A full and final proof of the plot from the Revelations whereby the testimony of Dr. Titus Oates and Mr. Will. Bedloe is demonstrated to be jure divino, and all colours and pretences taken away that might hinder the obstinate from assenting to the truth and sincerity of their evidence : dedicated to all Roman-Catholicks and infidels / by E.C., Doctor of the civil law.
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           A
           Full
           and
           Final
           Proof
           OF
           THE
           PLOT
           From
           the
           REVELATIONS
           :
           Whereby
           the
           TESTIMONY
           of
           Dr.
           
             TITVS
             OATES
          
           and
           Mr.
           
             WILL.
             BEDLOE
          
           is
           demonstrated
           to
           be
           
             Jure
             Divino
          
           ,
           And
           all
           Colours
           and
           Pretences
           taken
           away
           that
           might
           hinder
           the
           Obstinate
           from
           Assenting
           to
           the
           Truth
           and
           Sincerity
           of
           their
           EVIDENCE
           .
        
         
           Dedicated
           to
           all
           Roman-Catholicks
           and
           Infidels
           .
        
         
           By
           
             E.
             C.
          
           Doctor
           of
           the
           Civil
           Law.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Thomas
             Simmons
          
           ,
           at
           the
           
             Princes
             Arms
          
           ,
           and
           
             Jacob
             Sampson
          
           ,
           next
           door
           to
           the
           Wonder
           Tavern
           in
           Ludgate-Street
           .
           M
           DC
           LXXX
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           PREFACE
           To
           the
           MEMBERS
           of
           the
           Romish
           Church
           .
        
         
           NOtwithstanding
           the
           Dedication
           of
           this
           Pamphlet
           be
           directed
           to
           you
           ,
           I
           have
           ,
           contrary
           to
           Custom
           ,
           address'd
           it
           to
           those
           of
           our
           own
           Church
           ;
           the
           great
           zeal
           I
           ever
           had
           for
           her
           Prosperity
           causing
           me
           to
           observe
           a
           considerable
           Party
           under
           her
           shelter
           that
           expressed
           but
           a
           cool
           resentment
           of
           a
           Plot
           ,
           though
           they
           cannot
           deny
           one
           ;
           and
           my
           design
           being
           as
           well
           to
           confirm
           the
           wavering
           ,
           as
           to
           soften
           the
           obstinate
           ,
           I
           inferr'd
           ,
           they
           could
           not
           be
           without
           a
           just
           claim
           to
           the
           meaning
           of
           these
           Papers
           :
           And
           thinking
           it
           not
           proper
           to
           link
           you
           together
           ,
           I
           have
           chose
           rather
           to
           make
           of
           you
           Standers-by
           ,
           and
           Hearers
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           a
           conversion
           ,
           whilst
           I
           freely
           exert
           and
           lay
           my self
           out
           upon
           them
           .
           I
           hope
           to
           obtain
           my
           end
           here
           ,
           whatever
           ill
           success
           I
           meet
           with
           from
           you
           ;
           it
           being
           the
           only
           way
           I
           can
           propose
           to
           secure
           us
           from
           the
           effect
           of
           a
           Plot
           ;
           for
           't
           is
           well
           known
           ,
           after
           your
           Conspiracies
           are
           discovered
           ,
           your
           first
           Artifice
           is
           to
           insinuate
           an
           opinion
           of
           your
           Innocence
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           induce
           Men
           to
           argue
           against
           ,
           and
           question
           Circumstances
           ,
           by
           your
           Arts
           adulterated
           and
           made
           contradictory
           ,
           and
           lastly
           ,
           to
           drill
           them
           on
           to
           a
           disbelief
           of
           all
           ;
           than
           which
           nothing
           can
           he
           more
           menacing
           the
           safety
           of
           the
           Government
           ;
           your
           Interest
           hereby
           being
           unshaken
           ,
           and
           a
           Liberty
           given
           of
           entring
           into
           new
           Cabals
           ,
           and
           of
           acting
           as
           with
           more
           security
           ,
           so
           with
           more
           power
           and
           strength
           .
           I
           wish
           you
           could
           part
           with
           a
           little
           of
           that
           stiffness
           and
           obstinacy
           which
           is
           seen
           amongst
           you
           all
           ,
           Reason
           then
           might
           probably
           hope
           to
           be
           caress'd
           ,
           and
           Matters
           without
           bitterness
           impartially
           discuss'd
           ;
           but
           I
           confess
           I
           always
           had
           slender
           hopes
           of
           your
           acknowledging
           a
           Conviction
           in
           Cases
           of
           this
           nature
           ;
           and
           therefore
           am
           prone
           to
           think
           my
           labour
           will
           turn
           to
           no
           account
           upon
           so
           hard
           and
           stony
           a
           Ground
           .
           However
           ,
           I
           could
           not
           but
           give
           you
           this
           opportunity
           of
           being
           disabus'd
           ,
           in
           imitation
           of
           St.
           Paul
           ,
           who
           thought
           it
           the
           Duty
           of
           his
           Apostolical
           Function
           to
           preach
           the
           Gospel
           in
           many
           Places
           where
           he
           was
           assur'd
           before-hand
           it
           would
           never
           be
           received
           .
           I
           know
           there
           are
           great
           difficulties
           to
           be
           encountered
           
           before
           you
           dare
           think
           of
           owning
           a
           Plot
           ;
           for
           the
           most
           of
           you
           are
           so
           inslav'd
           ,
           nose-ring'd
           ,
           and
           drag'd
           by
           your
           ambitious
           Priests
           ,
           that
           a
           Man
           under
           their
           Tuition
           has
           no
           more
           to
           do
           with
           his
           own
           Soul
           ,
           than
           a
           Bear
           with
           his
           Snout
           ,
           that
           veers
           and
           answers
           to
           every
           check
           of
           his
           testy
           Keeper
           .
           A
           Popish-Priest
           accounts
           himself
           God's
           Church-warden
           of
           Souls
           ,
           seizes
           them
           ,
           and
           manages
           their
           Eternal
           Concerns
           as
           he
           pleases
           ;
           the
           Consciences
           of
           his
           seduced
           Flock
           exactly
           resembling
           the
           Poors
           Boxes
           that
           are
           made
           to
           receive
           any
           thing
           he
           shall
           think
           fit
           to
           put
           in
           ,
           Brass
           ,
           Copper
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           base
           Metal
           ;
           How
           should
           we
           expect
           then
           a
           Confession
           from
           you
           ,
           when
           your
           Priests
           keep
           the
           Keys
           ,
           and
           you
           cannot
           unlock
           without
           them
           ?
           or
           if
           you
           could
           ,
           conscious
           of
           the
           great
           disparagement
           and
           disgrace
           that
           would
           accrue
           to
           your
           Religion
           thereby
           ,
           you
           would
           think
           it
           your
           best
           Interest
           to
           deny
           and
           for
           swear
           any
           criminous
           Informations
           against
           you
           .
           Again
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           sort
           to
           most
           of
           you
           comparatively
           harmless
           ,
           I
           mean
           the
           modish
           Sparks
           of
           your
           Church
           ,
           who
           will
           not
           acknowledge
           a
           Plot
           in
           point
           of
           Honour
           ,
           lest
           it
           should
           condemn
           that
           Religion
           which
           they
           believe
           entail'd
           upon
           them
           with
           their
           Ancestors
           Estates
           ;
           and
           therefore
           judge
           it
           as
           great
           a
           scandal
           to
           change
           hereditary
           Errors
           ,
           as
           to
           assume
           new
           Coats
           of
           Arms
           ,
           and
           deface
           the
           old
           ,
           both
           of
           them
           being
           esteemed
           as
           the
           Ancient
           Bearings
           of
           their
           Families
           .
           But
           in
           short
           ,
           whatever
           guesses
           me
           may
           make
           at
           the
           Reasons
           of
           your
           aversion
           to
           reveal
           and
           discover
           ,
           this
           is
           undeniably
           plain
           and
           palpable
           ,
           That
           you
           are
           so
           muzled
           by
           Infallibility
           ,
           that
           you
           must
           believe
           upon
           pain
           of
           damnation
           every
           thing
           your
           Church
           says
           ,
           both
           in
           relation
           to
           this
           Plot
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           Affairs
           in
           the
           World
           touching
           his
           Holiness
           .
           But
           I
           look
           upon
           this
           as
           a
           Curse
           the
           Almighty
           usually
           annexes
           to
           a
           false
           Religion
           ,
           to
           give
           the
           Members
           of
           it
           over
           to
           be
           deluded
           and
           infatuated
           ,
           to
           have
           their
           Judgments
           corrupted
           and
           depraved
           ,
           and
           to
           create
           in
           them
           a
           disposition
           to
           believe
           all
           manner
           of
           Lies
           ,
           Falshoods
           and
           Dissimulations
           :
           And
           then
           the
           Consequence
           of
           this
           delusion
           is
           their
           having
           a
           perverse
           Notion
           of
           Good
           and
           Evil
           ,
           an
           inverted
           sense
           of
           Sin
           and
           Villany
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           sole
           Cause
           of
           that
           violent
           ferment
           and
           fever
           we
           so
           often
           find
           in
           distemper'd
           Governments
           .
           'T
           is
           from
           hence
           the
           Sacred
           Heroes
           of
           your
           Church
           endeavour
           to
           destroy
           the
           Morals
           and
           Religion
           of
           Nature
           it self
           ,
           to
           rase
           out
           and
           annihilate
           the
           first
           and
           greatest
           Principles
           of
           Humanity
           ;
           as
           to
           account
           it
           no
           breach
           of
           the
           6th
           Commandment
           to
           kill
           any
           that
           shall
           not
           favour
           their
           Designs
           ,
           or
           cherish
           their
           Opinions
           ;
           to
           state
           it
           as
           a
           Meritorious
           Act
           to
           murder
           the
           Lord
           's
           Annointed
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           branded
           him
           with
           the
           mark
           of
           Heretick
           ;
           as
           assuring
           the
           impious
           Aggressor
           he
           will
           be
           hurried
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           though
           the
           Almighty
           has
           declar'd
           he
           shall
           be
           damn'd
           .
           These
           outrages
           of
           Barbarity
           they
           practise
           ,
           as
           necessary
           Requisites
           to
           promote
           the
           Interest
           and
           Pomp
           of
           your
           Church
           ;
           the
           Commission
           of
           all
           kinds
           of
           Sins
           ,
           they
           account
           but
           a
           slight
           cracking
           
