A memorial for His Highness the Prince of Orange in relation to the affairs of Scotland together with the address of the Presbyterian-party in that kingdom to his Highness : and some observations on that address / by two persons of quality.
         Cromarty, George Mackenzie, Earl of, 1630-1714.
      
       
         
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             A memorial for His Highness the Prince of Orange in relation to the affairs of Scotland together with the address of the Presbyterian-party in that kingdom to his Highness : and some observations on that address / by two persons of quality.
             Cromarty, George Mackenzie, Earl of, 1630-1714.
             Mackenzie, George, Sir, 1636-1691.
             Church of Scotland. General Assembly. Presbyterian address from Scotland to the Prince of Orange.
          
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             1689.
          
           
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           A
           MEMORIAL
           For
           His
           HIGHNESS
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ,
           In
           Relation
           to
           the
           AFFAIRS
           OF
           SCOTLAND
           :
           Together
           with
           The
           ADDRESS
           of
           the
           Presbyterian-Party
           in
           that
           Kingdom
           to
           His
           HIGHNESS
           ;
           AND
           Some
           OBSERVATIONS
           on
           that
           Address
           .
        
         
           By
           two
           Persons
           of
           Quality
           .
        
         
           Psal.
           xcv
           .
           10.
           
        
         
           Forty
           years
           long
           have
           I
           been
           grieved
           with
           this
           generation
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           Licensed
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Randal
             Taylor
          
           near
           Stationers
           Hall.
           1689.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           MEMORIAL
           for
           His
           *
           Highness
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           in
           relation
           to
           the
           Affairs
           of
           Scotland
           .
        
         
           May
           it
           please
           Your
           Highness
           ,
        
         
           THE
           Rise
           of
           our
           Animosities
           ,
           and
           the
           reason
           why
           they
           are
           warmer
           in
           Scotland
           than
           in
           England
           ,
           is
           ,
           That
           England
           reformed
           by
           the
           Royal
           Authority
           ,
           and
           therefore
           the
           Government
           of
           their
           Church
           was
           suted
           to
           the
           Monarchy
           ;
           but
           Scotland
           Reforming
           by
           force
           and
           violence
           ,
           some
           of
           our
           Reformers
           coming
           from
           Geneva
           ,
           and
           the
           Republicks
           of
           Switzerland
           ,
           tho
           otherwise
           good
           Divines
           ,
           yet
           were
           so
           far
           mistaken
           in
           their
           Politicks
           as
           to
           inspire
           many
           of
           their
           Converts
           with
           an
           aversion
           to
           the
           Monarchy
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           Popery
           ;
           Buchanan
           and
           others
           wrote
           Books
           which
           were
           thereafter
           condemn'd
           as
           Treasonable
           even
           in
           King
           
           Iames's
           minority
           .
           These
           Puritans
           (
           as
           they
           were
           then
           called
           )
           so
           vex'd
           the
           righteous
           Soul
           of
           King
           Iames
           the
           6th
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           never
           at
           ease
           or
           secure
           till
           he
           succeeded
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           then
           he
           setled
           Episcopacy
           in
           Scotland
           ;
           as
           most
           sutable
           to
           the
           Monarchy
           ,
           and
           fitted
           to
           unite
           the
           two
           Kingdoms
           :
           and
           though
           it
           was
           fully
           agreed
           to
           for
           many
           years
           ,
           yet
           some
           factious
           and
           ambitious
           Noblemen
           being
           desirous
           to
           advance
           themselves
           ,
           though
           by
           the
           ruin
           of
           their
           Country
           ;
           and
           some
           Priest
           riden
           and
           blind
           Zealots
           among
           the
           Gentry
           ,
           admiring
           the
           Parts
           and
           Persons
           of
           their
           Enthusiastick
           Preachers
           ,
           were
           instigated
           by
           them
           to
           join
           with
           the
           Puritanical
           Party
           ,
           and
           at
           length
           to
           rise
           in
           a
           most
           unjustifiable
           
           War
           against
           their
           lawful
           Sovereign
           .
           During
           which
           ,
           the
           Presbyterians
           entred
           in
           a
           Covenant
           ,
           wherein
           they
           obliged
           themselves
           by
           solemn
           Oath
           to
           extirpate
           Prelacy
           and
           bring
           all
           opposers
           of
           their
           Covenant
           to
           condign
           punishment
           :
           and
           thereafter
           into
           a
           League
           with
           England
           ,
           wherein
           they
           obliged
           themselves
           to
           reform
           England
           after
           the
           Model
           of
           the
           best
           reformed
           Churches
           abroad
           ,
           for
           their
           own
           ends
           leaving
           the
           Rule
           thus
           general
           .
           All
           these
           Oaths
           and
           Leagues
           being
           entred
           into
           by
           Subjects
           without
           and
           against
           ,
           yea
           and
           in
           despite
           of
           the
           Royal
           Authority
           ,
           and
           the
           evident
           design
           of
           them
           being
           to
           overturn
           the
           fundamental
           constitution
           of
           the
           Church
           and
           State
           in
           the
           two
           Kingdoms
           ,
           were
           therefore
           mostly
           justly
           condemn'd
           as
           Treason
           by
           the
           Parliaments
           in
           both
           Nations
           .
           Notwithstanding
           whereof
           ,
           the
           Covenanters
           in
           prosecution
           of
           the
           black
           designs
           of
           these
           Oaths
           ,
           raised
           first
           the
           Rabble
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           strong
           Armies
           against
           that
           most
           pious
           and
           Protestant
           King
           Charles
           I.
           who
           out
           of
           a
           religious
           desire
           as
           much
           as
           in
           him
           lay
           to
           preserve
           their
           peace
           and
           his
           own
           ,
           condescended
           to
           all
           that
           they
           desired
           ,
           in
           a
           Parliament
           held
           by
           himself
           at
           Scotland
           .
           But
           the
           lust
           of
           rebellious
           Zealots
           hath
           no
           bounds
           ;
           for
           the
           Faction
           encouraged
           with
           this
           success
           ,
           and
           having
           obtained
           now
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           they
           immediately
           after
           usurped
           that
           of
           the
           State
           ,
           calling
           by
           their
           own
           pretended
           Authority
           rebellious
           Parliaments
           ,
           wherein
           they
           rescinded
           all
           the
           Royal
           Prerogatives
           ,
           murthered
           thousands
           of
           the
           Kings
           best
           subjects
           ,
           and
           almost
           quite
           ruined
           all
           the
           Antient
           Families
           of
           the
           Nation
           who
           opposed
           them
           ,
           preferring
           and
           enriching
           chiefly
           mean
           and
           factious
           persons
           who
           headed
           the
           Rabble
           ,
           robbing
           more
           from
           these
           Loyal
           Families
           in
           one
           month
           ,
           without
           any
           pretext
           of
           Law
           ,
           than
           hath
           been
           exacted
           from
           them
           since
           the
           Kings
           Restauration
           in
           prosecution
           of
           it
           ;
           besides
           the
           many
           other
           barbarities
           which
           they
           committed
           under
           pretext
           of
           Religion
           ;
           as
           the
           Poyniarding
           hundreds
           of
           them
           in
           cold
           bloud
           after
           Quarter
           granted
           ,
           and
           the
           hanging
           them
           with
           the
           Kings
           
           Commission
           about
           their
           Necks
           .
           At
           length
           having
           robbed
           the
           King
           of
           all
           Power
           to
           defend
           himself
           ,
           they
           gave
           him
           perfidiously
           up
           to
           those
           who
           inhumanly
           murthered
           him
           at
           his
           own
           Palace-gate
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           reproach
           and
           scandal
           of
           the
           Reformation
           ;
           themselves
           being
           all
           the
           while
           after
           supported
           by
           these
           very
           Regicides
           ,
           against
           the
           Royalists
           ,
           whom
           they
           called
           Malignants
           ;
           till
           God
           restor'd
           King
           Charles
           II.
           and
           then
           offers
           of
           Peace
           and
           Pardon
           were
           made
           to
           these
           Presbyterians
           ,
           provided
           ,
           they
           would
           but
           disown
           the
           Covenant
           and
           their
           rebellious
           principles
           .
           But
           they
           refusing
           all
           offers
           ,
           Episcopacy
           was
           restored
           chiefly
           for
           the
           Monarchies
           sake
           :
           The
           Faction
           being
           enraged
           at
           this
           ,
           proceeded
           with
           all
           fire
           and
           fury
           to
           preach
           up
           Rebellion
           in
           their
           Conventicles
           .
           The
           Parliament
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           justly
           displeased
           at
           this
           insolence
           and
           contempt
           of
           Authority
           ,
           and
           desirous
           to
           secure
           the
           peace
           and
           the
           people
           from
           the
           Poison
           of
           rebellious
           and
           false
           Doctrine
           ,
           appointed
           all
           to
           come
           to
           Church
           ;
           whereupon
           they
           broke
           forth
           in
           open
           Rebellions
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           their
           Ring
           leaders
           being
           taken
           in
           the
           guilt
           ,
           and
           not
           disowning
           nor
           promising
           to
           help
           these
           faults
           ,
           were
           punish'd
           in
           order
           to
           terrify
           others
           ;
           and
           this
           is
           all
           the
           Severity
           complain'd
           of
           .
        
         
           By
           this
           your
           Highness
           may
           see
           :
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           You
           being
           come
           to
           support
           our
           Laws
           ,
           You
           are
           in
           honour
           bound
           to
           support
           Episcopacy
           ,
           which
           is
           confirmed
           by
           twenty
           seven
           Parliaments
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           Episcopacy
           is
           necessary
           for
           support
           of
           the
           Monarchy
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Scottish
           Presbytery
           is
           not
           opposed
           by
           us
           as
           an
           Ecclesiastical
           Government
           ,
           but
           as
           having
           incorporated
           into
           it
           many
           horrid
           Principles
           ,
           inconsistent
           with
           humane
           Society
           ,
           in
           which
           the
           Monarchy
           is
           more
           concerned
           than
           we
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           That
           what
           these
           who
           were
           in
           the
           Government
           did
           ,
           was
           conform
           to
           Law
           ,
           and
           that
           these
           Laws
           were
           made
           for
           
           preservation
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           Monarchy
           ,
           humane
           Society
           ,
           and
           Self-defence
           .
           And
           that
           they
           value
           their
           Church-Government
           more
           than
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           is
           clear
           by
           their
           late
           compliance
           with
           the
           Papists
           upon
           getting
           an
           Indulgence
           ;
           Whereas
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           and
           we
           hazarded
           all
           rather
           than
           comply
           ;
           They
           magnified
           the
           dispensing
           Power
           ,
           and
           we
           opposed
           it
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           This
           appears
           more
           clearly
           by
           their
           present
           Principles
           ,
           whereby
           many
           ,
           as
           we
           are
           informed
           own
           ,
           that
           Subjects
           have
           a
           right
           to
           force
           their
           King
           to
           do
           them
           Justice
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           are
           his
           Judges
           ,
           and
           may
           dethrone
           him
           ;
           That
           the
           Rebellion
           against
           King
           Charles
           the
           First
           and
           Second
           ,
           and
           in
           favour
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           Monmouth
           were
           just
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Monarchy
           being
           returned
           by
           Forfeiture
           to
           the
           People
           ,
           there
           remains
           no
           Prerogative
           with
           future
           Kings
           who
           are
           to
           have
           no
           more
           power
           than
           the
           People
           will
           give
           them
           :
           and
           because
           we
           love
           the
           Monarchy
           ,
           we
           are
           decry'd
           as
           Slaves
           ;
           whereas
           it
           had
           been
           easier
           for
           us
           to
           have
           connived
           at
           their
           Insolencies
           ,
           and
           to
           become
           Republicans
           with
           them
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           To
           evidence
           that
           they
           resolve
           not
           as
           yet
           to
           be
           quiet
           ;
           They
           in
           place
           of
           accommodating
           differences
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           wherein
           all
           Protestants
           should
           shew
           what
           happy
           change
           they
           hope
           for
           from
           Your
           Highness
           coming
           to
           restore
           our
           Religion
           and
           Laws
           ,
           do
           threaten
           Magistrates
           out
           of
           their
           Government
           ,
           and
           Ministers
           from
           their
           Charges
           ,
           forcing
           them
           to
           swear
           ,
           after
           many
           indignities
           ,
           that
           they
           shall
           never
           return
           to
           their
           Imployments
           ,
           doing
           thereby
           all
           that
           in
           them
           lies
           to
           disgrace
           Your
           Highnesses
           designs
           ,
           and
           to
           persuade
           the
           Nation
           that
           they
           onely
           must
           give
           Measures
           ,
           and
           that
           none
           can
           live
           peaceably
           there
           without
           complying
           with
           all
           their
           Inclinations
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           That
           their
           numbers
           are
           not
           near
           so
           great
           as
           ours
           ,
           appears
           convincingly
           from
           this
           :
           that
           twenty
           seven
           Parliaments
           
           have
           run
           unanimously
           against
           them
           under
           four
           Kings
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           have
           still
           been
           easily
           overcome
           in
           all
           their
           Rebellions
           :
           and
           though
           now
           they
           appear
           numerous
           here
           ,
           yet
           that
           proceeds
           from
           their
           being
           all
           here
           ,
           upon
           design
           to
           make
           themselves
           appear
           considerable
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           thought
           necessary
           ;
           and
           to
           the
           end
           ,
           that
           some
           of
           them
           may
           recover
           what
           was
           justly
           taken
           from
           them
           ,
           and
           may
           get
           Employments
           by
           procuring
           the
           Possessors
           to
           be
           incapacitated
           .
           Whereas
           others
           ,
           trusting
           to
           the
           Laws
           ,
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Monarchy
           and
           Your
           Highness's
           just
           sense
           of
           things
           ,
           thought
           no
           such
           appearance
           necessary
           till
           the
           Convention
           .
           These
           Presbyterians
           have
           also
           instigated
           some
           Tumults
           ,
           to
           fright
           honest
           Men
           ,
           who
           will
           not
           rise
           in
           Arms
           without
           Authority
           ,
           yet
           if
           there
           be
           not
           Forces
           sent
           down
           under
           well-principled
           Officers
           ,
           they
           will
           be
           forced
           again
           to
           beg
           leave
           to
           raise
           new
           Forces
           in
           self-defence
           ,
           without
           which
           we
           can
           neither
           live
           at
           home
           nor
           go
           to
           serve
           Your
           Highness
           in
           the
           Convention
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           Many
           of
           them
           pretending
           that
           their
           Presbytery
           is
           
             Iure
             divino
          
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           are
           bound
           to
           it
           by
           Oaths
           (
           tho
           declared
           Treason
           )
           do
           own
           that
           they
           can
           submit
           to
           no
           Laws
           inconsistent
           with
           Presbytery
           ,
           whereas
           we
           are
           ready
           to
           comply
           with
           whatever
           Your
           Highness
           and
           a
           Parliament
           shall
           find
           convenient
           for
           the
           Monarchy
           and
           the
           good
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           being
           grieved
           at
           those
           Animosities
           in
           which
           they
           delight
           .
           And
           to
           demonstrate
           our
           Innocence
           and
           our
           readiness
           to
           accommodate
           all
           matters
           justly
           ,
           we
           desire
           to
           be
           heard
           before
           Your
           Highness
           or
           any
           You
           shall
           name
           .
        
