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           A
           LETTER
           Humbly
           addrest
           To
           the
           most
           Excellent
           Father
           of
           his
           Country
           ,
           THE
           Wise
           and
           Victorious
           Prince
           ,
           King
           William
           III.
           
        
         
           
             By
             a
             dutiful
             and
             well-meaning
             Subject
             .
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             J.
             Darby
          
           in
           
           Bartholomew-Close
           .
           1698.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           A
           Well-meaning
           and
           dutiful
           Subject
           humbly
           begs
           your
           Majesty
           to
           read
           this
           Letter
           ,
           which
           is
           written
           with
           no
           other
           design
           but
           only
           to
           set
           before
           you
           ,
           
             
               I.
               What
               was
               the
               antient
               Foundation
               of
               the
               English
               Monarchy
               .
            
             
               II.
               How
               it
               was
               remov'd
               from
               off
               its
               natural
               Foundation
               .
            
             
               III.
               By
               what
               Expedients
               it
               has
               bin
               supported
               since
               that
               Removal
               .
            
             
               IV.
               By
               what
               Expedient
               your
               Majesty
               may
               support
               the
               Monarchy
               during
               your
               Reign
               (
               which
               I
               pray
               God
               may
               be
               long
               and
               happy
               )
               and
               also
               raise
               it
               to
               as
               high
               a
               degree
               of
               Glory
               as
               ever
               it
               has
               attain'd
               heretofore
               .
            
          
        
         
           I.
           The
           Monarchy
           of
           England
           was
           setled
           upon
           an
           over
           balance
           of
           Lands
           vested
           in
           the
           King
           ,
           the
           Nobility
           ,
           and
           the
           Church
           ,
           who
           antiently
           possess'd
           above
           two
           thirds
           of
           the
           whole
           English
           Territory
           :
           But
           the
           Noble-men
           held
           their
           Lands
           
           upon
           condition
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           assist
           the
           King
           upon
           all
           his
           Occasions
           with
           certain
           Quotas
           of
           Men
           well
           arm'd
           and
           paid
           :
           And
           then
           these
           Noblemen
           let
           out
           their
           Lands
           to
           their
           Tenants
           upon
           condition
           that
           they
           should
           always
           be
           ready
           to
           follow
           their
           respective
           Lords
           to
           the
           War
           as
           often
           as
           the
           King
           should
           have
           any
           occasion
           for
           their
           Service
           .
           So
           that
           very
           small
           Rents
           were
           demanded
           by
           the
           Lord
           from
           the
           Tenants
           ,
           because
           he
           had
           contracted
           for
           their
           Personal
           Service
           .
        
         
           'T
           was
           this
           disposition
           of
           Lands
           which
           enabled
           our
           former
           Kings
           to
           raise
           great
           Armies
           when
           they
           pleas'd
           ,
           and
           to
           invade
           France
           (
           their
           natural
           Enemy
           )
           with
           success
           :
           and
           hereby
           it
           was
           that
           the
           Nobility
           upheld
           the
           Grandure
           of
           the
           King
           at
           home
           as
           well
           as
           abroad
           ;
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           they
           were
           a
           shelter
           and
           defence
           to
           the
           common
           People
           ,
           if
           the
           King
           were
           inclin'd
           to
           make
           any
           Incroachments
           upon
           them
           .
           For
           the
           over-balance
           of
           Propriety
           (
           and
           consequently
           their
           greatest
           natural
           Power
           )
           was
           vested
           in
           the
           middle
           state
           of
           Nobility
           ;
           who
           were
           therefore
           able
           to
           preserve
           both
           King
           and
           People
           in
           their
           due
           bounds
           .
        
         
         
           Thus
           the
           English
           Monarchy
           stood
           upon
           a
           natural
           Foundation
           ,
           the
           King
           being
           the
           great
           Landlord
           of
           his
           People
           ,
           who
           were
           all
           bound
           by
           their
           Tenures
           (
           in
           subordination
           to
           one
           another
           )
           to
           support
           his
           Crown
           and
           Dignity
           .
        
         
           II.
           This
           antient
           Foundation
           of
           the
           English
           Monarchy
           was
           sap'd
           and
           undermined
           by
           K.
           Henry
           the
           Seventh
           ,
           who
           (
           having
           seen
           the
           Imperial
           Crown
           of
           England
           dispos'd
           of
           at
           the
           pleasure
           of
           the
           Lords
           who
           had
           maintain'd
           a
           War
           against
           the
           Crown
           for
           near
           400
           years
           )
           could
           not
           but
           be
           much
           concern'd
           at
           the
           over-grown
           Power
           of
           the
           Peers
           ,
           who
           sometimes
           would
           pull
           down
           and
           set
           up
           what
           King
           they
           pleas'd
           ;
           and
           this
           Consideration
           made
           K.
           Henry
           the
           Seventh
           seek
           after
           ways
           and
           means
           how
           to
           lessen
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           Lords
           ,
           which
           had
           bin
           so
           prejudicial
           to
           the
           Crown
           :
           and
           seeing
           that
           their
           over
           grown
           Power
           was
           supported
           by
           the
           great
           Territories
           of
           Land
           of
           which
           they
           were
           possess'd
           ,
           and
           which
           they
           could
           not
           alienate
           from
           their
           Heirs
           ,
           He
           by
           the
           help
           of
           his
           Parliament
           found
           out
           a
           way
           to
           change
           the
           Tenure
           of
           Lands
           in
           such
           a
           manner
           that
           the
           Tenant
           should
           be
           oblig'd
           only
           to
           pay
           a
           Rent
           instead
           of
           Personal
           Service
           
