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             A letter from a student at Oxford to a friend in the country concerning the approaching Parliament, in vindication of His Majesty, the Church of England and University.
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           A
           LETTER
           FROM
           A
           STUDENT
           AT
           OXFORD
           TO
           A
           FRIEND
           IN
           THE
           COUNTRY
           .
           CONCERNING
           THE
           Approaching
           PARLIAMENT
           ,
           IN
           Vindication
           of
           His
           MAJESTY
           ,
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           and
           University
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             John
             Seeres
          
           ,
           1681.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           THIS
           place
           ,
           being
           by
           the
           discretion
           of
           a
           Royal
           Umpire
           appointed
           for
           the
           Rendezvous
           of
           the
           approaching
           Parliament
           ;
           is
           at
           present
           look'd
           on
           as
           a
           Metropolis
           ,
           from
           whence
           that
           cried
           up
           Commodity
           of
           News
           is
           only
           to
           be
           had
           at
           the
           
             first
             hand
          
           and
           dispersed
           by
           retail
           to
           all
           remoter
           places
           .
        
         
           Supposing
           it
           therefore
           probable
           that
           any
           
             New
             Coin
          
           report
           from
           hence
           may
           not
           only
           gain
           acceptance
           from
           its
           stamp
           of
           Novelty
           ,
           but
           credit
           from
           the
           reputation
           of
           its
           Mint
           :
           I
           am
           willing
           so
           far
           to
           satisfie
           your
           curiosity
           ,
           as
           to
           set
           my
           weak
           abilities
           on
           the
           rack
           to
           extort
           some
           languishing
           description
           of
           our
           thoughts
           and
           conjectures
           on
           the
           intricacies
           of
           the
           present
           juncture
           of
           affairs
           .
        
         
           We
           are
           sensible
           that
           His
           Majesties
           late
           putting
           a
           Dissolution
           to
           a
           Resolving
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           giving
           their
           great
           pretensions
           to
           discovery
           ,
           a
           Nonplus
           ,
           (
           by
           a
           previous
           Prorogation
           even
           at
           that
           very
           time
           when
           their
           prophetic
           fears
           were
           contriving
           a
           longer
           Session
           )
           did
           strangely
           disquiet
           those
           
             of
             the
             like
             occupation
          
           ,
           who
           had
           been
           told
           by
           popular
           Abettors
           that
           by
           
             their
             crafts
          
           they
           should
           get
           no
           
             small
             gain
          
           ;
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           so
           
             full
             of
             wrath
          
           that
           they
           would
           possibly
           have
           filled
           not
           only
           the
           
             whole
             City
          
           ,
           but
           the
           Realm
           with
           confusion
           ,
           had
           no●
           His
           Majesties
           most
           admirable
           Wisdom
           diverted
           their
           thoughts
           by
           wholy
           busying
           them
           in
           fresh
           canvasing
           for
           new
           Representations
           .
           This
           politic
           Whetstone
           turn'd
           the
           edge
           of
           their
           fury
           ,
           and
           it
           did
           somewhat
           abate
           the
           sorrow
           for
           their
           late
           
             demolished
             goddess
          
           ,
           to
           think
           it
           was
           in
           their
           power
           to
           erect
           a
           
             new
             one
          
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           quicker
           expedition
           (
           as
           well
           as
           from
           a
           sence
           of
           gratitude
           for
           past
           services
           )
           they
           resolve
           it
           shall
           be
           out
           of
           the
           same
           materials
           and
           
             chief
             Corner
             stones
          
           which
           were
           plucked
           from
           the
           former
           .
        
         
           We
           confess
           to
           have
           no
           such
           vulgar
           thoughts
           as
           to
           give
           our
           approbation
           of
           the
           common
           humour
           herein
           ;
           since
           we
           suppose
           it
           was
           as
           much
           against
           the
           Interest
           as
           Honour
           of
           Elective
           Societies
           ,
           which
           being
           the
           Trading
           part
           of
           the
           Nation
           are
           much
           concern'd
           
           in
           the
           maintenance
           of
           undisturb'd
           Traffique
           ,
           but
           this
           being
           upheld
           chiefly
           by
           peace
           and
           satisfaction
           at
           home
           ,
           must
           needs
           be
           diminished
           by
           employing
           the
           disturbers
           of
           our
           setled
           Tranquility
           :
           Again
           some
           of
           them
           were
           particularly
           concerned
           not
           to
           disoblige
           so
           good
           a
           Customer
           as
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           who
           ,
           they
           knew
           no
           doubt
           ,
           desired
           to
           see
           
             new
             faces
          
           when
           he
           dismissed
           the
           Old
           ones
           .
           If
           they
           neglected
           Interest
           they
           might
           have
           consulted
           Honour
           ,
           and
           considered
           what
           a
           shame
           it
           would
           be
           ,
           that
           Counties
           and
           Corporations
           should
           be
           judg'd
           so
           barren
           of
           honest
           Gentlemen
           that
           the
           same
           only
           should
           be
           thought
           capable
           of
           undertaking
           so
           great
           a
           trust
           ;
           but
           alas
           they
           were
           so
           far
           biass'd
           with
           prejudice
           ,
           that
           they
           neither
           lean'd
           to
           the
           sober
           consideration
           of
           Profit
           or
           Fame
           ;
           nay
           these
           two
           inconsiderate
           Remora's
           put
           so
           little
           a
           stop
           to
           their
           Zeal
           ,
           as
           they
           rather
           promoted
           their
           violence
           ;
           they
           were
           told
           perhaps
           that
           
             Lex
             Talionis
          
           was
           a
           Limb
           of
           
             Magna
             Charta
          
           ,
           and
           thought
           it
           therefore
           a
           piece
           of
           priviledge
           in
           the
           Subject
           to
           quit
           scores
           with
           their
           Soveraign
           ,
           and
           since
           he
           had
           so
           oft
           denied
           their
           
             humble
             Petitions
          
           it
           were
           but
           reason
           for
           them
           to
           thwart
           his
           desires
           ;
           And
           as
           to
           the
           last
           ▪
           they
           were
           loath
           to
           take
           
             New
             Adventurers
          
           in
           the
           
             good
             old
             cause
          
           ,
           supposing
           experienced
           Soldiers
           could
           best
           shoot
           at
           the
           same
           Mark.
           How
           zealous
           their
           intentions
           ,
           how
           resolute
           and
           how
           effectual
           their
           endeavours
           have
           been
           to
           reduce
           the
           old
           dislocated
           Members
           to
           a
           reunited
           body
           ,
           the
           consequence
           best
           shews
           .
           For
           our
           experience
           best
           tells
           us
           the
           
             Plastick
             vertue
          
           which
           was
           inherent
           in
           the
           Commonalty
           would
           operate
           on
           no
           other
           matter
           but
           the
           same
           ,
           as
           only
           capable
           of
           introducing
           the
           
             same
             form
          
           ;
           so
           that
           our
           dull
           Aristotle
           is
           now
           to
           be
           baffled
           ,
           while
           such
           Machins
           of
           nature
           can
           do
           more
           than
           nature
           her self
           ,
           
             a
             privatione
             ad
             habitum
             dare
             regressum
             .
          
        
         
           Thus
           did
           the
           factious
           Metropolis
           lead
           the
           Van
           ,
           and
           set
           a
           noble
           Example
           for
           the
           rest
           to
           follow
           ;
           they
           first
           argue
           the
           case
           in
           Dialogues
           and
           
             Advices
             to
             Electors
          
           .
           Wherein
           they
           plainly
           shew
           there
           was
           no
           way
           left
           of
           extirpating
           Popery
           ,
           accommodating
           differences
           ,
           securing
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           preventing
           Arbitrary
           power
           ,
           but
           by
           employing
           those
           they
           had
           already
           experienced
           to
           be
           such
           stout
           Champions
           in
           so
           commendable
           a
           quarrel
           ;
           and
           therefore
           ,
           well
           supposing
           they
           could
           not
           be
           more
           
             to
             the
             life
             represented
          
           ,
           when
           the
           time
           of
           Election
           comes
           and
           the
           same
           Gentlemen
           Nominated
           to
           serve
           them
           ,
           the
           unanimous
           Voters
           (
           without
           the
           tedious
           ceremony
           of
           poling
           )
           
             lift
             up
             their
             hands
             on
             high
             ,
          
           and
           extoll
           the
           
           name
           of
           all
           those
           their
           heated
           affections
           were
           so
           intent
           upon
           .
           The
           Lord
           Mayor
           ,
           it
           is
           true
           ,
           was
           so
           grand
           a
           Patriot
           of
           their
           cause
           and
           zealous
           a
           promoter
           and
           defender
           of
           their
           
             right
             of
             Petitioning
          
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           more
           than
           probable
           they
           would
           not
           in
           civillity
           have
           denied
           him
           the
           Honour
           ,
           if
           he
           would
           have
           vouchsaf'd
           his
           acceptance
           ;
           but
           his
           modesty
           or
           policy
           declares
           himself
           no
           ways
           ambitious
           of
           it
           .
           ;
           and
           so
           gives
           leave
           that
           the
           Compositum
           may
           result
           out
           of
           the
           same
           quaternion
           of
           Elements
           it
           consisted
           of
           before
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           ,
           
             Urbis
             ad
             exemplum
             totus
             componitur
             orbis
             .
          
           For
           as
           far
           as
           our
           intelligence
           reaches
           ,
           we
           do
           not
           hear
           but
           that
           the
           same
           Persons
           have
           carried
           it
           in
           most
           Elections
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           Charges
           and
           disappointment
           of
           all
           their
           Competitors
           .
           Particularly
           this
           City
           (
           which
           Ass
           like
           does
           always
           kick
           against
           that
           indulgent
           dam
           which
           lets
           her
           suck
           from
           her
           so
           plentiful
           a
           livelyhood
           )
           does
           so
           industriously
           (
           I
           mean
           
             ex
             industriâ
          
           )
           oppose
           whoever
           in
           such
           cases
           the
           University
           recommends
           to
           them
           ,
           that
           scorning
           in
           their
           own
           Rhetorick
           to
           have
           it
           said
           ,
           
             the
             University
             should
             choose
             them
             a
             Parliament
             Man
             ,
          
           they
           have
           refus'd
           a
           neer
           Neighbour
           and
           Loyal
           Gentleman
           ,
           for
           being
           too
           much
           a
           Scholar
           ,
           and
           pick'd
           out
           the
           two
           former
           
             Cocks
             of
             the
             game
          
           ,
           (
           though
           they
           both
           rise
           from
           the
           dunghill
           )
           to
           fight
           out
           the
           prize
           they
           are
           so
           deeply
           engaged
           for
           .
        
