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           A
           REPLY
           To
           the
           Second
           PART
           of
           the
           CHARACTER
           OF
           A
           
             POPISH
             SVCCESSOR
          
           .
           By
           Roger
           L'
           Estrange
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Ioanna
             Brome
          
           at
           the
           Signe
           of
           the
           Gun
           in
           S.
           Pauls
           Church-yard
           .
           1681.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           Reply
           to
           the
           Second
           Part
           of
           the
           Character
           of
           a
           Popish
           Successor
           .
        
         
           WHoever
           duely
           considers
           the
           Bent
           ,
           and
           the
           Spirit
           of
           the
           
             Two
             Characters
          
           here
           in
           question
           ,
           will
           easily
           Discern
           that
           the
           Exclusion
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           York
           ,
           is
           the
           Least
           part
           of
           the
           Authours
           ,
           either
           Hope
           ,
           or
           Pretension
           .
           For
           there
           are
           but
           Two
           ways
           to
           bring
           it
           about
           ,
           viz.
           An
           
             Act
             of
             Parliament
          
           ,
           or
           a
           Rebellion
           .
           As
           to
           the
           Former
           ,
           the
           King
           hath
           over
           and
           over
           Declared
           himself
           against
           it
           ;
           and
           most
           Expressly
           in
           his
           Late
           Declaration
           ,
           
             (
             Apr.
             8.
             1681.
             
             P.
             7.
             )
          
           in
           These
           words
           ,
           (
           speaking
           of
           a
           Total
           Exclusion
           )
           
             [
             A
             Point
             ,
             that
             in
             our
             own
             Royall
             Iudgment
             ,
             so
             nearly
             concern'd
             us
             ,
             both
             in
             Honour
             ,
             Iustice
             ,
             and
             Conscience
             ,
             that
             we
             could
             never
             consent
             to
             it
             .
             ]
          
           Now
           with
           what
           face
           shall
           any
           Subject
           Presume
           to
           Importune
           his
           Soveraign
           ;
           or
           how
           can
           he
           Expect
           ,
           by
           a
           Pamphlet
           ,
           to
           Gain
           upon
           him
           ,
           to
           the
           Violation
           of
           all
           these
           Duties
           ?
           And
           yet
           we
           see
           the
           Point
           pursued
           ,
           though
           no
           way
           in
           the
           world
           to
           be
           Effected
           but
           by
           a
           Sedition
           :
           which
           ,
           by
           the
           method
           taken
           ,
           a
           body
           would
           suspect
           to
           be
           the
           Business
           too
           ;
           for
           the
           Dint
           of
           the
           Discourse
           strikes
           altogether
           that
           way
           .
           'T
           is
           the
           
             Popish
             Successor
          
           I
           must
           Confess
           that
           makes
           the
           Report
           ;
           and
           the
           Wind
           drives
           the
           Smoak
           in
           the
           face
           of
           the
           Duke
           ;
           but
           't
           is
           the
           King
           all
           this
           while
           that
           receives
           the
           Shot
           .
           As
           for
           Example
           :
           He
           takes
           ye
           the
           Treachery
           of
           a
           Wolf
           ,
           the
           Fierceness
           of
           a
           Tyger
           ,
           the
           Ingratitude
           of
           a
           
             Pardon'd
             Traytor
          
           ;
           and
           here
           's
           ,
           in
           short
           ,
           the
           Composition
           of
           his
           Character
           of
           a
           
             Popish
             Successor
          
           ;
           with
           Slavery
           and
           Damnation
           at
           his
           Heels
           .
           This
           Frightfull
           Figure
           puts
           the
           People
           naturally
           upon
           That
           Question
           ,
           
             Act.
             16.
             30.
             
             What
             must
             we
             do
             to
             be
             sav'd
             ?
          
           Why
           truly
           (
           says
           the
           Character
           )
           the
           King
           has
           lost
           himself
           Strangely
           with
           sticking
           to
           his
           Brother
           .
           
             [
             His
             Peoples
             Knees
             are
             almost
             as
             Stubborn
             ,
             as
             their
             Petitions
             and
             Prayers
             have
             been
             Ineffectuall
             .
             (
             And
             I
             am
             affraid
             there
             are
             too
             many
             ,
             who
             in
             Detestation
             of
             that
             One
          
           Gangreen'd
           Branch
           of
           Royalty
           ,
           
             can
             scarce
             forbear
             (
             how
             Vndutifully
             soever
             )
             to
             Murmur
             ,
             and
             Revile
             ,
             even
             at
             that
             Imperial
             Root
             that
             Cherishes
             it
             .
          
           Pa.
           10.
           
           Part
           1.
           ]
           Insomuch
           that
           
             [
             in
             Studying
             to
             Prevent
             Tyranny
             ,
             they
             grow
             Iealous
             of
          
           Monarchy
           ,
           &c.
           
           
           
             And
             so
             far
             from
             Supplying
             the
             Real
             and
             most
             Pressing
             Necessityes
             of
          
           his
           
             Majesty
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             rather
             well
             pleas'd
             ,
             and
             Triumph
             ,
             in
             his
             Greatest
             Wants
             :
             and
             that
             perhaps
             ;
             when
             his
             Glory
             ,
             nay
             possibly
             when
             his
          
           nearest
           Safety
           
             calls
             for
             their
             Assistance
          
           .
           P.
           11.
           ]
        
         
           
             The
             Writer
             of
             the
             Character
             has
             told
             the
             People
             a
             Heavy
             Tale
             here
             ,
             but
             what
             if
             their
          
           Knees
           will
           not
           bend
           ?
           
             what
             if
             there
             be
          
           Murmurings
           and
           Revilings
           ;
           
             and
             not
             one
             farthing
             of
             mony
             to
             be
             gotten
             ?
             Are
             we
             ever
             the
             nearer
             the
          
           Disinheriting
           
             of
             a
          
           Popish
           Successor
           ,
           
             for
             all
             this
             ?
             No
             ;
             But
             if
             the
             King
             will
             not
             yield
             ,
             the
          
           Character
           
             will
             shew
             you
             a
             Trick
             for
             that
             too
             .
             The
          
           Lords
           Anointed
           ?
           
             [
             I
          
           would
           ask
           
             (
             says
             he
          
           )
           what
           this
           LORDS
           ANOINTED
           Is
           ?
           And
           who
           't
           is
           is
           our
           
             Native
             Soveraign
          
           ?
           When
           instead
           of
           being
           
             Free
             Subjects
             ,
             Pope
          
           and
           Tyranny
           shall
           rule
           over
           us
           ,
           and
           we
           are
           made
           Slaves
           and
           Papists
           ?
           P.
           20.
           ]
           And
           then
           below
           :
           [
           What
           's
           a
           Passive
           Obedience
           ,
           to
           a
           King
           of
           England
           ?
           Alas
           !
           That
           Bugbear
           ,
           
             Passive
             Obedience
          
           ,
           is
           a
           Notion
           crept
           into
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           most
           Zealously
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           as
           Ignorantly
           Defended
           
             [
             Kings
          
           were
           made
           for
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           People
           for
           the
           King
           P.
           21.
           ]
           
             And
             yet
             once
             again
          
           .
           [
           If
           now
           at
           last
           Popery
           must
           ,
           and
           shall
           come
           in
           ;
           (
           as
           by
           Law
           it
           cannot
           )
           and
           consequently
           must
           be
           restor'd
           by
           
             Arbitrary
             Power
          
           :
           If
           a
           
             new
             Monarchy
          
           ,
           then
           a
           
             new
             Conquest
          
           ;
           and
           if
           a
           Conquest
           ,
           Heaven
           forbid
           we
           should
           be
           Subdu'd
           like
           less
           then
           Englishmen
           ;
           or
           be
           Debarr'd
           the
           Common
           Right
           of
           All
           Nations
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           to
           Resist
           ,
           and
           Repell
           any
           Invader
           ,
           if
           we
           can
           
             P.
             21.
             ]
             Now
             to
             run
             it
             short
             (
             he
             might
             e'en
             as
             well
             have
             told
             us
             in
             plain
             Terms
          
           ;
           Look
           to
           your Selves
           my
           Masters
           ;
           Here
           's
           a
           
             Popish
             Successor
          
           coming
           on
           that
           will
           send
           yeu
           all
           to
           the
           Devil
           .
           Ye
           have
           the
           whole
           Nation
           on
           your
           side
           ,
           Never
           trouble
           your
           heads
           about
           the
           
             King.
             What
             's
             a
          
           KING
           ?
           What
           is
           this
           
             LORDS
             ANOINTED
          
           ?
           Is
           he
           not
           
             Our
             Servant
          
           ?
           May
           not
           we
           Resist
           him
           if
           he
           Invade
           us
           ?
           
             Passive
             Obedience
          
           is
           a
           
             Bugbear
             and
             does
             not
             concern
             us
             here
             in
          
           England
           ,
           Wherefore
           let
           us
           Maintain
           our
           Rights
           ,
           or
           fall
           like
           
             Englishmen
             .
             If
             This
             be
             not
             a
             Sedition
             ,
             Contriv'd
             Chalk'd
             out
             ,
             and
             Justified
             .
             I
             do
             not
             know
             what
             Is.
             
          
        
         
           
             To
             this
          
           Ch●racter
           of
           a
           Popish
           Successor
           ,
           &c.
           
           
             I
             wrote
             a
          
           Reply
           ,
           Entitled
           ,
           The
           Character
           of
           a
           Papist
           in
           Masquerade
           ;
           
             to
             which
             the
             Author
             of
             the
          
           First
           Character
           
             has
             now
             put
             out
             a
          
           Rejoynder
           ,
           
             which
             he
             calls
          
           ,
           The
           Character
           of
           a
           Popish
           Successor
           Complete
           :
           In
           Defence
           of
           the
           
             First
             Part
          
           ;
           against
           
             Two
             Answers
             ,
             One
          
           Written
           by
           M.
           
             L'Estrange
             ,
             call'd
          
           The
           Papist
           in
           Masquerade
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           Another
           ,
           by
           an
           unknown
           hand
           .
        
         
         
           Upon
           a
           Thorough
           Examination
           of
           this
           Piece
           ,
           I
           find
           it
           to
           be
           only
           a
           
             Pompous
             ,
             Wordy
          
           Thing
           ,
           and
           wholly
           made
           up
           of
           Shifts
           ,
           and
           Suppositions
           ;
           without
           so
           much
           as
           
             one
             Argument
          
           .
           either
           Offer'd
           ,
           or
           Answer'd
           ,
           upon
           the
           Stress
           of
           the
           Question
           :
           so
           that
           I
           shall
           ;
           both
           for
           the
           Readers
           ease
           ,
           and
           my
           own
           ,
           pass
           over
           the
           Ramble
           of
           his
           Discourse
           ,
           and
           keep
           my self
           as
           close
           as
           I
           can
           to
           the
           Subject
           in
           hand
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           the
           main
           Scope
           of
           his
           Design
           ,
           first
           ,
           to
           shew
           the
           People
           a
           
             Popish
             Successor
          
           ,
           in
           Imagination
           ,
           as
           Black
           and
           Hideous
           as
           the
           Devil
           and
           Malice
           can
           Paint
           him
           .
           2.
           to
           set
           forth
           the
           
             Absolute
             Necessity
          
           of
           Barring
           ,
           and
           Precluding
           such
           a
           Successor
           ,
           upon
           pain
           of
           Bondage
           ,
           and
           Damnation
           .
           And
           3.
           
           Since
           the
           King
           will
           not
           be
           wrought
           upon
           ,
           against
           his
           Brother
           ;
           To
           teach
           his
           Subjects
           a
           way
           of
           doing
           it
           by
           themselves
           ;
           by
           Absolving
           them
           in
           this
           Particular
           Case
           from
           the
           Common
           Tyes
           of
           
             Christianity
             ,
             Prudence
          
           ,
           and
           Allegeance
           .
        
         
           To
           These
           Three
           General
           Heads
           ,
           I
           oppos'd
           Certain
           Previous
           Considerations
           ,
           which
           he
           takes
           very
           little
           notice
           of
           in
           his
           Reflections
           upon
           my
           Papers
           ,
           though
           the
           whole
           sum
           of
           this
           Controversie
           does
           most
           undeniably
           depend
           upon
           the
           Resolving
           of
           those
           Points
           .
           But
           of
           this
           hereafter
           .
           As
           to
           the
           rest
           ,
           I
           followed
           my
           Parallel
           ,
           betwixt
           the
           
             Bare-fac'd
             Iesuits
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Disguis'd
           ;
           betwixt
           the
           Proceedings
           of
           
             One
             and
             Forty
          
           ,
           and
           of
           
             Eighty
             One
          
           ,
           as
           a
           necessary
           Precaution
           ,
           that
           under
           the
           Pretence
           of
           Abolishing
           the
           NAME
           of
           Popery
           ,
           we
           might
           not
           Establish
           the
           DOCTRINE
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           
             In
             the
             first
             Page
             of
             the
          
           Preface
           ,
           
             it
             is
             observed
             upon
          
           L'Estranges
           Character
           ,
           that
           [
           the
           sole
           Drift
           of
           his
           Book
           was
           not
           in
           the
           least
           to
           Expose
           Popery
           any
           further
           ,
           then
           to
           make
           the
           Fanatical
           and
           Iesuitical
           Principles
           agree
           ,
           &c.
           ]
        
         
           Well!
           and
           what
           can
           expose
           Popory
           further
           then
           to
           prove
           it
           Fanaticism
           ;
           and
           to
           Range
           the
           Papists
           with
           the
           
             Smiters
             of
             their
             Fellow-servants
          
           ,
           (
           Matth.
           24.
           49.
           
           )
           and
           according
           to
           that
           Dreadful
           Sentence
           ,
           
             (
             Matth.
             24.
             51.
             
          
           )
           to
           appoint
           Iesuits
           their
           Portion
           with
           the
           Hypocrites
           ?
        
         
           Take
           his
           Opinion
           
             (
             says
             the
             Character
          
           )
           abstracted
           from
           that
           Design
           ,
           and
           his
           whole
           Book
           has
           no
           other
           aim
           ,
           but
           to
           make
           All
           our
           Dangers
           of
           Popery
           ,
           and
           a
           Popish
           Successor
           ;
           and
           all
           the
           whole
           Plot
           against
           the
           King
           ,
           Religion
           ,
           and
           Government
           (
           to
           use
           his
           own
           Phrase
           ,
           P.
           69.
           )
           but
           
             a
             Painted
             Lion
             upon
             a
             Wall
          
           ;
           and
           the
           Opposers
           of
           those
           Dangers
           
             a
             reall
             Bed
             of
             Vipers
          
           .
        
         
         
           Is
           L'Estrange
           then
           so
           great
           a
           Friend
           to
           the
           Fanaticks
           ,
           that
           he
           Acquits
           the
           Pap●sts
           ,
           in
           making
           them
           
             Both
             Criminals
             alike
          
           ?
           Or
           how
           will
           it
           hang
           together
           ,
           that
           under
           the
           Notion
           only
           of
           
             Two
             sorts
          
           of
           Iesuits
           ,
           and
           
             Both
             equally
             Dangerous
          
           ,
           the
           One
           shall
           be
           but
           a
           
             Painted
             Lyon
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Other
             a
             Reall
             Bed
             of
             Vipers
             ?
          
           Now
           over
           and
           above
           this
           Contradiction
           imply'd
           how
           many
           
             Impious
             ,
             Impudent
             ,
             False
          
           ,
           and
           Non-sensicall
           Fellows
           should
           I
           have
           been
           ,
           if
           I
           had
           dealt
           but
           half
           so
           disingenuously
           with
           the
           Character-maker
           as
           he
           has
           done
           with
           me
           .
           Take
           notice
           first
           ,
           how
           he
           has
           Impos'd
           upon
           me
           in
           misapplying
           the
           Citation
           ,
           for
           my
           Words
           are
           these
           ,
           
             P.
             69.
             
             It
             were
             no
             Ill
             Embleme
             of
             the
             Original
             of
             our
             Late
             Troubles
             ,
             to
             fancy
             a
             man
             in
             a
             fright
             ,
             and
             Leaping
             from
             a
          
           Painted
           Lyon
           
             upon
             a
             W●ll
             ,
             into
             a
          
           Bed
           of
           Vipers
           .
           From
           hence
           does
           he
           infer
           my
           disbelief
           of
           the
           Plot
           ,
           and
           pronounces
           upon
           me
           ,
           as
           one
           that
           makes
           it
           his
           b●siness
           to
           turn
           All
           the
           Dangers
           of
           Popery
           ,
           and
           a
           
             Popish
             Succ●ssor
          
           into
           a
           meer
           mockery
           :
           when
           yet
           my
           Reply
           upon
           his
           first
           Char●cter
           ,
           speaks
           the
           clear
           contrary
           
             [
             So
             far
             am
             I
             from
             undertaking
             to
             dispute
             the
             danger
             of
             a
          
           Popish
           Successor
           ,
           
             that
             I
             'le
             compound
             the
             matter
             with
             him
             before-hand
             ,
             and
             take
             all
             his
             suppositions
             of
             Difficul●ies
             and
             Hazz●rds
             for
             Granted
             :
             ]
          
           And
           then
           again
           in
           the
           same
           Page
           
             [
             I
             am
             as
             much
             against
             the
             Principles
             and
             Practises
             of
             the
             Church
             of
          
           Rome
           
             (
             wherein
             the
             Church
             of
          
           England
           
             hath
             departed
             from
             that
             Com●uni●n
             )
             as
             any
             man
             living
             that
             keeps
             himself
             within
             the
             compass
             of
          
           Christian
           Charity
           ,
           Humanity
           ,
           and
           Good
           Manners
           :
           
             and
             so
             far
             I
             shall
             heartily
             joyn
             with
             the
             Compil●r
             of
             the
             Character
             ,
             by
             a
             Previous
          
           Concession
           
             of
             the
          
           Inconveniences
           
             (
             as
             I
             have
             said
             already
             )
             that
             may
             arrive
             by
             reason
             of
             that
             Religion
             .
          
           Is
           this
           fair
           dealing
           or
           no
           ?
           But
           you
           shall
           see
           now
           how
           he
           Rivets
           it
           .
        
         
           You
           must
           allow
           him
           
             (
             says
             he
          
           )
           this
           
             Great
             Fundamental
          
           ;
           that
           all
           the
           Sticklers
           against
           Popery
           ,
           and
           a
           
             Popish
             Successor
          
           are
           Fanaticks
           ,
           and
           that
           
             all
             Fanaticks
          
           hate
           both
           the
           King
           and
           
             Kingly
             Government
          
           ,
           and
           are
           Tooth
           and
           Nail
           downright
           Republicans
           .
           Vpon
           this
           Basis
           his
           whol●
           Fabrick
           stands
           ,
           Ibid.
           
        
         
           The
           Authour
           has
           put
           a
           thing
           in
           my
           Head
           now
           ,
           I
           should
           not
           ●ave
           thought
           of
           ,
           and
           truly
           I
           could
           find
           in
           my
           heart
           to
           give
           him
           his
           asking
           .
           For
           I
           would
           Distinguish
           betwixt
           the
           
             Litigious
             Humour
          
           of
           Stickling
           against
           Popery
           ,
           as
           the
           Fanaticks
           do
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Modest
             Iudicious
          
           way
           of
           opposing
           it
           ,
           after
           the
           manner
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           :
           a
           Stickler
           ,
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           being
           only
           a
           Waspish
           kind
           of
           
             Common
             Barreter
          
           in
           Religion
           .
           But
           however
           ,
           he
           must
           be
           a
           Stickler
           
           against
           the
           Communion
           of
           the
           
             English
             Church
          
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           against
           that
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           to
           be
           a
           Fanatick
           in
           
             my
             opinion
          
           :
           In
           which
           case
           ,
           his
           Zeal
           ,
           on
           the
           One
           hand
           ,
           does
           not
           at
           all
           Excuse
           his
           Schism
           on
           the
           Other
           .
           And
           to
           Gratifie
           him
           yet
           further
           ,
           in
           his
           other
           Point
           ;
           let
           him
           name
           what
           sort
           of
           Dissenters
           he
           pleases
           ,
           and
           let
           me
           try
           if
           I
           cannot
           shew
           him
           
             Anti-Monarchical
             Principles
          
           ;
           and
           Positions
           Destructive
           both
           of
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           in
           the
           
             Avow'd
             Writings
          
           of
           the
           most
           Eminent
           of
           the
           Party
           .
        