           the
           Tables
           of
           Stone
           ,
           which
           because
           it
           is
           done
           upon
           the
           score
           of
           God
           and
           Religion
           ,
           any
           of
           their
           wicked
           Casuists
           can
           cement
           ,
           and
           make
           more
           firm
           than
           ever
           .
           Religion
           heretofore
           recommended
           it self
           to
           the
           World
           by
           the
           Piety
           and
           Vertue
           of
           its
           Votaries
           ;
           they
           that
           led
           the
           best
           and
           most
           innocent
           Lives
           ,
           were
           concluded
           to
           be
           of
           the
           soundest
           Opinions
           ,
           and
           worthy
           the
           Imitation
           of
           Good
           Men
           ;
           but
           now
           the
           Scene
           is
           changed
           ,
           a
           modern
           fashion
           has
           invaded
           us
           that
           's
           better
           received
           ,
           and
           more
           zealously
           practised
           :
           Men
           in
           these
           times
           choose
           their
           Religion
           by
           the
           viciousness
           of
           her
           Professors
           ;
           he
           that
           can
           shew
           the
           largest
           Catalogue
           of
           Crimes
           ,
           is
           supposed
           to
           have
           acted
           best
           for
           the
           Honour
           and
           Reputation
           of
           his
           Church
           ;
           the
           most
           eminent
           Sinner
           is
           adjudg'd
           the
           greatest
           Saint
           ;
           and
           as
           we
           reckon
           him
           a
           sneaking
           Butcher
           that
           never
           stole
           a
           Hide
           ,
           or
           kill'd
           a
           Sheep
           ,
           so
           he
           ,
           by
           the
           Pope
           ,
           is
           reputed
           a
           rascally
           Jesuite
           ,
           of
           a
           spurious
           Litter
           ,
           that
           has
           not
           fir'd
           a
           House
           ,
           or
           stab'd
           a
           Justice
           .
           The
           first
           Order
           and
           Discipline
           in
           your
           Seminaries
           ,
           for
           the
           training
           up
           Youth
           ,
           is
           long
           since
           taken
           to
           pieces
           ,
           and
           a
           new
           one
           Instituted
           ;
           your
           Novices
           are
           instructed
           not
           in
           talkative
           Argument
           for
           Religion
           ,
           but
           a
           real
           athletick
           Contest
           for
           it
           ;
           your
           Schools
           of
           Disputation
           are
           turned
           into
           those
           of
           Fencing
           ;
           and
           he
           that
           can
           boast
           himself
           the
           greatest
           Proficient
           in
           the
           Art
           of
           Poisoning
           ,
           slight
           of
           Stabbing
           ,
           and
           skill
           in
           making
           Fire-balls
           ,
           is
           esteemed
           better
           qualified
           for
           the
           Service
           of
           Holy
           Church
           ,
           the
           Defence
           of
           her
           Usurpations
           ,
           than
           either
           of
           her
           Impertinent
           Champions
           Baronius
           or
           Bellarmine
           .
           And
           I
           must
           confess
           ,
           you
           have
           hit
           upon
           right
           Measures
           ,
           this
           is
           infallibly
           the
           most
           expedite
           and
           successful
           manner
           of
           promoting
           Religion
           that
           can
           be
           ;
           that
           of
           Reason
           and
           Argument
           is
           very
           teadious
           ,
           and
           People
           are
           won
           but
           slowly
           by
           it
           ;
           in
           this
           Case
           ,
           if
           you
           meet
           with
           a
           Man
           tough
           and
           tenacious
           of
           his
           own
           Sense
           ,
           't
           is
           but
           cutting
           his
           Throat
           ,
           and
           the
           Work
           is
           done
           ;
           for
           't
           is
           in
           effect
           gaining
           a
           Proselyte
           by
           destroying
           a
           Heretick
           .
           Gentlemen
           ,
           in
           short
           ,
           I
           am
           of
           opinion
           ,
           't
           is
           as
           impossible
           to
           find
           a
           violent
           Papist
           without
           a
           Head
           full
           of
           crafty
           Designs
           and
           Tricks
           to
           advance
           the
           credit
           of
           his
           Religion
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           to
           conceive
           any
           Man
           to
           be
           careless
           and
           negligent
           of
           the
           thing
           he
           most
           esteems
           and
           values
           ;
           but
           that
           which
           most
           impetuously
           drives
           you
           on
           in
           the
           pursuit
           of
           your
           aims
           ,
           is
           a
           perswasion
           that
           your
           Works
           justifie
           ,
           and
           are
           merit
           of
           themselves
           to
           save
           you
           ,
           without
           the
           necessary
           condition
           of
           a
           good
           Life
           ;
           and
           within
           this
           Magick
           Circle
           the
           Devil
           himself
           wants
           skill
           to
           fright
           you
           ;
           no
           hazards
           ,
           no
           wickedness
           can
           daunt
           you
           .
           Hanging
           and
           Quartering
           you
           embrace
           as
           the
           Illustrious
           Badges
           of
           Martyrdom
           ,
           and
           what
           we
           term
           the
           ignominy
           and
           desert
           of
           Traitors
           ,
           you
           call
           the
           Glory
           and
           Reward
           of
           Saints
           ;
           so
           that
           Justice
           which
           should
           lop
           off
           and
           deaden
           your
           Villanies
           ,
           by
           this
           means
           seems
           preposterously
           to
           assist
           and
           succour
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           give
           life
           to
           new
           Plots
           by
           preventing
           the
           old
           .
           And
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           will
           you
           not
           confess
           there
           is
           a
           Plot
           ?
           
           Will
           you
           deny
           that
           your
           Priests
           are
           of
           such
           restless
           and
           furious
           Tempers
           ?
           Will
           you
           still
           stile
           it
           the
           slander
           of
           Innocency
           ,
           the
           misfortune
           of
           Good
           Men
           ,
           and
           the
           affliction
           of
           Saints
           ?
           with
           the
           same
           Impudence
           we
           expect
           you
           will
           deny
           the
           noted
           Powder-Plot
           ,
           the
           savage
           Massacre
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           the
           several
           Barbarous
           Assasinations
           in
           France
           ,
           others
           in
           Poland
           and
           Lituania
           .
           You
           will
           deny
           too
           ,
           that
           some
           of
           your
           harmless
           Jesuites
           were
           hang'd
           in
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           drove
           out
           of
           China
           by
           the
           Emperour
           for
           their
           Plots
           and
           Underminings
           there
           .
           'T
           is
           not
           long
           since
           they
           grew
           so
           dangerous
           in
           the
           Court
           of
           France
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           sentenc'd
           to
           perpetual
           banishment
           by
           that
           Monarch
           ;
           and
           though
           by
           their
           subtilties
           and
           arts
           they
           have
           wound
           themselves
           in
           again
           ,
           yet
           he
           employs
           them
           with
           the
           same
           fear
           and
           circumspection
           the
           Common
           People
           do
           Fire
           ,
           which
           though
           it
           be
           necessary
           to
           warm
           them
           ,
           and
           boil
           or
           roast
           their
           Meat
           ,
           yet
           are
           they
           loath
           to
           trust
           it
           out
           of
           sight
           ,
           without
           a
           faithful
           Watch-man
           .
           Therefore
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           be
           better
           natur'd
           ,
           acknowledge
           you
           have
           your
           share
           of
           evil
           and
           turbulent
           Men
           ;
           they
           are
           in
           all
           Societies
           more
           or
           fewer
           ,
           't
           is
           no
           shame
           to
           own
           it
           .
           This
           is
           all
           I
           desire
           and
           beg
           of
           you
           ,
           't
           will
           be
           a
           great
           Point
           gain'd
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           reasonable
           request
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           for
           then
           you
           cannot
           say
           't
           is
           impossible
           there
           should
           be
           a
           Plot
           ;
           there
           may
           be
           one
           ,
           and
           there
           may
           not
           ,
           shall
           be
           your
           Card
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           fittest
           Preparative
           I
           can
           hope
           or
           wish
           for
           in
           order
           to
           your
           candid
           reading
           the
           following
           Pages
           .
        
