My Lord, I thought it my bound duty to return your Lordship thanks James, Elinor. 1687 Approx. 6 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A46617 Wing J418 ESTC R37930 17152223 ocm 17152223 105955 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. 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My Lord , I shall always Admire you , and more especially the late Aldermen your Brethren ; And as for Sir John Moors , he shall never be forgotten , for the great Care and Pains he took , and no Magistrate was ever so Abused , yet tho he had Power , he Revenged it not : And as for Sir William Pritchard , he carried himself both Prudent and Wise . And as for the late Sheriffs , I think They were as Worthy Civil Gentlemen as any that could Serve the City . And as for the People , none more inclin'd to Love their own Prince than they , but not willing to be in Subjection to another , and surely that is no Crime ; for if it be a Crime , how highly guilty am I , that have always Loved my Soveraign Lord and no other : For how entirely did I Love my late Soveraign ? For there was nothing in the World I lov'd above Him , but God. O! That I had Died , that He might have Liv'd , then you would not have been exposed to the Flouts , Mocks , and Derisions of your Adversaries ; but it is the Wisdom of God to suffer it to be so , for all our Trials , and I do not doubt but your Loyalty will remain to the end , that you may obtain the Crown of your Reward : But , my Lord , you know that Loyalty without Piety toward God , will avail nothing in the day of His Anger . Therefore I humbly beseech your Lordship , and the Aldermen your Brethren , and all the Loyal Men of this City , that they should be as Zealous for Gods Glory and His Truth , as they have been for the Kings Interest , and then I do not doubt but that God Almighty will accept of your Endeavours , and you may obtain that everlasting Name of being Good Servants to God , and Good Subjects to your Prince ; altho the Afflictions of Joseph be forgotten , and the Loyalty of the Church of England despised , and Her Adversaries Triumphing over Her , saying , Take down Her Hedges , that the Wild Boars of the Forrest may devour Her. O! who would have thought that my Soveraign that I Lov'd so well , and Pleaded His Cause in all Things , and before all Persons , whom I admire above all Princes for His Wisdom and Goodness , should now Expose us ! Therefore I 'll put no Confidence in Princes , nor in the Sons of Men , but in God alone , who is able to Preserve us ; and I shall always pray for my Soveraign Lord , that God would keep and preserve Him from that that is Hurtful to Princes . For I have been Concern'd for the Peace of this Nation above these Twenty Years , and it was Love to God that made me Love the King , and Love to the King that made me Love the People ; And when any Pronounc'd any Judgments against this Nation for the Sins of the People , it troubled me , therefore I humbled my self with Fasting , to Implore the Almighty , that the Judgments might be prevented , but I find that many People mocks at his Judgments , and do not forsake their Sins , as if they delighted to provoke the Most High to destroy them . Indeed when I first undertook the Quarrel , they blam'd me infinitely for it , saying , They were , not worthy of it , but I matter'd it not , for I knew God did not delight in the Destruction of any ; and let them be how they would toward me , yet my Love was so toward them , that I did not matter what they said , for I Loved my Soveraign , therefore I was not willing to have His Kingdom destroy'd , or His Throne uneasie ; and indeed the Lord hath been very Good to me , for He hath given me Favour before the Eys of all sorts of People ; yet not with standing I am very sensible , I have a great many Enemies , that would have destroyed me a great while ago , it my Soveraign had not been as an Angel to preserve me , tho I must needs say the Roman Catholicks , hath been very Civil to me , but it is in hopes to make me a Prosilite , but it is a question whether their Love will last any longer than their Hopes ; therefore I am very sorry for them , that they should think that none can be Sav'd but what owns Rome , when we all have but one God , one Saviour and one Holy Spirit , and yet that we must be counted Heretical and Damn'd , it must proceed from Ignorance or Malice ; yet I am perswaded , there is many Roman Catholicks that Loves me , and I wish them Well ; and for many Dissentors , I do not question but they Love me likewise , tho they thought me to be Popishly Inclin'd , but I never was , and I hope in God never shall be ; And as for the Church-men , they have a great Reason to Love me , because I could Sacrifice my Life for them all , for their Good is my Good , and their Unhappiness is my Unhappiness , and I delight greatly in having them Happy . Therefore God requires that should be Just , and then Merciful , and to abound in all Good Works , for Christ says , By this all Men know you are my Disciples , if you keep my Commandments . To Love one another , and to Pray for the King , and to yield Obedience to Him in all Things that is agreeable to Gods Commands . And if our Dissenting Brethren had done this , there would have been no Contention amongst us ; but Offences will come , but Woe to them by whom they come : They have Condemn'd their Brethren for being Fools , I wish that they may not be condemn'd with the same Judgment as they have condemn'd others . And so I rest , Your Lordships Humble Servant and Souls Well-wisher ELINOR JAMES .