The case put, concerning the succession of His Royal Highness the Duke of York
         L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704.
      
       
         
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             The case put, concerning the succession of His Royal Highness the Duke of York
             L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704.
          
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           James -- II, -- King of England, 1633-1701.
           Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1660-1688.
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             The
             Case
             Put
          
           ,
           Concerning
           the
           SUCCESSION
           OF
           HIS
           Royal
           Highness
           THE
           DUKE
           of
           YORK
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           by
           
             M.
             Clark
          
           ,
           for
           
             Henry
             Brome
          
           at
           the
           Gun
           in
           St.
           Pauls
           Church-Yard
           .
           1679.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           The
           Case
           Put
           ,
           Concerning
           the
           SUCCESSION
           OF
           HIS
           ROYAL
           HIGHNESS
           The
           DUKE
           of
           YORK
           .
        
         
           THE
           Case
           of
           His
           
             Royal
             Highnesses
             Succession
          
           (
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           present
           circumstances
           of
           Plots
           and
           Popery
           )
           has
           been
           ,
           
           of
           late
           ,
           sufficiently
           agitated
           ,
           Pro
           ,
           and
           Con
           ;
           while
           the
           Advocates
           of
           
             Both
             sides
          
           pretend
           equally
           to
           support
           themselves
           upon
           Arguments
           drawn
           from
           Nature
           ,
           
           
             Scripture
             ,
             Law
             ,
             History
             ,
             Custom
             ,
          
           and
           
             Political
             Expedience
             .
             [
             Et
             Pila
             minantia
             Pilis
             ]
          
           Now
           as
           it
           is
           utterly
           impossible
           for
           a
           Contradiction
           ,
           to
           be
           
             Both
             ways
          
           in
           the
           Right
           ;
           so
           the
           Difficulty
           will
           not
           be
           much
           less
           ,
           for
           a
           Common
           man
           ,
           in
           a
           Proposition
           of
           this
           Nicety
           ,
           to
           distinguish
           betwixt
           the
           Truth
           ,
           and
           the
           
           Paradox
           ;
           and
           to
           determine
           ,
           upon
           which
           side
           the
           Reason
           lies
           .
           Or
           what
           if
           the
           Contendents
           themselves
           should
           yet
           ,
           in
           some
           degree
           ,
           have
           left
           the
           very
           Pinch
           of
           the
           Point
           betwixt
           them
           ?
           For
           it
           is
           not
           the
           bare
           Citing
           of
           a
           piece
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           
           or
           a
           Record
           ,
           that
           does
           the
           business
           ;
           but
           the
           fair
           Expounding
           ,
           and
           Applying
           of
           it
           ,
           with
           a
           due
           Regard
           to
           the
           Context
           of
           
             Times
             ,
             Persons
             ,
             Interests
             ,
             Occasions
             ,
          
           and
           other
           Circumstances
           .
           There
           is
           a
           great
           difference
           betwixt
           the
           Counsels
           of
           
             Factious
             Times
          
           ,
           and
           of
           Peaceable
           ;
           of
           Vsurpers
           ,
           and
           of
           
             Lawful
             Princes
          
           ;
           the
           Concessions
           of
           Kings
           in
           a
           Moral
           State
           of
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           of
           Kings
           under
           a
           kind
           of
           Duresse
           .
           We
           should
           ,
           in
           fine
           ,
           distinguish
           betwixt
           the
           Sacred
           ,
           and
           
             Inviolable
             Resolutions
          
           ,
           that
           are
           founded
           upon
           Equity
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Common
             Good
          
           ,
           and
           those
           
             Temporary
             shifts
          
           ,
           which
           are
           only
           Invented
           to
           serve
           a
           
             present
             Turn
          
           of
           State.
           
           Was
           there
           ever
           any
           Sedition
           that
           did
           not
           recommend
           ,
           and
           support
           it self
           upon
           some
           pretext
           of
           Law
           and
           President
           ?
           Was
           there
           ever
           any
           Heresie
           ,
           or
           Schism
           ,
           that
           did
           not
           advance
           it self
           under
           the
           Countenance
           of
           some
           Text
           ?
           And
           yet
           Heaven
           forbid
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           think
           ever
           the
           worse
           ,
           either
           of
           
             the
             word
             of
             God
          
           ,
           or
           of
           
             the
             Law
             of
             the
             Land
          
           ,
           for
           being
           made
           use
           of
           as
           a
           Cloak
           to
           so
           much
           wickedness
           .
           He
           that
           has
           a
           mind
           to
           destroy
           the
           Discipline
           ,
           the
           Order
           ,
           or
           the
           very
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           ,
           shall
           Quote
           ye
           
             twenty
             Texts
          
           for
           't
           ;
           and
           as
           many
           Presidents
           ,
           (
           if
           there
           shall
           be
           occasion
           )
           for
           Diverting
           ,
           or
           
             Cutting
             off
          
           the
           Succession
           ;
           nay
           for
           Deposing
           the
           
             King
             Himself
          
           ,
           and
           Changing
           the
           very
           Form
           of
           the
           Government
           .
           This
           is
           no
           more
           then
           what
           has
           been
           actually
           done
           in
           the
           Memory
           of
           Man.
           
           'T
           is
           a
           hard
           matter
           to
           imagine
           a
           
             New
             Case
          
           :
           So
           that
           let
           the
           Instance
           be
           what
           it
           will
           ,
           it
           is
           but
           looking
           back
           into
           Former
           Ages
           ,
           to
           match
           it
           ;
           where
           you
           
           shall
           be
           sure
           to
           find
           Choice
           of
           
             Presidents
             ready
             made
          
           to
           your
           hand
           (
           like
           Cloaths
           in
           a
           
             wholesale
             Shop
          
           )
           of
           
             all
             Sizes
          
           ,
           and
           Colours
           .
        
         
           Wherefore
           we
           should
           have
           a
           care
           ,
           
           methinks
           ,
           of
           dealing
           in
           
             perverted
             Texts
          
           ,
           and
           Presidents
           .
           The
           Devil
           himself
           fishes
           with
           these
           Baits
           ;
           and
           (
           as
           some
           body
           says
           )
           the
           Rabble
           swallow
           them
           whole
           ,
           without
           either
           examining
           ,
           or
           dreaming
           of
           the
           Danger
           ,
           till
           they
           feel
           the
           Hook
           in
           their
           Guts
           .
           Or
           ,
           if
           I
           may
           change
           my
           Metaphor
           ;
           the
           
             Common
             people
          
           are
           caught
           just
           as
           we
           catch
           Larks
           ;
           'T
           is
           but
           setting
           up
           a
           
             fiue
             Thing
          
           for
           a
           Wonderment
           ,
           they
           all
           flock
           to
           't
           as
           far
           as
           they
           can
           see
           it
           ,
           and
           never
           leave
           Flickering
           about
           it
           ,
           till
           the
           Fowler
           has
           them
           in
           the
           Net.
           A
           Pomp
           of
           words
           ,
           and
           Colours
           ,
           to
           the
           Multitude
           ;
           is
           but
           the
           Casting
           of
           the
           Sun
           in
           their
           Eyes
           from
           a
           Looking-Glass
           ;
           the
           more
           they
           look
           at
           it
           ,
           the
           less
           able
           are
           they
           to
           discern
           what
           the
           matter
           is
           :
           and
           the
           great
           mischief
           is
           this
           ;
           they
           never
           take
           themselves
           to
           be
           so
           Clear-sighted
           ,
           as
           in
           those
           cases
           wherein
           they
           are
           Stark-blind
           .
           They
           are
           akin
           to
           what
           d'
           ye
           call
           him
           's
           Monsters
           ;
           their
           Eyes
           are
           in
           their
           Breasts
           ,
           and
           their
           Brains
           in
           their
           Bellies
           :
           And
           therefore
           whoever
           would
           make
           an
           Interest
           with
           the
           Vulgar
           ,
           applies
           himself
           not
           to
           their
           Vnderstandings
           ,
           but
           to
           their
           Passions
           ,
           and
           Appetites
           .
           He
           comes
           with
           
             Absolons
             Exclamation
          
           in
           his
           mouth
           ,
           
             Oh!
             that
             I
             were
             made
             a
             Iudg
             in
             the
             Land
             !
          
           which
           seldom
           fails
           of
           being
           the
           Prologue
           to
           some
           approching
           Tragedy
           .
           But
           let
           me
           try
           now
           ,
           if
           I
           can
           find
           my
           way
           back
           again
           .
           
        
         
           There
           is
           an
           Assertion
           laid
           down
           ,
           
             That
             all
             the
             Human
             Acts
             ,
             and
             Powers
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             cannot
             hinder
             the
             Descent
             of
             the
             Crown
             upon
             the
             Next
             Heir
             of
             the
             Bloud
             .
             This
             Position
             ,
          
           the
           Assertor
           undertakes
           to
           make
           Good
           by
           
             Scripture
             ,
             Law
             ,
             History
          
           ,
           and
           Reason
           .
           
           And
           his
           Opponents
           ,
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           undertake
           ,
           upon
           the
           very
           same
           Authorities
           ,
           to
           
             Overthrow
             it
          
           ;
           and
           I
           find
           a
           very
           Extraordinary
           Pen
           engag'd
           in
           the
           Controversie
           :
           We
           shall
           enquire
           ,
           first
           ,
           
             How
             this
             Question
             came
             at
             this
             time
             ,
             to
             be
             set
             a
             Foot
          
           ;
           and
           then
           ,
           
             into
             the
             Quality
             of
             the
             Question
             it self
             .
          
           
        
         
           There
           was
           a
           Bill
           brought
           into
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           in
           
             May
             last
          
           ;
           (
           which
           was
           
             Twice
             read
             )
             for
             disabling
             His
             Royal
             Highness
             to
             Inherit
             this
             Imperial
             Crown
             ,
          
           because
           of
           his
           Departure
           from
           Vs
           to
           the
           
             Romish
             Communion
          
           .
           The
           matter
           going
           no
           further
           ,
           and
           That
           Parliament
           being
           soon
           after
           Dissolv'd
           ;
           there
           came
           forth
           ,
           in
           Print
           ,
           
             a
             Pretended
             Copy
          
           of
           that
           Bill
           ;
           which
           was
           publish'd
           by
           a
           Person
           (
           if
           a
           mans
           Affections
           may
           be
           judg'd
           by
           his
           Practices
           )
           that
           has
           as
           little
           kindness
           for
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           as
           for
           his
           
             Royal
             Brother
          
           ;
           and
           not
           one
           jot
           more
           for
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           then
           for
           That
           of
           Rome
           :
           Of
           both
           which
           Aversions
           ,
           there
           are
           Instances
           more
           then
           enow
           :
           Beside
           that
           in
           the
           very
           
             same
             Pamphlet
          
           ,
           he
           carries
           an
           Inference
           ,
           from
           the
           Case
           of
           Foreclosing
           the
           Duke
           ,
           
           to
           the
           
             same
             Right
          
           of
           
             Removing
             the
             King
             himself
             ;
             in
             case
             of
             disability
          
           (
           as
           he
           says
           )
           
             to
             do
             the
             Kingdom
             any
             Good.
          
           So
           that
           instead
           of
           pursuing
           the
           
             seeming
             ends
          
           of
           the
           said
           Bill
           ;
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           the
           Preservation
           of
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ,
           by
           
             This
             Act
             of
             Exclusion
          
           ;
           he
           very
           fairly
           ,
           and
           for
           brevity
           sake
           ,
           
             Sweeps
             all
             together
          
           .
           By
           the
           Character
           of
           the
           
             First
             Publisher
          
           ,
           we
           may
           Imagine
           the
           Intent
           of
           
             That
             Publication
          
           :
           
           And
           it
           is
           further
           to
           be
           noted
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Anti-Ducal
             Party
          
           were
           the
           Aggressors
           ;
           and
           it
           would
           have
           lookt
           like
           a
           yielding
           of
           the
           Cause
           ,
           to
           have
           let
           the
           Subject
           fall
           without
           a
           Reply
           .
           So
           that
           the
           Blame
           (
           if
           any
           shall
           arise
           from
           this
           Matter
           )
           must
           be
           laid
           at
           his
           door
           that
           mov'd
           the
           Question
           :
           which
           Question
           is
           briefly
           This.
           
        
         
         
           
             Whether
             the
             Parliament
             of
          
           England
           ,
           
           
             may
             by
             the
             Laws
             of
          
           England
           ,
           
             Exclude
             the
             next
             Heir
             of
             the
             Bloud
             from
             Succession
             to
             the
             Crown
             .
          
           Some
           are
           of
           opinion
           for
           it
           ,
           others
           against
           it
           .
           But
           the
           Legality
           ,
           or
           Illegality
           of
           such
           an
           Act
           ,
           is
           a
           Point
           that
           I
           am
           not
           willing
           to
           meddle
           with
           ,
           either
           one
           way
           ,
           or
           other
           .
           For
           whether
           the
           thing
           may
           Lawfully
           be
           done
           ,
           or
           not
           ,
           there
           may
           be
           
             Danger
             yet
          
           ,
           and
           Inconvenience
           ,
           in
           the
           putting
           of
           the
           Question
           ,
           So
           that
           ,
           in
           the
           Order
           of
           Reasoning
           ,
           
           it
           should
           be
           first
           agreed
           ,
           that
           this
           is
           a
           
             fit
             Question
          
           to
           be
           put
           ,
           before
           we
           joyn
           Issue
           upon
           the
           Merits
           of
           the
           
             Main
             Cause
          
           .
           For
           my
           own
           part
           ,
           I
           think
           it
           had
           been
           much
           better
           let
           alone
           ;
           and
           that
           out
           of
           divers
           respects
           ,
           in
           their
           due
           places
           to
           be
           consider'd
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           
           as
           to
           the
           
             Question
             it self
          
           ;
           it
           is
           a
           Ticklish
           Point
           ,
           to
           say
           ,
           what
           
             a
             King
             of
             Great
             Britain
          
           ,
           with
           his
           
             Two
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
          
           ,
           either
           Can
           ,
           or
           
             Cannot
             Lawfully
             do
          
           :
           when
           perhaps
           it
           would
           puzzle
           the
           
             Three
             Inns
             of
             Court
          
           ,
           to
           State
           ,
           and
           Determine
           the
           very
           Priviledges
           of
           the
           
             Single
             House
             of
             Commons
             .
             Secondly
             ,
          
           I
           do
           not
           know
           how
           far
           
             Private
             men
          
           may
           be
           allow'd
           to
           pronounce
           upon
           the
           Power
           of
           
             that
             Government
          
           ,
           to
           which
           they
           are
           Born
           
             Subject
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             This
             Particular
             Case
          
           renders
           the
           Undertaking
           more
           Invidious
           ,
           and
           Dangerous
           :
           The
           King
           ,
           't
           is
           true
           ,
           calls
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           to
           Consult
           ,
           and
           Advise
           
             de
             Arduis
             Regui
          
           ;
           (
           Of
           which
           Ardua
           That
           now
           in
           hand
           is
           undoubtedly
           the
           Chief
           )
           but
           I
           cannot
           yet
           learn
           that
           the
           
             Soluta
             Multitudo
          
           were
           ever
           joyn'd
           with
           their
           Representatives
           in
           the
           
             Commission
             .
             Fourthly
          
           ,
           what
           can
           be
           more
           Hazardous
           ,
           then
           the
           Probable
           Effects
           of
           
             this
             Dispute
          
           ?
           It
           Splits
           the
           People
           directly
           into
           
             Two
             Parties
             ;
             One
          
           of
           which
           is
           certainly
           in
           the
           wrong
           :
           and
           the
           
             Publick
             Peace
          
           endanger'd
           upon
           the
           Division
           .
           Beside
           that
           the
           People
           being
           made
           Iudges
           of
           a
           Case
           ,
           
           that
           they
           do
           not
           one
           jot
           Vnderstand
           ;
           
           it
           looks
           as
           if
           they
           were
           not
           call'd
           upon
           ,
           so
           much
           for
           their
           Opinion
           ,
           as
           for
           their
           Help
           .
           The
           Publishing
           Manifesto's
           of
           this
           kind
           is
           not
           so
           much
           the
           Stating
           of
           a
           Case
           ,
           as
           the
           Pre-engaging
           of
           an
           Interest
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           not
           a
           Rush
           matter
           ,
           to
           the
           Multitude
           ,
           whether
           the
           thing
           be
           Lawful
           ,
           or
           Not
           ,
           
           according
           to
           the
           Law
           of
           the
           Land
           :
           Let
           but
           Them
           be
           once
           possess'd
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           Reasonable
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           
             Common
             Good
          
           ,
           (
           thô
           in
           Truth
           ,
           never
           so
           Inconvenient
           ,
           and
           Vnreasonable
           )
           the
           Old
           Story
           of
           Self-preservation
           ,
           and
           Kings
           being
           Constituted
           for
           the
           Good
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           (
           in
           their
           mistaken
           sense
           )
           will
           make
           it
           Lawful
           .
           And
           when
           it
           comes
           to
           That
           once
           ,
           the
           Government
           is
           Lost.
           
