A charge given at the general quarter sessions of the peace for the county of Surrey holden at Dorking on Tuesday the 5th day of April 1692, and in the fourth year of Their Majesties reign / by Hugh Hare.
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             A charge given at the general quarter sessions of the peace for the county of Surrey holden at Dorking on Tuesday the 5th day of April 1692, and in the fourth year of Their Majesties reign / by Hugh Hare.
             Hare, Hugh, 1668-1707.
             England and Wales. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Surrey)
          
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           A
           Charge
           Given
           AT
           THE
           General
           Quarter
           Sessions
           OF
           THE
           PEACE
           For
           the
           County
           of
           SURREY
           HOLDEN
           At
           Dorking
           on
           Tuesday
           the
           5
           th
           day
           of
           April
           ,
           1692.
           and
           in
           the
           Fourth
           Year
           of
           their
           Majesties
           Reign
           .
        
         
           By
           the
           Honourable
           
             Hugh
             Hare
          
           
             Esq
          
        
         
           One
           of
           their
           Majesties
           Justices
           of
           the
           Peace
           for
           that
           County
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             John
             Newton
          
           at
           the
           three
           Pidgeons
           over
           against
           the
           Inner-Temple-Gate
           in
           Fleet-street
           ,
           1692.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           Right
           Honourable
           George
           Earl
           of
           Berkeley
           ,
           &c.
           
           
             Custos
             Rotulorum
          
           of
           the
           Country
           of
           Surrey
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
          
        
         
           WHen
           I
           Petitioned
           your
           Lordship
           to
           appoint
           the
           Easter
           Sessions
           ,
           at
           Dorking
           ,
           I
           little
           expected
           the
           Honour
           the
           Gentlemen
           on
           the
           Bench
           were
           pleased
           to
           do
           me
           in
           chusing
           me
           for
           their
           Chair-man
           ;
           but
           when
           I
           was
           forc'd
           to
           submit
           to
           their
           Commands
           ,
           in
           accepting
           an
           Office
           for
           which
           I
           was
           so
           ill
           qualified
           ,
           I
           was
           extremely
           surprized
           at
           the
           unusual
           Compliment
           the
           Grand
           Jury
           first
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           Court
           ,
           made
           me
           ,
           in
           desiring
           me
           to
           Publish
           the
           Charge
           I
           gave
           them
           .
           All
           the
           importunities
           I
           could
           use
           ,
           proved
           insufficient
           to
           excuse
           me
           from
           appearing
           thus
           in
           Publick
           ;
           and
           I
           was
           forc'd
           out
           of
           deference
           to
           their
           Judgments
           ,
           and
           obedience
           to
           their
           Orders
           ,
           though
           with
           the
           greatest
           Reluctance
           ,
           to
           execute
           on
           my self
           a
           Sentence
           so
           Severe
           .
           For
           though
           there
           is
           nothing
           in
           these
           Papers
           that
           an
           honest
           Man
           need
           be
           ashamed
           of
           ;
           yet
           the
           World
           will
           be
           apt
           to
           judge
           of
           them
           ,
           not
           according
           to
           the
           sincerity
           of
           the
           Author
           ,
           but
           the
           exactness
           of
           the
           performance
           And
           there
           ought
           to
           be
           Wit
           ,
           and
           Eloquence
           ,
           Sense
           ,
           and
           Judgement
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           a
           good
           intention
           in
           those
           that
           appear
           in
           Print
           .
           I
           am
           sensible
           ,
           My
           Lord
           ,
           how
           deficient
           I
           am
           in
           the
           first
           mentioned
           Qualifications
           ,
           and
           therefore
           I
           thought
           it
           necessary
           to
           beg
           your
           Lordship's
           Protection
           for
           this
           Discourse
           .
           And
           indeed
           ,
           whether
           I
           consider
           your
           Lordship
           
           as
           a
           zealous
           Patron
           of
           Religion
           and
           Vertae
           ,
           or
           as
           a
           true
           Friend
           to
           the
           Interests
           of
           your
           Country
           ,
           and
           ,
           by
           consequence
           ,
           entirely
           devoted
           to
           their
           Majesties
           Service
           ;
           or
           whether
           I
           consider
           the
           High
           Office
           your
           Lordship
           so
           deservedly
           enjoys
           in
           this
           County
           ,
           and
           the
           Obligations
           I
           owe
           your
           Lordship
           for
           honouring
           me
           with
           your
           Friendship
           ;
           in
           all
           these
           respects
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           there
           can
           be
           no
           Person
           so
           fit
           as
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           to
           defend
           the
           following
           Sheets
           from
           the
           Censures
           of
           Atheistical
           Libertines
           ,
           and
           Seditious
           Male-contents
           .
           If
           we
           were
           to
           judge
           of
           the
           Strength
           of
           these
           two
           Parties
           by
           their
           Clamour
           ,
           and
           their
           positiveness
           in
           what
           they
           assert
           ,
           then
           Religion
           ,
           Vertue
           ,
           and
           Loyalty
           might
           justly
           be
           apprehensive
           of
           them
           as
           dangerous
           and
           formidable
           Enemies
           .
           But
           those
           Arguments
           had
           need
           be
           irrefragable
           that
           can
           perswade
           a
           Man
           of
           Sense
           ,
           either
           that
           Wickedness
           and
           Goodness
           are
           of
           the
           same
           intrinseck
           Value
           ,
           and
           equally
           eligible
           ;
           or
           that
           a
           Despotick
           Monarchy
           is
           preferable
           to
           the
           excellent
           Model
           of
           our
           English
           Government
           .
           And
           though
           they
           were
           Masters
           of
           as
           much
           Wit
           and
           Art
           as
           the
           Epicurean
           Poet
           ,
           or
           the
           Malmsbury
           Philosopher
           ,
           (
           whose
           Dictates
           they
           for
           the
           most
           part
           Copy
           after
           )
           yet
           Principles
           that
           are
           in
           themselves
           false
           ,
           and
           ,
           besides
           that
           ,
           undermine
           the
           Publick
           Security
           ,
           and
           destroy
           the
           private
           Happiness
           of
           Mankind
           must
           never
           hope
           to
           be
           generally
           entertained
           ,
           unless
           they
           have
           better
           recommendations
           than
           superficial
           Sophistry
           ,
           and
           smooth
           Language
           .
           But
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           't
           is
           the
           proper
           Business
           of
           a
           Dedication
           to
           be
           on
           the
           Defensive
           :
           and
           therefore
           I
           shall
           not
           engage
           my self
           any
           farther
           in
           this
           Quarrel
           .
           —
           I
           have
           only
           this
           to
           say
           in
           behalf
           of
           my self
           ,
           that
           whoever
           thinks
           I
           have
           prostituted
           my
           Pen
           either
           to
           Revenge
           ,
           Covetousness
           ,
           or
           Ambition
           ,
           is
           very
           much
           mistaken
           ;
           for
           as
           I
           never
           received
           any
           personal
           Affront
           or
           Injury
           from
           the
           last
           Government
           ,
           so
           neither
           do
           I
           expect
           or
           hope
           for
           any
           profitable
           Employments
           ,
           or
           great
           Places
           under
           the
           present
           :
           But
           am
           as
           free
           on
           the
           one
           hand
           from
           Malice
           ,
           as
           I
           am
           on
           
           the
           other
           from
           Flattery
           .
           By
           this
           the
           World
           may
           see
           I
           have
           no
           private
           Aims
           ,
           but
           have
           sincerely
           and
           freely
           declared
           the
           Genuine
           and
           Vnbyast
           dictates
           of
           my
           Reason
           .
           And
           these
           I
           presume
           to
           shelter
           under
           your
           Lordship's
           Patronage
           ;
           and
           since
           I
           have
           been
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           forc'd
           to
           Print
           these
           Papers
           ,
           it
           is
           no
           small
           comfort
           to
           me
           that
           I
           have
           thereby
           an
           Opportunity
           publickly
           to
           own
           your
           Lordship's
           kindness
           in
           appointing
           ,
           at
           my
           request
           ,
           the
           last
           Sessions
           at
           Dorking
           ,
           and
           in
           giving
           me
           reason
           to
           hope
           that
           that
           place
           shall
           now
           and
           then
           ,
           by
           your
           Lordships
           grant
           ,
           share
           an
           advantage
           from
           which
           it
           hath
           for
           some
           time
           been
           excluded
           ,
           and
           which
           ,
           I
           assure
           my self
           ,
           they
           will
           for
           the
           future
           deserve
           better
           by
           prevailing
           with
           the
           Justices
           to
           fill
           the
           Chair
           with
           a
           person
           fitter
           for
           that
           Employment
           ,
           then
           ,
        
         
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
          
           
             Your
             Lordship
             's
             most
             Obliged
             ,
             Obedient
             ,
             and
             Humble
             Servant
             ,
             HUGH
             HARE
             .
          
           
             Betchworth
             
               Apr.
               12.
               1692.
               
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           Sur
           '
           ss
           .
           
             Ad.
             General
             '
             quarterial
             '
             Session
             .
             Pacis
             Domini
             Regis
             &
             Dominae
             Reginae
             Com'
             Sur
             '
             tent
             '
             in
             &
             pro
             Comitatu
             praedicto
             apud
          
           Dorking
           
             in
             eodem
             Cmitatu
             die
             Martis
             in
             Septimand
             proxima
             post
             Clausum
             Pasch
             '
             scilicet
             ,
             quinto
             die
             Aprilis
             ,
             Anno
             Regni
             Dom.
          
           Will
           '
           
             &
             Dom.
          
           Mar.
           
             Dei
             gratia
             Angliae
             ,
             Scotiae
             ,
             Franciae
             ,
             &
             Hiberniae
             ,
             Regis
             &
             Reginae
             ,
             sidei
             Desensorum
             ,
          
           &c.
           
             quarto
             coram
             Justiciariis
             ibid
             assignatis
          
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           ON
           Reading
           the
           Address
           of
           the
           Grand
           Inquest
           ,
           for
           the
           body
           of
           this
           County
           at
           the
           General
           Quarter
           Sessions
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           now
           held
           for
           this
           County
           at
           Dorking
           ;
           whereby
           it
           is
           desired
           that
           the
           Honourable
           
             Hugh
             Hare
          
           
             Esq
          
           would
           please
           to
           permit
           his
           Religious
           Learned
           ,
           and
           Loyal
           Charge
           now
           given
           to
           the
           said
           Grand
           Inquest
           to
           be
           Printed
           .
           The
           Justices
           now
           present
           in
           Court
           ,
           do
           Concurr
           and
           Agree
           with
           the
           said
           Grand
           Inquest
           in
           their
           Address
           ,
           and
           do
           desire
           that
           the
           said
           Mr.
           Hare
           would
           please
           to
           permit
           his
           said
           Charge
           to
           be
           Printed
           .
        
         
           
             Per
             Cur.
          
           
           
             
               Exr.
               per
            
             Will.
             Smith
             
               Cler.
               pacis
               Com.
               Sur.
               Praed
            
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           Sur'ss
           .
           VVEE
           whose
           Names
           are
           subscribed
           ,
           being
           the
           Grand
           Jury
           for
           the
           said
           Country
           ,
           do
           ,
           Present
           our
           Humble
           Thanks
           to
           the
           Honourable
           
             Hugh
             Hare
          
           
             Esq
          
           Chairman
           at
           the
           general
           Quarter
           Sessions
           held
           at
           Dorking
           ,
           in
           the
           said
           County
           ,
           the
           5th
           .
           of
           April
           ,
           1692.
           for
           his
           Religious
           ,
           Learned
           and
           Loyal
           Charge
           ;
           and
           do
           hombly
           desire
           ,
           that
           for
           the
           Advantage
           of
           this
           County
           ,
           for
           whose
           Benefit
           it
           was
           intended
           ,
           he
           would
           permit
           the
           same
           to
           be
           Printed
           .
        
         
           
             
               Tho.
               Baker
            
          
           
             
               Tho.
               Vincent
            
          
           
             
               Valentine
               Hayward
            
          
           
             
               John
               Isted
            
          
           
             
               John
               Goldhawke
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Francis
            
          
           
             
               Will.
               Luck
            
          
           
             
               John
               Hill
            
          
           
             
               Miles
               Dudley
            
          
           
             
               John
               Woodman
            
          
           
             
               John
               Stilwell
            
          
           
             
               John
               Rowod
            
          
           
             
               Tho.
               Harther
            
          
           
             
               John
               Knight
            
          
           
             
               Tho.
               Spong
            
          
           
             
               Walter
               Lonhurst
            
          
           
             
               Tho.
               Cannell
            
          
           
             
               John
               Page
            
          
           
             
               Michael
               Greene
            
          
           
             
               Will.
               Wood
            
          
           
             
               Will.
               Wood
            
          
           
             
               Jo.
               Gardiner
            
          
           
             
               Joseph
               Bignold
            
          
           
             
               Charles
               King
            
          
           
             
               Richard
               Hubbard
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           Charge
           Given
           AT
           THE
           General
           Quarter
           Sessions
           OF
           THE
           PEACE
           For
           the
           County
           of
           SURREY
           HOLDEN
           At
           Dorking
           on
           Tuesday
           the
           5
           th
           .
           day
           of
           April
           ,
           1692.
           
        
         
           
             Gentlemen
             of
             the
             Jury
             ,
          
        
         
           AS
           the
           Necessity
           of
           Government
           flows
           from
           the
           Corruption
           of
           Humane
           Nature
           ,
           so
           the
           Strength
           ,
           the
           Glory
           ,
           and
           the
           Honour
           of
           it
           consist
           in
           the
           regular
           Administration
           of
           Justice
           ;
           and
           as
           without
           the
           one
           ,
           Societies
           cannot
           be
           upheld
           ,
           so
           without
           the
           other
           ,
           all
           Communities
           would
           be
           but
           little
           better
           than
           well
           modelled
           Combinations
           to
           oppress
           ,
           cheat
           ,
           and
           ruin
           the
           weaker
           and
           submitting
           
           part
           of
           Mankind
           .
           Not
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           advantages
           of
           a
           Political
           Union
           are
           so
           Considerable
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           be
           doubted
           whether
           Tyranny
           it self
           ,
           though
           as
           execrable
           as
           that
           formerly
           practised
           by
           the
           Roman
           ,
           Nero
           ,
           and
           in
           these
           our
           Days
           ,
           revived
           with
           many
           Additions
           by
           the
           French
           Louis
           ,
           be
           not
           rather
           to
           be
           chosen
           than
           a
           wild
           and
           confused
           Anarchy
           .
           This
           State
           ,
           exposes
           Men
           to
           the
           Frauds
           and
           Violence
           of
           all
           their
           Neighbours
           ,
           and
           the
           extravagant
           Caprices
           of
           the
           Mobile
           ;
           and
           the
           other
           ,
           subjects
           whole
           Nations
           to
           the
           mad
           Frolicks
           and
           brutal
           Passions
           of
           a
           slattered
           and
           abused
           Tyrant
           .
        
         
           Both
           extremes
           are
           very
           Dreadfull
           ,
           and
           as
           much
           to
           be
           deprecated
           as
           a
           raging
           Pestilence
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           common
           Calamity
           :
           While
           the
           mean
           between
           them
           ,
           from
           which
           they
           both
           so
           far
           deviate
           ,
           is
           a
           Copy
           well
           drawn
           from
           that
           Great
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           be
           parallelled
           Original
           of
           God's
           Government
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           whose
           onely
           end
           is
           to
           promote
           the
           happiness
           of
           his
           Creatures
           ,
           as
           the
           Peace
           ,
           Safety
           and
           Publick
           good
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           ought
           to
           be
           no
           less
           the
           Aim
           of
           all
           Rulers
           ,
           than
           it
           is
           the
           Reason
           why
           Government
           was
           at
           first
           Instituted
           .
           How
           happy
           therefore
           ,
           and
           how
           much
           to
           be
           valued
           are
           the
           Constitutions
           and
           Laws
           of
           England
           ,
           whereby
           we
           are
           delivered
           from
           both
           Extremes
           ?
           We
           neither
           lie
           under
           the
           Terror
           of
           an
           Arbitrary
           Power
           ,
           nor
           are
           we
           cast
           loose
           to
           the
           Wildness
           of
           ungoverned
           Multitudes
           ;
           we
           neither
           groan
           under
           the
           Tyranny
           of
           a
           
             French
             Army
          
           ,
           nor
           the
           Madness
           of
           the
           Lawless
           Rabble
           .
           Our
           Laws
           are
           Writ
           neither
           on
           Sand
           ,
           nor
           with
           Blood
           ,
           for
           they
           are
           neither
           easie
           to
           be
           Defaced
           ,
           nor
           cruel
           in
           their
           Execution
           ;
           but
           are
           known
           and
           establisht
           Rule
           ,
           whereby
           we
           are
           taught
           how
           to
           administer
           Justice
           ,
           and
           whereby
           as
           Mens
           Rights
           are
           limited
           ,
           so
           their
           Passions
           are
           restrained
           ,
           and
           the
           Publick
           Peace
           is
           settled
           on
           a
           secure
           Foundation
           .
           Prerogative
           and
           Property
           which
           are
           so
           much
           abused
           as
           pretences
           for
           Oppression
           on
           the
           one
           Hand
           ,
           and
           Sedition
           on
           the
           other
           ,
           are
           by
           our
           Laws
           so
           well
           disposed
           and
           regulated
           ,
           that
           being
           twisted
           together
           in
           a
           mutual
           Defence
           ,
           they
           afford
           our
           Island
           a
           safer
           Protection
           than
           the
           Ocean
           that
           surrounds
           it
           ;
           and
           having
           crusht
           all
           the
           Domestick
           Enemies
           that
           secretly
           Project
           our
           Ruine
           ,
           strike
           a
           Terrour
           on
           those
           Foreigners
           ,
           that
           would
           Invade
           our
           Repose
           .
           The
           Subject
           I
           am
           upon
           is
           so
           Copious
           and
           so
           Pleasant
           ,
           that
           should
           I
           follow
           my
           own
           Inclinations
           ,
           I
           should
           wast
           that
           time
           in
           Speaking
           which
           may
           be
           much
           better
           spent
           in
           Acting
           for
           the
           good
           of
           our
           Country
           .
           Therefore
           I
           shall
           make
           my
           Charge
           as
           short
           as
           
           conveniently
           I
           may
           ,
           being
           fully
           sensible
           that
           you
           all
           know
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           I
           ,
           the
           Business
           for
           which
           we
           are
           here
           met
           together
           .
           And
           I
           am
           sure
           they
           serve
           the
           Government
           best
           ,
           who
           though
           they
           may
           want
           Eloquence
           to
           give
           it
           its
           due
           Praises
           ,
           yet
           have
           courage
           enough
           to
           defend
           and
           preserve
           it
           when
           disturbed
           by
           any
           Enemies
           .
           In
           which
           number
           are
           to
           be
           reckoned
           ,
           not
           only
           that
           Ambitious
           ,
           Bloody
           and
           Perfidious
           Prince
           (
           that
           Ishmael
           of
           our
           Age
           ,
           
           
             whose
             Hand
             is
             against
             every
             Man
             ,
             and
             every
             Man's
             Hand
             against
             Him
          