         
           8.
           
           We
           do
           in
           the
           next
           place
           ,
           offer
           to
           Your
           Highness's
           Consideration
           ,
           whether
           in
           this
           Age
           ,
           wherein
           Episcopacy
           is
           acknowledged
           to
           have
           been
           the
           best
           Bulwark
           against
           Popery
           ,
           the
           English
           ,
           who
           so
           justly
           love
           and
           reverence
           Episcopacy
           will
           unite
           with
           Scotland
           ,
           if
           subjected
           to
           Presbytery
           ;
           especially
           since
           the
           Presbyterians
           ,
           who
           generally
           own
           the
           Covenant
           ▪
           are
           
           sworn
           to
           extirpate
           Episcopacy
           ,
           having
           violently
           and
           effectually
           concurred
           in
           the
           last
           Age
           ,
           to
           throw
           it
           out
           of
           both
           Nations
           .
           Which
           Oath
           will
           certainly
           bind
           them
           to
           overthrow
           Episcopacy
           in
           England
           more
           industriously
           ,
           when
           England
           by
           the
           Union
           becomes
           a
           part
           of
           their
           native
           Countrey
           .
        
         
           We
           design
           not
           by
           this
           to
           load
           all
           of
           that
           persuasion
           ,
           amongst
           whom
           we
           confess
           many
           are
           so
           moderate
           as
           to
           deserve
           ,
           that
           for
           their
           sake
           we
           should
           encline
           heartily
           to
           such
           an
           Indulgence
           as
           may
           satisfie
           sober
           Dissenters
           ,
           nor
           would
           we
           have
           troubled
           your
           Highness
           with
           this
           Account
           ,
           if
           we
           had
           not
           been
           assured
           that
           there
           was
           an
           Address
           prepared
           ,
           craving
           a
           total
           extinction
           of
           Episcopacy
           ,
           as
           contrary
           to
           the
           divine
           right
           of
           Presbytery
           ;
           which
           if
           it
           be
           acknowledg'd
           ,
           they
           can
           be
           subject
           to
           no
           Law
           ;
           and
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           though
           illegal
           and
           irreligious
           ,
           must
           be
           the
           Rule
           :
           Which
           if
           yielded
           ,
           no
           sober
           Man
           can
           live
           in
           security
           ;
           and
           though
           some
           things
           may
           now
           be
           reformed
           in
           that
           Address
           by
           advice
           from
           London
           ,
           yet
           the
           first
           draught
           shews
           their
           inclination
           :
           And
           even
           the
           extinction
           of
           Episcopacy
           which
           will
           certainly
           be
           craved
           ,
           they
           being
           sworn
           to
           it
           in
           their
           Covenant
           ,
           obliges
           us
           to
           offer
           this
           in
           defence
           of
           our
           Laws
           ,
           and
           to
           prevent
           the
           inconveniences
           and
           insolencies
           which
           would
           ensue
           on
           so
           great
           an
           Alteration
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           We
           humbly
           entreat
           Your
           Highness
           to
           consider
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           now
           established
           by
           Law
           under
           Episcopacy
           amongst
           us
           ,
           we
           have
           no
           Ceremonies
           at
           all
           ,
           no
           not
           so
           much
           as
           any
           form
           of
           Prayer
           ,
           no
           Musick
           but
           singing
           in
           the
           Churches
           ,
           the
           Doctrine
           and
           Discipline
           is
           the
           same
           both
           in
           the
           Church
           and
           Conventicle
           ;
           and
           in
           a
           word
           not
           one
           Ace
           of
           difference
           between
           the
           two
           ,
           but
           that
           in
           the
           present
           Church
           instead
           of
           their
           Moderators
           ,
           whom
           themselves
           have
           sometimes
           confess'd
           may
           be
           Constant
           ,
           we
           have
           Bishops
           whom
           the
           King
           is
           pleased
           to
           make
           Lords
           ,
           allowing
           the
           Presbyters
           a
           free
           Vote
           
           in
           their
           Elections
           ;
           and
           even
           the
           Bishops
           govern
           only
           by
           Presbyteries
           and
           Synods
           ,
           as
           the
           World
           shall
           have
           a
           more
           particular
           and
           full
           account
           of
           hereafter
           .
           And
           now
           after
           this
           we
           leave
           Your
           Highness
           and
           the
           World
           to
           judge
           ,
           what
           just
           ground
           they
           have
           for
           their
           separation
           from
           our
           Churches
           Communion
           :
           or
           if
           the
           difference
           betwixt
           us
           and
           the
           Presbyterians
           ,
           for
           such
           they
           all
           own
           themselves
           ,
           be
           indeed
           such
           as
           may
           justifie
           their
           constant
           clamour
           ,
           present
           noise
           and
           tumults
           ,
           their
           uncharitable
           Censures
           and
           cruel
           Persecutions
           of
           their
           reformed
           Brethren
           ;
           whether
           the
           difference
           betwixt
           us
           be
           truly
           such
           as
           may
           warrant
           their
           dividing
           the
           Church
           ,
           disturbing
           the
           State
           ,
           and
           weakning
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           which
           Your
           Highness
           hath
           so
           generously
           and
           piously
           ingaged
           to
           protect
           ;
           and
           which
           we
           shall
           always
           heartily
           pray
           God
           to
           prosper
           You
           in
           .
        
         
           THe
           Reader
           is
           desired
           to
           observe
           first
           ,
           that
           the
           Figures
           placed
           in
           the
           Address
           ,
           lead
           to
           the
           Annotations
           ,
           on
           that
           part
           of
           it
           which
           are
           marked
           with
           the
           same
           Figures
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           that
           the
           
             publick
             Resolutioners
          
           and
           Remonstrators
           were
           two
           conten●ding
           Parties
           among
           the
           Scots
           Presbyterians
           ,
           who
           as
           they
           found
           favour
           from
           the
           Usurper
           ,
           or
           had
           Power
           and
           Interest
           with
           the
           Rabble
           ,
           mutually
           excommunicated
           and
           persecuted
           one
           another
           .
           These
           were
           called
           
             Publick
             Resolutioners
          
           ,
           who
           adhered
           to
           the
           publick
           Resolves
           of
           the
           State
           in
           favours
           of
           the
           King
           :
           and
           they
           called
           Remonstrators
           ,
           who
           dissented
           from
           these
           Proceedings
           of
           the
           Publick
           ,
           by
           their
           open
           Remonstrances
           against
           them
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                 
                   The
                   PRESBYTERIAN
                   ADDRESS
                   FROM
                   SCOTLAND
                   TO
                   THE
                   Prince
                   of
                   Orange
                   .
                
                 
                   May
                   it
                   please
                   
                     your
                     Royal
                     Highness
                     ,
                  
                
                 
                   WHen
                   we
                   
                     (
                     1
                     )
                  
                   begin
                   to
                   think
                   how
                   the
                   Lord
                   hath
                   blessed
                   your
                   illustrious
                   Progenitors
                   in
                   being
                   the
                   happy
                   Instruments
                   of
                   so
                   much
                   good
                   to
                   his
                   Church
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   standing
                   in
                   the
                   Gap
                   ,
                   and
                   appearing
                   for
                   the
                   People
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                   his
                   Truth
                   and
                   Interest
                   in
                   Times
                   of
                   the
                   greatest
                   Extremity
                   ,
                   when
                   matters
                   seemed
                   desperate
                   in
                   the
                   Eyes
                   of
                   all
                   who
                   could
                   look
                   no
                   higher
                   than
                   the
                   Hand
                   of
                   second
                   Causes
                   ,
                   and
                   how
                   the
                   Lord
                   crowned
                   their
                   resolute
                   Endeavours
                   
                   with
                   the
                   Success
                   of
                   planting
                   
                     (
                     2
                     )
                  
                   a
                   beautiful
                   Church
                   in
                   the
                   
                     United
                     Provinces
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   delivering
                   the
                   People
                   of
                   God
                   there
                   from
                   the
                   fury
                   of
                   the
                   Spanish
                   Persecutions
                   .
                   And
                   that
                   your
                   Royal
                   Highness
                   hath
                   succeeded
                   these
                   Worthies
                   of
                   the
                   Lord
                   ,
                   as
                   in
                   their
                   Estates
                   and
                   Dignities
                   ,
                   so
                   in
                   their
                   Zeal
                   for
                   the
                   Gospel
                   of
                   Christ
                   ,
                   
                   sympathy
                   withi
                   his
                   
                     (
                     3
                     )
                  
                   suffering
                   People
                   ,
                   and
                   magnaninous
                   Resolution
                   in
                   appearing
                   in
                   such
                   an
                   astonishing
                   way
                   for
                   the
                   
                     (
                     4
                     )
                  
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   our
                   Lord
                   Iesus
                   ,
                   and
                   for
                   his
                   faithful
                   Servants
                   ,
                   while
                   lying
                   in
                   the
                   Mouth
                   of
                   the
                   Lyon
                   ,
                   while
                   Refuge
                   failed
                   ,
                   and
                   we
                   looked
                   on
                   the
                   Right
                   and
                   Left
                   Hands
                   
                     (
                     5
                     )
                  
                   and
                   no
                   Man
                   was
                   found
                   till
                   the
                   Lord
                   raised
                   up
                   your
                   Highness
                   ,
                   and
                   put
                   
                   it
                   in
                   your
                   Heart
                   to
                   lay
                   down
                   Life
                   and
                   all
                   things
                   of
                   a
                   
                     (
                     6
                     )
                  
                   corporal
                   Interest
                   at
                   the
                   stake
                   ,
                   while
                   ye
                   did
                   act
                   for
                   his
                   Glory
                   ,
                   and
                   lamentably
                   oppressed
                   Servants
                   .
                   Ah
                   ,
                   we
                   have
                   not
                   Hearts
                   to
                   prize
                   that
                   wonderful
                   Mercy
                   ,
                   the
                   greatness
                   of
                   past
                   and
                   present
                   Sufferings
                   ,
                   the
                   inexpressible
                   hazard
                   ,
                   the
                   irremediless
                   (
                   as
                   to
                   the
                   hand
                   of
                   Man
                   )
                   condition
                   we
                   seemed
                   to
                   be
                   in
                   ,
                   do
                   heighten
                   the
                   Mercy
                   beyond
                   our
                   apprehension
                   ,
                   so
                   that
                   when
                   your
                   Highness
                   first
                   appeared
                   ,
                   we
                   were
                   like
                   them
                   that
                   
                     (
                     7
                     )
                  
                   dream
                   ,
                   and
                   our
                   Hearts
                   were
                   filled
                   with
                   matter
                   of
                   Hope
                   and
                   Ioy
                   ,
                   yet
                   how
                   are
                   we
                   overwhelmed
                   with
                   fear
                   ,
                   considering
                   our
                   
                     (
                     8
                     )
                  
                   provocations
                   and
                   sinning
                   in
                   the
                   face
                   of
                   Iudgments
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   a
                   day
                   of
                   so
                   much
                   Wrath
                   and
                   Indignation
                   ,
                   the
                   combination
                   of
                   so
                   many
                   potent
                   Adversaries
                   ,
                   the
                   Perils
                   from
                   Winds
                   and
                   raging
                   Seas
                   ,
                   the
                   hazard
                   to
                   your
                   valiant
                   Army
                   ,
                   but
                   especially
                   to
                   your
                   Highnesses
                   Royal
                   Person
                   ,
                   sent
                   us
                   to
                   the
                   Throne
                   of
                   Grace
                   (
                   and
                   oh
                   how
                   great
                   had
                   our
                   guiltiness
                   been
                   ,
                   if
                   we
                   had
                   lain
                   by
                   )
                   to
                   
                   
                     (
                     9
                     )
                  
                   wrestle
                   for
                   the
                   protection
                   of
                   Heaven
                   towards
                   your
                   Highness's
                   Person
                   ,
                   Army
                   and
                   Navy
                   .
                   And
                   now
                   that
                   the
                   Lord
                   hath
                   not
                   despised
                   the
                   Prayer
                   of
                   the
                   destitute
                   ,
                   and
                   hath
                   made
                   his
                   out-stretched
                   Arm
                   appear
                   in
                   the
                   prudent
                   Conduct
                   and
                   desirable
                   Success
                   of
                   such
                   an
                   Heroick
                   Vndertaking
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   the
                   Lord
                   hath
                   
                     (
                     10
                     )
                  
                   melted
                   the
                   Hearts
                   of
                   some
                   in
                   making
                   them
                   joyn
                   with
                   your
                   Highness's
                   Forces
                   ,
                   hath
                   bound
                   up
                   the
                   Hands
                   of
                   
                     (
                     11
                     )
                  
                   implacable
                   Adversaries
                   ,
                   and
                   hath
                   stopt
                   all
                   ways
                   of
                   escaping
                   ,
                   is
                   the
                   doing
                   of
                   our
                   God
                   ,
                   and
                   it
                   's
                   wonderful
                   in
                   our
                   
                   Eyes
                   .
                   And
                   God
                   forbid
                   ,
                   that
                   ever
                   we
                   forget
                   such
                   a
                   Mercy
                   ,
                   or
                   that
                   we
                   neglect
                   to
                   stir
                   up
                   the
                   People
                   under
                   our
                   Charges
                   to
                   magnifie
                   his
                   Name
                   for
                   so
                   seasonable
                   and
                   so
                   great
                   a
                   Mercy
                   ,
                   which
                   upon
                   several
                   accounts
                   may
                   be
                   compared
                   with
                   the
                   delivering
                   of
                   God's
                   People
                   out
                   of
                   Egypt
                   ,
                   and
                   out
                   of
                   Babylon
                   ,
                   and
                   from
                   Antichristian
                   Darkness
                   by
                   the
                   Reformation
                   ,
                   begun
                   by
                   Zuinglius
                   and
                   Luther
                   ,
                   if
                   now
                   we
                   get
                   Grace
                   to
                   improve
                   it
                   to
                   the
                   
                     (
                     12
                     )
                  
                   Honor
                   of
                   his
                   Name
                   .
                
