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           Buckingham, George Villiers, -- Duke of, 1628-1687. -- Short discourse upon the reasonableness of men's having a religion.
           Liberty of conscience.
           Religious tolerance -- England.
        
      
    
     
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           CONSIDERATIONS
           Moving
           to
           a
           Toleration
           ,
           AND
           
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
          
           .
           WITH
           ARGUMENTS
           Inducing
           to
           a
           Cessation
           of
           the
           Penal
           Statutes
           against
           all
           DISSENTERS
           Whatever
           ,
           upon
           the
           Account
           of
           RELIGION
           ,
           Occasioned
           by
           an
           Excellent
           Discourse
           upon
           that
           Subject
           ,
           Publish'd
           by
           His
           GRACE
           The
           Duke
           of
           Buckingham
           .
        
         
           
             Humbly
             offered
             to
             the
             Parliament
             at
             their
             next
             Sitting
             at
          
           Westminster
           .
        
         
           
             Tantaene
             animis
             Coelestibus
             Irae
             ?
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             R.
             Hayhurst
          
           ,
           1685.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           The
           Epistle
           Dedicatory
           .
           To
           His
           GRACE
           the
           DUKE
           OF
           Buckingham
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
          
        
         
           T
           Is
           with
           the
           Highest
           Veneration
           due
           to
           Your
           Graces
           Illustrious
           Worth
           and
           Quality
           ,
           that
           I
           presume
           to
           make
           this
           Address
           to
           a
           Person
           of
           Your
           Graces
           Eminence
           and
           Greatness
           .
           And
           indeed
           ,
           the
           only
           Encouragement
           for
           that
           Confidence
           ,
           is
           ,
           That
           this
           Discourse
           is
           onely
           Listed
           under
           Your
           Graces
           Banner
           .
           Your
           Grace
           has
           been
           pleased
           to
           be
           the
           first
           Assertor
           of
           that
           Justice
           ,
           which
           in
           this
           Age
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           wanted
           onely
           so
           Great
           a
           
           Name
           to
           Espouse
           and
           Vindicate
           it
           .
           For
           alas
           ,
           whatever
           (
           tho
           never
           so
           rational
           )
           has
           or
           could
           be
           urged
           in
           the
           Defence
           of
           Christian
           Clemency
           and
           Tenderness
           ,
           by
           any
           less
           Hand
           ,
           would
           have
           been
           overbourn
           by
           the
           present
           Impetuous
           Torrent
           against
           it
           ;
           And
           therefore
           they
           only
           wanted
           so
           uninterested
           a
           Champion
           as
           Your
           Grace
           to
           Patronize
           them
           .
           If
           any
           less
           Person
           had
           attempted
           it
           ,
           presently
           the
           opprobious
           Name
           of
           a
           Non-con
           ,
           or
           a
           Tub-Preacher
           ,
           would
           have
           been
           thrown
           in
           his
           Teeth
           ,
           and
           all
           Reasons
           whatever
           ,
           upon
           a
           Toleration
           ,
           tho
           never
           so
           Convincing
           ,
           would
           have
           been
           instantly
           Blasted
           (
           how
           unjustly
           soever
           )
           with
           the
           Old
           Brand
           of
           Great
           is
           Diana
           of
           Ephesus
           ,
           as
           if
           Publish'd
           ,
           Maintain'd
           ,
           and
           cryed
           up
           only
           for
           the
           Service
           or
           Interest
           of
           a
           Party
           or
           Faction
           .
           But
           Your
           Grace
           has
           the
           happiness
           of
           a
           Station
           and
           Character
           above
           the
           Reach
           of
           so
           feeble
           and
           stingless
           a
           Calumny
           ,
           whilst
           Your
           Generous
           Pen
           has
           been
           pleased
           to
           adapt
           that
           Truth
           which
           Malice
           may
           Snarl
           at
           ,
           but
           cannot
           Bite
           .
        
         
         
           I
           confess
           indeed
           ,
           the
           General
           ,
           nay
           only
           Arguments
           urged
           against
           a
           Toleration
           ,
           is
           that
           Clamorous
           pretence
           ,
           of
           its
           Danger
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           through
           an
           Indulging
           of
           Rebellious
           and
           Antimonarchical
           Principles
           ,
           which
           under
           the
           Mask
           and
           Cover
           of
           Tenderness
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           have
           been
           ,
           or
           may
           be
           diffused
           thro'
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           several
           Republick
           Machinations
           and
           Poysonous
           Designs
           ,
           have
           or
           may
           be
           hatcht
           and
           nourisht
           under
           the
           unhappy
           Consequences
           of
           
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
          
           .
        
         
           And
           truly
           ,
           Persecution
           for
           Dissent
           ,
           in
           matter
           of
           Faith
           ,
           without
           this
           plausible
           Apology
           ,
           would
           not
           have
           so
           much
           as
           a
           Shadow
           of
           Excuse
           to
           Protect
           it
           from
           the
           Infamy
           of
           a
           more
           than
           Pagan
           piece
           of
           Cruelty
           .
           But
           alas
           ,
           this
           weak
           Pretext
           ,
           when
           truly
           and
           duely
           weigh'd
           ,
           will
           quickly
           fall
           to
           the
           Ground
           .
           For
           that
           there
           have
           been
           ,
           and
           may
           be
           again
           ,
           those
           Atheistical
           and
           Diabolical
           persons
           ,
           who
           Villanously
           ,
           under
           the
           Veil
           of
           Religion
           ,
           play
           the
           blackest
           of
           Hypocrites
           ,
           and
           carry
           on
           their
           own
           ambitious
           and
           damnable
           
