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             A peace but no pacification, or, An answer to that new designe of the oath of pacification and accomodation lately printed a subject for all that love true peace and liberty to consider / by Iohn Saltmarsh ...
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           A
           PEACE
           ,
           BVT
           NO
           Pacification
           .
        
      
       
       
       
         
           A
           PEACE
           ,
           BUT
           NO
           PACIFICATION
           .
           OR
           ,
           An
           Answer
           to
           that
           new
           Designe
           of
           the
           Oath
           OF
           PACIFICATION
           AND
           ACCOMMODATION
           .
           Lately
           printed
           .
           A
           subject
           for
           all
           that
           love
           true
           peacè
           and
           liberty
           ,
           to
           consider
           .
        
         
           By
           
             Iohn
             Saltmarsh
             ,
          
           M.M.A.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             Barnard
             Alsop
             ,
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           the
           Castle
           in
           Cornhill
           .
           1643.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           A
           PEACE
           ,
           BVT
           NO
           PACIFICATION
           .
        
         
           IT
           is
           a
           notion
           more
           
             Platonicall
          
           than
           
             reall
          
           for
           a
           private
           man
           to
           thinke
           he
           can
           arbitrate
           
             Imperiall
             differences
             ,
          
           and
           it
           is
           rather
           an
           act
           of
           
             Fancie
          
           than
           
             Iudgement
             ,
          
           a
           policy
           of
           
             Imagination
             ,
          
           than
           
             State
             ,
          
           for
           the
           soule
           of
           
             one
          
           is
           of
           no
           just
           latitude
           nor
           comprehension
           for
           a
           
             designe
          
           of
           that
           bredth
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Pacification
             of
             a
             Kingdome
             ,
          
           and
           when
           the
           judgement
           proves
           too
           narrow
           for
           the
           designe
           ,
           the
           designe
           must
           needs
           fall
           short
           of
           the
           requisite
           proportions
           ;
           and
           further
           ,
           they
           that
           would
           intervene
           in
           such
           controversies
           ,
           and
           mysteries
           of
           high
           Accommodations
           ,
           must
           be
           situated
           geometrically
           for
           both
           sides
           ,
           and
           stand
           upon
           so
           much
           vantage
           ground
           ,
           as
           he
           may
           have
           a
           full
           prospect
           over
           all
           particulars
           ,
           whether
           springing
           or
           full
           blowne
           .
           As
           
           for
           instance
           ,
           if
           you
           would
           compose
           the
           
             King
          
           and
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           you
           must
           either
           have
           a
           right
           and
           cleare
           cognizance
           of
           both
           ,
           and
           see
           almost
           the
           veriest
           atomes
           in
           the
           state
           of
           both
           ,
           or
           else
           you
           shall
           doe
           right
           to
           neither
           ;
           for
           the
           least
           things
           are
           of
           moment
           in
           
             States
             ,
          
           and
           
             Politickes
             ,
          
           and
           I
           doe
           beleeve
           it
           is
           impossible
           for
           any
           to
           be
           so
           
             qualified
             an
             Arbitrator
          
           for
           our
           supreme
           disputes
           ,
           being
           so
           full
           of
           new
           
             Revolutions
             ,
          
           and
           
             Interpositions
             ,
          
           especially
           now
           ,
           when
           an
           
             Almighty
             power
          
           seemes
           to
           mingle
           ,
           and
           incorporate
           his
           owne
           
             Interests
          
           with
           ours
           ,
           and
           engage
           us
           upon
           new
           
             Fundamentals
             .
          
        
         
           And
           though
           
             Accommodation
          
           bee
           such
           a
           subject
           as
           will
           gaine
           both
           Readers
           and
           parties
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           of
           dangerous
           consequence
           ,
           to
           write
           unto
           the
           spirits
           of
           men
           ,
           of
           things
           that
           may
           retard
           and
           stay
           their
           publick
           pursuits
           ;
           especially
           now
           in
           a
           time
           of
           an
           Irish
           Accommodation
           ;
           for
           there
           are
           few
           in
           such
           haste
           after
           their
           enemies
           ,
           but
           they
           will
           stay
           a
           while
           and
           talke
           with
           any
           that
           can
           parley
           and
           discourse
           of
           
             Peace
          
           ;
           and
           the
           musick
           of
           
             Pacification
          
           is
           so
           sweet
           ,
           as
           many
           could
           willingly
           let
           their
           engagements
           fall
           out
           of
           their
           hands
           to
           hearken
           and
           follow
           such
           tunes
           :
           we
           should
           be
           farre
           better
           
             Statesmen
          
           for
           these
           times
           ,
           if
           wee
           first
           laboured
           to
           finde
           the
           true
           
             elevation
          
           of
           things
           ,
           for
           when
           we
           have
           such
           intrinsecall
           variations
           in
           our
           State
           and
           Church
           ,
           it
           cannot
           bee
           an
           act
           of
           commensuration
           to
           weigh
           designes
           at
           the
           beam
           of
           old
           
