Chuse which you will, liberty or slavery: or, An impartial representation of the danger of being again subjected to a popish prince
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             Chuse which you will, liberty or slavery: or, An impartial representation of the danger of being again subjected to a popish prince
             Character of a bigotted prince.
             Ames, Richard, d. 1693.
          
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           Chuse
           which
           you
           will
           ,
           
             Liberty
             or
             Slavery
          
           :
           OR
           ,
           An
           Impartial
           Representation
           of
           the
           Danger
           of
           being
           again
           Subjected
           to
           A
           POPISH
           PRINCE
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             R.
             Stafford
          
           ,
           1692.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           
             Chuse
             which
             you
             will
          
           ,
           Liberty
           or
           Slavery
           ▪
           &c.
           
        
         
         
         
      
       
         
         
           ADVERTISEMENT
           .
        
         
           THE
           JACOBITE
           CONVENTICLE
           .
           A
           Poem
           ,
           is
           just
           Published
           .
           Price
           6
           d.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THE
           CHARACTER
           OF
           A
           Bigotted
           Prince
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           IT
           has
           been
           the
           great
           unhappiness
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           England
           ,
           for
           some
           Years
           last
           past
           ,
           to
           be
           troubled
           with
           two
           very
           Different
           sort
           of
           Persons
           of
           quite
           contrary
           Tempers
           ;
           the
           one
           Party
           of
           so
           very
           Costive
           a
           Faith
           ,
           that
           they
           could
           believe
           nothing
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           of
           so
           easy
           a
           Belief
           that
           they
           could
           swallow
           every
           thing
           ;
           the
           first
           of
           these
           could
           not
           see
           the
           Sun
           of
           Truth
           in
           its
           brightest
           Meridian
           ;
           and
           even
           Mathematical
           Demonstration
           signified
           nothing
           in
           order
           to
           persuade
           them
           ;
           they
           could
           not
           (
           or
           at
           least
           would
           not
           )
           see
           their
           Native
           Country
           hurried
           to
           the
           very
           Jaws
           of
           Ruine
           ,
           and
           imitated
           Nero
           in
           his
           stupidity
           ,
           who
           could
           unconcernedly
           Tune
           his
           Harp
           when
           Rome
           was
           in
           Flames
           ;
           every
           thing
           about
           em
           seem'd
           pleasant
           and
           gay
           ,
           they
           never
           suffered
           their
           minds
           to
           be
           rufled
           with
           anxious
           
           Thoughts
           for
           the
           Future
           ,
           so
           they
           enjoy'd
           the
           present
           ,
           and
           observ'd
           in
           the
           Literal
           (
           but
           corrupted
           )
           sence
           the
           command
           of
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           to
           take
           no
           care
           for
           the
           Morrow
           ;
           the
           most
           surprizing
           Relations
           mov'd
           them
           not
           a
           jot
           ,
           and
           they
           gave
           as
           equal
           a
           Credit
           to
           an
           Information
           or
           Confession
           upon
           Oath
           ,
           as
           they
           would
           have
           allow'd
           to
           a
           Chapter
           in
           Rablais
           his
           History
           of
           Garagantua
           .
        
         
           The
           other
           were
           of
           a
           quite
           different
           stamp
           ,
           they
           could
           credit
           the
           most
           improbable
           Stories
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           far
           fetcht
           Lyes
           were
           with
           them
           esteem'd
           as
           Oracles
           ;
           they
           were
           ever
           at
           Coffee-houses
           or
           places
           of
           such
           resort
           ,
           still
           listning
           to
           every
           idle
           Pamphleteer's
           Discourse
           ,
           with
           more
           Attention
           than
           to
           a
           Sermon
           ;
           they
           could
           not
           see
           a
           Chimney
           on
           Fire
           ,
           but
           immediately
           some
           Treachery
           they
           believ'd
           was
           in
           agitation
           ;
           and
           a
           Drunken
           Midnight
           Quarrel
           in
           the
           Streets
           Allarm'd
           their
           Thoughts
           into
           the
           Belief
           of
           a
           Massacre
           ;
           they
           had
           nothing
           in
           their
           Mouths
           but
           Plots
           and
           Designs
           ;
           and
           Holy
           Writ
           it self
           stood
           upon
           the
           same
           bottom
           in
           their
           Creed
           with
           some
           Witnesses
           Depositions
           ;
           their
           Imagination
           hag-rid
           with
           Suspicions
           and
           Fears
           ,
           daily
           presented
           them
           with
           such
           frightful
           Scenes
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           not
           only
           uneasy
           to
           themselves
           ,
           but
           likewise
           to
           all
           about
           them
           ,
           which
           render'd
           their
           Days
           unpleasant
           ,
           and
           their
           Nights
           unquiet
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           some
           of
           them
           durst
           not
           go
           to
           Bed
           for
           fear
           next
           Morning
           they
           should
           wake
           and
           find
           their
           Throats
           Cut.
           
        
         
           From
           these
           two
           very
           corrupt
           Humours
           in
           the
           late
           times
           ,
           were
           produced
           those
           two
           odious
           Characters
           of
           Whigg
           and
           Tory
           ,
           which
           were
           handed
           about
           so
           long
           in
           Jest
           ,
           that
           they
           soon
           turn'd
           Earnest
           ,
           and
           he
           was
           thought
           either
           a
           Knave
           or
           a
           Blockhead
           who
           would
           not
           suffer
           himself
           to
           be
           Dignified
           or
           Distinguished
           by
           one
           of
           those
           Titles
           .
           This
           Humour
           continued
           for
           some
           Years
           with
           great
           Violence
           and
           Disorder
           ,
           during
           the
           latter
           end
           of
           the
           Reign
           of
           K.
           Charles
           the
           Second
           ;
           in
           all
           which
           time
           t
           is
           obvious
           whoever
           wore
           the
           Crown
           ,
           a
           great
           Person
           then
           at
           Court
           manag'd
           Affairs
           at
           the
           Helm
           .
        
         
         
           That
           
             great
             Prince
          
           (
           who
           had
           seen
           both
           the
           Extreams
           of
           a
           Prosperous
           and
           an
           Adverse
           Fortune
           )
           by
           his
           Death
           Yeilded
           the
           Throne
           to
           his
           only
           Brother
           ,
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           whose
           Reign
           the
           two
           Discriminating
           Names
           before
           mention'd
           seem'd
           to
           have
           been
           utterly
           forgotten
           ;
           the
           former
           in
           seeing
           a
           Prince
           the
           Darling
           of
           their
           thoughts
           and
           wishes
           now
           become
           a
           Monarch
           ,
           and
           the
           latter
           in
           their
           mistaken
           apprehensions
           of
           his
           unexpected
           Clemency
           in
           affording
           them
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           .
        
         
           The
           Storm
           was
           now
           abated
           ,
           and
           Mens
           Tempers
           grew
           more
           compos'd
           ,
           the
           Virtues
           of
           the
           Soveraign
           fill'd
           every
           Mouth
           with
           His
           Praises
           ;
           His
           Goodness
           ,
           His
           Justice
           ,
           and
           His
           Piety
           was
           the
           Theme
           of
           common
           Discourse
           ,
           and
           nothing
           but
           the
           Name
           of
           
             James
             the
             Just
          
           heard
           in
           the
           most
           ordinary
           Conversations
           .
        
         
           It
           does
           not
           become
           a
           Subject
           too
           nicely
           to
           inquire
           into
           the
           Miscarriages
           of
           a
           
             Crown'd
             Head
          
           ;
           but
           this
           must
           be
           confest
           ,
           very
           ill
           things
           were
           done
           ,
           even
           to
           the
           Alteration
           of
           the
           fundamentals
           both
           of
           our
           Religion
           and
           Government
           ;
           and
           this
           must
           be
           own'd
           by
           every
           one
           whose
           Ears
           are
           not
           stopt
           by
           invincible
           Prejudice
           or
           Partiality
           .
        
         
           'T
           would
           be
           vain
           labour
           to
           descend
           to
           particulars
           in
           a
           Discourse
           which
           is
           design'd
           to
           be
           of
           another
           Nature
           .
           The
           Jewish
           Feast
           of
           Tabernacles
           ,
           tho'
           long
           time
           Abrogated
           by
           the
           coming
           of
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           hinders
           not
           ,
           nor
           forbids
           me
           to
           reflect
           on
           the
           Dangers
           I
           escap'd
           in
           the
           Wilderness
           .
           I
           may
           Lawfully
           ,
           I
           think
           ,
           select
           such
           Days
           in
           the
           Year
           to
           consider
           how
           Corporations
           were
           Regulated
           ,
           Bishops
           Imprison'd
           ,
           and
           other
           Irregularities
           committed
           in
           the
           late
           Reign
           ,
           without
           assembling
           a
           Conventicle
           ,
           and
           there
           in
           some
           lewd
           Harrang
           swell
           every
           Miscarriage
           to
           a
           prodigious
           greatness
           .
           The
           Actions
           of
           Princes
           (
           Evil
           ones
           especially
           )
           are
           their
           own
           proper
           Heralds
           ,
           and
           every
           one
           of
           his
           Subjects
           carries
           some
           short
           Remarks
           of
           his
           Reign
           in
           their
           Memories
           .
        