                 
                   Great
                   Sir
                   ,
                   as
                   the
                   Welfare
                   and
                   Happiness
                   of
                   the
                   Kirk
                   hath
                   mainly
                   influenced
                   your
                   Highness's
                   great
                   Vndertaking
                   ,
                   so
                   we
                   are
                   confident
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   sad
                   Case
                   of
                   the
                   Kirk
                   of
                   Scotland
                   ,
                   
                   occasioned
                   by
                   the
                   overturning
                   of
                   that
                   
                     (
                     13
                     )
                  
                   beautiful
                   Government
                   ,
                   the
                   Presbyterian
                   Government
                   of
                   the
                   Kirk
                   established
                   there
                   ,
                   and
                   Mother
                   Churches
                   in
                   
                     France
                     ,
                     United
                     Provinces
                  
                   ,
                   &c.
                   will
                   by
                   your
                   tender
                   Care
                   ,
                   and
                   Providence
                   ,
                   now
                   find
                   a
                   sutable
                   Remedy
                   :
                   and
                   that
                   your
                   Highness
                   will
                   commiserate
                   the
                   deplorable
                   State
                   of
                   a
                   Kirk
                   once
                   
                     (
                     14
                     )
                  
                   famous
                   for
                   its
                   Reformation
                   ,
                   Purity
                   ,
                   
                     (
                     15
                     )
                  
                   Piety
                   ,
                   Order
                   and
                   Vnity
                   .
                   
                     (
                     16
                     )
                  
                   And
                   oh
                   how
                   refreshing
                   was
                   it
                   to
                   Christs
                   afflicted
                   ones
                   ,
                   to
                   find
                   that
                   your
                   Highness
                   was
                   so
                   nearly
                   concerned
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   deeply
                   touched
                   with
                   our
                   late
                   Sufferings
                   ,
                   as
                   to
                   hold
                   forth
                   your
                   Sympathy
                   in
                   your
                   Highness's
                   Gracious
                   Declaration
                   ,
                   containing
                   
                   one
                   just
                   Epitome
                   of
                   our
                   sad
                   Tryals
                   ,
                   and
                   unparallel'd
                   (
                   on
                   such
                   account
                   )
                   Sufferings
                   ,
                   which
                   would
                   require
                   a
                   Volume
                   for
                   rehearsing
                   the
                   several
                   particulars
                   ,
                   and
                   giving
                   a
                   full
                   History
                   of
                   the
                   merciless
                   Perseiutions
                   we
                   were
                   forced
                   to
                   lie
                   under
                   ,
                   since
                   the
                   erection
                   ef
                   Prelacy
                   :
                   yea
                   ,
                   the
                   Severity
                   ran
                   to
                   such
                   an
                   heighth
                   ,
                   that
                   by
                   the
                   eighth
                   Act
                   of
                   King
                   James
                   the
                   Seventh
                   his
                   Parliament
                   ,
                   it
                   was
                   statute
                   and
                   ordained
                   ,
                   that
                   all
                   Preachers
                   in
                   Houses
                   or
                   Field
                   Conventicles
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   present
                   at
                   Field-Meetings
                   ,
                   should
                   be
                   punished
                   by
                   
                     (
                     17
                     )
                  
                   Death
                   ,
                   and
                   Confiscation
                   of
                   Goods
                   .
                   And
                   tho
                   by
                   the
                   Light
                   of
                   Nature
                   ,
                   and
                   Law
                   of
                   Nations
                   ,
                   it
                   be
                   the
                   Oppresseds
                   innocent
                   Refuge
                   to
                   supplicate
                   the
                   Iudges
                   or
                   Ruler
                   ,
                   yet
                   with
                   our
                   Rulers
                   it
                   was
                   accounted
                   a
                   Crime
                   of
                   the
                   highest
                   Demerit
                   .
                   And
                   his
                   Majesties
                   Commissioner
                   in
                   his
                   first
                   Parliament
                   ,
                   after
                   his
                   Return
                   from
                   Exile
                   ,
                   sent
                   to
                   the
                   several
                   Provincial
                   Synods
                   ,
                   then
                   meeting
                   at
                   the
                   set
                   time
                   ,
                   to
                   raise
                   them
                   ;
                   which
                   accordingly
                   they
                   did
                   .
                   So
                   soon
                   as
                   they
                   did
                   move
                   ,
                   as
                   all
                   of
                   them
                   were
                   to
                   do
                   ,
                   towards
                   a
                   supplication
                   to
                   the
                   Parliament
                   for
                   ratifying
                   the
                   Government
                   of
                   the
                   Kirk
                   ,
                   established
                   
                   by
                   King
                   and
                   
                     (
                     18
                     )
                  
                   solemn
                   Acts
                   of
                   Parliament
                   .
                   And
                   what
                   Tongue
                   can
                   express
                   the
                   Oppression
                   we
                   have
                   met
                   with
                   since
                   that
                   day
                   .
                   And
                   tho
                   it
                   were
                   not
                   pertinent
                   in
                   this
                   our
                   humble
                   Address
                   to
                   trouble
                   your
                   Royal
                   Highness
                   with
                   an
                   account
                   of
                   particulars
                   ,
                   
                   yet
                   we
                   have
                   given
                   to
                   
                     (
                     19
                     )
                  
                   these
                   now
                   sent
                   from
                   us
                   to
                   your
                   Highness
                   ,
                   such
                   Information
                   concerning
                   those
                   ,
                   as
                   during
                   the
                   short
                   time
                   of
                   our
                   staying
                   together
                   ,
                   we
                   could
                   provide
                   ,
                   which
                   they
                   are
                   ready
                   to
                   offer
                   to
                   your
                   Highness
                   ,
                   when
                   required
                   ;
                   neither
                   could
                   we
                   take
                   upon
                   us
                   to
                   condescend
                   upon
                   any
                   method
                   for
                   remedy
                   of
                   our
                   Grievances
                   ,
                   but
                   intirely
                   relying
                   upon
                   your
                   Highness's
                   Zeal
                   for
                   the
                   Glory
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                   and
                   good
                   of
                   this
                   Kirk
                   ,
                   do
                   in
                   all
                   Humility
                   beseech
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   the
                   Bowels
                   of
                   Christ
                   Iesus
                   intreat
                   your
                   Highness
                   to
                   procure
                   the
                   
                     (
                     20
                     )
                  
                   Extirpation
                   of
                   Prelacy
                   ,
                   and
                   Re-establishment
                   of
                   Presbyterian
                   Government
                   of
                   this
                   Kirk
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   the
                   restoring
                   of
                   the
                   faithful
                   Ministers
                   of
                   Christ
                   to
                   their
                   respective
                   Charges
                   ,
                   from
                   which
                   they
                   were
                   so
                   unjustly
                   thrust
                   out
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   It
                   will
                   not
                   
                     (
                     21
                     )
                  
                   (
                   we
                   hope
                   )
                   seem
                   strange
                   to
                   your
                   Highness's
                   Goodness
                   ,
                   tho
                   some
                   of
                   us
                   being
                   on
                   the
                   place
                   about
                   the
                   time
                   the
                   King
                   allowed
                   to
                   Ministers
                   the
                   free
                   Exercise
                   of
                   their
                   Ministry
                   ,
                   opened
                   the
                   Prison
                   Doors
                   ,
                   and
                   set
                   the
                   Captives
                   at
                   liberty
                   ,
                   recalled
                   the
                   Exile
                   ,
                   took
                   off
                   the
                   Arrests
                   ,
                   and
                   permitted
                   
                   these
                   to
                   return
                   to
                   their
                   homes
                   ,
                   
                     (
                     22
                     )
                  
                   who
                   know
                   not
                   where
                   to
                   hide
                   their
                   Heads
                   ,
                   did
                   by
                   their
                   Address
                   thankfully
                   acknowledge
                   the
                   Favour
                   of
                   a
                   little
                   Respite
                   from
                   so
                   much
                   Slavery
                   and
                   intolerable
                   Sufferings
                   ,
                   all
                   of
                   them
                   being
                   ready
                   solemnly
                   to
                   protest
                   ,
                   that
                   it
                   was
                   far
                   from
                   their
                   thoughts
                   to
                   homologate
                   the
                   Liberty
                   granted
                   to
                   Papists
                   ,
                   or
                   the
                   Arbitrary
                   Dispensing
                   Power
                   ,
                   to
                   speak
                   nothing
                   of
                   that
                   absolute
                   Power
                   ,
                   without
                   reservation
                   ,
                   
                   claimed
                   by
                   his
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     (
                     23
                     )
                  
                   asserted
                   by
                   Parliament
                   and
                   Council
                   .
                   But
                   our
                   confidence
                   of
                   your
                   Highness's
                   perswasion
                   of
                   our
                   Integrity
                   in
                   that
                   matter
                   ,
                   makes
                   us
                   forbear
                   any
                   farther
                   Apology
                   .
                   But
                   oh
                   ,
                   as
                   the
                   Lord
                   hath
                   followed
                   your
                   pious
                   Endeavours
                   for
                   the
                   delivering
                   of
                   Britain
                   and
                   Ireland
                   from
                   the
                   Persecution
                   they
                   were
                   lying
                   under
                   (
                   while
                   we
                   could
                   espie
                   no
                   Remedy
                   )
                   with
                   wonderful
                   Success
                   :
                   So
                   he
                   will
                   be
                   pleased
                   to
                   strengthen
                   
                   your
                   Highness
                   
                     (
                     24
                     )
                  
                   for
                   going
                   on
                   in
                   his
                   Work
                   ,
                   and
                   will
                   make
                   you
                   an
                   happy
                   Instrument
                   for
                   delivering
                   of
                   other
                   Churches
                   groaning
                   under
                   Popish
                   Persecution
                   .
                   Babylon
                   the
                   great
                   must
                   fall
                   .
                   And
                   that
                   this
                   may
                   be
                   the
                   time
                   ,
                   and
                   your
                   Highness
                   the
                   Man
                   of
                   Gods
                   Right
                   Hand
                   ,
                   whom
                   he
                   hath
                   made
                   strong
                   for
                   being
                   eminently
                   instrumental
                   in
                   such
                   a
                   Glorious
                   Work
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   would
                   more
                   and
                   more
                   sanctifie
                   and
                   
                     (
                     25
                     )
                  
                   humble
                   you
                   under
                   his
                   bountiful
                   Dispensation
                   ,
                   and
                   would
                   guard
                   and
                   preserve
                   your
                   Person
                   ,
                   and
                   multiply
                   his
                   choice
                   Blessings
                   spiritual
                   and
                   temporal
                   on
                   your
                   precious
                   Princess
                   ,
                   your
                   Royal
                   Consort
                   ,
                   shall
                   be
                   the
                   continual
                   Prayer
                   of
                
                 
                   
                     Serene
                     Highness
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Your
                     assiduous
                     Orators
                     at
                     the
                     Throne
                     of
                     Grace
                     ,
                     and
                     most
                     Faithful
                     and
                     Humble
                     Servants
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Their
                   Letter
                   to
                   the
                   Prince
                   :
                   which
                   they
                   ordered
                   to
                   be
                   sent
                   at
                   the
                   same
                   time
                   with
                   the
                   preceding
                   Address
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     SIR
                     ,
                  
                
                 
                   IF
                   we
                   might
                   have
                   met
                   for
                   moving
                   in
                   this
                   great
                   Concernment
                   ,
                   or
                   had
                   known
                   how
                   to
                   transmit
                   a
                   Testimony
                   of
                   our
                   Congratulation
                   at
                   your
                   Highness's
                   safe
                   Arrival
                   ,
                   we
                   had
                   not
                   been
                   so
                   far
                   wanting
                   in
                   Duty
                   ,
                   as
                   to
                   have
                   delayed
                   to
                   this
                   time
                   .
                   And
                   if
                   it
                   had
                   been
                   supposed
                   needful
                   to
                   have
                   called
                   a
                   fuller
                   Meeting
                   ,
                   we
                   know
                   few
                   or
                   none
                   ,
                   except
                   such
                   as
                   are
                   byassed
                   by
                   interest
                   ,
                   or
                   
                     (
                     26
                     )
                  
                   accession
                   to
                   our
                   Persecution
                   ,
                   who
                   would
                   not
                   have
                   cordially
                   concurred
                   as
                   in
                   one
                   Gratulation
                   ;
                   so
                   in
                   this
                   our
                   humble
                   Supplication
                   to
                   your
                   Royal
                   Highness
                   ,
                   and
                   for
                   evidencing
                   our
                   zeal
                   for
                   your
                   Highness's
                   Happiness
                   and
                   Prosperity
                   ,
                   we
                   have
                   appointed
                   a
                   solemn
                   Day
                   of
                   Thanksgiving
                   for
                   your
                   Highness's
                   great
                   and
                   glorious
                   Success
                   to
                   be
                   forthwith
                   observed
                   in
                   all
                   Congregations
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   continual
                   Prayers
                   be
                   poured
                   out
                   to
                   God
                   for
                   your
                   Highness's
                   Royal
                   Consort
                   ,
                   as
                   in
                   Families
                   of
                   private
                   Devotion
                   ,
                   so
                   in
                   our
                   publick
                   Meetings
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Edinburg
                     ,
                     
                       8.
                       
