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           A
           REPLY
           TO
           THE
           REASONS
           OF
           THE
           Oxford-Clergy
           AGAINST
           ADDRESSING
           .
        
         
           Publish'd
           with
           Allowance
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             Henry
             Hills
          
           ,
           Printer
           to
           the
           King
           's
           Most
           Excellent
           Majesty
           for
           his
           Houshold
           and
           Chappel
           .
           1687.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           REPLY
           TO
           THE
           REASONS
           of
           the
           OXFORD-CLERGY
           AGAINST
           ADDRESSING
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           THE
           Copy
           you
           sent
           us
           of
           some
           Reasons
           for
           Addressing
           ,
           with
           an
           Answer
           to
           'em
           ,
           and
           several
           Arguments
           against
           it
           drawn
           up
           by
           the
           Oxford-Clergy
           ,
           doth
           most
           extreamly
           afflict
           and
           surprise
           us
           ;
           for
           ,
           what
           Man
           of
           Sense
           could
           in
           the
           least
           imagine
           ,
           that
           our
           Clergy
           ,
           who
           once
           had
           obtain'd
           the
           highest
           Applauses
           for
           their
           Loyalty
           ,
           should
           at
           last
           do
           any
           thing
           that
           may
           seem
           to
           justifie
           the
           Insinuations
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           always
           said
           ,
           That
           Church-of-England-Loyalty
           would
           continue
           no
           longer
           than
           the
           Prince
           was
           of
           their
           Religion
           :
           For
           now
           it
           looks
           as
           if
           our
           Loyalty
           must
           be
           no
           longer
           liv'd
           than
           our
           Church
           is
           in
           a
           Flourishing
           State
           ;
           why
           else
           do
           our
           Clergy
           thus
           Remonstrate
           against
           rendring
           His
           Majesty
           their
           humblest
           Thanks
           for
           the
           Assurances
           He
           has
           given
           'em
           of
           Protection
           in
           
           the
           Free
           Exercise
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           full
           Enjoyment
           of
           their
           Ecclesiastical
           Possessions
           ?
           Don't
           they
           know
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           owing
           to
           His
           Majesty's
           Grace
           for
           this
           much
           ,
           and
           that
           ,
           unless
           His
           Majesty
           had
           embrac'd
           that
           most
           Christian
           and
           Heroic
           Principle
           ,
           That
           
             Conscience
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             constrain'd
             ,
          
           and
           had
           also
           excell'd
           all
           his
           Royal
           Predecessors
           in
           Clemency
           ,
           he
           could
           never
           forgive
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           by
           whom
           so
           many
           Sanguinary
           Laws
           have
           been
           made
           against
           Men
           of
           His
           Religion
           ;
           or
           ,
           have
           forborn
           the
           Exercising
           that
           Prerogative
           in
           Matters
           Ecclesiastical
           ,
           which
           our
           Church
           hath
           often
           recogniz'd
           to
           be
           Inherent
           in
           the
           Crown
           ,
           and
           by
           which
           our
           Church
           may
           be
           in
           a
           great
           measure
           
             Legally
             subverted
          
           ?
        
         
           What
           then
           can
           be
           more
           manifest
           to
           a
           Person
           of
           the
           least
           Thoughtfulness
           ,
           than
           that
           Our
           Church
           is
           infinitely
           oblig'd
           to
           His
           Majesty
           for
           Her
           present
           Standing
           ?
           Or
           ,
           what
           more
           certain
           ,
           than
           that
           She
           is
           most
           disingenuously
           ungrateful
           ,
           if
           She
           acknowledges
           not
           so
           much
           ?
        
         
           This
           Paper
           therefore
           ,
           which
           is
           sent
           abroad
           on
           purpose
           to
           ensnare
           the
           Members
           of
           our
           Church
           ,
           must
           not
           escape
           our
           Animadversions
           ;
           and
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           the
           more
           effectually
           prevent
           it
           s
           design'd
           Mischief
           ,
           we
           will
           lay
           down
           every
           Argument
           in
           the
           Words
           of
           the
           Paper
           ,
           and
           endeavor
           that
           our
           discussing
           'em
           may
           be
           with
           the
           greatest
           Evenness
           and
           Moderation
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           First
           place
           then
           ,
           we
           must
           make
           our
           Remarks
           on
           the
           Method
           taken
           to
           abuse
           the
           Reader
           ,
           by
           proposing
           but
           Two
           Considerations
           ,
           and
           that
           very
           lamely
           too
           ,
           for
           Addressing
           ;
           but
           as
           many
           more
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           Advantages
           imaginable
           ,
           against
           It
           ;
           thereby
           tempting
           the
           Unwary
           to
           conclude
           ,
           That
           the
           rendring
           His
           Majesty
           their
           Thanks
           ,
           was
           a
           thing
           most
           Ridiculous
           .
           However
           ,
           we
           'll
           propose
           those
           feeble
           Arguments
           that
           are
           
           for
           Addressing
           ,
           with
           the
           Clergys
           Answer
           ,
           and
           try
           whether
           it
           's
           so
           easie
           a
           Matter
           to
           blow
           'em
           off
           the
           Stage
           ,
           as
           these
           Gentlemen
           would
           have
           us
           think
           .
        
         
           
             Reasons
             for
             this
             Address
             may
             be
             Two.
             
          
           
             FIRST
             ,
             That
             it
             may
             continue
             His
             Majesty's
             Favor
             ;
             and
             the
             Omission
             may
             irritate
             the
             Treasury
             to
             demand
             a
             Review
             of
             the
             First-fruits
             ,
             to
             the
             full
             Ualue
             ,
             upon
             the
             Fifth
             Bond.
             
          
        
         
           
             The
             CLERGIES
             ANSWER
             .
          
           
             As
             to
             the
             Kings's
             Favor
             ,
             if
             the
             known
             Loyal
             Principles
             and
             Practices
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             which
             evidenc'd
             themselves
             (
             one
             would
             think
             )
             so
             acceptable
             to
             this
             Prince
             in
             the
             Instance
             of
             the
             Exclusion
             ,
             and
             Monmouth
             ,
             will
             not
             secure
             us
             ,
             so
             not
             this
             Address
             (
             which
             only
             copies
             out
             Fanatical
             Loyalty
             and
             Gratitude
             )
             can
             continue
             it
             .
          
           
             Yet
             our
             Thanks
             at
             this
             time
             might
             not
             seem
             improper
             ,
             if
             the
             Favor
             of
             continuing
             the
             Laws
             to
             us
             (
             which
             perhaps
             with
             all
             the
             Endeavors
             to
             the
             contrary
             cannot
             be
             Repeal'd
             )
             were
             as
             great
             as
             the
             Repealing
             those
             for
             the
             Dissenters
             Sake
             ;
             which
             the
             Presbyterian
             and
             
               Independent
               Addresses
            
             say
             ,
             His
             Majesty
             will
             engage
             His
             Parliament
             to
             ,
             and
             for
             which
             they
             principally
             give
             Thanks
             .
          
