
           Character
           of
           a
           False
           Church
           ,
           upon
           one
           that
           destres
           to
           be
           esteemed
           a
           True
           one
           ;
           she
           puts
           the
           Government
           upon
           a
           Task
           that
           is
           hard
           to
           be
           performed
           .
           
             Kings
             can
             no
             more
             
             make
             Brick
             without
             Straw
             ,
             than
             Slaves
             .
          
           The
           Condition
           of
           our
           Affairs
           is
           much
           chang'd
           ,
           and
           the
           Circumstances
           our
           Government
           is
           under
           ,
           differ
           mightily
           from
           those
           of
           our
           Ancestors
           .
           They
           had
           not
           the
           same
           dissents
           to
           deal
           with
           ,
           nor
           those
           Dissents
           the
           like
           Bodies
           of
           People
           to
           render
           them
           formidable
           ,
           and
           their
           Prosecution
           mischievous
           to
           the
           State.
           Nor
           did
           this
           come
           of
           the
           Princes
           neglect
           or
           〈◊〉
           :
           There
           are
           other
           Reasons
           to
           be
           assigned
           ,
           of
           which
           ,
           the
           opportunities
           Domestick
           Trouble
           gave
           to
           their
           Increase
           and
           Power
           ,
           and
           the
           Severities
           used
           to
           suppress
           them
           ,
           may
           go
           for
           none
           of
           the
           least
           .
           So
           that
           it
           was
           as
           involuntary
           in
           the
           Prince
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           Church
           Anxious
           .
           And
           under
           this
           necessity
           to
           tye
           the
           Magistrate
           to
           old
           measures
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           regardless
           of
           Time
           ,
           whose
           fresh
           Circumstances
           give
           Aim
           to
           the
           conduct
           of
           wise
           men
           in
           their
           present
           Actions
           .
           Governments
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Courts
           ,
           change
           their
           Fashions
           :
           The
           
             same
             Clothes
          
           will
           not
           always
           serve
           :
           And
           Politicks
           made
           Obsolete
           by
           new
           Accidents
           ,
           are
           as
           unsafe
           to
           follow
           ,
           as
           antiquated
           Dresses
           were
           ridiculous
           to
           ware
           .
        
         
           Thus
           Sea-men
           know
           ,
           and
           teach
           us
           in
           their
           daily
           practice
           :
           They
           humour
           the
           Winds
           ,
           though
           they
           will
           lie
           as
           near
           as
           they
           can
           ,
           and
           trim
           their
           Sails
           by
           their
           Compass
           :
           And
           by
           patience
           under
           these
           constrained
           and
           uneven
           Courses
           ,
           it
           is
           they
           gain
           their
           Port
           at
           last
           .
           This
           justifies
           the
           Governments
           change
           of
           Measures
           from
           the
           change
           of
           Things
           ;
           for
           
             res
             nolunt
             male
             Administrari
          
           .
        
         
           And
           to
           be
           free
           ,
           it
           looks
           more
           then
           Partial
           ,
           to
           Elect
           and
           Reprobate
           too
           .
           That
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           is
           prefer'd
           ,
           and
           has
           the
           
             Fat
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             the
             Authority
             of
             the
             Magistrate
             ,
             and
             the
             Power
             of
             the
             Sword
             in
             her
             Sons
             Hands
             ,
             which
             comprehends
             all
             the
             Honours
             ,
             Places
             ,
             Profits
             ,
             and
             Powers
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
          
           must
           not
           be
           repined
           at
           :
           Let
           her
           have
           it
           ,
           and
           keep
           it
           all
           ,
           and
           let
           none
           dare
           seek
           or
           accept
           an
           Office
           that
           is
           not
           of
           her
           .
           