             Politicks
          
           and
           
             Conveniences
             ,
          
           and
           they
           that
           would
           now
           place
           us
           upon
           old
           bottomes
           ,
           are
           such
           in
           whom
           the
           old
           interests
           prevaile
           more
           than
           the
           new
           ,
           and
           if
           we
           take
           hold
           of
           them
           to
           guide
           us
           ,
           they
           will
           at
           length
           bring
           us
           backe
           into
           as
           bad
           a
           condition
           as
           we
           have
           forsaken
           ;
           although
           they
           may
           seeme
           to
           lead
           us
           about
           a
           while
           
           through
           some
           new
           and
           pleasing
           conceptions
           to
           entertaine
           us
           from
           observation
           .
           It
           was
           a
           smooth
           fallacy
           of
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           who
           led
           his
           enemy
           so
           farre
           ,
           as
           he
           suffered
           him
           not
           to
           see
           the
           mistake
           ,
           till
           he
           had
           brought
           him
           into
           the
           midst
           of
           Samaria
           .
           The
           peace
           and
           prosperity
           we
           have
           had
           ,
           have
           wrought
           in
           us
           such
           principles
           of
           ease
           and
           indulgency
           ,
           as
           makes
           us
           industrious
           in
           projectings
           after
           Pacifications
           ,
           never
           looking
           forward
           at
           inconsistencies
           ,
           nor
           behind
           at
           consequences
           ,
           nor
           about
           us
           ,
           at
           the
           season
           ,
           and
           other
           circumstances
           .
        
         
           For
           Accommodations
           in
           the
           latitude
           of
           the
           notion
           ,
           are
           of
           such
           a
           contexture
           ,
           and
           intermingled
           constitution
           ,
           as
           they
           usually
           take
           in
           various
           and
           equall
           principles
           from
           both
           .
           Now
           I
           appeale
           to
           any
           whether
           the
           others
           Principles
           either
           Religious
           or
           Civill
           be
           consistent
           with
           ours
           now
           ,
           and
           whether
           they
           be
           such
           as
           can
           dwell
           together
           ,
           or
           incorporate
           ,
           whether
           their
           essences
           and
           operations
           be
           not
           divers
           ,
           and
           being
           so
           contrariant
           as
           we
           see
           ,
           and
           having
           wrought
           out
           each
           others
           interests
           into
           severall
           independencies
           and
           stations
           already
           ,
           how
           shall
           these
           be
           reconciled
           !
           unlesse
           wee
           attaine
           hereafter
           to
           live
           under
           those
           heavenly
           and
           propheticall
           influences
           ,
           where
           
             Antipathies
          
           and
           
             Contrarieties
          
           are
           made
           friends
           ,
           
             Where
             the
             Lion
             and
             the
             Lambe
             lye
             downe
             together
             ,
             and
             the
             children
             play
             with
             the
             Cockatrice
             .
          
        
         
           Againe
           ,
           
             Accommodation
          
           is
           the
           putting
           an
           untimely
           period
           to
           our
           
             Reformation
             ,
          
           which
           by
           that
           must
           necessarily
           be
           prevented
           in
           the
           period
           it
           aimed
           at
           ,
           because
           it
           seemes
           to
           be
           met
           in
           the
           halfe
           way
           ,
           and
           we
           bespeake
           it
           to
           stop
           ,
           and
           bring
           with
           us
           a
           new
           designe
           rather
           of
           
             diversion
             ,
          
           than
           
             advancement
          
           or
           
             propagation
             .
          
        
         
         
           And
           again
           ,
           these
           times
           are
           such
           as
           the
           
             infuosins
          
           are
           stronger
           ,
           and
           the
           
             principles
          
           too
           ,
           being
           inabled
           not
           only
           by
           many
           
             divine
             influences
          
           and
           
             providences
          
           and
           
             concurrencies
          
           ;
           but
           carried
           on
           with
           
             Arguments
             ,
          
           and
           
             reason
             ,
          
           and
           
             treatises
             ,
          
           which
           the
           
             contestations
          
           of
           former
           ages
           in
           this
           Kingdome
           never
           knew
           ;
           each
           party
           assuring
           their
           side
           with
           a
           more
           learned
           Artifice
           ,
           so
           as
           men
           are
           now
           acted
           aswell
           by
           
             conscience
          
           as
           
             passion
             ,
          
           as
           well
           by
           
             Iudgement
          
           as
           
             resolution
             ,
          
           and
           this
           is
           one
           reason
           with
           me
           that
           not
           any
           such
           
             pacification
          
           can
           well
           be
           transacted
           ,
           for
           both
           sides
           have
           been
           so
           