           )
           with
           whom
           we
           are
           at
           this
           time
           necessarily
           engaged
           in
           a
           just
           and
           honourable
           War
           ,
           for
           the
           common
           Safety
           ,
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           Repose
           of
           Europe
           ;
           but
           also
           those
           more
           dangerous
           Enemies
           ,
           our
           Domestick
           Ones
           :
           I
           mean
           all
           Prophane
           ,
           Lewd
           ,
           Debauched
           ,
           Traiterous
           ,
           Seditious
           ,
           Lawless
           and
           disorderly
           Persons
           ,
           who
           Blaspheme
           God
           ,
           and
           Dishonour
           themselves
           ;
           who
           conspire
           the
           ruin
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           under
           whose
           Protection
           they
           live
           ,
           and
           censure
           all
           its
           Proceedings
           ;
           who
           Rob
           ,
           Murther
           and
           Oppress
           the
           Innocent
           ,
           and
           ,
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           disturb
           the
           Publick
           Peace
           .
           Of
           all
           which
           sorts
           of
           People
           I
           may
           truly
           say
           ,
           that
           as
           they
           are
           a
           Scandal
           and
           Reproach
           to
           Humane
           Nature
           ,
           so
           do
           they
           naturally
           weaken
           the
           Foundations
           of
           any
           Constitution
           ,
           and
           must
           in
           time
           ,
           if
           not
           duly
           repress'd
           and
           punish'd
           occasion
           its
           overthrow
           .
           Therefore
           the
           Laws
           of
           England
           have
           several
           ways
           wisely
           provided
           Remedies
           for
           so
           great
           an
           Evil
           ,
           and
           Preservatives
           against
           so
           dangerous
           a
           Distemper
           .
           Among
           which
           ,
           I
           may
           reckon
           the
           chiefest
           to
           be
           the
           Court
           of
           
             Quarter
             Sessions
          
           ,
           which
           is
           four
           times
           in
           a
           Year
           held
           in
           every
           County
           .
           A
           Court
           so
           Honourable
           ,
           that
           it
           receives
           its
           Authority
           by
           a
           special
           Commission
           from
           their
           Majesties
           ,
           in
           which
           the
           highest
           Subjects
           of
           England
           think
           it
           an
           additional
           Dignity
           and
           Privilege
           to
           Act
           for
           the
           Publick
           Good
           ,
           and
           in
           relation
           whereunto
           the
           King
           himself
           is
           by
           our
           Laws
           stiled
           the
           Principal
           Conservator
           of
           the
           Peace
           :
           A
           Title
           ,
           glorious
           without
           Pomp
           ,
           and
           clearly
           expressive
           of
           the
           weighty
           Burthen
           annexed
           to
           Royalty
           !
           And
           as
           our
           Office
           is
           Honourable
           ,
           so
           is
           it
           likewise
           very
           Ancient
           ;
           for
           besides
           ,
           the
           Reasons
           we
           have
           to
           believe
           that
           this
           ,
           or
           something
           very
           like
           it
           ,
           was
           Contemporary
           with
           the
           Original
           of
           our
           Own
           ,
           and
           most
           other
           Governments
           ;
           besides
           ,
           
           this
           (
           I
           say
           )
           our
           Chronicles
           inform
           us
           that
           William
           the
           First
           ,
           commonly
           called
           the
           Conquerour
           ,
           about
           the
           fourth
           Year
           of
           his
           Reign
           ,
           which
           is
           above
           Six
           Hundred
           Years
           ago
           ,
           ordained
           Justices
           of
           the
           Peace
           .
           Though
           the
           first
           particular
           Statute
           we
           meet
           with
           concerning
           
           it
           ,
           
           is
           of
           a
           younger
           date
           ,
           viz.
           the
           first
           Year
           of
           Edward
           the
           Third's
           Reign
           .
           How
           generally
           useful
           and
           serviceable
           to
           the
           Country
           this
           our
           Authority
           hath
           been
           found
           to
           be
           ,
           needs
           no
           other
           Proof
           ,
           than
           the
           considerable
           enlargements
           it
           hath
           since
           that
           time
           received
           .
        
         
           Whereas
           the
           High
           Commission
           Court
           ,
           the
           Star
           Chamber
           ,
           the
           Court
           of
           Wards
           and
           Liveries
           ,
           and
           several
           other
           Courts
           ,
           being
           found
           to
           deviate
           from
           their
           Original
           Institution
           ,
           and
           instead
           of
           giving
           Ease
           ,
           Relief
           ,
           and
           Security
           ,
           to
           become
           Burthensome
           and
           Oppressive
           to
           the
           Subjects
           ,
           have
           been
           suppress'd
           by
           Authority
           of
           Parliament
           .
           But
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           the
           Nation
           instead
           of
           vacating
           our
           Power
           ,
           hath
           in
           several
           Particulars
           extended
           the
           Limits
           of
           it
           ;
           for
           they
           could
           not
           but
           be
           sensible
           of
           the
           vast
           advantages
           that
           every
           Man
           receives
           by
           so
           frequent
           and
           so
           regular
           ,
           so
           cheap
           and
           so
           easie
           an
           Administration
           of
           Justice
           ,
           whereby
           all
           violences
           are
           checkt
           ,
           and
           the
           Infringers
           and
           Disturbers
           of
           the
           Publick
           Peace
           ,
           are
           hindred
           from
           triumphing
           in
           their
           unpunish'd
           Villainies
           .
        
         
           That
           Peace
           is
           in
           its
           self
           the
           greatest
           Temporal
           Blessing
           that
           either
           Nations
           or
           private
           Men
           can
           enjoy
           ,
           is
           not
           only
           evident
           from
           the
           unavoidable
           Miseries
           and
           Calamities
           that
           attend
           the
           contrary
           State
           ,
           and
           cloud
           the
           Glories
           of
           the
           most
           successfull
           Conquerours
           ;
           but
           also
           from
           the
           high
           Encomium
           the
           Holy
           Spirit
           gives
           of
           it
           throughout
           the
           Blessed
           Scriptures
           .
           It
           was
           all
           along
           promised
           to
           the
           Jews
           ,
           who
           then
           were
           God's
           peculiar
           People
           ,
           as
           the
           greatest
           reward
           that
           he
           could
           bestow
           on
           those
           who
           were
           obedient
           to
           his
           Laws
           ;
           And
           whenever
           they
           notoriously
           swerved
           from
           this
           Divine
           Rule
           ,
           how
           severely
           did
           they
           feel
           the
           Prophet
           
           Isaiah's
           Denunciation
           executed
           upon
           them
           ,
           
           
             There
             is
             no
             Peace
             ,
             saith
             my
             God
             ,
             to
             the
             Wicked
             :
          
           which
           is
           literally
           verified
           as
           to
           all
           Mankind
           ,
           whether
           we
           consider
           them
           united
           into
           several
           Political
           Societies
           ,
           or
           under
           the
           Character
           of
           private
           Persons
           ;
           in
           both
           stations
           Peace
           and
           Security
           ,
           Quiet
           and
           Comfort
           ,
           are
           at
           as
           vast
           a
           distance
           from
           them
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           from
           Innocence
           and
           Integrity
           .
           One
           of
           the
           Characters
           under
           which
           our
           Blessed
           Saviour's
           Birth
           was
           foretold
           ,
           and
           his
           extraordinary
           Qualifications
           described
           ,
           is
           this
           ,
           he
           shall
           be
           called
           —
           
             The
             Prince
             of
             Peace
          
           .
           
           When
           this
           Prophecy
           was
           fulfilled
           by
           our
           Saviour's
           Mysterious
           Incarnation
           ,
           the
           whole
           World
           was
           at
           Peace
           ,
           the
           
           Gates
           of
           the
           Temple
           of
           Janus
           which
           had
           so
           long
           stood
           open
           ,
           were
           then
           shut
           ,
           and
           when
           the
           joyfull
           Tidings
           of
           our
           Lord's
           Birth
           were
           Proclaimed
           by
           Angels
           to
           the
           Shepherds
           ,
           Men
           of
           an
           innocent
           Life
           ,
           and
           a
           meek
           and
           sedate
           Temper
           ,
           this
           Seraphick
           Hymn
           concluded
           the
           Gracious
           Message
           on
           which
           they
           came
           ;
           
           
             Glory
             to
             God
             in
             the
             Highest
             ,
             on
             earth
             Peace
             ,
             good
             will
             towards
             Men.
             
          
        
         
           How
           noble
           a
           Title
           does
           our
           Saviour
           in
           his
           first
           Sermon
           on
           the
           Mount
           ,
           bestow
           
             on
             the
             Peace
             Makers
          
           ,
           whom
           he
           not
           only
           declares
           Blessed
           ,
           but
           also
           promiseth
           
             that
             they
             shall
             be
             called
             the
             Children
             of
             God
             :
          
           
           That
           God
           of
           Love
           and
           Peace
           ,
           who
           by
           the
           Gospel
           of
           Peace
           ,
           which
           his
           Eternal
           Son
           promulgated
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           hath
           made
           all
           Mankind
           capable
           of
           everlasting
           Salvation
           .
           It
           would
           be
           vain
           presumptioh
           in
           me
           to
           enlarge
           any
           farther
           on
           the
           Blessings
           of
           this
           happy
           State
           ,
           whose
           praises
           have
           been
           so
           fully
           celebrated
           by
           the
           Voice
           of
           God
           and
           the
           Tongues
           of
           Angels
           ;
           and
           after
           all
           that
           can
           be
           said
           of
           the
           Strength
           ,
           the
           Beauty
           ,
           the
           Pleasure
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           other
           desirable
           Consequences
           of
           Peace
           ,
           Tranquility
           ,
           and
           Freedom
           ,
           (
           for
           Peace
           is
           not
           to
           be
           wisht
           for
           ,
           when
           it
           wants
           those
           main
           ingredients
           in
           its
           composition
           )
           the
           advantages
           and
           the
           delights
           of
           it
           ,
           are
           rather
           to
           be
           felt
           than
           express'd
           .
           But
           as
           necessary
           as
           it
           is
           For
           the
           well
           being
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           the
           cementing
           of
           Societies
           ,
           we
           must
           look
           upon
           it
           ,
           not
           only
           as
           the
           Reward
           ,
           but
           as
           the
           Natural
           Product
           of
           Justice
           ;
           which
           being
           a
           vertue
           whereby
           we
           are
           always
           ready
           to
           yield
           to
           every
           one
           their
           due
           ,
           how
           can
           that
           be
           called
           a
           state
           of
           Peace
           ,
           wherein
           God
           ,
           to
           whom
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           our
           Creator
           ,
           we
           owe
           the
           greatest
           Honour
           and
           Reverence
           ,
           is
           daily
           blasphemed
           and
           affronted
           by
           the
           Prophane
           and
           Licentious
           ;
           and
           wherein
           Mens
           reciprocal
           Duties
           to
           each
           other
           are
           so
           little
           regarded
           ,
           that
           Treasons
           and
           Murthers
           ,
           Robberies
           and
           Oppressions
           ,
           Frauds
           and
           Rapines
           ,
           and
           the
           worst
           sort
           of
           Rapine
           ,
           Extortion
           ,
           are
           daily
           committed
           with
           impunity
           ?
           This
           is
           no
           more
           a
           state
           of
           true
           Peace
           and
           well
           grounded
           security
           ,
           than
           a
           Lethargy
           ,
           is
           a
           state
           of
           bodily
           Health
           ,
           or
           a
           Conscience
           seered
           and
           stupified
           with
           the
           daily
           perpetration
           of
           the
           greatest
           Villainies
           ,
           is
           a
           state
           of
           Grace
           and
           Salvation
           .
           But
           I
           hope
           it
           is
           not
           our
           misfortune
           to
           be
           in
           these
           Circumstances
           ,
           at
           a
           time
           when
           we
           are
           particularly
           order'd
           by
           their
           Majesties
           ,
           (
           who
           are
           themselves
           admirable
           Examples
           of
           Piety
           and
           Vertue
           )
           to
           see
           all
           our
           good
           Laws
           against
           Vice
           and
           Debauchery
           ,
           and
           all
           manner
           of
           disorderly
           
           and
           irregular
           Actions
           ,
           duly
           and
           impartially
           put
           in
           Execution
           ,
           Therefore
           that
           we
           may
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           possible
           ,
           see
           those
           days
           the
           Psalmist
           speaks
           of
           ,
           
           
             When
             Righteousness
             ,
             and
             Peace
             shall
             kiss
             each
             other
             ,
          
           I
           shall
           recommend
           to
           you
           (
           Gentlemen
           of
           the
           Jury
           )
           and
           to
           all
           others
           concerned
           in
           it
           ,
           to
           search
           and
           enquire
           after
           ,
           to
           present
           ,
           inform
           against
           and
           prosecute
           according
           to
           Law
           ,
           all
           Offenders
           against
           the
           Rules
           of
           Justice
           ;
           which
           as
           it
           relates
           to
           different
           Objects
           ,
           I
           shall
           distinguish
           under
           these
           two
           general
           Heads
           ,
           of
           Moral
           and
           Civil
           Justice
           .
           Under
           the
           former
           is
           comprehended
           all
           Prophaneness
           ,
           Vice
           and
           Immorality
           ;
           and
           under
           the
           latter
           ,
           all
           Treasons
           ,
           Murthers
           ,
           Felonies
           ,
           and
           Breaches
           of
           the
           Publick
           Peace
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           Crimes
           which
           you
           are
           Sworn
           to
           inquire
           into
           ,
           and
           present
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           best
           of
           your
           Skill
           and
           Knowledge
           ;
           and
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           you
           will
           acquit
           your selves
           of
           this
           your
           Duty
           ,
           with
           all
           Honesty
           ,
           Diligence
           ,
           and
           Impartiality
           ,
           remembring
           the
           Solemn
           Obligation
           you
           have
           laid
           upon
           your
           Souls
           ,
           and
           the
           strict
           account
           that
           you
           must
           at
           the
           last
           day
           give
           of
           your
           Actions
           ,
           before
           the
           great
           Tribunal
           .
        
         
           Gentlemen
           ,
           The
           Offenders
           against
           Moral
           Justice
           are
           those
           who
           are
           guilty
           of
           profane
           Cursing
           and
           Swearing
           ,
           of
           Perjury
           and
           Subornation
           ,
           of
           the
           Profanation
           of
           the
           Lord's
           Day
           ,
           of
           Drunkenness
           ,
           Adultery
           ,
           Fornication
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           dissolute
           and
           disorderly
           Practices
           ,
           which
           do
           still
           abound
           in
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           many
           good
           Laws
           in
           force
           against
           these
           Crimes
           ;
           which
           Laws
           if
           they
           were
           duly
           and
           impartially
           Executed
           ,
           Vice
           and
           Debauchery
           would
           be
           much
           less
           Impudent
           ,
           Scandalous
           ,
           and
           Contagious
           ,
           than
           now
           they
           are
           ;
           and
           consequently
           the
           Guilt
           of
           National
           Impiety
           ,
           would
           not
           so
           loudly
           call
           for
           Vengeance
           .
           Gentlemen
           ,
           we
           neither
           want
           good
           Laws
           ,
           nor
           due
           incouragement
           from
           our
           Superiors
           ,
           nor
           yet
           good
           .
           Magistrates
           of
           the
           Higher
           Rank
           ;
           but
           the
           Constables
           ,
           Headboroughs
           ,
           and
           other
           under
           Officers
           ,
           have
           so
           little
           Religion
           or
           Honesty
           in
           them
           ,
           that
           their
           negligence
           in
           Informing
           and
           Prosecuting
           ,
           renders
           our
           pains
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           ineffectual
           for
           the
           promoting
           a
           general
           Reformation
           of
           Manners
           .
           Therefore
           I
           must
           give
           it
           you
           particularly
           in
           Charge
           ,
           to
           make
           a
           strict
           enquiry
           into
           the
           Defaults
           and
           Neglects
           of
           all
           Petty
           Constables
           ,
           Headboroughs
           and
           Tythingmen
           ,
           in
           the
           Execution
           of
           their
           Office
           ;
           but
           more
           especially
           you
           are
           to
           enquire
           whether
           they
           have
           duly
           Executed
           the
           
           Order
           of
           the
           Quarter
           Sessions
           holden
           for
           this
           County
           at
           Kingston
           in
           October
           last
           ;
           Printed
           Copies
           whereof
           have
           been
           affixt
           to
           the
           Doors
           of
           Parish
           Churches
           ,
           and
           in
           other
           Publick
           Places
           ;
           that
           as
           the
           Officers
           of
           some
           particular
           Hundreds
           have
           been
           minded
           of
           this
           their
           Duty
           ,
           by
           a
           Monthly
           Petty
           Sessions
           kept
           for
           the
           same
           purpose
           by
           the
           Neighbouring
           Justices
           ;
           so
           the
           whole
           County
           should
           ,
           by
           this
           more
           Publick
           Act
           of
           the
           Quarter
           Sessions
           ,
           know
           that
           it
           is
           the
           unanimous
           Resolution
           of
           us
           all
           to
           do
           our
           Parts
           towards
           the
           punishing
           and
           repressing
           these
           Vices
           so
           justly
           hatefull
           to
           God
           and
           to
           all
           good
           Men.
           And
           Gentlemen
           ,
           let
           me
           once
           more
           tell
           you
           ,
           it
           is
           your
           Business
           to
           enquire
           into
           ,
           and
           make
           due
           presentment
           of
           the
           neglect
           or
           connivance
           of
           all
           Officers
           of
           Justice
           concerned
           in
           the
           Execution
           of
           these
           Laws
           ;
           for
           since
           we
           find
           by
           experience
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           so
           little
           regard
           either
           to
           the
           Glory
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           good
           of
           their
           Countrey
           ,
           or
           the
           performance
           of
           their
           own
           Oaths
           ,
           it
           is
           highly
           conducive
           both
           to
           their
           own
           good
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           better
           demeanour
           of
           their
           Successors
           ,
           that
           they
           fhould
           be
           made
           Publick
           Examples
           of
           ,
           and
           suffer
           Fine
           and
           Imprisonment
           as
           the
           Bench
           shall
           think
           fit
           .
        
         
           Gentlemen
           ,
           I
           am
           sorry
           the
           prevailing
           Wickedness
           of
           the
           Age
           has
           made
           this
           digression
           of
           mine
           so
           necessary
           ;
           I
           shall
           now
           proceed
           to
           discourse
           farther
           to
           you
           on
           the
           several
           parts
           of
           Moral
           Justice
           ,
           and
           after
           I
           have
           represented
           to
           you
           the
           Nature
           of
           those
           Vices
           which
           are
           contrary
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           Penalties
           our
           Laws
           annex
           to
           such
           Vices
           ;
           I
           shall
           just
           hint
           to
           you
           some
           weighty
           and
           indispensible
           Obligations
           ,
           which
           you
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           other
           Officers
           of
           Justice
           lie
           under
           ,
           diligently
           ,
           zealously
           and
           impartially
           to
           joyn
           in
           the
           promoting
           so
           good
           a
           Work.
           