        
         
           
             OUR
             REPLY
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             These
             Gentlemen
             think
             they
             have
             done
             enough
             already
             to
             merit
             the
             Continuance
             of
             His
             Majesty's
             Favor
             ,
             because
             some
             of
             'em
             were
             against
             the
             
               Bill
               of
               
               Exclusion
            
             ,
             and
             endeavor'd
             the
             Suppression
             of
             Monmouth
             ;
             not
             considering
             ,
             how
             many
             of
             our
             Communion
             were
             the
             Active
             Persons
             both
             in
             the
             Matter
             of
             the
             Exclusion
             and
             Monmouth
             .
             It
             's
             true
             ,
             at
             that
             time
             some
             were
             very
             Loyal
             ,
             and
             but
             some
             .
             Consult
             the
             late
             King
             's
             Narrative
             ,
             and
             observe
             the
             Rise
             and
             Progress
             of
             that
             Conspiracy
             ,
             and
             you
             will
             find
             ,
             't
             was
             from
             First
             to
             Last
             begun
             and
             carried
             on
             by
             Church
             of
             England
             Men
             :
             For
             ,
             tho
             the
             Fanatics
             had
             their
             Hand
             in
             it
             ,
             yet
             they
             were
             not
             the
             Only
             ,
             nor
             the
             Chief
             Actors
             .
             If
             you
             go
             back
             so
             far
             as
             the
             Excluding
             Parliament
             ,
             they
             were
             ,
             Five
             to
             One
             ,
             Church
             of
             England
             Men.
             Or
             ,
             if
             you
             look
             on
             the
             Contests
             about
             the
             Sheriffs
             ,
             you
             will
             find
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             to
             be
             the
             Chief
             in
             that
             Transaction
             ;
             and
             in
             truth
             ,
             no
             one
             that
             had
             been
             a
             Dissenter
             ,
             could
             act
             as
             a
             Sheriff
             or
             Common-Council-Man
             ,
             until
             he
             had
             forsaken
             his
             Communion
             with
             the
             Dissenters
             ,
             and
             incorporated
             himself
             with
             our
             Church
             :
             So
             that
             whatever
             they
             did
             in
             these
             Public
             Capacities
             ,
             they
             did
             it
             not
             as
             Dissenters
             ,
             but
             as
             Members
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             .
             Come
             nearer
             home
             ,
             to
             the
             late
             Rebellion
             ,
             and
             consider
             who
             were
             the
             Heads
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             't
             will
             appear
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             :
             Or
             go
             down
             to
             Winchester
             ,
             where
             were
             above
             Four
             hundred
             of
             the
             Meaner
             sort
             ,
             and
             ,
             except
             Twenty
             or
             Thirty
             ,
             all
             declare
             themselves
             to
             be
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             :
             Or
             read
             Julian
             ,
             a
             Church
             of
             England
             Divine
             ,
             in
             which
             the
             Doctrin
             of
             Non-resistance
             is
             so
             much
             exploded
             ,
             and
             you
             may
             soon
             be
             convinc'd
             ,
             that
             the
             whole
             is
             said
             for
             Resistance
             ,
             is
             only
             for
             the
             Encouragement
             of
             Church
             of
             England
             Men
             to
             fight
             in
             Defence
             of
             the
             Religion
             by
             Law
             Establish'd
             ;
             not
             a
             Word
             to
             affect
             a
             Dissenter
             ,
             whose
             Religion
             is
             by
             Statute-Laws
             condemn'd
             .
          
           
           
             So
             that
             our
             Church
             must
             take
             the
             Shame
             of
             all
             these
             things
             to
             her self
             ,
             and
             confess
             ,
             she
             has
             more
             reason
             to
             insist
             on
             his
             Majestie
             's
             Grace
             ,
             than
             her
             own
             Merit
             ,
             for
             the
             continuance
             of
             the
             King's
             Favour
             .
             But
             ,
          
           
             2.
             
             It
             is
             granted
             by
             these
             Gentlemen
             ,
             That
             if
             the
             Favor
             of
             continuing
             the
             Laws
             to
             us
             were
             as
             great
             as
             the
             repealing
             those
             against
             the
             Dissenters
             ,
             it
             might
             not
             be
             improper
             to
             give
             Thanks
             .
             So
             that
             it
             s
             confessd
             to
             be
             but
             just
             in
             the
             Dissenters
             to
             make
             their
             Addresses
             .
             And
             we
             doubt
             not
             but
             that
             we
             shall
             make
             it
             manifest
             ,
             that
             such
             is
             the
             present
             State
             and
             Constitution
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             that
             it
             's
             as
             much
             in
             the
             Power
             of
             the
             King
             to
             humble
             our
             Clergy
             ,
             as
             't
             is
             to
             comfort
             the
             Dissenter
             ;
             and
             that
             our
             Clergy
             are
             as
             much
             owing
             to
             the
             Kings
             Grace
             for
             the
             present
             exercise
             of
             their
             Religion
             ,
             and
             Enjoyment
             of
             their
             Possessions
             ,
             as
             the
             Dissenters
             are
             for
             the
             Indulgence
             .
             We
             mention
             not
             this
             to
             lessen
             his
             Majestie
             's
             Favor
             to
             the
             Dissenter
             ,
             but
             that
             you
             may
             see
             the
             Transcendency
             of
             the
             Kings
             Grace
             to
             our
             Church
             .
          
           
             The
             several
             Acts
             of
             Parliament
             recognizing
             the
             King's
             Supremacy
             in
             matters
             Ecclesiastical
             ;
             
             the
             Doctrin
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             seen
             in
             her
             Articles
             ,
             and
             the
             Histories
             of
             Queen
             Elizabeth
             ,
             and
             King
             James
             ,
             and
             Charles
             I.
             relating
             to
             this
             very
             thing
             ,
             do
             sufficiently
             declare
             ,
             that
             such
             is
             the
             Plenitude
             and
             Fulness
             ,
             of
             the
             Kings
             Power
             in
             matters
             Ecclesiastical
             ,
             that
             he
             can
             by
             his
             Ecclesiastical
             Commissioners
             make
             new
             Laws
             concerning
             Rights
             and
             Ceremonies
             ,
             and
             impose
             new
             Articles
             on
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             requiring
             their
             Subscription
             on
             pains
             of
             Suspension
             and
             Deprivation
             .
             
             Before
             the
             13.
             
             
               Eliz.
               c.
            
             12.
             
