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           A
           Further
           DISCOVERY
           OF
           THE
           PLOT
           ,
           Drawn
           from
           the
           NARRATIVE
           AND
           DEPOSITIONS
           OF
           Dr.
           Titus
           Oates
           :
           And
           Fairly
           Submitted
           to
           the
           Consideration
           of
           all
           Indifferent
           Readers
           .
        
         
           No
           man
           so
           blinde
           as
           he
           that
           will
           not
           see
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Henry
             Brome
          
           at
           the
           Gun
           in
           S.
           Pauls
           Church-yard
           ,
           1680
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           Farther
           Discovery
           of
           the
           PLOT
           .
        
         
           AS
           it
           cannot
           be
           deny'd
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           Kings
           Witnesses
           have
           ventur'd
           as
           far
           ,
           and
           done
           as
           much
           as
           men
           could
           do
           ,
           (
           under
           their
           Circumstances
           )
           to
           make
           out
           the
           Truth
           of
           a
           Damnable
           ,
           and
           
             Hellish
             Popish
             Plot
          
           upon
           the
           Life
           of
           his
           
             Sacred
             Majesty
          
           ,
           our
           Religion
           and
           
             Civil
             Government
          
           :
           So
           neither
           must
           it
           be
           deny'd
           ,
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           Justice
           and
           Wisdom
           of
           this
           Nation
           have
           emprov'd
           all
           Discoveries
           ,
           by
           the
           strictest
           Inquisition
           ,
           and
           scrutiny
           imaginable
           ;
           and
           done
           all
           that
           was
           possible
           also
           toward
           the
           suppressing
           of
           the
           Conspiracy
           ,
           by
           the
           highest
           Instances
           of
           Political
           zeal
           and
           Rigour
           .
           Insomuch
           ,
           that
           after
           so
           many
           Priests
           and
           Jesuits
           ,
           and
           other
           Leading
           men
           of
           that
           Party
           removed
           by
           the
           stroke
           of
           
             Publique
             Justice
          
           ;
           so
           many
           of
           them
           under
           Confinement
           ;
           so
           many
           more
           reduced
           to
           shift
           for
           themselves
           
             beyond
             the
             Seas
          
           ,
           beside
           the
           severe
           Penalties
           of
           the
           Law
           upon
           the
           rest
           ,
           with
           all
           sorts
           of
           Encouragement
           ,
           both
           for
           their
           detection
           and
           punishment
           :
           After
           all
           this
           care
           taken
           (
           I
           say
           )
           to
           tear
           up
           the
           accursed
           Plot
           by
           the
           Root
           ,
           We
           are
           yet
           assured
           ,
           that
           (
           all
           this
           notwithstanding
           )
           the
           Plot
           is
           still
           carried
           on
           with
           Confidence
           ,
           and
           Vigour
           .
           And
           this
           we
           have
           ,
           even
           from
           those
           very
           Persons
           themselves
           that
           formerly
           wrought
           in
           the
           same
           Mine
           with
           the
           Conspirators
           ;
           till
           through
           the
           Grace
           of
           a
           better
           Light
           they
           came
           to
           govern
           themselves
           by
           other
           Measures
           .
           This
           is
           a
           truth
           no
           more
           to
           be
           doubted
           ,
           then
           that
           of
           the
           Plot
           it
           self
           ;
           which
           has
           stood
           the
           Tryall
           of
           so
           many
           Solemn
           and
           
             Publique
             Tests
          
           :
           Beside
           that
           we
           have
           the
           same
           Authority
           for
           the
           One
           as
           for
           the
           Other
           ;
           only
           the
           Circumstances
           not
           being
           brought
           into
           Proof
           ,
           the
           matter
           of
           Fact
           lies
           a
           little
           more
           in
           the
           Dark
           .
        
         
           
             Whether
             or
             no
             the
          
           Plot
           
             goes
             on
             still
          
           ,
           after
           all
           this
           Havock
           made
           of
           the
           Papists
           ,
           is
           the
           Common
           subject
           of
           every
           
             Coffee-house
             Discourse
          
           .
           They
           that
           must
           be
           presum'd
           to
           know
           best
           ,
           are
           of
           opinion
           that
           it
           does
           ;
           and
           those
           that
           are
           upon
           the
           Negative
           ,
           reason
           the
           point
           after
           this
           manner
           .
           What
           ?
           (
           say
           they
           )
           
             Is
             it
             a
          
           Plot
           
             that
             will
             work
             without
             hands
             ?
             Where
             are
             the
          
           Papists
           ,
           the
           Instruments
           
             that
             should
             drive
             it
             on
             ?
             Are
             they
             in
             the
          
           Aire
           or
           under
           Ground
           ;
           
             or
             are
             they
          
           Invisible
           ?
           