        
         
           And
           first
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           the
           daily
           increase
           of
           profane
           Cursing
           and
           Swearing
           is
           a
           thing
           seriously
           and
           sadly
           to
           be
           considered
           .
           Men
           are
           now
           grown
           so
           hardned
           and
           riveted
           in
           this
           Blasphemous
           Custom
           ,
           that
           one
           may
           justly
           wonder
           at
           the
           Mercifull
           forbearance
           of
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           in
           not
           punishing
           those
           impious
           Wretches
           by
           an
           immediate
           stroke
           of
           his
           Almighty
           Vengeance
           ;
           in
           not
           consigning
           them
           ,
           in
           the
           very
           instant
           of
           their
           Wickedness
           ,
           to
           that
           Devil
           whose
           Protection
           they
           so
           often
           invoke
           ,
           in
           not
           sinking
           them
           quick
           into
           that
           irrecoverable
           State
           of
           Damnation
           they
           so
           zealously
           imprecate
           upon
           themselves
           ,
           for
           the
           confirmation
           of
           some
           trifling
           matter
           ,
           not
           worthy
           a
           wise
           Man's
           notice
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           sometimes
           
           of
           a
           downright
           falshood
           !
           This
           is
           an
           Immorality
           so
           unworthy
           of
           any
           one
           who
           professeth
           himself
           a
           Christian
           ,
           that
           even
           an
           honest
           Heathen
           would
           have
           blusht
           to
           be
           surprized
           in
           it
           ;
           for
           though
           their
           Religion
           was
           false
           ,
           and
           their
           Gods
           were
           fictitious
           ,
           yet
           they
           were
           rather
           guilty
           of
           an
           immoderate
           Superstition
           ,
           than
           of
           any
           thing
           that
           so
           much
           as
           bordered
           upon
           Prophaneness
           ,
           which
           ,
           of
           the
           two
           Errors
           in
           Worshipping
           the
           Deity
           ,
           is
           far
           the
           more
           inexcusable
           .
           And
           as
           this
           Sin
           is
           very
           dishonourable
           to
           God
           ,
           so
           is
           it
           in
           this
           particular
           extremely
           dangerous
           to
           Humane
           Societies
           ;
           in
           that
           it
           makes
           Men
           careless
           and
           inconsiderate
           of
           what
           they
           assert
           or
           promise
           ,
           though
           they
           confirm
           it
           with
           the
           most
           Solemn
           Oaths
           .
           
           For
           (
           as
           a
           wise
           Heathen
           excellently
           observes
           )
           from
           a
           common
           custom
           of
           Swearing
           ,
           Men
           easily
           slide
           into
           Perjury
           ;
           therefore
           (
           says
           he
           )
           
             if
             thou
             wouldst
             not
             be
             Perjured
             ,
             do
             not
             use
             to
             Swear
             .
          
           And
           how
           can
           it
           be
           consistent
           with
           Reason
           ,
           that
           a
           Man
           ,
           who
           hourly
           provokes
           God
           by
           rash
           and
           vain
           Swearing
           ,
           should
           boggle
           at
           a
           false
           Oath
           ,
           whenever
           his
           Lust
           ,
           his
           Covetousness
           ,
           his
           Revenge
           ,
           or
           his
           Ambition
           prompt
           him
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           importunately
           demand
           to
           be
           gratified
           ,
           though
           at
           so
           vast
           a
           Price
           ?
           Besides
           this
           ,
           at
           how
           low
           a
           rate
           do
           they
           value
           their
           immortal
           Souls
           ,
           who
           expose
           them
           to
           the
           Wrath
           of
           God
           and
           Eternal
           Damnation
           ,
           by
           a
           Sin
           from
           which
           they
           cannot
           reap
           the
           least
           Profit
           or
           Pleasure
           ?
           For
           ,
           whereas
           the
           Covetous
           ,
           the
           Revengefull
           ,
           the
           Voluptuous
           ,
           the
           Ambitious
           ;
           nay
           ,
           the
           Apostate
           himself
           ,
           may
           at
           the
           day
           of
           Judgment
           plead
           ,
           (
           though
           even
           their
           Plea
           will
           be
           rejected
           as
           frivolous
           and
           insufficient
           )
           the
           strength
           of
           Temptation
           ,
           and
           the
           irresistible
           Violence
           of
           Fear
           ,
           Anger
           ,
           or
           Desire
           ;
           the
           common
           Swearer
           will
           have
           no
           pretence
           or
           excuse
           to
           alledge
           in
           his
           behalf
           ,
           but
           that
           which
           will
           heinously
           aggravate
           his
           Guilt
           ,
           the
           inveteracy
           of
           an
           ill
           Habit
           ,
           and
           the
           prevalency
           of
           Atheistical
           Examples
           .
           Since
           therefore
           every
           single
           Act
           of
           this
           Sin
           ,
           much
           more
           a
           daily
           repeated
           Custom
           of
           it
           ,
           is
           a
           direct
           contempt
           of
           the
           third
           Commandment
           ;
           
           
             (
             Thou
             shalt
             not
             take
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Lord
             thy
             God
             in
             vain
             ,
             )
          
           and
           of
           the
           dreadfull
           Penalty
           annexed
           to
           it
           ;
           as
           likewise
           of
           that
           Expression
           of
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           
           
             (
             By
             thy
             Words
             thou
             shalt
             at
             the
             last
             day
             be
             Justified
             ,
             and
             by
             thy
             Words
             thou
             shalt
             be
             Condemned
             .
             )
          
           We
           may
           reasonably
           Conclude
           ,
           without
           exceeding
           the
           Limits
           of
           Charity
           ;
           that
           none
           who
           are
           habitually
           guilty
           of
           this
           Prophaneness
           ,
           can
           seriously
           believe
           and
           lay
           to
           heart
           the
           Principles
           of
           the
           Christian
           ,
           or
           even
           of
           Natural
           Religion
           ,
           which
           so
           strictly
           and
           positively
           forbids
           it
           .
           But
           there
           
           is
           no
           need
           at
           present
           to
           enlarge
           any
           farther
           on
           this
           Argument
           ;
           for
           I
           hope
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           I
           have
           said
           enough
           to
           disswade
           you
           from
           conniving
           at
           the
           negligence
           of
           the
           under
           Officers
           ,
           in
           punishing
           so
           enormous
           a
           Crime
           ;
           for
           which
           the
           Land
           too
           justly
           mourns
           ,
           and
           to
           which
           our
           Laws
           have
           affixed
           the
           following
           Penalty
           ;
           namely
           ,
           
           
             Twelve
             Pence
             for
             every
             profane
             Oath
             and
             Curse
             .
          
           The
           Forfeitures
           fall
           to
           the
           Poor
           of
           the
           Parish
           where
           the
           Offence
           is
           Committed
           ,
           and
           the
           Offender
           is
           to
           be
           Prosecuted
           within
           twenty
           days
           after
           ;
           if
           the
           Oaths
           or
           Curses
           are
           uttered
           in
           the
           hearing
           of
           any
           Justice
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           there
           needs
           no
           farther
           Proof
           ,
           but
           otherwise
           the
           Offence
           must
           be
           proved
           before
           any
           one
           Justice
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           by
           the
           Oaths
           of
           two
           Witnesses
           ,
           or
           the
           Confession
           of
           the
           Party
           Offending
           .
           In
           either
           of
           which
           Cases
           ,
           if
           the
           Penalty
           cannot
           be
           satisfied
           ,
           by
           a
           Distress
           and
           Sale
           of
           the
           Offenders
           Goods
           ,
           then
           every
           such
           Offender
           ,
           if
           above
           the
           Age
           of
           Twelve
           Years
           ,
           must
           be
           set
           in
           the
           Publick
           Stocks
           for
           the
           space
           of
           three
           whole
           Hours
           ,
           and
           all
           under
           that
           Age
           must
           be
           Whipped
           by
           the
           Constable
           ,
           or
           the
           Parent
           ,
           or
           the
           Master
           ,
           in
           his
           Presence
           .
           This
           Statute
           is
           ordered
           to
           be
           Read
           twice
           a
           Year
           in
           all
           Parish
           Churches
           ,
           by
           the
           respective
           Ministers
           on
           Sunday
           after
           Evening
           Service
           :
           Therefore
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           you
           are
           to
           enquire
           whether
           this
           Act
           hath
           been
           so
           Read
           ,
           and
           to
           present
           all
           Ministers
           that
           have
           neglected
           it
           :
           For
           such
           neglect
           ,
           though
           there
           is
           no
           Penalty
           annexed
           to
           it
           ,
           is
           yet
           a
           High
           Contempt
           of
           their
           Majesties
           Laws
           ,
           and
           Punishable
           in
           this
           Court.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           Next
           to
           Profane
           Swearing
           and
           Cursing
           ,
           we
           must
           consider
           the
           Sin
           of
           Perjury
           and
           Subornation
           ,
           which
           ,
           as
           I
           before
           observed
           ,
           does
           in
           a
           great
           Measure
           deduce
           its
           Original
           from
           ,
           and
           owe
           its
           increase
           to
           the
           impious
           Custom
           Men
           have
           taken
           up
           of
           interlarding
           their
           careless
           Talk
           ,
           and
           even
           the
           common
           Civilities
           of
           Conversation
           with
           rash
           and
           vain
           Oaths
           .
           But
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           as
           the
           Sin
           of
           this
           is
           much
           greater
           ,
           so
           are
           the
           Consequences
           of
           it
           much
           more
           Pernicious
           to
           private
           Persons
           ,
           Families
           and
           Societies
           ,
           than
           those
           of
           the
           other
           .
           It
           is
           an
           Offence
           both
           against
           Moral
           and
           Civil
           Justice
           ;
           being
           a
           willful
           and
           deliberate
           Breach
           not
           only
           of
           the
           third
           Commandment
           ,
           
           
             (
             Thou
             shalt
             not
             take
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Lord
             thy
             God
             in
             vain
             ,
             )
          
           but
           also
           of
           the
           Ninth
           :
           
             (
             Thou
             shalt
             not
             bear
             false
             Witness
             against
             thy
             Neighbour
             ;
             )
          
           and
           the
           certain
           Consequences
           of
           it
           are
           ,
           the
           Oppression
           ,
           and
           ruine
           of
           innocent
           Persons
           ,
           who
           too
           often
           lose
           their
           
           Lives
           ,
           their
           Estates
           ,
           and
           their
           good
           Names
           ,
           and
           have
           Infamy
           and
           Beggary
           entailed
           on
           their
           Posterity
           by
           the
           false
           Attestations
           of
           perjured
           Rascals
           .
           
           By
           these
           Naboth
           fell
           a
           Sacrifice
           to
           the
           Covetousness
           of
           Ahab
           ,
           and
           the
           Pride
           and
           Cruelty
           of
           Jezabel
           ;
           and
           our
           Blessed
           Saviour
           himself
           who
           had
           done
           nothing
           amiss
           ,
           
             was
             numbred
             with
             the
             Transgressors
          
           ;
           the
           innocence
           and
           the
           usefulness
           of
           his
           Life
           being
           too
           weak
           a
           Defence
           to
           preserve
           him
           from
           the
           Malice
           of
           his
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           from
           being
           Condemned
           by
           a
           partial
           Judge
           upon
           the
           incoherent
           evidence
           of
           his
           perjured
           Accusers
           .
           Nor
           can
           we
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           so
           soon
           forget
           ,
           that
           among
           the
           many
           Blessings
           of
           the
           late
           Reign
           ,
           we
           daily
           saw
           this
           Villainy
           boldly
           and
           triumphantly
           perpetrated
           .
           No
           Man
           who
           wisht
           well
           either
           to
           the
           Church
           or
           the
           Laws
           of
           England
           ,
           was
           safe
           from
           the
           informations
           of
           Mercenary
           Wretches
           :
           Fictitious
           Conspiracies
           were
           every
           day
           Hatched
           ,
           and
           Judges
           and
           Juries
           were
           so
           corrupted
           ,
           that
           the
           one
           gave
           their
           Opinions
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           their
           Verdicts
           according
           to
           the
           Directions
           they
           received
           from
           Court
           ;
           no
           Man
           was
           safe
           in
           his
           Innocence
           ,
           nor
           secure
           in
           his
           Property
           ;
           and
           Tryals
           and
           Proceedings
           which
           should
           have
           been
           exactly
           Consonant
           to
           Law
           and
           Reason
           ,
           to
           Justice
           and
           Mercy
           ,
           were
           become
           only
           a
           more
           Solemn
           and
           Ceremonious
           method
           of
           compleating
           our
           Ruine
           .
           It
           hath
           been
           thought
           an
           Offence
           against
           the
           very
           Law
           of
           Nations
           ,
           to
           poison
           a
           Fountain
           of
           which
           even
           an
           Enemy
           was
           to
           drink
           .
           How
           great
           a
           Crime
           then
           must
           it
           be
           ,
           and
           how
           near
           a
           kin
           to
           Sacrilege
           ,
           to
           corrupt
           the
           Laws
           which
           are
           the
           very
           Fountains
           and
           Springs
           of
           Political
           Life
           ?
           And
           to
           make
           those
           the
           instruments
           of
           Oppression
           and
           Wrong
           ,
           which
           should
           be
           our
           greatest
           Security
           and
           Relief
           ?
           And
           yet
           this
           was
           done
           by
           a
           Prince
           ,
           to
           whom
           his
           Flatterers
           with
           a
           Folly
           and
           Impudence
           equalty
           egregious
           ,
           ascribed
           the
           Sacred
           Epithete
           of
           Just
           ;
           for
           whose
           return
           ,
           several
           unnatural
           Englishmen
           so
           ardently
           Pray
           ,
           though
           the
           certain
           Consequences
           of
           it
           must
           be
           the
           involving
           the
           Nation
           in
           Blood
           ,
           and
           the
           entailing
           upon
           us
           Popery
           and
           Slavery
           ,
           and
           giving
           a
           free
           inlet
           to
           all
           manner
           of
           Vice
           ,
           Profaneness
           ,
           and
           Immorality
           .
           But
           Providence
           hath
           been
           so
           Mercifull
           ,
           as
           to
           reject
           these
           inconsiderate
           Petitions
           ;
           and
           to
           bless
           us
           with
           a
           continuance
           of
           the
           happiest
           Government
           that
           ever
           Nation
           enjoyed
           ,
           and
           the
           best
           Governours
           that
           ever
           swayed
           a
           Scepter
           ;
           whose
           Reign
           is
           as
           Glorious
           a
           Reverse
           to
           the
           last
           ,
           as
           
           Trajan's
           to
           
           Domitian's
           
           Constantine's
           to
           
           Dioclesian's
           ,
           that
           of
           our
           Virgin
           
           Queen
           to
           the
           Tyranny
           and
           Persecution
           of
           her
           Bloody
           Sister
           .
           Under
           their
           present
           Majesties
           ,
           the
           Publick
           Perjury
           I
           have
           been
           speaking
           of
           ,
           is
           generously
           Discountenanced
           ,
           and
           when
           Discovered
           ,
           never
           fails
           of
           being
           punished
           as
           severely
           as
           our
           Laws
           will
           allow
           .
           But
           however
           ,
           I
           am
           afraid
           ,
           in
           private
           Causes
           ,
           Perjury
           and
           Subornation
           do
           still
           too
           much
           prevail
           to
           the
           utter
           ruine
           of
           whole
           Families
           ;
           therefore
           for
           the
           preventing
           the
           deplorable
           Consequences
           of
           so
           great
           a
           Villainy
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           punishing
           all
           those
           that
           shall
           be
           convicted
           of
           it
           ,
           our
           Law
           declares
           ,
           that
           whosoever
           shall
           procure
           any
           Witness
           or
           Witnesses
           ,
           by
           Letters
           ,
           Rewards
           ,
           Promises
           ,
           or
           by
           any
           other
           Sinister
           means
           ,
           
           
             (
             which
             ,
             the
             Law
             calls
             Subornation
             )
          
           to
           commit
           willfull
           and
           corrupt
           Perjury
           in
           any
           Court
           ,
           or
           before
           any
           Judge
           of
           Record
           ,
           shall
           for
           every
           such
           Offence
           forfeit
           the
           Summ
           of
           Forty
           Pounds
           ,
           and
           for
           ever
           after
           be
           disabled
           from
           being
           admitted
           as
           a
           Witness
           in
           any
           Case
           whatsoever
           .
           And
           as
           for
           the
           Person
           who
           is
           suborned
           ,
           or
           ,
           without
           Subornation
           ,
           perjures
           himself
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           he
           forfeits
           the
           Summ
           of
           Twenty
           Pounds
           ,
           and
           is
           to
           suffer
           fix
           Months
           Imprisonment
           without
           Bail
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           for
           ever
           after
           discredited
           as
           a
           Witness
           :
           One
           Moiety
           of
           Penalties
           on
           this
           Act
           belong
           to
           the
           King
           and
           Queen
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           is
           given
           to
           the
           Persons
           aggrieved
           ,
           as
           a
           small
           reprizal
           for
           the
           losses
           they
           sustain
           by
           the
           Perjury
           .
           But
           in
           Case
           the
           Suborner
           be
           not
           able
           to
           pay
           the
           Forfeiture
           ,
           he
           is
           to
           be
           Imprisoned
           without
           Bail
           for
           six
           Months
           ,
           and
           to
           stand
           upon
           the
           Pillory
           :
           And
           the
           Person
           who
           is
           Suborned
           ,
           or
           Perjured
           ,
           is
           in
           case
           of
           the
           like
           disability
           to
           have
           his
           Ears
           nailed
           to
           the
           Pillory
           .
           Too
           small
           a
           Punishment
           for
           so
           flagitious
           a
           Crime
           ,
           and
           (
           as
           our
           Experience
           shews
           us
           )
           very
           insufficent
           to
           restrain
           the
           Practice
           of
           it
           ;
           while
           Petty
           Larcenies
           have
           a
           more
           infamous
           Brand
           set
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           several
           small
           Robberies
           are
           punishable
           with
           Death
           ;
           the
           perjured
           Person
           and
           the
           Suborner
           after
           all
           the
           mischiefs
           he
           hath
           done
           ,
           pays
           but
           a
           small
           Fine
           out
           of
           his
           ill
           gotten
           Store
           ,
           suffers
           a
           short
           Imprisonment
           ,
           and
           a
           slight
           Disgrace
           ,
           and
           loses
           only
           ,
           what
           we
           cannot
           suppose
           he
           ever
           much
           valued
           ,
           his
           Reputation
           ;
           at
           least
           any
           farther
           ,
           than
           it
           may
           prove
           serviceable
           to
           his
           Villainous
           designs
           .
           But
           till
           our
           Representatives
           shall
           think
           fit
           to
           provide
           a
           more
           effectual
           Remedy
           for
           this
           growing
           Evil
           ,
           I
           must
           particularly
           recommend
           it
           to
           you
           ,
           Gentlemen
           of
           the
           Jury
           ,
           and
           earnestly
           press
           you
           to
           put
           this
           Act
           in
           Execution
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           in
           you
           lies
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           by
           Inquiring
           ,
           Presenting
           and
           Indicting
           all
           Persons
           who
           fall
           
           under
           the
           Censures
           of
           it
           :
           For
           ,
           unless
           you
           do
           so
           ,
           (
           as
           far
           as
           shall
           any
           ways
           come
           to
           your
           Knowledge
           )
           you
           break
           your
           own
           Promissory
           Oath
           ;
           I
           mean
           ,
           the
           Solemn
           Appeal
           you
           lately
           made
           to
           the
           God
           of
           Truth
           ,
           who
           will
           not
           fail
           to
           avenge
           it
           on
           your Selves
           and
           your
           Families
           ,
           and
           also
           involve
           your selves
           in
           the
           dreadfull
           guilt
           of
           conniving
           at
           the
           Perjuries
           of
           others
           ,
           and
           of
           abetting
           all
           the
           Injuries
           and
           Oppressions
           ,
           that
           shall
           fall
           upon
           the
           Innocent
           ,
           and
           which
           might
           have
           been
           prevented
           by
           a
           Vigorous
           and
           timely
           Prosecution
           .
           But
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           I
           hope
           you
           do
           not
           think
           I
           mistrust
           your
           Integrity
           ,
           or
           your
           Diligence
           ,
           while
           I
           mind
           you
           of
           your
           Duty
           ,
           and
           use
           the
           most
           perswasive
           Arguments
           that
           occurr
           ,
           to
           press
           you
           to
           it
           ,
           especially
           in
           a
           Point
           so
           absolutely
           necessary
           as
           this
           is
           .
           For
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           you
           are
           to
           look
           upon
           all
           such
           Perjured
           Wretches
           not
           only
           as
           Robbers
           and
           Destroyers
           of
           private
           Persons
           and
           their
           Families
           ,
           but
           also
           as
           Traiterous
           Conspirators
           against
           Humane
           Society
           .
           For
           what
           Methods
           can
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           Men
           invent
           for
           the
           ending
           of
           Strife
           ,
           and
           the
           decision
           of
           doubtfull
           Matters
           ,
           if
           the
           Sacred
           Obligation
           of
           Oaths
           ,
           to
           which
           even
           the
           Heathens
           had
           so
           tender
           a
           regard
           ,
           proves
           ineffectual
           for
           this
           Purpose
           ?
           And
           when
           Matters
           are
           come
           to
           this
           pass
           ,
           what
           can
           preserve
           the
           World
           from
           falling
           into
           Confusion
           ?
           What
           can
           hinder
           Mankind
           (
           who
           are
           naturally
           so
           suspicious
           of
           one
           another
           )
           from
           being
           reduced
           to
           that
           State
           of
           War
           ,
           in
           which
           a
           late
           Philosopher
           erroneously
           affirmed
           them
           to
           be
           originally
           Created
           ,
           but
           an
           immediate
           interposition
           of
           the
           Divine
           Providence
           ?
           For
           amongst
           all
           the
           Instruments
           of
           Ruine
           and
           Mischief
           that
           ever
           were
           devised
           ,
           none
           is
           of
           more
           pernicious
           Consequence
           to
           Humane
           Society
           ,
           than
           Perjury
           and
           Breach
           of
           Faith
           :
           
           According
           to
           the
           Observation
           of
           the
           Wisest
           of
           Men.
           