           to
           his
           Landlord
           :
           and
           also
           a
           way
           was
           found
           out
           for
           the
           Lords
           to
           alienate
           their
           Lands
           from
           their
           Posterity
           .
           This
           was
           done
           to
           the
           end
           that
           the
           Lords
           might
           be
           encourag'd
           by
           an
           expensive
           way
           of
           living
           to
           sell
           their
           Lands
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Commons
           who
           liv'd
           thristily
           might
           be
           enabled
           to
           purchase
           them
           .
           Hereby
           it
           came
           to
           pass
           that
           at
           the
           end
           of
           King
           Henry
           the
           Eighth's
           Reign
           (
           in
           whose
           time
           most
           part
           of
           the
           Church-Lands
           were
           also
           sold
           to
           the
           People
           )
           the
           common
           People
           of
           England
           had
           near
           two
           thirds
           of
           the
           Lands
           of
           England
           in
           their
           proper
           Possession
           ,
           and
           the
           King
           ,
           Lords
           ,
           and
           Church
           little
           more
           than
           one
           third
           part
           ;
           whereby
           the
           Balance
           was
           turn'd
           on
           the
           side
           of
           the
           Commons
           ,
           who
           were
           therefore
           able
           to
           make
           War
           upon
           the
           King
           ,
           Lords
           and
           Church
           together
           ,
           as
           appeard
           afterwards
           in
           the
           Reign
           of
           King
           Charles
           the
           First
           .
        
         
           Thus
           it
           appears
           that
           the
           antient
           Foundation
           of
           the
           English
           Monarchy
           was
           remov'd
           in
           the
           Reign
           of
           K.
           Henry
           the
           Seventh
           ;
           and
           the
           over-balance
           of
           Lands
           falling
           from
           the
           Lords
           to
           the
           Commons
           ,
           't
           is
           evident
           that
           the
           Monarchy
           has
           ever
           since
           stood
           ,
           not
           upon
           an
           Aristocratical
           ,
           but
           a
           Popular
           Foundation
           ;
           and
           such
           a
           Foundation
           dos
           naturally
           support
           none
           but
           Commonwealth
           
           Forms
           of
           Government
           .
           Wherefore
           a
           Monarchy
           supported
           on
           such
           a
           Foundation
           may
           properly
           be
           call'd
           a
           Government
           of
           Expedients
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           by
           Expedients
           and
           Inventions
           ,
           and
           not
           upon
           any
           bottom
           of
           its
           own
           that
           it
           subsists
           .
           Now
           what
           Expedients
           our
           Kings
           have
           us'd
           to
           support
           the
           Monarchy
           is
           the
           next
           thing
           to
           be
           consider'd
           .
           Wherefore
        
         
           III.
           The
           Balance
           of
           Lands
           being
           chang'd
           by
           the
           end
           of
           K.
           Henry
           the
           Eighth's
           Reign
           ,
           from
           the
           Lords
           and
           Church
           to
           the
           Commons
           of
           England
           ,
           't
           is
           past
           all
           doubt
           but
           that
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           discover'd
           the
           popular
           bottom
           of
           the
           Monarchy
           ,
           because
           she
           found
           out
           the
           only
           wise
           Expedient
           by
           which
           the
           Monarchy
           upon
           its
           new
           Foundation
           was
           capable
           of
           being
           supported
           in
           its
           antient
           Lustre
           and
           Glory
           .
           Her
           Expedient
           was
           her
           Popularity
           ,
           by
           which
           she
           accommodated
           her
           personal
           Administration
           to
           the
           true
           Genius
           of
           the
           Monarchical
           Constitution
           ,
           as
           it
           then
           stood
           .
           For
           the
           whole
           Reign
           of
           that
           Queen
           (
           of
           Glorious
           Memory
           )
           tho
           long
           (
           but
           not
           tedious
           )
           was
           past
           over
           in
           a
           constant
           Courtship
           to
           her
           People
           ,
           in
           which
           
           not
           only
           all
           her
           Actions
           ,
           but
           sometimes
           her
           very
           Words
           expressed
           her
           knowledg
           ,
           that
           the
           Monarchy
           was
           then
           founded
           on
           their
           Affections
           .
           In
           what
           Glory
           she
           supported
           her self
           and
           the
           English
           Monarchy
           by
           that
           Expedient
           of
           Popularity
           ,
           notwithstanding
           very
           great
           Oppositions
           from
           the
           preeminent
           Powers
           of
           Europe
           ,
           her
           History
           do's
           sufficiently
           explain
           .
        
         
           King
           James
           the
           First
           was
           not
           in
           his
           nature
           inclin'd
           to
           persue
           this
           honourable
           and
           proper
           Expedient
           ,
           but
           his
           thoughts
           seem'd
           to
           be
           set
           upon
           his
           own
           Power
           more
           than
           upon
           his
           Peoples
           Good
           ;
           whereby
           it
           came
           to
           pass
           that
           the
           Flattery
           of
           the
           Court
           was
           more
           pleasing
           to
           him
           than
           the
           general
           Interest
           of
           his
           Kingdom
           .
           And
           having
           gotten
           some
           superficial
           skill
           in
           the
           Arts
           and
           Sciences
           ,
           and
           a
           profound
           knowledg
           (
           as
           he
           thought
           )
           in
           Theology
           ,
           he
           made
           his
           Court
           to
           the
           Divines
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           that
           they
           being
           appriz'd
           of
           his
           great
           Learning
           might
           in
           their
           Writings
           celebrate
           his
           Fame
           ,
           and
           insinuate
           to
           the
           People
           his
           great
           Knowledg
           in
           all
           sorts
           of
           Divine
           and
           Human
           Learning
           .
           Hereupon
           at
           his
           first
           coming
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           England
           he
           industriously
           assisted
           the
           Bishops
           and
           Church-Party
           against
           the
           Puritans
           ;
           whom
           the
           
           Church
           look'd
           upon
           as
           no
           less
           than
           her
           Enemies
           ,
           because
           tho
           they
           could
           endure
           ,
           yet
           they
           did
           not
           admire
           her
           Bishops
           and
           Ceremonies
           .
           And
           in
           this
           manner
           that
           King
           found
           out
           his
           Expedient
           in
           the
           Church-party
           ,
           which
           admir'd
           and
           almost
           ador'd
           his
           deep
           Learning
           ,
           oftentimes
           comparing
           him
           to
           King
           Solomon
           for
           Wisdom
           ,
           and
           indeed
           omitted
           no
           opportunity
           which
           might
           gain
           him
           an
           extraordinary
           Reverence
           among
           the
           People
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           not
           then
           to
           be
           wonder'd
           at
           that
           King
           Charles
           the
           First
           trod
           in
           the
           steps
           of
           his
           Father
           ,
           and
           persued
           the
           same
           Expedient
           which
           had
           been
           successful
           to
           his
           Father
           ,
           especially
           having
           derived
           from
           him
           the
           same
           Temper
           of
           Mind
           ,
           and
           being
           well
           pleas'd
           to
           have
           for
           his
           Flatterers
           the
           gravest
           of
           Divines
           ;
           whose
           Courtship
           ever
           tended
           to
           aggrandize
           the
           King
           by
           enlarging
           the
           Royal
           Prerogative
           ,
           and
           to
           set
           it
           above
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Realm
           ,
           by
           virtue
           of
           some
           political
           Doctrines
           which
           they
           drew
           from
           the
           Word
           of
           God.
           From
           hence
           sprang
           the
           Divine
           Right
           by
           which
           those
           Kings
           were
           said
           to
           reign
           over
           us
           ,
           and
           a
           Divine
           Right
           of
           Succession
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           England
           was
           derived
           to
           their
           Posterity
           .
           But
           yet
           King
           Charles
           the
           First
           laid
           too
           
           great
           a
           weight
           upon
           his
           Expedient
           ,
           and
           encouraged
           it
           too
           much
           ,
           even
           when
           the
           People
           began
           to
           be
           sensible
           that
           the
           Pulpit-Law
           did
           build
           the
           Kings
           Prerogative
           upon
           the
           Ruins
           of
           the
           People's
           Liberty
           :
           And
           herewith
           began
           the
           quarrel
           of
           the
           People
           against
           that
           King
           ,
           in
           which
           he
           lost
           his
           Life
           ;
           and
           the
           Monarchy
           ,
           losing
           its
           Expedient
           of
           the
           Church
           party
           ,
           was
           likewise
           overthrown
           .
        
         
           After
           this
           an
           Essay
           was
           made
           to
           introduce
           a
           Commonwealth-form
           of
           Government
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           interrupted
           by
           a
           Standing
           Army
           ,
           which
           with
           their
           arbitrary
           and
           uncertain
           ways
           of
           Administration
           at
           last
           tir'd
           out
           the
           People
           ,
           that
           they
           restor'd
           the
           Monarchy
           in
           the
           Person
           of
           King
           Charles
           the
           Second
           ;
           who
           being
           the
           Son
           of
           the
           Royal
           Martyr
           ,
           was
           intitled
           to
           all
           that
           Assistance
           which
           the
           Church
           was
           capable
           of
           giving
           :
           and
           there
           was
           one
           thing
           more
           which
           made
           the
           Church-men
           exert
           all
           their
           Powers
           with
           the
           greatest
           vigor
           in
           favour
           of
           their
           restor'd
           King
           ,
           which
           was
           this
           .
        
         
           The
           Clergy
           and
           their
           Party
           having
           bin
           ill
           treated
           since
           the
           downfal
           of
           King
           Charles
           the
           First
           ,
           and
           being
           again
           restor'd
           with
           Charles
           the
           Second
           to
           their
           former
           Dignities
           ,
           they
           were
           highly
           
           animated
           against
           the
           Presbyterians
           ,
           by
           whom
           they
           had
           bin
           provoked
           in
           the
           late
           Interregnum
           ,
           so
           that
           nothing
           was
           more
           in
           their
           Desires
           than
           to
           be
           avenged
           of
           their
           Enemies
           ;
           and
           this
           Master-passion
           of
           theirs
           was
           so
           well
           gratified
           by
           their
           King
           ,
           who
           granted
           severe
           Laws
           against
           all
           Dissenters
           from
           the
           Church
           ,
           that
           no
           Prince
           ever
           gain'd
           the
           Hearts
           of
           the
           Clergy
           and
           their
           whole
           Party
           more
           entirely
           to
           his
           Interest
           than
           Charles
           the
           Second
           .
           No
           Vice
           or
           Lewdness
           could
           stain
           the
           Reputation
           of
           the
           Martyr's
           Son
           ;
           but
           tho
           he
           were
           the
           greatest
           Encourager
           of
           all
           Profaneness
           and
           Immorality
           in
           the
           most
           open
           manner
           ,
           yet
           still
           he
           was
           our
           most
           Religious
           and
           Gracious
           King.
           In
           his
           time
           all
           Atheists
           ,
           Debauchees
           and
           loose
           Persons
           own'd
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           for
           their
           Mother
           ;
           which
           numerous
           Party
           enlarging
           the
           Pale
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           assisted
           very
           much
           to
           advance
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           King
           upon
           the
           foundation
           of
           a
           Divine
           Right
           ,
           which
           it
           was
           said
           God
           had
           given
           him
           :
           so
           that
           the
           universal
           Acclamation
           was
           ,
           viz.
           Great
           is
           Diana
           of
           the
           Ephesians
           ,
           and
           great
           is
           the
           
             Jure
             divino
          
           King
           ,
           the
           Image
           which
           fell
           down
           from
           Jupiter
           !
        
         
           But
           notwithstanding
           this
           loud
           Acclamation
           ,
           the
           cautious
           King
           ,
           who
           in
           his
           Youth
           had
           bin
           
           forc'd
           to
           travel
           into
           foreign
           Countries
           ,
           and
           was
           unwilling
           to
           take
           such
           another
           Journey
           ,
           did
           not
           think
           fit
           to
           rely
           wholly
           upon
           this
           Church-Expedient
           ,
           but
           to
           give
           it
           greater
           strength
           he
           twisted
           into
           it
           a
           Court-party
           ,
           who
           by
           their
           Places
           and
           Pensions
           were
           oblig'd
           to
           assist
           his
           Royal
           Pleasure
           by
           their
           Votes
           in
           both
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           :
           and
           thus
           the
           Monarchy
           had
           its
           Foundation
           laid
           in
           Place
           and
           Pension
           ,
           which
           by
           angry
           People
           is
           call'd
           BRIBERY
           .
           But
           let
           that
           be
           as
           it
           will
           ,
           't
           is
           certain
           that
           Men
           can
           never
           act
           so
           vigorously
           for
           a
           Bribe
           ,
           as
           out
           of
           mere
           Inclination
           .
           Besides
           this
           ,
           mercenary
           Men
           are
           soon
           discover'd
           in
           their
           Designs
           ,
           and
           the
           discovery
           of
           their
           Principle
           forfeits
           all
           their
           Credit
           with
           the
           People
           .
           So
           that
           a
           small
           steady
           Country
           Party
           in
           Parliament
           were
           a
           great
           clog
           upon
           the
           Projects
           of
           Church
           and
           Court
           ,
           which
           ,
           tho
           so
           closely
           united
           together
           ,
           prov'd
           but
           a
           lame
           Expedient
           to
           support
           the
           Monarchy
           in
           the
           Person
           of
           King
           Charles
           the
           Second
           ;
           so
           that
           between
           these
           two
           stools
           he
           fell
           at
           last
           to
           the
           ground
           ,
           but
           not
           without
           thoughts
           of
           the
           only
           Expedient
           by
           which
           he
           might
           (
           had
           he
           liv'd
           )
           have
           establish'd
           himself
           upon
           the
           foundation
           of
           the
           People
           of
           England
           .
        
         
         
           King
           James
           the
           Second
           would
           not
           trust
           to
           any
           of
           the
           fore-mention'd
           Expedients
           ,
           because
           none
           of
           them
           could
           be
           sufficient
           to
           carry
           him
           thro
           all
           his
           Designs
           ,
           especially
           thro
           that
           of
           introducing
           Popery
           .
           Nothing
           less
           than
           a
           standing
           Army
           could
           support
           his
           Tyranny
           ,
           but
           Popery
           was
           too
           great
           a
           weight
           for
           the
           Army
           to
           stand
           under
           :
           So
           that
           whilst
           he
           was
           subduing
           the
           people
           to
           Popery
           by
           a
           Protestant
           Army
           ,
           he
           lost
           both
           People
           and
           Army
           ;
           in
           consequence
           whereof
           he
           was
           lost
           himself
           .
           And
           that
           the
           loss
           of
           him
           may
           by
           means
           of
           your
           Majesty's
           happy
           Reign
           be
           a
           Gain
           to
           England
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           be
           consider'd
           ,
        
         
           IV.
           By
           what
           Expedient
           your
           Majesty
           may
           support
           the
           English
           Monarchy
           during
           your
           Reign
           ,
           and
           by
           which
           you
           may
           raise
           it
           to
           as
           eminent
           a
           degree
           of
           Glory
           as
           it
           hath
           ever
           attain'd
           heretofore
           .
        
         
           Your
           Majesty
           may
           remember
           that
           the
           original
           foundation
           of
           the
           Monarchy
           was
           the
           great
           Territory
           of
           Land
           possessed
           by
           the
           King
           :
           but
           your
           Majesty
           is
           also
           sensible
           that
           there
           are
           but
           very
           small
           Remainders
           of
           this
           Territory
           in
           your
           present
           Possession
           ;
           even
           the
           very
           accidental
           additions
           of
           Lands
           to
           the
           Crown
           have
           bin
           alienated
           
           to
           the
           Favorites
           of
           the
           Scotish
           Line
           :
           So
           that
           there
           is
           need
           of
           an
           Expedient
           now
           as
           much
           as
           ever
           for
           the
           support
           of
           the
           Monarchy
           .
        