           But
           to
           ruin
           Dissenters
           to
           compleat
           her
           Happiness
           ,
           (
           pardon
           the
           Allusion
           )
           is
           Talvauism
           in
           the
           worst
           sence
           ;
           for
           this
           is
           that
           
             Horrendem
             Decretum
          
           reduc'd
           to
           Practice
           :
           And
           to
           pursue
           that
           ill-natured
           Principle
           ,
           
             Men
             are
             civilly
             Damn'd
             for
             that
             they
             cannot
             help
             ,
          
           since
           Faith
           is
           not
           in
           Man's
           power
           ,
           though
           it
           sometimes
           exposes
           one
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           a
           
             severe
             Dilemma
          
           ,
           that
           a
           man
           must
           either
           renounce
           that
           of
           which
           he
           makes
           Conscience
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           be
           civilly
           and
           
             Ecclesiastically
             Reprobated
          
           .
           There
           was
           a
           time
           when
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           her self
           stood
           in
           need
           of
           Indulgence
           ,
           and
           made
           up
           a
           great
           part
           of
           the
           Non-conformists
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           what
           she
           then
           wanted
           ,
           she
           pleaded
           for
           ,
           I
           mean
           a
           Toleration
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           a
           general
           Stile
           ,
           as
           divers
           of
           the
           Writings
           of
           her
           Doctors
           tell
           us
           :
           Of
           which
           let
           it
           be
           enough
           but
           to
           mention
           that
           excellent
           Discourse
           of
           Dr.
           
             Taylor
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Down
          
           ,
           entituled
           
             Liberty
             of
             Prophecy
          
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           which
           makes
           Severity
           look
           the
           worse
           in
           the
           Members
           of
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           ,
           is
           the
           Modesty
           she
           professes
           about
           the
           truth
           of
           the
           things
           she
           believes
           :
           For
           though
           perhaps
           it
           were
           indefencible
           in
           any
           Church
           to
           compel
           a
           man
           to
           that
           which
           she
           were
           infallibly
           assured
           to
           be
           true
           ,
           unless
           she
           superceeded
           his
           Ignorance
           by
           
             Conviction
             ,
             rather
             than
             Authority
          
           ,
           it
           must
           doubtless
           look
           rude
           to
           punish
           men
           into
           Conformity
           to
           that
           ,
           of
           the
           truth
           of
           which
           ,
           the
           Church
           her self
           pretends
           no
           certainty
           .
           Not
           that
           I
           would
           less
           believe
           a
           Church
           so
           cautious
           then
           one
           more
           confident
           ;
           but
           I
           know
           not
           how
           to
           help
           thinking
           Persecution
           harsh
           ,
           
             when
             they
             ruin
             People
             for
             not
             believing
             that
             ,
             which
             they
             have
             not
             in
             themselves
             the
             power
             of
             believing
             ,
          
           and
           which
           she
           
             cannot
             give
             them
          
           ,
           and
           of
           which
           her self
           is
           
             not
             infallibly
             assured
          
           .
           The
           Drift
           of
           this
           is
           Moderation
           ,
           which
           well
           becomes
           us
           poor
           Mortals
           ,
           
             That
             for
             every
             idle
             Word
             we
             speak
             must
             give
             an
             account
             at
             the
             Day
             of
             Judgment
             ,
          
           if
           our
           Saviour's
           Doctrine
           have
           any
           credit
           with
           us
           .
        
         
         
           It
           would
           much
           mittigate
           the
           Severity
           ,
           if
           the
           dissent
           were
           
             Sullen
             or
             in
             Contempt
          
           .
           But
           if
           men
           can't
           help
           or
           hinder
           their
           ,
           Belief
           ,
           they
           are
           rather
           Vnhappy
           than
           Guilty
           ,
           and
           more
           to
           be
           ,
           pitied
           than
           blamed
           .
           However
           ,
           they
           are
           of
           the
           reasonable
           stock
           of
           the
           Country
           ,
           and
           though
           they
           were
           unworthy
           of
           Favour
           ,
           they
           may
           not
           be
           unfit
           to
           live
           .
           'T
           is
           Capital
           ,
           at
           Law
           ,
           to
           