         
           When
           he
           has
           Handy-dandy'd
           the
           Character
           ,
           and
           L'Estrange
           ,
           Just
           as
           Puncinello
           plays
           his
           Puppets
           ,
           and
           given
           which
           of
           them
           the
           better
           on
           't
           he
           pleases
           ;
           he
           sets
           up
           a
           
             Great
             Fundamental
          
           for
           me
           ;
           and
           runs
           away
           with
           it
           for
           a
           matter
           of
           a
           Page
           and
           a
           half
           ,
           calling
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           to
           give
           Evidence
           to
           the
           truth
           of
           a
           Plot
           ,
           which
           no
           Mortal
           denyes
           ;
           and
           winds
           up
           at
           last
           in
           the
           Definition
           of
           a
           Fanatick
           of
           these
           Times
           .
        
         
           He
           that
           values
           the
           Safety
           of
           himself
           and
           his
           Posterity
           ;
           he
           that
           thinks
           he
           has
           an
           Estate
           ,
           and
           Liberty
           worth
           Preserving
           ;
           a
           Country
           worth
           Saving
           ;
           a
           Religion
           worth
           defending
           ;
           and
           indeed
           a
           God
           worth
           Serving
           ,
           it
           a
           
             FANATICK
             .
             Pref.
             P.
          
           3.
           
        
         
           I
           shall
           Appeal
           to
           the
           World
           now
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           
             True
             Fanatick
          
           ,
           His
           ,
           or
           Mine
           .
        
         
           He
           that
           places
           the
           safety
           of
           Himself
           and
           his
           Posterity
           in
           breaking
           the
           Laws
           ,
           both
           of
           God
           and
           man
           ;
           He
           that
           makes
           his
           Liberty
           a
           Cloak
           for
           Maliciousness
           ;
           He
           that
           Cryes
           ,
           
             Give
             the
             King
             no
             Money
          
           ,
           when
           his
           Country
           is
           ready
           to
           be
           Swallow'd
           up
           ;
           and
           Triumphs
           in
           his
           Majestys
           Greatest
           Wants
           .
           (
           Char.
           Part.
           1.
           
           Pa.
           11.
           )
           when
           his
           Glory
           ,
           nay
           his
           NEAREST
           SAFETY
           Calls
           for
           Assistance
           ;
           He
           that
           Contends
           for
           Schism
           to
           the
           Overthrow
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           calls
           Murthering
           of
           Kings
           ,
           and
           Subverting
           of
           
             Governments
             ,
             [
             doing
             God
             good
             service
             ]
             He
          
           is
           a
           Fanatick
           .
        
         
           
             He
             Proceeds
             in
             his
             Preface
             ,
             to
             the
             Invalidating
             of
             my
          
           Parallel
           ,
           betwixt
           Forty
           One
           and
           Eighty
           ;
           
             and
             upon
             my
             saying
             ,
             that
             the
          
           very
           Sound
           of
           Popery
           did
           the
           business
           against
           the
           Last
           King
           ,
           as
           well
           without
           a
           Ground
           ,
           as
           with
           it
           ;
           [
           What
           's
           all
           this
           (
           says
           he
           )
           but
           to
           tell
           us
           ,
           because
           a
           Bugbear
           Frighted
           us
           once
           ,
           therefore
           a
           
             Real
             Fiend
          
           must
           not
           Fright
           us
           now
           ?
           Because
           a
           Judas
           once
           Kiss'd
           and
           Betray'd
           ,
           and
           a
           
             Joab
             Embrac'd
          
           and
           stabb'd
           ,
           therefore
           no
           man
           must
           ever
           Kiss
           and
           Embrace
           without
           a
           Treacherous
           and
           
             Murtherous
             Intention
          
           ?
        
         
           And
           what
           's
           all
           this
           ;
           (
           say
           I
           )
           but
           to
           tell
           us
           ,
           on
           the
           Other
           side
           ,
           that
           though
           the
           Bugbear
           of
           
             Forty
             One
          
           prov'd
           a
           
             Reall
             Friend
          
           to
           us
           ,
           
           we
           are
           yet
           to
           take
           the
           
             same
             Fiend
             again
          
           ,
           in
           
             Eighty
             One
          
           for
           a
           Bugbear
           ?
           And
           so
           for
           Iudas
           and
           Ioab
           ,
           If
           the
           
             Same
             Iudas
          
           ,
           kisses
           again
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           
             Same
             Words
          
           in
           his
           Mouth
           too
           ,
           why
           may
           we
           not
           suspect
           the
           
             Same
             Intentions
          
           ?
           And
           likewise
           if
           the
           
             Same
             Ioab
          
           Embraces
           again
           ,
           and
           the
           Old
           Ponyard
           be
           found
           about
           him
           still
           ,
           (
           the
           
             Deposing
             Maxims
          
           of
           
             Forty
             One
          
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           very
           Case
           )
           Have
           we
           not
           Reason
           then
           to
           believe
           that
           he
           has
           Murder
           in
           his
           Heart
           ?
           And
           Hear
           him
           once
           again
           now
           .
        
         
           Because
           a
           Knot
           of
           Achitophels
           once
           Pretended
           Grievances
           where
           
             none
             was
          
           ,
           to
           accomplish
           their
           own
           Wicked
           Purposes
           ,
           therefore
           no
           Subject
           shall
           ,
           or
           may
           Petition
           or
           Vote
           ,
           though
           in
           a
           
             Legall
             ,
             Parliamentary
             way
          
           ,
           for
           the
           Redress
           of
           the
           Greatest
           Grievance
           in
           Nature
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           the
           Plainest
           and
           most
           Imminent
           Exigence
           of
           a
           Nation
           ,
           
             &c.
             Pref.
             Pag.
          
           3.
           
        
         
           My
           Answer
           must
           be
           still
           the
           same
           ;
           that
           the
           very
           
             same
             Achitophells
          
           ,
           Pretending
           the
           very
           
             same
             Grievances
          
           ,
           and
           Proceeding
           by
           the
           very
           
             same
             Met●ods
          
           have
           probably
           the
           very
           
             same
             Wicked
             Designs
          
           and
           Purposes
           .
           And
           now
           to
           that
           which
           follows
           ;
           Bear
           me
           Wittness
           Good
           People
           ,
           that
           I
           meddle
           with
           neither
           Votes
           ,
           nor
           Petitions
           ,
           but
           only
           with
           Seditious
           Libells
           that
           carry
           the
           name
           of
           Petitions
           :
           as
           who
           should
           say
           
             [
             Take
             notice
          
           ,
           (
           my
           Countrymen
           )
           the
           King
           is
           wholly
           carry'd
           away
           by
           
             Iesuitical
             Councills
             ,
             May
             it
             Please
             your
             Majesty
             to
             Call
             a
             Parliament
             .
          
           His
           Majesty
           will
           never
           suffer
           this
           Plot
           to
           be
           search'd
           to
           the
           
             Bottom
             ;
             A
             Speedy
             Parliament
             we
             Beseech
             ye
             Sir.
          
           The
           King
           Employs
           none
           but
           Popish
           and
           
             Disaffected
             Officers
          
           ,
           Let
           us
           have
           a
           Parliament
           we
           Beseech
           your
           Majesty
           ,
           to
           sit
           ,
           till
           All
           our
           Grievances
           are
           Redress'd
           .
           ]
           D'
           ye
           Call
           this
           ,
           Addressing
           ,
           or
           Libelling
           ?
           Or
           how
           come
           these
           Scandals
           to
           wear
           the
           name
           of
           Petitions
           ?
        
         
           He
           has
           another
           Touch
           at
           my
           Parallel
           in
           the
           next
           Page
           
             [
             The
             Design
          
           (
           he
           says
           )
           of
           that
           
             Age
             ,
             being
             to
             Reduce
             us
             to
          
           Slavery
           ,
           and
           this
           to
           Free
           
             us
             from
             it
             ]
             This
             is
             more
          
           said
           then
           he
           is
           able
           to
           make
           out
           ;
           for
           how
           does
           he
           know
           that
           the
           men
           of
           
             Forty
             One
             Design'd
          
           us
           to
           Slavery
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           
             same
             men
          
           in
           
             Eighty
             One
          
           are
           Designing
           to
           Free
           us
           from
           it
           ?
           Does
           not
           Popery
           and
           
             Arbitrary
             Power
          
           ,
           from
           the
           
             same
             Lips
          
           signifie
           just
           the
           
             same
             thi●g
             now
          
           that
           it
           did
           then
           ?
           And
           why
           may
           not
           a
           man
           Conclude
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Same
             Persons
          
           ,
           with
           the
           
             same
             Pretences
          
           have
           still
           the
           
             Same
             End●
          
           ?
        
         
           Th
           Grievance
           of
           the
           Nation
           
             (
             he
             says
          
           )
           is
           a
           Popish
           Successor
           ;
           and
           That
           Grievance
           once
           Remov'd
           by
           a
           Bill
           of
           Exclusion
           ,
           we
           Counter-mine
           
           All
           the
           Arts
           ,
           and
           Subtilties
           of
           Rome
           .
           The
           King
           shall
           have
           Money
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Entire
             Affections
          
           of
           All
           ,
           or
           most
           of
           the
           Commonalty
           of
           England
           ,
           which
           have
           ,
           or
           can
           be
           Alienated
           ,
           or
           Estranged
           ,
           by
           his
           Vnhappy
           and
           too
           Vigorous
           Defence
           of
           a
           Successor
           ,
           so
           universally
           Odious
           .
        
         
           This
           Clause
           is
           to
           Possess
           the
           People
           ,
           that
           the
           Excluding
           of
           a
           
             Popish
             Successor
          
           would
           do
           the
           whole
           Business
           .
           It
           is
           a
           Great
           Blessing
           to
           the
           Party
           that
           men
           of
           this
           Kidney
           are
           never
           to
           be
           put
           out
           of
           Countenance
           ;
           for
           the
           Authour
           would
           Blush
           else
           at
           a
           Suggestion
           that
           every
           man
           that
           can
           read
           ,
           is
           able
           to
           Contradict
           .
           Here
           's
           the
           Subject
           of
           a
           
             Popish
             Successor
          
           Started
           ,
           and
           the
           Prerogative
           of
           a
           
             Protestant
             King
          
           ,
           in
           
             Possession
             ,
             Invaded
          
           ,
           by
           every
           Pamphleter
           that
           Presumes
           to
           handle
           this
           Question
           ;
           for
           there
           are
           
             Popish
             Forts
             ,
             Popish
             Castles
             ,
             Popish
             Militia's
             ,
             Popish
             Guards
             ,
             Popish
             Courtiers
             ,
             Popish
             Councellors
             ,
             Popish
             Iudges
             ,
             Popish
             Iuries
             ,
             Popish
             Bishops
             ,
          
           and
           in
           fine
           ,
           
             Popish
             Torys
          
           ,
           and
           Tantivys
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           
             Popish
             Successors
          
           .
           And
           All
           these
           Popish
           Circumstances
           must
           be
           either
           Remov'd
           ,
           or
           secur'd
           ,
           to
           the
           good
           liking
           of
           the
           Faction
           ;
           or
           else
           the
           Diverting
           of
           the
           Succession
           (
           according
           to
           the
           Ordinary
           language
           of
           the
           Press
           )
           is
           as
           good
           as
           nothing
           .
           And
           then
           to
           Crown
           the
           Contumely
           ,
           That
           Prince
           is
           Charg'd
           with
           Affecting
           an
           
             Arbitrary
             Power
          
           whole
           almost
           Fatal
           Concessions
           already
           have
           but
           barely
           left
           him
           Power
           enough
           to
           keep
           the
           Crown
           on
           his
           Head.
           But
           what
           's
           the
           meaning
           now
           ,
           of
           Cramping
           ,
           and
           Imposing
           upon
           the
           Civil
           Power
           ,
           what
           's
           that
           to
           Religion
           and
           the
           Plot
           ?
           The
           Solution
           is
           this
           :
           The
           Faction
           ,
           Designing
           upon
           both
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           finds
           it
           Expedient
           to
           Attaque
           
             both
             together
          
           ;
           to
           the
           end
           that
           the
           Project
           upon
           the
           score
           of
           Religion
           may
           hold
           out
           till
           they
           have
           Gain'd
           their
           Ends
           upon
           the
           Monarchy
           .
        
         
           His
           next
           Intimation
           of
           the
           Kings
           having
           lost
           the
           Affections
           of
           the
           People
           ;
           for
           asserting
           the
           Rights
           of
           his
           Brother
           ,
           (
           though
           according
           to
           
             Honour
             ,
             Iustice
          
           and
           Conscience
           as
           his
           Majesty
           himself
           Declares
           )
           This
           Intimation
           (
           I
           say
           )
           is
           so
           far
           from
           the
           Report
           of
           a
           Truth
           ,
           (
           as
           appears
           by
           the
           almost
           Unanimous
           Addresses
           of
           the
           Nation
           to
           the
           Contrary
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           clearly
           an
           Artifice
           to
           Render
           his
           Majesty
           low
           in
           the
           Opinion
           of
           his
           People
           .
        
         
           He
           Passes
           now
           to
           a
           Reflection
           upon
           Times
           and
           Times
           ,
           wherein
           to
           my
           thinking
           ,
           the
           Reason
           lyes
           strong
           and
           Directly
           against
           him
           .
           
             [
             The
             Miseries
             of
             the
             Late
             Civil
             Wars
             )
          
           (
           he
           says
           )
           
             are
             too
             lively
             in
             the
             Peoples
             Memorys
             ,
             for
             them
             ever
             to
             be
             wrought
             up
             again
             into
             the
          
           same
           Frenzy
           .
           ]
           Now
           I
           fancy
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           that
           the
           Comig
           
           off
           so
           Cheap
           ,
           and
           with
           so
           much
           Profit
           and
           Advantage
           for
           one
           Rebellion
           ,
           is
           a
           great
           Encouragement
           for
           the
           same
           Persons
           to
           venture
           upon
           another
           .
           I
           am
           the
           larger
           upon
           the
           Preface
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           somewhat
           better
           Colour'd
           then
           the
           Text.
           
        
         
           Though
           the
           Deluded
           Multitude
           
             (
             says
             he
             ,
             Ibid.
          
           )
           were
           then
           put
           out
           of
           love
           with
           Kings
           ,
           they
           found
           too
           soon
           ,
           by
           Wofull
           Experience
           ,
           that
           the
           Protectorate
           was
           ten
           times
           worse
           ,
           and
           whatever
           Prejudice
           they
           had
           conceived
           against
           the
           Old
           Vnhappy
           King
           ,
           yet
           the
           Grievous
           Oppressions
           ,
           Taxes
           ,
           and
           standing
           Armys
           ,
           under
           Cromwell
           ,
           quickly
           open'd
           their
           Eyes
           ,
           and
           to
           their
           own
           Sad
           Cost
           ,
           Assur'd
           them
           ,
           they
           had
           not
           mended
           ,
           but
           Marr'd
           their
           Condition
           by
           Rebelling
           .
           Ibid.
           
        
         
           I
           would
           he
           had
           Explain'd
           himself
           whether
           it
           was
           TOO
           SOON
           in
           the
           Peoples
           opinion
           ,
           or
           in
           his
           own
           .
           And
           then
           he
           speaks
           again
           as
           if
           the
           Rebellion
           had
           been
           only
           the
           setting
           up
           of
           the
           Protector
           ;
           for
           he
           takes
           no
           notice
           of
           any
           Grievous
           Oppressions
           ,
           Taxes
           and
           standing
           Armys
           till
           the
           Protectorate
           of
           Cromwell
           ;
           And
           all
           the
           Interval
           ,
           (
           betwixt
           Driving
           the
           King
           from
           London
           ,
           and
           the
           setting
           up
           of
           that
           Mock-Royolet
           )
           under
           the
           Blessed
           Administration
           of
           the
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           ,
           was
           only
           a
           Certain
           kind
           of
           method
           peculiar
           to
           the
           Godly
           for
           the
           asserting
           of
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Liberty
           of
           the
           Subject
           ,
           against
           the
           Fears
           of
           
             Arbitrary
             Power
          
           ,
           and
           Popery
           .
           I
           come
           now
           to
           the
           Conclusion
           of
           his
           Preface
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           confess
           
             (
             says
             he
          
           )
           This
           present
           Age
           has
           Derived
           one
           thing
           from
           
             Forty
             one
          
           ,
           and
           
             Forty
             two
          
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           a
           Curse
           they
           l●ft
           behind
           'em
           :
           The
           Curse
           of
           the
           
             Sheperds
             boy
          
           in
           the
           Fable
           ;
           Our
           Crying
           out
           so
           often
           formerly
           ,
           
             Help
             Master
             ,
             Help
             ;
             the
             Wolf●s
             in
             the
             Sheepfold
          
           ;
           when
           he
           was
           not
           there
           ,
           has
           made
           us
           Disbeliev'd
           at
           last
           now
           he
           is
           there
           ;
           and
           like
           him
           too
           ,
           be
           left
           most
           Helpless
           when
           we
           most
           want
           it
           ]
        
         
           The
           Authour
           may
           be
           pleas'd
           to
           take
           notice
           ;
           that
           our
           Business
           does
           not
           lie
           with
           the
           Wolf
           in
           the
           Fable
           ,
           but
           with
           the
           Wolf
           in
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           the
           Wolf
           in
           
             Sheeps
             Cloathing
          
           :
           and
           that
           the
           very
           Wolves
           that
           Worryed
           the
           Flock
           under
           the
           Last
           King
           ,
           are
           now
           again
           Grinding
           their
           Teeth
           at
           'em
           under
           This.
           And
           so
           much
           for
           his
           Preface
           ;
           We
           shall
           now
           proceed
           to
           his
           Text.
           
        
         
           
             Upon
             my
             Arguing
             ,
             that
             if
          
           Christian
           Princes
           ,
           
             under
             Articles
             of
          
           Treaty
           ,
           and
           Agreement
           ,
           keep
           Touch
           
             even
             with
          
           Infidels
           ,
           
             much
             more
             will
          
           Christians
           
             keep
             Touch
             with
             one
             another
          
           .
           [
           What
           Relation
           
             (
             says
             he
             )
             P.
             1.
             )
          
           can
           
             Christian
             Princes
          
           keeping
           Touch
           with
           Infidels
           have
           to
           a
           
             Popish
             Successors
             Tyranny
          
           ,
           and
           Injustice
           over
           his
           own
           
             Subjects
             ?
             ]
             
             And
             again
             P.
          
           2.
           
           The
           Fidelity
           between
           Prince
           and
           Prince
           ,
           holds
           no
           Proportion
           or
           Affinity
           with
           that
           betwixt
           Prince
           and
           People
           .
           A
           King
           for
           Breach
           of
           Faith
           with
           his
           People
           ,
           Esteem●
           himself
           only
           accountable
           to
           God
           ;
           but
           for
           Breach
           of
           Faith
           with
           Forreign
           Princes
           ,
           whether
           Christians
           or
           Infidels
           ,
           he
           is
           accountable
           to
           man
           ,
           and
           may
           draw
           down
           a
           just
           War
           upon
           his
           Head
           for
           such
           a
           Violation
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           If
           I
           had
           not
           more
           Respect
           to
           the
           Rules
           of
           
             Good
             Mann●rs
          
           ,
           then
           to
           the
           force
           of
           his
           Reasoning
           I
           should
           ,
           upon
           such
           an
           occasion
           as
           this
           ,
           treat
           him
           as
           Coursly
           as
           he
           does
           me
           upon
           all
           occasions
           .
           The
           Question
           is
           not
           what
           a
           Popish
           Prince
           will
           do
           upon
           Interest
           ,
           but
           what
           upon
           C●nscience
           ,
           and
           Religion
           ,
           In
           which
           Case
           ,
           the
           Morality
           is
           the
           Same
           to
           another
           Prince
           and
           to
           a
           Subject
           ;
           so
           that
           our
           Author
           is
           quite
           beside
           the
           Cushion
           ,
           
             [
             But
             what
          
           (
           says
           he
           )
           
             if
             his
             Priests
             shall
             perswade
             him
             that
             he
             ought
             not
             to
             keep
             his
             Faith
             ?
          