         
           
             Farewel
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           Full
           and
           Final
           Proof
           OF
           THE
           PLOT
           From
           the
           REVELATIONS
           :
           Whereby
           the
           TESTIMONY
           of
           Dr.
           
             TITVS
             OATES
          
           and
           Mr.
           
             WILL.
             BEDLOE
          
           is
           demonstrated
           to
           be
           
             Jure
             Divino
          
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             Dear
             Brethren
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
          
        
         
           THE
           prevailing
           Motive
           (
           as
           I
           hinted
           before
           )
           towards
           this
           Essay
           ,
           is
           my
           great
           Concern
           at
           the
           unbelief
           of
           some
           ,
           and
           the
           doubts
           of
           others
           about
           the
           late
           Popish
           Plot
           ;
           having
           heard
           Men
           of
           all
           sorts
           and
           Qualities
           in
           Coffee-houses
           ,
           and
           at
           other
           publick
           Meetings
           ,
           constantly
           singling
           out
           this
           for
           the
           Topick
           of
           their
           Discourse
           .
           Amongst
           this
           Mixture
           of
           Men
           ,
           as
           their
           Sense
           is
           differing
           ,
           so
           their
           Opinions
           are
           various
           ;
           some
           doubting
           and
           questioning
           many
           Circumstances
           of
           the
           Evidence
           ;
           others
           objecting
           against
           the
           Reputation
           and
           Honesty
           of
           the
           Witnesses
           ;
           one
           condemning
           the
           Plot
           in
           gross
           ,
           looking
           upon
           it
           as
           a
           Forgery
           ,
           and
           meer
           Fiction
           of
           Interest
           to
           depress
           the
           Romish
           Faction
           ;
           another
           concluding
           it
           a
           sly
           Trick
           of
           demeur
           
             Jack
             Presbyter
          
           to
           set
           the
           Papist
           and
           the
           Loyal
           Protestant
           to
           worry
           one
           another
           ;
           to
           weaken
           and
           enfeeble
           the
           Party
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           then
           ,
           like
           a
           Rebellious
           Cheat
           ,
           to
           vault
           himself
           into
           the
           great
           Saddle
           of
           Government
           .
           'T
           is
           not
           my
           purpose
           to
           determine
           which
           of
           these
           Designs
           the
           Plot
           was
           form'd
           for
           ;
           a
           Plot
           there
           was
           ,
           and
           for
           ought
           I
           know
           still
           is
           ,
           against
           the
           best
           of
           Kings
           ,
           the
           Purest
           of
           Religions
           ,
           and
           the
           freest
           of
           Governments
           :
           And
           of
           how
           dangerous
           
           a
           Consequence
           it
           is
           not
           to
           have
           a
           firm
           and
           earnest
           belief
           of
           this
           Plot
           ,
           is
           the
           whole
           design
           of
           this
           Pamphlet
           to
           insinuate
           .
           As
           I
           always
           thought
           ,
           usurping
           the
           Sovereignty
           of
           Censure
           ,
           and
           assuming
           the
           Monopoly
           of
           Judging
           ,
           was
           not
           to
           be
           tolerated
           ;
           so
           on
           the
           other
           side
           I
           ever
           look'd
           upon
           a
           loosness
           of
           talking
           ,
           and
           liberty
           of
           thinking
           any
           thing
           ,
           no
           less
           insupportable
           ,
           and
           therefore
           concluded
           extravagancies
           in
           belief
           were
           as
           punishable
           by
           the
           Magistrate
           ,
           as
           Corruptions
           in
           Manners
           ;
           Errors
           in
           Opinion
           upon
           any
           small
           disgust
           of
           the
           disaffected
           Party
           being
           soon
           hatch'd
           into
           disorders
           and
           breaches
           of
           the
           publick
           Peace
           and
           Repose
           .
           Thus
           it
           is
           in
           relation
           to
           the
           Plot
           ;
           if
           every
           Man
           must
           be
           his
           own
           Carver
           ,
           and
           permitted
           to
           believe
           what
           he
           pleases
           of
           it
           ,
           it
           will
           soon
           dwindle
           into
           a
           Chymera
           ,
           and
           vanish
           into
           the
           contempt
           of
           a
           Romance
           ;
           for
           whilst
           one
           denys
           what
           the
           other
           believes
           ,
           and
           a
           third
           rejects
           what
           both
           of
           them
           believe
           ,
           and
           so
           forward
           ,
           till
           there
           are
           as
           many
           Opinions
           as
           Men
           ,
           and
           these
           proceeding
           from
           perverse
           Apprehensions
           ,
           Passions
           or
           Interest
           ,
           must
           necessarily
           enervate
           the
           force
           and
           reality
           of
           a
           Plot
           ;
           for
           though
           all
           the
           matter
           of
           Fact
           and
           Substance
           of
           it
           be
           not
           disown'd
           by
           any
           one
           singly
           ,
           yet
           if
           you
           take
           them
           all
           together
           ,
           and
           allow
           every
           man
           the
           refusal
           of
           his
           Particular
           ,
           you
           'l
           find
           by
           calculation
           the
           whole
           Fabrick
           no
           more
           than
           a
           strong
           Phantasm
           ,
           or
           Enthusiastick
           Vision
           ;
           and
           this
           great
           Machine
           but
           a
           stately
           Paper-Building
           contriv'd
           to
           amuse
           and
           afright
           an
           easie
           and
           credulous
           People
           .
           'T
           is
           necessary
           therefore
           in
           this
           distraction
           to
           establish
           an
           Hypothesis
           ,
           on
           which
           to
           rear
           a
           certain
           and
           unerring
           Belief
           ;
           humane
           Reason
           ,
           I
           know
           ,
           wants
           Sinews
           to
           effect
           it
           ,
           every
           one
           being
           conceited
           of
           his
           Talent
           ,
           and
           thinking
           it
           as
           much
           against
           the
           priviledge
           and
           freedom
           of
           Nature
           to
           have
           Sense
           impos'd
           upon
           him
           ,
           as
           Chains
           :
           We
           must
           have
           recourse
           to
           a
           more
           awful
           Standard
           ,
           to
           a
           Supreme
           Being
           ,
           that
           has
           an
           absolute
           Authority
           over
           our
           Opinions
           ,
           a
           despotick
           Power
           to
           controul
           our
           Thoughts
           ,
           and
           to
           set
           up
           an
           universal
           unanimity
           in
           Belief
           sifted
           from
           the
           spurious
           Whimsies
           of
           Ignorance
           and
           Conceit
           .
           To
           settle
           in
           all
           Men
           such
           an
           entire
           confidence
           and
           assurance
           of
           this
           damnable
           Conspiracy
           ,
           I
           do
           my
           business
           ,
           if
           I
           prove
           ,
           that
           the
           Evidence
           of
           Dr.
           
             Titus
             Oats
          
           and
           Mr.
           