             destroy
             Bastards
          
           and
           By-blows
           are
           lay'd
           to
           the
           Parish
           to
           keep
           :
           They
           must
           maintain
           them
           at
           last
           :
           And
           shall
           not
           these
           natural
           Sons
           ,
           at
           least
           ,
           be
           laid
           at
           the
           Door
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ?
           Unhappy
           fate
           of
           Dissenters
           !
           to
           be
           less
           heeded
           ,
           and
           more
           destitute
           then
           any
           Body
           .
           If
           this
           should
           ever
           happen
           to
           be
           the
           effect
           of
           their
           own
           Folly
           ,
           with
           submission
           ,
           it
           can
           never
           be
           the
           consequence
           of
           the
           
             Government
             's
             Engagements
          
           .
        
         
           Election
           does
           not
           necessarily
           imply
           a
           Reprobation
           of
           the
           rest
           .
           If
           God
           hath
           elected
           some
           to
           Salvation
           ,
           it
           will
           not
           follow
           ,
           of
           course
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           absolutly
           rejected
           all
           the
           rest
           .
           For
           tho'
           he
           was
           God
           of
           the
           Jews
           ,
           he
           was
           God
           of
           the
           Gentiles
           too
           ,
           and
           they
           were
           his
           People
           ,
           tho'
           the
           Jews
           were
           his
           peculiar
           People
           .
           
             God
             respects
             not
             Persons
          
           ,
           says
           St.
           Peter
           ,
           the
           good
           of
           all
           Nations
           are
           accepted
           .
           The
           Difference
           at
           last
           will
           not
           be
           of
           Opinion
           ,
           but
           
             Works
             :
             Sheep
          
           or
           Goats
           ,
           all
           ,
           of
           all
           Judgments
           will
           be
           found
           ;
           and
           ,
           
             Come
             ,
             well
             done
          
           ;
           or
           
             Go
             ye
             Workers
             of
             Iniquity
          
           ,
           will
           conclude
           their
           Eternal
           State
           :
           Let
           us
           be
           careful
           therefore
           of
           an
           Opinion-Reprobation
           of
           one
           another
           .
        
         
           We
           see
           the
           God
           of
           Nature
           hath
           taught
           us
           softer
           Doctrine
           in
           his
           great
           Books
           of
           the
           World
           :
           His
           
             Sun
             shines
          
           ,
           and
           his
           
             Rain
             falls
             upon
             all
          
           .
           All
           the
           Productions
           of
           Nature
           are
           by
           Love
           ,
           and
           shall
           it
           be
           proper
           to
           Religion
           only
           to
           propagate
           by
           Force
           ?
           The
           poor
           Hen
           instructs
           us
           in
           Humanity
           ,
           who
           ,
           to
           defend
           her
           feeble
           Young
           ,
           refuses
           no
           danger
           .
           All
           the
           Seeds
           and
           Plants
           that
           grow
           for
           the
           use
           of
           Man
           ,
           are
           produc'd
           by
           the
           kind
           and
           warm
           Influences
           of
           the
           Sun.
           'T
           is
           Kindness
           that
           
           upholds
           human
           Race
           .
           People
           don't
           
             multiply
             in
             spight
          
           :
           And
           if
           it
           be
           by
           gentle
           and
           friendly
           ways
           ,
           that
           Nature
           produces
           and
           matures
           the
           Creatures
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           certainly
           Religion
           should
           teach
           us
           to
           be
           Mild
           and
           Bearing
           .
        
         
           
             Let
             your
             Moderation
             be
             known
             to
             all
             men
             ,
          
           was
           the
           saying
           of
           a
           great
           Doctor
           of
           the
           Christian
           Faith
           ,
           and
           his
           Reason
           for
           that
           command
           
             Cogent
             ;
             For
             the
             Lord
             is
             at
             hand
             .
          
           As
           if
           he
           had
           said
           ,
           Have
           a
           care
           what
           you
           do
           ,
           be
           not
           bitter
           nor
           violent
           ,
           for
           the
           
             Judge
             is
             at
             the
             Door
          
           :
           Do
           as
           you
           would
           be
           done
           to
           ,
           lest
           what
           you
           deny
           to
           others
           ,
           God
           should
           
             refuse
             to
             you
          
           .
        