           And
           what
           ,
           say
           I
           ,
           if
           his
           Conscience
           shall
           tell
           him
           he
           will
           be
           damn'd
           if
           he
           does
           not
           ?
           Is
           not
           the
           Why
           and
           the
           Wherefore
           here
           as
           broad
           as
           it
           is
           long
           ?
        
         
           The
           Characterizer
           
             (
             says
             he
          
           )
           tells
           us
           
             P.
             3
             ▪
          
           That
           in
           a
           Bigotted
           Prince
           ,
           his
           Moralls
           shall
           be
           Slaves
           to
           his
           
             Zeal
             .
             And
             then
          
           [
           I
           am
           asham'd
           that
           any
           men
           that
           pretend
           to
           write
           sense
           ,
           should
           endeavour
           to
           Perswade
           us
           that
           a
           Popish
           Bigot
           ,
           and
           a
           man
           of
           Courage
           ,
           and
           Wisdom
           in
           a
           Successor
           ,
           should
           not
           go
           further
           towards
           the
           Establishing
           of
           Popery
           ,
           then
           a
           Coward
           ,
           and
           a
           Fool.
           ]
        
         
           I
           will
           allow
           that
           he
           that
           is
           Daring
           enough
           to
           Attempt
           any
           thing
           ,
           and
           Subtil
           enough
           ,
           to
           play
           his
           Game
           to
           the
           most
           Advantage
           ,
           is
           much
           m●re
           Capable
           ,
           then
           a
           man
           less
           Bold
           ,
           and
           Crafty
           ,
           of
           bringing
           his
           Ends
           to
           Pass
           .
           But
           what
           is
           this
           Fear●●ssness
           ,
           and
           Cunning
           ,
           to
           
             True
             Courage
          
           ,
           and
           Wisdom
           ,
           that
           Govern
           all
           our
           Actions
           according
           to
           the
           Measures
           of
           
             Right
             Reason
          
           ,
           and
           Iustice
           ?
           So
           that
           the
           Authour
           gets
           nothing
           upon
           this
           Point
           ,
           unless
           he
           can
           make
           out
           Temerity
           ,
           and
           
             Breach
             of
             Faith
          
           to
           be
           Virtues
           .
           But
           the
           Great
           Danger
           I
           find
           is
           in
           a
           Bigotted
           Papist
           ,
           and
           either
           our
           
             Popish
             Successor
          
           is
           That
           ,
           or
           
             That
             Danger
          
           does
           not
           fall
           into
           this
           Case
           .
        
         
           Had
           we
           an
           Heir
           Apparent
           
             (
             says
             the
             Character
             ,
             Ibid
             )
          
           of
           no
           more
           Religion
           then
           a
           Julian
           ,
           or
           
             a
             Nero
          
           ,
           and
           yet
           at
           the
           same
           time
           were
           Completely
           Master
           of
           the
           Moral
           Virtues
           ,
           possibly
           he
           might
           steer
           ,
           
             &c.
             
             Now
             would
             I
             fain
             have
             the
             Author
             of
             the
             Character
             ,
             and
             his
             Deputy
             to
             lay
             their
             Heads
             together
             upon
             this
             Text.
             We
             might
             do
             well
             enough
             (
             he
             says
             )
             with
             a
          
           Iulian
           ,
           a
           Nero
           ,
           
             &c.
             and
             why
             not
             well
             enough
             then
             ,
             as
             he
             himself
             has
             stated
             the
             matter
             ?
             P.
             13.
             in
             his
             
             Reply
             upon
          
           L'Estrange
           ,
           [
           If
           his
           Royal
           Highness
           
             (
             says
          
           L'Estrange
           )
           would
           have
           plaid
           the
           Hypocrite
           as
           the
           Characterizer
           charges
           it
           upon
           him
           ,
           he
           would
           have
           Render'd
           himself
           a
           Protestant
           to
           the
           Eye
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           though
           a
           Papist
           in
           his
           heart
           ;
           That
           being
           the
           only
           means
           to
           have
           Gain'd
           him
           his
           Point
           .
           
             But
             Behold
             now
             with
             what
             Indignation
             the
          
           Character-maker
           
             Reflects
             upon
             such
             a
             Supposition
          
           .
        
         
           I
           wonder
           
             (
             says
             he
          
           )
           to
           what
           Readers
           these
           Authours
           write
           ,
           that
           at
           this
           time
           of
           day
           ,
           they
           would
           make
           us
           believe
           that
           his
           Squeamishness
           against
           the
           Test
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Oath
             of
             Supremacy
          
           ,
           made
           our
           Conscientious
           Heir
           quit
           his
           Honourable
           Employmentn
           !
           As
           we
           better
           remember
           ,
           'T
           was
           not
           so
           much
           the
           Test
           ,
           as
           the
           Test-makers
           ,
           that
           Disgusted
           him
           .
           His
           natural
           Antipathy
           to
           Parliaments
           ,
           his
           Continual
           Little
           thoughts
           of
           that
           Great
           Councell
           ,
           (
           and
           less
           of
           them
           he
           will
           have
           if
           ever
           he
           comes
           to
           the
           Crown
           )
           with
           his
           Disdain
           ,
           that
           such
           Insolent
           Earth
           and
           Ashes
           should
           dare
           to
           give
           Laws
           to
           his
           Divinity
           .
           So
           that
           in
           short
           ,
           his
           Pride
           ,
           not
           his
           Conscience
           got
           the
           Ascendent
           ;
           and
           whatever
           Advantages
           he
           might
           have
           gain'd
           by-keeping
           his
           Employments
           ,
           and
           swallowing
           the
           Oaths
           ,
           yet
           such
           is
           his
           Perverse
           ,
           and
           
             Stubborn
             Haughtiness
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             rather
             cry
             ,
          
           Sink
           Interest
           ;
           Perish
           Succession
           ;
           and
           even
           
             Popedom
             it self
          
           ,
           rather
           then
           Truckle
           to
           what
           I
           Scorn
           .
        
         
           The
           Reader
           will
           take
           notice
           here
           ,
           of
           the
           shifting
           of
           the
           Scene
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Business
           is
           no
           longer
           the
           
             POPISH
             Successor
          
           ,
           the
           
             BIGOTTED
             Successor
          
           :
           but
           the
           PERVERSE
           ,
           the
           STVBBORN
           ,
           the
           
             HAVGHTY
             Successor
          
           :
           The
           Successor
           of
           
             no
             Religion
             at
             all
          
           .
           So
           that
           he
           has
           Chang'd
           his
           Battery
           ,
           from
           the
           Opinion
           and
           Profession
           of
           the
           Successor
           ,
           to
           the
           temperament
           of
           his
           Humour
           :
           and
           the
           same
           Bolt
           strikes
           a
           
             Perverse
             KING
          
           to
           the
           Heart
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           a
           
             Perverse
             SVCCESSOR
          
           .
           Nay
           ,
           the
           Character
           lays
           violent
           Hands
           upon
           it self
           in
           this
           Paragraph
           ,
           and
           cuts
           the
           very
           throat
           of
           its
           own
           Arguments
           .
           What
           's
           become
           now
           of
           all
           his
           Expanded
           Rhetorick
           ,
           and
           his
           Embroder'd
           Allegories
           ?
           One
           hasty
           word
           has
           laid
           this
           mighty
           piece
           of
           Ostentation
           level
           with
           the
           ground
           :
           And
           the
           Character-man
           has
           discharg'd
           the
           Successor
           ,
           of
           the
           most
           dangerous
           point
           ,
           out
           of
           his
           own
           Mouth
           .
           Why
           here
           's
           no
           Popery
           in
           the
           Case
           ,
           it
           seems
           .
           
             [
             Perish
             Popedom
             it self
          
           (
           says
           he
           )
           
             rather
             then
             Truckle
             to
             what
             I
             Scorn
             ]
          
           His
           Spight
           (
           as
           we
           are
           told
           )
           was
           not
           at
           the
           Test
           ,
           but
           the
           Test-maker
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           the
           Character-maker
           Probably
           too
           that
           has
           the
           Spight
           at
           him
           .
           And
           who
           knows
           but
           the
           Test-maker
           ,
           and
           This
           Character-maker
           may
           be
           somewhat
           akin
           too
           ?
        
         
           Now
           for
           the
           Dukes
           Antipathy
           to
           Parliaments
           ,
           I
           never
           heard
           this
           
           charg'd
           upon
           him
           ,
           but
           by
           those
           that
           had
           an
           Antipathy
           for
           Kings
           ;
           And
           all
           this
           is
           only
           Fleshing
           of
           a
           Faction
           upon
           the
           Duke
           ,
           to
           prepare
           them
           for
           further
           Attempts
           upon
           his
           
             Majesty
             himself
          
           .
        
         
           After
           this
           Gross
           and
           Palpable
           Contradiction
           of
           himself
           ;
           First
           in
           casting
           the
           whole
           weight
           of
           
             his
             Argument
          
           ,
           and
           of
           
             our
             Danger
          
           upon
           the
           Religion
           ,
           and
           Bigottery
           of
           the
           Duke
           .
           And
           then
           in
           declaring
           him
           to
           be
           of
           
             no
             Religion
             at
             all
          
           ;
           and
           so
           far
           from
           Bigotted
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           Sacrifice
           even
           the
           
             Popedom
             it self
          
           to
           his
           humour
           ;
           (
           which
           shews
           that
           he
           writes
           his
           Gall
           ,
           not
           his
           opinion
           )
           The
           Reader
           will
           not
           be
           surpriz'd
           ,
           I
           suppose
           ,
           at
           the
           boldness
           of
           any
           Calumny
           ,
           after
           so
           Malicious
           ,
           and
           so
           Shameless
           an
           Imposture
           .
           This
           is
           to
           prepare
           the
           Reader
           for
           another
           peice
           of
           Confidence
           and
           Invention
           in
           the
           Story
           of
           one
           R●hux
           ,
           P.
           3.
           
           Wherein
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           possible
           ,
           he
           has
           outdone
           himself
           .
        
         
           Take
           notice
           that
           this
           Relation
           was
           first
           expos'd
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           (
           at
           least
           I
           never
           heard
           of
           it
           before
           )
           in
           the
           
             Second
             Letter
          
           about
           the
           
             Black
             Box
          
           ,
           under
           the
           Title
           of
           
             [
             A
             Letter
             to
             a
             Person
             of
             Honour
             ,
          
           &c.
           ]
           The
           Character
           calls
           him
           Rohux
           ;
           the
           
             Letter
             Monsieur
             Rohan
          
           :
           the
           one
           being
           only
           an
           Improvement
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           and
           the
           Original
           came
           into
           the
           world
           with
           the
           
             Black
             Box
          
           ,
           unless
           possibly
           the
           Hint
           might
           be
           taken
           from
           the
           Story
           of
           Marsilly
           ,
           the
           Person
           that
           Negotiated
           the
           Triple
           Alliance
           ,
           who
           having
           been
           in
           England
           went
           away
           again
           about
           his
           Business
           ;
           was
           taken
           afterwards
           by
           a
           Party
           of
           French
           out
           of
           one
           of
           the
           Cantons
           of
           Switzerland
           ,
           carried
           to
           Paris
           ,
           and
           there
           broken
           upon
           the
           Wheel
           .
           This
           Account
           of
           Marsilly
           agreeing
           with
           that
           of
           Rohux
           in
           all
           the
           Circumstances
           of
           an
           Agency
           in
           England
           ,
           his
           Seizure
           ,
           and
           his
           Execution
           .
           Now
           though
           this
           Narration
           carries
           in
           the
           very
           face
           of
           it
           the
           most
           Manifest
           Marks
           of
           Falshood
           ,
           in
           Respect
           ,
           not
           only
           of
           the
           Incoherence
           and
           Incredibility
           of
           the
           Parts
           of
           it
           ;
           but
           in
           regard
           also
           of
           the
           (
           almost
           )
           Impossibility
           of
           the
           Particulars
           coming
           to
           light
           ,
           which
           are
           therein
           Suggested
           ;
           I
           shall
           yet
           ,
           over
           and
           above
           ,
           Recommend
           to
           the
           Peruser
           of
           these
           Papers
           ,
           the
           Disagreements
           betwixt
           the
           Character
           ,
           and
           the
           Letter
           ,
           which
           will
           abundantly
           Evince
           the
           whole
           matter
           to
           be
           only
           a
           Scandalous
           Contrivance
           .
        
         
           This
           same
           Rohux
           (
           says
           the
           Character
           ,
           P.
           3.
           )
           was
           Commission'd
           as
           an
           Agent
           into
           England
           ,
           to
           Implore
           his
           Majesties
           Mediation
           to
           the
           French
           King
           in
           favour
           of
           the
           Hugonots
           of
           France
           ,
           and
           apply'd
           himself
           to
           his
           Royal
           Highness
           to
           Facilitate
           his
           Access
           .
        
         
           Now
           the
           Letter
           says
           ,
           that
           
             Monsieur
             Rohan
          
           (
           as
           he
           is
           there
           
           call'd
           ,
           came
           into
           England
           to
           treat
           with
           the
           King
           concerning
           an
           Allyance
           betwixt
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           Forreign
           Protestants
           ,
           meerly
           for
           the
           Preservation
           of
           their
           Religion
           ,
           and
           that
           having
           acquainted
           the
           Duke
           of
           York
           with
           his
           Errand
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           Wee
           'le
           first
           observe
           the
           Differences
           ,
           as
           we
           go
           ;
           and
           afterward
           ,
           set
           forth
           what
           mov'd
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           Character
           to
           change
           his
           Tale.
           The
           One
           makes
           Rohan's
           business
           to
           be
           a
           General
           Proposal
           of
           an
           Allyance
           ;
           the
           Other
           only
           a
           Bare
           and
           Particular
           Intercession
           for
           the
           Hugonots
           of
           France
           .
           The
           one
           only
           makes
           the
           Duke
           acquainted
           with
           the
           Proposal
           ;
           the
           other
           Addresses
           Expressly
           to
           the
           Duke
           for
           his
           Recommendation
           .
        
         
           
             Now
             says
             the
          
           Character
           again
           .
           [
           This
           Royal
           Heir
           ,
           or
           Masquerader
           ,
           (
           or
           by
           what
           other
           Title
           Disguis'd
           or
           distinguish'd
           )
           with
           a
           seeming
           Cordial
           Friendship
           Embraces
           the
           Poor
           Hugonots
           Cause
           ;
           and
           day
           after
           day
           Receives
           his
           Addresses
           with
           many
           Solemn
           but
           Airy
           Promises
           of
           Speedy
           Assistance
           ;
           but
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           Disgusted
           ,
           and
           Gall'd
           to
           the
           Soul
           ,
           at
           so
           Audacious
           and
           Impious
           a
           Petition
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Protestant
             Pr●●ervation
          
           ;
           and
           Abhorring
           so
           Detestable
           an
           Employment
           ;
           (
           Nay
           ,
           〈◊〉
           very
           Name
           of
           the
           
             Hereticks
             Defender
          
           )
           instead
           of
           his
           Promised
           Aid
           ,
           he
           ,
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           most
           cunningly
           laid
           the
           Platform
           of
           a
           Revenge
           ,
           as
           exquisit
           as
           so
           Hainous
           a
           Petition
           deserved
           .
           Immediately
           ●e
           goes
           to
           the
           French
           Ambassador
           ,
           and
           tells
           him
           how
           one
           of
           the
           French
           Subjects
           had
           very
           Arrogantly
           and
           Scandalously
           Calumniated
           his
           Great
           Master
           ,
           with
           Opprobrious
           names
           of
           
             Tyranny
             ,
             Oppression
          
           ,
           and
           Breach
           of
           Faith
           ;
           into
           which
           very
           language
           he
           himself
           before
           had
           Exasperated
           him
           ,
           on
           Purpose
           to
           make
           his
           Ruine
           Secure
           ,
           which
           the
           Bare
           accusation
           of
           a
           suit
           in
           behalf
           of
           his
           Religion
           would
           not
           alone
           have
           Effected
           .
           The
           Ambassador
           ,
           (
           as
           bound
           in
           Duty
           ,
           for
           the
           vindication
           of
           his
           Kings
           Honour
           )
           desires
           a
           further
           Testimony
           of
           the
           Offence
           and
           Offender
           :
           which
           the
           Royal
           Informer
           effectually
           gives
           him
           ,
           by
           appointing
           another
           Conference
           with
           Rohux
           ;
           Where
           Privately
           he
           Plants
           this
           Kingly
           Representative
           as
           an
           Honourable
           Eves-dropper
           to
           overhear
           a
           Repetition
           of
           the
           whole
           Discourse
           ,
           and
           Confirm
           his
           Belief
           from
           his
           own
           Ears
           .
           This
           Conference
           P.
           4.
           )
           Contriv'd
           and
           Manag'd
           as
           heart
           would
           wish
           ,
           the
           Ambassador
           Posts
           over
           this
           Rohuxs
           Treachery
           to
           France
           ,
           whilst
           he
           ,
           Poor
           unsuspecting
           Innocence
           ,
           Continues
           his
           Dayly
           Prayers
           to
           his
           Great
           Advocate
           .
           But
           finding
           in
           time
           so
           many
           Dilatory
           Demurs
           ,
           He
           luckily
           at
           last
           Discovers
           he
           is
           Betrayed
           :
           Vpon
           which
           ,
           Dreading
           the
           French
           King
           ,
           not
           daring
           to
           Return
           to
           France
           ,
           He
           steals
           away
           into
           Switzerland
           for
           his
           Protection
           ;
           but
           the
           French
           King
           being
           advertiz'd
           of
           his
           Motions
           ,
           
           gets
           him
           Trep●nn'd
           by
           an
           Ambuscado
           in
           the
           night
           ,
           and
           being
           by
           Surprize
           forced
           out
           from
           thence
           into
           France
           he
           is
           broken
           upon
           the
           Wheel
           .
        
         
           
             Now
             hear
             the
          
           Letter
           .
           
             Mounsieur
             Rohan
          
           hauing
           acquainted
           the
           Duke
           of
           York
           with
           his
           Errand
           ,
           after
           he
           had
           in
           a
           Private
           Conference
           or
           two
           transacted
           with
           the
           King
           about
           it
           ,
           this
           Royal
           Prince
           ,
           out
           of
           his
           wanted
           kindness
           to
           Protestants
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Reformed
             Religion
          
           ,
           caused
           Ruvigni
           (
           Lieger
           Ambassador
           from
           France
           at
           this
           Court
           )
           to
           stand
           behind
           the
           Hangings
           at
           
             St.
             James
          
           ,
           while
           he
           made
           this
           Innocent
           Gentleman
           discourse
           over
           the
           whole
           busness
           .
           Vpon
           which
           ,
           Mr.
           Ruvigny
           being
           obliged
           to
           acquaint
           his
           Master
           with
           it
           ,
           
             M.
             Rohan
          
           ,
           who
           ,
           (
           upon
           some
           Information
           that
           the
           Duke
           had
           betray'd
           him
           )
           had
           withdrawn
           hence
           to
           Switzerland
           ,
           was
           there
           seized
           by
           a
           Party
           of
           
           French-Horse
           ,
           and
           brought
           to
           the
           Bastile
           ,
           whence
           ,
           after
           some
           time
           of
           Imprisonment
           ,
           he
           was
           carried
           to
           the
           Place
           of
           Execution
           and
           broken
           on
           the
           Wheel
           .
        
         
           Here
           's
           nothing
           in
           this
           Letter
           ,
           of
           the
           
             Seeming
             Friendship
          
           mention'd
           in
           the
           Character
           ;
           the
           Promises
           of
           Assistance
           ;
           the
           Plot
           of
           Revenge
           ,
           the
           Trepanning
           of
           Rohux
           into
           Outrages
           against
           his
           Master
           ,
           nor
           of
           the
           Dukes
           Lewd
           Contemplations
           upon
           the
           whole
           matter
           ,
           which
           't
           is
           Impossible
           for
           him
           to
           give
           an
           account
           of
           too
           ,
           and
           fitter
           ,
           in
           short
           ,
           for
           a
           Stage
           then
           a
           History
           .
           So
           that
           all
           these
           Aggravations
           are
           only
           the
           Old
           Story
           Corrected
           and
           Amended
           ,
           with
           Additions
           ,
           for
           the
           Credit
           of
           his
           Character
           .
           And
           what
           's
           his
           Authority
           now
           for
           this
           Diabolical
           Report
           ,
           but
           that
           Infamous
           Composition
           of
           Forgery
           and
           Scandal
           ,
           the
           Letter
           about
           the
           
             Black
             Box
          
           ?
           Wherein
           ,
           after
           all
           these
           Vile
           Imputations
           upon
           his
           Royal
           Highness
           ,
           the
           Duke
           comes
           off
           yet
           better
           in
           't
           then
           the
           King.
           