             
             Subscriptions
             were
             enjoyn'd
             by
             the
             Regal
             Power
             ,
             and
             tho
             this
             Statute
             requir'd
             Subscription
             ,
             yet
             it
             being
             to
             the
             Articles
             of
             Religion
             ,
             which
             only
             concern
             the
             Confession
             of
             the
             true
             Christian
             Faith
             ,
             and
             the
             Doctrin
             of
             the
             Sacraments
             ,
             compriz'd
             in
             a
             Book
             Imprinted
             and
             Entituled
             ,
             Articles
             ,
             &c.
             
             'T
             was
             deemed
             by
             the
             Bishops
             to
             be
             insufficient
             ,
             who
             therefore
             apply
             themselves
             to
             their
             Prince
             ,
             that
             by
             her
             Majesties
             Power
             Ecclesiastical
             ,
             they
             might
             enjoyn
             a
             fuller
             Subscription
             ,
             which
             ,
             accordingly
             they
             did
             ,
             appointing
             Subscription
             ,
             not
             only
             to
             the
             Articles
             of
             Faith
             and
             Doctrins
             of
             the
             Sacraments
             ;
             
             but
             unto
             the
             Government
             ,
             the
             Rites
             and
             Ceremonies
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             refused
             this
             larger
             Subscription
             ,
             tho
             they
             would
             readily
             subscribe
             as
             by
             the
             Statute
             requir'd
             ,
             were
             suspended
             and
             depriv'd
             .
             And
             has
             not
             his
             present
             Majesty
             the
             same
             Power
             Queen
             Elizabeth
             had
             ?
             Why
             then
             may
             he
             not
             make
             new
             Laws
             about
             Ceremonies
             ,
             and
             require
             Subscription
             to
             new
             Articles
             ?
             Besides
             ,
             i'ts
             acknowledg'd
             ,
             that
             whatever
             Power
             Ecclesiastical
             the
             Popes
             did
             
               de
               facto
            
             exercise
             in
             this
             Kingdom
             according
             to
             the
             Canons
             ,
             that
             same
             Power
             
               de
               jure
            
             belongs
             to
             our
             Kings
             ;
             and
             '
             it
             s
             also
             granted
             ,
             That
             the
             Canons
             of
             General
             Councils
             ,
             and
             the
             Decrees
             of
             the
             Roman
             Pontifs
             ,
             so
             far
             forth
             as
             they
             have
             been
             receiv'd
             by
             the
             Permission
             of
             our
             Kings
             ,
             and
             ancient
             Custom
             ,
             are
             still
             in
             force
             ;
             and
             that
             these
             Canons
             are
             daily
             violated
             by
             our
             Clergy
             ,
             cannot
             be
             denied
             ,
             especially
             in
             the
             matter
             of
             Pluralities
             ,
             
             which
             cannot
             be
             held
             but
             by
             a
             Dispensation
             from
             the
             King
             ,
             
             or
             at
             least
             by
             his
             confirming
             the
             Archbishops
             .
             And
             will
             any
             say
             ,
             that
             tho
             the
             Dispensation
             ,
             by
             which
             any
             of
             our
             Clergy
             hold
             their
             Pluralities
             ,
             is
             deriv'd
             from
             the
             King
             ,
             yet
             the
             King
             cannot
             revoke
             them
             ?
             Or
             may
             not
             his
             Majesties
             Ecclesiastical
             Commissoners
             ,
             make
             Enquiry
             after
             those
             who
             have
             above
             
               8
               l.
               per
               Annum
            
             ,
             and
             by
             a
             Dispensation
             hold
             a
             Second
             Benefice
             ,
             and
             judge
             of
             the
             First
             Benefice
             ,
             not
             according
             to
             the
             Value
             in
             the
             Kings
             Books
             ,
             but
             according
             to
             the
             very
             Value
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             as
             has
             been
             formerly
             adjudged
             ;
             or
             as
             is
             in
             the
             Argument
             for
             addressing
             ,
             may
             not
             the
             Treasury
             demand
             a
             Review
             of
             the
             First
             Fruits
             according
             to
             the
             full
             Value
             ?
             In
             a
             word
             ,
             may
             not
             the
             King
             send
             out
             a
             
               Quo
               Warranto
            
             against
             the
             Bishops
             ,
             and
             demand
             by
             what
             Power
             they
             hold
             Courts
             in
             their
             own
             Names
             ,
             and
             finding
             nothing
             but
             Prescription
             to
             be
             their
             Plea
             ,
             which
             can
             be
             no
             Bar
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             sufficiently
             humble
             our
             Clergy
             ?
             And
             ,
             seeing
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             notwithstanding
             the
             many
             Provocations
             he
             has
             met
             with
             ,
             from
             some
             of
             our
             Clergy
             ,
             is
             so
             far
             from
             Exercising
             this
             Power
             against
             our
             Church
             ,
             that
             on
             the
             contrary
             he
             is
             so
             unexpressibly
             gracious
             as
             to
             promise
             his
             Protection
             ,
             have
             we
             not
             the
             greatest
             Reason
             gratefully
             to
             acknowledge
             it
             to
             the
             King
             ?
          
           
             Their
             affirming
             these
             Addresses
             to
             copy
             out
             only
             
               Fanatical
               Loyalty
            
             ,
             and
             Gratitude
             ,
             is
             so
             very
             indecent
             ,
             that
             we
             think
             it
             unworthy
             of
             further
             Notice
             ,
             judging
             their
             Confidence
             also
             about
             the
             Impossibility
             of
             Repealing
             their
             Laws
             to
             bear
             some
             Proportion
             to
             the
             Extravagance
             of
             their
             Censure
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             PAPER
             .
          
           
             SECONDLY
             ,
             That
             it
             seems
             our
             Duty
             to
             maintain
             Unity
             with
             our
             Bishop
             requiring
             it
             ,
             and
             perhaps
             expecting
             it
             upon
             our
             
               Canonical
               Obedience
            
             ,
             there
             being
             nothing
             
               praeter
               licitum
               &
               honestum
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             ANSWER
             .
          