             For
             as
             they
             are
             now
             dispers'd
             ,
             and
             broken
             ,
             (
             beside
             the
             Terrour
             that
             overawes
             them
             )
             there
             are
             at
             least
          
           three
           Thousand
           Protestants
           ,
           
             in
             sight
             ,
             to
          
           one
           Papist
           .
           But
           do
           they
           ask
           where
           they
           are
           ,
           because
           we
           cannot
           see
           them
           ?
           Why
           do
           they
           not
           rather
           ask
           where
           they
           are
           Not
           ?
           because
           they
           may
           be
           any
           where
           ,
           and
           we
           not
           know
           them
           :
           For
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           been
           told
           by
           persons
           of
           Great
           Quality
           ,
           they
           'l
           indue
           all
           shapes
           ,
           and
           Exercise
           all
           Professions
           .
           They
           speak
           of
           
             one
             Jesuit
          
           that
           cry'd
           
             work
             for
             a
             Cooper
          
           ;
           another
           that
           wrought
           upon
           the
           Trade
           of
           a
           
             Shoomaker
             ;
             Priests
          
           in
           
             Red
             coats
          
           Innumerable
           :
           And
           it
           is
           observ'd
           that
           upon
           the
           bringing
           of
           the
           Late
           Plot
           to
           Light
           ,
           all
           the
           little
           Frenchmen
           with
           their
           Marionets
           or
           Puppet-shows
           vanish'd
           in
           a
           trice
           :
           which
           gave
           a
           suspition
           
           that
           they
           were
           only
           a
           kind
           of
           
             Itinerant
             Agents
          
           for
           the
           Faction
           :
           To
           say
           nothing
           of
           their
           skill
           and
           Industry
           ,
           in
           the
           managing
           of
           all
           our
           Divisions
           ,
           and
           discontents
           ,
           to
           the
           advantage
           of
           their
           own
           Party
           .
           These
           are
           stories
           (
           I
           know
           )
           that
           are
           much
           more
           easily
           Contradicted
           ,
           then
           Prov'd
           :
           and
           therefore
           without
           laying
           any
           stresse
           at
           all
           upon
           
             Common
             Fame
          
           ,
           or
           Hearsay
           ,
           I
           shall
           now
           apply
           my self
           to
           
             that
             farther
             Discovery
             of
             the
             Plot
             ,
          
           which
           I
           have
           promis'd
           in
           my
           Title
           ;
           and
           support
           my
           undertaking
           ,
           upon
           the
           Authority
           of
           Dr.
           Oates
           himself
           ;
           with
           a
           respect
           both
           to
           the
           Validity
           of
           his
           Testimony
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           weight
           of
           his
           Observations
           ;
           being
           a
           Person
           that
           hath
           dived
           deeper
           into
           the
           Mystery
           of
           this
           Iniquity
           (
           with
           favour
           of
           the
           rest
           )
           then
           any
           other
           man.
           
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           Hellish
           Design
           upon
           the
           Life
           of
           our
           Gracious
           Sovereign
           ,
           by
           
             Pistol
             ,
             Sword
          
           ,
           or
           Poyson
           ,
           we
           hope
           that
           the
           Neck
           of
           that
           
             Particular
             Plot
          
           is
           broken
           ,
           to
           all
           Intents
           and
           purposes
           :
           But
           we
           are
           beholden
           also
           to
           Dr.
           Oates
           for
           the
           Discovery
           of
           Other
           and
           of
           
             Farther
             Plots
          
           that
           are
           still
           carry'd
           on
           by
           the
           same
           restlesse
           Party
           ;
           tending
           to
           the
           defaming
           of
           his
           
             Majesties
             Person
          
           ,
           and
           Government
           ;
           the
           Subversion
           of
           our
           
             Establish'd
             Religion
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Disturbance
           of
           the
           
             Publick
             Peace
          
           .
           So
           that
           unless
           the
           remaining
           ,
           and
           the
           still
           growing
           Difficulties
           ,
           and
           Hazzards
           be
           encounter'd
           with
           Timely
           and
           
             Effectual
             Remedies
          
           ,
           the
           work
           of
           our
           Deliverance
           is
           but
           half
           done
           ,
           and
           we
           shall
           yet
           run
           a
           risque
           of
           being
           ruin'd
           at
           last
           even
           in
           the
           very
           Port.
           
        
         
           Dr.
           Oates
           
             tells
             us
             in
             his
          
           Narrative
           ,
           Printed
           by
           Authority
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           
             that
             the
             Pope
             ,
             Society
             of
             Jesus
             ,
          
           and
           their
           Confederates
           in
           this
           
             Plot
             ,
             have
             a
             Design
             to
             reduce
          
           England
           ,
           Scotland
           ,
           and
           Ireland
           ,
           
             to
             the
          
           Romish
           Religion
           and
           Obedience
           ,
           
             by
             the
          
           Sword
           :
           Pag.
           63.
           
             which
             they
             hope
             to
             accomplish
             ,
             among
             Other
             means
             ,
          
           by
           disaffecting
           the
           Kings
           best
           Friends
           at
           home
           and
           abroad
           ,
           and
           Subjects
           ,
           against
           his
           Person
           and
           Government
           ;
           charging
           him
           with
           Tyranny
           ,
           and
           Designs
           of
           Oppressing
           ,
           Governing
           by
           the
           Sword
           ,
           and
           without
           Parliaments
           ,
           Pa.
           67.
           
        
         
           By
           Aspersing
           ,
           Deriding
           ,
           Exposing
           ,
           and
           declaiming
           against
           his
           Person
           ,
           Councils
           ,
           and
           Actions
           in
           Parliaments
           ,
           and
           elsewhere
           ,
           by
           Mis-reporting
           ,
           and
           raising
           False
           News
           of
           his
           Affairs
           ;
           by
           disaffecting
           his
           Majesties
           Allyes
           ,
           
             Holland
             ,
             Spain
          
           ,
           the
           
             German
             Emperor
          
           ,
           and
           Princes
           by
           False
           Intelligence
           .
           By
           
             Seditious
             Preachers
          
           ,
           and
           Catechists
           ,
           set
           up
           ,
           sent
           out
           ,
           Maintained
           ,
           and
           directed
           what
           to
           Preach
           in
           their
           Own
           ,
           or
           other
           Private
           ,
           or
           Publick
           Conventicles
           ,
           and
           Field-Meetings
           .
           By
           setting
           up
           false
           pretended
           Titles
           to
           the
           Succession
           of
           the
           Crown
           ;
           and
           Animating
           Different
           Parties
           ,
           one
           against
           another
           ,
           on
           this
           or
           such
           like
           False
           pretences
           ,
           to
           Arm
           and
           put
           the
           People
           in
           blood
           ,
           upon
           the
           Kings
           Death
           .
        
         
           We
           have
           found
           Dr.
           
           Oates's
           Observations
           (
           as
           to
           these
           particulars
           ,
           )
           so
           punctually
           true
           ,
           that
           every
           syllable
           of
           what
           he
           has
           here
           deliver'd
           ,
           is
           from
           point
           to
           point
           ,
           the
           very
           matter
           now
           in
           Agitation
           .
           For
           there
           's
           not
           a
           day
           passes
           without
           a
           Libell
           upon
           his
           Majesties
           
             Authority
             ,
             Administration
             ,
             Designes
          
           ,
           and
           solemn
           Resolutions
           of
           State
           ,
           and
           Council
           ;
           belying
           the
           Condition
           of
           his
           Affairs
           ,
           and
           endeavouring
           to
           create
           Distsrusts
           ,
           and
           Jelousies
           among
           Forreign
           Princes
           ,
           and
           States
           ,
           by
           
             False
             Intelligence
             ;
             animating
          
           ,
           
           and
           Exciting
           of
           
             Turbulent
             Factions
          
           ,
           and
           anticipating
           of
           Confederacies
           ,
           to
           involve
           us
           all
           in
           Blood
           ;
           upon
           a
           Remote
           and
           Undutifull
           SUPPOSITION
           of
           the
           KINGS
           DEATH
           .
           And
           finally
           ,
           we
           have
           Sedition
           Preach'd
           as
           well
           as
           written
           ,
           and
           our
           Conventicles
           both
           instructed
           themselves
           ,
           and
           instructing
           Others
           ,
           in
           the
           Methods
           and
           Principles
           of
           Rebellion
           ,
           this
           may
           suffice
           for
           the
           Doctors
           Judgment
           upon
           the
           present
           State
           of
           things
           ,
           which
           in
           truth
           looks
           liker
           a
           Revelation
           ,
           then
           a
           Conjecture
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           his
           Reflexions
           upon
           the
           Interest
           which
           the
           Papists
           had
           in
           our
           Past
           troubles
           ;
           these
           are
           his
           words
           in
           his
           Preface
           to
           the
           aforesaid
           Narrative
           .
        
         
           
             Who
             beside
             these
             were
             the
             First
             Authours
             and
             Contrivers
             of
             the
             late
             Unnatural
             War
             ,
             by
             their
             Known
             Diabolical
             Art
             of
             enflaming
             Parties
             ,
             and
             Passions
             against
             each
             other
             ?
             And
          
           (
           addressing
           to
           the
           King
           )
           
             of
             your
             Royal
             Fathers
             Unspeakable
             sufferings
             ,
             and
             Barbarous
             Usage
             ?
             It
             was
             these
             that
             brought
             him
             to
             his
             End
             ,
             and
             flourish'd
             Swords
             ,
             and
             Trumpets
             over
             his
             dead
             Body
             ,
             whom
             they
             durst
             not
             approach
             when
             Living
             .
             The
          
           Putney
           Projectours
           (
           says
           he
           )
           
             were
             in
             most
             ,
             if
             not
             all
             the
             Councils
             ,
             that
             contriv'd
             his
             Ruine
             .
             What
             broke
             the
          
           Uxbridge
           Treaty
           ,
           
             but
             the
          
           Romish
           Interest
           ,
           and
           Policy
           ?
           