        
         
           After
           his
           Utmost
           Effort
           upon
           this
           Romantick
           Master-piece
           of
           Defamation
           ,
           he
           lets
           himself
           down
           for
           a
           while
           into
           a
           vein
           of
           Quirk
           and
           Cavill
           ,
           and
           then
           takes
           wing
           again
           (
           P.
           8.
           )
           into
           another
           fit
           of
           Rapture
           and
           Imagination
           .
        
         
           Were
           there
           a
           Country
           
             (
             says
             he
          
           )
           where
           Commissions
           of
           Peace
           ,
           day
           after
           day
           ,
           and
           Time
           out
           of
           mind
           ,
           have
           been
           taken
           away
           for
           daring
           but
           to
           lift
           a
           hand
           against
           a
           Son
           of
           Rome
           ;
           Nay
           ,
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ;
           when
           all
           other
           Recusants
           have
           been
           Prosecuted
           ,
           and
           that
           with
           Encouragement
           ,
           and
           Reward
           :
           And
           all
           by
           a
           Royall
           Heirs
           Pretection
           and
           Interest
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           This
           way
           of
           Trifling
           might
           do
           well
           enough
           in
           a
           Chimney
           Corner
           with
           a
           
             Once
             upon
             a
             time
             there
             was
             a
             Country
             ,
          
           &c.
           but
           Majesty
           is
           not
           to
           be
           play'd
           with
           at
           this
           Idle
           Rate
           .
           The
           Plain
           English
           of
           it
           is
           this
           ;
           [
           Look
           to
           your selves
           Good
           People
           ;
           the
           King
           is
           Popishly
           affected
           ;
           he
           will
           not
           let
           any
           man
           touch
           a
           Papist
           ,
           but
           the
           poor
           
           Protestant
           Dissenters
           all
           this
           while
           ;
           they
           go
           to
           pot
           ;
           &c
           ,
           ]
           and
           then
           he
           thinks
           to
           bring
           it
           off
           by
           casting
           it
           upon
           the
           Interest
           or
           Power
           of
           the
           Duke
           with
           his
           Majesty
           .
           The
           very
           affirming
           of
           it
           is
           a
           Scandal
           ;
           for
           how
           does
           he
           know
           whether
           it
           be
           so
           or
           no
           ?
           Or
           what
           if
           it
           were
           so
           ?
           Is
           it
           not
           the
           
             Kings
             Act
             ,
             whoever
          
           advises
           him
           to
           't
           ?
           Or
           can
           any
           man
           say
           that
           the
           King
           does
           an
           ill
           thing
           (
           however
           influenc'd
           )
           without
           reflecting
           upon
           his
           Majesties
           Honour
           and
           Justice
           ?
           Beside
           the
           Evident
           untruth
           of
           the
           matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           the
           Laws
           being
           vigorously
           Executed
           against
           the
           Papists
           ;
           and
           the
           Recusants
           ,
           on
           the
           other
           side
           Indulg'd
           ,
           till
           they
           so
           far
           abus'd
           the
           Kings
           mercy
           by
           dayly
           affronts
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           not
           safe
           to
           forbear
           them
           any
           longer
           .
        
         
           His
           Ninth
           Page
           is
           stuff'd
           with
           Reflections
           upon
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           first
           ,
           upon
           the
           Bench
           for
           the
           Sentence
           upon
           Harris
           for
           Publishing
           the
           Appeal
           ;
           a
           Libel
           that
           excites
           Rebellion
           ,
           and
           supports
           it self
           in
           the
           Encouragement
           of
           it
           ,
           upon
           this
           Position
           ,
           that
           
             He
             that
             has
             the
             worst
             Title
             makes
             the
             best
             King.
             
          
        
         
           And
           again
           in
           the
           same
           Page
           
             [
             had
             the
             Papists
             Execrable
             Blow
             succeeded
             ,
             the
             Bloud
             of
             Majesty
             might
             in
             all
             Probability
             have
             found
             the
             same
             Inquisition
             as
             the
             firing
             of
          
           London
           .
           What
           is
           this
           but
           to
           Imply
           an
           Imputation
           upon
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           that
           had
           the
           Examination
           of
           the
           whole
           matter
           before
           them
           ;
           and
           likewise
           upon
           his
           Majesty
           himself
           ,
           his
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           Courts
           of
           Justice
           ;
           as
           if
           they
           had
           not
           done
           their
           parts
           toward
           the
           Discovery
           of
           it
           in
           their
           Respective
           Stations
           ?
        
         
           
             And
             yet
             once
             again
             (
             Ibid
             )
          
           Has
           not
           our
           Late
           Design
           against
           both
           King
           ,
           Religion
           ,
           and
           Government
           ,
           in
           Contradiction
           of
           the
           Vnanimous
           Vote
           of
           the
           whole
           Nation
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           being
           Confidently
           Retorted
           upon
           the
           Presbyterians
           ?
           And
           that
           too
           without
           the
           least
           Proof
           or
           shadow
           for
           't
           ?
           And
           then
           how
           easily
           might
           the
           Papal
           Policy
           have
           made
           
             a
             Popish
             Murther
          
           ,
           a
           
             Fanatick
             Stab
          
           ?
        
         
           They
           do
           ill
           Certainly
           that
           turn
           the
           Popish
           Plot
           upon
           the
           Presbyterians
           ;
           and
           little
           better
           sure
           ,
           that
           turn
           the
           Plots
           of
           the
           
             Scottish
             Presbyterians
          
           ,
           and
           their
           Fellow-Covenanters
           in
           England
           ,
           upon
           the
           Papists
           :
           And
           for
           the
           
             Popish
             Policy
          
           of
           making
           a
           
             Popish
             murder
          
           a
           
             Fanatick
             Stab
          
           ;
           that
           's
           only
           a
           shift
           they
           learn'd
           of
           the
           
             True
             Protestant
             Papists
          
           ,
           that
           turn'd
           a
           
             Fanatick
             murder
          
           into
           a
           
             Popish
             Stab
          
           .
           I
           proceed
           now
           to
           Page
           11.
           
        
         
           Now
           in
           my
           apprehension
           
             (
             says
             the
             Authour
          
           )
           never
           did
           any
           man
           so
           forget
           himself
           as
           Mr.
           L'Estrange
           has
           done
           here
           :
           He
           believes
           here
           ,
           that
           
           that
           Vnchristian
           Impression
           ,
           as
           the
           Allowance
           of
           Perjury
           ,
           is
           only
           the
           Tenet
           of
           some
           profligate
           wretches
           wholly
           lost
           in
           Brutality
           and
           Blindness
           .
           
             But
             at
             the
             latter
             end
             of
             his
             Book
             ,
             (
             P.
             83.
             )
             he
             downright
             contradicts
             that
             Belief
             ,
             and
             says
             ,
             Pope
          
           Pius
           Quintus
           
             absolv'd
             the
             Subjects
             of
             Queen
          
           Elizabeth
           
             from
             all
             their
             Oaths
             of
             Allegiance
             to
             her
             for
             ever
             .
          
           So
           that
           now
           belike
           it
           was
           not
           only
           the
           Maxim
           of
           the
           abovesaid
           profligate
           wretches
           ,
           but
           even
           of
           the
           Great
           Successor
           of
           Peter
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           Now
           in
           my
           Apprehension
           ,
           the
           Author
           is
           every
           jot
           as
           much
           out
           of
           the
           way
           as
           L'Estrange
           ;
           for
           the
           
             Same
             Person
          
           may
           be
           a
           Pope
           ,
           and
           a
           
             Profligate
             wretch
          
           into
           the
           bargain
           ;
           even
           by
           the
           Concession
           of
           Baronius
           himself
           ,
           and
           the
           best
           of
           their
           own
           Writers
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           twelfth
           Page
           I
           am
           Corrected
           again
           ;
           Mr.
           L'Estrange
           (
           he
           says
           )
           
             forgets
             himself
             ,
             a
             little
             further
             in
             this
             Point
             ;
             and
             says
             in
             the
          
           same
           83.
           
           Page
           ,
           [
           That
           the
           
             Romish
             Iesuit
          
           holds
           ,
           that
           
             Dominion
             is
             founded
             in
             Grace
          
           ,
           and
           upon
           that
           Principle
           ,
           Deposes
           Protestant
           Princes
           ,
           
             &c.
             then
             adds
          
           ,
           that
           the
           Pope
           may
           deprive
           a
           King
           of
           his
           Royal
           Dignityes
           for
           Heresie
           ,
           Schism
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           Now
           by
           the
           Authors
           leave
           Those
           Two
           Words
           
             THEN
             ADDS
          
           ,
           refer
           to
           another
           Paragraph
           .
           My
           business
           being
           only
           to
           shew
           Certain
           Instances
           wherein
           the
           very
           worst
           Positions
           of
           the
           
             Romish
             Iesuits
          
           are
           Match'd
           ,
           if
           not
           Out-done
           ,
           by
           the
           
             Covenanting
             Iesuits
          
           ;
           and
           as
           much
           the
           Tenets
           of
           
             Profligate
             Wretches
          
           on
           the
           One
           side
           as
           on
           the
           Other
           .
        
         
           He
           takes
           me
           to
           task
           again
           
             (
             P.
             13.
             )
             for
          
           saying
           
             [
             That
             in
             the
             Case
             of
             a
             Popish
             King
             ,
             who
             is
             either
             kept
             out
             ,
             or
             Driven
             from
             the
             Exercise
             of
             his
             Right
             by
             the
             tumultuary
             License
             of
             the
             Rabble
             ,
             an
             Oath
             of
             Abjuration
             ,
             in
             Case
             of
             any
             fair
             opportunity
             for
             him
             to
             Assert
             his
             Claim
             with
             his
             Sword
             in
             his
             hand
             ,
             will
             be
             so
             far
             from
             Engaging
             any
             man
             against
             him
             ,
             that
             yeilded
             contrary
             to
             his
             Conscience
             ,
             to
             Swallow
             it
             ,
             for
             the
             saving
             of
             his
             Stake
             ,
             that
             he
             will
             find
             no
             Firmer
             Friends
             to
             his
             Cause
             ,
             or
             Interest
             ,
             then
             those
             men
             that
             are
             stimulated
             both
             by
             Honour
             and
             Revenge
             to
             the
             Execution
             of
             their
             Dutyes
             .
             ]
          
           And
           upon
           this
           Clause
           ,
           
             (
             he
             says
          
           )
           't
           is
           plain
           ,
           that
           by
           those
           
             Abjuring-Oath-Swallowing
             Friends
          
           ,
           I
           can
           mean
           no
           other
           but
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
             Protestants
             .
             And
             afterward
             ,
             (
             P.
             14.
             )
             once
             again
             for
          
           laying
           so
           wretched
           ,
           so
           Despicable
           and
           so
           cowardly
           a
           Condescention
           at
           their
           Dores
           ,
           as
           the
           Abjuration
           of
           Gods
           anointed
           ,
           and
           their
           Native
           Sovereign
           ,
           to
           save
           a
           Stake
           ,
           a
           Cow
           ,
           a
           Farm
           or
           a
           Cottage
           .
           Aye
           ,
           But
           that
           Abjuration
           is
           but
           a
           Copy
           of
           their
           
           Countenance
           he
           tells
           ye
           .
           Fye
           Mr.
           L'Estrange
           ,
           this
           is
           worse
           and
           worse
           !
           What
           ?
           the
           Members
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Englands
           Communion
           of
           Notoriously
           break
           a
           Gospel
           Precept
           ,
           as
           to
           come
           to
           a
           
             So
             help
             me
             God
          
           ,
           with
           a
           Lye
           in
           their
           Mouths
           ,
           and
           a
           Reserve
           in
           their
           hearts
           ;
           to
           play
           the
           Hypocrite
           ,
           and
           that
           too
           ,
           even
           with
           Oathes
           ;
           and
           to
           do
           so
           Impious
           an
           Ill
           that
           Good
           may
           come
           of
           it
           ?
        
         
           What
           a
           Stir
           is
           here
           about
           nothing
           ?
           My
           Reasoning
           lyes
           thus
           :
           If
           it
           comes
           to
           a
           Push
           ,
           the
           Enemies
           of
           the
           Successor
           will
           undoubtedly
           have
           recourse
           to
           their
           old
           Practise
           of
           Imposing
           an
           Oath
           of
           Abjuration
           ,
           for
           the
           securing
           of
           themselves
           in
           their
           Usurped
           Possessions
           :
           And
           
             if
             any
          
           (
           say
           I
           )
           
             shall
             be
             so
             weak
             ,
             or
             so
             wicked
             ,
             as
             to
             take
             it
             ,
          
           It
           will
           only
           serve
           for
           a
           Spur
           to
           their
           Revenge
           ,
           so
           soon
           as
           they
           shall
           meet
           with
           a
           fair
           opportunity
           to
           Break
           it
           ,
           without
           any
           obligation
           upon
           them
           at
           all
           to
           the
           contrary
           .
           So
           that
           I
           do
           not
           say
           ,
           either
           that
           it
           is
           Lawfull
           to
           take
           such
           an
           Oath
           ,
           or
           that
           any
           
             Church
             of
             England-men
          
           will
           Submit
           to
           do
           it
           ;
           but
           that
           whoever
           shall
           be
           so
           far
           Prevail'd
           upon
           ,
           will
           find
           himself
           both
           bound
           in
           Conscience
           to
           break
           it
           ,
           and
           Prick'd
           in
           point
           of
           Honour
           to
           Avenge
           himself
           upon
           the
           Imposers
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           
             I
             would
             here
             desire
             the
             Reader
             to
             wash
             his
             Eyes
             ;
             for
             the
             Author
             is
             about
             to
             shew
             him
          
           [
           one
           of
           the
           most
           notorious
           falshoods
           averr'd
           that
           ever
           look'd
           Light
           i'
           th
           face
           .
           ]
           
             (
             P.
             15.
             )
             And
          
           this
           
             is
             it
          
           .
           L'Estrange
           
             says
             in
             the
             Case
             of
          
           Harry
           the
           Great
           ,
           
             [
             The
             People
             of
          
           France
           ,
           though
           Roman
           Catholicks
           ,
           
             would
             not
             submit
             to
             the
             Dispossessing
             of
             a
          
           Protestant
           Successor
           .
           ]
           
             Now
             says
             the
             Character
          
           ;
           [
           The
           Roman
           Catholick
           People
           of
           France
           were
           so
           far
           from
           admitting
           this
           Protestant
           Successor
           to
           the
           Throne
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           Recorded
           ,
           they
           shut
           their
           very
           Gates
           against
           him
           ;
           and
           so
           little
           acknowledged
           him
           their
           King
           ,
           that
           the
           Pope
           ,
           and
           the
           States
           of
           France
           were
           for
           setting
           up
           no
           less
           then
           Three
           Competitors
           against
           him
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           'T
           is
           very
           true
           ;
           the
           Iesuited
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Rebellious
             Papists
          
           of
           the
           League
           did
           shut
           their
           Gates
           upon
           him
           ,
           as
           our
           
             Iesuited
             Covenanters
          
           shut
           the
           Gates
           of
           Hull
           ,
           and
           other
           places
           here
           in
           England
           against
           
             our
             Sovereign
          
           .
           But
           still
           there
           was
           a
           Party
           of
           Honourable
           ,
           and
           
             Loyal
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           that
           joyn'd
           with
           the
           Protestants
           in
           his
           Defence
           ,
           and
           Support
           ;
           And
           if
           the
           Authour
           of
           the
           Character
           had
           not
           been
           very
           much
           to
           seek
           aswell
           in
           the
           Civility
           as
           in
           the
           History
           of
           France
           ,
           he
           would
           never
           have
           call'd
           that
           a
           
             Point-Blank
             Falshood
          
           ,
           which
           has
           the
           Best
           Authority
           of
           France
           to
           Vouch
           it
           for
           an
           
             Vnquestionable
             Truth
          
           .
           And
           then
           so
           many
           of
           his
           Roman
           Catholick-Subjects
           
           adhering
           to
           him
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           Popes
           Declaring
           against
           him
           ,
           makes
           it
           a
           clearer
           Case
           that
           his
           Holynesses
           Deposing
           of
           an
           Heretical
           Prince
           does
           not
           Absolve
           all
           Papists
           from
           their
           Allegiance
           to
           him
           .
           In
           one
           word
           ;
           It
           was
           upon
           that
           Revolution
           ,
           with
           the
           Papists
           in
           France
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           not
           long
           since
           with
           the
           Protestants
           in
           England
           .
           Those
           that
           were
           Factious
           ,
           and
           Seditious
           ,
           took
           up
           Arms
           against
           their
           Prince
           ;
           and
           those
           that
           were
           Honest
           and
           
             Loyal
             ,
             Assisted
          
           him
           .
        
         
           
             He
             goes
             on
             with
             a
             Flourish
             upon
             the
             Instance
             of
          
           Sigismund
           
             King
             of
          
           Sweden
           ,
           [
           In
           whom
           
             (
             says
             he
          
           )
           Neither
           Magnanimity
           ,
           Iustice
           ,
           All
           the
           Cardinal
           vertues
           that
           adorn'd
           him
           ,
           nor
           all
           the
           Promising
           Perfections
           and
           Accomplishments
           of
           Nature
           ,
           strengthen'd
           with
           all
           the
           Bonds
           of
           Protestations
           ,
           Oaths
           ,
           or
           Sacraments
           ,
           could
           hold
           the
           Head-strong
           Violence
           of
           his
           Religion
           .
           ]
           
             P.
             16.
          
           )
        
         
           Here
           is
           first
           an
           Argument
           drawn
           from
           a
           Particnlar
           to
           an
           Vniversality
           ;
           as
           if
           ,
           because
           this
           Prince
           brake
           his
           Faith
           ;
           no
           Popish
           Prince
           ever
           did
           ,
           or
           will
           keep
           it
           .
           Would
           either
           the
           Authour
           of
           this
           Character
           now
           ,
           or
           his
           Deputy
           take
           it
           well
           to
           be
           paid
           in
           his
           own
           Coin
           ,
           or
           by
           his
           own
           Measure
           ?
           Here
           's
           an
           Opposer
           ,
           in
           truth
           ,
           of
           his
           
             Royal
             Highn●ss
          
           rather
           then
           of
           a
           
             Popish
             Successor
          
           ;
           who
           to
           get
           the
           fairer
           blow
           at
           his
           Person
           has
           Discharg'd
           the
           Point
           of
           Religion
           .
           This
           Opposer
           (
           I
           say
           )
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           York
           has
           let
           fall
           many
           Dangerous
           words
           (
           as
           is
           already
           prov'd
           )
           in
           his
           two
           Characters
           ,
           against
           his
           
             Majesties
             Person
             ,
             Authority
          
           ,
           and
           the
           very
           Frame
           of
           the
           
             English
             Monarchy
          
           ;
           Does
           it
           follow
           therefore
           ,
           that
           All
           the
           Adversarys
           of
           his
           
             Royal
             Highness
          
           are
           Enemies
           to
           the
           King
           and
           Government
           .
        
         
           
             In
             the
             next
             Page
             ,
             upon
             my
             saying
             that
             Expedients
             had
             been
             offer'd
             for
             the
             Obviating
             of
             Difficulties
             ,
             and
             for
             securing
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             .
          
           [
           If
           the
           Parliament
           at
           Oxford
           
             (
             says
             he
             P.
             17.
          
