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             A Letter formerly sent to Dr. Tillotson, and for want of an answer made publick, and now reprinted with the said doctor's letter to the Lord Russel a little before his execution.
             Tillotson, John, 1630-1694.
          
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           Great Britain -- History -- Revolution of 1688.
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           A
           LETTER
           formerly
           sent
           to
           Dr.
           Tillotson
           ,
           and
           for
           want
           of
           an
           Answer
           made
           publick
           and
           now
           Reprinted
           ;
           with
           the
           said
           Doctor
           's
           Letter
           to
           the
           Lord
           Russel
           a
           little
           before
           his
           Execution
           .
        
         
           
             To
             the
             Reader
             .
          
           
             THE
             Author
             of
             the
             following
             Letter
             sent
             the
             Original
             to
             Mrs.
             Tillotson
             for
             her
             Husband
             ,
             and
             a
             Copy
             of
             it
             to
             my
             Lady
             Derby
             ,
             for
             the
             Princess
             of
             Orange
             ,
             several
             Months
             ago
             ;
             and
             when
             he
             writ
             it
             ,
             he
             hoped
             the
             Members
             of
             Parliament
             would
             have
             been
             ,
             against
             the
             Sessions
             ,
             awakened
             by
             their
             Disappointments
             and
             Taxes
             ,
             to
             consider
             aright
             ,
             what
             is
             the
             present
             State
             of
             this
             miserable
             Nation
             ,
             and
             how
             much
             worse
             is
             our
             future
             prospect
             ;
             and
             had
             he
             found
             them
             in
             that
             Temper
             ,
             and
             acting
             steddily
             for
             their
             Countrey
             ,
             he
             had
             thoughts
             to
             have
             presented
             with
             his
             own
             hands
             ,
             his
             Reasons
             ,
             why
             he
             thinks
             they
             have
             wronged
             King
             James
             ,
             over-rated
             their
             Disease
             ,
             and
             mistaken
             their
             Cure
             ;
             and
             he
             would
             also
             have
             given
             in
             Proposals
             ,
             how
             the
             King
             may
             be
             restored
             ,
             without
             hazard
             ,
             either
             to
             our
             Religion
             or
             Property
             ;
             and
             this
             the
             Author
             would
             have
             done
             ,
             because
             he
             thinks
             ,
             that
             if
             either
             Reason
             or
             Religion
             would
             prevail
             ,
             such
             an
             Offer
             must
             have
             had
             some
             weight
             ;
             but
             whilst
             the
             Whigs
             as
             much
             Sacrifice
             their
             Understandings
             to
             support
             this
             Change
             ,
             as
             the
             Tories
             did
             their
             Consciences
             to
             make
             it
             ,
             a
             Man
             would
             be
             reckoned
             mad
             that
             attempted
             in
             such
             a
             manner
             to
             reclaim
             such
             a
             Sett
             of
             Men
             ,
             as
             have
             no
             more
             publick
             Spirit
             ,
             than
             what
             lies
             in
             wrangling
             for
             their
             particular
             Parties
             ;
             or
             common
             sense
             ,
             than
             what
             is
             p●oper
             to
             get
             into
             Pensions
             ,
             and
             Places
             ,
             that
             ,
             at
             the
             witty
             Sir
             
               Charles
               Sidley
            
             once
             said
             in
             the
             House
             ,
             
               They
               may
               charge
               in
               Armor
            
             .
             How
             wild
             a
             Project
             too
             ,
             would
             it
             be
             to
             offer
             Reason
             to
             Men
             that
             so
             little
             know
             their
             own
             Minds
             ,
             that
             are
             so
             inconstant
             ,
             as
             that
             what
             they
             pass
             unanimously
             one
             Sessions
             ,
             they
             throw
             out
             the
             next
             ,
             as
             they
             have
             done
             the
             Judges
             Bill
             ?
             The
             Author
             would
             venture
             himself
             against
             great
             odds
             ,
             if
             it
             was
             but
             an
             even
             Wager
             ,
             that
             England
             might
             reap
             Good
             by
             so
             bold
             an
             Undertaking
             ;
             for
             he
             sees
             Slavery
             
             coming
             on
             so
             fast
             ,
             that
             he
             thinks
             Life
             will
             be
             a
             burden
             to
             an
             honest
             and
             free
             Spirit
             ;
             yet
             nothing
             that
             Cato
             (
             were
             he
             here
             )
             could
             do
             ,
             or
             suffer
             ,
             would
             repair
             our
             broken
             Constitution
             ,
             unless
             God
             teaches
             our
             Senators
             more
             Wisdom
             ,
             or
             is
             pleased
             to
             teach
             the
             People
             that
             a
             House
             of
             Commons
             may
             as
             scandalously
             abuse
             the
             Trust
             they
             repose
             in
             them
             ,
             as
             some
             of
             his
             Ministers
             did
             King
             James
             ;
             which
             that
             he
             may
             ,
             is
             the
             hearty
             Prayer
             of
             the
             Author
             ,
             both
             for
             the
             sake
             of
             the
             English
             Liberties
             ,
             and
             Protestant
             Religion
             ;
             for
             the
             sake
             of
             the
             very
             Being
             of
             the
             one
             ,
             and
             the
             Honour
             of
             the
             other
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             LETTER
             .
          