             A
             false
             Witness
             against
             his
             Neighbour
             is
             a
             Maul
             ,
             and
             a
             Sword
             and
             a
             sharp
             Arrow
             ,
          
           a
           Pestilence
           that
           usually
           walketh
           in
           Darkness
           ,
           and
           a
           secret
           Stab
           and
           Blow
           against
           which
           many
           times
           there
           is
           no
           possibility
           of
           Defence
           .
           The
           serious
           Consideration
           whereof
           made
           the
           Psalmist
           cry
           out
           with
           so
           great
           earnestness
           ,
           as
           (
           God
           knows
           )
           we
           also
           have
           at
           this
           day
           very
           much
           Reason
           to
           do
           ;
           
             Help
             ,
             Lord
             ,
             for
             the
             Righteous
             Man
             ceaseth
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             the
             Faithful
             fail
             from
             among
             the
             Children
             of
             Men.
             
          
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           third
           Immorality
           which
           is
           to
           be
           corrected
           ,
           is
           the
           Profanation
           of
           the
           Lord's
           Day
           ;
           and
           this
           is
           as
           notorious
           a
           Breach
           of
           the
           Fourth
           Commandment
           ,
           
           as
           rash
           and
           vain
           Oaths
           and
           Curses
           are
           of
           the
           Third
           ,
           
           and
           as
           Perjury
           and
           Subornation
           are
           both
           of
           that
           and
           of
           the
           Ninth
           ;
           yet
           how
           generally
           this
           Sin
           also
           is
           practised
           ,
           I
           am
           ashamed
           to
           think
           .
           
             Remember
             thou
             keep
             Holy
             the
             Sabbath
             Day
             ,
          
           
           were
           it
           not
           (
           as
           it
           most
           certainly
           is
           )
           a
           Divine
           Command
           ;
           yet
           it
           is
           one
           of
           the
           most
           :
           prudent
           and
           usefull
           Constitutions
           that
           ever
           was
           made
           .
           
           For
           (
           to
           speak
           in
           the
           Words
           of
           an
           Eminent
           Prelate
           of
           our
           Church
           )
           to
           the
           keeping
           up
           the
           Religion
           of
           this
           day
           ,
           we
           owe
           in
           a
           great
           measure
           that
           the
           very
           Face
           of
           Christianity
           hath
           hitherto
           been
           preserved
           among
           us
           .
           And
           were
           it
           not
           for
           this
           ,
           for
           any
           thing
           I
           know
           ,
           most
           of
           us
           in
           a
           very
           few
           Years
           would
           become
           little
           better
           then
           Heathens
           and
           Barbarians
           .
           And
           so
           great
           an
           Influence
           towards
           the
           making
           Men
           better
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           keeping
           them
           from
           growing
           worse
           ,
           hath
           this
           Practice
           always
           had
           ;
           that
           ,
           you
           may
           observe
           ,
           the
           most
           Profligate
           Men
           among
           us
           ,
           who
           for
           their
           Wickedness
           come
           to
           an
           untimely
           end
           ,
           do
           generally
           impute
           their
           falling
           into
           those
           Sins
           which
           caused
           their
           Death
           ,
           to
           their
           breaking
           the
           Sabbath
           ,
           as
           they
           commonly
           express
           it
           .
           —
           Thus
           far
           that
           Eminent
           Prelate
           .
           —
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           there
           ,
           is
           a
           wide
           difference
           between
           the
           Jewish
           and
           the
           Christian
           Sabbath
           ;
           for
           though
           the
           Law
           of
           Moses
           prohibited
           all
           manner
           of
           work
           to
           be
           done
           on
           that
           day
           ,
           
           under
           the
           penalty
           of
           Death
           to
           the
           Children
           of
           Israel
           ;
           (
           which
           was
           Executed
           on
           the
           Man
           who
           gather'd
           Sticks
           on
           the
           Sabbath
           Day
           ,
           
           for
           the
           supply
           of
           his
           Necessities
           ;
           )
           yet
           our
           Blessed
           Saviour
           who
           was
           the
           Lord
           of
           the
           Sabbath
           ,
           wholly
           abolished
           the
           Ceremonial
           part
           of
           this
           Law
           ,
           
           (
           that
           being
           peculiarly
           appropriated
           to
           the
           Jewish
           Nation
           )
           and
           continued
           the
           Moral
           part
           of
           it
           in
           its
           full
           Force
           :
           Allowing
           ,
           both
           by
           his
           Example
           ,
           and
           by
           verbal
           Permission
           ,
           any
           work
           of
           Necessity
           or
           Charity
           to
           be
           done
           on
           that
           day
           .
        
         
           Thus
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           Reason
           teach
           us
           ,
           and
           this
           likewise
           do
           the
           Laws
           of
           England
           permit
           ;
           though
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           they
           are
           very
           strict
           against
           all
           those
           Profanations
           of
           the
           Lord's
           Day
           ,
           which
           proceed
           either
           from
           Mens
           Covetousness
           ,
           or
           their
           Licentiousness
           .
        
         
           Thus
           all
           Carriers
           ,
           Waggoners
           ,
           Carters
           ,
           
           Wain-men
           and
           Drovers
           are
           prohibited
           to
           Travel
           with
           any
           Horse
           ,
           Waggons
           ,
           Carts
           ,
           or
           Cattell
           
           on
           the
           Lord's
           Day
           ,
           under
           the
           Penalty
           of
           forfeiting
           Twenty
           Shillings
           to
           the
           Poor
           of
           the
           Parish
           where
           the
           Offence
           shall
           be
           Committed
           :
           All
           Butchers
           that
           Kill
           or
           Sell
           ,
           or
           cause
           to
           be
           Killed
           or
           Sold
           ,
           any
           Meat
           on
           the
           Lord's
           Day
           ,
           or
           are
           Privy
           or
           Consenting
           to
           such
           Slaughter
           or
           Sale
           ,
           forfeit
           in
           like
           manner
           Six
           Shillings
           and
           Eight
           Pence
           for
           every
           Offence
           .
           The
           Offence
           must
           be
           proved
           before
           any
           one
           Justice
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           by
           the
           Oaths
           of
           two
           Witnesses
           ,
           or
           by
           the
           Confession
           of
           the
           Party
           ,
           unless
           the
           Fact
           were
           done
           in
           the
           View
           of
           a
           Justice
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           Law
           requires
           no
           farther
           Proof
           .
           The
           Offenders
           must
           be
           Prosecuted
           within
           six
           Months
           after
           the
           Offence
           is
           committed
           ;
           and
           the
           forfeitures
           are
           recoverable
           ,
           either
           by
           Distress
           and
           Sale
           of
           the
           Offender's
           Goods
           ,
           or
           by
           Bill
           ,
           Plaint
           ,
           or
           Information
           Prosecuted
           at
           the
           Quarter
           Sessions
           for
           the
           County
           .
           And
           where
           any
           Parish
           shall
           rather
           chuse
           this
           last
           Method
           for
           recovering
           their
           Money
           ,
           you
           must
           be
           ready
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           on
           your
           Parts
           ,
           as
           we
           shall
           be
           on
           Ours
           ,
           to
           give
           all
           possible
           incouragement
           to
           these
           Prosecutions
           ,
           unless
           they
           shall
           plainly
           appear
           to
           be
           Malicious
           .
           Nor
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           are
           these
           the
           only
           Profanations
           of
           the
           Lord's
           Day
           ,
           that
           our
           Laws
           take
           Cognizance
           of
           ,
           
           but
           by
           a
           Statute
           of
           a
           later
           Date
           :
           All
           Persons
           that
           shall
           on
           the
           Lord's
           Day
           ,
           or
           any
           part
           thereof
           ,
           Sell
           or
           expose
           any
           thing
           to
           Sale
           ,
           shall
           forfeit
           the
           Goods
           so
           sold
           ,
           or
           exposed
           to
           Sale
           ,
           to
           the
           Poor
           of
           the
           Parish
           where
           the
           Offence
           is
           Committed
           .
           Thus
           also
           ,
           whosoever
           being
           of
           the
           Age
           of
           Fourteen
           Years
           or
           upwards
           ,
           shall
           on
           the
           Lord's
           Day
           ,
           or
           any
           part
           thereof
           ,
           exercise
           any
           worldy
           Labour
           ,
           Business
           ,
           or
           Work
           of
           his
           ordinary
           Calling
           ,
           shall
           in
           like
           manner
           forfeit
           for
           every
           Offence
           ,
           the
           summ
           of
           Five
           Shillings
           :
           —
           Thus
           all
           Drovers
           ,
           Horse-Coursers
           ,
           Waggoners
           ,
           Butchers
           ,
           Higlers
           ,
           or
           any
           of
           their
           Servants
           ,
           who
           shall
           Travel
           or
           come
           into
           their
           Inn
           on
           the
           Lord's
           Day
           ,
           or
           any
           part
           thereof
           ,
           shall
           in
           like
           manner
           forfeit
           for
           every
           Offence
           the
           summ
           of
           Twenty
           Shillings
           .
           The
           Offences
           against
           this
           Act
           must
           be
           prosecuted
           within
           ten
           days
           after
           ,
           and
           the
           View
           of
           a
           Justice
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           the
           Oath
           of
           one
           Witness
           ,
           or
           the
           Confession
           of
           the
           Party
           Offending
           ,
           made
           before
           any
           one
           Justice
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           is
           a
           sufficient
           Proof
           :
           And
           in
           Cafe
           (
           as
           it
           may
           sometimes
           happen
           )
           the
           Offender
           hath
           no
           Goods
           to
           be
           Distrained
           and
           Sold
           ,
           and
           is
           not
           able
           to
           pay
           these
           Forfeitures
           ,
           he
           is
           then
           to
           be
           set
           publickly
           in
           ,
           the
           Stocks
           by
           the
           space
           of
           two
           Hours
           .
           And
           besides
           these
           Penalties
           ,
           
           this
           Statue
           exempts
           the
           Hundreds
           from
           answering
           the
           losses
           which
           may
           happen
           by
           Robbery
           ,
           to
           those
           who
           Travel
           on
           the
           Lord's
           day
           ;
           since
           such
           Journeys
           are
           not
           supposed
           to
           be
           undertaken
           out
           of
           necessity
           ,
           but
           choice
           .
           —
           Thus
           far
           our
           Laws
           restrain
           and
           punish
           those
           Profanations
           of
           the
           Lord's
           Day
           ,
           which
           a
           covetous
           desire
           of
           gain
           is
           apt
           to
           induce
           Men
           to
           .
           Nor
           is
           the
           penal
           Prohibition
           of
           those
           Disorders
           which
           proceed
           from
           an
           Irreligious
           Licentiousness
           ,
           less
           severe
           :
           For
           to
           the
           end
           that
           these
           Profanations
           of
           the
           Lord's
           Day
           ,
           
           and
           the
           ill
           Consequences
           attending
           them
           ,
           may
           be
           prevented
           ,
           our
           Laws
           strictly
           prohibit
           all
           Meetings
           and
           Assemblies
           of
           People
           out
           of
           their
           own
           Parishes
           ,
           and
           all
           concourse
           of
           them
           within
           their
           own
           Parishes
           ,
           for
           all
           unlawfull
           Sports
           and
           Pastimes
           ,
           under
           the
           Penalty
           of
           three
           Shillings
           and
           four
           Pence
           for
           every
           Offence
           ,
           to
           be
           forfeited
           to
           the
           Poor
           of
           the
           Parish
           ,
           where
           the
           Offence
           is
           committed
           ;
           the
           Penalty
           is
           leviable
           by
           Distress
           and
           Sale
           of
           the
           Offenders
           Goods
           ,
           and
           in
           default
           of
           sufficient
           Distress
           ,
           the
           Offender
           is
           to
           be
           set
           publickly
           in
           the
           Stocks
           by
           the
           space
           of
           three
           Hours
           .
           The
           Prosecution
           must
           be
           within
           a
           Month
           after
           the
           Offence
           ,
           and
           the
           Oath
           of
           one
           Witness
           ,
           or
           the
           Confession
           of
           the
           Party
           ,
           before
           any
           Justice
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           or
           the
           View
           of
           any
           one
           Justice
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           is
           a
           sufficient
           proof
           to
           convict
           the
           Offender
           .
           —
           This
           was
           a
           good
           Law
           ,
           
           but
           yet
           too
           liable
           to
           many
           Evasions
           and
           Abuses
           ;
           therefore
           a
           farther
           provision
           hath
           since
           been
           made
           by
           a
           later
           Act
           :
           That
           all
           Persons
           shall
           ,
           on
           every
           Lord's
           Day
           ,
           exercise
           the
           Duties
           of
           Piety
           and
           true
           Religion
           ,
           under
           the
           penalty
           of
           Five
           Shillings
           ,
           in
           like
           manner
           forfeited
           to
           the
           Poor
           of
           the
           Parish
           for
           every
           Offence
           ,
           which
           is
           to
           be
           Prosecuted
           within
           ten
           Days
           after
           ,
           and
           proveable
           ,
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           by
           one
           Witness
           upon
           Oath
           ;
           and
           if
           the
           Offender
           be
           not
           able
           to
           satisfie
           the
           Penalty
           ,
           then
           he
           must
           be
           set
           Publickiy
           in
           the
           Stocks
           ,
           by
           the
           space
           of
           two
           Hours
           .
           And
           nothing
           can
           exempt
           any
           Man
           from
           falling
           under
           the
           Censures
           of
           this
           Act
           ,
           but
           works
           of
           Necessity
           and
           Charity
           ,
           which
           as
           I
           observed
           before
           ,
           both
           Reason
           and
           Scripture
           allow
           of
           :
           For
           Sports
           ,
           and
           Pastimes
           ,
           Revellings
           and
           Disorders
           ,
           are
           certainly
           inconsistent
           with
           the
           duty
           of
           the
           Day
           ,
           as
           Buying
           ,
           and
           Selling
           ,
           or
           exercising
           any
           Trade
           or
           Calling
           .
        