             Argumentatively
          
           and
           
             rationally
          
           informed
           ,
           and
           have
           taken
           in
           their
           owne
           fundamentalls
           so
           deeply
           ,
           and
           in
           so
           much
           divinity
           ,
           and
           assurance
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           not
           possible
           nor
           probable
           to
           mediate
           a
           reconciliation
           till
           you
           have
           loosened
           and
           unhinged
           the
           one
           ;
           and
           therefore
           these
           
             Maxims
             of
             Moderation
          
           &
           
             Accommodation
          
           are
           rather
           the
           issues
           ,
           and
           ingenious
           experiments
           of
           Melancholy
           spirits
           ,
           who
           please
           themselvs
           and
           others
           in
           these
           stormes
           ,
           and
           gloomy
           seasons
           ,
           by
           painting
           twilights
           and
           calme
           enterludes
           ;
           or
           else
           the
           subtill
           incantations
           of
           some
           that
           are
           no
           right
           wishers
           to
           the
           cause
           :
           and
           doe
           wee
           not
           further
           see
           how
           the
           wars
           and
           broyles
           of
           preceding
           ages
           ,
           left
           alwayes
           a
           turbulent
           and
           inflaming
           remainder
           in
           the
           dispositions
           of
           men
           ?
           so
           as
           the
           old
           differences
           and
           effusions
           did
           onely
           forsake
           the
           broader
           and
           wider
           passages
           of
           Battailes
           ,
           and
           sought
           out
           straiter
           ,
           those
           of
           Emulations
           ,
           Duells
           ,
           and
           Quarrells
           ,
           and
           men
           have
           rather
           fought
           the
           great
           Contentions
           over
           againe
           in
           the
           Abridgements
           afterwards
           ,
           so
           as
           the
           warre
           was
           still
           the
           same
           in
           such
           unsound
           Pacifications
           ,
           onely
           the
           method
           was
           new
           ,
           and
           the
           bloud
           of
           those
           warme
           distempers
           flowed
           downe
           onely
           in
           narrower
           
           channels
           ,
           and
           thus
           when
           civill
           contentions
           ,
           and
           Nationall
           flames
           are
           forced
           backe
           againe
           by
           the
           hand
           of
           an
           immature
           Pacification
           ,
           they
           brake
           out
           in
           as
           many
           particular
           combu●tions
           ,
           as
           summ'd
           up
           ,
           would
           make
           a
           competent
           destruction
           .
           And
           besides
           all
           these
           considerations
           ,
           the
           
             Parliamentary
             party
          
           have
           obliged
           themselves
           by
           
             Vowes
          
           and
           
             Covenants
             ,
          
           and
           so
           are
           not
           such
           masters
           of
           times
           and
           circumstances
           ,
           as
           their
           enemies
           are
           ;
           (
           having
           given
           up
           their
           owne
           
             relations
          
           and
           
             selfe
             policy
             ,
          
           and
           involved
           them
           in
           more
           
             universall
          
           and
           
             sublime
             ends
          
           )
           but
           their
           enemies
           (
           whose
           
             interests
          
           are
           of
           a
           lighter
           and
           easier
           ,
           and
           more
           sequacious
           constitution
           )
           are
           ready
           to
           turne
           with
           all
           advantages
           of
           State
           ,
           and
           every
           civill
           or
           gainfull
           emergency
           ;
           and
           though
           they
           be
           men
           of
           obligations
           ,
           and
           Covenants
           too
           ,
           yet
           their
           Covenants
           are
           rather
           like
           engines
           of
           Policy
           and
           Religion
           ,
           to
           open
           and
           shut
           at
           pleasure
           ,
           and
           to
           set
           down
           and
           take
           up
           their
           soules
           and
           affaires
           to
           the
           necessities
           ,
           conveniences
           ,
           and
           occasions
           of
           State
           :
           and
           this
           overthrowes
           the
           very
           
             substratum
          
           and
           fundamentall
           of
           this
           new
           Oath
           ;
           for
           when
           there
           hath
           beene
           such
           private
           
             landing
             places
          
           and
           secret
           
             Posternes
          
           in
           their
           owne
           
             Covenants
             ,
          
           to
           goe
           out
           and
           come
           in
           at
           ,
           it
           is
           most
           likely
           that
           if
           they
           finde
           not
           the
           like
           liberty
           againe
           in
           another
           ,
           they
           will
           force
           it
           ;
           it
           being
           now
           made
           by
           wicked
           Counsellors
           one
           branch
           of
           the
           Prerogative
           to
           be
           transcenden●
           to
           
             Obligation
             ,
          
           and
           
             Protestation
             ,
          
           and
           
             Covenant
             ,
          
           and
           to
           make
           the
           supremest
           violations
           and
           evasions
           lawfull
           ,
           but
           the
           woe
           will
           not
           fall
           so
           directly
           upon
           the
           