           Intregues
           ,
           under
           that
           Golden
           Visor
           ,
           is
           a
           most
           undoubted
           and
           too
           sad
           Truth
           .
           But
           is
           that
           a
           sufficient
           Plea
           ,
           why
           those
           ,
           whose
           utmost
           Aime
           is
           the
           Innocent
           Worship
           of
           God
           ,
           untainted
           with
           any
           such
           Disloyal
           Thoughts
           ,
           should
           not
           only
           be
           Loaded
           with
           their
           Reproach
           ,
           and
           Stigmatized
           with
           their
           Brand
           ,
           but
           also
           be
           equally
           involved
           in
           their
           Condemnation
           ,
           viz.
           Fined
           ,
           Harast
           ,
           Imprison'd
           ,
           Beggard
           ,
           and
           Ruin'd
           as
           such
           .
           If
           the
           Government
           has
           had
           Experience
           of
           those
           Antimonarchical
           Principles
           so
           fomented
           ,
           undoubtedly
           that
           Experience
           has
           given
           it
           Discretion
           enough
           to
           prevent
           the
           future
           Effects
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           distinguish
           betwixt
           the
           Guilty
           and
           the
           Innocent
           .
           Let
           every
           Judas
           therefore
           have
           his
           Judas
           Fate
           ;
           which
           may
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           the
           Nation
           and
           Government
           take
           care
           to
           see
           Executed
           :
           And
           those
           that
           urge
           the
           denyal
           of
           a
           Toleration
           from
           their
           Jealousie
           only
           of
           the
           forementioned
           Danger
           ,
           must
           certainly
           suspect
           a
           very
           great
           Imbecility
           in
           the
           Administration
           ,
           that
           can
           find
           no
           better
           Expedient
           ,
           
           then
           rooting
           up
           the
           Flower
           ,
           to
           keep
           the
           Spider
           from
           sucking
           Poyson
           out
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           This
           whole
           Discourse
           therefore
           ,
           being
           absosolutely
           free
           from
           the
           least
           intention
           of
           favouring
           any
           of
           those
           false
           Pretenders
           to
           Religion
           and
           Christianity
           ,
           those
           wicked
           Enemies
           of
           Magistracy
           ,
           the
           Sacred
           Ordinance
           of
           God
           ,
           is
           only
           an
           Endeavour
           to
           evince
           the
           Reasonableness
           of
           a
           Christian
           forbearance
           to
           our
           weak
           Brother
           ,
           purely
           and
           only
           as
           such
           .
           With
           this
           Integrity
           and
           Innocence
           ,
           these
           Considerations
           are
           made
           Publick
           ,
           and
           with
           no
           other
           Recommendation
           durst
           the
           unknown
           Author
           lay
           himself
           at
           Your
           Graces
           Feet
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           CONSIDERATIONS
           Moving
           to
           a
           TOLERATION
           ,
           AND
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             CONSIDERATION
             I.
             
          
           
             IT
             is
             not
             the
             Will
             of
             the
             Great
             and
             Wise
             God
             ,
             to
             appoint
             any
             Forcible
             Ways
             or
             Courses
             to
             bring
             Men
             and
             Women
             to
             Conform
             to
             his
             Worship
             :
             But
             Christ
             was
             pleased
             to
             Commissionate
             his
             Apostles
             (
             to
             whom
             he
             committed
             the
             Keyes
             of
             his
             Church
             )
             to
             Preach
             and
             Declare
             the
             Christian
             Doctrine
             :
             And
             they
             that
             succeed
             them
             in
             their
             Office
             ,
             are
             not
             by
             Might
             or
             by
             Power
             ,
             but
             by
             gentle
             Invitation
             ,
             and
             the
             influence
             of
             his
             kind
             Spirit
             ,
             to
             inform
             the
             Judgment
             ,
             convince
             the
             Conscience
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             perswade
             the
             Children
             of
             Men
             to
             be
             Reconciled
             unto
             God.
             And
             who
             is
             Man
             that
             he
             should
             take
             another
             Course
             ,
             and
             will
             not
             rest
             in
             God's
             Wisdome
             ?
             
               Now
               we
               are
               Ambassadors
               for
               Christ
               ,
               as
               though
               God
               did
               beseech
               you
               through
               us
               ;
               we
               pray
               you
               in
               Christs
               stead
               ,
               be
               ye
               reconciled
               to
               God.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             CONSIDERATION
             II.
             
          
           
             THe
             using
             outward
             Compulsion
             in
             matters
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             does
             only
             serve
             to
             make
             Men
             Hypocrites
             ,
             but
             works
             no
             saving
             Conversion
             .
             If
             Men
             conform
             to
             any
             Worship
             or
             way
             thereof
             ,
             with
             an
             unwilling
             Mind
             ,
             they
             cannot
             serve
             God
             aright
             ,
             though
             the
             Worship
             be
             Right
             ,
             because
             the
             Heart
             of
             the
             Worshipper
             is
             not
             Right
             .
             God
             calls
             for
             the
             Heart
             ,
             
               My
               Son
               ,
               give
               me
               thy
               Heart
               .
            
             If
             it
             were
             not
             for
             Compulsion
             ,
             the
             Man
             would
             be
             in
             some
             other
             Practice
             or
             Profession
             ;
             and
             when
             he
             Conforms
             only
             to
             save
             his
             Person
             or
             his
             Purse
             ,
             he
             is
             the
             Servant
             of
             Man
             ,
             and
             not
             the
             Servant
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             this
             is
             not
             to
             Save
             his
             Soul.
             
               Not
               by
               Constraint
               ,
               but
               willingly
               ;
               not
               for
               filthy
               lucre
               ,
               but
               a
               ready
               mind
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             CONSIDERATION
             III.
             
          
           
             ALL
             sorts
             of
             Persons
             are
             for
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             for
             themselves
             ,
             even
             those
             that
             are
             most
             Imposing
             upon
             others
             .
             They
             would
             account
             it
             hard
             measure
             to
             be
             constrain'd
             to
             perform
             ,
             or
             forbear
             such
             and
             such
             things
             which
             concern
             their
             Religion
             ,
             or
             to
             suffer
             unproportionable
             Penalties
             .
             And
             why
             should
             not
             the
             Church
             Protestants
             make
             the
             Presbyterians
             ,
             the
             Independents
             ,
             the
             Papists
             case
             their
             own
             in
             this
             Point
             ,
             seeing
             they
             are
             all
             Fellow-Christians
             :
             
               Therefore
               ,
               whatsoever
               things
               ye
               would
               that
               Men
               should
               do
               unto
               you
               ,
               do
               ye
               so
               unto
               them
               ,
               for
               this
               is
               the
               Law
               and
               the
               Prophets
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             CONSIDERATION
             IV.
             
          
           
             THe
             good
             Rules
             of
             Humanity
             ,
             and
             common
             Civility
             ,
             which
             is
             carefully
             observed
             in
             smaller
             matters
             ,
             are
             openly
             violated
             ,
             by
             using
             of
             force
             in
             the
             matters
             of
             Conscience
             .
             Men
             abhor
             to
             thrust
             that
             Meat
             and
             Drink
             down
             their
             Neighbours
             Throat
             ,
             which
             will
             not
             agree
             with
             their
             Stomachs
             .
             They
             say
             commonly
             ,
             
               Pray
               take
               that
               which
               best
               likes
               you
               :
            
             and
             why
             are
             they
             not
             as
             civil
             in
             the
             matter
             of
             Religion
             ?
             