         
         
           I
           do
           not
           believe
           that
           History
           can
           parallel
           the
           Joys
           and
           Triumphs
           of
           any
           Nation
           upon
           their
           Deliverance
           from
           Oppression
           ,
           with
           the
           universal
           Triumphs
           of
           the
           English
           upon
           the
           never
           to
           be
           forgotten
           late
           Revolution
           ;
           they
           seem'd
           like
           Men
           kept
           a
           long
           time
           in
           Durance
           ,
           and
           now
           were
           blest
           with
           the
           sweets
           of
           Liberty
           ;
           nay
           ,
           even
           some
           of
           our
           present
           Murmerers
           themselves
           were
           most
           forwardly
           Active
           to
           shew
           their
           Zeal
           for
           the
           then
           
             Prince
             of
             Orange
          
           ,
           who
           by
           his
           coming
           seem'd
           to
           open
           the
           Scene
           of
           a
           new
           World
           ,
           and
           restore
           the
           English
           to
           the
           Poet's
           time
           of
           the
           Golden
           Age
           again
           .
        
         
           But
           like
           true
           Israelites
           ,
           we
           long
           again
           for
           the
           Onions
           and
           Garlick
           of
           Egypt
           ,
           and
           would
           fain
           be
           under
           our
           old
           Task-masters
           once
           more
           ;
           the
           Wound
           which
           was
           seemingly
           Heal'd
           ,
           is
           now
           broke
           out
           again
           ,
           and
           what
           we
           lost
           in
           the
           Antient
           Tory
           ,
           we
           find
           reviv'd
           in
           the
           Modern
           Jacobite
           .
        
         
           We
           were
           told
           in
           a
           Prophetick
           Discourse
           some
           years
           since
           ,
           what
           Treatment
           we
           were
           to
           expect
           if
           a
           Prince
           of
           the
           Romish
           Communion
           should
           settle
           upon
           the
           Throne
           ;
           the
           effects
           of
           which
           every
           one
           who
           is
           not
           wilfully
           Blind
           must
           acknowledg
           .
           Did
           he
           not
           drive
           Jehu-like
           in
           a
           full
           Carreer
           to
           Rome
           ?
           Were
           not
           his
           Emisaries
           in
           every
           great
           Town
           in
           England
           Regulating
           Corporations
           ,
           and
           Poisoning
           the
           Minds
           of
           the
           People
           with
           Popish
           Doctrins
           ?
           Were
           not
           all
           places
           of
           Trust
           both
           Civil
           and
           Military
           fill'd
           up
           with
           those
           of
           the
           Romish
           Faith
           ,
           or
           others
           whom
           he
           made
           use
           of
           for
           his
           own
           ends
           ?
           Were
           they
           not
           come
           to
           an
           excessive
           hight
           of
           Impudence
           both
           in
           their
           Sermons
           and
           Discourses
           ?
           Was
           not
           the
           Torrent
           swell'd
           so
           high
           that
           they
           hourly
           expected
           the
           Deluge
           ?
           Were
           not
           the
           Fences
           of
           the
           Law
           (
           the
           Security
           of
           the
           Subject
           )
           attempted
           to
           be
           broke
           down
           ?
           And
           
             Magna
             Charta
          
           ,
           when
           in
           Opposition
           to
           the
           Princes
           will
           ,
           be
           valued
           no
           more
           than
           a
           cancell'd
           Deed
           of
           Conveyance
           ;
           Was
           not
           an
           Embassador
           sent
           to
           Rome
           ,
           and
           a
           Nuntio
           Entertain'd
           here
           (
           to
           settle
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           no
           doubt
           )
           and
           a
           thousand
           other
           Practices
           committed
           as
           directly
           opposite
           to
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           English
           Nation
           ,
           as
           Fire
           is
           contrary
           
           to
           Water
           .
           Was
           all
           this
           done
           in
           a
           corner
           ?
           Were
           not
           their
           Actions
           as
           barefaced
           as
           the
           Sun
           ?
           And
           after
           all
           this
           ,
           and
           the
           Deliverance
           we
           Enjoy
           ,
           must
           we
           go
           into
           the
           House
           of
           Bondage
           again
           ,
           and
           put
           on
           those
           Fetters
           we
           so
           lately
           shook
           off
           ?
        
         
           Let
           the
           seeming
           warmth
           of
           this
           Parenthesis
           be
           a
           little
           excus'd
           ;
           yet
           I
           must
           confess
           ,
           such
           considerations
           as
           these
           are
           almost
           valid
           enough
           to
           justify
           a
           Passion
           ,
           and
           make
           Anger
           appear
           no
           Fault
           ;
           for
           were
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           the
           only
           Asserters
           of
           the
           Rights
           of
           the
           
             late
             King
             James
          
           ,
           the
           wonder
           would
           be
           little
           ;
           bodies
           often
           Sympathise
           at
           a
           distance
           ,
           and
           they
           by
           several
           Obligations
           are
           bound
           to
           wish
           him
           Success
           ;
           and
           while
           they
           terminate
           in
           empty
           Hopes
           ,
           let
           them
           still
           regale
           themselves
           with
           their
           airy
           Diet
           ;
           I
           pity
           the
           deluded
           Creatures
           ,
           but
           cannot
           blame
           them
           ,
           because
           they
           Act
           upon
           their
           own
           Principles
           ;
           and
           't
           would
           be
           as
           unnatural
           for
           them
           not
           to
           Pray
           for
           his
           Return
           ,
           as
           for
           a
           Cardinal
           ,
           in
           hopes
           of
           the
           Popedom
           ,
           to
           wish
           success
           to
           the
           Protestant
           Forces
           ;
           or
           a
           Calvinist
           to
           Drink
           a
           Health
           to
           
             Monsieur
             Catinat
          
           :
           But
           when
           a
           sort
           of
           Men
           guided
           ,
           as
           they
           pretend
           ,
           by
           the
           Dictates
           of
           an
           unerring
           Conscience
           ,
           shall
           at
           this
           time
           of
           day
           openly
           declare
           for
           an
           exploded
           Interest
           ,
           and
           these
           Protestants
           too
           ,
           Men
           no
           ways
           leven'd
           with
           Popery
           ,
           or
           any
           of
           her
           Doctrin's
           ,
           but
           Zealous
           Maintainers
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           Devout
           and
           Pious
           ,
           Charitable
           and
           Just
           ,
           in
           the
           chief
           Employments
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           Brightest
           of
           the
           
             Golden
             Candlesticks
          
           :
           For
           these
           so
           openly
           to
           declare
           their
           Aversion
           to
           this
           Present
           Government
           ,
           and
           their
           Fondness
           for
           the
           Last
           ,
           is
           what
           does
           not
           a
           little
           elevate
           and
           surprise
           (
           to
           use
           an
           Expression
           of
           Mr.
           Bays
           )
           and
           comes
           almost
           as
           near
           to
           a
           Miracle
           as
           Transubstantiation
           .
        
         
           A
           late
           very
           Eminent
           Doctor
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           when
           the
           Prosecution
           was
           Violent
           against
           the
           Dissenters
           ,
           wrote
           a
           most
           Learned
           Tract
           ,
           concerning
           the
           Nicety
           of
           a
           Scrupulous
           Conscience
           ;
           wherein
           he
           very
           curiously
           Anatomizes
           the
           several
           Meanders
           and
           turnings
           of
           that
           invisible
           Operation
           ,
           and
           
           Proves
           that
           Humour
           ,
           Discontent
           and
           Interest
           do
           frequently
           wear
           the
           Livery
           of
           Conscience
           .
           How
           nice
           soever
           some
           may
           be
           in
           point
           of
           Religion
           ,
           I
           wish
           these
           Gentlemen
           could
           acquit
           themselves
           from
           the
           forementioned
           Disguise
           with
           which
           they
           masquerade
           their
           Political
           Conscience
           .
        
         
           One
           would
           wonder
           what
           strange
           bewitching
           Sophistry
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           makes
           use
           of
           to
           blind
           the
           Understandings
           of
           her
           Votaries
           ,
           to
           that
           degree
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           continually
           mistaking
           their
           own
           Interest
           ,
           and
           tamely
           to
           deliver
           up
           their
           Bodies
           ,
           Souls
           ,
           Reputation
           and
           Fortunes
           for
           the
           Reversion
           of
           Purgatory
           hereafter
           ,
           only
           for
           the
           slight
           gratification
           of
           their
           humours
           here
           ;
           and
           I
           appeal
           to
           the
           greatest
           asserter
           of
           King
           James
           his
           Interest
           ,
           if
           they
           can
           produce
           any
           Crown'd
           Head
           in
           England
           since
           the
           Conquest
           ,
           who
           was
           half
           so
           Infatuated
           and
           Bigotted
           to
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           See
           of
           Rome
           ,
           as
           the
           
             late
             King
          
           :
           Indeed
           we
           Read
           of
           a
           Religious
           Edward
           ,
           and
           a
           Pious
           ,
           Devout
           Henry
           ;
           but
           our
           English
           History
           cannot
           afford
           us
           one
           Instance
           of
           a
           Prince
           who
           would
           Sacrifice
           his
           own
           Honour
           ,
           his
           Kingdoms
           Safety
           ,
           his
           Interest
           Abroad
           ,
           and
           the
           Love
           of
           his
           Subjects
           at
           Home
           ,
           meerly
           out
           of
           a
           mistaken
           Zeal
           to
           the
           Advancement
           of
           the
           