           )
           were
           not
           damnably
           mistaken
           ,
           or
           very
           Lewdly
           forgetfull
           ,
           they
           have
           declared
           
             Nemine
             Contradicente
          
           )
           that
           neither
           they
           ,
           nor
           their
           Predecessors
           have
           ever
           heard
           or
           seen
           one
           Sillable
           or
           such
           a
           
             Frame
             of
             Expedients
          
           offer'd
           them
           .
           ]
        
         
           The
           Gentleman
           ,
           under
           favour
           ,
           forgets
           himself
           ,
           if
           he
           means
           that
           there
           never
           were
           any
           such
           Expedients
           offer'd
           ;
           for
           this
           Project
           of
           Accommodation
           was
           Agitated
           ,
           and
           Modified
           ,
           even
           in
           the
           late
           Long
           Parliament
           .
           And
           Expedients
           have
           been
           likewise
           since
           Propos'd
           ,
           unto
           which
           his
           Majesty
           refers
           himself
           in
           his
           late
           Declaration
           ,
           in
           these
           words
           
             [
             But
             co●trary
             to
             our
             OFFERS
             and
             Expectation
          
           
           we
           saw
           that
           NO
           EXPEDIENTS
           would
           be
           ENTERTAIN'D
           ,
           but
           that
           of
           a
           Total
           Exclusion
           ,
           
             &c.
             ]
             P.
          
           6.
           
        
         
           Toward
           the
           bottom
           of
           the
           
             Seventeenth
             Page
          
           ,
           the
           Character
           makes
           an
           Invidious
           Descant
           upon
           the
           hopes
           the
           Papists
           had
           of
           a
           Toleration
           ;
           but
           not
           one
           Syllable
           of
           the
           Persons
           that
           started
           those
           hopes
           ,
           nor
           upon
           what
           Interest
           ,
           and
           Consideration
           the
           Design
           was
           set
           affoot
           .
           Now
           he
           knows
           very
           little
           of
           our
           Affairs
           ,
           who
           does
           not
           understand
           that
           none
           were
           so
           forward
           and
           so
           Importune
           for
           the
           Gaining
           of
           the
           Dukes
           Assistance
           toward
           such
           an
           Indulgence
           ,
           as
           those
           very
           People
           that
           are
           now
           so
           Clamorous
           against
           his
           Royal
           Highness
           for
           it
           .
           Not
           that
           any
           such
           Disposition
           was
           wrought
           by
           his
           Interest
           ,
           but
           they
           Labour'd
           it
           however
           ,
           under
           that
           Plausible
           Pretext
           ;
           that
           Provided
           the
           Dissenters
           might
           be
           eas'd
           on
           the
           one
           side
           ,
           they
           would
           do
           their
           best
           also
           and
           Content
           themselves
           that
           the
           Papists
           might
           be
           eas'd
           on
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Nineteenth
             Page
          
           ,
           smells
           of
           the
           
             Romance
             :
             Second
             Ajax
             ,
             Vlisses
             ,
             Palladium
             ;
             Troynovant
             ;
             Tullia
             ,
          
           &c.
           as
           if
           the
           Author
           were
           speaking
           to
           us
           by
           his
           Deputy
           :
           And
           then
           toward
           the
           bottom
           of
           the
           Page
           ,
           Enter
           the
           True
           Author
           again
           ;
           who
           (
           P.
           21.
           )
           guides
           his
           Deputy's
           hand
           while
           he
           writes
           these
           words
           .
           
             [
             The
             Author
             of
             the
             Character
             is
             a
             Person
             so
             far
             from
             laying
             his
             hand
             on
             his
             heart
             ,
             and
             owing
             any
             Benefit
             to
             Royal
             Pardons
             ,
             or
             Acts
             or
             Oblivion
             ,
             that
             I
             must
             say
             this
             Truth
             for
             him
             ,
             Ianuary
             48.
             was
             past
             before
             he
             was
             born
             .
             ]
          
           I
           would
           he
           had
           taken
           in
           the
           other
           two
           Figures
           (
           16.
           )
           to
           have
           told
           us
           what
           Century
           he
           speaks
           of
           .
           There
           was
           a
           Gentleman
           of
           my
           acquaintance
           in
           the
           late
           times
           ,
           that
           would
           needs
           make
           himself
           the
           Author
           of
           
             Killing
             no
             Murther
          
           ;
           and
           had
           like
           to
           have
           been
           hang'd
           for
           his
           pains
           ,
           though
           he
           never
           wrote
           Syllable
           on
           't
           ;
           But
           if
           Mr.
           Deputy
           has
           so
           great
           a
           kindness
           for
           his
           Principal
           ,
           as
           to
           take
           the
           Character
           upon
           him
           ,
           the
           Millers
           man
           that
           was
           Truss'd
           for
           his
           Master
           ,
           was
           told
           I
           remember
           ,
           that
           
             he
             could
             never
             do
             his
             Master
             better
             Service
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Remainder
           of
           his
           Discourse
           is
           almost
           wholly
           Forrein
           to
           the
           matter
           in
           Question
           ,
           Insisting
           Principally
           upon
           two
           Points
           ;
           the
           Danger
           ,
           and
           the
           Inconvenience
           of
           a
           
             Popish
             Successor
          
           ;
           wherein
           I
           have
           declar'd
           my self
           in
           my
           first
           Character
           (
           P.
           3.
           )
           that
           
             [
             I
             take
             All
             his
             Suppositions
             of
             Difficultyes
             and
             Hazzards
             in
             the
             Case
             for
             Granted
             .
             ]
          
           not
           that
           I
           think
           them
           so
           great
           as
           he
           Represents
           them
           ;
           but
           yet
           admitting
           them
           so
           to
           be
           ,
           that
           very
           Concession
           will
           not
           do
           his
           Business
           .
           The
           second
           Point
           is
           ,
           Whether
           
             the
             Parliament
          
           
           of
           England
           ,
           may
           by
           the
           Laws
           of
           England
           Exclude
           the
           next
           heir
           of
           the
           Blood
           from
           the
           Succession
           of
           the
           Crown
           ?
           upon
           thi●
           Question
           I
           have
           thus
           deliver'd
           my self
           in
           my
           
             Case
             Put
          
           (
           P.
           9.
           )
           
             [
             Some
             are
             of
             opinion
             For
             it
             ;
             others
             Against
             it
             ;
             but
             the
             Legality
             or
             Illegality
             of
             such
             an
             Act
             ,
             is
             a
             Point
             that
             I
             am
             not
             willing
             to
             meddle
             with
             either
             one
             way
             or
             other
             .
             For
             whether
             the
             Thing
             may
             Lawfully
             be
             done
             or
             not
             ;
             there
             may
             be
             Danger
             yet
             and
             Inconvenience
             in
             the
             Putting
             of
             the
             Question
             .
             ]
          
           And
           so
           likewise
           in
           my
           
             first
             Character
          
           (
           P.
           53.
           )
           
             [
             As
             to
             that
             way
             which
             is
             matter
             of
             Parliamentary
             Cognizance
             I
             reckon
             it
             my
             Duty
             to
             Acquiesce
             in
             the
             Legal
             Issue
             of
             their
             Debates
             ;
             as
             an
             Authority
             to
             which
             I
             have
             ever
             paid
             a
             Duty
             and
             Veneration
             .
             ]
          
           So
           that
           it
           would
           be
           utterly
           superfluous
           to
           spend
           Time
           ,
           and
           Words
           ,
           upon
           an
           Argument
           wherein
           I
           can
           for
           Quietness
           and
           for
           brevity
           sake
           allow
           him
           his
           asking
           ,
           and
           preserve
           the
           main
           of
           the
           Cause
           still
           untouch'd
           .
           But
           for
           such
           Passages
           as
           fall
           in
           by
           the
           by
           ;
           and
           properly
           within
           the
           Compass
           of
           my
           Design
           ,
           I
           shall
           take
           such
           notice
           of
           them
           as
           I
           find
           Pertinent
           to
           my
           Purpose
           .
        
         
           
             In
             the
          
           24th
           .
           
             Page
             ,
             he
             makes
             his
             Gloss
             upon
             that
             Clause
             in
             the
             Oath
             of
             Allegeance
             where
             we
             swear
             to
             be
          
           faithfull
           to
           the
           Kings
           Lawfull
           Heirs
           and
           Sucessors
           .
           [
           There
           's
           nothing
           in
           that
           Oath
           
             (
             says
             he
          
           )
           that
           binds
           them
           to
           the
           Person
           but
           to
           the
           Thing
           ;
           to
           no
           Particular
           man
           ,
           any
           further
           then
           he
           is
           Heir
           and
           
             Successor
             ;
             Lawfully
          
           so
           ;
           and
           no
           man
           truly
           is
           either
           Heir
           or
           Successor
           ,
           till
           he
           Inherits
           ,
           and
           Succeeds
           .
        
         
           Now
           if
           this
           Clause
           binds
           us
           not
           to
           the
           Person
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           Thing
           ;
           We
           swear
           Fidelity
           Previously
           to
           the
           Right
           ,
           which
           takes
           place
           before
           the
           Succession
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Lowest
           Line
           of
           this
           Page
           ,
           he
           Lodges
           the
           Absolute
           Power
           of
           the
           Law
           in
           the
           
             Three
             Estates
             in
             Parliament
          
           .
           And
           P.
           25.
           
           Expounds
           this
           Position
           ,
           under
           the
           notion
           of
           
             the
             Higher
             Powers
             of
             England
             ;
             King
             Lords
             and
             Commons
          
           ;
           which
           is
           a
           Flat
           denial
           of
           the
           
             Kings
             Sovereign
             Power
          
           .
           And
           since
           he
           is
           pleas'd
           to
           set
           up
           a
           new
           form
           of
           Government
           ,
           He
           should
           do
           well
           to
           furnish
           us
           with
           a
           New
           Oath
           of
           Supremacy
           too
           :
           That
           instead
           of
           Declaring
           the
           
             Kings
             Highness
          
           to
           be
           the
           
             only
             Supreme
             Governour
          
           of
           this
           Realm
           ;
           We
           may
           Swear
           Faith
           and
           True
           Allegeance
           to
           
             King
             ,
             Lords
             and
             Commons
          
           ,
           and
           to
           
             their
             Highnesses
          
           Lawfull
           Heirs
           and
           Successors
           .
           This
           Coordinate
           Imagination
           was
           the
           Main
           Pillar
           of
           the
           
             Late
             Rebellion
          
           .
        
         
           See
           what
           Work
           he
           makes
           now
           upon
           these
           following
           words
           in
           my
           
             (
             First
             Character
          
           .
           P.
           60.
           )
           
             With
             Reverence
             to
             the
             Utility
             and
             
             Constitution
             of
             good
             and
             wholsome
             Laws
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             presently
             to
             Cite
             a
             Statute
             ,
             or
             say
             
               there
               's
               a
               Frecedent
            
             ,
             for
             those
             Laws
             ,
             that
             are
             Repugnant
             to
             the
             
               Light
               of
               Nature
            
             and
             
               Common
               Right
            
             ,
             are
             Nullities
             in
             themselves
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           
             (
             says
             he
             .
          
           )
           Here
           's
           one
           of
           the
           boldest
           Master-strokes
           of
           the
           Pen
           that
           ever
           came
           in
           Print
           .
           This
           Point
           once
           gain'd
           ,
           All
           the
           Protestant
           Laws
           since
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           Fabrick
           of
           the
           Present
           Government
           ,
           are
           Totally
           Subverted
           .
           'T
           is
           but
           a
           Popish
           Successor
           believing
           and
           maintaining
           that
           all
           the
           Protestant
           Laws
           ever
           since
           
             Harry
             the
             Eight's
          
           Perversion
           ,
           are
           against
           the
           
             Light
             of
             Nature
          
           ,
           and
           Consequently
           ,
           
             Nullityes
             in
             themselves
          
           .
        
         
           His
           Logique
           ,
           I
           perceive
           ,
           is
           all
           of
           a
           piece
           :
           If
           one
           Popish
           Prince
           be
           a
           Tyrant
           ,
           or
           a
           
             Faith-breaker
             ,
             All
             MVST
          
           be
           so
           .
           If
           one
           Statute
           BE
           found
           against
           
             Common
             Right
          
           ,
           therefore
           
             All
             MAY
             BE
          
           so
           .
           And
           then
           ,
           what
           fear
           ,
           (
           I
           say
           )
           of
           a
           Popish
           Successors
           Damning
           All
           Protestant
           Laws
           ,
           when
           't
           is
           a
           Known
           Rule
           that
           the
           Judges
           are
           the
           only
           interpreters
           of
           the
           Law
           ?
           But
           These
           
             Possible
             Nullityes
          
           will
           find
           better
           Quarter
           perhaps
           from
           Walker
           ,
           then
           from
           
             L'
             Estrange
          
           ;
           and
           therefore
           I
           shall
           refer
           Mr.
           Deputy
           to
           the
           History
           of
           
             Independency
             ,
             Pag.
          
           116.
           117.
           
           Printed
           at
           London
           1648.
           
           
             The
             Authority
             of
             the
             Iudges
             is
             Iudicative
             ;
             whose
             Office
             is
             (
             upon
             Cases
             brought
             before
             them
             )
             to
             determine
             
               whether
               an
               Act
               be
               Binding
               or
               no
               :
            
             (
             For
             Acts
             of
             Parliament
             
               against
               Common
               Right
               ,
               Repugnant
            
             ,
             or
             Impossible
             ,
             are
             Voyd
             :
             Coke
             8.
             fol.
             118.
             
             Dr.
             and
             Student
             .
             L.
             1.
             
             C.
             6.
             )
             and
             to
             expound
             the
             Meaning
             ,
             and
             Signification
             of
             the
             Words
             of
             such
             Act.
             ]
          
           Mr.
           Walker
           was
           a
           man
           of
           Law
           ,
           and
           Abilityes
           ;
           and
           far
           from
           a
           stickler
           ,
           either
           for
           Prerogative
           ,
           or
           Popery
           :
           Nay
           ,
           even
           a
           Borderer
           upon
           Coordination
           it self
           .
           But
           yet
           he
           brings
           himself
           off
           ,
           with
           a
           Distinction
           ,
           from
           the
           poynt
           which
           our
           Authour
           swallows
           Whole
           .
           It
           is
           most
           certain
           (
           says
           the
           Other
           ,
           
             Pag.
             116.
             )
             that
             when
             the
             Three
             Estates
             in
             Parliament
             have
             pass'd
             any
             Act
             ,
             Their
             Power
             Determins
             ,
             as
             to
             that
             Act
             ;
             and
             then
             ,
             the
             Authority
             of
             the
             Iudges
             Begins
             .
          
           And
           whereas
           the
           Character
           
             (
             Pag.
             25.
          
           )
           calls
           King
           ,
           Lords
           ,
           and
           Commons
           ,
           the
           Higher
           Powers
           of
           England
           ,
           without
           any
           more
           adoe
           ;
           Mr.
           Walker
           qualifyes
           it
           ,
           (
           Pag.
           117.
           )
           
             [
             Though
             this
             Kingdom
          
           (
           says
           he
           )
           
             has
             always
             been
             Ruled
             by
             King
             ,
             Lords
             ,
             and
             Commons
             ;
             yet
             by
             the
          
           King
           Architectonicè
           ,
           
             and
             the
          
           other
           Two
           Organicè
           ;
           the
           King
           
             as
             the
          
           Architect
           ,
           the
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           
             as
             his
          
           Instruments
           ;
           
             Each
             in
             his
             proper
             Sphere
             of
             Activity
             ,
             without
             interfering
             :
             And
             till
             This
             again
             come
             in
             use
             ,
             look
             for
             no
             Peace
             .
             ]
          
           This
           was
           the
           Principle
           
           of
           41.
           and
           42.
           brought
           off
           as
           well
           as
           the
           matter
           would
           bear
           .
        
         
           From
           hence
           he
           proceeds
           upon
           the
           agitation
           of
           the
           Question
           of
           Disinheriting
           ;
           which
           (
           as
           I
           have
           said
           before
           )
           is
           nothing
           at
           all
           to
           my
           business
           ;
           nor
           of
           any
           moment
           in
           the
           least
           to
           the
           deciding
           of
           this
           Controversy
           ,
           till
           all
           other
           Rubs
           and
           Difficulties
           that
           lye
           in
           the
           way
           to
           't
           shall
           be
           first
           clear'd
           :
           and
           especially
           that
           undenyable
           Impediment
           of
           the
           Kings
           Refusal
           ;
           which
           must
           be
           allow'd
           on
           all
           hands
           (
           whether
           the
           thing
           may
           be
           Lawfully
           done
           ,
           or
           not
           )
           to
           be
           an
           Obstacle
           not
           to
           be
           Disputed
           ,
           or
           Oppos'd
           .
        
         
           The
           Character-maker
           ,
           (
           Pag.
           26.
           )
           finding
           himself
           pinch'd
           ,
           upon
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           
             Passive
             Obedience
          
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Practice
           and
           Precept
           of
           the
           Primitive
           Times
           ,
           and
           the
           very
           Text
           of
           Holy
           Writ
           it self
           ;
           brings
           himself
           at
           last
           to
           this
           Notable
           Resolution
           of
           parting
           with
           his
           Religion
           rather
           then
           his
           Argument
           .
        
         
           The
           Correspondence
           
             (
             says
             he
          
           ,
           P.
           26.
           )
           between
           Ours
           and
           the
           
             Primitive
             Christians
          
           Case
           is
           here
           so
           incoherently
           ballanced
           ,
           
             [
             by
             L'
             Estrange
             ,
          
           ]
           that
           never
           were
           Arguments
           more
           Fantastical
           .
           The
           
             Primitive
             Christians
          
           preacht
           Obedience
           to
           
             Nero
             ;
             Yes
          
           ,
           and
           they
           had
           forfeited
           their
           Christianity
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           done
           otherwise
           .
           But
           what
           was
           that
           Nero
           ?
           An
           
             Absolute
             Monarch
          
           :
           And
           what
           those
           
             Primitive
             Bishops
          
           ?
           Not
           such
           as
           Ours
           ;
           they
           were
           not
           a
           part
           of
           the
           Legislative
           Power
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           as
           
             Our
             Prelates
          
           are
           .
           If
           Nero
           invented
           Racks
           ,
           Tortures
           ,
           and
           Gibbets
           ,
           for
           Persecuting
           or
           murthering
           the
           poor
           Christians
           ;
           he
           did
           it
           by
           his
           own
           uncontrolable
           Authority
           ;
           nor
           were
           those
           
             Primitive
             Bishops
          
           call'd
           to
           make
           Laws
           ,
           and
           therefore
           had
           not
           the
           Lawfull
           power
           of
           the
           least
           Vote
           in
           moderating
           of
           
             Nero's
             Cruelty
          
           ,
           or
           in
           redresse
           of
           the
           
             Christians
             Torments
          
           .
        