               Have
               compassion
               on
               one
               another
               ,
               Love
               as
               Brethren
               ,
               be
               Pitiful
               ,
               be
               Courteous
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             CONSIDERATION
             V.
             
          
           
             THe
             Church
             Protestants
             in
             England
             have
             been
             distressed
             by
             hot
             doings
             heretofore
             in
             the
             Reign
             of
             Queen
             Mary
             ,
             when
             they
             were
             accounted
             Criminals
             for
             not
             conforming
             to
             that
             Worship
             which
             was
             then
             the
             Established
             worship
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             :
             And
             they
             should
             have
             taken
             heed
             before
             now
             of
             what
             they
             did
             ,
             and
             of
             what
             Spirit
             they
             be
             still
             of
             ,
             in
             Prosecuting
             others
             ,
             seeing
             they
             know
             not
             how
             soon
             that
             part
             of
             the
             Wheel
             which
             hath
             been
             ,
             or
             is
             on
             the
             Ground
             ,
             may
             come
             to
             be
             at
             Top
             ,
             and
             fall
             the
             heavier
             on
             them
             upon
             this
             Account
             ,
             
               For
               with
               the
               same
               measure
               Men
               meet
               withal
               ,
               it
               shall
               be
               meeted
               to
               them
               again
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             CONSIDERATION
             VI.
             
          
           
             THe
             Conforming
             and
             Nonconforming
             Protestants
             ,
             and
             the
             Protestants
             and
             Papists
             ,
             all
             do
             agree
             as
             to
             the
             substance
             of
             Christianity
             ,
             in
             the
             same
             Articles
             of
             Faith
             ,
             and
             the
             same
             Rule
             of
             Manners
             ,
             in
             the
             Apostles
             Creed
             ,
             and
             the
             sen
             Commandements
             .
             There
             is
             one
             Body
             ,
             one
             Spirit
             ,
             one
             Lord
             ,
             one
             Faith
             ,
             one
             Baptisme
             .
             As
             a
             variety
             of
             Flowers
             may
             grow
             on
             the
             same
             Bank
             ,
             so
             may
             Protestants
             and
             Papists
             live
             in
             England
             ,
             Union
             in
             Affection
             ,
             is
             not
             inconsistent
             with
             disagreement
             of
             Opinion
             .
             There
             is
             much
             more
             Reason
             to
             love
             one
             another
             for
             the
             many
             things
             wherein
             we
             agree
             ,
             then
             to
             fall
             out
             for
             those
             wherein
             we
             differ
             ;
             and
             though
             we
             cannot
             have
             Communion
             in
             the
             same
             External
             worship
             ,
             we
             can
             and
             have
             Communion
             in
             the
             same
             Internal
             Adoration
             of
             the
             same
             Blessed
             Trinity
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             one
             hope
             of
             our
             Calling
             unto
             Life
             Eternal
             ,
             through
             Jesus
             Christ
             .
             We
             cannot
             come
             together
             in
             the
             same
             Church
             ,
             but
             may
             live
             together
             in
             the
             same
             Land
             ;
             and
             as
             we
             are
             under
             the
             same
             Gracious
             King
             ,
             he
             may
             Protect
             both
             and
             suffer
             no
             Party
             to
             Persecute
             one
             another
             .
             
               The
               Woolf
               shall
               lie
               down
               with
               the
               Lamb
               ,
               the
               Leopard
               with
               the
               Kid
               ,
               they
               shall
               not
               hurt
               nor
               destroy
               in
               all
               my
               Holy
               Mountain
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             CONSIDERATION
             VII
             .
          
           
             THe
             French
             Protestants
             ,
             who
             are
             the
             Dissenters
             from
             the
             Established
             Worship
             of
             that
             Kingdome
             ,
             are
             kindly
             received
             and
             succoured
             by
             England
             .
             And
             when
             the
             French
             King
             is
             highly
             blamed
             by
             English
             Protestants
             ,
             and
             perhaps
             too
             by
             some
             English
             Catholicks
             ,
             for
             Persecuting
             his
             peaceable
             Subjects
             ,
             shall
             we
             do
             the
             same
             things
             in
             our
             Kingdome
             which
             we
             condemn
             in
             another
             ?
             
               Therefore
               art
               thou
               inexcusable
               Man
               ,
               whosoever
               thou
               art
               ,
               for
               thou
               that
               Judgest
               another
               ,
               dost
               the
               same
               things
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             CONSIDERATION
             VIII
             .
          
           
             THe
             Prosecuting
             Dissenters
             and
             Recusants
             for
             matters
             of
             Conscience
             is
             of
             great
             disadvantage
             to
             the
             Trade
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             the
             Dissenters
             being
             a
             chief
             part
             of
             the
             Trading
             People
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             considered
             as
             Merchants
             ,
             Shop-keepers
             ,
             Clothiers
             ,
             Farmers
             ,
             &c.
             by
             which
             many
             Thousands
             of
             the
             Kings
             poor
             Subjects
             are
             maintained
             ,
             and
             consequently
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             must
             be
             a
             most
             effectual
             means
             for
             the
             restoring
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             I
             will
             mention
             a
             Story
             or
             two
             which
             may
             be
             easily
             attested
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             called
             into
             Question
             .
             One
             
               Thomas
               Peard
            
             about
             16
             Years
             since
             of
             
               West
               Dean
            
             near
             Barnstable
             ,
             who
             kept
             many
             Poor
             People
             at
             work
             in
             the
             Cloathing
             Trade
             ,
             was
             Prosecuted
             upon
             the
             Act
             for
             Twenty
             Pound
             a
             Month
             ,
             so
             many
             Months
             for
             not
             coming
             to
             Church
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             forced
             to
             quit
             his
             Habitation
             and
             Imployment
             .
             Upon
             this
             the
             Poor
             People
             of
             many
             Parishes
             go
             a
             Begging
             ,
             and
             the
             numbers
             presently
             were
             so
             great
             ,
             that
             the
             Justices
             were
             fain
             to
             meet
             ,
             and
             consulting
             together
             ,
             conclude
             upon
             it
             to
             get
             the
             Mans
             Fines
             to
             be
             discharged
             .
             This
             being
             done
             ,
             Peard
             returns
             to
             his
             business
             ,
             takes
             the
             Poor
             off
             their
             hands
             ,
             and
             finds
             them
             again
             the
             same
             Living
             .
          