           
             As
             to
             the
             Bishop
             ,
             't
             is
             conceiv'd
             ,
             that
             this
             is
             no
             Instance
             of
             Canonical
             Obedience
             ;
             nor
             is
             the
             Duty
             of
             our
             Unity
             with
             him
             apprehended
             to
             be
             such
             ,
             as
             disunites
             us
             from
             the
             most
             ,
             the
             best
             and
             soundest
             of
             the
             National
             Clergy
             ,
             who
             we
             think
             ought
             not
             ,
             and
             we
             believe
             will
             not
             move
             in
             an
             Affair
             ,
             which
             concerns
             the
             whole
             Church
             equally
             without
             their
             Metropolitan
             and
             his
             Bishops
             .
             Neither
             hath
             our
             Bishop
             shewed
             any
             Pastoral
             Regard
             to
             us
             ,
             unless
             it
             be
             in
             a
             treating
             us
             like
             Children
             in
             a
             very
             weak
             and
             passive
             Minority
             ,
             by
             requiring
             our
             Submission
             to
             an
             Address
             formed
             and
             worded
             to
             our
             Hands
             ,
             without
             our
             Knowledge
             ,
             not
             leaving
             us
             the
             Liberty
             ,
             and
             thinking
             us
             able
             to
             express
             the
             Sense
             of
             our
             Acts
             (
             or
             Hearts
             )
             ●nd
             therefore
             till
             Bishops
             upon
             their
             Consecration
             declare
             what
             Faith
             they
             are
             of
             ,
             as
             they
             did
             in
             the
             Primitive
             Church
             ,
             for
             which
             the
             Reasons
             are
             the
             same
             as
             then
             ;
             to
             maintain
             Unity
             with
             a
             Bishop
             without
             Caution
             is
             a
             Principle
             ,
             that
             may
             lead
             us
             further
             than
             we
             ought
             to
             go
             .
          
        
         
           
             REPLY
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             There
             being
             so
             much
             Reason
             why
             our
             Clergy
             ought
             to
             make
             their
             Address
             of
             Thanks
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             
             it
             would
             be
             very
             strange
             if
             such
             a
             Practice
             cannot
             be
             found
             amongst
             the
             Licita
             and
             Honesta
             of
             our
             Church
             ;
             and
             if
             it
             comes
             within
             this
             Pale
             ,
             and
             the
             Ordinary
             commands
             it
             ,
             it
             's
             beyond
             us
             to
             conceive
             how
             Disobedience
             in
             the
             Clergy
             can
             escape
             the
             Guilt
             of
             Perjury
             .
             For
             the
             Oath
             express'd
             in
             the
             Instrument
             of
             the
             Clergies
             Institution
             is
             in
             these
             words
             ,
             
               Te
               Primitùs
               de
               legitima
               &
               Canonica
               Obedientia
               nobis
               &
               Successoribus
               nostris
               ,
               in
               omnibus
               licitis
               &
               honestis
               Mandatis
               per
               te
               praestanda
               &
               exhibenda
               ,
               ad
               Sancta
               Evangelia
               ritè
               juratum
               admittimus
               .
            
             So
             that
             they
             are
             sworn
             to
             perform
             Lawful
             and
             Canonical
             Obedience
             to
             their
             Ordinary
             in
             all
             his
             lawful
             and
             honest
             Mandates
             .
             The
             Bishop
             then
             commands
             'em
             to
             thank
             the
             King
             for
             his
             Grace
             and
             Clemency
             in
             a
             matter
             for
             which
             once
             heretofore
             they
             did
             it
             .
             Is
             this
             Lawful
             or
             Unlawful
             ?
             Honest
             or
             Dishonest
             ?
             Not
             Unlawful
             nor
             Dishonest
             ;
             because
             when
             the
             King
             declared
             only
             to
             the
             Council
             he
             would
             protect
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             they
             then
             judg'd
             it
             their
             Duty
             ;
             now
             the
             King
             doth
             but
             make
             the
             same
             Declaration
             to
             the
             whole
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             if
             not
             Unlawful
             ,
             and
             their
             Ordinary
             commands
             it
             ,
             they
             are
             bound
             by
             their
             Oath
             to
             obey
             ,
             how
             then
             can
             they
             disobey
             and
             not
             be
             at
             least
             forsworn
             ?
             But
             ,
          
           
             2.
             
             How
             comes
             it
             to
             pass
             ,
             that
             their
             Obeying
             their
             Ordinary
             disunites
             'em
             from
             the
             most
             ,
             the
             best
             and
             soundest
             of
             the
             National
             Clergy
             ?
             What!
             are
             the
             whole
             Clergy
             so
             insensible
             of
             the
             Kings
             Grace
             ,
             that
             they
             'll
             not
             acknowledge
             it
             ?
             what
             a
             prodigious
             Change
             is
             this
             ?
             And
             why
             must
             they
             not
             rather
             regard
             their
             own
             Ordinary
             ,
             than
             the
             Sense
             of
             others
             ?
             If
             the
             matter
             requir'd
             ,
             be
             (
             as
             we
             have
             prov'd
             it
             to
             be
             )
             Lawful
             and
             Honest
             ,
             do
             they
             make
             nothing
             of
             an
             Oath
             ?
             and
             is
             Church-of
             England
             Unity
             in
             danger
             of
             
             being
             broken
             ?
             That
             surely
             is
             ominous
             ,
             and
             no
             doubt
             will
             open
             the
             Mouth
             both
             of
             Papist
             and
             Protestant
             Dissenter
             .
             Is
             the
             Church
             of
             Englands
             Case
             so
             desperate
             ,
             that
             they
             must
             either
             be
             ungrateful
             to
             their
             Prince
             ,
             or
             be
             divided
             amongst
             themselves
             ?
             Furthermore
             ,
          
           
             3.
             
             
               Their
               Bishop
               shews
               no
               Pastoral
               Regard
               to
               'em
               ,
            
             
             
               unless
               it
               be
               in
               treating
               'em
               like
               Children
               ,
               by
               requiring
               their
               Submission
               to
               an
               Address
               worded
               to
               their
               Hands
               ,
               not
               leaving
               'em
               the
               Liberty
               to
               express
               the
               Sense
               of
               their
               Hearts
               .
            
             So
             the
             Paper
             .
             And
             what
             hurt
             in
             all
             this
             ?
             It
             's
             to
             be
             presum'd
             ,
             they
             'l
             make
             more
             bold
             with
             their
             Prince
             than
             with
             God
             ;
             and
             therefore
             seeing
             they
             are
             not
             to
             be
             trusted
             ,
             when
             they
             make
             their
             Addresses
             to
             God
             ,
             how
             can
             they
             expect
             to
             be
             trusted
             when
             they
             apply
             themselves
             to
             their
             Prince
             ?
             Are
             not
             their
             Prayers
             all
             worded
             to
             their
             Hands
             ?
             Have
             they
             Liberty
             to
             express
             the
             Sense
             of
             their
             Hearts
             in
             Publick
             ?
             No
             ,
             they
             have
             solemnly
             promis'd
             ,
             they
             'll
             use
             the
             Church-Prayers
             ,
             and
             
               none
               other
            
             ;
             why
             then
             should
             they
             expect
             a
             Liberty
             of
             expressing
             their
             Sense
             when
             they
             are
             to
             address
             to
             the
             King
             ?
             Ay
             but
             ,
          
           
             4.
             
             
               Bishops
               upon
               their
               Consecration
               should
               declare
               what
               Faith
               they
               are
               of
               ,
               as
               they
               did
               in
               the
               Primitive
               Times
               .
            
             What
             's
             this
             but
             too
             high
             a
             Reflection
             upon
             our
             Church
             ,
             an
             Accusation
             that
             we
             are
             fallen
             from
             the
             Primitive
             Purity
             ?
             Tho
             it
             must
             be
             acknowledg'd
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             Clergy
             Subscribe
             ,
             Assent
             ,
             and
             Consent
             to
             the
             Thirty
             nine
             Articles
             ,
             &c.
             
             And
             is
             not
             that
             enough
             ?
             Or
             ,
             have
             they
             forgotten
             how
             solemnly
             they
             did
             swear
             Canonical
             Obedience
             to
             their
             Ordinary
             ;
             that
             they
             now
             tell
             us
             ,
             they
             must
             maintain
             Unity
             with
             their
             Bishop
             with
             Caution
             ;
             thereby
             encouraging
             even
             the
             Nonconformists
             in
             their
             Dissent
             ?
          
           
           
             But
             to
             the
             Arguments
             against
             Addressing
             .
          
        
         
           
             THE
             PAPER
             .
          
           
             Reasons
             against
             it
             are
             Many
             ;
             under
             the
             present
             Circumstances
             ,
             to
             instance
             in
             Four.
             
          
           
             FIRST
             ,
             As
             to
             our
             Possessions
             ,
             it
             either
             equally
             concerns
             all
             Estates
             of
             Men
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             ought
             then
             to
             be
             most
             particularly
             consider'd
             in
             Parliament
             ;
             or
             ,
             it
             supposes
             our
             Possessions
             less
             Legal
             ,
             and
             more
             Arbitrary
             than
             other
             Subjects
             .
          
        
         
           
             ANSWER
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             their
             Possessions
             ,
             they
             are
             setled
             on
             them
             in
             no
             other
             manner
             than
             they
             were
             on
             the
             Clergy
             in
             Q.
             
             Elizabeth's
             and
             K.
             James
             the
             First
             's
             Days
             ,
             when
             ,
             for
             not
             subseribing
             to
             Articles
             never
             then
             enjoyn'd
             by
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             many
             hundreds
             of
             the
             Clergy
             were
             suspcnded
             ,
             and
             depriv'd
             of
             all
             their
             Ecclesiastical
             Possessions
             :
             And
             should
             a
             strict
             Enquiry
             be
             made
             into
             our
             Clergy
             ,
             it
             's
             to
             be
             fear'd
             ,
             that
             too
             many
             of
             'em
             would
             be
             found
             so
             very
             guilty
             ,
             as
             to
             deserve
             not
             only
             a
             Suspension
             ,
             but
             also
             a
             Deprivation
             ;
             and
             we
             therefore
             cannot
             think
             it
             to
             be
             the
             Wisdom
             of
             our
             Clergy
             to
             provoke
             the
             Ecclesiastical
             Commissioners
             to
             make
             a
             close
             Search
             after
             their
             Miscarriages
             ,
             especially
             seeing
             Deprivations
             have
             been
             anciently
             for
             Dilapidations
             ,
             and
             such
             like
             Offences
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           ARGUMENT
           II.
           
        
         
           SECONDLY
           ,
           As
           to
           our
           Religion
           ,
           This
           Address
           (
           referring
           to
           the
           Declaration
           )
           necessarily
           herds
           among
           the
           various
           Sects
           under
           the
           Toleration
           ,
           who
           for
           suspending
           the
           Laws
           have
           led
           the
           way
           in
           these
           Addresses
           ,
           owing
           their
           Exercise
           of
           their
           Religion
           to
           no
           Legal
           Establishment
           ,
           but
           only
           to
           Sovereign
           Pleasure
           and
           Indulgence
           ,
           which
           at
           pleasure
           is
           revocable
           .
        
         
           
             ANSWER
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             They
             'll
             not
             deny
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             now
             agree
             with
             the
             other
             Sects
             ,
             in
             Dissenting
             from
             his
             Majesty's
             Religion
             ,
             and
             are
             equally
             with
             them
             owing
             to
             the
             King's
             Grace
             ,
             and
             His
             most
             Christian
             Principle
             ,
             
               That
               Conscience
               ought
               not
               to
               be
               constrain'd
               ,
            
             for
             the
             Protection
             the
             King
             vouchsafes
             them
             in
             the
             Enjoyment
             of
             the
             Free
             Exercise
             of
             our
             Religion
             .
             They
             see
             how
             easily
             the
             King
             can
             humble
             them
             ;
             and
             had
             he
             not
             been
             for
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             he
             must
             esteem
             himself
             under
             the
             most
             powerful
             Obligations
             of
             endeavoring
             it
             ,
             and
             a
             Change
             of
             our
             Religion
             :
             Why
             then
             should
             they
             be
             so
             much
             against
             concurring
             with
             the
             various
             Sects
             among
             us
             in
             rendring
             the
             King
             their
             Thanks
             ?
             What
             ,
             shall
             the
             Fanatic
             out-do
             us
             in
             point
             of
             Ingenuity
             and
             Gratitude
             ?
          
           
             2.
             
             
               They
               say
            
             ,
             That
             the
             Dissenters
             owe
             the
             Exercise
             of
             their
             Religion
             to
             no
             Legal
             Establishment
             ,
             but
             only
             to
             Sovereign
             Pleasure
             .
          
           
             What
             a
             strange
             Change
             is
             this
             !
             The
             other
             day
             ,
             in
             the
             late
             King's
             Reign
             ,
             the
             Cry
             ,
             the
             General
             Cry
             was
             ,
             That
             the
             very
             
               Legislative
               Power
            
             was
             lodg'd
             in
             the
             Breast
             
             of
             the
             King
             ;
             
             but
             now
             ,
             contrary
             to
             the
             very
             Vitals
             of
             our
             Government
             ,
             they
             'll
             not
             allow
             Him
             the
             entire
             Enjoyment
             of
             the
             
               Executive
               Power
            
             .
             That
             the
             King
             may
             grant
             a
             Dispensation
             with
             a
             
               Non
               obstante
            
             to
             any
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             give
             out
             a
             Particular
             Pardon
             to
             the
             Transgressors
             of
             any
             Statute
             ,
             and
             these
             particular
             Dispensations
             and
             Pardons
             may
             be
             given
             out
             to
             every
             particular
             Subject
             that
             needs
             'em
             ,
             has
             been
             the
             avow'd
             Principle
             even
             of
             the
             greatest
             Opposers
             of
             Arbitrary
             Government
             .
             Besides
             ,
             in
             Matters
             Ecclesiastical
             ,
             which
             comprehend
             the
             Dissenters
             Case
             ,
             the
             Sovereignty
             of
             the
             King
             is
             as
             full
             and
             compleat
             ,
             as
             any
             of
             His
             Majesty's
             Royal
             Predecessors
             ,
             and
             theirs
             the
             same
             with
             that
             Power
             the
             Popes
             did
             
               de
               facto
            
             exercise
             according
             to
             Canon-Law
             ,
             with
             a
             
               Non
               obstante
            
             to
             a
             particular
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             .
          
           
             But
             what
             need
             we
             insist
             on
             these
             things
             ?
             Have
             not
             the
             Clergy
             gone
             higher
             in
             exalting
             the
             Sovereign
             Pleasure
             above
             all
             Laws
             ,
             even
             in
             Civils
             ,
             when
             in
             the
             Declaration
             that
             all
             our
             Clergy
             subscribe
             ,
             they
             distinguish
             between
             the
             Sovereign
             Pleasure
             of
             our
             King
             ,
             and
             His
             Authority
             of
             Law
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Law
             or
             Authority
             ,
             if
             it
             at
             any
             time
             falls
             in
             competition
             with
             the
             Sovereign
             Pleasure
             ,
             must
             defere
             to
             Sovereign
             Pleasure
             ;
             it
             being
             a
             Trayterous
             Practice
             to
             observe
             the
             Law
             ,
             in
             opposition
             to
             any
             Commission'd
             by
             Sovereign
             Power
             ?
          
        
         
           
             The
             PAPER
             .
          
           
             THIRDLY
             ,
             This
             Address
             is
             either
             design'd
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             then
             it
             ought
             to
             have
             had
             't
             is
             Birth
             at
             Lambeth
             ,
             or
             a
             Synodal
             Convocation
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             this
             Diocess
             only
             ,
             which
             then
             will
             both
             disjoynt
             us
             
             one
             from
             another
             who
             differ
             about
             it
             ,
             or
             from
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             National
             Clergy
             ;
             the
             best
             part
             of
             which
             we
             are
             assurc'd
             dislike
             it
             in
             the
             present
             Circumstances
             :
             So
             that
             the
             inevitable
             consequence
             of
             this
             Address
             (
             set
             on
             foot
             by
             a
             few
             Bishops
             independently
             on
             their
             Metropolitan
             ,
             and
             without
             the
             previous
             Concurrence
             of
             the
             rest
             of
             their
             Order
             )
             must
             be
             a
             fatal
             Division
             among
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             and
             either
             beget
             a
             new
             Schism
             ,
             or
             widen
             the
             old
             ones
             ,
             which
             ,
             are
             already
             too
             deplorable
             .
          
        
         
           
             ANSWER
             .
          
           
             One
             would
             think
             that
             the
             Bishop
             and
             Clergy
             of
             a
             Diocess
             might
             safely
             enough
             make
             their
             Address
             of
             Thanks
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             without
             the
             previous
             Concurrence
             of
             the
             rest
             of
             their
             Order
             ,
             or
             consulting
             their
             Metropolitan
             .
             For
             the
             Union
             between
             Bishop
             and
             Bishop
             ,
             and
             the
             Dependance
             of
             all
             the
             Bishops
             in
             a
             Province
             on
             their
             Metropolitan
             ,
             ought
             to
             be
             comprehended
             within
             those
             matters
             ,
             that
             relate
             to
             Purity
             of
             Faith
             and
             Manners
             ;
             but
             is
             Non-addressing
             a
             matter
             of
             Faith
             ,
             or
             Addressing
             ,
             contrary
             to
             the
             Rule
             of
             good
             Manners
             ,
             that
             it
             must
             not
             be
             adventur'd
             on
             without
             the
             Advice
             of
             a
             Colledge
             of
             Bishops
             ,
             or
             the
             leave
             of
             a
             Metropolitan
             ?
             But
             if
             we
             do
             more
             closely
             pursue
             this
             point
             ,
             we
             shall
             find
             the
             Constitution
             of
             our
             Church
             to
             be
             such
             ,
             that
             in
             all
             matters
             of
             Consultation
             ,
             the
             Birth
             must
             not
             be
             at
             Lambeth
             ,
             but
             at
             Whitehall
             .
             For
             what
             Power
             Superior
             to
             a
             single
             Bishop
             hath
             the
             Metropolitan
             ,
             but
             what
             is
             
               Juris
               positivi
            
             ,
             and
             derived
             from
             the
             King
             ,
             the
             Fountain
             and
             Source
             of
             all
             Provincial
             and
             National
             Church-Power
             in
             these
             Kingdoms
             ?
             This
             surely
             must
             be
             granted
             by
             those
             that
             are
             not
             for
             a
             Power
             deriv'd
             ,
             
             either
             from
             a
             General
             Council
             ,
             
             or
             from
             the
             Roman
             Pontif
             ,
             and
             then
             it
             will
             inevitably
             follow
             ,
             that
             his
             Majesty
             in
             the
             first
             place
             is
             to
             be
             consulted
             ,
             whose
             Mind
             in
             this
             matter
             is
             sufficiently
             known
             ,
             and
             it
             's
             as
             much
             the
             Duty
             of
             the
             Metropolitan
             to
             consult
             and
             obey
             the
             King
             the
             Supreme
             Ordinary
             of
             this
             National
             Church
             ,
             as
             it
             can
             be
             for
             a
             single
             Bishop
             to
             regard
             his
             Metropolitan
             ;
             for
             which
             Reason
             we
             think
             it
             a
             Presumption
             ,
             very
             near
             to
             what
             is
             unpardonable
             in
             the
             Inferior
             Clergy
             ,
             to
             dispute
             what
             is
             agreeable
             to
             the
             Sense
             ,
             both
             of
             their
             Ordinary
             ,
             and
             Supreme
             Ordinary
             .
          
           
             And
             as
             for
             the
             Talk
             of
             Schism
             ,
             as
             if
             these
             ,
             who
             are
             for
             Addressing
             ,
             must
             needs
             be
             Schismatics
             ;
             we
             only
             say
             ,
             that
             making
             Differences
             about
             matters
             of
             this
             nature
             to
             be
             Schismatical
             ,
             will
             tempt
             thoughtful
             Men
             to
             conclude
             ,
             that
             the
             Outcries
             of
             Schism
             against
             the
             Non-conformists
             ,
             have
             been
             grounded
             on
             as
             little
             Reason
             ,
             and
             with
             as
             little
             Justice
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             PAPER
             .
          
           
             FOURTHLY
             ,
             It
             will
             forfeit
             our
             Reputation
             with
             the
             Nobility
             ,
             Gentry
             and
             Commonalty
             of
             our
             Communion
             ,
             and
             may
             tempt
             them
             to
             Disgust
             us
             for
             our
             rash
             Compliance
             with
             suspected
             Artifices
             (
             which
             may
             rise
             hereafter
             against
             us
             ,
             to
             our
             Own
             ,
             and
             the
             Church's
             Prejudice
             )
             and
             to
             waver
             in
             the
             Stedfastness
             of
             their
             own
             Profession
             ,
             when
             they
             see
             us
             owning
             the
             Exercise
             of
             our
             Established
             Religion
             to
             be
             so
             precarious
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             ANSWER
             .
          
           
             Above
             Twenty
             Years
             together
             without
             any
             Regard
             to
             the
             Nobility
             ,
             Gentry
             and
             Commonalty
             ,
             our
             Clergy
             have
             been
             publishing
             to
             the
             World
             ,
             that
             the
             King
             can
             do
             greater
             things
             than
             are
             done
             in
             his
             Declaration
             .
             But
             now
             the
             Scene
             is
             alter'd
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             become
             more
             concern'd
             to
             maintain
             their
             Reputation
             ,
             even
             with
             the
             Commonalty
             ,
             than
             with
             the
             King
             :
             Ay
             ,
             they
             Insinuate
             as
             if
             the
             Nobility
             and
             Gentry
             had
             taken
             up
             their
             Religion
             on
             such
             a
             Foundation
             ,
             as
             would
             be
             shaken
             by
             an
             Address
             ;
             and
             do
             moreover
             suggest
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             Nobility
             and
             Gentry
             are
             as
             little
             affected
             with
             his
             Majesties
             Grace
             as
             themselves
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             PAPER
             .
          
           
             May
             it
             not
             therefore
             be
             expedient
             ,
             humbly
             to
             Remonstrat
             our
             Scruples
             in
             this
             Affair
             to
             our
             Diocesan
             ,
             and
             beseech
             him
             not
             to
             require
             our
             Act
             ,
             without
             consulting
             us
             in
             a
             thing
             of
             so
             Public
             and
             National
             Concernment
             ,
             wherein
             we
             conceive
             our selves
             oblidg'd
             to
             proceed
             upon
             mature
             Deliberation
             ,
             and
             united
             Measures
             ,
             which
             under
             God
             and
             the
             King
             ,
             are
             like
             to
             be
             our
             greatest
             Safeguard
             ?
          
        
         
           
             ANSWER
             .
          
           
             Their
             Duty
             is
             to
             consider
             ,
             whether
             they
             are
             more
             oblig'd
             to
             their
             Metropolitan
             ,
             than
             to
             their
             Diocesan
             .
             If
             they
             ought
             to
             regard
             their
             Diocesan
             most
             ,
             it
             's
             their
             Duty
             to
             submit
             unto
             his
             Sense
             of
             things
             ,
             and
             not
             revive
             
             the
             old
             way
             of
             Remonstrating
             thus
             ;
             but
             if
             they
             judge
             themselves
             bound
             to
             regard
             their
             Metropolitan
             more
             than
             their
             Diocesan
             ,
             we
             are
             sure
             that
             their
             Obligation
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             the
             Supreme
             Ordinary
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             is
             much
             greater
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             ought
             not
             to
             bring
             what
             he
             approves
             of
             under
             debate
             ,
             especially
             considering
             the
             Transcendency
             of
             His
             Majesty's
             Favor
             towards
             them
             ,
             and
             that
             such
             Discoveries
             of
             Ingratitude
             may
             justly
             provoke
             the
             King
             to
             exercise
             His
             Just
             Prerogatives
             in
             Matters
             Ecclesiastical
             ,
             and
             humble
             them
             .
          
           
             In
             a
             word
             ,
             we
             would
             ,
             if
             possible
             ,
             inculcate
             this
             on
             your
             Thoughts
             ,
             That
             our
             Church
             of
             England
             Lawyers
             have
             resolutely
             affirm'd
             
               the
               King
               to
               be
               Supreme
               Ordinary
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               ancient
               Laws
               of
               this
               Realm
               ,
               may
               without
               any
               Act
               of
               Parliament
               make
               Ordinances
               and
               Institutions
               for
               the
               Goverment
               of
               the
               Clergy
               ,
            
             
             
               and
               may
               deprive
               them
               if
               they
               obey
               not
               .
               Moor
               755.
               
               C.
               1043.
               
               Cro.
               Trin.
               2
               Jac.
               37.
               
               Cawley
               1
               Eliz.
               c.
            
             1.
             
             And
             when
             the
             Prince
             zealously
             espous'd
             our
             Churches
             Quarrel
             ,
             't
             was
             deem'd
             by
             our
             Clergy
             to
             be
             almost
             Treason
             to
             suggest
             the
             contrary
             :
             And
             if
             you
             consult
             our
             Histories
             ,
             you
             ll
             see
             ,
             that
             Queen
             Elizabeth
             ,
             in
             favor
             of
             our
             Clergy
             ,
             did
             many
             a
             time
             exercise
             this
             Power
             ;
             on
             her
             entring
             the
             Throne
             ,
             she
             sent
             out
             a
             Proclamation
             ,
             That
             
               no
               Man
            
             (
             of
             what
             Perswasion
             soever
             he
             was
             in
             the
             Points
             of
             Religion
             )
             
               should
               be
               suffered
               to
               Preach
               in
               public
               ,
               but
               only
               such
               as
               should
               be
               licens'd
               by
               her
               Authority
               :
            
             
             On
             which
             occasion
             no
             Sermon
             was
             preach'd
             at
             
             Paul's
             Cross
             ,
             or
             any
             public
             place
             in
             London
             ,
             from
             December
             until
             the
             Easter
             following
             ;
             and
             by
             it
             ,
             those
             that
             could
             not
             subscribe
             the
             Articles
             enjoyn'd
             meerly
             by
             Regal
             Power
             ,
             were
             suspended
             and
             depriv'd
             :
             Whence
             we
             observe
             ,
             That
             if
             this
             Power
             be
             inherent
             in
             the
             Imperial
             Crown
             of
             England
             ,
             as
             hitherto
             
             our
             Clergy
             ,
             in
             opposition
             to
             Fanatic
             Clamors
             ,
             have
             over
             and
             over
             asserted
             ,
             the
             Clergy
             are
             undoubtedly
             owing
             to
             His
             Majesty's
             Clemency
             for
             the
             free
             exercise
             of
             their
             Religion
             ;
             for
             had
             not
             the
             King
             excell'd
             Queen
             Elizabeth
             of
             precious
             Memory
             ,
             in
             Compassion
             and
             Grace
             ,
             their
             Mouths
             would
             have
             been
             stopp'd
             long
             ago
             :
             On
             the
             other
             hand
             ,
             if
             this
             Power
             be
             not
             inherent
             in
             the
             Crown
             ,
             't
             will
             inevitably
             follow
             ,
             That
             the
             Nonconformists
             have
             been
             most
             unjustly
             treated
             by
             our
             Clergy
             .
             To
             conclude
             ,
             The
             last
             Result
             will
             be
             this
             ;
             Our
             Clergy
             must
             abide
             by
             their
             old
             avow'd
             Doctrin
             ,
             defend
             the
             King
             's
             Ecclesiastical
             Supremacy
             ,
             and
             acknowledge
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             to
             His
             Majesty's
             Grace
             they
             are
             owing
             for
             their
             present
             Liberty
             ;
             or
             condemn
             all
             their
             former
             Practices
             against
             the
             Dissenter
             ,
             and
             turn
             over
             unto
             them
             :
             
               Vtrum
               horum
            
             .
             Farewell
             .
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A47912-e80
           
             
               See.
               1.
               
               Eliz.
               c.
            
             2.
             towards
             the
             End.
             The
             Queens
             Majesty
             ,
             by
             the
             Advice
             of
             her
             Commissioners
             or
             Metropolitan
             ,
             may
             ordain
             and
             publish
             such
             Ceremonies
             or
             Rites
             as
             may
             be
             most
             for
             the
             Advancement
             of
             Gods
             Glory
             ,
             
               &c.
               
               Rex
               potest
               novas
               Leges
               condere
               circa
               Caeremonias
               &
               Ritus
               ,
               cum
               Concilio
               Metropolitani
               vel
               Commissariorum
               in
               Causis
               Ecclesi●sticis
               .
               Zouch
               .
               Descrip.
               Jur.
               Ecclesiast
               .
               par
               .
               1.
               
               Sect.
               2.
               
               Cosin
               .
               Tab.
               c.
            
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             only
             the
             Complaints
             of
             the
             Nonconformists
             in
             their
             Prints
             ,
             but
             our
             Histories
             so
             frequently
             mention
             it
             ,
             that
             't
             would
             be
             troublesome
             to
             quote
             'em
             all
             .
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             'll
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             to
             the
             39
             Articles
             ,
             so
             far
             forth
             ,
             as
             the
             Articles
             do
             agree
             with
             the
             Law
             of
             God
             and
             the
             Land
             ,
             is
             not
             good
             ,
             as
             was
             adjudged
             in
             33
             
               &
               34
               Eliz.
               B.
               R.
               Clark
            
             against
             Smithfield
             .
             So
             
               Godolph
               .
               Abridg.
               Eccles.
               Laws
               .
               c.
               13.
               
               §.
            
             8.
             
             Besides
             the
             Canon
             36.
             enjoyns
             this
             fuller
             Subscription
             ,
             That
             the
             King
             as
             Supream
             Head
             ,
             may
             do
             whatever
             the
             Pope
             might
             formerly
             do
             within
             this
             Realm
             by
             Canon
             Law
             ,
             is
             asserted
             by
             all
             our
             Lawyers
             generally
             .
             See
             
               Cok●
               4.
               
               Instit.
               341.
               
               Cawley
               .
               1.
               Q.
               Eliz.
               c.
               1.
               
               Godolph
               .
               Abridg.
               c.
               1.
               
               §.
               5
               ,
               6
               ,
               7.
               
               Zouch
               .
               Descrip.
               jure
               Eccles.
               p.
               1.
               
               §.
               1.
               
               Cosin
               .
               Tab.
               c.
            
             16.
             
          
           
             The
             Lord
             C.
             J.
             Hobart
             asserts
             ,
             That
             altho
             the
             Statute
             of
             25.
             
             
               Hen.
               8.
               c.
            
             21
             doth
             say
             ,
             That
             all
             Dispensations
             ,
             &c.
             shall
             be
             granted
             in
             manner
             and
             form
             following
             ,
             and
             not
             otherwise
             ,
             yet
             the
             King
             is
             not
             thereby
             restrain'd
             ,
             but
             his
             Power
             remains
             as
             full
             and
             perfect
             as
             before
             .
             Colt
             and
             Glover
             against
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Covent
             .
             and
             
               Lichfield
               .
               Godolph
               .
               Abridg
               .
               c.
               26.
               
               §.
               12.
               
               Nullum
               Tempus
               occurrit
               Regi
               .
            
          
           
             They
             declare
             ,
             That
             the
             Book
             of
             Common-Prayer
             ,
             and
             of
             Ordering
             of
             Bishops
             ,
             &c.
             containeth
             nothing
             in
             it
             contrary
             to
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             may
             be
             lawfully
             used
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             will
             use
             the
             Form
             in
             the
             said
             Book
             prescribed
             ,
             in
             Public
             Prayer
             ,
             and
             Administration
             of
             the
             Sacraments
             ,
             and
             
               none
               other
               .
               Can.
               36.
               
               Art.
            
             2.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A47912-e1510
           
             If
             an
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             forbiddeth
             under
             a
             Penalty
             ,
             and
             it
             prove
             inconvenient
             to
             divers
             particular
             Persons
             ,
             the
             law
             gives
             Power
             to
             the
             King
             to
             dispense
             therewith
             .
             So
             Rolls
             and
             Coke
             .
             See
             22
             Car.
             2.
             
             The
             Author
             of
             Jovian
             assures
             us
             ,
             That
             the
             Government
             of
             this
             Kingdom
             consists
             in
             the
             Imperial
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Political
             laws
             ;
             and
             whatever
             is
             requir'd
             by
             the
             Imperial
             Laws
             ,
             if
             not
             contrary
             to
             the
             Laws
             of
             God
             ,
             mu●t
             be
             observ'd
             :
             So
             that
             unless
             Acts
             of
             Parliament
             be
             
               jure
               divinc
            
             ,
             and
             the
             Imperial
             Law
             ,
             or
             the
             Word
             of
             the
             King
             is
             to
             act
             contrary
             ,
             we
             m●st
             obev
             .
             
               Joviar
               .
               Edit
               .
               2.
               p.
            
             205.
             206.
             
          
           
             Synodus
             Provincialis
             vel
             Nationalis
             convocari
             non
             debet
             absque
             Principis
             Rescripto
             :
             nec
             tractari
             ,
             nec
             determinari
             aliquid
             potest
             in
             Synodo
             ,
             nisi
             consentiente
             &
             assentiente
             Principe
             .
             
               Cosin
               .
               Tab.
               c.
            
             1.
             
          
           
             See
             Cawley
             on
             
               1
               Eliz.
               c.
            
             1.
             
          
           
             
             Heylyn's
             Hist.
             of
             Q.
             
               Eliz.
               p.
            
             276.