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           ONE
           PROJECT
           For
           the
           GOOD
           of
           ENGLAND
           :
           THAT
           IS
           ,
           Our
           CIVIL
           UNION
           is
           our
           CIVIL
           SAFETY
           .
           Humbly
           dedicated
           to
           the
           
             Great
             Council
          
           ,
           The
           Parliament
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           RELIGION
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           the
           noblest
           End
           of
           Man's
           Life
           ,
           so
           it
           were
           the
           best
           Bond
           of
           
             Humane
             Society
          
           ,
           provided
           Men
           did
           not
           err
           in
           the
           Meaning
           of
           that
           excellent
           Word
           .
           Scripture
           interprets
           it
           to
           be
           
             Loving
             God
             above
             all
             ,
             and
             our
             Neighbours
             as
             our selves
          
           ;
           but
           Practice
           teacheth
           us
           ,
           that
           too
           many
           meerly
           resolve
           it
           into
           Opinion
           and
           Form
           ;
           in
           which
           ,
           not
           the
           Text
           ,
           but
           the
           Comment
           too
           often
           prevails
           :
           whence
           it
           comes
           to
           pass
           that
           those
           Bodies
           of
           Men
           ,
           who
           have
           but
           one
           
             Common
             Civil
             Interest
          
           ,
           are
           miserably
           distramed
           in
           favour
           of
           their
           
             adopted
             Notions
          
           ,
           upon
           whom
           they
           are
           impatient
           to
           bestow
           an
           Earthly
           Crown
           .
           And
           this
           is
           the
           Reason
           of
           that
           Mischief
           and
           Uncertainty
           that
           attend
           Government
           ,
           No
           sooner
           one
           Opinion
           prevails
           upon
           another
           (
           though
           all
           hold
           the
           Text
           to
           be
           sacred
           )
           but
           
             Humane
             Society
          
           is
           shaken
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Civil
             Government
          
           must
           receive
           and
           suffer
           a
           Revolution
           :
           in
           so
           much
           ,
           that
           when
           we
           consider
           the
           Fury
           and
           Unnaturalness
           of
           some
           People
           for
           Religion
           (
           which
           shews
           they
           have
           none
           that
           's
           True
           (
           Religion
           making
           Men
           most
           Natural
           as
           well
           as
           Divine
           )
           we
           have
           Reason
           to
           Bewail
           the
           Mis-understanding
           as
           well
           as
           Mis-living
           of
           that
           venerable
           Word
           .
        
         
           But
           since
           't
           is
           so
           hard
           to
           disabuse
           men
           of
           their
           wrong
           Apprehensions
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           true
           Nature
           and
           Life
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           consequently
           as
           yet
           too
           early
           in
           the
           day
           to
           fix
           such
           a
           Religion
           upon
           which
           Mankind
           will
           readily
           agree
           as
           a
           common
           Basis
           for
           Civil
           Society
           ,
           we
           must
           recur
           to
           some
           lower
           but
           true
           Principle
           for
           the
           present
           ,
           and
           I
           think
           there
           will
           be
           no
           Difficulty
           of
           succeeding
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           this
           ,
           
             That
             Civil
             Interest
             is
             the
             Foundation
             and
             End
             of
             Civil
             Government
             ,
          
           and
           
             where
             it
             is
             not
             maintained
             entire
             the
             Government
             must
             needs
             decline
             .
          
           The
           word
           INTEREST
           has
           a
           good
           and
           bad
           Acceptation
           ;
           when
           it
           is
           taken
           in
           an
           ill
           Sense
           ,
           it
           signifies
           
             a
             pursuit
             of
             Advantage
             without
             regard
             to
             Truth
             or
             Justice
          
           ;
           which
           I
           mean
           not
           :
           The
           
           good
           signification
           of
           the
           word
           ,
           and
           which
           I
           mean
           ,
           
             is
             a
             Legal
             Endeavour
             to
             keep
             Rights
             ,
             or
             augment
             honest
             Profits
             ,
          
           whether
           it
           be
           in
           a
           private
           Person
           or
           a
           Society
           .
           By
           GOVERNMENT
           ,
           I
           understand
           a
           
             Just
             and
             Equal
             Constitution
          
           ,
           where
           Might
           is
           not
           Right
           ,
           but
           Laws
           rule
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           Wills
           or
           Power
           of
           Men
           ;
           for
           that
           were
           plain
           Tyranny
           .
        
         
           This
           Goverment
           must
           have
           a
           Supream
           Authority
           in
           it self
           to
           Determine
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           be
           Superceeded
           or
           Controuled
           by
           any
           other
           Power
           ,
           for
           then
           it
           would
           not
           be
           a
           Government
           ,
           but
           a
           Subjection
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           plain
           Contradiction
           .
        
         
           Having
           thus
           explain'd
           the
           Terms
           of
           the
           Principle
           I
           have
           laid
           down
           ,
           I
           repeat
           it
           ,
           viz.
           
             That
             Civil
             Interest
             is
             the
             Foundation
             and
             End
             of
             Civil
             Government
             ,
          
           and
           prove
           it
           thus
           ,
           The
           Good
           of
           the
           Whole
           is
           the
           Rise
           and
           End
           of
           Government
           ,
           but
           the
           Good
           of
           the
           Whole
           must
           needs
           be
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Whole
           ,
           and
           Consequently
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           whole
           is
           the
           Reason
           and
           End
           of
           Government
           .
           None
           can
           stumble
           at
           the
           Word
           Good
           ,
           for
           every
           man
           may
           easily
           and
           safely
           Interpret
           that
           to
           himself
           ,
           since
           he
           must
           needs
           believe
           ;
           't
           is
           
             Good
             for
             him
             to
             be
             preserv'd
             in
             an
             undisturb'd
             Possession
             of
             his
             Civil
             Rights
             ,
          
           according
           to
           the
           Free
           and
           
             Just
             Laws
             of
             the
             Land
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Construction
           he
           makes
           for
           himself
           will
           serve
           his
           Neighbour
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           whole
           Society
           .
        
         
           But
           as
           the
           Good
           of
           the
           People
           is
           properly
           the
           
             Civil
             Interest
          
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           that
           ,
           the
           Reason
           and
           End
           of
           Government
           ;
           so
           is
           the
           Maintenance
           of
           that
           
             Civil
             Interest
             entire
          
           ,
           the
           Preservation
           of
           Government
           .
           For
           where
           People
           are
           sure
           of
           their
           own
           ,
           and
           are
           Protected
           from
           Violence
           or
           Injury
           ,
           they
           chearfully
           yield
           their
           Obedience
           ,
           and
           pay
           their
           Contribution
           to
           the
           support
           of
           that
           Government
           .
           But
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           where
           men
           are
           Insecure
           of
           their
           Civil
           Rights
           ,
           nay
           ,
           where
           they
           are
           daily
           violated
           ,
           and
           themselves
           in
           danger
           of
           Ruin
           ,
           and
           that
           for
           no
           sin
           committed
           aginst
           the
           Nature
           of
           Civil
           Interest
           (
           to
           preserve
           which
           ,
           Government
           was
           instituted
           )
           we
           ought
           to
           suppose
           their
           Affections
           will
           flagg
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           grow
           dead-hearted
           ,
           and
           that
           what
           they
           pay
           or
           do
           ,
           may
           go
           against
           the
           Grain
           :
           And
           to
           say
           true
           ,
           such
           unkindness
           is
           ready
           to
           tempt
           them
           to
           believe
           they
           should
           not
           of
           right
           Contribute
           to
           the
           Maintenance
           of
           such
           Governments
           as
           yield
           them
           no
           Security
           or
           Civil
           Protection
           .
           Which
           Unhappy
           Flaw
           in
           the
           Civil
           Interest
           ,
           proves
           an
           untoward
           Crack
           in
           the
           Government
           ;
           Men
           not
           being
           cordially
           devoted
           to
           the
           Prosperity
           of
           that
           Government
           ,
           that
           is
           exercis'd
           in
           their
           Destruction
           ;
           and
           how
           far
           that
           Fraction
           upon
           the
           Common
           Interest
           of
           the
           People
           may
           Affect
           the
           Government
           I
           cannot
           tell
           ,
           but
           to
           be
           sure
           't
           is
           insecure
           to
           any
           Government
           ,
           to
           have
           the
           People
           (
           its
           Strength
           )
           divided
           ,
           as
           they
           will
           be
           ,
           where
           their
           Interest
           is
           so
           disjoynted
           by
           the
           Government
           ;
           One
           Protected
           ,
           the
           Other
           Expos'd
           .
           Wherefore
           ,
           Wise
           Governments
           have
           ever
           taken
           Care
           to
           preserve
           their
           People
           ,
           as
           knowing
           they
           do
           thereby
           preserve
           their
           Interest
           ,
           and
           that
           how
           Numerous
           their
           People
           ,
           so
           large
           their
           Interest
           .
           For
           not
           only
           Solomon
           has
           told
           us
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Honour
             of
             a
             Prince
             is
             in
             the
             Multitude
             of
             his
             People
             ,
          
           but
           Experience
           teaches
           ,
           that
           Plenty
           of
           People
           is
           the
           Riches
           and
           Strength
           of
           a
           Wise
           and
           Good
           Government
           ;
           as
           that
           is
           ,
           where
           Vice
           is
           corrected
           and
           Vertue
           encourag'd
           ,
           and
           All
           taken
           in
           and
           secured
           in
           Civils
           ,
           that
           have
           the
           same
           Civil
           Interest
           with
           the
           Government
           .
        
         
           But
           as
           the
           Good
           and
           Interest
           of
           the
           Whole
           is
           the
           Rise
           and
           End
           of
           Government
           ,
           so
           must
           it
           suppose
           ,
           that
           the
           whole
           (
           which
           takes
           in
           all
           Parties
           )
           concurs
           in
           seeking
           the
           Good
           of
           the
           Government
           ;
           for
           the
           Reason
           of
           the
           Government
           will
           not
           suffer
           it
           to
           protect
           those
           that
           are
           Enemies
           to
           its
           Constitution
           and
           Safety
           ;
           for
           so
           it
           would
           admit
           of
           something
           dangerous
           to
           the
           Society
           ,
           for
           the
           Security
           of
           which
           ,
           Government
           was
           at
           first
           instituted
           .
        
         
           It
           will
           follow
           ,
           that
           those
           that
           own
           another
           temporal
           Power
           superior
           to
           the
           Government
           they
           properly
           belong
           to
           ,
           make
           themselves
           Subjects
           not
           of
           the
           Government
           
           they
           are
           born
           under
           ,
           but
           to
           that
           Authority
           which
           they
           avow
           to
           be
           superior
           to
           the
           Government
           of
           their
           own
           Country
           ,
           and
           consequently
           men
           of
           another
           Interest
           ,
           because
           't
           is
           their
           Interest
           to
           pursue
           the
           Advantages
           of
           that
           Power
           they
           acknowledge
           to
           be
           soveraign
           :
           But
           those
           that
           own
           ,
           embrace
           and
           obey
           the
           Government
           of
           their
           own
           Country
           as
           their
           temporal
           supream
           Authority
           ,
           and
           whose
           Interest
           is
           one
           and
           the
           same
           with
           that
           of
           their
           own
           proper
           Government
           ,
           ought
           to
           be
           valued
           and
           protected
           by
           that
           Government
           .
        
         
           The
           Principle
           thus
           far
           lyes
           General
           ,
           I
           will
           now
           bring
           it
           to
           our
           own
           Case
           .
        
         
           ENGLAND
           is
           a
           Country
           Populous
           and
           Protestant
           ,
           and
           though
           under
           some
           Dissents
           within
           it self
           ,
           yet
           the
           
             Civil
             Interest
          
           is
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           in
           some
           sense
           the
           
             Religious
             too
          
           .
           For
           first
           ,
           all
           
             English
             Protestants
          
           ,
           whether
           Conformists
           or
           Nonconformists
           agree
           in
           this
           ,
           
             that
             they
             only
             owe
             Allegiance
             and
             Subjection
             unto
             the
             Civil
             Government
             of
          
           England
           ,
           and
           offer
           any
           Security
           in
           their
           power
           to
           give
           of
           their
           Truth
           in
           this
           Matter
           .
           And
           in
           the
           next
           place
           ,
           they
           do
           not
           only
           consequentially
           disclaim
           the
           
             Pope's
             Supremacy
          
           ,
           and
           all
           adhesion
           to
           
             forreign
             Authority
          
           under
           any
           Pretence
           ,
           but
           therewith
           deny
           and
           oppose
           the
           
             Romish
             Religion
          
           ,
           as
           it
           stands
           degenerated
           from
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           the
           first
           and
           
             purest
             Ages
          
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           which
           makes
           up
           a
           great
           
             Negative
             Union
          
           .
        
         
           And
           it
           cannot
           be
           unknown
           to
           men
           read
           in
           the
           Reasons
           of
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           that
           a
           Protestation
           made
           by
           the
           
             German
             Reformers
          
           against
           the
           
             Imperial
             Edicts
             of
          
           Charles
           
             the
             fifth
             ,
             imposing
             Romish
             Traditions
             ,
          
           gave
           beginning
           to
           the
           word
           Protestant
           .
        
         
           In
           short
           ;
           It
           is
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Ruling
           or
           
             Church
             ▪
             Protestants
          
           of
           England
           ,
           that
           the
           Pope
           should
           have
           no
           Claim
           or
           Power
           in
           England
           .
           It
           is
           also
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           
             Dissenting
             Protestants
          
           ,
           that
           the
           Pope
           should
           have
           no
           Claim
           or
           Power
           here
           in
           England
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           subject
           to
           the
           same
           Mischiefs
           and
           Sufferings
           in
           their
           Civil
           and
           Religious
           Rights
           that
           the
           
             Church
             Protestants
          
           are
           liable
           to
           :
           if
           then
           both
           are
           like
           to
           lose
           by
           Pope
           and
           
             Forraign
             Authority
          
           ,
           their
           Interest
           must
           needs
           be
           one
           against
           Pope
           and
           
             Forraign
             Authority
          
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           have
           but
           
             one
             Interest
          
           ,
           it
           will
           follow
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Church
             Protestant
          
           cannot
           prejudice
           the
           Dissenting-Protestant
           ,
           but
           he
           must
           
             weaken
             and
             destroy
             his
             own
             Interest
             .
          
        
         
           The
           
             Civil
             Interest
          
           of
           English
           Protestants
           being
           thus
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           their
           Religious
           Interest
           too
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           concerns
           a
           
             Negative
             to
             the
             Usurpation
             and
             Error
             of
          
           Rome
           ;
           I
           do
           humbly
           ask
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           to
           expose
           those
           to
           Misery
           that
           have
           
             no
             other
             Civil
             Interest
             than
             THAT
             of
             the
             Government
             ?
          
           Or
           if
           it
           be
           just
           or
           equal
           that
           the
           Weaker
           should
           be
           prosecuted
           by
           the
           
             more
             Powerful
          
           Protestants
           ,
           whose
           Interest
           is
           
             Positively
             the
             same
             in
             Civils
             ,
             and
             in
             Religion
             Negatively
             ?
          
           One
           would
           think
           't
           were
           Reasonable
           that
           they
           should
           not
           suffer
           by
           Protestants
           ,
           who
           if
           Popery
           ever
           have
           a
           day
           ,
           are
           likely
           to
           suffer
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           upon
           the
           same
           Principles
           .
           Experience
           tells
           us
           ,
           That
           the
           wisest
           Architects
           lay
           their
           Foundations
           broad
           and
           strong
           ,
           and
           raise
           their
           Squares
           and
           Structure
           by
           the
           most
           exact
           Rules
           of
           Art
           ,
           that
           the
           Fabrick
           may
           be
           secure
           against
           the
           Violence
           of
           storms
           ;
           but
           if
           People
           must
           be
           destroy'd
           by
           those
           of
           the
           same
           Interest
           ,
           truly
           that
           Interest
           will
           stand
           but
           Totteringly
           ,
           and
           every
           breath
           of
           Opposition
           will
           be
           ready
           to
           shake
           it
           .
        
         
           'T
           was
           the
           Inconfutable
           answer
           Christ
           made
           to
           the
           Blasphemers
           of
           that
           Power
           by
           which
           he
           wrought
           Miracles
           ;
           
             A
             Kingdom
             divided
             against
             it self
             cannot
             stand
          
           :
           what
           he
           said
           then
           ,
           let
           me
           on
           another
           occasion
           say
           now
           ,
           an
           
             Interest
             divided
             against
             it self
             must
             fall
             .
          
        
         
           I
           know
           some
           Men
           will
           take
           Fire
           at
           this
           ,
           and
           by
           Crying
           The
           CHURCH
           ,
           The
           CHURCH
           ,
           hope
           to
           silence
           all
           Arguments
           of
           this
           Nature
           ;
           But
           they
           must
           excuse
           me
           ,
           if
           I
           pay
           no
           manner
           of
           Regard
           to
           their
           Zeal
           ,
           and
           hold
           their
           Devotion
           both
           Ignorant
           and
           Dangerous
           at
           this
           time
           .
           It
           is
           not
           the
           way
           to
           fill
           the
           Church
           ,
           to
           
           Destroy
           the
           People
           .
           A
           Church
           without
           People
           is
           a
           Contradiction
           ,
           especially
           when
           the
           Scripture
           tells
           us
           that
           't
           is
           the
           People
           that
           makes
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           And
           't
           is
           not
           without
           an
           appearance
           of
           Reason
           that
           some
           good
           &
           wise
           men
           are
           apprehensive
           ,
           that
           the
           greatest
           Sticklers
           for
           Persecuting
           
             Protestant
             Dissenters
          
           in
           favour
           of
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           ,
           are
           men
           addicted
           and
           devoted
           to
           the
           
             Church
             of
             Rome
          
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           animated
           by
           such
           as
           are
           ;
           who
           ,
           disparing
           of
           doing
           any
           great
           Feats
           ,
           if
           known
           ,
           hide
           themselves
           under
           these
           pretences
           ;
           but
           the
           meaning
           of
           it
           is
           to
           debilitate
           the
           Protestant
           cause
           in
           general
           ,
           by
           exciting
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           to
           destroy
           all
           other
           Protestant
           Interests
           in
           these
           Kingdoms
           ,
           that
           so
           nothing
           may
           remain
           for
           Popery
           to
           conflict
           with
           but
           the
           few
           Zealous
           abettors
           of
           that
           Church
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           this
           may
           not
           look
           disingenuous
           ,
           or
           like
           a
           Trick
           of
           mine
           ,
           I
           will
           enforce
           it
           by
           a
           demonstration
           .
           It
           is
           plain
           fact
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Church
             of
             Rome
          
           hath
           ever
           since
           the
           Reformation
           practic'd
           the
           Restoration
           of
           her
           Religion
           and
           Power
           in
           these
           Kingdoms
           .
           It
           is
           as
           evident
           that
           Religion
           is
           with
           her
           a
           word
           for
           
             Civil
             Interest
          
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           that
           she
           may
           have
           the
           
             Rule
             over
             men
             both
             Body
             and
             Soul.
             For
             't
             is
             Government
             she
             aims
             at
             ,
             to
             have
             the
             rains
             of
             Power
             in
             her
             hand
             ,
             to
             give
             Law
             and
             weild
             the
             Scepter
             .
          
        
         
           To
           do
           this
           she
           must
           either
           have
           a
           greater
           interest
           then
           the
           Protestants
           that
           are
           now
           in
           possession
           ,
           or
           else
           divide
           their
           Interest
           ,
           and
           so
           weaken
           them
           by
           themselves
           ,
           and
           make
           them
           Instruments
           to
           her
           ends
           .
           That
           her
           own
           force
           is
           Inconsiderable
           is
           clear
           :
           She
           has
           nothing
           within
           Doors
           to
           give
           her
           hope
           but
           the
           Discord
           of
           Protestants
           .
           It
           follows
           then
           that
           she
           must
           of
           necessity
           bestir
           her self
           and
           use
           her
           Arts
           to
           enflame
           the
           reckoning
           among
           Protestants
           ,
           and
           carry
           their
           Dissents
           about
           Religious
           matters
           to
           a
           division
           in
           the
           
             Civil
             Interest
          
           .
           And
           it
           is
           the
           more
           to
           be
           fear'd
           ,
           because
           whatever
           she
           has
           been
           to
           others
           ,
           she
           has
           been
           ever
           true
           to
           her self
           .
        
         
           If
           this
           then
           be
           the
           only
           domestick
           Expedient
           left
           her
           ,
           we
           are
           sure
           she
           will
           use
           it
           ;
           and
           if
           so
           ,
           it
           must
           needs
           be
           of
           great
           Importance
           with
           all
           Protestants
           to
           let
           fall
           their
           private
           Animosities
           ,
           and
           take
           all
           possible
           care
           that
           their
           dissents
           about
           Faith
           or
           Worship
           (
           which
           regard
           the
           other
           World
           )
           divide
           not
           their
           Affection
           and
           Judgment
           about
           the
           Common
           and
           Civil
           Interest
           of
           their
           Country
           :
           because
           if
           that
           be
           kept
           entire
           ,
           it
           
             equally
             frustrates
          
           the
           designs
           of
           Rome
           ,
           as
           if
           you
           were
           of
           one
           Religion
           .
           For
           since
           ,
           as
           I
           said
           before
           ,
           Religion
           ,
           with
           the
           great
           men
           of
           that
           Church
           ,
           is
           nothing
           else
           but
           a
           softer
           word
           for
           
             Civil
             Empire
          
           ,
           preserve
           you
           but
           your
           Civil
           Interest
           from
           fraction
           ,
           and
           you
           are
           in
           that
           sense
           of
           
             one
             Religion
          
           too
           ;
           and
           that
           such
           an
           one
           ,
           as
           you
           need
           not
           fear
           the
           temptation
           of
           Smithfield
           ,
           if
           you
           will
           but
           be
           true
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           This
           being
           the
           case
           ,
           I
           would
           take
           leave
           to
           ask
           the
           
             Zealous
             Gentlemen
          
           of
           the
           English
           Church
           ,
           
             If
             Conformity
             to
             the
             fashion
             of
             their
             Worship
             be
             dearer
             to
             them
             then
          
           Englands
           
             Interest
             and
             the
             Cause
             of
             Protestancy
          
           ?
           if
           their
           love
           to
           Church-Government
           be
           greater
           then
           to
           the
           Church
           and
           her
           Religion
           ,
           and
           to
           their
           Country
           and
           her
           Laws
           ?
           or
           lastly
           ,
           whether
           in
           case
           they
           are
           sincere
           in
           their
           Allegations
           for
           the
           Church
           (
           which
           I
           confess
           ingenuously
           I
           am
           apt
           to
           suspect
           )
           it
           is
           to
           be
           supposed
           that
           the
           present
           Church-men
           (
           Conformists
           I
           mean
           )
           are
           better
           able
           of
           themselves
           to
           secure
           Protestancy
           and
           
             our
             Civil
             Interest
          
           against
           the
           Attempts
           of
           Rome
           ,
           then
           in
           
             Conjunction
             with
             the
             Civil
             Interest
             of
             all
             Protestant
             Dissenters
             ?
          
           If
           they
           say
           yes
           ,
           I
           would
           have
           them
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           for
           the
           same
           reason
           ,
           to
           give
           it
           under
           their
           Hands
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           a
           standing
           Rule
           in
           Arithmetick
           ,
           that
           ONE
           is
           more
           then
           SIX
           ,
           and
           that
           hitherto
           we
           have
           been
           all
           mistaken
           in
           the
           art
           of
           Numbers
           .
        
         
           Being
           brought
           to
           this
           pinch
           ,
           I
           conceive
           they
           must
           say
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           rather
           deliver
           up
           their
           Church
           to
           the
           Power
           and
           Designs
           of
           Popery
           ,
           then
           suffer
           Dissenters
           to
           live
           freely
           among
           them
           ,
           though
           
             Protestant
             ,
             of
             one
             negative
             Religion
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             same
             Civil
             Interest
          
           ;
           or
           else
           hasten
           to
           break
           those
           bonds
           that
           are
           laid
           upon
           Dissenters
           of
           truly
           tender
           and
           (
           by
           experience
           )
           of
           peaceable
           Consciences
           ;
           and
           by
           Law
           establish
           the
           
           free
           Exercise
           of
           their
           Worship
           to
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Fears
             ,
             Jealousies
             ,
             Disaffection
          
           and
           Distraction
           ,
           that
           now
           affect
           the
           one
           common
           Interest
           of
           Protestants
           ,
           may
           be
           removed
           ;
           for
           it
           seems
           impossible
           to
           preserve
           a
           distinct
           Interest
           from
           both
           .
           But
           to
           which
           of
           these
           they
           may
           incline
           ▪
           I
           must
           not
           determine
           ;
           and
           yet
           I
           hope
           ,
           they
           will
           not
           be
           of
           the
           mind
           of
           a
           late
           Monk
           of
           Cullen
           ,
           that
           in
           his
           publick
           Exercise
           exhorted
           the
           
             Civil
             Magistrates
          
           to
           chuse
           to
           have
           their
           City
           poor
           and
           Catholick
           ,
           that
           is
           Popish
           ,
           rather
           then
           great
           and
           Opulent
           by
           the
           Admission
           of
           
             trading
             Hereticks
          
           ;
           but
           if
           they
           should
           ,
           may
           our
           Magistrates
           have
           at
           least
           their
           Prudence
           ;
           for
           the
           Culleners
           gave
           him
           the
           hearing
           ,
           but
           were
           as
           
             true
             to
             their
             Interest
          
           ,
           as
           the
           Monk
           to
           his
           Superstition
           .
        
         
           Under
           favour
           ,
           the
           
             Civil
             Government
          
           is
           greatly
           concern'd
           to
           discountenance
           such
           Biggotrys
           ;
           for
           it
           Thins
           the
           People
           ,
           Lessens
           Trade
           ,
           Creates
           Jealousies
           ,
           and
           Endangers
           the
           Peace
           and
           Wealth
           of
           the
           Whole
           .
           And
           with
           Submission
           ,
           of
           what
           should
           the
           
             Civil
             Magistrate
          
           be
           more
           tender
           ,
           than
           in
           suffering
           the
           Civil
           Interest
           of
           a
           great
           People
           to
           be
           disturb'd
           and
           narrow'd
           for
           the
           Humor
           of
           any
           one
           Party
           of
           them
           ?
           for
           since
           the
           Civil
           Interest
           lies
           as
           large
           ,
           as
           the
           People
           of
           that
           Interest
           ,
           
             the
             people
             must
             be
             preserved
             in
             order
             to
             preserve
             that
             Common
             Interest
             .
          
           Other
           Notions
           ever
           did
           divide
           and
           weaken
           Empire
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           end
           they
           have
           rarely
           mist
           to
           pull
           the
           Old
           House
           about
           their
           Ears
           ,
           that
           have
           govern'd
           themselves
           by
           such
           disproportionable
           measures
           :
           By
           all
           means
           ,
           interest
           the
           Affections
           of
           the
           People
           in
           the
           Prosperity
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           by
           making
           the
           Government
           a
           SECURITY
           to
           their
           perticular
           Rights
           and
           Properties
           .
        
         
           I
           ask
           ,
           if
           more
           Custom
           comes
           not
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           more
           Trade
           to
           the
           Kingdom
           by
           encouraging
           the
           Labour
           and
           Traffick
           of
           an
           
             Episcopalian
             ,
             Presbyterian
             ,
             Independent
             ,
             Quaker
          
           and
           Anabaptist
           ,
           than
           by
           an
           Episcopalian
           only
           ?
           If
           this
           be
           true
           ,
           why
           should
           the
           rest
           be
           render'd
           uncapable
           of
           Trade
           ,
           yea
           ,
           of
           Living
           ?
           What
           Schism
           or
           Heresy
           is
           there
           in
           the
           Labour
           and
           Commerce
           of
           the
           
             Anabaptist
             ,
             Quaker
             ,
             Independent
          
           and
           Presbyterian
           ,
           more
           than
           in
           the
           Labour
           and
           Traffick
           of
           the
           Episcopalian
           ?
        
         
           I
           beseech
           you
           give
           me
           leave
           ,
           is
           ther●
           ever
           a
           Church-man
           in
           
             England
             ▪
          
           that
           in
           distress
           would
           refuse
           the
           Curtesie
           of
           one
           of
           these
           Dissenters
           ?
           If
           one
           of
           them
           should
           happen
           to
           fall
           into
           a
           Pond
           or
           Ditch
           ,
           would
           he
           deny
           to
           be
           helpt
           out
           by
           a
           Dissenters
           Hand
           ?
           Is
           it
           to
           be
           supposed
           ,
           he
           would
           in
           such
           a
           pickle
           be
           Stomachful
           ,
           and
           chuse
           to
           lie
           there
           ,
           and
           be
           Smother'd
           or
           Drowned
           ,
           rather
           than
           owe
           Aid
           to
           the
           good
           Will
           of
           a
           poor
           Phanatick
           ?
           Or
           if
           his
           House
           were
           on
           Fire
           ,
           may
           we
           think
           that
           he
           would
           have
           it
           rather
           burnt
           to
           the
           ground
           than
           acknowledge
           its
           Preservation
           to
           a
           Non-conformist
           ?
           Would
           not
           the
           Act
           be
           Orthodox
           ,
           whatever
           were
           the
           Man
           ?
           So
           in
           case
           of
           being
           
             Sick
             ,
             Imprison'd
             ,
             Beset
             ,
             Benighted
             ,
             out
             of
             the
             Way
             ,
             far
             from
             Kindred
          
           or
           Acquaintance
           ,
           with
           an
           hundred
           other
           cases
           that
           may
           happen
           daily
           ,
           can
           we
           think
           ,
           that
           such
           Men
           would
           ask
           Questions
           for
           Conscience
           sake
           ,
           or
           charge
           Schism
           upon
           the
           Relief
           given
           them
           ?
           No
           ,
           no
           ;
           Self
           will
           always
           be
           true
           to
           its
           Interest
           ,
           let
           Superstition
           mutter
           what
           it
           will.
           
        
         
           But
           since
           the
           
             Industry
             ,
             Rents
          
           and
           Taxes
           of
           the
           Dissenters
           are
           as
           currant
           as
           their
           Neighbours
           ,
           who
           loses
           by
           such
           narrowness
           more
           than
           England
           ,
           than
           the
           Government
           and
           the
           Magistracy
           ?
           For
           till
           it
           be
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Farmer
           to
           destroy
           his
           
             Flock
             ,
             to
             starve
             the
             Horse
             he
             rides
             ,
             and
             the
             Cow
             that
             gives
             him
             Milk
             ,
          
           it
           cannot
           be
           the
           Interest
           of
           England
           to
           let
           a
           great
           part
           of
           her
           Sober
           &
           Useful
           Inhabitants
           be
           destroy'd
           about
           things
           that
           concern
           another
           World.
           And
           't
           is
           to
           be
           hop'd
           that
           the
           Wisdom
           and
           Charity
           of
           our
           Governors
           will
           better
           guide
           them
           both
           to
           their
           own
           real
           Interest
           and
           their
           Peoples
           Preservation
           ,
           which
           are
           inseparable
           ;
           that
           so
           they
           may
           not
           
             Starve
             them
             for
             Religion
             ,
             that
             are
             as
             willing
             as
             able
             to
          
           WORK
           
             for
             the
             good
             of
             King
             and
             Country
             .
          
        
         
           I
           beseech
           you
           ,
           let
           Nature
           speak
           ,
           who
           is
           so
           much
           a
           better
           Friend
           to
           Humane
           Society
           ,
           than
           False
           or
           Froward
           Opinion
           ,
           that
           she
           often
           rectifies
           the
           Mistakes
           of
           a
           Prejudiced
           
           Education
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           say
           ,
           how
           Kind
           ,
           how
           Gentle
           ,
           how
           Helpful
           does
           she
           teach
           us
           to
           be
           to
           each
           other
           ,
           till
           that
           
             Make-bate
             OPINION
          
           (
           falsly
           call'd
           Religion
           )
           begins
           the
           Jangle
           and
           Foments
           to
           Hatred
           .
        
         
           All
           the
           Productions
           of
           Nature
           are
           by
           
             Love
             ,
             and
             shall
             Religion
             propagate
             by
             Force
             ?
          
           If
           we
           consider
           the
           poor
           Hen
           ,
           she
           will
           teach
           us
           Humanity
           .
           Nature
           does
           not
           only
           learn
           her
           to
           hatch
           ,
           but
           to
           be
           tender
           over
           her
           Feeble
           Chickens
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           not
           be
           a
           Prey
           to
           the
           Kite
           .
           All
           the
           Seeds
           and
           Plants
           that
           grow
           for
           the
           Use
           and
           Nourishment
           of
           Man
           ,
           are
           produced
           by
           the
           kind
           and
           warm
           influences
           of
           the
           Sun.
           Nothing
           but
           kindness
           keeps
           up
           
             Humane
             race
          
           :
           Men
           and
           Women
           don't
           get
           Children
           in
           Spight
           ,
           but
           Affection
           .
           'T
           is
           wonderful
           to
           think
           by
           what
           Friendly
           and
           Gentle
           ways
           Nature
           produce
           ,
           and
           matures
           the
           Creatures
           of
           the
           World
           :
           and
           that
           Religion
           should
           teach
           us
           to
           be
           Froward
           and
           Cruel
           ,
           is
           Lamentable
           :
           This
           were
           to
           make
           her
           the
           Enemy
           instead
           of
           the
           Restorer
           of
           Nature
           .
           But
           I
           think
           ,
           we
           may
           without
           Offence
           say
           ,
           That
           since
           
             True
             Religion
          
           gives
           Men
           
             Greater
             Mildness
          
           and
           Goodness
           than
           they
           had
           before
           ,
           that
           Religion
           which
           teaches
           them
           less
           ,
           must
           needs
           be
           False
           .
           What
           shall
           we
           say
           then
           ,
           but
           that
           even
           Nature
           is
           a
           truer
           guide
           to
           Peace
           ,
           and
           
             better
             informs
             us
             to
             preserve
             Civil
             Interest
             ,
             then
             false
             Religion
             ,
          
           and
           consequently
           ,
           that
           we
           ought
           to
           be
           true
           to
           the
           Natural
           and
           Just
           Principles
           of
           Society
           ,
           and
           not
           suffer
           one
           of
           them
           to
           be
           violated
           for
           Humor
           or
           Opinion
           .
           Nor
           is
           every
           Difference
           in
           Opinion
           to
           be
           reputed
           or
           Nick
           named
           a
           New
           or
           Different
           Religion
           .
        
         
           Let
           us
           go
           together
           as
           
             far
             as
             our
             way
             lies
          
           ,
           and
           Preserve
           our
           Unity
           in
           those
           Principles
           ,
           which
           maintain
           our
           Civil
           Society
           .
           This
           is
           our
           Common
           and
           our
           Just
           Interest
           ,
           all
           Protestant-Dissenters
           agree
           in
           this
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           both
           Wise
           and
           Righteous
           to
           admit
           no
           Fraction
           upon
           this
           Pact
           ,
           no
           Violence
           upon
           this
           Concord
           .
           For
           the
           consequence
           of
           permitting
           any
           thing
           to
           break
           in
           upon
           the
           Principles
           of
           Humane
           Society
           ,
           that
           is
           Forreign
           to
           the
           Nature
           of
           it
           ,
           will
           distract
           and
           weaken
           that
           Society
           .
        
         
           We
           know
           ,
           that
           in
           all
           Plantations
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           Planters
           is
           well
           aware
           of
           this
           :
           and
           let
           us
           but
           consider
           ,
           that
           the
           same
           ways
           that
           plant
           Countries
           ,
           
             must
             be
             kept
             to
             for
             preserving
             the
             Plantation
             ,
          
           else
           't
           will
           quickly
           be
           Depopulated
           .
        
         
           That
           Country
           which
           is
           False
           to
           its
           first
           Principles
           of
           Government
           ,
           and
           mistakes
           or
           divides
           its
           Common
           and
           
             Popular
             Interest
          
           ,
           must
           Unavoidably
           Decay
           .
           And
           let
           me
           say
           ,
           That
           had
           there
           been
           this
           Freedom
           granted
           Eighteen
           Years
           ago
           ,
           Protestancy
           had
           been
           too
           Potent
           for
           the
           Enemies
           of
           it
           ;
           nor
           had
           there
           been
           those
           Divisions
           for
           Popery
           to
           make
           its
           advantage
           by
           ;
           at
           least
           ,
           not
           in
           the
           
             Civil
             Interest
          
           of
           the
           Nation
           .
           And
           where
           that
           has
           been
           preserv'd
           entire
           ,
           it
           has
           been
           never
           able
           to
           Prevail
           :
           Witness
           the
           careful
           Government
           of
           Holland
           ,
           where
           the
           Preservation
           of
           their
           Civil
           Interest
           from
           Fraction
           hath
           Secur'd
           them
           against
           the
           growth
           of
           Popery
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           almost
           Tolerated
           by
           them
           :
           So
           powerful
           are
           the
           Effects
           of
           an
           
             United
             Civil
             Interest
          
           in
           Government
           .
           Now
           because
           the
           
             Civil
             Interest
          
           of
           this
           Nation
           is
           the
           
             Preservation
             of
             the
             Free
             and
             Legal
             Government
             of
             it
             from
             all
             Subjection
             to
             Forreign
             claim
             ,
          
           and
           that
           the
           several
           sorts
           of
           Protestants
           are
           united
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           
             common
             Protestancy
          
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           a
           
             General
             Renunciation
             of
          
           Rome
           )
           so
           in
           the
           Maintenance
           of
           this
           
             Civil
             Government
          
           as
           a
           common
           Security
           (
           for
           it
           strikes
           both
           at
           their
           Rights
           Civil
           and
           Sacred
           ,
           their
           Conscience
           ,
           Religion
           and
           Law
           to
           admit
           any
           Forreign
           Jurisdiction
           here
           )
           it
           must
           follow
           ,
           that
           had
           these
           several
           ,
           as
           well
           English
           as
           Protestant
           Parties
           been
           timely
           encourag'd
           to
           this
           united
           Civil
           Interest
           ,
           they
           had
           secur'd
           the
           Government
           from
           this
           danger
           by
           rendering
           it
           too
           formidable
           for
           the
           Attempt
           .
        
         
           But
           there
           is
           a
           twofold
           Mistake
           that
           I
           think
           fit
           to
           remove
           .
           First
           ,
           That
           the
           difference
           betwixt
           Protestants
           &
           their
           Dissenters
           is
           generally
           manag'd
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           were
           
             Civil
             .
             Secondly
          
           ,
           The
           difference
           betwixt
           Papist
           &
           Protestant
           is
           carried
           on
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           were
           chiefly
           Religious
           .
        
         
           To
           the
           First
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           'T
           is
           plausible
           ,
           but
           false
           ,
           it
           is
           an
           Artifice
           of
           ill
           men
           to
           enflame
           
           the
           Government
           against
           good
           People
           ,
           to
           make
           base
           Ends
           by
           other
           Mens
           Ruin
           ;
           whereas
           they
           that
           dissent
           ,
           are
           at
           a
           
             Ne
             plus
             ultra
          
           on
           the
           behalf
           of
           the
           English
           Government
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           themselves
           .
           They
           neither
           acknowledge
           nor
           submit
           to
           any
           other
           Authority
           .
           They
           
             hold
             the
             one
             common
             Civil
             Head
             ,
          
           and
           not
           only
           acquiess
           in
           the
           Distribution
           of
           Justice
           by
           Law
           ;
           but
           embrace
           it
           as
           the
           best
           part
           of
           their
           Patrimony
           .
           So
           that
           the
           difference
           between
           Protestants
           and
           their
           Dissenters
           is
           purely
           Religious
           ,
           and
           mostly
           about
           Church-Government
           ,
           and
           some
           Forms
           of
           Worship
           ,
           apprehended
           to
           be
           not
           so
           pure
           and
           Apostolical
           as
           could
           be
           desired
           ;
           and
           here
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           Tenderness
           should
           be
           exercis'd
           ,
           if
           in
           any
           case
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           or
           St.
           Paul
           is
           Mistaken
           .
        
         
           But
           as
           to
           the
           Second
           ,
           under
           Correction
           ,
           the
           case
           is
           alter'd
           ,
           for
           though
           it
           be
           mostly
           manag'd
           on
           the
           side
           of
           Religion
           ,
           The
           great
           Point
           is
           meerly
           Civil
           ,
           and
           sh●uld
           never
           be
           otherwise
           admitted
           or
           understood
           .
           For
           want
           of
           this
           caution
           Protestants
           suffer
           themselves
           to
           be
           drawn
           into
           tedious
           Controversies
           about
           Religion
           ,
           and
           give
           occasion
           to
           the
           Professors
           and
           Favourers
           of
           that
           way
           to
           exclaim
           against
           them
           ,
           as
           Persecutors
           for
           Religion
           ,
           who
           had
           reprobated
           such
           Severity
           in
           the
           Papists
           to
           their
           Ancestors
           (
           a
           most
           plausible
           and
           very
           often
           a
           succesful
           Plea
           )
           when
           in
           reality
           the
           difference
           is
           not
           so
           much
           Religious
           as
           Civil
           .
           Not
           but
           that
           there
           is
           a
           vast
           contrariety
           in
           Doctrine
           and
           Worship
           too
           ;
           but
           this
           barely
           should
           not
           be
           the
           cause
           of
           our
           so
           great
           distance
           ,
           and
           that
           Provision
           the
           Laws
           make
           against
           them
           ;
           but
           rather
           that
           
             Fundamental
             inconsistancy
          
           they
           carry
           with
           them
           to
           the
           Security
           of
           the
           
             English
             Government
          
           and
           Constitution
           ,
           unto
           which
           they
           belong
           ,
           by
           acknowledging
           a
           Forreign
           Jurisdiction
           in
           these
           Kingdoms
           .
           So
           that
           drawing
           into
           Question
           and
           Danger
           the
           Constitution
           and
           Government
           ,
           to
           which
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           Nature
           and
           
             Civil
             Pact
          
           oblige
           their
           Fidelity
           and
           Obedience
           ,
           there
           seems
           a
           Discharge
           upon
           the
           
             Civil
             Government
          
           from
           any
           further
           care
           of
           their
           Protection
           ,
           that
           make
           it
           a
           
             piece
             of
             Conscience
             to
             seek
             its
             Ruin
             ,
          
           and
           which
           is
           worse
           ,
           a
           
             Principle
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             informed
             of
             better
             things
             ,
          
           for
           even
           here
           not
           Reason
           or
           Law
           ,
           but
           the
           Pope
           must
           be
           Judge
           .
        
         
           This
           being
           the
           Brief
           and
           Modest
           state
           of
           the
           Case
           ,
           I
           must
           return
           to
           my
           first
           great
           Principle
           ,
           
             That
             Civil
             Interest
             is
             the
             Foundation
             and
             End
             of
             Civil
             Government
          
           :
           and
           that
           how
           much
           Men
           desert
           the
           Interest
           of
           a
           Kingdom
           ,
           so
           much
           they
           Wound
           and
           Subvert
           the
           Government
           of
           it
           .
           I
           appeal
           to
           all
           Wise
           and
           Considerate
           Men
           of
           the
           Truth
           of
           this
           by
           the
           present
           Posture
           of
           Affairs
           and
           their
           proper
           Causes
           .
        
         
           To
           come
           then
           to
           our
           Point
           ,
           Shall
           English
           Men
           by
           
             English
             Men
          
           ,
           and
           Protestants
           by
           Protestants
           be
           Free
           or
           Opprest
           ?
           That
           is
           ,
           
             Whether
             shall
             we
             receive
             as
          
           English
           men
           and
           Protestants
           ,
           
             those
             that
             have
             no
             other
             Civil
             Interest
             than
             that
             which
             is
             purely
             English
             ,
             and
             who
             sincerely
             profess
             and
             embrace
             the
             same
             Protestation
             ,
             for
             which
             the
             Antient
             Reformers
             were
             stiled
          
           Protestants
           ,
           
             or
             for
             the
             sake
             of
             Humour
             or
             Base
             Ends
             disown
             them
             ,
             and
             expose
             them
             and
             their
             Families
             to
             utter
             misery
          
           ?
        
         
           I
           would
           hope
           better
           of
           our
           great
           Church-mens
           Charity
           and
           Prudence
           ;
           but
           if
           they
           should
           be
           so
           unhappy
           as
           to
           keep
           to
           their
           old
           measures
           ,
           and
           still
           play
           the
           Gawdy
           but
           empty
           Name
           of
           Church
           against
           the
           
             Civil
             Interest
             and
             Religion
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
          
           they
           will
           shew
           themselves
           deserted
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           then
           how
           long
           it
           will
           be
           ,
           before
           they
           will
           be
           seen
           and
           left
           of
           all
           sober
           men
           ,
           let
           them
           Judge
           .
           For
           to
           speak
           freely
           ,
           after
           all
           this
           Light
           that
           is
           now
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           no
           Ignorance
           can
           excuse
           such
           Zeal
           ,
           nor
           will
           wise
           men
           believe
           it
           to
           be
           either
           ,
           but
           a
           Trick
           to
           weaken
           Protestancy
           ,
           that
           her
           
             declared
             Enemy
          
           may
           with
           less
           hazard
           gain
           the
           Chair
           .
           And
           there
           is
           not
           so
           much
           reason
           to
           fear
           Profest
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           ,
           as
           those
           Gentlemen
           ,
           who
           valuing
           themselves
           by
           their
           respects
           to
           the
           Church
           and
           tenderness
           of
           her
           Independent
           honour
           ,
           
             have
             the
             opportunity
             with
             less
             suspition
             of
             letting
             in
          
           Popery
           
             at
             the
             Back
             door
          
           .
           These
           
           are
           the
           men
           that
           pay
           off
           the
           Phanatick
           in
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           but
           for
           the
           good
           of
           the
           Pope
           ,
           to
           whose
           account
           those
           endeavours
           must
           be
           placed
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           will
           go
           a
           great
           way
           to
           our
           Deliverance
           if
           we
           are
           not
           Careless
           to
           observe
           the
           Secret
           workings
           of
           those
           that
           have
           vow'd
           our
           Misery
           ,
           &
           of
           them
           such
           ,
           as
           are
           in
           Masckarade
           ,
           and
           wear
           the
           Guize
           of
           Friends
           are
           most
           Dangerous
           :
           But
           some
           Men
           are
           Pur-blind
           ,
           they
           can
           see
           Danger
           as
           near
           as
           their
           Nose
           ,
           but
           in
           a
           Difficulty
           ,
           that
           is
           not
           a
           Foot
           from
           them
           ,
           they
           are
           
             Presumptive
             ,
             Rusty
          
           and
           not
           to
           be
           govern'd
           ,
           Could
           some
           Church-men
           but
           see
           the
           Irreparable
           Mischiefs
           that
           will
           attend
           them
           (
           if
           sincere
           to
           their
           present
           Profession
           )
           unless
           prevented
           by
           a
           
             Modest
             and
             Christian
             condescension
             to
          
           Dissenting
           Protestant
           Christians
           ,
           they
           would
           never
           suffer
           themselves
           to
           be
           Mis●guided
           by
           Stiff
           and
           Rigid
           Principles
           at
           this
           time
           of
           day
           .
        
         
           If
           Christianity
           ,
           that
           most
           Meek
           and
           Self
           denying
           Religion
           ,
           cannot
           prevail
           upon
           them
           ,
           me
           thinks
           the
           Power
           of
           Interest
           ,
           and
           that
           
             Self
             interest
          
           too
           ,
           should
           have
           some
           Success
           for
           in
           those
           cases
           they
           use
           not
           to
           be
           obstinate
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           expect
           it
           should
           be
           told
           me
           ,
           
             That
             this
             is
             the
             way
             to
             Ruin
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             let
             in
             an
             Anarchy
             in
             Religion
             :
             Cujus
             contrarium
             verum
             .
          
           I
           am
           glad
           to
           obviate
           this
           ,
           before
           I
           leave
           you
           ,
           seeing
           the
           Contrary
           is
           most
           true
           ;
           for
           it
           leaves
           the
           
             Church
             and
             Church-men
          
           as
           they
           are
           ,
           with
           this
           Distinction
           ,
           that
           whereas
           now
           Conformity
           is
           Coercive
           ,
           which
           is
           Popish
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           then
           Perswasive
           ,
           which
           is
           Christian
           .
           And
           there
           may
           be
           some
           hopes
           ,
           when
           the
           Parsons
           ,
           destitute
           of
           the
           Magistrates
           Sword
           ,
           shall
           of
           necessity
           enforce
           their
           Religion
           by
           good
           Doctrine
           and
           holy
           Living
           ;
           nor
           ought
           they
           to
           murmur
           ,
           for
           that
           which
           satisfied
           Christ
           and
           his
           Apostles
           should
           satisfie
           them
           :
           
             His
             Kingdom
             is
             not
             of
             this
             World
             ,
          
           therefore
           they
           should
           not
           Fight
           for
           him
           ,
           if
           they
           would
           be
           his
           Servants
           and
           the
           Children
           of
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           Christ
           and
           not
           Civil
           Force
           is
           the
           Rock
           his
           Church
           is
           built
           upon
           .
           Nor
           indeed
           has
           any
           thing
           so
           Tarnisht
           the
           Cause
           of
           Protestancy
           ,
           as
           the
           Professors
           of
           it
           betaking
           themselves
           to
           
             Worldly
             Arms
          
           to
           propagate
           their
           Religion
           .
           David
           could
           not
           wear
           Saul's
           Armor
           ,
           and
           
             true
             Protestants
          
           cannot
           use
           Popish
           Weapons
           ,
           Imposition
           and
           Persecution
           .
           In
           short
           ;
           'T
           is
           the
           very
           Interest
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           to
           preserve
           the
           Civil
           Interest
           entire
           ,
           or
           else
           Popery
           will
           endanger
           all
           ;
           but
           that
           cannot
           be
           unless
           all
           of
           that
           Civil
           Interest
           be
           preserved
           ;
           therefore
           
             Protestaat
             Dissenters
          
           should
           be
           indulg'd
           .
        
         
           But
           some
           will
           say
           ,
           
             There
             is
             a
             Difference
             even
             among
             Dissenters
             ;
             Some
             will
             give
             a
             Security
             to
             the
             Civil
             Government
             by
             taking
             the
             Oaths
             ;
             others
             will
             not
             ,
             and
             be
             it
             through
             Tenderness
             ,
             how
             do
             we
             know
             ,
             but
             Papists
             will
             shrow'd
             themselves
             under
             the
             Wings
             of
             such
             Dissenters
             ,
             and
             so
             in
             Tolerating
             Protestant
             Dissenters
             to
             fortify
             Protestancy
             ,
             in
             reality
             Popery
             will
             be
             hereby
             shelter'd
          
           incognito
           .
        
         
           I
           Answer
           ,
           First
           ,
           That
           such
           Oaths
           are
           little
           or
           no
           Security
           to
           any
           Government
           ,
           and
           though
           it
           may
           give
           some
           allay
           to
           the
           Jealousie
           of
           Governors
           ,
           they
           never
           had
           the
           Effect
           desired
           .
           For
           neither
           in
           Private
           Cases
           ▪
           nor
           yet
           in
           Publick
           Transactions
           have
           Men
           adher'd
           to
           their
           Oaths
           ,
           but
           their
           Interest
           .
           He
           that
           is
           a
           Knave
           ,
           was
           never
           made
           Honest
           by
           an
           Oath
           :
           nor
           is
           it
           an
           Oath
           ,
           but
           Honesty
           ,
           that
           keeps
           Honest
           men
           su●h
           .
           Read
           Story
           and
           consult
           our
           Modern
           Times
           ,
           tell
           me
           what
           Government
           stood
           the
           firmer
           or
           longer
           for
           them
           ?
           Men
           may
           take
           them
           for
           their
           own
           Advantage
           ,
           or
           to
           avoid
           Loss
           and
           Punishment
           :
           But
           the
           Question
           is
           ,
           What
           real
           Benefit
           ,
           or
           Security
           comes
           thereby
           to
           the
           Government
           ?
           It
           is
           certain
           they
           have
           often
           
             ensnared
             a
             Good
             Man
          
           ,
           but
           never
           
             caught
             one
             Knave
             yet
          
           :
           we
           ought
           not
           to
           put
           so
           great
           a
           Value
           upon
           Oaths
           ,
           as
           to
           render
           the
           Security
           of
           our
           Government
           so
           low
           and
           hazardous
           .
        
         
           God's
           Providence
           and
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           our
           Ancestors
           have
           found
           out
           a
           better
           Test
           for
           us
           to
           rest
           upon
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           our
           
             Common
             Interest
             and
             the
             Laws
             of
             the
             Land
          
           DULY
           executed
           :
           These
           are
           the
           Security
           of
           our
           Government
           .
        
         
           For
           example
           ,
           a
           Man
           Swears
           he
           will
           not
           Plot
           ,
           yet
           Plots
           ;
           pray
           what
           Security
           is
           
           this
           Oath
           to
           the
           Government
           ?
           But
           though
           't
           is
           evident
           ,
           that
           this
           be
           no
           Security
           ;
           that
           Law
           which
           Hangs
           him
           for
           Plotting
           ,
           is
           an
           
             unquestionable
             one
          
           .
           So
           that
           't
           is
           not
           for
           wise
           Governours
           ,
           by
           Swearing
           men
           to
           the
           Government
           to
           think
           to
           secure
           it
           ;
           but
           all
           having
           agreed
           to
           the
           Laws
           ,
           by
           which
           they
           are
           to
           be
           governed
           ,
           
             let
             any
             Man
             break
             them
             at
             his
             Peril
             .
          
           Wherefore
           good
           Laws
           ,
           and
           a
           Just
           Execution
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           not
           Oaths
           ,
           are
           the
           Natural
           and
           
             real
             Security
             of
             a
             Government
          
           .
        
         
           But
           next
           ,
           though
           some
           may
           scruple
           the
           Oaths
           ,
           't
           is
           not
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           the
           Matter
           so
           much
           as
           Form
           ,
           which
           you
           know
           is
           not
           the
           case
           of
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           (
           pray
           distinguish
           )
           and
           those
           very
           Persons
           ,
           whoever
           they
           be
           of
           Protestant-Dissenters
           ,
           I
           dare
           say
           ,
           they
           will
           very
           cheerfully
           promise
           their
           Allegiance
           on
           the
           same
           Penalties
           ,
           
             and
             subscribe
             any
             Renunciation
             of
             Pope
             and
             Forraign
             Authority
             ,
             which
             the
             Art
             of
             man
             can
             Pen
          
           ;
           nor
           should
           it
           be
           hard
           for
           you
           to
           believe
           they
           should
           subscribe
           what
           they
           have
           alwayes
           liv'd
           .
        
         
           To
           that
           part
           of
           the
           Objection
           ,
           which
           mentions
           
             the
             danger
             of
          
           Papists
           
             concealing
             themselves
             under
             the
             Character
             of
          
           Protestant
           Dissenters
           ;
           under
           Favour
           I
           say
           ,
           it
           is
           most
           reasonable
           to
           believe
           ,
           that
           those
           who
           will
           deny
           their
           Faith
           upon
           record
           ,
           as
           those
           that
           subscribe
           your
           Declaration
           do
           ,
           will
           swallow
           the
           Oaths
           too
           ;
           for
           the
           Declaration
           flatly
           denys
           the
           Religion
           ,
           but
           the
           Oaths
           only
           the
           
             Pope's
             Supremacy
          
           ,
           which
           even
           some
           of
           themselves
           pretend
           to
           reject
           .
           Therefore
           those
           that
           can
           sincerely
           subscribe
           the
           Declaration
           ,
           cannot
           be
           Papists
           .
        
         
           If
           it
           be
           yet
           objected
           ,
           that
           Papists
           may
           have
           Dispensations
           to
           subscribe
           the
           Test
           ,
           or
           a
           Pardon
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           done
           it
           ;
           I
           answer
           ,
           they
           may
           as
           well
           have
           Dispensations
           to
           take
           the
           Oaths
           or
           Pardons
           when
           they
           have
           taken
           them
           ,
           and
           these
           last
           six
           Moneths
           prove
           as
           much
           .
           There
           is
           no
           Fence
           against
           this
           Flail
           :
           At
           this
           rate
           they
           may
           as
           well
           be
           Protestants
           ,
           as
           
             Protestant
             ▪
             Dissenters
             ,
             Ministers
          
           or
           Bishops
           in
           Churches
           ,
           as
           Speakers
           or
           Preachers
           in
           Meeting-houses
           :
           Nay
           ,
           't
           is
           more
           probable
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           least
           Suffering
           ,
           and
           most
           Preferment
           .
           But
           this
           Objection
           only
           shews
           the
           weakness
           of
           both
           
             Oaths
             and
             Declaration
          
           for
           the
           Purpose
           intended
           ,
           and
           not
           ,
           that
           they
           can
           hide
           themselves
           more
           under
           one
           People
           then
           another
           .
           For
           they
           that
           can
           have
           a
           Dispensation
           or
           Pardon
           for
           one
           act
           ,
           can
           have
           it
           for
           another
           ;
           especially
           when
           the
           matter
           of
           the
           Declaration
           is
           of
           a
           more
           general
           weight
           to
           them
           ,
           then
           that
           of
           the
           Oaths
           ;
           all
           which
           confirms
           my
           former
           Judgment
           of
           the
           Insecurity
           of
           such
           Oaths
           to
           any
           Government
           .
        
         
           Give
           me
           leave
           then
           upon
           this
           to
           ask
           you
           ,
           if
           you
           will
           bring
           a
           
             certain
             Ruin
          
           upon
           any
           
             Protestant
             Dissenters
          
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           such
           an
           
             uncertain
             Security
          
           to
           your selves
           ?
           for
           this
           is
           the
           Question
           ;
           I
           beseech
           you
           to
           weigh
           it
           as
           becomes
           wise
           and
           good
           men
           ,
           shall
           they
           be
           Reprobated
           for
           tenderly
           refusing
           ,
           what
           being
           perform'd
           ,
           cannot
           save
           or
           secure
           you
           ?
        
         
           Consider
           ,
           you
           have
           no
           reason
           to
           believe
           ,
           but
           those
           that
           are
           allow'd
           to
           subscribe
           the
           Declaration
           ,
           or
           that
           will
           be
           pardon'd
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           done
           it
           ,
           may
           be
           allow'd
           to
           take
           the
           Oaths
           ,
           or
           will
           be
           pardon'd
           and
           absolv'd
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           taken
           them
           :
           but
           you
           are
           certain
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           that
           the
           Imposing
           of
           the
           Oaths
           will
           be
           a
           great
           Snare
           to
           many
           
             Protestant
             ▪
             Dissenters
          
           ,
           that
           love
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           renounce
           both
           Pope
           and
           Popery
           ;
           They
           will
           be
           ruin'd
           ;
           which
           to
           me
           is
           of
           the
           nature
           of
           an
           Argument
           for
           those
           People
           :
           for
           their
           not
           taking
           the
           Oaths
           ,
           proves
           plainly
           ,
           they
           have
           no
           Dispensations
           nor
           hopes
           of
           Absolution
           ,
           and
           therefore
           no
           Papists
           ;
           shall
           they
           then
           lie
           under
           the
           Severities
           intended
           against
           Papists
           ,
           who
           have
           none
           of
           their
           Dispensations
           or
           Absolutions
           to
           deliver
           them
           from
           them
           ?
           This
           is
           (
           with
           Submission
           ,
           but
           in
           plain
           terms
           )
           to
           make
           the
           case
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           worse
           ;
           for
           it
           destroys
           those
           who
           are
           not
           Guilty
           ,
           and
           whom
           ,
           I
           believe
           ,
           you
           would
           not
           destroy
           .
        
         
           Having
           brought
           the
           matter
           to
           this
           ,
           I
           shall
           first
           offer
           you
           a
           new
           Test
           ;
           Next
           ,
           the
           ways
           of
           taking
           it
           ,
           with
           most
           aggravation
           against
           the
           Party
           rejecting
           or
           breaking
           it
           ;
           And
           lastly
           ,
           how
           you
           may
           secure
           your selves
           from
           Papists
           disguizing
           themselves
           among
           Protestant-Dissenters
           ;
           that
           so
           nothing
           may
           remain
           a
           Remora
           in
           the
           way
           ,
           that
           shall
           not
           be
           removed
           ,
           to
           leave
           you
           a
           plain
           and
           even
           Path
           to
           Peace
           and
           Safety
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                 
                   The
                   New
                   TEST
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   A.B.
                   do
                   solemnly
                   and
                   in
                   good
                   Conscience
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   sight
                   of
                   God
                   and
                   Men
                   ,
                   acknowledge
                   and
                   declare
                   ,
                   that
                   King
                   Charles
                   
                     the
                     second
                     is
                     Lawful
                     King
                     of
                     this
                     Realm
                     ,
                     and
                     all
                     the
                     Dominions
                     thereunto
                     belonging
                     .
                  
                   And
                   that
                   neither
                   the
                   Pope
                   nor
                   See
                   of
                   Rome
                   ,
                   nor
                   any
                   else
                   by
                   their
                   Authority
                   have
                   Right
                   in
                   any
                   Case
                   to
                   Depose
                   the
                   
                     King
                     ,
                     or
                  
                   Dispose
                   of
                   his
                   Kingdom
                   ,
                   or
                   upon
                   any
                   score
                   whatever
                   to
                   absolve
                   his
                   Subjects
                   of
                   their
                   Obedience
                   ,
                   or
                   to
                   give
                   leave
                   to
                   any
                   of
                   them
                   to
                   Plot
                   or
                   Conspire
                   the
                   Hurt
                   of
                   the
                   
                     King's
                     Person
                  
                   ,
                   his
                   State
                   or
                   People
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   all
                   such
                   Pretences
                   and
                   Power
                   are
                   
                     False
                     ,
                     Pernicious
                  
                   and
                   Damnable
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   I
                   do
                   further
                   sincerely
                   profess
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   good
                   Conscience
                   declare
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   believe
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Pope
                   is
                   
                     Christ's
                     Vicar
                  
                   ,
                   or
                   
                     Peter's
                     Lawful
                     Successor
                  
                   ,
                   or
                   that
                   He
                   or
                   the
                   See
                   of
                   Rome
                   severally
                   or
                   joyntly
                   are
                   the
                   Rule
                   of
                   Faith
                   or
                   Judge
                   of
                   Controversie
                   ,
                   or
                   that
                   they
                   can
                   absolve
                   Sins
                   :
                   Nor
                   do
                   I
                   believe
                   ,
                   there
                   is
                   a
                   Purgatory
                   after
                   Death
                   ;
                   or
                   that
                   Saints
                   should
                   be
                   
                     pray'd
                     to
                  
                   or
                   Images
                   in
                   any
                   sense
                   be
                   worship'd
                   .
                   Nor
                   do
                   I
                   believe
                   ,
                   that
                   there
                   is
                   any
                   Transubstantiation
                   in
                   the
                   
                     Lord's
                     Supper
                  
                   ,
                   or
                   Elements
                   of
                   Bread
                   and
                   Wine
                   at
                   or
                   after
                   the
                   Consecration
                   thereof
                   by
                   any
                   Person
                   whatsoever
                   .
                   But
                   I
                   do
                   firmly
                   believe
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Present
                   Communion
                   of
                   the
                   
                     Roman-Catholick
                     Church
                  
                   is
                   both
                   Superstitious
                   and
                   Idolatrous
                   .
                   And
                   all
                   this
                   I
                   do
                   
                     acknowledge
                     ,
                     intend
                     ,
                     profess
                  
                   and
                   declare
                   without
                   any
                   Equivocation
                   ,
                   or
                   reserv'd
                   ,
                   or
                   
                     other
                     Sense
                  
                   ,
                   then
                   the
                   plain
                   and
                   
                     usual
                     Signification
                  
                   of
                   these
                   words
                   ,
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   
                     real
                     Intention
                  
                   of
                   the
                   Law-makers
                   and
                   the
                   
                     common
                     Acceptation
                     of
                     all
                     true
                     Protestants
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           Test
           I
           offer
           ;
           large
           in
           Matter
           ,
           because
           comprehensive
           of
           Oaths
           and
           Test
           too
           ,
           yet
           brief
           in
           words
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           thing
           is
           the
           Wayes
           of
           taking
           it
           with
           most
           Aggravation
           upon
           the
           Refusers
           or
           Violaters
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           in
           all
           Cities
           and
           great
           Towns
           ,
           notice
           be
           given
           by
           the
           Magistrates
           thereof
           to
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           every
           Ward
           or
           Parish
           to
           appear
           on
           such
           a
           day
           ,
           be
           it
           New-Years-Day
           or
           Ash-wednesday
           rather
           (
           when
           the
           
             Pope
             Curses
             all
             Protestants
          
           )
           at
           their
           publick
           Hall
           or
           other
           places
           of
           Commerce
           ,
           where
           the
           Magistrates
           shall
           first
           openly
           
             Read
             ,
             Subscribe
          
           &
           Seal
           the
           Test
           .
           Then
           that
           it
           be
           read
           again
           by
           the
           proper
           Officer
           of
           the
           Place
           to
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           that
           those
           that
           take
           it
           ,
           do
           
             audibly
             pronounce
          
           the
           words
           after
           him
           that
           reads
           it
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           have
           so
           done
           ,
           that
           they
           subscribe
           and
           seal
           it
           .
           That
           such
           Subscriptions
           be
           Register'd
           ,
           and
           Copies
           of
           each
           Parish's
           Subscription
           transmitted
           to
           the
           Parish
           ,
           and
           Affixt
           upon
           some
           publick
           Place
           for
           all
           that
           will
           to
           see
           .
        
         
           That
           in
           the
           Countries
           the
           Parishes
           of
           each
           Hundred
           or
           Rape
           may
           be
           likewise
           summon'd
           to
           appear
           upon
           the
           Day
           aforesaid
           at
           the
           head
           
             Market
             Town
          
           in
           the
           said
           Hundred
           or
           Rape
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           
             Justices
             of
             the
             Peace
          
           within
           that
           part
           of
           the
           Country
           shall
           first
           
             read
             ,
             subscribe
          
           and
           seal
           the
           said
           Test
           in
           view
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           then
           that
           the
           People
           
             say
             ,
             subscribe
          
           and
           seal
           the
           Test
           ,
           as
           is
           before
           exprest
           .
           Which
           being
           done
           ,
           let
           the
           said
           Subscriptious
           be
           collected
           into
           one
           Volumn
           ,
           and
           kept
           in
           the
           County
           Court
           as
           a
           Book
           of
           Record
           ;
           and
           that
           to
           each
           Parish
           be
           transmitted
           a
           Copy
           of
           the
           said
           
             Parish's
             Subscription
          
           ,
           to
           be
           affixt
           upon
           some
           publick
           Place
           within
           the
           said
           Parish
           for
           all
           to
           see
           ,
           that
           please
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           Let
           this
           be
           done
           Annually
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           upon
           every
           
             New-Years
             Day
          
           or
           Ash-wednesday
           ,
           as
           a
           perpetual
           Testimony
           of
           the
           Peoples
           Affection
           to
           the
           King
           and
           Government
           ,
           and
           their
           Abhorrence
           of
           the
           Practices
           of
           Rome
           .
        
         
           The
           Abuse
           of
           this
           Discrimination
           should
           be
           very
           Penal
           ;
           for
           't
           is
           a
           great
           Lye
           upon
           a
           Man
           's
           own
           Conscience
           and
           a
           Cheat
           put
           upon
           the
           Government
           :
           Your
           Wisdom
           can
           best
           proportion
           and
           direct
           the
           Punishment
           ;
           but
           it
           can
           scarcely
           be
           too
           severe
           ,
           as
           our
           Business
           stands
           .
        
         
         
           But
           as
           in
           case
           of
           such
           Hypocrisie
           a
           severe
           Penalty
           should
           be
           inflicted
           ,
           so
           pray
           let
           Provision
           be
           made
           ,
           that
           if
           any
           Person
           so
           subscribing
           should
           be
           afterwards
           call'd
           by
           the
           Name
           of
           Jesuit
           or
           Papist
           ,
           without
           very
           good
           Proof
           ,
           it
           should
           be
           deem'd
           and
           punisht
           in
           open
           Sessions
           for
           a
           Slander
           and
           
             Breach
             of
             Peace
          
           ,
           yet
           so
           ,
           as
           that
           the
           Penalty
           may
           be
           remitted
           at
           the
           Request
           of
           the
           Abused
           Party
           .
        
         
           I
           should
           think
           that
           this
           business
           ,
           carefully
           done
           ,
           might
           render
           needless
           my
           Answer
           to
           the
           last
           Objection
           ,
           viz.
           
             which
             Way
             shall
             we
             be
             able
             to
             prevent
          
           Papists
           
             from
             passing
             for
          
           Protestant
           Dissenters
           ,
           
             that
             so
             the
             Security
             propounded
             to
             the
             Government
             be
             not
             baffled
             by
             Disguize
          
           ?
           For
           no
           Papist
           can
           subscribe
           this
           but
           he
           will
           Lye
           in
           the
           Face
           of
           the
           Government
           and
           Country
           ,
           and
           that
           Yearly
           ,
           and
           upon
           Record
           too
           ;
           which
           is
           ten
           times
           more
           then
           a
           
             Transient
             Oath
          
           ,
           mutter'd
           with
           one
           word
           spoken
           ,
           and
           another
           dropt
           :
           However
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           carry
           it
           as
           far
           as
           humane
           Prudence
           can
           go
           ,
           —
        
         
           I
           yet
           offer
           two
           Expedients
           ;
        
         
           First
           ,
           That
           upon
           Jealousie
           of
           any
           Persons
           being
           a
           Papist
           ,
           or
           
             Popishly
             inclined
          
           ,
           who
           is
           known
           to
           frequent
           the
           Assemblies
           of
           
             Protestant
             Dissenters
          
           ,
           Four
           of
           that
           Party
           of
           most
           Note
           and
           Integrity
           ,
           unto
           which
           he
           pretends
           to
           adhere
           ,
           should
           be
           summoned
           to
           appear
           before
           those
           Justices
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           unto
           whom
           the
           Complaint
           is
           made
           ,
           to
           testifie
           their
           Knowledge
           of
           the
           Person
           suspected
           ,
           his
           
             Education
             ,
             Principles
          
           and
           
             Manner
             of
             Life
          
           ;
           which
           way
           of
           Inspection
           ,
           as
           it
           goes
           as
           far
           as
           Man
           can
           reach
           ,
           so
           can
           it
           scarcely
           fail
           ;
           for
           those
           Persons
           will
           not
           only
           discover
           their
           own
           Hypocrisie
           if
           they
           conceal
           him
           ,
           but
           expose
           themselves
           and
           their
           Friends
           to
           Ruin.
           So
           that
           to
           say
           true
           ,
           the
           Government
           has
           the
           Interest
           and
           Security
           of
           an
           
             Entire
             Party
          
           ,
           for
           the
           discovery
           of
           every
           such
           
             suspected
             Person
          
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           this
           will
           not
           do
           ,
           then
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Be
           you
           pleased
           to
           refer
           the
           Discrimination
           of
           suspected
           Persons
           to
           the
           good
           old
           way
           of
           the
           Government
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           Inquiry
           and
           Judgment
           of
           
             Twelve
             Men
             of
             the
             Neighbourhood
          
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           a
           Jury
           ;
           provided
           always
           ,
           that
           they
           be
           such
           as
           have
           taken
           or
           will
           themselves
           take
           the
           Test
           ;
           else
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           Exceptable
           by
           the
           
             Party
             suspected
          
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           a
           good
           Expedient
           may
           be
           made
           out
           of
           both
           ,
           for
           the
           first
           may
           be
           the
           Evidence
           to
           the
           last
           ,
           and
           I
           think
           you
           will
           hardly
           fail
           of
           your
           Ends.
           
        
         
           I
           shall
           conclude
           with
           this
           Request
           ,
           First
           to
           
             Almighty
             God
          
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           please
           to
           make
           us
           
             truly
             and
             deeply
             sensible
             of
             his
             present
             Mercies
             to
             us
             ,
             and
             to
             reform
             our
             Hearts
             and
             Lives
             to
             improve
             them
             thankfully
             .
          
           And
           Secondly
           to
           
             you
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             be
             loving
             ,
             humble
             and
             diligent
             one
             to
             and
             for
             another
          
           ;
           for
           as
           from
           such
           Amendments
           we
           may
           dare
           promise
           great
           and
           suddain
           Felicity
           to
           England
           ,
           so
           if
           Loosness
           in
           Life
           ,
           and
           Bitterness
           in
           Religion
           be
           not
           speedily
           reprehended
           and
           reform'd
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Common
             Civil
             Interest
             maintained
             entire
          
           ,
           God
           will
           ,
           I
           justly
           fear
           ,
           repent
           he
           has
           begun
           to
           do
           us
           good
           ,
           Adjourn
           the
           Day
           of
           our
           Deliverance
           to
           that
           of
           our
           Repentance
           and
           Moderation
           ,
           and
           Overcast
           these
           happy
           Dawnings
           of
           his
           Favour
           by
           a
           thick
           and
           dismal
           Cloud
           of
           Confusion
           and
           Misery
           ;
           which
           GOD
           AVERT
           !
        
         
           These
           things
           that
           I
           have
           written
           ,
           are
           no
           
             wild
             Guesses
          
           or
           
             May
             ▪
             be
             's
          
           ,
           but
           the
           Disease
           and
           Cure
           ,
           the
           Danger
           and
           Safety
           of
           England
           ;
           in
           treating
           of
           which
           ,
           that
           God
           that
           made
           the
           VVorld
           knows
           ,
           I
           have
           not
           gratified
           any
           private
           Spleen
           or
           Interest
           (
           for
           I
           am
           sorry
           of
           the
           Occasion
           )
           but
           singly
           and
           conscientiously
           intended
           his
           Honor
           ,
           and
           the
           lasting
           Good
           of
           England
           ,
           to
           which
           all
           Personal
           and
           Party
           Considerations
           ought
           ever
           to
           submit
           .
        
         
           
             Amicus
             Plato
             ,
             Amicus
             Aristoteles
             ,
             sed
             magis
             Amica
             Veritas
             ,
             
               i.
               e.
            
             Anglia
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Your
               own
               Faithful
               and
               Most
               Affectionate
            
             PHIL
             '
             ANGLUS
             .