                       Ian.
                       1689.
                       
                    
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   ANNOTATIONS
                   .
                
                 
                   YOu
                   are
                   pleased
                   to
                   call
                   the
                   Prince
                   Royal
                   Highness
                   ,
                   we
                   do
                   not
                   grudge
                   him
                   the
                   highest
                   Titles
                   ;
                   we
                   know
                   he
                   deserves
                   the
                   greatest
                   that
                   are
                   due
                   to
                   the
                   most
                   worthy
                   Heroes
                   ,
                   and
                   we
                   hope
                   ,
                   
                   that
                   in
                   due
                   time
                   he
                   shall
                   justly
                   enjoy
                   these
                   that
                   are
                   proper
                   to
                   the
                   most
                   glorious
                   Monarchs
                   ;
                   only
                   we
                   cannot
                   but
                   think
                   it
                   strange
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Popes
                   and
                   Puritans
                   should
                   be
                   the
                   only
                   Clergy-Men
                   that
                   take
                   upon
                   them
                   ,
                   without
                   publick
                   consent
                   ,
                   to
                   dispose
                   of
                   Royal
                   Titles
                   .
                   Just
                   so
                   in
                   your
                   late
                   Address
                   to
                   King
                   Iames
                   the
                   Seventh
                   ,
                   you
                   are
                   pleased
                   to
                   compare
                   him
                   to
                   some
                   of
                   the
                   great
                   Deliverers
                   of
                   God's
                   People
                   in
                   the
                   Old
                   Testament
                   ,
                   altho
                   in
                   your
                   former
                   Books
                   ,
                   Sermons
                   and
                   Prayers
                   ,
                   you
                   would
                   allow
                   no
                   better
                   Titles
                   to
                   the
                   best
                   of
                   your
                   own
                   Protestant
                   Kings
                   ,
                   but
                   that
                   of
                   
                     Ahab
                     ,
                     Iehu
                  
                   ,
                   or
                   Ieroboam
                   .
                
                 
                   (
                   1
                   )
                   
                     When
                     we
                     begin
                     to
                     think
                  
                   ,
                   &c.
                   ]
                   The
                   Reader
                   ought
                   not
                   to
                   imagine
                   ,
                   that
                   this
                   Address
                   is
                   like
                   their
                   extemporary
                   Prayers
                   ,
                   (
                   wherein
                   if
                   one
                   may
                   judge
                   by
                   their
                   Expressions
                   ,
                   they
                   never
                   so
                   much
                   as
                   begin
                   to
                   think
                   .
                   )
                   No
                   ,
                   this
                   is
                   the
                   last
                   Effort
                   of
                   all
                   the
                   Remonstrator-Wit
                   in
                   the
                   Nation
                   revised
                   and
                   refined
                   ,
                   and
                   indeed
                   the
                   Smoothness
                   and
                   Harmony
                   of
                   the
                   first
                   Paragraph
                   is
                   an
                   undeniable
                   proof
                   of
                   their
                   thoughtfulness
                   and
                   eloquence
                   .
                   However
                   ,
                   I
                   hope
                   the
                   glorious
                   Actions
                   of
                   the
                   Prince
                   ,
                   and
                   those
                   of
                   his
                   illustrious
                   Ancestors
                   shall
                   be
                   recorded
                   far
                   otherwise
                   than
                   in
                   the
                   Panegyricks
                   of
                   Enthusiasts
                   .
                
                 
                   (
                   2
                   )
                   
                     A
                     Beautiful
                     Church
                  
                   ,
                   &c.
                   ]
                   This
                   Expression
                   is
                   remarkable
                   ;
                   for
                   that
                   the
                   Protestant
                   Church
                   in
                   the
                   
                     United
                     Provinces
                  
                   presume
                   not
                   to
                   prescribe
                   to
                   the
                   State
                   ,
                   as
                   your
                   Assemblies
                   always
                   did
                   ;
                   sometimes
                   purging
                   the
                   Army
                   ,
                   as
                   you
                   did
                   the
                   King's
                   at
                   Dunbar
                   ,
                   to
                   the
                   Ruin
                   of
                   it
                   ;
                   sometimes
                   declaring
                   against
                   the
                   publick
                   Acts
                   of
                   the
                   Nation
                   ,
                   as
                   you
                   did
                   against
                   the
                   honorable
                   Attempt
                   ,
                   made
                   by
                   Duke
                   Hamilton
                   ,
                   to
                   relieve
                   the
                   King
                   ,
                   when
                   Prisoner
                   at
                   the
                   Isle
                   of
                   Wight
                   .
                   For
                   tho
                   that
                   Army
                   was
                   raised
                   and
                   sent
                   under
                   his
                   Grace
                   for
                   that
                   purpose
                   into
                   England
                   ,
                   by
                   the
                   publick
                   Authority
                   of
                   the
                   Nation
                   ,
                   yet
                   you
                   were
                   pleased
                   to
                   condemn
                   it
                   as
                   an
                   irreligious
                   Design
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Battel
                   it self
                   as
                   an
                   unlawful
                   Engagement
                   ;
                   afterwards
                   compelling
                   the
                   best
                   of
                   the
                   Nobility
                   to
                   do
                   open
                   Penance
                   in
                   
                   Sack
                   cloth
                   before
                   your
                   Congregations
                   ,
                   for
                   being
                   concerned
                   in
                   it
                   .
                   Moreover
                   ,
                   it
                   's
                   worth
                   your
                   notice
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Reformed
                   Churches
                   in
                   the
                   
                     United
                     Provinces
                  
                   ,
                   which
                   you
                   confess
                   so
                   beautyful
                   ,
                   have
                   their
                   Organs
                   ,
                   which
                   they
                   use
                   in
                   the
                   Divine
                   Service
                   ;
                   they
                   observe
                   other
                   Holy
                   days
                   besides
                   the
                   Lords
                   Day
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   all
                   their
                   publick
                   Administrations
                   have
                   a
                   grave
                   Liturgy
                   ,
                   or
                   set
                   Form
                   of
                   Prayer
                   ,
                   wherein
                   they
                   Religiously
                   and
                   constantly
                   use
                   the
                   Lord's
                   Prayer
                   ,
                   Creed
                   and
                   Ten
                   Commandments
                   ,
                   all
                   which
                   you
                   disclaim
                   as
                   superstitious
                   Fooleries
                   .
                
                 
                   (
                   3
                   )
                   
                     His
                     suffering
                     People
                  
                   ,
                   &c.
                   ]
                   Tho
                   you
                   made
                   others
                   to
                   suffer
                   more
                   ,
                   and
                   with
                   far
                   greater
                   Bitterness
                   and
                   Cruelty
                   ;
                   yet
                   you
                   would
                   have
                   your selves
                   thought
                   the
                   only
                   People
                   in
                   Britain
                   that
                   dare
                   suffer
                   for
                   Conscience
                   sake
                   .
                   You
                   forget
                   ,
                   it
                   seems
                   ,
                   how
                   in
                   the
                   time
                   of
                   your
                   Covenant
                   your
                   Scaffolds
                   stood
                   up
                   for
                   some
                   Months
                   ,
                   imployed
                   in
                   the
                   bloody
                   Execution
                   of
                   many
                   noble
                   and
                   worthy
                   persons
                   ,
                   who
                   because
                   of
                   their
                   previous
                   Oaths
                   of
                   Allegiance
                   ,
                   and
                   Canonical
                   Obedience
                   ,
                   could
                   not
                   in
                   Conscience
                   or
                   Honor
                   submit
                   to
                   your
                   Covenant
                   ,
                   the
                   Obligations
                   whereof
                   you
                   thought
                   sufficient
                   to
                   cancel
                   all
                   former
                   Tyes
                   ,
                   even
                   those
                   of
                   the
                   Ten
                   Commandments
                   not
                   excepted
                   .
                
                 
                   (
                   4
                   )
                   
                     The
                     Kingdom
                     of
                     the
                     Lord
                     Iesus
                     ,
                  
                   &c.
                   ]
                   
                     Id
                     est
                  
                   ,
                   Presbytery
                   ,
                   after
                   the
                   Scotch
                   Model
                   ,
                   for
                   that
                   in
                   their
                   Language
                   is
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   Christ
                   ,
                   altho
                   your
                   Ruling
                   Elders
                   and
                   you
                   ,
                   governed
                   with
                   such
                   a
                   Rod
                   of
                   Iron
                   ,
                   as
                   seems
                   quite
                   opposite
                   to
                   Christ's
                   Scepter
                   .
                
                 
                   (
                   5
                   )
                   
                     No
                     Man
                     was
                     found
                     to
                     help
                     us
                     ,
                  
                   &c.
                   ]
                   Did
                   not
                   Father
                   Petre
                   ,
                   with
                   all
                   vigor
                   ,
                   employ
                   his
                   power
                   and
                   interest
                   ,
                   at
                   the
                   Court
                   ,
                   to
                   procure
                   your
                   Indulgence
                   and
                   Toleration
                   ?
                   If
                   he
                   had
                   not
                   applyed
                   himself
                   to
                   serve
                   your
                   Interest
                   ,
                   he
                   had
                   not
                   obeyed
                   the
                   Directions
                   of
                   his
                   Society
                   for
                   distracting
                   the
                   Reformation
                   :
                   then
                   you
                   faithfully
                   served
                   the
                   Whore
                   of
                   Babylon
                   ,
                   in
                   supplanting
                   the
                   Church
                   ,
                   when
                   her
                   Face
                   was
                   against
                   a
                   more
                   powerful
                   and
                   formidable
                   Enemy
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   (
                   6
                   )
                   
                     Of
                     a
                     Corporal
                     Interest
                  
                   ,
                   &c.
                   ]
                   A
                   fulsom
                   expression
                   indeed
                   ,
                   but
                   that
                   's
                   not
                   extraordinary
                   for
                   some
                   Men
                   to
                   use
                   ,
                   were
                   not
                   Honor
                   and
                   Reputation
                   things
                   of
                   far
                   greater
                   value
                   for
                   a
                   Prince
                   to
                   venture
                   ,
                   but
                   you
                   presume
                   to
                   measure
                   his
                   Highness
                   by
                   your
                   own
                   Scantling
                   .
                
                 
                   (
                   7
                   )
                   
                     Like
                     them
                     that
                     dream
                  
                   ,
                   &c.
                   ]
                   When
                   his
                   Highness
                   knows
                   you
                   better
                   ,
                   he
                   will
                   find
                   that
                   you
                   are
                   Dreamers
                   indeed
                   .
                   'T
                   were
                   good
                   for
                   the
                   People
                   ,
                   whose
                   Morals
                   you
                   have
                   debauched
                   ,
                   that
                   you
                   dream'd
                   less
                   ;
                   for
                   it
                   cannot
                   be
                   denyed
                   ,
                   but
                   that
                   in
                   the
                   multitude
                   of
                   your
                   Dreams
                   there
                   are
                   divers
                   Vanities
                   .
                