           
             
               SIR
               ,
            
          
           
             I
             Shall
             Preface
             what
             I
             am
             about
             to
             say
             ,
             with
             an
             assurance
             ,
             That
             I
             have
             formerly
             had
             the
             greatest
             Veneration
             for
             You
             ,
             as
             well
             for
             your
             Piety
             as
             good
             Sense
             and
             Learning
             ;
             That
             my
             Notions
             of
             Government
             are
             so
             large
             ,
             that
             the
             first
             thing
             that
             I
             ever
             doubtfully
             examin'd
             ,
             that
             had
             Your
             Name
             affix'd
             to
             it
             ,
             was
             
               the
               Letter
               to
               my
               Lord
            
             Russel
             :
             but
             your
             Actions
             since
             do
             less
             quadrate
             with
             that
             Opinion
             I
             had
             of
             your
             Sincerity
             ,
             and
             seriously
             make
             me
             address
             my self
             to
             You
             ,
             to
             know
             how
             you
             reconcile
             your
             present
             Actings
             to
             the
             Principles
             either
             of
             natural
             or
             revealed
             Religion
             ;
             especially
             ,
             how
             you
             reconcile
             them
             to
             the
             Positions
             and
             Intentions
             of
             that
             Letter
             ;
             and
             consequently
             ,
             whether
             you
             have
             a
             Belief
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             a
             
               World
               to
               come
            
             .
          
           
             Sir
             ,
             I
             think
             it
             a
             very
             extravagant
             Maxim
             in
             Government
             ,
             to
             affirm
             all
             Insurrections
             which
             are
             only
             levell'd
             at
             Reformation
             ,
             and
             designed
             to
             correct
             Mal-administration
             ,
             and
             the
             Authors
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             thereby
             (
             when
             the
             Common
             Methods
             are
             at
             a
             loss
             )
             to
             let
             the
             King
             know
             ,
             what
             are
             the
             Measures
             of
             his
             Government
             ,
             the
             Voice
             and
             Interest
             of
             his
             People
             ,
             that
             so
             Justice
             and
             Mercy
             may
             prevail
             against
             
               illegal
               Courses
            
             and
             his
             
               flattering
               Minions
            
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Rights
             of
             his
             Crown
             a●d
             the
             Privileges
             of
             his
             People
             may
             be
             adiusted
             and
             preserved
             .
             I
             say
             ,
             I
             think
             it
             an
             extravagant
             Position
             ,
             to
             affirm
             ▪
             That
             what
             may
             be
             so
             conducive
             to
             publick
             Peace
             ,
             and
             the
             maintenance
             of
             a
             Constitution
             ,
             and
             the
             general
             Ends
             of
             all
             Government
             ,
             is
             Illegal
             :
             Yet
             I
             have
             often
             thought
             ,
             that
             the
             Oath
             that
             expects
             a
             Man
             should
             swear
             it
             
               unlawful
               ,
               upon
               any
               pretence
               whatsoever
               ,
               to
               rise
               in
               Arms
               against
               the
               King
               ,
               or
               any
               Commissioned
               by
               him
               ,
            
             intended
             to
             establish
             this
             wild
             Civil
             Article
             ;
             and
             I
             thought
             your
             Lordship
             writ
             upon
             so
             solemn
             an
             occasion
             ,
             designing
             to
             justifie
             the
             Purport
             and
             Doctrin
             of
             
             that
             Oath
             ;
             which
             was
             carrying
             Loyalty
             to
             a
             higher
             pitch
             than
             I
             ever
             thought
             necessary
             to
             make
             a
             good
             Man
             ,
             or
             a
             good
             Christian.
             
          
           
             But
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             to
             lay
             your
             Letter
             aside
             at
             present
             ,
             give
             me
             leave
             to
             examin
             this
             Revolution
             with
             the
             most
             impartial
             desire
             of
             being
             informed
             ;
             for
             I
             solemnly
             invoke
             God
             Almighty
             to
             attest
             ,
             That
             my
             Non-compliance
             with
             K.
             William
             and
             Q.
             