         
           And
           after
           all
           this
           ,
           shall
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           be
           less
           tender
           of
           mens
           Consciences
           than
           our
           
             common
             Law
          
           is
           of
           their
           Lives
           ,
           which
           had
           rather
           a
           
             Thousand
             Criminals
          
           should
           escape
           ,
           than
           that
           
             One
             Innocent
          
           should
           perish
           ?
           Give
           me
           leave
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           many
           Innocents
           (
           Conscience
           excepted
           )
           now
           exposed
           ,
           Men
           honest
           ,
           peaceable
           and
           useful
           ;
           free
           of
           ill
           designes
           ;
           that
           pray
           for
           Caesar
           ,
           and
           pay
           their
           Tribute
           to
           Caesar
           .
        
         
           If
           any
           tell
           us
           ,
           
             They
             have
             ,
             or
             may
             ,
             ill
             use
             their
             Toleration
             .
          
           I
           say
           ,
           this
           must
           be
           look't
           to
           ,
           and
           not
           Liberty
           therefore
           refused
           ;
           for
           the
           
             English
             Church
          
           cannot
           so
           much
           forget
           her
           own
           Maxim
           to
           Dissenters
           ,
           That
           
             Propter
             abusum
             non
             est
             Tollendus
             usus
             .
          
           It
           suffices
           to
           our
           Argument
           ,
           't
           is
           no
           necessary
           Consequence
           ,
           and
           that
           Fact
           and
           Time
           are
           for
           us
           .
           And
           if
           any
           misuse
           such
           Freedom
           ,
           and
           entitle
           Conscience
           to
           Misbehavour
           ,
           we
           have
           other
           Laws
           enough
           to
           catch
           and
           punish
           the
           Offendors
           ,
           without
           
             treating
             
               One
               Party
            
             with
             the
             Spoils
             of
             Six
             .
          
           And
           when
           Religion
           becomes
           no
           mans
           Interest
           ,
           it
           will
           hardly
           ever
           be
           any
           mans
           Hypocrisie
           .
           Men
           will
           chuse
           by
           Conscience
           ,
           which
           at
           least
           preserves
           Integrity
           ,
           though
           it
           were
           mistaken
           :
           And
           if
           not
           in
           the
           wrong
           ,
           Truth
           recompences
           Inquiry
           ,
           and
           Light
           makes
           amends
           for
           Dissent
           .
        
         
           And
           since
           a
           plain
           Method
           offers
           it self
           ,
           from
           the
           Circumstances
           ,
           
           of
           our
           case
           ,
           I
           take
           the
           freedom
           to
           present
           it
           for
           the
           Model
           of
           the
           
             entreated
             Toleration
          
           .
        
         
           Much
           has
           been
           desired
           ,
           said
           and
           prest
           in
           reference
           to
           the
           late
           King
           's
           being
           Head
           of
           a
           Protestant
           League
           ,
           which
           takes
           in
           but
           apart
           of
           the
           Christian
           World
           ;
           the
           Roman
           and
           Grecian
           Christians
           being
           excluded
           .
           But
           I
           most
           humbly
           offer
           ,
           that
           our
           wise
           men
           would
           please
           to
           think
           of
           another
           Title
           for
           our
           King
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           Head
           of
           a
           
             Christian
             League
          
           ,
           and
           give
           the
           Experiment
           here
           at
           Home
           in
           his
           own
           Dominions
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Christian
             Religion
          
           is
           admitted
           
             of
             All
          
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           and
           
             by
             All
          
           acknowledged
           ,
           in
           the
           
             Apostles
             Creed
          
           .
           Here
           every
           Party
           of
           Christians
           meet
           ,
           and
           center
           as
           in
           a
           General
           .
           The
           several
           Species
           of
           Christians
           ,
           that
           this
           Genus
           divideth
           it self
           into
           ,
           are
           those
           divers
           Perswasions
           we
           have
           within
           this
           Kingdom
           ;
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             Roman-Catholicks
             ,
             Grecians
             ,
             Lutheraus
             ,
             Presbyterians
             Independents
             ,
             Anabaptists
             ,
             Quakers
             Socinians
             :
          