         
           Be
           pleas'd
           therefore
           to
           review
           the
           Expedients
           of
           former
           Princes
           ,
           and
           see
           if
           any
           of
           them
           be
           sutable
           to
           your
           particular
           Circumstances
           ,
           or
           proper
           for
           your
           Majesty
           to
           depend
           upon
           for
           the
           Support
           and
           Glory
           of
           your
           Throne
           .
           And
           ,
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           Church-party
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           darling
           Support
           of
           the
           Scotish
           Line
           ,
           it
           is
           so
           much
           worn
           out
           by
           a
           Succession
           of
           three
           Kings
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           very
           weak
           and
           〈◊〉
           at
           present
           .
           The
           Craft
           of
           the
           Priest
           ,
           〈◊〉
           〈◊〉
           in
           framing
           such
           Interpretations
           of
           holy
           Scripture
           as
           serve
           an
           indirect
           Interest
           ,
           was
           never
           discover'd
           so
           much
           as
           of
           late
           ;
           and
           no
           Person
           has
           so
           much
           contributed
           to
           the
           discovery
           hereof
           as
           your
           own
           self
           ;
           who
           by
           the
           Revolution
           you
           have
           lately
           made
           have
           revers'd
           all
           the
           Political
           Divinity
           which
           the
           Clergy
           have
           bin
           propagating
           since
           the
           Reign
           of
           King
           James
           the
           First
           .
           'T
           was
           the
           Church-Clergy
           and
           Party
           who
           by
           their
           preaching
           and
           voting
           oppos'd
           the
           Bill
           for
           excluding
           James
           D.
           of
           York
           ,
           a
           known
           Papist
           :
           'T
           was
           this
           Party
           who
           impos'd
           upon
           the
           Nation
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Passive
           Obedience
           to
           a
           Tyrannical
           
           King
           upon
           pain
           of
           eternal
           Damnation
           :
           They
           always
           avow'd
           the
           divine
           right
           of
           a
           Lineal
           Succession
           to
           the
           Crown
           (
           by
           which
           yout
           Majesty
           is
           excluded
           )
           and
           that
           all
           Kings
           are
           of
           God's
           (
           not
           the
           Peoples
           )
           making
           .
           From
           these
           Principles
           some
           of
           'em
           openly
           refus'd
           to
           swear
           Allegiance
           to
           your
           Majesty
           ;
           and
           those
           of
           'em
           who
           yield
           a
           passive
           Conformity
           to
           your
           Title
           and
           Government
           ,
           have
           bin
           found
           in
           several
           differing
           stories
           about
           the
           ways
           and
           means
           whereby
           they
           satisfy
           their
           Consciences
           in
           this
           matter
           .
           Some
           have
           alledg'd
           ,
           that
           your
           Majesty
           having
           conquer'd
           us
           ,
           they
           may
           lawfully
           submit
           to
           a
           Usurpation
           which
           cannot
           be
           avoided
           ,
           and
           is
           setled
           by
           Success
           :
           but
           all
           of
           'em
           know
           that
           your
           Majesty
           can
           make
           Bishops
           and
           Deans
           
             de
             facto
          
           ,
           and
           therefore
           they
           will
           not
           question
           the
           Defactoship
           of
           your
           Prerogative
           Royal.
           But
           it
           cannot
           be
           expected
           that
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           who
           have
           usually
           requir'd
           the
           Peoples
           submission
           to
           their
           Sentiments
           under
           the
           pain
           of
           Damnation
           ,
           should
           upon
           this
           Revolution
           be
           contented
           to
           cry
           peccavi
           ,
           and
           openly
           recant
           all
           their
           former
           Doctrines
           of
           divine
           Polity
           by
           a
           hearty
           active
           conformity
           to
           your
           Majesty's
           rightful
           Title
           and
           Government
           .
           For
           this
           reason
           it
           is
           you
           have
           
           receiv'd
           so
           little
           respect
           from
           the
           body
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           altho
           we
           have
           receiv'd
           all
           that
           we
           enjoy
           from
           you
           .
        
         
           But
           yet
           suppose
           the
           Church
           were
           willing
           to
           exert
           it self
           in
           your
           Service
           ,
           its
           Influence
           is
           not
           at
           present
           so
           powerful
           as
           it
           has
           bin
           :
           for
           by
           medling
           so
           much
           in
           State-Affairs
           she
           has
           lost
           (
           in
           great
           measure
           )
           her
           former
           Reputation
           :
           Nor
           has
           she
           ne're
           so
           numerous
           a
           Party
           as
           formerly
           she
           had
           :
           for
           all
           the
           Deists
           ,
           Socinians
           ,
           and
           Latitudinarians
           own
           no
           such
           Church-power
           at
           all
           .
           The
           Presbyterians
           ,
           Independents
           ,
           Baptists
           ,
           and
           Quakers
           ,
           tho
           they
           have
           their
           several
           forms
           of
           Church-Government
           ,
           yet
           are
           no
           friends
           to
           that
           publickly
           establish'd
           ,
           but
           they
           are
           unfeigned
           lovers
           of
           your
           Majesty
           .
           Bigotry
           likewise
           has
           lately
           suffer'd
           a
           great
           diminution
           ,
           and
           Incredulity
           is
           strangely
           increas'd
           ,
           and
           almost
           become
           fashionable
           .
           Thus
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Church
           is
           forc'd
           to
           submit
           to
           the
           Reason
           of
           Mankind
           ;
           and
           all
           those
           who
           are
           dutiful
           to
           your
           Majesty
           are
           averse
           to
           the
           Homilies
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           because
           they
           exclude
           you
           from
           all
           pretence
           of
           Right
           to
           the
           Crown
           you
           wear
           :
           So
           that
           the
           Toleration
           granted
           by
           your
           Majesty
           has
           done
           you
           more
           Service
           than
           Uniformity
           can
           ever
           do
           .
        
         
         
           As
           for
           the
           Court-party
           't
           was
           never
           esteem'd
           to
           be
           any
           more
           than
           an
           Auxiliary
           to
           the
           Church
           for
           the
           support
           of
           K.
           Charles
           II.
           in
           whose
           Reign
           too
           it
           was
           discover'd
           ,
           that
           after
           a
           Catalogue
           of
           Court-Pensioners
           was
           publish'd
           from
           the
           Press
           ,
           the
           Complexion
           of
           his
           Parliaments
           was
           very
           much
           changed
           .
           And
           if
           at
           any
           time
           such
           a
           List
           should
           be
           printed
           ,
           the
           People
           of
           England
           would
           refuse
           to
           give
           their
           Votes
           for
           them
           in
           the
           next
           Election
           of
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           in
           their
           stead
           will
           elect
           Members
           of
           a
           contrary
           temper
           :
           People
           commonly
           run
           out
           of
           one
           Extreme
           into
           another
           ;
           and
           when
           they
           reject
           a
           Courtier
           ,
           they
           will
           probably
           choose
           a
           morose-humour'd
           Man
           in
           his
           place
           .
        
         
           It
           must
           be
           allow'd
           that
           it
           has
           the
           face
           of
           a
           politic
           Expedient
           to
           adopt
           Men
           of
           known
           Integrity
           and
           Love
           to
           their
           Country
           into
           the
           Court-party
           ;
           for
           hereby
           the
           Hearts
           of
           the
           People
           will
           be
           for
           the
           present
           gain'd
           to
           the
           Court
           :
           tho
           these
           Patriots
           being
           endued
           with
           a
           ductile
           temper
           ,
           will
           soon
           become
           conformable
           to
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           Court.
           This
           very
           Expedient
           has
           for
           a
           time
           done
           good
           Service
           to
           your
           Majesty's
           Affairs
           both
           at
           home
           and
           abroad
           .
           But
           I
           think
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           considered
           only
           as
           a
           Cordial
           which
           for
           a
           short
           
           time
           may
           revive
           a
           languishing
           Man's
           Spirit
           ,
           but
           yet
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           depended
           upon
           as
           a
           constant
           support
           of
           Life
           .
           And
           as
           for
           these
           new
           Whig-Courtiers
           ,
           they
           will
           raise
           the
           Expectations
           of
           all
           Men
           to
           hope
           for
           a
           steady
           virtuous
           Administration
           .
           But
           when
           this
           reputed
           Patriot
           shall
           accommodate
           his
           Discourse
           to
           the
           old
           style
           of
           the
           Court
           ;
           when
           he
           shall
           insinuate
           such
           Notions
           to
           his
           old
           Acquaintance
           ,
           the
           baseness
           and
           unworthiness
           whereof
           his
           old
           Friends
           had
           heard
           him
           frequently
           detest
           all
           his
           days
           in
           which
           he
           was
           unprefer'd
           ;
           this
           new
           Courtier
           soon
           loses
           all
           his
           Credit
           and
           Interest
           with
           his
           old
           Friends
           ,
           who
           refuse
           to
           follow
           the
           Decoy
           Duck
           into
           the
           Net.
           
        
         
           But
           this
           is
           not
           all
           the
           mischief
           which
           attends
           this
           Project
           of
           a
           Whig-Courtier
           ,
           but
           a
           personal
           loss
           of
           your
           own
           Reputation
           is
           actually
           the
           Consequence
           hereof
           :
           for
           as
           long
           as
           the
           Court
           was
           made
           up
           of
           Tories
           ,
           the
           People
           were
           willing
           to
           excuse
           your
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           lay
           the
           faults
           of
           Male-administration
           upon
           the
           Tory-Court
           ,
           saying
           ,
           That
           the
           old
           Tools
           would
           still
           do
           no
           other
           than
           the
           old
           Work.
           But
           when
           a
           Man
           of
           known
           Honour
           ,
           Integrity
           and
           Love
           to
           his
           Country
           ,
           upon
           getting
           a
           Preferment
           shall
           change
           his
           former
           
           Note
           ,
           do
           Violence
           to
           himself
           by
           changing
           his
           avowed
           Principle
           ,
           and
           thereby
           losing
           all
           the
           Reputation
           which
           his
           former
           Virtue
           had
           gain'd
           him
           ,
           every
           Man
           will
           be
           apt
           to
           conclude
           that
           this
           new
           Courtier
           is
           encourag'd
           to
           do
           this
           by
           some
           higher
           Power
           ,
           if
           not
           engag'd
           thereto
           by
           the
           fear
           of
           losing
           his
           Place
           or
           Pension
           .
           And
           when
           the
           People
           of
           England
           shall
           come
           to
           know
           that
           as
           surely
           as
           a
           Land-man
           who
           is
           imploy'd
           at
           Sea
           will
           turn
           Seaman
           ,
           so
           certainly
           will
           a
           Patriot
           imploy'd
           in
           the
           Administration
           turn
           Courtier
           ,
           they
           will
           begin
           in
           earnest
           to
           think
           of
           such
           a
           Form
           of
           Government
           which
           can
           subsist
           without
           a
           Court.
           
        
         
           And
           having
           said
           this
           ,
           I
           cannot
           forbear
           telling
           your
           Majesty
           my
           Thoughts
           concerning
           a
           Commonwealth
           Party
           which
           has
           bin
           much
           talk'd
           of
           in
           England
           during
           the
           Reign
           of
           K.
           Charles
           the
           Second
           ,
           and
           has
           not
           quite
           bin
           forgotten
           at
           any
           time
           since
           that
           Reign
           .
        
         
           A
           great
           Veneration
           for
           Monarchy
           has
           bin
           frequently
           made
           use
           of
           by
           Men
           to
           recommend
           themselves
           to
           the
           particular
           favor
           of
           our
           Kings
           of
           England
           ;
           and
           when
           real
           occasions
           have
           bin
           wanting
           to
           recommend
           their
           Affection
           for
           Monarchy
           to
           the
           notice
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           a
           mere
           fantastical
           
           imaginary
           fear
           of
           a
           Common
           wealth
           has
           bin
           made
           use
           of
           :
           and
           hence
           they
           have
           bin
           perswading
           our
           Soverign
           Princes
           that
           a
           great
           number
           of
           their
           Subjects
           have
           form'd
           themselves
           upon
           Commonwealth
           Principles
           ,
           and
           are
           still
           waiting
           an
           opportunity
           to
           extirpate
           the
           Monarchy
           ,
           and
           to
           introduce
           into
           its
           place
           a
           Republican
           form
           of
           Government
           .
           But
           your
           Majesty
           has
           seen
           this
           fantastical
           Opinion
           sufficiently
           confuted
           :
           For
           those
           who
           were
           the
           suspected
           Commonwealths-men
           join'd
           heartily
           together
           in
           preserving
           the
           Monarchy
           ,
           by
           voting
           your
           Majesty
           (
           then
           P.
           of
           Orange
           )
           into
           the
           English
           Throne
           ,
           in
           opposition
           to
           those
           Adorers
           of
           Monarchy
           who
           were
           setting
           up
           a
           Regency
           ;
           who
           had
           they
           put
           the
           Kingly
           Power
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           a
           Committee
           ,
           had
           founded
           a
           Common-wealth
           ,
           or
           something
           very
           hardly
           to
           be
           distinguished
           from
           it
           .
           But
           to
           proceed
           from
           matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           to
           reason
           freely
           upon
           this
           matter
           .
           I
           cannot
           suppose
           that
           any
           Man
           who
           has
           the
           use
           of
           his
           Reason
           ,
           and
           liveth
           under
           a
           Monarchy
           ,
           should
           be
           fond
           of
           a
           Commonwealth
           ,
           if
           all
           the
           ends
           of
           Government
           are
           answer'd
           by
           the
           settled
           Monarchy
           .
           So
           in
           Holland
           he
           would
           be
           thought
           to
           have
           lost
           the
           use
           of
           his
           Reason
           who
           
           should
           hazard
           his
           Life
           by
           endeavouring
           to
           introduce
           a
           Monarchy
           there
           ,
           where
           all
           the
           ends
           of
           Government
           are
           perfectly
           answer'd
           by
           the
           establish'd
           form
           of
           a
           Commonwealth
           .
           The
           end
           of
           all
           Governments
           is
           the
           common
           good
           of
           the
           People
           ;
           and
           if
           that
           great
           End
           be
           attained
           under
           any
           establish'd
           Form
           ,
           he
           is
           fit
           only
           for
           a
           Mad-house
           who
           will
           endeavour
           to
           pull
           down
           the
           established
           form
           only
           to
           introduce
           a
           new
           one
           :
           And
           a
           party
           of
           such
           mad
           men
           as
           these
           can
           never
           be
           sufficient
           to
           raise
           a
           jealousy
           in
           any
           Government
           which
           is
           under
           an
           upright
           Administration
           .
           Tho
           it
           must
           also
           be
           acknowledged
           ,
           that
           as
           corrupt
           Prelats
           make
           way
           for
           a
           Presbyterian
           Government
           into
           the
           Church
           ,
           so
           a
           corrupt
           Court-party
           may
           occasionally
           introduce
           a
           Republican
           form
           of
           Government
           into
           the
           State.
           But
           to
           return
           from
           this
           Digression
           ,
           since
           Priest-craft
           and
           Court-craft
           have
           bin
           (
           of
           late
           )
           so
           much
           discover'd
           ;
           since
           Bigotry
           of
           late
           days
           is
           grown
           out
           of
           request
           ;
           since
           the
           unbigotted
           People
           are
           more
           dutiful
           to
           your
           Majesty
           than
           the
           Bigots
           are
           ;
           and
           since
           the
           common
           People
           of
           England
           are
           more
           firm
           and
           trusty
           than
           a
           Court-party
           ,
           I
           cannot
           but
           think
           that
        
         
         
           A
           
             Real
             Popularity
          
           would
           be
           a
           better
           Expedient
           than
           a
           Church
           and
           Court-party
           join'd
           together
           can
           be
           :
           for
           as
           to
           the
           Expedient
           of
           a
           
             Standing
             Army
          
           ,
           't
           is
           certain
           ,
           that
           besides
           its
           own
           intrinsic
           insufficiency
           ,
           Lewis
           the
           present
           French
           King
           ,
           and
           James
           the
           last
           of
           England
           ,
           have
           render'd
           it
           odious
           .
           It
           stinks
           in
           the
           Nostrils
           of
           all
           free-born
           Men
           ,
           and
           can
           only
           be
           an
           Expedient
           to
           set
           up
           a
           Commonwealth
           .
           But
           't
           is
           plain
           that
        
         
           A
           professed
           regard
           to
           the
           Common-weal
           of
           the
           People
           of
           England
           steddily
           persu'd
           did
           raise
           the
           English
           Monarchy
           under
           the
           Administration
           of
           Q.
           Elizabeth
           (
           of
           blessed
           memory
           )
           to
           as
           high
           a
           degree
           of
           Glory
           as
           it
           did
           ever
           attain
           to
           when
           it
           stood
           upon
           its
           natural
           Foundation
           .
           Nor
           is
           any
           Expedient
           so
           proper
           for
           your
           Majesty
           to
           use
           as
           this
           .
           For
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           Upon
           this
           Foundation
           the
           Glory
           of
           your
           Illustrious
           Ancestors
           was
           built
           .
           And
           ,
        
         
           2.
           
           Hereby
           your
           Majesty
           was
           recommended
           to
           the
           just
           and
           rightful
           possession
           of
           the
           Crown
           which
           at
           present
           you
           adorn
           .
           Party-taking
           ,
           Party-making
           ,
           or
           Partiality
           of
           all
           sorts
           overthrew
           King
           Charles
           the
           First
           ,
           shook
           the
           Throne
           of
           King
           Charles
           the
           Second
           ,
           and
           overturn'd
           the
           Monarchy
           under
           the
           Administration
           of
           the
           late
           
           King
           James
           ,
           which
           by
           your
           Majesty's
           Affection
           to
           the
           People
           of
           England
           was
           restor'd
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           same
           means
           is
           still
           preserv'd
           ,
           and
           may
           be
           advanc'd
           to
           as
           high
           a
           pitch
           of
           Glory
           as
           ever
           heretofore
           it
           had
           gain'd
           .
           For
           hereby
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           All
           the
           true
           ends
           of
           Government
           will
           be
           fully
           answered
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           All
           Factions
           and
           Parties
           will
           be
           sunk
           and
           forgotten
           :
           there
           will
           be
           no
           Whig
           nor
           Tory
           ,
           no
           Jacobite
           ,
           no
           Church-party
           ,
           Court-party
           ,
           nor
           Country-party
           :
           for
           the
           Interest
           of
           Court
           and
           Country
           will
           be
           one
           and
           the
           same
           ,
           which
           has
           not
           been
           known
           since
           the
           death
           of
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           ,
           and
           therefore
           will
           be
           wonderfully
           pleasing
           for
           its
           Novelty
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           for
           its
           Profitableness
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Virtue
           and
           Honesty
           (
           which
           have
           bin
           much
           decay'd
           of
           late
           years
           )
           will
           be
           encourag'd
           and
           restor'd
           .
           For
           no
           Man
           can
           pretend
           to
           recommend
           himself
           to
           your
           Royal
           Favour
           but
           by
           advancing
           the
           Design
           which
           your
           Majesty
           openly
           does
           encourage
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Hereby
           your
           Majesty
           will
           gain
           such
           a
           Credit
           with
           your
           People
           ,
           as
           by
           virtue
           thereof
           very
           much
           to
           increase
           the
           Wealth
           and
           Strength
           of
           the
           Nation
           in
           a
           short
           time
           .
           And
           your
           
           Majesty's
           Revenue
           must
           necessarily
           bear
           a
           sutable
           proportion
           to
           the
           Trade
           of
           your
           Subjects
           ;
           so
           that
           he
           who
           commands
           the
           Trade
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           will
           consequently
           command
           the
           Wealth
           of
           the
           World.
           And
           ,
        
         
           5.
           
           Hereby
           you
           may
           be
           able
           to
           follow
           the
           two
           great
           Maxims
           of
           Queen
           
           Elizabeth's
           Reign
           ,
           which
           were
           ,
           
             
               1
               st
               .
               To
               be
               the
               Head
               of
               the
               Protestants
               all
               over
               the
               World.
               And
               ,
            
             
               2
               dly
               .
               To
               keep
               the
               Balance
               of
               Europe
               equal
               and
               steddy
               .
            
          
        
         
           And
           thus
           the
           Glory
           of
           the
           English
           Monarchy
           under
           your
           Majesty's
           gracious
           Administration
           will
           be
           the
           Terror
           of
           others
           ,
           and
           the
           Delight
           of
           all
           English
           People
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           sincere
           desire
           of
        
         
           
             Your
             Majesty's
             most
             faithful
             ,
             dutiful
             ,
             and
             humble
             Subject
             and
             Servant
             .
          
        
         
           THE
           END
           .