             William
             Bedloe
          
           is
           
             Jure
             Divino
          
           ,
           of
           Divine
           Authority
           ,
           and
           that
           whatever
           they
           say
           in
           reference
           to
           the
           Plot
           ,
           can
           be
           no
           Contrivance
           or
           Figment
           of
           their
           own
           ,
           but
           the
           Dictate
           of
           a
           Spirit
           long
           since
           promis'd
           out
           of
           the
           Revelations
           by
           John
           the
           Divine
           .
           My
           intended
           Explanation
           of
           the
           Text
           I
           hope
           will
           put
           the
           Plot
           out
           of
           all
           Controversie
           ,
           and
           force
           us
           all
           to
           confess
           ,
           that
           
           Dr.
           Oates
           and
           Mr.
           Bedloe
           discover
           by
           Illumination
           ,
           or
           a
           Supernatural
           Light
           ,
           and
           thereby
           render
           their
           Evidence
           unquestionably
           true
           
             Jure
             Divino
          
           .
           To
           be
           short
           ,
           the
           Holy
           Record
           in
           John
           is
           this
           ,
           
             And
             I
             will
             give
             power
             unto
             my
             two
             Witnesses
             ,
             and
             they
             shall
             prophecie
             one
             thousand
             two
             hundred
             and
             threescore
             days
             cloathed
             in
             Sackcloth
             .
          
           Revelat.
           Chap.
           11.
           v.
           3.
           
        
         
           Ruminating
           with
           my self
           upon
           the
           aptness
           of
           these
           words
           to
           the
           present
           times
           ,
           I
           was
           invited
           by
           my
           curiosity
           to
           reflect
           and
           dive
           into
           their
           sense
           ,
           whereupon
           I
           found
           they
           related
           to
           other
           Chapters
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           matter
           in
           this
           ;
           their
           Latitude
           comprehending
           all
           the
           remarkable
           Revolutions
           foretold
           by
           John.
           But
           above
           all
           this
           Verse
           has
           such
           a
           direct
           ,
           immediate
           aspect
           and
           intuition
           upon
           the
           Fall
           of
           Babylon
           ,
           threatned
           in
           a
           following
           Chapter
           ,
           which
           our
           Protestant
           Divines
           conclude
           to
           be
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ;
           that
           it
           seems
           to
           squint
           only
           ,
           and
           look
           awry
           at
           other
           Passages
           ,
           but
           to
           appear
           with
           a
           full
           and
           gazing
           face
           upon
           this
           Prediction
           .
           The
           Prophecy
           of
           the
           Down-fall
           of
           the
           See
           of
           Rome
           we
           all
           know
           to
           be
           yet
           uncompleated
           ;
           the
           foreboding
           Signs
           and
           Tokens
           of
           this
           Calamity
           are
           two
           preliminary
           Witnesses
           that
           shall
           prophecy
           ;
           and
           as
           it
           is
           Gods
           usual
           Method
           when
           He
           intends
           to
           strike
           ,
           to
           give
           warning
           of
           the
           Blow
           ;
           so
           here
           it
           was
           reveal'd
           to
           John
           to
           declare
           ,
           That
           the
           Almighty
           would
           send
           two
           Witnesses
           to
           prophecy
           ,
           and
           give
           Evidence
           of
           the
           Whoredoms
           and
           Villanies
           of
           this
           Spiritual
           Strumpet
           ,
           to
           discover
           the
           dark
           Intrigues
           of
           this
           Hellish
           Plot
           ,
           to
           bring
           the
           Conspirators
           to
           a
           just
           Punishment
           ,
           to
           free
           us
           all
           from
           the
           Tyranny
           and
           Yoke
           of
           Popery
           ,
           and
           finally
           to
           batter
           down
           that
           Monster
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           Bawd
           of
           Sin
           and
           Iniquity
           ,
           the
           Pope
           himself
           .
           It
           may
           perhaps
           be
           ask'd
           ,
           why
           Holy
           John
           mentions
           two
           Witnesses
           indefinitely
           without
           offering
           at
           some
           description
           of
           the
           Instruments
           in
           this
           Great
           Work
           ?
           I
           answer
           ,
           't
           was
           policy
           in
           him
           to
           mention
           them
           by
           the
           general
           character
           of
           Witnesses
           ;
           he
           would
           not
           give
           plain
           and
           signal
           Marks
           of
           the
           Persons
           that
           were
           by
           an
           Eternal
           Providence
           pitch'd
           upon
           to
           over-turn
           this
           damnable
           Design
           ,
           an
           Ignatian
           sort
           of
           People
           ,
           whom
           he
           well
           knew
           to
           be
           ready
           charg'd
           with
           revenge
           and
           malice
           ,
           by
           such
           a
           light
           given
           of
           the
           Discoverers
           ,
           might
           have
           murdered
           or
           strangled
           them
           as
           Instruments
           intended
           to
           mischief
           their
           Cause
           ,
           and
           quench
           the
           red-hot
           Iron
           upon
           the
           Anvel
           .
           Without
           doubt
           he
           could
           have
           supplied
           us
           with
           their
           Names
           ,
           at
           least
           their
           two
           first
           Letters
           ,
           for
           this
           any
           ordinary
           Jugler
           can
           do
           by
           erecting
           a
           Scheme
           ,
           or
           casting
           a
           Figure
           ;
           but
           then
           this
           would
           have
           expos'd
           the
           Divine
           Mysteries
           
           to
           the
           busie
           curiosities
           of
           prying
           Men
           ,
           who
           too
           often
           impiously
           attempt
           to
           rifle
           the
           Cabinet
           of
           Heavens
           Decrees
           ,
           and
           prostitute
           them
           to
           humane
           Knowledge
           :
           I
           cannot
           believe
           that
           John
           talk'd
           at
           random
           as
           Men
           do
           in
           their
           Dreams
           ,
           many
           of
           his
           Prophecies
           have
           been
           fulfilled
           ;
           and
           to
           say
           he
           was
           not
           privy
           to
           the
           mystick
           Sense
           he
           uttered
           ,
           were
           to
           make
           no
           more
           of
           a
           Prophet
           than
           a
           Puppet
           ,
           that
           squeaks
           by
           the
           Voice
           ,
           and
           moves
           by
           the
           Hand
           of
           the
           Manager
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           thing
           to
           be
           explained
           is
           the
           latter
           part
           of
           the
           Verse
           ,
           which
           says
           ,
           
             They
             shall
             prophecy
             one
             thousand
             two
             hundred
             and
             threescore
             days
             cloathed
             in
             Sack-cloth
             .
          
        
         
           By
           this
           is
           suggested
           Dr.
           
           Oates's
           first
           disclosing
           the
           Intrigue
           ,
           and
           heard
           with
           prejudice
           and
           aversion
           ,
           to
           his
           great
           discouragement
           ;
           telling
           a
           wonderful
           and
           strange
           Story
           ,
           a
           hideous
           and
           dismal
           Conspiracy
           ,
           and
           not
           believ'd
           ;
           at
           length
           they
           shall
           both
           be
           received
           as
           Oracles
           of
           Truth
           by
           the
           Parliament
           ;
           but
           by
           reason
           of
           some
           Occurrences
           and
           Conjunctures
           of
           State
           ,
           that
           Great
           Council
           shall
           be
           Prorogued
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           Dissolved
           ;
           then
           shall
           these
           two
           Witnesses
           Prophecy
           in
           Sack-cloth
           ,
           
             i.
             e.
          
           they
           shall
           be
           for
           some
           time
           under
           a
           Cloud
           ,
           expos'd
           to
           the
           publick
           Censure
           and
           Infamy
           of
           Cheats
           ,
           being
           deprived
           of
           that
           which
           chiefly
           invigorated
           their
           Evidence
           :
           However
           ,
           they
           shall
           still
           prophecy
           ,
           and
           stoutly
           adhere
           to
           their
           first
           Affirmations
           ,
           though
           sorrowful
           and
           dejected
           ,
           and
           with
           heavy
           Hearts
           ,
           and
           sad
           Countenances
           ,
           for
           the
           safety
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           preach
           up
           the
           imminent
           danger
           of
           a
           Plot
           ;
           and
           so
           from
           Parliament
           to
           Parliament
           ,
           till
           one
           thousand
           two
           hundred
           and
           threescore
           days
           are
           expired
           ,
           they
           shall
           with
           great
           constancy
           and
           hopes
           of
           Justice
           expect
           to
           have
           a
           final
           Period
           put
           to
           it
           .
           And
           this
           I
           dare
           avouch
           is
           no
           distorted
           or
           wrested
           Sense
           of
           this
           branch
           of
           the
           Verse
           ,
           but
           a
           free
           and
           natural
           understanding
           of
           the
           Metaphor
           .
           And
           Ver.
           7.
           of
           the
           same
           
             Chapter
             .
             When
             they
             have
             finished
             their
             Testimony
             ,
             the
             Beast
             that
             ascendeth
             out
             of
             the
             bottomless
             Pit
             ,
             shall
             make
             War
             against
             them
             ,
          