           A
           Popular
           Error
           ,
           upon
           the
           Matter
           here
           in
           Debate
           ,
           must
           necessarily
           draw
           after
           it
           a
           train
           of
           dismal
           Consequences
           :
           as
           
             distraction
             of
             Thought
          
           ,
           in
           the
           bus'ness
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           Duty
           ;
           an
           Aversion
           to
           their
           
             Superiors
             ;
             Irreverence
          
           to
           the
           Laws
           ,
           and
           a
           Spirit
           of
           Opposition
           to
           all
           
             Publick
             Acts
          
           of
           
             Civil
             Administration
          
           ;
           if
           not
           an
           Vsurpation
           of
           the
           
             Power
             it self
          
           .
           And
           all
           This
           is
           no
           more
           ,
           then
           to
           pass
           a
           Sentence
           in
           a
           Case
           where
           we
           our selves
           have
           given
           'em
           the
           Chair
           .
           The
           very
           Exprosing
           of
           the
           Question
           ,
           is
           a
           kind
           of
           Reference
           ;
           as
           who
           should
           say
           ,
           
             Gentlemen
             ,
             can
             the
             Parliament
             disinherit
             the
             Duke
             or
             not
             ?
          
           And
           This
           They
           take
           for
           an
           Authority
           ,
           to
           proceed
           upon
           ,
           to
           an
           Arbitration
           .
           
           Now
           ,
           on
           the
           
             Other
             side
          
           ,
           I
           cannot
           find
           so
           much
           as
           one
           Colourable
           Pretence
           of
           Advantage
           ,
           by
           the
           broaching
           of
           This
           Dispute
           ,
           to
           Countervail
           all
           these
           Mischiefs
           .
        
         
           
             It
             is
             a
             great
             matter
          
           ,
           
           you
           'l
           say
           ,
           
             the
             Clearing
             of
             a
          
           Truth
           ;
           
             especially
             of
             a
          
           Truth
           so
           necessary
           
             to
             be
          
           known
           ;
           
             that
             the
          
           safety
           and
           well
           being
           of
           every
           Particular
           man
           ;
           
             the
             Preservation
             of
             our
          
           King
           ,
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           Religion
           ,
           
             depends
             upon
             the
             People's
             understanding
             this
             
             matter
             aright
             .
          
           If
           either
           this
           suggestion
           be
           not
           put
           home
           ,
           or
           that
           the
           matter
           here
           suggested
           can
           be
           made
           good
           ,
           I
           shall
           submit
           my self
           to
           be
           better
           Instructed
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           
           as
           to
           the
           clearing
           of
           the
           
             Truth
             ;
             —
             Magno
             Iudice
             se
             quisque
             tuetur
             .
          
           The
           very
           Question
           is
           a
           
             Moot-point
             .
             One
             Probable
          
           is
           set
           up
           against
           Another
           ;
           and
           the
           
             Learned
             Themselves
          
           are
           Divided
           upon
           't
           .
           There
           are
           Presidents
           produced
           on
           
             Both
             sides
          
           ;
           and
           Objections
           also
           on
           
             Both
             sides
          
           to
           Those
           Presidents
           .
           And
           in
           short
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           the
           work
           of
           a
           Casuist
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           a
           
             Common
             Lawyer
          
           ,
           to
           decide
           this
           Controversie
           .
           How
           shall
           the
           
             Common
             people
          
           come
           to
           distinguish
           between
           the
           Right
           ,
           and
           the
           Wrong
           ;
           where
           the
           
             Doctors
             themselves
             Differ
          
           ?
           Or
           how
           is
           it
           possible
           ,
           to
           make
           any
           thing
           Clear
           ,
           to
           Those
           that
           want
           Capacities
           to
           Vnderstand
           it
           ?
           How
           shall
           They
           come
           to
           separate
           matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           from
           Right
           ?
           To
           know
           
             what
             Presidents
          
           are
           Warrantable
           ,
           or
           
             what
             Cases
             Parallel
          
           ,
           and
           
             what
             not
          
           ;
           without
           any
           sort
           of
           acquaintance
           ,
           either
           with
           Law
           ,
           or
           History
           ;
           with
           the
           Intrigues
           of
           Parties
           and
           Factions
           ;
           or
           the
           
             secret
             Ressorts
          
           of
           State
           ?
           If
           it
           be
           said
           that
           
             These
             Books
             are
             written
             only
             for
             such
             as
             are
          
           Competent
           Judges
           
             of
             the
             Subject
             they
             Treat
             of
          
           ;
           my
           Answer
           is
           ,
           that
           it
           were
           well
           enough
           ,
           if
           they
           could
           be
           kept
           from
           falling
           into
           Other
           hands
           .
           But
           lying
           open
           ,
           indifferently
           ,
           to
           All
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           be
           fear'd
           that
           the
           Argument
           does
           more
           hurt
           where
           it
           is
           
             not
             throughly
             understood
          
           ;
           then
           Good
           ,
           where
           it
           is
           .
           And
           there
           is
           This
           further
           to
           be
           said
           ;
           that
           in
           all
           Cases
           of
           Appeal
           to
           the
           People
           ,
           whether
           they
           Vnderstand
           them
           ,
           
             or
             not
          
           ,
           they
           never
           fall
           of
           siding
           with
           those
           Propositions
           ,
           that
           Promise
           Liberty
           ,
           to
           the
           Subject
           ,
           and
           Fetter
           the
           Government
           .
           So
           that
           their
           Partiality
           ,
           in
           
             One
             Case
          
           ,
           is
           as
           bad
           as
           their
           Ignorance
           ,
           in
           Another
           .
        
         
         
           If
           it
           be
           agreed
           ,
           
           that
           a
           man
           cannot
           be
           the
           better
           for
           any
           thing
           that
           he
           does
           
             not
             Vnderstand
          
           ;
           (
           or
           at
           least
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           he
           does
           not
           Understand
           it
           )
           and
           that
           not
           
             one
             man
          
           of
           a
           
             thousand
             understands
          
           the
           Stress
           of
           the
           Point
           here
           in
           Issue
           ;
           the
           pretence
           of
           clearing
           the
           Truth
           falls
           to
           the
           ground
           :
           Or
           however
           ,
           there
           is
           not
           
             one
             man
             of
             a
             Thousand
             the
             Better
             for
             't
             .
          
        
         
           But
           now
           on
           the
           
             Other
             side
          
           ;
           
           let
           us
           suppose
           the
           people
           so
           wise
           ,
           that
           every
           man
           that
           reads
           the
           Case
           sees
           through
           it
           .
           This
           might
           serve
           to
           set
           some
           people
           Right
           ,
           and
           to
           
             Confirm
             Others
          
           .
           But
           Right
           ?
           In
           
             What
             ?
             In
             the
             Critical
             Explication
             of
             a
             Riddle
             of
             State
             :
          
           which
           would
           serve
           us
           just
           to
           as
           much
           purpose
           ,
           as
           the
           Knack
           of
           Solving
           other
           
             Common
             Riddles
          
           .
           It
           would
           make
           us
           ,
           (
           as
           many
           other
           Curiosities
           do
           )
           only
           a
           little
           
             more
             Learnedly
          
           ,
           and
           
             Vnprofitably
             Troublesom
          
           .
           It
           is
           not
           the
           
             Common
             peoples
             Province
          
           ,
           to
           dive
           into
           the
           
             Arcana
             Imperii
          
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           as
           little
           ,
           either
           their
           Duty
           ,
           or
           their
           Interest
           ,
           to
           intermeddle
           in
           the
           Mysteries
           of
           Government
           .
           As
           the
           Vniverse
           it self
           is
           compacted
           into
           
             one
             Body
          
           ,
           by
           the
           Orderly
           Disposition
           ,
           and
           Contiguity
           of
           Parts
           :
           So
           is
           every
           
             Political
             Society
          
           also
           bound
           up
           in
           
             One
             Community
          
           ,
           by
           a
           Regular
           Distribution
           ,
           and
           
             Subordination
             of
             Degrees
             ,
             Offices
          
           ,
           and
           Functions
           .
           And
           is
           not
           all
           This
           ,
           the
           Work
           and
           Dictate
           of
           the
           same
           Almighty
           Providence
           ?
           He
           that
           made
           the
           World
           ,
           appointed
           the
           Order
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           assigned
           to
           every
           Part
           ,
           its
           proper
           Place
           ,
           and
           Station
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           proceed
           now
           ,
           upon
           the
           admittance
           of
           a
           Supposition
           ,
           that
           the
           Subject
           matter
           of
           this
           Dispute
           is
           competently
           Vnderstood
           .
           
           
             'T
             is
             as
             Broad
             as
             't
             is
             Long
             ,
          
           take
           it
           which
           way
           ye
           please
           :
           And
           the
           very
           
             same
             thing
          
           ,
           to
           the
           People
           ,
           whether
           it
           goes
           For
           the
           Duke
           ,
           or
           Against
           him
           .
           If
           they
           find
           that
           a
           Parliament
           
           Cannot
           Disinherit
           him
           ,
           they
           are
           but
           where
           they
           were
           before
           ;
           unless
           they
           should
           Impose
           it
           upon
           the
           Government
           by
           Force
           .
           And
           what
           ,
           on
           the
           
             Other
             side
          
           ,
           if
           the
           Parliament
           may
           
             Legally
             Do
          
           it
           ?
           May
           they
           not
           as
           Legally
           yet
           Refuse
           it
           ?
           So
           that
           the
           People
           are
           ty'd
           up
           This
           way
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Other
           ;
           without
           any
           manner
           of
           Benefit
           ,
           beyond
           the
           
             bare
             knowledg
          
           whether
           the
           thing
           may
           be
           done
           ,
           or
           not
           .
           If
           the
           Parliament
           will
           ,
           they
           May
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           will
           not
           ,
           they
           may
           let
           it
           alone
           .
           But
           it
           many
           times
           falls
           out
           ,
           that
           Overtures
           of
           this
           Nature
           serve
           rather
           as
           a
           Temptation
           to
           the
           doing
           of
           some
           thing
           at
           a
           Venture
           ,
           then
           a
           simple
           ,
           and
           candid
           Deliberation
           ,
           whether
           a
           thing
           may
           be
           Lawfully
           done
           ,
           or
           no.
           Or
           what
           if
           This
           thing
           may
           Lawfully
           be
           done
           ?
           we
           are
           never
           the
           nearer
           yet
           :
           if
           His
           Majesty
           has
           not
           as
           well
           the
           Will
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           as
           the
           Power
           :
           And
           it
           seems
           more
           reasonable
           to
           believe
           that
           he
           has
           not
           ,
           then
           Otherwise
           ;
           having
           so
           expresly
           declared
           his
           mind
           to
           the
           
             Two
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
          
           against
           it
           ,
           in
           His
           most
           Gracious
           speech
           of
           May
           last
           ,
           in
           the
           words
           following
           .
        
         
           I
           am
           as
           ready
           to
           join
           with
           you
           in
           all
           the
           ways
           ,
           
           and
           means
           ,
           that
           may
           Establish
           as
           Firm
           a
           security
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           as
           your
           own
           hearts
           can
           wish
           ;
           and
           This
           not
           only
           during
           My
           time
           ,
           (
           of
           which
           I
           am
           sure
           you
           have
           no
           fear
           )
           but
           in
           all
           future
           Ages
           ,
           even
           to
           the
           end
           of
           the
           world
           :
           And
           therefore
           am
           come
           to
           assure
           you
           ,
           that
           what
           Reasonable
           Bills
           you
           shall
           present
           ,
           to
           be
           pass'd
           into
           Laws
           ,
           to
           make
           you
           safe
           in
           the
           Reign
           of
           any
           Successor
           (
           so
           as
           they
           tend
           not
           to
           Impeach
           the
           Right
           of
           Succession
           ,
           nor
           the
           
             Descent
             of
             the
             Crown
             in
             the
             True
             Line
          
           ;
           and
           so
           as
           they
           Restrain
           not
           the
           Iust
           Right
           of
           any
           
             Protestant
             Successour
             :
          
           )
           shall
           find
           from
           Me
           a
           
           ready
           Concurrence
           .
           And
           I
           desire
           you
           to
           think
           of
           some
           more
           effectual
           means
           for
           the
           Conviction
           of
           Popish
           Recusants
           ,
           and
           to
           expedite
           your
           Counsels
           as
           fast
           as
           you
           can
           ,
           that
           the
           world
           may
           see
           Our
           Vnanimity
           ;
           and
           that
           I
           may
           have
           the
           Opportunity
           of
           shewing
           you
           how
           ready
           I
           am
           to
           do
           any
           thing
           ,
           that
           may
           give
           Content
           and
           Satisfaction
           to
           such
           Loyal
           ,
           and
           Dutiful
           Subjects
           .
        
         
           Now
           if
           so
           it
           be
           that
           the
           very
           Question
           it self
           ,
           (
           thô
           handled
           with
           all
           the
           Simplicity
           of
           Thought
           Imaginable
           )
           carries
           along
           with
           it
           so
           many
           Difficulties
           ,
           and
           Inconveniences
           ;
           and
           without
           any
           Benefit
           at
           all
           to
           the
           Publick
           ;
           as
           is
           already
           set
           forth
           :
           what
           shall
           we
           say
           if
           upon
           a
           Fair
           ,
           and
           Temperate
           Examination
           of
           the
           Arguments
           employ'd
           for
           the
           support
           of
           this
           Disinheriting
           Proposition
           ,
           
           it
           shall
           appear
           ,
           upon
           Evident
           Reason
           ,
           and
           a
           Natural
           Deduction
           of
           Consequences
           ,
           that
           ,
           whether
           the
           Duke
           Stands
           ,
           or
           Falls
           ,
           the
           meer
           Ventilation
           of
           the
           Question
           opens
           a
           Gap
           to
           let
           in
           all
           those
           Calamities
           upon
           us
           ,
           by
           unavoidable
           Inferences
           ,
           which
           we
           propound
           to
           avoid
           by
           a
           
             Preventional
             Exclusion
          
           ?
           To
           say
           nothing
           either
           of
           the
           Boldness
           of
           the
           Argument
           ,
           from
           a
           
             Private
             Pen
          
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           Opposition
           of
           a
           Subject
           to
           the
           Solemn
           ,
           and
           
             Declared
             Will
          
           of
           his
           Sovereign
           :
           And
           That
           Declaration
           too
           ,
           recommended
           to
           Us
           by
           a
           Previous
           Grant
           of
           the
           Thing
           in
           the
           whole
           World
           which
           we
           would
           be
           thought
           to
           set
           the
           highest
           value
           upon
           ,
           the
           Security
           of
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           by
           all
           ways
           Imaginable
           ,
           to
           This
           ,
           and
           to
           Future
           Ages
           .
           Truly
           the
           Trumping
           up
           of
           This
           Question
           ,
           has
           an
           Ill
           Visage
           any
           way
           ;
           but
           the
           doing
           of
           it
           directly
           against
           His
           Majesties
           Will
           ,
           made
           known
           with
           his
           own
           Lips
           to
           the
           Contrary
           ;
           This
           makes
           it
           look
           a
           great
           deal
           more
           Suspicious
           .
           For
           to
           what
           End
           is
           it
           to
           put
           our selves
           in
           a
           
           Sweat
           ,
           upon
           a
           Question
           ,
           whether
           or
           no
           the
           King
           may
           Lawfully
           do
           such
           a
           Particular
           thing
           ;
           when
           he
           has
           told
           us
           before-hand
           ,
           that
           he
           
             Will
             not
             do
             it
          
           ;
           and
           the
           thing
           cannot
           be
           done
           ,
           Without
           him
           ?
           And
           the
           Other
           way
           ,
           it
           looks
           Worse
           ;
           and
           carries
           such
           an
           Innuendo
           along
           with
           it
           ,
           as
           who
           should
           say
           :
           
             Look
             ye
             ,
             my
             Masters
             ;
             Here
             's
             a
             thing
             the
             Government
          
           May
           
             do
             if
             they
             please
             ;
             and
             it
             is
             absolutely
             necessary
             to
             be
          
           done
           :
           
             But
             if
             They
             Will
             not
          
           ;
           —
           and
           so
           forth
           .
        
         
           There
           's
           no
           managing
           of
           this
           Discourse
           ,
           without
           making
           frequent
           mention
           of
           his
           
             Royal
             Highnesses
             Quality
          
           ,
           and
           Title
           ;
           and
           yet
           (
           saving
           my
           Duty
           to
           him
           in
           all
           his
           Capacities
           )
           I
           shall
           keep
           my self
           in
           these
           Papers
           ,
           upon
           a
           Punctual
           Noutrality
           ,
           as
           to
           
             His
             Pretensions
          
           :
           My
           bus'ness
           being
           only
           to
           Acquit
           my self
           ,
           in
           what
           I
           ow
           to
           my
           Religion
           ,
           my
           Prince
           ,
           and
           my
           Country
           ,
           where
           I
           find
           any
           of
           these
           Sacred
           Interests
           Concern'd
           .
           
           As
           for
           Instance
           ;
           where
           any
           
             Contemptuous
             Reflections
          
           are
           past
           upon
           the
           Person
           of
           the
           Duke
           ,
           His
           Majesty
           himself
           becomes
           a
           sufferer
           ,
           through
           the
           Indignities
           that
           are
           cast
           upon
           his
           Brother
           .
           Or
           where
           the
           
             Same
             Argument
          
           ,
           that
           is
           levell'd
           at
           the
           Duke
           ,
           strikes
           the
           
             King
             too
          
           and
           the
           Government
           .
           In
           These
           Cases
           I
           reckon
           my self
           to
           be
           at
           Liberty
           .
        
         
           The
           Motives
           ,
           
           or
           Inducements
           to
           This
           Project
           of
           Exclusion
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           very
           
             Form
             it self
          
           ;
           are
           set
           forth
           in
           the
           Pamphlet
           abovementioned
           ,
           under
           the
           Title
           of
           
             A
             Copy
             of
             the
             Bill
             concerning
             the
             Duke
             of
             York
             ,
          
           viz.
           
        
         
           That
           James
           Duke
           of
           York
           ,
           
           Albany
           ,
           and
           Ulster
           ,
           having
           departed
           Openly
           from
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           having
           publickly
           prosest
           ,
           and
           own'd
           the
           
             Popish
             
             ligion
          
           ,
           which
           hath
           notoriously
           given
           Birth
           ,
           and
           Life
           to
           the
           most
           Damnable
           ,
           and
           Hellish
           Plot
           ,
           (
           by
           the
           most
           Gracious
           Providence
           of
           God
           lately
           brought
           to
           Light
           )
           shall
           be
           excluded
           ,
           and
           disabled
           ,
           and
           is
           hereby
           excluded
           ,
           and
           disabled
           ,
           for
           ever
           ,
           from
           Possessing
           ,
           Having
           ,
           Holding
           ,
           Inheriting
           ,
           or
           Enjoying
           the
           Imperial
           Crowns
           and
           Governments
           of
           this
           Realm
           ,
           and
           These
           Kingdoms
           ;
           and
           of
           all
           Territories
           ,
           Countries
           ,
           and
           Dominions
           ,
           now
           ,
           or
           which
           shall
           hereafter
           be
           ,
           under
           His
           Majesties
           Subjection
           ;
           and
           of
           ,
           and
           from
           all
           Titles
           ,
           Rights
           ,
           Prerogatives
           ,
           and
           Revenues
           with
           the
           said
           Crowns
           ,
           now
           ,
           or
           hereafter
           ,
           to
           be
           enjoy'd
           :
           And
           that
           upon
           the
           Demise
           ,
           or
           Death
           of
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           without
           Heirs
           of
           his
           Body
           (
           whom
           God
           long
           preserve
           )
           the
           Crowns
           ,
           and
           Governments
           of
           these
           Kingdoms
           ,
           and
           all
           Territories
           ,
           Countries
           ,
           and
           Dominions
           Now
           ,
           or
           which
           shall
           Hereafter
           be
           ,
           under
           His
           Majesties
           Subjection
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           Rights
           ,
           Prerogatives
           ,
           and
           Revenues
           ,
           therewith
           of
           Right
           enjoy'd
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           enjoy'd
           ,
           shall
           devolve
           ,
           and
           come
           upon
           such
           person
           who
           shall
           be
           next
           Lawful
           Heir
           of
           the
           same
           ;
           and
           who
           shall
           have
           always
           been
           truely
           ,
           and
           professedly
           ,
           of
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           now
           Established
           by
           Law
           within
           this
           Kingdom
           ;
           as
           if
           the
           said
           Duke
           of
           York
           were
           actually
           dead
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           Here
           is
           First
           ,
           to
           be
           consider'd
           ,
           
           the
           Ground
           of
           This
           Exclusion
           ;
           and
           Then
           ,
           the
           Extent
           of
           it
           .
           The
           Ground
           of
           it
           is
           said
           to
           be
           
             the
             Dukes
             Departure
             from
             the
             Church
             of
          
           England
           ,
           
             to
             the
          
           Romish
           
             Religion
             ;
             as
             that
             which
             notoriously
             gave
          
           BIRTH
           ,
           and
           LIFE
           
             to
             the
          
           PLOT
           .
        
         
           Now
           Dr.
           Tonge
           ,
           
           that
           knows
           better
           ,
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           
             this
             is
             No
          
           New
           
             Plot
             ;
             but
             an
          
           Old
           one
           ,
           Continu'd
           :
           and
           Dr.
           Oates
           ,
           most
           Expresly
           ,
           in
           the
           
             Twenty
             third
             
             Paragraph
          
           of
           his
           Narrative
           ,
           
           informs
           us
           ,
           That
           the
           English
           
             Fathers
             of
             St.
          
           Omers
           ,
           
             writing
             to
          
           Thomas
           Whitebread
           ,
           
             and
             Other
             Fathers
             Here
             ;
             pray'd
             them
             to
             prosecute
             their
             Design
             of
             taking
             away
             the
             King
             ;
             and
          
           if
           his
           Royal
           Highness
           should
           not
           comply
           with
           them
           ,
           to
           dispatch
           Him
           too
           :
           
             For
             they
             did
             fear
             ,
             that
             not
             any
             of
             the
          
           Stuarts
           
             were
             men
             for
             Effecting
             Their
             Purposes
             .
             And
             in
             this
             Letter
             .
             Instructions
             were
             given
             to
             the
             Fathers
             ,
             to
             feel
             how
             his
          
           Royal
           Highness
           stood
           Affected
           .
           In
           the
           Paragraph
           following
           ,
           the
           said
           Fathers
           render
           This
           Account
           to
           the
           aforesaid
           Letter
           ,
           
             That
             they
             had
             found
             ,
             that
             althô
             the
          
           Duke
           
             was
             a
          
           Good
           Catholick
           ,
           
             yet
             he
             had
             a
             tender
          
           Affection
           
             to
             the
          
           King
           ;
           
           
             and
             would
             scarcely
             be
             engaged
             in
             That
             Concern
             ;
             and
             if
             they
             should
             once
             intimate
             their
             Designs
             ,
             and
             Purposes
             unto
             Him
             ,
             they
             might
             not
             only
             be
             frustrated
             of
             their
             Design
             ,
             but
             also
             might
             lose
             his
             Favour
             .
             Which
             Letter
             the
          
           Deponent
           Saw
           ,
           and
           Read
           
             in
             the
             Month
             of
          
           February
           .
           And
           Dr.
           Oates
           moreover
           ,
           gives
           This
           Evidence
           against
           the
           Conspirators
           ,
           upon
           the
           Tryals
           of
           
             Ireland
             ,
             Pickering
          
           ,
           and
           Grove
           ;
           Fol.
           22.
           of
           the
           said
           Tryal
           :
           that
           
             They
             did
             intend
             to
             dispose
             of
             the
          
           Duke
           too
           ,
           
           
             in
             Case
             he
             did
             not
             appear
             Vigorous
             in
             promoting
             of
             the
          
           Catholick
           Religion
           .
           And
           this
           is
           not
           All
           neither
           :
           For
           the
           Doctor
           aforesaid
           ,
           in
           the
           Appendix
           to
           this
           Narrative
           ,
           under
           the
           Head
           of
           
             The
             General
             Design
             of
             the
             POPE
             ,
             Society
             of
             IESUS
             ,
             and
             their
             Confederates
             in
             This
             Plot
             ,
          
           Subjoyns
           this
           further
           Testimony
           ,
           Fol.
           64.
           
        
         
           That
           in
           case
           the
           Duke
           of
           York
           will
           not
           accept
           these
           Crowns
           ,
           
           as
           forfeited
           by
           his
           Brother
           unto
           the
           Pope
           ;
           as
           of
           His
           Gift
           ;
           and
           Settle
           such
           Prelates
           ,
           and
           Dignitaries
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           such
           Officers
           in
           Commands
           ,
           and
           Places
           ,
           Civil
           ,
           Naval
           ,
           Military
           ,
           as
           He
           hath
           Commissioned
           ;
           
           (
           as
           Above
           )
           Extirpate
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           and
           in
           order
           thereunto
           ,
           
             ex
             post
             facto
          
           ,
           consent
           to
           the
           Assassination
           of
           the
           King
           his
           Brother
           ,
           Massacre
           of
           his
           Protestant
           Subjects
           ;
           Firing
           of
           his
           Towns
           ,
           &c.
           by
           Pardoning
           the
           Assassins
           ,
           Murtherers
           ,
           and
           Incendiaries
           ;
           
           That
           then
           ,
           He
           be
           also
           Poyson'd
           ,
           or
           Destroy'd
           ,
           after
           they
           have
           for
           some
           time
           abused
           his
           Name
           and
           Title
           to
           Strengthen
           the
           Plot
           ,
           &c.
           
           
             Proceeding
             in
             the
             same
             Page
          
           more
           Particularly
           ,
           that
           the
           Royal
           Family
           of
           the
           Stuarts
           ,
           are
           condemn'd
           to
           be
           cut
           off
           ,
           Root
           and
           Branch
           ;
           and
           namely
           the
           
             King
             ,
             Duke
             of
             York
          
           ,
           and
           
             Prince
             of
             Aurange
          
           ;
           because
           that
           Family
           hath
           not
           answer'd
           their
           Expectations
           ;
           nor
           have
           they
           any
           hopes
           
             that
             any
             of
             them
             will
             comply
             with
             this
             their
             bloudy
             Design
             ,
          
           
           when
           full
           discover'd
           to
           them
           .
           And
           Fol.
           65.
           
           As
           to
           
             the
             Duke
             of
             York
          
           ;
           notwithstanding
           they
           acknowledg
           his
           Sincerity
           ,
           and
           Affection
           to
           Their
           Religion
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Society
           ;
           and
           his
           Demonstration
           thereof
           ,
           by
           his
           taking
           Bedingfield
           (
           a
           Iesuit
           )
           for
           his
           Confessour
           ;
           they
           Design
           to
           dispose
           of
           Him
           as
           is
           abovesaid
           .
        
         
           How
           could
           the
           
             Dukes
             Change
             of
             Religion
          
           now
           ,
           
           give
           Birth
           to
           a
           Plot
           that
           was
           in
           
             Agitation
             ,
             before
             That
             Change
          
           ?
           And
           so
           for
           his
           giving
           Life
           to
           't
           ;
           we
           have
           Proofs
           here
           of
           the
           Clear
           Contrary
           ,
           under
           the
           Hand
           and
           Oath
           of
           the
           Prime
           ,
           and
           
             Eminent
             Discoverer
          
           of
           the
           
             Plot
             it self
          
           .
           Here
           are
           
             First
             ,
             Instructions
          
           from
           St.
           
             Omers
             Hither
          
           ,
           for
           
             the
             feeling
             of
             the
             Dukes
             Pulse
          
           ;
           and
           Secondly
           ;
           it
           appears
           by
           the
           Return
           to
           Those
           Instructions
           ,
           that
           they
           durst
           not
           give
           his
           Royal
           Highness
           the
           least
           hint
           of
           the
           Design
           .
           Beside
           ,
           that
           in
           despair
           of
           the
           Dukes
           Complyance
           ,
           they
           had
           mark'd
           out
           his
           
             R.
             H.
          
           for
           Slaughter
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           His
           Majesty
           .
           A
           new
           ,
           and
           unheard
           of
           way
           ,
           certainly
           ,
           of
           
             giving
             Life
          
           to
           a
           Plot
           ,
           for
           a
           Prince
           to
           run
           
           the
           risque
           of
           being
           Assassinated
           himself
           ,
           for
           fear
           he
           should
           disappoint
           it
           .
           This
           Calumny
           of
           State
           being
           removed
           ,
           
           That
           of
           Religion
           ,
           I
           suppose
           ,
           will
           not
           bear
           so
           much
           weight
           ,
           as
           bordering
           too
           near
           upon
           a
           Doctrine
           ,
           which
           all
           
             true
             Protestants
          
           do
           ,
           with
           One
           voice
           ,
           Condemn
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           Extent
           of
           this
           
             Imaginary
             Exclusion
          
           ,
           
           we
           may
           take
           a
           Computation
           of
           it
           ,
           partly
           from
           the
           Frame
           of
           This
           
             pretended
             Bill
          
           ,
           and
           partly
           from
           a
           view
           of
           the
           Consequences
           that
           Attend
           it
           :
           For
           upon
           the
           Naked
           sight
           of
           the
           Bill
           ,
           one
           would
           think
           that
           the
           
             Dukes
             Case
          
           were
           the
           
             single
             point
             in
             Question
          
           .
           But
           whosoever
           looks
           a
           little
           further
           ,
           will
           find
           
             a
             Snake
             in
             the
             Grass
          
           ;
           and
           that
           more
           Inconveniences
           may
           be
           grafted
           upon
           
             This
             President
          
           ;
           then
           the
           very
           Contrivers
           of
           the
           Project
           themselves
           were
           
             aware
             of
          
           ,
           of
           which
           ,
           by
           and
           by
           .
        
         
           For
           admitting
           the
           disinherison
           contended
           for
           ,
           
           to
           be
           Lawful
           ;
           it
           must
           be
           either
           simply
           so
           ,
           upon
           a
           kind
           of
           Omnipotent
           ,
           and
           
             Vnaccountable
             Prerogative
          
           in
           Government
           ;
           or
           Conditionally
           so
           ;
           which
           needs
           no
           further
           Explanation
           ;
           Then
           to
           refer
           ,
           to
           it
           s
           
             known
             ,
             Legal
             ,
             Visible
          
           ,
           and
           
             Intelligible
             Limitations
          
           .
           But
           if
           it
           be
           Lawful
           the
           
             former
             way
          
           ;
           it
           is
           Lawful
           ,
           without
           any
           respect
           to
           Crimes
           of
           
             State
             ;
             Opinions
          
           in
           
             Religion
             ;
             Personal
             Defects
          
           ,
           or
           
             Inhabilities
             ;
             Minorities
             ;
             Families
          
           ,
           or
           the
           Like
           .
           And
           then
           the
           Power
           may
           be
           as
           well
           transferr'd
           from
           One
           ,
           to
           More
           ,
           as
           from
           One
           to
           Another
           ;
           for
           I
           do
           not
           know
           of
           any
           Law
           ,
           that
           permits
           the
           One
           ,
           
           and
           prohibits
           the
           Other
           .
           So
           that
           at
           this
           rate
           ;
           this
           
             Hereditary
             Government
          
           may
           be
           turn'd
           into
           an
           Elective
           ,
           into
           an
           Aristocrasie
           ,
           a
           Democrasie
           ,
           or
           into
           a
           
             Medly
             of
             all
             these
          
           ,
           at
           pleasure
           .
           And
           it
           is
           not
           to
           say
           ,
           
             what
             ?
             Do
             ye
             think
             that
             Kings
             ,
             or
             Parliaments
             
             will
             be
             mad
             ?
          
           We
           have
           heard
           of
           
             Parliamentum
             Insanum
          
           ,
           and
           read
           of
           Princes
           that
           have
           been
           next
           door
           to
           it
           :
           and
           though
           we
           are
           safe
           enough
           at
           Present
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           Impossible
           ,
           but
           Posterity
           may
           come
           to
           have
           More
           of
           them
           .
           Wherefore
           it
           should
           be
           in
           State
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           in
           Play
           ;
           there
           should
           be
           some
           
             Common
             Rules
          
           Agreed
           upon
           ,
           to
           keep
           shufflers
           ,
           in
           Order
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           
             fair
             Gamesters
          
           .
           
           No
           Government
           can
           stand
           ,
           without
           a
           Foundation
           ;
           and
           
             That
             Foundation
          
           must
           be
           known
           too
           ,
           and
           Stable
           ;
           without
           Running
           to
           the
           
             Cabalistical
             Notions
          
           of
           
             Salus
             Populi
          
           ,
           and
           Instinct
           .
           This
           is
           it
           ,
           that
           preserves
           a
           Nation
           in
           a
           due
           Temperament
           of
           Dominion
           ,
           and
           Subjection
           ;
           where
           every
           man
           knows
           his
           Post
           in
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           stands
           Firm
           upon
           his
           Own
           bottom
           .
           The
           Foundations
           of
           Government
           should
           be
           like
           Those
           of
           the
           
             Earth
             ;
             not
             to
             be
             moved
             :
          
           For
           Otherwise
           ,
           our
           
             Lives
             ,
             Liberties
          
           ,
           and
           Estates
           ,
           are
           but
           Precarious
           ,
           and
           at
           Mercy
           .
           In
           a
           
             Popular
             Parliament
          
           ,
           the
           Crown
           goes
           to
           wrack
           ,
           in
           a
           
             Prerogative
             Parliament
          
           ,
           the
           People
           .
           We
           have
           seen
           ,
           and
           felt
           ,
           the
           One
           ;
           and
           there
           are
           those
           yet
           in
           Being
           ,
           that
           have
           Heard
           of
           the
           Other
           .
           And
           from
           the
           Periods
           of
           these
           Distempers
           we
           furnish
           our selves
           with
           Presidents
           ,
           (
           as
           we
           have
           Occasion
           )
           either
           for
           Tyranny
           ,
           or
           Sedition
           :
           as
           if
           the
           doing
           of
           an
           Ill
           thing
           Once
           ,
           were
           an
           Authority
           for
           the
           Repeating
           of
           it
           .
           And
           from
           what
           Root
           is
           it
           that
           all
           these
           Disorders
           Spring
           ;
           but
           the
           Spinning
           of
           the
           Thred
           too
           Fine
           ;
           and
           Resolving
           the
           Plain
           and
           Practical
           Duties
           of
           Government
           ,
           and
           Obedience
           ,
           into
           Mystery
           ,
           and
           Notion
           ;
           without
           shewing
           any
           State
           ,
           or
           degree
           of
           men
           ,
           what
           they
           are
           to
           Trust
           to
           ?
           
           I
           do
           not
           speak
           in
           this
           place
           to
           the
           Legality
           of
           things
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           Vtility
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           to
           Evince
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           possible
           for
           a
           Thing
           to
           be
           Lawful
           ,
           and
           yet
           Extremely
           Inconvenient
           .
           Suppose
           
           
             an
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             to
             Prohibit
             the
             Making
             or
             Importing
             of
             any
             sort
             of
             Arms
             ,
             or
             Ammunition
          
           ;
           the
           Authority
           would
           not
           at
           all
           Excuse
           the
           Consequence
           .
           And
           the
           Consequence
           ,
           in
           This
           matter
           ,
           is
           the
           Main
           Import
           of
           the
           Question
           ,
           what
           Good
           ,
           or
           what
           Ill
           ,
           will
           probably
           ensue
           upon
           it
           ,
           either
           the
           One
           way
           ,
           or
           the
           Other
           .
        
         
           But
           in
           our
           way
           to
           That
           Disquisition
           ,
           
           We
           should
           take
           Notice
           that
           there
           are
           
             Four
             Points
          
           to
           be
           all
           clear'd
           ,
           before
           we
           can
           reasonably
           expect
           His
           Majesty
           should
           come
           to
           a
           Resolution
           :
           That
           is
           to
           say
           ;
           1.
           
           The
           Lawfulness
           of
           the
           Thing
           .
           2.
           
           
             Natural
             Affection
          
           .
           3.
           
           Matter
           of
           Conscience
           .
           And
           4.
           
           
             Reason
             of
             State.
          
           In
           the
           
             First
             Case
          
           of
           the
           Four
           the
           Learned
           in
           the
           Law
           may
           be
           Consulted
           ;
           but
           in
           the
           
             Other
             Three
          
           the
           
             King
             himself
          
           is
           the
           only
           Competent
           Iudg.
           
        
         
           What
           if
           we
           should
           ,
           for
           Quiet-sake
           now
           ,
           let
           the
           
             First
             point
          
           pass
           for
           Granted
           ,
           and
           suppose
           his
           Majesty
           convinc'd
           of
           the
           Legality
           of
           the
           Act
           ?
           There
           is
           yet
           a
           Brother
           ;
           a
           Prince
           ;
           and
           a
           Friend
           in
           the
           Case
           :
           A
           Person
           that
           has
           as
           frankly
           ventur'd
           his
           Bloud
           ,
           for
           his
           King
           ,
           and
           his
           Country
           ,
           as
           the
           meanest
           Subject
           in
           His
           Majesties
           Dominions
           .
           And
           there
           may
           be
           certain
           Stimulations
           of
           Honour
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Impulses
           of
           
             Natural
             Affection
          
           .
           Let
           but
           any
           
             Generous
             Subject
          
           make
           it
           his
           Own
           Case
           ,
           and
           ask
           his
           Own
           heart
           ,
           
             what
             he
             himself
             would
             do
             under
             these
             Circumstances
             ?
          
           And
           who
           knows
           further
           ,
           but
           a
           Scruple
           of
           Conscience
           may
           fall
           in
           too
           with
           this
           Tenderness
           of
           Nature
           ,
           upon
           the
           thought
           of
           depriving
           a
           
             Legal
             Heir
          
           ,
           by
           so
           extraordinary
           a
           way
           ,
           of
           his
           
             Vndoubted
             Birth-Right
          
           ?
           If
           This
           should
           be
           the
           Rub
           ,
           there
           's
           no
           getting
           Over
           it
           .
           Or
           if
           the
           way
           were
           Clear
           thus
           far
           ;
           yet
           if
           His
           Majesty
           should
           see
           any
           thing
           in
           the
           Tendency
           of
           the
           
           Proposition
           ,
           either
           Inconsistent
           with
           the
           Dignity
           of
           His
           Office
           ,
           or
           with
           the
           Peace
           ,
           and
           Security
           of
           His
           Government
           ,
           and
           People
           ;
           such
           
             Reason
             of
             State
          
           would
           undoubtedly
           put
           a
           Stop
           to
           any
           such
           Bill
           .
           How
           far
           These
           Reasons
           ,
           or
           any
           of
           them
           ,
           may
           prevail
           toward
           the
           Preventing
           ,
           or
           Obstructing
           of
           This
           Project
           ;
           we
           shall
           not
           presume
           to
           enquire
           .
           But
           as
           to
           the
           Manner
           of
           Promoting
           it
           ,
           on
           the
           Other
           side
           ;
           the
           Quality
           ,
           the
           Force
           ,
           and
           the
           Consequences
           of
           their
           Arguments
           ;
           there
           are
           many
           things
           to
           be
           noted
           in
           them
           that
           seem
           worthy
           of
           Consideration
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           a
           strange
           thing
           ,
           
           in
           the
           Menage
           of
           This
           Cause
           ,
           where
           the
           Honour
           ,
           and
           Safety
           of
           the
           King
           appears
           to
           be
           the
           
             Main
             Point
          
           in
           
             Question
             :
             First
          
           ,
           that
           men
           should
           be
           so
           Quick-sighted
           ,
           as
           to
           see
           things
           in
           their
           Consequences
           So
           Remote
           ;
           and
           yet
           ,
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           So
           Blind
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           discern
           the
           Affronts
           ;
           and
           Indignities
           that
           are
           dayly
           offer'd
           to
           His
           Majesties
           
             Authority
             ,
             nearer
             hand
          
           ;
           and
           the
           hazzards
           that
           more
           directly
           strike
           at
           His
           Sacred
           Person
           .
           My
           Charity
           persuades
           me
           ,
           that
           if
           some
           of
           them
           had
           taken
           notice
           of
           the
           
             dangerous
             Practices
          
           hereby
           intended
           ;
           their
           Loyalty
           would
           have
           render'd
           them
           as
           Zealous
           ,
           and
           Officious
           the
           Other
           way
           :
           For
           if
           a
           Prince
           be
           destroy'd
           ;
           't
           is
           the
           same
           Case
           to
           every
           good
           Subject
           ,
           whether
           it
           be
           done
           by
           a
           Phanatick
           or
           a
           Iesuite
           .
           And
           then
           the
           Honour
           they
           have
           for
           the
           King
           ,
           in
           His
           Family
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           in
           Himself
           ,
           would
           have
           Interpos'd
           ,
           in
           the
           Vindication
           of
           our
           
             Sovereigns
             Brother
          
           from
           the
           Malice
           ,
           and
           Contempt
           that
           has
           been
           past
           by
           Several
           Pamphleteers
           upon
           the
           very
           Person
           of
           his
           
             Royal
             Highness
          
           .
           'T
           is
           like
           they
           would
           have
           had
           the
           Prudence
           too
           ,
           not
           to
           have
           markt
           out
           unto
           the
           Rabble
           ,
           all
           the
           Dissenters
           to
           this
           Bill
           ,
           as
           Conspiraters
           ,
           and
           the
           Betrayors
           of
           their
           Country
           ,
           till
           they
           should
           have
           
           seen
           the
           Result
           of
           this
           next
           Parliament
           ;
           for
           fear
           they
           should
           find
           
             Kings
             ,
             Lords
          
           ,
           and
           Commons
           under
           
             That
             Character
          
           .
           This
           is
           not
           Reasoning
           of
           the
           Case
           ,
           but
           downright
           
             Setting
             the
             Dogs
             at
             a
             man.
             
          
        
         
           There
           is
           no
           doubt
           in
           the
           world
           but
           many
           an
           Honest
           man
           ,
           
           and
           a
           welwisher
           to
           his
           Prince
           and
           Country
           stands
           well
           enough
           Affected
           to
           this
           Bill
           ;
           (
           as
           many
           did
           in
           1641.
           to
           the
           Pretensions
           then
           a
           Foot
           )
           But
           when
           they
           found
           that
           Other
           people
           made
           Ill
           Use
           of
           Their
           Good
           meaning
           ,
           and
           improv'd
           the
           Countenance
           of
           Reforming
           the
           Government
           to
           a
           
             Violent
             Dissolution
          
           of
           it
           ;
           How
           many
           thousand
           Instances
           might
           a
           body
           produce
           of
           an
           unprofitable
           ,
           and
           late
           Repentance
           ,
           among
           those
           Credulous
           and
           well-minded
           Gentlemen
           ?
           And
           it
           is
           to
           be
           consider'd
           also
           ,
           that
           Their
           Mistakes
           contributed
           no
           less
           to
           the
           Ruin
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           State
           ,
           then
           the
           Malice
           of
           the
           most
           potent
           Conspirators
           :
           Nay
           More
           perhaps
           ;
           for
           the
           Error
           of
           an
           Honest
           man
           misleads
           other
           Honest
           men
           by
           Example
           ,
           and
           gives
           a
           kind
           of
           Authority
           to
           the
           wickedness
           .
           Now
           thô
           this
           Parallel
           does
           not
           run
           upon
           all
           four
           ;
           yet
           the
           Cases
           jump
           exactly
           in
           This
           ;
           
           
             the
             same
             Anti-Monarchical
             Principles
          
           which
           were
           the
           Ground-work
           of
           
             That
             Sedition
          
           ,
           are
           now
           set
           a
           foot
           again
           in
           Concurrence
           with
           the
           
             present
             Proposition
          
           ;
           and
           supported
           also
           by
           some
           of
           the
           Active
           Promoters
           of
           it
           .
           So
           that
           let
           the
           Design
           be
           never
           so
           Innocent
           ,
           or
           Lawful
           in
           it self
           ;
           if
           it
           be
           yet
           made
           use
           of
           to
           Introduce
           the
           Old
           Disloyal
           ,
           and
           Republican
           Leaven
           ;
           it
           is
           much
           the
           Case
           as
           if
           a
           man
           should
           set
           Fire
           to
           his
           House
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           Thieves
           .
           Now
           whether
           the
           Liberties
           of
           the
           Press
           be
           so
           great
           ,
           so
           foul
           ,
           and
           so
           dangerous
           ,
           or
           not
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           represented
           them
           ,
           it
           shall
           be
           seen
           in
           a
           few
           words
           ,
           and
           left
           to
           the
           Reader
           to
           judg
           of
           the
           Intention
           of
           such
           
           desperate
           Positions
           ,
           and
           what
           may
           be
           the
           Event
           of
           such
           Bold
           Beginnings
           ,
           if
           not
           seasonably
           Prevented
           .
           Upon
           the
           Publication
           of
           these
           Papers
           I
           should
           be
           glad
           to
           find
           some
           of
           the
           Fierce
           Sticklers
           for
           the
           
             Kings
             safety
          
           by
           
             the
             Exclusion
             of
             the
             Duke
          
           ,
           as
           Nimble
           ,
           on
           the
           Other
           side
           ,
           for
           the
           Honour
           ,
           and
           Safety
           of
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           in
           Punishing
           the
           Authors
           ,
           and
           Promoters
           of
           these
           Libels
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           some
           Irreverences
           toward
           the
           person
           of
           His
           Royal
           Highness
           which
           are
           not
           with
           Decency
           to
           be
           recited
           ,
           
           and
           which
           for
           Other
           Reasons
           I
           am
           willing
           to
           pass
           over
           ;
           contenting
           my self
           only
           with
           the
           modestest
           of
           a
           great
           many
           in
           the
           Author
           of
           
             the
             Plea
             to
             the
             Dukes
             Answers
             .
             Consider
             his
             Humours
             ,
          
           (
           says
           he
           )
           
             So
             Fierce
             ,
             Revengeful
             ,
             and
             Resolute
             :
             But
             I
             'le
             say
             no
             more
             :
             who
             knows
             not
             how
             Improper
             it
             is
             to
             make
             a
             Woolf
             a
          
           Shepherd
           ?
           Nay
           he
           goes
           further
           yet
           :
           
             If
             the
             Duke
             be
             a
             Papist
             ,
          
           (
           as
           none
           deny
           him
           Now
           )
           
             he
             's
             an
             Heretick
             ,
             as
             To
             ,
             or
             From
             Vs
             :
             And
             what
             shall
             we
             do
             ?
             Not
             do
             by
             the
             Papists
             ,
             as
             They
             would
             by
             Vs
             ?
          
           But
           what
           's
           That
           ?
           He
           tells
           us
           Three
           or
           four
           lines
           before
           ;
           That
           it
           is
           a
           Maxim
           
             among
             Papists
             ,
             not
             only
             that
             the
             Pope
             may
             at
             his
             Pleasure
             Depose
             Kings
             ,
             and
             dispose
             of
             Crowns
             :
          
           but
           further
           ,
           
             That
             the
             People
             may
             ever
             chuse
             a
             King
             ,
          
           
           
             when
             he
             should
             else
             be
             an
             Heretick
             ,
          
           So
           that
           after
           the
           
             Popes
             Example
             of
             Deposing
             Protestant
             Kings
             ,
             We
          
           may
           
             Depose
             Popish
          
           .
           This
           is
           a
           Nail
           Home
           driven
           ;
           and
           yet
           for
           fear
           it
           should
           not
           hold
           ,
           he
           has
           be
           bestow'd
           a
           Rivet
           upon
           it
           .
           I
           hope
           he
           will
           allow
           a
           Popish
           King
           to
           be
           an
           Ill
           one
           ;
           and
           for
           That
           ,
           he
           tells
           ye
           that
           
             when
             Kings
             themselves
             be
          
           Ill
           
             ones
             ,
             God
             not
             only
             approves
             of
             their
             Removal
             ,
             but
             even
             Himself
             does
             it
             .
          
           Which
           is
           a
           most
           Emphatical
           way
           of
           Expounding
           his
           Meaning
           :
           For
           not
           only
           ILL
           DUKES
           but
           KINGS
           (
           I
           perceive
           )
           THEMSELVES
           are
           as
           
           well
           to
           be
           remov'd
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           ILL
           ones
           .
           There
           's
           Another
           Libel
           that
           takes
           the
           very
           same
           Byass
           too
           ;
           he
           begins
           with
           the
           Duke
           ,
           and
           Ends
           with
           the
           King
           :
           Laying
           it
           down
           for
           a
           Maxim
           ,
           that
           
             the
             King
             May
             be
             remov'd
             for
             Inhability
             to
             Govern
             :
          
           And
           then
           for
           an
           
             Vse
             of
             Application
          
           ,
           he
           gives
           us
           the
           Late
           Instance
           of
           Portugal
           for
           a
           President
           .
           Nay
           I
           have
           not
           found
           any
           man
           yet
           ,
           so
           Cautious
           upon
           This
           Subject
           ,
           but
           he
           has
           let
           fall
           somthing
           ,
           Tantamount
           ;
           And
           in
           truth
           the
           Question
           does
           Naturally
           lean
           That
           way
           .
           Some
           tell
           us
           that
           the
           People
           are
           the
           Source
           of
           Government
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           
             Last
             Resort
          
           in
           All
           Cases
           of
           Principal
           Import
           must
           be
           to
           Them.
           Whereas
           ,
           First
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           
             Providential
             Power
          
           ,
           before
           any
           Subject
           Actually
           in
           Being
           ,
           for
           That
           Power
           to
           exercise
           it self
           Upon
           :
           Secondly
           ;
           there
           is
           nothing
           more
           Common
           ,
           then
           for
           a
           People
           to
           convey
           away
           what
           Right
           they
           have
           ,
           beyond
           a
           Power
           of
           Revocation
           .
           And
           if
           a
           man
           desires
           to
           see
           the
           Covenants
           ;
           the
           Answer
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           Conditions
           are
           either
           Exprest
           ,
           or
           Imply'd
           :
           Which
           word
           IMPLY'D
           serves
           to
           all
           Turns
           and
           Purposes
           Imaginable
           .
           By
           a
           Power
           IMPLY'd
           ,
           a
           Protestant
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           a
           
             Popish
             Successour
          
           may
           be
           Disinherited
           :
           A
           King
           in
           
             Possession
             ,
             Deposed
          
           ,
           whether
           Good
           ,
           or
           Bad.
           For
           who
           can
           set
           forth
           the
           Terms
           and
           Condition
           of
           an
           Unknown
           ,
           and
           an
           Unbounded
           Power
           .
           A
           Government
           ,
           we
           are
           told
           ,
           cannot
           be
           suppos'd
           Destitute
           of
           a
           Power
           to
           preserve
           it self
           ,
           in
           Cases
           of
           Manifest
           ,
           and
           Publick
           Dangers
           .
           If
           we
           enquire
           where
           That
           Power
           of
           preserving
           the
           Government
           is
           plac'd
           ;
           the
           Reply
           is
           This
           :
           That
           
             Governours
             are
             set
             up
             for
             the
             Good
             of
             the
             People
             ;
             and
             when
             They
             fail
             of
             doing
             their
             Duty
             ,
             the
             People
             may
             provide
             for
             themselves
             :
          
           That
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           the
           People
           ,
           by
           their
           Representatives
           in
           Parliament
           .
           
           But
           what
           if
           
             That
             Representative
          
           ,
           should
           prove
           False
           too
           ?
           The
           King
           was
           not
           pleas'd
           with
           the
           Parliament
           of
           1641.
           nor
           the
           People
           with
           the
           
             Late
             Long
             Parliament
          
           :
           what
           's
           to
           be
           done
           Next
           ;
           but
           only
           to
           go
           together
           by
           the
           Ears
           about
           it
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           have
           their
           Bellies
           full
           ,
           only
           
             Shuffle
             the
             Cards
             ,
             and
             deal
             again
             .
          
           From
           these
           dark
           Reserves
           of
           Government
           ,
           the
           point
           Rises
           by
           Degrees
           into
           Cases
           of
           Instance
           ,
           and
           Illustration
           .
           As
           in
           the
           Case
           of
           Lunacy
           ,
           or
           
             Vnfitness
             to
             Govern
          
           ;
           of
           
             if
             a
             Prince
             be
             really
             bent
             to
          
           Alienate
           
             his
             Kingdom
          
           .
           In
           These
           Cases
           it
           is
           taken
           up
           for
           granted
           ,
           that
           the
           people
           may
           Depose
           and
           Substitute
           Another
           Sovereign
           .
           But
           who
           shall
           judg
           now
           when
           such
           a
           Case
           arrives
           ?
           If
           the
           People
           ;
           they
           judg
           for
           Themselves
           ;
           and
           only
           take
           the
           Government
           out
           of
           Other
           hands
           ,
           to
           put
           it
           into
           their
           Own
           :
           what
           if
           they
           should
           say
           that
           This
           is
           the
           Case
           where
           it
           is
           not
           ;
           Or
           that
           it
           is
           not
           ,
           where
           it
           is
           ?
           If
           the
           King
           do
           but
           keep
           a
           Guard
           to
           preserve
           His
           Person
           from
           an
           Assassin
           ;
           or
           make
           a
           
             Foreign
             Alliance
          
           ,
           upon
           the
           Common
           Terms
           of
           Priviledg
           that
           all
           other
           Crowned
           Heads
           proceed
           upon
           ;
           he
           lies
           at
           the
           Mercy
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           if
           they
           shall
           think
           fit
           to
           Interpret
           This
           to
           be
           a
           Design
           upon
           an
           
             Arbitrary
             Power
          
           ,
           or
           the
           Alienation
           of
           His
           Dominions
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           is
           consequently
           Deposable
           .
        
         
           It
           carries
           a
           very
           Ill
           face
           with
           it
           ,
           
           that
           the
           
             Two
             Cases
          
           of
           Disinheriting
           the
           Duke
           ,
           and
           Deposing
           the
           King
           should
           be
           so
           Unluckily
           Coupled
           ,
           that
           you
           shall
           very
           rarely
           find
           the
           One
           without
           the
           Other
           :
           And
           little
           more
           then
           This
           Difference
           betwixt
           them
           :
           that
           the
           One
           IS
           to
           be
           done
           Forthwith
           ,
           and
           the
           Other
           MAY
           be
           done
           (
           when
           the
           people
           please
           )
           at
           Leisure
           .
           If
           ever
           this
           Question
           should
           come
           to
           be
           taken
           up
           again
           ;
           I
           do
           verily
           believe
           that
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           
           will
           not
           thank
           the
           Refiners
           upon
           the
           
             Former
             Bill
          
           ,
           for
           charging
           the
           Proposition
           with
           so
           many
           
             Suspicious
             Aggravations
          
           ;
           as
           for
           ought
           any
           body
           knows
           ,
           may
           endanger
           the
           whole
           Bus'ness
           .
           For
           These
           Venerable
           Patriots
           did
           only
           ,
           out
           of
           an
           Excess
           of
           Zeal
           ,
           Intend
           the
           Exclusion
           of
           the
           Duke
           ,
           without
           Clogging
           the
           Bill
           with
           any
           subsequent
           Incumbrances
           ,
           upon
           the
           Crown
           .
           There
           are
           some
           Qualifications
           ,
           I
           know
           ,
           that
           look
           as
           if
           they
           would
           be
           thought
           to
           stick
           to
           the
           single
           Matter
           of
           the
           Bill
           ;
           and
           distinguish
           betwixt
           an
           
             Heir
             Presumptive
          
           ,
           and
           Apparent
           ,
           a
           King
           in
           Posse
           ,
           and
           in
           Esse
           ;
           and
           fortifie
           themselves
           with
           Authorities
           to
           warrant
           the
           Proceeding
           .
           The
           Duke
           is
           a
           Subject
           ,
           they
           say
           :
           and
           not
           properly
           an
           Heir
           of
           the
           Crown
           ;
           but
           only
           in
           Possibility
           so
           to
           be
           .
           The
           Unwary
           Reader
           will
           Imagine
           now
           ,
           that
           the
           Duke
           ,
           being
           a
           SUBJECT
           ,
           may
           be
           
             put
             By
          
           ;
           but
           that
           if
           the
           KING
           were
           of
           the
           
             Romish
             Communion
          
           ,
           they
           could
           not
           meddle
           with
           Him.
           And
           yet
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Propositions
           above-mentioned
           ,
           His
           Majesties
           Case
           would
           be
           found
           no
           better
           than
           His
           Brothers
           .
           
           And
           not
           only
           so
           neither
           ,
           but
           the
           very
           saying
           that
           
             he
             is
             so
          
           ,
           in
           Construction
           ,
           makes
           him
           so
           ,
           even
           thô
           he
           should
           give
           up
           His
           Life
           ,
           as
           His
           Father
           did
           ,
           for
           the
           Reformed
           Profession
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           not
           to
           say
           that
           This
           is
           either
           Impossible
           or
           Vnlikely
           :
           For
           ,
           First
           ,
           the
           Thing
           has
           been
           done
           already
           .
           That
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           This
           
             Popular
             Power
          
           has
           been
           already
           laid
           down
           as
           a
           
             Fundamental
             Right
          
           in
           the
           People
           .
           
           Secondly
           ,
           That
           pretended
           Power
           has
           been
           exerted
           in
           a
           Formal
           Charge
           ,
           of
           Popish
           ,
           and
           
             Tyrannical
             Designs
          
           ,
           upon
           a
           Prince
           ,
           the
           most
           Innocent
           peradventure
           ,
           in
           those
           Two
           Particulars
           ,
           that
           ever
           Liv'd
           .
           And
           Thirdly
           ,
           A
           sentence
           of
           
             Death
             ,
             past
          
           ,
           and
           Executed
           ,
           upon
           That
           Innocent
           Person
           ,
           in
           the
           
           Name
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Assumed
           Authorities
           of
           the
           
             Commons
             of
             England
          
           .
           So
           that
           This
           Imagination
           is
           not
           a
           Chimaera
           ,
           but
           a
           True
           ,
           and
           
             Tragical
             History
          
           of
           a
           
             Prince
             murther'd
          
           ,
           even
           in
           Our
           days
           ,
           upon
           This
           Foundation
           .
           And
           then
           for
           the
           Probability
           of
           the
           same
           Thing
           over
           again
           ,
           now
           in
           Agitation
           ;
           we
           have
           the
           Writings
           of
           the
           very
           Persons
           Concern'd
           ,
           in
           Evidence
           against
           them
           ,
           For
           notwithstanding
           their
           Formalizing
           upon
           the
           Lawfulness
           of
           the
           Thing
           ,
           in
           regard
           That
           his
           
             Royal
             Highness
          
           is
           but
           a
           Subject
           ;
           they
           are
           Now
           come
           up
           roundly
           to
           the
           Point
           of
           Opposing
           ,
           and
           Rejecting
           him
           ,
           even
           supposing
           that
           he
           were
           their
           Sovereign
           :
           and
           without
           the
           Ceremony
           of
           
             an
             Act
             of
             Parliament
          
           in
           the
           Case
           .
        
         
           The
           House
           of
           Commons
           passed
           a
           Vote
           upon
           May
           11.
           last
           past
           ,
           
           
             that
             if
             His
             Majesty
             should
             come
             by
             any
             Violent
             Death
             (
             which
             God
             forbid
             )
             they
             would
             Revenge
             it
             to
             the
             Vtmost
             ,
             on
             the
             Papists
             :
          
           Which
           Vote
           they
           Explain'd
           in
           their
           Address
           of
           the
           14
           ,
           by
           saying
           that
           
             they
             would
             be
             ready
             to
             Revenge
             upon
             the
             Papists
             ,
             any
             Violence
             offer'd
             by
          
           THEM
           
             to
             His
             Sacred
             Majesty
          
           :
           By
           THEM
           t
           is
           said
           ,
           because
           it
           might
           be
           Understood
           Otherwise
           ,
           that
           an
           Anabaptist
           might
           Commit
           the
           Crime
           ,
           and
           a
           
             Papist
             suffer
          
           for
           't
           .
           This
           Vote
           ,
           and
           Address
           ,
           are
           Printed
           Both
           together
           in
           the
           same
           Pamphlet
           ;
           and
           with
           a
           most
           Dangerous
           prospect
           upon
           His
           Majesties
           Person
           :
           if
           Malice
           on
           either
           hand
           should
           take
           place
           .
           For
           the
           Edge
           of
           the
           Reasoning
           is
           turned
           against
           it self
           ;
           while
           the
           One
           Faction
           is
           Provoked
           ,
           and
           the
           Other
           Encouraged
           to
           the
           most
           Execrable
           Villanies
           Imaginable
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Libel
             Here
             Reflected
             upon
             ,
             is
             called
          
           Englands
           Safety
           :
           
             and
             said
             in
             the
             Title
             Page
             to
             be
          
           Published
           for
           Information
           of
           all
           True
           Protestants
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           not
           be
           affraid
           ,
           nor
           ashamed
           openly
           in
           Parliament
           
           to
           Act
           ,
           and
           oppose
           any
           Popish
           Successour
           and
           his
           Adherents
           from
           Inheriting
           the
           Crown
           of
           England
           ,
           in
           Case
           
             His
             Majesties
             Life
          
           (
           which
           God
           forbid
           )
           be
           taken
           from
           him
           .
        
         
           This
           Preface
           was
           worded
           by
           somebody
           that
           knew
           well
           enough
           what
           he
           said
           ;
           and
           without
           Dispute
           intended
           to
           be
           as
           good
           as
           his
           word
           .
           We
           shall
           not
           need
           to
           look
           any
           further
           for
           his
           Meaning
           than
           to
           Grammar
           ,
           and
           
             Common
             Construction
          
           .
           The
           Question
           was
           put
           ,
           
           in
           Case
           of
           the
           
             Presumptive
             Heir
             :
          
           And
           He
           has
           streyn'd
           the
           Point
           already
           ,
           and
           remov'd
           it
           to
           the
           Successor
           and
           his
           Adherents
           ;
           From
           the
           Expectant
           to
           the
           Occupant
           ,
           from
           the
           Duke
           ,
           to
           the
           King
           ;
           and
           so
           premeditates
           ,
           and
           Encourages
           a
           Rebellion
           ,
           in
           the
           very
           Body
           of
           his
           Proposition
           :
           For
           His
           Majesty
           that
           now
           is
           ,
           must
           be
           Dead
           ,
           before
           the
           Libellers
           Device
           against
           the
           Successour
           can
           take
           Effect
           ;
           and
           King
           ,
           and
           Successour
           ,
           in
           This
           Case
           are
           
             all
             one
          
           .
           Now
           upon
           This
           Principle
           ,
           there
           needs
           no
           more
           than
           to
           say
           ,
           
           that
           
             any
             King
             is
             a
             Papist
          
           ,
           to
           Depose
           him
           .
           Nay
           admitting
           This
           Power
           to
           be
           in
           the
           People
           ;
           
             Acts
             of
             Parliament
          
           are
           but
           Matter
           of
           Course
           ;
           and
           they
           may
           do
           the
           thing
           even
           as
           well
           ,
           without
           giving
           any
           Reason
           for
           't
           ;
           Upon
           the
           Ground
           of
           their
           
             Vnaccountable
             Prerogative
          
           .
           It
           would
           be
           known
           too
           ,
           what
           his
           meaning
           is
           by
           the
           Parliament
           he
           speaks
           of
           ,
           that
           is
           
             Openly
             to
             oppose
             the
             Successour
          
           .
           It
           cannot
           be
           understood
           of
           
             King
             ,
             Lords
          
           ,
           and
           Commons
           ;
           for
           the
           King
           is
           the
           
             Party
             Opposed
          
           ,
           and
           Excluded
           .
           And
           then
           I
           would
           as
           willingly
           learn
           what
           kind
           of
           Opposition
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           he
           intends
           .
           It
           must
           be
           an
           Opposition
           ,
           either
           of
           Force
           ,
           and
           Violence
           ,
           or
           an
           Opposition
           in
           the
           way
           of
           
             Argument
             ,
             Counsels
          
           ,
           and
           Debate
           .
           It
           cannot
           be
           the
           Latter
           sure
           ;
           for
           what
           could
           be
           more
           ridiculous
           ,
           then
           to
           expect
           that
           a
           Prince
           should
           pass
           a
           Bill
           for
           the
           
           Deposal
           of
           Himself
           .
           And
           if
           it
           be
           the
           Other
           ,
           we
           are
           e'en
           Half-Seas-Over
           already
           ,
           into
           a
           New
           Rebellion
           .
           There
           is
           not
           such
           a
           Monster
           in
           Nature
           as
           a
           
             Headless
             Parliament
          
           :
           We
           have
           had
           the
           Experience
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           without
           Rubbing
           the
           Old
           Sore
           ,
           or
           Reciting
           the
           Calamities
           it
           brought
           upon
           This
           Nation
           ;
           I
           shall
           only
           say
           This
           ;
           I
           cannot
           bethink
           my self
           of
           any
           sort
           of
           Oppression
           ,
           either
           in
           
             Religion
             ,
             Property
          
           ,
           or
           Freedom
           ;
           or
           of
           any
           One
           
             Crying
             sin
          
           ,
           in
           that
           Impious
           ,
           and
           Seditious
           Interval
           ,
           that
           scap'd
           us
           .
           I
           could
           add
           several
           other
           Instances
           ,
           of
           the
           same
           Complexion
           with
           those
           above
           Recited
           ;
           which
           I
           shall
           forbear
           ,
           partly
           out
           of
           Respect
           ,
           and
           in
           part
           to
           keep
           my self
           within
           Compass
           .
           For
           I
           must
           not
           Quit
           This
           Subject
           without
           giving
           further
           Evidence
           of
           a
           Confederacy
           against
           the
           King
           and
           Government
           ;
           like
           those
           that
           Rob
           the
           House
           ,
           under
           colour
           of
           Helping
           to
           Quench
           the
           Fire
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           very
           Instant
           of
           Pretending
           to
           save
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           they
           are
           laying
           their
           Heads
           together
           how
           to
           Destroy
           it
           :
           Witness
           the
           most
           Audacious
           Libel
           (
           perhaps
           )
           that
           ever
           flew
           in
           the
           Face
           of
           any
           Government
           .
        
         
           It
           bears
           the
           Title
           of
           
             A
             Political
             Catechism
          
           ,
           
           
             concerning
             the
             Power
             ,
             and
             Privileges
             of
             Parliament
             ;
             taken
             ,
          
           (
           as
           pretended
           )
           
             out
             of
             His
             Majesties
          
           Nineteen
           Propositions
           of
           June
           2.
           1642.
           with
           a
           Construction
           ,
           and
           Application
           ,
           much
           at
           the
           rate
           of
           the
           Devils
           Gloss
           upon
           the
           Text
           to
           our
           Saviour
           upon
           the
           Pinacle
           of
           the
           Temple
           .
           The
           Compiler
           of
           This
           Libel
           ,
           makes
           His
           Majesties
           Answer
           to
           be
           ,
           Effectually
           ,
           an
           Admittance
           of
           the
           Right
           ,
           and
           Reason
           of
           the
           Propositions
           :
           and
           the
           Publisher
           of
           it
           recommends
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           1642.
           to
           the
           Practice
           of
           1679.
           
           We
           'l
           take
           a
           short
           View
           ,
           First
           ,
           of
           the
           Quality
           of
           the
           
             Propositions
             ;
             Secondly
          
           ,
           of
           the
           
             Kings
             Sense
          
           upon
           
           them
           :
           And
           after
           That
           of
           our
           
             Catechists
             New
             model
          
           of
           Government
           .
           The
           main
           Scope
           of
           the
           Propositions
           is
           This.
           
        
         
           All
           Privy-Councellors
           and
           Ministers
           of
           State
           to
           be
           discharg'd
           ;
           
           and
           their
           places
           Supply'd
           by
           direction
           ,
           and
           Approbation
           of
           Both
           Houses
           :
           And
           all
           to
           be
           Vnder
           such
           an
           Oath
           ,
           as
           They
           shall
           agree
           upon
           .
           The
           Great
           Affairs
           of
           the
           Nation
           to
           be
           Transacted
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           no
           Publick
           Act
           of
           the
           Kings
           to
           be
           Valid
           ,
           unless
           Subscribed
           by
           the
           Major
           part
           of
           the
           Councel
           .
           (
           Chosen
           
             ut
             supra
             .
          
           )
           The
           Number
           of
           the
           Councel
           to
           be
           Limited
           ;
           and
           all
           Vacancies
           fill'd
           ,
           by
           direction
           of
           Parliament
           .
           All
           the
           Great
           Officers
           ,
           and
           Iudges
           to
           be
           so
           Chosen
           :
           The
           Militia
           acknowledg'd
           to
           be
           in
           the
           Two
           Houses
           ;
           and
           They
           likewise
           to
           have
           the
           Approbation
           of
           the
           Tutors
           and
           Governors
           of
           the
           Kings
           Children
           ;
           and
           of
           Those
           that
           Attend
           them
           .
           All
           Forts
           ,
           and
           Castles
           to
           be
           put
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           Persons
           approv'd
           of
           by
           the
           Two
           Houses
           .
           The
           Kings
           Guards
           ,
           and
           Military
           Forces
           to
           be
           Discharg'd
           
             (
             thô
             the
             Rebellion
             was
             Now
             begun
             .
             )
          
           No
           Peers
           Created
           in
           time
           to
           come
           to
           Sit
           and
           Vote
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           without
           the
           Consent
           of
           Both
           Houses
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           There
           will
           need
           no
           Other
           Descant
           upon
           These
           Propositions
           ,
           (
           being
           so
           Gross
           in
           themselves
           )
           but
           only
           the
           Citing
           of
           some
           Passages
           out
           of
           His
           late
           Majesties
           Answer
           ,
           in
           Reflection
           upon
           them
           .
        
         
           These
           Demands
           
             (
             says
             the
             Late
             King
          
           )
           are
           of
           That
           Nature
           ,
           
           that
           to
           Grant
           them
           were
           in
           Effect
           ,
           at
           Once
           ,
           to
           Depose
           both
           Our self
           ,
           and
           Our
           Posterity
           .
           These
           things
           being
           past
           ;
           we
           may
           be
           waited
           upon
           bare-headed
           ;
           We
           may
           have
           Our
           hand
           kist
           ;
           the
           Stile
           of
           Majesty
           Continu'd
           to
           Vs
           ;
           and
           the
           Kings
           Authority
           declared
           by
           Both
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           may
           be
           still
           the
           Stile
           of
           your
           Commands
           ;
           We
           may
           have
           Swords
           and
           
           Maces
           carry'd
           before
           Vs
           ;
           and
           please
           Our self
           with
           the
           sight
           of
           a
           Crown
           ,
           and
           Scepter
           .
           (
           And
           yet
           even
           these
           Twigs
           would
           not
           Long
           flourish
           when
           the
           Stock
           upon
           which
           they
           grew
           are
           Dead
           )
           But
           as
           to
           True
           ,
           and
           
             Real
             Power
          
           ;
           We
           should
           remain
           but
           the
           Outside
           ;
           but
           the
           Picture
           ;
           but
           the
           Sign
           of
           a
           King
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             And
             Again
          
           ,
           Thô
           we
           shall
           always
           weigh
           the
           Advices
           both
           of
           Our
           Great
           ,
           and
           Privy-Councel
           ,
           with
           the
           Proportionable
           Consideration
           due
           to
           them
           ;
           yet
           we
           shall
           also
           look
           upon
           their
           Advices
           ,
           as
           Advices
           ,
           not
           as
           Commands
           ,
           or
           Impositions
           ;
           Vpon
           Them
           ,
           as
           Our
           Counsellors
           ,
           not
           as
           Our
           Tutors
           ,
           and
           Guardians
           ;
           and
           upon
           Our Self
           as
           their
           King
           ,
           not
           as
           their
           Pupil
           ,
           or
           
             Ward
             .
             Pag.
             318.
             
             And
             Further
             Pag.
          
           320.
           
           We
           call
           God
           to
           Witness
           ,
           that
           as
           for
           Our
           Subjects
           sake
           these
           Rights
           are
           vested
           in
           Vs
           ;
           So
           for
           Their
           sakes
           as
           well
           as
           for
           Our
           Own
           we
           are
           resolved
           not
           to
           quit
           them
           ;
           nor
           to
           subvert
           
             (
             thô
             in
             a
             Parliamentary
             way
             )
          
           the
           Antient
           ,
           Equal
           ,
           Happy
           ,
           Well-poised
           ,
           and
           never
           enough
           Commended
           Constitution
           of
           This
           Kingdom
           ;
           Nor
           to
           make
           Our self
           of
           a
           King
           of
           England
           ,
           a
           Duke
           of
           Venice
           ,
           and
           This
           of
           a
           Kingdom
           a
           
             Republick
             .
             Moreover
             Pag.
          
           322.
           
           The
           Common
           people
           ,
           when
           they
           find
           that
           all
           was
           done
           By
           them
           ,
           but
           not
           For
           them
           ,
           will
           at
           last
           grow
           weary
           of
           Journey-work
           ,
           and
           set
           up
           for
           themselves
           ;
           call
           Parity
           ,
           and
           
             Independence
             ,
             Liberty
          
           ;
           devouring
           the
           Estate
           which
           had
           devoured
           the
           Rest
           ;
           Destroy
           all
           Rights
           ,
           and
           Proprieties
           ,
           all
           Distinctions
           of
           Families
           ,
           and
           Merit
           ;
           And
           by
           This
           means
           the
           splendid
           ,
           and
           Excellently-distinguish'd
           Form
           of
           Government
           ,
           end
           in
           a
           Dark
           ,
           Equal
           Chaos
           of
           Confusion
           ,
           and
           the
           Long
           Line
           of
           Our
           many
           Noble
           Ancestors
           ,
           in
           a
           
             Jack
             Cade
          
           ,
           or
           a
           
             Wat
             Tiler
          
           .
        
         
         
           After
           the
           Mockery
           of
           the
           Abovemention'd
           Propositions
           ,
           and
           the
           Kings
           Just
           and
           Prophetical
           Judgment
           made
           upon
           them
           ;
           we
           shall
           only
           Add
           ,
           that
           the
           Ruin
           of
           
             the
             Late
             King
          
           ,
           
           was
           as
           Certainly
           the
           Intent
           of
           Those
           
             Vndutiful
             Demands
          
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           the
           Effect
           of
           them
           in
           the
           Execution
           of
           the
           Powers
           claim'd
           Thereby
           :
           and
           we
           may
           as
           reasonably
           conclude
           ,
           that
           the
           same
           Pretensions
           ,
           now
           over
           again
           ,
           are
           publish'd
           with
           the
           same
           Ends
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Sufferance
           of
           This
           Licence
           will
           Naturally
           run
           into
           the
           same
           Consequences
           .
           For
           the
           whole
           work
           of
           moving
           a
           Rebellion
           is
           but
           ,
           First
           ,
           to
           possess
           the
           people
           with
           Ill
           Thoughts
           of
           the
           present
           Administration
           ;
           (
           which
           is
           done
           Abundantly
           already
           in
           Swarms
           of
           Defamatory
           Libels
           ,
           which
           we
           meet
           with
           every
           day
           in
           the
           street
           )
           Secondly
           ,
           to
           possess
           the
           People
           with
           False
           Opinions
           ,
           in
           the
           Matter
           of
           Government
           and
           Duty
           ;
           which
           is
           the
           bus'ness
           of
           our
           
             Political
             Catechism
             :
             Thirdly
          
           ,
           to
           Put
           those
           Principles
           and
           Thoughts
           in
           Execution
           ;
           which
           is
           Express'd
           by
           the
           Drift
           of
           Another
           Pamphlet
           newly
           come
           out
           of
           the
           Press
           ;
           Entitled
           ,
           
             An
             Appeal
             from
             the
             Country
             ,
             to
             the
             City
             ,
          
           of
           which
           we
           shall
           say
           somthing
           in
           Course
           ,
           taking
           only
           a
           Taste
           by
           the
           way
           of
           our
           
             Catechistical
             Positions
          
           .
        
         
           If
           the
           King
           be
           Regulated
           by
           the
           
             Law
             (
             say
             they
          
           )
           then
           is
           the
           King
           Accountable
           to
           the
           Law
           ,
           
           and
           not
           to
           
             God.
             Only
             .
             Pag.
          
           1.
           
           The
           Immediate
           Original
           of
           the
           Kings
           Power
           was
           from
           the
           People
           :
           and
           if
           so
           ;
           then
           in
           questioned
           Cases
           the
           King
           is
           to
           produce
           his
           Grant
           ,
           (
           for
           he
           hath
           no
           more
           then
           what
           was
           Granted
           )
           and
           not
           the
           People
           to
           shew
           a
           Reservation
           ;
           For
           
             All
             is
             presumed
             to
             be
             Reserv'd
             ,
             which
             cannot
             be
             prov'd
             to
             be
             Granted
             away
             .
          
        
         
           Vpon
           the
           Late
           Kings
           saying
           in
           his
           Answer
           to
           the
           Nineteen
           Propositions
           ,
           Pag.
           321.
           
           That
           the
           Power
           Legally
           placed
           in
           Both
           
           Houses
           is
           more
           then
           sufficient
           to
           prevent
           ,
           and
           restrain
           the
           Power
           of
           
             Tyranny
             ;
             our
             Politick
             Catechizer
             Infers
             ,
          
           the
           Two
           Houses
           to
           be
           the
           Legal
           Iudges
           ,
           when
           there
           is
           danger
           of
           Tyranny
           :
           And
           to
           have
           Legal
           Power
           to
           Command
           their
           Iudgment
           to
           be
           Obey'd
           ,
           for
           Prevention
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Restraint
           of
           Tyranny
           .
           And
           not
           only
           when
           Arms
           are
           Actually
           rais'd
           against
           them
           ;
           but
           when
           they
           discern
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           declare
           a
           Preparation
           made
           Towards
           it
           .
           And
           that
           they
           have
           Legal
           Power
           in
           such
           times
           of
           Danger
           ,
           to
           put
           into
           safe
           hands
           ,
           such
           Forts
           ,
           Ports
           ,
           Magazines
           ,
           Ships
           ,
           and
           Power
           of
           the
           Militia
           ,
           as
           are
           intended
           ,
           or
           likely
           to
           be
           intended
           to
           Introduce
           a
           Tyranny
           .
           And
           a
           Legal
           Power
           also
           to
           Levy
           Mony
           ,
           Arms
           ,
           Horse
           ,
           and
           Ammunitions
           upon
           the
           Subjects
           ,
           in
           such
           Cases
           of
           Danger
           even
           without
           ,
           or
           against
           the
           Kings
           Consent
           .
        
         
           These
           are
           his
           Positions
           in
           the
           very
           Terms
           ;
           and
           the
           passing
           over
           of
           such
           Indignities
           upon
           
             His
             Majesties
             Royal
             Office
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Honour
           of
           the
           
             Monarchy
             it self
          
           ,
           without
           either
           Punishment
           ,
           or
           Reproof
           ;
           looks
           like
           a
           
             Tacite
             Legitimation
          
           of
           the
           Utmost
           Violences
           upon
           his
           Sacred
           Person
           .
           And
           now
           Consider
           the
           Matchless
           Malice
           ,
           
           and
           Absurdity
           of
           his
           Inference
           .
           The
           King
           having
           thus
           expounded
           himself
           in
           the
           
             same
             Page
             ;
             The
             House
             of
             Commons
             (
             an
             Excellent
             Conserver
             of
             Liberty
             ,
             but
             never
             intended
             for
             any
             share
             in
             Government
             ,
             or
             for
             the
             Chusing
             of
             them
             that
             should
             Govern
             )
             is
             solely
             intrusted
             with
             the
             First
             Propositions
             of
             raising
             Monies
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           And
           again
           
             the
             Lords
             being
             trusted
             with
             a
             Iudicatory
             Power
             ,
             are
             an
             Excellent
             Skreen
             ,
             and
             Bank
             between
             the
             Prince
             and
             People
             .
          
        
         
           After
           This
           open
           ,
           and
           Audacious
           way
           of
           Authorizing
           a
           Commotion
           ;
           it
           is
           but
           Natural
           for
           an
           Incendiary
           to
           blow
           the
           Coal
           ,
           and
           to
           apply
           his
           Clamour
           to
           the
           People
           ,
           to
           bid
           them
           
             Vp
             and
             be
             doing
          
           .
           And
           that
           's
           the
           part
           our
           Boute-feu-Appellant
           has
           to
           play
           .
           
           But
           how
           does
           this
           Scandalous
           Pamphlet
           address
           it self
           to
           the
           City
           ;
           after
           so
           Fresh
           ,
           so
           Loyal
           
           and
           so
           Generous
           an
           Instance
           from
           the
           whole
           Body
           of
           it
           ,
           of
           their
           Scorn
           ,
           and
           Detestation
           of
           a
           Seditious
           Practice
           .
           Why
           should
           a
           
             Wat
             Tyler
          
           expect
           better
           Quarter
           from
           a
           
             Lord
             Mayor
          
           under
           Charles
           the
           Second
           ,
           
           then
           he
           had
           from
           a
           Lord
           Mayor
           under
           Richard
           the
           Second
           ?
           Nay
           That
           very
           Rebellion
           of
           1641.
           is
           most
           Injuriously
           charg'd
           upon
           the
           City
           of
           London
           ;
           
           for
           
             Gourney
             ,
             Ricaut
             ,
             Garraway
          
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           Considerable
           of
           the
           Citizens
           ,
           were
           not
           only
           against
           it
           in
           their
           Opinions
           ,
           but
           Oppos'd
           it
           to
           the
           Utmost
           ,
           with
           their
           Estates
           ,
           and
           Persons
           .
           And
           That
           Honourable
           City
           has
           not
           yet
           forgotten
           ,
           either
           the
           Calamities
           of
           the
           War
           ;
           or
           the
           Methods
           and
           Instruments
           which
           brought
           so
           great
           a
           Reproch
           ,
           and
           Mischief
           upon
           the
           City
           .
           Beside
           that
           it
           is
           as
           much
           their
           Interest
           as
           their
           Duty
           ,
           and
           as
           much
           their
           Inclination
           as
           either
           ,
           to
           support
           the
           Government
           .
           For
           by
           a
           War
           they
           must
           of
           Necessity
           suffer
           doubly
           ;
           and
           not
           only
           in
           the
           Loss
           ,
           or
           Abatement
           of
           their
           Trade
           ;
           but
           in
           the
           deep
           Proportion
           of
           their
           Taxes
           to
           the
           Charge
           of
           the
           War.
           This
           Scribler
           I
           perceive
           ,
           has
           read
           
             Hodge
             upon
             the
             Monument
          
           ;
           
           and
           writing
           after
           That
           Copy
           follows
           the
           same
           Phansie
           ;
           of
           the
           Citizens
           looking
           about
           them
           from
           the
           Top
           of
           the
           Pyramid
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           
           
             says
             he
          
           ,
           Imagine
           you
           see
           the
           whole
           Town
           in
           a
           Flame
           occasioned
           this
           second
           time
           by
           the
           same
           Popish
           Malice
           which
           set
           it
           on
           Fire
           before
           .
           At
           the
           same
           Instant
           Phansie
           that
           among
           the
           distracted
           Croud
           you
           behold
           Troops
           of
           Papists
           Ravishing
           your
           Wives
           and
           Daughters
           ;
           dashing
           your
           little
           Childrens
           brains
           out
           against
           the
           Walls
           ,
           Plundering
           your
           Houses
           ,
           and
           Cutting
           your
           Own
           Throats
           by
           the
           name
           of
           
             Heretick
             Dogs
          
           .
           Then
           represent
           to
           your selves
           the
           Tower
           playing
           off
           its
           Canon
           ,
           and
           battering
           down
           your
           Houses
           about
           your
           Ears
           .
           Also
           Casting
           your
           Eye
           toward
           Smithfield
           ,
           Imagine
           you
           see
           your
           Father
           ,
           or
           your
           Mother
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           your
           
           nearest
           and
           dearest
           Relations
           ty'd
           to
           a
           Stake
           ,
           in
           the
           Midst
           of
           Flames
           ;
           when
           with
           Hands
           and
           Eyes
           lifted
           up
           to
           Heaven
           they
           Skream
           ,
           and
           Cry
           out
           to
           That
           God
           for
           whose
           Cause
           they
           Die
           ;
           which
           was
           a
           frequent
           Spectacle
           the
           last
           time
           Popery
           reign'd
           among
           us
           .
           Phansie
           you
           behold
           those
           beautiful
           Churches
           erected
           for
           the
           True
           Worship
           of
           God
           ,
           abused
           and
           turn'd
           into
           Idolatrous
           Temples
           to
           the
           Dishonor
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           Scandal
           of
           Religion
           .
           The
           Ministers
           of
           Gods
           Holy
           Word
           torn
           in
           pieces
           before
           your
           Eyes
           ;
           and
           their
           very
           best
           Friends
           not
           daring
           to
           speak
           in
           their
           behalf
           ;
           your
           Trading's
           Bad
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           manner
           Lost
           already
           ;
           but
           Then
           the
           Only
           Commodity
           will
           be
           Fire
           and
           Sword
           :
           The
           Only
           Object
           ;
           Women
           running
           with
           their
           Hair
           about
           their
           Ears
           ;
           Men
           cover'd
           with
           Blood
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           Now
           to
           Match
           this
           Dismal
           Prospect
           of
           
             Imaginary
             Calamities
             to
             Come
          
           ,
           we
           shall
           mind
           this
           man
           of
           Frightful
           Apprehensions
           ,
           with
           a
           Brief
           Summary
           of
           what
           this
           Nation
           has
           really
           suffer'd
           in
           Fact
           ,
           and
           brought
           upon
           it self
           ,
           by
           giving
           credit
           to
           such
           Stories
           as
           these
           ,
           without
           any
           other
           Effect
           .
           See
           His
           
             Majesties
             Declaration
          
           of
           
             Aug.
             12.
             1642.
             
             Collect.
          
           Pag.
           540.
           
        
         
           One
           day
           the
           Tower
           of
           London
           is
           in
           danger
           to
           be
           taken
           ;
           
           and
           Information
           given
           that
           Great
           Multitudes
           ,
           at
           least
           a
           Hundred
           ,
           had
           that
           day
           resorted
           to
           visit
           a
           Priest
           ,
           then
           a
           Prisoner
           there
           by
           Order
           of
           the
           Lords
           :
           and
           that
           about
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Information
           ,
           about
           fifty
           or
           sixty
           were
           then
           there
           ;
           and
           a
           Warder
           dispatcht
           of
           purpose
           to
           give
           that
           notice
           :
           Vpon
           Inquiry
           ,
           but
           
             four
             persons
          
           were
           then
           found
           to
           be
           There
           ,
           and
           but
           eight
           all
           that
           day
           ,
           who
           had
           visited
           the
           Priest.
           Another
           day
           a
           Taylor
           in
           a
           Ditch
           over-hears
           two
           passengers
           to
           Plot
           the
           Death
           of
           Mr.
           Pym
           ,
           and
           of
           many
           
             other
             Members
          
           of
           
             Both
             Houses
          
           .
           Then
           Libellous
           Letters
           found
           in
           the
           Streets
           ,
           without
           Names
           .
           (
           probably
           contrived
           by
           themselves
           ;
           and
           by
           Their
           Power
           ,
           Published
           ,
           Printed
           ,
           and
           Enter'd
           in
           their
           Iournals
           )
           and
           Intimations
           given
           of
           
           the
           
             Papists
             Training
             under
             ground
          
           ,
           and
           of
           notable
           Provision
           of
           Ammunition
           in
           Houses
           ;
           where
           ,
           upon
           Examination
           ,
           a
           Single
           Sword
           ,
           and
           a
           Bow
           and
           Arrows
           are
           found
           .
           A
           Design
           of
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           Covent-Garden
           to
           Murther
           the
           City
           of
           London
           .
           News
           from
           
             France
             ,
             Italy
             ,
             Spain
             ,
             Denmark
             ,
          
           of
           Armies
           ready
           to
           come
           for
           
             England
             .
             And
             again
          
           ,
           Pag.
           536.
           they
           cause
           Discourses
           to
           be
           Published
           ,
           and
           Infusions
           to
           be
           made
           of
           Incredible
           Dangers
           to
           the
           City
           and
           Kingdom
           ,
           by
           that
           our
           coming
           to
           the
           House
           :
           
             (
             in
             the
             case
             of
             the
             five
             Members
             )
          
           An
           Alarum
           was
           given
           to
           the
           City
           in
           the
           Dead
           time
           of
           the
           Night
           ,
           that
           we
           were
           coming
           with
           Horse
           and
           Foot
           thither
           ,
           and
           thereupon
           the
           whole
           City
           put
           in
           Arms
           :
           And
           howsoever
           the
           Envy
           seem'd
           to
           be
           cast
           upon
           the
           Designs
           of
           the
           Papists
           ,
           mention
           was
           only
           made
           of
           Actions
           of
           our
           own
           .
        
         
           Upon
           a
           fair
           understanding
           of
           the
           whole
           ,
           this
           supposition
           of
           his
           is
           no
           more
           then
           the
           Counterpart
           of
           the
           old
           Story
           :
           And
           the
           Declamatory
           dangers
           that
           he
           foresees
           in
           Vision
           ,
           were
           outdone
           by
           those
           sensible
           Cruelties
           and
           Oppressions
           that
           this
           poor
           Kingdom
           suffered
           in
           very
           deed
           .
           And
           now
           to
           bear
           him
           Company
           in
           his
           Phansy
           ,
           we
           shall
           give
           you
           a
           Truth
           for
           his
           Imagination
           .
        
         
           First
           Imagine
           the
           whole
           Nation
           in
           a
           Flame
           ,
           
           and
           brought
           to
           the
           Extremities
           of
           Fire
           and
           Sword
           by
           the
           Malice
           of
           the
           same
           Faction
           that
           embroyl'd
           us
           before
           ;
           and
           
             at
             the
             same
             Instant
             ,
             Phansy
          
           whole
           Droues
           of
           Coblers
           ,
           Draymen
           ,
           Ostlers
           ,
           Quartering
           upon
           your
           Wives
           and
           Daughters
           ,
           till
           ye
           want
           bread
           to
           put
           in
           your
           Childrens
           Mouths
           ;
           (
           which
           was
           the
           very
           Case
           )
           your
           Apprentices
           discharg'd
           of
           their
           Indentures
           by
           Ordinances
           ;
           your
           Houses
           Rifled
           ;
           your
           Accompt-Books
           Examin'd
           ;
           Servants
           corrupted
           to
           betray
           their
           Masters
           ;
           your
           Persons
           sent
           on
           Ship-board
           ,
           transported
           ,
           or
           thrown
           into
           nasty
           Dungeons
           ;
           or
           in
           mercy
           ,
           perhaps
           your
           Throats
           cut
           ,
           by
           the
           Name
           of
           
             Popish
             Dogs
          
           ,
           and
           Cavaliers
           .
           And
           all
           this
           only
           for
           refusing
           to
           Renounce
           God
           and
           your
           
           Soveraign
           .
           
             Then
             represent
             to
             your selves
          
           the
           Thimble-maker
           ,
           once
           again
           Lieutenant
           of
           the
           Tower
           ;
           your
           Citizens
           clap
           up
           ,
           orders
           for
           the
           Demolishing
           of
           your
           Gates
           and
           Chains
           ;
           and
           nothing
           less
           than
           
             Military
             Execution
          
           threatned
           ye
           ,
           unless
           you
           will
           Redeem
           your selves
           with
           100000
           l.
           a
           Mouth
           Contribution
           ,
           toward
           the
           perpetuating
           of
           your
           Slavery
           .
           Then
           
             cast
             your
             Eye
             toward
             Cheapside
             ,
             Corn-hill
             ,
             Charing-Cross
             ,
             Pallace-yard
             ,
             Tower-hill
             ,
          
           nay
           ,
           White-hall
           it self
           ;
           and
           there
           Imagine
           your
           Father
           ,
           your
           Brother
           ,
           your
           Citizens
           ,
           the
           Nobility
           ,
           Gentry
           ;
           nay
           ,
           the
           King
           himself
           ,
           and
           his
           best
           Friends
           and
           Ministers
           under
           the
           hand
           of
           the
           Common
           Executioner
           ;
           
             Appealing
             to
             God
             ,
             for
             whose
             Cause
             they
             dy'd
             .
             Which
             was
             a
             frequent
             spectacle
             ,
          
           when
           the
           King
           reign'd
           no
           longer
           among
           you
           .
           Phansie
           again
           that
           
             you
             behold
             those
             Beautiful
             Churches
             erected
             for
             the
             true
             Worship
             of
             God
             ,
             abused
             and
             turned
             into
          
           Stables
           ,
           and
           the
           Pulpits
           into
           Iugling
           Boxes
           ,
           to
           Hocus
           your
           Wives
           and
           your
           Daughters
           ,
           out
           of
           their
           Bodkins
           and
           Thimbles
           :
           and
           there
           to
           hear
           nothing
           but
           Heresie
           and
           Sedition
           ,
           
             to
             the
             Dishonour
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             Scandal
             of
             Religion
             .
          
           Phansie
           the
           
             Ministers
             of
             Gods
             Holy
             Word
          
           cast
           out
           of
           their
           Livings
           by
           Hundreds
           ,
           and
           with
           their
           Wives
           and
           Children
           expos'd
           to
           the
           wide
           World
           to
           beg
           their
           Bread.
           Your
           
             Women
             running
             with
             their
             Hair
             about
             their
             Ears
             ,
          
           One
           half
           to
           the
           Works
           like
           Pioneers
           ,
           the
           other
           dancing
           attendance
           at
           some
           Merciless
           Committee
           to
           put
           in
           Bayl
           for
           a
           Malignant
           Child
           ,
           or
           Husband
           ;
           
             men
             cover'd
             with
             Blood
          
           ,
           lost
           Limbs
           ,
           and
           mangled
           Bodies
           ,
           with
           Horrors
           of
           Conscience
           over
           and
           above
           .
        
         
           If
           it
           be
           true
           ,
           
           that
           these
           and
           forty
           times
           more
           Cruelties
           were
           committed
           :
           And
           that
           the
           People
           were
           frighted
           into
           these
           Precipices
           only
           by
           shadows
           :
           If
           it
           be
           true
           again
           ,
           that
           those
           Glorious
           Pretenders
           when
           they
           had
           the
           King
           and
           his
           Papists
           (
           as
           they
           call'd
           his
           most
           Orthodox
           Friends
           )
           under
           foot
           ;
           that
           these
           People
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           never
           lookt
           further
           after
           Religion
           ;
           but
           fell
           presently
           to
           the
           sharing
           of
           the
           Church
           and
           Crown
           Revenues
           among
           themselves
           ,
           It
           will
           concern
           every
           sober
           man
           to
           look
           well
           about
           him
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           use
           of
           his
           Reason
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           his
           Faith
           ,
           for
           these
           Fore-boders
           seldom
           Croak
           but
           before
           a
           Storm
           .
           This
           Subject
           has
           carry'd
           me
           too
           far
           already
           ,
           but
           I
           shall
           be
           shorter
           in
           what
           follows
           .
        
         
           After
           his
           affected
           Image
           of
           the
           Tyranny
           and
           Desolation
           that
           is
           breaking
           in
           upon
           us
           ,
           he
           does
           as
           good
           as
           nothing
           ,
           without
           
           working
           up
           the
           Peoples
           Horror
           and
           Astonishment
           upon
           those
           apprehensions
           ,
           into
           a
           Direct
           Rage
           and
           Desperation
           .
           And
           this
           he
           endeavours
           to
           bring
           about
           by
           undertaking
           so
           positively
           for
           his
           Majesties
           Murther
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           himself
           were
           of
           the
           Conspiracy
           :
           Very
           Peremptorily
           Issuing
           out
           his
           Orders
           to
           the
           City
           to
           be
           ready
           with
           their
           Arms
           at
           an
           hours
           warning
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           Hour
           (
           says
           he
           )
           wherein
           ye
           hear
           of
           the
           Kings
           untimely
           End
           ,
           
           let
           no
           other
           Noise
           be
           heard
           among
           you
           ,
           but
           that
           of
           ARM
           ,
           ARM
           ;
           to
           revenge
           your
           Soveraigns
           Death
           ,
           both
           upon
           his
           Murtherers
           and
           their
           whole
           Party
           ;
           For
           that
           there
           's
           no
           such
           thing
           as
           an
           
             English
             Papist
          
           ,
           who
           is
           not
           in
           the
           Plot
           ,
           at
           least
           in
           his
           good
           wishes
           .
           Let
           not
           fear
           of
           losing
           Part
           by
           your
           Action
           make
           you
           lose
           the
           whole
           by
           your
           Patience
           .
           Pag.
           4.
           
           And
           then
           ,
           Pag.
           25.
           he
           points
           them
           out
           the
           very
           General
           to
           lead
           them
           ;
           a
           respect
           which
           neither
           the
           City
           ,
           nor
           the
           
             Illustrious
             Person
             himself
          
           ,
           will
           thank
           him
           for
           ,
           upon
           so
           disorderly
           an
           occasion
           :
           Enforcing
           his
           Proposition
           with
           this
           Inducement
           ,
           That
           
             he
             who
             hath
             the
          
           worst
           Title
           
             ever
             makes
             the
          
           best
           King.
           Which
           is
           no
           Complement
           at
           all
           to
           his
           Majesty
           himself
           ;
           for
           an
           Usurper
           ,
           it
           seems
           ,
           would
           be
           better
           for
           His
           turn
           .
           So
           that
           without
           any
           If
           's
           or
           And
           's
           the
           thing
           is
           given
           for
           Granted
           ;
           and
           upon
           this
           Instigation
           ,
           the
           least
           Rumour
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           way
           ,
           puts
           the
           people
           upon
           a
           General
           Massacre
           ;
           as
           the
           bare
           Report
           lately
           of
           the
           French
           appearing
           before
           the
           Isle
           of
           Purbeck
           ,
           had
           like
           to
           have
           done
           in
           several
           places
           .
           And
           then
           to
           the
           same
           Purpose
           ,
           
             Pag.
             23.
             
             They
             will
             vigorously
             ,
             and
             speedily
             attempt
             the
             Kings
             Ruine
             ,
             unless
             he
             suddenly
             prevent
             it
             ,
             by
             adhering
             to
             his
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             ruining
             Them
             First
             .
          
           Whether
           this
           be
           the
           way
           to
           Expose
           the
           Life
           of
           his
           most
           Sacred
           Majesty
           ,
           or
           to
           Preserve
           it
           ,
           let
           the
           World
           judg
           :
           And
           of
           the
           Irreverence
           of
           handling
           so
           tender
           a
           Point
           at
           this
           Course
           rate
           .
           Nay
           ,
           he
           does
           not
           only
           pronounce
           upon
           the
           Thoughts
           and
           Purposes
           of
           Men
           ,
           but
           upon
           the
           most
           
             secret
             appointment
          
           of
           
             God
             himself
             .
             When
             God
             designs
             the
             Destruction
             of
             a
             King
             ,
             or
             People
             ,
          
           (
           says
           he
           )
           
             Pag.
             11.
             he
             makes
             them
             deaf
             to
             all
             Discoveries
             .
          
           This
           Observation
           of
           his
           ,
           I
           'm
           affraid
           is
           more
           to
           the
           purpose
           then
           he
           was
           aware
           of
           :
           For
           there
           are
           Discoveries
           of
           several
           sorts
           ,
           that
           are
           Evident
           Enough
           ,
           and
           yet
           not
           much
           taken
           notice
           of
           .
           To
           say
           nothing
           of
           the
           Censures
           he
           passes
           upon
           the
           Kings
           Actions
           ,
           and
           Publick
           Resolutions
           of
           State
           :
           Only
           I
           wonder
           who
           made
           this
           Man
           a
           Judg
           in
           Israel
           .
           He
           quarrels
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           Pag.
           3.
           
           For
           Prorogations
           ,
           and
           Dissolutions
           of
           Parliaments
           .
           And
           Pag.
           4.
           upon
           another
           Point
           .
           Pag.
           23.
           