         
           The
           Author
           begins
           now
           ,
           to
           speak
           English.
           First
           ,
           he
           slips
           in
           the
           difference
           of
           the
           Case
           betwixt
           an
           Absolute
           ,
           and
           a
           
             Limited
             Monarch
          
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           ;
           the
           One
           Acts
           according
           to
           his
           Pleasure
           ;
           the
           Other
           is
           so
           far
           bounded
           by
           Rules
           ,
           and
           Laws
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           a
           Violation
           of
           Honour
           ,
           and
           Conscience
           ,
           in
           Ordinary
           Cases
           ,
           to
           pass
           those
           Limits
           .
           But
           what
           is
           all
           this
           to
           the
           
             Subjects
             Obedience
          
           ?
           For
           't
           is
           as
           much
           Rebellion
           ,
           in
           Them
           ,
           to
           take
           up
           Arms
           ,
           contrary
           to
           Law
           ,
           against
           a
           
             Limited
             Monarch
          
           that
           plays
           the
           Tyrant
           ;
           as
           against
           an
           
             Absolute
             Prince
          
           that
           Governs
           by
           his
           Own
           Will
           :
           For
           the
           Duty
           of
           the
           Subject
           is
           the
           same
           to
           the
           One
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           Other
           ;
           unless
           there
           be
           some
           clear
           and
           explicite
           Provision
           ,
           or
           Stipulation
           in
           the
           Government
           ,
           to
           the
           Contrary
           .
           And
           his
           Other
           Shift
           ,
           upon
           the
           Difference
           betwixt
           
             Their
             Bishops
          
           and
           Ours
           ,
           looks
           as
           if
           Mr.
           Deputy
           had
           
           written
           that
           out
           of
           his
           own
           Mother-wit
           ,
           without
           consulting
           his
           Oracle
           :
           For
           how
           should
           that
           Diversity
           of
           the
           Case
           operate
           upon
           the
           poynt
           of
           
             Passive
             Obedience
          
           ,
           to
           make
           it
           more
           or
           lesse
           a
           Duty
           ?
           He
           has
           but
           one
           way
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           I
           can
           see
           ,
           to
           support
           his
           Argument
           ;
           and
           that
           must
           be
           by
           destroying
           his
           Cause
           :
           For
           if
           there
           be
           no
           more
           then
           this
           in
           't
           that
           the
           Primitive
           Bishops
           had
           no
           Votes
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           which
           our
           Prelates
           have
           ,
           his
           Meaning
           is
           ,
           that
           when
           they
           come
           once
           to
           Vote
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           they
           Act
           no
           longer
           in
           the
           condition
           of
           Subjects
           ;
           which
           is
           a
           further
           Explanation
           of
           himself
           upon
           a
           
             Coordinate
             State
          
           :
           Only
           I
           think
           he
           had
           as
           good
           have
           kept
           himself
           under
           the
           Blind
           of
           a
           
             Legislative
             Power
          
           ,
           without
           Translating
           it
           into
           
             the
             Power
             of
             MAKING
             LAWS
          
           ;
           For
           though
           the
           Two
           Houses
           may
           be
           properly
           sayd
           to
           Make
           ,
           or
           to
           
             Prepare
             Bills
          
           ;
           yet
           the
           making
           of
           Laws
           is
           the
           Sole
           Priviledge
           of
           the
           Supreme
           Magistrate
           .
           If
           by
           what
           he
           says
           of
           the
           Power
           (
           or
           Right
           rather
           )
           of
           moderating
           Votes
           ,
           he
           intends
           only
           Offices
           of
           Mediation
           ,
           or
           Councell
           ;
           so
           far
           ,
           't
           is
           well
           enough
           :
           but
           if
           he
           stays
           there
           ,
           't
           will
           never
           do
           his
           business
           ;
           for
           there
           must
           be
           Resolution
           also
           ,
           and
           Action
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           debate
           ,
           and
           Advice
           ;
           and
           that
           's
           the
           thing
           he
           does
           more
           then
           intimate
           he
           would
           be
           at
           ,
           in
           the
           remaining
           part
           of
           this
           Paragraph
           .
        
         
           We
           are
           not
           
             (
             says
             he
             pag.
             30
          
           )
           to
           wait
           Gods
           further
           Pleasure
           ,
           and
           Providences
           to
           come
           ,
           with
           so
           entire
           a
           Resignation
           ,
           till
           we
           neglect
           a
           Lawfull
           Preservation
           ,
           when
           approaching
           Ruine
           Threatens
           us
           .
        
         
           The
           Question
           (
           with
           the
           Author's
           favour
           )
           is
           not
           the
           neglecting
           of
           
             Lawfull
             means
          
           ,
           but
           whether
           the
           Expedient
           here
           under
           Consideration
           be
           Lawful
           ,
           or
           not
           :
           And
           the
           Writer
           of
           the
           Character
           is
           so
           candid
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           next
           Clause
           to
           come
           within
           a
           very
           little
           of
           agreeing
           with
           
             L'
             Estrange
          
           ,
           in
           the
           
             Negative
             .
             [
             However
          
           (
           says
           he
           )
           
             that
             the
             Authors
             Opinion
             may
             not
             appear
             so
             strangely
             Enormous
             ,
             nor
             his
             Passion
             so
             wholly
             destructive
             to
             Government
             ,
             and
             so
             opposite
             to
             Christianity
             as
             his
             Answer
             would
             render
             it
             ,
             let
             us
             make
             a
             little
             Explanation
             of
             the
             Character
             ,
          
           &c.
           ]
           But
           he
           does
           yet
           ,
           in
           the
           same
           Page
           ,
           declare
           himself
           ,
           that
           
             Passive
             Obedience
          
           may
           be
           layd
           aside
           ,
           under
           the
           Tyranny
           of
           a
           
             Popish
             Succession
          
           ;
           That
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           It
           is
           Lawfull
           for
           
             Protestant
             Subjects
          
           to
           Resist
           a
           
             Popish
             Prince
          
           ,
           in
           the
           
             Actuall
             Possession
          
           of
           his
           Authority
           ,
           and
           Government
           :
           For
           so
           he
           expounds
           himself
           (
           P.
           27.
           )
           upon
           the
           word
           
             Successor
             .
             No
             man
          
           (
           says
           he
           )
           
             truly
             is
             either
             Heir
             ,
             or
             Successor
             ,
             till
             he
             Inherits
             ,
             and
             Succeeds
             .
          
        
         
           
             And
             then
             he
             palliates
             the
             matter
             over
             again
             (
             pag.
             31.
             )
          
           whatsoever
           
           
             Passive
             Obedience
          
           (
           says
           he
           )
           is
           due
           to
           our
           
             Native
             Prince
          
           we
           have
           none
           due
           to
           a
           
             Forreign
             Invader
          
           ;
           and
           't
           is
           a
           plain
           case
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Popes
             Supremacy
          
           entring
           into
           England
           is
           an
           Invading
           ,
           and
           Usurping
           Regality
           .
        
         
           How
           the
           Opinion
           of
           a
           Prince
           shall
           discharge
           Subjects
           of
           their
           Obedience
           to
           Laws
           ,
           I
           cannot
           imagine
           ;
           Or
           by
           what
           Right
           one
           sort
           of
           People
           under
           the
           same
           Government
           shall
           pretend
           to
           Over-rule
           another
           in
           such
           a
           Case
           .
           Or
           I
           would
           fain
           know
           ,
           whether
           upon
           the
           same
           Ground
           they
           may
           not
           alter
           the
           Form
           of
           the
           Government
           as
           well
           as
           destroy
           the
           
             Lawfull
             Successor
          
           .
           Or
           ,
           in
           one
           word
           ,
           is
           not
           the
           Government
           already
           overthrown
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Laws
           ,
           
             ipso
             facto
          
           ,
           dissolv'd
           in
           this
           very
           Position
           ?
           Those
           Laws
           that
           have
           made
           us
           the
           Envy
           of
           the
           Christian
           world
           ,
           and
           the
           Glory
           and
           Bulwark
           of
           the
           Reformation
           .
           And
           again
           ;
           if
           the
           People
           may
           be
           Judges
           in
           
             This
             Case
          
           ,
           they
           may
           ,
           upon
           the
           same
           pretense
           ,
           be
           Judges
           in
           any
           Other
           ;
           and
           as
           well
           exterminate
           a
           Prince
           for
           any
           
             other
             Reason
          
           ,
           as
           for
           his
           Religion
           .
           'T
           is
           but
           for
           Mr.
           Deputy
           to
           tell
           the
           People
           ,
           that
           the
           
             King
             himself
          
           is
           not
           fit
           to
           Govern
           ;
           and
           what
           has
           his
           Majesty
           to
           expect
           ,
           but
           to
           march
           after
           his
           Brother
           ?
           Grant
           but
           this
           Point
           ,
           that
           the
           Multitude
           (
           who
           are
           ,
           in
           effect
           ,
           Hands
           without
           Heads
           )
           shall
           over-rule
           the
           Laws
           ;
           where
           are
           we
           then
           ,
           but
           in
           a
           state
           of
           Horrour
           and
           Confusion
           ,
           and
           Effectually
           in
           the
           Possession
           of
           One
           Hell
           upon
           Earth
           as
           the
           Earnest
           of
           Another
           ;
           without
           any
           Religion
           at
           all
           ,
           and
           every
           ones
           Knife
           at
           the
           throat
           of
           his
           Brother
           ?
           But
           am
           I
           a
           Subject
           to
           the
           Kings
           Religion
           or
           his
           Title
           ?
           Or
           where
           shall
           I
           find
           the
           Rules
           ,
           and
           Bounds
           of
           my
           
             Civil
             Duty
          
           ?
           In
           the
           Law
           ?
           Or
           ,
           in
           the
           Character
           ?
           The
           Law
           makes
           my
           
             Allegeance
             ,
             Absolute
          
           ;
           the
           Character
           makes
           it
           Conditional
           :
           The
           Law
           binds
           me
           to
           be
           True
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           his
           Lawfull
           Heirs
           and
           Successors
           ,
           without
           any
           regard
           to
           This
           ,
           or
           
             That
             Religion
          
           ;
           the
           Character
           discharges
           me
           in
           case
           any
           of
           them
           should
           happen
           to
           be
           
             Papists
             .
             —
             [
             Magno
             Iudice
             se
             quisque
             tuetur
             .
             ]
             King
             ,
             Lords
             ,
          
           and
           Commons
           are
           of
           One
           Opinion
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           Deputy
           ,
           of
           Another
           .
           The
           Law
           obliges
           me
           ,
           upon
           pain
           of
           Life
           and
           Estate
           ;
           and
           the
           Gospel
           upon
           pain
           of
           Damnation
           :
           But
           then
           comes
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           Character
           ,
           with
           the
           
             Serpents
             Dispensation
          
           in
           his
           Mouth
           ,
           and
           supersedes
           all
           .
           
             Hath
             God
             sayd
             ye
             shall
             not
             eat
             of
             every
             Tree
             of
             the
             Garden
             ?
             And
             the
             Woman
             said
             unto
             the
             Serpent
             ,
             We
             may
             eat
             of
             the
             Fruit
             of
             the
             Trees
             of
             the
             Garden
             ;
             but
             of
             the
             Tree
             which
             is
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             the
             Garden
             ,
             God
             hath
             said
             ,
          
           ye
           shall
           not
           eat
           of
           it
           ,
           
             neither
             shall
             ye
          
           Touch
           
             it
             ,
             least
             ye
          
           Dy.
           
             And
             the
             Serpent
             sayd
             
             unto
             the
             Woman
             ,
          
           ye
           shall
           not
           surely
           Dy
           ;
           
             for
             God
             doth
             know
             that
             in
             the
             day
             ye
             eat
             thereof
             ,
             Then
          
           Your
           Eyes
           shall
           be
           opened
           ,
           and
           ye
           shall
           be
           as
           Gods
           ,
           
             knowing
             Good
             and
             Evill
          
           .
           Gen.
           3.
           ]
           There
           's
           no
           great
           Disproportion
           either
           in
           the
           Appetite
           ,
           or
           Temptation
           .
           There
           's
           the
           Voice
           of
           God
           in
           both
           cases
           ,
           on
           the
           One
           hand
           ,
           and
           the
           Voice
           of
           the
           Serpent
           on
           the
           Other
           .
        
         
           [
           I
           cannot
           find
           (
           he
           says
           )
           by
           this
           Text
           ,
           
             By
             Me
             Kings
             reign
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           But
           that
           
             By
             Me
             Subjects
             possess
             their
             Lawfull
             Inheritance
             ,
          
           might
           Claim
           the
           same
           Right
           .
           P.
           32.
           ]
        
         
           The
           Question
           is
           not
           ,
           the
           Kings
           Dispossessing
           Subjects
           of
           their
           Lawfull
           Inheritance
           ,
           but
           the
           Subjects
           Disspossessing
           a
           Prince
           of
           his
           Lawfull
           Birthright
           ;
           And
           by
           his
           Argument
           ,
           
             Popish
             Subjects
          
           may
           be
           Dispossess'd
           as
           well
           as
           a
           
             Popish
             Successor
          
           ,
           and
           Phanatical
           Subjects
           too
           as
           well
           as
           Popish
           ;
           If
           a
           point
           of
           Occasional
           or
           Preventional
           Prudence
           shall
           over-rule
           a
           Positive
           Law
           :
           And
           according
           to
           his
           Descant
           ,
           
             By
             me
             Kings
             are
             DEPOSED
          
           (
           that
           a
           House
           of
           Commons
           may
           Reign
           )
           is
           as
           good
           Divinity
           as
           
             By
             me
             King
             REIGN
          
           ,
           though
           the
           One
           is
           a
           matter
           of
           Divine
           Institution
           ,
           for
           the
           Comfort
           of
           mankind
           in
           General
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           only
           a
           Divine
           permission
           for
           the
           Punishment
           of
           some
           Particular
           Princes
           or
           People
           .
           And
           see
           now
           how
           Extravagant
           an
           Instance
           he
           has
           brought
           in
           for
           his
           support
           .
        
         
           Nor
           can
           I
           perceive
           
             (
             says
             he
             Ibid.
          
           )
           that
           there
           lyes
           so
           much
           Stresse
           in
           Gods
           giving
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           Man
           ,
           and
           Beast
           ,
           unto
           whom
           it
           seemed
           meet
           unto
           him
           ,
           as
           to
           Nebuchadnezzer
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           but
           that
           a
           MENE
           ,
           MENE
           ,
           TEKEL
           ,
           VPHARZIN
           ,
           written
           by
           the
           Almighties
           own
           hand
           against
           his
           Impious
           Heir
           ,
           the
           
             Sacrilegious
             ,
             Idolatrous
             Belshazzar
          
           was
           as
           much
           the
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           had
           as
           much
           
             Divine
             Institution
          
           in
           it
           as
           
             By
             me
             Kings
             reign
          
           .
        
         
           His
           Application
           here
           ,
           is
           not
           only
           Rude
           ,
           and
           Impertinent
           ,
           to
           the
           Highest
           Degree
           ;
           but
           the
           Argument
           flyes
           directly
           in
           the
           face
           of
           him
           ;
           unless
           he
           can
           shew
           such
           another
           
             Hand-writing
             upon
             the
             Wall
          
           ,
           against
           his
           
             R.
             Highness
          
           ,
           as
           is
           here
           produc'd
           against
           Balshazzar
           :
           Beside
           that
           the
           Intervening
           of
           an
           Almighty
           Power
           in
           the
           Case
           ,
           does
           as
           good
           as
           tell
           us
           that
           the
           Disinheriting
           of
           Princes
           is
           a
           priviledge
           Reserved
           ,
           by
           God
           ,
           Peculiarly
           to
           Himself
           .
        
         
           
             He
             proceeds
             (
             P
             33.
          
           )
           to
           Invalidate
           
             (
             as
             he
             pretends
          
           )
           the
           Chief
           Argument
           of
           all
           my
           Discourse
           ,
           and
           the
           Fundamental
           Design
           of
           my
           whole
           Pamphlet
           ,
           viz.
           The
           Un-alterable
           Right
           of
           Succession
           .
           ]
           
             And
             advances
             ,
             Confounding
          
           Extraordinary
           ,
           with
           Common
           Cases
           .
        
         
           Now
           so
           far
           am
           I
           from
           laying
           the
           Stress
           of
           my
           Discourse
           upon
           
           that
           Text
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           Industriously
           Declin'd
           the
           Question
           ,
           as
           the
           last
           Article
           to
           be
           handled
           in
           this
           Controversy
           .
           And
           then
           he
           spoils
           the
           Cause
           with
           the
           very
           eagerness
           of
           defending
           it
           ,
           by
           drawing
           Conclusions
           from
           God's
           Unaccountable
           Actings
           ,
           upon
           Immediate
           Revelation
           ,
           or
           Direction
           ,
           to
           the
           Practices
           of
           men
           that
           are
           under
           certain
           Common
           ,
           and
           Indispensable
           Rules
           and
           Methods
           of
           Obedience
           and
           Government
           
             [
             So
             Timely
             a
             Care
          
           (
           says
           he
           p.
           34.
           )
           
             did
             the
             Great
             Founder
             of
             Empires
             ,
             the
             Divine
             Omnipotence
             take
             ,
             to
             shew
             that
             the
             Dispensations
             of
             Majesty
             ,
             for
             his
             Peoples
             good
             ,
             and
             his
             own
             Glory
             ,
             were
             to
             be
             preferr'd
             before
             the
             Soveraignty
             of
             Birth
             ,
             that
             Blinder
             Gift
             of
             Chance
             .
             ]
          
        
         
           This
           does
           only
           prove
           that
           God
           Reserves
           to
           himself
           a
           Freedom
           of
           Dispensing
           with
           his
           own
           Laws
           ,
           but
           not
           the
           least
           shaddow
           of
           any
           such
           Power
           Delegated
           to
           the
           People
           ,
           to
           Dispense
           with
           Gods
           Laws
           ;
           and
           let
           any
           man
           Consider
           ,
           whether
           is
           the
           more
           Competent
           Provision
           for
           
             the
             Glory
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             Good
             of
             his
             People
             ,
          
           that
           men
           should
           be
           Ty'd
           up
           ,
           though
           (
           with
           some
           Inconvenience
           )
           under
           God's
           Appointment
           ,
           to
           the
           Orders
           of
           Government
           ,
           where
           the
           Publick
           Peace
           is
           preserv'd
           ,
           and
           the
           Harmony
           of
           Humane
           Society
           maintain'd
           ,
           or
           to
           leave
           the
           Multitude
           the
           Judges
           of
           those
           matters
           which
           only
           belong
           to
           the
           Supreme
           Magistrate
           ,
           and
           at
           liberty
           to
           change
           Governments
           and
           Governours
           as
           often
           as
           they
           please
           ,
           which
           must
           Inevitably
           run
           into
           Consequences
           of
           Bloud
           and
           Confusion
           .
           And
           if
           this
           be
           not
           the
           thing
           he
           would
           be
           at
           ,
           what
           's
           the
           meaning
           of
           his
           recommending
           the
           Precedent
           of
           the
           Late
           King
           of
           Portugal
           to
           the
           English
           ,
           as
           a
           
             Practicable
             Example
          
           .
        
         
           Have
           we
           not
           had
           
             (
             says
             he
             ,
             Ibid.
          
           )
           a
           Late
           King
           of
           Portugal
           Depofed
           ,
           as
           Delirious
           ,
           and
           Frantick
           ,
           and
           Consequently
           renderd
           by
           Law
           Vncapable
           of
           Reigning
           ;
           and
           All
           this
           done
           by
           
             HIS
             OWN
             SUBJECTS
          
           ,
           and
           those
           of
           
             HIS
             OWN
          
           Religion
           ,
           without
           the
           least
           Reflection
           of
           Treason
           or
           Rebellion
           ,
           or
           the
           Aspersion
           of
           lifting
           a
           hand
           against
           the
           Lords
           
             Anointed
             .
             ]
             As
             who
             should
             say
             ,
          
           what
           a
           stir
           is
           here
           made
           about
           the
           Duke
           of
           York
           ?
           As
           if
           it
           were
           such
           a
           matter
           to
           Exclude
           a
           Popish
           Successor
           .
           I
           'le
           shew
           ye
           a
           way
           to
           get
           quit
           of
           the
           
             King
             himself
          
           though
           a
           Protestant
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           
             Legal
             Exercise
          
           of
           his
           
             Authority
             .
             But
             then
             you
             'l
             say
             there
             must
             be
          
           Delirium
           ,
           or
           Frenzy
           
             in
             the
             case
             ?
             Just
             so
             much
             as
             was
             found
             in
             the
             Late
             King
             will
             be
             enough
             to
             do
             the
             Business
             .
             Do
             but
             possess
             the
          
           People
           
             once
             that
             the
          
           King
           
             is
             a
          
           Papist
           ,
           
             and
             that
             single
             Charge
             of
          
           Popery
           
             Includes
             all
          
           Inabilityes
           .
           
             For
             (
             says
             our
             Author
          
           Ibid.
           )
           There
           must
           go
           so
           strong
           a
           dose
           of
           Folly
           and
           Madness
           ,
           or
           indeed
           
           both
           together
           to
           make
           up
           the
           Composition
           of
           a
           Popish
           Heir
           to
           the
           
             Protestant
             Crown
          
           of
           England
           ;
           Especially
           an
           heir
           that
           can
           be
           so
           Fond
           of
           the
           
             Gew-Gaws
             ,
             Bawbles
          
           and
           Trumpery
           of
           Romish
           Superstition
           ,
           as
           to
           Hazzard
           Three
           Crowns
           for
           them
           —
           So
           that
           if
           in
           Truth
           he
           but
           fairly
           stood
           the
           Test
           of
           an
           
             Old
             Statute
          
           we
           have
           already
           ,
           the
           Begging
           of
           his
           Reversion
           would
           be
           so
           Fesible
           ,
           that
           it
           would
           be
           Cross
           we
           won
           ,
           and
           Pile
           he
           lost
           
             (
             P.
             35.
             ]
             Here
             's
             a
             short
             way
             of
             Putting
             the
          
           King
           
             as
             well
             as
             the
          
           Duke
           
             out
             of
             Capacity
             to
             Govern.
             First
             ;
             say
             that
             he
             is
             a
          
           Papist
           ,
           
             and
             then
          
           ,
           Beg
           the
           Possession
           
             of
             the
             Crown
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
          
           Reversion
           ,
           for
           so
           being
           .
        