                 
                   (
                   8
                   )
                   
                     Our
                     Provocations
                  
                   ,
                   &c.
                   ]
                   There
                   is
                   certainly
                   nothing
                   could
                   recommend
                   you
                   more
                   to
                   his
                   Highness
                   ,
                   than
                   most
                   ingenuously
                   to
                   confess
                   and
                   forsake
                   your
                   habituul
                   Faults
                   ,
                   your
                   incurable
                   spight
                   against
                   the
                   Royal
                   Race
                   ,
                   your
                   sawciness
                   to
                   King
                   Iames
                   the
                   Sixth
                   ,
                   your
                   binding
                   King
                   Charles
                   the
                   First
                   a
                   Sacrifice
                   upon
                   the
                   Altar
                   ,
                   your
                   open
                   Rebellions
                   against
                   King
                   Charles
                   the
                   Second
                   .
                   If
                   you
                   will
                   heartily
                   acknowledge
                   these
                   Provocations
                   ,
                   and
                   what
                   you
                   have
                   frequently
                   done
                   against
                   the
                   Authority
                   of
                   King
                   and
                   Parliament
                   ,
                   and
                   by
                   some
                   publick
                   Deed
                   of
                   yours
                   renounce
                   the
                   Principles
                   that
                   naturally
                   yield
                   such
                   Consequences
                   ,
                   then
                   there
                   is
                   no
                   doubt
                   but
                   the
                   Prince
                   of
                   Orange
                   will
                   accept
                   your
                   Repentance
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   (
                   9
                   )
                   
                     To
                     wrestle
                  
                   ,
                   &c.
                   ]
                   It
                   cannot
                   be
                   denyed
                   indeed
                   ,
                   but
                   that
                   your
                   Prayers
                   in
                   the
                   publick
                   are
                   Wrestlings
                   without
                   a
                   Metaphor
                   ,
                   but
                   they
                   are
                   levelled
                   most
                   against
                   the
                   Pulpit
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   the
                   struggling
                   is
                   how
                   to
                   press
                   out
                   one
                   sentence
                   after
                   another
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   keep
                   wind
                   in
                   the
                   Bags
                   for
                   two
                   hours
                   together
                   .
                   Just
                   so
                   we
                   were
                   told
                   ,
                   after
                   you
                   were
                   warmed
                   with
                   the
                   dispensing
                   Power
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Queens
                   Big
                   Belly
                   was
                   the
                   effect
                   of
                   the
                   Heat
                   and
                   Pregnancy
                   of
                   these
                   your
                   Wrestlings
                   in
                   Prayer
                   .
                   But
                   the
                   Priests
                   thought
                   't
                   was
                   the
                   Result
                   of
                   their
                   Devotions
                   at
                   Loretto
                   .
                   And
                   as
                   you
                   ascribe
                   all
                   the
                   courage
                   and
                   conduct
                   of
                   this
                   wonderful
                   action
                   of
                   the
                   Prince
                   to
                   the
                   prevalency
                   of
                   your
                   own
                   Prayers
                   ;
                   so
                   in
                   your
                   Addresses
                   to
                   King
                   Iames
                   ,
                   you
                   alledged
                   all
                   the
                   piety
                   and
                   goodness
                   you
                   so
                   much
                   magnified
                   in
                   the
                   late
                   Indulgence
                   ,
                   to
                   have
                   proceeded
                   from
                   the
                   same
                   fountain
                   ;
                   altho
                   it
                   be
                   well
                   known
                   that
                   that
                   very
                   Indulgence
                   was
                   first
                   framed
                   at
                   the
                   Conclave
                   ,
                   &
                   sent
                   hither
                   from
                   Rome
                   :
                   &
                   Secr.
                   Coleman's
                   Letters
                   ,
                   still
                   upon
                   Record
                   ,
                   are
                   sufficient
                   to
                   convince
                   the
                   world
                   ,
                   that
                   such
                   an
                   Indulgence
                   was
                   all
                   along
                   design'd
                   as
                   the
                   readiest
                   method
                   to
                   destroy
                   the
                   North.
                   Heresie
                   .
                
                 
                   (
                   10
                   )
                   
                     Melted
                     the
                     Hearts
                     of
                     some
                  
                   ,
                   &c.
                   ]
                   Namely
                   ,
                   the
                   Sons
                   of
                   the
                   Church
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   who
                   ,
                   as
                   you
                   would
                   charitably
                   represent
                   them
                   ,
                   can
                   do
                   nothing
                   in
                   favours
                   of
                   the
                   Protestant
                   Religion
                   ,
                   but
                   when
                   they
                   are
                   forced
                   to
                   it
                   by
                   some
                   extraordinary
                   Accidents
                   ,
                   or
                   outward
                   Violence
                   .
                
                 
                   (
                   11
                   )
                   
                     Implacable
                     Adversaries
                  
                   ,
                   &c.
                   ]
                   Compare
                   this
                   with
                   your
                   late
                   Address
                   to
                   King
                   Iames
                   ,
                   when
                   you
                   had
                   neither
                   the
                   Courage
                   nor
                   Fidelity
                   to
                   open
                   your
                   Mouths
                   against
                   Popery
                   ,
                   altho
                   your selves
                   could
                   not
                   but
                   be
                   convinced
                   ,
                   that
                   it
                   was
                   violently
                   breaking
                   in
                   upon
                   us
                   at
                   the
                   Door
                   which
                   
                     was
                     opened
                     mostly
                     by
                     your
                     Divisions
                     .
                  
                   Here
                   you
                   also
                   promise
                   to
                   stir
                   up
                   the
                   People
                   under
                   your
                   Charges
                   ;
                   I
                   know
                   not
                   how
                   they
                   came
                   to
                   be
                   under
                   your
                   Charge
                   ,
                   but
                   this
                   the
                   whole
                   Nation
                   too
                   well
                   knows
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Design
                   of
                   most
                   of
                   your
                   Sermons
                   
                   and
                   Prayers
                   too
                   is
                   to
                   stir
                   them
                   up
                   ,
                   as
                   you
                   have
                   done
                   formerly
                   ,
                   to
                   Tumults
                   ,
                   Calumnies
                   and
                   Assassinations
                   ,
                   and
                   whose
                   name
                   I
                   beseech
                   you
                   ,
                   do
                   you
                   magnifie
                   in
                   this
                   ,
                   unless
                   it
                   be
                   his
                   who
                   was
                   a
                   Lyar
                   and
                   Murderer
                   from
                   the
                   beginning
                   .
                   Here
                   also
                   it
                   's
                   observable
                   ,
                   that
                   in
                   the
                   List
                   ye
                   assign
                   of
                   the
                   first
                   Reformers
                   ,
                   ye
                   make
                   no
                   mention
                   of
                   the
                   Learned
                   Calvin
                   ;
                   sure
                   the
                   peaceable
                   Father
                   Knox
                   would
                   not
                   have
                   denyed
                   him
                   the
                   honor
                   of
                   naming
                   him
                   among
                   the
                   Reformers
                   ,
                   and
                   at
                   least
                   have
                   given
                   him
                   equal
                   place
                   with
                   either
                   Zuinglius
                   or
                   Luther
                   .
                   But
                   ah
                   his
                   Letters
                   ,
                   his
                   unsavoury
                   Letters
                   ,
                   these
                   unadvised
                   and
                   unholy
                   Letters
                   to
                   the
                   Limbs
                   of
                   the
                   Beasts
                   ,
                   the
                   Bishops
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   our
                   throughly
                   reformed
                   Consciences
                   cannot
                   away
                   with
                   these
                   Letters
                   ,
                   wherein
                   like
                   a
                   worldly
                   Courtier
                   ,
                   and
                   carnal
                   Politician
                   he
                   compliments
                   and
                   commends
                   these
                   Popishly
                   affected
                   Bishops
                   ,
                   and
                   approves
                   of
                   the
                   Constitution
                   of
                   their
                   Superstitious
                   Church
                   ,
                   as
                   most
                   agreeable
                   to
                   the
                   Government
                   of
                   the
                   State
                   and
                   Monarchy
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   tho
                   not
                   to
                   the
                   Republick
                   at
                   Geneva
                   .
                   These
                   ye
                   think
                   were
                   carnal
                   and
                   worldly
                   ends
                   ,
                   unbecoming
                   the
                   purity
                   of
                   your
                   new
                   Light
                   and
                   Doctrine
                   ,
                   therefore
                   the
                   poor
                   old
                   Gentleman
                   Calvin
                   must
                   be
                   no
                   longer
                   mentioned
                   among
                   the
                   Reformers
                   .
                   Another
                   Dash
                   of
                   a
                   through-paced
                   Assembly
                   would
                   certainly
                   exclude
                   Luther
                   too
                   ;
                   for
                   you
                   know
                   he
                   never
                   took
                   the
                   Covenant
                   ,
                   and
                   therefore
                   could
                   not
                   be
                   throughly
                   reformed
                   .
                   And
                   besides
                   he
                   seems
                   to
                   smell
                   rankly
                   of
                   the
                   Scarlet
                   Whore
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   Superstitious
                   Forms
                   of
                   Prayer
                   ,
                   Ceremonies
                   in
                   Worship
                   ,
                   and
                   Holy
                   Days
                   ,
                   which
                   he
                   allowed
                   and
                   appointed
                   to
                   be
                   observed
                   in
                   the
                   Church
                   where
                   he
                   was
                   concerned
                   .
                
                 
                   (
                   12
                   )
                   
                     Improved
                     to
                     the
                     Honor
                     of
                     his
                     Name
                     ,
                  
                   &c.
                   ]
                   You
                   should
                   have
                   added
                   here
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   the
                   Persecution
                   of
                   far
                   better
                   Christians
                   than
                   our selves
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   (
                   13
                   )
                   
                     Beautiful
                     Government
                  
                   ,
                   &c.
                   ]
                   If
                   the
                   Devils
                   Sacrifices
                   ,
                   human
                   Blood
                   aud
                   Slaughter
                   ,
                   the
                   trampling
                   upon
                   the
                   State
                   ,
                   the
                   Exirpation
                   of
                   all
                   Liturgies
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   everlasting
                   Contentions
                   of
                   publick
                   Resolutioners
                   and
                   Remonstrators
                   could
                   make
                   it
                   beautiful
                   ,
                   it
                   cannot
                   be
                   denyed
                   but
                   that
                   it
                   was
                   so
                   in
                   the
                   highest
                   degree
                   .
                
                 
                   (
                   14
                   )
                   
                     Once
                     famous
                     for
                  
                   ,
                   &c.
                   ]
                   A
                   Church
                   without
                   Prayers
                   ,
                   whose
                   Worship
                   is
                   invisible
                   ,
                   and
                   as
                   often
                   vaiyed
                   as
                   the
                   several
                   Administrators
                   appear
                   in
                   different
                   places
                   ,
                   or
                   are
                   affected
                   with
                   different
                   Passions
                   ;
                   a
                   Church
                   without
                   Canons
                   ,
                   without
                   Uniformity
                   ,
                   and
                   void
                   of
                   Decency
                   ,
                   in
                   this
                   sense
                   your
                   Church
                   was
                   and
                   is
                   still
                   famous
                   .
                
                 
                   (
                   15
                   )
                   
                     Purity
                     and
                     Piety
                  
                   ,
                   &c.
                   ]
                   In
                   this
                   Catalogue
                   of
                   excellent
                   things
                   that
                   made
                   your
                   Church
                   famous
                   ,
                   not
                   one
                   word
                   of
                   Charity
                   ;
                   indeed
                   that
                   's
                   none
                   of
                   the
                   Ingredients
                   of
                   the
                   Remonstrator-Constitution
                   .
                   He
                   who
                   would
                   see
                   that
                   in
                   its
                   proper
                   Colours
                   ,
                   let
                   him
                   strip
                   Christianity
                   naked
                   of
                   all
                   Morality
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   lieu
                   of
                   that
                   ,
                   place
                   these
                   Vices
                   which
                   our
                   Saviour
                   reproved
                   in
                   the
                   Pharisees
                   ;
                   Hypocrisie
                   ,
                   Pride
                   ,
                   Insolence
                   and
                   Singularity
                   .
                   Then
                   add
                   to
                   these
                   a
                   Conversation
                   so
                   ordered
                   ,
                   as
                   to
                   apply
                   the
                   Prophetical
                   Language
                   of
                   the
                   Old
                   Testament
                   ,
                   frequently
                   and
                   impertinently
                   to
                   every
                   trifling
                   Occurrence
                   ,
                   keeping
                   at
                   the
                   same
                   time
                   the
                   greatest
                   distance
                   from
                   what
                   's
                   recommended
                   in
                   Christ's
                   Sermon
                   on
                   the
                   Mount
                   ;
                   and
                   by
                   this
                   means
                   a
                   Man
                   may
                   have
                   some
                   Idea
                   of
                   the
                   Religion
                   of
                   our
                   Remonstrators
                   .
                
                 
                   (
                   16
                   )
                   
                     On
                     how
                     refreshing
                  
                   ,
                   &c.
                   ]
                   'T
                   was
                   very
                   comfortable
                   indeed
                   to
                   you
                   ,
                   that
                   you
                   imagined
                   his
                   Highness
                   the
                   Prince
                   had
                   no
                   account
                   
                   of
                   the
                   Regular
                   Clergy
                   ,
                   but
                   from
                   these
                   that
                   studied
                   to
                   defame
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   represent
                   them
                   all
                   ,
                   without
                   exception
                   ,
                   either
                   as
                   ignorant
                   or
                   wicked
                   persons
                   .
                   But
                   to
                   your
                   great
                   Grief
                   the
                   Prince
                   is
                   not
                   precipitant
                   ,
                   he
                   will
                   deliberately
                   enquire
                   into
                   your
                   former
                   ways
                   ,
                   and
                   how
                   the
                   Remonstrator-Learning
                   appeared
                   ,
                   either
                   in
                   Sermons
                   ,
                   as
                   Books
                   against
                   Popery
                   ,
                   when
                   it
                   so
                   fiercely
                   assaulted
                   us
                   .
                   May
                   be
                   some
                   will
                   be
                   so
                   just
                   as
                   to
                   tell
                   his
                   Highness
                   ,
                   that
                   Learning
                   was
                   never
                   so
                   much
                   your
                   Talent
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   some
                   of
                   the
                   most
                   famous
                   Doctors
                   *
                   our
                   Nation
                   had
                   since
                   the
                   Reformation
                   ,
                   Men
                   whose
                   Learning
                   and
                   Conscience
                   were
                   their
                   greatest
                   Crimes
                   ,
                   were
                   not
                   allowed
                   a
                   Country
                   Church
                   to
                   preach
                   in
                   ,
                   nor
                   so
                   much
                   as
                   the
                   benefit
                   of
                   a
                   private
                   School
                   to
                   teach
                   ,
                   when
                   you
                   were
                   last
                   upon
                   the
                   Stage
                   .
                
                 
                   (
                   17
                   )
                   
                     Punished
                     by
                     death
                  
                   ,
                   &c.
                   ]
                   It
                   would
                   be
                   difficult
                   for
                   you
                   to
                   
                   name
                   one
                   Man
                   put
                   to
                   death
                   for
                   being
                   present
                   at
                   a
                   Field-Conventicle
                   ,
                   tho
                   I
                   could
                   name
                   some
                   that
                   you
                   have
                   killed
                   formerly
                   for
                   wearing
                   the
                   King's
                   Livery
                   .
                   †
                   And
                   it
                   would
                   be
                   as
                   impossible
                   for
                   you
                   to
                   justifie
                   your
                   Meetings
                   in
                   the
                   Field
                   with
                   vast
                   numbers
                   of
                   armed
                   Men
                   ,
                   when
                   the
                   Laws
                   have
                   declared
                   it
                   treasonable
                   ,
                   and
                   when
                   there
                   is
                   not
                   any
                   thing
                   in
                   the
                   Worship
                   of
                   the
                   Church
                   established
                   by
                   Law
                   ,
                   that
                   you
                   scruple
                   at
                   ,
                   except
                   the
                   Lord's
                   Prayer
                   ,
                   the
                   Doxology
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Reading
                   of
                   the
                   Scriptures
                   before
                   the
                   Minister
                   goes
                   into
                   the
                   Pulpit
                   :
                   neither
                   of
                   which
                   we
                   are
                   ashamed
                   of
                   ;
                   tho
                   you
                   ought
                   to
                   be
                   for
                   separating
                   upon
                   that
                   account
                   .
                