           
             In
             like
             manner
             ,
             about
             14
             Years
             since
             ,
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Sarum
             sends
             forth
             Instructions
             into
             all
             the
             Parishes
             of
             his
             Diocess
             for
             bringing
             them
             to
             Church
             ,
             or
             citing
             them
             to
             his
             Coutt
             .
             There
             were
             Eighty
             Clothiers
             Nonconformists
             of
             several
             Judgments
             in
             the
             County
             of
             Wilts
             ,
             who
             being
             Alarum'd
             by
             this
             Summons
             ,
             think
             of
             withdrawing
             their
             Trade
             ,
             (
             the
             time
             for
             Provision
             of
             their
             Wool
             favouring
             such
             a
             suspention
             )
             but
             considering
             what
             a
             Number
             of
             Poor
             depended
             on
             them
             ,
             some
             Imploying
             500
             ,
             some
             a
             1000
             People
             under
             them
             ,
             who
             were
             capable
             of
             getting
             no
             other
             maintenance
             :
             Besides
             that
             ,
             the
             Farmer
             was
             no
             less
             concerned
             than
             the
             Spinner
             and
             the
             Carder
             ,
             who
             could
             have
             no
             Money
             for
             his
             Wool
             ;
             fearing
             also
             that
             if
             they
             should
             give
             over
             on
             a
             suddain
             ,
             there
             might
             so
             much
             Clamour
             ensue
             as
             might
             turn
             into
             some
             uproar
             ,
             they
             agree
             upon
             sending
             up
             eight
             or
             ten
             of
             their
             sufficient
             Men
             to
             represent
             their
             Case
             to
             the
             King
             and
             Council
             .
             Orders
             are
             taken
             hereupon
             that
             the
             Arch-Bishop
             Writes
             
             to
             the
             Bishop
             to
             desist
             ,
             and
             assurance
             is
             given
             by
             both
             the
             Secretaries
             to
             the
             Clothiers
             for
             their
             safety
             in
             keeping
             on
             their
             Imployment
             .
          
           
             What
             those
             Justices
             and
             what
             the
             Council
             at
             that
             time
             saw
             convenient
             for
             that
             Shire
             ,
             and
             those
             Towns
             ,
             will
             be
             discerned
             (
             I
             doubt
             not
             )
             by
             the
             considerate
             ,
             to
             be
             of
             the
             like
             Emolument
             throughout
             the
             Nation
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             brings
             to
             my
             remembrance
             a
             certain
             Prophesie
             ,
             that
             is
             now
             much
             in
             Mens
             Mouths
             ,
             and
             hath
             been
             going
             for
             Scores
             of
             Years
             ,
             
               That
               after
               Eighty
            
             Five
             ,
             England
             shall
             Thrive
             :
             which
             though
             I
             have
             hitherto
             regarded
             (
             I
             must
             confess
             ,
             )
             when
             I
             have
             heard
             the
             words
             but
             as
             Rhime
             only
             ,
             yet
             if
             it
             shall
             please
             the
             King
             at
             his
             coming
             now
             to
             the
             Throne
             ,
             to
             give
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             to
             his
             People
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             design
             of
             this
             Paper
             ,
             I
             shall
             not
             doubt
             but
             to
             see
             the
             matter
             really
             accomplished
             .
             The
             Riches
             of
             a
             Nation
             are
             the
             Bodies
             of
             Men
             ;
             for
             the
             greatness
             of
             a
             Kingdom
             certainly
             consists
             not
             in
             a
             vast
             continent
             of
             Ground
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             Multitude
             of
             its
             Inhabitants
             ;
             and
             the
             Thriving
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             lyes
             in
             the
             encrease
             of
             Trade
             ,
             Manufacture
             and
             Commerce
             ,
             as
             is
             intimated
             .
             
               An
               Act
               for
               Universal
               Toleration
            
             (
             Stated
             rightly
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             of
             all
             ,
             so
             far
             as
             they
             are
             Tolerable
             ,
             whereof
             the
             Wisdome
             of
             a
             Parliament
             is
             the
             fittest
             Judge
             )
             would
             produce
             both
             these
             ;
             It
             would
             bring
             People
             that
             are
             Persecuted
             in
             our
             Neighbour
             Nations
             about
             their
             Religion
             ,
             to
             England
             ,
             as
             it
             does
             ,
             or
             hath
             done
             to
             Holland
             ;
             and
             they
             must
             bring
             their
             Hands
             and
             Business
             with
             them
             .
             Besides
             ,
             the
             Infinite
             Incouragement
             it
             would
             give
             to
             many
             ,
             who
             now
             keep
             in
             their
             Monys
             ,
             by
             Reason
             of
             their
             Obnoxiousness
             to
             the
             Law
             ,
             which
             they
             would
             bring
             forth
             most
             Industriously
             into
             Imployment
             ,
             as
             soon
             as
             they
             could
             see
             themselves
             safe
             ,
             and
             their
             Consciences
             out
             of
             danger
             .
             
               And
               when
            
             Issachar
             
               saw
               that
               Rest
               was
               good
               ,
               and
               the
               Land
               that
               it
               was
               Pleasant
               ,
               he
               bowed
               his
               Shoulder
               to
               Bear
               ,
               and
               became
               a
               Servant
               unto
               Tribute
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             CONSIDERATION
             IX
             .
          
           
             IT
             hath
             pleased
             our
             most
             Gracious
             Soveraign
             ,
             King
             JAMES
             the
             Second
             (
             whom
             God
             Bless
             with
             a
             gentle
             Mind
             ,
             and
             good
             days
             )
             to
             declare
             to
             his
             Council
             ,
             and
             then
             to
             the
             Nation
             ,
             that
             he
             will
             follow
             
             his
             Deceased
             Brother
             in
             his
             Example
             of
             Clemency
             ,
             which
             we
             may
             hope
             for
             in
             this
             point
             of
             Indulgence
             .
             We
             have
             his
             Royal
             Word
             for
             thus
             much
             ,
             and
             his
             Word
             ,
             we
             all
             hear
             ,
             may
             be
             Presumed
             upon
             ,
             so
             far
             as
             the
             meaning
             may
             be
             Presumed
             .
             I
             do
             not
             therefore
             here
             Presume
             upon
             his
             meaning
             ,
             but
             the
             Clemency
             of
             the
             late
             King
             ,
             and
             Tenderness
             to
             his
             Subjects
             in
             his
             Gracious
             Purposes
             to
             indulge
             them
             in
             the
             point
             of
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             does
             appear
             sufficiently
             to
             all
             Men
             on
             Record
             .
             In
             his
             Declaration
             from
             
               Breda
               ,
               April
            
             1660.
             