         
           The
           fourth
           Immorality
           which
           our
           Laws
           endeavour
           to
           suppress
           ,
           is
           Drunkenness
           :
           
           A
           Vice
           on
           which
           one
           of
           our
           Statutes
           fixes
           this
           infamous
           Character
           ;
           That
           it
           is
           Odious
           and
           Loathsom
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           the
           Root
           and
           Foundation
           of
           Blood-shed
           ,
           Stabbing
           ,
           Murther
           ,
           Swearing
           ,
           Fornication
           ,
           
           Adultery
           and
           such
           like
           enormous
           Sins
           ,
           to
           the
           dishonour
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           of
           our
           Nation
           ,
           the
           overthrow
           of
           many
           good
           Arts
           ,
           and
           Manual
           Trades
           ,
           the
           disabling
           of
           divers
           Workmen
           ,
           and
           the
           general
           Impoverishment
           of
           many
           good
           Subjects
           ,
           abusively
           wasting
           the
           good
           Creatures
           of
           God.
           This
           charge
           ,
           though
           it
           may
           seem
           severe
           ,
           yet
           is
           it
           ,
           as
           our
           Experience
           informs
           us
           ,
           a
           very
           true
           and
           lively
           Description
           of
           the
           sad
           Consequences
           and
           Fatal
           Effects
           of
           this
           brutish
           Immorality
           .
           Therefore
           for
           the
           repressing
           this
           Vice
           ,
           our
           Laws
           have
           provided
           a
           Punishment
           ,
           not
           only
           for
           the
           Drunkards
           ,
           but
           also
           for
           the
           Inn-keepers
           and
           Victuallers
           ,
           that
           Harbour
           ,
           Entertain
           and
           Encourage
           them
           .
           For
           ,
           as
           the
           Preamble
           to
           one
           of
           the
           Statutes
           relating
           to
           this
           matter
           informs
           us
           ,
           
           The
           Ancient
           ,
           True
           and
           Principal
           use
           of
           Inns
           ,
           Ale-Houses
           ,
           and
           Victualling-Houses
           is
           for
           the
           Receit
           ,
           Relief
           and
           Lodging
           of
           Travellers
           ,
           and
           for
           supply
           of
           the
           wants
           of
           those
           who
           are
           not
           able
           to
           Buy
           in
           their
           Provisions
           of
           Meat
           and
           Drink
           by
           greater
           Quantities
           ;
           but
           was
           never
           meant
           for
           Entertainment
           and
           Harbouring
           of
           Lewd
           and
           Idle
           People
           ,
           to
           spend
           and
           consume
           their
           Money
           and
           their
           Time
           in
           a
           Lewd
           and
           Drunken
           manner
           .
           Therefore
           for
           the
           restraining
           these
           Abuses
           ,
           
           and
           for
           the
           better
           repressing
           the
           vice
           of
           Drunkenness
           ,
           every
           Taverner
           ,
           Inn-keeper
           ,
           Ale-house
           keeper
           ,
           or
           Victualler
           who
           shall
           suffer
           any
           Person
           to
           continue
           Tipling
           in
           his
           House
           ,
           
           and
           shall
           be
           thereof
           Convicted
           before
           any
           Justice
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           by
           the
           Oath
           of
           one
           Witness
           ,
           or
           by
           his
           own
           Confession
           ,
           or
           by
           the
           view
           of
           any
           Justice
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           shall
           for
           every
           Offence
           forfeit
           Ten
           Shillings
           to
           the
           Poor
           of
           the
           Parish
           where
           the
           Offence
           is
           committed
           ;
           the
           Penalty
           to
           be
           levied
           by
           Distress
           and
           Sale
           of
           the
           Offender's
           Goods
           ,
           and
           if
           there
           be
           not
           a
           sufficient
           Distress
           to
           be
           found
           ,
           then
           the
           Offender
           is
           to
           be
           committed
           to
           the
           Common
           Gaol
           ,
           till
           the
           Forfeitures
           be
           truly
           paid
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           the
           Constables
           or
           Church-wardens
           (
           to
           whom
           the
           Warrant
           is
           directed
           )
           shall
           neglect
           their
           Duty
           in
           levying
           these
           Penalties
           by
           Distress
           and
           Sale
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           or
           in
           default
           of
           such
           Distress
           ,
           shall
           not
           within
           twenty
           days
           next
           ensuing
           ,
           certifie
           it
           to
           some
           Justice
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           they
           shall
           severally
           forfeit
           for
           every
           Offence
           the
           Summ
           of
           Fourty
           Shillings
           ,
           recoverable
           in
           like
           manner
           as
           is
           before
           mentioned
           .
           Besides
           this
           Penalty
           of
           Ten
           Shillings
           ,
           the
           Ale-house-keeper
           who
           shall
           be
           lawfully
           Convicted
           of
           the
           aforesaid
           Offence
           ,
           
           is
           disabled
           to
           keep
           an
           Ale-house
           for
           three
           Years
           after
           such
           Conviction
           ;
           and
           if
           he
           does
           ,
           he
           falls
           under
           the
           
           Penalties
           of
           keeping
           an
           Unlicensed
           Ale-house
           .
           And
           as
           this
           restraint
           is
           laid
           on
           Inn-keepers
           and
           Victuallers
           ,
           so
           likewise
           there
           is
           a
           Punishment
           appointed
           for
           tbose
           that
           shall
           be
           guilty
           of
           the
           Sin
           of
           Drunkenness
           ;
           who
           being
           thereof
           convicted
           as
           is
           above
           mentioned
           by
           the
           Oath
           of
           one
           Witness
           ,
           
           shall
           for
           every
           such
           Offence
           pay
           5
           
             s.
          
           to
           the
           Poor
           of
           the
           Parish
           ,
           where
           the
           Offence
           is
           committed
           ;
           and
           if
           there
           is
           no
           Distress
           to
           be
           found
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           not
           able
           to
           Pay
           ,
           then
           they
           must
           be
           set
           Publickly
           in
           the
           Stocks
           by
           the
           space
           of
           6
           Hours
           .
           And
           if
           the
           Constable
           ,
           or
           other
           inferior
           Officer
           shall
           be
           found
           to
           be
           remiss
           in
           Executing
           this
           Law
           ,
           then
           he
           is
           to
           forfeit
           10
           
             s.
          
           in
           the
           like
           manner
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           like
           uses
           .
           —
           There
           is
           also
           the
           Penalty
           of
           3
           
             s.
          
           and
           4
           
             d.
          
           for
           every
           Offence
           ,
           or
           (
           in
           case
           there
           be
           no
           Distress
           to
           be
           had
           )
           4
           Hours
           sitting
           in
           the
           Stocks
           is
           imposed
           on
           every
           one
           who
           shall
           be
           found
           or
           can
           be
           proved
           (
           in
           the
           manner
           of
           proof
           abovementioned
           )
           to
           continue
           Tipling
           in
           any
           Publick-House
           :
           And
           so
           highly
           does
           our
           Law
           detest
           this
           Immorality
           ,
           that
           whosoever
           shall
           be
           a
           second
           time
           Convicted
           of
           Drunkenness
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           bound
           to
           their
           Majesties
           (
           with
           two
           sufficient
           Sureties
           )
           in
           a
           Recognizance
           of
           10
           pounds
           Penalty
           for
           his
           good
           Behaviour
           .
           Those
           who
           are
           guilty
           of
           Drunkenness
           or
           Tipling
           ,
           are
           not
           punishable
           ,
           unless
           they
           are
           Prosecuted
           within
           six
           Months
           after
           the
           Offence
           is
           committed
           ;
           but
           as
           to
           Inn-keepers
           ,
           Ale-house-keepers
           and
           Victuallers
           ,
           who
           incurr
           the
           Penalties
           of
           these
           Laws
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           time
           limitted
           for
           their
           Prosecution
           .
        
         
           Gentlemen
           ,
           the
           Offences
           against
           these
           Statutes
           concerning
           Drunkenness
           and
           disorders
           in
           Ale-houses
           ,
           are
           to
           be
           diligently
           enquired
           into
           ,
           and
           duly
           presented
           at
           every
           Quarter
           Sessions
           ;
           as
           likewise
           are
           all
           defaults
           of
           Under-Officers
           ,
           in
           conniving
           at
           them
           ,
           and
           neglecting
           to
           bring
           them
           to
           condign
           Punishment
           :
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           you
           will
           do
           your
           parts
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           you
           may
           assure
           your selves
           ,
           we
           shall
           deal
           with
           them
           as
           severely
           as
           the
           Law
           will
           allow
           us
           .
           You
           are
           likewise
           to
           enquire
           and
           present
           all
           Persons
           who
           presume
           to
           keep
           Ale-houses
           without
           a
           License
           from
           the
           Justices
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           
           that
           they
           may
           undergo
           the
           Pains
           and
           Penalties
           appointed
           by
           Law.
           
        
         
           Gentlemen
           ,
           in
           the
           next
           place
           ,
           all
           notorious
           Adulterers
           ,
           and
           Fornicators
           ,
           Bawds
           ,
           and
           Whores
           ,
           and
           all
           Masters
           ,
           and
           Mistresses
           of
           those
           infamous
           Houses
           ,
           that
           Harbour
           and
           Incourage
           them
           ,
           fall
           under
           the
           Cognizance
           and
           Censure
           of
           the
           Law.
           And
           since
           I
           cannot
           say
           there
           is
           already
           
           so
           sufficient
           a
           provition
           made
           for
           the
           punishing
           and
           preventing
           the
           increase
           of
           so
           scandalous
           a
           Debauchery
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           (
           deliberate
           and
           presumptuous
           Violation
           of
           the
           7th
           .
           Commandment
           )
           as
           all
           good
           Men
           wish
           to
           see
           ;
           
           yet
           (
           besides
           the
           Censures
           of
           the
           Spiritual
           Courts
           ,
           which
           are
           very
           seldom
           exerted
           on
           these
           Occasions
           ,
           unless
           they
           have
           the
           Prospect
           of
           a
           tedious
           and
           expensive
           Suit
           )
           we
           can
           inflict
           some
           Punishments
           upon
           them
           .
           
           For
           Bawdery
           is
           an
           offence
           Temporal
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Spiritual
           ,
           and
           is
           against
           the
           Peace
           of
           the
           Land
           ;
           therefore
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           you
           are
           to
           take
           care
           to
           enquire
           and
           present
           all
           such
           Persons
           ,
           who
           being
           duly
           convicted
           before
           us
           ,
           shall
           suffer
           the
           utmost
           Severities
           the
           Law
           will
           allow
           of
           .
           And
           I
           think
           I
           shall
           not
           strain
           the
           Sense
           of
           the
           Statute
           ,
           
           if
           I
           comprehend
           all
           the
           above-mentioned
           Offenders
           under
           the
           Notion
           of
           Idle
           and
           Disorderly
           Persons
           ;
           to
           whom
           any
           two
           or
           more
           Justices
           of
           the
           Peace
           (
           but
           most
           properly
           the
           Majority
           of
           them
           in
           their
           Quarter
           Sessions
           )
           may
           assign
           a
           severe
           punishment
           and
           hard
           Labour
           in
           the
           House
           of
           Correction
           ,
           for
           so
           long
           time
           as
           shall
           be
           thought
           Necessary
           for
           their
           Chastisement
           and
           Reformation
           ;
           and
           for
           deterring
           others
           from
           following
           such
           pernicious
           Examples
           .
           And
           as
           for
           those
           keepers
           of
           Publick
           Houses
           ,
           who
           ,
           contrary
           to
           their
           Licences
           ,
           maintain
           ,
           harbour
           ,
           and
           abett
           these
           Disorders
           ,
           (
           whereby
           the
           Youth
           of
           the
           Nation
           are
           corrupted
           ,
           and
           rendred
           unfit
           to
           serve
           their
           Country
           ;
           )
           upon
           your
           presentment
           of
           them
           ,
           we
           will
           take
           care
           not
           only
           to
           Punish
           them
           as
           severely
           as
           we
           may
           by
           Fine
           and
           Imprisonment
           ,
           but
           also
           to
           suppress
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           the
           forfeitures
           of
           their
           Recognizances
           estreated
           into
           the
           Exchequer
           ;
           as
           shall
           likewise
           be
           done
           to
           those
           who
           suffer
           in
           their
           Houses
           irregularities
           of
           any
           other
           Nature
           ,
           as
           Drunkenness
           ,
           the
           Profanation
           of
           the
           Lord's
           Day
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           of
           which
           I
           have
           before
           spoken
           .
           And
           Gentlemen
           ,
           to
           sum
           up
           all
           that
           I
           have
           to
           say
           upon
           this
           Head
           ,
           you
           are
           to
           consider
           ,
           
           That
           Adultery
           and
           Fornication
           are
           sins
           so
           abominable
           in
           the
           Eyes
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           as
           a
           punishment
           for
           it
           ,
           23000
           of
           the
           Israelites
           ,
           who
           were
           seduced
           into
           these
           Impurities
           by
           the
           Daughters
           of
           Moab
           ,
           fell
           in
           one
           day
           of
           a
           Plague
           inflicted
           on
           them
           by
           an
           immediate
           Vengeance
           from
           Heaven
           .
           Therefore
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           for
           the
           averting
           God's
           Wrath
           from
           us
           ,
           we
           are
           all
           concerned
           in
           our
           several
           Stations
           ,
           to
           punish
           and
           repress
           these
           Vices
           as
           Phinehas
           did
           ,
           without
           respect
           of
           Persons
           ;
           such
           only
           ,
           I
           mean
           ,
           as
           are
           liable
           to
           our
           Censure
           .
           Besides
           ,
           these
           Crimes
           which
           are
           so
           frequently
           and
           so
           impudently
           perpetrated
           ,
           there
           are
           some
           others
           also
           which
           may
           not
           improperly
           be
           ranked
           among
           the
           offences
           against
           Moral
           
           Justice
           .
           But
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           the
           proof
           of
           some
           of
           them
           is
           so
           difficult
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           so
           seldom
           practised
           ,
           that
           I
           shall
           but
           just
           put
           you
           in
           mind
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           you
           are
           to
           enquire
           and
           present
           all
           Persons
           that
           have
           invocated
           ,
           entertained
           or
           employed
           any
           wicked
           Spirit
           ,
           or
           have
           used
           any
           Witchcraft
           ,
           Charm
           ,
           or
           Sorcery
           ;
           this
           is
           a
           sin
           of
           a
           very
           deep
           die
           ,
           being
           dirctly
           against
           the
           first
           Commandment
           ,
           
           and
           is
           punished
           with
           Death
           both
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           by
           a
           Statute
           made
           in
           the
           first
           Year
           of
           King
           James
           the
           First
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           so
           hard
           a
           matter
           to
           have
           full
           proof
           brought
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           no
           Jury
           can
           be
           too
           cautious
           and
           tender
           in
           a
           prosecution
           of
           this
           Nature
           .
           However
           ,
           where
           the
           Evidence
           is
           clear
           and
           undeniable
           ,
           you
           must
           proceed
           according
           to
           your
           Oaths
           .
        
         
           You
           are
           also
           to
           enquire
           and
           present
           all
           Persons
           that
           have
           depraved
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           the
           Body
           and
           Blood
           of
           our
           Blessed
           Lord
           and
           Saviour
           ,
           either
           by
           Word
           of
           Mouth
           ,
           or
           otherwise
           ;
           
           who
           being
           convicted
           shall
           suffer
           Imprisonment
           ,
           and
           make
           Fine
           and
           Ransom
           at
           the
           King's
           Will
           and
           Pleasure
           if
           they
           be
           prosecuted
           within
           three
           Months
           after
           the
           Offence
           is
           committed
           .
        
         
           You
           are
           also
           to
           enquire
           if
           any
           Person
           hath
           Depraved
           ,
           Despised
           ,
           
           or
           Derogated
           from
           the
           Book
           of
           Common
           Prayer
           ,
           by
           any
           Enterludes
           ,
           Plays
           ,
           Songs
           ,
           Rhimes
           or
           other
           open
           Words
           ;
           or
           hath
           compelled
           any
           Minister
           to
           use
           any
           other
           form
           of
           Worship
           ;
           for
           in
           this
           Case
           the
           Oftender
           that
           is
           guilty
           of
           so
           great
           an
           Irreverence
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           disrespect
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           both
           in
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           shall
           for
           the
           first
           Offence
           forfeit
           to
           their
           Majesties
           100
           Marks
           ,
           for
           the
           second
           Offence
           400
           Marks
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           third
           Offence
           ,
           all
           his
           Goods
           and
           Chattels
           ,
           and
           shall
           suffer
           Imprisonment
           during
           Life
           .
        
         
           You
           are
           also
           to
           enquire
           if
           any
           Restor
           or
           Vicar
           (
           who
           keeps
           a
           Curate
           )
           hath
           neglected
           once
           in
           a
           Month
           to
           read
           the
           Common-Prayer
           in
           his
           Parish
           Church
           ;
           
           for
           all
           Incumbents
           guilty
           of
           this
           Neglect
           ,
           shall
           upon
           complaint
           made
           on
           Oath
           ,
           by
           two
           credible
           Witnesses
           ,
           before
           two
           Justices
           of
           the
           Peace
           of
           the
           said
           County
           ,
           forfeit
           to
           the
           Poor
           of
           that
           Parish
           5
           pounds
           a
           Month
           ;
           and
           if
           the
           Penalty
           be
           not
           paid
           in
           ten
           days
           after
           fuch
           Conviction
           ,
           then
           his
           Goods
           are
           to
           be
           Distrained
           and
           Sold
           for
           that
           purpose
           ,
           
           by
           a
           Warrant
           from
           the
           said
           Justices
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           you
           are
           to
           enquire
           ,
           if
           any
           Person
           have
           maliciously
           Struck
           ,
           or
           drawn
           any
           Weapon
           in
           any
           Church
           or
           Church-yard
           ,
           to
           the
           intent
           to
           strike
           another
           ,
           the
           Offender
           who
           is
           Convicted
           hereof
           ,
           shall
           have
           one
           of
           his
           Ears
           cut
           off
           ;
           and
           if
           he
           have
           no
           Ear
           ,
           then
           he
           shall
           be
           Markt
           in
           the
           Cheek
           with
           the
           Letter
           F
           ,
           in
           token
           
           of
           a
           Fray-maker
           ;
           and
           the
           Law
           reputes
           it
           to
           be
           so
           ungodly
           and
           irreligious
           an
           Action
           ,
           that
           all
           persons
           guilty
           of
           it
           ,
           are
           declared
           to
           be
           
             Ipso
             Facto
          
           Excommunicated
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           highest
           Censure
           and
           Penalty
           the
           Christian
           Church
           can
           inflict
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           now
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           gone
           through
           the
           first
           part
           of
           my
           Charge
           ,
           I
           have
           not
           knowingly
           omitted
           any
           point
           that
           is
           Material
           ,
           and
           as
           for
           smaller
           Defects
           ,
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           your
           Experience
           in
           the
           Proceedings
           of
           this
           Court
           will
           fully
           supply
           them
           .
           If
           the
           time
           would
           allow
           me
           ,
           I
           should
           in
           the
           next
           place
           urge
           you
           to
           exert
           your
           utmost
           Vigour
           and
           Diligence
           in
           punishing
           and
           putting
           a
           stop
           to
           those
           Violations
           of
           Moral
           Justice
           ,
           which
           are
           so
           notoriously
           prevalent
           among
           us
           ,
           and
           which
           (
           unless
           they
           are
           speddily
           reformed
           by
           a
           due
           severity
           )
           seem
           to
           threaten
           us
           with
           extraordinary
           punishments
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           by
           representing
           to
           you
           at
           large
           the
           weighty
           and
           indispensible
           Obligations
           that
           lie
           upon
           you
           to
           do
           your
           parts
           towards
           the
           promoting
           so
           good
           a
           Work.
           But
           I
           hope
           it
           will
           be
           sufficient
           to
           hint
           to
           you
           these
           three
           Considerations
           ,
           
             viz.
             1.
          
           
           That
           you
           are
           Men
           and
           Christians
           .
           2.
           
           That
           you
           are
           Englishmen
           ,
           and
           (
           I
           hope
           )
           all
           of
           you
           well
           wishers
           to
           the
           present
           Government
           .
           3.
           
           That
           you
           have
           bound
           your selves
           by
           a
           Solemn
           Oath
           ,
           impartially
           to
           enquire
           and
           present
           those
           who
           are
           guilty
           of
           these
           scandalous
           Debaucheries
           ;
           and
           those
           Petty
           Constables
           ,
           Headboroughs
           and
           other
           Under-Officers
           ,
           who
           by
           their
           Neglect
           and
           Connivance
           ,
           without
           any
           regard
           to
           their
           Duty
           ,
           or
           their
           Oaths
           ,
           have
           encouraged
           these
           Vices
           ;
           or
           have
           made
           defaults
           in
           any
           other
           things
           that
           relate
           to
           their
           respective
           Offices
           .
           Gentlemen
           ,
           if
           I
           had
           time
           ,
           I
           should
           enlarge
           on
           every
           one
           of
           these
           three
           particulars
           .
           —
           But
           I
           assure
           my self
           ,
           your
           own
           Conscience
           will
           press
           these
           thoughts
           home
           to
           you
           ;
           and
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           we
           shall
           find
           by
           your
           presentments
           ,
           that
           you
           have
           a
           well
           grounded
           Zeal
           for
           the
           Glory
           and
           Honour
           of
           God
           ,
           a
           true
           Love
           to
           your
           Country
           ,
           and
           a
           sincere
           and
           affectionate
           Loyalty
           to
           their
           present
           Majesties
           King
           William
           and
           Queen
           Mary
           ,
           (
           upon
           whom
           next
           under
           God
           ,
           our
           safety
           wholly
           depends
           )
           and
           a
           tender
           and
           conscientious
           regard
           to
           the
           sacred
           Obligation
           of
           an
           Oath
           ;
           which
           being
           a
           Solemn
           Appeal
           to
           the
           Almighty
           and
           All
           knowing
           Judge
           ,
           and
           Avenger
           of
           all
           Falshood
           and
           Unrighteousness
           ,
           will
           ,
           if
           not
           faithfully
           performed
           ,
           entail
           God's
           curse
           on
           your selves
           and
           your
           Families
           ;
           
           according
           to
           that
           of
           the
           Prophet
           
             Zachary
             ,
             A
             Curse
             shall
             enter
             into
             the
             House
             of
             him
             that
             sweareth
             falsly
             by
             the
             Name
             of
             God.
             