         
           We
           are
           come
           now
           to
           the
           End
           of
           the
           
             Character
             Complete
          
           ,
           which
           is
           so
           far
           from
           being
           a
           
             Defence
             of
             the
             first
             Part
             against
          
           L'
           Estrange's
           
             Papist
             in
             Masquerade
          
           ;
           that
           first
           he
           has
           not
           spoken
           One
           Syllable
           to
           the
           Point
           in
           Question
           .
           2ly
           In
           the
           very
           Title
           of
           Complete
           ,
           he
           does
           as
           good
           as
           Confess
           that
           he
           has
           no
           more
           to
           say
           .
           And
           3ly
           .
           he
           has
           in
           the
           18th
           .
           page
           of
           his
           
             Second
             Part
          
           Blown
           up
           the
           very
           Foundation
           of
           his
           Former
           ;
           and
           Effectually
           of
           his
           whole
           Pretense
           ,
           and
           Design
           .
        
         
           The
           Scope
           of
           his
           Discourse
           is
           briefly
           this
           ;
           First
           ,
           to
           Render
           the
           Duke
           as
           Odious
           and
           Dangerous
           to
           the
           Nation
           ,
           as
           Art
           and
           Malice
           can
           make
           him
           ,
           by
           Virulent
           Reflections
           upon
           his
           Person
           under
           the
           Dreadfull
           Character
           of
           a
           
             Popish
             Successor
             .
             2ly
          
           ,
           To
           shew
           from
           the
           Precedents
           of
           former
           Times
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           no
           new
           thing
           for
           the
           Supreme
           Power
           to
           Divert
           the
           Succession
           .
           Now
           as
           to
           the
           Danger
           of
           a
           Popish
           Successor
           ;
           so
           far
           was
           I
           from
           Disputing
           it
           ,
           that
           for
           Quiets
           sake
           I
           gave
           it
           for
           Granted
           
             (
             Papist
             in
             Masquerade
          
           P.
           3.
           )
           So
           that
           he
           must
           not
           call
           his
           
             Character
             Complete
             ,
             A
             Defence
             against
          
           L
           Estrange
           ,
           of
           what
           
             L'
             Estrange
          
           did
           not
           oppose
           .
           And
           for
           the
           Point
           of
           the
           Succession
           ;
           I
           have
           not
           said
           one
           Word
           whether
           it
           may
           lawfully
           be
           done
           or
           not
           ;
           but
           on
           the
           Contrary
           ,
           Industriously
           Declin'd
           it
           ;
           (
           as
           I
           have
           shew'd
           already
           P.
           18.
           )
           So
           that
           his
           Mighty
           Defence
           is
           only
           a
           Beating
           of
           the
           Air
           ,
           and
           a
           Flourish
           upon
           two
           Topiques
           out
           of
           the
           Limits
           of
           the
           Controversy
           :
           The
           First
           Point
           being
           out
           of
           doors
           upon
           the
           admittance
           of
           the
           Danger
           ;
           and
           the
           Second
           Postpon'd
           out
           of
           this
           regard
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           a
           king
           of
           a
           Preposterous
           Question
           to
           enquire
           whether
           it
           may
           be
           done
           or
           not
           ,
           if
           the
           King
           would
           agree
           to
           it
           ,
           before
           we
           know
           whether
           the
           King
           will
           agree
           to
           it
           or
           no
           :
           And
           this
           way
           of
           Pressing
           it
           ,
           will
           bear
           yet
           a
           worse
           Construction
           ,
           his
           Majesty
           having
           already
           ,
           and
           over
           and
           
           over
           Declar'd
           that
           he
           cannot
           in
           Honour
           ,
           Justice
           and
           Conscience
           Consent
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           Title
           of
           the
           Character
           Complete
           ,
           it
           Expounds
           it self
           ,
           in
           the
           Concession
           ,
           that
           he
           has
           said
           all
           that
           he
           has
           to
           say
           .
           Nor
           shall
           I
           need
           to
           Enlarge
           upon
           that
           Stabbing
           Contradiction
           of
           himself
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           already
           noted
           .
           (
           P.
           10.
           )
           Only
           in
           one
           word
           I
           shall
           recommend
           it
           the
           second
           time
           to
           a
           Remark
           .
           That
           whereas
           he
           Grounds
           all
           the
           Dangers
           ,
           Terrors
           and
           Fatalityes
           of
           a
           Popish
           Successor
           upon
           the
           Dukes
           Bigottery
           in
           the
           Romish
           Religion
           ,
           he
           Discharges
           us
           (
           P.
           13.
           )
           of
           all
           those
           Apprehensions
           ,
           by
           a
           Positive
           Averrment
           that
           the
           Duke
           is
           so
           far
           from
           being
           a
           Bigot
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           his
           Pride
           ,
           and
           not
           his
           Conscience
           makes
           him
           a
           Papist
           ;
           and
           
             that
             he
             would
             rather
             see
             the
             Popedome
             Perish
             ,
             then
             lose
             his
             Humour
             .
          
           Wherein
           first
           ,
           he
           dissolves
           his
           Argument
           .
           2ly
           ,
           He
           betrays
           himself
           manifestly
           to
           Espouse
           the
           Interest
           of
           a
           Faction
           against
           his
           Judgment
           .
           And
           3ly
           .
           He
           Authorizes
           (
           in
           so
           doing
           )
           the
           Disinheriting
           of
           a
           Prince
           as
           well
           for
           his
           Complexion
           as
           his
           Religion
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           is
           not
           all
           neither
           .
           For
           after
           the
           frighting
           of
           the
           Careless
           and
           Impious
           ,
           with
           the
           Fears
           of
           Slavery
           ;
           and
           the
           Weak
           ,
           and
           Scrupulous
           ,
           with
           the
           Dread
           of
           Hell
           and
           Damnation
           (
           in
           case
           of
           a
           
             Popish
             Successor
          
           )
           Representing
           the
           Calamity
           to
           be
           wholly
           Insupportable
           ;
           and
           making
           it
           a
           Point
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           upon
           what
           terms
           soever
           ,
           to
           Prevent
           it
           ;
           he
           chalks
           out
           to
           the
           People
           such
           a
           way
           for
           the
           doing
           of
           it
           as
           shall
           much
           more
           certainly
           destroy
           the
           
             King
             himself
          
           and
           the
           Monarchy
           then
           the
           Successor
           .
           He
           sets
           forth
           the
           Necessity
           of
           doing
           the
           thing
           :
           His
           Admiration
           that
           the
           King
           should
           Refuse
           it
           :
           How
           he
           has
           lost
           the
           Hearts
           of
           his
           People
           by
           it
           ;
           and
           all
           the
           way
           bespattering
           his
           R.
           Highness
           ,
           though
           two
           thirds
           of
           the
           dirt
           fall
           upon
           his
           Majesty
           .
           Resolving
           all
           at
           last
           into
           Two
           or
           Three
           Modest
           Propositions
           ,
           upon
           the
           Foolery
           of
           
             Passive
             Obedience
          
           ,
           the
           
             Fundamental
             Sovereignty
          
           of
           the
           Multitude
           ,
           &c.
           
           Upon
           which
           Positions
           ,
           If
           the
           Duke
           be
           thrown
           out
           to
           day
           ,
           the
           King
           is
           almost
           sure
           to
           follow
           him
           to
           Morrow
           .
           His
           Reply
           upon
           my
           Exceptions
           to
           these
           Positions
           is
           in
           Effect
           rather
           a
           Yielding
           of
           the
           Cause
           ,
           then
           a
           Defence
           of
           it
           :
           But
           such
           a
           Yielding
           ,
           as
           Discovers
           only
           an
           Impotency
           (
           though
           with
           Great
           Good
           will
           )
           of
           Defending
           it
           .
           This
           is
           the
           Substance
           of
           his
           Discourse
           ,
           and
           how
           far
           it
           will
           be
           found
           a
           Defence
           of
           his
           
             Former
             Character
          
           against
           the
           
             Papist
             in
             Masquerade
          
           will
           best
           appear
           ,
           upon
           Comparing
           the
           Reasons
           ,
           and
           the
           Arguments
           on
           
             both
             Parts
          
           .
        
         
         
           
             It
             is
             the
             main
             Drift
             of
             his
             Pamphlet
             to
             Terrify
             People
             into
             a
             Dread
             of
             his
             R.
             Highness
             ,
             and
             into
             Undutifull
             thoughts
             toward
             his
             Majesty
             by
             the
             Dismal
             Story
             's
             he
             tells
             of
             the
             Danger
             of
             a
             Popish
             Successor
             .
             Now
             say
             I
             on
             the
             other
             side
             (
             P.
             3.
             )
          
           It
           would
           have
           been
           Fair
           Play
           in
           the
           Character-writer
           if
           he
           had
           Ballanc'd
           the
           Dangers
           ;
           and
           told
           us
           ,
           This
           is
           the
           Danger
           One
           way
           ,
           and
           that
           Another
           .
           For
           First
           ;
           there
           are
           many
           Dreadfull
           Dangers
           ,
           which
           we
           cannot
           avoid
           ,
           
             but
             by
             Incurring
          
           Greater
           :
           As
           the
           Leaping
           of
           a
           Garret
           Window
           when
           the
           Fire
           has
           taken
           the
           Stair-Case
           ;
           which
           is
           only
           a
           Prudent
           Election
           (
           under
           a
           Calamitous
           Necessity
           )
           of
           the
           less
           Evil
           of
           the
           Two.
           Now
           the
           same
           Action
           which
           would
           have
           been
           a
           
             Madness
             ,
             without
          
           that
           Necessity
           ,
           becomes
           an
           Act
           of
           
             Prudence
             with
          
           it
           ,
           The
           Great
           Danger
           of
           the
           Leap
           being
           Warranted
           by
           the
           Greater
           danger
           of
           the
           Fire
           .
        
         
           
             Secondly
             ,
             It
             happens
             many
             times
             ,
             that
             we
             have
             no
             other
             choice
             before
             us
             ,
             but
             either
             to
             suffer
             the
             Highest
             Degree
             of
             Misery
             that
             can
             befall
             us
             in
             this
             world
             ,
             or
             else
             to
             Prostitute
             our
             Souls
             ,
             for
             the
             saving
             of
             our
             skins
             and
             Fortunes
             .
             Now
             under
             such
             an
             Exigence
             as
             this
             ,
             let
             the
             Prospect
             of
             things
             be
             never
             so
             terrible
             ,
             we
             are
             to
             oppose
             the
             Duty
             of
             Christians
             ,
             of
             Subjects
             and
             of
             
               Honest
               men
            
             to
             all
             Hazzards
             whatsoever
             ,
             and
             patiently
             to
             Endure
             whatever
             we
             cannot
             with
             Conscience
             ,
             and
             Honour
             ,
             either
             Resist
             or
             Decline
             :
             According
             to
             the
             Practice
             of
             the
             
               Primitive
               Martyrs
            
             who
             witnessed
             their
             Profession
             with
             their
             Blood
             ,
             as
             Christians
             ,
             and
             submitted
             as
             
               Loyal
               Subjects
            
             without
             Resistance
             .
             So
             that
             we
             are
             not
             to
             Govern
             our selves
             by
             a
             naked
             Speculation
             of
             the
             Perils
             that
             we
             are
             to
             Encounter
             ;
             and
             the
             means
             of
             Avoiding
             them
             ;
             without
             enquiring
             into
             the
             Consistency
             of
             those
             means
             with
             the
             measures
             of
             Conscience
             and
             Duty
             .
          
           
             
               And
               again
            
             (
             P.
             51.
             )
             [
             We
             shall
             now
             Counterpose
             Dangers
             to
             Dangers
             .
             Here
             is
             a
             Present
             Opposed
             to
             a
             Future
             ;
             A
             Greater
             to
             a
             Less
             ,
             and
             a
             
               Protestant
               King
            
             to
             a
             Papist
             .
             The
             Present
             Danger
             is
             the
             Probable
             Effect
             of
             these
             Intoxicating
             Methods
             to
             the
             People
             .
             If
             Fancy
             was
             Poyson
             to
             the
             Multitude
             under
             the
             
               Late
               King
            
             ;
             the
             same
             Fancy
             in
             a
             Larger
             Dose
             ,
             and
             with
             less
             Corrective
             to
             it
             ,
             will
             be
             at
             leaft
             as
             strong
             a
             Poyson
             to
             the
             People
             under
             this
             .
             So
             that
             we
             are
             in
             Forty
             times
             a
             Greater
             Danger
             of
             a
             Sedition
             at
             Hand
             then
             of
             a
             Popish
             Successor
             at
             a
             Distance
             .
             Now
             what
             is
             there
             in
             the
             Future
             to
             weigh
             against
             the
             Life
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             the
             Safety
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             the
             Law
             ,
             Government
             ,
             and
             the
             Peace
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ?
             There
             may
             Possibly
             be
             a
             Popish
             King
             ;
             and
             there
             
             may
             Probably
             not
             .
             
               And
               then
            
             (
             P.
             3.
             )
             I
             must
             Distinguish
             betwixt
             the
             Unhappy
             Circumstance
             of
             being
             under
             the
             Allegeance
             of
             a
             Prince
             of
             that
             Persuasion
             ,
             who
             is
             Actually
             in
             Possession
             ,
             and
             Exercise
             of
             his
             Power
             ;
             and
             the
             Remote
             Possibility
             only
             of
             that
             Danger
             ;
             And
             a
             Possibility
             too
             of
             such
             a
             Condition
             ,
             that
             a
             Thousand
             things
             may
             Intervene
             to
             Prevent
             it
             :
             As
             the
             Contingences
             of
             
               Issue
               ,
               Survivorship
            
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             As
             to
             the
             Ballance
             of
             a
             Greater
             Danger
             and
             a
             Less
             (
             P.
             52.
             )
             We
             'le
             e'en
             take
             the
             matter
             as
             they
             suppose
             .
             A
             King
             upon
             the
             Throne
             that
             's
             Principled
             for
             Arbitrary
             Government
             and
             Popery
             ;
             but
             so
             Clogg'd
             and
             shackled
             with
             Popular
             and
             Protestant
             Laws
             that
             if
             he
             had
             never
             so
             great
             a
             mind
             to
             't
             there
             is
             not
             a
             Subject
             in
             his
             Dominions
             ,
             that
             would
             dare
             to
             serve
             him
             in
             his
             Design
             .
             But
             on
             the
             other
             hand
             ;
             there
             's
             no
             King
             at
             all
             ,
             No
             Church
             ,
             No
             Law
             ,
             No
             Government
             ,
             No
             
               Magna
               Charta
            
             ,
             no
             Petition
             of
             Right
             ,
             no
             Property
             ,
             no
             Liberty
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               And
               again
            
             (
             P
             52.
             )
             Here
             's
             a
             Protestant
             Prince
             Expos'd
             for
             fear
             of
             a
             Popish
             one
             .
             Is
             the
             Chimera
             of
             a
             Future
             Danger
             of
             more
             value
             to
             us
             then
             the
             Conscience
             of
             an
             Incumbent
             ,
             and
             Indispensable
             Duty
             ?
             Shall
             we
             take
             pet
             at
             God
             Almighty's
             Providence
             and
             not
             go
             to
             Heaven
             at
             all
             ,
             unless
             we
             may
             go
             our
             own
             way
             ?
             Shall
             we
             Levell
             a
             Shot
             at
             the
             Duke
             at
             a
             distance
             ,
             if
             there
             be
             no
             coming
             at
             him
             but
             through
             the
             Heart
             of
             our
             Sovereign
             ?
          
           
             Moreover
             (
             P.
             53.
             )
             The
             Diverting
             or
             Disappointing
             of
             the
             Succession
             must
             be
             either
             by
             Prevention
             ,
             or
             by
             Exclusion
             .
          
           
             If
             there
             be
             danger
             from
             a
             Popish
             Successor
             ,
             during
             his
             Expectancy
             within
             the
             Kingdom
             ;
             the
             Danger
             is
             Infinitely
             Greater
             if
             he
             be
             Driven
             out
             of
             it
             .
             For
             First
             ,
             (
             supposing
             it
             the
             Peoples
             Act
             ,
             (
             which
             the
             Character
             does
             manifestly
             allow
             of
             rather
             then
             fail
             )
             there
             must
             be
             an
             Illegal
             ,
             and
             
               Popular
               Violence
            
             to
             accomplish
             it
             ;
             and
             there
             's
             the
             Peace
             of
             the
             Government
             broken
             already
             .
             Beside
             that
             the
             Authors
             of
             that
             Violence
             can
             never
             be
             secure
             ,
             but
             by
             following
             it
             with
             More
             ,
             and
             Greater
             .
             And
             this
             comes
             presently
             to
             be
             a
             natural
             Transition
             from
             a
             Murmur
             against
             a
             Successor
             to
             a
             Tumult
             in
             the
             State
             :
             In
             which
             case
             ,
             the
             King
             has
             only
             this
             Choice
             before
             him
             ;
             either
             to
             part
             with
             every
             thing
             for
             the
             asking
             ,
             or
             to
             stand
             the
             shock
             of
             a
             Rebellion
             .
             Now
             take
             it
             either
             way
             ,
             Here
             's
             much
             a
             Greater
             Mischief
             Incurr'd
             then
             that
             we
             fear'd
             :
             Beside
             a
             
               Standing
               Army
               ,
               Taxes
            
             and
             Oathes
             ,
             that
             follow
             in
             Course
             ;
             and
             a
             new
             set
             of
             Liberty-Keepers
             ,
             and
             Major-Generalls
             
             to
             secure
             the
             Peace
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             the
             Scene
             of
             things
             at
             home
             ;
             and
             if
             we
             look
             abroad
             ,
             we
             shall
             undoubtedly
             see
             the
             Successors
             Interest
             and
             Reputation
             encreasing
             dayly
             ,
             in
             regard
             of
             his
             Sufferings
             ,
             his
             Title
             ,
             and
             his
             Religion
             (
             P.
             54.
             )
          
           
             Now
             in
             Case
             of
             a
             
               Popish
               King
            
             ,
             who
             is
             either
             
               kept
               out
            
             ,
             or
             
               Driven
               on
               t
            
             ,
             from
             the
             Exercise
             of
             his
             Right
             by
             the
             Tumultuary
             Licence
             of
             the
             Rabble
             :
             whether
             that
             King
             makes
             any
             Attempt
             or
             no
             ,
             the
             Nation
             must
             be
             at
             the
             Charge
             ,
             at
             least
             of
             a
             
               Defensive
               War
            
             ,
             and
             of
             Impositions
             to
             maintain
             it
             .
             And
             this
             will
             be
             the
             Inconvenience
             ,
             even
             in
             the
             Bare
             Prospect
             of
             the
             State
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             without
             striking
             a
             Blow
             ;
             But
             from
             Scotland
             at
             least
             ,
             if
             not
             from
             Ireland
             too
             ,
             they
             must
             Expect
             to
             be
             Ply'd
             with
             Continual
             Alarms
             ,
             till
             the
             Insupportable
             Expense
             of
             Guarding
             the
             Borders
             and
             Coasts
             ,
             shall
             make
             them
             as
             Sick
             of
             their
             
               New
               Patriots
            
             as
             ever
             they
             were
             of
             their
             
               Old
               ones
            
             ;
             and
             force
             them
             at
             last
             to
             render
             themselves
             ,
             and
             their
             Spoyl
             ,
             to
             the
             Irresistible
             Conjunction
             of
             as
             many
             Powers
             ,
             as
             will
             be
             then
             Confederate
             to
             their
             Destruction
             .
          