             
               We
               do
               declare
               (
               says
               he
               )
               a
               Liberty
               to
               Tender
               Consciences
               ,
               and
               that
               no
               Man
               shall
               be
               disquieted
               ,
               or
               called
               in
               Question
               for
               differences
               in
               Opinion
               ,
               in
               the
               matters
               of
               Religion
               ,
               which
               doth
               not
               disturb
               the
               Peace
               of
               the
               Kingdome
               ;
               and
               that
               We
               shall
               be
               ready
               to
               consent
               to
               such
               an
               Act
               of
               Parliament
               as
               upon
               mature
               deliberation
               shall
               be
               offered
               to
               us
               ,
               for
               the
               full
               granting
               of
               that
               Indulgence
               .
            
          
           
             In
             his
             Declaration
             Dated
             October
             1660.
             
             
               We
               do
               again
               renew
               what
               we
               have
               formerly
               said
               in
               our
               Declaration
               from
               Breda
               ,
               for
               the
               Liberty
               of
               Tender
               Consciences
               .
               That
               no
               Man
               shall
               be
               disquieted
               or
               called
               in
               Question
               for
               differences
               in
               Opinion
               in
               matters
               of
               Religion
               ,
               which
               do
               not
               disturb
               the
               Peace
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               ,
               and
               if
               any
               have
               been
               disturbed
               in
               that
               kind
               since
               our
               Arival
               here
               ,
               it
               hath
               not
               proceeded
               from
               any
               direction
               of
               ours
               .
            
          
           
             At
             the
             opening
             of
             the
             Parliament
             on
             the
             Eighth
             of
             May
             ,
             1661.
             
             
               I
               do
               Value
               my self
               much
               upon
               keeping
               my
               Word
               ,
               and
               upon
               making
               good
               whatsoever
               I
               Promise
               to
               my
               Subjects
               .
            
          
           
             Again
             in
             his
             Speech
             to
             both
             Houses
             on
             July
             the
             8th
             1661.
             
             
               It
               is
               to
               put
               my self
               in
               Mind
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               you
               ,
               that
               I
               (
               I
               think
               so
               often
               as
               I
               come
               to
               you
               )
               mention
               to
               you
               my
               Declaration
               from
               Breda
               ;
               and
               let
               me
               put
               you
               in
               mind
               of
               another
               Declaration
               Published
               by
               your selves
               about
               the
               same
               time
               ,
               which
               I
               am
               perswaded
               made
               mine
               the
               more
               effectual
               ,
               an
               Honest
               ,
               Generous
               ,
               and
               Christian
               Declaration
               ,
               Signed
               by
               the
               most
               Eminent
               .
               Persons
               that
               had
               been
               the
               most
               Eminent
               Sufferers
               ,
               in
               which
               you
               Renounced
               all
               former
               Animosities
               ,
               and
               Memory
               of
               former
               unkindnesses
               :
               And
               my
               Lords
               and
               Gentlemen
               ,
               let
               it
               be
               in
               no
               Mans
               Power
               to
               charge
               Me
               or
               You
               with
               the
               breach
               of
               our
               Words
               or
               Promises
               ,
               which
               can
               never
               be
               a
               good
               Ingredient
               for
               our
               future
               Security
               .
            
          
           
           
             Again
             in
             his
             Declaration
             of
             Decem.
             1662.
             
             
               Concerning
               the
               Non
               performance
               of
               our
               Promises
               ,
               we
               well
               remember
               the
               very
               words
               from
               Breda
               ,
               viz.
               we
               Remember
               well
               the
               Confirmations
               we
               have
               made
               of
               them
               ,
               since
               upon
               several
               occasions
               in
               Parliament
               ,
               and
               as
               all
               these
               things
               are
               still
               fresh
               in
               our
               Memory
               ,
               so
               are
               we
               still
               firm
               in
               the
               Resolution
               of
               performing
               them
               to
               the
               full
               .
               And
               further
               ,
               We
               do
               still
               conceive
               our selves
               so
               far
               engaged
               both
               in
               Honour
               ,
               and
               what
               we
               owe
               to
               the
               Peace
               of
               our
               Dominions
               ,
               which
               we
               Profess
               we
               can
               never
               think
               secure
               whilst
               there
               shall
               be
               a
               colour
               left
               to
               the
               Malitious
               and
               Disaffected
               to
               Inflame
               the
               Minds
               of
               so
               many
               Multitudes
               ,
               upon
               the
               score
               of
               Conscience
               ,
               with
               despair
               of
               ever
               obtaining
               any
               effect
               of
               our
               Promises
               for
               their
               Ease
               .
            
             After
             all
             ,
             we
             have
             his
             Indulging
             Declaration
             indeed
             ,
             for
             fulfilling
             all
             his
             Promises
             ,
             and
             puting
             an
             end
             to
             a
             preceding
             violent
             Prosecution
             of
             the
             Act
             against
             Conventicles
             ,
             March
             1672.
             
          
           
             
               It
               being
               Evident
               ,
               by
               the
               sad
               experience
               of
               Twelve
               Years
               ,
               that
               there
               is
               little
               Fruit
               of
               all
               those
               forcible
               courses
               ;
               we
               think
               our selves
               obliged
               to
               make
               use
               of
               that
               Supream
               Power
               which
               is
               not
               only
               Inherent
               in
               us
               ,
               but
               hath
               been
               declared
               and
               Recognized
               to
               be
               so
               by
               several
               Statutes
               and
               Acts
               of
               Parliament
               ,
               and
               therefore
               do
               now
               accordingly
               Issue
               out
               this
               our
               Declaration
               for
               the
               quieting
               the
               Minds
               of
               our
               good
               Subjects
               in
               these
               points
               ,
               for
               Inviting
               of
               Strangers
               in
               this
               Conjuncture
               to
               come
               and
               Live
               under
               us
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               better
               Incouragement
               of
               all
               ,
               to
               a
               chearful
               following
               their
               Trade
               and
               Callings
               ,
               from
               whence
               we
               hope
               (
               by
               the
               blessing
               of
               God
               )
               to
               have
               many
               good
               and
               happy
               advantages
               to
               our
               Government
               .
            
             There
             are
             many
             Gracious
             Sayings
             here
             might
             be
             added
             upon
             this
             ,
             which
             the
             late
             King
             uttered
             in
             return
             to
             the
             Ministers
             who
             brought
             him
             the
             Thanks
             of
             several
             Counties
             for
             this
             his
             Declaration
             ,
             fit
             to
             be
             Recorded
             ,
             as
             of
             extraordinary
             kindness
             ,
             but
             seeing
             it
             hath
             pleased
             the
             Divine
             Providence
             to
             take
             him
             from
             us
             ,
             who
             should
             have
             made
             them
             good
             ,
             I
             am
             content
             they
             be
             Interred
             with
             him
             .
          