         
           It
           would
           have
           been
           unmannerly
           indeed
           for
           the
           Citizens
           not
           to
           hearken
           to
           their
           noble
           Chancellour
           ,
           who
           not
           only
           interceded
           by
           friends
           ,
           but
           appear'd
           himself
           in
           Person
           (
           though
           for
           the
           same
           thing
           he
           formerly
           received
           a
           just
           check
           from
           His
           Majesty
           )
           to
           promote
           the
           interest
           and
           encrease
           the
           partie
           of
           his
           two
           friends
           .
           To
           this
           end
           
             His
             Grace
          
           upon
           timely
           notice
           arrives
           here
           to
           exert
           the
           Priviledge
           of
           his
           freedom
           ,
           and
           let
           the
           World
           know
           he
           had
           a
           City
           as
           well
           as
           a
           House
           Vote
           :
           And
           though
           he
           was
           so
           violently
           engaged
           against
           the
           Court
           partie
           ,
           he
           turns
           Courtier
           in
           flattering
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           sensless
           noise
           of
           the
           Tumultuous
           croud
           he
           waves
           his
           Tongue
           and
           Hat
           in
           crying
           up
           a
           Whorwood
           a
           Whorwood
           ;
           in
           this
           manner
           for
           all
           his
           pretended
           hatred
           to
           Popery
           he
           walks
           in
           procession
           through
           the
           streets
           ,
           and
           scrapes
           ,
           cringes
           ,
           and
           complements
           to
           all
           the
           
             Cloak'd
             fraternitie
          
           ,
           though
           (
           if
           I
           am
           not
           misinform'd
           )
           his
           own
           Porter
           once
           took
           the
           chief
           of
           them
           but
           for
           Fidlers
           .
           As
           he
           was
           his
           friends
           chief
           Advocate
           he
           thinks
           it
           his
           duty
           to
           become
           Oratour
           ,
           therefore
           in
           two
           or
           three
           short
           and
           sweet
           oratiuncles
           (
           each
           of
           which
           might
           have
           been
           Printed
           by
           
             F.
             S.
          
           for
           a
           
             Speech
             of
          
           
           
             a
             Noble
             Peer
             of
             the
             Realm
          
           )
           he
           exhorts
           them
           to
           make
           the
           fame
           worthy
           choise
           ,
           and
           not
           hearken
           to
           the
           clamorous
           suggestions
           of
           Popishly
           affected
           Scholars
           ,
           and
           he
           plaies
           his
           part
           so
           well
           that
           the
           whole
           rabble
           Whistle
           after
           the
           
             same
             tune
          
           ,
           and
           to
           our
           Loyal
           objections
           of
           
             No
             Fanaticks
             ,
             No
             Latitudinarians
          
           ,
           they
           give
           the
           thundring
           replie
           of
           
             No
             Pope
             ,
             No
             Clergie
          
           ;
           nay
           one
           of
           the
           most
           factious
           Mechanicks
           hearing
           a
           Graduate
           exclaiming
           
             No
             Round-head
             ,
             No
             Round-head
          
           ,
           scraping
           his
           wit
           out
           of
           a
           Cap
           ,
           gave
           the
           ingenious
           repartee
           of
           
             No
             Square-head
             ,
             No
             Square-head
          
           .
           Thus
           were
           we
           poor
           Scholars
           miserably
           baffled
           in
           all
           our
           pretences
           to
           Arts
           and
           Sciences
           :
           We
           must
           trot
           back
           to
           the
           Grammar-School
           to
           know
           how
           to
           decline
           
             Variabile
             vulgus
          
           ,
           and
           to
           learn
           in
           what
           case
           to
           put
           that
           fleeting
           Polyptoton
           ,
           (
           though
           the
           witty
           Rogues
           confess
           when
           we
           and
           their
           Wives
           like
           
             two
             Substantives
             meet
             together
          
           ,
           we
           have
           the
           skill
           to
           put
           our selves
           in
           the
           Genitive
           )
           Then
           in
           the
           very
           first
           rudiments
           of
           Logick
           we
           are
           vastly
           to
           seek
           ,
           since
           we
           must
           now
           from
           their
           undivided
           engagement
           in
           the
           same
           faction
           take
           the
           word
           Rabble
           ,
           though
           
             praedicatur
             de
             multis
          
           to
           be
           an
           
             Individuum
             vagum
          
           .
           And
           our
           skill
           in
           Rhetorick
           is
           quite
           exploded
           ,
           no
           plausible
           arguments
           are
           found
           effectual
           to
           move
           the
           resolute
           Multitude
           ,
           which
           being
           tied
           to
           the
           mast
           of
           prejudice
           put
           a
           Waxen-eard
           deafness
           to
           all
           our
           Syrenical
           perswasions
           ,
           but
           here
           's
           our
           comfort
           ,
           experience
           never
           found
           their
           Consorts
           so
           inexorable
           .
           Yet
           at
           least
           though
           the
           Scholars
           (
           in
           more
           than
           one
           sense
           )
           their
           benefactours
           ,
           could
           scarce
           recover
           a
           good
           Vote
           (
           i.
           e.
           wish
           )
           in
           recompence
           ,
           yet
           sure
           they
           might
           consider
           what
           honour
           to
           the
           place
           and
           profit
           to
           the
           Inhabitants
           ,
           is
           likely
           to
           accrue
           from
           His
           Majesties
           appointing
           so
           numerous
           a
           convening
           here
           ,
           and
           from
           hence
           should
           result
           some
           spark
           of
           gratitude
           to
           induce
           them
           in
           some
           particular
           manner
           to
           express
           their
           thanks
           in
           return
           for
           so
           great
           a
           favour
           ;
           but
           how
           contrary
           herein
           the
           torrent
           of
           their
           actions
           hath
           run
           to
           their
           duty
           ,
           any
           one
           knows
           ,
           who
           does
           but
           consider
           ,
           that
           His
           Majesty
           in
           the
           last
           Parliament
           was
           pleased
           expresly
           to
           intimate
           his
           dislike
           of
           one
           of
           their
           re-chosen
           Representatives
           ,
           though
           thinking
           him
           somewhat
           below
           his
           notice
           ,
           he
           did
           it
           in
           a
           facetious
           Nick-name
           :
        
         
           
             He
             being
             one
             —
             Who
             by
             hook
             or
             by
             crook
             ,
          
           
             Were
             resolved
             to
             rout
             the
             Pope
             and
             the
             Duke
             .
          
        
         
         
           Well
           but
           perhaps
           Sir
           ,
           you
           will
           ask
           me
           why
           we
           seem
           angry
           with
           our
           City
           ,
           for
           taking
           in
           a
           like
           case
           the
           same
           priviledge
           with
           the
           University
           ;
           who
           have
           so
           unanimously
           returned
           to
           the
           succeeding
           Parliament
           those
           two
           Gentlemen
           who
           represented
           them
           in
           the
           last
           :
           The
           inequality
           of
           reasons
           would
           soon
           give
           you
           an
           answer
           ;
           I
           shall
           only
           say
           that
           we
           are
           so
           far
           from
           suspecting
           dislike
           of
           our
           same
           choice
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           reason
           to
           think
           had
           all
           the
           other
           Members
           been
           Persons
           of
           as
           great
           Loyalty
           ,
           Prudence
           and
           Integrity
           ,
           both
           King
           and
           Subject
           had
           been
           quitted
           of
           the
           trouble
           of
           recollecting
           a
           new
           Body
           .
           It
           is
           true
           one
           of
           those
           worthy
           Persons
           had
           but
           small
           encouragement
           to
           reingage
           himself
           in
           our
           service
           ,
           being
           formerly
           some
           time
           forc'd
           to
           be
           a
           
             Secluded
             Member
          
           ,
           but
           I
           hope
           he
           will
           be
           more
           civilly
           entreated
           ,
           when
           he
           is
           within
           the
           verge
           of
           his
           own
           Liberty
           .
        
         
           But
           Sir
           ,
           if
           you
           enquire
           some
           fresher
           news
           ,
           and
           desire
           my
           opinion
           whither
           the
           approaching
           Sessions
           are
           likely
           to
           be
           durable
           ,
           or
           an
           happy
           accommodation
           feasible
           ,
           I
           am
           (
           though
           