           
             And
             then
             comes
             in
             the
             
               Popery
               in
               Earnest
            
             ,
             that
             was
             dreaded
             but
             in
             Fancy
             before
             .
             When
             this
             new
             King
             shall
             ,
             by
             the
             Proper
             Act
             and
             forfeiture
             of
             a
             seduc'd
             and
             unforeseeing
             people
             ,
             be
             delivered
             from
             the
             Fetters
             of
             both
             Honour
             ,
             and
             Laws
             .
             Who
             brings
             in
             Popery
             then
             ,
             but
             they
             that
             Discharg'd
             him
             from
             those
             Sacred
             Bonds
             ,
             by
             the
             folly
             and
             Contumacy
             of
             their
             own
             Inconsiderate
             Undertakings
             ?
             Compare
             now
             the
             Danger
             of
             a
             Popish
             King
             bounded
             by
             Protestant
             Laws
             ,
             and
             Ruling
             over
             a
             Protestant
             People
             ,
             where
             he
             may
             be
             as
             happy
             as
             an
             Imperial
             Crown
             ,
             and
             the
             Affections
             of
             his
             Subjects
             can
             make
             him
             .
             Compare
             I
             say
             ,
             a
             Popish
             King
             under
             these
             Gracious
             and
             Obliging
             Circumstances
             ,
             in
             the
             Quiet
             Adminstration
             of
             his
             Government
             ,
             with
             a
             Prince
             that
             is
             forc'd
             to
             make
             his
             way
             with
             his
             Sword
             for
             the
             Recovery
             of
             his
             Own
             ;
             and
             is
             not
             only
             Prick'd
             on
             by
             the
             Impulses
             of
             Iustice
             ,
             and
             Vengeance
             ,
             but
             Animated
             by
             the
             
               Pope
               himself
            
             ,
             and
             Provoked
             by
             Indignation
             ,
             to
             take
             the
             Utmost
             Advantage
             of
             that
             Foolish
             Forfeiture
             :
             the
             People
             themselves
             having
             Cancell'd
             the
             Bonds
             of
             Authority
             and
             Obedience
             .
             Let
             any
             man
             Compare
             these
             two
             Cases
             ,
             and
             then
             speak
             his
             Opinion
             .
             (
             P.
             55.
             )
          
           
             
               And
               yet
               once
               again
            
             .
             If
             it
             be
             reasonable
             to
             Believe
             (
             as
             we
             are
             often
             told
             ,
             and
             no
             Mortal
             can
             deny
             it
             )
             that
             our
             Religion
             is
             an
             
             Eye-sore
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ;
             and
             that
             this
             Island
             would
             make
             a
             Considerable
             Addition
             to
             our
             Victorious
             Neighbours
             late
             Conquests
             ,
             what
             way
             in
             the
             world
             could
             be
             propounded
             ,
             more
             to
             the
             Advantage
             ,
             both
             of
             the
             Crown
             of
             France
             and
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             ,
             then
             the
             bringing
             of
             matters
             to
             the
             Issue
             here
             in
             question
             ?
             When
             in
             the
             Powerfull
             ,
             and
             Liberall
             Assistances
             to
             this
             supposed
             King
             ,
             for
             the
             Regaining
             of
             his
             Own
             ,
             the
             One
             and
             the
             Other
             are
             but
             doing
             of
             their
             own
             business
             :
             This
             Prince
             ,
             in
             the
             mean
             while
             ,
             being
             led
             to
             the
             One
             by
             Inclination
             ,
             and
             overborn
             upon
             the
             Other
             by
             
               Necessity
               (
               Ibid.
            
             )
          
        
         
           I
           shall
           leave
           it
           now
           to
           the
           Reader
           to
           Judge
           how
           far
           the
           
             Second
             Character
          
           in
           Reply
           upon
           
             the
             Papist
             in
             Masquerade
          
           ,
           may
           be
           admitted
           as
           a
           Defence
           of
           the
           Former
           .
           It
           is
           the
           Authors
           design
           ,
           in
           both
           Parts
           ,
           by
           Amplifying
           ,
           and
           Rhetoricating
           upon
           the
           Dangers
           of
           a
           
             Popish
             Successor
          
           ,
           to
           transport
           the
           People
           into
           the
           most
           Desperate
           Resolutions
           of
           Acting
           &
           Suffering
           all
           Extremities
           rather
           then
           submit
           to
           that
           Inconvenience
           .
           Now
           (
           as
           is
           already
           said
           )
           the
           Danger
           of
           a
           
             Popish
             Successor
          
           is
           a
           point
           that
           I
           have
           given
           for
           Granted
           before-hand
           ;
           and
           no
           part
           of
           the
           matter
           here
           in
           Controversy
           .
           Nor
           is
           the
           Danger
           it self
           (
           simply
           consider'd
           )
           of
           any
           Concluding
           Force
           ,
           in
           this
           Case
           ;
           for
           First
           ,
           a
           Less
           Danger
           comparatively
           must
           give
           way
           to
           a
           
             Greater
             .
             2ly
          
           .
           Let
           the
           Danger
           be
           never
           so
           Great
           ,
           if
           we
           cannot
           avoid
           it
           with
           Honour
           ,
           and
           Conscience
           ,
           we
           must
           resolve
           to
           abide
           it
           .
           3ly
           .
           Here
           is
           a
           Certain
           ,
           and
           a
           Greater
           Danger
           Incurr'd
           for
           the
           Avoidance
           of
           an
           Vncertain
           and
           a
           
             Less
             .
             4ly
          
           ,
           Here
           is
           a
           Disturbance
           wrought
           in
           the
           Present
           Government
           of
           a
           Protestant
           King
           for
           fear
           of
           a
           Popish
           King
           to
           
             come
             .
             5ly
          
           .
           his
           Majesty
           having
           Positively
           ,
           several
           times
           Declar'd
           ,
           that
           he
           cannot
           in
           Conscience
           ,
           or
           Iustice
           agree
           to
           the
           Disinheriting
           of
           his
           Brother
           ,
           and
           that
           therefore
           
             He
             will
             never
             do
             it
          
           ;
           the
           Exclusion
           of
           his
           R.
           H.
           which
           is
           here
           aim'd
           at
           ,
           can
           never
           be
           compass'd
           but
           by
           a
           Rebellion
           .
           6ly
           .
           In
           making
           a
           mockery
           of
           that
           which
           he
           calls
           the
           Bugbear
           of
           
             Passive
             Obedience
          
           ,
           the
           very
           Position
           that
           seems
           to
           be
           Levell'd
           at
           the
           Duke
           ,
           Destroys
           the
           
             King.
             7ly
          
           .
           Upon
           a
           Fair
           Collation
           of
           the
           
             Publique
             Danger
          
           both
           ways
           ;
           that
           of
           Expulsion
           ,
           or
           Exclusion
           (
           over
           and
           above
           the
           Iniquity
           )
           is
           Evidently
           much
           Greater
           then
           the
           Admittance
           of
           him
           ;
           and
           the
           Ready
           way
           to
           
             bring
             in
             that
             Popery
          
           ,
           and
           
             Arbitrary
             Power
          
           ,
           which
           they
           Pretend
           to
           fear
           .
           Beside
           that
           it
           is
           Manifestly
           the
           Project
           of
           the
           Book
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Abettors
           of
           it
           ,
           to
           Reduce
           This
           King
           to
           the
           
           straits
           of
           his
           Late
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           leave
           him
           at
           Last
           his
           Fathers
           Game
           to
           Play.
           Upon
           the
           due
           Ballancing
           of
           these
           Cases
           ,
           the
           main
           Question
           depends
           ;
           and
           that
           which
           he
           calls
           a
           Defence
           has
           not
           one
           word
           of
           Argument
           upon
           any
           of
           the
           Passages
           above
           Recited
           ;
           the
           whole
           Discourse
           being
           rather
           a
           Flourish
           ,
           then
           a
           Debate
           .
        
         
           To
           say
           nothing
           of
           the
           Dangerous
           Consequences
           that
           may
           reasonably
           and
           probably
           arrive
           upon
           the
           Agitation
           of
           this
           Question
           ,
           by
           exposing
           the
           Life
           of
           the
           
             Present
             Prince
          
           ,
           to
           a
           thousand
           Difficultyes
           ,
           and
           Hazzards
           ,
           in
           the
           Contemplation
           of
           either
           Preventing
           ,
           or
           Establishing
           the
           Successor
           ;
           Whereas
           in
           the
           Regular
           Course
           of
           Order
           ,
           and
           Government
           ,
           there
           's
           no
           place
           for
           those
           Extraordinary
           Deliberations
           .
           And
           to
           me
           it
           seems
           to
           Imply
           less
           Veneration
           for
           the
           Sacred
           Life
           of
           a
           Prince
           ,
           then
           we
           ought
           to
           have
           ;
           if
           we
           can
           with
           so
           much
           Indifference
           ,
           think
           of
           the
           Death
           of
           our
           
             Present
             Sovereign
          
           ,
           and
           yet
           at
           the
           same
           time
           enter
           into
           Fribbling
           and
           
             Captious
             Questions
          
           about
           the
           
             Successor
             Nig●am
             Illam
             Diem
             ,
             &
             Luctusam
             expectare
             ,
             Peccare
             est
             contra
             ,
             &
             C●●iles
             omnes
             ,
             &
             Naturales
             Leges
             .
             Neque
             certe
             Disputationem
             de
             Regiâ
             Successione
             ,
             contra
             Regis
             ipsuis
             Vol●●tatem
             ,
             Ipse
             Rege
             Vivo
             ,
             Institutam
             ,
             unquam
             viri
             boni
             probaverunt
             .
          
        
         
           
             It
             is
             against
             the
             Laws
             both
             of
          
           Nature
           
             and
             of
          
           Nations
           ,
           
             to
             stand
             Calculating
             ,
             in
             the
             Contemplation
             of
             that
             Black
             ,
             and
             Dismal
             Event
             .
             Nor
             did
             ever
             any
             Good
             man
             approve
             of
             Entring
             into
             a
             Dispute
             about
             the
             next
             Successor
             to
             a
             Crown
             ,
             during
             the
             Life
             ,
             and
             contrary
             to
             the
             Will
             ,
             of
             the
             Royall
             Incumbent
             .
          
           This
           was
           the
           Judgment
           of
           a
           
             French
             Apologist
          
           for
           Harry
           the
           4th
           .
           and
           not
           without
           very
           great
           reason
           too
           ;
           for
           men
           grow
           weary
           of
           the
           
             Present
             King
          
           ;
           Intent
           upon
           the
           Successor
           ;
           Enemies
           to
           the
           Government
           in
           Being
           ,
           as
           Placing
           their
           thoughts
           and
           Fortunes
           wholly
           upon
           the
           Reversion
           :
           Insomuch
           ,
           that
           they
           look
           upon
           themselves
           at
           last
           as
           (
           Effectually
           )
           the
           Subjects
           of
           
             Another
             Iurisdiction
          
           ;
           and
           Contract
           a
           False
           ,
           and
           pernicious
           Interest
           in
           the
           removal
           of
           their
           Soveraign
           .
           And
           it
           is
           not
           all
           neither
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           Transported
           by
           the
           hopes
           of
           Advantage
           ,
           and
           Preferment
           ,
           into
           These
           Undutifull
           Deliberations
           ;
           but
           when
           they
           are
           once
           
             In
             ▪
          
           and
           Pinch'd
           betwixt
           the
           Dread
           of
           Revenge
           from
           the
           
             Injur'd
             Successor
          
           ,
           on
           the
           One
           hand
           ,
           and
           of
           
             Legall
             Iustice
          
           from
           an
           
             Embroyl'd
             Government
          
           on
           the
           Other
           ;
           there
           's
           no
           Retreating
           :
           Nor
           any
           other
           way
           left
           them
           ,
           then
           to
           attempt
           the
           saving
           of
           themselves
           by
           a
           Common
           Ruine
           .
           How
           miserable
           now
           is
           the
           Condition
           of
           that
           State
           ,
           when
           all
           these
           Devills
           of
           
             Avarice
             ,
             Ambition
             ,
             D●spair
          
           ,
           and
           Iealousy
           ,
           are
           let
           loose
           upon
           the
           Government
           .
        
         
         
           Now
           there
           is
           none
           of
           these
           Hazzards
           or
           Difficultyes
           ,
           upon
           the
           Succession
           of
           a
           Prince
           that
           comes
           to
           the
           Crown
           by
           a
           Right
           of
           Descent
           ,
           where
           the
           Government
           is
           quietly
           Devolv'd
           upon
           him
           by
           the
           Gentle
           Methods
           of
           Providence
           ,
           without
           the
           Irregular
           ,
           and
           Tumultuary
           favour
           of
           the
           People
           ;
           and
           without
           any
           Eccentrick
           Motions
           ,
           or
           Passions
           ,
           to
           the
           Peril
           or
           Detriment
           of
           the
           Publique
           .
           Nay
           the
           very
           Enquiry
           was
           look't
           upon
           by
           Antiquity
           ,
           as
           a
           thing
           so
           Impious
           &
           Undutiful
           ,
           that
           the
           
             fifth
             Council
          
           of
           Toledo
           Punish'd
           the
           very
           
             Question
             ,
             [
             who
             should
             Succed
             to
             the
             Crown
             after
             the
             Death
             of
             the
             King
             ?
             ]
          
           with
           Excommunication
           ;
           and
           
             that
             Decree
          
           was
           Confirmed
           also
           by
           the
           
             next
             following
             Council
          
           .
           Not
           but
           that
           a
           man
           may
           love
           the
           King
           and
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           yet
           out
           of
           a
           misguided
           Zeal
           Oppose
           the
           Succession
           .
           But
           there
           is
           also
           a
           Designing
           ,
           a
           Spitefull
           ,
           and
           Seditious
           Mixture
           even
           in
           that
           Composition
           ;
           as
           appears
           by
           the
           Writings
           and
           Practices
           that
           are
           Employ'd
           in
           favour
           of
           that
           Interest
           .
           First
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           Designing
           Part
           ,
           the
           Cause
           is
           not
           manag'd
           according
           to
           the
           Peaceable
           Methods
           of
           Charity
           and
           Religion
           ;
           but
           in
           such
           a
           manner
           ,
           as
           to
           Irritate
           and
           Enflame
           the
           Multitude
           by
           Arguments
           rather
           of
           Terrour
           ,
           then
           of
           Reason
           .
           2ly
           ,
           the
           spite
           ,
           and
           Malice
           of
           the
           Humour
           shews
           it self
           manifestly
           in
           this
           ;
           That
           they
           are
           little
           better
           then
           Stark
           mad
           upon
           the
           striking
           of
           them
           in
           that
           Vein
           ,
           and
           forget
           what
           they
           Owe
           to
           the
           
             Heir
             of
             the
             Crown
          
           ;
           the
           Character
           of
           an
           
             Illustrious
             Prince
          
           ;
           to
           the
           Brother
           of
           their
           Sovereign
           ,
           to
           the
           Bravery
           ,
           the
           Virtues
           ,
           and
           the
           Services
           of
           his
           Person
           ;
           to
           the
           Honour
           ,
           the
           Safety
           ,
           and
           Tranquillity
           of
           their
           Country
           ;
           to
           the
           
             Clemency
             ,
             Conscience
          
           ,
           and
           Iustice
           of
           a
           
             Protestant
             Prince
          
           ;
           to
           the
           Dignity
           of
           their
           Profession
           ;
           and
           to
           the
           Duty
           of
           Subjects
           .
           They
           cast
           off
           all
           Respects
           to
           Modesty
           and
           Good
           Manners
           ,
           in
           their
           Ribaldry
           ,
           and
           Revilings
           ;
           and
           lay
           themselves
           so
           open
           in
           these
           Intemperate
           Outages
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           with
           a
           better
           Grace
           Expose
           themselves
           naked
           in
           the
           Market-place
           .
           He
           that
           shall
           compare
           this
           way
           of
           Desending
           ,
           or
           Propagating
           Religion
           ,
           with
           the
           Rules
           and
           Precepts
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           will
           easily
           satisfy
           himself
           of
           what
           Spirit
           they
           are
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           the
           Seditious
           Intent
           of
           the
           Libells
           that
           have
           been
           Publish'd
           upon
           this
           Subject
           ,
           is
           as
           Clear
           as
           the
           Light
           ;
           for
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           while
           they
           are
           hammering
           into
           the
           Peoples
           Heads
           a
           dread
           of
           the
           Succession
           ,
           they
           are
           likewise
           .
           Practicing
           upon
           the
           Honour
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           Undermining
           the
           Monarchy
           .
           For
           what
           's
           the
           Reason
           of
           our
           Scriblers
           Insisting
           so
           obstinately
           upon
           this
           Particular
           ;
           but
           First
           ;
           as
           a
           Point
           which
           the
           People
           will
           most
           probably
           take
           fire
           at
           .
           
           And
           2ly
           ,
           as
           a
           thing
           which
           they
           are
           sure
           before-hand
           his
           Majesty
           neither
           can
           ,
           nor
           will
           ever
           Consent
           to
           ?
           And
           from
           hence
           ,
           they
           take
           their
           Rise
           to
           a
           Deliberation
           how
           the
           Business
           may
           be
           done
           without
           him
           :
           till
           by
           foft
           ,
           and
           Insensible
           Degrees
           ,
           they
           Screw
           the
           Government
           off
           the
           Hinges
           .
        
         
           The
           First
           Clamour
           is
           against
           the
           Successor
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           Popery
           ;
           and
           against
           the
           
             King
             himself
          
           upon
           the
           Rebound
           ,
           for
           not
           going
           their
           way
           to
           work
           to
           Prevent
           it
           .
           Their
           next
           Complaint
           is
           either
           for
           want
           of
           ,
           or
           for
           Fruitless
           Parliaments
           ,
           and
           nothing
           can
           be
           more
           Scandalous
           ,
           or
           Dangerous
           ,
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           then
           these
           two
           Calumnyes
           .
           So
           soon
           as
           they
           have
           wrought
           upon
           the
           People
           to
           
             Think
             ill
          
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           their
           next
           work
           is
           to
           Dispose
           them
           toward
           the
           Treating
           of
           him
           ill
           :
           And
           this
           is
           done
           by
           Provocation
           ,
           and
           Perswasion
           :
           for
           it
           is
           a
           Fair
           step
           toward
           the
           making
           of
           a
           man
           believe
           it
           Lawfull
           to
           do
           a
           thing
           ,
           if
           he
           can
           but
           be
           brought
           to
           have
           a
           Mind
           to
           do
           it
           .
           By
           Remonstrances
           ,
           and
           Appeals
           ,
           they
           Compass
           the
           Former
           ;
           and
           then
           by
           Positions
           ,
           and
           
             False
             Principles
          
           Insinuate
           the
           Other
           .
           It
           is
           First
           the
           Kings
           Duty
           ,
           they
           say
           ,
           to
           Call
           
             Annuall
             Parliaments
             .
             2ly
          
           .
           To
           let
           those
           Parliaments
           sit
           till
           they
           have
           Redress'd
           all
           
             Grievances
             .
             3ly
          
           .
           They
           Inferr
           from
           hence
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Common
             Hall
          
           is
           to
           Prescribe
           both
           the
           Time
           ,
           and
           the
           Business
           for
           these
           Parliaments
           .
           4ly
           .
           That
           the
           King
           is
           made
           for
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           People
           for
           the
           King
           ;
           and
           therefore
           what
           
             he
             will
          
           not
           ,
           
             they
             may
          
           ,
           and
           
             must
             .
             2ly
          
           ,
           that
           
             Passive
             Obedience
             is
             a
             Bugbear
          
           ;
           And
           
             Defensive
             Arms
             Lawfull
          
           in
           the
           Case
           of
           Popery
           ,
           and
           
             Religion
             .
             6ly
          
           ,
           It
           is
           but
           Cares
           or
           Ianeways
           declaring
           ,
           that
           the
           Clapping
           up
           of
           the
           
             Protestant
             Ioyner
          
           is
           a
           
             Levying
             of
             War
             ,
             upon
             the
             Commoners
             of
          
           England
           ,
           and
           the
           Business
           is
           done
           .
           To
           Conclude
           ,
           What
           is
           the
           Upshot
           of
           all
           this
           Libelling
           Contest
           ,
           but
           to
           set
           up
           a
           
             Popular
             Faction
          
           ,
           under
           Colour
           of
           Opposing
           a
           
             Popish
             Successor
          
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           Instance
           of
           a
           Pragmaticall
           Club
           of
           Mutineeres
           ,
           to
           put
           Three
           Kingdoms
           again
           in
           a
           Flame
           ,
           for
           the
           Rosting
           of
           their
           Eggs
           ?
        
         
           The
           End.