                 
                   (
                   18
                   )
                   
                     Solemn
                     Acts
                     of
                     Parliament
                  
                   ,
                   &c.
                   ]
                   The
                   King
                   and
                   Parliament
                   having
                   experience
                   of
                   your
                   sawcy
                   Behaviour
                   ,
                   and
                   unheard
                   of
                   Cruelties
                   for
                   so
                   many
                   years
                   did
                   in
                   a
                   full
                   and
                   Free
                   Parliament
                   re-establish
                   the
                   Episcopal
                   Government
                   about
                   a
                   year
                   after
                   the
                   Restoration
                   of
                   King
                   Charles
                   ;
                   and
                   it
                   is
                   arrogant
                   ,
                   as
                   well
                   as
                   unjust
                   ,
                   for
                   you
                   to
                   imagine
                   ,
                   that
                   his
                   Highness
                   the
                   Prince
                   will
                   believe
                   you
                   ,
                   when
                   you
                   asperse
                   the
                   Memory
                   of
                   his
                   Royal
                   Uncle
                   King
                   Charles
                   ,
                   (
                   whom
                   all
                   Men
                   know
                   to
                   have
                   been
                   merciful
                   and
                   wise
                   to
                   a
                   Miracle
                   )
                   with
                   such
                   Cruelties
                   as
                   are
                   inconsistent
                   with
                   the
                   Laws
                   of
                   Nature
                   and
                   Nations
                   .
                   Ye
                   ought
                   in
                   Justice
                   to
                   have
                   told
                   the
                   Prince
                   also
                   how
                   many
                   Indulgences
                   he
                   emitted
                   in
                   your
                   favours
                   ,
                   and
                   how
                   little
                   you
                   deserved
                   them
                   at
                   his
                   Hands
                   :
                   you
                   should
                   have
                   likewise
                   told
                   him
                   ,
                   that
                   Episcopacy
                   never
                   forced
                   it self
                   upon
                   the
                   State
                   by
                   violence
                   ,
                   (
                   as
                   Presbytery
                   did
                   ,
                   and
                   still
                   endeavous
                   to
                   do
                   .
                   )
                   But
                   the
                   King
                   ,
                   Nobility
                   and
                   Gentry
                   ,
                   wearied
                   with
                   the
                   tyrannical
                   Discipline
                   of
                   your
                   Assemblies
                   ,
                   did
                   over
                   and
                   again
                   ratifie
                   that
                   Apostolical
                   Government
                   in
                   Parliament
                   ,
                   and
                   cannot
                   therefore
                   now
                   be
                   removed
                   till
                   those
                   many
                   Laws
                   be
                   taken
                   away
                   even
                   by
                   them
                   who
                   are
                   deeply
                   sworn
                   never
                   to
                   endeavour
                   the
                   alteration
                   of
                   the
                   Government
                   in
                   the
                   Church
                   or
                   State.
                   Which
                   Oath
                   was
                   not
                   as
                   your
                   Covenant
                   ,
                   
                   pressed
                   upon
                   any
                   without
                   the
                   consent
                   of
                   lawful
                   Authority
                   ,
                   nor
                   under
                   any
                   penalties
                   ,
                   except
                   the
                   not
                   being
                   intrusted
                   in
                   publick
                   Offices
                   be
                   accounted
                   as
                   such
                   ;
                   and
                   it
                   were
                   very
                   hard
                   not
                   to
                   allow
                   the
                   Government
                   the
                   choice
                   of
                   such
                   as
                   should
                   serve
                   in
                   it
                   .
                
                 
                   (
                   19
                   )
                   
                     These
                     sent
                     from
                     us
                  
                   ,
                   &c.
                   ]
                   And
                   you
                   are
                   confident
                   his
                   Highness
                   will
                   believe
                   all
                   they
                   say
                   without
                   any
                   farther
                   examination
                   ,
                   just
                   as
                   you
                   would
                   have
                   the
                   ignorant
                   Mobile
                   believe
                   ,
                   and
                   receive
                   all
                   your
                   Doctrines
                   with
                   an
                   implict
                   Faith.
                   
                
                 
                   (
                   20
                   )
                   
                     Extirpation
                     of
                     Prelacy
                  
                   ,
                   &c.
                   ]
                   And
                   will
                   nothing
                   less
                   satisfie
                   you
                   ,
                   than
                   the
                   total
                   Extirpation
                   of
                   that
                   Government
                   which
                   hath
                   now
                   continued
                   in
                   all
                   the
                   parts
                   of
                   the
                   Christian
                   Church
                   for
                   fifteen
                   hundred
                   years
                   ,
                   and
                   was
                   first
                   planted
                   with
                   Christianity
                   it self
                   by
                   the
                   Apostles
                   ,
                   whose
                   Doctrines
                   ,
                   it
                   seems
                   ,
                   you
                   relish
                   not
                   in
                   these
                   Points
                   which
                   are
                   not
                   agreeable
                   to
                   your
                   Covenant
                   .
                   When
                   the
                   Parliament
                   is
                   legally
                   constituted
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Sense
                   of
                   the
                   whole
                   Nation
                   fully
                   heard
                   ,
                   there
                   may
                   be
                   some
                   things
                   in
                   the
                   Constitution
                   of
                   the
                   Church-Government
                   made
                   more
                   perfect
                   ,
                   but
                   it
                   is
                   strange
                   ,
                   if
                   it
                   can
                   be
                   entirely
                   removed
                   ,
                   unless
                   the
                   Civil
                   Government
                   of
                   the
                   Nation
                   be
                   again
                   usurped
                   by
                   a
                   Committee
                   of
                   the
                   general
                   Assembly
                   .
                   It
                   will
                   be
                   considered
                   who
                   they
                   are
                   that
                   demand
                   this
                   Change
                   ?
                   A
                   Set
                   of
                   Men
                   who
                   have
                   renounced
                   the
                   Communion
                   of
                   all
                   the
                   Reformed
                   Churches
                   in
                   Europe
                   ,
                   Presbyterian
                   or
                   Episcopal
                   :
                   for
                   the
                   Conform
                   Clergy
                   in
                   Scotland
                   are
                   willing
                   to
                   refer
                   all
                   Debates
                   between
                   them
                   and
                   you
                   to
                   foreign
                   Presbyterians
                   ,
                   who
                   cannot
                   
                   be
                   supposed
                   to
                   have
                   any
                   Biass
                   to
                   our
                   side
                   .
                   And
                   tho
                   your
                   Industry
                   and
                   Faction
                   (
                   in
                   populous
                   Cities
                   on
                   the
                   South
                   Side
                   of
                   Forth
                   )
                   make
                   you
                   appear
                   numerous
                   ;
                   yet
                   any
                   ,
                   who
                   throughly
                   knows
                   the
                   Nation
                   ,
                   knows
                   that
                   you
                   are
                   not
                   truly
                   one
                   twentieth
                   part
                   of
                   it
                   .
                   But
                   whatever
                   your
                   strength
                   be
                   ,
                   let
                   me
                   intreat
                   you
                   ,
                   that
                   when
                   ye
                   beg
                   for
                   new
                   Revolutions
                   ,
                   ye
                   would
                   forbear
                   to
                   abuse
                   the
                   sacred
                   Name
                   Jesus
                   ,
                   by
                   making
                   it
                   the
                   Prologue
                   to
                   Confusions
                   in
                   his
                   Church
                   ;
                   alas
                   ,
                   it
                   hath
                   been
                   too
                   too
                   ordinary
                   to
                   usher
                   in
                   such
                   black
                   Designs
                   with
                   that
                   holy
                   Name
                   .
                
                 
                   (
                   21
                   )
                   
                     We
                     hope
                  
                   ,
                   &c.
                   ]
                   Now
                   comes
                   in
                   your
                   Apology
                   for
                   your
                   late
                   Address
                   ,
                   under
                   the
                   Influences
                   of
                   the
                   Dispensing
                   Power
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   your
                   zeal
                   against
                   Popery
                   appeared
                   in
                   a
                   profound
                   silence
                   ;
                   for
                   you
                   told
                   your
                   People
                   you
                   preached
                   Christ
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   was
                   enough
                   ,
                   tho
                   you
                   did
                   not
                   insist
                   on
                   the
                   particular
                   Controversies
                   against
                   Rome
                   .
                   Now
                   and
                   then
                   you
                   darted
                   some
                   waspish
                   Reflections
                   against
                   the
                   Church
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   when
                   she
                   was
                   otherwise
                   employed
                   than
                   to
                   take
                   notice
                   of
                   your
                   whistling
                   Arguments
                   and
                   unjustifiable
                   spight
                   against
                   her
                   ,
                   which
                   appeared
                   more
                   visible
                   lately
                   when
                   it
                   was
                   tost
                   in
                   your
                   Divan
                   ;
                   whether
                   or
                   not
                   you
                   should
                   address
                   the
                   Prince
                   of
                   Orange
                   for
                   abolishing
                   Episcopacy
                   over
                   all
                   Britain
                   and
                   Ireland
                   ;
                   but
                   tho
                   you
                   be
                   sworn
                   to
                   that
                   in
                   your
                   Covenant
                   ,
                   yet
                   you
                   must
                   wait
                   some
                   further
                   time
                   for
                   it
                   .
                   It
                   is
                   a
                   part
                   of
                   the
                   Ceremony
                   ye
                   use
                   in
                   removing
                   the
                   conformed
                   Clergy
                   of
                   the
                   West
                   ,
                   to
                   inquire
                   if
                   they
                   have
                   the
                   Book
                   of
                   Common
                   Prayer
                   of
                   the
                   Church
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   and
                   if
                   they
                   have
                   it
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   wrapped
                   up
                   in
                   the
                   Ministers
                   Gown
                   ,
                   and
                   both
                   committed
                   to
                   the
                   flames
                   together
                   ,
                   with
                   loud
                   shouts
                   of
                   Joy
                   and
                   Triumph
                   .
                   Witness
                   your
                   late
                   Outrage
                   to
                   Mr.
                   Bell
                   ,
                   Minister
                   of
                   Kilmarnock
                   ,
                   and
                   even
                   your
                   pretended
                   kindness
                   for
                   the
                   Prince
                   of
                   Orange
                   is
                   known
                   to
                   be
                   much
                   cooled
                   ,
                   since
                   you
                   heard
                   of
                   his
                   communicating
                   with
                   the
                   Church
                   of
                   England
                   :
                   nor
                   is
                   it
                   long
                   since
                   you
                   preached
                   that
                   the
                   Church
                   of
                   England
                   was
                   more
                   idolatrous
                   than
                   the
                   Church
                   of
                   Rome
                   ;
                   because
                   they
                   received
                   the
                   Sacrament
                   kneeling
                   ,
                   where
                   they
                   believed
                   no
                   Corporal
                   Presence
                   
                   to
                   be
                   .
                   Just
                   so
                   one
                   of
                   these
                   whom
                   you
                   have
                   since
                   appointed
                   a
                   Commissioner
                   from
                   you
                   to
                   the
                   Prince
                   ,
                   hearing
                   that
                   his
                   Highness
                   frequented
                   the
                   Prayers
                   of
                   the
                   Church
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   he
                   had
                   received
                   the
                   Sacrament
                   from
                   the
                   Hands
                   of
                   a
                   Bishop
                   ,
                   was
                   so
                   unadvisedly
                   indiscreet
                   and
                   impertinent
                   ,
                   as
                   to
                   say
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   
                     never
                     expected
                     better
                     of
                     a
                  
                   Dutch
                   Conscience
                   .
                   A
                   true
                   Specimen
                   of
                   a
                   Remonstrator's
                   Charity
                   ,
                   and
                   signal
                   evidence
                   ,
                   that
                   ye
                   value
                   not
                   the
                   best
                   Consciences
                   ,
                   when
                   they
                   will
                   not
                   stretch
                   to
                   the
                   full
                   length
                   of
                   your
                   covenanted
                   Standard
                   .
                   I
                   cannot
                   here
                   omit
                   what
                   one
                   Veatch
                   ,
                   canting
                   in
                   Mr.
                   
                   Hamilton's
                   Meeting
                   House
                   at
                   Edinburgh
                   lately
                   said
                   ,
                   his
                   words
                   were
                   these
                   ;
                   
                     Oh
                     Sirs
                     ,
                     wonderful
                     things
                     ,
                     and
                     great
                     things
                     ,
                     Sirs
                     ,
                     very
                     great
                     things
                     have
                     been
                     done
                     here
                     by
                     mean
                     Instruments
                     :
                  
                   (
                   meaning
                   the
                   Rabble
                   ,
                   on
                   whose
                   commendation
                   he
                   had
                   fully
                   enlarged
                   before
                   .
                   )
                   
                     But
                     alas
                     ,
                     Sirs
                     ,
                     the
                     half
                     of
                     your
                     work
                     is
                     not
                     done
                     ,
                     so
                     long
                     as
                     the
                     Prelates
                     and
                     Curates
                     are
                     to
                     the
                     Fore
                  
                   (
                   that
                   is
                   in
                   true
                   English
                   so
                   long
                   as
                   they
                   are
                   left
                   alive
                   )
                   
                     and
                     if
                     the
                     Prince
                     of
                  
                   Orange
                   
                     will
                     not
                     put
                     to
                     his
                     helping
                     hand
                     ,
                     and
                     lend
                     God
                     a
                     lift
                     ,
                     I
                     will
                     say
                     to
                     him
                     as
                  
                   Modecai
                   
                     did
                     to
                  
                   Hester
                   ,
                   Hester
                   iv
                   .
                   14.
                   
                   Who
                   knows
                   but
                   thou
                   art
                   come
                   to
                   the
                   kingdom
                   for
                   such
                   a
                   time
                   as
                   this
                   ;
                   but
                   if
                   thou
                   wilt
                   altogether
                   hold
                   thy
                   peace
                   ,
                   deliverance
                   will
                   come
                   from
                   another
                   place
                   to
                   the
                   Jews
                   ,
                   (
                   a
                   most
                   pertinent
                   Epithet
                   for
                   Remonstrators
                   )
                   but
                   thou
                   and
                   thy
                   fathers
                   house
                   shall
                   perish
                   .
                   Another
                   of
                   their
                   Preachers
                   about
                   the
                   same
                   time
                   ,
                   holding
                   forth
                   to
                   his
                   Auditory
                   ,
                   said
                   ,
                   
                     Oh
                     Sirs
                     ,
                     Sirs
                     ,
                     but
                     ye
                     be
                     an
                     hide-bound
                     people
                     ,
                     a
                     lucken
                     handed
                     and
                     fast
                     griping
                     people
                     ,
                     Sirs
                     ,
                     I
                     could
                     gar
                  
                   (
                   that
                   is
                   cause
                   )
                   
                     a
                     few
                     Fourteens
                  
                   (
                   that
                   is
                   Scotch
                   Marks
                   )
                   
                     drive
                     all
                     the
                     Prelates
                     and
                     Curates
                     out
                     of
                     the
                     Town
                     ;
                     indeed
                     I
                     could
                     easily
                     do
                     it
                     ,
                     Sirs
                     .
                  
                   This
                   is
                   a
                   Doctrine
                   very
                   agreeable
                   ,
                   I
                   confess
                   ,
                   to
                   the
                   Covenant
                   ;
                   but
                   whether
                   it
                   be
                   so
                   to
                   the
                   Gospel
                   of
                   Peace
                   or
                   no
                   ,
                   I
                   leave
                   the
                   World
                   to
                   judge
                   .
                
                 
                   (
                   22
                   (
                   
                     Who
                     knew
                     not
                     where
                     to
                     hide
                     their
                     Heads
                     ,
                  
                   &c.
                   ]
                   Good
                   lack
                   ,
                   poor
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   no
                   where
                   to
                   hide
                   their
                   Heads
                   !
                   and
                   yet
                   if
                   we
                   
                   may
                   believe
                   what
                   ye
                   confidently
                   affirmed
                   before
                   ,
                   the
                   Byass
                   of
                   the
                   whole
                   Nation
                   is
                   for
                   Presbytery
                   ;
                   it
                   seems
                   they
                   were
                   a
                   very
                   merciless
                   ,
                   as
                   as
                   well
                   as
                   unconscionable
                   People
                   ,
                   who
                   were
                   so
                   much
                   affected
                   to
                   your
                   Cause
                   ,
                   and
                   yet
                   would
                   not
                   allow
                   the
                   Professors
                   of
                   it
                   ,
                   when
                   persecuted
                   ,
                   the
                   least
                   shelter
                   ,
                   (
                   
                     Mendaces
                     oportet
                     esse
                     memores
                  
                   )
                   but
                   this
                   was
                   your
                   comfort
                   ,
                   in
                   these
                   troubles
                   ,
                   that
                   many
                   Angels
                   were
                   sent
                   to
                   support
                   you
                   ,
                   and
                   if
                   it
                   were
                   not
                   that
                   I
                   am
                   resolved
                   to
                   avoid
                   all
                   personal
                   Reflections
                   ,
                   I
                   could
                   name
                   some
                   ,
                   who
                   when
                   removed
                   from
                   their
                   places
                   for
                   Nonconformity
                   ,
                   had
                   little
                   or
                   nothing
                   ;
                   and
                   yet
                   purchased
                   considerable
                   Estates
                   under
                   the
                   pretended
                   persecution
                   .
                   The
                   Severity
                   of
                   our
                   Laws
                   never
                   appeared
                   against
                   Dissenters
                   for
                   having
                   different
                   Opinions
                   from
                   the
                   established
                   Church
                   ;
                   nor
                   can
                   you
                   instance
                   any
                   one
                   that
                   suffered
                   either
                   Ecclesiastick
                   or
                   Civil
                   Censure
                   ,
                   only
                   upon
                   that
                   account
                   ,
                   but
                   for
                   High
                   Treason
                   against
                   the
                   State.
                   Some
                   indeed
                   ,
                   according
                   to
                   their
                   demerit
                   ,
                   suffered
                   death
                   ,
                   such
                   as
                   Cameron
                   ,
                   one
                   of
                   your
                   Preachers
                   ,
                   who
                   emitted
                   a
                   Declaration
                   of
                   War
                   against
                   the
                   King
                   ,
                   declaring
                   ,
                   that
                   every
                   covenanted
                   Brother
                   was
                   bound
                   to
                   cut
                   off
                   from
                   the
                   face
                   of
                   the
                   Earth
                   his
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   that
                   had
                   ,
                   or
                   did
                   bear
                   Office
                   under
                   him
                   :
                   and
                   Hackstoun
                   of
                   Rathallat
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   Weaver
                   ,
                   Murtherers
                   of
                   the
                   late
                   Archbishop
                   of
                   S.
                   Andrews
                   ,
                   as
                   also
                   a
                   Fidler
                   ,
                   who
                   had
                   murdered
                   his
                   own
                   Wife
                   ,
                   when
                   big
                   with
                   Child
                   .
                   These
                   were
                   some
                   of
                   the
                   Martyrs
                   of
                   your
                   new
                   Gospel
                   ,
                   whose
                   Heads
                   and
                   Hands
                   you
                   have
                   lately
                   removed
                   from
                   the
                   publick
                   Gates
                   at
                   Edinburgh
                   ,
                   and
                   buried
                   with
                   all
                   the
                   Solemnity
                   that
                   the
                   Reforming
                   Rabble
                   ,
                   and
                   your
                   Preachers
                   upon
                   their
                   Van
                   ,
                   could
                   possibly
                   make
                   .
                
                 
                   (
                   23
                   )
                   
                     Asserted
                     by
                     Parliament
                  
                   ,
                   &c.
                   ]
                   The
                   absolute
                   power
                   seemingly
                   implied
                   not
                   asserted
                   in
                   some
                   Parliaments
                   ,
                   is
                   not
                   to
                   be
                   understood
                   
                   in
                   that
                   unlimited
                   sense
                   ,
                   that
                   your
                   Assemblies
                   assumed
                   it
                   to
                   themselves
                   ,
                   but
                   as
                   it
                   is
                   restrained
                   and
                   interpreted
                   by
                   the
                   constant
                   tenor
                   of
                   our
                   Laws
                   ,
                   the
                   practice
                   of
                   the
                   Nation
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   just
                   and
                   necessary
                   exceptions
                   that
                   all
                   such
                   general
                   words
                   must
                   be
                   supposed
                   to
                   receive
                   from
                   Reason
                   and
                   the
                   Liberties
                   of
                   Mankind
                   .
                
                 
                   (
                   24
                   )
                   
                     For
                     going
                     on
                     in
                     his
                     work
                     ,
                  
                   &c.
                   ]
                   Let
                   it
                   be
                   a
                   through
                   Reformation
                   ,
                   a
                   truly
                   covenanted
                   Work
                   ,
                   such
                   as
                   may
                   bring
                   all
                   Malignants
                   ,
                   the
                   most
                   Protestant
                   Kings
                   not
                   excepted
                   ,
                   to
                   condign
                   punishment
                   ,
                   or
                   else
                   you
                   'll
                   never
                   believe
                   it
                   to
                   be
                   indeed
                   the
                   Work
                   of
                   the
                   Lord.
                   
                
                 
                   (
                   25
                   )
                   
                     Humble
                     you
                  
                   ,
                   &c.
                   ]
                   He
                   will
                   be
                   sufficiently
                   humbled
                   ,
                   if
                   ever
                   you
                   get
                   him
                   under
                   the
                   Yoke
                   of
                   Presbyterian
                   Discipline
                   ,
                   and
                   you
                   should
                   take
                   all
                   care
                   to
                   conceal
                   from
                   him
                   the
                   Methods
                   you
                   are
                   wont
                   to
                   use
                   for
                   humbling
                   Princes
                   ;
                   as
                   also
                   the
                   difference
                   betwixt
                   your
                   way
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   of
                   the
                   Presbyterian
                   Churches
                   abroad
                   ,
                   either
                   in
                   France
                   ,
                   or
                   the
                   Netherlands
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   (
                   26
                   )
                   
                     Accession
                     to
                     our
                     Persecution
                  
                   ,
                   &c.
                   ]
                   You
                   mean
                   undoubtedly
                   the
                   Conform
                   Clergy
                   ,
                   whom
                   ,
                   when
                   you
                   have
                   not
                   power
                   to
                   persecute
                   ,
                   ye
                   shew
                   your
                   inclinations
                   to
                   it
                   ,
                   by
                   calumniating
                   and
                   misrepresenting
                   them
                   .
                   However
                   in
                   the
                   present
                   business
                   ,
                   whenever
                   lawful
                   Authority
                   injoyns
                   them
                   ,
                   they
                   will
                   be
                   ready
                   to
                   observe
                   a
                   day
                   of
                   Thanksgiving
                   for
                   our
                   Deliverance
                   from
                   Popery
                   and
                   Slavery
                   ,
                   with
                   more
                   chearfulness
                   and
                   order
                   than
                   you
                   can
                   pretend
                   
                   to
                   .
                   In
                   the
                   mean
                   while
                   it
                   's
                   worth
                   the
                   Prince's
                   notice
                   ;
                   how
                   you
                   adventure
                   without
                   the
                   State
                   to
                   appoint
                   publick
                   Solemnities
                   .
                   It
                   may
                   be
                   some
                   will
                   inform
                   his
                   Highdess
                   how
                   your
                   Predecessors
                   appointed
                   a
                   Thanksgiving
                   on
                   that
                   very
                   day
                   wherein
                   the
                   State
                   had
                   injoyned
                   a
                   Fast.
                   And
                   to
                   shew
                   their
                   cross
                   Disposition
                   ,
                   a
                   Fast
                   at
                   another
                   time
                   ,
                   when
                   King
                   Iames
                   the
                   Sixth
                   had
                   appointed
                   a
                   Feast
                   for
                   the
                   publick
                   entertainment
                   of
                   Foreign
                   Ambassadors
                   in
                   the
                   City
                   of
                   Edinburgh
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           THis
           is
           the
           Address
           which
           in
           your
           publick
           Meeting
           of
           the
           Assembly
           at
           Edinburgh
           you
           agreed
           to
           ,
           and
           subscribed
           ;
           but
           upon
           the
           News
           of
           the
           Prince's
           having
           communicated
           with
           the
           English
           Church
           ,
           you
           demurred
           a
           little
           ,
           and
           the
           sending
           of
           it
           to
           his
           Highness
           was
           delayed
           till
           ye
           heard
           from
           your
           Friends
           at
           Court
           ,
           by
           whose
           advice
           your
           Address
           perhaps
           suffered
           some
           Alterations
           before
           it
           was
           sent
           thither
           ;
           but
           these
           ,
           as
           I
           am
           credibly
           informed
           ,
           were
           not
           material
           ,
           and
           therefore
           deserve
           no
           notice
           .
           However
           ,
           the
           industry
           you
           used
           to
           have
           some
           persons
           of
           Quality
           at
           London
           subscribe
           it
           ,
           was
           very
           remarkable
           ;
           for
           ,
           as
           some
           of
           these
           persons
           themselves
           have
           told
           me
           ,
           you
           would
           not
           allow
           them
           to
           read
           it
           ,
           till
           they
           should
           first
           sacredly
           promise
           to
           subscribe
           it
           .
           A
           Method
           very
           agreeable
           to
           that
           which
           ye
           used
           in
           getting
           hands
           to
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           when
           several
           young
           Children
           were
           taught
           to
           write
           their
           Names
           of
           purpose
           to
           affix
           them
           to
           it
           ;
           and
           School-Boys
           were
           brought
           from
           dreiving
           their
           Tops
           ,
           to
           dreive
           on
           the
           Work
           of
           the
           Lord
           in
           subscribing
           the
           Covenant
           .
           Implicit
           Faith
           ,
           it
           seems
           ,
           is
           a
           Doctrine
           as
           much
           in
           vogue
           among
           Scots
           Presbyterians
           ,
           as
           among
           Papists
           themselves
           ;
           and
           the
           Consistory
           and
           Conclave
           do
           not
           really
           differ
           so
           much
           as
           you
           would
           have
           the
           World
           believe
           .
        
         
           In
           all
           this
           that
           I
           have
           said
           ,
           I
           must
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           no
           thoughts
           of
           Cruelty
           against
           Distenters
           ,
           I
           indeed
           pity
           
           them
           ,
           as
           deluded
           .
           And
           if
           it
           were
           in
           my
           power
           I
           would
           not
           persecute
           them
           ,
           but
           rather
           ,
           as
           Brethren
           ,
           restore
           them
           with
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Meekness
           .
           I
           allow
           ,
           that
           so
           long
           as
           they
           are
           willing
           to
           contain
           themselves
           within
           the
           just
           Liberties
           and
           Limits
           of
           Subjects
           ,
           they
           have
           as
           good
           a
           right
           to
           the
           Royal
           Protection
           ,
           as
           any
           other
           Set
           of
           Men
           in
           the
           Nation
           ;
           but
           then
           they
           should
           let
           the
           World
           see
           ,
           that
           they
           can
           allow
           other
           Protestants
           to
           live
           too
           ,
           as
           having
           the
           same
           natural
           Right
           with
           themselves
           :
           and
           that
           they
           are
           capable
           of
           such
           an
           Accommodation
           as
           the
           Learned
           Protestants
           abroad
           are
           not
           against
           :
           and
           that
           they
           do
           not
           abhor
           the
           Communion
           and
           Practices
           of
           other
           Reformed
           Churches
           ;
           and
           particularly
           ,
           that
           they
           do
           not
           think
           themselves
           bound
           by
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Tye
           to
           persecute
           these
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           it
           were
           very
           just
           and
           pertinent
           in
           them
           to
           declare
           their
           resolutions
           never
           again
           by
           their
           Sentences
           ,
           to
           counteract
           and
           condemn
           the
           Decrees
           of
           the
           supreme
           Civil
           Judicatures
           of
           the
           Nation
           ;
           and
           to
           satisfie
           the
           World
           in
           this
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           fit
           for
           them
           by
           some
           publick
           deed
           to
           disclaim
           and
           renounce
           that
           absolute
           Supremacy
           or
           Papacy
           which
           the
           Kirk
           hath
           always
           claimed
           over
           Kings
           ,
           and
           Civil
           Powers
           .
           Many
           publick
           and
           known
           Instances
           might
           be
           assigned
           ,
           wherein
           they
           have
           challenged
           and
           usurped
           this
           power
           ;
           but
           Hercules
           may
           be
           known
           by
           his
           Foot
           ,
           and
           therefore
           one
           instance
           that
           's
           yet
           fresh
           in
           the
           memory
           of
           many
           ,
           shall
           serve
           for
           all
           ;
           and
           it
           's
           that
           of
           the
           unnatural
           as
           well
           as
           undutiful
           Behaviour
           of
           the
           Kirk
           to
           their
           lawful
           Sovereign
           King
           Charles
           the
           Second
           in
           the
           year
           1650
           ,
           when
           like
           a
           hunted
           Partridge
           he
           fled
           from
           the
           Birds
           of
           Prey
           in
           England
           to
           them
           for
           Sanctuary
           .
           The
           easiest
           Proposals
           they
           made
           to
           him
           were
           no
           less
           than
           these
           :
           1.
           
           To
           subscribe
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           which
           they
           knew
           his
           Majesty
           did
           not
           ,
           nor
           could
           not
           like
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           Destruction
           it
           had
           brought
           
           upon
           his
           Father
           and
           Kingdoms
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Door
           it
           opened
           for
           continual
           Rebellion
           against
           himself
           .
           2.
           
           To
           make
           publick
           satisfaction
           to
           the
           Kirk
           ,
           that
           is
           open
           Penance
           before
           their
           Congregations
           ,
           for
           his
           own
           Sins
           ,
           and
           these
           of
           his
           Fathers
           House
           ,
           particularly
           for
           his
           and
           his
           Families
           Godless
           Opposition
           (
           as
           they
           called
           it
           )
           to
           the
           Cause
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           Work
           of
           the
           Covenant
           .
           3.
           
           That
           his
           Majesty
           should
           subscribe
           ,
           and
           publish
           to
           the
           World
           a
           Declaration
           ,
           charging
           himself
           and
           his
           Family
           with
           the
           whole
           guilt
           of
           all
           the
           Miseries
           and
           Blood
           (
           not
           excepting
           that
           of
           the
           Royal
           Martyr
           his
           Father
           )
           which
           had
           been
           occasioned
           by
           these
           unhappy
           Civil
           Wars
           themselves
           had
           raised
           ,
           and
           carried
           on
           for
           so
           many
           years
           before
           .
           Upon
           these
           Conditions
           they
           promised
           to
           make
           him
           a
           most
           glorious
           King
           indeed
           .
        
         
           But
           when
           his
           Majesty
           modestly
           declined
           the
           last
           two
           ,
           which
           in
           Honor
           and
           Conscience
           he
           could
           not
           submit
           to
           ,
           immediately
           out
           comes
           that
           Tundering
           Bull
           from
           the
           General
           Assembly
           against
           him
           ,
           THE
           ACT
           OF
           THE
           WEST
           KIRK
           ;
           it
           was
           commonly
           called
           so
           ,
           because
           the
           Assembly
           was
           held
           at
           the
           West
           Church
           of
           Edinburgh
           ,
           where
           both
           the
           foresaid
           Declarations
           which
           they
           would
           have
           imposed
           upon
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           that
           Act
           of
           the
           West
           Kirk
           are
           still
           kept
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           seen
           upon
           Record
           in
           the
           publick
           Register
           at
           that
           place
           .
           A
           true
           and
           exact
           Copy
           of
           which
           Act
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           faithfully
           transcribed
           from
           the
           authentick
           Original
           ,
           I
           shall
           here
           for
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           the
           Reader
           subjoyn
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                 
                   West
                   Kirk
                   ,
                   
                     the
                     13th
                     .
                     Day
                     of
                     August
                     ,
                     1650.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   THe
                   Commission
                   of
                   the
                   General
                   Assembly
                   ,
                   considering
                   ,
                   that
                   there
                   may
                   be
                   just
                   ground
                   of
                   stumbling
                   ,
                   from
                   the
                   King's
                   Majesties
                   refusing
                   to
                   subscribe
                   ,
                   and
                   emit
                   the
                   Declaration
                   offered
                   unto
                   him
                   by
                   the
                   Commissioners
                   of
                   the
                   General
                   Assembly
                   ,
                   concerning
                   his
                   former
                   Carriage
                   and
                   Resolutions
                   for
                   the
                   future
                   ,
                   in
                   reference
                   to
                   the
                   Cause
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                   and
                   Enemies
                   and
                   Friends
                   thereof
                   ,
                   doth
                   therefore
                   declare
                   ,
                   that
                   this
                   Kirk
                   and
                   Kingdom
                   do
                   not
                   own
                   or
                   espouse
                   any
                   malignant
                   Party
                   ,
                   Quarrel
                   or
                   Interest
                   ,
                   but
                   that
                   they
                   fight
                   meerly
                   upon
                   their
                   former
                   Grounds
                   and
                   Principles
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   Defence
                   of
                   the
                   Cause
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   ,
                   as
                   they
                   have
                   done
                   these
                   twelve
                   years
                   past
                   ;
                   and
                   therefore
                   as
                   they
                   do
                   disclaim
                   all
                   the
                   Sin
                   and
                   Guilt
                   of
                   the
                   King
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   his
                   House
                   ,
                   so
                   they
                   will
                   own
                   him
                   and
                   his
                   Interest
                   no
                   otherways
                   than
                   with
                   a
                   subordination
                   to
                   God
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   far
                   as
                   he
                   owns
                   and
                   prosecutes
                   the
                   Cause
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                   and
                   disclaims
                   his
                   and
                   Fathers
                   Opposition
                   to
                   the
                   Work
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   the
                   Covenant
                   ,
                   and
                   likewise
                   all
                   the
                   Enemies
                   thereof
                   .
                   And
                   that
                   they
                   will
                   with
                   convenient
                   speed
                   take
                   into
                   consideration
                   the
                   Papers
                   sent
                   unto
                   them
                   by
                   
                     Oliver
                     Cromwel
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   vindicate
                   themselves
                   from
                   all
                   the
                   Falshoods
                   therein
                   contained
                   ,
                   especially
                   in
                   those
                   things
                   wherein
                   the
                   Quarrel
                   betwixt
                   us
                   and
                   that
                   Party
                   is
                   mistated
                   .
                   As
                   if
                   we
                   owned
                   the
                   late
                   Kings
                   Proceedings
                   ,
                   and
                   were
                   resolved
                   to
                   prosecute
                   and
                   maintain
                   his
                   present
                   Majesties
                   Interest
                   ,
                   before
                   ,
                   and
                   without
                   a
                   full
                   acknowledgment
                   of
                   the
                   Sins
                   of
                   his
                   House
                   ,
                   and
                   former
                   ways
                   ,
                   and
                   Satisfaction
                   to
                   God's
                   People
                   in
                   both
                   Kingdoms
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Sic
                     subscribitur
                     
                       A.
                       Ker.
                    
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Order
                     for
                     Printing
                     this
                     Act
                     is
                     signed
                     by
                     
                       Tho.
                       Henderson
                    
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                     
                       Accipe
                       nunc
                       Danaum
                       insidias
                       ,
                       &
                       crimine
                       ab
                       uno
                    
                     
                       —
                       Disce
                       omnes
                       .
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           Many
           Papers
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           and
           more
           odious
           ,
           might
           be
           published
           ,
           but
           my
           Design
           is
           not
           to
           expose
           ,
           but
           if
           possible
           ,
           to
           reclaim
           those
           whom
           this
           antimagistratical
           Party
           leads
           by
           an
           implicit
           Faith
           of
           the
           Assemblies
           Infallibility
           in
           all
           its
           Oracles
           ;
           nor
           would
           I
           have
           sent
           this
           abroad
           ,
           if
           our
           whole
           Church
           and
           Nation
           had
           not
           been
           first
           attacqued
           by
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           not
           only
           in
           their
           present
           outrages
           against
           all
           who
           are
           not
           of
           their
           Gang
           ;
           but
           also
           in
           most
           scandalous
           and
           scurrilous
           Libels
           ,
           in
           one
           whereof
           they
           have
           accused
           the
           Government
           in
           all
           its
           Proceedings
           since
           the
           Restoration
           ,
           to
           have
           been
           worse
           than
           the
           Inquisition
           ;
           tho
           it
           was
           malicious
           ,
           yet
           it
           was
           cunningly
           done
           in
           them
           to
           print
           and
           publish
           this
           among
           Strangers
           ;
           for
           they
           knew
           it
           could
           find
           no
           credit
           at
           home
           ,
           where
           the
           Falshoods
           of
           it
           would
           have
           been
           as
           easily
           discovered
           as
           the
           Malice
           of
           the
           Authors
           is
           .
           The
           publick
           Proceedings
           of
           the
           Nation
           against
           that
           Party
           ,
           were
           indeed
           no
           more
           than
           self-defence
           ,
           and
           therefore
           may
           easily
           ,
           as
           they
           will
           be
           shortly
           vindicated
           ,
           and
           justified
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           where
           all
           the
           matters
           of
           Fact
           of
           that
           which
           they
           call
           Persecution
           ,
           and
           the
           true
           Causes
           of
           it
           ,
           will
           be
           impartially
           discovered
           and
           laid
           open
           ,
           which
           will
           be
           but
           little
           to
           the
           credit
           of
           the
           Party
           ,
           or
           their
           pretended
           Martyrs
           ,
           of
           whom
           they
           have
           now
           promised
           so
           glorious
           and
           full
           a
           History
           ;
           and
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           the
           impartial
           and
           unprejudiced
           part
           of
           Mankind
           will
           abominate
           and
           abhor
           when
           they
           hear
           the
           former
           and
           present
           Barbarities
           and
           bloody
           Cruelties
           ,
           which
           that
           covenanted
           Party
           ,
           under
           pretence
           of
           Reformation
           ,
           have
           committed
           ,
           and
           do
           daily
           at
           this
           time
           inflict
           ,
           without
           any
           respect
           to
           Office
           ,
           Age
           or
           Sex
           ,
           upon
           all
           such
           as
           differ
           from
           them
           ,
           only
           in
           a
           
           very
           inconsiderable
           Punctilio
           of
           Government
           ,
           and
           not
           in
           the
           least
           point
           (
           that
           themselves
           can
           alledge
           )
           either
           of
           Doctrine
           ,
           Discipline
           or
           Worship
           .
           And
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           his
           Highness
           the
           Prince
           ,
           by
           their
           open
           Disobedience
           to
           his
           late
           Proclamation
           for
           securing
           the
           Peace
           ,
           and
           by
           their
           opposition
           to
           ,
           and
           contempt
           of
           all
           former
           Government
           ,
           will
           be
           soon
           convinced
           ,
           how
           impossible
           it
           is
           to
           make
           them
           quiet
           under
           any
           ;
           and
           the
           World
           will
           be
           easily
           satisfied
           by
           but
           a
           little
           inquiry
           into
           their
           Principles
           and
           Practices
           ,
           how
           inconsistent
           the
           Papacy
           of
           the
           Scots
           Presbytery
           is
           with
           any
           Form
           of
           Government
           ,
           except
           that
           of
           Popery
           ,
           which
           arrogantly
           presumes
           (
           as
           they
           also
           do
           )
           to
           punish
           and
           persecute
           all
           Governors
           in
           the
           State
           at
           their
           pleasure
           ,
           and
           manage
           all
           secular
           Interests
           
             in
             ordine
             ad
             Spiritualia
          
           .
        
         
           Would
           to
           God
           they
           would
           but
           comply
           with
           this
           one
           advice
           of
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
             Study
             to
             be
             quiet
             ,
             and
             do
             your
             own
             Business
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A50598-e150
           
             *
             
               N.
               B.
            
             These
             were
             written
             some
             time
             before
             the
             Prince
             was
             proclaim'd
             King
             of
             England
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             *
             The
             Learned
             Doctors
             at
             Aberdeen
             were
             all
             deposed
             and
             expelled
             ,
             for
             disputing
             against
             the
             Legality
             of
             some
             Subjects
             imposing
             Oaths
             upon
             others
             ,
             without
             the
             consent
             of
             lawful
             Authority
             .
          
           
             †
             Two
             of
             King
             Charles
             the
             Second's
             Life-Guard
             murthered
             at
             
               Swyn
               Abbie
            
             some
             few
             years
             ago
             ,
             being
             by
             some
             of
             that
             Party
             barbarously
             shot
             from
             the
             Windows
             ,
             and
             killed
             ,
             as
             they
             sate
             at
             Supper
             in
             their
             Inn.