             Academicus
             Aulicus
          
           )
           such
           a
           Novice
           in
           Court
           policie
           and
           so
           unacquainted
           with
           State
           affairs
           ,
           that
           I
           do
           not
           at
           least
           pretend
           to
           an
           ability
           of
           giving
           a
           satisfactory
           answer
           .
           All
           I
           can
           say
           is
           ,
           we
           humbly
           acknowledge
           the
           honour
           done
           unto
           us
           by
           His
           Majesty
           in
           accepting
           of
           a
           Colledge
           for
           his
           Palace
           ,
           and
           making
           a
           Court
           of
           our
           Academy
           .
           We
           therefore
           freely
           resign
           our
           Chambers
           to
           more
           Noble
           Inhabitants
           ,
           and
           wish
           there
           might
           be
           as
           much
           use
           of
           our
           Studies
           .
           We
           readily
           take
           His
           Majesties
           desires
           for
           Commands
           ,
           and
           are
           prepared
           to
           withdraw
           to
           make
           room
           for
           better
           Company
           ;
           and
           as
           many
           of
           us
           as
           are
           not
           like
           to
           have
           the
           happiness
           of
           being
           retained
           for
           His
           Majesties
           Security
           ,
           will
           retire
           at
           a
           distance
           and
           pray
           for
           His
           Preservation
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           we
           hope
           this
           place
           may
           so
           far
           sympathize
           with
           its
           noble
           Chancellours
           Deputyship
           ,
           as
           to
           stifle
           all
           the
           
             venemous
             contagions
          
           of
           disaffected
           Spirits
           ,
           to
           dissolve
           all
           the
           specious
           Cobwebs
           of
           disloyalty
           ,
           by
           irritating
           the
           artifices
           of
           Wiredrawing
           Spinsters
           ,
           and
           finally
           to
           correct
           all
           misapprehensions
           ,
           and
           create
           a
           right
           understanding
           both
           of
           and
           between
           all
           parties
           ;
           that
           so
           without
           any
           longer
           interruption
           ,
           Plotters
           of
           all
           sorts
           may
           receive
           such
           a
           Doom
           as
           shall
           be
           a
           
             just
             recompence
          
           for
           all
           
             their
             labours
          
           ;
           yet
           that
           the
           popular
           clamours
           for
           justice
           may
           not
           stop
           the
           due
           and
           regular
           course
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           that
           all
           Opponents
           may
           acquiesce
           in
           the
           determination
           of
           their
           wise
           Moderator
           ;
           and
           not
           proceed
           to
           
           expose
           the
           weakness
           of
           their
           own
           cause
           by
           a
           too
           clamorous
           endeavour
           ,
           to
           invalidate
           the
           arguments
           and
           vilifie
           the
           Persons
           of
           their
           unhappy
           Adversaries
           .
           To
           this
           end
           we
           heartily
           wish
           there
           may
           be
           no
           grudges
           or
           animosities
           fomented
           ,
           no
           suspicions
           or
           jealousies
           created
           ,
           or
           revived
           ;
           no
           biassing
           distractions
           to
           divert
           regular
           proceedings
           ;
           and
           no
           new
           vampt
           contentions
           to
           engage
           us
           in
           old
           quarrels
           .
           We
           do
           not
           therefore
           so
           much
           despair
           of
           better
           success
           from
           the
           same
           Persons
           ,
           as
           we
           hope
           an
           alteration
           of
           the
           place
           may
           effect
           some
           change
           in
           their
           proceedings
           ,
           that
           they
           be
           not
           again
           so
           niggardly
           as
           to
           deny
           necessary
           supplies
           ,
           so
           timorous
           as
           to
           pretend
           they
           will
           be
           misapplied
           ,
           and
           so
           impudent
           as
           to
           avouch
           they
           
             want
             a
          
           KING
           
             whom
             they
             may
             trust
          
           ;
           but
           that
           a
           sence
           of
           their
           Errors
           may
           so
           far
           extimulate
           them
           to
           their
           duty
           ,
           as
           readily
           to
           comply
           with
           His
           Majesties
           just
           desires
           ,
           for
           the
           more
           facile
           attainment
           of
           their
           own
           ;
           whereby
           a
           happy
           harmony
           arising
           between
           King
           and
           People
           ,
           all
           true
           Subjects
           may
           have
           reason
           to
           bless
           this
           our
           Sion
           for
           its
           pacifick
           property
           .
           If
           this
           be
           the
           happy
           event
           ,
           we
           disposessed
           Gown-men
           may
           be
           soon
           reinstated
           in
           our
           old
           mansions
           ,
           it
           being
           probable
           His
           Majesty
           may
           then
           adjourn
           the
           agreeing
           Company
           to
           their
           Old
           quarters
           .
           Nay
           if
           our
           hopes
           fail
           in
           this
           ,
           our
           Successors
           may
           be
           forc'd
           more
           suddenly
           to
           resign
           ,
           for
           if
           Sisyphus
           like
           they
           will
           
             roul
             up
          
           the
           same
           stone
           ,
           they
           must
           expect
           to
           
             tumble
             down
          
           with
           it
           ;
           And
           if
           they
           think
           their
           
             late
             Presidents
          
           sufficient
           authority
           for
           the
           
             same
             proceedings
          
           ,
           let
           them
           hammer
           out
           what
           intentions
           they
           will
           upon
           the
           Anvill
           of
           Resolves
           ,
           His
           Majesty
           may
           distinguish
           between
           the
           
             Finis
             Operis
             &
             Operantis
          
           ,
           and
           give
           the
           Actors
           an
           Exit
           before
           the
           Play
           ended
           .
           As
           we
           heartily
           deprecate
           this
           effect
           ,
           so
           we
           as
           sincerely
           abominate
           those
           courses
           which
           are
           probable
           to
           be
           the
           cause
           of
           it
           ;
           for
           how
           much
           their
           harping
           on
           the
           same
           string
           (
           will
           not
           only
           untune
           themselves
           ,
           but
           )
           does
           jar
           against
           our
           united
           sentiments
           will
           easily
           appear
           from
           taking
           a
           transitory
           prospect
           of
           our
           Religion
           and
           Loyalty
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           first
           we
           ,
           who
           are
           so
           providently
           educated
           in
           the
           
             Seminaries
             of
             true
             Religion
             and
             Learning
             ,
          
           are
           not
           so
           blinded
           with
           ignorance
           nor
           hoodwinkt
           with
           Error
           ,
           but
           that
           we
           can
           give
           a
           plain
           and
           clear
           account
           of
           our
           Faith
           ,
           and
           the
           Reasons
           of
           it
           .
           We
           are
           not
           so
           rigorously
           tied
           to
           any
           Dogma's
           of
           Philosophy
           ,
           but
           that
           we
           can
           make
           any
           the
           most
           persuasive
           rational
           deductions
           prostrate
           and
           succumbent
           to
           our
           Faith
           ;
           yet
           are
           we
           not
           on
           the
           other
           side
           so
           far
           elevated
           with
           Enthusiasme
           ,
           as
           to
           think
           all
           incomprehensible
           
           infallible
           and
           conclude
           with
           that
           credulous
           Father
           
             Certum
             est
             quia
             impossibile
          
           .
           No
           ,
           we
           at
           the
           same
           time
           beware
           of
           being
           deceived
           through
           
             Philosophy
             and
             vain
             deceit
          
           ;
           and
           yet
           are
           sensible
           there
           must
           be
           some
           use
           of
           Reason
           in
           the
           making
           out
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           .
           On
           the
           other
           hand
           our
           sophistry
           does
           not
           transport
           us
           so
           far
           as
           to
           dispute
           with
           presumption
           ,
           the
           Methods
           of
           omnipotence
           ;
           to
           wrack
           our
           brains
           with
           that
           critical
           Philosopher
           in
           finding
           out
           the
           Materials
           God
           first
           
             struck
             light
             with
          
           ;
           or
           with
           that
           inquisitive
           fool
           to
           demand
           ,
           how
           God
           could
           find
           employment
           before
           the
           Creation
           .
           We
           let
           our
           Logical
           reason
           make
           no
           excursions
           beyond
           their
           ultimate
           object
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           and
           therefore
           rather
           adore
           then
           enquire
           into
           any
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           tremendous
           mysteries
           of
           Religion
           ;
           while
           we
           whistle
           at
           all
           heavenly
           inspir'd
           Bagpipes
           ,
           and
           look
           upon
           inquisitive
           Record-searchers
           of
           the
           supreme
           judge
           ,
           but
           as
           bold
           Astrologers
           who
           saucily
           pretend
           to
           bring
           intelligence
           from
           the
           privy
           Councel
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           had
           pickt
           the
           Cabinet
           of
           fate
           through
           the
           Keyhole
           of
           the
           stars
           .
        
         
           Neither
           does
           our
           education
           to
           science
           induce
           us
           to
           scorn
           ,
           contemn
           ,
           or
           turn
           into
           ridicule
           so
           sacred
           a
           Name
           as
           Conscience
           ,
           which
           strikes
           us
           
             surdo
             verbere
          
           ,
           not
           in
           such
           a
           sense
           as
           if
           we
           were
           deaf
           to
           all
           its
           impulses
           ,
           or
           Adder
           ▪
           like
           remained
           unmov'd
           ,
           charm
           it
           never
           so
           wisely
           :
           No
           ,
           we
           honour
           it
           as
           implanted
           by
           God
           for
           a
           sincere
           Register
           of
           our
           actions
           ,
           an
           impartial
           Censor
           of
           our
           affections
           ,
           and
           a
           happy
           Moderator
           of
           our
           passions
           ;
           and
           therefore
           we
           willingly
           hearken
           to
           its
           suggestions
           when
           it
           would
           Bridle
           and
           restrain
           our
           inclinations
           to
           sin
           .
           Yet
           we
           laugh
           at
           those
           who
           would
           deifie
           it
           with
           so
           grand
           an
           omnipotence
           ,
           as
           to
           make
           it
           Lord
           and
           Master
           over
           all
           their
           thoughts
           ,
           words
           ,
           and
           deeds
           ,
           independently
           from
           its
           just
           rule
           ;
           who
           create
           causeless
           doubts
           and
           queries
           ,
           and
           then
           travail
           in
           a
           critical
           satisfaction
           ;
           who
           think
           all
           their
           actions
           but
           
             deeds
             of
             darkness
          
           unless
           clearly
           guided
           by
           such
           light
           within
           ;
           We
           know
           that
           as
           in
           reference
           to
           us
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           
             Natural
             instinct
          
           ,
           so
           in
           some
           respect
           it
           is
           a
           virtue
           consisting
           in
           a
           
             due
             mean
          
           ,
           Too
           much
           or
           too
           little
           is
           equally
           exorbitant
           ;
           nay
           we
           find
           the
           pretenders
           to
           it
           in
           the
           highest
           degree
           ,
           have
           been
           more
           fatal
           and
           destructive
           to
           the
           designs
           of
           good
           Government
           ,
           then
           those
           whose
           fear'd
           hearts
           have
           disclaimed
           any
           share
           ;
           these
           last
           rest
           quiet
           with
           self
           preservation
           ,
           and
           make
           no
           disturbances
           to
           propagate
           their
           fancies
           or
           opinions
           ;
           but
           the
           former
           take
           the
           false
           Alarms
           of
           that
           striking
           deity
           within
           them
           ,
           for
           so
           many
           Oracles
           which
           must
           be
           compleated
           though
           to
           their
           
           own
           ruine
           and
           the
           destruction
           of
           others
           :
           they
           dissent
           from
           their
           Brethren
           out
           of
           idle
           Capricios
           of
           their
           brains
           ,
           and
           then
           pretend
           insuperable
           scruples
           ;
           they
           take
           offence
           where
           no
           occasion
           is
           offered
           ,
           and
           then
           quarrel
           at
           others
           for
           giving
           scandal
           ;
           finally
           they
           debauch
           their
           conscience
           into
           a
           resolute
           humour
           and
           then
           daub
           it
           over
           with
           the
           specious
           Title
           of
           tender
           ,
           And
        
         
           
             What
             's
             tender
             Conscience
             ?
             —
             It
             is
             a
             botch
          
           
             That
             will
             not
             bear
             the
             gentlest
             touch
             ,
          
           
             But
             breaking
             out
             dispatches
             more
          
           
             Then
             the
             Epidemical'st
             Plague
             sore
             .
          
        
         
           A
           small
           burden
           hurts
           a
           gall'd
           horses
           back
           ,
           so
           the
           most
           light
           and
           innocent
           impositions
           which
           come
           from
           superiours
           rub
           and
           grate
           against
           their
           squeasie
           consciences
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           are
           denied
           the
           liberty
           of
           dissenting
           ,
           they
           will
           take
           the
           license
           of
           revolting
           ;
           and
           when
           once
           they
           will
           become
           Subject
           no
           longer
           for
           
             conscience
             sake
          
           ,
           they
           zealously
           invade
           ,
           Persecute
           ,
           and
           Murder
           ,
           their
           restraining
           Governours
           ,
           and
           think
           in
           their
           conscience
           they
           do
           God
           service
           .
           We
           pitty
           their
           mistakes
           ,
           but
           despair
           to
           rectifie
           them
           ,
           since
           they
           are
           not
           come
           to
           the
           first
           step
           of
           amendment
           (
           viz.
           )
           acknowledgment
           of
           a
           fault
           .
           Let
           them
           therefore
           continue
           in
           their
           obstinacy
           ,
           we
           'll
           allow
           
             their
             weakness
          
           to
           be
           a
           just
           plea.
           Yet
           we
           cannot
           but
           reflect
           on
           their
           hypocrisie
           ,
           for
           let
           such
           cautiously
           precise
           Zealots
           never
           so
           much
           pretend
           to
           a
           care
           of
           not
           offending
           that
           little
           Deity
           within
           them
           ,
           it
           is
           easily
           to
           be
           perceived
           they
           are
           notorious
           dissemblers
           ,
           for
           while
           a
           few
           of
           our
           innocent
           ceremonies
           cannot
           be
           made
           to
           glide
           through
           the
           fine
           sive
           of
           their
           conscience
           ,
           the
           grosser
           and
           more
           heavy
           bullets
           of
           sin
           ,
           as
           Pride
           ,
           Lying
           ,
           Whoredom
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           do
           with
           ease
           break
           their
           way
           through
           ;
           thus
           their
           all
           powerful
           conscience
           is
           of
           no
           greater
           force
           then
           a
           Spiders
           fowling
           Net
           ,
           wherein
           the
           larger
           and
           more
           fluttering
           insects
           do
           soon
           bustle
           through
           ,
           while
           the
           weaker
           Fly
           is
           denied
           a
           passage
           out
           .
           When
           conscience
           serves
           thus
           for
           a
           pretext
           to
           disloyalty
           by
           wavering
           in
           doubts
           only
           to
           remain
           stedfast
           in
           self-opinion
           ,
           we
           look
           upon
           her
           as
           a
           peevish
           ill-natur'd
           slut
           ,
           that
           should
           not
           by
           Toleration
           have
           her
           silly
           humour
           in
           all
           things
           ,
           but
           be
           severely
           dealt
           with
           ,
           till
           her
           modesty
           teach
           her
           better
           manners
           then
           sullenly
           to
           contradict
           her
           superiours
           commands
           .
           The
           sad
           effects
           of
           which
           cross
           grain'd
           moroseness
           in
           
           reference
           to
           the
           irritating
           the
           designs
           of
           civil
           and
           Ecclesiastical
           policy
           ,
           experience
           has
           so
           lately
           imprinted
           on
           our
           Memory
           ,
           that
           no
           Act
           of
           oblivion
           can
           ever
           deface
           ,
           while
           the
           pretence
           of
           conscience
           serving
           for
           an
           impossibility
           of
           compliance
           ,
           when
           press'd
           hard
           ,
           often
           breaks
           out
           into
           an
           open
           resistance
           of
           those
           powers
           it
           cannot
           obey
           .
        
         
           Our
           conscience
           being
           otherwise
           instructed
           ,
           teaches
           us
           better
           things
           which
           are
           some
           other
           Branches
           of
           our
           Religion
           .
           We
           honour
           Episcopacy
           as
           a
           sacred
           Office
           of
           the
           most
           Primitive
           institution
           ,
           and
           think
           Parity
           as
           great
           a
           Solecisme
           in
           Church
           ,
           as
           State.
           And
           we
           not
           only
           acknowledge
           a
           due
           respect
           to
           the
           function
           in
           general
           ,
           but
           highly
           commend
           that
           order
           of
           it
           which
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           our
           Ancestors
           has
           settled
           in
           this
           Nation
           ,
           and
           therefore
           think
           their
           envy
           blameworthy
           who
           cannot
           allow
           them
           their
           due
           right
           of
           profit
           ,
           or
           honour
           ;
           but
           would
           first
           degrade
           them
           from
           Peerage
           ,
           and
           then
           crumble
           their
           revenues
           into
           many
           subdivisions
           .
           As
           we
           do
           not
           think
           this
           excellent
           Church
           Government
           could
           otherwise
           be
           kept
           inviolate
           from
           the
           rapine
           of
           Birds
           of
           prey
           ,
           unless
           sheltred
           under
           the
           wings
           of
           Monarchy
           ;
           so
           we
           hope
           our
           Princes
           will
           think
           their
           Autocrasie
           in
           prerogative
           (
           though
           not
           meerly
           inconsistent
           ,
           yet
           )
           very
           unstable
           except
           supported
           with
           the
           wise
           upholding
           Columns
           of
           Episcopacy
           .
        
         
           We
           esteem
           of
           the
           Liturgy
           as
           an
           exact
           manual
           of
           Devotion
           ,
           to
           all
           well
           pen'd
           Petitions
           whereof
           our
           conscience
           can
           safely
           say
           Amen
           ;
           and
           pitty
           the
           blind
           arrogance
           of
           those
           who
           rely
           so
           much
           on
           their
           parts
           ,
           as
           to
           scorn
           to
           take
           a
           ready
           drest
           oration
           to
           accost
           Omnipotency
           with
           ,
           but
           transported
           with
           the
           Spirit
           of
           nonsence
           ,
           tautology
           ,
           and
           impertinency
           ,
           unmannerly
           disgorge
           what
           their
           hasty
           digestion
           throws
           uppermost
           ,
           to
           the
           nauseous
           disgust
           of
           all
           modest
           hearers
           .
        
         
           We
           pay
           a
           respect
           and
           obedience
           (
           not
           a
           veneration
           )
           to
           legal
           ceremonies
           without
           calling
           into
           question
           the
           authority
           of
           the
           imposer
           ,
           and
           therefore
           are
           neither
           so
           ashamed
           of
           a
           crucified
           Saviour
           ,
           as
           to
           refuse
           the
           wearing
           his
           badge
           in
           Baptisme
           ;
           nor
           so
           averse
           to
           decency
           as
           to
           abhor
           the
           use
           of
           an
           outward
           sign
           of
           purity
           ,
           or
           think
           the
           Surplais
           a
           superstitious
           upper
           Garment
           that
           first
           came
           out
           of
           the
           vestiary
           of
           the
           Jewish
           Harlot
           ,
           or
           the
           wardrobe
           of
           the
           Babylonish
           Whore.
           
        
         
           In
           points
           of
           Worship
           we
           acquit
           our selves
           true
           Members
           of
           the
           
             British
             Church
          
           :
        
         
           
           Neither
           too
           mean
           ,
           nor
           yet
           too
           gay
           .
        
         
           While
           we
           equally
           reject
           the
           pompous
           extravagancy
           of
           
             She
             on
             the
             hills
          
           ,
           and
           the
           sordid
           slutte●y
           of
           
             She
             in
             the
             vall●e
          
           .
           Therefore
           ,
           though
           we
           think
           the
           Tabernacles
           of
           the
           most
           high
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           so
           finely
           tric●ed
           up
           with
           the
           work
           of
           mens
           hands
           ,
           as
           shall
           with
           their
           dazling
           lustre
           divert
           the
           Devotion
           of
           gazing
           supplicants
           ;
           yet
           blame
           their
           penuriousness
           who
           ,
           will
           not
           allow
           Gods
           Houses
           such
           fitting
           Ornaments
           as
           may
           distinguish
           them
           from
           common
           habitations
           .
        
         
           Thus
           we
           despise
           the
           pageantry
           of
           Crucifixes
           ,
           the
           foolery
           of
           beads
           ,
           and
           the
           drollery
           of
           an
           unknown
           Tongue
           in
           the
           performance
           of
           
             Divine
             service
          
           ,
           yet
           we
           think
           there
           may
           be
           some
           fit
           helps
           to
           agitate
           and
           stir
           up
           a
           drouzy
           Devotion
           ,
           therefore
           we
           scorn
           those
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           unmusical
           churls
           ,
           whose
           Souls
           are
           so
           far
           out
           of
           tune
           as
           to
           jar
           with
           their
           hisses
           the
           Hallelujah
           like
           Melody
           of
           our
           Church-Music
           ;
           we
           wonder
           to
           hear
           them
           confess
           that
           their
           clod-pated
           minds
           can
           be
           elevated
           to
           no
           higher
           pitch
           by
           such
           a
           charming
           harmony
           ;
           since
           we
           know
           that
           truly
           devout
           and
           humbly
           pious
           Souls
           can
           like
           another
           David
           ,
           when
           the
           
             Music
             plaies
          
           ,
           have
           the
           
             hand
             of
             the
             Lord
             come
             upon
             them
             ,
          
           and
           like
           a
           heavenly
           Quire
           of
           rational
           Larks
           ,
           at
           the
           same
           time
           sing
           and
           mount
           upward
           .
        
         
           In
           like
           manner
           we
           laugh
           at
           the
           name
           of
           Pope
           yet
           retain
           that
           of
           Priest.
           We
           would
           kneel
           ,
           yet
           not
           Worship
           the
           creatures
           in
           the
           Sacrament
           .
           We
           would
           not
           Judaize
           ,
           yet
           neither
           profane
           one
           day
           in
           seven
           ;
           and
           we
           think
           it
           hard
           to
           determin
           to
           which
           more
           properly
           belongs
           the
           imputation
           of
           folly
           ,
           to
           the
           devoutly
           prodigal
           Papist
           who
           officiously
           solemnizes
           more
           than
           halfe
           those
           
             six
             days
          
           he
           
             should
             labour
             in
             ▪
          
           to
           the
           commemoration
           of
           some
           fictitious
           Saint
           ;
           or
           to
           the
           sordidly
           thrifty
           Puritan
           ,
           who
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           observed
           by
           Poets
           ,
           of
           Envy
           it self
           ,
           
             Festos
             dies
             non
             aget
          
           ,
           will
           keep
           no
           holy
           day
           :
           As
           in
           all
           other
           things
           so
           in
           this
           ,
           we
           follow
           our
           more
           regular
           Mother
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           which
           like
           virtue
           plac'd
           between
           two
           extreams
           ,
           and
           yet
           like
           our
           Saviour
           crucified
           between
           two
           Thieves
           ,
           rejects
           many
           of
           that
           too
           numerous
           Catalogue
           which
           his
           Holiness
           has
           falsely
           intruded
           into
           that
           Army
           of
           Saints
           and
           Martyrs
           ,
           and
           yet
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           as
           discreetly
           retains
           the
           antient
           and
           venerable
           custom
           of
           setting
           apart
           some
           appointed
           days
           to
           solemnize
           the
           Memory
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           his
           more
           immediate
           Successors
           .
        
         
         
           In
           points
           of
           greater
           intricacy
           which
           the
           modesty
           of
           our
           Church
           has
           not
           resol●tely
           determined
           ,
           we
           think
           a
           middle
           opinion
           the
           best
           ,
           as
           not
           f●●
           at
           least
           from
           the
           truth
           on
           which
           side
           soever
           it
           be
           .
           We
           suppose
           Christ
           neither
           died
           for
           universal
           imitation
           only
           ,
           nor
           for
           partial
           satisfaction
           ;
           we
           disavow
           the
           omnipotence
           of
           freewill
           ,
           and
           yet
           think
           man
           more
           than
           a
           brutish
           machine
           .
           We
           acknowledge
           God
           to
           have
           some
           respect
           of
           the
           Persons
           of
           his
           Elect
           ,
           yet
           think
           the
           equity
           of
           his
           mercy
           and
           justice
           scarce
           consistent
           with
           
             absolute
             reprobation
          
           ,
           nor
           know
           how
           on
           such
           a
           supposition
           any
           man
           may
           be
           said
           
             to
             work
             out
             his
             own
             salvation
             .
          
           While
           we
           compare
           the
           immoderate
           maintainers
           of
           each
           contrary
           opinion
           to
           the
           fanciful
           Epicureans
           on
           the
           one
           hand
           ,
           and
           the
           rigid
           and
           austere
           Stoicks
           on
           the
           other
           .
           The
           former
           of
           which
           did
           fondly
           imagin
           that
           it
           was
           most
           correspondent
           to
           the
           nature
           of
           an
           omnipotent
           being
           ,
           serenely
           to
           enjoy
           his
           
             Quietus
             est
          
           in
           some
           upper
           Star-Chamber
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           was
           to
           mean
           and
           sordid
           for
           His
           August
           Majesty
           to
           interrupt
           his
           repose
           by
           reflecting
           on
           the
           Transactions
           of
           things
           below
           ,
           and
           thus
           in
           effect
           they
           did
           no
           more
           then
           dress
           up
           a
           careless
           puppet
           ,
           to
           which
           they
           falsely
           ascribed
           the
           Title
           of
           Deity
           :
           while
           the
           other
           made
           as
           it
           were
           a
           God
           of
           Necessity
           ,
           and
           imposed
           such
           an
           inalterable
           fatality
           on
           the
           event
           of
           all
           sublunary
           things
           ,
           as
           if
           God
           (
           like
           the
           fancy
           of
           a
           man
           in
           a
           dream
           )
           only
           sported
           with
           his
           own
           creation
           .
        
         
           I
           should
           not
           give
           you
           a
           farther
           trouble
           of
           perusing
           such
           an
           ill
           drest
           account
           of
           our
           Faith
           ,
           unless
           I
           knew
           that
           some
           would
           object
           ,
           A
           principal
           Article
           of
           it
           is
           omitted
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           no
           Mention
           is
           made
           how
           we
           stand
           affected
           to
           the
           belief
           of
           the
           late
           Popish-Plot
           .
           In
           declaring
           our
           sentiments
           wherein
           ,
           I
           think
           will
           be
           offered
           a
           fit
           occasion
           of
           vindicating
           our selves
           from
           the
           imputation
           of
           Popery
           ,
           whiech
           has
           been
           of
           late
           so
           confidently
           ,
           eagerly
           ,
           and
           maliciously
           laid
           to
           our
           Charge
           ;
           And
           though
           perhaps
           barely
           to
           plead
           Not
           Guilty
           ,
           would
           be
           as
           insufficient
           to
           the
           proof
           of
           our
           innocency
           ,
           as
           the
           like
           vote
           in
           the
           case
           of
           another
           ,
           which
           being
           asserted
           
             upon
             Honour
          
           ,
           was
           reported
           to
           be
           meant
           with
           the
           Equivocation
           of
           
             Guilty
             upon
             Conscience
          
           .
           Yet
           because
           silence
           might
           gain
           the
           consent
           of
           many
           misinformed
           Persons
           ,
           I
           shall
           recite
           those
           frivolous
           Reasons
           which
           huddled
           together
           helps
           to
           compose
           this
           bulk
           of
           accumulative
           Treason
           which
           we
           stand
           indited
           for
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           because
           we
           were
           so
           ingrateful
           to
           the
           preserver
           of
           our
           Lives
           and
           Liberties
           ,
           Mr.
           Oats
           ,
           as
           to
           deny
           him
           the
           privilege
           of
           
           Legal
           commencement
           to
           a
           degree
           the
           Title
           of
           which
           he
           did
           already
           enjoy
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           because
           our
           Representatives
           (
           which
           are
           supposed
           as
           not
           fitting
           in
           a
           personal
           capacity
           to
           follow
           the
           inclinations
           of
           those
           they
           represent
           )
           have
           not
           been
           such
           vigorous
           and
           zealous
           prosecutors
           of
           the
           late
           engaged
           Conspiracy
           ,
           as
           so
           hazardous
           a
           case
           ,
           
             pro
             aris
             &
             focis
          
           ,
           the
           preservation
           of
           His
           Majesty
           and
           security
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           did
           require
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           that
           we
           espouse
           too
           much
           the
           interest
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           York
           ,
           in
           having
           too
           great
           a
           respect
           for
           his
           Person
           ,
           too
           favourable
           an
           opinion
           of
           his
           Religion
           ,
           and
           too
           fervent
           a
           desire
           of
           his
           Succession
           ,
           all
           which
           we
           apparently
           show
           by
           a
           civil
           Drinking
           his
           Health
           in
           all
           Companies
           and
           Occasions
           .
        
         
           Then
           Fourthly
           ,
           because
           a
           continued
           report
           has
           made
           it
           now
           unquestionable
           that
           the
           Clergy
           of
           England
           ,
           in
           General
           are
           more
           then
           faintly
           addicted
           to
           Popery
           ,
           the
           seeds
           whereof
           they
           certainly
           suck'd
           in
           this
           place
           wherein
           the
           moiety
           at
           least
           did
           first
           take
           their
           Education
           .
        
         
           I
           foresee
           that
           a
           clear
           and
           genuine
           answer
           to
           these
           clamorous
           Objections
           ,
           would
           be
           so
           little
           effectual
           for
           the
           wiping
           away
           such
           malevolent
           aspersions
           ,
           as
           it
           would
           but
           excite
           the
           obloquies
           of
           the
           vulgar
           to
           cast
           more
           dirt
           upon
           our
           reputation
           ;
           since
           we
           should
           in
           a
           limited
           sence
           acknowledge
           the
           premises
           ,
           and
           yet
           without
           sorfeiting
           our
           skill
           in
           Logic
           positively
           deny
           the
           conclusion
           ,
           which
           our
           popular
           adversaries
           collect
           ,
           viz.
           our
           
             well
             affectedness
             to
             Popery
          
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           not
           descend
           to
           particulars
           ,
           but
           dare
           say
           thus
           much
           for
           our
           vindication
           .
        
         
           We
           are
           as
           averse
           to
           the
           supremacy
           of
           a
           Pope
           ,
           as
           we
           are
           firmly
           devoted
           to
           that
           of
           a
           King.
           We
           are
           as
           loath
           to
           become
           
             Cloistered
             Friars
          
           ,
           as
           we
           are
           asham'd
           to
           turn
           wandring
           Tub-preachers
           .
           We
           think
           a
           
             Monks
             coule
          
           as
           ridiculous
           as
           a
           Brothers
           Cloak
           ;
           and
           are
           satisfied
           that
           
             Fraying
             to
             the
             flesh
          
           is
           as
           impertinent
           as
           
             prating
             by
             the
             Spirit
          
           .
           We
           are
           somewhat
           unwilling
           to
           be
           so
           far
           impos'd
           upon
           as
           to
           swallow
           the
           distinction
           of
           
             the
             Church
          
           and
           
             Court
             of
             Rome
          
           ,
           yet
           we
           know
           Jesuits
           have
           laid
           down
           more
           pernicious
           principles
           then
           many
           sober
           Catholics
           will
           consent
           unto
           ;
           we
           are
           certain
           their
           Policy
           is
           greater
           than
           their
           Religion
           ;
           and
           observe
           they
           never
           
             lift
             up
             their
             voice
          
           to
           convert
           Heretics
           but
           with
           the
           Trumpet
           of
           Sedition
           ,
           nor
           
             cry
             aloud
          
           but
           with
           the
           Thundring
           of
           Canon
           :
           we
           see
           their
           
           force
           lies
           more
           in
           Ammunition
           than
           arguments
           ,
           and
           often
           find
           that
           he
           who
           will
           not
           be
           a
           proselyte
           to
           
             their
             Religion
          
           ,
           must
           be
           a
           Martyr
           to
           his
           own
           ,
           while
           for
           a
           quicker
           dispatch
           he
           is
           helped
           forward
           by
           being
           blown
           up
           toward
           Heaven
           ;
           for
           they
           propagate
           their
           Bloud
           and
           Arms
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           had
           received
           such
           a
           commission
           from
           their
           fighting
           Founder
           ,
           in
           commemoration
           of
           whom
           they
           are
           Loyalists
           to
           their
           Soveraign
           Lord
           the
           Pope
           ,
           and
           
             Ignatians
             (
             i.e.
          
           )
           firebrands
           to
           all
           the
           World
           beside
           :
           Neither
           do
           we
           think
           Martials
           Rule
           an
           Axiom
           in
           this
           case
           .
        
         
           Parcere
           Personis
           dicere
           de
           vitiis
           .
        
         
           We
           would
           not
           only
           have
           their
           faults
           reprov'd
           ,
           but
           their
           Persons
           punished
           ;
           and
           abstracting
           from
           those
           devilish
           machinations
           which
           have
           been
           of
           late
           discovered
           to
           be
           of
           their
           contrivance
           ,
           it
           is
           crime
           sufficient
           for
           their
           Condemnation
           that
           they
           durst
           appear
           in
           a
           place
           ,
           from
           whence
           for
           the
           prevention
           of
           mischief
           they
           are
           prudently
           banished
           :
           We
           know
           likewise
           that
           they
           do
           not
           run
           the
           hazard
           of
           their
           lives
           upon
           small
           adventures
           ,
           but
           that
           to
           excite
           them
           to
           undergo
           such
           apparent
           dangers
           ,
           they
           must
           have
           answerable
           motives
           ,
           even
           no
           less
           then
           the
           propagating
           Popery
           by
           the
           utter
           extirpation
           of
           Protestanisme
           ;
           after
           which
           they
           expect
           to
           receive
           rewards
           suitable
           to
           the
           merit
           of
           their
           service
           ,
           yet
           we
           suppose
           they
           themselves
           know
           best
           on
           
             whose
             backs
          
           they
           must
           be
           brought
           to
           the
           attainment
           of
           these
           desires
           ,
           no
           question
           〈◊〉
           they
           are
           satisfied
           that
           the
           most
           effectual
           way
           to
           compass
           their
           designs
           ,
           is
           to
           remove
           their
           great
           obstacle
           the
           setled
           hierarchy
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           whose
           vigilant
           Shepheards
           being
           once
           drawn
           off
           ,
           or
           made
           incapable
           to
           defend
           their
           worried
           Flocks
           ,
           they
           can
           soon
           by
           a
           poisoned
           sop
           ,
           a
           threatning
           stick
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           frivolous
           way
           put
           to
           silence
           those
           barking
           Curs
           ,
           those
           Caterwawling
           Sectaries
           that
           now
           as
           saucily
           ,
           as
           falsely
           ,
           pretend
           it
           is
           their
           vigilance
           only
           that
           averts
           and
           prevents
           the
           invasion
           of
           the
           Enemy
           .
           They
           know
           Protestants
           to
           be
           like
           a
           bundle
           of
           well-packt
           sticks
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           broke
           by
           the
           sinews
           of
           the
           strongest
           Arm
           while
           their
           ligament
           holds
           firm
           ,
           but
           so
           brittle
           as
           to
           be
           snapp'd
           asunder
           with
           little
           force
           when
           unbound
           ,
           separate
           ,
           and
           disunited
           .
           It
           has
           therefore
           been
           all
           along
           their
           most
           politic
           design
           ,
           and
           back'd
           with
           admirable
           success
           ,
           first
           to
           crumble
           us
           into
           different
           opinions
           ,
           then
           to
           make
           each
           fancie
           espouse
           a
           party
           ,
           and
           so
           set
           
           them
           all
           a
           scrambling
           for
           trifles
           ,
           till
           rightdown
           blows
           must
           decide
           the
           difference
           ;
           while
           they
           remain
           houting
           Spectators
           ,
           promoting
           the
           quarrel
           ,
           till
           they
           themselves
           get
           the
           prize
           the
           hot-headed
           combatants
           were
           so
           eagerly
           engaged
           for
           .
           The
           truth
           of
           this
           is
           most
           excellently
           demonstrated
           by
           
             Philanax
             Anglicus
          
           ;
           and
           has
           the
           concurrent
           Testimony
           of
           one
           of
           the
           
             greatest
             witnesses
          
           of
           this
           Age
           ;
           though
           we
           have
           reason
           to
           think
           he
           did
           not
           cordially
           design
           that
           advantage
           ,
           the
           Governours
           of
           our
           Church
           may
           occasionally
           take
           in
           reference
           to
           the
           providing
           for
           their
           own
           security
           ,
           because
           he
           would
           not
           accept
           of
           
           L'Strange's
           farther
           discovery
           of
           the
           same
           design
           ,
           though
           dedicated
           to
           him
           with
           many
           civil
           Complements
           ,
           in
           better
           language
           than
           was
           returned
           for
           them
           at
           the
           Council
           Board
           .
        
         
           I
           hope
           from
           what
           is
           said
           you
           will
           easily
           collect
           our
           Belief
           of
           the
           reality
           of
           a
           
             Popish
             Plot
          
           ,
           and
           our
           disaffection
           to
           any
           other
           Religion
           than
           our
           own
           ;
           If
           the
           rabble
           will
           yet
           prosecute
           us
           with
           the
           loud
           acclamations
           of
           
             Papists
             ,
             Jesuits
          
           ,
           or
           Dog-Towzer
           ,
           we
           know
           not
           what
           better
           to
           say
           in
           our
           own
           behalf
           ,
           than
           what
           a
           sore-cited
           Gentleman
           in
           the
           like
           case
           avouches
           for
           his
           innocency
           ,
           we
           are
           true
           Sons
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           were
           never
           at
           Mass
           and
           Finally
           believe
           as
           much
           of
           the
           Plot
           as
           Dr.
           Oats
           himself
           .
        
         
           Take
           now
           a
           short
           account
           of
           our
           Loyalty
           .
        
         
           We
           are
           (
           though
           acquainted
           with
           )
           not
           wedded
           to
           the
           Democratical
           principles
           of
           Aristotle
           and
           Cicero
           .
           We
           have
           read
           (
           but
           only
           to
           know
           how
           the
           better
           to
           confute
           )
           those
           grand
           Patriots
           of
           Rebellion
           and
           Confusion
           :
           
             Hobbs
             ,
             Milton
             ,
             Hunton
          
           ,
           〈◊〉
           and
           others
           ;
           we
           find
           their
           fallacies
           so
           well
           discovered
           in
           the
           incomparable
           Treatises
           of
           
             W●ldon
             ,
             Filmer
             ,
             Diggs
          
           and
           Falkner
           ;
           that
           we
           are
           unquestionably
           satisfied
           that
           all
           power
           is
           primitively
           delegated
           by
           God
           to
           his
           Vicegerents
           upon
           Earth
           ;
           that
           therefore
           their
           authority
           is
           Divine
           ,
           how
           cros-grain'd
           soever
           their
           actions
           ,
           hence
           their
           Persons
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           undervalued
           ,
           nor
           their
           injunctions
           slighted
           ,
           their
           impositions
           should
           not
           be
           murmured
           at
           ,
           nor
           their
           commands
           disputed
           .
           For
           since
           the
           Almighty's
           imprinting
           his
           image
           on
           the
           Sons
           of
           men
           indifferently
           ,
           produces
           a
           representation
           of
           his
           own
           Glory
           ,
           Obedience
           to
           the
           representatives
           of
           the
           most
           high
           must
           not
           only
           be
           indefinite
           in
           reference
           to
           the
           Persons
           obeying
           ,
           but
           universal
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           Persons
           to
           be
           obeyed
           ;
           Subjects
           are
           Servants
           obliged
           to
           pay
           their
           duty
           not
           only
           to
           
             good
             and
             gentle
             Masters
          
           ,
           but
           also
           to
           the
           froward
           ;
           as
           
           well
           knowing
           a
           wicked
           Prince
           is
           often
           ordained
           to
           be
           (
           as
           one
           of
           Romes
           enemies
           proudly
           vaunted
           himself
           )
           
             Flagellum
             dei
          
           the
           scourge
           of
           God
           ,
           sent
           as
           a
           punishment
           for
           the
           wickedness
           of
           the
           People
           .
        
         
           We
           from
           hence
           disallow
           the
           extorted
           interpretation
           of
           Saint
           Peter's
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           as
           if
           Magistrates
           were
           so
           employed
           and
           substituted
           by
           the
           People
           ,
           that
           they
           could
           call
           in
           their
           Lent
           authority
           when
           they
           suppose
           it
           misapplied
           to
           their
           prejudice
           :
           No
           ,
           we
           pity
           any
           such
           miserable
           errour
           as
           shall
           introduce
           an
           assertion
           of
           the
           right
           of
           taking
           up
           Arms
           against
           a
           lawful
           Soveraign
           .
           We
           think
           the
           Name
           of
           Prince
           as
           Sacred
           as
           that
           of
           Priest
           ;
           and
           are
           certain
           no
           weapon
           ought
           to
           be
           formed
           against
           him
           :
           while
           we
           look
           upon
           the
           sly
           Jesuit
           and
           barge
           sainted
           Fanatick
           as
           two
           dangerous
           
             Philistine
             Foxes
          
           ,
           that
           carry
           between
           their
           tails
           that
           brand
           of
           confusion
           ,
           
             The
             lawful
             deposition
             of
             supreme
             Magistrates
             .
          
           We
           hold
           likewise
           that
           the
           asserting
           the
           due
           Regalia
           of
           a
           Prince
           is
           not
           only
           the
           province
           of
           a
           Politician
           ,
           but
           many
           times
           becomes
           the
           task
           of
           a
           Divine
           ,
           whose
           indispensable
           duty
           requiring
           him
           to
           instruct
           the
           People
           in
           the
           performance
           of
           all
           Christian
           duties
           ,
           he
           would
           neglect
           pressing
           home
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           ,
           if
           he
           should
           not
           sometimes
           insist
           upon
           that
           firm
           obligation
           which
           is
           laid
           upon
           all
           men
           ,
           of
           being
           subject
           to
           the
           higher
           powers
           :
           we
           much
           question
           therefore
           their
           true
           intentions
           who
           would
           confine
           the
           subject
           of
           a
           Sermon
           to
           Grace
           ,
           Faith
           ,
           spiritual
           illuminations
           ,
           beatifick
           visions
           and
           other
           transporting
           Topicks
           ,
           while
           they
           censure
           as
           Eccentrical
           and
           impertinent
           all
           Pulpit
           discourses
           of
           subjection
           ,
           obedience
           ,
           and
           non-resistance
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           we
           suppose
           that
           Kings
           Prerogatives
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           encroached
           on
           by
           a
           pretence
           of
           preserving
           the
           Peoples
           liberty
           :
           and
           believe
           Subjects
           have
           no
           privilege
           to
           question
           their
           Soveraigns
           authority
           ▪
           We
           think
           it
           a
           great
           solecisme
           in
           good
           manners
           for
           People
           to
           challenge
           a
           coordinate
           power
           with
           him
           who
           is
           set
           over
           them
           ,
           and
           therefore
           must
           be
           above
           them
           all
           .
           We
           understand
           the
           name
           of
           Monarch
           to
           emply
           a
           soleship
           of
           Government
           ;
           and
           they
           who
           to
           Monarchy
           would
           add
           the
           epithete
           of
           mixt
           ,
           make
           but
           a
           
             contradictio
             in
             adjecto
          
           ,
           if
           by
           mixt
           they
           mean
           a
           Division
           of
           power
           among
           divers
           .
           We
           know
           the
           People
           had
           first
           from
           the
           grant
           of
           one
           of
           their
           Kings
           ,
           the
           privilege
           of
           sending
           up
           their
           Representatives
           to
           consult
           of
           the
           weighty
           affairs
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ;
           we
           have
           read
           they
           were
           first
           designed
           to
           balance
           the
           unweildy
           power
           of
           the
           Barons
           lately
           abused
           :
           and
           in
           whatever
           privileges
           
           they
           have
           since
           encreased
           by
           the
           permission
           of
           Princes
           ,
           we
           are
           sure
           their
           power
           at
           utmost
           extends
           no
           farther
           ,
           then
           barely
           to
           propound
           and
           advise
           unto
           ;
           while
           it
           is
           the
           Kings
           unquestioned
           right
           to
           refuse
           ,
           or
           ratifie
           their
           Motions
           .
           We
           imagin
           therefore
           that
           for
           bare
           Votes
           to
           be
           accounted
           as
           Acts
           ,
           is
           as
           great
           an
           encroachment
           on
           nonsence
           ,
           as
           for
           a
           
             House
             of
             Commons
          
           to
           challenge
           the
           Name
           of
           Parliament
           :
           we
           think
           the
           first
           a
           miserable
           Catachresis
           ,
           and
           know
           the
           last
           to
           be
           an
           insufferable
           Synechdoche
           .
        
         
           We
           judge
           it
           convenient
           that
           private
           Persons
           should
           not
           be
           such
           intermedlers
           in
           public
           affairs
           ,
           as
           to
           notifie
           to
           Princes
           their
           errors
           in
           Government
           ,
           and
           supplicate
           for
           a
           redress
           of
           grievances
           when
           there
           is
           no
           appearance
           of
           any
           but
           in
           the
           imaginary
           draughts
           of
           their
           own
           timorous
           fancies
           :
           when
           Subjects
           surpass
           the
           limits
           of
           modesty
           in
           such
           extravagant
           addresses
           ,
           it
           is
           but
           Wisdom
           in
           Princes
           to
           disencourage
           their
           attempts
           ,
           since
           the
           granting
           of
           some
           things
           would
           but
           give
           a
           fresh
           provocation
           to
           endless
           demands
           .
           Petitioners
           being
           like
           dropsical
           fish-natur'd
           sippers
           ,
           who
           by
           constant
           bibbing
           Metamorphose
           their
           stomacks
           into
           lime-pits
           ,
           where
           moisture
           produces
           so
           contrary
           an
           effect
           ,
           that
           the
           more
           they
           drink
           the
           more
           they
           burn
           .
        
         
           We
           look
           upon
           the
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           as
           made
           not
           only
           to
           bind
           Papists
           ,
           but
           Protestants
           to
           obedience
           .
        
         
           We
           hold
           it
           nonsense
           that
           
             Major
             singulis
          
           ,
           should
           be
           said
           to
           be
           
             Minor
             universis
          
           ,
           at
           the
           same
           time
           a
           Soveraign
           ,
           and
           yet
           a
           Subject
           of
           all
           his
           Subjects
           :
           And
           we
           think
           it
           as
           miserable
           a
           fallacy
           to
           divide
           the
           Prince
           into
           a
           Personal
           and
           Politic
           capacity
           ,
           and
           so
           usher
           in
           a
           pretence
           of
           fighting
           for
           the
           King
           ,
           when
           the
           Sword
           is
           drawn
           against
           him
           .
           Ours
           being
           no
           Elective
           Monarchy
           ,
           we
           look
           upon
           the
           Crown
           as
           an
           inheritance
           entailed
           upon
           the
           lawful
           Heir
           ,
           of
           which
           he
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           dispossessed
           by
           Persons
           that
           have
           no
           authority
           to
           take
           away
           the
           privilege
           os
           his
           Birth-right
           :
           And
           to
           this
           we
           farther
           add
           ,
           it
           is
           somewhat
           disingenuous
           for
           People
           forcibly
           to
           divert
           all
           natural
           affection
           ,
           and
           compel
           a
           Prince
           to
           sacrifice
           to
           the
           humour
           of
           the
           vulgar
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           nearest
           of
           his
           own
           Bloud
           .
           We
           had
           rather
           other
           methods
           of
           securing
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           so
           freely
           offered
           by
           His
           Majesty
           might
           be
           accepted
           of
           ;
           and
           when
           all
           courses
           are
           taken
           which
           can
           lawfully
           be
           used
           ,
           the
           event
           must
           be
           left
           to
           God
           alone
           ,
           whose
           Providence
           determins
           the
           success
           of
           all
           intentions
           .
        
         
         
           Sir
           ,
           the
           design
           at
           first
           proposed
           of
           giving
           this
           cursory
           essay
           of
           our
           Religion
           and
           Loyalty
           ,
           was
           to
           intimate
           how
           the
           proceedings
           of
           the
           late
           Parliament
           ,
           in
           many
           things
           were
           very
           far
           from
           obtaining
           of
           our
           approbation
           ,
           how
           extravagantly
           soever
           magnified
           and
           extolled
           by
           the
           applauding
           vulgar
           .
        
         
           For
           first
           ,
           they
           run
           contrary
           to
           our
           sentiments
           in
           Religion
           .
        
         
           Did
           they
           not
           use
           all
           the
           Spades
           and
           Mattocks
           of
           Seditious
           contrivances
           to
           undermine
           the
           Foundation
           of
           our
           well
           establisht
           Church-Government
           ?
           Did
           they
           not
           envy
           us
           the
           support
           of
           our
           chief
           Pillars
           ,
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           whom
           they
           would
           first
           have
           made
           weaker
           and
           then
           pulled
           down
           ?
           Would
           they
           not
           have
           let
           in
           many
           beasts
           of
           the
           Forrest
           to
           our
           Vineyard
           ,
           by
           making
           a
           breach
           in
           our
           fence
           ,
           in
           taking
           out
           three
           stakes
           from
           our
           hedge
           of
           the
           39
           Articles
           ?
           Would
           they
           not
           have
           given
           encouragement
           to
           divisions
           by
           granting
           liberty
           to
           dissent
           ,
           and
           by
           removing
           of
           penalties
           ,
           have
           invited
           many
           to
           transgress
           ?
           Did
           they
           not
           take
           up
           at
           the
           second
           hand
           many
           old
           artifices
           of
           innovating
           a
           change
           ;
           as
           crying
           out
           against
           the
           unreasonableness
           of
           Pluralities
           ,
           the
           inconvenience
           of
           Non-residence
           ,
           and
           affirming
           the
           necessity
           of
           a
           redress
           of
           both
           ?
           And
           finally
           did
           they
           not
           use
           all
           methods
           of
           irritating
           the
           vulgar
           to
           vilify
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           because
           they
           were
           the
           chief
           opposers
           of
           Sedition
           ,
           and
           perswaders
           to
           Allegiance
           and
           uniformity
           .
        
         
           Then
           in
           opposition
           to
           
             Loyalty
             ,
          
           .
        
         
           How
           arbitrary
           and
           magisterial
           were
           their
           own
           proceedings
           ,
           while
           they
           pretended
           to
           be
           doing
           nothing
           else
           but
           preventing
           the
           Arbitrary
           power
           of
           another
           ?
           How
           many
           Honest
           and
           Loyal
           Gentlemen
           did
           they
           force
           to
           do
           the
           penance
           of
           falling
           down
           and
           worshipping
           them
           for
           speaking
           blasphemy
           against
           their
           authority
           ,
           while
           Treason
           against
           a
           higher
           power
           past
           unquestioned
           ?
           How
           crosly
           and
           resolutely
           did
           they
           always
           deny
           His
           Majesties
           just
           demands
           ,
           though
           they
           were
           to
           be
           employed
           for
           the
           Nations
           security
           ?
           And
           at
           last
           how
           saucily
           would
           they
           have
           cried
           down
           the
           King
           by
           debarring
           him
           of
           the
           privilege
           of
           the
           meanest
           Subject
           ,
           making
           it
           unlawful
           for
           any
           one
           to
           turn
           his
           Creditor
           though
           on
           never
           so
           good
           security
           ?
           This
           is
           not
           the
           moiety
           of
           what
           might
           be
           said
           ,
           but
           perhaps
           in
           this
           case
           :
        
         
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           .
        
         
         
           I
           hope
           all
           former
           miscarriages
           may
           be
           obliterated
           in
           the
           ashes
           of
           oblivion
           and
           rak't
           up
           in
           the
           embers
           of
           an
           ardent
           and
           mutual
           affection
           between
           the
           King
           and
           his
           two
           Houses
           .
           I
           wish
           the
           same
           Gentlemen
           may
           be
           sensible
           of
           their
           errors
           ,
           and
           so
           become
           Achillean
           Physicians
           to
           cure
           the
           wounds
           which
           they
           themselves
           have
           made
           in
           our
           Church
           and
           state
           .
           Then
           will
           there
           be
           some
           encouragement
           for
           us
           Academics
           to
           make
           a
           diligent
           progress
           in
           our
           Studies
           ,
           while
           there
           remain
           rewards
           suitable
           to
           our
           labours
           .
           But
           if
           preferments
           must
           be
           taken
           away
           ,
           if
           Benefices
           must
           be
           monopoliz'd
           ,
           and
           an
           equal
           maintenance
           allowed
           to
           the
           industrious
           and
           sluggish
           ,
           it
           will
           invite
           us
           to
           take
           up
           some
           more
           advantagious
           employment
           .
           This
           puts
           me
           in
           mind
           of
           a
           passage
           in
           a
           late
           vindication
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           intimating
           ,
           that
           if
           Church-men
           were
           turned
           out
           of
           their
           livelyhoods
           ,
           they
           would
           rather
           than
           starve
           ,
           adventure
           to
           turn
           Soldiers
           to
           recover
           them
           .
           That
           is
           rather
           then
           the
           
             tribe
             of
             Levi
          
           would
           be
           couchant
           ,
           as
           Issachar
           under
           the
           burden
           of
           poverty
           ,
           they
           would
           become
           so
           many
           
           Judah's
           ,
           Sword-bearers
           to
           avenge
           themselves
           of
           their
           enemies
           .
           I
           may
           add
           ,
           if
           ever
           the
           persecutions
           of
           the
           rabble
           reduce
           them
           to
           this
           extremity
           (
           which
           God
           avert
           )
           we
           who
           are
           the
           
             Sons
             of
             the
             Prophets
          
           ,
           and
           bred
           in
           their
           Schools
           should
           
             gather
             to
             our
             Fathers
          
           ,
           and
           be
           intituled
           to
           the
           Church
           militant
           ,
           and
           dying
           Martyrs
           in
           so
           good
           a
           cause
           ,
           should
           be
           in
           hopes
           of
           being
           transplanted
           to
           the
           triumphant
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
           
             I
             abruptly
             remain
             Your
             humble
             Servant
             ,
             —
             —
             &
             Academiae
             Filius
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           POSTSCRIPT
           .
        
         
           THE
           HUMBLE
           ADDRESS
           OF
           AN
           
             Academick
             Muse
          
           ,
           TO
           HIS
           MAJESTY
           .
        
         
           
             HAil
             Mighty
             Charles
             ,
             the
             Atlas
             of
             our
             State
             ,
          
           
             Greater
             than
             Poets
             fancies
             can
             create
             ,
          
           
             (
             Whose
             laded
             brows
             no
             other
             Garland
             bears
             ,
          
           
             Then
             th'heavy
             burden
             of
             three
             Kingdoms
             cares
             ,
          
           
             And
             yet
             whose
             stooping
             would
             endanger
             all
          
           
             He
             does
             support
             ,
             to
             totter
             ,
             or
             to
             fall
             ;
             )
          
           
           
             Hail
             Sacred
             Prince
             ,
             We
             all
             Congratulate
          
           
             Thy
             Prudence
             for
             averting
             that
             dire
             fate
          
           
             Which
             lately
             did
             impend
             (
             however
             meant
             )
          
           
             Upon
             our
             well
             establisht
             Government
             :
          
           
             When
             Cockatricng
             States-men
             would
             have
             sate
          
           
             And
             hatcht
             Rebellion
             to
             its
             Birth
             ,
             but
             that
          
           
             Thy
             interposing
             pow'r
             ,
             when
             grown
             too
             proud
             ,
          
           
             Soon
             dissipates
             the
             representing
             croud
             ;
          
           
             And
             yet
             to
             shew
             how
             much
             you
             really
             prize
          
           
             Your
             Subjects
             misabused
             Liberties
             ,
          
           
             By
             gracious
             Writs
             you
             soon
             give
             power
             unto
          
           
             Mechanick
             tools
             to
             frame
             the
             House
             anew
             ;
          
           
             And
             then
             least
             it
             might
             grow
             infectious
             ,
          
           
             By
             City
             Plagues
             remove
             it
             here
             to
             Us
             :
          
           
             Where
             th'
             dross
             refin'd
             Air
             does
             mortify
          
           
             Contagious
             venoms
             by
             Antipathy
             :
          
           
             So
             may
             it
             be
             ,
             while
             here
             all
             Subjects
             learn
          
           
             Past
             errors
             by
             reflection
             to
             discern
             .
          
           
             And
             th'knowlege
             of
             a
             fault
             's
             one
             great
             degree
             ,
          
           
             Unto
             th'
             amendment
             of
             deficiency
             .
          
           
             But
             if
             their
             fixed
             obstinacy
             blind
             ,
          
           
             Their
             hoodwinkt
             reason
             so
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             mind
          
           
             Th'
             impulses
             of
             their
             duty
             ,
             but
             run
             on
          
           
             To
             th'
             jarring
             Chaos
             of
             Confusion
             ,
          
           
             Curb
             ,
             Royal
             Charioteer
             ,
             the
             hotspur'd
             rout
             ,
          
           
             Keep
             in
             the
             reins
             and
             tire
             their
             fury
             out
             :
          
           
           
             Thou
             the
             true
             Phoebus
             art
             ,
             ordain'd
             to
             guide
             ,
          
           
             They
             but
             fond
             Phaetons
             whose
             giddy
             pride
             ,
          
           
             Is
             still
             ambitious
             of
             mounting
             higher
             ,
          
           
             Till
             want
             of
             skill
             sets
             all
             the
             World
             on
             Fire
             ;
          
           
             Thy
             prudence
             yet
             unparalell'd
             ,
             knows
             how
             ,
          
           
             Best
             way
             to
             make
             such
             stifneck'd
             Rebels
             bow
             :
          
           
             But
             when
             thy
             pow'r
             has
             forc'd
             them
             to
             advance
          
           
             Back
             to
             their
             bounds
             of
             firm
             Allégiance
             ;
          
           
             For
             to
             prevent
             Relapses
             which
             attend
          
           
             New
             cures
             ,
             a
             bashful
             Muse
             makes
             bold
             to
             send
          
           
             This
             short
             advice
             .
             Recall
             that
             Liberty
             ,
          
           
             Extorted
             from
             your
             Royal
             Clemency
             ;
          
           
             Whence
             none
             within
             their
             bounds
             of
             duty
             stay
             ,
          
           
             But
             plead
             a
             License
             for
             to
             disobey
             :
          
           
             If
             criticizing
             Conscience
             may
             resist
             ,
          
           
             And
             peevish
             baggage
             do
             but
             what
             she
             list
             ;
          
           
             There
             never
             will
             want
             scruples
             to
             withstand
          
           
             The
             plainest
             orders
             of
             supreme
             command
             :
          
           
             Nor
             is
             there
             hope
             the
             best
             contriv'd
             dispute
             ,
          
           
             Should
             such
             like
             wilful
             errors
             e're
             confute
             ,
          
           
             Plain
             arguing
             but
             few
             Converts
             will
             afford
             ;
          
           
             No
             Rhet'rick
             will
             suffice
             but
             that
             of
             th'
             Sword
             ,
          
           
             Their
             biass'd
             humours
             never
             will
             comply
             ,
          
           
             Till
             force
             reduce
             them
             to
             their
             Loyalty
             ;
          
           
             And
             only
             then
             they
             're
             fitted
             to
             agree
             ,
          
           
             When
             backs
             as
             tender
             as
             their
             conscience
             be
             .
          
           
           
             Take
             up
             then
             
               British
               Jove
            
             thy
             Thunderbolts
          
           
             Of
             vengeance
             ,
             and
             strike
             down
             such
             stupid
             dolts
          
           
             To
             hotter
             Regions
             ,
             where
             their
             sense
             may
             feel
             ,
          
           
             What
             't
             is
             indeed
             to
             burn
             with
             ardent
             Zeal
             ;
          
           
             And
             if
             their
             conscience
             ben't
             consum'd
             in
             Hell
             ,
          
           
             But
             still
             has
             force
             to
             prompt
             them
             to
             Rebell
             ,
          
           
             They
             'le
             learn
             from
             grim
             
             Belsebub's
             Tyranny
             ,
          
           
             That
             Hell
             it self
             admits
             of
             MONARCHY
             .
          
        
         
           Gloria
           Deo
           ,
           Regique
           Salus
           .