             Who
             continu'd
             to
             baffle
             all
             designs
             of
             Peace
             ,
             and
             Settlement
             to
             this
             Nation
             ,
             and
             Prosperity
             to
             his
             Majesties
             Family
             ,
             but
          
           those
           Incendiaries
           ,
           Milton
           
             was
             a
             known
             frequenter
             of
             a
          
           Popish
           Club
           ;
           
             who
             more
             forward
             to
             set
             up
          
           Cromwell
           ,
           
             and
             to
             put
             the
             Crown
             of
             our
             Kings
             upon
             his
             Head
             ,
          
           thenPapists
           ?
           
             And
             his
             new
             fangled
             Government
             was
             contriv'd
             by
             a
          
           Popish
           Priest
           ;
           and
           Lambert
           a
           Papist
           ,
           
             for
             above
          
           theseThirty
           years
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           inserted
           these
           Passages
           as
           a
           Curiosity
           in
           the
           History
           of
           those
           times
           ;
           which
           may
           perhaps
           have
           escap'd
           other
           men
           as
           well
           as
           my self
           .
           For
           though
           I
           never
           made
           any
           Question
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           as
           it
           stands
           Established
           by
           Law
           ,
           in
           the
           Purity
           of
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           the
           Venerable
           Sobriety
           of
           Discipline
           ,
           was
           ever
           an
           
             Eye
             sore
          
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ;
           yet
           I
           was
           of
           Opinion
           too
           ,
           that
           a
           Licentious
           Vein
           of
           Ambition
           and
           Sch●sm
           among
           our selves
           ,
           had
           carry'd
           a
           great
           stroke
           also
           in
           that
           
             Fatal
             Revol●tion
          
           .
           But
           however
           ,
           this
           is
           a
           point
           wherein
           a
           man
           may
           without
           loss
           of
           Honour
           ,
           or
           Credit
           ,
           admit
           the
           possibility
           of
           his
           being
           in
           a
           Mistake
           .
           Wherefore
           we
           shall
           now
           (
           with
           the
           Doctors
           Leave
           )
           advance
           to
           plain
           matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           whereupon
           we
           have
           his
           Deposition
           ;
           the
           only
           Case
           wherein
           a
           man
           may
           ,
           without
           Vanity
           pronounce
           himself
           within
           a
           degree
           of
           Infallible
           .
        
         
           
             We
             finde
             Pag.
             8.
             that
             Richard
             Nicholas
             Blundell
          
           had
           every
           day
           in
           the
           Week
           his
           several
           places
           in
           the
           City
           of
           London
           ,
           where
           he
           taught
           the
           Youth
           Treasonable
           ,
           and
           Malicious
           Doctrine
           ,
           against
           the
           Interest
           ,
           and
           Person
           of
           his
           Sacred
           Majesty
           .
        
         
           
             Also
             (
             Pag.
             25.
             )
             that
             Richard
             Ashby
          
           had
           a
           Conference
           for
           the
           sending
           of
           New
           Messengers
           into
           Scotland
           ,
           to
           promote
           the
           Commotions
           there
           ;
           and
           to
           inform
           the
           People
           ,
           of
           the
           great
           Tyranny
           they
           did
           ly
           under
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           their
           being
           deny'd
           the
           Liberty
           of
           their
           Conscience
           ;
           and
           that
           not
           being
           to
           be
           procured
           but
           by
           the
           sword
           ,
           they
           must
           take
           that
           Course
           to
           purchase
           their
           Liberty
           :
           By
           which
           means
           (
           sayd
           the
           Fathers
           thus
           Assembled
           )
           we
           shall
           weaken
           both
           the
           Presbyterian
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Episcopal
             Faction
          
           .
           At
           which
           Conference
           ,
           the
           DEPONENT
           
           was
           PRESENT
           ,
           and
           heard
           the
           Words
           .
        
         
           And
           again
           ,
           
             Two
             Messengers
             were
             sent
          
           intoScotland
           ,
           
             One
             by
             the
             Name
             of
          
           Father
           Moore
           ,
           
             and
             the
             Other
             by
             the
             Name
             of
          
           Father
           Saunders
           alias
           Brown
           ,
           
             with
             Instructions
             to
             carry
             themselves
             like
             NON-CONFORMIST
             MINISTERS
             ;
             and
             to
          
           Preach
           
             to
             the
          
           Disaffected
           Scots
           ,
           
             the
             Necessity
             of
             taking
             up
             the
             Sword
             for
             the
             Defence
          
           ofLiberty
           
           ofConscience
           .
           These
           
             the
             DEPONENT
             saw
          
           Dispatch'd
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           Take
           notice
           ,
           in
           the
           First
           place
           ,
           that
           here
           's
           a
           Designe
           carry'd
           on
           for
           the
           Destruction
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           the
           Embroyling
           of
           the
           
             Government
             .
             Secondly
          
           ,
           the
           pretence
           of
           the
           Quarrel
           is
           to
           be
           matter
           of
           Liberty
           and
           
             Conscience
             .
             Thirdly
          
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           be
           promoted
           by
           
             Popish
             Emissaries
          
           ,
           in
           the
           Councils
           ,
           and
           Conventicles
           of
           the
           
             Non-Conformists
             .
             Fourthly
          
           ,
           the
           means
           by
           which
           the
           Papists
           propound
           to
           compass
           their
           Ends
           ,
           are
           by
           making
           Interests
           with
           the
           Separatists
           ,
           under
           the
           Disguise
           of
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           Teachers
           ,
           respectively
           of
           the
           several
           Parties
           they
           have
           to
           do
           withall
           .
           And
           Fifthly
           ,
           Let
           me
           recommend
           this
           Particular
           to
           your
           
             Special
             Remark
          
           ,
           that
           Dr.
           Oates
           ,
           throughout
           the
           whole
           Course
           of
           his
           Depositions
           ,
           charges
           no
           part
           of
           the
           
             Popish
             Design
          
           upon
           any
           Intelligence
           ,
           or
           Communication
           with
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ;
           but
           makes
           it
           only
           to
           be
           a
           practice
           upon
           the
           Dissenters
           from
           the
           
             English
             Communion
          
           ,
           to
           transport
           them
           into
           Tumults
           ,
           and
           Distempers
           against
           both
           Church
           and
           State.
           
        
         
           We
           have
           here
           in
           few
           words
           ,
           a
           Scheme
           of
           the
           whole
           business
           ;
           Here
           's
           the
           Designe
           ,
           the
           Pretext
           ,
           the
           Instruments
           and
           the
           Methods
           :
           and
           upon
           the
           whole
           matter
           ,
           here
           is
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           acquitted
           ,
           as
           to
           any
           point
           of
           
             unwarrantable
             affinity
          
           with
           the
           Principles
           or
           Practises
           of
           the
           Church
           
             of
             Rome
          
           ;
           however
           that
           
             Testy
             Frenchman
          
           is
           pleas'd
           to
           speculate
           in
           
             his
             Fanatical
             Reve'ryes
          
           upon
           our
           approaches
           to
           That
           Communion
           :
           Wherein
           it
           may
           be
           a
           Question
           ,
           whether
           he
           is
           more
           out
           in
           his
           History
           ,
           or
           in
           his
           Morals
           .
           We
           are
           ,
           in
           short
           ,
           very
           much
           obliged
           to
           the
           Doctor
           ,
           for
           clearing
           our
           Church
           to
           all
           Gainsayers
           ,
           from
           those
           obloquies
           which
           by
           both
           the
           Extremes
           are
           indifferently
           cast
           upon
           us
           .
        
         
           It
           must
           not
           be
           any
           longer
           a
           supposition
           ,
           that
           which
           Dr.
           Oates
           has
           given
           us
           his
           Oath
           for
           ;
           so
           that
           taking
           it
           for
           granted
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           such
           a
           Project
           on
           foot
           ,
           that
           the
           Papists
           are
           in
           the
           bottom
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           that
           it
           is
           promoted
           by
           the
           Sectaries
           ,
           only
           as
           
             Passive
             Agents
          
           that
           are
           blindly
           bringing
           about
           the
           others
           ends
           :
           the
           Question
           is
           now
           how
           the
           Government
           may
           fairly
           discriminate
           the
           Protestants
           from
           the
           Papists
           ;
           being
           so
           blended
           in
           their
           Interest
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           in
           their
           Councils
           ;
           and
           mask'd
           under
           such
           Resemblances
           ,
           the
           One
           ,
           of
           the
           Other
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           not
           easily
           to
           be
           distinguished
           .
           It
           cannot
           be
           expected
           that
           a
           pretending
           Protestant
           shall
           own
           himself
           to
           be
           a
           Papist
           ;
           so
           that
           there
           's
           no
           believing
           any
           man
           in
           the
           Case
           .
           And
           then
           the
           Epithete
           of
           a
           
             Reputed
             so
             or
             so
          
           ,
           is
           so
           slender
           an
           Evidence
           ,
           that
           many
           a
           Reputed
           Papist
           is
           found
           to
           be
           a
           
             True
             Protestant
          
           ,
           and
           many
           a
           
             Reputed
             Protestant
          
           as
           true
           a
           Papist
           .
           The
           known
           and
           Legall
           Expedient
           which
           has
           been
           hitherto
           found
           Competent
           enough
           to
           answer
           the
           Reason
           and
           Intent
           of
           State
           ,
           is
           the
           Test
           of
           the
           
             Two
             Oaths
          
           of
           Allegiance
           and
           Supremacy
           :
           and
           yet
           this
           very
           provision
           will
           not
           reach
           all
           cases
           :
           For
           there
           are
           many
           Papists
           that
           will
           Take
           them
           without
           any
           difficulty
           ;
           and
           there
           are
           severall
           that
           call
           themselves
           Protestants
           ,
           that
           
           will
           as
           obstinately
           refuse
           them
           .
           Now
           though
           the
           
             Latter
             (
             Primo
             Eliz.
          
           )
           was
           a
           
             Provision
             for
             the
             abolishing
             of
             Foreign
             Power
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Former
             (
             Tertio
             Iac.
          
           )
           an
           Act
           for
           the
           discovering
           and
           repressing
           of
           
             Popish
             Recusants
          
           ;
           the
           Scope
           and
           Equity
           yet
           of
           Both
           these
           Provisions
           has
           a
           regard
           to
           the
           securing
           of
           the
           Government
           against
           any
           sort
           of
           people
           ,
           and
           against
           any
           Pretensions
           whatsoever
           :
           So
           that
           whoever
           Refuses
           ,
           upon
           a
           
             Lawfull
             Tender
          
           ,
           to
           take
           these
           Oathes
           ,
           he
           's
           a
           Papist
           in
           the
           eye
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           let
           his
           Perswasion
           be
           what
           it
           will
           :
           For
           it
           is
           the
           only
           Priviledge
           of
           Omniscience
           to
           reade
           the
           Heart
           :
           or
           if
           (
           for
           discourse
           sake
           )
           we
           should
           suppose
           him
           to
           be
           no
           Papist
           ,
           he
           is
           yet
           in
           the
           prospect
           of
           
             Common
             Reason
          
           ,
           liable
           to
           that
           Imposition
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           exacted
           as
           a
           Proof
           of
           his
           Allegiance
           ,
           not
           of
           his
           Faith
           ;
           and
           men
           of
           
             Different
             Judgements
          
           in
           Religion
           may
           yet
           agree
           in
           
             Common
             Principles
          
           of
           Disloyalty
           .
        
         
           And
           then
           again
           ,
           there
           's
           no
           appealing
           in
           this
           Case
           from
           the
           Prudence
           and
           Caution
           of
           the
           Law
           (
           which
           is
           allways
           presum'd
           to
           intend
           the
           
             Common
             Good
          
           )
           to
           the
           Testimony
           of
           a
           Friend
           or
           Neighbour
           in
           favour
           of
           a
           Recusation
           .
           For
           the
           Law
           is
           a
           
             General
             Rule
          
           ,
           that
           takes
           no
           notice
           of
           any
           Exceptions
           to
           it
           .
           The
           Law
           requires
           me
           to
           
             Take
             These
             Oaths
          
           in
           proof
           of
           my
           Allegiance
           to
           the
           Government
           ;
           and
           my
           answer
           is
           ,
           
             that
             I
             am
             a
             very
             Honest
             man
             ,
             but
             I
             cannot
             take
             them
             .
          
           What
           is
           this
           to
           the
           Law
           ,
           that
           takes
           no
           Cognizance
           of
           my
           Honesty
           ,
           but
           of
           my
           Obedience
           ?
           And
           this
           Rule
           holds
           in
           Common
           ,
           as
           well
           to
           the
           Papist
           as
           to
           the
           
             Protestant
             Recusant
          
           ;
           They
           both
           vouch
           for
           their
           own
           Loyalty
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           they
           do
           both
           of
           them
           Refuse
           to
           comply
           with
           the
           Law.
           The
           Common
           way
           of
           Reply
           in
           this
           Case
           ,
           is
           to
           cast
           it
           in
           a
           mans
           Teeth
           ;
           
             But
             what
             ?
             will
             you
             make
             no
             difference
             betwixt
             a
          
           Papist
           
             that
             refuses
             and
             a
          
           Protestant
           ?
           Yes
           ,
           I
           would
           ,
           if
           you
           would
           but
           shew
           me
           how
           I
           may
           certainly
           know
           the
           One
           from
           the
           Other
           .
           Who
           knows
           not
           that
           
             Interest
             governs
             the
             World
          
           ?
           and
           that
           for
           Reasons
           best
           known
           to
           themselves
           ,
           he
           that
           is
           a
           Protestant
           in
           his
           heart
           may
           be
           induced
           rather
           to
           appear
           a
           Papist
           ;
           and
           the
           Other
           ,
           though
           a
           Papist
           in
           
             his
             heart
          
           ,
           may
           find
           it
           his
           Interest
           yet
           to
           seem
           a
           Protestant
           ?
           But
           we
           'l
           yield
           that
           Point
           too
           ;
           and
           put
           the
           Case
           ,
           that
           the
           Law
           should
           be
           relax'd
           ,
           on
           the
           behalf
           of
           any
           man
           living
           ,
           Does
           not
           This
           open
           a
           Gap
           (
           let
           him
           be
           never
           so
           Honest
           )
           to
           the
           admittance
           of
           ten
           Thousand
           men
           that
           may
           plead
           Honesty
           too
           ,
           and
           yet
           betray
           their
           Duties
           ?
           And
           is
           it
           not
           better
           then
           ,
           that
           some
           few
           particulars
           should
           suffer
           by
           keeping
           firm
           to
           the
           Law
           ,
           then
           that
           the
           whole
           should
           be
           endanger'd
           by
           Remitting
           it
           ?
           so
           that
           there
           is
           neither
           Reason
           nor
           Safety
           ,
           nor
           Equity
           ,
           in
           such
           a
           Relaxation
           ,
           nor
           any
           regard
           of
           
             Common
             Justice
          
           and
           Duty
           in
           demanding
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           what
           if
           it
           be
           said
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           the
           
             Thing
             Sworn
          
           ,
           but
           the
           
             Oath
             it self
          
           ,
           that
           is
           Scrupled
           ?
           and
           that
           there
           are
           several
           sorts
           of
           Perswasions
           that
           will
           not
           bear
           any
           swearing
           at
           all
           ?
           This
           I
           must
           confess
           ,
           is
           a
           Case
           somewhat
           nice
           ,
           and
           unhappy
           ,
           to
           those
           people
           that
           are
           so
           straight-lac'd
           in
           that
           Particular
           :
           But
           then
           ,
           on
           the
           Other
           side
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           the
           Government
           the
           most
           dangerous
           of
           all
           Pretensions
           ,
           and
           lets
           in
           all
           the
           Priests
           and
           Jesuits
           in
           Nature
           ,
           under
           That
           Colour
           .
           So
           that
           now
           take
           it
           both
           ways
           ;
           If
           the
           Law
           be
           partially
           Executed
           ,
           the
           Jesuits
           and
           Priests
           will
           shelter
           themselves
           under
           
             That
             Indulgence
          
           :
           Or
           ,
           if
           the
           Law
           should
           be
           suspended
           ,
           out
           of
           a
           respect
           to
           those
           that
           would
           be
           thought
           to
           make
           a
           Conscience
           of
           an
           
           Oath
           ,
           the
           Priests
           would
           all
           flow
           into
           
             Those
             Parties
          
           that
           should
           be
           exempted
           from
           
             this
             Test
          
           ,
           and
           carry
           on
           their
           Designes
           without
           either
           Triall
           or
           danger
           .
        
         
           Now
           to
           wind
           up
           this
           Discourse
           ,
           in
           a
           plain
           and
           clear
           Dilemma
           .
           It
           must
           be
           granted
           ,
           either
           that
           the
           
             Papists
             have
          
           a
           Design
           upon
           the
           
             King
             ,
             Religion
          
           ,
           and
           Government
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           advance
           it
           by
           acting
           the
           Parts
           of
           
             Quakers
             ,
             Anabaptists
             ,
             Presbyterians
          
           ,
           and
           
             Other
             Sectaries
          
           ,
           or
           not
           .
           No
           man
           ,
           I
           presume
           will
           dare
           to
           Question
           the
           Truth
           of
           the
           Doctors
           Deposition
           ;
           for
           in
           so
           doing
           he
           would
           imply
           a
           strange
           abuse
           impos'd
           upon
           the
           Nation
           .
           But
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           admitting
           it
           to
           be
           true
           ;
           there
           can
           be
           no
           security
           to
           this
           Government
           ,
           without
           either
           dissolving
           all
           
             separate
             Meetings
          
           ,
           or
           bringing
           all
           Dissenters
           to
           this
           
             Legal
             Test
          
           ;
           for
           otherwise
           ,
           the
           Papists
           have
           all
           sorts
           of
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           Security
           in
           herding
           themselves
           among
           the
           Conventicles
           ;
           where
           upon
           the
           beating
           of
           a
           Bush
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           an
           even
           wager
           whether
           you
           start
           a
           Jesuit
           ,
           or
           a
           Fanatick
           .
           And
           in
           effect
           ,
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           there
           is
           not
           much
           difference
           betwixt
           them
           ,
           where
           the
           Jesuit
           plays
           the
           Fanatick
           ,
           and
           the
           Fanatick
           the
           Jesuit
           .
        
         
           If
           the
           main
           assertion
           be
           true
           ,
           there
           's
           no
           way
           of
           finding
           out
           the
           Papists
           ,
           but
           by
           
             this
             Test
          
           :
           and
           the
           
             Dissenters
             themselves
          
           ,
           if
           they
           would
           have
           Popery
           ferretted
           out
           in
           good
           Earnest
           ,
           cannot
           chuse
           but
           encourage
           the
           Proposition
           .
           Either
           they
           
             have
             Priests
          
           among
           them
           or
           they
           have
           not
           :
           If
           they
           have
           ,
           why
           do
           they
           not
           do
           the
           best
           they
           can
           to
           find
           them
           out
           ?
           if
           they
           have
           not
           ,
           why
           do
           they
           say
           they
           have
           ?
           And
           again
           ,
           either
           the
           Non-Conformists
           are
           influenc'd
           by
           the
           Jesuits
           or
           they
           are
           not
           :
           If
           they
           be
           ,
           why
           do
           they
           not
           do
           all
           that
           is
           possible
           toward
           the
           Purging
           of
           their
           Congregations
           ?
           If
           they
           be
           not
           so
           Influenc'd
           ,
           why
           do
           they
           pretend
           that
           they
           are
           ,
           and
           so
           
             set
             the
             Saddle
             upon
             the
             wrong
             Horse
             ?
          
           And
           yet
           again
           ;
           either
           it
           is
           possible
           to
           clear
           their
           Conventicles
           of
           this
           dangerous
           Mixture
           ,
           or
           it
           is
           not
           :
           If
           it
           be
           Possible
           ,
           why
           do
           they
           still
           complain
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           
             do
             nothing
             in
             't
          
           ?
           If
           it
           be
           Impossible
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           way
           of
           
             Extirpating
             Popery
          
           ,
           but
           by
           rooting
           out
           Fanaticism
           .
        
         
           Let
           the
           World
           judge
           now
           ,
           with
           what
           injustice
           ,
           the
           Order
           ,
           and
           the
           Ritualls
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           are
           charg'd
           with
           a
           Tincture
           of
           Superstition
           ,
           and
           Popery
           ,
           when
           upon
           Manifest
           proof
           ,
           the
           
             Calumniators
             themselves
          
           of
           our
           
             Ecclesiastical
             State
          
           are
           ,
           throughout
           the
           
             whole
             Body
          
           of
           them
           ,
           tainted
           with
           this
           Leaven
           .
           We
           are
           now
           come
           to
           the
           Bottom
           of
           the
           
             Popish
             Plot.
             This
             Liberty
             of
             wandering
             from
             the
             Rule
             ,
             is
             the
          
           Trojan
           Horse
           ,
           
             which
             under
          
           a
           Religious
           colour
           ,
           
             we
             have
             entertain'd
             within
             our
          
           Walls
           ;
           with
           Discord
           ,
           and
           Destruction
           
             in
             the
             Belly
             of
             him
          
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           An
           ADVERTISEMENT
           .
        
         
           WHereas
           the
           
             Subjects
             Right
          
           of
           Petitioning
           has
           been
           of
           Late
           in
           such
           manner
           Asserted
           ,
           as
           if
           his
           Majesty
           had
           
             no
             Right
          
           of
           Refusing
           ,
           this
           is
           to
           Advertise
           ,
           that
           from
           the
           3d
           of
           Ed.
           3.
           to
           Hen.
           8.
           (
           as
           appears
           upon
           the
           
             Parliament
             Rolls
          
           )
           it
           was
           constantly
           the
           First
           thing
           done
           ,
           upon
           the
           opening
           of
           all
           Parliaments
           ,
           after
           the
           Cause
           of
           
             Summons
             declar'd
          
           ,
           to
           appoint
           out
           of
           the
           
             Lords
             Spiritual
          
           ,
           and
           Temporal
           ,
           certain
           Receivers
           ,
           and
           Tryers
           of
           Petitions
           ;
           and
           still
           as
           they
           found
           any
           Petition
           not
           fit
           to
           be
           admitted
           ,
           it
           was
           Rejected
           with
           a
           
             Non
             est
             Petitio
             Parliamenti
          
           ,
           (
           as
           we
           find
           it
           endorsed
           upon
           the
           Rolls
           )
           and
           there
           was
           an
           end
           on
           't
           .
           Note
           ,
           that
           all
           Petitions
           were
           Dedicated
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           many
           Cases
           ,
           when
           the
           Parliament
           had
           not
           time
           to
           go
           thorough
           with
           them
           all
           ,
           the
           King
           referr'd
           diverse
           of
           them
           to
           the
           Chancery
           .
        
         
           Now
           why
           the
           King
           may
           not
           as
           well
           Reject
           a
           
             Petition
             Out
          
           of
           
             Parliament
             ,
             as
          
           In
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           why
           he
           may
           not
           as
           well
           Reject
           it
           by
           Anticipation
           ,
           and
           Prevention
           in
           a
           Previous
           and
           
             Express
             Prohibition
          
           and
           Exception
           to
           the
           Matter
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           afterward
           ,
           is
           a
           point
           worthy
           of
           a
           Resolution
           :
           and
           when
           his
           Majesty
           ever
           lost
           the
           
             One
             Right
          
           ,
           or
           the
           
             Subject
             gain'd
          
           the
           Other
           :
           This
           Postscript
           
             is
             wholly
          
           Forreign
           
             to
             the
          
           Subject
           
             of
             This
          
           Pamphlet
           ,
           
             but
             more
          
           accommodate
           
             to
             the
          
           Season
           .
        
         
           The
           End.