             Romish
             Faith
          
           ;
           the
           most
           solemn
           Oaths
           and
           Protestations
           esteem'd
           do
           more
           than
           words
           of
           Course
           ;
           and
           that
           which
           was
           held
           Sacred
           amongst
           all
           mankind
           ,
           valued
           as
           nothing
           in
           competition
           with
           a
           Command
           from
           the
           Apostolick
           Chair
           :
           The
           old
           
             Lady
             at
             Rome
          
           with
           all
           her
           Wrinkles
           ,
           has
           still
           some
           Charms
           to
           subdue
           great
           Princes
           ;
           and
           tho
           she
           has
           Abus'd
           ,
           Depos'd
           ,
           and
           Murther'd
           so
           many
           of
           her
           Lovers
           ,
           yet
           she
           finds
           every
           day
           some
           new
           Admirers
           who
           are
           proud
           of
           her
           Charms
           ;
           a
           Practice
           which
           comes
           as
           near
           a
           Miracle
           ,
           as
           any
           that
           Church
           in
           her
           Legends
           can
           boast
           of
           ;
           and
           I
           hope
           some
           passages
           in
           the
           late
           Reign
           are
           not
           so
           forgotten
           ,
           but
           they
           may
           serve
           to
           justify
           the
           truth
           of
           the
           Assertion
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           for
           our
           amusement
           we
           were
           once
           told
           by
           a
           popular
           Pen
           ,
           
             That
             allowing
             a
             King
             upon
             the
          
           English
           
             Throne
             ,
             Principled
             
             for
             Arbitrary
             Government
             and
             Popery
             ,
             yet
             he
             was
             Clog'd
             and
             Shackl'd
             with
             Popular
             and
             Protestant
             Laws
             ,
             that
             if
             he
             had
             ne're
             so
             great
             a
             mind
             to
             't
             ,
             there
             was
             not
             a
             Subject
             in
             his
             Dominions
             would
             dare
             to
             serve
             him
             in
             his
             Design
             .
          
           How
           true
           this
           Assertion
           has
           since
           prov'd
           ,
           let
           any
           indifferent
           person
           judge
           ;
           the
           
             late
             King
          
           himself
           both
           dar'd
           and
           found
           no
           small
           number
           of
           his
           Subjects
           as
           resolute
           as
           their
           Master
           ,
           to
           alter
           the
           whole
           Frame
           of
           the
           English
           Government
           ;
           he
           found
           not
           Men
           only
           of
           his
           own
           Communion
           ,
           but
           Men
           of
           all
           Religions
           ,
           or
           rather
           of
           no
           Religion
           at
           all
           ,
           whose
           desperate
           Fortunes
           push't
           'em
           on
           to
           the
           most
           daring
           Enterprises
           ;
           '
           his
           single
           Command
           added
           Life
           to
           their
           Motions
           ;
           and
           no
           wonder
           he
           found
           Tools
           to
           Work
           withal
           ,
           when
           all
           the
           Obligations
           of
           Law
           were
           shrunk
           into
           the
           small
           compass
           of
           a
           Princes
           Will
           ,
           and
           the
           musty
           Lines
           of
           
             Magna
             Charta
          
           dwindled
           to
           a
           
             Sic
             volo
             ,
             sic
             jubeo
          
           .
        
         
           Several
           other
           artifices
           were
           us'd
           ,
           to
           let
           us
           conceive
           a
           Popish
           Prince
           no
           such
           terrible
           Bugbear
           as
           common
           Fame
           represents
           him
           ;
           as
           that
           the
           Idolatrous
           Superstition
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           was
           by
           a
           long
           series
           of
           time
           so
           worn
           off
           the
           minds
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           the
           Reformation
           so
           strongly
           Rooted
           ,
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           so
           firmly
           Establish'd
           ,
           the
           Romanists
           so
           detested
           for
           their
           Innovations
           in
           Doctrin
           and
           Absurdity
           in
           Ceremonies
           ,
           &c.
           that
           it
           was
           impossible
           ever
           to
           fix
           Popery
           here
           :
           But
           ,
           alas
           ,
           't
           was
           meer
           Delusion
           ,
           we
           quickly
           saw
           through
           the
           Juggle
           ,
           and
           the
           State-Quacks
           discover'd
           their
           Leigerdemain
           tricks
           too
           openly
           ;
           and
           had
           not
           Almighty
           God
           by
           a
           most
           surprising
           ,
           and
           almost
           unparllel'd
           Providence
           Deliver'd
           us
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           by
           this
           time
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           Name
           Protestant
           had
           been
           as
           odious
           in
           England
           ,
           as
           the
           Term
           of
           Hugonot
           is
           now
           in
           France
           ;
           and
           the
           Dominicans
           and
           Franciscans
           left
           their
           Cells
           in
           Lincolns-Inn-Fields
           and
           the
           Savoy
           ,
           to
           have
           Sung
           their
           
             Regina
             Coelorum
          
           in
           all
           the
           Cathedrals
           in
           England
           .
        
         
           I
           am
           not
           Ignorant
           how
           some
           Persons
           do
           still
           Magnifie
           the
           Merits
           of
           the
           
             late
             King
          
           ,
           as
           to
           his
           Private
           Virtues
           ,
           as
           his
           being
           Descended
           of
           the
           Blood
           Royal
           ,
           his
           Inviolable
           tenderness
           
           for
           his
           Friend
           ,
           the
           exact
           Correspondency
           of
           his
           Mouth
           and
           Heart
           ,
           his
           Courage
           against
           the
           Dutch
           ,
           &c.
           but
           these
           were
           glimmering
           Rays
           of
           his
           ,
           which
           shin'd
           upon
           some
           few
           only
           ;
           for
           when
           he
           came
           to
           his
           Meridian
           ,
           they
           chang'd
           their
           Nature
           ,
           and
           the
           scorching
           Beams
           of
           his
           Zeal
           for
           his
           Religion
           got
           the
           Ascenednt
           of
           all
           his
           other
           Accomplishments
           ,
           which
           so
           clouded
           his
           discerning
           Faculties
           ,
           that
           he
           mistook
           his
           Friends
           for
           his
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           his
           Enemies
           for
           his
           Friends
           ;
           the
           most
           sage
           and
           deliberate
           Advices
           given
           him
           in
           opposition
           to
           beloved
           Jesuits
           ,
           were
           censur'd
           as
           intrenchments
           upon
           his
           Prerogative
           ,
           and
           the
           single
           
             Ipse
             Dixit
          
           of
           
             Father
             Peters
          
           ,
           valued
           above
           the
           Joynt
           Council
           of
           the
           Realm
           ;
           the
           Colledges
           of
           Oxford
           and
           Cambridg
           esteem'd
           as
           Nurseries
           of
           Hereticks
           ,
           and
           the
           President
           and
           Fellows
           of
           
             Magdelen
             Colledg
          
           most
           illegally
           Ejected
           from
           their
           just
           Rights
           ,
           to
           receive
           upon
           the
           Foundation
           a
           sort
           of
           Sparks
           who
           were
           neither
           Schollars
           nor
           Gentlemen
           .
           Priviledg
           was
           swallow'd
           up
           by
           Prerogative
           ,
           
             and
             Know
             I
             am
             your
             King
             ,
          
           was
           a
           Supersedeas
           to
           all
           manner
           of
           humble
           Petitions
           and
           Remonstrances
           ;
           his
           Priests
           ,
           those
           fatal
           Scorpions
           ,
           he
           so
           hugg'd
           in
           his
           Bosom
           ,
           were
           the
           chief
           Incendiaries
           ,
           and
           contrary
           to
           our
           known
           Laws
           ,
           swarm'd
           over
           from
           Doway
           and
           St.
           Omers
           ,
           greedily
           gaping
           after
           Preferments
           ,
           which
           they
           needed
           not
           have
           wanted
           ,
           could
           his
           Will
           alone
           have
           placed
           them
           in
           Ecclesiastical
           Dignities
           ;
           they
           must
           be
           humbly
           content
           with
           Titular
           and
           Imaginary
           Bishopricks
           
             in
             Nubibus
          
           ,
           till
           the
           stubbern
           Hereticks
           who
           Enjoy'd
           'em
           ,
           would
           at
           once
           part
           with
           their
           Reasons
           and
           their
           Livings
           together
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           greatest
           occasion
           of
           his
           Arbitrary
           Government
           ,
           and
           the
           Aera
           from
           whence
           he
           may
           date
           all
           his
           late
           Misfortunes
           ,
           was
           his
           Friendship
           with
           the
           
             French
             King
          
           ,
           a
           right
           Son
           of
           Ishmael
           ,
           whose
           Hand
           is
           lifted
           up
           against
           every
           Man's
           ,
           and
           every
           Man
           's
           against
           his
           ;
           a
           Man
           who
           has
           not
           one
           single
           Virtue
           to
           counterballance
           that
           prodigious
           stock
           of
           Vices
           which
           harbour
           in
           his
           Breast
           ;
           a
           Man
           who
           has
           built
           a
           Reputation
           upon
           the
           Ruins
           of
           his
           Neighbours
           Kingdoms
           ;
           and
           yet
           with
           this
           
             Gallick
             
             Nimrod
          
           did
           the
           Unnfortunate
           King
           James
           contract
           a
           mo●●
           lasting
           Alliance
           .
        
         
           I
           perceive
           I
           am
           stopt
           in
           my
           Assertion
           ,
           and
           a
           little
           Dabler
           in
           Politicks
           challenges
           me
           to
           prove
           the
           Contract
           :
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           we
           cannot
           shew
           the
           Original
           Deed
           ,
           with
           their
           Signets
           and
           Names
           affixt
           to
           it
           ;
           but
           he
           must
           surely
           be
           Delivered
           over
           to
           Unbelief
           ,
           who
           cannot
           credit
           such
           Circumstances
           as
           serve
           to
           clear
           the
           matter
           from
           all
           doubt
           or
           hesitation
           :
           Who
           Promoted
           the
           Marriage
           of
           the
           Duke
           with
           the
           Princess
           of
           Modena
           ?
           Who
           Defraid
           the
           Charges
           of
           her
           Journy
           ,
           and
           Paid
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           her
           Fortune
           ,
           but
           the
           
             French
             King
          
           ?
           If
           this
           will
           not
           satisfie
           ,
           pray
           examine
           
           Coleman's
           Letter
           to
           Sir
           
             William
             Throgmorton
          
           ;
           the
           Duke
           's
           then
           agent
           at
           the
           
             French
             Court
          
           ,
           where
           he
           tells
           him
           ,
           
             That
             when
             the
             Duke
             comes
             to
             be
             Master
             of
             our
             Affairs
             ,
             the
             King
             of
          
           France
           
             will
             have
             all
             reason
             to
             promise
             himself
             all
             that
             he
             can
             desire
             ;
             for
             according
             to
             the
             Dukes
             mind
             ,
             the
             Interest
             of
             the
             King
             of
          
           England
           ,
           
             the
             King
             of
          
           France
           ,
           
             and
             his
             Own
             ,
             are
             so
             closely
             bound
             up
             together
             ,
             that
             't
             is
             impossible
             to
             separate
             them
             one
             from
             the
             other
             ,
             without
             the
             ruin
             of
             them
             all
             three
             ;
             but
             being
             joyned
             ,
             they
             must
             notwithstanding
             all
             opposition
             ,
             become
             Invincible
             :
          
           There
           are
           other
           Letters
           between
           Mr.
           Coleman
           and
           
             Father
             le
             Chaise
          
           which
           carry
           such
           undeniable
           Marks
           of
           a
           Contract
           between
           
             King
             James
          
           when
           Duke
           of
           York
           and
           
             Louis
             le
             Grand
          
           ,
           that
           none
           but
           those
           Devested
           of
           common
           Sense
           ,
           can
           have
           reason
           to
           doubt
           it
           :
           If
           this
           is
           not
           throughly
           convincing
           ,
           let
           any
           one
           consult
           the
           Memorial
           given
           in
           by
           
             Monsieur
             d'
             Avaux
          
           ,
           the
           French
           Embassador
           at
           the
           
             Hague
             ,
             Sept.
             9th
          
           1688
           ,
           which
           if
           the
           curious
           Reader
           desire
           to
           see
           at
           length
           ,
           I
           refer
           him
           to
           the
           1st
           Vol.
           of
           
             Mercurius
             Reformatus
          
           ,
           or
           the
           
             New
             Observator
          
           ,
           No.
           5.
           wherein
           the
           Ingenuous
           Author
           of
           that
           Paper
           ,
           does
           prove
           it
           beyond
           all
           possibility
           of
           Contradiction
           .
           There
           are
           several
           other
           Arguments
           as
           unquestionable
           as
           the
           former
           ,
           which
           for
           brevity's
           sake
           ,
           I
           omit
           .
        
         
         
           And
           now
           't
           is
           time
           to
           breath
           a
           while
           ,
           and
           consider
           what
           are
           the
           those
           Regal
           Virtues
           ,
           of
           which
           ,
           if
           a
           Prince
           has
           not
           a
           share
           ,
           he
           will
           hardly
           answer
           the
           expectations
           of
           his
           People
           ,
           nor
           the
           ends
           of
           Government
           ;
           they
           are
           generally
           recon'd
           to
           be
           Piety
           ,
           Prudence
           ,
           Justice
           ,
           and
           Valour
           ;
           but
           if
           his
           Piety
           degenerates
           into
           Biggottism
           ,
           his
           Prudence
           into
           unsteady
           Timerousness
           ,
           his
           Justice
           into
           acts
           of
           Cruelty
           and
           Severity
           ,
           and
           his
           Valour
           into
           Rashness
           and
           Obstinacy
           ;
           what
           ever
           his
           Flatterers
           may
           say
           of
           him
           ,
           yet
           certainly
           he
           is
           unfit
           to
           Govern.
           
        
         
           Let
           the
           Reader
           apply
           the
           Character
           where
           he
           pleases
           ,
           and
           find
           a
           Crown'd
           Head
           whereon
           to
           fix
           these
           four
           Vices
           ,
           by
           another
           name
           call'd
           Virtues
           .
           How
           much
           of
           the
           Comparison
           may
           fall
           to
           the
           
             late
             King's
             share
          
           ,
           we
           know
           not
           ;
           but
           of
           his
           
             Bigottry
             ,
             Zeal
          
           ,
           (
           or
           what
           other
           Name
           you
           please
           )
           to
           his
           Religion
           ,
           I
           believe
           by
           this
           time
           the
           World
           wants
           not
           to
           be
           convinc'd
           ;
           for
           if
           for
           Arguments
           sake
           we
           should
           allow
           (
           what
           we
           cannot
           believe
           )
           viz.
           a
           Merit
           in
           Religious
           Actions
           ,
           certainly
           the
           
             late
             King
          
           has
           bid
           the
           fairest
           for
           Cononization
           ,
           after
           his
           Death
           ,
           of
           all
           the
           Crown'd
           Heads
           who
           have
           liv'd
           these
           two
           Centuries
           ,
           who
           would
           Sacrifice
           three
           Kingdoms
           to
           the
           Capricios
           of
           a
           Priest
           ;
           but
           be
           it
           unto
           him
           according
           to
           his
           Faith
           ;
           and
           indeed
           it
           is
           but
           just
           he
           should
           expect
           a
           Crown
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           if
           for
           its
           sake
           he
           has
           lost
           one
           on
           Earth
           .
        
         
           This
           in
           a
           few
           Lines
           we
           have
           given
           the
           Character
           of
           a
           Bigotted
           unfortunate
           Prince
           :
           But
           leaving
           him
           at
           his
           Devotions
           ,
           let
           us
           a
           little
           return
           homewards
           ,
           and
           observe
           a
           sort
           of
           Men
           who
           are
           so
           very
           Impatient
           under
           this
           Government
           ,
           that
           their
           very
           Looks
           express
           their
           Discontent
           ;
           they
           are
           as
           uneasy
           ,
           tho
           in
           the
           Sun-shine
           of
           Liberty
           ,
           as
           the
           Slaves
           at
           Algeirs
           are
           with
           their
           Chains
           ;
           they
           cannot
           take
           an
           Oath
           to
           a
           Government
           that
           will
           Protect
           'em
           ,
           and
           nothing
           will
           ever
           satisfy
           them
           ,
           but
           the
           Return
           of
           their
           Old
           Master
           .
        
         
         
           Good
           God!
           to
           what
           stupidity
           is
           Mankind
           arriv'd
           ?
           To
           dislike
           the
           most
           easy
           Government
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           to
           Espouse
           that
           which
           is
           the
           most
           Barbarous
           in
           its
           Nature
           :
           A
           Government
           that
           in
           measures
           of
           Cruelty
           exceeds
           ev'n
           the
           most
           Savage
           Communities
           on
           the
           Coast
           of
           India
           !
           A
           Government
           so
           debauch'd
           with
           false
           Religion
           ,
           that
           considering
           the
           Interest
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           the
           ill
           usage
           it
           exposes
           Mens
           Persons
           and
           Fortunes
           to
           ,
           it
           could
           be
           almost
           wisht
           that
           such
           a
           Religion
           had
           never
           been
           known
           in
           the
           World.
           In
           the
           name
           of
           Wonder
           ,
           what
           would
           these
           Gentlemen
           have
           ?
           They
           were
           many
           of
           them
           (
           at
           least
           many
           pretended
           to
           be
           )
           uneasy
           under
           the
           last
           ,
           when
           Popery
           and
           Arbitrary
           Government
           seem'd
           to
           come
           as
           an
           Armed
           Man
           ;
           and
           now
           they
           are
           almost
           beyond
           the
           possibility
           of
           such
           Fears
           ,
           they
           Murmur
           :
           Of
           what
           Mercurial
           Temper
           are
           the
           English
           compos'd
           ,
           that
           they
           can
           never
           be
           setled
           ?
           Popery
           was
           once
           their
           Terrour
           ,
           and
           now
           that
           is
           remov'd
           ,
           they
           fear
           they
           know
           not
           what
           ;
           like
           Men
           in
           Feavers
           ,
           they
           are
           Restless
           in
           this
           Bed
           ,
           and
           when
           remov'd
           to
           another
           ,
           are
           as
           uneasy
           in
           that
           .
           I
           appeal
           to
           any
           of
           them
           ,
           if
           the
           pressures
           that
           gawl
           their
           Shoulders
           ,
           either
           in
           their
           Persons
           or
           Fortunes
           ,
           was
           not
           brought
           upon
           themselves
           by
           their
           own
           perverse
           Obstinacy
           ,
           for
           which
           Conscience
           is
           still
           the
           pretence
           ;
           the
           Government
           would
           have
           them
           Live
           easy
           ,
           and
           enjoy
           their
           Estates
           and
           Preferments
           both
           Civil
           and
           Ecclesiastical
           ,
           nor
           would
           molest
           them
           while
           quiet
           they
           might
           sit
           under
           their
           Vines
           and
           under
           their
           Fig-Trees
           ,
           but
           they
           will
           not
           ;
           and
           if
           Men
           will
           turn
           themselves
           out
           of
           all
           ,
           in
           compliance
           to
           a
           humour
           ,
           who
           can
           help
           it
           ?
        
         
           It
           must
           be
           confest
           ,
           that
           when
           once
           the
           Persons
           of
           Kings
           grow
           Contemptible
           ,
           or
           little
           in
           the
           Eyes
           of
           their
           Subjects
           ,
           their
           smallest
           Miscarriages
           are
           Magnified
           to
           that
           degree
           ,
           as
           very
           often
           Terminates
           in
           their
           Ruin
           :
           But
           there
           is
           an
           Errour
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           when
           the
           worst
           Actions
           of
           Princes
           shall
           be
           thought
           Innocent
           (
           for
           according
           to
           some
           persons
           Creed
           ,
           
             a
             King
             can
             do
             no
             wrong
          
           )
           and
           the
           belief
           of
           Passive
           Obedience
           
           is
           carried
           so
           high
           ,
           that
           even
           his
           Arbitrary
           Proceedings
           shall
           be
           winkt
           at
           :
           This
           is
           to
           exceed
           even
           the
           Arts
           of
           the
           
             Turkish
             Policy
          
           ,
           who
           pay
           not
           a
           greater
           Veneration
           of
           their
           
             Grand
             Signiors
          
           ,
           than
           some
           of
           our
           Zealots
           do
           to
           the
           
             late
             King
          
           ,
           they
           solemnly
           drink
           his
           Health
           upon
           their
           Knees
           ,
           and
           Pray
           for
           him
           in
           their
           Private
           Devotions
           affectionately
           ;
           nor
           do
           they
           forget
           him
           in
           the
           Publick
           Liturgies
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           for
           every
           one
           knows
           the
           secret
           Mystery
           of
           Bless
           and
           Protect
           
             the
             King
          
           our
           Governour
           .
           To
           be
           short
           ,
           nothing
           will
           serve
           them
           but
           his
           Return
           ,
           to
           Redeem
           them
           out
           of
           their
           imaginary
           Bondage
           ;
           for
           this
           they
           Wish
           ,
           for
           this
           they
           Pray
           :
           Nay
           ,
           the
           Jews
           themselves
           do
           not
           at
           this
           day
           with
           greater
           impatience
           and
           mistaken
           Zeal
           expect
           the
           coming
           of
           the
           Messias
           ,
           than
           these
           kind
           of
           Men
           do
           for
           the
           Restauration
           of
           
             King
             James
          
           to
           his
           Crown
           and
           Dignity
           .
        
         
           Let
           us
           therefore
           a
           little
           examin
           what
           specious
           Pretences
           they
           have
           for
           such
           an
           Ambition
           ;
           and
           tho
           indeed
           they
           are
           as
           shy
           of
           Revealing
           the
           Secret
           ,
           as
           they
           would
           be
           of
           a
           Fairy
           Treasure
           ;
           yet
           by
           some
           expressions
           occasionally
           dropt
           in
           Conversation
           ,
           't
           is
           not
           very
           hard
           to
           Conjecture
           some
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           As
           first
           ,
           they
           are
           great
           pretenders
           to
           Moral
           Justice
           ;
           they
           say
           King
           James
           had
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Wrong
           done
           him
           ,
           and
           being
           their
           Soveraign
           Prince
           ,
           they
           are
           Obliged
           to
           see
           him
           Righted
           .
           Are
           they
           so
           ?
           but
           who
           gave
           them
           the
           Commission
           ?
           Their
           Conscience
           ,
           they
           will
           tell
           you
           ,
           but
           their
           Conscience
           is
           so
           great
           a
           Riddle
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           never
           be
           Expounded
           ;
           their
           Conscience
           would
           have
           King
           James
           in
           his
           Throne
           again
           ,
           tho
           never
           so
           much
           Bloodshed
           and
           Miseries
           might
           ensue
           ;
           their
           fondness
           to
           his
           Person
           closes
           their
           Eyes
           and
           stops
           their
           Ears
           to
           all
           the
           Calamities
           their
           fellow
           Subjects
           must
           necessarily
           suffer
           by
           such
           a
           Revolution
           ;
           nay
           ,
           this
           very
           Conscience
           of
           theirs
           ,
           was
           one
           of
           the
           chief
           occasions
           which
           prompted
           the
           
             late
             King
          
           to
           commit
           those
           Arbitrary
           Actions
           in
           his
           shortliv'd
           Reign
           ;
           they
           told
           him
           he
           might
           do
           what
           he
           pleas'd
           ,
           and
           for
           
           for
           his
           Actions
           ,
           was
           accuntable
           to
           none
           but
           God
           ,
           tho
           he
           should
           turn
           upside-down
           our
           Laws
           ,
           Religion
           ,
           and
           Liberties
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           were
           tamely
           to
           submit
           our
           Necks
           to
           the
           Blow
           when
           ever
           he
           should
           Command
           it
           ,
           in
           spite
           of
           Laws
           ,
           tho
           it
           were
           in
           the
           Power
           of
           our
           Hands
           to
           save
           our selves
           by
           a
           just
           Defence
           .
           No
           wonder
           then
           upon
           such
           considerations
           as
           these
           ,
           and
           prompted
           by
           the
           Native
           Cruelty
           of
           his
           own
           Religion
           ,
           he
           permitted
           those
           unaccountable
           Actions
           to
           be
           committed
           ;
           and
           he
           is
           as
           much
           beholding
           to
           those
           fiery
           sticklers
           for
           the
           loss
           of
           his
           Crown
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           to
           Father
           Pretre's
           ,
           and
           other
           Jesuetick
           Advice
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           the
           Nature
           of
           Mankind
           to
           covet
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           all
           things
           about
           them
           easy
           and
           free
           :
           Now
           I
           would
           ask
           these
           Gentlemen
           what
           greater
           Freedom
           they
           can
           expect
           ,
           were
           their
           beloved
           Prince
           Reinstated
           in
           his
           Throne
           again
           ,
           than
           what
           they
           now
           Enjoy
           ?
           Are
           not
           their
           Fortunes
           secur'd
           to
           them
           by
           the
           best
           Laws
           in
           the
           World
           ?
           Who
           goes
           about
           to
           Invade
           their
           Properties
           ,
           or
           devest
           them
           of
           their
           Estates
           ?
           Yes
           ,
           they
           Reply
           ,
           some
           Bishops
           and
           other
           Ecclesiastical
           Persons
           have
           lost
           their
           Livings
           and
           Means
           of
           Subsistence
           ,
           because
           :
           —
           Yes
           ,
           the
           Because
           is
           very
           well
           known
           ,
           because
           they
           cannot
           take
           the
           Oaths
           .
           It
           would
           have
           been
           wisht
           ,
           that
           those
           Reverend
           Persons
           would
           have
           Inform'd
           the
           World
           with
           the
           Reasons
           of
           their
           Non-compliance
           ,
           which
           might
           have
           regulated
           the
           unthinking
           minds
           of
           some
           of
           their
           Bigotted
           Followers
           ,
           who
           out-do
           even
           the
           Votaries
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           in
           an
           Implicit
           Faith
           ;
           and
           believe
           't
           is
           not
           Lawful
           for
           them
           to
           Swear
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           because
           Dr.
           such
           a
           one
           refuses
           the
           Oaths
           .
           A
           very
           pretty
           conclusion
           ;
           but
           allowing
           it
           to
           be
           Conscience
           in
           their
           own
           acceptation
           ,
           I
           believe
           when
           Humour
           ,
           Prejudice
           ,
           and
           some
           other
           niceties
           are
           separated
           from
           it
           ,
           the
           thing
           call'd
           Conscience
           will
           appear
           in
           this
           Case
           but
           an
           Airy
           Notion
           .
        
         
         
           Some
           of
           the
           most
           Moderate
           of
           them
           ,
           I
           confess
           ,
           who
           are
           great
           Lovers
           of
           the
           
             late
             King
          
           ,
           could
           wish
           him
           here
           again
           without
           the
           Assistance
           of
           the
           French
           ;
           but
           if
           their
           Faith
           was
           but
           as
           strong
           and
           powerful
           as
           their
           Hopes
           ,
           they
           might
           certainly
           remove
           Mountains
           ,
           and
           joyn
           the
           Alps
           to
           St.
           Michaels-Mount
           in
           Cornwall
           ;
           but
           these
           are
           Wishes
           as
           Improbable
           as
           they
           are
           Impossible
           to
           be
           Effected
           ;
           for
           you
           may
           as
           easily
           separate
           Heat
           from
           Fire
           ,
           or
           Moisture
           from
           Water
           ,
           as
           divide
           the
           Interests
           of
           
             King
             James
          
           ,
           from
           those
           of
           
             Lewis
             the
             Fourteenth
          
           ;
           no
           ,
           no
           ,
           like
           Hippocrates
           his
           Twins
           they
           must
           Live
           and
           Dye
           together
           ;
           and
           therefore
           these
           fort
           of
           Men
           deserve
           rather
           our
           Pity
           than
           our
           Laughter
           .
        
         
           But
           there
           are
           another
           sort
           who
           will
           have
           their
           Old
           Master
           return
           again
           ,
           though
           by
           never
           such
           indirect
           Means
           ;
           and
           are
           as
           glad
           when
           they
           hear
           of
           the
           Success
           of
           the
           
             French
             Arms
          
           ,
           as
           they
           would
           be
           to
           Receive
           the
           News
           of
           the
           Death
           of
           some
           Decrepid
           Relation
           of
           theirs
           ,
           who
           by
           his
           Exit
           ,
           leaves
           them
           a
           plentiful
           Estate
           .
           And
           let
           Mons
           and
           
             Flanders
             ,
             Savoy
          
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           
             Confederate
             Countries
          
           be
           reduc'd
           to
           heaps
           of
           Ruins
           ,
           so
           their
           
             Dear
             King
          
           may
           come
           to
           his
           Throne
           again
           ,
           though
           he
           Enter'd
           the
           City
           of
           London
           with
           Luxemburgh
           and
           Boufflers
           at
           the
           Head
           of
           fifty
           Thousand
           French
           Dragoons
           .
        
         
           These
           are
           hopeful
           Protestants
           i'faith
           ,
           blessed
           Reformers
           and
           Defenders
           of
           the
           Christian
           Church
           ;
           fresh
           Straw
           and
           a
           dark
           Chamber
           ,
           cooling
           Purges
           ,
           Leeches
           and
           Blood-letting
           are
           only
           fit
           for
           such
           as
           these
           ;
           they
           are
           Mad
           beyond
           the
           cure
           of
           Hellebore
           :
           But
           because
           it
           is
           necessary
           sometimes
           to
           Answer
           a
           Fool
           according
           to
           his
           Folly.
           Let
           us
           ask
           em
           what
           mighty
           Mischiefs
           have
           the
           Dukes
           of
           Savoy
           ,
           and
           Bavaria
           ,
           the
           Electors
           of
           
             Brandenburgh
             ,
             Mentz
          
           ,
           and
           Cologne
           ,
           the
           Emperour
           
           of
           Germany
           ,
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Vnited
             Provinces
             ▪
          
           done
           these
           Gentlemen
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           so
           mighty
           Angry
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           could
           wish
           the
           Sculls
           of
           all
           their
           Subjects
           were
           to
           Pave
           the
           way
           for
           King
           James
           his
           Accession
           to
           a
           forfeited
           Throne
           ?
           how
           came
           these
           involv'd
           in
           the
           Quarrel
           ?
           must
           King
           James
           his
           supposed
           Right
           ,
           like
           
           Pharoah's
           Lean
           Kine
           ,
           swallow
           up
           all
           other
           Princes
           Properties
           ?
           What
           has
           he
           done
           to
           be
           so
           much
           the
           Darling
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           that
           other
           Mens
           Glories
           must
           be
           Ecclips'd
           to
           make
           his
           Glimmering
           Rays
           shine
           the
           Brighter
           ?
           Are
           great
           
             Britain
             ,
             France
          
           and
           Ireland
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           only
           Goshen
           ,
           and
           must
           there
           be
           Darkness
           all
           over
           Europe
           besides
           ?
           These
           Men
           are
           a
           most
           strange
           sort
           of
           Political
           Predestinarians
           ,
           who
           will
           allow
           no
           Peace
           nor
           Plenty
           to
           any
           but
           their
           Master
           and
           his
           Friends
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           hard
           to
           be
           determin'd
           ,
           whether
           Folly
           or
           Madness
           has
           the
           greatest
           share
           in
           the
           Composition
           of
           their
           Hopes
           .
           All
           Pity
           and
           Humanity
           to
           their
           fellow
           Creatures
           is
           laid
           aside
           ,
           and
           they
           seem
           to
           exceed
           the
           
             Indian
             Cannibals
          
           in
           acts
           of
           Cruelty
           ,
           for
           how
           severe
           they
           may
           be
           to
           Strangers
           ,
           they
           yet
           seldom
           Devour
           those
           of
           their
           own
           Tribe
           ;
           no
           Man
           that
           hears
           'em
           Discourse
           ,
           can
           certainly
           keep
           within
           the
           bounds
           of
           Moderation
           ;
           for
           who
           ever
           has
           the
           patience
           to
           hear
           their
           Arguments
           ,
           will
           certainly
           expect
           better
           .
           Reasons
           in
           Bedlam
           ,
           from
           the
           
             Lucida
             Intervalla
          
           of
           a
           Lunatick
           .
        
         
           The
           Love
           of
           ones
           Country
           ,
           was
           ever
           by
           the
           most
           Polite
           Nations
           ,
           esteem'd
           as
           the
           Characteristical
           mark
           of
           a
           Noble
           Soul
           ,
           and
           
             Vincit
             Amor
             Patriae
          
           ,
           seem'd
           to
           be
           Written
           in
           indelible
           Marks
           upon
           their
           Breasts
           ;
           for
           this
           the
           ancient
           Greeks
           and
           Romans
           were
           Famous
           ,
           Remarkable
           to
           this
           purpose
           is
           the
           Relation
           Livy
           gives
           us
           of
           Curtius
           a
           Noble
           Roman
           ,
           who
           when
           the
           Earth
           was
           sunk
           with
           a
           wide
           Gap
           in
           the
           Middle
           of
           the
           Forum
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           told
           ,
           it
           would
           not
           come
           together
           again
           ,
           unles
           some
           Prime
           young
           Nobleman
           were
           
           put
           into
           it
           ;
           he
           to
           Deliver
           his
           Country
           ,
           mounted
           on
           Horse-back
           ,
           Rode
           into
           the
           Gaping
           Chasma
           :
           But
           we
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           have
           a
           sort
           of
           Men
           amongst
           us
           ,
           who
           would
           gladly
           see
           their
           Native
           Soyl
           over
           run
           with
           a
           knot
           of
           Villains
           ,
           to
           gratifie
           one
           Mans
           Lust
           of
           Power
           on
           the
           one
           hand
           ,
           and
           their
           unaccountable
           Humour
           on
           the
           other
           .
           I
           would
           fain
           ask
           them
           ,
           supposing
           the
           possibility
           of
           such
           Success
           ,
           whether
           the
           French
           Arms
           are
           so
           well
           bred
           ,
           as
           to
           distinguish
           them
           from
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           English
           Sufferers
           by
           such
           a
           Revolution
           (
           to
           which
           that
           of
           the
           Goths
           and
           Vandals
           in
           Italy
           ,
           was
           but
           a
           civil
           Visit
           )
           ?
           I
           fear
           like
           Tarpeia
           the
           Vestal
           Virgin
           ,
           who
           Covenanted
           with
           the
           Sabines
           to
           betray
           the
           Capitol
           to
           them
           ,
           for
           what
           they
           wore
           on
           their
           lest
           Arms
           ;
           but
           when
           they
           were
           Entred
           ,
           into
           of
           Bracelets
           which
           she
           intended
           ,
           they
           threw
           their
           Targets
           upon
           her
           ,
           and
           Pressed
           her
           to
           Death
           ;
           so
           would
           these
           very
           Men
           Suffer
           in
           the
           Common
           Calamity
           ;
           for
           the
           French
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           other
           Nations
           ,
           agree
           in
           this
           ,
           
             That
             though
             they
             Love
             the
             Treason
             ,
             they
             Hate
             the
             Traytors
             .
          
        
         
           To
           Invert
           a
           little
           the
           Words
           of
           Mr.
           Dryden
           to
           the
           Reader
           ,
           before
           his
           Poem
           of
           Absalom
           and
           Achitophel
           ,
           Every
           Man
           is
           a
           Knave
           or
           an
           Ass
           on
           the
           Contrary
           Side
           ;
           and
           there
           's
           a
           Treasury
           of
           Merits
           in
           
           Sam
           's
           Coffee-House
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           in
           
           Richard's
           at
           the
           Temple
           ;
           but
           the
           longest
           Chapter
           in
           Deuteronomy
           has
           not
           Curses
           enough
           for
           well-wishers
           to
           the
           French.
           
        
         
           It
           was
           the
           Speech
           of
           a
           Moderate
           Gentleman
           in
           the
           
             Long
             Parliament
          
           ,
           when
           the
           Faction
           in
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           was
           high
           against
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Establish'd
             Church
             ,
             Gentlemen
          
           ,
           (
           says
           he
           )
           
             let
             us
             see
             the
             Model
             of
             your
             New
             intended
             Superstructure
             ,
             beforè
             you
             pull
             down
             the
             Old
             one
             .
          
           If
           we
           should
           ask
           some
           of
           these
           Fiery
           Bigots
           for
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           
             late
             King
          
           ,
           what
           Advantages
           they
           can
           propose
           to
           
           themselves
           by
           his
           Return
           ;
           unless
           like
           the
           unrewarded
           poor
           expecting
           Caviliers
           at
           the
           Restauration
           of
           King
           
             Charles
             the
             Second
          
           ,
           they
           can
           be
           content
           to
           be
           Loyal
           and
           Starve
           ;
           for
           if
           the
           latter
           end
           of
           King
           James
           his
           imaginary
           Reign
           ,
           should
           be
           of
           a
           piece
           with
           his
           first
           real
           beginning
           ,
           he
           will
           still
           neglect
           his
           truest
           Friends
           ,
           and
           stick
           close
           to
           Flattering
           Enemies
           .
           With
           so
           deep
           a
           Root
           has
           the
           Advice
           of
           a
           Chancellor
           ,
           about
           the
           year
           1660
           ,
           still
           remain'd
           in
           the
           Breasts
           of
           the
           Princes
           ,
           
             Oblige
             your
             Enemies
             ,
             and
             your
             Friends
             will
             be
             true
             to
             your
             Interest
             .
          
        
         
           But
           I
           have
           wandred
           from
           my
           Subject
           ,
           by
           a
           long
           ,
           but
           I
           hope
           ,
           not
           very
           Impertinent
           Digression
           ,
           and
           therefore
           (
           asking
           my
           Reader
           's
           Pardon
           )
           return
           to
           my
           Subject
           ,
           or
           rather
           the
           Applicatory
           part
           of
           it
           .
           We
           have
           seen
           the
           Character
           of
           the
           Prince
           and
           his
           Bigotted
           followers
           ;
           And
           as
           all
           things
           are
           best
           set
           off
           by
           Examples
           ,
           let
           us
           now
           draw
           a
           Parallel
           or
           Landscape
           of
           the
           two
           different
           Complexions
           of
           the
           Reigns
           of
           King
           William
           and
           Queen
           Mary
           ,
           and
           King
           James
           ,
           and
           what
           we
           are
           unavoidably
           to
           Expect
           ,
           should
           Almighty
           God
           in
           the
           Course
           of
           his
           Providence
           ,
           for
           our
           Punishment
           ,
           and
           the
           gratification
           of
           some
           restless
           Spirits
           ,
           bring
           King
           James
           to
           his
           Throne
           again
           :
           Of
           the
           Ease
           and
           Tranquility
           of
           the
           first
           we
           are
           certain
           ,
           but
           of
           the
           Horrour
           of
           the
           latter
           ,
           the
           most
           terrible
           Ideas
           we
           can
           form
           of
           it
           in
           our
           Imaginations
           will
           come
           short
           of
           the
           Life
           ;
           for
           as
           the
           safety
           we
           now
           enjoy
           ,
           almost
           exceeds
           our
           Hopes
           ;
           so
           the
           Stripes
           we
           must
           then
           feel
           ,
           will
           transcend
           our
           very
           Fears
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Person
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           we
           have
           a
           Prince
           who
           is
           truly
           (
           what
           the
           Historian
           says
           of
           
             Titus
             )
             Humani
             generis
             Deliciae
          
           ,
           who
           has
           centred
           in
           his
           Person
           all
           the
           Valour
           and
           Wisdom
           of
           his
           Ancestors
           :
           A
           Prince
           so
           truly
           Great
           ,
           that
           those
           Lawrels
           which
           add
           such
           Lustre
           to
           anothers
           Brow
           ,
           
           look
           but
           faintly
           on
           His
           ,
           He
           needing
           no
           additional
           Varnish
           to
           set
           off
           His
           Native
           Goodness
           :
           A
           Prince
           ,
           Born
           to
           be
           the
           
             Arbiter
             of
             Christendom
          
           ,
           whom
           all
           the
           Crown'd
           Heads
           and
           States
           of
           Europe
           Adore
           as
           the
           only
           Person
           who
           must
           break
           the
           Jaws
           of
           the
           
             French
             Leviathan
          
           :
           Not
           the
           greatest
           Dangers
           which
           so
           terrify
           pusilanimous
           minds
           ,
           can
           at
           all
           move
           Him
           ,
           who
           caring
           not
           for
           an
           inactive
           inglorious
           Greatness
           ,
           expos'd
           his
           Sacred
           Person
           to
           Rescue
           these
           ungrateful
           Kingdoms
           from
           the
           moct
           insupportable
           Tyranny
           of
           Arbitrary
           Power
           ;
           since
           which
           ,
           in
           Ireland
           he
           gave
           most
           Invincible
           Proofs
           both
           of
           his
           Courage
           and
           Conduct
           ;
           the
           United
           Force
           of
           Europe
           could
           not
           concert
           their
           Measures
           against
           France
           ,
           till
           his
           Presence
           Influenced
           their
           Counsels
           at
           the
           Hague
           ,
           to
           which
           he
           went
           through
           a
           thousand
           Perils
           at
           Sea
           ;
           after
           a
           short
           Return
           ,
           He
           is
           now
           gone
           again
           to
           Flanders
           to
           head
           that
           Prodigious
           Army
           :
           Victory
           seems
           to
           accompany
           him
           in
           Attempts
           of
           War
           ,
           and
           his
           worst
           Enemies
           must
           own
           him
           to
           have
           the
           very
           Soul
           of
           Courage
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Person
           of
           the
           Queen
           ,
           we
           have
           a
           Second
           
             Queen
             Elizabeth
          
           ;
           but
           with
           respect
           to
           her
           Sacred
           Ashes
           ,
           we
           may
           say
           ,
           the
           Copy
           far
           exceeds
           the
           Original
           .
           Never
           did
           a
           Crown'd
           Lady
           shew
           more
           Conduct
           and
           Magnanimity
           than
           when
           the
           
             French
             Fleet
          
           was
           upon
           our
           Coast
           ,
           when
           her
           
             Illustrious
             Husband
          
           was
           Fighting
           in
           Ireland
           :
           A
           Princess
           ,
           whose
           thousand
           Charms
           make
           her
           fit
           to
           Rule
           ,
           and
           Command
           even
           Respect
           from
           her
           very
           Enemies
           (
           if
           any
           such
           there
           are
           ;
           )
           her
           Majesty
           is
           Temper'd
           with
           so
           much
           Mildness
           ,
           that
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           she
           neither
           invites
           nor
           forbids
           Access
           ;
           the
           Glory
           of
           her
           own
           Sex
           ,
           and
           the
           Admiration
           of
           ours
           .
        
         
           Under
           these
           two
           
             Illustrious
             Persons
          
           is
           England
           ,
           &c.
           at
           this
           time
           Govern'd
           by
           the
           most
           exact
           Laws
           that
           ever
           were
           made
           ,
           the
           Prerogative
           of
           the
           King
           not
           Dominaring
           
           over
           the
           Priviledges
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           Flourishes
           ,
           not
           withstanding
           the
           Peevishness
           of
           some
           of
           her
           Votaries
           ;
           and
           the
           Dissenters
           enjoy
           their
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           without
           Design
           :
           The
           great
           Blessing
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           viz.
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           does
           frequently
           Meet
           ,
           and
           their
           Votes
           are
           Unanimous
           for
           Supplies
           for
           the
           Nations
           Good
           :
           The
           Taxes
           by
           them
           Levied
           are
           (
           excepting
           by
           some
           few
           discontented
           Spirits
           )
           willingly
           Paid
           ,
           and
           the
           People
           satisfied
           that
           their
           Mony
           is
           Employ'd
           for
           the
           uses
           intended
           ,
           not
           Lavishly
           and
           Unaccountably
           thrown
           away
           on
           Pensioners
           ,
           &c.
           every
           Man
           enjoys
           his
           Plentiful
           or
           ▪
           Competent
           Fortune
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           freedom
           Imaginable
           ;
           no
           Tricks
           are
           made
           use
           of
           to
           Decoy
           us
           into
           Slavery
           ;
           from
           the
           very
           Prospect
           of
           which
           ,
           the
           King
           designs
           by
           his
           utmost
           Endeavours
           to
           free
           us
           by
           appearing
           himself
           in
           Person
           at
           the
           Head
           of
           the
           Confederate
           Army
           ,
           in
           opposition
           to
           the
           Power
           of
           France
           :
           He
           designing
           to
           Rescue
           the
           Glory
           of
           the
           English
           Nation
           from
           that
           Stupidity
           ,
           the
           Luxury
           ,
           and
           Effeminacy
           of
           the
           late
           Reigns
           had
           obscur'd
           it
           with
           ;
           and
           we
           have
           nothing
           to
           render
           us
           unhappy
           but
           our
           own
           groundless
           Fears
           and
           Jealousies
           ,
           in
           which
           unaccountable
           Humour
           ,
           if
           we
           still
           persist
           ,
           like
           the
           Seditious
           amongst
           the
           Jews
           ,
           we
           shall
           do
           our selves
           more
           Mischief
           within
           the
           Walls
           ,
           than
           our
           Enemies
           could
           possibly
           do
           without
           ,
           when
           the
           Glory
           of
           their
           City
           and
           Nation
           yeilded
           to
           the
           Arms
           of
           the
           Romans
           ,
           who
           could
           never
           have
           Conquered
           them
           ,
           had
           not
           their
           Murmurers
           within
           done
           more
           Execution
           to
           themselves
           ,
           than
           all
           Battering
           Rams
           of
           Titus
           could
           possibly
           Effect
           against
           their
           Walls
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           to
           shew
           the
           Reverse
           of
           the
           Medal
           .
           If
           King
           
           Jame's
           return
           to
           re-assume
           his
           justly
           Forfeited
           Right
           ,
           as
           no
           Human
           Reason
           can
           possibly
           suppose
           him
           to
           come
           in
           without
           the
           Assistance
           of
           the
           French
           ,
           let
           us
           consider
           what
           a
           Field
           of
           Blood
           will
           our
           Country
           be
           ;
           he
           coming
           in
           like
           a
           
           Conqueror
           ,
           will
           make
           us
           quickly
           Feel
           the
           Difference
           between
           the
           Easy
           Government
           we
           now
           Live
           under
           ,
           and
           the
           Insupportable
           Tyranny
           we
           must
           then
           endure
           ;
           his
           imaginary
           Zeal
           for
           the
           Defence
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           being
           long
           since
           quench't
           by
           the
           Affronts
           he
           pretends
           to
           have
           suffered
           by
           those
           of
           that
           Communion
           ;
           then
           will
           Rome
           Erect
           her
           Standard
           in
           Defiance
           to
           all
           the
           Methods
           of
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           and
           Popery
           become
           the
           standing
           Religion
           of
           the
           Nation
           .
        
         
           It
           cannot
           be
           suppos'd
           that
           the
           Instructions
           he
           has
           Receiv'd
           from
           his
           great
           Patrone
           Lewis
           ,
           will
           easily
           be
           forgot
           ;
           and
           he
           who
           when
           in
           a
           private
           Capacity
           would
           ever
           hardly
           forgive
           one
           whom
           he
           suppos'd
           had
           done
           him
           Wrong
           ,
           will
           now
           be
           hardly
           brought
           to
           forget
           a
           National
           Indignity
           ;
           he
           will
           never
           certainly
           listen
           to
           any
           Overtures
           of
           Capitulation
           ;
           and
           't
           is
           impossible
           to
           believe
           that
           things
           can
           be
           ever
           Accomodated
           between
           an
           Incens'd
           Prince
           ,
           and
           (
           as
           he
           supposes
           )
           a
           Rebellious
           People
           .
           He
           has
           not
           so
           long
           Breath'd
           in
           the
           Air
           of
           France
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           learn
           its
           Tyrannical
           and
           Arbitrary
           Maxims
           ;
           and
           the
           (
           as
           he
           thinks
           )
           Meritorious
           Zeal
           of
           Propagating
           his
           own
           Religion
           ,
           will
           let
           him
           stick
           at
           nothing
           ,
           how
           Arbitrary
           soever
           ,
           to
           Establish
           it
           .
           We
           may
           indeed
           imagin
           him
           to
           be
           of
           a
           Merciful
           Nature
           ,
           and
           that
           all
           shall
           be
           forgotten
           as
           if
           never
           done
           ,
           and
           that
           an
           Act
           of
           Indemnity
           will
           make
           all
           even
           again
           ;
           but
           those
           who
           are
           so
           blinded
           as
           to
           believe
           these
           fair
           Promises
           ,
           et
           them
           but
           look
           into
           an
           Act
           of
           his
           own
           ,
           Dated
           at
           his
           Residence
           in
           Dublin
           .
           And
           in
           a
           Proclamation
           of
           his
           ,
           to
           his
           Pretended
           Subjects
           in
           
             Scotland
             ,
             May
          
           4.
           1689.
           
           He
           is
           most
           Graciously
           Pleas'd
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           Incourage
           his
           Friends
           to
           be
           Destoryers
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           but
           likewise
           offers
           them
           Pardons
           for
           such
           Inhuman
           Cruelties
           :
           Telling
           them
           in
           the
           said
           Proclamation
           ,
           
             'T
             is
             his
             Pleasure
             they
             should
             Rise
             in
             Arms
             ,
             and
             Assault
             and
             Destory
             ,
             and
             what
             ever
             Blood-shed
             and
             Slaughter
             ,
             Mutilations
             
             or
             Fire-raisings
             should
             be
             done
             to
             these
             Rebels
             ,
          
           (
           as
           he
           calls
           the
           
             Scotch
             )
             his
             Proclamation
             should
             be
             their
             sufficient
             Warrant
          
           for
           such
           Acts.
           If
           this
           is
           his
           Kindness
           for
           the
           Scotch
           Nation
           ,
           can
           we
           think
           the
           English
           will
           more
           civilly
           be
           Treated
           ?
        
         
           No
           ,
           no
           ,
           let
           us
           no
           longer
           Amuse
           our selves
           with
           Fancies
           of
           his
           Clemency
           and
           Kindness
           .
           We
           live
           under
           a
           Government
           where
           we
           may
           be
           Hapy
           if
           we
           please
           ,
           and
           nothing
           but
           our
           Discontent
           can
           render
           us
           Miserable
           ;
           for
           as
           certain
           as
           there
           is
           a
           Providence
           ,
           if
           ever
           such
           a
           Fatal
           Revolution
           should
           happen
           ,
           not
           Savoy
           ,
           nor
           Piedmont
           ,
           nor
           all
           the
           places
           where
           the
           Arms
           of
           the
           French
           have
           Ravag'd
           ,
           were
           ever
           such
           Scenes
           of
           Blood
           and
           Confusion
           as
           England
           will
           be
           .
           We
           are
           now
           in
           our
           Crisis
           ,
           and
           a
           few
           Months
           will
           ,
           in
           all
           probability
           ,
           determine
           the
           fate
           of
           Europe
           in
           General
           ,
           and
           of
           our
           own
           Country
           in
           particular
           ;
           and
           upon
           the
           Success
           of
           the
           Confederate
           Army
           ,
           Headed
           by
           our
           most
           Victorious
           Prince
           ,
           depends
           the
           Liberty
           or
           Slavery
           of
           the
           most
           Civiliz'd
           part
           of
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           
             Postscript
             .
          
           
             AT
             the
             conclusion
             of
             this
             Discourse
             ,
             I
             imagin
             some
             Smiling
             Reader
             finding
             fault
             ,
             and
             by
             his
             Looks
             would
             seem
             to
             tell
             me
             the
             Landskips
             are
             as
             ill
             Drawn
             as
             they
             are
             ill
             Design'd
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Lyon
             is
             not
             so
             fierce
             as
             he
             is
             Painted
             ,
             nor
             will
             the
             Return
             of
             a
             Prince
             of
             the
             
               Romish
               Commifon
            
             be
             so
             Terrible
             to
             his
             Protestant
             Subjects
             as
             I
             would
             seem
             to
             represent
             .
             But
             in
             Answer
             to
             this
             ,
             I
             must
             acquaint
             the
             Gentleman
             ,
             that
             I
             fear
             I
             
             have
             communited
             an
             Error
             on
             the
             other
             Hand
             ,
             and
             instead
             of
             adding
             fierce
             Colours
             to
             make
             the
             Piece
             seem
             Tremendous
             :
             I
             have
             used
             such
             faint
             shadows
             as
             do
             not
             heighten
             the
             Picture
             .
             Partiality
             and
             Prejudice
             are
             very
             ill
             Spectacles
             ,
             and
             but
             too
             often
             cause
             a
             false
             Medium
             .
             I
             have
             seen
             a
             Picture
             ,
             which
             if
             one
             lookt
             Obliquely
             upon
             ,
             on
             the
             left
             Hand
             were
             represented
             the
             Heads
             of
             three
             fair
             Ladies
             ;
             but
             if
             you
             chang'd
             the
             Position
             of
             your
             Body
             ,
             and
             stood
             on
             the
             right
             Hand
             of
             the
             Design
             ,
             the
             very
             same
             Picture
             shew'd
             you
             a
             Monkey
             and
             two
             Parrots
             .
             I
             know
             not
             on
             which
             hand
             my
             Reader
             's
             Judgment
             stands
             ,
             which
             valued
             Faculty
             of
             ours
             we
             find
             to
             be
             very
             often
             deluded
             ;
             for
             if
             I
             may
             apply
             a
             place
             in
             Holy
             Writ
             ,
             very
             pertinent
             to
             this
             purpose
             ,
             only
             exchanging
             the
             Case
             of
             the
             Father
             for
             that
             of
             the
             Son
             ;
             they
             who
             form
             such
             terrible
             Ideas
             of
             the
             Imaginary
             Severities
             they
             feel
             under
             the
             present
             Reign
             ,
             where
             they
             are
             only
             beaten
             with
             Rods
             ,
             will
             at
             the
             Return
             of
             their
             Idoliz'd
             Prince
             ,
             be
             Chastis'd
             with
             Scorpions
             .
          
        
         
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           Countries
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           List
           of
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           State
           of
           Christendom
           consider'd
           ,
           in
           nine
           Dialogues
           ,
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           The
           present
           Pope
           Alexander
           the
           VIII
           .
           and
           Lewis
           the
           XIV
           .
           II.
           The
           Great
           Duke
           of
           Tuscany
           ,
           and
           the
           Duke
           of
           Savoy
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           King
           James
           the
           Second
           ,
           and
           the
           Marescal
           
             de
             la
             Feuillade
          
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           The
           Duke
           of
           Lorrain
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           and
           the
           Duke
           of
           Schomberg
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           Duke
           of
           Lorrain
           ,
           and
           the
           Elector
           Platine
           .
           VI.
           Louis
           the
           XIV
           .
           and
           the
           Marquis
           
             de
             Louvois
          
           .
           VII
           .
           The
           Advoyer
           of
           Berne
           ,
           and
           the
           Chief
           Syndic
           of
           Geneva
           .
           VIII
           .
           Cardinal
           Ottoboni
           ,
           and
           the
           Duke
           
             de
             Chaulnes
          
           .
           IX
           .
           The
           young
           Prince
           Abafti
           ,
           and
           Count
           Teckly
           .