           These
           I
           call
           so
           many
           Orders
           of
           Christians
           ,
           that
           unite
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           and
           differ
           only
           in
           the
           Comment
           ;
           All
           owning
           one
           
             Deity
             ,
             Saviour
          
           and
           
             Judge
             ,
             good
             Works
             ,
             Rewards
          
           and
           Punishments
           :
           which
           Bodies
           once
           regulated
           ,
           and
           holding
           of
           the
           Prince
           ,
           as
           Head
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           maintaining
           Charity
           ,
           and
           pressing
           Piety
           ,
           will
           be
           an
           Honour
           to
           Christianity
           ,
           a
           Strength
           to
           the
           Prince
           and
           a
           Benefit
           to
           the
           Publick
           :
           For
           in
           lieu
           of
           an
           unattainable
           (
           at
           best
           an
           
             unsincere
             )
             Vniformity
          
           ,
           we
           shall
           have
           in
           
             Civils
             ,
             Vnity
          
           and
           Amity
           in
           Faith.
           
        
         
           The
           Iews
           before
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           time
           of
           Herod
           ,
           were
           divided
           into
           divers
           Sects
           .
           There
           were
           
             Pharisees
             ,
             Sadduces
             ,
             Herodians
          
           and
           Essenes
           .
           They
           maintained
           their
           Dissent
           without
           Ruine
           to
           the
           Government
           .
           And
           the
           Magistrates
           fell
           under
           
             no
             censure
          
           from
           Christ
           for
           that
           Toleration
           .
        
         
           The
           Gentiles
           ,
           as
           already
           has
           been
           observ'd
           ,
           had
           their
           divers
           orders
           of
           Philosophers
           ,
           as
           disagreeing
           as
           ever
           
           Christians
           were
           ,
           and
           that
           without
           danger
           to
           the
           Peace
           of
           the
           State.
           
        
         
           The
           Turks
           themselves
           show
           us
           ,
           that
           both
           
             other
             Religions
             ,
             and
             divers
             Sects
          
           of
           their
           own
           ,
           are
           very
           Tolerable
           ,
           with
           seourity
           to
           their
           Government
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Roman
             Church
          
           is
           a
           considerable
           instance
           to
           our
           point
           ;
           for
           she
           is
           made
           up
           of
           divers
           Orders
           of
           both
           Sexes
           ,
           of
           very
           
             differing
             Principle
          
           ,
           fomented
           sometimes
           ,
           to
           great
           Feuds
           and
           Controversies
           ;
           as
           between
           
             Franciscans
             ,
             Dominicans
             ,
             Iesuits
          
           and
           Sorbomists
           ;
           yet
           without
           danger
           to
           the
           Political
           state
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           On
           the
           contrary
           ,
           she
           therefore
           cast
           her self
           into
           that
           Method
           ,
           that
           she
           might
           
             safely
             give
             vent
             to
             Novelty
             and
             Zeal
             ,
             and
             suffer
             both
             without
             danger
             of
             Schism
             .
          
           And
           these
           Regulars
           ,
           are
           by
           the
           
             Popes
             Graunts
          
           ,
           privileg'd
           with
           an
           Exemption
           from
           Episcopal
           Visitation
           and
           Jurisdiction
           .
        
         
           Changing
           then
           the
           Terms
           ,
           from
           Church
           to
           State
           ,
           the
           whole
           contrivance
           looks
           very
           Wise
           and
           Imitable
           .
           For
           as
           by
           this
           ,
           Schisme
           in
           their
           Church
           ,
           so
           Faction
           in
           our
           State
           may
           be
           prevented
           .
           And
           these
           
             civil
             Regulars
          
           depending
           on
           the
           
             civil
             Power
          
           ,
           as
           those
           Religious
           ones
           do
           upon
           the
           Popes
           ,
           will
           Naturally
           ,
           like
           them
           ,
           become
           the
           Perpetual
           Votarys
           of
           its
           greatness
           .
           And
           thus
           all
           Parties
           hanging
           ,
           like
           Keys
           ,
           by
           one
           Ring
           ,
           at
           the
           civil
           Magistrates
           Girdle
           ,
           tho'
           each
           has
           its
           several
           Lock
           ,
           he
           that
           keeps
           them
           can
           open
           and
           shut
           every
           Door
           ,
           as
           the
           Persons
           deserve
           and
           the
           publick
           Safety
           requires
           .
        
         
           To
           make
           this
           more
           easie
           a
           〈◊〉
           and
           Practice
           ,
           I
           humbly
           propose
           ;
           First
           ,
           that
           every
           Party
           do
           present
           a
           voluntary
           Assurance
           of
           their
           Fidelity
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           in
           Terms
           the
           most
           full
           and
           pain
           that
           may
           be
           :
           In
           which
           ,
           as
           the
           King
           will
           have
           an
           Account
           of
           their
           Number
           ,
           so
           of
           their
           Duty
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           Abhorrence
           of
           all
           Faction
           and
           Rebellion
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           That
           they
           should
           give
           in
           a
           List
           of
           their
           Meetings
           ,
           
           as
           to
           
             Place
             ,
             Time
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Persons
           properly
           belonging
           to
           them
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           that
           once
           in
           every
           Year
           ,
           the
           names
           of
           Proselytes
           be
           delivered
           into
           the
           
             Clark
             of
             the
             Peace
          
           for
           every
           County
           ,
           and
           that
           all
           of
           that
           Party
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           those
           new
           Adherents
           ,
           do
           renew
           their
           Obligation
           of
           Obedience
           ,
           by
           Annual
           Subscriptions
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           Because
           it
           is
           not
           impossible
           that
           some
           or
           other
           may
           mis-behave
           themselves
           ,
           and
           abuse
           this
           Liberty
           ,
           or
           be
           abused
           in
           the
           use
           of
           it
           .
           That
           in
           every
           County
           three
           Persons
           of
           most
           Eminency
           be
           Yearly
           Named
           to
           the
           Magistrates
           by
           each
           
             Dissenting
             Interest
          
           ,
           to
           stand
           a
           kind
           of
           Representatives
           ,
           both
           to
           inform
           them
           what
           they
           can
           ,
           upon
           inquiry
           ,
           of
           Persons
           or
           Things
           among
           the
           People
           of
           that
           Party
           ,
           Which
           may
           in
           the
           least
           be
           thought
           to
           affect
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           redress
           of
           injuries
           done
           to
           Persons
           in
           the
           sober
           use
           of
           their
           allowed
           Liberty
           .
        
         
           These
           are
           the
           Methods
           that
           have
           had
           most
           weight
           with
           me
           ,
           and
           the
           best
           I
           know
           to
           create
           a
           Reciprocal
           Confidence
           and
           Interest
           between
           the
           Prince
           and
           his
           
             Dissenting
             People
          
           :
           To
           be
           sure
           ,
           this
           Course
           hath
           succeeded
           well
           elsewhere
           ,
           even
           in
           
             Monarchiacal
             States
          
           .
           And
           therefore
           in
           it self
           not
           inconsistent
           with
           Monarachy
           .
        
         
           And
           Lastly
           ,
           Because
           this
           Freedom
           will
           be
           best
           kept
           and
           improv'd
           to
           the
           publick
           Benefit
           ,
           by
           maintaining
           a
           good
           Understanding
           between
           the
           divers
           Orders
           of
           Christians
           within
           themselves
           .
           'T
           were
           farther
           requisit
           ,
           That
           ,
           first
           ,
           No
           Nick-Names
           were
           continued
           ,
           and
           all
           Terms
           of
           Reproach
           ,
           on
           all
           hands
           ,
           punishable
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           That
           Controversial
           Points
           were
           carefully
           avoided
           ,
           and
           Vice
           declin'd
           ,
           and
           Holiness
           prest
           ,
           
             Without
             which
          
           (
           St.
           Paul
           tells
           us
           )
           
             no-man
             shall
             see
             the
             Lord.
          