           
             The
             Words
             of
             our
             present
             Soveraign
             are
             I
             am
             sure
             of
             more
             concernment
             now
             to
             us
             ,
             which
             as
             they
             make
             all
             this
             which
             is
             brought
             to
             be
             material
             ,
             and
             for
             which
             the
             whole
             Nation
             is
             Addressing
             him
             with
             their
             Thanks
             (
             among
             whom
             I
             know
             no
             cause
             why
             I
             may
             not
             
             bring
             also
             my
             oblation
             )
             must
             not
             be
             omitted
             .
             
               Since
               it
               hath
               pleased
               Almighty
               God
               to
               place
               me
               in
               this
               Station
               ,
               and
               I
               am
               now
               to
               succeed
               so
               Good
               and
               Gracious
               a
               King
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               so
               very
               kind
               a
               Brother
               ,
               I
               think
               it
               fit
               to
               declare
               to
               you
               ,
               That
               I
               will
               endeavour
               to
               follow
               his
               Example
               ,
               and
               most
               especially
               in
               that
               of
               his
               Clemency
               and
               Tenderness
               to
               his
               People
               .
            
             
               Then
               after
               Five
               Days
            
             Ananias
             
               the
               High
               Priest
               descended
               with
               the
               Elders
               ,
               and
               an
               Orator
               Named
            
             Tertullus
             ,
             
               who
               when
               he
               was
               called
               forth
               ,
            
             spake
             thus
             ,
             
               Seeing
               that
               by
               thee
               we
               enjoy
               great
               Quietness
               ,
               and
               that
               by
               thee
               very
               Worthy
               Deeds
               have
               been
               done
               to
               this
               Nation
               ,
               we
               accept
               it
               always
               and
               in
               all
               places
               ,
               most
               Noble
               Felix
               ,
               with
               all
               Thankfulness
               .
            
          
           
             These
             are
             some
             Reasons
             (
             among
             Multitudes
             )
             that
             fly
             abroad
             for
             Toleration
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             no
             pick'd
             chosen
             ones
             ,
             but
             the
             most
             plain
             and
             obvious
             to
             the
             meanest
             Capacity
             ,
             such
             as
             I
             have
             catch'd
             up
             most
             easily
             ,
             from
             the
             Papers
             only
             of
             two
             ordinary
             Sedulous
             Men
             ;
             the
             one
             of
             them
             having
             had
             Publick
             Imployment
             about
             the
             Wool
             and
             Manufacture
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             and
             so
             is
             Versed
             in
             these
             things
             ;
             the
             other
             having
             got
             ,
             or
             kept
             such
             as
             these
             Publick
             Speeches
             by
             him
             ,
             and
             Collected
             these
             Passages
             to
             my
             Hand
             ,
             only
             I
             have
             changed
             their
             Stile
             ,
             and
             abbreviated
             them
             ,
             to
             avoid
             the
             baldness
             and
             Prolixity
             :
             I
             will
             now
             add
             some
             Testimonies
             for
             the
             same
             thing
             ,
             out
             of
             an
             Author
             of
             another
             Character
             ,
             but
             I
             will
             name
             neither
             one
             nor
             other
             ,
             that
             I
             may
             not
             offend
             them
             or
             any
             body
             .
             And
             these
             Testimonies
             which
             are
             
               Argumentum
               ab
               Authoritate
            
             ,
             shall
             be
             my
             Tenth
             and
             Last
             Consideration
             .
          
        
         
           
             CONSIDERATION
             X.
             
          
           
             IT
             is
             not
             like
             in
             the
             Three
             first
             Centuries
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             that
             any
             thing
             is
             to
             be
             found
             in
             the
             Christian
             writings
             ,
             for
             the
             use
             of
             the
             Sword
             in
             Religion
             ,
             whilst
             themselves
             were
             under
             it
             .
             In
             the
             next
             ensuing
             ,
             we
             have
             
               Constantine
               ,
               Constantius
               ,
               Jovian
               ,
               Valentinian
               ,
               Valens
               ,
               Theodosius
               ,
            
             and
             after
             those
             ,
             Honorius
             and
             Arcadius
             may
             be
             cited
             for
             their
             larger
             Permissions
             ,
             especially
             towards
             the
             Jews
             ,
             by
             those
             that
             will
             be
             at
             the
             pains
             to
             do
             it
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             Year
             386
             ,
             Idacius
             and
             Ithacius
             were
             condemned
             by
             the
             
             Gallican
             Bishops
             for
             being
             Authors
             of
             bringing
             the
             Priscillianists
             to
             Execution
             .
             And
             St.
             Augustine
             no
             doubt
             with
             the
             Fathers
             ,
             generally
             are
             against
             any
             Sanguinary
             Laws
             in
             this
             matter
             .
             
               Nullis
               bonis
               in
               Catholica
               Ecclesia
               hoc
               placet
               ,
               si
               usqus
               ad
               Mortem
               in
               quemquam
               Haereticum
               saeviatur
               .
               Contra
               Or
               sconium
            
             lib.
             3.
             cap.
             50.
             
             Hence
             were
             they
             called
             Ithacians
             ,
             and
             held
             for
             Hereticks
             ,
             who
             maintained
             ,
             That
             those
             who
             erred
             in
             Religion
             ,
             ought
             to
             be
             put
             to
             Death
             .
             And
             it
             is
             observed
             ,
             it
             was
             Dominick
             was
             the
             first
             that
             brought
             up
             the
             Fire
             among
             Christians
             upon
             that
             account
             .
             
               Withdraw
               from
               them
               ,
               avoid
               them
            
             (
             says
             the
             Scripture
             )
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             
               but
               not
               beat
               or
               Persecute
               them
               as
               the
               Heathens
               do
               ,
            
             says
             Ignatius
             .
             For
             
               it
               is
               an
               unheard
               of
               ,
               strange
               kind
               of
               Preaching
               the
               Gospel
            
             (
             says
             
               Gregory
               )
               to
               exact
               Belief
            
             (
             as
             the
             Egyptians
             their
             Bricks
             )
             
               with
               Stripes
               .
               Decere
               arbitramur
            
             (
             says
             Theodosius
             and
             
               Valentinian
               )
               nostrum
               imperium
               subditos
               nostros
               de
               Religione
               commonefacere
            
             ;
             They
             chose
             not
             to
             say
             
               [
               imperare
            
             ]
             but
             
               [
               commonefacere
            
             ]
             signifying
             thereby
             ,
             that
             Religion
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             forced
             .
             