          
        
         
         
           Gentlemen
           ,
           I
           shall
           now
           proceed
           to
           the
           second
           part
           of
           my
           Charge
           ;
           which
           comprehends
           all
           offences
           against
           Civil
           Justice
           .
           This
           is
           a
           subject
           so
           Copious
           ,
           that
           (
           having
           detained
           you
           so
           long
           in
           the
           former
           part
           of
           my
           Charge
           )
           the
           time
           will
           not
           permit
           me
           fully
           to
           declare
           to
           you
           ,
           every
           particular
           Offence
           ,
           within
           the
           compass
           of
           our
           Commission
           and
           of
           your
           Cognizance
           .
           Therefore
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           you
           are
           to
           expect
           only
           a
           short
           Summary
           ,
           of
           the
           most
           material
           Points
           of
           your
           Duty
           ;
           in
           drawing
           up
           of
           which
           if
           I
           am
           less
           exact
           than
           is
           usual
           ,
           I
           hope
           you
           will
           impute
           it
           to
           my
           want
           of
           skill
           in
           these
           Affairs
           ;
           and
           to
           my
           Disability
           (
           which
           makes
           it self
           every
           way
           too
           apparent
           )
           worthily
           to
           execute
           this
           important
           Office
           ,
           with
           which
           my
           Brethren
           ,
           who
           are
           all
           of
           them
           much
           fitter
           for
           it
           ,
           have
           been
           pleased
           to
           Honour
           me
           .
        
         
           Civil
           Justice
           is
           a
           Vertue
           of
           a
           very
           large
           extent
           ;
           for
           thereby
           we
           are
           obliged
           even
           by
           Natural
           Religion
           to
           deal
           with
           all
           Men
           as
           we
           would
           
           be
           willing
           ,
           were
           we
           in
           their
           Circumstances
           ,
           and
           they
           in
           Ours
           ,
           they
           should
           deal
           with
           us
           .
           And
           if
           this
           is
           a
           debt
           we
           owe
           to
           all
           Men
           ,
           then
           certainly
           our
           own
           Countrymen
           ,
           who
           enjoy
           the
           same
           common
           benefits
           of
           Security
           and
           Protection
           ,
           may
           much
           more
           expect
           it
           from
           us
           .
           And
           to
           this
           end
           that
           the
           Rich
           and
           the
           Poor
           may
           be
           equally
           safe
           in
           what
           is
           their
           own
           ,
           the
           Laws
           have
           not
           only
           declared
           what
           that
           is
           ,
           but
           have
           also
           appointed
           Punishments
           for
           those
           that
           shall
           transgress
           these
           Limits
           and
           invade
           any
           other
           Man's
           Property
           .
           Now
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           those
           Persons
           who
           may
           legally
           claim
           this
           Justice
           at
           our
           Hands
           ,
           or
           in
           case
           it
           be
           refused
           them
           ,
           may
           appeal
           to
           the
           Law
           for
           satisfaction
           for
           the
           injury
           ,
           are
           either
           our
           Superiors
           or
           our
           Fellow
           Subjects
           .
           To
           the
           former
           ,
           namely
           our
           Parents
           ,
           whether
           Political
           or
           Natural
           ,
           we
           are
           obliged
           by
           the
           fifth
           ,
           Commandment
           to
           pay
           Obedience
           ,
           Tribute
           ,
           Reverence
           and
           Honour
           ;
           
           to
           the
           latter
           ,
           namely
           our
           Fellow
           Subjects
           ,
           we
           are
           obliged
           by
           the
           eighth
           Commandment
           to
           render
           whatsoever
           is
           by
           Law
           due
           unto
           them
           ;
           and
           when
           by
           Force
           or
           Fraud
           we
           take
           or
           detain
           from
           them
           any
           of
           their
           Legal
           Rights
           ,
           we
           are
           guilty
           of
           Theft
           .
           But
           to
           proceed
           :
           Of
           Governours
           and
           Magistrates
           ,
           there
           are
           two
           sorts
           ,
           —
           Supreme
           and
           Subordinate
           .
           —
           By
           the
           Supreme
           Magistrate
           ,
           you
           know
           ,
           none
           can
           be
           meant
           besides
           our
           Sovereign
           Lord
           and
           Lady
           the
           King
           and
           Queen
           ;
           against
           whom
           the
           Offences
           which
           you
           are
           to
           enquire
           of
           ,
           and
           present
           ,
           are
           High-Treasons
           ,
           Praemunire's
           ,
           and
           Misprisions
           of
           Treason
           .
        
         
         
           High-Treason
           is
           a
           Crime
           punishable
           with
           Death
           ;
           
           and
           whoever
           compasseth
           or
           imagineth
           the
           death
           of
           the
           King
           or
           Queen
           ,
           
           and
           declares
           it
           by
           some
           Overt
           Act
           ,
           whoever
           levyeth
           War
           against
           the
           King
           ,
           whoever
           shall
           counterfeit
           the
           King
           ,
           
           or
           Queen
           Regnants
           ,
           Great
           Seal
           ,
           Sign
           Manual
           ,
           Privy
           Segnet
           ,
           or
           Privy
           Seal
           ;
           
           whoever
           shall
           counterfeit
           the
           Coyn
           of
           this
           Realm
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Coyn
           permitted
           by
           the
           King's
           consent
           to
           be
           current
           in
           this
           Kingdom
           ;
           or
           whoever
           shall
           bring
           over
           from
           beyond
           the
           Seas
           any
           counterfeit
           Coyn
           ,
           
           knowing
           it
           to
           be
           false
           ,
           and
           shall
           make
           payment
           thereof
           ,
           in
           deceit
           of
           the
           King
           and
           his
           People
           ,
           or
           shall
           clip
           ,
           impair
           ,
           or
           falsifie
           any
           such
           Coin
           as
           aforesaid
           ;
           or
           whoever
           shall
           obtain
           or
           receive
           from
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Rome
           ,
           
           or
           any
           Authority
           of
           that
           See
           ,
           any
           Bull
           ,
           Writing
           ,
           or
           Instrument
           Written
           or
           Printed
           ,
           
           or
           shall
           Use
           ,
           Publish
           ,
           
           or
           put
           it
           in
           Ure
           ,
           or
           shall
           be
           reconciled
           to
           the
           Bishop
           or
           See
           of
           Rome
           ,
           by
           virtue
           of
           any
           such
           Bull
           ,
           
           or
           shall
           perswade
           any
           Person
           to
           be
           reconciled
           by
           vertue
           of
           such
           Bull
           ;
           or
           shall
           abett
           ,
           or
           conceal
           such
           Offenders
           ,
           and
           Offences
           ;
           or
           whoever
           shall
           by
           any
           other
           ways
           or
           means
           withdraw
           ,
           or
           endeavour
           to
           withdraw
           ,
           
           any
           to
           the
           Romish
           Religion
           ,
           or
           whoever
           shall
           be
           so
           withdrawn
           ,
           
           or
           whoever
           being
           a
           Jesuit
           ,
           Seminary
           Priest
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Priest
           ,
           
           Deacon
           ,
           Religious
           or
           Ecclesiastical
           Person
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           and
           being
           a
           Native
           of
           this
           Realm
           ,
           shall
           come
           hither
           ,
           or
           into
           any
           of
           their
           Majesties
           Dominions
           ;
           
           or
           lastly
           ,
           whosoever
           during
           the
           Present
           War
           with
           the
           French
           King
           ,
           shall
           Send
           ,
           Load
           ,
           Transport
           ,
           or
           Deliver
           ,
           or
           cause
           to
           be
           Sent
           ,
           Laden
           ,
           Transported
           ,
           or
           Delivered
           ,
           for
           the
           use
           of
           the
           said
           French
           King
           ,
           or
           any
           of
           his
           Subjects
           residing
           in
           any
           part
           of
           his
           Dominions
           ,
           or
           in
           any
           place
           in
           his
           Possession
           ,
           any
           Arms
           ,
           Ordnance
           ,
           Powder
           ,
           Bullets
           ,
           Pitch
           ,
           Tarr
           ,
           Hemp
           ,
           Masts
           ,
           Cordage
           ,
           Iron
           ,
           Coals
           ,
           Lead
           ,
           or
           Salt-Peter
           ;
           or
           whoever
           of
           their
           Majesties
           Subjects
           shall
           without
           License
           from
           their
           Majesties
           voluntarily
           go
           or
           repair
           ,
           or
           imbark
           in
           any
           Vessel
           with
           an
           intent
           to
           go
           into
           France
           ,
           or
           any
           Dominions
           of
           the
           French
           King.
           Whosoever
           Gentlemen
           ,
           commits
           any
           of
           the
           Facts
           abovementioned
           ,
           and
           all
           their
           Aiders
           ,
           Abetters
           ,
           Counsellors
           ,
           and
           Maintainers
           are
           guilty
           of
           High-Treason
           .
           And
           by
           the
           Statute
           of
           the
           25
           th
           of
           Edw.
           the
           3d.
           it
           is
           likewise
           High-Treason
           to
           kill
           the
           Chancellor
           ,
           Treasurer
           ,
           or
           any
           of
           the
           Justices
           Assigned
           to
           hear
           and
           determine
           ,
           being
           in
           their
           Places
           doing
           their
           Offices
           .
           All
           these
           Facts
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           are
           High-Treason
           ,
           and
           you
           are
           to
           enquire
           and
           present
           them
           .
           In
           the
           next
           place
           Gentlemen
           ,
           you
           are
           to
           enquire
           of
           such
           
           Offences
           against
           the
           King
           and
           Queen
           ,
           
           which
           fall
           within
           the
           Statutes
           of
           
           Praemunire's
           .
           
           This
           Law
           was
           made
           to
           preserve
           the
           Crown
           of
           England
           ,
           from
           the
           papal
           Incroachments
           and
           Usurpations
           ,
           and
           to
           prevent
           Foreign
           Appeals
           in
           Cases
           determinable
           in
           the
           King's
           Courts
           .
           So
           jealous
           were
           our
           wise
           Ancestors
           of
           the
           freedom
           and
           independancy
           of
           the
           Regal
           Power
           ,
           and
           of
           their
           own
           Liberties
           ,
           that
           near
           two
           Hundred
           Years
           before
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           in
           the
           darkest
           times
           of
           Popery
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           less
           a
           Penalty
           than
           being
           put
           out
           of
           the
           King's
           Protection
           ,
           being
           fined
           at
           the
           King's
           Pleasure
           ,
           and
           being
           imprisoned
           without
           Bail
           till
           that
           Fine
           should
           be
           paid
           ,
           and
           their
           Lands
           ,
           Goods
           ,
           and
           Possessions
           Forfeited
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           unless
           they
           should
           come
           in
           and
           receive
           their
           Tryal
           within
           two
           Months
           after
           Summons
           ;
           no
           less
           a
           Penalty
           (
           I
           say
           )
           than
           this
           was
           provided
           for
           all
           such
           as
           should
           Sue
           to
           any
           Foreign
           Court
           ,
           or
           to
           any
           Spiritual
           Court
           within
           this
           Realm
           ,
           to
           defeat
           or
           impeach
           the
           Judgment
           given
           in
           the
           King's
           Court
           ;
           
           as
           also
           for
           all
           such
           as
           should
           on
           this
           account
           ,
           
           purchase
           or
           pursue
           (
           in
           the
           Court
           of
           Rome
           or
           elsewhere
           )
           any
           Excommunication
           ,
           Bull
           ,
           or
           other
           Instrument
           against
           the
           King
           ,
           his
           Crown
           ,
           or
           Realm
           ;
           or
           should
           bring
           ,
           receive
           ,
           notifie
           ,
           or
           execute
           them
           here
           in
           England
           ;
           and
           for
           all
           their
           Procurers
           ,
           Maintainers
           ,
           Abettors
           ,
           and
           Counsellors
           .
           For
           in
           Treasons
           ,
           Murthers
           ,
           and
           
           Praemunire's
           ;
           all
           the
           Offenders
           are
           Principals
           ,
           and
           are
           so
           punishable
           .
           It
           would
           be
           too
           tedious
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           to
           receite
           to
           you
           the
           several
           Statutes
           that
           have
           been
           made
           (
           especially
           since
           the
           Reformation
           )
           concerning
           
           Praemunire's
           .
           It
           is
           enough
           to
           inform
           you
           in
           the
           General
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           mostly
           levell'd
           at
           Popish
           Recusants
           ,
           and
           at
           such
           as
           by
           word
           of
           Mouth
           or
           Writing
           ,
           shall
           defend
           the
           Authority
           the
           Pope
           or
           any
           Foreign
           Prince
           may
           pretend
           to
           have
           over
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           People
           of
           England
           .
           And
           Gentlemen
           ,
           I
           must
           not
           omit
           taking
           notice
           to
           you
           ,
           that
           an
           Act
           made
           in
           the
           last
           Sessions
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           Entituled
           ,
           
             An
             Act
             against
             Corresponding
             with
             their
             Majesties
             Enemies
             ,
          
           Declares
           ,
           
           That
           if
           any
           Person
           during
           the
           present
           War
           with
           the
           French
           King
           ,
           shall
           Send
           ,
           Load
           ,
           Transport
           ,
           or
           Deliver
           ,
           or
           cause
           to
           be
           Sent
           ,
           Laden
           ,
           Transported
           ,
           or
           Delivered
           for
           the
           use
           of
           the
           said
           French
           King
           ,
           or
           any
           of
           his
           Subjects
           residing
           in
           any
           part
           of
           his
           Dominions
           ,
           or
           in
           any
           place
           in
           his
           Possession
           ,
           any
           Goods
           ,
           Merchandizes
           ,
           Wares
           ,
           Or
           Commodities
           ,
           shall
           incurr
           the
           Pain
           and
           Forfeiture
           of
           a
           Praemunire
           .
           This
           Act
           is
           so
           exceeding
           useful
           for
           the
           Nation
           in
           this
           present
           juncture
           ,
           that
           
           I
           must
           particularly
           recommend
           it
           to
           you
           diligently
           to
           enquire
           and
           present
           all
           Offenders
           against
           it
           .
           In
           the
           next
           place
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           you
           are
           to
           enquire
           and
           present
           all
           Misprisions
           of
           Treason
           ;
           
           which
           Word
           signifieth
           in
           our
           Law
           ,
           Negligence
           ,
           or
           Oversight
           ,
           in
           not
           revealing
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           his
           Council
           ,
           or
           some
           Magistrate
           ,
           a
           Treason
           which
           any
           Man
           knows
           to
           be
           committed
           ,
           or
           about
           to
           be
           committed
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           a
           high
           Crime
           ,
           and
           the
           Consequences
           may
           be
           very
           dangerous
           ,
           for
           any
           one
           though
           not
           consenting
           to
           it
           ,
           (
           for
           that
           comes
           within
           the
           Statutes
           of
           Treasons
           )
           to
           conceal
           so
           Capital
           an
           Offence
           .
           Therefore
           ,
           for
           Misprision
           of
           Treason
           ,
           the
           Offender
           shall
           forfeit
           to
           the
           King
           his
           Goods
           ,
           and
           Chattels
           for
           ever
           ,
           and
           the
           profits
           of
           his
           Lands
           ,
           during
           his
           Life
           ,
           and
           also
           shall
           be
           imprisoned
           during
           his
           Life
           .
           And
           (
           Gentlemen
           )
           now
           I
           am
           discoursing
           to
           you
           concerning
           such
           Offences
           as
           do
           most
           immediately
           strike
           at
           the
           Persons
           and
           Government
           of
           the
           King
           and
           Queen
           ;
           I
           must
           take
           notice
           to
           you
           of
           three
           sorts
           of
           Men
           ,
           of
           whom
           we
           have
           at
           this
           time
           no
           small
           Reason
           to
           be
           Apprehensive
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           these
           ,
           Popish
           Recusants
           ,
           Protestant
           Recusants
           ,
           and
           Protestants
           who
           though
           they
           have
           taken
           the
           Oaths
           to
           their
           present
           Majesties
           ,
           and
           enjoy
           the
           Benefit
           of
           their
           Protection
           ,
           do
           yet
           make
           it
           their
           business
           to
           libel
           and
           censure
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           in
           their
           Words
           and
           daily
           Behaviour
           ,
           shew
           themselves
           disaffected
           ,
           and
           to
           give
           them
           their
           due
           Character
           ,
           are
           but
           one
           Degree
           from
           Traytors
           .
           By
           Popish
           Recusants
           ,
           I
           mean
           those
           Subjects
           of
           England
           ,
           who
           divide
           their
           Allegiance
           between
           the
           King
           and
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Rome
           ,
           whom
           they
           look
           upon
           as
           Christ's
           Vicar
           on
           Earth
           ,
           and
           of
           whose
           Church
           and
           Communion
           they
           are
           .
           On
           this
           Account
           they
           refuse
           to
           take
           the
           Oath
           of
           Supremacy
           (
           which
           excludes
           the
           Pope's
           Power
           in
           spiritual
           Matters
           )
           to
           any
           Prince
           ,
           though
           of
           their
           Perswasion
           ,
           and
           if
           the
           Pope
           interposes
           his
           Authority
           in
           Excommunicating
           or
           deposing
           any
           Protestant
           Prince
           ,
           (
           whom
           out
           of
           their
           Catholick
           Charity
           they
           are
           pleased
           to
           call
           Hereticks
           ,
           )
           they
           fail
           not
           when
           an
           Opportunity
           offers
           to
           rise
           in
           Rebellion
           against
           them
           ,
           and
           (
           as
           they
           did
           in
           Queen
           
           Elizabeth's
           Time
           )
           to
           joyn
           with
           any
           Foreigner
           ,
           whom
           the
           Pope
           Commissions
           to
           invade
           their
           Native
           Countrey
           ,
           and
           reduce
           it
           to
           an
           Italian
           ,
           a
           Spanish
           ,
           or
           which
           is
           worst
           of
           all
           ,
           a
           French
           Slavery
           .
           How
           much
           their
           Loyalty
           is
           to
           be
           relyed
           on
           ,
           their
           Principles
           and
           their
           Practices
           ;
           especially
           in
           the
           Reigns
           of
           that
           Glorious
           Queen
           ,
           and
           her
           peaceful
           Successor
           ,
           do
           abundantly
           testifie
           ;
           and
           I
           hope
           while
           the
           
           Spanish
           Invasion
           ,
           and
           the
           Gun-power-Treason
           ,
           continue
           recorded
           in
           our
           History
           as
           undeniable
           matters
           of
           Fact
           ,
           while
           Papists
           deservedly
           lie
           under
           an
           Exclusion
           from
           all
           Offices
           of
           Trust
           and
           Profit
           ,
           and
           even
           from
           the
           Privilege
           of
           Voting
           in
           Parliament
           as
           Peers
           ,
           which
           some
           Mercenary
           Time
           servers
           in
           the
           late
           Reign
           were
           pleased
           to
           call
           their
           Natural
           Birth-Right
           ,
           and
           inseparable
           from
           their
           Persons
           ,
           while
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           these
           things
           remain
           as
           they
           are
           ,
           and
           while
           we
           remember
           (
           as
           I
           hope
           we
           allways
           shall
           )
           the
           great
           dangers
           the
           Church
           and
           Nation
           were
           lately
           in
           by
           the
           bigotted
           zeal
           of
           a
           Popish
           Prince
           ,
           and
           the
           inveterate
           Malice
           of
           the
           Roman
           Catholicks
           then
           armed
           with
           Power
           ,
           I
           hope
           we
           shall
           not
           fail
           on
           all
           Occasions
           but
           especially
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           to
           have
           a
           watchfull
           Eye
           over
           their
           Conduct
           .
           All
           the
           Mercies
           our
           present
           King
           hath
           extended
           to
           them
           both
           here
           and
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           (
           Mercies
           to
           be
           paralleled
           by
           none
           but
           those
           of
           the
           Almighty
           !
           )
           cannot
           yet
           unhinge
           them
           from
           their
           dependance
           upon
           France
           ,
           and
           their
           Subjection
           to
           Rome
           ,
           nor
           put
           an
           end
           to
           their
           vain
           Expectations
           of
           seeing
           our
           present
           happy
           settlement
           wholly
           unravelled
           ,
           and
           their
           own
           Religion
           again
           establish'd
           ,
           and
           ours
           utterly
           extirpated
           by
           the
           the
           victorious
           return
           (
           which
           they
           with
           for
           ,
           and
           we
           all
           deprecate
           of
           the
           late
           King
           ,
           and
           his
           pretended
           Son.
           Therefore
           since
           nothing
           will
           make
           them
           Friends
           to
           this
           Government
           ,
           Prudence
           directs
           us
           to
           use
           the
           best
           Caution
           we
           can
           against
           their
           Hellish
           Designs
           ;
           and
           since
           there
           are
           many
           good
           Laws
           in
           Force
           against
           them
           ,
           there
           is
           great
           Reason
           that
           they
           suffer
           those
           Penalties
           ,
           (
           especially
           such
           of
           them
           as
           stand
           out
           in
           defyance
           to
           the
           Government
           )
           that
           are
           provided
           for
           them
           .
           And
           Gentlemen
           ,
           it
           is
           your
           Business
           to
           enquire
           and
           present
           all
           Popish
           Recusants
           ,
           and
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           you
           will
           express
           your
           Affection
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           by
           doing
           your
           Duty
           in
           this
           Particular
           .
        
         
           By
           Protestant
           Recusants
           ,
           I
           mean
           those
           Protestant
           Subjects
           of
           England
           ,
           who
           refuse
           to
           take
           the
           Oaths
           of
           Allegiance
           and
           Supremacy
           to
           the
           present
           King
           and
           Queen
           .
           It
           may
           ,
           I
           confess
           ,
           seem
           a
           Paradox
           that
           notwithstanding
           the
           many
           Calamities
           we
           felt
           in
           the
           Late
           Reign
           and
           those
           more
           grievous
           ones
           we
           daily
           expected
           ,
           when
           the
           making
           and
           repealing
           of
           Laws
           ,
           should
           have
           been
           in
           the
           Power
           of
           a
           Pack'd
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           when
           the
           protection
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           the
           defence
           of
           our
           Rights
           ,
           the
           disposal
           of
           our
           Lives
           ,
           Liberties
           and
           Estates
           ;
           and
           in
           a
           Word
           ,
           the
           Administration
           of
           Justice
           should
           have
           been
           entirely
           commmited
           to
           a
           French
           and
           Irish
           Army
           ,
           and
           to
           a
           Cabinet
           Council
           of
           Jesuits
           ;
           notwithstanding
           this
           gloomy
           Prospect
           ,
           which
           reduced
           us
           even
           to
           the
           Brink
           of
           Despair
           ;
           
           notwithstanding
           the
           Miraculous
           deliverance
           out
           of
           these
           Extremities
           ,
           that
           the
           Divine
           Providence
           afforded
           us
           at
           the
           critical
           Instant
           ,
           notwithstanding
           those
           returns
           of
           Gratitude
           which
           we
           owe
           to
           God
           the
           Author
           ,
           and
           to
           our
           present
           King
           ,
           the
           successful
           Instrument
           of
           so
           great
           a
           Mercy
           ;
           notwithstanding
           ,
           the
           late
           King's
           refusal
           to
           do
           his
           Subjects
           that
           Justice
           which
           his
           Coronation
           Oath
           obliged
           him
           to
           ,
           and
           which
           the
           Prince
           ,
           out
           of
           great
           kindness
           to
           this
           Nation
           ,
           at
           a
           vast
           Expence
           ,
           and
           an
           inexpressible
           hazard
           to
           his
           own
           Person
           ,
           came
           over
           to
           demand
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           Late
           King
           's
           Voluntary
           Desertion
           ,
           his
           throwing
           up
           the
           Reins
           of
           Government
           ,
           and
           leaving
           us
           in
           a
           state
           of
           Anarchy
           and
           Confusion
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           calm
           ,
           deliberate
           and
           free
           Proceedings
           in
           Calling
           ,
           Chusing
           ,
           and
           Convening
           our
           Representatives
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           Regular
           and
           considerate
           Methods
           that
           wise
           Assembly
           follow'd
           ;
           in
           determining
           the
           great
           Point
           of
           the
           Abdication
           ,
           and
           placing
           their
           present
           Sacred
           Majesty's
           in
           the
           vacant
           Throne
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           manifest
           Reason
           all
           private
           Men
           have
           in
           such
           Cases
           to
           submit
           their
           own
           Opinions
           to
           the
           Publick
           Decision
           of
           so
           August
           a
           Body
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           many
           Dangers
           and
           Difficulties
           ,
           Fatigues
           and
           Hazards
           ,
           the
           indefatigable
           Labour
           and
           incessant
           Diligence
           and
           anxious
           Cares
           which
           have
           ever
           since
           that
           time
           denyed
           his
           Majesty
           that
           Ease
           ,
           Repose
           and
           Comfort
           ,
           which
           the
           meanest
           Man
           here
           enjoys
           ;
           notwithstanding
           all
           this
           was
           undertaken
           meerly
           for
           our
           Benifit
           and
           Safety
           ,
           Peace
           and
           Preservation
           ,
           (
           for
           excepting
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           and
           the
           Bl.
           Martyr
           K.
           Charles
           the
           1st
           .
           never
           did
           any
           Prince
           wear
           a
           Crown
           so
           full
           of
           Thorns
           )
           notwithstanding
           ,
           (
           I
           say
           )
           the
           King
           's
           Personal
           Merits
           which
           (
           without
           Flattery
           I
           speak
           it
           )
           deserve
           an
           Universal
           Empire
           upon
           Earth
           ,
           and
           doubtless
           will
           be
           rewarded
           hereafter
           with
           one
           of
           the
           brightest
           Crowns
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           notwithstanding
           all
           this
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           which
           I
           could
           add
           ,
           would
           the
           time
           permit
           me
           ,
           it
           may
           (
           I
           say
           )
           seem
           Paradox
           ,
           but
           yet
           ,
           't
           is
           too
           notorious
           that
           there
           are
           some
           Protestant
           Recusants
           ,
           who
           will
           not
           be
           perswaded
           they
           owe
           any
           Allegiance
           or
           Duty
           to
           this
           Prince
           .
           His
           Royal
           Endowments
           and
           Accomplishments
           shine
           so
           bright
           ,
           that
           as
           much
           his
           Enemies
           as
           they
           are
           ,
           they
           are
           forc'd
           to
           acknowledge
           that
           he
           possesses
           them
           in
           the
           highest
           Degree
           ,
           and
           though
           they
           cannot
           love
           ,
           they
           must
           admire
           him
           for
           them
           .
           But
           all
           this
           while
           they
           think
           him
           an
           Intruder
           on
           the
           Rights
           of
           another
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           them
           are
           so
           bold
           as
           to
           call
           his
           Glorious
           Reign
           a
           Prosperous
           Usurpation
           ,
           and
           not
           a
           whit
           more
           to
           be
           justified
           then
           that
           execrable
           one
           of
           Cromwell
           .
           I
           have
           not
           time
           ,
           nor
           is
           it
           my
           Business
           at
           present
           ,
           
           nor
           indeed
           is
           there
           any
           need
           of
           it
           after
           so
           many
           excellent
           Treatises
           have
           been
           written
           upon
           the
           Subject
           ;
           to
           argue
           in
           defence
           of
           the
           Revolution
           and
           the
           present
           Settlement
           of
           the
           Nation
           .
           Those
           that
           are
           its
           Friends
           require
           no
           farther
           Satisfaction
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           are
           its
           Enemies
           ,
           are
           resolved
           to
           continue
           so
           ,
           though
           its
           Advocates
           had
           the
           Energy
           and
           Eloquence
           of
           Angels
           .
           Some
           of
           them
           indeed
           (
           but
           how
           few
           are
           they
           !
           )
           I
           am
           so
           charitable
           as
           to
           believe
           cannot
           comply
           with
           this
           Government
           out
           of
           an
           Error
           of
           their
           understandings
           ,
           rather
           than
           a
           perverse
           Obstinacy
           of
           their
           Will
           ,
           and
           those
           who
           are
           so
           unhappy
           as
           to
           be
           under
           this
           mistake
           ,
           form
           no
           Cabals
           against
           the
           Government
           ,
           encourage
           no
           seditious
           Conventicles
           ,
           send
           no
           traiterous
           Embassies
           to
           France
           ,
           offer
           no
           incense
           of
           Flattery
           to
           that
           proud
           Tyrant
           ,
           make
           no
           publick
           Assignations
           for
           Rioting
           and
           Debauchery
           on
           such
           Days
           as
           their
           Majesties
           appoint
           for
           a
           National
           Humiliation
           ;
           nor
           in
           a
           Word
           ,
           make
           it
           more
           their
           Business
           to
           incense
           the
           People
           against
           the
           Present
           Government
           ,
           and
           to
           involve
           us
           in
           the
           Calamities
           of
           a
           Civil-War
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           be
           the
           easier
           Prey
           to
           the
           great
           Leviathan
           of
           Europe
           ,
           than
           to
           keep
           a
           Conscience
           void
           of
           Offence
           ,
           towards
           God
           and
           towards
           Men.
           
           This
           (
           Gentlemen
           )
           is
           the
           Character
           of
           such
           a
           Jacobite
           ,
           (
           for
           in
           that
           Title
           the
           whole
           Party
           pride
           themselves
           )
           as
           is
           not
           dangerous
           ;
           he
           considers
           himself
           as
           an
           English-Man
           and
           a
           Christian
           ,
           and
           though
           his
           Conscience
           (
           being
           misinformed
           )
           will
           not
           permit
           him
           to
           be
           actively
           serviceable
           for
           the
           Government
           ;
           yet
           he
           looks
           on
           this
           Scene
           of
           Affairs
           to
           be
           much
           more
           Eligible
           than
           the
           last
           ,
           and
           thinks
           it
           an
           unpardonable
           ingratitude
           to
           a
           Protestant
           Prince
           and
           Princess
           ,
           whom
           he
           cannot
           but
           highly
           esteem
           (
           as
           the
           only
           refuge
           for
           all
           the
           reformed
           Churches
           )
           to
           Sacrifice
           not
           only
           them
           ,
           and
           his
           own
           Country
           ,
           but
           also
           all
           Europe
           to
           an
           opinion
           which
           Nineteen
           parts
           in
           Twenty
           of
           the
           most
           Learned
           and
           Pious
           Men
           in
           the
           Nation
           reject
           ,
           and
           allmost
           all
           the
           Princes
           and
           States
           in
           Christendom
           disallow
           ,
           and
           which
           if
           it
           could
           universally
           prevail
           ,
           would
           only
           make
           his
           Ruine
           the
           more
           tolerable
           ,
           because
           he
           should
           have
           so
           many
           Millions
           of
           Companions
           in
           his
           Misfortune
           .
           To
           such
           a
           Man
           as
           this
           ,
           (
           if
           any
           such
           can
           be
           found
           )
           I
           can
           truly
           say
           as
           the
           Roman
           Orator
           did
           of
           himself
           upon
           another
           Occasion
           ,
           
             Me
             natura
             Misericordem
             ,
             patria
             severum
             ;
             crudelem
             nec
             patria
             nec
             natura
             esse
             voluit
             .
          
           My
           Nature
           inclines
           me
           to
           be
           Compassionate
           ;
           a
           hearty
           Zeal
           for
           our
           Religion
           ,
           and
           Concernment
           for
           the
           publick
           Welfare
           of
           my
           Country
           may
           perhaps
           have
           made
           me
           a
           little
           severe
           ,
           but
           neither
           my
           Natural
           Disposition
           ,
           nor
           the
           temper
           of
           
           the
           English
           Nation
           ,
           nor
           the
           Genius
           of
           the
           Protestant
           ,
           that
           is
           the
           true
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           will
           allow
           me
           to
           be
           cruel
           .
           And
           indeed
           if
           the
           Honour
           and
           safety
           of
           the
           Government
           would
           allow
           it
           ,
           for
           my
           own
           part
           ,
           the
           most
           impudent
           and
           inveterate
           of
           the
           Factious
           Crew
           should
           be
           quietly
           permitted
           to
           spit
           their
           venom
           ,
           and
           to
           ruine
           their
           own
           Cause
           (
           as
           they
           will
           at
           last
           )
           by
           their
           foolish
           and
           indiscreet
           Management
           .
           But
           a
           Government
           legally
           established
           and
           regularly
           administred
           (
           as
           ours
           is
           )
           must
           not
           tamely
           suffer
           the
           insults
           of
           a
           few
           Pedants
           and
           Mechanicks
           ;
           such
           as
           those
           whom
           neither
           Prudence
           nor
           Modesty
           will
           restrain
           within
           the
           Limits
           of
           their
           Duty
           ,
           must
           be
           taught
           it
           by
           the
           severe
           Discipline
           of
           the
           Law.
           Therefore
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           it
           is
           your
           Business
           diligently
           to
           enquire
           and
           duly
           to
           present
           all
           such
           disaffected
           and
           seditious
           Persons
           ,
           and
           we
           will
           take
           care
           to
           see
           them
           punish'd
           according
           to
           the
           utmost
           rigour
           of
           the
           Law.
           But
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           after
           all
           that
           I
           have
           said
           of
           the
           Popish
           Recusants
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Protestants
           who
           are
           disaffected
           to
           this
           Government
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           take
           the
           Oaths
           ;
           both
           these
           we
           may
           look
           upon
           as
           our
           Friends
           and
           Adherents
           ,
           if
           we
           compare
           their
           Character
           with
           that
           of
           those
           Protestant
           ,
           who
           swear
           Allegiance
           to
           their
           Majesty's
           ,
           only
           that
           they
           may
           worm
           themselves
           into
           places
           of
           Trust
           and
           Power
           ,
           and
           so
           have
           the
           better
           Opportunity
           to
           betray
           us
           When
           an
           Enemy
           declares
           he
           will
           seek
           our
           Ruine
           :
           Self
           preservation
           prompts
           us
           to
           be
           upon
           our
           Guard
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           Preparations
           for
           our
           own
           Defence
           :
           But
           what
           way
           is
           there
           to
           keep
           our selves
           from
           being
           destroyed
           ,
           when
           the
           plausible
           disguise
           of
           Friendship
           ,
           hides
           the
           snare
           from
           our
           Sight
           ,
           till
           our
           Experience
           tells
           us
           ,
           it
           is
           impossible
           to
           recover
           our
           Fall
           ?
           It
           would
           seem
           a
           high
           Degree
           of
           ill
           Nature
           to
           suspect
           those
           of
           Treachery
           ,
           who
           confirm
           all
           their
           Protestations
           of
           Sincerity
           by
           the
           sacred
           Bond
           of
           an
           Oath
           ;
           and
           indeed
           in
           such
           a
           Case
           one
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           too
           ready
           to
           suspect
           ,
           
           for
           Christian
           Charity
           thinketh
           no
           Evil
           ,
           but
           yet
           when
           Men's
           Discourse
           ,
           Actions
           ,
           and
           Behaviour
           ,
           shew
           the
           secret
           Inclinations
           of
           their
           Hearts
           ,
           we
           may
           then
           judge
           of
           the
           Tree
           by
           its
           Fruits
           .
           
           When
           Men
           who
           have
           taken
           the
           Oaths
           to
           the
           Present
           King
           and
           Queen
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           by
           that
           means
           enjoy
           some
           Office
           of
           Trust
           under
           the
           Government
           ,
           nay
           perhaps
           ,
           when
           they
           stand
           in
           Competition
           with
           a
           Man
           more
           truly
           and
           sincerely
           Loyal
           ,
           and
           carry
           their
           Point
           against
           him
           ,
           either
           by
           Force
           ,
           or
           Fraud
           ,
           Bribery
           ,
           or
           some
           other
           Artifices
           ,
           too
           mean
           for
           the
           Spirit
           of
           an
           English
           Gentleman
           ,
           to
           stoop
           to
           :
           When
           I
           say
           ,
           such
           Men
           as
           these
           ,
           shall
           take
           (
           nay
           seek
           )
           all
           occasions
           to
           magnifie
           the
           
           Grandeur
           ,
           and
           the
           Power
           ,
           the
           Courage
           ,
           the
           Justice
           and
           the
           Policy
           of
           the
           French
           Monarch
           ,
           to
           envy
           the
           Happiness
           of
           his
           Subject
           ,
           and
           to
           applaud
           the
           vast
           extent
           of
           his
           Conquests
           ,
           to
           rejoyce
           at
           every
           small
           Advantage
           he
           gains
           over
           us
           ,
           to
           wish
           every
           Merchant
           Ship
           that
           is
           outward
           or
           homewards
           Bound
           may
           fall
           into
           his
           Hands
           ,
           to
           aggravate
           our
           Losses
           and
           detract
           from
           our
           Victories
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           one
           were
           irreparable
           and
           the
           other
           not
           worth
           taking
           Notice
           of
           ,
           to
           repine
           at
           our
           Plenty
           ,
           and
           to
           mourn
           at
           our
           Taxes
           ,
           which
           are
           light
           Burthens
           in
           Comparison
           of
           those
           our
           Neighbours
           about
           this
           time
           bear
           ,
           to
           censure
           the
           most
           justifiable
           Proceedings
           of
           this
           Reign
           ,
           and
           to
           palliate
           the
           most
           enormous
           excesses
           of
           the
           Last
           ,
           to
           triumph
           at
           
           Tourville's
           burning
           a
           small
           Village
           on
           the
           Western
           Coast
           ,
           and
           doing
           some
           small
           Damage
           to
           our
           Fleet
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           struck
           with
           Melancholy
           at
           King
           
           William's
           Victory
           at
           the
           Boyne
           .
        