             Mary's
             Title
             and
             Administration
             ,
             is
             founded
             upon
             Scruples
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             to
             which
             I
             yet
             want
             satisfactory
             Answers
             .
             I
             am
             a
             Protestant
             of
             that
             size
             ,
             that
             I
             hope
             God
             would
             enable
             me
             to
             undergo
             all
             the
             Persecution
             that
             the
             Malice
             of
             Men
             and
             Devils
             can
             invent
             ,
             rather
             than
             one
             moment
             prostitute
             my
             Conscience
             so
             far
             as
             to
             give
             any
             reasonable
             Umbrage
             for
             Protestants
             to
             suspect
             ,
             or
             Papists
             to
             hope
             ,
             I
             could
             be
             made
             a
             Convert
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             .
             I
             love
             my
             Country
             better
             than
             my
             Wife
             and
             Children
             ;
             and
             certainly
             therefore
             so
             much
             ,
             that
             I
             would
             for
             no
             Interest
             in
             the
             World
             disquiet
             the
             present
             Settlement
             ,
             if
             I
             thought
             it
             was
             fit
             for
             an
             honest
             Man
             to
             comply
             with
             it
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             no
             Personal
             Obligations
             to
             King
             James
             ;
             and
             I
             thank
             God
             I
             have
             an
             obstinate
             Honesty
             ,
             that
             will
             scarce
             allow
             me
             to
             be
             acceptable
             to
             any
             King.
             Whatever
             I
             have
             done
             ,
             or
             shall
             do
             ,
             for
             the
             
               Exil'd
               Prince
            
             ,
             is
             upon
             meer
             Motives
             of
             Conscience
             .
             I
             have
             no
             reason
             to
             believe
             my self
             uncapable
             of
             being
             forgiven
             ,
             or
             perhaps
             employed
             ,
             under
             the
             present
             Government
             ;
             my
             R●lations
             and
             Frie●ds
             are
             many
             of
             them
             violent
             ,
             and
             almost
             all
             
               at
               least
               for
               it
            
             .
             But
             let
             us
             begin
             with
             the
             Revolution
             :
             I
             acknowledge
             King
             
             James's
             Ministers
             gave
             great
             Provocations
             ;
             I
             could
             have
             joined
             with
             any
             but
             a
             Foreigner
             to
             have
             rescu'd
             our
             Liberties
             ;
             and
             yet
             I
             must
             as
             freely
             declare
             ,
             I
             saw
             nothing
             done
             that
             would
             have
             been
             too
             hard
             for
             a
             Parliamentary
             redress
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             for
             the
             intrinsick
             Power
             of
             this
             Island
             ,
             the
             natural
             Weight
             of
             those
             who
             are
             sensible
             of
             their
             Religion
             and
             Property
             :
             but
             I
             cannot
             tell
             how
             any
             Provocations
             tha●
             were
             given
             the
             People
             of
             England
             ,
             can
             justifie
             the
             Invasion
             of
             a
             Nephew
             and
             a
             Son-in-law
             .
             I
             cannot
             tell
             by
             what
             distinctions
             in
             Morality
             the
             Dutch
             could
             salve
             their
             denial
             ,
             by
             their
             Ambassador
             ,
             that
             those
             Forces
             were
             designed
             for
             England
             ;
             I
             cannot
             imagin
             what
             dispensation
             gave
             them
             and
             the
             Subjects
             of
             England
             liberty
             to
             tell
             so
             many
             things
             that
             were
             notoriously
             untrue
             ,
             that
             they
             knew
             then
             to
             be
             untrue
             ,
             and
             that
             have
             been
             much
             more
             apparently
             proved
             so
             by
             the
             sequel
             of
             things
             .
          
           
             Sure
             the
             Morality
             of
             the
             Decalogue
             is
             not
             abolished
             :
             Let
             us
             see
             how
             many
             of
             the
             Commandments
             are
             broken
             ;
             Has
             not
             Mammon
             been
             made
             a
             God
             ,
             and
             a
             Crown
             an
             Idol
             ,
             to
             which
             the
             P.
             of
             Orange
             and
             his
             Adherents
             have
             sacrific'd
             the
             Lives
             of
             many
             thousands
             of
             Men
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Reputation
             of
             our
             Religion
             ,
             besides
             a
             vast
             Treasure
             ▪
             tho'
             it
             is
             not
             fit
             to
             be
             named
             after
             the
             other
             two
             Immolations
             ?
             Have
             