             Covenanter
             ,
          
           as
           upon
           those
           that
           have
           mistaught
           him
           ,
           and
           drawn
           out
           his
           good
           intentions
           into
           the
           labyrinths
           of
           their
           owne
           art
           ,
           these
           are
           the
           ministers
           of
           seducement
           ,
           &
           by
           such
           are
           the
           best
           
           
           carried
           on
           ,
           (
           having
           made
           some
           virtue
           their
           friend
           for
           a
           time
           ,
           or
           some
           peculiar
           disposition
           of
           their
           master
           at
           their
           first
           insinuation
           .
           )
        
         
           And
           though
           the
           
             Author
          
           of
           the
           
             Pacificating
             Oath
          
           would
           perswade
           us
           of
           the
           terrours
           ,
           and
           judgements
           ,
           such
           
             Oathes
          
           would
           cast
           upon
           the
           
             violators
             ,
          
           as
           if
           the
           
             violation
          
           brought
           with
           it
           (
           like
           a
           boding
           Comet
           )
           the
           sparklings
           of
           an
           heavenly
           indignation
           ;
           yet
           wee
           must
           know
           that
           
             Princes
          
           as
           they
           are
           exalted
           into
           the
           divine
           notion
           of
           
             Gods
             ,
          
           so
           their
           Favourites
           make
           them
           beleeve
           that
           their
           politicall
           
             deitie
          
           can
           secure
           them
           ;
           and
           then
           there
           are
           ever
           some
           State
           Casuist
           at
           hand
           too
           who
           can
           heale
           their
           distempers
           with
           many
           a
           blandishment
           and
           evasion
           ,
           so
           as
           I
           know
           not
           whether
           to
           admire
           more
           the
           glory
           ,
           or
           infelicity
           of
           a
           Crowne
           ,
           for
           there
           is
           a
           Divinity
           which
           is
           calculated
           meerly
           for
           the
           Meridian
           of
           Princes
           ,
           and
           will
           fit
           no
           lower
           condition
           ;
           and
           there
           is
           an
           order
           of
           
             Prerogative
             Divines
             ,
          
           who
           onely
           study
           the
           
             disinteressings
          
           and
           
             disobligings
             of
             their
             Prince
             :
          
           now
           I
           would
           gladly
           know
           what
           remedy
           he
           hath
           reserved
           for
           us
           in
           case
           of
           violation
           (
           it
           being
           too
           apparant
           how
           the
           supremest
           may
           be
           misinstructed
           and
           abused
           ,
           )
           all
           I
           can
           find
           out
           ,
           is
           an
           heavenly
           indignation
           &
           revenge
           ;
           and
           he
           must
           know
           ,
           this
           is
           not
           an
           immediate
           judgment
           which
           treades
           alwayes
           on
           the
           heeles
           of
           a
           transgression
           ,
           but
           may
           be
           powred
           upon
           the
           next
           succeeding
           
             Throne
             ,
          
           or
           at
           least
           in
           the
           evening
           of
           the
           offendour
           ;
           for
           there
           are
           certaine
           
             graduall
             effluxes
             of
             the
             Divine
             Wrath
             ,
          
           and
           many
           
             stayes
          
           and
           
             periods
          
           which
           his
           Infinite
           Wisedome
           makes
           ,
           and
           is
           not
           accountable
           to
           our
           Tribunals
           ;
           and
           what
           shall
           a
           State
           doe
           then
           in
           this
           space
           and
           intervall
           to
           judgement
           ?
           for
           being
           then
           made
           passive
           againe
           ,
           it
           
           becomes
           a
           subject
           to
           as
           much
           ,
           if
           not
           more
           
             Tyrannie
             ,
          
           than
           before
           :
           and
           usually
           the
           
             revolt
          
           of
           
             Prerogatives
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Relapses
          
           are
           more
           dangerous
           than
           the
           first
           excesse
           :
           as
           the
           wrath
           of
           
             Pharaoh
          
           and
           
             Saul
          
           after
           some
           particular
           violations
           grew
           more
           implacable
           and
           violent
           :
           and
           as
           we
           see
           in
           civill
           Stories
           of
           our
           owne
           :
           and
           the
           reason
           why
           a
           
             relapsing
             power
          
           becomes
           more
           vindicative
           ,
           because
           there
           is
           a
           capacity
           of
           revenging
           recovered
           ,
           and
           there
           seemes
           to
           lye
           nothing
           in
           their
           way
           to
           breake
           the
           stroake
           .
        
         
           Nor
           let
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           new
           Oath
           thinke
           he
           can
           be
           more
           ingenious
           in
           
             contriving
             ,
          
           than
           some
           Ministers
           of
           State
           in
           
             eluding
             ,
          
           nor
           so
           exquisite
           in
           the
           
             forme
             ,
          
           as
           they
           in
           their
           
             suggestions
          
           and
           
             infusions
          
           for
           
             violation
          
           :
           
           and
           whatsoever
           he
           tels
           us
           of
           the
           
             ancient
             transaction
             in
             such
             cases
             ,
          
           I
           must
           answer
           him
           ,
           that
           if
           hee
           can
           revive
           the
           
             (a)
          
           ancient
           
             reverence
          
           and
           
             simplicity
          
           and
           
             faith
          
           of
           those
           ages
           with
           the
           ancient
           transaction
           ,
           then
           I
           shall
           allow
           more
           to
           his
           president
           :
           but
           he
           knowes
           that
           the
           
             (b)
          
           Machiavillisme
           of
           later
           times
           have
           made
           a
           Maxime
           in
           the
           science
           of
           Politickes
           ,
           how
           to
           overwit
           their
           owne
           obligations
           ,
           and
           have
           made
           it
           one
           part
           of
           the
           perfection
           of
           a
           Statist
           ,
           
             (c)
          
           to
           be
           too
           wise
           for
           engagements
           :
           and
           though
           the
           wisedome
           of
           the
           first
           
             coalition
          
           in
           this
           
             State
          
           made
           it
           their
           surest
           designe
           to
           seale
           the
           
             Inauguration
          
           by
           an
           
             Oath
             ,
          
           yet
           we
           see
           there
           is
           no
           infallibility
           in
           such
           counsels
           and
           acts
           ;
           no
           protection
           from
           the
           violence
           of
           evill
           counsell
           :
           and
           such
           hath
           beene
           the
           declination
           of
           States
           of
           late
           ,
           that
           
             Oathes
          
           were
           but
           in
           the
           reputation
           
           of
           
             Politicke
             formes
          
           with
           many
           ,
           unlesse
           it
           be
           with
           
             those
          
           who
           drive
           on
           a
           holier
           designe
           ,
           as
           that
           of
           
             Reformation
             ,
          
           and
           with
           
             such
             ,
          
           Covenants
           and
           Oathes
           have
           their
           just
           reputation
           ,
           as
           it
           appeares
           in
           the
           late
           transactions
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           and
           other
           Reformed
           Kingdomes
           ,
           and
           of
           England
           now
           ;
           and
           this
           appeares
           to
           be
           the
           opinion
           of
           this
           Authour
           too
           ,
           for
           in
           his
           sixt
           page
           ,
           he
           urges
           much
           the
           
             stately
          
           and
           
             sanctimonious
             forme
             or
             solemnity
             ,
             as
             of
             necessity
             amongst
             Plebeians
             ,
          
           so
           as
           by
           that
           very
           notion
           ,
           he
           pleads
           the
           Pompe
           and
           Ceremony
           of
           an
           oath
           so
           as
           if
           he
           would
           have
           it
           by
           that
           accesse
           of
           some
           glorious
           lustre
           ,
           to
           dart
           the
           people
           into
           an
           obligation
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Prince
           ;
           when
           as
           there
           are
           many
           safer
           ,
           and
           more
           naturall
           meanes
           to
           becalme
           the
           jealousies
           of
           Subjects
           ,
           even
           a
           reall
           application
           to
           their
           affections
           ,
           in
           the
           motions
           of
           Iustice
           ,
           
           and
           Peace
           ,
           and
           Religion
           ;
           and
           that
           people
           shall
           never
           take
           
             umbrages
             ,
          
           where
           the
           
             goings
          
           of
           the
           
             Prince
          
           are
           cleare
           and
           discerneable
           ,
           and
           not
           shaded
           by
           the
           crowde
           of
           
             Privadoes
          
           and
           bad
           Ministers
           ;
           but
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           when
           the
           first
           and
           Primitive
           oath
           which
           is
           the
           highest
           and
           most
           supreame
           rise
           of
           an
           obligation
           ,
           is
           not
           inviolable
           ,
           nor
           includible
           ,
           what
           strength
           and
           assurance
           ,
           can
           be
           in
           derivatives
           and
           supplementals
           of
           the
           same
           nature
           ?
        
         
           Nor
           do
           I
           think
           it
           a
           designe
           of
           that
           happy
           and
           wholsome
           constitution
           as
           some
           take
           it
           ,
           I
           mean
           an
           oath
           of
           Pacification
           ,
           for
           satisfaction
           of
           jealousies
           ,
           for
           there
           is
           an
           art
           to
           take
           away
           all
           jealousies
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           roome
           bring
           delusions
           of
           assurance
           ,
           and
           so
           thicken
           and
           incrassate
           the
           satisfactions
           ,
           that
           people
           shall
           in
           time
           forfeite
           their
           liberties
           in
           a
           mist
           ,
           and
           scarce
           believe
           they
           are
           oppressed
           ,
           till
           they
           be
           oppressed
           almost
           beyond
           a
           remedy
           ;
           and
           this
           nation
           hath
           been
           ever
           easily
           carried
           on
           into
           such
           an
           incredulity
           and
           misbeliefe
           ,
           and
           
           have
           often
           served
           many
           yeeres
           apprentiship
           both
           of
           ignorance
           and
           bondage
           .
        
         
           Nor
           will
           any
           wise
           man
           suppose
           that
           to
           bee
           a
           good
           condition
           for
           any
           State
           ,
           especially
           for
           a
           government
           so
           mixt
           as
           ours
           ,
           which
           ought
           ever
           to
           be
           looking
           to
           the
           just
           
             Interests
          
           of
           one
           another
           ,
           especially
           after
           a
           season
           of
           encroachment
           and
           exorbitation
           :
           for
           to
           take
           in
           such
           a
           remedy
           as
           shall
           leave
           no
           Iealousie
           behinde
           it
           ,
           is
           to
           take
           in
           such
           a
           quantity
           of
           
             Opium
          
           as
           will
           rather
           bring
           a
           Lethargy
           than
           a
           kindly
           rest
           ,
           and
           rather
           make
           a
           Kingdome
           
             stupid
          
           than
           
             peaceable
          
           ;
           surely
           those
           remedies
           are
           best
           ,
           which
           keepe
           States
           waken
           and
           sensible
           ,
           and
           the
           eyes
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           open
           .
           And
           as
           there
           is
           a
           jealousie
           in
           some
           which
           is
           but
           a
           virtuous
           luxuriancy
           of
           love
           and
           affection
           ,
           and
           tends
           onely
           to
           the
           preservation
           of
           honor
           and
           propriety
           in
           the
           suspected
           party
           ,
           so
           there
           is
           in
           the
           best
           States
           :
           &
           sure
           there
           is
           no
           such
           way
           to
           keep
           things
           in
           their
           owne
           rights
           and
           priviledges
           ,
           but
           such
           a
           sollicitous
           and
           carefull
           vigilancy
           ,
           and
           wise
           suspition
           .
        
         
           That
           which
           I
           now
           conceive
           to
           be
           the
           only
           Interest
           of
           our
           Reformation
           ,
           is
           not
           a
           Pacification
           but
           a
           Peace
           .
           For
           a
           Pacification
           is
           a
           more
           proper
           and
           safe
           notion
           for
           forraigne
           States
           than
           our
           owne
           ,
           for
           a
           Pacification
           is
           but
           the
           accommodating
           of
           a
           difference
           ,
           and
           a
           meeting
           of
           severall
           principles
           ,
           and
           a
           resolving
           to
           agree
           with
           one
           another
           ,
           without
           any
           further
           incorporation
           ,
           but
           this
           cannot
           be
           intrinsecall
           nor
           naturall
           enough
           for
           us
           of
           the
           same
           kingdom
           ,
           this
           is
           no
           such
           indistant
           complication
           as
           we
           should
           now
           aim
           at
           ,
           and
           as
           our
           new
           &
           holy
           fundamentals
           cal
           for
           :
           our
           purest
           &
           soundest
           peace
           would
           be
           from
           a
           succumbency
           &
           invalidity
           ,
           when
           on
           the
           worse
           part
           the
           opposition
           is
           spent
           &
           exhaled
           ,
           then
           
           there
           is
           no
           feare
           ,
           that
           there
           will
           breake
           forth
           any
           fresh
           and
           mutuall
           
             Contendings
             ,
          
           and
           there
           must
           needs
           be
           more
           security
           in
           that
           
             peace
          
           where
           all
           possibility
           of
           resistance
           is
           taken
           away
           ,
           than
           where
           there
           lives
           
             two
             natures
          
           of
           proportionall
           abilities
           and
           passions
           ,
           which
           would
           prove
           like
           the
           two
           men
           in
           the
           Fable
           ,
           who
           being
           weary
           with
           beating
           one
           another
           ,
           tooke
           truce
           for
           an
           houres
           refreshment
           ,
           and
           fell
           fresh
           to
           their
           blowes
           againe
           .
        
         
           A
           
             Peace
          
           then
           and
           not
           a
           
             Pacification
          
           is
           our
           assertion
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           all
           who
           value
           a
           
             Reformation
          
           according
           to
           their
           Covenant
           ,
           will
           pursue
           those
           things
           which
           make
           for
           that
           ,
           and
           suffer
           themselves
           not
           to
           be
           taken
           off
           their
           holy
           and
           famous
           resolutions
           for
           
             Peace
             ,
          
           by
           any
           faire
           or
           specious
           argument
           for
           
             Pacification
             ,
             Pacification
          
           being
           but
           the
           halfe
           way
           to
           
             Peace
             ,
          
           and
           this
           I
           conceive
           is
           the
           
             Peace
          
           which
           will
           make
           both
           
             England
          
           and
           
             Scotland
          
           happy
           ,
           not
           so
           much
           by
           inventing
           any
           new
           engines
           to
           binde
           
             our
             Kings
             in
             chaines
             ,
             and
             our
             Princes
             in
             fetters
             of
             iron
             ,
          
           but
           by
           endeavouring
           such
           an
           extirpation
           of
           
             Popery
             ,
             Prelacie
             ,
          
           and
           
             malignity
             ,
          
           as
           our
           
             Peace
          
           may
           be
           rather
           secured
           by
           a
           
             disability
             of
             contending
             ,
          
           than
           by
           any
           new
           
             Oath
          
           or
           
             possibility
             of
             resisting
             .
          
        
         
           For
           any
           further
           
             Criticisme
          
           upon
           the
           
             Author
          
           I
           have
           none
           ;
           I
           confesse
           he
           reasons
           well
           upon
           many
           particulars
           ,
           and
           makes
           his
           inke
           rise
           high
           ,
           and
           dash
           handsomly
           upon
           those
           that
           stand
           about
           the
           
             Throne
             ,
          
           and
           had
           he
           reached
           further
           with
           his
           pen
           even
           to
           a
           Peace
           ,
           and
           writ
           but
           beyond
           a
           Pacification
           ,
           he
           had
           writ
           well
           .
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           A
           Review
           .
        
         
           I
           Shall
           gather
           his
           designe
           into
           this
           compend.
           .
           
             An
             Oath
             and
             ceremonious
             forme
             for
             the
             King
             ,
             another
             for
             the
             Queene
             ,
             and
             the
             temeration
             being
             so
             dangerous
             ,
             hee
             thinkes
             we
             are
             secured
             sufficiently
          
           :
           and
           he
           presumes
           ,
           (
           having
           laid
           downe
           this
           forme
           )
           to
           lay
           upon
           it
           this
           weight
           ,
           
             the
             honour
             of
             God
             ,
             safety
             of
             Religion
             ,
          
           
           
             
               P.
            
             1.
             
          
           
             justice
             of
             Parliament
             .
          
           I
           confesse
           the
           Oath
           
             abstractively
          
           considered
           is
           able
           to
           beare
           this
           ,
           and
           a
           larger
           superstructure
           ;
           but
           when
           
             concretively
          
           and
           
             pactionately
          
           taken
           ,
           let
           all
           judge
           who
           knowes
           there
           is
           a
           
             revolution
          
           in
           the
           
             highest
             Orbes
             ,
          
           and
           a
           
             changeablenesse
          
           and
           
             mutability
          
           in
           every
           thing
           to
           the
           very
           
             borders
             of
             immortality
             .
          
        
         
           In
           the
           
             ceremonious
             forme
          
           he
           seemes
           to
           ayme
           especially
           at
           the
           
             satisfaction
             of
             the
             people
             ,
          
           
           
             
               P.
            
             6.
             
          
           and
           he
           pleads
           for
           the
           attiring
           and
           apparelling
           the
           
             Oath
          
           in
           some
           
             glorious
             ceremonies
             :
          
           but
           
             popular
             satisfactions
          
           in
           true
           Christian
           
             States
          
           are
           more
           solidly
           obtained
           by
           just
           and
           free
           and
           regular
           redresses
           :
           I
           know
           very
           well
           that
           gusts
           of
           discontent
           will
           be
           blowing
           sometimes
           from
           the
           people
           upon
           the
           best
           administrations
           ,
           but
           they
           will
           soone
           blow
           over
           ,
           
             God
          
           having
           obliged
           himselfe
           not
           to
           suffer
           the
           rod
           of
           
             the
             wicked
             to
             rest
             upon
             the
             lot
             of
             the
             righteous
             .
          
        
         
           And
           for
           the
           
             Oath
          
           to
           the
           
             Queene
             ,
          
           
           
             
               P.
            
             1.
             
          
           I
           onely
           expose
           to
           the
           consideration
           of
           any
           ,
           what
           security
           or
           assurance
           is
           there
           in
           such
           
             Fundamentals
          
           which
           an
           
             Absolution
          
           or
           
             Dispensation
             ,
          
           or
           other
           
             Iesuiticall
             engine
          
           can
           overturne
           at
           pleasure
           ,
           though
           I
           could
           tell
           him
           more
           too
           ,
           for
           at
           the
           priviledge
           of
           this
           Oath
           he
           must
           needs
           let
           in
           a
           toleration
           
           of
           that
           which
           the
           condition
           of
           our
           Covenant
           cannot
           comply
           with
           .
        
         
           〈◊〉
           word
           ,
           for
           any
           such
           
             obligationall
          
           happinesse
           ,
           let
           the
           
             States
             of
             Holland
          
           reply
           ,
           who
           have
           had
           too
           sad
           experience
           of
           the
           many
           effusions
           which
           the
           ministers
           of
           that
           tyrannous
           
             Philip
          
           had
           contrived
           ,
           and
           especially
           now
           ,
           in
           the
           season
           of
           the
           universall
           Apostacy
           ,
           wherein
           
             Faith
          
           shall
           not
           be
           able
           to
           grow
           up
           to
           so
           just
           a
           stature
           as
           formerly
           ,
           being
           a
           qualification
           (
           saith
           that
           holy
           assertion
           )
           scarce
           to
           be
           
             found
             on
             earth
             .
          
        
         
           And
           though
           this
           way
           of
           obligation
           and
           satisfaction
           hath
           beene
           made
           use
           on
           (
           
             as
             he
             sayes
             )
          
           by
           
             God
          
           and
           
             man
             ,
          
           yet
           we
           must
           know
           God
           hath
           an
           essentiall
           immutability
           to
           insure
           his
           
             oath
             ,
          
           and
           
             man
          
           had
           a
           
             fidelity
          
           then
           ,
           which
           was
           not
           so
           well
           acquainted
           with
           the
           artifice
           of
           
             reservation
             ,
             equivocation
             ,
          
           and
           
             elusion
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           Conclusion
           .
        
         
           NOw
           consider
           the
           
             frailty
          
           and
           uncertainty
           in
           such
           
             foundations
          
           as
           
             oaths
             ,
          
           the
           
             complexion
          
           and
           
             obligation
          
           of
           our
           late
           
             Covenants
             ,
          
           the
           
             evasions
          
           and
           
             machinations
          
           of
           a
           reconciled
           
             enemy
             ,
          
           the
           
             inconsistency
          
           of
           our
           principles
           and
           theirs
           ,
           the
           fresh
           
             feuds
          
           from
           the
           remainders
           of
           an
           old
           
             combustion
             ,
          
           our
           
             deep
             ingagements
             ,
          
           our
           small
           
             purchase
          
           for
           the
           expence
           of
           so
           much
           blood
           and
           treasure
           ,
           and
           tell
           me
           if
           there
           be
           any
           security
           but
           in
           
             some
             things
          
           beyond
           an
           
             Accommodation
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           To
           the
           Reader
           .
        
         
           I
           Have
           no
           other
           quarrell
           to
           the
           Booke
           than
           its
           incongruitie
           to
           our
           Reformation
           and
           Covenant
           ,
           and
           civill
           libertie
           and
           security
           ,
           though
           it
           may
           be
           this
           is
           a
           misfortune
           rather
           of
           the
           Authors
           affection
           than
           intention
           ;
           which
           making
           too
           much
           hast
           after
           Peace
           ,
           fell
           into
           this
           error
           of
           Pacification
           :
           I
           could
           wish
           his
           excellent
           expressions
           had
           flowed
           in
           a
           better
           channell
           :
           nor
           would
           I
           be
           mistaken
           by
           others
           in
           what
           I
           doe
           ,
           for
           I
           undertake
           not
           to
           write
           in
           a
           Politicke
           ,
           out
           a
           rationall
           capacity
           .
        
         
           
             Quod
             si
             Pompeius
             &
             Caesar
             conjungi
             possint
             ,
             me
             satis
             vicisse
             putabo
             .
          
           Bald.
           in
           Ep.
           ad
           Cico●
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A71059e-120
           
             Cap.
             
               29.
               
            
          
           
             (a)
             Tanti
             nimirum
             est
             Rerump
             :
             firma
             &
             valida
             fundamenta
             poni
             ,
             quoram
             non
             postremum
             hoc
             fuit
             ,
             ut
             fides
             ac
             iuramentum
             civitatem
             regerent
             .
             
               Liv.
            
          
           
             (b)
             Principi
             nihil
             iniustum
             quod
             fructuosum
             ;
             Expediret
             autem
             fingere
             contrarium
             atque
             ita
             iuramentum
             concipere
             ,
             non
             afficiam
             populum
             iniuriis
             .
             
               Lib.
               5.
               pol.
               c.
               9.
               
            
          
           
             (c)
             Sic
             Julius
             
               11
            
             Pontifex
             iactare
             ausus
             est
             ,
             turpissimo
             hercule
             exemplo
             se
             foedera
             &
             societates
             cum
             Gallis
             Germanisque
             non
             aliter
             contrahere
             quam
             fallendi
             gratia
             .
          
           
             
               Quale
            
             erat
             Atheniensium
             &
             hodie
             multorum
             principum
             viro
             populum
             nullis
             iniuriis
             affectum
             iri
             ,
             Plebs
             enim
             iuramento
             hoc
             contenta
             ,
             &
             veluti
             secura
             de
             reliquis
             non
             admodum
             erit
             sollicita
             ,
             etiamsi
             postea
             magnis
             iniuriis
             afficiatur
             .