               Nihil
               enim
            
             (
             says
             
               Lactantius
               )
               tàm
               voluntarium
               quàm
               Religio
               ,
               in
               qua
               si
               animus
               est
               Sacrificantis
               aversus
               ,
               jam
               sublata
               ,
               jam
               nulla
               est
               .
               Religio
               imperari
            
             (
             says
             
               Cassidoce
               )
               non
               potest
            
             .
             And
             ,
             
               suadenda
               est
            
             (
             says
             St.
             
               Bernard
               )
               non
               imperanda
               .
               Praecepit
               Sancta
               Synodus
            
             (
             says
             the
             
               Toletan
               Council
               ,
               de
               Judaeis
               )
               nemini
               deinceps
               ad
               credendum
               vim
               inferre
               .
            
             And
             
               the
               New
               Law
            
             (
             says
             
               Tertullian
               )
               does
               not
               vindicate
               it self
            
             Ultore
             gladio
             .
             The
             Jewes
             took
             no
             such
             course
             (
             as
             Pestilent
             as
             their
             Doctrine
             was
             )
             with
             the
             Sadduces
             ,
             nor
             Christ
             with
             the
             Samaritanes
             ,
             See
             
               Luke
               9.
               35.
               
               Matth.
               13.
               28
               ,
               29.
               
               John
               18.
               36.
               
               John
               6.
               67.
               
               And
               will
               ye
               also
               go
               away
               ,
            
             says
             Christ
             to
             the
             Twelve
             ?
             Which
             are
             words
             removing
             all
             force
             and
             necessity
             from
             Man
             in
             the
             choice
             of
             his
             Religion
             .
             So
             
               Chrysostome
               ,
               Athanasius
               ,
               Cyprian
            
             ,
             I
             may
             also
             add
             Augustine
             and
             Salvian
             .
          
           
             We
             may
             read
             in
             the
             Life
             of
             Josephus
             ,
             when
             some
             of
             the
             Traohonites
             came
             in
             for
             Rescue
             to
             the
             Jews
             ,
             where
             himself
             was
             Governour
             ,
             and
             the
             Jews
             would
             thereupon
             constrain
             them
             to
             be
             Circumcized
             ,
             or
             else
             not
             let
             them
             abide
             with
             them
             ,
             he
             would
             not
             permit
             that
             injurious
             Zeal
             ,
             alledging
             ,
             That
             
               every
               Man
               ought
               according
               to
               his
               own
               Mind
               ,
               and
               not
               by
               Mans
               compulsion
               to
               serve
               God.
            
             In
             our
             English
             Story
             (
             to
             fuit
             this
             )
             by
             Bede
             ,
             when
             Ethelbert
             the
             first
             Prince
             that
             received
             Christianity
             of
             the
             Saxon
             Heptarchy
             ,
             was
             converted
             by
             Austin
             ,
             sent
             hither
             
             by
             Gregory
             ,
             and
             many
             thereupon
             came
             into
             the
             Church
             ,
             it
             is
             said
             ,
             
               He
               especially
               embraced
               those
               that
               came
               in
               ,
               but
               compelled
               none
               ;
               for
               he
               half
               learned
               that
               the
               Faith
               and
               Service
               of
               Christ
               ought
               to
               be
               voluntary
               ,
               and
               not
               of
               constraint
               .
            
             
               It
               helpeth
               much
               (
               says
               the
               Imperial
               Edict
               of
               Constantine
               and
               Lirinus
               )
               to
               establish
               the
               publick
               Tranquillity
               ,
               for
               every
               Man
               to
               have
               Liberty
               to
               use
               and
               choose
               what
               kind
               of
               Worshipping
               himself
               pleases
               ;
            
             and
             for
             that
             intent
             is
             this
             done
             of
             us
             ,
             to
             have
             no
             man
             enforced
             to
             one
             Religion
             more
             than
             to
             another
             .
             
               A
               Prince
               who
               would
               draw
               his
               Subjects
               (
               divided
               into
               Sects
               and
               Factions
               )
               to
               his
               Religion
               ,
               should
               not
               (
               in
               my
               Opinion
               )
               use
               Force
               ,
            
             says
             Bodin
             ;
             which
             he
             Enhances
             more
             particularly
             from
             the
             example
             of
             Theodosius
             toward
             the
             A●rians
             .
          
           
             
               John
               Barclay
            
             (
             not
             William
             that
             Wrote
             
               Adversus
               Monarchomachos
            
             )
             hath
             a
             Discourse
             on
             purpose
             to
             this
             effect
             about
             the
             Calvinists
             ,
             (
             as
             it
             is
             thought
             )
             under
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Hyperephanians
             ,
             in
             one
             chapter
             of
             his
             Argenis
             .
             And
             Camerartus
             in
             his
             Historical
             Meditations
             ,
             hath
             a
             chapter
             as
             Learned
             ,
             Full
             ,
             and
             Grave
             ,
             as
             need
             to
             be
             on
             this
             Subject
             ,
             
               lib.
               3.
               cap.
            
             18.
             
             
               It
               was
               observed
               by
               the
               Popes
               Council
               (
               says
               Guicciardine
               )
               that
               the
               Prosecution
               of
               Luther
               ,
               since
               it
               was
               not
               accompanied
               with
               their
               own
               Reformation
               ,
               did
               encrease
               his
               Reputation
               ;
               and
               that
               it
               had
               been
               a
               less
               Evil
               to
               dissemble
               the
               knowledge
               of
               such
               a
               matter
               ,
               which
               would
               perhaps
               have
               dissolv'd
               of
               it self
               ,
               than
               by
               blowing
               at
               the
               Brand
               ,
               to
               make
               the
               Fi●e
               burn
               the
               more
               .
            
             There
             may
             be
             some
             Notes
             conferred
             with
             this
             out
             of
             Davilah
             ,
             upon
             the
             deliberations
             of
             the
             Politick
             
               Ka
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             Regent
             of
             France
             ,
             about
             the
             Pacification
             in
             her
             Son
             Henry
             the
             Thirds
             time
             ;
             I
             will
             rest
             in
             one
             after
             Henry
             the
             Fourth
             succeeded
             .
             That
             great
             Prince
             thought
             fit
             to
             declare
             himself
             Catholick
             ,
             but
             gets
             that
             same
             Edict
             for
             Liberty
             to
             the
             Hugonots
             ,
             to
             be
             renewed
             and
             passed
             the
             Parliament
             of
             Par●
             .
             