             they
             not
             taken
             God's
             Name
             in
             ,
             when
             they
             consecrated
             to
             the
             Preservation
             of
             Religion
             the
             Injuries
             and
             Violations
             of
             it
             ,
             of
             which
             they
             have
             been
             guilty
             ?
             I
             do
             not
             know
             whether
             you
             are
             a
             strict
             Sabbatarian
             ;
             I
             believe
             not
             ,
             and
             will
             acknowlege
             I
             am
             none
             :
             but
             I
             think
             the
             Nation
             grosly
             perverts
             the
             ends
             of
             Humiliations
             and
             Fastings
             ,
             and
             appointed
             Days
             for
             God's
             Worship
             ,
             whilst
             they
             pray
             to
             God
             to
             prosper
             any
             immoral
             Enterprize
             .
             For
             God's
             sake
             ,
             and
             the
             sake
             of
             your
             Soul
             ,
             and
             the
             sake
             of
             your
             Queen's
             Soul
             ,
             
               study
               the
               fifth
               Commandment
            
             ,
             tho'
             the
             performance
             of
             it
             has
             the
             promise
             of
             length
             of
             d●ys
             in
             this
             Life
             ,
             the
             breach
             of
             it
             (
             if
             any
             Religion
             be
             true
             )
             will
             plunge
             her
             into
             Miseries
             of
             a
             longer
             duration
             ;
             She
             has
             partaken
             with
             Thieves
             and
             Liars
             against
             her
             own
             
               Father
               ;
               She
            
             is
             a
             Receiver
             of
             what
             has
             been
             
               by
               them
            
             from
             him
             wrongfully
             taken
             away
             ,
             unless
             it
             can
             be
             proved
             that
             the
             Crown
             of
             England
             is
             Elective
             ,
             the
             Kings
             of
             it
             punishable
             and
             deposable
             .
             If
             this
             is
             right
             ,
             you
             know
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             all
             our
             Law-books
             are
             in
             the
             wrong
             ,
             for
             they
             say
             ,
             
               The
               King
               can
               do
               none
               ;
               That
               he
               is
               not
               accountable
               to
               the
               People
               ,
               collectively
               or
               representatively
               ;
               and
               that
               the
               Monarchy
               of
            
             England
             
               is
               Hereditary
            
             .
             This
             is
             all
             in
             the
             Original
             Contract
             of
             our
             Statute-Books
             and
             Law
             Cases
             .
          
           
             Sir
             ,
             You
             know
             these
             things
             ,
             you
             cannot
             plead
             ignorance
             ,
             nor
             can
             you
             believe
             Abdication
             :
             You
             know
             the
             treatment
             the
             King
             had
             from
             the
             P.
             of
             Orange
             and
             his
             own
             Subjects
             ,
             and
             cannot
             believe
             he
             voluntarily
             resigned
             .
             
               Are
               not
               then
               our
               Judges
               ,
               our
               Juries
               ,
               our
               Fleets
               ,
               and
               our
               Armies
               ,
               guilty
               of
               Murther
               ,
               in
               opposing
               King
            
             James
             
               's
               Return
               ?
               Don't
               your
               Queen
               list
               so
               many
               Assassins
               ,
               whilst
               she
               Commissions
               them
               for
               that
               pu●p●se
               ?
               Is
               it
               not
               as
               unlawful
               to
               steal
               a
            
             Crown
             
               as
               a
            
             Trifle
             ?
             
               And
               till
               they
               have
               recanted
               all
               the
               false
               Accusations
               which
               were
               countenanced
               by
               the
               Prince
               of
            
             Orange
             
               and
               his
               Princess
               ,
               and
               were
               instrumental
               towards
               the
               getting
               of
               these
               Crowns
               ,
               do
               they
               not
               violate
               the
               Ninth
               Commandment
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               covet
               their
               Neighbours
            
             (
             their
             Fathers
             )
             Goods
             ?
             The
             Civil
             and
             Natural
             Obligations
             the
             
               Prince
               and
               Princess
               of
               Orange
            
             have
             to
             King
             James
             aggravate
             their
             Crime
             ;
             and
             ,
             if
             it
             were
             not
             almost
             levity
             to
             say
             so
             here
             ,
             I
             would
             add
             as
             another
             aggravation
             ,
             their
             having
             coveted
             too
             many
             of
             King
             
             James's
             Servants
             .
          
           
             The
             King
             of
             England
             does
             every
             thing
             by
             his
             Officers
             ;
             they
             are
             impeachable
             ,
             they
             are
             punishable
             :
             The
             King
             (
             who
             we
             always
             said
             
               was
               not
               so
            
             )
             is
             dethron'd
             ,
             whilst
             those
             are
             imploy'd
             in
             this
             Government
             ,
             who
             were
             the
             Disgraces
             and
             Instruments
             of
             the
             last
             .
             But
             I
             don't
             intend
             a
             Libel
             ,
             and
             therefore
             will
             not
             enter
             into
             an
             Account
             of
             such
             Matters
             ;
             I
             will
             neither
             give
             the
             present
             Ministers
             their
             Characters
             ,
             nor
             shew
             how
             little
             ,
             as
             meer
             Men
             and
             Subjects
             ,
             we
             are
             the
             better
             for
             the
             Change.
             But
             I
             fear
             ,
             whoever
             reflects
             without
             heat
             or
             byass
             upon
             what
             I
             have
             said
             ,
             will
             find
             we
             have
             lost
             at
             least
             Nine
             of
             
             the
             Ten
             Commandments
             ,
             which
             is
             exceeding
             Popery
             in
             our
             
               Index
               Expurgatorius
            
             with
             a
             witness
             .
          
           
             But
             ,
             to
             come
             to
             your
             more
             particular
             Case
             ,
             I
             beseech
             you
             to
             publish
             some
             Discourse
             (
             if
             you
             can
             clear
             things
             )
             to
             demonstrate
             
               either
               your
               Repentance
               of
               what
               you
               writ
               to
               my
               Lord
            
             Russel
             ,
             
               or
               the
               Reasons
               that
               make
            
             that
             ,
             
               and
               what
               you
            
             now
             
               do
               ,
               consistent
               ;
               and
               that
               you
               ,
               with
               the
               usual
               solidity
               with
               which
               you
               treat
               upon
               other
               Subjects
               ,
               justifie
               the
            
             Proce●dings
             ,
             
               and
               explain
               the
            
             Title
             
               of
               K.
            
             William
             .
             I
             know
             no
             body
             has
             a
             stronger
             and
             clearer
             Head
             ,
             and
             if
             you
             have
             Truth
             on
             your
             side
             ,
             you
             can
             write
             unanswerable
             .
             
               God's
               Glory
               ,
               the
               Reputation
               of
               the
               Protestant
               Religion
               is
               at
               stake
            
             ;
             your
             own
             good
             Name
             calls
             for
             it
             ;
             and
             more
             especially
             because
             you
             have
             accepted
             a
             most
             Reverend
             and
             Devout
             Man's
             Archbishoprick
             ;
             a
             Man
             that
             has
             given
             Testimony
             how
             unalterably
             he
             is
             a
             Protestant
             !
             a
             Sufferer
             formerly
             for
             the
             Laws
             and
             Church
             of
             England
             ;
             a
             Sufferer
             for
             those
             very
             Principles
             upon
             which
             that
             
               Letter
               to
               my
               Lord
               Russel
            
             was
             writ
             ;
             for
             those
             very
             Principles
             which
             you
             disputed
             for
             (
             when
             he
             was
             about
             to
             Communicate
             )
             when
             he
             had
             so
             short
             a
             time
             to
             live
             ,
             nay
             ,
             you
             remembred
             him
             of
             even
             upon
             the
             Scaffold
             ,
             
               with
               the
               dreadful
               Commination
               of
               Eternal
               Wo.
               
            
          
           
             Really
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             if
             there
             be
             any
             Truth
             ,
             if
             there
             be
             any
             Virtue
             ,
             if
             there
             be
             any
             Religion
             ,
             What
             shall
             we
             say
             to
             these
             Things
             ?
             What
             will
             you
             say
             to
             them
             ?
             You
             must
             be
             at
             the
             pains
             to
             clear
             this
             Matter
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             not
             believe
             the
             Boundaries
             of
             Right
             and
             Wrong
             ,
             the
             Measures
             of
             Violence
             and
             Justice
             quite
             taken
             away
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             not
             be
             tempted
             to
             Speculative
             ,
             and
             from
             thence
             to
             
               Practical
               Atheism
            
             .
             This
             Change
             has
             made
             many
             sober
             Men
             Sceptical
             ,
             and
             gon
             farth●r
             towards
             eradicating
             all
             the
             Notions
             of
             a
             Deity
             ,
             than
             all
             the
             Labours
             of
             Hobbs
             and
             Epicurus
             ;
             and
             your
             part
             in
             it
             has
             ,
             I
             must
             confess
             ,
             more
             stagger'd
             me
             than
             any
             one
             Thing
             else
             :
             I
             have
             been
             ready
             to
             suspect
             that
             Religion
             it self
             was
             a
             Cheat
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             was
             a
             defect
             in
             my
             Understanding
             ,
             that
             I
             could
             not
             see
             through
             it
             ;
             for
             ,
             I
             think
             ,
             if
             I
             can
             know
             my
             right
             Hand
             from
             my
             left
             ,
             our
             prese●t
             Government
             stands
             upon
             Foundations
             that
             contradict
             all
             those
             Discourses
             which
             you
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             others
             ,
             have
             lent
             to
             
               Passive
               Obedience
            
             .
          
           
             The
             excessive
             Value
             I
             have
             for
             you
             ,
             for
             
               your
               Knowledge
               ,
               your
               Judgment
               ,
               y●ur
               largeness
               of
               Spirit
               ,
               your
               Moderation
               ,
            
             and
             many
             other
             great
             Qualities
             that
             ●ave
             signaliz●d
             your
             Name
             ,
             once
             made
             you
             one
             of
             the
             greatest
             Ornaments
             of
             the
             
               Christian
               Church
            
             ,
             one
             of
             the
             greatest
             Exemplars
             of
             sound
             Morality
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             Philosophers
             call
             Virtue
             ,
             make
             what
             seems
             to
             me
             an
             Apostacy
             from
             what
             you
             Preached
             and
             Writ
             ,
             pretended
             to
             believe
             ,
             and
             would
             have
             others
             to
             belive
             ,
             shake
             me
             so
             violently
             in
             the
             first
             Credenda
             of
             Religion
             ,
             that
             I
             beseech
             you
             ,
             
             if
             you
             think
             it
             necessary
             upon
             no
             other
             account
             ,
             that
             you
             will
             publish
             such
             a
             Discourse
             ,
             at
             least
             ,
             for
             the
             Satisfaction
             of
             mine
             ,
             and
             the
             Consciences
             of
             many
             others
             ,
             who
             I
             can
             assure
             you
             of
             my
             own
             knowledge
             ,
             lie
             under
             the
             same
             Scruples
             with
             my self
             ,
             have
             the
             same
             Scruples
             in
             relation
             to
             the
             Government
             ,
             and
             the
             same
             Temptations
             to
             question
             Religion
             it self
             upon
             your
             account
             :
             It
             is
             the
             interest
             of
             the
             Government
             to
             satisfie
             such
             Men
             ;
             and
             if
             you
             think
             that
             we
             ought
             particularly
             and
             privately
             to
             apply
             our selves
             to
             you
             ,
             our
             Number
             is
             so
             great
             that
             it
             would
             be
             too
             constant
             a
             trouble
             for
             any
             one
             Man
             to
             undergo
             ;
             nor
             can
             we
             safely
             debate
             a
             point
             of
             this
             Nature
             ;
             nor
             can
             you
             expect
             Men
             should
             trust
             themselves
             under
             the
             Protection
             of
             
               your
               Honour
            
             ,
             whilst
             they
             think
             you
             have
             in
             the
             Face
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             so
             grosly
             Prevaricated
             both
             from
             that
             and
             what
             ought
             to
             be
             a
             Principle
             of
             a
             higher
             Nature
             ,
             the
             dictates
             of
             your
             own
             Conscience
             .
          
           
             We
             would
             as
             soon
             deliver
             our
             Reasons
             at
             the
             Door
             of
             a
             House
             of
             Commons
             ,
             and
             I
             am
             not
             sure
             that
             the
             same
             Spirit
             of
             Integrity
             ,
             which
             has
             hindred
             me
             from
             succumbing
             under
             what
             we
             think
             an
             Usurpation
             ,
             will
             not
             the
             next
             time
             there
             is
             an
             Assembly
             there
             carry
             me
             that
             length
             ,
             (
             if
             I
             don
             't
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             publickly
             hear
             from
             you
             .
             )
             I
             beg
             of
             God
             Almighty
             (
             in
             whose
             Being
             I
             bless
             his
             Name
             I
             yet
             believe
             )
             to
             lay
             a
             happy
             constraint
             upon
             me
             ,
             to
             do
             what
             may
             be
             most
             for
             his
             Glory
             ,
             and
             the
             Good
             of
             these
             Nations
             ;
             and
             I
             earnestly
             supplicate
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             will
             enable
             me
             to
             suffer
             what-ever
             may
             be
             necessary
             for
             those
             great
             Ends
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             will
             incline
             you
             either
             to
             publish
             y●ur
             Reasons
             or
             Repentance
             .
             To
             his
             blessed
             Guidance
             and
             Protection
             I
             heartily
             recommend
             you
             .
          
        
         
           
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             ⁂
             Since
             Dr.
             
             Burnet's
             Pastoral
             Letter
             is
             burned
             by
             the
             Common
             Hangman
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Order
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             ;
             it
             's
             therefore
             now
             far
             more
             necessary
             that
             you
             or
             he
             should
             explain
             King
             
             William's
             Title
             ,
             and
             what
             you
             have
             now
             to
             say
             against
             the
             following
             Letter
             to
             my
             Lord
             Russel
             .
          
        
         
           
             Dr.
             Tillotson's
             Letter
             to
             the
             Lord
             Russel
             .
          
           
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
            
          
           
             I
             Was
             heartily
             glad
             to
             see
             your
             Lordship
             this
             Morning
             in
             that
             calm
             and
             devout
             Temper
             at
             Receiving
             the
             blessed
             Sacrament
             ;
             but
             Peace
             of
             Mind
             ,
             unless
             it
             be
             well
             grounded
             ,
             will
             avail
             little
             :
             And
             because
             transient
             Discourse
             many
             times
             hath
             little
             effect
             for
             want
             of
             time
             to
             weigh
             and
             consider
             it
             ;
             therefore
             in
             tender
             Compassion
             
             of
             your
             Lordship's
             Case
             ,
             and
             from
             all
             the
             good
             Will
             that
             one
             Man
             can
             bear
             to
             another
             ,
             I
             do
             humbly
             offer
             to
             your
             Lordships
             deliberate
             Thoughts
             these
             following
             Considerations
             concerning
             the
             Points
             of
             Resistance
             ,
             if
             our
             Religion
             and
             Rights
             should
             be
             invaded
             ,
             as
             your
             Lordship
             puts
             the
             Case
             ;
             concerning
             which
             I
             understood
             by
             Dr.
             Burnet
             ,
             that
             your
             Lordship
             had
             once
             received
             Satisfaction
             ,
             and
             am
             sorry
             to
             find
             a
             Change.
             
          
           
             First
             ,
             That
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             doth
             plainly
             forbid
             the
             Resistance
             of
             Authority
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             That
             though
             our
             Religion
             be
             established
             by
             Law
             ,
             (
             which
             your
             Lordship
             urges
             as
             a
             difference
             between
             our
             Case
             ,
             and
             that
             of
             the
             Primitive
             Christians
             ,
             )
             yet
             in
             the
             same
             Law
             ,
             which
             establishes
             our
             Religion
             ,
             it
             is
             declared
             ,
             
               That
               it
               is
               not
               lawful
               upon
               any
               Pretence
               whatsoever
               to
               take
               up
               Arms
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             Besides
             that
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             particular
             Law
             declaring
             the
             Power
             of
             the
             Militia
             to
             be
             solely
             in
             the
             King.
             And
             that
             ties
             the
             Hands
             of
             the
             Subjects
             ,
             though
             the
             Law
             of
             Nature
             and
             the
             General
             Rules
             of
             Scripture
             had
             left
             us
             at
             liberty
             ;
             which
             ,
             I
             believe
             ,
             they
             do
             not
             ,
             because
             the
             Government
             and
             Peace
             of
             humane
             Society
             could
             not
             well
             subsist
             upon
             these
             Terms
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             Your
             Lordships
             Opinion
             is
             contrary
             to
             the
             declared
             Doctrine
             of
             all
             Protestant
             Churches
             ;
             and
             though
             some
             particular
             Persons
             have
             taught
             otherwise
             ,
             yet
             they
             have
             been
             contradicted
             herein
             ,
             and
             condemned
             for
             it
             by
             the
             generality
             of
             Protestants
             :
             And
             I
             beg
             your
             Lordship
             to
             consider
             how
             it
             will
             agree
             with
             an
             avow'd
             asserting
             of
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             to
             go
             contrary
             to
             the
             general
             Doctrine
             of
             Protestants
             .
             My
             end
             in
             this
             is
             to
             convince
             your
             Lordship
             ,
             that
             you
             are
             in
             a
             very
             great
             and
             dangerous
             Mistake
             ;
             and
             being
             so
             convinced
             ,
             that
             which
             before
             was
             a
             Sin
             of
             Ignorance
             ,
             will
             appear
             of
             a
             much
             more
             heinous
             Nature
             ,
             as
             in
             Truth
             it
             is
             ,
             and
             call
             for
             a
             very
             particular
             and
             deep
             Repentance
             ;
             which
             if
             your
             Lordship
             sincerely
             exercise
             upon
             the
             sight
             of
             your
             Error
             ,
             by
             a
             penitent
             Acknowledgment
             of
             it
             to
             God
             and
             Men
             ,
             you
             will
             not
             only
             obtain
             Forgiveness
             of
             God
             ,
             but
             prevent
             a
             mighty
             Scandal
             to
             the
             Reformed
             Religion
             .
             I
             am
             very
             loth
             to
             give
             your
             Lordship
             any
             disquiet
             in
             the
             Distress
             you
             are
             in
             ,
             which
             I
             commiserate
             from
             my
             Heart
             ;
             but
             am
             m●ch
             more
             concerned
             ,
             that
             you
             do
             not
             leave
             the
             World
             in
             a
             delusion
             and
             false
             Peace
             ,
             to
             the
             hindrance
             of
             your
             eternal
             Happiness
             .
             I
             heartily
             pray
             for
             you
             ,
             and
             beseech
             your
             Lordship
             to
             believe
             that
             I
             am
             with
             the
             greatest
             Sincerity
             and
             Compassion
             in
             the
             World
             ,
          
           
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               Your
               Lordships
               most
               Faithful
               and
               Afflicted
               Servant
               ,
               
                 JOHN
                 TILLOTSON
              
               ,
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Dr.
             Tillotson's
             Last
             Prayer
             at
             the
             Execution
             of
             the
             Unfortunate
             Lord
             RUSSEL
             .
          
           
             O
             Almighty
             and
             Merciful
             God
             ,
             with
             whom
             alone
             live
             the
             Spirits
             of
             Just
             Men
             made
             perfect
             ,
             after
             they
             are
             delivered
             from
             these
             Earthly
             Prisons
             ;
             we
             humbly
             commend
             the
             Soul
             of
             this
             our
             dear
             Brother
             into
             thy
             hands
             ,
             as
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             a
             Faithful
             Creator
             ,
             and
             most
             Merciful
             Saviour
             ;
             humbly
             beseeching
             thee
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             be
             precious
             in
             thy
             sight
             :
             Wash
             it
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             from
             all
             its
             Guilt
             in
             the
             Blood
             of
             the
             immaculate
             Lamb
             that
             was
             slain
             to
             take
             away
             the
             Sins
             of
             the
             World
             ;
             that
             whatsoever
             Defilements
             it
             may
             have
             contracted
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             this
             wicked
             World
             ,
             by
             the
             Lusts
             of
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             or
             the
             Wiles
             of
             Satan
             ,
             being
             purged
             and
             done
             away
             by
             a
             sincere
             and
             unfeigned
             Repentance
             ,
             through
             thy
             infinite
             Mercy
             and
             Goodness
             in
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             presented
             pure
             and
             holy
             ,
             and
             without
             spot
             ,
             before
             thee
             .
             O
             Lord
             ,
             we
             humbly
             beseech
             thee
             to
             support
             thy
             Servant
             ,
             and
             stand
             by
             him
             in
             this
             last
             and
             great
             Contest
             ;
             Deliver
             him
             from
             the
             Pains
             of
             Eternal
             Death
             ,
             and
             save
             him
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             for
             thy
             Mercies
             sake
             ;
             and
             grant
             that
             all
             we
             who
             survive
             ,
             by
             this
             and
             other
             Instances
             of
             thy
             Providence
             ,
             
               may
               learn
               our
               Duty
               to
               God
               and
               the
               King
            
             ;
             and
             that
             by
             this
             ,
             and
             other
             like
             Spectacles
             of
             our
             Mortality
             ,
             we
             may
             see
             how
             frail
             and
             uncertain
             our
             Condition
             is
             in
             this
             World
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             all
             but
             Vanity
             ;
             and
             teach
             us
             so
             to
             number
             our
             days
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             seriously
             apply
             our
             hearts
             to
             that
             holy
             and
             heavenly
             Wisdom
             while
             we
             live
             ,
             which
             may
             bring
             us
             to
             Life
             Everlasting
             ,
             through
             Jesus
             Christ
             our
             Lord
             :
             In
             whose
             holy
             Name
             and
             Words
             we
             conclude
             our
             Prayers
             .
          
           
             Our
             Father
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             It
             being
             credibly
             and
             confidently
             reported
             ,
             That
             you
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             immediately
             after
             the
             Execution
             ,
             went
             to
             visit
             that
             Excellent
             Lady
             my
             Lady
             Russel
             ,
             and
             assur'd
             her
             ,
             amongst
             other
             expressions
             to
             comfort
             her
             ,
             
               That
               you
               wish'd
               your
               Soul
               might
               go
               to
               the
               same
               place
               whither
               my
               Lord
               's
               was
               gone
               :
            
             I
             beseech
             you
             to
             make
             Mankind
             understand
             that
             expression
             ,
             or
             vindicate
             your self
             from
             the
             Imputation
             wherewith
             this
             Story
             charges
             you
             .
          
           
             FINIS
             .