           He
           Pre-judges
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           
           
             as
             if
             they
             would
             give
             his
             Majesty
             no
             Supplies
             ,
             unless
             he
             takes
             off
             the
             Heads
             of
             the
             Popish
             Faction
             ,
             exclude
             the
             Successlon
             ,
             and
             consent
             to
             such
             Laws
             ,
             as
             must
             of
             necessity
             ruin
             them
             .
          
           In
           his
           6
           
             th
             Page
          
           ,
           he
           shews
           himself
           so
           good
           an
           English-man
           ,
           that
           he
           Professes
           ,
           he
           would
           rather
           be
           under
           a
           
             French
             Conqueror
          
           then
           under
           the
           Duke
           ,
           as
           Successor
           .
           And
           he
           goes
           so
           far
           too
           toward
           the
           Dislike
           of
           the
           Government
           it self
           ,
           that
           he
           says
           ,
           
             no
             Government
             but
             Monarchy
             can
             in
          
           England
           ,
           
             ever
             support
             ,
             or
             favour
          
           Popery
           ,
           P.
           7.
           
           He
           tells
           the
           City
           ,
           Pag.
           5.
           that
           
             their
             Enemies
          
           are
           young
           beggerly
           Officers
           ,
           Courtiers
           ,
           Over-hot
           Church-men
           and
           Papists
           ,
           and
           charges
           the
           
             three
             First
          
           with
           lessening
           the
           Plot
           ;
           and
           resembling
           the
           times
           to
           1641.
           
           Now
           how
           is
           it
           possible
           ,
           but
           the
           Positions
           of
           1641.
           should
           put
           us
           in
           mind
           of
           the
           Rebellion
           of
           1641
           ?
           He
           begins
           his
           10
           
             th
             Page
          
           thus
           .
           
             After
             the
          
           Catholicks
           
             had
             thus
             brought
             the
          
           Fathers
           Head
           
             to
             the
          
           Block
           ,
           
             and
             sent
             the
          
           young
           Princes
           into
           Exile
           ,
           &c.
           
           Now
           to
           give
           the
           Devil
           his
           due
           ,
           I
           cannot
           find
           so
           much
           as
           
             one
             Papist
          
           in
           the
           whole
           List
           of
           Regicides
           .
           He
           has
           ,
           I
           confess
           ,
           one
           admirable
           Fetch
           to
           prove
           His
           
             R.
             H.
          
           dangerous
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           because
           he
           is
           both
           a
           Friend
           ,
           and
           a
           Brother
           ,
           Pag.
           17.
           as
           if
           the
           King
           were
           safer
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           his
           Enemies
           ,
           then
           of
           his
           Friends
           .
           If
           his
           meaning
           be
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           more
           dangerous
           in
           regard
           of
           Confidence
           ,
           and
           Opportunities
           ;
           there
           is
           no
           Fence
           against
           that
           Danger
           ,
           but
           utterly
           to
           cast
           off
           all
           the
           Bonds
           ,
           and
           Dictates
           ,
           of
           Society
           ,
           and
           
             good
             Nature
          
           .
           We
           must
           contract
           no
           Friendships
           ,
           and
           trust
           no
           Relations
           for
           fear
           they
           should
           out
           our
           Throats
           .
           How
           much
           more
           wretched
           then
           Beasts
           has
           our
           Appealer
           made
           us
           at
           this
           rate
           ,
           by
           poysoning
           the
           very
           Fountain
           of
           Human
           Comforts
           ▪
        
         
           Though
           I
           have
           drawn
           out
           this
           Pamphlet
           already
           further
           then
           I
           intended
           ▪
           I
           must
           not
           close
           it
           yet
           without
           one
           General
           Observation
           upon
           the
           People
           we
           have
           to
           deal
           with
           in
           this
           Controversie
           .
        
         
           Calumny
           and
           Imposture
           have
           ever
           been
           the
           two
           main
           Pillars
           of
           their
           Cause
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           can
           but
           wheedle
           the
           Vulgar
           ,
           on
           the
           one
           hand
           ,
           and
           defame
           the
           Friends
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           on
           the
           other
           ,
           their
           business
           is
           done
           .
           There
           scarce
           passes
           a
           day
           without
           a
           Libel
           against
           both
           
             Church
             and
             State
          
           ;
           without
           either
           Provocation
           ,
           or
           Punishment
           :
           which
           both
           shews
           their
           Malice
           ,
           and
           confirms
           them
           in
           their
           Insolence
           .
           There
           is
           nothing
           so
           Odious
           ,
           and
           so
           Ridiculous
           together
           ,
           as
           betwixt
           Droll
           ,
           and
           Sophisme
           ,
           these
           People
           represent
           the
           Publick
           Management
           of
           Affairs
           .
           And
           who
           
           can
           blame
           the
           Multitude
           now
           ,
           under
           these
           Circumstances
           of
           Licence
           ,
           and
           Delusion
           ,
           if
           they
           either
           Forget
           ,
           or
           Depart
           from
           their
           Duties
           ?
           Is
           there
           not
           Law
           ,
           and
           Power
           sufficient
           for
           the
           Preventing
           ,
           or
           Suppressing
           these
           Indignities
           ?
           Or
           is
           it
           a
           thing
           not
           worth
           the
           taking
           Notice
           of
           ?
           for
           his
           Majesty
           to
           be
           told
           every
           day
           ,
           in
           a
           Pamphlet
           ,
           at
           his
           Palace-gate
           ,
           that
           
             His
             Ministers
             are
             Traytors
             and
             Conspirators
             ;
             His
             Courtiers
             a
             Pack
             of
             Knaves
             ,
             and
             He
             himself
             but
             upon
             his
             Good
             Behaviour
             to
             his
             own
             Subjects
             ?
          
           WILL
           it
           end
           Here
           ?
           DID
           it
           end
           Here
           ?
           But
           whence
           is
           it
           that
           all
           this
           Venom
           and
           Confidence
           proceeds
           ?
           The
           Former
           is
           only
           a
           Fermentation
           of
           the
           
             Old
             Leaven
          
           (
           for
           we
           have
           our
           Iesuits
           too
           )
           The
           
             Papal
             Iesuite
          
           is
           an
           Enemy
           to
           
             Heretical
             Kings
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Protestant
             Iesuite
          
           will
           have
           
             no
             Kings
             at
             all
          
           ,
           and
           then
           for
           their
           Confidence
           ,
           they
           have
           both
           
             Impunity
             ▪
          
           and
           Encouragement
           :
           the
           former
           proves
           it self
           ;
           and
           I
           shall
           now
           conclude
           with
           a
           word
           or
           two
           concerning
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           The
           bringing
           of
           this
           Devilish
           Plot
           upon
           the
           Stage
           ,
           has
           struck
           all
           men
           of
           Piety
           ,
           Loyalty
           ,
           and
           Love
           to
           their
           Country
           ,
           with
           Amazement
           ,
           and
           Horror
           .
           The
           Murther
           of
           a
           Prince
           ,
           the
           Subversion
           of
           our
           Government
           ,
           and
           Religion
           ;
           What
           can
           be
           more
           Exercrable
           ?
           The
           thought
           of
           so
           Diabolical
           a
           Practice
           has
           justly
           transported
           the
           People
           to
           the
           highest
           degree
           of
           Rage
           against
           it
           ,
           imaginable
           :
           And
           it
           is
           a
           Meritorious
           ,
           and
           a
           
             Laudable
             Zeal
          
           too
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           it
           contains
           it self
           within
           the
           Bounds
           of
           Law
           ,
           and
           Duty
           :
           While
           the
           King
           ,
           Council
           and
           Parliament
           are
           ,
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           sifting
           ,
           and
           Examining
           the
           Design
           ,
           and
           doing
           Justice
           upon
           the
           Offenders
           .
        
         
           Now
           there
           are
           a
           sort
           of
           men
           ,
           
           that
           under
           the
           Countenance
           of
           
             This
             Plot
          
           advance
           another
           of
           their
           own
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           but
           the
           Rubbing
           of
           a
           Libel
           with
           a
           little
           Anti-Popery
           ,
           to
           give
           it
           the
           Popular
           smack
           ;
           and
           any
           thing
           else
           against
           the
           Government
           goes
           down
           Current
           .
           If
           a
           man
           Writes
           ,
           or
           Speaks
           ,
           or
           Reasons
           against
           them
           ,
           he
           is
           presently
           
             a
             favourer
             of
             the
             Papists
             ,
             a
             Lessener
             of
             the
             Plot
             ,
          
           and
           run
           down
           with
           Nonsence
           ,
           and
           Clamor
           .
           A
           Person
           of
           Untainted
           Honour
           and
           Integrity
           ,
           puts
           in
           for
           a
           Parliament-man
           ;
           't
           is
           but
           any
           Little
           Fellows
           taking
           advantage
           of
           the
           Humour
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           Billing
           of
           him
           for
           having
           some
           Papist
           to
           his
           Kinsman
           ,
           perhaps
           ,
           or
           Visiting
           some
           Lord
           in
           the
           Tower
           ;
           or
           under
           the
           common
           Scandal
           of
           a
           Courtier
           ,
           or
           a
           Pensioner
           ,
           and
           he
           's
           gone
           to
           all
           Intents
           and
           Purposes
           .
           This
           is
           the
           Character
           they
           give
           to
           every
           
           man
           that
           loves
           the
           King
           ,
           the
           Church
           ,
           or
           the
           Law.
           They
           serve
           them
           as
           Nero
           did
           the
           Christians
           ;
           they
           put
           them
           into
           Bears-skins
           ;
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           they
           call
           them
           
             Papists
             ,
             Pensioners
             ,
             Conspirators
          
           ,
           and
           then
           deliver
           them
           up
           to
           be
           worry'd
           by
           the
           Rabble
           .
           Shall
           we
           never
           distinguish
           between
           
             Indubitable
             Truths
          
           ,
           and
           
             Transparent
             Falshoods
          
           ?
           betwixt
           Words
           and
           Deeds
           ,
           that
           stand
           in
           a
           direct
           Opposition
           ,
           the
           One
           to
           the
           Other
           ?
           What
           Priviledg
           has
           a
           Phanatick
           to
           blow
           up
           a
           Government
           ,
           more
           than
           a
           Iesuite
           ?
           It
           must
           be
           confest
           ,
           however
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           the
           
             Braver
             Enemy
             of
             the
             two
          
           ,
           for
           he
           scorns
           to
           sneak
           to
           the
           Execution
           of
           his
           Exploit
           with
           a
           
             Dark
             Lanthorn
          
           ;
           and
           to
           take
           advantage
           of
           Authority
           by
           Surprize
           ;
           but
           
             Arraigns
             Princes
             ,
             and
             puts
             them
             to
             death
             in
             the
             face
             of
             the
             Sun
          
           ;
           and
           at
           
             this
             Instant
          
           ,
           charges
           the
           
             Church
             openly
          
           with
           
             Idolatry
             ,
             Superstition
             and
             Oppression
          
           ;
           the
           State
           with
           Tyranny
           ;
           and
           the
           Law
           it self
           ,
           with
           Error
           and
           Insufficiency
           .
           His
           first
           work
           is
           to
           Accuse
           his
           Superiors
           of
           Mis-government
           :
           And
           then
           he
           tells
           the
           People
           ;
           next
           ,
           that
           in
           Case
           of
           Mis-government
           they
           may
           resume
           their
           Power
           .
           And
           
             what
             's
             all
             this
             to
             the
          
           PLOT
           ?
        
         
           THE
           END
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A47810-e110
           
             The
             Dukes
             Succession
             the
             Common
             subject
             of
             the
             Press
             .
          
           
             Law
             ,
             and
             Scripture
             pretended
             on
             Both
             sides
             .
          
           
             Texts
             ,
             and
             Presidents
             may
             be
             misapplyed
             .
          
           
             Heresie
             ,
             and
             Sedition
             ,
             pretend
             Texts
             ,
             and
             Presidents
             .
          
           
             Texts
             and
             Presidents
             to
             all
             purposes
             .
          
           
             Have
             a
             Care
             of
             perverted
             Authorities
             .
          
           
             The
             Dispute
             ,
             Pro
             ,
             and
             Con.
             
          
           
             How
             the
             Question
             came
             to
             be
             set
             a
             Foot.
             
          
           
             The
             King
             Removed
             by
             Consequence
             .
          
           
             Who
             were
             the
             Aggressours
             .
          
           
             The
             Case
             Put.
             
          
           
             A
             preposterous
             Question
             .
          
           
             Reasons
             why
             the
             Question
             ought
             not
             to
             have
             been
             Put.
             
          
           
             The
             People
             Incompetent
             Judges
             of
             the
             Case
             .
          
           
             An
             Error
             of
             dangerous
             Consequence
             .
          
           
             Great
             mischief
             ,
             and
             
          
           
             No
             Benefit
             by
             the
             Question
             .
          
           
             The
             Dispute
             Justified
             .
          
           
             The
             Question
             a
             Moot-Point
             .
          
           
             Not
             one
             of
             a
             Thousand
             understands
             the
             Point
             .
          
           
             Or
             what
             if
             the
             People
             did
             understand
             it
             ?
          
           
             An
             Unprofitable
             Question
             .
          
           
             His
             Majesties
             Speech
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             a
             Question
             of
             dangerous
             Consequences
             .
          
           
             The
             King
             wounded
             through
             the
             Duke
             .
          
           
             The
             Motives
             to
             the
             Bill
             of
             Exclusion
             .
          
           
             The
             Excluding
             Clause
             of
             the
             pretended
             Bill
             .
          
           
             The
             Ground
             and
             Extent
             of
             This
             Exclusion
             .
          
           
             The
             Duke
             gave
             neither
             Birth
             nor
             Life
             to
             the
             Plot.
             
          
           
             Proved
             by
             Dr.
             Oates
             .
          
           
             They
             durst
             not
             Trust
             the
             Duke
             with
             the
             knowledg
             of
             any
             design
             .
          
           
             The
             Duke
             to
             be
             dispatched
             too
             .
          
           
             Dr.
             Oats
             his
             Narrative
             Fol.
             64.
             
          
           
             The
             Duke
             to
             be
             Poyson'd
             ,
             or
             Destroy'd
             .
          
           
             No
             hopes
             of
             the
             Dukes
             Compliance
             .
          
           
             The
             Duke
             clear'd
             by
             Dr.
             Oates
             .
          
           
             Security
             to
             his
             Religion
             .
          
           
             The
             Extent
             of
             This
             Exclusion
             .
          
           
             Suppose
             the
             Disinherison
             .
             Lawful
             .
          
           
             The
             danger
             of
             Absolute
             ,
             and
             Unknown
             Power
             .
          
           
             A
             Necessity
             of
             Some
             known
             Fundamentals
             .
          
           
             A
             thing
             may
             be
             Lawful
             and
             yet
             Inconvenient
             .
          
           
             Four
             Obstacles
             to
             be
             removed
             ,
             before
             the
             King
             pass
             the
             Bill
             .
          
           
             No
             Notice
             taken
             of
             Libels
             against
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             His
             Government
             .
          
           
             A
             well
             meaning
             Mistake
             as
             Dangerous
             as
             a
             Malicious
             one
             .
          
           
             The
             Old
             Cause
             Reviv'd
             .
          
           
             Scandalous
             Reflections
             upon
             His
             Royal
             Highness
             .
          
           
             Seditious
             Positions
             .
          
           
             The
             Kings
             Case
             ,
             and
             the
             Dukes
             are
             unluckily
             Coupled
             .
          
           
             The
             King
             no
             safer
             ,
             then
             the
             Duke
             .
          
           
             The
             Dangerous
             Consequences
             of
             placing
             the
             Power
             in
             the
             People
             .
          
           
             The
             Commons
             Vote
             .
          
           
             The
             Question
             Changed
             ,
             from
             Heir
             ,
             to
             Successour
             .
          
           
             A
             desperate
             Consequence
             .
          
           
             The
             Political
             Catechism
             .
          
           
             The
             Scope
             of
             the
             Ninteen
             Propositions
             .
          
           
             Husbands
             Collections
             Pag.
             316.
             
          
           
             The
             Kings
             Ruin
             was
             and
             is
             design'd
             .
          
           
             Seditious
             Positions
             .
          
           
             A
             Malitious
             Inference
             .
          
           
             A
             Scandalous
             Address
             to
             the
             City
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Walworth
             .
          
           
             The
             City
             of
             London
             has
             been
             always
             Loyal
             .
          
           
             Hodge
             upon
             the
             Monument
             .
          
           
             The
             Libeller
             sets
             up
             for
             an
             Oratour
             .
          
           
             The
             Old
             Story
             .
          
           
             Truth
             for
             his
             Vision
             .
          
           
             We
             should
             do
             well
             to
             look
             about
             us
             .
          
           
             He
             gives
             the
             Kings
             Murther
             for
             granted
             .
          
           
             One
             Plot
             under
             another
             .