         
           When
           I
           say
           ,
           Men's
           Actions
           are
           so
           contrary
           to
           their
           Professions
           ;
           what
           can
           we
           think
           of
           them
           but
           that
           they
           are
           the
           most
           egregious
           Hypocrites
           in
           Nature
           ,
           a
           scandal
           to
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           a
           reproach
           to
           the
           Religion
           they
           Profess
           !
           And
           such
           as
           these
           certainly
           deserve
           to
           be
           uncased
           ,
           that
           the
           World
           may
           see
           them
           in
           their
           proper
           Colours
           ,
           and
           stamp
           upon
           them
           that
           Brand
           of
           Infamy
           they
           so
           well
           deserve
           .
           For
           whatever
           Mercy
           the
           Government
           may
           be
           so
           generous
           as
           to
           extend
           to
           its
           Declared
           Enemies
           ,
           these
           certainly
           can't
           be
           so
           impudent
           as
           to
           put
           in
           for
           a
           Share
           .
           The
           Jews
           openly
           preferred
           Barrabas
           to
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           
           and
           it
           is
           not
           improbable
           that
           some
           of
           those
           very
           Men
           who
           so
           loudly
           cryed
           out
           ,
           
             Crucifie
             him
          
           ,
           came
           in
           afterwards
           ,
           and
           proving
           Converts
           to
           the
           Christian
           Faith
           ,
           received
           their
           Pardon
           .
           But
           Judas
           
             that
             Son
             of
             Perdition
             ,
             who
             betrayed
             his
             Lord
             with
             a
             Kiss
             ,
             and
             the
             smooth
             Complement
             of
             Hail
             Master
             ,
          
           found
           no
           place
           for
           Repentance
           ,
           
             but
             being
             over-whelmed
             with
             Despair
             ,
             became
             his
             own
             Executioner
             .
          
           And
           if
           the
           Men
           I
           have
           been
           speaking
           of
           did
           but
           seriously
           consider
           the
           guilt
           of
           breaking
           so
           Solemn
           an
           Oath
           ,
           they
           would
           either
           heartily
           repent
           of
           it
           as
           the
           Jews
           did
           of
           their
           Malice
           to
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           or
           else
           follow
           the
           steps
           (
           in
           his
           End
           as
           well
           as
           in
           his
           Treachery
           )
           of
           their
           great
           Apostle
           Judas
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           (
           Gentlemen
           )
           it
           is
           the
           Duty
           of
           all
           those
           who
           wish
           well
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           to
           discover
           such
           Villains
           and
           bring
           them
           to
           Punishment
           ;
           for
           else
           if
           they
           go
           on
           still
           in
           their
           seditious
           Practices
           ,
           and
           pervert
           the
           Trusts
           they
           have
           committed
           to
           them
           to
           the
           ruine
           of
           our
           present
           Settlement
           ,
           we
           shall
           too
           late
           be
           sensible
           by
           sad
           experience
           that
           thô
           they
           have
           the
           voice
           of
           Jacob
           ,
           yet
           their
           hands
           
           are
           the
           hands
           of
           Esau
           :
           hands
           full
           of
           Treachery
           and
           Rapine
           ,
           Fraud
           ,
           Deceit
           ,
           
           and
           Blood
           !
           Therefore
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           I
           hope
           you
           will
           not
           fail
           to
           enquire
           and
           present
           such
           Men
           ,
           who
           ,
           tho
           they
           have
           Sworn
           Allegiance
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           yet
           boldly
           express
           their
           disaffection
           to
           it
           by
           Seditious
           Speeches
           and
           malevolent
           Reflections
           .
           I
           have
           now
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           declared
           to
           you
           at
           large
           ,
           in
           relation
           to
           your
           Inquiries
           and
           presentments
           ,
           the
           Duties
           you
           owe
           to
           God
           and
           to
           the
           King
           ;
           to
           the
           former
           ,
           Fear
           and
           Reverence
           ;
           to
           the
           latter
           ,
           Honour
           and
           Allegiance
           .
           I
           now
           proceed
           to
           discourse
           to
           you
           of
           the
           Duties
           owing
           to
           subordinate
           Magistrates
           ,
           which
           are
           these
           :
           A
           respect
           to
           them
           on
           the
           account
           of
           the
           Character
           they
           bear
           ,
           and
           a
           due
           Submission
           to
           their
           Legal
           Orders
           ,
           for
           our
           Laws
           are
           so
           careful
           to
           preserve
           the
           Chain
           of
           subordinate
           Government
           entire
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           Murther
           to
           kill
           the
           meanest
           Officer
           in
           the
           Execution
           of
           his
           Office
           ,
           and
           to
           abuse
           him
           in
           it
           ,
           or
           for
           it
           ,
           is
           a
           high
           Contempt
           and
           punishable
           in
           this
           Court
           ;
           as
           are
           also
           all
           Contempts
           of
           the
           under
           Officers
           towards
           us
           their
           Superiors
           ,
           in
           neglecting
           to
           obey
           our
           Orders
           and
           execute
           our
           Warrants
           ,
           and
           likewise
           all
           Disobedient
           ,
           Sawcy
           ,
           and
           unmannerly
           Behaviour
           of
           any
           other
           Person
           that
           is
           brought
           before
           us
           .
           These
           things
           Gentlemen
           ,
           you
           are
           to
           enquire
           and
           Present
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           next
           place
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           you
           are
           to
           enquire
           and
           present
           all
           Offences
           against
           that
           Civil
           Justice
           we
           owe
           to
           our
           Fellow
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           these
           ,
           1.
           
           Petty-Treason
           ,
           of
           which
           all
           those
           are
           guilty
           who
           being
           Wives
           ,
           Children
           ,
           Servants
           ,
           or
           private
           Clergy-Men
           ,
           Murther
           their
           Husbands
           ,
           Parents
           ,
           Masters
           ,
           Mistrisses
           ,
           Diocesans
           or
           Ordinaries
           .
           For
           all
           these
           Offenders
           owe
           Faith
           ,
           Duty
           ,
           and
           private
           Obedience
           to
           the
           party
           Murthered
           .
           After
           Petty-Treason
           ,
           the
           next
           Felony
           you
           are
           to
           present
           (
           for
           these
           and
           several
           other
           Crimes
           come
           under
           the
           general
           Denomination
           of
           Felony
           )
           is
           Murther
           .
           This
           when
           it
           is
           committed
           upon
           Malice
           prepense
           ,
           is
           called
           willful
           Murther
           ,
           and
           the
           Offender
           hath
           no
           Benefit
           of
           his
           Clergy
           ,
           and
           within
           this
           comes
           also
           Malice
           implyed
           ,
           where
           a
           Person
           suddenly
           kills
           another
           without
           any
           Provocation
           given
           ,
           or
           stabs
           a
           Man
           who
           hath
           no
           weapon
           drawn
           .
           Manslaughter
           is
           where
           a
           Person
           kills
           another
           upon
           present
           heat
           or
           a
           sudden
           Passion
           ,
           in
           this
           Case
           the
           Offender
           is
           allowed
           his
           Clergy
           .
           The
           next
           Crimes
           to
           be
           enquired
           and
           presented
           (
           as
           '
           Felonies
           )
           are
           Rapes
           ,
           Burnings
           of
           Houses
           ,
           Burglary
           ,
           and
           all
           sorts
           of
           Robberies
           ,
           whether
           on
           the
           Road
           or
           in
           Houses
           open
           or
           shut
           ,
           stealing
           of
           Horses
           or
           other
           Cattel
           abroad
           ,
           or
           elsewhere
           .
           Thefts
           ,
           Petty
           Larcenaries
           ,
           and
           the
           return
           of
           
           any
           dangerous
           Rogue
           into
           this
           Realm
           ,
           without
           License
           ,
           after
           he
           hath
           been
           Banished
           ,
           is
           Felony
           ,
           and
           enquirable
           in
           this
           Coutt
           ,
           as
           are
           likewise
           all
           manner
           of
           Felonies
           whatsoever
           .
           You
           are
           likewise
           to
           enquire
           and
           present
           all
           Trespasses
           against
           the
           Peace
           ;
           and
           these
           are
           Assaults
           ,
           Batteries
           ,
           Blood-sheds
           ,
           Maihems
           ,
           forcible
           Entries
           ,
           forcible
           Detainers
           ,
           Riots
           ,
           Routs
           and
           unlawfull
           Assemblies
           .
           What
           these
           are
           ,
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           you
           all
           very
           well
           know
           ,
           and
           therefore
           I
           shall
           not
           spend
           time
           in
           defining
           them
           to
           you
           ,
           but
           only
           tell
           you
           again
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           your
           Duty
           to
           enquire
           and
           present
           them
           .
           In
           the
           next
           place
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           you
           are
           to
           enquire
           and
           present
           all
           Libellers
           ,
           Barretors
           ,
           Extortioners
           ,
           Frauds
           ,
           and
           Deceits
           ,
           the
           neglect
           of
           all
           Constables
           ,
           Headboroughs
           ,
           and
           Tything-Men
           ,
           in
           doing
           their
           Duties
           ,
           (
           especially
           as
           to
           ,
           all
           Matters
           relating
           to
           the
           punishing
           and
           repressing
           of
           Vice
           and
           Debauchery
           ,
           concerning
           which
           I
           have
           already
           discoursed
           to
           you
           at
           large
           ;
           )
           as
           likewise
           the
           neglect
           of
           all
           Overseers
           of
           the
           Poor
           ,
           and
           Surveighers
           of
           the
           High
           ways
           ,
           in
           relation
           to
           whom
           I
           desire
           you
           to
           take
           Notice
           of
           the
           Two
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           pass'd
           this
           last
           Session
           ,
           concerning
           the
           Poor
           and
           the
           High
           ways
           ;
           of
           which
           I
           would
           give
           you
           the
           Heads
           if
           the
           Time
           would
           allow
           me
           .
           You
           are
           also
           to
           enquire
           and
           present
           all
           Disorder
           between
           Masters
           and
           Servants
           ;
           all
           Fore-stallers
           ,
           Ingrossers
           ,
           Regrators
           ,
           Destroyers
           of
           the
           Game
           ,
           and
           disordered
           Victuallers
           ,
           and
           you
           are
           to
           enquire
           and
           present
           all
           Annoyances
           ,
           as
           Disorderly
           Ale-house-keepers
           ,
           Cottagers
           ,
           Receivers
           of
           Inmates
           ;
           the
           defaults
           of
           High-ways
           and
           Bridges
           ,
           and
           the
           permission
           of
           free
           Passage
           to
           Rogues
           and
           Vagabonds
           ,
           who
           ought
           to
           be
           severely
           punish'd
           ,
           and
           sent
           back
           to
           the
           Places
           of
           their
           legal
           Settlement
           .
           Gentlemen
           ,
           I
           am
           sensible
           I
           may
           have
           omitted
           several
           particulars
           of
           your
           Duty
           ,
           but
           since
           you
           cannot
           (
           as
           I
           suppose
           )
           be
           ignorant
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           will
           not
           excuse
           you
           from
           presenting
           these
           and
           all
           other
           Offences
           that
           come
           to
           your
           Knowledge
           .
           As
           to
           those
           Points
           that
           I
           have
           so
           largely
           insisted
           on
           ,
           I
           must
           tell
           you
           plainly
           ,
           that
           I
           expect
           you
           use
           your
           utmost
           Diligence
           ;
           I
           had
           almost
           forgot
           to
           hint
           to
           you
           one
           Reason
           ,
           as
           strong
           as
           any
           that
           can
           be
           drawn
           from
           Interest
           ,
           why
           you
           should
           punish
           all
           Immoralities
           with
           the
           utmost
           rigour
           of
           Law
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           daily
           increase
           of
           the
           Poor
           in
           almost
           every
           Parish
           ,
           so
           that
           in
           some
           places
           the
           Rates
           for
           the
           Poor
           exceed
           the
           publick
           Taxes
           assessed
           by
           Parliament
           ,
           for
           c●rrying
           on
           the
           War.
           Whereas
           I
           dare
           boldly
           Affirm
           ,
           that
           if
           common
           Swearers
           ,
           prophaners
           of
           the
           Lord's
           Day
           ;
           Drunkards
           ,
           Tiplers
           ,
           and
           those
           Inn-keepers
           ,
           Ale-house-keepers
           ,
           and
           Victuallers
           ,
           who
           suffer
           Disorders
           
           in
           their
           Houses
           ,
           duly
           paid
           the
           Penalties
           appointed
           by
           Law
           ,
           almost
           every
           Parish
           would
           be
           eased
           of
           half
           their
           Charge
           ,
           or
           if
           that
           continued
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           a
           light
           Burthen
           and
           a
           very
           tolerable
           Grievance
           ,
           in
           comparison
           of
           the
           Immoralities
           and
           Disorders
           that
           have
           over-spread
           the
           Nation
           ,
           You
           are
           also
           to
           consider
           that
           all
           these
           Forfeitures
           do
           of
           right
           belong
           to
           die
           Poor
           ;
           they
           have
           as
           good
           a
           Title
           to
           them
           as
           any
           Man
           hath
           to
           his
           Estate
           ,
           and
           certainly
           to
           rob
           and
           defraud
           the
           Poor
           is
           a
           Crime
           above
           the
           common
           Level
           ;
           and
           those
           who
           connive
           at
           it
           are
           undeniably
           Accessaries
           to
           it
           .
           To
           Conclude
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           let
           me
           once
           more
           desire
           you
           to
           remember
           your
           Oaths
           ,
           and
           in
           order
           to
           the
           discharging
           your
           Duty
           with
           the
           greater
           Sincerity
           and
           Diligence
           ;
           let
           me
           advise
           you
           to
           fix
           in
           your
           Minds
           a
           strong
           Idea
           of
           the
           general
           Appearance
           we
           must
           all
           one
           day
           make
           before
           the
           great
           Tribunal
           ,
           in
           Comparison
           of
           which
           the
           most
           Solemn
           and
           August
           Court
           of
           Judicature
           here
           upon
           Earth
           ,
           (
           though
           it
           may
           in
           some
           small
           Measure
           represent
           it
           to
           our
           Thoughts
           )
           is
           but
           a
           piece
           of
           formal
           and
           vain
           Pageantry
           .
           And
           now
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           without
           detaining
           you
           any
           longer
           ,
           I
           dismiss
           you
           all
           to
           your
           several
           Inquiries
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           ADVERTISEMENT
           .
        
         
           LAtely
           publish'd
           a
           Discourse
           of
           Natural
           and
           Revealed
           Religion
           ,
           in
           several
           Essays
           .
           Or
           a
           light
           of
           Nature
           ,
           a
           Guide
           to
           Divine
           Truth
           ,
           by
           Mr.
           
             Tim.
             Nourse
          
           ,
           and
           sold
           by
           
             John
             Newton
          
           in
           Fleet-street
           .
        
         
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A45577-e1170
           
             Gen.
             16.12
             .
          
           
             Hollinsh
             .
             8.
             
          
           
             Stat.
             1.
             
             E.
             3.
             c.
             16.
             
          
           
             Isai
             .
             c.
             57.
             v.
             21.
             
          
           
             Isai
             .
             c.
             9.
             7.
             6.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             c.
             2.
             v.
             14.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             c.
             5.
             v.
             9.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             85.
             v.
             10.
             
          
           
             Hierocles
             .
          
           
             Exod.
             c.
             20.
             v.
             7.
             
          
           
             St.
             Mat
             c.
             12.
             v.
             37.
             
          
           
             Stat.
             21.
             
             Jac.
             1.
             c.
             20.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             c.
             20.
             v.
             7.
             v.
             16.
             
          
           
             1
             Kings
             21.
             v.
             13.
             
             St.
             Mark.
             c.
             15.
             v.
             28.
             
          
           
             Stat.
             5.
             
             Eliz.
             c.
             9.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             c.
             25.
             v.
             18.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             c.
             12.
             v.
             1.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             20.8
             ,
             9
             ,
             10
             ,
             11.
             v.
             7.
             
          
           
             v.
             16.
             
          
           
             Arch-Bip
             .
             
             Sharp's
             Sermon
             June
             28.
             1691.
             p.
             22
             ,
             23.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             31.
             v.
             15
             ,
             16.
             
          
           
             Num.
             c.
             15.
             v.
             36
             
          
           
             St.
             Markc
             .
             2.
             v.
             29.
             
          
           
             Stat.
             3.
             
             Car.
             1.
             c.
             1.
             
          
           
             Stat.
             29.
             
             Car.
             2.
             c.
             7.
             
          
           
             Stat.
             3
             Car.
             1.
             c.
             1.
             
          
           
             Stat.
             29.
             
             Car.
             2.
             c.
             7.
             
          
           
             Stat.
             1.
             
             Jac.
             1.
             c.
             5.
             
          
           
             Stat.
             1.
             
             Jac.
             1.
             c.
             9.
             
          
           
             Stat.
             4.
             
             Jac.
             1.
             c.
             5.
             
          
           
             Stat.
             1.
             
             Car.
             1.
             c.
             4.
             
          
           
             Stat.
             7.
             
             Jac.
             1.
             c.
             10.
             
          
           
             Stat.
             21.
             
             Jac.
             1.
             c.
             7.
             
          
           
             Stat.
             3.
             
             Car.
             1.
             c.
             3.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             c.
             20.
             v.
             14.
             
          
           
             Dalton
             c.
             124.
             
             S.
             3.
             
          
           
             St.
             7.
             
             Jac.
             1.
             c.
             4.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             c.
             10.
             v.
             8.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             c.
             20.
             v.
             3.
             
             Stat.
             1.
             
             Jac.
             1.
             c.
             2.
             
          
           
             Stat.
             1.
             
             Ed.
             6.
             c.
             1.
             
          
           
             Stat.
             1.
             
             Eliz.
             c.
             2.
             
          
           
             Stat.
             14.
             
             Car.
             2.
             c.
             4.
             
          
           
             Stat.
             5.
             and
             6.
             
             Ed.
             6.
             c.
             4.
             
          
           
             Zach.
             c.
             5.
             v.
             4.
             
          
           
             St.
             Mat.
             c.
             7.
             v.
             12.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             20.
             v.
             12.
             v.
             15.
             
          
           
             Stat.
             25.
             
          
           
             Ed.
             3.
             
          
           
             Stat.
             1.
             
          
           
             Mar.
             c.
             6.
             
          
           
             Stat.
             1.
             and
             2.
             
             P.
             and
             M.
             c.
             11.
             
          
           
             Stat.
             13.
             
          
           
             Eliz.
             c.
             2.
             
          
           
             Stat.
             18.
             
          
           
             Eliz.
             c.
             1.
             
          
           
             Stat.
             23.
             
          
           
             Eliz.
             c.
             1.
             
          
           
             Stat.
             3.
             
             Jac.
             1.
             c.
             4.
             
          
           
             Stat.
             3.
             and
             4.
             
             Guil.
             and
             Mar.
             
          
           
             Stat.
             27.
             
          
           
             Eliz
             3.
             c.
             1.
             
          
           
             Stat.
             16.
             
          
           
             R.
             2.
             c.
             5.
             
          
           
             Stat.
             3.
             and
             4.
             
             Guil.
             and
             Mar.
             
          
           
             Dalton
             c.
             141.
             
          
           
             Act
             54.
             v.
             16.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             c.
             13.
             v.
             5.
             
          
           
             St.
             Matth.
             c.
             7.
             v.
             20.
             
          
           
             St.
             Matth.
             c.
             27.
             v.
             21.
             
             St.
             Mark.
             c.
             15.
             v.
             13.
             
             St.
             Matth.
             c.
             26.
             v.
             49.
             c.
             27.
             v.
             5.
             
          
           
             Genes
             .
             c.
             27.
             v.
             22.