           &c.
           which
           interpreted
           ,
           is
           ,
           the
           Jesuites
           ,
           with
           the
           Remains
           of
           an
           inveterate
           and
           cruel
           malice
           ,
           shall
           persecute
           ,
           and
           be
           ever
           attempting
           to
           revenge
           the
           ruine
           of
           their
           Cause
           upon
           the
           Persons
           of
           these
           two
           Witnesses
           .
           But
           I
           foresee
           it
           will
           be
           ask'd
           by
           the
           Curious
           and
           Inquisitive
           ,
           why
           are
           only
           two
           Witnesses
           nam'd
           by
           the
           Diviner
           ,
           when
           there
           is
           so
           great
           a
           Herd
           of
           guilty
           Reformades
           come
           in
           to
           give
           their
           Testimony
           of
           ,
           and
           assert
           the
           same
           numerical
           Plot
           ?
           why
           should
           these
           be
           omitted
           ,
           who
           are
           certainly
           assisting
           to
           win
           our
           perswasion
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           but
           two
           mention'd
           ?
           why
           ,
           I
           'le
           tell
           you
           :
           Dr.
           Oates
           and
           Mr.
           Bedloe
           were
           
           the
           Principal
           Men
           commission'd
           by
           Providence
           to
           unravel
           this
           Bottom
           of
           Iniquity
           ;
           the
           rest
           were
           only
           followers
           appointed
           by
           secret
           Purposes
           of
           the
           Divine
           Will
           to
           Corroborate
           and
           Dignifie
           the
           Evidence
           of
           the
           former
           ;
           it
           being
           rather
           an
           attendance
           of
           State
           and
           Triumph
           annex'd
           to
           their
           Testimony
           ,
           for
           the
           greater
           splendor
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Cause
           ;
           for
           't
           was
           not
           necessary
           to
           intimate
           any
           but
           the
           Capital
           Witnesses
           ;
           the
           Evidence
           of
           Dr.
           Oates
           and
           Mr.
           Bedloe
           being
           in
           Law
           sufficient
           to
           hang
           all
           the
           Subjects
           in
           England
           ,
           if
           they
           were
           guilty
           .
           Two
           Oaths
           in
           Court
           for
           the
           King
           and
           Country
           are
           like
           a
           brace
           of
           Dragons
           that
           depopulate
           whole
           Cities
           ,
           and
           devour
           all
           they
           approach
           ;
           the
           zealous
           breath
           of
           honest
           Witnesses
           in
           point
           of
           Treason
           ,
           carrying
           the
           same
           force
           with
           a
           strong
           West-wind
           of
           Aegypt
           ,
           that
           in
           a
           trice
           scours
           and
           cleanses
           the
           Land
           from
           Locusts
           ,
           Malefactors
           ,
           and
           Traitors
           .
        
         
           Thus
           I
           hope
           I
           have
           made
           out
           the
           sense
           of
           
           John's
           Prophecy
           ,
           and
           I
           appeal
           to
           all
           the
           Orthodox
           Divines
           in
           Europe
           ,
           if
           this
           be
           not
           the
           most
           proper
           and
           genuine
           Exposition
           of
           the
           Text.
           
        
         
           And
           now
           what
           strange
           Impiety
           will
           it
           be
           for
           any
           body
           to
           deny
           or
           question
           the
           Truth
           of
           this
           Plot
           ?
           We
           must
           not
           censure
           where
           Heaven
           has
           set
           his
           Stamp
           ;
           when
           the
           Testimony
           comes
           from
           the
           Eternal
           source
           of
           Truth
           and
           Wisdom
           ,
           't
           is
           our
           duty
           to
           believe
           ,
           though
           we
           despair
           to
           apprehend
           ;
           for
           where
           we
           cannot
           rely
           upon
           our
           Reason
           ,
           we
           must
           exercise
           our
           Faith.
           Every
           good
           Christian
           and
           Loyal
           Subject
           ought
           to
           believe
           as
           much
           of
           the
           Plot
           as
           is
           positively
           sworn
           ,
           nor
           does
           it
           become
           us
           to
           question
           or
           stagger
           at
           any
           thing
           that
           they
           with
           so
           much
           courage
           and
           assurance
           have
           asserted
           .
           'T
           is
           impossible
           in
           this
           case
           to
           be
           impos'd
           upon
           ,
           or
           allured
           into
           the
           snare
           of
           Falshood
           ;
           for
           if
           John
           were
           inspir'd
           ,
           which
           we
           believe
           as
           certainly
           as
           the
           Miracle
           of
           Cloven
           Tongues
           ,
           we
           are
           sure
           to
           be
           grounded
           upon
           a
           firm
           Faith
           :
           His
           Prophecy
           being
           a
           secret
           of
           Divinity
           imparted
           to
           Illustrate
           the
           Attribute
           of
           Gods
           Goodness
           ,
           we
           have
           no
           more
           reason
           to
           boggle
           at
           the
           Truth
           of
           the
           two
           Witnesses
           ,
           than
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           an
           Apostle
           :
           'T
           is
           impossible
           for
           them
           upon
           this
           Basis
           to
           speak
           a
           Falshood
           ;
           they
           are
           Engines
           ,
           the
           Diviner
           says
           ,
           actuated
           by
           Him
           ,
           Witnesses
           He
           has
           chosen
           to
           lay
           open
           the
           Destruction
           our
           Enemies
           design'd
           us
           .
           And
           as
           it
           is
           from
           hence
           both
           irrational
           and
           highly
           irreligious
           to
           deny
           the
           Being
           of
           a
           Plot
           in
           general
           ;
           so
           to
           clip
           and
           pare
           part
           of
           it
           off
           ,
           and
           believing
           it
           by
           halves
           ,
           is
           no
           less
           impious
           ;
           for
           owning
           the
           Discovery
           of
           the
           whole
           to
           Inspiration
           ,
           't
           were
           to
           imply
           
           a
           Contradiction
           in
           Divinity
           to
           condemn
           part
           ,
           and
           approve
           of
           the
           rest
           .
           We
           must
           therefore
           acknowledge
           every
           tittle
           of
           it
           ,
           or
           it
           will
           be
           to
           no
           purpose
           to
           believe
           it
           mincingly
           .
           'T
           is
           not
           my
           design
           here
           to
           discourse
           of
           the
           Probabilities
           of
           Mens
           Innocence
           ,
           or
           Guilt
           ,
           by
           weighing
           Circumstances
           and
           Matters
           in
           a
           Humane
           Method
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Scale
           of
           Partial
           Reason
           ;
           mine
           is
           a
           shorter
           and
           more
           compendious
           way
           ,
           and
           not
           liable
           to
           fundamental
           Errors
           ;
           Heaven
           has
           revealed
           the
           Plot
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           needless
           for
           me
           to
           make
           wrangling
           scrutiny
           into
           it
           ;
           for
           after
           I
           have
           done
           my
           best
           in
           such
           a
           search
           ,
           I
           must
           ,
           whether
           I
           will
           or
           no
           ,
           acquiesce
           in
           a
           Supine
           Judgment
           of
           its
           truth
           ,
           because
           Holy
           John
           hath
           said
           it
           ,
           and
           I
           told
           you
           before
           whence
           he
           had
           it
           .
           But
           if
           we
           should
           stoop
           a
           little
           to
           the
           Cavils
           of
           the
           Contentious
           ,
           what
           would
           this
           avail
           or
           signifie
           ?
           What
           if
           you
           alledge
           you
           have
           good
           reasons
           to
           doubt
           of
           the
           Truth
           of
           some
           Particulars
           laid
           to
           the
           charge
           of
           the
           late
           Malefactors
           ?
           Why
           ,
           suppose
           you
           have
           ,
           the
           main
           of
           the
           Accusations
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           hang'd
           them
           ,
           was
           High
           Treason
           ;
           the
           throng
           of
           such
           important
           business
           in
           a
           Witnesses
           Head
           may
           easily
           be
           conceived
           to
           justle
           out
           trivial
           Circumstances
           of
           Time
           and
           Place
           ,
           and
           trapan
           him
           unawares
           into
           a
           false
           Computation
           :
           The
           Witness
           believes
           it
           was
           so
           and
           so
           ,
           there
           done
           ,
           and
           in
           such
           an
           order
           of
           time
           ,
           and
           then
           punctually
           swears
           to
           it
           ;
           this
           is
           no
           Crime
           in
           Conscience
           ;
           if
           he
           errs
           ,
           't
           is
           only
           a
           fault
           in
           memory
           ;
           and
           so
           not
           a
           Lie
           ,
           but
           a
           mistake
           ,
           which
           a
           Court
           of
           Justice
           readily
           passes
           by
           and
           pardons
           :
           This
           Maxime
           being
           in
           vogue
           with
           us
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Romish
           Casuists
           ;
           
             Nemo
             peccat
             nisi
             actu
             voluntario
          
           .
           So
           this
           bubble
           of
           an
           Objection
           vanishes
           .
           But
           to
           humour
           the
           Captious
           a
           little
           further
           .
           Granting
           these
           are
           Lies
           couch'd
           under
           ,
           and
           mix'd
           with
           the
           Truth
           of
           the
           Evidence
           ,
           and
           supposing
           the
           Witnesses
           Knaves
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           utmost
           Malice
           can
           do
           ;
           yet
           cannot
           I
           think
           there
           is
           any
           reason
           to
           separate
           our selves
           from
           a
           total
           Belief
           of
           every
           thing
           they
           say
           ,
           since
           the
           main
           of
           the
           Plot
           ,
           in
           spight
           of
           the
           most
           sear'd
           obstinacy
           in
           Nature
           ,
           will
           compel
           us
           to
           acknowledge
           a
           great
           part
           of
           it
           :
           And
           though
           we
           wholly
           depend
           upon
           them
           for
           our
           information
           ,
           and
           pin
           our
           Faith
           upon
           their
           sleeves
           ,
           yet
           ought
           we
           not
           to
           be
           so
           uncharitable
           ,
           as
           to
           bring
           a
           suspicion
           of
           Imposture
           upon
           the
           whole
           :
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           in
           this
           case
           we
           are
           liable
           to
           abuse
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           will
           deceive
           us
           in
           some
           things
           ,
           they
           may
           ;
           but
           for
           as
           much
           as
           we
           want
           a
           certain
           Criterion
           to
           judge
           of
           ,
           and
           winnow
           Truth
           from
           Falshood
           ,
           and
           that
           ,
           if
           I
           choose
           to
           be
           my
           own
           Conductor
           ,
           't
           is
           an
           even
           Wager
           
           but
           I
           embrace
           a
           Lie
           ,
           and
           reject
           a
           saving
           Truth
           ;
           therefore
           if
           there
           were
           a
           hundred
           times
           more
           of
           the
           Plot
           sworn
           than
           there
           now
           is
           ,
           I
           think
           it
           prudence
           to
           swallow
           all
           ,
           and
           disgorge
           none
           ;
           nay
           ,
           I
           affirm
           ,
           if
           there
           were
           ten
           Millions
           of
           Lies
           ,
           I
           am
           obliged
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           Nature
           slightly
           to
           believe
           them
           all
           ,
           rather
           than
           earnestly
           dissent
           from
           one
           precious
           Truth
           ,
           which
           ,
           unespous'd
           ,
           would
           prove
           my
           utter
           ruine
           ;
           for
           otherwise
           the
           bloody
           Machinators
           have
           as
           fair
           play
           at
           our
           Throats
           as
           ever
           ,
           and
           the
           Discovery
           will
           be
           as
           ineffectual
           to
           frustrate
           their
           Designs
           ,
           as
           looking
           upon
           a
           Train
           of
           Powder
           with
           a
           lighted
           Match
           laid
           to
           it
           ,
           will
           hinder
           it
           from
           taking
           fire
           :
           The
           Sum
           is
           then
           ,
           seeing
           we
           cannot
           distinguish
           between
           Truth
           and
           Falshood
           ,
           it
           behoves
           us
           passionately
           to
           embrace
           both
           together
           for
           our
           own
           safety
           and
           preservation
           .
           And
           pray
           let
           this
           be
           a
           Bug-bear
           to
           no
           body
           ;
           for
           what
           is
           there
           in
           all
           this
           ?
           Shall
           I
           keep
           a
           clutter
           and
           ado
           about
           Assent
           and
           Dissent
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           interim
           have
           my
           Throat
           cut
           for
           my
           Curiosity
           ?
           Shall
           I
           grin
           ,
           and
           have
           an
           ill
           opinion
           of
           the
           Evidence
           ,
           because
           the
           Plot
           is
           not
           contriv'd
           as
           I
           would
           have
           form'd
           it
           ,
           had
           I
           been
           a
           Conspirator
           ?
           This
           is
           such
           Nonsense
           ,
           as
           nothing
           but
           a
           pragmatical
           conceited
           Asse
           would
           be
           guilty
           of
           :
           We
           thank
           them
           very
           heartily
           for
           their
           Critical
           Wisdom
           and
           Skill
           in
           Plots
           ;
           I
           am
           rather
           perswaded
           they
           are
           angry
           and
           peevish
           ,
           because
           it
           was
           not
           rightly
           projected
           ,
           and
           would
           be
           though
           to
           storm
           at
           the
           folly
           of
           the
           Design
           ,
           when
           they
           secretly
           blame
           the
           ill
           fortune
           and
           success
           of
           the
           Undertakers
           .
           But
           it
           may
           very
           materially
           be
           urg'd
           ,
           That
           in
           this
           mist
           of
           Evidence
           innocent
           Men
           may
           be
           condemned
           wrongfully
           ,
           their
           Estates
           forfeited
           ,
           and
           their
           Lives
           taken
           away
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           scandal
           of
           Government
           ,
           and
           the
           impious
           abuse
           of
           the
           Sword
           of
           Justice
           .
           To
           this
           't
           is
           answer'd
           ,
           That
           in
           Cases
           of
           this
           moment
           and
           weight
           relating
           to
           the
           Body-Politick
           ,
           't
           is
           better
           that
           now
           and
           then
           an
           Innocent
           suffer
           ,
           than
           that
           all
           Malefactors
           escape
           ;
           for
           as
           in
           the
           Body-natural
           ,
           labouring
           under
           a
           Fever
           ,
           the
           Chyrurgeon
           ,
           to
           preserve
           the
           whole
           Mass
           from
           dissolution
           ,
           draws
           from
           it
           both
           good
           and
           bad
           Blood
           together
           ;
           there
           being
           so
           subtil
           and
           close
           a
           union
           between
           the
           corrupted
           and
           sound
           part
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           no
           Art
           or
           Skill
           of
           his
           can
           free
           the
           Body
           of
           one
           ,
           without
           taking
           a
           Portion
           of
           the
           other
           :
           So
           in
           matters
           of
           Justice
           ,
           't
           is
           impossible
           for
           any
           Magistrate
           to
           make
           such
           nice
           discriminations
           between
           Innocence
           and
           Guilt
           ,
           as
           he
           shall
           be
           sure
           always
           to
           punish
           one
           ,
           and
           acquit
           the
           other
           ;
           bare
           Innocence
           being
           no
           vindication
           of
           it self
           ,
           must
           bring
           proofs
           and
           
           violent
           presumptions
           to
           plead
           for
           it
           ;
           when
           these
           are
           wanting
           ,
           the
           Law
           devests
           her
           of
           that
           Title
           ,
           and
           sets
           her
           in
           the
           rank
           of
           Criminals
           .
           But
           above
           all
           ,
           the
           Witnesses
           that
           are
           upon
           their
           Oaths
           are
           to
           be
           heard
           and
           believ'd
           ,
           notwithstanding
           any
           contrary
           conjectures
           and
           surmises
           ,
           an
           Oath
           being
           to
           be
           esteemed
           and
           valued
           with
           all
           reverence
           as
           the
           most
           Sacred
           Engagement
           in
           the
           World
           :
           And
           for
           as
           much
           as
           a
           Witness
           is
           oblig'd
           to
           stake
           his
           Soul
           (
           a
           thing
           of
           inestimable
           price
           )
           to
           the
           Body
           of
           every
           Man
           to
           be
           Arraigned
           and
           Tryed
           ,
           I
           think
           a
           Judge
           and
           Jury
           are
           bound
           in
           Conscience
           to
           belive
           one
           ,
           before
           the
           defence
           of
           the
           other
           ;
           the
           damnation
           of
           a
           Witnesses
           Soul
           being
           a
           far
           greater
           loss
           ,
           and
           infinitely
           above
           any
           advantage
           he
           can
           propose
           to
           himself
           from
           the
           destruction
           of
           his
           Body
           whom
           he
           Impeaches
           .
           There
           being
           therefore
           this
           vast
           disparity
           between
           the
           Condition
           of
           the
           Accused
           and
           the
           Evidence
           ,
           we
           ought
           to
           listen
           to
           no
           Stories
           ,
           or
           imaginary
           Allegations
           of
           honesty
           in
           the
           reputed
           Offenders
           ,
           but
           to
           lay
           them
           aside
           ,
           and
           proceed
           to
           sentence
           them
           as
           Criminals
           ;
           and
           Justice
           all
           this
           while
           remains
           unblemish'd
           ;
           the
           Witnesses
           being
           her
           Compurgators
           ,
           though
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           surprized
           in
           a
           Falshood
           ,
           they
           can
           be
           none
           of
           their
           own
           .
           Thus
           the
           Reputation
           of
           well
           Govern'd
           Societies
           skreens
           it self
           from
           all
           Imputations
           of
           Cruelty
           ;
           and
           the
           Person
           condemn'd
           is
           not
           hereby
           so
           much
           injured
           in
           his
           Temporal
           Estate
           ,
           as
           bettered
           in
           his
           Spiritual
           ,
           the
           most
           Important
           Concern
           of
           his
           Being
           ;
           for
           if
           a
           Witness
           is
           pleas'd
           to
           forfeit
           Heaven
           by
           Perjury
           ,
           the
           dying
           Man
           has
           a
           clear
           Conscience
           to
           support
           him
           under
           his
           misfortune
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           probable
           may
           be
           a
           greater
           Gainer
           by
           a
           Sentence
           of
           Death
           ,
           than
           a
           Concession
           of
           Life
           ,
           having
           a
           bless'd
           opportunity
           tendered
           of
           claiming
           Salvation
           by
           a
           signal
           Instance
           of
           Innocence
           to
           that
           God
           ,
           who
           never
           fails
           to
           consider
           it
           in
           the
           other
           World.
           But
           to
           drive
           the
           matter
           to
           a
           higher
           Point
           :
           I
           am
           of
           opinion
           ,
           That
           a
           Jesuite
           ,
           Priest
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           fiery
           Papist
           ,
           ought
           to
           be
           hook'd
           within
           the
           Penal
           Cognizance
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           as
           effectually
           as
           if
           he
           stood
           convicted
           of
           being
           a
           Party
           to
           the
           Conspiracy
           ;
           but
           this
           ,
           they
           say
           ,
           would
           be
           barbarous
           and
           most
           unparallel'd
           Injustice
           ,
           because
           there
           are
           no
           overt
           Acts
           tending
           to
           the
           prejudice
           of
           the
           Government
           .
           But
           I
           look
           upon
           every
           the
           least
           of
           Persons
           before-mentioned
           to
           be
           as
           so
           many
           Plotspies
           ,
           and
           as
           deserving
           punishment
           as
           a
           Scout
           from
           the
           Enemies
           Camp
           by
           Martial
           Law
           :
           Though
           they
           cannot
           all
           perhaps
           be
           proved
           to
           engage
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Plot
           ,
           they
           will
           be
           sure
           to
           be
           seen
           in
           the
           end
           of
           it
           :
           And
           State-Doctors
           say
           ,
           Physick
           
           by
           way
           of
           prevention
           or
           anticipation
           ,
           is
           safer
           than
           Remedies
           applied
           to
           encounter
           a
           Disease
           upon
           the
           spot
           ;
           it
           being
           very
           difficult
           when
           the
           Savage
           Beast
           has
           fastened
           upon
           the
           Throat
           of
           Government
           to
           shake
           him
           off
           before
           he
           has
           strangled
           it
           .
           Again
           ,
           suppose
           Jesuites
           ,
           Priests
           ,
           and
           other
           the
           zealous
           Bigots
           of
           the
           Romish
           Religion
           have
           not
           yet
           actually
           committed
           any
           mischief
           ,
           or
           been
           corporeally
           active
           in
           any
           distractions
           amongst
           us
           ;
           yet
           ought
           we
           not
           to
           be
           so
           simply
           good-natur'd
           to
           look
           upon
           them
           as
           harmless
           ,
           inoffensive
           Persons
           ,
           Intenders
           of
           the
           publick
           Peace
           and
           Tranquillity
           :
           Are
           we
           not
           acquainted
           with
           their
           Tenets
           ,
           their
           Principles
           ,
           the
           absolute
           Dominion
           the
           Pope
           has
           over
           them
           ,
           their
           obligation
           to
           blind
           Obedience
           ,
           without
           the
           liberty
           of
           disputing
           the
           most
           impious
           of
           his
           Commands
           ;
           the
           constant
           charge
           given
           them
           to
           promote
           their
           Religion
           upon
           any
           Terms
           ,
           the
           vilest
           courses
           and
           means
           imaginable
           ;
           their
           accounting
           it
           no
           murder
           to
           Assasinate
           a
           Heretick
           Prince
           ,
           and
           all
           His
           Subjects
           ,
           when
           the
           Holy
           Vizier
           has
           excommunicated
           them
           ;
           but
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           the
           highest
           merit
           and
           claim
           that
           they
           can
           prefer
           to
           the
           most
           glittering
           Crown
           of
           Saints
           ;
           and
           all
           these
           horrible
           Credenda
           own'd
           and
           defended
           in
           the
           Volumes
           of
           the
           most
           Learned
           ,
           and
           best
           Casuists
           of
           their
           Church
           ;
           since
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           we
           are
           as
           certain
           that
           this
           is
           the
           Substance
           of
           their
           Religion
           ,
           as
           that
           Goodness
           ,
           Patience
           and
           Loyalty
           is
           the
           Sum
           of
           ours
           ;
           and
           that
           these
           Principles
           are
           not
           by
           them
           to
           be
           maintained
           in
           notion
           only
           and
           speculation
           ,
           but
           as
           the
           deposited
           Bullion
           of
           the
           Soul
           ,
           upon
           advantageous
           occasions
           to
           be
           brought
           forth
           ,
           and
           minted
           into
           action
           ;
           we
           have
           more
           reason
           to
           fear
           them
           ,
           than
           those
           that
           have
           already
           made
           their
           attempts
           ;
           for
           as
           much
           as
           we
           cannot
           guess
           when
           they
           will
           pour
           upon
           us
           ,
           their
           malice
           being
           quick
           and
           sudden
           ,
           and
           like
           a
           Granada
           ,
           bursting
           on
           all
           sides
           into
           Death
           and
           Ruine
           .
           We
           all
           know
           that
           Treason
           but
           intentionally
           prov'd
           ,
           comes
           within
           the
           Verge
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           Condemnation
           is
           awarded
           accordingly
           ;
           and
           why
           pernicious
           ,
           destructive
           ,
           rebellious
           Opinions
           publickly
           own'd
           and
           abetted
           ,
           should
           not
           have
           the
           same
           force
           to
           condemn
           ,
           I
           see
           not
           the
           least
           jot
           of
           reason
           :
           He
           that
           harbours
           an
           ill
           and
           dangerous
           Principle
           in
           his
           bosom
           ,
           lodges
           an
           Enemy
           and
           Traytor
           in
           the
           Country
           of
           his
           Prince
           ,
           that
           lies
           couchant
           under
           that
           Covert
           ,
           till
           he
           has
           a
           fit
           opportunity
           to
           rouze
           ,
           and
           fly
           in
           the
           face
           of
           Majesty
           .
           Every
           violently
           evil
           Man
           ought
           to
           be
           capitally
           secured
           from
           a
           power
           of
           doing
           mischief
           ;
           for
           seeing
           we
           cannot
           execute
           his
           bad
           Principles
           without
           himself
           ,
           and
           whilst
           there
           is
           life
           ,
           thene
           
           will
           be
           Villany
           ,
           't
           is
           but
           justice
           they
           both
           should
           suffer
           together
           ;
           and
           in
           this
           Case
           ,
           though
           the
           Man
           perhaps
           ,
           in
           pursuance
           of
           his
           Judgment
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           a
           due
           time
           to
           humour
           his
           secular
           Interest
           ,
           never
           was
           a
           notorious
           Rogue
           in
           practice
           ,
           yet
           this
           preponderates
           nothing
           ;
           for
           whether
           he
           acts
           or
           no
           ,
           the
           Vicious
           ,
           Traiterous
           Will
           ought
           to
           pass
           for
           the
           Deed
           ;
           't
           is
           High
           Treason
           
             in
             intellectu
          
           ,
           and
           that
           's
           enough
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           find
           my
           too
           great
           Passion
           and
           Love
           for
           Honesty
           ,
           Integrity
           ,
           and
           Allegiance
           has
           unawares
           made
           me
           deviate
           from
           my
           purpose
           ,
           it
           being
           far
           from
           my
           design
           to
           think
           to
           convince
           any
           one
           of
           the
           reality
           of
           all
           and
           every
           part
           of
           this
           Plot
           by
           dint
           of
           ratiocination
           ;
           and
           therefore
           I
           did
           at
           first
           institute
           another
           Method
           ,
           which
           I
           intend
           to
           end
           with
           ,
           and
           which
           is
           the
           only
           Expedient
           to
           allay
           our
           heats
           and
           animosities
           ;
           't
           is
           this
           must
           hinder
           us
           from
           contradicting
           one
           another
           ;
           't
           is
           this
           must
           make
           us
           come
           to
           a
           combination
           in
           Judgment
           concerning
           the
           Plot
           ,
           to
           believe
           it
           ,
           and
           make
           no
           more
           hums
           nor
           ha's
           about
           the
           matter
           of
           it
           ;
           for
           we
           are
           told
           by
           Divine
           Authority
           ,
           't
           is
           a
           damnable
           design
           against
           our
           Throats
           ;
           we
           may
           believe
           too
           little
           ,
           but
           not
           too
           much
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           I
           do
           not
           think
           in
           so
           doing
           I
           enlarge
           and
           stretch
           my
           Conscience
           ;
           that
           is
           not
           to
           meddle
           here
           ,
           being
           a
           Judge
           only
           of
           Reason
           ,
           and
           her
           Jurisdiction
           confin'd
           to
           Equity
           :
           In
           this
           Case
           I
           do
           but
           load
           my
           Faith
           ,
           which
           Heaven
           has
           made
           with
           a
           flat
           bottom
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           sunk
           by
           a
           moderate
           burden
           .
           And
           as
           I
           am
           in
           obedience
           oblig'd
           to
           receive
           ,
           so
           in
           duty
           am
           I
           forbid
           curiously
           to
           examine
           and
           flaw-find
           the
           Plot
           ,
           which
           Prohibition
           is
           only
           intended
           as
           a
           means
           to
           prevent
           differences
           and
           disputes
           amongst
           us
           .
           Do
           we
           seriously
           consider
           the
           Sense
           of
           the
           wisest
           Heads
           in
           the
           Nation
           ,
           the
           Judgment
           of
           many
           cunning
           Daniels
           that
           have
           been
           most
           laboriously
           sollicitous
           in
           our
           Interest
           ,
           the
           unanimous
           Declaration
           and
           Vote
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           the
           faithful
           and
           ingenuous
           Reports
           of
           the
           Privy-Council
           ,
           the
           sagacious
           Opinions
           of
           all
           the
           Judges
           ,
           we
           are
           no
           more
           able
           to
           resist
           the
           Evidence
           of
           this
           Plot
           ,
           than
           we
           can
           with
           Christianity
           reject
           Articles
           of
           Faith
           agreed
           and
           concluded
           on
           in
           a
           general
           and
           lawful
           Council
           :
           Therefore
           in
           framing
           doubts
           about
           it
           ,
           we
           implicitly
           Tax
           the
           Government
           with
           silliness
           and
           credulity
           ,
           and
           do
           in
           effect
           call
           our
           Rulers
           Fools
           ,
           and
           Magistrates
           Asses
           .
           'T
           is
           an
           approved
           Opinion
           ,
           That
           in
           all
           Great
           Assemblies
           and
           Consults
           for
           the
           well-fare
           of
           a
           Good
           King
           ,
           a
           true
           Religion
           and
           Government
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           presiding
           Spirit
           to
           direct
           and
           steer
           their
           Resolutions
           :
           God
           Almighty
           ,
           ever
           when
           he
           is
           pleased
           himself
           
           to
           be
           the
           Discoverer
           of
           the
           Enemies
           of
           his
           Church
           ,
           enlightning
           the
           Ministers
           of
           Justice
           ,
           enlarging
           and
           amplifying
           the
           Powers
           of
           their
           Understandings
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           able
           to
           grapple
           with
           Stratagems
           and
           Intricacies
           ,
           and
           to
           pierce
           through
           the
           darkest
           Shades
           and
           recesses
           of
           Night
           :
           So
           that
           the
           assiduous
           care
           of
           the
           King
           and
           His
           Council
           ,
           the
           incessant
           Prosecutions
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           the
           Vigilance
           and
           Activity
           of
           Justices
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           do
           as
           fully
           evince
           the
           reality
           of
           a
           Plot
           ,
           as
           all
           the
           oral
           Depositions
           of
           the
           Witnesses
           ;
           these
           extraordinary
           Motions
           being
           never
           raised
           in
           publick
           Magistrates
           but
           by
           Divine
           Instigation
           to
           confront
           malicious
           against
           a
           People
           whom
           Heaven
           has
           a
           mind
           to
           protect
           .
           What
           a
           folly
           is
           it
           then
           for
           Men
           to
           shufle
           and
           cut
           ,
           to
           carp
           at
           one
           Passage
           ,
           and
           laugh
           at
           another
           of
           the
           Plot
           ▪
           and
           when
           they
           have
           done
           all
           they
           can
           to
           expose
           the
           matter
           of
           it
           ,
           to
           take
           Sanctuary
           at
           Slander
           ,
           asperse
           and
           vilifie
           the
           Witnesses
           ,
           derogate
           from
           their
           Integrity
           ,
           bespatter
           their
           Lives
           ,
           and
           rail
           against
           Irregularities
           of
           their
           Conversation
           ?
           this
           can
           be
           nothing
           certainly
           but
           the
           virulent
           spleen
           and
           malice
           of
           such
           who
           are
           not
           to
           be
           answer'd
           ,
           but
           physick'd
           for
           satisfaction
           ,
           purg'd
           from
           those
           gross
           humours
           that
           thus
           fly
           up
           into
           ,
           and
           annoy
           the
           Head.
           But
           if
           there
           be
           really
           any
           adult
           ,
           personal
           vices
           ,
           or
           extravagancies
           of
           the
           Witnesses
           ,
           these
           are
           so
           far
           from
           proving
           a
           Ground
           to
           suspect
           the
           credit
           of
           what
           they
           say
           ,
           that
           it
           bespeaks
           rather
           an
           itch
           of
           objecting
           ,
           than
           a
           rational
           scruple
           in
           the
           Calumniators
           ;
           for
           St.
           Ambrose
           says
           ,
           
             Veritas
             a
             quocunque
             est
             ,
             est
             a
             Spiritu
             Sancto
          
           ;
           and
           at
           this
           rate
           we
           have
           a
           Fathers
           word
           for
           it
           ,
           the
           Devil
           ,
           when
           he
           speaks
           truth
           ,
           does
           it
           by
           Divine
           Impulse
           ;
           't
           is
           not
           his
           being
           the
           Father
           of
           Lies
           that
           will
           evacuate
           a
           Truth
           ;
           and
           therefore
           let
           the
           malice
           of
           our
           Adversaries
           urge
           what
           it
           can
           ,
           Truth
           is
           Truth
           in
           spight
           of
           Hell.
           In
           fine
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           Plot
           ,
           a
           Plot
           of
           many
           years
           standing
           ,
           assisted
           and
           encouraged
           by
           a
           Conjunction
           of
           Popish
           Interest
           throughout
           all
           Christendom
           ;
           the
           total
           extirpation
           ,
           ruine
           and
           murder
           both
           of
           Man
           ,
           Woman
           and
           Child
           threatn'd
           ,
           intended
           ,
           and
           resolved
           on
           ;
           and
           shall
           we
           not
           believe
           there
           's
           a
           Plot
           ?
           for
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           think
           it
           a
           necessary
           Article
           to
           be
           inserted
           in
           my
           Creed
           ;
           it
           being
           certain
           ,
           that
           nothing
           but
           a
           mistrust
           of
           it
           can
           prevent
           the
           due
           effect
           which
           the
           Discovery
           should
           have
           upon
           the
           Publick
           :
           I
           am
           so
           satisfied
           and
           convinced
           from
           all
           outward
           Circumstances
           of
           the
           real
           existence
           of
           a
           Plot
           ,
           that
           I
           'le
           suffer
           my self
           to
           believe
           all
           Impossibilities
           ,
           rather
           than
           be
           perswaded
           there
           is
           none
           .
           I
           passionately
           repeat
           once
           more
           ,
           and
           lay
           it
           home
           to
           your
           Consciences
           ,
           That
           Dr.
           Oates
           and
           Mr.
           Bedloe
           are
           Mediums
           and
           Pipes
           
           employed
           by
           the
           Almighty
           to
           convey
           the
           Knowledge
           of
           this
           Master-piece
           of
           Villany
           to
           us
           :
           I
           have
           demonstrated
           this
           ,
           leo
           any
           Man
           prove
           the
           contrary
           ;
           for
           unless
           you
           pronounce
           John
           an
           Impostor
           ,
           I
           am
           in
           the
           right
           ;
           you
           cannot
           without
           Atheism
           deny
           the
           Antecedent
           ,
           ergò
           you
           must
           own
           the
           Sequel
           ;
           from
           whence
           will
           follow
           this
           Corollary
           ;
           If
           you
           believe
           not
           these
           Witnesses
           ,
           Dr.
           Oates
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           Bedloe
           ,
           the
           Prophets
           you
           have
           now
           with
           you
           ,
           
             neither
             would
             you
             believe
             one
             though
             he
             rose
             from
             the
             Dead
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .