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           SOME
           FEW
           AND
           SHORT
           Considerations
           On
           the
           present
           Distempers
           ;
           By
           J.
           P.
           
        
         
           THe
           tie
           which
           I
           have
           as
           an
           honest
           man
           ,
           and
           the
           right
           which
           I
           have
           as
           a
           free
           man
           ,
           of
           speaking
           what
           I
           think
           conducible
           to
           the
           weale
           publike
           ,
           hath
           invited
           me
           in
           the
           crowd
           of
           others
           who
           blot
           paper
           ,
           
             Commodare
             vocem
             ,
             commodare
             operam
             ,
             et
             si
             nihil
             profuturam
             forsan
             ,
             conaturam
             tamen
             prodesse
             ,
          
           
           and
           in
           the
           Exigents
           which
           now
           presse
           us
           ,
           to
           commend
           to
           all
           men
           ,
           specially
           to
           the
           wisdom
           of
           our
           great
           Councell
           ,
           these
           few
           particulars
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           we
           having
           at
           present
           a
           Commonwealth
           ,
           in
           which
           ,
           as
           
             Tully
          
           said
           ,
           
             Nihil
             mali
             est
             ,
             nihil
             adversi
             ,
             quod
             non
             boni
             metuunt
             improbi
             expectant
             ,
          
           and
           matters
           being
           now
           reduc'd
           to
           that
           extream
           article
           of
           time
           ,
           on
           which
           depends
           misery
           or
           prosperity
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           be
           pleas'd
           with
           one
           eye
           to
           look
           up
           to
           His
           Majesties
           gracious
           inclinations
           ,
           his
           readinesse
           for
           ,
           may
           his
           desire
           of
           any
           honorable
           transaction
           ,
           his
           pretentions
           to
           no
           greater
           latitude
           nor
           altitude
           of
           Prerogative
           ,
           
           then
           what
           his
           Ancestors
           (
           as
           he
           conceives
           )
           enjoy'd
           actually
           or
           virtually
           ;
           with
           the
           other
           to
           look
           down
           to
           the
           ground
           they
           stand
           on
           ,
           the
           depth
           of
           that
           precipice
           ,
           on
           the
           skirt
           of
           which
           they
           (
           and
           in
           them
           the
           Commonwealth
           )
           are
           ,
           to
           remember
           that
           of
           an
           Ancient
           ;
           
        
         
           
             
               —
               Scissura
               domestica
               turbat
            
             
               Rempopuli
               ,
               titubatque
               foris
               quod
               dissidet
               intus
               .
            
          
        
         
           Though
           the
           Propositions
           be
           not
           in
           every
           circumstance
           as
           they
           wish
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           (
           a
           thing
           expedient
           ,
           and
           sutable
           ,
           not
           to
           policie
           onely
           ,
           but
           Christianity
           ,
           
             Rom.
          
           12.
           11.
           
           )
           especially
           to
           weigh
           well
           that
           of
           the
           same
           
             Cicero
             ,
             Omnis
             pax
             bello
             civili
             utilior
             .
          
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           what
           probability
           or
           rather
           possibility
           there
           is
           of
           recovering
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           if
           the
           time
           to
           be
           imployed
           in
           the
           restitution
           of
           it
           be
           expended
           in
           the
           composing
           of
           our
           own
           distractions
           ,
           the
           monies
           for
           that
           Countries
           relief
           be
           exhausted
           in
           the
           protraction
           of
           civil
           discord
           ,
           and
           the
           persons
           who
           should
           quell
           Rebellion
           abroad
           ,
           be
           ministers
           in
           a
           war
           at
           home
           here
           .
           And
           if
           that
           Kingdom
           should
           be
           lost
           ,
           in
           what
           state
           this
           would
           be
           ,
           in
           how
           desperate
           ,
           how
           deplorable
           a
           condition
           ,
           how
           unable
           long
           to
           defend
           it self
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           if
           the
           Votes
           of
           whatsoever
           they
           passe
           ,
           though
           in
           a
           compleat
           body
           ,
           without
           His
           Majesties
           ratification
           ,
           be
           doubted
           whether
           efficacious
           and
           obligatory
           ,
           how
           much
           rather
           then
           ,
           when
           that
           body
           (
           as
           at
           present
           )
           is
           so
           mutilate
           and
           defective
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           want
           the
           head
           ,
           but
           so
           many
           Members
           too
           .
           What
           some
           Books
           have
           ,
           
             Quod
             major
             pars
             curiae
             effecit
             ,
             pro
             eo
             habetur
             ac
             si
             omnes
             egerint
             ,
          
           I
           confesse
           is
           true
           ,
           but
           
           (
           among
           other
           restrictions
           it
           receives
           )
           is
           to
           be
           understood
           of
           a
           full
           Assembly
           ,
           or
           where
           who
           are
           not
           present
           ,
           are
           absent
           
             Reipublicae
             causa
             ,
          
           (
           a
           thing
           held
           ever
           equivalent
           to
           appearance
           personall
           )
           or
           by
           reason
           of
           some
           other
           casualties
           and
           emergents
           ,
           not
           where
           there
           is
           a
           deliberate
           separation
           out
           of
           a
           dislike
           ,
           a
           contrariety
           of
           sense
           ,
           a
           Schisme
           (
           as
           here
           too
           visibly
           )
           and
           of
           persons
           in
           quality
           and
           number
           so
           considerable
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           what
           hath
           reference
           to
           
             Hull
             ,
          
           that
           they
           would
           vouchsafe
           to
           have
           in
           minde
           ,
           that
           the
           Axe
           is
           now
           laid
           to
           the
           root
           of
           the
           tree
           ,
           (
           a
           tree
           in
           the
           forest
           of
           this
           Iland
           not
           the
           least
           considerable
           :
           )
           squeez'd
           and
           extorted
           things
           in
           the
           commerce
           of
           life
           are
           not
           welcome
           to
           us
           :
           what
           willingly
           we
           accept
           of
           ,
           must
           come
           willingly
           ;
           how
           much
           better
           then
           to
           leave
           that
           place
           rather
           upon
           demand
           ,
           then
           by
           violence
           ,
           to
           make
           the
           restitution
           of
           it
           a
           work
           of
           election
           ,
           then
           of
           necessity
           ,
           especially
           having
           those
           inducements
           ,
           His
           Majesties
           formerly
           being
           seized
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           his
           present
           full
           pardon
           to
           all
           within
           it
           .
        
         
           Fiftly
           ,
           for
           the
           
             Commissions
             of
             Array
          
           on
           His
           Majesties
           part
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Militia
          
           on
           theirs
           ,
           they
           being
           in
           the
           Theory
           (
           in
           a
           well-ordered
           state
           )
           inconsistent
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           practique
           part
           (
           the
           wretched
           condition
           we
           now
           are
           in
           )
           to
           a
           Commonwealth
           utterly
           destructive
           ,
           his
           Majestie
           (
           at
           least
           what
           concerns
           the
           safety
           of
           the
           time
           present
           ,
           the
           thing
           which
           in
           these
           imminent
           calamities
           chiefly
           is
           to
           be
           lookt
           at
           )
           hath
           shewn
           a
           ready
           way
           to
           end
           that
           controversie
           ,
           by
           declaring
           that
           he
           will
           lay
           his
           preparations
           of
           War
           aside
           ,
           if
           they
           please
           to
           do
           so
           .
           If
           this
           be
           assented
           to
           ,
           the
           only
           
           thing
           disputable
           in
           this
           main
           particular
           ,
           is
           ,
           who
           should
           first
           begin
           ;
           which
           ,
           whether
           it
           become
           him
           or
           them
           to
           do
           ,
           as
           for
           matter
           of
           fact
           to
           their
           will
           and
           wisdom
           ,
           so
           for
           matter
           of
           〈◊〉
           is
           left
           to
           every
           prudent
           man
           to
           consider
           of
           .
        
         
           Sixthly
           ,
           for
           the
           
             Navie
             ;
          
           if
           his
           Maiestie
           (
           as
           I
           hope
           no
           Subject
           will
           doubt
           )
           be
           Lord
           of
           the
           Seas
           circumjacent
           ,
           it
           might
           follow
           (
           and
           by
           no
           stretch'd
           inference
           )
           that
           he
           is
           Lord
           also
           of
           the
           Ships
           that
           walk
           on
           them
           .
           By
           
             Lord
          
           here
           ,
           is
           understood
           ,
           not
           he
           who
           hath
           
             directum
             ,
          
           but
           
             utile
             dominium
             ,
          
           a
           power
           in
           publike
           occasions
           to
           command
           ,
           and
           to
           dispose
           of
           them
           .
           By
           
             Ships
             ,
          
           not
           onely
           his
           own
           ,
           (
           a
           thing
           before
           these
           rimes
           never
           controverted
           )
           are
           meant
           ,
           but
           those
           of
           any
           of
           his
           Subjects
           .
           
             Solo
          
           (
           as
           some
           speak
           )
           
             superficies
             cedit
             ,
          
           a
           building
           ,
           though
           of
           another
           mans
           ,
           on
           my
           ground
           ,
           passeth
           into
           my
           propriety
           .
           And
           though
           the
           solidity
           of
           earth
           being
           so
           contrary
           as
           it
           is
           to
           the
           instability
           of
           that
           other
           element
           ,
           the
           authority
           may
           to
           some
           seem
           not
           so
           fitly
           alleadg'd
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           Analogie
           however
           it
           is
           appliable
           ,
           and
           by
           an
           argument
           
             a
             fortiori
             ,
          
           we
           may
           make
           use
           of
           it
           ;
           for
           here
           no
           Subjects
           Ships
           ,
           but
           the
           Kings
           own
           are
           treated
           of
           ,
           the
           vessels
           not
           which
           any
           common
           stock
           built
           ,
           but
           His
           private
           Treasury
           ,
           and
           consequently
           seem
           no
           lesse
           his
           then
           the
           cloak
           he
           wears
           .
        
         
           Seventhly
           ,
           what
           concerns
           these
           present
           preparations
           which
           carry
           a
           face
           of
           war
           with
           them
           ,
           (
           no
           man
           entertaining
           such
           purposes
           ,
           but
           he
           sits
           down
           first
           ,
           and
           consulteth
           whether
           he
           be
           able
           with
           10
           thousand
           men
           ,
           to
           meet
           him
           that
           cometh
           against
           him
           with
           20
           thousand
           )
           that
           they
           would
           likewise
           vouchsafe
           ,
           
           seriously
           to
           consider
           whether
           competent
           and
           equall
           forces
           can
           be
           levied
           .
        
         
           Eighthly
           ,
           If
           leavyed
           ,
           what
           assurance
           there
           is
           that
           they
           will
           be
           as
           valiant
           in
           the
           field
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           Pallace-Yard
           at
           Westminster
           ;
           as
           constant
           in
           a
           pitch'd
           Battell
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           Streets
           of
           
             London
             .
          
           A
           smooth
           and
           eloquent
           Oration
           may
           convert
           them
           .
           
             Friends
             ,
             Covntreymen
             ,
             fellow-subjects
             ,
          
           and
           such
           loving
           Compellations
           ,
           may
           work
           strange
           changes
           in
           them
           ;
           so
           mutable
           things
           alwayes
           having
           been
           multitudes
           :
           reflecting
           on
           their
           inst●●●
           may
           stir
           up
           a
           quicker
           sense
           in
           them
           then
           before
           they
           had
           ,
           make
           them
           enter
           into
           a
           neerer
           disquisition
           of
           the
           justnesse
           of
           that
           they
           stand
           for
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           legality
           of
           that
           cause
           they
           appear
           in
           .
           Passages
           of
           these
           kindes
           are
           in
           Story
           frequent
           :
           And
           though
           none
           of
           these
           ;
           when
           they
           shall
           see
           their
           undoubted
           and
           undaunted
           Soveraign
           in
           the
           head
           of
           an
           adverse
           Army
           ,
           shooting
           forth
           Rayes
           of
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           thundering
           out
           a
           
             Durum
             est
             contra
             stimulos
             calcitrare
             ,
          
           what
           man
           can
           promise
           that
           they
           will
           not
           be
           appall'd
           ,
           dazled
           ,
           blinded
           ?
           That
           their
           hearts
           will
           not
           fayl
           ,
           and
           their
           weapons
           fall
           ,
           both
           in
           one
           instant
           ?
           Their
           hands
           which
           were
           expected
           to
           fight
           ,
           not
           be
           held
           up
           for
           pardon
           ,
           and
           those
           knees
           in
           the
           strength
           
           of
           which
           it
           was
           thought
           they
           would
           have
           marched
           forward
           ,
           will
           not
           tremble
           ,
           not
           knock
           each
           other
           ,
           and
           bow
           for
           mercy
           ?
        
         
           Ninthly
           ,
           If
           God
           in
           his
           unscrutable
           providence
           ,
           and
           uncontrollable
           counsells
           ,
           should
           deliver
           this
           Kingdom
           up
           unto
           such
           extremities
           ,
           how
           miserable
           that
           Warre
           would
           be
           ,
           which
           would
           make
           us
           a
           spectacle
           to
           men
           and
           Angels
           ,
           a
           prey
           to
           our selves
           at
           home
           ,
           an
           obloquie
           to
           those
           about
           us
           ;
           and
           where
           who
           ever
           remains
           Victor
           ,
           must
           of
           necessity
           want
           that
           honour
           which
           Antiquity
           
           did
           so
           triumph
           in
           ,
           I
           mean
           ,
           that
           which
           commonly
           it
           stil'd
           ,
           
             Observatos
             cives
             .
          
           By
           the
           memory
           of
           that
           blessed
           peace
           maker
           who
           rests
           in
           Paradise
           ,
           by
           seventeen
           continued
           yeers
           of
           his
           Sons
           Raign
           ,
           spotted
           with
           no
           act
           of
           Tyranny
           ,
           By
           the
           numerous
           and
           remarkable
           deliverances
           God
           hath
           heap'd
           upon
           this
           our
           Island
           ,
           By
           the
           strength
           and
           vigour
           of
           the
           love
           they
           bear
           to
           the
           safety
           of
           their
           own
           persons
           ,
           the
           tendernesse
           they
           justly
           have
           over
           those
           neer
           pledges
           ,
           their
           wives
           and
           children
           (
           who
           all
           in
           the
           common
           Fate
           will
           be
           involved
           inevitably
           )
           suffer
           themselves
           ,
           that
           honourable
           and
           great
           Councell
           ,
           to
           be
           in
           some
           measure
           conjur'd
           to
           convert
           their
           designs
           of
           War
           into
           the
           delights
           of
           peace
           ,
           not
           to
           cut
           asunder
           this
           Gordian
           knot
           of
           our
           distempers
           with
           the
           sword
           ,
           but
           to
           undo
           it
           by
           milder
           counsells
           ,
           and
           in
           stead
           of
           that
           universall
           desolation
           which
           like
           a
           Meteor
           hangs
           over
           us
           ,
           to
           conserve
           us
           in
           our
           ancient
           possessions
           of
           security
           and
           of
           serenity
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           For
           the
           intervall
           which
           hath
           divided
           his
           Majesty
           from
           them
           (
           and
           in
           them
           from
           all
           of
           us
           )
           so
           unhappily
           ,
           so
           continuedly
           ,
           though
           it
           have
           not
           been
           (
           God
           be
           thanked
           )
           like
           the
           gulf
           in
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           so
           great
           ,
           that
           they
           who
           would
           passe
           from
           hence
           thither
           ,
           could
           not
           ,
           nor
           they
           passe
           to
           us
           ,
           that
           would
           come
           from
           thence
           ;
           yet
           during
           this
           distance
           of
           his
           ,
           this
           resentment
           ,
           we
           live
           in
           a
           kinde
           of
           twi-light
           ,
           a
           cloudy
           and
           foggie
           clime
           of
           sadnesse
           and
           uncertainty
           ,
           in
           which
           (
           if
           in
           no
           other
           )
           regard
           ,
           whatsoever
           may
           induce
           him
           to
           draw
           neerer
           ;
           O
           let
           us
           embrace
           with
           cheerfulnes
           ,
           &
           pursue
           with
           industry
           .
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           like
           a
           Royall
           Dove
           ,
           in
           a
           former
           return
           of
           his
           from
           the
           North
           parts
           of
           his
           Dominions
           brought
           us
           back
           an
           Olive-Branch
           ,
           a
           token
           of
           peace
           with
           our
           Neighbours
           ,
           and
           their
           reconcilement
           to
           us
           ;
           an
           assurance
           
           that
           the
           Torrent
           which
           had
           swollen
           high
           ,
           was
           fallen
           and
           dryed
           up
           ;
           if
           readily
           and
           humbly
           he
           be
           complyed
           within
           his
           now-proposalls
           ,
           his
           next
           return
           hither
           will
           bring
           better
           tidings
           ,
           That
           the
           waters
           of
           his
           own
           displeasure
           are
           abated
           ,
           a
           deluge
           more
           formidable
           then
           that
           other
           ,
           to
           loyall
           and
           obedient
           hearts
           (
           such
           as
           we
           all
           professe
           to
           have
           )
           it
           being
           more
           dreadfull
           to
           suffer
           under
           the
           indignation
           of
           their
           own
           Soveraign
           ,
           then
           to
           perish
           by
           the
           inundation
           of
           hostility
           ;
           this
           (
           I
           say
           )
           this
           onely
           Consideration
           (
           like
           a
           parch'd
           soyl
           for
           rain
           )
           should
           make
           us
           all
           thirst
           for
           his
           return
           to
           us
           :
           but
           there
           is
           more
           besides
           in
           it
           ;
           for
           had
           wee
           the
           
             warmth
          
           againe
           of
           that
           
             Sun
          
           to
           bask
           in
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           have
           
             Gods
             blessing
          
           concomitant
           ,
           we
           need
           not
           doubt
           .
           God
           in
           the
           riches
           of
           his
           goodnesse
           confer
           this
           on
           us
           ,
           that
           after
           this
           sad
           rupture
           ,
           both
           sides
           into
           one
           body
           united
           ,
           may
           choke
           (
           like
           a
           massy
           gobbet
           )
           any
           adversary
           who
           shall
           attempt
           to
           swallow
           them
           ,
           &
           as
           a
           peec'd
           arrow
           (
           now
           made
           the
           stronger
           )
           they
           may
           flye
           against
           a
           common
           enemy
           more
           effectually
           .
        
         
           Such
           is
           the
           weak
           ,
           but
           hearty
           and
           most
           humble
           assistance
           ,
           which
           in
           stead
           of
           Plate
           ,
           Money
           and
           Horses
           ,
           is
           presented
           ,
           if
           not
           from
           the
           head
           of
           an
           able
           man
           ,
           from
           the
           heart
           (
           at
           least
           )
           of
           an
           honest
           man
           ,
           one
           whom
           no
           apprehensions
           of
           possible
           private
           losses
           (
           regard
           had
           to
           the
           mediocrity
           of
           that
           condition
           wherein
           God
           hath
           placed
           him
           ,
           hee
           having
           as
           little
           to
           part
           with
           as
           hath
           any
           man
           )
           no
           by-respect
           of
           advancing
           his
           peculiar
           interest
           ,
           nor
           adulation
           of
           Monarchique
           power
           hath
           mov'd
           in
           this
           way
           to
           speak
           himself
           ,
           (
           it
           having
           been
           still
           his
           course
           ,
           and
           he
           resolving
           it
           shall
           ever
           be
           ,
           
             Inter
             abruptam
             contumaciam
             et
             deforme
             obsequium
             iter
             pergere
             ,
          
           and
           never
           by
           
           sinister
           &
           indirect
           means
           to
           gain
           either
           the
           least
           or
           the
           greatest
           preferments
           )
           but
           a
           lively
           and
           deep
           sense
           of
           the
           
           common
           danger
           ,
           a
           foul
           labouring
           with
           Anxiety
           from
           the
           just
           and
           too
           certain
           estimate
           of
           impendent
           ruine
           .
           If
           what
           he
           offers
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           generall
           ,
           so
           in
           particular
           to
           the
           consideration
           of
           that
           High
           Assembly
           seeme
           to
           be
           tendred
           by
           an
           obscure
           hand
           ,
           he
           humbly
           desires
           them
           to
           remember
           that
           when
           a
           wrack
           is
           imminent
           even
           the
           poorest
           contribution
           of
           help
           is
           not
           deprived
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           quenching
           of
           a
           beginning
           fire
           ,
           even
           the
           vilest
           hands
           are
           not
           thought
           unuseful
           .
           If
           lamely
           &
           in
           an
           unpolished
           way
           it
           have
           fallen
           from
           him
           ,
           it
           may
           by
           a
           favourable
           construction
           be
           esteemed
           therefore
           the
           more
           cordiall
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           regard
           only
           find
           acceptance
           .
           Endeavours
           of
           speech
           in
           infants
           ,
           and
           their
           inarticulate
           sounds
           ,
           are
           commonly
           more
           operative
           ,
           on
           the
           parent
           then
           the
           language
           of
           his
           elder
           children
           ,
           stir
           up
           his
           affections
           more
           powerfully
           ,
           vehemently
           ,
           efficaciously
           ,
           and
           leave
           an
           impression
           in
           him
           above
           all
           eloquence
           .
           And
           our
           devotions
           are
           most
           deare
           to
           God
           ,
           most
           accepted
           ,
           not
           when
           they
           are
           patient
           of
           words
           and
           admit
           vocalitie
           ,
           but
           when
           the
           spirit
           makes
           intercession
           with
           grones
           that
           are
           unexpressable
           .
           The
           God
           of
           peace
           and
           concord
           make
           their
           meetings
           Apostolicall
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           not
           only
           be
           in
           one
           place
           but
           with
           one
           accord
           ,
           restore
           them
           in
           a
           blessed
           union
           to
           their
           Head
           ,
           our
           Sovertig●e
           ,
           the
           Vine
           whose
           branches
           they
           are
           ,
           and
           in
           whom
           while
           they
           are
           fast
           rooted
           ,
           the
           fruit
           of
           their
           consultations
           will
           be
           truly
           pleasant
           ,
           joyne
           them
           (
           and
           speedily
           )
           to
           that
           corner
           Stone
           ,
           to
           which
           while
           they
           are
           close
           cemented
           ,
           not
           this
           ,
           nor
           His
           other
           Dominions
           shall
           feare
           (
           by
           Gods
           holy
           assistance
           )
           forraine
           or
           Domestique
           Enemie
           .
           By
           the
           former
           as
           a
           wall
           of
           brasse
           ,
           be
           impenetrable
           by
           the
           latter
           ,
           as
           a
           continued
           rocke
           e
           unmineable
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A90970e-30
           
             Seneca
             .
          
           
             Prudent
             .
          
           
             Robur
             in
             genibus
             .
          
           
             Tacit.