           
        
         
           God
           Almighty
           inspire
           the
           
           KING's
           Heart
           ,
           and
           those
           of
           his
           
             Great
             Council
          
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           Instruments
           of
           this
           Blessing
           to
           the
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
         
           I
           shall
           conclude
           this
           Perswasive
           with
           the
           Judgment
           of
           some
           
             Pious
             Fathers
          
           and
           
             Renowned
             Princes
          
           .
        
         
           QUadratus
           and
           Aristides
           ,
           wrote
           two
           Apologies
           to
           Adrian
           ,
           for
           the
           Christian
           Faith
           ,
           and
           against
           the
           Persecution
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           
             Iustin
             Martyr
          
           ,
           an
           excellent
           Philosopher
           and
           Christian
           ,
           writ
           two
           learned
           Disswasives
           against
           Persecution
           ,
           which
           he
           dedicated
           (
           as
           I
           take
           it
           )
           to
           
             Antoninus
             Pius
          
           ,
           and
           
             Marcus
             Aurelius
             Antoninus
          
           .
        
         
           Melito
           ,
           Bishop
           of
           Sardis
           ,
           a
           good
           and
           learned
           man
           ,
           〈◊〉
           smart
           Defence
           for
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           and
           a
           Toleration
           ,
           dedicated
           to
           Verus
           .
        
         
           Tertullian
           ,
           in
           his
           most
           sharp
           and
           excellent
           Apology
           for
           the
           Christians
           ,
           fastens
           Persecution
           upon
           the
           Gentiles
           ,
           as
           an
           inseperable
           Mark
           of
           Superstition
           and
           Error
           ;
           as
           he
           makes
           the
           
             Christian
             Patience
          
           a
           Sign
           of
           Truth
           .
           In
           his
           Discourse
           to
           Scapula
           ,
           he
           sayes
           ,
           
             'T
             is
             not
             the
             property
             of
             Religion
             to
          
           Persecute
           
             for
             Religion
             ;
             she
             should
             be
             received
             for
             her self
             ,
             not
             Force
             .
          
        
         
           
             Hilliary
             ,
             
               an
               early
               and
               learned
               Father
               ,
               against
            
          
           Auxentius
           ,
           saith
           ,
           The
           Christian
           Church
           does
           not
           persecute
           ,
           but
           is
           persecuted
           .
        
         
           Atticus
           Bishop
           of
           Constantinople
           ,
           would
           by
           no
           means
           have
           the
           Minister
           of
           Nice
           to
           respect
           any
           Opinion
           or
           Sect
           whatsoever
           ,
           in
           the
           Distribution
           of
           the
           Money
           sent
           by
           him
           for
           the
           Relief
           of
           Christians
           ;
           and
           by
           no
           means
           to
           prejudice
           those
           that
           practise
           a
           contrary
           Doctrine
           and
           Faith
           to
           theirs
           :
           That
           he
           should
           be
           sure
           to
           relieve
           those
           that
           hunger
           &
           thirst
           ,
           and
           have
           not
           wherewith
           to
           help
           themselves
           ,
           and
           make
           that
           the
           rule
           of
           his
           consideration
           .
           In
           short
           ,
           he
           made
           the
           Hereticks
           to
           have
           his
           Wisdom
           in
           Admiration
           ,
           in
           that
           he
           would
           by
           no
           means
           trouble
           or
           molest
           them
           .
        
         
           Proclus
           (
           another
           Bishop
           of
           Constantinople
           )
           was
           of
           this
           Opinion
           ,
           
             That
             it
             was
             far
             easier
             by
             fair
             means
             to
             allure
             unto
             the
             Church
             ,
             than
             by
             force
             to
             compell
             :
          
           He
           determined
           to
           vex
           no
           
           Sect
           whatever
           ,
           but
           restored
           to
           the
           Church
           the
           renowned
           Virtue
           of
           Meekness
           required
           in
           Christian
           Ministers
           .
        
         
           
             If
             we
             will
             next
             hear
             the
             Historians
             own
             Judgment
             ,
             upon
             a
             Toleration
             ,
          
           I
           am
           of
           opinion
           
             (
             says
             he
          
           )
           that
           he
           is
           a
           Persecutor
           ,
           that
           in
           any
           kind
           of
           way
           molesteth
           such
           men
           as
           lead
           a
           quiet
           and
           peaceable
           Life
           .
           
             Thus
             Socrates
             in
             his
             third
             Book
             :
             In
             his
             seventh
             ,
             he
             tells
             us
             ,
          
           That
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Sinada
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           did
           banish
           the
           Hereticks
           ,
           but
           neither
           did
           he
           this
           
             (
             says
             he
          
           )
           according
           to
           the
           Rule
           of
           the
           
             Catholick
             Church
          
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           〈◊〉
           to
           persecute
           ,
           
             (
             l.
             7.
          
           )
        
         
           
             Lactantius
             ,
             
               tells
               the
               angry
               men
               of
               his
               time
               ,
               thus
            
          
           ,
           If
           you
           will
           ,
           with
           Blood
           ,
           Evil
           and
           Torments
           defend
           your
           Worship
           ,
           it
           shall
           not
           thereby
           be
           defended
           ,
           but
           polluted
           .
        
         
           
             Chrysastom
             
               saith
               expresly
            
             ,
          
           That
           it
           is
           n●●
           the
           manner
           of
           the
           Children
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           persecute
           about
           their
           Religion
           ,
           but
           an
           evident
           Token
           of
           Antichrist
           .
        
         
           Thus
           the
           Fathers
           and
           Doctors
           of
           the
           first
           Ages
           .
           That
           Emperors
           and
           Princes
           have
           thus
           believed
           ,
           let
           us
           hear
           some
           of
           greatest
           note
           ,
           and
           most
           pressing
           to
           us
           .
        
         
           
             Ierom
             ,
             
               a
               good
               and
               learned
               Father
               ,
               saith
            
          
           ,
           That
           Heresie
           must
           be
           cut
           off
           with
           the
           Sword
           of
           the
           Spirit
           .
        
         
           Constantinus
           ,
           the
           Father
           of
           Constantine
           the
           great
           ,
           laid
           this
           down
           for
           a
           Principle
           ,
           
             That
             those
             that
             were
             Disloyal
             to
             God
             ,
             would
             never
             be
             trusty
             to
             their
             Prince
             .
          
           And
           which
           is
           more
           ,
           he
           liv'd
           thus
           ,
           and
           so
           dy'd
           ,
           as
           his
           great
           Speech
           to
           his
           great
           Son
           ,
           on
           his
           Death-bed
           ,
           amply
           evidences
           .
        
         
           
             Constantine
             
               the
               Great
               ,
               in
               his
               Speech
               to
               the
               Roman
               Senate
               ,
               tells
               them
               ,
            
          
           There
           is
           this
           difference
           between
           Humane
           and
           Divine
           Homage
           and
           Service
           ,
           that
           the
           one
           is
           compell'd
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           ought
           to
           be
           free
           .
        
         
           
             Eusebius
             Pamphili
             ,
             
               in
               the
               Life
               of
            
          
           Constantine
           ,
           
             tells
             us
             ,
             that
             in
             his
             Prayer
             to
             God
             ,
             he
             said
             ,
          
           Let
           thy
           People
           ,
           I
           beseech
           thee
           ,
           desire
           and
           maintain
           Peace
           ,
           living
           free
           from
           Sedition
           to
           the
           common
           good
           and
           benefit
           of
           all
           the
           World
           ;
           and
           those
           that
           are