               By
               which
               means
               endeavouring
               to
               remove
               Suspicion
               from
               their
               minds
               ,
               and
               confirming
               them
               by
               good
               Usage
               together
               with
               some
               Gifts
               and
               Promises
               to
               the
               chief
               Heads
               ,
               he
               insensibly
               took
               away
               (
               says
               the
               Historian
               )
               the
               pulse
               and
               strength
               of
               that
               Party
               ,
               so
               that
               those
               that
               are
               versed
               in
               the
               Kingdom
               ,
               believe
               that
               a
               few
               years
               of
               such
               sweet
               Poyson
               (
               if
               he
               had
               not
               been
               disabled
               in
               this
               course
               through
               want
               of
               Money
               )
               would
               have
               extinguished
               that
               Faction
               ,
               which
               so
               many
               
               years
               of
               desperate
               Wars
               had
               not
               ,
               with
               the
               Effusion
               of
               so
               much
               Blood
               ,
               been
               able
               to
               weaken
               .
            
             
               Violent
               courses
            
             (
             says
             my
             Lord
             
               Cooke
               )
               are
               like
               hot
               Waters
               ,
               that
               may
               do
               good
               in
               an
               Extremity
               ,
               but
               the
               use
               of
               them
               doth
               spoil
               the
               Stomach
               ,
               and
               it
               will
               require
               them
               stronger
               and
               stronger
               ,
               and
               by
               little
               and
               little
               they
               will
               l●ssen
               the
               Operation
               .
            
          
           
             
               They
               that
               have
               this
               Common-wealth
            
             (
             says
             Judge
             
               Jenkins
               )
               will
               use
               means
               together
               with
               the
               Restitution
               of
               the
               King
               ,
               to
               procure
               an
               Act
               of
               Oblivion
               ,
               and
               tender
               Consciences
               a
               just
               and
               reasonable
               satisfaction
               ,
               else
               we
               must
               all
               Perish
               first
               or
               last
               .
            
          
           
             I
             will
             Crown
             these
             Testimonies
             with
             the
             experienced
             advice
             of
             CHARLES
             the
             First
             to
             our
             late
             Soveraign
             :
             
               Beware
               of
               Exasperating
               any
               Faction
               by
               the
               crosness
               and
               asperity
               of
               some
               mens
               Passions
               ,
               Humours
               for
               private
               Opinions
               employed
               by
               you
               ,
               grounded
               onely
               on
               the
               differences
               in
               lesser
               matters
               ,
               which
               are
               but
               the
               Skirts
               and
               Suburbs
               of
               Religion
               ,
               wherein
               a
               charitable
               Connivance
               ,
               and
               Christian
               Toleration
               ,
               often
               dissipates
               their
               Strength
               ,
               whom
               a
               rougher
               opposition
               fortifies
               ,
               and
               puts
               their
               despised
               and
               oppressed
               Party
               into
               such
               Combinations
               ,
               as
               may
               most
               enable
               them
               to
               get
               a
               full
               Revenge
               on
               those
               they
               count
               their
               Persecutors
               ,
               who
               are
               commonly
               assisted
               by
               that
               vulgar
               Commiseration
               ,
               which
               attends
               all
               that
               are
               said
               to
               suffer
               under
               the
               notion
               of
               Religion
               .
            
          
           
             There
             are
             two
             Rules
             in
             the
             Preamble
             of
             the
             Statute
             
               Primo
               Mariae
            
             ;
             the
             one
             is
             ,
             
               That
               the
               State
               of
               a
               King
               standeth
               more
               assured
               by
               the
               love
               of
               his
               Subjects
               ,
               than
               in
               the
               dread
               and
               fear
               of
               Laws
               .
            
             The
             other
             is
             ,
             
               That
               Laws
               justly
               made
               ,
               without
               extream
               Punishment
               ,
               are
               more
               often
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               moct
               part
               better
               obeyed
               ,
               than
               those
               that
               are
               made
               with
               that
               extremity
               .
            
             Unto
             which
             my
             once
             before
             named
             Lord
             chief
             Justice
             Cook
             ,
             Subjoyns
             this
             Sentence
             ,
             
               M●tius
               imperanti
               melius
               Paretur
            
             .
          
           
             I
             will
             close
             up
             all
             with
             the
             end
             of
             a
             Speech
             of
             Sir
             
               Orlando
               Bridgeman
            
             to
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             when
             he
             was
             Lord
             Keeper
             .
          
           
             
               If
               any
               just
               grievances
               shall
               have
               happened
               ,
               his
               Majesty
               will
               be
               as
               willing
               and
               ready
               to
               redress
               them
               ,
               as
               you
               to
               have
               them
               Presented
               to
               him
               ;
               and
               his
               Majesty
               doubts
               not
               ,
               but
               you
               will
               give
               Healing
               and
               Moderate
               Counsels
               ,
               and
               Imprint
               that
               known
               Truth
               in
               the
               
               Hearts
               of
               his
               Subjects
               ,
            
             that
             there
             is
             no
             distinct
             Interest
             between
             the
             King
             and
             his
             People
             ,
             but
             the
             good
             of
             one
             ,
             is
             the
             good
             of
             both
             .
          
           
             Now
             this
             is
             the
             Copy
             of
             the
             Letter
             which
             Artaxerxes
             gave
             unto
             Ezra
             the
             Priest
             ,
             
               I
               make
               a
               Decree
               ,
               that
               all
               they
               of
               the
               People
               of
            
             Israel
             ,
             
               and
               of
               his
               Priests
               and
               Levites
               in
               my
               Realm
               ,
               which
               are
               minded
               of
               their
               own
               free
               will
               to
               go
               up
               to
            
             Jerusalem
             ,
             
               go
               with
               thee
            
             .
          
           
             And
             Gamaliel
             
               stood
               up
               in
               the
               Council
            
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             
               Ye
               Men
               of
            
             Israel
             ,
             
               take
               beed
               to
               your selves
               ,
               refrain
               from
               these
               Men
               ,
               and
               let
               them
               alone
               ,
               for
               if
               this
               Counsel
               or
               this
               Work
               be
               of
               Men
               ,
               it
               will
               come
               to
               nought
               ;
               but
               if
               it
               be
               of
               God
               ,
               ye
               cannot
               Overthrow
               it
               ,
               lest
               haply
               ye
               be
               found
               even
               to
               Fight
               against
               God.
               
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .