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           The
           Zealous
           ,
           and
           Impartial
           PROTESTANT
           ,
           SHEWING
           Some
           great
           ,
           but
           less
           heeded
           DANGERS
           OF
           POPERY
           .
           In
           Order
           to
           
             Thorough
             and
             Effectual
             Security
             against
             it
             .
          
           In
           a
           LETTER
           To
           a
           Member
           of
           PARLIAMENT
           .
        
         
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           by
           
             M.
             C.
          
           for
           
             Henry
             Brome
          
           at
           the
           Gun
           in
           S.
           Pauls
           Churchyard
           .
           1681.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           The
           Zealous
           and
           Impartial
           PROTESTANT
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           WE
           have
           discourst
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           the
           Popish
           Plot
           ,
           and
           the
           commonly
           acknowledg'd
           dangers
           of
           Popery
           :
           On
           that
           side
           we
           are
           justly
           sensible
           of
           our
           Perils
           ,
           and
           have
           not
           much
           need
           of
           more
           Warnings
           to
           look
           about
           us
           .
           But
           all
           the
           danger
           of
           Popery
           doth
           not
           lie
           one
           way
           ;
           it
           hath
           other
           Methods
           to
           advance
           its
           Interests
           besides
           Killing
           and
           Burning
           ;
           and
           of
           some
           of
           those
           I
           doubt
           we
           are
           not
           sufficiently
           aware
           .
           Like
           the
           percht
           Phesant
           we
           look
           so
           intently
           at
           the
           danger
           that
           makes
           the
           loud
           Noise
           ,
           that
           we
           little
           heed
           the
           Enemy
           behind
           the
           Bush
           ,
           that
           is
           ready
           to
           shoot
           us
           off
           .
           I
           remember
           I
           said
           when
           I
           last
           waited
           on
           you
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           ways
           in
           which
           Popery
           is
           silently
           promoted
           ;
           I
           shall
           now
           represent
           some
           of
           them
           to
           you
           with
           Honest
           ,
           and
           Impartial
           plainness
           ,
           as
           becomes
           one
           ,
           who
           is
           an
           hearty
           enemy
           to
           Popery
           in
           all
           the
           Steps
           ,
           and
           Methods
           of
           it
           .
           And
        
         
           THe
           
             First
             occasion
          
           of
           our
           farther
           Danger
           that
           I
           shall
           mention
           is
           ,
           the
           present
           Diminution
           ,
           (
           not
           to
           say
           Extinction
           )
           
             of
             Reverence
             to
             the
             Authority
             of
             the
             Church
             of
          
           England
           ,
           and
           the
           Protestant
           Reformation
           ,
           by
           Law
           establish't
           .
           Popery
           was
           not
           thrown
           out
           here
           by
           
             Rebellion
             ,
             Sedition
          
           ,
           or
           popular
           Tumults
           ;
           but
           
             this
             Church
          
           was
           in
           a
           regular
           way
           Reformed
           ,
           by
           the
           deliberate
           
           and
           grave
           Counsels
           of
           our
           
             Rulers
             ;
             These
          
           our
           Reformers
           purged
           out
           the
           Roman
           Corruptions
           ;
           and
           in
           their
           steads
           ,
           settled
           the
           
             Ancient
             Primitive
             Christianity
          
           ,
           which
           was
           establish'd
           by
           all
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           both
           Ecclesiastical
           ,
           and
           Civil
           :
           and
           
             this
             Establishment
          
           in
           Doctrine
           ,
           Discipline
           ,
           and
           Worship
           ,
           is
           that
           by
           which
           we
           know
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           .
        
         
           This
           ,
           our
           pious
           Reformers
           ,
           Kings
           and
           Parliaments
           ,
           by
           the
           advice
           of
           Learned
           ,
           Grave
           Divines
           ,
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           setled
           ,
           and
           bound
           upon
           us
           by
           most
           solemn
           Sanctions
           ;
           this
           they
           fixt
           as
           the
           
             National
             Profession
          
           ,
           to
           stand
           so
           in
           
             all
             Times
          
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           serve
           only
           for
           a
           
             present
             Expedient
          
           (
           as
           some
           talk
           in
           their
           Dream
           )
           for
           their
           Reformation
           they
           founded
           upon
           the
           
             Holy
             Scripture
          
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           Practice
           of
           the
           First
           and
           Purest
           Times
           ,
           of
           the
           Primitive
           Fathers
           and
           
             Councils
             ,
             Christ
          
           himself
           being
           the
           Corner-Stone
           :
           And
           the
           Grounds
           being
           unalterable
           ,
           the
           thing
           setled
           on
           them
           ,
           ought
           (
           in
           the
           main
           )
           to
           be
           so
           ,
           and
           must
           have
           been
           so
           intended
           by
           those
           Excellent
           men
           ,
           who
           so
           well
           knew
           what
           they
           did
           ,
           and
           the
           Reasons
           of
           their
           so
           doing
           .
        
         
           Here
           was
           our
           Religion
           now
           purged
           from
           Popery
           ;
           a
           Religion
           that
           in
           the
           whole
           Constitution
           of
           it
           ,
           hath
           the
           greatest
           antipathy
           to
           that
           corrupt
           Profession
           ;
           this
           is
           our
           
             old
             Protestantism
             ,
             that
          
           ,
           which
           was
           persecuted
           by
           Papists
           with
           Fire
           ,
           and
           Faggot
           ;
           that
           ,
           which
           divers
           of
           the
           Reformers
           themselves
           sealed
           with
           their
           Blood
           ,
           in
           opposition
           to
           
             Popish
             Idolatries
          
           ,
           and
           Superstitions
           :
           This
           was
           the
           Way
           ,
           the
           Religion
           of
           the
           happy
           Elizabeth-Days
           ,
           which
           are
           yet
           so
           Celebrated
           ,
           so
           glorious
           among
           Protestants
           ;
           and
           that
           finally
           ,
           which
           was
           stood
           to
           ,
           contended
           for
           ,
           to
           the
           Death
           ,
           by
           the
           
             Royal
             Martyr
          
           ,
           King
           Charles
           the
           First
           .
           Here
           then
           is
           the
           
             standing
             Bulwark
          
           against
           Popery
           ,
           this
           is
           
             Primitive
             Christianity
          
           restored
           ,
           our
           Anti-papistry
           :
           The
           Protestantism
           we
           understand
           ,
           and
           can
           defend
           :
           and
           the
           Establishment
           and
           Maintenance
           of
           this
           ,
           is
           our
           security
           against
           the
           Popish
           Depravations
           .
        
         
           When
           we
           would
           destroy
           this
           ,
           some
           thing
           we
           must
           set
           up
           ;
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           is
           that
           which
           our
           Protestant
           Law-givers
           
           have
           erected
           ,
           have
           by
           so
           many
           Laws
           confirmed
           ;
           This
           now
           is
           twisted
           with
           our
           Monarchy
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           frame
           of
           our
           Civil
           Government
           :
           so
           that
           the
           overthrow
           of
           one
           ,
           will
           be
           the
           destruction
           of
           both
           .
           If
           
             this
             Church
          
           should
           be
           overturned
           (
           which
           God
           forbid
           )
           confusion
           in
           the
           State
           must
           follow
           ,
           and
           then
           Anarchy
           ,
           and
           cutting
           Throats
           ;
           and
           't
           is
           most
           likely
           ,
           Popery
           at
           last
           .
           For
           when
           this
           Constitution
           is
           ruined
           ,
           we
           must
           to
           
             new
             Modelling
          
           ;
           And
           where
           shall
           we
           rest
           ?
           Every
           Pretence
           ,
           every
           Way
           hath
           as
           much
           right
           ,
           as
           any
           other
           of
           the
           Competitors
           ;
           and
           then
           we
           fall
           into
           a
           Scufle
           ,
           and
           endless
           Disorders
           ;
           and
           who
           but
           the
           
             Roman
             Church
          
           will
           get
           by
           that
           ?
           If
           
             this
             Fortification
          
           should
           be
           dismantled
           ,
           before
           we
           could
           get
           another
           in
           the
           place
           of
           it
           ,
           Popery
           ,
           in
           all
           likelihood
           ,
           would
           be
           with
           us
           .
        
         
           Now
           this
           Bulwark
           we
           are
           (
           many
           of
           us
           )
           throwing
           down
           ,
           and
           taking
           away
           the
           Ordinance
           ,
           and
           Artillery
           :
           Or
           rather
           we
           
             have
             done
          
           it
           ,
           in
           great
           part
           ;
           and
           have
           made
           the
           Church
           weak
           ,
           and
           defenceless
           .
           The
           Authority
           ,
           the
           Coercive
           Power
           ,
           in
           effect
           ,
           is
           gone
           :
           And
           what
           doth
           Vice
           ,
           or
           Humour
           ,
           or
           Faction
           care
           for
           
             Words
             ,
             Papers
             ,
             Arguments
             ?
             Excommunication
          
           is
           the
           penalty
           ,
           and
           we
           know
           how
           little
           that
           is
           made
           to
           signifie
           :
           so
           that
           the
           Church
           is
           obeyed
           by
           as
           many
           as
           please
           ,
           and
           as
           long
           as
           those
           please
           :
           Such
           as
           will
           not
           at
           all
           ,
           or
           but
           in
           this
           ,
           and
           that
           ,
           take
           their
           own
           course
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           but
           little
           remedy
           .
           This
           is
           the
           plain
           ,
           sad
           truth
           .
           Laws
           we
           have
           still
           ,
           but
           the
           multitude
           of
           Offenders
           (
           with
           other
           things
           )
           make
           all
           in
           a
           manner
           unpracticable
           .
           The
           Authority
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           Reverence
           ,
           is
           lost
           and
           gone
           ;
           the
           People
           dissolv'd
           ,
           and
           at
           loose
           :
           They
           fear
           not
           ,
           they
           care
           not
           for
           
             Ecclesiastical
             Laws
          
           ,
           or
           Penalties
           :
           They
           will
           follow
           their
           own
           Ways
           ,
           and
           the
           Teachers
           they
           have
           
             heap'd
             up
             to
             themselves
          
           ;
           and
           the
           few
           that
           are
           left
           with
           us
           ,
           are
           (
           divers
           of
           them
           )
           ready
           to
           be
           gone
           too
           ,
           as
           soon
           as
           they
           are
           punish'd
           ,
           or
           take
           Pet
           ,
           and
           the
           Governors
           ,
           and
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Church
           do
           not
           humour
           them
           .
           So
           that
           the
           strength
           of
           the
           Church
           is
           broken
           ;
           little
           of
           the
           Fortress
           is
           left
           standing
           ,
           besides
           the
           
             dead
             Walls
          
           ;
           and
           even
           these
           many
           would
           have
           down
           too
           :
           
             Down
             with
             it
             ,
             down
             with
             it
             even
             to
             the
             ground
             ,
          
           is
           the
           Cry.
           
        
         
         
           This
           is
           a
           sad
           part
           of
           the
           state
           of
           our
           Church
           ,
           and
           this
           its
           weak
           ,
           almost
           ruined
           Condition
           ,
           hath
           no
           doubt
           been
           the
           great
           temptation
           to
           many
           to
           desert
           it
           .
           Every
           Constitution
           ,
           every
           Government
           ought
           to
           have
           Authority
           ,
           and
           Power
           ;
           or
           it
           is
           Precarious
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           in
           a
           little
           time
           Contemptible
           :
           And
           ours
           having
           been
           made
           so
           by
           the
           loss
           of
           its
           strength
           ,
           and
           due
           force
           ,
           no
           wonder
           if
           it
           falls
           into
           disesteem
           ,
           even
           among
           divers
           that
           formerly
           revered
           it
           :
           No
           wonder
           if
           these
           ,
           being
           so
           prejudiced
           ,
           betake
           themselves
           to
           a
           Church
           which
           
             hath
             Authority
          
           ,
           hath
           Power
           .
           They
           have
           been
           brought
           up
           (
           perhaps
           )
           under
           a
           fense
           of
           the
           necessity
           of
           Ecclesiastical
           Government
           and
           Authority
           ;
           of
           the
           Obedience
           ,
           and
           Reverence
           that
           is
           due
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           its
           Constitutions
           ;
           and
           of
           the
           
             Mischiefs
             ,
             Schisms
          
           ,
           and
           Confusions
           that
           arise
           from
           the
           want
           of
           these
           :
           And
           then
           observing
           ,
           that
           our
           Church
           is
           so
           weakned
           ,
           so
           disabled
           ,
           so
           despised
           and
           affronted
           ,
           they
           bid
           adieu
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           betake
           themselves
           to
           
             that
             Corrupt
             ,
             Idolatrous
             Church
          
           ,
           that
           yet
           hath
           Authority
           ,
           hath
           Rule
           over
           its
           Members
           .
        
         
           This
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           I
           dare
           say
           ,
           hath
           been
           one
           of
           the
           chief
           occasions
           of
           the
           late
           increase
           of
           Popery
           ,
           and
           Papists
           ,
           and
           the
           revolt
           of
           so
           many
           from
           the
           Reformed
           Communion
           .
           For
           one
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           immediate
           consequent
           of
           want
           of
           Power
           in
           any
           Church
           ,
           is
           
             general
             Carelessness
          
           ,
           and
           Neglects
           ,
           and
           the
           loss
           of
           all
           Solemnity
           in
           Worship
           :
           Congregations
           will
           be
           thin
           ,
           and
           their
           Deportment
           ;
           and
           publick
           Devotions
           negligent
           ,
           and
           indecent
           ,
           which
           greatly
           scandalize
           the
           regular
           and
           truly
           devout
           ,
           who
           are
           therefore
           the
           more
           easily
           tempted
           to
           put
           themselves
           among
           those
           with
           whom
           there
           is
           more
           appearance
           of
           decence
           and
           solemnity
           ,
           in
           the
           exercise
           of
           Religion
           .
        
         
           This
           hath
           been
           a
           Rock
           of
           offence
           ,
           and
           Stone
           of
           stumbling
           :
           The
           way
           to
           remove
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           prevent
           the
           further
           Mischiefs
           ,
           would
           be
           to
           
             Establish
             the
             Church
             of
             England
          
           ,
           and
           to
           give
           it
           Authority
           .
        
         
           We
           are
           at
           present
           very
           zealous
           against
           Popery
           ,
           (
           thanks
           be
           to
           God
           for
           any
           true
           Zeal
           against
           false
           Worship
           )
           but
           methinks
           too
           much
           of
           our
           Zeal
           is
           only
           Negative
           ;
           we
           are
           for
           
             throwing
             down
          
           
           Popery
           ,
           but
           we
           talk
           little
           of
           
             establishing
             any
             thing
          
           ;
           and
           while
           't
           is
           so
           ,
           our
           Zeal
           is
           lame
           ,
           and
           imperfect
           ,
           and
           will
           never
           effect
           any
           thing
           to
           purpose
           .
           If
           we
           will
           secure
           our selves
           against
           Papism
           effectually
           ,
           we
           must
           fix
           ,
           and
           establish
           some
           Constitution
           of
           Religion
           ,
           that
           may
           be
           a
           
             constant
             Fence
          
           against
           it
           .
           Popery
           we
           will
           not
           have
           ;
           so
           far
           we
           are
           right
           ,
           but
           what
           are
           we
           for
           ?
           Something
           we
           must
           :
           Popery
           will
           not
           be
           run
           down
           by
           Atheism
           ;
           if
           we
           have
           no
           Religion
           ,
           or
           none
           Establish'd
           (
           which
           will
           come
           to
           the
           same
           )
           the
           Roman
           Religion
           will
           prevail
           ,
           at
           long
           run
           ,
           in
           despight
           of
           us
           :
           Some
           Religion
           (
           the
           worst
           )
           will
           be
           too
           hard
           for
           none
           ;
           at
           least
           't
           will
           have
           mens
           Hearts
           ,
           and
           then
           above
           half
           the
           work
           is
           done
           .
           We
           must
           not
           think
           to
           keep
           out
           Popery
           by
           meer
           
             brutal
             force
          
           ,
           as
           the
           Heathens
           attempted
           to
           extinguish
           Christianity
           :
           If
           we
           would
           go
           the
           right
           ,
           the
           
             effectual
             way
          
           ,
           we
           should
           endeavour
           it
           by
           professing
           ,
           by
           settling
           a
           better
           ,
           a
           more
           Catholick
           ,
           more
           ancient
           ,
           more
           holy
           Religion
           than
           theirs
           .
           A
           bad
           Religion
           is
           most
           effectually
           driven
           out
           by
           a
           good
           ;
           not
           by
           none
           .
        
         
           Well
           ,
           something
           must
           be
           establish'd
           ;
           And
           what
           do
           we
           desire
           ?
           Would
           we
           have
           Presbytery
           ?
           That
           is
           new
           ;
           that
           is
           different
           from
           the
           Primitive
           usage
           of
           the
           Christian
           Church
           ,
           that
           is
           unformed
           yet
           by
           the
           very
           Nation
           of
           the
           Patrons
           ,
           't
           is
           an
           Idea
           different
           as
           every
           mans
           phancy
           is
           ,
           the
           men
           themselves
           have
           not
           yet
           agreed
           upon
           the
           Scheme
           ;
           and
           God
           knows
           when
           they
           would
           agree
           ,
           if
           the
           Matter
           were
           left
           to
           them
           ;
           and
           when
           that
           is
           done
           ,
           What
           may
           it
           cost
           us
           before
           it
           can
           be
           establish'd
           ?
           How
           long
           may
           it
           be
           before
           the
           People
           are
           well
           reconciled
           to
           the
           Novelty
           ?
           And
           if
           ever
           it
           be
           establish'd
           ,
           the
           
             Ecclesiastical
             Supremacy
          
           is
           gone
           from
           the
           right
           place
           ,
           and
           indeed
           the
           
             Royal
             Power
          
           every
           where
           is
           lost
           .
           The
           King
           is
           a
           Subject
           .
           He
           hath
           only
           changed
           his
           
             Lord
             ,
             one
          
           for
           many
           ,
           the
           Pope
           ,
           for
           the
           Synod
           and
           Elders
           .
           The
           Gentry
           and
           People
           are
           ,
           
             ipso
             facto
             ,
             Slaves
          
           ;
           and
           then
           we
           have
           talkt
           ,
           and
           contrived
           well
           for
           Liberty
           .
           Let
           Presbytery
           be
           considered
           where
           it
           hath
           been
           ,
           in
           
             Geneva
             ,
             Scotland
          
           ,
           little
           Essays
           of
           it
           in
           England
           ,
           and
           then
           let
           any
           tell
           me
           if
           it
           be
           not
           so
           .
           He
           that
           owns
           not
           this
           ,
           knows
           it
           not
           ,
           We
           shall
           then
           neither
           Marry
           ,
           nor
           take
           a
           Servant
           ,
           nor
           dispose
           of
           a
           Child
           ,
           nor
           
           order
           any
           of
           our
           
             Domestique
             Affairs
          
           ,
           without
           the
           cognizance
           ,
           and
           arbitrement
           of
           the
           Elders
           :
           Every
           word
           we
           speak
           ,
           every
           thing
           we
           do
           ,
           must
           come
           under
           their
           censure
           ,
           and
           be
           exposed
           to
           their
           Chastisement
           .
           It
           will
           ,
           in
           short
           ,
           be
           a
           Yoke
           to
           our
           Necks
           ,
           which
           neither
           We
           ,
           nor
           
             our
             Children
          
           will
           ever
           be
           able
           to
           bear
           .
           And
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           those
           that
           understand
           themselves
           and
           it
           ,
           will
           be
           ready
           to
           say
           ,
           We
           would
           not
           have
           this
           .
           Let
           those
           that
           know
           it
           not
           ,
           read
           the
           late
           History
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           and
           then
           speak
           if
           they
           would
           .
        
         
           But
           what
           then
           would
           we
           be
           at
           ?
           Is
           it
           Independency
           we
           would
           have
           ?
           This
           is
           a
           thing
           different
           from
           the
           practice
           of
           the
           whole
           Christian
           World
           ,
           unknown
           to
           Ancient
           ,
           or
           later
           Times
           ,
           except
           here
           in
           the
           days
           of
           Rebellion
           ,
           and
           in
           
             New
             England
          
           now
           .
           Popery
           takes
           away
           one
           of
           the
           Elements
           from
           the
           Laity
           in
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           the
           
             Lord's
             Supper
             ,
             this
          
           takes
           away
           
             both
             Elements
          
           from
           all
           ,
           but
           a
           very
           few
           ;
           for
           they
           impropriate
           the
           Communion
           to
           their
           separated
           Company
           .
           Popery
           takes
           away
           part
           of
           one
           Sacrament
           ,
           these
           take
           away
           the
           whole
           of
           both
           Sacraments
           ;
           for
           they
           allow
           not
           Baptism
           to
           be
           Administred
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           Children
           of
           their
           own
           Sect.
           Popery
           keeps
           the
           Scriptures
           up
           in
           an
           
             unknown
             Tongue
          
           ;
           and
           these
           make
           it
           a
           
             dead
             Letter
          
           ,
           a
           nothing
           to
           all
           ,
           but
           those
           that
           have
           
             their
             Spirit
          
           to
           understand
           ,
           and
           interpret
           .
           Popery
           damns
           all
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           is
           without
           the
           pale
           of
           their
           pretended
           Catholick
           Church
           ,
           and
           these
           
             unchurch
             ,
             unchristian
             all
          
           ,
           but
           a
           few
           
             Hypocrites
             ,
             Phanatiques
          
           of
           their
           own
           sort
           .
           One
           of
           them
           ,
           
             Lewis
             Du
             Moulin
             ,
             Cromwel's
          
           Historian
           in
           Oxford
           ,
           hath
           writ
           a
           Pamphlet
           lately
           ,
           to
           prove
           ,
           
             That
             not
             one
             in
             an
          
           100000
           (
           
             nay
             ,
             probably
             not
             one
             in
             a
             Million
          
           )
           since
           Adam
           ,
           
             shall
             be
             saved
          
           ;
           and
           that
           one
           is
           an
           Independent
           ,
           no
           doubt
           .
           Popery
           requires
           
             auricular
             Confession
          
           to
           a
           Priest
           ;
           and
           these
           require
           a
           
             particular
             Story
          
           of
           every
           mans
           Conversion
           before
           their
           Congregation
           ,
           as
           the
           first
           necessary
           condition
           of
           Communion
           .
           Popery
           pretends
           that
           the
           Roman
           Church
           is
           Infallible
           ;
           and
           these
           reckon
           every
           one
           of
           their
           private
           Spirits
           to
           be
           little
           less
           .
           So
           that
           this
           in
           many
           things
           symbolizeth
           with
           ,
           and
           is
           as
           intolerable
           as
           Popery
           it self
           ;
           and
           what
           the
           Tyranny
           of
           it
           is
           ,
           may
           be
           read
           in
           the
           
           Story
           of
           our
           late
           Confusions
           ,
           particularly
           in
           the
           History
           of
           Independency
           :
           And
           
             New
             England
          
           can
           let
           us
           know
           ,
           how
           gentle
           they
           are
           ,
           where
           they
           have
           Power
           ,
           and
           how
           much
           for
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           ;
           for
           they
           there
           Hang
           up
           their
           own
           Off-spring
           ,
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           for
           professing
           ,
           and
           living
           to
           the
           Principles
           ,
           that
           they
           themselves
           teach
           .
        
         
           And
           both
           Presbyterians
           ,
           and
           Independents
           agree
           with
           Papists
           in
           this
           also
           ,
           
             viz.
             In
             binding
             the
             heavy
             burdens
             of
             their
             own
             disputable
          
           (
           and
           some
           of
           them
           impious
           ,
           and
           absurd
           )
           
             Doctrines
             ,
             upon
             the
             Minds
             and
             Consciences
             of
             men
             ,
             under
             the
             penalty
             of
             being
             Vnchurch'd
             ,
             and
             Ruined
             :
          
           They
           are
           both
           severe
           Inquisitors
           into
           mens
           Opinions
           ,
           and
           will
           allow
           no
           latitude
           of
           thinking
           beyond
           their
           
             dear
             Orthodoxy
          
           ,
           contain'd
           in
           their
           
             large
             Confessions
          
           of
           Faith
           ;
           which
           are
           Creeds
           they
           make
           ,
           over
           and
           above
           the
           Apostolick
           ,
           and
           Primitive
           ones
           ,
           as
           the
           Papists
           do
           ,
           
             teaching
             for
             Doctrines
          
           (
           necessary
           fundamental
           Doctrines
           )
           
             the
             Traditions
             of
             men
          
           ,
           those
           of
           their
           own
           Party
           .
        
         
           These
           therefore
           I
           suppose
           ,
           and
           hope
           ,
           will
           not
           suit
           us
           ;
           I
           am
           sure
           they
           will
           not
           suit
           either
           Monarchy
           in
           Government
           ,
           nor
           the
           Liberty
           of
           the
           Subject
           :
           No
           ,
           they
           will
           comport
           with
           nothing
           but
           Democracy
           ,
           or
           Anarehy
           ,
           both
           which
           are
           Tyrannies
           ,
           and
           the
           worst
           sort
           .
           And
           I
           believe
           few
           or
           none
           of
           the
           intelligent
           English
           Gentlemen
           can
           think
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           what
           then
           can
           we
           desire
           ?
           what
           can
           we
           propose
           to
           have
           ?
           Is
           there
           some
           
             know
             not
             what
          
           ,
           yet
           to
           be
           found
           out
           ?
           Is
           there
           any
           new
           Models
           yet
           to
           be
           invented
           ,
           unknown
           ,
           unpractised
           in
           any
           Age
           ,
           or
           Nation
           of
           the
           Christian
           World
           ?
           Many
           there
           are
           in
           the
           Brains
           of
           conceited
           men
           ;
           
             whose
             Wind-mill
          
           shall
           be
           set
           up
           ?
           What
           shall
           give
           it
           Reverence
           and
           Authority
           ?
           What
           shall
           secure
           it
           against
           the
           rest
           that
           equally
           pretend
           ?
           How
           shall
           it
           get
           hold
           upon
           the
           Consciences
           of
           men
           ?
           or
           will
           we
           have
           a
           Religion
           without
           having
           Conscience
           concern'd
           ?
        
         
           What
           ever
           is
           set
           up
           as
           Religious
           Security
           against
           Popery
           ,
           must
           stand
           on
           the
           grounds
           of
           
             Scripture
             ,
             right
             Reason
          
           ,
           and
           the
           best
           and
           purest
           
             Antiquity
             ;
             Popish
          
           Corruptions
           do
           all
           consist
           in
           departure
           from
           these
           .
           If
           what
           we
           endeavour
           to
           establish
           be
           
           impeachable
           by
           
             Scripture
             ,
             Reason
          
           ,
           or
           Antiquity
           ;
           we
           destroy
           our
           own
           Grounds
           ,
           and
           disable
           our
           own
           Arguments
           against
           Popish
           Depravations
           .
           Upon
           these
           then
           we
           must
           stand
           ,
           by
           these
           we
           must
           establish
           ;
           and
           if
           these
           things
           are
           so
           ,
           what
           can
           we
           desire
           ,
           what
           can
           we
           think
           to
           have
           but
           our
           
             Old
             ,
             Protestant
             ,
             Legal
          
           Constitution
           of
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           ?
           What
           but
           this
           ,
           which
           is
           agreeable
           to
           
             Scripture
             ,
             Reason
          
           ,
           and
           
             Primitive
             Christianity
          
           (
           as
           hath
           been
           proved
           by
           many
           learned
           men
           ,
           to
           the
           shame
           both
           of
           Papists
           ,
           and
           Phanaticks
           of
           all
           sorts
           )
           accommodate
           to
           our
           Civil
           Government
           ;
           wrought
           into
           our
           Fundamental
           Laws
           ;
           suited
           to
           ,
           and
           sufficient
           for
           all
           our
           needs
           ;
           sober
           in
           its
           
             Principles
             ,
             moderate
          
           in
           its
           Government
           and
           Discipline
           :
           Its
           Articles
           are
           not
           imposed
           on
           the
           Conscience
           as
           all
           Fundamentals
           ,
           and
           of
           necessity
           to
           Salvation
           (
           as
           Popish
           ,
           and
           Presbyterian
           Principles
           are
           )
           but
           as
           
             pious
             wholsome
          
           Doctrines
           ,
           Articles
           of
           Consent
           ,
           for
           the
           avoidance
           of
           Controversies
           ,
           and
           Disputes
           ;
           its
           Prayers
           are
           Grave
           and
           Serious
           ,
           without
           affectation
           ,
           or
           doubtful
           Tenents
           :
           Its
           
             Ceremonies
             few
             ,
             ancient
             ,
             decent
             ,
          
           declared
           to
           be
           in
           themselves
           alterable
           and
           indifferent
           ;
           its
           Power
           is
           owned
           to
           be
           only
           Spiritual
           ;
           what
           other
           any
           Ecclesiasticks
           have
           ,
           is
           acknowledg'd
           to
           be
           the
           favour
           of
           Kings
           ;
           it
           invades
           no
           rights
           of
           Princes
           ,
           it
           secures
           Obedience
           to
           Government
           ,
           and
           the
           interests
           of
           Societies
           :
           Its
           Penalties
           are
           all
           for
           Correction
           ,
           not
           Destruction
           ;
           it
           punisheth
           none
           for
           bare
           Opinions
           ;
           it
           readily
           receives
           Offenders
           into
           its
           Bosom
           on
           repentance
           ;
           it
           is
           not
           forward
           to
           denounce
           Curses
           against
           Dissenters
           :
           It
           is
           very
           Candid
           ,
           Charitable
           ,
           and
           Ingenuous
           to
           other
           Churches
           ;
           it
           was
           reformed
           by
           just
           Authority
           ,
           with
           great
           Temper
           ,
           and
           avoidance
           of
           Extreams
           .
           These
           particulars
           ,
           and
           a
           great
           many
           more
           to
           the
           same
           general
           purpose
           ,
           have
           been
           fully
           proved
           by
           the
           learned
           Asserters
           of
           our
           Church
           ,
           and
           lately
           in
           a
           particular
           worthy
           Discourse
           of
           the
           Moderation
           of
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           ,
           which
           is
           so
           much
           opposed
           because
           so
           unhappy
           to
           be
           so
           little
           understood
           .
        
         
           It
           will
           much
           concern
           us
           (
           now
           especially
           )
           to
           study
           and
           consider
           this
           Constitution
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           only
           mean
           between
           dangerous
           Extreams
           ;
           that
           ,
           and
           that
           only
           which
           can
           be
           made
           to
           
           stand
           :
           Other
           Models
           are
           
             Romantick
             ,
             Vnpracticable
          
           ,
           they
           may
           entertain
           the
           imagination
           of
           phantastical
           ,
           busie
           ,
           unquiet
           Innovators
           ;
           but
           will
           never
           be
           brought
           into
           a
           constant
           settlement
           of
           Practice
           ;
           or
           be
           made
           any
           security
           to
           us
           against
           Popish
           Superstitions
           :
           This
           ,
           by
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           Wise
           ,
           Sober
           Counsels
           ,
           and
           Endeavours
           ,
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           may
           :
           And
           if
           any
           Mercy
           yet
           remain
           for
           so
           sinful
           a
           People
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           made
           so
           .
           It
           is
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           ,
           the
           duty
           of
           every
           Friend
           to
           his
           Country
           ,
           of
           every
           hearty
           enemy
           to
           Popery
           ,
           in
           his
           place
           to
           endeavout
           it
           .
        
         
           Especially
           Sir
           ,
           such
           Gentlemen
           as
           you
           ,
           Representatives
           of
           your
           Country
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           I
           humbly
           think
           are
           concern'd
           to
           Consult
           ,
           and
           Act
           your
           part
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           it
           .
           We
           honour
           you
           ,
           and
           thank
           God
           for
           your
           great
           Zeal
           against
           Popery
           ;
           you
           will
           effectually
           express
           it
           to
           your
           future
           Glory
           ,
           and
           your
           own
           ,
           and
           the
           Nations
           lasting
           Security
           and
           Happiness
           ,
           by
           endeavouring
           to
           make
           firm
           ,
           and
           to
           fasten
           our
           Foundations
           ,
           by
           helping
           up
           the
           decayed
           Banks
           ,
           and
           Dams
           ,
           which
           the
           Wisdom
           and
           Piety
           of
           our
           Kings
           ,
           and
           Parliaments
           have
           made
           against
           the
           Inundation
           of
           that
           Ocean
           of
           Errors
           ,
           and
           Superstitions
           ;
           by
           labouring
           to
           build
           up
           our
           almost
           ruined
           Walls
           ,
           and
           to
           fortifie
           our
           Bulwarks
           ,
           viz.
           To
           strengthen
           the
           Religion
           of
           our
           
             Protestant
             Reformation
          
           ,
           by
           Law
           Establish'd
           ;
           that
           it
           may
           be
           yet
           more
           firmly
           ,
           and
           securely
           settled
           .
           This
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           I
           hope
           you
           in
           particular
           will
           endeavour
           ,
           and
           not
           give
           occasion
           for
           that
           Reproach
           ,
           that
           your
           Zeal
           is
           not
           for
           the
           safety
           of
           your
           Religion
           ,
           but
           of
           your
           Lands
           .
           You
           cannot
           secure
           the
           latter
           ,
           but
           by
           making
           the
           former
           safe
           ;
           nor
           do
           this
           (
           I
           humbly
           believe
           )
           any
           other
           way
           .
           Your
           Father
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           and
           other
           Relations
           ,
           were
           zealous
           Adherers
           to
           this
           Excellent
           Church
           ,
           and
           suffered
           much
           for
           their
           King
           ,
           and
           It
           ,
           being
           very
           sensible
           of
           these
           truths
           .
           You
           inherit
           their
           great
           Estate
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           you
           do
           these
           their
           Virtues
           ,
           You
           had
           through
           God's
           Blessing
           ,
           and
           their
           Care
           ,
           a
           pious
           Education
           in
           this
           Protestant
           Way
           ,
           this
           you
           still
           profess
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           will
           adhere
           to
           on
           all
           occasions
           .
        
         
           You
           see
           the
           Churches
           Enemies
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           those
           that
           so
           lately
           destroy'd
           it
           ,
           the
           King
           ,
           Government
           and
           all
           ,
           are
           
           now
           as
           bufie
           as
           ever
           ,
           and
           seem
           to
           be
           confident
           to
           do
           their
           Work
           again
           ;
           they
           are
           always
           stirring
           ,
           and
           industrious
           in
           our
           Difficulties
           and
           Dangers
           ;
           these
           are
           
             their
             opportunities
             :
             Their
          
           business
           also
           is
           to
           destroy
           us
           ,
           which
           if
           they
           could
           effect
           ,
           they
           would
           by
           that
           make
           way
           for
           Popery
           ,
           which
           they
           seem
           so
           earnest
           against
           .
           You
           cannot
           but
           observe
           how
           they
           out-rage
           ,
           traduce
           ,
           abuse
           ,
           and
           flie
           at
           the
           poor
           distressed
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           the
           Fathers
           ,
           and
           Sons
           of
           it
           .
           They
           think
           themselves
           so
           secure
           of
           succeeding
           ,
           that
           they
           do
           in
           a
           manner
           declare
           already
           :
           They
           have
           been
           always
           seeking
           Pretences
           ,
           and
           are
           now
           glad
           at
           heart
           of
           the
           
             Popish
             Plot
          
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           opportunity
           ,
           and
           advantages
           it
           gives
           them
           :
           and
           't
           is
           as
           plain
           as
           Light
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           use
           it
           to
           ruine
           us
           the
           
             other
             way
          
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           succeed
           ,
           we
           are
           as
           certainly
           undone
           .
           I
           hope
           you
           will
           not
           be
           so
           intent
           on
           one
           Danger
           ,
           as
           to
           neglect
           ,
           and
           oversee
           the
           other
           :
           Yea
           ,
           we
           fall
           at
           last
           into
           the
           same
           which
           we
           most
           fear
           ,
           if
           they
           once
           drive
           us
           into
           Confusions
           in
           Religion
           ,
           which
           must
           unavoidably
           follow
           the
           destruction
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           .
           So
           that
           with
           great
           reason
           I
           may
           affirm
           ,
           that
           these
           Enemies
           of
           it
           ,
           are
           promoters
           of
           Popery
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           loud
           noise
           they
           make
           against
           it
           .
           I
           hope
           when
           it
           pleaseth
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           King
           ,
           that
           the
           Parliament
           shall
           meet
           ,
           You
           ,
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           our
           Patriots
           ,
           will
           consider
           for
           the
           Confirmation
           ,
           and
           I
           stablishment
           of
           our
           
             Legal
             ,
             Protestant
          
           Constitution
           ,
           against
           the
           dangers
           of
           
             Fanatical
             Confusions
          
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           those
           of
           
             Popish
             Superstitions
          
           .
        
         
           Whether
           the
           great
           Assembly
           of
           our
           Representatives
           shall
           think
           fit
           to
           desire
           some
           smaller
           Alterations
           ,
           and
           Abatements
           for
           the
           gaining
           reasonable
           Dissenters
           (
           some
           will
           never
           be
           satisfied
           )
           or
           not
           ;
           it
           is
           not
           for
           me
           to
           conjecture
           .
           All
           sober
           Sons
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           will
           no
           doubt
           acquiesce
           ,
           and
           be
           content
           with
           what
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           the
           Nation
           shall
           think
           fit
           :
           But
           when
           that
           Point
           is
           resolv'd
           whether
           one
           way
           ,
           or
           the
           other
           ,
           't
           is
           to
           be
           hoped
           Strengthening
           ,
           and
           Settlement
           ,
           with
           such
           Allowances
           ,
           or
           without
           ,
           will
           follow
           ;
           that
           we
           may
           not
           be
           always
           floating
           .
           This
           is
           the
           longing
           expectation
           of
           all
           Wise
           ,
           and
           Good
           men
           ,
           and
           it
           must
           be
           Moderate
           ,
           Grave
           ,
           Religious
           Counsels
           that
           must
           
           contrive
           ,
           and
           effect
           this
           Happiness
           for
           us
           :
           Many
           such
           no
           doubt
           will
           be
           offer'd
           at
           your
           Meeting
           ,
           I
           hope
           you
           will
           go
           with
           the
           Healers
           of
           our
           Breaches
           ,
           and
           not
           with
           the
           fierce
           men
           that
           would
           drive
           things
           to
           Extreams
           .
           I
           am
           sure
           you
           can
           get
           nothing
           by
           Confusions
           ,
           and
           Dissettlements
           :
           Pray
           God
           disappoint
           those
           that
           would
           have
           Distractions
           ,
           because
           they
           think
           they
           can
           get
           by
           them
           .
        
         
           I
           remember
           ,
           walking
           with
           you
           last
           Summer
           in
           your
           Park
           ,
           you
           were
           pleas'd
           to
           ask
           me
           ,
           What
           way
           there
           was
           to
           fecure
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           under
           a
           
             Popish
             Successor
          
           ,
           though
           he
           should
           be
           Mild
           ,
           and
           Gentle
           ,
           and
           not
           bent
           upon
           the
           enforcing
           of
           his
           Religion
           ?
           One
           chief
           ground
           of
           the
           Question
           was
           ,
           That
           the
           King
           bestows
           the
           Bishopricks
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           Ecclesiastical
           Preferments
           ,
           and
           it
           cannot
           well
           (
           as
           you
           reasonably
           offer'd
           )
           be
           supposed
           ,
           but
           that
           He
           will
           ,
           in
           that
           case
           ,
           bestow
           them
           on
           such
           as
           either
           are
           Popishly
           affected
           ,
           or
           not
           very
           averse
           to
           ,
           or
           zealous
           against
           that
           Religion
           :
           Or
           if
           the
           King
           should
           do
           otherwise
           ,
           and
           bestow
           them
           upon
           the
           most
           Worthy
           ,
           Sincere
           ,
           thorough
           Protestants
           ,
           yet
           the
           People
           would
           entertain
           Jealousies
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           never
           think
           them
           such
           :
           which
           would
           destroy
           their
           Authority
           ,
           and
           Reverence
           ,
           and
           occasion
           the
           dispersion
           of
           the
           People
           yet
           further
           ,
           into
           Corners
           .
        
         
           To
           this
           I
           said
           ,
           That
           I
           did
           not
           pretend
           to
           offer
           publick
           expedients
           in
           such
           great
           and
           weighty
           matters
           ;
           but
           I
           thought
           ,
           that
           if
           by
           any
           means
           of
           Justice
           and
           safety
           to
           the
           Rights
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           (
           such
           as
           consent
           in
           that
           case
           would
           be
           )
           
             Canonical
             Elections
          
           should
           ,
           during
           such
           time
           ,
           be
           granted
           to
           each
           particular
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           King
           should
           please
           not
           to
           determine
           them
           in
           their
           choice
           to
           a
           Person
           by
           his
           
             Conge
             de'
             
             stire
          
           ,
           (
           as
           now
           )
           but
           leave
           them
           to
           their
           liberty
           of
           Choosing
           as
           they
           thought
           fit
           ,
           (
           as
           in
           some
           former
           times
           they
           did
           )
           each
           Dean
           and
           Chapter
           to
           choose
           the
           Bishop
           of
           the
           Diocess
           ,
           and
           their
           own
           Members
           ;
           that
           this
           might
           be
           reasonable
           Security
           .
           And
           if
           the
           Bishop
           ,
           the
           Dean
           and
           Chapter
           ,
           the
           Clergy
           of
           each
           Diocess
           ,
           or
           distinct
           Deanry
           ,
           or
           the
           Vniversities
           ,
           should
           have
           the
           right
           given
           them
           of
           presenting
           to
           the
           King's
           Livings
           (
           during
           
           such
           time
           of
           a
           
             Popish
             Successor
          
           )
           this
           way
           I
           humbly
           thought
           ,
           might
           in
           all
           likelihood
           ,
           secure
           us
           against
           those
           Dangers
           .
           For
           the
           Clergy
           of
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           are
           of
           all
           men
           most
           concern'd
           in
           point
           of
           Interest
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Principles
           ,
           and
           profession
           to
           oppose
           Popery
           ;
           and
           as
           far
           as
           lawfully
           they
           may
           ,
           all
           advances
           towards
           it
           .
           (
           This
           one
           would
           think
           should
           need
           no
           proof
           ,
           but
           it
           seems
           it
           doth
           among
           some
           ,
           and
           I
           shall
           clear
           that
           Matter
           by
           and
           by
           .
           )
           And
           they
           would
           no
           doubt
           ,
           take
           care
           from
           time
           to
           time
           ,
           to
           Elect
           such
           as
           were
           most
           fast
           to
           our
           Protestant
           Constitution
           ,
           most
           eminent
           in
           their
           Lives
           ,
           and
           Learning
           ,
           and
           most
           able
           and
           ready
           to
           oppose
           Popish
           Corruptions
           ;
           and
           so
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           might
           stand
           ,
           if
           direct
           ,
           and
           profest
           Violence
           were
           not
           offer'd
           to
           it
           :
           To
           this
           purpose
           I
           then
           said
           ,
           I
           think
           on
           the
           occasion
           of
           his
           Majesty's
           gracious
           offers
           for
           Protestant
           Security
           under
           a
           Successor
           of
           the
           other
           Religion
           .
           I
           do
           not
           know
           what
           opportunities
           may
           be
           offer'd
           again
           ,
           the
           next
           Session
           ,
           but
           if
           any
           such
           be
           ,
           and
           this
           particularly
           might
           be
           obtain'd
           ,
           I
           hope
           it
           will
           be
           accepted
           ,
           and
           me-thinks
           some
           such
           thing
           should
           be
           desired
           .
           But
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           I
           am
           no
           Projector
           ,
           I
           speak
           all
           this
           with
           all
           imaginable
           submission
           to
           the
           wiser
           Judgments
           of
           my
           Superiours
           .
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             II.
             
          
           
             II.
             ANother
             occasion
             I
             note
             of
             the
             increase
             and
             danger
             of
             Popery
             ,
             is
             our
             
               ill
               treatment
               of
               our
               own
               Protestant
               Clergie
               ,
               those
               of
               the
               Church
               of
            
             England
             .
             Their
             Predecessors
             were
             they
             who
             first
             formed
             our
             Reformation
             upon
             the
             soberest
             ,
             and
             best
             grounds
             of
             Opposition
             to
             the
             Roman
             Church
             (
             as
             I
             have
             shewn
             )
             and
             by
             their
             Blood
             sealed
             our
             Protestant
             Establishments
             :
             And
             the
             Successors
             of
             those
             blessed
             men
             ,
             Bishops
             ,
             and
             other
             Episcopal
             Divines
             ,
             have
             ,
             ever
             since
             ,
             been
             the
             
             Scourges
             of
             Popery
             ,
             who
             by
             their
             learned
             and
             excellent
             Writings
             ,
             have
             confuted
             ,
             exposed
             ,
             triumph'd
             over
             the
             numerous
             Errors
             of
             that
             Church
             :
             These
             have
             been
             the
             grand
             Champions
             of
             the
             Protestant
             Cause
             ,
             that
             have
             fought
             our
             Battels
             against
             the
             stoutest
             ,
             and
             most
             daring
             Enemies
             ,
             with
             glorious
             success
             ;
             such
             were
             Bishop
             Jewel
             ,
             Bishop
             Morton
             ,
             Bishop
             Andrews
             ,
             Arch-Bishop
             Laud
             ,
             Bishop
             Hall
             ,
             Bishop
             Davenant
             ,
             Arch-Bishop
             Usher
             ,
             Arch-Bishop
             Bramhal
             ,
             Bishop
             Taylor
             ,
             Bishop
             Cozens
             ,
             Dr.
             Hammond
             ,
             Mr.
             Chillingworth
             ,
             Mr.
             Mead
             ,
             Dean
             Stillingfleet
             ,
             Dean
             Tillotson
             ,
             Dean
             Lloyd
             ,
             Dr.
             
               Henry
               More
            
             ,
             Dr.
             Brevint
             ;
             these
             and
             innumerable
             others
             ,
             have
             strenuously
             ,
             and
             plainly
             refuted
             ,
             bafled
             ,
             and
             disproved
             the
             Popish
             Depravations
             :
             And
             every
             where
             ,
             men
             of
             the
             same
             sort
             ,
             in
             all
             parts
             of
             England
             ,
             are
             very
             busie
             both
             by
             Books
             ,
             and
             Sermons
             to
             render
             those
             Corruptions
             odious
             ,
             and
             detestable
             as
             they
             deserve
             :
             Particularly
             we
             have
             an
             eminent
             ,
             aggregate
             Instance
             ,
             in
             the
             Reverend
             
               Episcopal
               Clergie
            
             of
             the
             City
             of
             London
             :
             How
             many
             learned
             ,
             substantial
             ,
             convictive
             Sermons
             have
             they
             preach'd
             against
             the
             Popish
             Doctrines
             ,
             and
             Practice
             ,
             since
             our
             late
             Fears
             and
             Dangers
             ?
             I
             believe
             there
             have
             not
             been
             such
             deliver'd
             in
             that
             City
             against
             those
             Superstitions
             ,
             since
             the
             Foundation
             of
             it
             :
             More
             sound
             ,
             accomplish'd
             ,
             judicious
             Preachers
             ,
             it
             certainly
             never
             had
             ;
             never
             any
             that
             understood
             the
             Roman
             Falsities
             better
             ,
             never
             any
             that
             were
             more
             resolv'd
             ,
             or
             more
             active
             Enemies
             to
             them
             .
             The
             Divines
             ,
             the
             Ancient
             ,
             and
             the
             Modern
             ,
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             principally
             ,
             have
             by
             their
             Preaching
             ,
             and
             their
             Writings
             ,
             so
             inform'd
             ,
             season'd
             ,
             and
             spirited
             the
             People
             against
             Popery
             ,
             as
             we
             find
             at
             this
             Day
             ;
             from
             them
             they
             have
             their
             chief
             Grounds
             ,
             from
             them
             their
             courage
             of
             Opposition
             .
             'T
             is
             true
             ,
             some
             few
             others
             have
             written
             something
             ,
             Mr.
             Baxter
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             Pool
             ,
             have
             labour'd
             worthily
             :
             Dr.
             Owen
             hath
             said
             somewhat
             to
             
               Fiat
               Lux
            
             ,
             and
             there
             are
             some
             Sermons
             of
             the
             Presbyterians
             extant
             ,
             
               Morning
               Lectures
            
             against
             Popery
             :
             These
             are
             the
             most
             ,
             the
             chief
             of
             their
             Performances
             I
             ever
             heard
             of
             .
             Indeed
             the
             People
             of
             the
             Dissenting
             Party
             talk
             commonly
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             Non-conformist
             Ministers
             had
             written
             the
             
             most
             and
             best
             Books
             against
             Popery
             ,
             and
             had
             this
             way
             shewn
             themselves
             more
             zealous
             Adversaries
             to
             it
             ,
             than
             the
             Conformable
             Clergy
             have
             done
             :
             But
             they
             do
             but
             shew
             their
             ignorance
             in
             this
             ,
             as
             they
             do
             in
             other
             Matters
             of
             the
             like
             nature
             .
             And
             the
             ground
             of
             their
             Mistake
             is
             this
             ,
             That
             they
             take
             all
             the
             Books
             which
             their
             Ministers
             have
             written
             against
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             to
             be
             written
             against
             Popery
             .
             They
             have
             indeed
             written
             more
             than
             a
             Horseload
             of
             Books
             of
             this
             sort
             ;
             but
             what
             they
             have
             written
             against
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             a
             Boy
             may
             carry
             at
             his
             Back
             .
             I
             would
             not
             disparage
             any
             Protestant
             Writings
             against
             the
             Papists
             ,
             nor
             appear
             partial
             to
             the
             Episcopal
             Divines
             ;
             Let
             the
             World
             compare
             ,
             and
             judg
             of
             which
             side
             have
             been
             the
             most
             ,
             and
             most
             considerable
             Opposites
             to
             the
             Popish
             cause
             :
             Let
             any
             the
             most
             prejudiced
             against
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             read
             both
             sorts
             ,
             and
             then
             judg
             ,
             who
             have
             been
             the
             Original
             Authors
             ,
             and
             who
             have
             only
             used
             the
             
               others
               Reading
               ,
               Learning
            
             ,
             and
             Reasonings
             .
             I
             would
             leave
             the
             Matter
             with
             the
             most
             partial
             to
             Dissenters
             ,
             to
             determine
             ,
             when
             they
             have
             read
             ,
             when
             they
             have
             consider'd
             .
             There
             is
             no
             man
             certainly
             of
             understanding
             ,
             or
             experience
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             but
             must
             grant
             that
             the
             chief
             ,
             the
             most
             successful
             Antagonists
             of
             Popery
             have
             been
             the
             Clergy
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             .
             These
             the
             Papists
             have
             always
             most
             apprehended
             ,
             opposed
             most
             ;
             the
             others
             they
             have
             taken
             little
             notice
             of
             ;
             they
             have
             not
             shewn
             that
             they
             reckoned
             them
             considerable
             .
             This
             is
             plain
             ,
             and
             clear
             to
             all
             the
             World.
             Others
             make
             loud
             Out-cries
             against
             the
             word
             Popery
             ,
             and
             Papist
             ,
             but
             the
             Episcopal
             Divines
             do
             the
             Business
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             ,
             since
             we
             are
             zealous
             against
             Popery
             ,
             it
             might
             be
             expected
             that
             we
             should
             cherish
             ,
             and
             encourage
             those
             that
             fight
             for
             us
             against
             it
             ,
             and
             have
             come
             off
             laden
             with
             so
             many
             Trophies
             of
             Victory
             ;
             that
             have
             so
             asserted
             our
             Cause
             ,
             and
             given
             our
             Enemies
             so
             many
             Mortal
             Wounds
             ;
             that
             are
             still
             ready
             for
             this
             Warfare
             ,
             and
             always
             prepar'd
             for
             our
             Defence
             ;
             one
             would
             think
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             we
             should
             unanimously
             love
             ,
             respect
             ,
             and
             cherish
             such
             useful
             Friends
             ,
             and
             Leaders
             .
          
           
           
             But
             alas
             !
             The
             Matter
             is
             quite
             otherwise
             :
             There
             are
             not
             any
             Ministers
             of
             any
             Religion
             in
             the
             World
             that
             are
             so
             disrespected
             ,
             and
             ill
             treated
             :
             I
             mean
             not
             by
             Popish
             and
             Sectarian
             Enemies
             only
             ,
             from
             such
             they
             expect
             bad
             usage
             ;
             but
             from
             many
             of
             those
             whom
             they
             instruct
             ,
             whom
             they
             serve
             ,
             and
             who
             pretend
             to
             be
             Children
             of
             that
             Church
             of
             which
             they
             are
             Ministers
             ;
             at
             least
             they
             are
             such
             as
             do
             not
             openly
             disown
             it
             .
             The
             People
             of
             all
             other
             Religions
             in
             the
             World
             reverence
             ,
             and
             respect
             their
             Priests
             ,
             and
             Teachers
             ;
             the
             very
             Turks
             ,
             and
             Heathens
             do
             ;
             this
             do
             Papists
             ,
             and
             the
             Sects
             of
             all
             sorts
             ,
             and
             't
             is
             a
             natural
             consequence
             from
             love
             ,
             and
             respect
             to
             Religion
             :
             But
             we
             (
             many
             of
             us
             )
             vilifie
             ,
             and
             depress
             ours
             ;
             give
             them
             no
             respect
             for
             their
             Work
             ,
             their
             
               Office
               sake
            
             ;
             yea
             ,
             they
             are
             so
             much
             the
             less
             for
             it
             with
             us
             :
             We
             love
             to
             vex
             ,
             and
             reproach
             them
             :
             We
             chearfully
             hear
             any
             defamatory
             Lies
             their
             Enemies
             invent
             against
             them
             ;
             we
             are
             ready
             to
             spread
             ,
             and
             publish
             such
             Stories
             ,
             and
             seem
             to
             delight
             in
             so
             doing
             :
             We
             call
             them
             by
             Nick-names
             of
             contempt
             ,
             and
             scarce
             think
             any
             bad
             enough
             :
             We
             are
             apt
             to
             censure
             all
             their
             actions
             and
             their
             words
             ,
             putting
             the
             worst
             ,
             and
             most
             uncharitable
             Constructions
             on
             them
             :
             We
             pinch
             them
             in
             their
             Dues
             ,
             detain
             ,
             and
             arrest
             their
             Rights
             from
             them
             ;
             think
             every
             thing
             too
             much
             that
             they
             have
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             by
             the
             most
             Ancient
             and
             Fundamental
             Laws
             ;
             and
             many
             ,
             not
             content
             with
             the
             harvest
             of
             
               great
               Tythes
            
             ,
             the
             Impropriations
             ,
             snatch
             the
             Gleanings
             ,
             the
             
               small
               things
            
             that
             are
             left
             also
             ,
             from
             them
             :
             We
             allow
             all
             others
             to
             grow
             rich
             by
             any
             means
             ,
             right
             or
             wrong
             ,
             
               Lawyers
               ,
               Physicians
               ,
               Tradesmen
            
             ;
             not
             induring
             almost
             that
             our
             Clergy
             should
             have
             any
             thing
             ;
             denying
             them
             any
             Imployment
             (
             or
             regretting
             it
             )
             that
             hath
             any
             Power
             ,
             Reputation
             ,
             or
             Advantage
             ;
             and
             forcing
             them
             upon
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             Secular
             Business
             that
             is
             troublesome
             ,
             and
             odious
             ,
             to
             recover
             their
             Dues
             ,
             and
             Childrens
             Bread
             ,
             that
             is
             with-held
             ,
             and
             wrested
             from
             them
             ;
             increasing
             their
             Work
             ,
             lessening
             ,
             taking
             away
             their
             just
             ,
             legal
             ,
             ancient
             Profits
             ;
             envying
             the
             encouragements
             of
             Learning
             that
             are
             left
             ,
             the
             Dignities
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             though
             spent
             in
             Hospitality
             upon
             our selves
             ;
             clamouring
             at
             them
             ,
             
             ready
             for
             occasions
             to
             seize
             them
             ,
             and
             desiring
             such
             ,
             though
             Englishmen
             not
             Foreigners
             ;
             our
             Flesh
             and
             Blood
             ,
             our
             Children
             ,
             our
             Brothers
             ,
             our
             Nephews
             ,
             possess
             them
             .
             These
             sad
             things
             ,
             every
             one
             that
             observes
             may
             see
             ,
             how
             much
             they
             are
             so
             ,
             and
             a
             great
             part
             of
             the
             Conforming
             Clergy
             ,
             perhaps
             the
             greatest
             ,
             feel
             all
             these
             instances
             of
             ill
             Usage
             from
             some
             or
             others
             .
             I
             do
             not
             say
             that
             all
             of
             us
             treat
             them
             thus
             ,
             (
             God
             forbid
             )
             Persons
             of
             Breeding
             ,
             Piety
             ,
             and
             Worth
             ,
             usually
             are
             kind
             ,
             civil
             ,
             and
             respectful
             to
             this
             Order
             ;
             but
             yet
             how
             common
             the
             other
             Treatment
             is
             ,
             may
             be
             observ'd
             in
             most
             Conversations
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             ordinary
             course
             of
             things
             among
             us
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             what
             could
             we
             do
             more
             for
             the
             advantage
             of
             Popery
             ,
             and
             the
             promoting
             of
             it
             ?
             What
             more
             than
             to
             pelt
             ,
             vilifie
             ,
             and
             dishearten
             their
             grand
             Enemies
             ?
             What
             more
             to
             give
             colour
             to
             their
             Slander
             ,
             that
             
               we
               Protestants
            
             are
             a
             People
             of
             
               no
               Faith
               ,
               no
               Religion
            
             ?
             What
             more
             ,
             to
             render
             the
             Protestant
             Instructions
             we
             receive
             from
             them
             ,
             contemptible
             among
             their
             Hearers
             ;
             and
             their
             Oppositions
             of
             the
             
               Roman
               Church
            
             insignificant
             ?
             What
             can
             we
             do
             more
             to
             expose
             them
             to
             all
             the
             temptations
             of
             the
             Roman
             Emissaries
             ,
             than
             to
             loosen
             them
             from
             their
             proper
             Guides
             ,
             and
             to
             destroy
             all
             Reverence
             ,
             and
             Respect
             towards
             them
             ?
             
               Smite
               the
               Shepheards
               and
               the
               Sheep
               will
               flie
               .
            
             What
             more
             to
             affix
             the
             Popish
             slander
             on
             our
             Reformation
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             but
             
               hatred
               of
               the
               Clergie
               ,
               and
               love
               to
               their
               Lands
               ?
            
             What
             more
             towards
             the
             destroying
             our
             now
             flourishing
             
               Protestant
               Universities
            
             ,
             the
             discouragement
             of
             all
             Learning
             ,
             and
             consequently
             ,
             the
             letting
             in
             of
             Ignorance
             ,
             and
             Popery
             upon
             us
             ?
             What
             can
             we
             do
             more
             to
             dishearten
             men
             of
             Parts
             from
             entring
             into
             the
             sacred
             Function
             ,
             and
             filling
             the
             Church
             with
             men
             wholly
             ignorant
             ,
             and
             unlearned
             ,
             to
             the
             great
             Scandal
             ,
             and
             certain
             Ruine
             of
             it
             ?
             To
             all
             these
             Mischiefs
             doth
             the
             ill
             treatment
             of
             those
             of
             the
             sacred
             Function
             tend
             ,
             (
             which
             will
             end
             in
             Popery
             )
             besides
             the
             disingenuity
             ,
             unreasonableness
             and
             impiety
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             Which
             way
             think
             you
             Sir
             ,
             did
             the
             Jews
             and
             Heathens
             of
             old
             ,
             endeavour
             to
             destroy
             Christianity
             ?
             Was
             it
             not
             by
             vilifying
             ,
             
             and
             persecuting
             the
             Preachers
             of
             it
             ?
             Which
             way
             doth
             every
             Sect
             endeavour
             to
             destroy
             another
             ;
             is
             it
             not
             by
             opposing
             ,
             and
             disgracing
             the
             Teachers
             ,
             and
             Leaders
             ?
             What
             surer
             way
             is
             there
             to
             undermine
             ,
             and
             ruine
             Popery
             ,
             than
             the
             rendring
             their
             Priests
             ,
             and
             Jesuits
             vile
             among
             the
             People
             ;
             and
             the
             lessening
             their
             Authority
             ,
             and
             Power
             over
             them
             ?
             And
             what
             more
             direct
             course
             to
             destroy
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             than
             the
             vilifying
             the
             
               Protestant
               Clergie
            
             ,
             and
             rendring
             them
             of
             no
             account
             or
             estimation
             ?
             Is
             not
             this
             the
             way
             the
             
               Fanatick
               Whiggs
            
             take
             to
             Ruine
             us
             ?
             Against
             whom
             do
             they
             spit
             their
             Venom
             ,
             and
             bend
             their
             chief
             Force
             ,
             but
             against
             the
             Bishops
             and
             Ministers
             of
             our
             Church
             ?
             And
             will
             not
             the
             disgracing
             of
             them
             do
             the
             Papists
             as
             much
             service
             ?
             On
             the
             other
             hand
             ,
             what
             is
             the
             way
             that
             all
             Sects
             and
             Professions
             take
             to
             uphold
             ,
             and
             promote
             their
             own
             Persuasion
             ;
             is
             it
             not
             to
             incourage
             ,
             and
             cherish
             their
             Teachers
             ?
             Do
             they
             not
             honour
             ,
             and
             respect
             them
             ?
             Do
             they
             not
             vindicate
             their
             Reputations
             on
             all
             occasions
             ,
             and
             are
             they
             not
             zealous
             for
             them
             ?
             To
             trouble
             ,
             to
             vilifie
             ,
             or
             speak
             against
             their
             Preachers
             ,
             is
             to
             touch
             them
             in
             the
             apple
             of
             their
             Eye
             ;
             they
             are
             very
             tender
             ,
             and
             concern'd
             here
             :
             And
             by
             this
             means
             they
             maintain
             the
             Reputation
             ,
             and
             Interest
             of
             their
             respective
             Professions
             :
             And
             do
             not
             we
             by
             the
             contrary
             Practice
             ,
             lay
             the
             Honour
             ,
             and
             Strength
             of
             ours
             in
             the
             Dust
             ,
             and
             make
             way
             for
             the
             wild
             Beasts
             of
             the
             Roman
             Forrest
             to
             break
             in
             upon
             ,
             and
             to
             destroy
             us
             ?
             This
             certaintly
             is
             as
             direct
             a
             Course
             as
             we
             can
             take
             to
             promote
             Popery
             ,
             the
             great
             Object
             of
             our
             present
             Fears
             .
          
           
             I
             know
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             all
             this
             will
             be
             extreamly
             ungrateful
             Discourse
             to
             some
             ,
             and
             provoke
             them
             to
             pour
             out
             their
             usual
             Reproaches
             against
             the
             Clergy
             .
             Ignorance
             ,
             and
             Ill-living
             ,
             will
             presently
             be
             objected
             ,
             aggravated
             to
             the
             height
             :
             These
             will
             be
             pleaded
             to
             justifie
             the
             ill
             usage
             I
             have
             represented
             ,
             and
             to
             invite
             worse
             ?
             And
             it
             would
             be
             wonderful
             indeed
             ,
             if
             in
             so
             great
             a
             Body
             of
             men
             as
             the
             Clergy
             are
             ,
             viz.
             Nine
             or
             Ten
             Thousand
             ,
             (
             it
             may
             be
             more
             )
             there
             should
             not
             be
             Instances
             found
             to
             give
             colour
             to
             such
             Reproaches
             ;
             and
             if
             there
             should
             not
             be
             
             some
             to
             deserve
             very
             bad
             Characters
             .
             But
             let
             it
             be
             consider'd
             ,
             that
             the
             far
             greatest
             part
             of
             Livings
             ,
             are
             poor
             Vicarages
             of
             20
             ,
             30
             ,
             or
             40
             Pounds
             a
             Year
             ,
             into
             such
             Patrons
             must
             put
             whom
             they
             can
             get
             ,
             and
             Bishops
             that
             admit
             ,
             know
             not
             mens
             ill
             Lives
             ,
             and
             the
             Laws
             are
             content
             with
             very
             slender
             qualifications
             for
             Learning
             ;
             nor
             are
             great
             Matters
             necessary
             for
             every
             Country
             Village
             ;
             and
             this
             poor
             condition
             of
             so
             great
             a
             number
             of
             the
             Clergy
             sets
             them
             into
             mean
             Conversation
             ,
             and
             by
             their
             low
             and
             bad
             Company
             ,
             they
             are
             tempted
             (
             and
             often
             purposely
             so
             )
             to
             disorders
             ;
             which
             then
             are
             triumphantly
             publish'd
             ,
             the
             men
             are
             despised
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             Order
             for
             their
             sakes
             .
             Some
             are
             surprized
             ;
             for
             some
             Traps
             are
             laid
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             industriously
             drawn
             into
             Scandal
             on
             purpose
             to
             defame
             them
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             Clergy
             ,
             and
             it
             cannot
             be
             denied
             but
             that
             too
             many
             are
             
               Clouds
               without
               Water
               ,
               spots
               in
               our
               Feasts
               ,
               Diotrephes's
               ,
               Demas's
               ,
               Judas's
               ,
            
             not
             only
             in
             the
             smaller
             Cures
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             more
             considerable
             Preferments
             :
             Many
             ,
             most
             of
             those
             ,
             the
             Laity
             present
             to
             ,
             and
             do
             not
             always
             prefer
             for
             worth
             ,
             but
             for
             divers
             other
             ,
             sometimes
             ,
             very
             undue
             considerations
             ;
             all
             which
             consider'd
             ,
             it
             cannot
             be
             ,
             but
             Scandals
             must
             arise
             among
             so
             great
             a
             Body
             of
             men
             ,
             in
             such
             Circumstances
             ;
             and
             then
             they
             having
             so
             many
             Enemies
             ,
             of
             so
             many
             sorts
             (
             
               Atheists
               ,
               Papists
               ,
               Fanaticks
               ,
               Worldlings
               ,
               Debauchees
               ,
            
             )
             who
             watch
             for
             their
             haltings
             ,
             and
             rejoyce
             when
             they
             fall
             ,
             who
             are
             ready
             to
             invent
             so
             many
             malicious
             evil
             things
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             to
             publish
             ,
             and
             spread
             what
             they
             hear
             ,
             or
             what
             they
             make
             ,
             (
             their
             interest
             being
             to
             have
             them
             and
             the
             Church
             vilified
             ,
             and
             despised
             )
             it
             could
             not
             be
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             must
             suffer
             under
             manifold
             Reproaches
             ,
             though
             they
             were
             all
             wise
             ,
             cautious
             ,
             innocent
             ;
             how
             much
             more
             when
             there
             are
             divers
             ill
             ,
             unwise
             ,
             unwary
             men
             among
             them
             ?
             and
             in
             all
             great
             Bodies
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             in
             all
             times
             even
             the
             best
             ,
             such
             mixtures
             have
             been
             :
             And
             even
             the
             Good
             ,
             the
             most
             Excellent
             have
             their
             Faults
             ,
             and
             Imperfections
             ,
             which
             when
             ill-will
             is
             to
             represent
             ,
             and
             comment
             upon
             them
             ,
             are
             sometimes
             so
             heightned
             ,
             and
             improved
             as
             to
             blacken
             them
             all
             over
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             them
             appear
             very
             vile
             to
             the
             World.
             
          
           
           
             But
             after
             all
             this
             ,
             it
             must
             be
             said
             ,
             that
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             (
             blessed
             be
             God
             for
             it
             )
             hath
             a
             great
             number
             of
             most
             Excellent
             Divines
             ,
             men
             of
             great
             Piety
             ,
             Parts
             ,
             and
             Learning
             ;
             substantial
             powerful
             Preachers
             ;
             Pious
             ,
             Sober
             ,
             Virtuous
             Livers
             ;
             such
             ,
             as
             for
             all
             kinds
             of
             Ability
             ,
             this
             Nation
             never
             had
             
               greater
               ,
               better
               ,
               more
            
             .
             Let
             my
             former
             Instance
             of
             the
             Clergy
             of
             London
             be
             consider'd
             ,
             as
             an
             evidence
             of
             this
             :
             Their
             worth
             is
             so
             great
             ,
             and
             shines
             so
             bright
             ,
             that
             the
             Adversaries
             of
             our
             Church
             cannot
             but
             acknowledg
             it
             .
             Mr
             Baxter
             ,
             in
             one
             of
             his
             late
             Books
             (
             the
             most
             sharp
             he
             hath
             written
             against
             us
             )
             owns
             that
             he
             meets
             with
             
               judicious
               ,
               substantial
               Sermons
            
             ,
             almost
             in
             every
             Church
             in
             London
             ,
             where
             he
             happens
             to
             go
             :
             And
             up
             and
             down
             in
             the
             Country
             ,
             every
             where
             ,
             one
             may
             find
             very
             excellent
             Persons
             that
             lie
             hid
             ,
             and
             make
             no
             publick
             noise
             in
             the
             World.
             I
             have
             said
             this
             by
             way
             of
             brief
             ,
             but
             just
             Apology
             ,
             in
             the
             behalf
             of
             our
             abused
             Clergy
             ;
             and
             add
             ,
             that
             notwithstanding
             the
             ill
             Character
             they
             lie
             under
             ,
             among
             some
             ,
             and
             the
             failings
             ,
             and
             imperfections
             they
             are
             guilty
             of
             ,
             yet
             this
             Nation
             never
             had
             (
             I
             believe
             )
             a
             wiser
             ,
             learneder
             Clergy
             upon
             the
             whole
             ,
             since
             the
             Beginnings
             of
             it
             :
             And
             the
             contempt
             ,
             and
             ill
             treatment
             they
             meet
             withal
             ,
             is
             one
             of
             the
             greatest
             Reasons
             why
             they
             are
             not
             better
             .
          
           
             General
             disrespect
             makes
             men
             careless
             ,
             and
             incautious
             in
             their
             Lives
             :
             Whereas
             honour
             and
             esteem
             ingageth
             them
             to
             be
             circumspect
             ,
             and
             wary
             to
             maintain
             that
             veneration
             ,
             and
             regard
             that
             is
             paid
             them
             .
             So
             that
             the
             men
             that
             most
             upbraid
             the
             Clergy
             with
             ill
             Lives
             ,
             are
             the
             principal
             causes
             that
             many
             of
             their
             lives
             are
             so
             obnoxious
             ;
             and
             they
             may
             consider
             (
             some
             of
             them
             )
             whether
             they
             do
             not
             themselves
             for
             sordid
             ,
             and
             unworthy
             Reasons
             ,
             bestow
             their
             Livings
             upon
             such
             as
             they
             complain
             of
             ,
             and
             so
             make
             the
             reason
             of
             their
             own
             Complaints
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             been
             tedious
             upon
             this
             Head
             ,
             which
             yet
             would
             require
             larger
             Animadversions
             ,
             and
             I
             shall
             here
             crave
             leave
             yet
             farther
             to
             note
             ,
             That
          
           
             Among
             all
             the
             abuses
             fastned
             on
             our
             Clergy
             ,
             there
             is
             none
             more
             unreasonable
             ,
             and
             unjust
             than
             that
             of
             their
             inclination
             
             to
             ,
             or
             
               no
               great
               distance
               from
               the
               Roman
               Church
               .
            
             This
             reproach
             our
             Enemies
             now
             ,
             every
             where
             ,
             publish
             ,
             or
             infinuate
             to
             carry
             on
             their
             design
             of
             destroying
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             which
             shews
             that
             some
             will
             say
             any
             thing
             against
             them
             ,
             any
             thing
             that
             may
             render
             them
             popularly
             odious
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             never
             so
             contrary
             to
             all
             truth
             ,
             and
             all
             appearance
             .
             And
             I
             challenge
             the
             whole
             Protestant
             World
             ,
             to
             shew
             a
             publick
             Instance
             of
             more
             Zeal
             against
             Popery
             ,
             than
             our
             Church
             of
             
               England
               Divines
            
             have
             exprest
             against
             the
             Popish
             Religion
             ,
             ever
             since
             ,
             and
             before
             ,
             the
             discovery
             of
             the
             late
             Plot.
             Every
             Pulpit
             can
             witness
             their
             frequent
             ,
             earnest
             Sermons
             against
             those
             Superstitions
             ;
             and
             every
             Stationers
             Shop
             can
             shew
             their
             numerous
             excellent
             Books
             against
             them
             .
             Or
             if
             these
             were
             not
             ,
             we
             may
             consider
             that
             
               Interest
               will
               not
               lye
            
             ;
             men
             ,
             especially
             such
             ,
             as
             they
             suppose
             our
             Clergy
             ,
             will
             not
             act
             contrary
             to
             that
             .
             Can
             we
             think
             that
             all
             the
             Gentlemen
             of
             England
             that
             have
             Abby
             ,
             and
             other
             
               Church
               Lands
            
             ,
             will
             desire
             ,
             and
             endeavour
             to
             promote
             Popery
             ?
             Are
             they
             suppose
             we
             favourers
             ,
             and
             friends
             of
             that
             Religion
             ,
             that
             in
             likelihood
             would
             divest
             them
             of
             their
             Estates
             ?
             Can
             we
             think
             that
             the
             City
             of
             London
             are
             for
             blocking
             up
             ,
             and
             hindring
             the
             Current
             of
             the
             Thames
             ?
             Or
             that
             the
             Lord
             Mayor
             and
             Aldermen
             have
             a
             plot
             to
             translate
             the
             Trade
             to
             Lincoln
             or
             York
             ?
             Have
             the
             Merchants
             any
             desires
             ,
             or
             designs
             for
             the
             destroying
             of
             Shipping
             ,
             and
             Navigation
             ?
             Shop-keepers
             intrigues
             against
             Trade
             ?
             or
             the
             Lawyers
             designs
             against
             the
             Business
             of
             Westminster-Hall
             ?
             If
             no
             one
             is
             so
             foolish
             as
             to
             object
             such
             inclinations
             and
             endeavours
             against
             those
             ,
             why
             should
             they
             then
             alledg
             Popery
             ,
             any
             degree
             of
             it
             ,
             any
             the
             least
             inclination
             to
             it
             ,
             against
             the
             Clergie
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             whom
             of
             all
             men
             it
             would
             most
             throughly
             ,
             most
             certainly
             undo
             ?
             And
             that
             there
             is
             no
             Church-man
             so
             ignorant
             ,
             but
             he
             must
             know
             .
             For
             all
             the
             Married
             Clergy
             lose
             their
             Livelihoods
             ,
             without
             remedy
             ,
             if
             that
             be
             all
             :
             All
             the
             Prebendaries
             in
             the
             new
             Churches
             which
             were
             Monasteries
             of
             Monks
             ,
             must
             turn
             out
             ,
             unavoidably
             :
             All
             that
             have
             been
             active
             in
             Preaching
             ,
             or
             writing
             against
             Popery
             (
             which
             takes
             in
             the
             chief
             part
             of
             the
             Clergy
             )
             are
             in
             
             imminent
             danger
             of
             being
             ruined
             further
             than
             the
             loss
             of
             their
             Livelihoods
             amounts
             too
             .
             If
             there
             should
             be
             any
             that
             think
             of
             saving
             themselves
             by
             Conformity
             ;
             they
             can
             look
             on
             that
             only
             as
             better
             than
             being
             utterly
             undone
             ,
             not
             as
             a
             thing
             otherwise
             desirable
             .
             For
             the
             uncouth
             work
             with
             which
             they
             are
             unacquainted
             ,
             the
             servile
             subjection
             to
             their
             Superiours
             ,
             to
             which
             they
             have
             not
             been
             used
             ,
             and
             above
             all
             ,
             the
             hatred
             ,
             contempt
             ,
             fury
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             to
             which
             they
             will
             be
             exposed
             ,
             and
             by
             which
             they
             will
             be
             still
             in
             danger
             of
             being
             out-raged
             ;
             are
             worse
             Circumstances
             ,
             and
             will
             be
             so
             to
             them
             ,
             than
             any
             Poverty
             ,
             any
             Condition
             whatsoever
             in
             the
             Service
             of
             this
             Church
             ,
             can
             possibly
             be
             :
             So
             that
             could
             they
             ,
             with
             the
             wreck
             of
             their
             Consciences
             ,
             and
             future
             hopes
             ,
             be
             safe
             under
             Popery
             ,
             for
             this
             World
             ;
             yet
             they
             must
             be
             very
             uneasie
             ,
             very
             miserable
             in
             it
             .
             And
             though
             they
             could
             be
             secure
             of
             the
             utmost
             kindness
             of
             the
             Papists
             (
             which
             there
             is
             no
             reason
             to
             expect
             )
             yet
             they
             would
             be
             in
             perpetual
             danger
             of
             being
             torn
             in
             pieces
             ,
             or
             knock'd
             on
             the
             head
             by
             the
             People
             ,
             if
             any
             Commotions
             (
             which
             we
             cannot
             think
             but
             such
             a
             state
             of
             things
             would
             be
             very
             liable
             to
             )
             should
             happen
             .
             And
             if
             the
             Tide
             should
             turn
             ,
             and
             that
             Religion
             be
             again
             expell'd
             ,
             any
             way
             ,
             they
             must
             then
             be
             (
             if
             suffer'd
             to
             live
             )
             the
             most
             hated
             ,
             detested
             Creatures
             alive
             .
             And
             are
             such
             Circumstances
             as
             these
             desirable
             ?
             Can
             any
             men
             in
             their
             Wits
             covet
             ,
             and
             endeavour
             to
             arrive
             at
             such
             a
             condition
             ?
             Who
             ever
             really
             thinks
             that
             the
             Clergy
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             desire
             ,
             or
             are
             inclined
             to
             Popery
             ,
             thinks
             they
             are
             Ideots
             ,
             or
             Madmen
             .
          
           
             And
             what
             is
             there
             so
             reasonable
             ,
             so
             lovely
             ,
             in
             Popery
             to
             incline
             so
             great
             a
             Body
             of
             men
             ,
             that
             know
             it
             ,
             and
             have
             shewn
             they
             know
             ill
             enough
             by
             it
             ,
             to
             renounce
             all
             their
             Interests
             in
             favour
             of
             it
             ?
             This
             would
             make
             some
             believe
             that
             Protestants
             have
             belied
             the
             Popish
             Religion
             ,
             and
             cheated
             the
             World
             with
             false
             Representations
             of
             it
             ,
             if
             the
             Clergy
             of
             an
             opposite
             Christian
             Church
             do
             secretly
             desire
             it
             ,
             contrary
             to
             all
             their
             Professions
             ,
             Oaths
             ,
             and
             Vows
             to
             God
             and
             Men
             ,
             and
             contrary
             to
             all
             their
             dearest
             Interests
             in
             this
             World.
             If
             this
             be
             so
             ,
             Popery
             
             hath
             strange
             Beauties
             ,
             and
             Charms
             ,
             which
             the
             Glergy
             see
             ,
             but
             will
             not
             acquaint
             the
             People
             with
             :
             And
             what
             can
             be
             alledged
             more
             to
             the
             advantage
             of
             Popery
             ?
             Or
             what
             can
             more
             express
             the
             Slanderers
             extream
             malice
             against
             the
             Conformable
             Clergy
             ?
             Which
             ,
             as
             I
             have
             shewn
             ,
             hath
             a
             tendency
             to
             the
             advancement
             of
             the
             Popish
             cause
             and
             interest
             .
          
           
             Now
             to
             prevent
             it
             here
             also
             ,
             we
             should
             countenance
             ,
             and
             incourage
             these
             Adversaries
             of
             that
             Church
             ,
             and
             Way
             ,
             the
             Divines
             of
             our
             own
             .
             'T
             is
             their
             imployment
             ,
             and
             hath
             been
             their
             study
             to
             discover
             the
             errors
             ,
             dangers
             ,
             and
             malignity
             of
             Romish
             Corruptions
             ,
             and
             Innovations
             .
             Divers
             ingenious
             Gentlemen
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             Country
             ,
             are
             likewise
             well
             instructed
             in
             this
             Knowledg
             ;
             but
             the
             Clergie
             have
             made
             it
             most
             their
             Business
             ,
             and
             are
             most
             immediately
             concern'd
             :
             By
             such
             their
             Craft
             must
             be
             detected
             ,
             their
             Pretences
             exposed
             ,
             their
             Endeavours
             defeated
             .
             Popery
             will
             not
             be
             kept
             out
             by
             Railing
             ,
             and
             Noise
             ,
             it
             must
             be
             the
             light
             of
             contrary
             Conviction
             that
             must
             do
             it
             ;
             it
             must
             be
             kept
             from
             taking
             hold
             of
             the
             Hearts
             ,
             and
             Consciences
             of
             men
             ,
             and
             not
             only
             be
             resisted
             by
             the
             exercise
             of
             Power
             ;
             so
             that
             ,
             if
             we
             are
             heartily
             disaffected
             to
             Popery
             ,
             and
             the
             increase
             of
             it
             ,
             we
             should
             shew
             that
             inclination
             by
             our
             favour
             to
             those
             who
             so
             strenuously
             ,
             so
             unanimously
             oppose
             it
             .
             We
             ought
             to
             respect
             our
             own
             Clergy
             for
             that
             Reason
             ,
             and
             for
             many
             others
             ,
             for
             their
             Character
             ,
             and
             their
             Work
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             God
             hath
             dignified
             them
             with
             highest
             Titles
             of
             
               his
               Ministers
               ,
               his
               Ambassadors
               ,
               Stewards
               of
               his
               Mysteries
               ,
               Angels
               ,
               Stars
               ,
               Light
            
             ;
             and
             shall
             we
             despise
             those
             whom
             he
             is
             pleased
             to
             honour
             ?
             Are
             these
             titles
             marks
             of
             Infamy
             ,
             and
             Reproach
             ?
             Their
             Business
             also
             ,
             and
             Imployment
             requires
             our
             respects
             to
             them
             ;
             't
             is
             the
             greatest
             ,
             most
             honourable
             ,
             most
             useful
             ;
             they
             serve
             us
             for
             our
             noblest
             part
             ,
             our
             highest
             ends
             ,
             these
             challenge
             our
             kindness
             ,
             our
             countenance
             ,
             and
             ingenuous
             and
             candid
             thoughts
             of
             them
             ,
             which
             we
             should
             shew
             in
             dislike
             of
             vilifying
             Discourse
             ,
             and
             in
             reproving
             unjust
             Reproaches
             of
             them
             .
             
               Charity
               thinketh
               no
               evil
            
             ;
             not
             of
             any
             ,
             especially
             not
             of
             our
             Spiritual
             
             Guides
             ,
             whom
             we
             ought
             to
             reckon
             worthy
             of
             
               double
               honour
               for
               their
               Work
               sake
               .
            
             We
             should
             consider
             what
             Enemies
             they
             have
             on
             all
             sides
             to
             invent
             ,
             and
             spread
             Slanders
             of
             them
             ,
             to
             make
             much
             of
             little
             ,
             something
             of
             nothing
             :
             and
             where
             we
             discover
             faults
             ,
             we
             should
             reporve
             them
             privately
             ,
             we
             should
             endeavour
             ,
             what
             in
             us
             lies
             ,
             to
             make
             their
             Lives
             comfortable
             ,
             that
             fo
             with
             Courage
             ,
             and
             Resolution
             ,
             they
             may
             address
             themselves
             to
             their
             great
             Work.
             Those
             who
             are
             always
             opprest
             and
             kept
             down
             ,
             will
             beable
             to
             do
             no
             great
             matter
             .
          
           
             The
             Apostles
             indeed
             ,
             and
             Primitive
             Christians
             got
             vigour
             from
             Oppositions
             ,
             and
             Persecutions
             ,
             but
             their
             assistances
             were
             extraordinary
             and
             immediate
             :
             And
             ,
             thanks
             be
             to
             God
             ,
             we
             have
             many
             resolv'd
             excellent
             Men
             ,
             whom
             no
             ill
             treatment
             will
             discourage
             from
             their
             Duty
             ;
             though
             others
             of
             lower
             Form
             ,
             that
             might
             otherwise
             be
             very
             useful
             ,
             in
             some
             degree
             may
             be
             disheartned
             .
             We
             would
             not
             have
             them
             intermeddle
             in
             Secular
             Matters
             ;
             't
             is
             pity
             men
             should
             make
             it
             more
             necessary
             than
             they
             desire
             ,
             by
             giving
             them
             trouble
             to
             get
             their
             small
             Dues
             (
             Small
             especially
             in
             Cities
             and
             Corporations
             )
             but
             pay
             justly
             ,
             chearfully
             ,
             and
             not
             divert
             them
             from
             their
             other
             Business
             (
             which
             is
             enough
             )
             by
             vexations
             of
             this
             sort
             ;
             this
             is
             cruel
             ,
             and
             shameful
             .
             And
             't
             were
             greatly
             to
             be
             wish'd
             that
             the
             Government
             would
             take
             care
             to
             augment
             the
             Livings
             in
             Corporations
             ,
             and
             
               great
               Towns
            
             ,
             where
             the
             greatest
             imployment
             is
             and
             the
             least
             incouragement
             ;
             and
             appoint
             some
             speedier
             ,
             easier
             way
             for
             the
             gaining
             of
             
               small
               Dues
            
             ,
             great
             part
             of
             which
             now
             is
             lost
             ,
             or
             got
             with
             incredible
             Envy
             ,
             Hatred
             ,
             and
             Toil.
             This
             hath
             been
             aim'd
             at
             ,
             and
             indeavour'd
             in
             a
             late
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             't
             would
             be
             just
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             interest
             and
             advantage
             of
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             it
             should
             be
             effectually
             consider'd
             .
             The
             ways
             that
             are
             now
             ,
             through
             the
             iniquity
             of
             the
             Times
             ,
             are
             tedious
             ,
             vexatious
             ,
             odious
             ,
             and
             scarce
             practicable
             at
             last
             :
             and
             the
             Minister
             must
             resolve
             to
             sit
             down
             either
             with
             the
             loss
             of
             his
             Maintenance
             ,
             or
             his
             Reputation
             ,
             and
             his
             Peace
             .
             So
             that
             to
             purchase
             quietness
             he
             must
             be
             a
             Beggar
             ;
             and
             is
             under
             great
             temptation
             to
             lose
             the
             interest
             of
             his
             Family
             ,
             and
             the
             rights
             of
             
             his
             Church
             .
             These
             discouragements
             will
             easily
             be
             remov'd
             when
             any
             Parliament
             shall
             think
             fit
             to
             set
             about
             it
             .
          
           
             And
             since
             I
             am
             upon
             Desirables
             ,
             I
             'le
             mention
             one
             or
             two
             more
             ,
             viz.
             That
             Patrons
             would
             take
             consciencious
             Care
             in
             presenting
             to
             their
             Livings
             ;
             that
             they
             would
             consider
             the
             fitness
             of
             Persons
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Churches
               Service
            
             ,
             and
             not
             be
             moved
             by
             other
             undue
             considerations
             ;
             for
             want
             of
             this
             ,
             many
             unqualified
             ,
             incompetent
             men
             creep
             in
             ,
             to
             the
             great
             dishonour
             and
             prejudice
             of
             our
             Church
             ,
             and
             Religion
             .
             And
             if
             these
             things
             were
             rectified
             ,
             it
             is
             to
             be
             suppos'd
             ,
             and
             hop'd
             ,
             that
             Care
             would
             be
             taken
             ,
             that
             Degrees
             should
             not
             be
             given
             in
             the
             Vniversities
             but
             to
             men
             of
             suitable
             Learning
             ;
             nor
             
               holy
               Orders
            
             ,
             but
             to
             Persons
             known
             to
             be
             fitly
             Qualified
             .
             The
             rectifying
             these
             few
             things
             ,
             would
             cure
             many
             of
             the
             greatest
             Evils
             that
             oppress
             ,
             and
             disgrace
             the
             Clergie
             ,
             and
             Protestant
             Reformation
             .
             They
             would
             then
             be
             animated
             to
             their
             Duty
             ,
             be
             Ornaments
             to
             the
             Church
             ,
             have
             power
             with
             the
             People
             ,
             and
             so
             be
             enabled
             more
             effectually
             to
             defend
             the
             Protestant
             Interest
             ,
             and
             Religion
             ;
             whereas
             our
             present
             Proceedings
             ,
             lessen
             and
             expose
             both
             them
             ,
             and
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             III.
             
          
           
             III.
             
               OVr
               Divisions
            
             (
             which
             must
             necessarily
             follow
             want
             of
             Authority
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             respect
             to
             its
             Ministers
             )
             
               are
               plain
               ,
               and
               acknowledg'd
               occasions
               of
               our
               Dangers
               .
            
             Never
             was
             a
             People
             so
             Broken
             ,
             so
             Divided
             .
             What
             numerous
             names
             of
             Sects
             have
             we
             ,
             and
             scarce
             any
             one
             at
             Unity
             within
             it self
             ;
             all
             subdivided
             ,
             and
             broken
             into
             diversities
             that
             want
             names
             :
             We
             have
             raked
             up
             all
             the
             
               old
               Heresies
            
             ,
             and
             added
             new
             ;
             Monsters
             formerly
             unheard
             of
             :
             All
             that
             the
             Phancies
             ,
             all
             that
             the
             Phrensies
             of
             conceited
             and
             distracted
             men
             can
             invent
             ,
             are
             Doctrines
             
             of
             Religion
             ,
             and
             Grounds
             of
             Sect-making
             among
             us
             .
             And
             all
             are
             zealous
             for
             their
             particular
             Conceits
             ,
             all
             call
             their
             own
             imaginations
             by
             the
             most
             sacred
             names
             ,
             
               Light
               ,
               God's
               Truth
               ,
               Gospel
               Ways
               ,
               Holy
               Mysteries
               ,
               Daunings
               ,
               Illuminations
               ,
               Refinings
            
             ;
             and
             a
             world
             more
             of
             such
             fondness
             ;
             by
             which
             they
             are
             infinitely
             puff'd
             up
             in
             their
             own
             Phancies
             ,
             as
             the
             only
             Knowing
             ,
             the
             only
             Spiritual
             Christians
             ;
             and
             taught
             to
             scorn
             all
             other
             Doctrines
             ,
             and
             Ways
             ,
             as
             
               beggarly
               Rudiments
               ,
               Elements
               of
               this
               World
               ,
            
             and
             
               Carnal
               Reasonings
            
             at
             the
             best
             ;
             yea
             ,
             generally
             to
             rail
             bitterly
             at
             them
             ,
             as
             
               Lyes
               ,
               Popish
               ,
               Babylonish
               ,
               Antichristian
               trash
               ,
               Doctrines
            
             of
             Devils
             ,
             and
             such
             like
             ;
             and
             consequently
             ,
             to
             hate
             ,
             and
             bitterly
             to
             revile
             all
             different
             Judgments
             ,
             especially
             those
             that
             are
             
               uppermost
               ,
               Establish'd
            
             ,
             or
             countenanc'd
             by
             the
             
               Government
               ,
               now
            
             ,
             chiefly
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ;
             but
             if
             any
             one
             of
             them
             were
             got
             into
             the
             place
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             the
             same
             thing
             ,
             all
             the
             rest
             would
             flie
             upon
             it
             ,
             and
             tear
             it
             with
             their
             utmost
             Rancour
             ,
             Vehemence
             ,
             and
             Reproaches
             :
             Which
             state
             of
             things
             among
             us
             is
             infinitely
             Scandalous
             to
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             to
             which
             they
             all
             pretend
             :
             And
             those
             that
             leave
             us
             ,
             clamorously
             object
             that
             there
             is
             
               no
               end
            
             of
             our
             Factions
             and
             Divisions
             :
             That
             't
             is
             a
             sign
             our
             Church
             is
             not
             the
             true
             one
             ,
             since
             it
             is
             so
             
               broken
               ,
               shattered
               ,
               divided
            
             :
             Which
             Divisions
             they
             think
             ,
             and
             say
             are
             either
             the
             natural
             consequents
             of
             our
             departure
             from
             them
             ,
             or
             the
             Judgment
             of
             God
             upon
             us
             for
             
               that
               Separation
            
             .
             See
             ,
             say
             they
             ,
             what
             
               you
               Protestants
            
             are
             ,
             a
             medley
             of
             wild
             disagreeing
             Sects
             ,
             as
             different
             from
             ,
             and
             as
             fierce
             one
             against
             another
             ,
             as
             against
             us
             ;
             one
             in
             Name
             ,
             but
             in
             Principles
             ,
             in
             Affections
             ,
             in
             your
             particular
             ways
             
               infinitely
               diverse
            
             ,
             infinitely
             opposite
             .
             You
             have
             no
             Principles
             ,
             are
             fastned
             to
             no
             Foundation
             ;
             float
             up
             and
             down
             ,
             like
             the
             Waves
             of
             the
             Sea
             ,
             still
             rouling
             from
             one
             Sect
             to
             another
             :
             Whereas
             
               we
               Catholicks
            
             are
             one
             Body
             ,
             an
             Edifice
             firmly
             built
             upon
             the
             Authority
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             having
             no
             such
             Fractions
             among
             us
             ,
             but
             being
             as
             a
             
               City
               that
               is
               at
               unity
               in
               it self
               .
            
             By
             such
             suggestions
             ,
             to
             which
             our
             Divisions
             give
             too
             much
             colour
             ,
             they
             deceive
             the
             Hearts
             of
             the
             Simple
             ,
             and
             draw
             multitudes
             into
             their
             Snares
             .
          
           
           
             And
             as
             our
             Divisions
             promote
             Popery
             by
             way
             of
             Scandal
             ,
             and
             the
             ill
             opinion
             they
             beget
             of
             the
             Reformation
             ;
             so
             they
             do
             the
             same
             by
             giving
             the
             Papists
             positive
             ,
             and
             direct
             opportunity
             to
             play
             their
             Game
             .
             They
             put
             themselves
             into
             all
             shapes
             ,
             and
             disguises
             among
             our
             Sects
             ,
             and
             under
             those
             Vizards
             drive
             us
             on
             towards
             more
             Confusion
             ,
             and
             disseminate
             their
             own
             Doctrines
             under
             other
             Names
             ,
             and
             Appearances
             ,
             with
             great
             advantage
             to
             their
             Cause
             .
             So
             that
             while
             there
             are
             such
             Separations
             ,
             and
             
               Conventicle
               Meetings
            
             among
             us
             ,
             Popery
             is
             still
             carrying
             on
             :
             The
             Popish
             Agents
             will
             creep
             into
             Houses
             ;
             they
             will
             hide
             ,
             and
             shelter
             themselves
             under
             those
             pretences
             ,
             and
             drive
             on
             their
             Business
             by
             them
             .
          
           
             So
             that
             there
             is
             no
             way
             for
             us
             to
             come
             to
             any
             assurance
             against
             Popery
             ,
             but
             by
             Vnion
             ,
             by
             which
             the
             Scandal
             will
             be
             removed
             ,
             and
             the
             advantages
             that
             we
             give
             our
             Enemies
             by
             our
             Divisions
             .
             But
             this
             ,
             considering
             how
             things
             are
             ,
             may
             seem
             utterly
             unpracticable
             ;
             union
             and
             agreement
             in
             Opinions
             ,
             is
             certainly
             unfeisable
             ;
             it
             never
             was
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             it
             never
             will
             be
             :
             But
             yet
             ,
             some
             
               External
               Vnion
               ,
               Subjection
               ,
               Truce
               ,
               fairness
            
             among
             the
             different
             minds
             may
             :
             And
             how
             is
             that
             to
             be
             attain'd
             ?
             Must
             all
             Dissenters
             from
             the
             Church
             be
             supprest
             ?
             Or
             ,
             must
             they
             have
             a
             
               general
               Toleration
            
             ?
             The
             ordering
             this
             Matter
             ,
             must
             be
             left
             to
             the
             Wisdom
             of
             our
             Governours
             ;
             only
             in
             general
             I
             say
             ,
             something
             must
             be
             done
             for
             the
             removing
             the
             mischievous
             effects
             of
             our
             Divisions
             .
             I
             will
             not
             pretend
             to
             direct
             ,
             but
             I
             'le
             give
             you
             my
             opinion
             in
             two
             things
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             
               Toleration
               is
               not
               the
               way
            
             .
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             must
             be
             given
             ;
             there
             is
             no
             help
             for
             that
             ;
             no
             power
             on
             Earth
             can
             invade
             it
             ;
             for
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             is
             liberty
             of
             
               Practical
               Judgment
            
             ;
             and
             the
             freedom
             of
             that
             none
             can
             take
             away
             .
             Liberty
             of
             Practice
             then
             ,
             is
             the
             thing
             in
             dispute
             ;
             that
             consists
             either
             in
             professing
             our
             private
             Opinions
             ,
             or
             our
             walking
             in
             private
             Ways
             ,
             contrary
             to
             Establishments
             ;
             and
             as
             to
             these
             too
             ,
             strictly
             speaking
             ,
             our
             Liberty
             cannot
             be
             taken
             away
             ;
             For
             whatever
             the
             Laws
             or
             Penalties
             are
             ,
             men
             will
             still
             retain
             natural
             power
             ,
             and
             liberty
             to
             profess
             what
             they
             believe
             ,
             and
             to
             act
             according
             to
             that
             profession
             .
             
             The
             question
             then
             is
             of
             
               Political
               Liberty
            
             ,
             whether
             they
             should
             not
             be
             determined
             by
             Laws
             ,
             and
             bounded
             by
             Prohibitions
             ,
             and
             Penalties
             in
             
               Ecclesiastical
               Matters
            
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             others
             ?
             And
             so
             ,
             it
             will
             come
             to
             this
             ,
             whether
             there
             should
             be
             
               any
               Government
               in
               the
               Church
               or
               not
               ?
            
             For
             if
             there
             be
             a
             Government
             ,
             there
             must
             be
             Laws
             ,
             if
             there
             be
             Laws
             ,
             there
             must
             be
             Penalties
             annext
             to
             the
             violation
             of
             those
             Laws
             ;
             otherwise
             the
             Government
             is
             precarious
             ,
             and
             at
             every
             ones
             mercy
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             't
             is
             none
             at
             all
             ;
             the
             very
             nature
             of
             Government
             requires
             Restraints
             ,
             and
             the
             bounding
             the
             liberty
             of
             Practice
             :
             and
             to
             strive
             for
             Toleration
             ,
             is
             to
             contend
             against
             all
             Government
             .
          
           
             Let
             it
             be
             tried
             in
             the
             Civil
             State
             ,
             in
             Armies
             ,
             in
             Schools
             ,
             in
             any
             Societies
             ,
             or
             publick
             Bodies
             ;
             And
             see
             what
             work
             it
             would
             make
             with
             them
             ?
             None
             certainly
             could
             stand
             under
             the
             practice
             of
             such
             a
             Principle
             :
             For
             if
             Penalties
             are
             forborn
             to
             any
             ,
             why
             should
             not
             all
             expect
             it
             ,
             when
             there
             is
             occasion
             ?
             And
             all
             may
             have
             the
             same
             pretence
             when
             they
             need
             it
             .
             If
             no
             one
             is
             to
             be
             punish'd
             for
             doing
             that
             which
             is
             agreeable
             to
             his
             Conscience
             ,
             or
             not
             doing
             that
             which
             is
             contrary
             to
             it
             ,
             every
             one
             will
             quickly
             learn
             to
             say
             that
             the
             thing
             he
             
               would
               do
            
             is
             his
             Conscience
             ,
             and
             the
             thing
             he
             dislikes
             is
             against
             it
             :
             And
             't
             is
             impossible
             for
             all
             the
             wisdom
             in
             the
             World
             to
             tell
             ,
             but
             that
             it
             may
             ;
             no
             one
             can
             judg
             that
             ,
             but
             a
             man's
             self
             :
             So
             that
             here
             is
             an
             effectual
             loose
             and
             out-let
             to
             all
             Government
             in
             the
             Church
             ;
             yea
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             State
             too
             .
          
           
             For
             Conscience
             is
             as
             much
             concern'd
             in
             the
             Duties
             of
             the
             
               Second
               Table
            
             ,
             as
             in
             those
             of
             the
             
               First
               .
               —
               Conscience
               void
               of
               offence
               towards
               God
               ,
               and
               towards
               men
               ,
            
             Acts
             24.
             16.
             
             And
             there
             is
             no
             Statute
             of
             the
             Realm
             that
             can
             be
             made
             ,
             but
             men
             may
             find
             a
             pretence
             of
             Conscience
             against
             it
             :
             And
             if
             Conscience
             (
             every
             man's
             
               peevish
               ,
               humoursome
               ,
               erring
            
             Judgment
             ,
             which
             he
             will
             call
             by
             that
             name
             )
             be
             so
             sacred
             ,
             that
             no
             one
             must
             be
             punish'd
             that
             follows
             it
             ,
             then
             every
             one
             may
             be
             excused
             ,
             when
             he
             thinks
             fit
             to
             plead
             this
             ,
             and
             so
             good-night
             to
             all
             Laws
             and
             Governments
             of
             all
             sorts
             .
             If
             a
             man
             steals
             anothers
             Goods
             ,
             
             the
             Law
             would
             punish
             him
             :
             But
             saith
             he
             ,
             I
             did
             according
             to
             my
             Conscience
             ;
             the
             possessor
             was
             a
             wicked
             man
             that
             had
             no
             right
             ,
             for
             all
             
               property
               is
               founded
               in
               Grace
            
             ,
             and
             I
             did
             but
             take
             what
             my
             Godliness
             gave
             me
             title
             to
             :
             I
             was
             bound
             in
             conscience
             to
             assert
             mine
             own
             ,
             and
             the
             Godlies
             right
             .
             And
             then
             the
             Prosecution
             according
             to
             this
             Doctrine
             of
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             is
             at
             an
             end
             ,
             and
             the
             Offender
             clear
             .
             If
             a
             man
             violently
             detains
             what
             is
             anothers
             by
             Law
             (
             as
             the
             Quakers
             actually
             do
             in
             the
             case
             of
             Tithes
             )
             he
             must
             not
             be
             punish'd
             ,
             't
             is
             his
             Conscience
             he
             'll
             tell
             you
             .
             If
             one
             that
             is
             Prest
             for
             the
             necessary
             Service
             ,
             and
             defence
             of
             his
             Country
             against
             a
             foreign
             Enemy
             ,
             alledg
             't
             is
             against
             his
             Conscience
             to
             fight
             ,
             he
             must
             be
             excused
             :
             If
             he
             say
             his
             Conscience
             forbids
             him
             to
             pay
             Taxes
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             subject
             to
             none
             but
             
               King
               Jesus
            
             ,
             and
             that
             all
             other
             Government
             is
             Antichristian
             ,
             his
             Purse
             must
             be
             free
             ,
             and
             the
             King
             must
             lose
             his
             share
             ;
             and
             then
             in
             a
             short
             time
             you
             may
             judg
             what
             will
             become
             of
             his
             Majesty's
             Revenue
             .
             If
             he
             pleads
             't
             is
             against
             his
             Conscience
             to
             
               bear
               Office
            
             in
             Church
             ,
             or
             State
             ,
             he
             must
             not
             by
             any
             means
             be
             troubled
             ,
             his
             Neighbours
             must
             take
             the
             Burden
             ,
             and
             share
             the
             trouble
             among
             them
             .
             All
             these
             are
             just
             ,
             and
             due
             Inferences
             ,
             and
             we
             see
             by
             them
             whither
             this
             Liberty
             leads
             ;
             nothing
             can
             be
             safe
             under
             it
             ,
             no
             not
             our
             Lives
             .
             Men
             may
             think
             it
             a
             duty
             to
             murder
             us
             ;
             
               Those
               that
               kill
               you
               ,
               shall
               think
               they
               do
               God
               good
               service
               :
            
             And
             the
             Scotch
             Field-meeters
             actually
             hold
             ,
             and
             teach
             in
             their
             Sermons
             ,
             and
             their
             Books
             ,
             that
             't
             is
             lawful
             ,
             yea
             ,
             heroical
             ,
             to
             
               kill
               Bishops
            
             ,
             or
             any
             
               ordained
               by
               them
            
             ;
             and
             in
             consequence
             of
             that
             Doctrine
             ,
             Ten
             of
             those
             Zealots
             barbarously
             murdered
             the
             Arch-Bishop
             of
             St.
             Andrews
             .
             Yea
             their
             Doctrine
             is
             ,
             that
             't
             is
             
               lawful
               to
               kill
               any
               one
               that
               hath
               forsaken
               their
               Covenant
               ,
            
             consequently
             the
             King
             himself
             ,
             upon
             whom
             they
             forceably
             imposed
             it
             :
             And
             some
             that
             have
             the
             heroical
             Impulse
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             a
             strong
             inclination
             to
             murder
             any
             of
             the
             sorts
             so
             sentenced
             by
             them
             ,
             will
             think
             himself
             bound
             in
             Conscience
             to
             do
             it
             .
             And
             when
             he
             hath
             so
             done
             ,
             must
             he
             be
             indemnified
             ,
             and
             exempt
             from
             Punishment
             ,
             because
             it
             was
             his
             Conscience
             ;
             So
             it
             ought
             to
             be
             according
             to
             this
             Doctrine
             .
          
           
           
             If
             it
             be
             said
             ,
             that
             these
             are
             plain
             Cases
             ,
             and
             men
             cannot
             plead
             Conscience
             for
             disobedience
             in
             such
             Instances
             .
             I
             answer
             ,
             that
             nothing
             is
             so
             plain
             ,
             but
             men
             that
             have
             an
             humour
             ,
             an
             interest
             ,
             or
             will
             against
             it
             ,
             may
             dispute
             ,
             and
             doubt
             ,
             and
             deny
             when
             they
             please
             ;
             and
             the
             Instances
             alledg'd
             
               actually
               are
            
             among
             the
             
               Quakers
               ,
               Fifth
               Monarchists
               ,
               Scotch
               Presbyterians
               ,
            
             and
             such
             like
             ;
             and
             if
             this
             Principle
             be
             allowed
             ,
             their
             number
             ,
             and
             their
             pretences
             would
             quickly
             increase
             to
             the
             destruction
             of
             all
             Right
             ,
             Property
             ,
             and
             Government
             .
          
           
             But
             Liberty
             ,
             some
             will
             say
             ,
             is
             desired
             only
             in
             the
             Worship
             of
             God
             :
             And
             if
             right
             of
             Conscience
             be
             the
             reason
             it
             should
             be
             had
             there
             ,
             the
             same
             right
             of
             Conscience
             extends
             to
             all
             things
             of
             Morality
             ,
             where
             Conscience
             binds
             as
             much
             ,
             and
             is
             as
             sacred
             ;
             and
             the
             bounding
             it
             in
             matters
             of
             Worship
             ,
             is
             Arbitratious
             ,
             and
             without
             Reason
             ;
             which
             men
             would
             quickly
             find
             ,
             if
             they
             had
             once
             gain'd
             the
             first
             Point
             .
             And
             this
             Liberty
             is
             so
             destructive
             to
             all
             rights
             of
             Government
             ,
             and
             Society
             ,
             that
             none
             of
             those
             that
             now
             contend
             for
             it
             ,
             will
             allow
             it
             when
             they
             have
             power
             .
             Ask
             the
             Papists
             in
             
               Spain
               ,
               Germany
            
             ,
             or
             France
             ,
             if
             they
             are
             for
             Toleration
             ?
             Ask
             the
             Presbyterians
             ,
             whether
             they
             would
             Tolerate
             ?
             In
             their
             times
             nothing
             was
             so
             abominable
             ,
             so
             Antichristian
             ,
             as
             
               accursed
               Toleration
            
             ,
             (
             as
             they
             then
             call'd
             it
             )
             nothing
             so
             vehemently
             thundred
             against
             in
             their
             Pulpits
             every
             where
             .
             We
             may
             remember
             how
             they
             Persecuted
             ,
             Sequestred
             ,
             Imprison'd
             ,
             ruined
             the
             Episcopal
             Divines
             for
             reading
             the
             publick
             Liturgie
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Laws
             ,
             their
             Oaths
             ,
             their
             
               Consciences
               :
               Their
            
             plea
             of
             Conscience
             was
             nothing
             then
             ;
             we
             know
             who
             denied
             the
             liberty
             of
             this
             Worship
             even
             to
             the
             King
             himself
             in
             his
             own
             Chappel
             :
             They
             would
             not
             suffer
             in
             his
             Extremities
             any
             of
             his
             own
             Chaplains
             to
             come
             to
             him
             ,
             when
             he
             earnestly
             desired
             it
             .
             And
             what
             Liberty
             was
             given
             to
             all
             other
             .
             Sects
             by
             the
             Independents
             ,
             in
             their
             day
             ,
             because
             they
             
               could
               not
               help
               it
            
             ,
             was
             denied
             to
             Popery
             ,
             and
             Prelacy
             (
             as
             they
             joyn'd
             them
             )
             because
             they
             could
             .
             And
             there
             is
             no
             Sect
             ,
             were
             it
             in
             full
             power
             ,
             that
             would
             give
             liberty
             to
             
               any
               other
            
             .
             Even
             now
             they
             deny
             it
             ,
             and
             violate
             their
             own
             pretences
             of
             Liberty
             of
             
             Conscience
             ;
             they
             
               persecute
               Conformists
            
             with
             bitter
             hatred
             ,
             and
             with
             railing
             ,
             malicious
             accusations
             ;
             they
             shoot
             the
             
               arrows
               of
               bitter
               Words
            
             ,
             and
             endeavour
             to
             destroy
             their
             Reputations
             with
             
               Tongues
               set
               on
               fire
               of
               Hell
               :
            
             They
             give
             no
             quarter
             to
             
               their
               Consciences
            
             ,
             but
             persecute
             them
             ,
             as
             far
             as
             they
             can
             :
             and
             persecution
             in
             the
             Heart
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Tongue
             ,
             would
             be
             so
             in
             the
             Hands
             quickly
             ,
             if
             they
             had
             power
             .
          
           
             So
             that
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             and
             Toleration
             ,
             are
             things
             only
             to
             be
             talkt
             of
             ,
             and
             pretended
             to
             by
             those
             that
             are
             under
             ;
             but
             none
             like
             ,
             or
             think
             it
             reasonable
             that
             are
             in
             Authority
             .
             'T
             is
             an
             instrument
             of
             mischief
             and
             dissettlement
             ,
             to
             be
             courted
             by
             those
             who
             would
             have
             Change
             ;
             but
             no
             way
             desirable
             by
             such
             as
             would
             be
             quiet
             ,
             and
             have
             the
             Government
             undisturbed
             .
             For
             it
             is
             not
             consistent
             with
             Publick
             peace
             and
             safety
             ,
             without
             a
             
               standing
               Army
               :
               Conventicles
            
             being
             eternal
             Nurseries
             of
             Sedition
             and
             Rebellion
             .
             If
             these
             Dissenters
             would
             be
             contented
             with
             Liberty
             ,
             't
             were
             pretty
             well
             ,
             and
             tolerable
             ;
             but
             that
             will
             not
             do
             :
             whatever
             is
             the
             modesty
             and
             meekness
             of
             the
             pretence
             ,
             they
             must
             have
             the
             Rule
             and
             Sway
             of
             all
             or
             they
             will
             never
             be
             satisfied
             .
          
           
             We
             see
             this
             actually
             in
             Scotland
             ;
             there
             is
             no
             manner
             of
             Imposition
             in
             worship
             there
             either
             of
             Liturgie
             ,
             or
             Ceremony
             ,
             but
             the
             worship
             in
             Churches
             is
             in
             the
             same
             way
             with
             that
             in
             their
             Conventicles
             ;
             and
             yet
             they
             tumult
             ,
             and
             rebel
             on
             pretence
             of
             Religion
             and
             Conscience
             .
             They
             would
             have
             their
             
               Covenant
               ,
               Christs
               Government
            
             ,
             as
             they
             call
             it
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             Dominion
             and
             supreme
             Rule
             themselves
             .
             Meer
             Indulgence
             they
             scorn
             ,
             many
             of
             them
             think
             it
             unlawful
             to
             accept
             any
             from
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             have
             upon
             that
             account
             made
             a
             separation
             from
             those
             of
             their
             own
             ,
             that
             think
             they
             may
             :
             and
             thus
             in
             likelihood
             it
             would
             be
             in
             a
             little
             time
             here
             also
             ,
             if
             Toleration
             under
             Limitations
             ,
             were
             granted
             .
          
           
             So
             that
             whatever
             it
             may
             do
             else-where
             ,
             where
             People
             are
             
               less
               concern'd
            
             for
             their
             
               Opinions
               ;
               we
            
             certainly
             can
             never
             be
             safe
             with
             it
             ,
             without
             an
             Army
             to
             secure
             the
             Publick
             from
             the
             Mischievous
             effects
             of
             it
             .
             And
             if
             ever
             this
             should
             obtain
             ,
             Popery
             
             would
             get
             such
             an
             advantage
             by
             it
             ,
             as
             God
             forbid
             it
             should
             ever
             have
             again
             in
             this
             Kingdom
             :
             And
             we
             know
             ,
             Toleration
             was
             a
             principal
             thing
             aimed
             at
             ,
             and
             endeavour'd
             (
             as
             appears
             by
             Coleman's
             Letters
             )
             in
             order
             to
             the
             introducing
             of
             that
             Religion
             .
             So
             that
             upon
             the
             whole
             we
             see
             ,
             that
             this
             is
             not
             our
             way
             .
             Let
             us
             then
             consider
             ,
          
           
             2.
             
             An
             Accommodation
             with
             Dissenters
             of
             less
             malignant
             Principles
             ;
             What
             will
             that
             do
             ?
             'T
             is
             certain
             ,
             that
             with
             some
             of
             them
             no
             terms
             can
             be
             made
             ;
             they
             will
             never
             unite
             ,
             never
             be
             satisfied
             ;
             to
             such
             't
             is
             in
             vain
             to
             yield
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             a
             Consolidation
             that
             is
             unpracticable
             .
             On
             the
             other
             hand
             ,
             there
             are
             who
             make
             other
             professions
             ,
             and
             are
             not
             so
             vastly
             distant
             from
             us
             ,
             those
             declare
             for
             an
             Episcopal
             Government
             ,
             and
             a
             
               Publick
               Liturgie
            
             ;
             with
             them
             one
             would
             think
             it
             should
             not
             be
             impossible
             to
             Unite
             .
             They
             pretend
             that
             some
             small
             Abatements
             ,
             and
             Condescensions
             on
             our
             part
             ,
             would
             do
             :
             And
             we
             grant
             that
             our
             Liturgie
             and
             Ceremonies
             are
             alterable
             ;
             some
             actual
             alterations
             have
             been
             made
             since
             the
             return
             of
             the
             Government
             :
             If
             reasonable
             Alterations
             and
             Compliances
             would
             gain
             them
             ,
             perhaps
             it
             might
             be
             worth
             while
             to
             endeavour
             it
             ,
             this
             way
             .
             I
             speak
             doubtfully
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             a
             thing
             of
             great
             and
             various
             Consideration
             ;
             if
             sober
             men
             could
             be
             gain'd
             ,
             and
             considerable
             numbers
             of
             People
             with
             them
             ,
             upon
             tolerable
             Terms
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             a
             strengthening
             to
             our
             Church
             ,
             and
             very
             desirable
             .
             But
             it
             should
             be
             weigh'd
             too
             ,
             whether
             any
             considerable
             men
             ,
             and
             numbers
             would
             in
             likelihood
             come
             in
             ?
             Whether
             the
             People
             would
             be
             reconciled
             to
             the
             Church
             with
             them
             ?
             Or
             whether
             they
             would
             not
             flie
             from
             them
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             ours
             ,
             as
             they
             do
             from
             our
             own
             men
             ,
             and
             betake
             themselves
             to
             those
             that
             still
             stand
             out
             in
             defiance
             ?
             And
             whether
             the
             Persons
             we
             admit
             would
             not
             with
             more
             authority
             and
             advantage
             ,
             propagate
             
               ill
               Principles
            
             among
             our
             People
             whom
             they
             they
             are
             allow'd
             to
             teach
             ?
             Some
             of
             those
             that
             by
             straining
             ,
             have
             got
             in
             ,
             have
             done
             so
             ;
             Conform'd
             by
             halves
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             way
             that
             shews
             their
             dislike
             of
             what
             they
             do
             ;
             that
             't
             is
             Force
             ,
             and
             not
             Choice
             ;
             and
             have
             made
             it
             their
             business
             ,
             if
             not
             directly
             to
             oppose
             the
             Church
             ,
             
             yet
             cunningly
             by
             way
             of
             Insinuation
             ,
             they
             have
             fomented
             and
             kept
             alive
             corrupt
             Doctrines
             .
             These
             things
             may
             be
             consider'd
             on
             both
             sides
             ,
             by
             those
             that
             are
             concern'd
             to
             open
             the
             Gate
             wider
             ,
             or
             to
             keep
             it
             as
             it
             is
             .
          
           
             If
             our
             Governors
             should
             think
             fit
             to
             widen
             ,
             and
             to
             yield
             in
             some
             things
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             a
             Christian
             compliance
             on
             their
             part
             ,
             and
             perhaps
             a
             kindness
             to
             our
             Episcopal
             Clergy
             ,
             whose
             Obligation
             to
             some
             Innocent
             ,
             but
             offensive
             usages
             disaffects
             many
             mistaken
             ,
             well-meaning
             People
             to
             them
             ,
             robs
             their
             Churches
             of
             their
             Company
             ,
             and
             them
             of
             their
             Kindnesses
             ,
             and
             Incouragements
             ;
             renders
             their
             Lives
             full
             of
             difficulties
             ,
             and
             disputes
             ,
             enforceth
             them
             to
             eternal
             Contests
             for
             their
             Dues
             ,
             and
             renders
             their
             Ministry
             ,
             and
             profitable
             Pains
             ,
             in
             many
             places
             ,
             ineffectual
             .
             The
             Cure
             of
             these
             Evils
             ,
             and
             the
             settling
             the
             Church
             upon
             larger
             ,
             and
             so
             a
             safer
             Foundation
             (
             as
             to
             Interest
             I
             mean
             )
             are
             possibly
             good
             Reasons
             ,
             why
             the
             Matter
             should
             be
             now
             taken
             into
             serious
             and
             deliberate
             Consideration
             .
             And
             the
             dangers
             from
             Popery
             which
             the
             Dissenters
             also
             so
             much
             apprehend
             ,
             should
             methinks
             render
             them
             more
             apt
             to
             comply
             ,
             and
             willing
             to
             accept
             of
             moderate
             terms
             in
             order
             to
             our
             Conjunction
             against
             the
             common
             Danger
             .
             This
             I
             believe
             some
             are
             ,
             and
             with
             them
             there
             is
             possibility
             of
             Vniting
             ,
             and
             likely
             there
             may
             be
             good
             effects
             of
             it
             :
             But
             others
             of
             them
             ,
             are
             strangely
             heightned
             by
             our
             Dangers
             ,
             and
             stand
             now
             upon
             more
             distant
             terms
             than
             ever
             ,
             they
             expect
             that
             the
             World
             will
             shortly
             be
             their
             own
             ,
             and
             therefore
             shew
             themselves
             more
             inveterate
             against
             the
             Church
             and
             us
             ,
             than
             ever
             .
             Certainly
             these
             do
             not
             believe
             the
             
               Popish
               Plot
            
             ,
             nor
             fear
             Popery
             as
             they
             pretend
             ;
             they
             only
             amuse
             ,
             and
             affright
             the
             People
             with
             them
             ,
             thereby
             to
             carry
             on
             their
             own
             designs
             :
             otherwise
             ,
             they
             would
             ,
             now
             especially
             ,
             supplicate
             the
             Government
             for
             Vnion
             ,
             and
             sacrifice
             
               Humour
               ,
               Interest
            
             of
             a
             Party
             ,
             and
             the
             Pride
             of
             Separation
             ,
             to
             the
             Protestant
             advantage
             ,
             and
             safety
             :
             They
             would
             be
             more
             yieldable
             ,
             and
             compliant
             ,
             and
             desirous
             to
             cement
             ,
             and
             joyn
             with
             us
             for
             the
             common
             Benefit
             ,
             and
             Security
             .
             If
             the
             Government
             should
             think
             fit
             to
             consider
             those
             that
             are
             so
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             any
             
             
               small
               ,
               alterations
            
             in
             their
             favour
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             Charitable
             ,
             and
             Candid
             ,
             and
             possibly
             for
             the
             Publick
             Interest
             .
             But
             whether
             fit
             ,
             or
             not
             ,
             't
             is
             not
             for
             private
             Persons
             to
             determine
             ,
             nor
             very
             decent
             uncall'd
             ,
             to
             offer
             their
             opinion
             ,
             when
             that
             Point
             is
             concluded
             ,
             I
             think
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             The
             Constitution
             should
             be
             made
             firm
             (
             whether
             with
             any
             alterations
             ,
             or
             without
             them
             )
             and
             Laws
             put
             in
             
               punctual
               ,
               vigorous
               Execution
            
             .
             Till
             that
             is
             done
             ,
             all
             will
             signifie
             nothing
             .
             The
             Church
             hath
             lost
             all
             through
             Remissness
             ,
             and
             Non-execution
             of
             Laws
             :
             and
             by
             the
             contrary
             course
             things
             must
             be
             reduced
             ,
             or
             they
             never
             will.
             To
             what
             purpose
             are
             Parliaments
             so
             concern'd
             to
             prepare
             good
             Laws
             ,
             if
             the
             Officers
             who
             are
             intrusted
             with
             the
             Execution
             ,
             neglect
             that
             Duty
             ,
             and
             let
             them
             lie
             Dead
             .
             This
             brings
             Laws
             and
             Government
             into
             Contempt
             ,
             and
             't
             were
             much
             better
             the
             Laws
             were
             never
             made
             :
             By
             them
             the
             Dissenters
             are
             provoked
             ,
             and
             being
             not
             restrain'd
             by
             the
             exacting
             of
             the
             Penalties
             ,
             they
             are
             fiercer
             ,
             and
             more
             bent
             upon
             their
             own
             ways
             ,
             than
             they
             would
             be
             otherwise
             .
          
           
             But
             it
             may
             be
             said
             ,
             the
             
               execution
               of
               Laws
            
             of
             Conformity
             ,
             raiseth
             the
             cry
             of
             Persecution
             :
             and
             will
             not
             that
             be
             Scandalous
             ?
             Not
             so
             scandalous
             as
             
               Anarchy
               ,
               Schism
            
             ,
             and
             eternal
             Divisions
             and
             Confusions
             ,
             both
             in
             Church
             and
             State.
             Better
             that
             the
             unruly
             should
             clamour
             ,
             than
             that
             the
             regular
             should
             groan
             ,
             and
             all
             should
             be
             undone
             :
             Better
             the
             Schismatical
             should
             be
             justly
             punish'd
             by
             the
             Government
             (
             let
             them
             call
             that
             Punishment
             what
             they
             will
             )
             than
             that
             the
             Government
             should
             really
             ,
             and
             for
             ever
             be
             Persecuted
             by
             them
             .
             If
             Penalties
             must
             be
             suspended
             when
             ever
             the
             guilty
             clamour
             ,
             and
             call
             things
             by
             wrong
             names
             ,
             then
             farewel
             all
             Government
             .
             Our
             Governours
             have
             Consciences
             too
             as
             well
             as
             private
             Persons
             ,
             and
             they
             ought
             to
             act
             according
             to
             theirs
             ,
             for
             the
             publick
             Benefit
             ,
             and
             Safety
             ,
             let
             it
             be
             never
             so
             much
             against
             the
             grain
             of
             those
             that
             will
             for
             ever
             be
             discontented
             .
          
           
             But
             it
             may
             yet
             be
             Objected
             ,
             that
             punishment
             in
             such
             Cases
             ,
             
               will
               do
               no
               good
            
             :
             Men
             will
             not
             be
             
               beaten
               into
               Religion
               ,
               nor
               out
               of
               any
               .
            
             And
             it
             is
             true
             ,
             that
             some
             will
             never
             be
             reduced
             ,
             never
             
             reclaim'd
             ;
             but
             then
             ,
             their
             just
             Sufferings
             will
             be
             warnings
             to
             others
             .
             The
             greatest
             part
             of
             those
             that
             now
             scatter
             ,
             and
             run
             about
             ,
             do
             it
             out
             of
             Humour
             ,
             or
             Phancy
             ,
             or
             Faction
             ,
             or
             Interest
             ,
             or
             Animosity
             ,
             or
             desire
             of
             being
             accounted
             Godly
             ,
             not
             really
             out
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             and
             conviction
             of
             Duty
             ;
             and
             these
             ,
             the
             Penalties
             duly
             exacted
             would
             bring
             back
             into
             Order
             ,
             and
             when
             they
             have
             been
             used
             to
             that
             ,
             and
             strict
             Government
             ,
             they
             may
             really
             grow
             wiser
             ,
             and
             be
             reconciled
             throughly
             ,
             to
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             its
             Constitutions
             ,
             against
             which
             they
             were
             before
             so
             prejudiced
             ;
             for
             hereby
             they
             will
             be
             forced
             into
             soberer
             Company
             ,
             and
             under
             more
             sound
             ,
             and
             sober
             Preaching
             .
             Our
             Ministers
             then
             will
             have
             the
             opportunity
             of
             informing
             their
             abused
             ,
             and
             misguided
             understandings
             ,
             of
             discovering
             the
             Fallacies
             ,
             and
             Mistakes
             they
             have
             been
             abused
             by
             ,
             and
             of
             setting
             their
             Consciences
             right
             in
             those
             Matters
             .
             While
             People
             run
             on
             without
             controul
             in
             their
             own
             ways
             ,
             they
             will
             not
             hearken
             ,
             they
             will
             not
             consider
             any
             thing
             that
             is
             offer'd
             to
             them
             :
             Like
             the
             
               wild
               Ass
               ,
               they
               snuff
               up
               the
               Wind
               ,
               who
               can
               turn
               them
               away
               ?
            
             But
             when
             their
             Opinions
             ,
             and
             Ways
             bring
             them
             trouble
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             chastised
             for
             them
             ,
             they
             are
             then
             more
             disposed
             to
             attend
             ,
             and
             weigh
             the
             Reasons
             offer'd
             without
             the
             usual
             Partiality
             ,
             and
             Prejudice
             .
             And
             thus
             punishments
             are
             instruments
             of
             real
             Reformation
             ,
             and
             amendment
             .
             The
             truth
             of
             this
             we
             have
             in
             part
             seen
             :
             For
             while
             the
             Act
             made
             by
             the
             late
             Parliament
             against
             Conventicles
             was
             pretty
             briskly
             executed
             ,
             our
             Churches
             began
             to
             be
             fill'd
             ,
             and
             the
             People
             were
             from
             all
             quarters
             coming
             in
             ;
             and
             had
             that
             course
             been
             followed
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             begun
             ,
             it
             would
             have
             done
             the
             business
             ,
             in
             likelihood
             we
             had
             been
             settled
             ,
             and
             not
             exposed
             to
             such
             dangers
             of
             Popery
             ,
             as
             we
             always
             shall
             be
             ,
             while
             the
             Church
             is
             unfixt
             :
             and
             so
             by
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
             we
             might
             yet
             be
             ,
             if
             this
             Method
             were
             retriev'd
             .
             But
             then
             ,
             the
             work
             must
             be
             done
             with
             a
             steady
             hand
             ,
             and
             firm
             resolution
             ,
             
               constantly
               ,
               universally
            
             ;
             that
             all
             may
             see
             we
             are
             in
             earnest
             for
             Establishment
             .
             Such
             a
             course
             I
             am
             persuaded
             would
             yet
             bring
             us
             into
             Regularity
             ,
             and
             
               External
               Vnion
            
             ,
             which
             would
             give
             Beauty
             ,
             and
             Strength
             
             to
             our
             Church
             ,
             gratifie
             all
             good
             Men
             ,
             and
             disappoint
             the
             designs
             of
             our
             Popish
             ,
             and
             other
             Enemies
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             IV.
             
          
           
             III.
             
               OVr
               carelessness
               ,
               and
               indifferency
               in
               Religion
               is
               one
               of
               the
               greatest
               ,
            
             and
             
               most
               unhappily
               influencing
               occasions
               of
               our
               fears
               ,
               and
               dangers
               of
               Popery
               .
               Religion
            
             requires
             ,
             and
             deserves
             our
             highest
             Affections
             ,
             and
             most
             diligent
             Endeavours
             .
             It
             is
             
               Zeal
               ;
               so
            
             in
             the
             truth
             of
             things
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             general
             sense
             of
             Mankind
             :
             So
             that
             where
             Zeal
             is
             not
             ,
             People
             will
             not
             believe
             that
             Religion
             is
             there
             :
             The
             Zealous
             still
             lead
             them
             ,
             and
             have
             their
             company
             ;
             and
             when
             ever
             it
             happens
             ,
             that
             the
             generality
             of
             a
             Church
             ,
             or
             Way
             ,
             are
             cold
             ,
             dead
             ,
             and
             unconcern'd
             either
             to
             Religion
             in
             general
             ,
             or
             to
             their
             own
             particular
             Profession
             ;
             that
             Church
             ,
             and
             Profession
             is
             like
             to
             be
             deserted
             by
             those
             of
             warm
             affections
             ,
             who
             will
             betake
             them
             thither
             where
             they
             may
             have
             company
             in
             their
             Zeal
             ,
             and
             entertainment
             for
             it
             .
          
           
             Here
             now
             hath
             been
             a
             principal
             occasion
             that
             many
             have
             fall'n
             off
             from
             
               our
               Church
            
             ,
             to
             the
             Roman
             Superstition
             .
             Blessed
             be
             God
             ,
             we
             have
             an
             excellent
             constitution
             of
             Religion
             reformed
             according
             to
             
               Primitive
               ,
               Apostolick
            
             Doctrine
             ,
             and
             Usage
             :
             But
             the
             misery
             is
             ,
             We
             ,
             the
             Members
             ,
             have
             by
             our
             
               Carelessness
               ,
               Indifferency
               ,
               Irreligion
            
             ,
             brought
             disgrace
             upon
             it
             ,
             and
             laid
             it
             low
             in
             the
             opinion
             of
             many
             zealous
             ,
             and
             devout
             People
             ;
             for
             the
             most
             will
             judg
             of
             Religions
             by
             the
             Professors
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             Our
             difsenting
             Adversaries
             were
             ,
             and
             are
             very
             zealous
             ,
             they
             have
             a
             
               Zeal
               for
               God
               ,
               though
               not
               according
               to
               Knowledg
            
             ;
             that
             heat
             hath
             been
             very
             wild
             ,
             and
             very
             mischievous
             ;
             and
             by
             the
             ill
             conduct
             ,
             and
             bad
             effects
             of
             it
             ,
             we
             are
             prejudiced
             (
             many
             of
             us
             )
             against
             the
             very
             Word
             ,
             and
             against
             the
             Thing
             :
             So
             
             that
             we
             run
             (
             as
             't
             is
             usual
             )
             into
             a
             quite
             contrary
             extream
             ,
             and
             are
             afraid
             of
             any
             thing
             that
             looks
             like
             warm
             Concernment
             ,
             in
             ,
             or
             for
             Religion
             .
          
           
             The
             Sects
             are
             earnest
             in
             their
             
               Prayers
               ,
               so
            
             to
             Folly
             ,
             and
             Extravagance
             :
             On
             the
             contrary
             how
             indifferent
             are
             many
             of
             us
             to
             the
             Service
             of
             our
             Church
             ,
             those
             
               sober
               ,
               grave
               Devotions
            
             ,
             which
             formerly
             ,
             when
             they
             were
             supprest
             ,
             we
             disputed
             so
             earnestly
             for
             :
             How
             little
             have
             they
             of
             our
             Company
             ?
             How
             undevoutly
             do
             we
             demean
             our selves
             at
             them
             ?
             How
             slightly
             do
             many
             talk
             of
             
               saying
               Prayers
            
             ,
             and
             being
             Devout
             ;
             as
             if
             they
             were
             things
             to
             be
             jested
             with
             ?
             How
             
               little
               Reputation
            
             doth
             Devotion
             give
             any
             one
             among
             us
             ?
             How
             
               little
               Shame
            
             or
             Disrepute
             the
             contrary
             ?
          
           
             The
             Dissenters
             are
             Superstitious
             ,
             as
             to
             hearing
             Sermons
             ;
             are
             swift
             to
             hear
             ,
             place
             almost
             all
             Religion
             in
             it
             :
             Whereas
             too
             many
             of
             us
             ,
             
               reckon
               little
            
             of
             Preaching
             ,
             perform
             it
             as
             an
             Exercise
             ,
             hear
             it
             as
             an
             Entertainment
             ,
             (
             at
             the
             best
             )
             divers
             make
             nothing
             of
             it
             ;
             at
             least
             ,
             are
             without
             any
             affectionate
             concernment
             about
             it
             .
          
           
             The
             
               holy
               Sacrament
            
             of
             the
             
               Lord's
               Supper
            
             ,
             which
             the
             Fanaticks
             impale
             within
             their
             select
             numbers
             ,
             but
             is
             freely
             permitted
             to
             us
             ,
             how
             
               many
               slight
            
             ?
             how
             few
             attend
             ?
             The
             greatest
             part
             neglect
             it
             quite
             ,
             and
             will
             not
             by
             the
             most
             constant
             ,
             and
             earnest
             importunities
             of
             their
             Ministers
             ,
             be
             persuaded
             to
             do
             
               thus
               much
            
             ,
             to
             testifie
             their
             being
             Christians
             .
          
           
             The
             Sects
             are
             zealous
             contenders
             for
             their
             dear
             Models
             of
             Government
             ,
             and
             Discipline
             :
             But
             how
             little
             do
             we
             (
             most
             of
             us
             )
             heed
             the
             Government
             ,
             and
             Discipline
             of
             the
             Church
             ?
             We
             care
             not
             how
             it
             is
             affronted
             ,
             or
             trampled
             on
             ,
             yea
             ,
             we
             are
             ready
             upon
             every
             occasion
             ,
             and
             without
             any
             sometimes
             ,
             to
             flie
             in
             the
             Face
             of
             the
             Governours
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             to
             tear
             them
             ,
             our selves
             .
          
           
             The
             Separatists
             are
             zealous
             to
             Superstition
             ,
             in
             the
             observance
             of
             the
             
               Lords
               Day
            
             :
             Some
             of
             us
             in
             opposition
             ,
             reckon
             not
             much
             of
             it
             :
             most
             I
             doubt
             are
             too
             negligent
             ,
             and
             remiss
             here
             .
             In
             nothing
             doth
             the
             humour
             of
             Opposition
             appear
             more
             
             among
             us
             than
             in
             this
             .
             We
             hold
             sacredness
             of
             places
             on
             the
             account
             of
             dedication
             to
             religious
             uses
             ,
             and
             respect
             due
             to
             them
             ;
             for
             this
             the
             Sects
             despise
             us
             as
             
               Superstitious
               :
               They
            
             on
             the
             other
             side
             hold
             Sacredness
             ,
             and
             Divine
             Separation
             of
             some
             time
             ,
             the
             
               Lords
               Day
            
             (
             at
             least
             ;
             )
             this
             Doctrine
             and
             the
             consequent
             Practice
             ,
             some
             among
             us
             ,
             impeach
             as
             Superstitious
             ,
             and
             heed
             not
             that
             Day
             as
             they
             ought
             .
             Frequent
             Acts
             of
             Parliament
             are
             made
             to
             inforce
             its
             Religious
             observation
             ,
             and
             to
             restrain
             abuses
             ,
             and
             prophanations
             of
             it
             ,
             which
             yet
             are
             the
             same
             as
             before
             ,
             and
             Magistrates
             that
             should
             execute
             Laws
             ,
             in
             many
             places
             ,
             take
             little
             or
             no
             notice
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             Now
             the
             consequence
             of
             this
             unhappy
             Coldness
             ,
             and
             Indifferency
             ,
             must
             be
             ,
             that
             many
             People
             that
             are
             affectionate
             to
             Religion
             must
             needs
             turn
             away
             ,
             and
             joyn
             themselves
             either
             to
             the
             Conventicles
             on
             the
             one
             hand
             ,
             or
             the
             Papists
             on
             the
             other
             ,
             both
             which
             have
             great
             appearance
             of
             Zeal
             and
             Devotion
             ;
             and
             many
             ,
             no
             doubt
             ,
             have
             gone
             off
             to
             the
             Roman
             Church
             upon
             this
             only
             score
             ,
             being
             scandaliz'd
             by
             our
             neglects
             ,
             and
             indevotion
             .
             This
             was
             the
             temper
             of
             Laodicea
             ,
             and
             the
             Remedy
             prescribed
             ,
             to
             prevent
             Ruine
             ,
             was
             Zeal
             ,
             Rev.
             3.
             19.
             
             And
             except
             we
             learn
             ,
             and
             practise
             this
             ,
             our
             Church
             in
             he
             necessary
             consequence
             ,
             must
             fall
             to
             nothing
             .
          
           
             Our
             Enemies
             on
             both
             sides
             are
             diligent
             ,
             studious
             ,
             zealous
             ,
             and
             if
             we
             continue
             negligent
             ,
             and
             careless
             ,
             their
             designs
             to
             destroy
             us
             at
             length
             ,
             must
             of
             necessity
             succeed
             ;
             and
             here
             is
             one
             of
             the
             most
             considerable
             Causes
             they
             have
             succeeded
             so
             far
             already
             .
             The
             way
             of
             Cure
             and
             Prevention
             ,
             is
             
               sober
               ,
               active
               Zeal
            
             ,
             both
             in
             Clergy
             ,
             and
             People
             .
          
           
             As
             to
             the
             Prayers
             of
             the
             Church
             ;
             the
             
               Ministers
               '
            
             ought
             to
             read
             them
             with
             more
             affection
             ,
             and
             external
             Devotion
             ;
             the
             People
             to
             attend
             them
             with
             more
             diligence
             ,
             and
             constancy
             ;
             and
             their
             attendance
             ought
             to
             be
             more
             humble
             and
             devout
             .
             There
             was
             never
             more
             reason
             for
             our
             constancy
             ,
             and
             zeal
             in
             this
             Duty
             than
             now
             :
             Prayers
             are
             always
             seasonable
             ,
             but
             most
             necessary
             in
             times
             of
             publick
             Difficulties
             ,
             and
             Dangers
             .
             The
             rude
             Mariners
             betook
             them
             to
             their
             Prayers
             in
             the
             Storm
             ,
             
             JOB
             .
             1.
             
             
               In
               their
               affliction
               they
               will
               seek
               me
               early
               ,
            
             Hos.
             5.
             15.
             
             If
             we
             do
             not
             so
             in
             ours
             ,
             it
             will
             be
             a
             sad
             symptom
             .
          
           
             We
             should
             further
             express
             our
             Zeal
             in
             being
             constant
             ,
             and
             unanimous
             in
             attending
             on
             the
             
               holy
               Sacrament
            
             ;
             our
             neglect
             of
             this
             is
             shameful
             ,
             and
             intolerable
             :
             Nothing
             hath
             given
             so
             great
             a
             blow
             to
             our
             Religion
             ,
             it
             hath
             made
             some
             believe
             ,
             and
             say
             we
             have
             none
             .
             We
             are
             earnestly
             invited
             by
             our
             Lord
             ,
             and
             his
             Messengers
             ;
             How
             many
             earnest
             Sermons
             ,
             how
             many
             excellent
             Books
             ,
             press
             this
             Duty
             upon
             us
             ,
             and
             give
             us
             direction
             in
             it
             ?
             And
             yet
             we
             are
             little
             moved
             .
             We
             come
             for
             fear
             of
             the
             Temporal
             Penalties
             ,
             when
             we
             have
             entred
             into
             Offices
             ,
             and
             Trusts
             ,
             but
             the
             Authority
             of
             our
             Supreme
             Legislator
             ,
             and
             the
             eternal
             Penalties
             he
             threatens
             ,
             prevail
             little
             .
             This
             is
             scandalous
             Neglect
             :
             And
             we
             declare
             to
             all
             the
             World
             ,
             that
             Religion
             hath
             no
             power
             upon
             us
             ,
             when
             it
             cannot
             obtain
             thus
             much
             from
             us
             .
             Of
             this
             carelesness
             we
             ought
             to
             repent
             deeply
             ,
             to
             reform
             speedily
             ,
             Solemn
             appearance
             at
             the
             Lord's
             Table
             would
             give
             us
             the
             face
             of
             a
             Church
             ,
             and
             make
             our
             Religion
             look
             like
             something
             ;
             the
             contrary
             exposeth
             it
             to
             Contempt
             .
          
           
             Our
             Zeal
             also
             should
             ingage
             us
             to
             study
             the
             Constitutions
             of
             our
             Church
             more
             ,
             to
             search
             into
             the
             grounds
             of
             our
             Government
             ,
             and
             Discipline
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             be
             acquainted
             with
             their
             Antiquity
             ,
             Reasonableness
             ,
             and
             Piety
             ,
             and
             thereby
             inabled
             to
             stop
             the
             mouths
             of
             Gain-sayers
             ,
             and
             to
             contend
             intelligently
             for
             our
             Profession
             ,
             and
             Practice
             .
          
           
             The
             Lord's
             Day
             should
             be
             more
             diligently
             ,
             and
             religiously
             observed
             by
             us
             .
             This
             is
             the
             publick
             ,
             solemn
             time
             for
             the
             exercise
             of
             Devotion
             ;
             so
             it
             is
             acknowledg'd
             ,
             whether
             it
             be
             of
             Divine
             ,
             or
             only
             of
             Ecclesiastical
             Institution
             ,
             and
             therefore
             should
             be
             reverenc'd
             by
             those
             of
             each
             Opinion
             ,
             and
             kept
             as
             a
             Day
             separate
             from
             other
             days
             ,
             and
             other
             uses
             :
             Places
             we
             think
             and
             say
             ought
             to
             be
             so
             ,
             Churches
             ,
             and
             Altars
             ;
             and
             with
             reason
             we
             believe
             this
             :
             There
             is
             at
             least
             the
             same
             reason
             for
             Times
             ,
             some
             others
             we
             allow
             ;
             and
             this
             also
             in
             Doctrine
             ;
             let
             not
             the
             zeal
             of
             our
             Adversaries
             in
             this
             instance
             abate
             ,
             and
             quench
             
             ours
             .
             The
             reverence
             and
             all
             the
             great
             interests
             of
             Religion
             are
             in
             great
             part
             maintain'd
             ,
             and
             kept
             alive
             by
             the
             due
             observance
             of
             this
             Day
             .
             Let
             us
             express
             our
             Zeal
             ,
             and
             Devotion
             here
             also
             :
             To
             devote
             one
             day
             of
             seven
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             his
             peculiar
             Service
             ,
             should
             not
             ,
             methinks
             ,
             be
             grievous
             to
             us
             :
             In
             this
             there
             is
             no
             Fanaticism
             ,
             nothing
             but
             what
             is
             very
             agreeable
             to
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England
            
             ,
             which
             we
             should
             strengthen
             ,
             and
             do
             honour
             to
             by
             such
             practice
             :
             This
             Zeal
             is
             honest
             ,
             laudable
             ,
             necessary
             ,
             and
             't
             is
             popular
             :
             And
             in
             Christian
             Prudence
             we
             should
             do
             ,
             and
             study
             all
             lawful
             things
             that
             tend
             to
             the
             inlargement
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             the
             edification
             of
             its
             Members
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             yet
             another
             Instance
             ,
             in
             which
             Zeal
             should
             be
             more
             exprest
             ;
             which
             I
             have
             reserv'd
             for
             the
             last
             ,
             because
             I
             shall
             take
             the
             liberty
             to
             inlarge
             on
             it
             :
             It
             is
             concerning
             Preaching
             ,
             and
             
               hearing
               Sermons
            
             .
             I
             pretend
             not
             to
             teach
             ,
             but
             shall
             with
             submission
             to
             better
             Judgments
             deliver
             my
             opinion
             ,
             which
             is
             ,
             That
             in
             Preaching
             ,
             Ministers
             should
             chiefly
             ,
             mostly
             ,
             treat
             on
             
               plain
               ,
               practical
               ,
               awakening
            
             Subjects
             ,
             speaking
             of
             them
             gravely
             ,
             and
             affectionately
             ,
             without
             Vanity
             ,
             or
             Affectation
             ,
             with
             design
             still
             to
             do
             good
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             themselves
             ,
             and
             their
             Hearers
             better
             .
             Such
             I
             think
             should
             be
             the
             matter
             ,
             and
             such
             the
             measure
             of
             Preaching
             :
             And
             't
             would
             do
             no
             hurt
             if
             our
             Preachers
             generally
             took
             more
             Zeal
             into
             their
             Pulpits
             than
             is
             usual
             with
             us
             ,
             Zeal
             without
             Folly
             :
             Methinks
             our
             Divines
             should
             not
             suffer
             others
             to
             out-do
             them
             here
             ;
             much-less
             should
             they
             quit
             this
             to
             them
             :
             The
             too
             usual
             want
             of
             this
             Zeal
             here
             ,
             is
             a
             principal
             cause
             of
             our
             Mischiefs
             :
             Some
             are
             almost
             ashamed
             ,
             or
             affraid
             to
             be
             zealous
             in
             their
             Pulpits
             .
             The
             preaching
             of
             too
             many
             is
             Declamatory
             ,
             they
             deliver
             not
             Theological
             Sermons
             ,
             not
             such
             as
             are
             apt
             to
             instruct
             ,
             or
             edifie
             ,
             but
             seem
             to
             design
             the
             gratifying
             vain
             Phancies
             ,
             and
             the
             pleasing
             of
             wanton
             Hearers
             :
             They
             aim
             at
             Wit
             ,
             and
             
               fine
               Sayings
            
             to
             gain
             applause
             among
             the
             injudicious
             by
             silly
             Affectations
             ,
             and
             when
             they
             are
             commended
             they
             have
             their
             end
             ,
             and
             the
             work
             is
             done
             :
             They
             move
             no
             devout
             Affections
             ,
             seem
             not
             to
             design
             it
             :
             Their
             Sermons
             
             are
             lifeless
             ,
             dull
             Harangues
             ,
             full
             of
             studied
             Vanity
             ,
             without
             Piety
             ,
             or
             as
             much
             as
             good
             Sense
             .
             Hence
             many
             Religious
             are
             scandaliz'd
             ,
             and
             they
             nauseate
             such
             Preaching
             ,
             and
             are
             tempted
             by
             it
             to
             run
             away
             into
             Corners
             and
             Sects
             ;
             and
             here
             is
             one
             great
             ground
             of
             Separation
             ,
             and
             loss
             of
             our
             People
             .
          
           
             Now
             one
             ,
             and
             a
             chief
             occasion
             that
             this
             Humour
             hath
             so
             much
             obtain'd
             ,
             is
             ,
             that
             many
             of
             the
             Laity
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             pretend
             much
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             are
             for
             the
             
               formal
               ,
               unedifying
               ,
               wittilizing
            
             Way
             ;
             they
             have
             not
             the
             patience
             to
             hear
             a
             Grave
             ,
             Serious
             ,
             Affectionate
             Sermon
             that
             plays
             no
             Tricks
             :
             But
             will
             be
             ready
             (
             some
             of
             them
             )
             to
             Stigmatize
             ,
             and
             rail
             against
             such
             a
             Preacher
             as
             a
             Presbyterian
             ,
             though
             he
             be
             zealously
             opposite
             to
             their
             Principles
             ,
             and
             Ways
             ,
             and
             most
             hearty
             and
             affectionate
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             .
             These
             would
             have
             none
             (
             it
             seems
             )
             but
             
               affected
               ,
               insipid
               ,
               sensless
               Fops
            
             of
             it
             :
             They
             are
             willing
             to
             give
             away
             all
             ,
             or
             most
             of
             the
             men
             of
             Reason
             ,
             and
             Religious
             Zeal
             to
             the
             Sects
             ;
             take
             them
             who
             will
             ,
             they
             will
             not
             own
             them
             :
             These
             men
             have
             done
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             the
             great
             Mischief
             ,
             and
             have
             raised
             most
             of
             the
             Clamour
             ,
             and
             Opposition
             against
             it
             .
          
           
             No
             Church
             in
             the
             World
             hath
             better
             Preachers
             than
             this
             ,
             and
             there
             are
             not
             upon
             Earth
             worse
             than
             those
             I
             have
             last
             describ'd
             ;
             or
             rather
             they
             are
             none
             at
             all
             ;
             what
             they
             do
             is
             
               not
               Preaching
            
             ;
             it
             is
             throughout
             doing
             another
             thing
             ,
             
               Declaiming
               ,
               silly
               ,
               childish
               speech-making
               ;
               what
               you
               will
            
             ;
             there
             is
             scarce
             any
             other
             abuse
             of
             Speech
             bad
             enough
             to
             resemble
             it
             to
             .
             I
             cannot
             speak
             of
             it
             with
             too
             much
             Contempt
             .
             Such
             Preachers
             are
             Prophaners
             of
             sacred
             things
             ,
             contemptible
             even
             in
             the
             things
             they
             aim
             at
             ;
             their
             Oratory
             ,
             their
             Wit
             is
             so
             ;
             neither
             true
             ;
             both
             
               boyish
               ,
               ridiculous
               ,
               despicable
            
             to
             men
             of
             Sense
             .
             And
             yet
             (
             as
             I
             intimated
             )
             some
             that
             pretend
             Zeal
             for
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             Name
             ,
             the
             Shadow
             ,
             applaud
             those
             
               Triflers
               ,
               Players
            
             ;
             and
             thereby
             tempt
             young
             men
             to
             take
             up
             after
             their
             Way
             ;
             and
             the
             affecting
             such
             stuff
             hath
             spread
             far
             to
             the
             Scandal
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             the
             discountenancing
             the
             
               serious
               ,
               earnest
               ,
               effectionate
            
             Method
             ,
             which
             is
             so
             much
             out
             of
             fashion
             
             among
             this
             sort
             ,
             that
             they
             cannot
             endure
             that
             the
             Preacher
             should
             as
             much
             as
             seem
             to
             be
             in
             earnest
             :
             They
             will
             not
             allow
             him
             to
             
               speak
               warmly
            
             ,
             to
             move
             in
             the
             Pulpit
             ,
             or
             to
             preach
             
               off
               his
               Notes
            
             .
             All
             must
             be
             
               dead
               ,
               cold
            
             Form
             to
             please
             them
             .
             If
             this
             humour
             be
             not
             supprest
             ,
             and
             Preachers
             ,
             generally
             as
             all
             the
             Wise
             already
             do
             )
             don
             't
             take
             another
             course
             ,
             the
             Church
             will
             never
             recover
             its
             just
             Interest
             ,
             and
             Esteem
             .
             Preaching
             must
             be
             more
             
               Serious
               ,
               Affectionate
               ,
               Zealous
            
             ,
             this
             is
             in
             the
             power
             of
             every
             Preacher
             ;
             to
             be
             Profound
             ,
             and
             Learned
             ,
             is
             
               not
               so
            
             .
             In
             the
             many
             poor
             insufficient
             Livings
             we
             may
             not
             expect
             men
             of
             great
             ,
             and
             deep
             Knowledg
             ,
             and
             where
             such
             are
             ,
             
               this
               Qualification
            
             doth
             not
             recommend
             them
             to
             the
             generality
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             their
             Zeal
             doth
             much
             more
             :
             In
             this
             the
             meanest
             Preachers
             may
             abound
             ,
             and
             by
             this
             they
             will
             affect
             their
             Hearers
             ,
             though
             Wit
             ,
             and
             shews
             of
             Learning
             are
             wanting
             .
             These
             ,
             as
             things
             are
             ,
             the
             
               least
               able
            
             endeavour
             to
             ostentate
             ,
             and
             such
             most
             ;
             but
             the
             highest
             they
             can
             attain
             to
             ,
             in
             it
             ,
             is
             but
             Pedantism
             ,
             and
             Childishness
             ,
             which
             are
             despised
             by
             the
             Judicious
             ,
             and
             not
             understood
             by
             the
             rest
             ;
             so
             that
             they
             lose
             their
             end
             ,
             and
             the
             end
             of
             Preaching
             more
             ;
             they
             do
             no
             good
             ,
             get
             no
             hold
             on
             the
             People
             ;
             whereas
             did
             even
             these
             but
             aim
             at
             instructing
             the
             Ignorant
             seriously
             ,
             and
             the
             exciting
             all
             to
             their
             Duty
             earnestly
             ,
             and
             devoutly
             ,
             it
             would
             atone
             for
             their
             imperfections
             with
             the
             Judicious
             ,
             and
             have
             good
             effect
             upon
             the
             rest
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             spoken
             freely
             in
             this
             Matter
             ,
             under
             a
             great
             sense
             of
             this
             Evil
             ,
             and
             I
             hope
             I
             shall
             not
             be
             understood
             to
             reflect
             upon
             any
             worthy
             men
             of
             our
             Church
             ,
             I
             design'd
             only
             to
             express
             my
             just
             indignation
             against
             
               wanton
               Witlings
            
             (
             Preachers
             ,
             and
             People
             )
             whose
             number
             ,
             thanks
             be
             to
             God
             ,
             lessens
             daily
             ,
             and
             among
             all
             Intelligent
             Church-men
             this
             way
             is
             exploded
             ,
             and
             every
             where
             despised
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             another
             Error
             in
             defect
             ,
             in
             reference
             to
             Preaching
             ,
             it
             is
             of
             those
             that
             reckon
             it
             an
             indifferent
             ,
             a
             meerly
             humane
             thing
             ;
             when
             as
             it
             is
             certainly
             of
             Divine
             appointment
             ,
             to
             continue
             to
             the
             end
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             Mat.
             28.20
             .
             We
             ought
             in
             the
             sense
             of
             this
             ,
             to
             be
             more
             frequent
             ,
             and
             heedful
             ,
             in
             our
             
             attendance
             on
             Sermons
             than
             many
             are
             ;
             and
             not
             shut
             out
             Preaching
             or
             Hearing
             ,
             under
             pretence
             of
             Zeal
             for
             the
             Church-Prayers
             .
             Those
             that
             pretend
             one
             Duty
             to
             the
             prejudice
             of
             another
             ,
             do
             really
             care
             for
             neither
             .
             Our
             Zeal
             should
             be
             Vniform
             ,
             and
             respect
             every
             duty
             proportionably
             to
             the
             Dignity
             ,
             and
             necessity
             of
             it
             .
             And
             if
             generally
             we
             had
             been
             
               so
               disposed
            
             ,
             thus
             Zealous
             as
             we
             ought
             ,
             many
             of
             the
             People
             that
             now
             run
             away
             from
             our
             Communion
             ,
             had
             still
             been
             ours
             .
             They
             like
             Presbyterians
             ,
             and
             other
             Sects
             ,
             because
             the
             Preachers
             are
             earnest
             ,
             and
             make
             shew
             of
             much
             Zeal
             (
             as
             the
             People
             also
             do
             )
             not
             because
             they
             are
             for
             such
             ,
             or
             such
             a
             Church-Government
             ,
             for
             this
             ,
             or
             that
             Opinion
             :
             The
             multitude
             understand
             not
             these
             things
             ,
             follow
             them
             not
             for
             that
             Cause
             ,
             but
             for
             the
             opinion
             they
             have
             of
             their
             being
             Godly
             ,
             and
             Zealous
             .
             And
             we
             may
             be
             ,
             we
             should
             be
             as
             zealous
             for
             Religion
             ,
             in
             the
             true
             Way
             ,
             as
             they
             seem
             to
             be
             in
             the
             wrong
             :
             Our
             Church
             permits
             ,
             requires
             this
             from
             us
             .
             We
             ought
             not
             to
             distinguish
             our selves
             from
             them
             by
             slighting
             ,
             and
             avoiding
             the
             lawful
             expressions
             of
             Christian
             Zeal
             ;
             the
             Interest
             of
             our
             Church
             doth
             not
             require
             that
             ,
             but
             the
             contrary
             .
             If
             our
             Zeal
             were
             more
             proportion'd
             to
             the
             goodness
             of
             our
             Cause
             ,
             that
             goodness
             of
             our
             Cause
             would
             be
             more
             known
             ,
             and
             acknowledg'd
             ,
             and
             our
             Adversaries
             would
             more
             easily
             be
             reconcil'd
             unto
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             V.
             
          
           
             V.
             ANother
             occasion
             of
             our
             Dangers
             ,
             is
             the
             contrary
             extream
             to
             our
             Coldness
             ,
             
               viz.
               Extravagant
               Zeal
            
             .
             Here
             I
             shall
             first
             consider
             the
             present
             fury
             of
             Atheists
             and
             Infidels
             ,
             and
             then
             discourse
             of
             other
             sorts
             of
             intemperate
             Heat
             ,
             and
             Wildness
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             long
             run
             ,
             will
             greatly
             befriend
             Popery
             .
          
           
           
             Where
             there
             were
             Atheists
             in
             former
             days
             ,
             they
             hid
             their
             Heads
             ,
             and
             were
             afraid
             ,
             ashamed
             ,
             to
             appear
             ,
             but
             in
             these
             they
             glory
             ,
             they
             triumph
             :
             In
             no
             Age
             did
             they
             ever
             dare
             so
             openly
             ,
             in
             no
             Christian
             ,
             in
             no
             Heathen
             Country
             .
             How
             common
             is
             it
             for
             lewd
             men
             ,
             yea
             ,
             for
             
               green
               ,
               untaught
               Youth
            
             ,
             to
             question
             ,
             dispute
             ,
             cavil
             at
             the
             most
             sacred
             Articles
             of
             Religion
             :
             To
             do
             this
             in
             
               Taverns
               ,
               Coffee-Houses
            
             ,
             in
             all
             Companies
             ,
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             the
             Ministers
             of
             Religion
             ,
             before
             them
             to
             choose
             ?
             How
             will
             the
             young
             Witlings
             pride
             ,
             and
             plume
             themselves
             ?
             How
             will
             they
             brisle
             ,
             and
             perk
             up
             ,
             when
             they
             talk
             with
             those
             of
             the
             sacred
             function
             against
             Religion
             ?
             How
             do
             they
             despise
             their
             Reasons
             ,
             because
             (
             forsooth
             )
             the
             thing
             they
             defend
             is
             their
             Interest
             ;
             and
             vaunt
             their
             own
             arguments
             as
             Demonstrations
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             scarce
             Sense
             ?
             It
             would
             turn
             a
             man's
             Stomach
             to
             see
             the
             insolence
             and
             folly
             of
             these
             bold
             Youngsters
             ,
             which
             are
             a
             scandal
             to
             the
             Reformation
             ,
             and
             give
             occasion
             to
             our
             Roman
             Enemies
             to
             brand
             us
             all
             as
             Atheists
             ,
             or
             not
             far
             from
             being
             such
             ;
             whereby
             they
             are
             hardned
             in
             their
             Way
             ,
             and
             have
             great
             advantage
             to
             win
             more
             to
             them
             .
          
           
             Particularly
             at
             this
             time
             these
             Infidels
             do
             Popery
             great
             service
             .
             They
             are
             violent
             in
             their
             Out-crys
             against
             it
             ,
             violent
             to
             Fury
             ;
             none
             so
             fierce
             as
             they
             ;
             of
             which
             there
             can
             be
             no
             Reason
             ,
             but
             either
             the
             consideration
             of
             their
             Lands
             ,
             or
             this
             ,
             that
             Popery
             is
             a
             Religion
             ,
             (
             at
             least
             it
             pretends
             unto
             it
             .
             )
             Now
             by
             this
             their
             clamour
             and
             fierceness
             ,
             by
             their
             appearing
             so
             forward
             ,
             so
             in
             the
             Front
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             against
             Popery
             ,
             they
             give
             occasion
             to
             the
             Papists
             to
             think
             ,
             and
             say
             that
             our
             Zeal
             is
             an
             
               Heathen
               Persecution
            
             of
             Christianity
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             so
             malign'd
             ,
             so
             opposed
             by
             us
             ,
             because
             they
             profess
             Religion
             ,
             and
             are
             not
             Infidels
             :
             And
             it
             may
             suggest
             to
             others
             that
             are
             yet
             indifferent
             ,
             that
             certainly
             there
             is
             some
             
               great
               good
            
             in
             Popery
             ,
             that
             such
             run
             upon
             it
             with
             such
             violence
             ;
             and
             't
             is
             natural
             to
             men
             to
             favour
             that
             ,
             which
             the
             Wicked
             ,
             and
             those
             whose
             ways
             they
             have
             cause
             to
             abhor
             ,
             dislike
             ,
             abominate
             ,
             and
             flie
             out
             against
             .
          
           
             So
             that
             ,
             these
             harden
             Papists
             ,
             and
             recommend
             their
             Religion
             ;
             they
             render
             it
             less
             odious
             to
             some
             ,
             because
             't
             is
             so
             to
             them
             .
             
             
               What
               evil
               have
               I
               done
            
             ?
             said
             the
             surprized
             Philosopher
             ,
             that
             these
             (
             the
             Multitude
             )
             applaud
             me
             .
             On
             the
             contrary
             ,
             what
             good
             hath
             Popery
             done
             ,
             that
             vile
             Atheists
             rage
             so
             against
             it
             ?
             'T
             is
             a
             shame
             to
             be
             commended
             by
             some
             ,
             and
             a
             praise
             to
             be
             condemn'd
             ,
             and
             persecuted
             by
             others
             .
             See
             ,
             saith
             the
             Papist
             ,
             who
             are
             furious
             against
             our
             Religion
             !
             They
             are
             the
             same
             that
             blaspheme
             against
             God
             ,
             dispute
             his
             Being
             ,
             burlesque
             his
             Word
             ,
             deride
             his
             Son
             ,
             despise
             ,
             revile
             ,
             trample
             on
             his
             Ministers
             ,
             of
             all
             sorts
             ;
             these
             Protestants
             lead
             you
             ;
             these
             you
             triumphantly
             attend
             ;
             these
             you
             voice
             up
             to
             be
             
               Patriots
               ;
               these
            
             are
             they
             that
             shew
             most
             violent
             hate
             ,
             and
             rage
             against
             us
             .
             Whoever
             gives
             occasion
             to
             such
             upbraidings
             as
             these
             ,
             doth
             without
             doubt
             ,
             credit
             and
             promote
             Popery
             ;
             and
             this
             the
             forwardness
             of
             many
             Atheists
             hath
             done
             ,
             and
             doth
             daily
             .
          
           
             Now
             for
             Cure
             of
             these
             Mischiefs
             ,
             we
             should
             every
             where
             disown
             ,
             declare
             against
             the
             wildness
             of
             these
             Furies
             ;
             despise
             their
             pretended
             Zeal
             ;
             and
             help
             ,
             shame
             ,
             and
             reprove
             their
             Hypocrisie
             ;
             suffer
             them
             not
             to
             name
             Protestant
             Religion
             ;
             decline
             their
             company
             ;
             discountenance
             all
             they
             say
             ,
             and
             all
             they
             do
             :
             Brand
             ,
             hoot
             at
             them
             ,
             let
             the
             World
             see
             ,
             let
             our
             
               Enemies
               see
            
             ,
             they
             are
             
               not
               of
               us
            
             ,
             that
             we
             have
             nothing
             to
             do
             with
             them
             .
             Thus
             we
             should
             do
             in
             Charity
             to
             them
             ,
             (
             publick
             shame
             and
             reproach
             may
             do
             them
             more
             good
             than
             any
             other
             Method
             )
             this
             we
             owe
             to
             our selves
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             honour
             of
             Religion
             ,
             to
             vindicate
             it
             from
             the
             Scandal
             ,
             and
             Reproach
             these
             vile
             men
             bring
             upon
             it
             .
             If
             ever
             there
             was
             a
             time
             for
             Zeal
             against
             
               Atheists
               ,
               Debauchees
               ,
               Buffoons
            
             ,
             it
             is
             now
             .
             It
             is
             always
             seasonable
             ,
             now
             most
             so
             :
             These
             are
             our
             principal
             Enemies
             ,
             who
             whenever
             time
             serves
             will
             be
             as
             fierce
             against
             us
             (
             all
             sorts
             and
             professions
             of
             Religion
             )
             as
             they
             are
             now
             against
             the
             Papists
             .
             These
             are
             the
             common
             Foes
             ,
             enemies
             not
             only
             to
             Religion
             ,
             but
             to
             all
             Government
             ,
             and
             Societies
             ;
             to
             Mankind
             :
             and
             should
             be
             used
             as
             such
             .
             These
             permitted
             ,
             cherish'd
             ,
             will
             bring
             God's
             Judgments
             upon
             us
             ,
             and
             possibly
             Popery
             as
             one
             .
             Let
             us
             then
             have
             no
             fellowship
             with
             those
             men
             :
             And
             if
             any
             such
             should
             have
             crept
             into
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             it
             were
             infinitly
             
             to
             be
             wish'd
             that
             the
             Zeal
             of
             that
             Assembly
             would
             purge
             them
             out
             ,
             like
             dross
             ,
             fit
             for
             no
             use
             ,
             or
             rather
             ,
             as
             what
             is
             most
             offensive
             ,
             and
             destructive
             .
             They
             have
             done
             so
             by
             the
             Papists
             ;
             all
             good
             men
             desire
             ,
             and
             pray
             they
             may
             do
             the
             same
             by
             these
             .
          
           
             If
             any
             thing
             unqualifies
             for
             that
             service
             ,
             one
             would
             think
             Atheism
             ,
             and
             Irreligion
             should
             .
             What
             blessing
             can
             be
             expected
             on
             publick
             Councils
             ,
             when
             these
             are
             mingled
             .
             Where
             they
             are
             they
             will
             disturb
             all
             ,
             break
             all
             ,
             make
             all
             ineffectual
             .
             We
             are
             not
             to
             look
             on
             the
             Dangers
             we
             apprehend
             as
             proceeding
             only
             from
             common
             ,
             natural
             Causes
             ;
             no
             ,
             
               The
               Hand
               of
               God
               is
               in
               them
            
             ;
             they
             are
             His
             Judgments
             ,
             as
             for
             our
             other
             Crying
             Sins
             ,
             so
             particularly
             for
             reigning
             Atheism
             ,
             and
             contempt
             of
             Religion
             :
             And
             if
             we
             expect
             help
             ,
             and
             safety
             from
             the
             objects
             of
             our
             Fears
             ,
             we
             must
             endeavour
             to
             make
             our
             peace
             with
             Him
             ,
             by
             repenting
             of
             all
             our
             Sins
             ,
             and
             particularly
             by
             expressing
             our
             Zeal
             against
             these
             
               greatest
               ,
               worst
            
             ,
             the
             root
             of
             all
             the
             rest
             .
             And
             it
             is
             vehemently
             to
             be
             desired
             ,
             that
             our
             Representatives
             in
             Parliament
             would
             begin
             here
             ,
             lay
             the
             Ax
             at
             the
             root
             ,
             by
             effectual
             Laws
             crush
             this
             
               daring
               ,
               comprehensive
            
             Impiety
             ,
             and
             make
             it
             Capital
             ;
             as
             of
             all
             Crimes
             it
             chiefly
             deserves
             .
             Let
             us
             first
             settle
             
               this
               Point
            
             ,
             that
             we
             are
             to
             have
             
               some
               Religion
            
             ,
             and
             then
             make
             what
             further
             provision
             we
             can
             against
             a
             corrupt
             ,
             a
             
               bad
               one
            
             .
             Let
             us
             vindicate
             ,
             and
             assert
             the
             Honour
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             our
             Common
             Saviour
             ,
             and
             then
             we
             may
             expect
             the
             Divine
             Blessing
             and
             Assistance
             in
             the
             rest
             .
          
           
             But
             besides
             the
             fierceness
             of
             the
             Atheists
             ,
             there
             is
             an
             
               extravagant
               ,
               mistaken
               Zeal
               of
               others
               ,
               that
               is
               a
               great
               occasion
               of
               our
               Dangers
               .
               Honest
               ,
               intelligent
            
             Zeal
             is
             necessary
             for
             our
             Security
             and
             Settlement
             ,
             but
             the
             excesses
             of
             
               blind
               ,
               ungovern'd
            
             Rage
             are
             most
             mischievous
             ,
             and
             destructive
             ;
             I
             shall
             note
             some
             unhappy
             Instances
             of
             it
             that
             belong
             to
             our
             
               present
               state
            
             ,
             and
             render
             it
             very
             dangerous
             ,
             
               viz.
               Such
            
             as
             have
             relation
             to
             our
             oppositions
             of
             Popery
             .
             That
             the
             Nation
             is
             so
             awakened
             ,
             so
             unanimous
             in
             detesting
             the
             false
             worship
             and
             ways
             of
             the
             Roman
             Church
             is
             matter
             of
             rejoycing
             ,
             and
             acknowledgment
             :
             But
             we
             ought
             to
             
             have
             care
             ,
             that
             our
             Zeal
             do
             not
             transport
             us
             to
             Extreams
             .
             I
             shall
             consider
             one
             great
             Instance
             ,
             which
             is
             ,
             
               Mens
               multiplying
               the
               numbers
               of
               Papists
               beyond
               all
               bounds
               of
               truth
               .
            
             I
             would
             by
             no
             means
             lessen
             any
             just
             apprehensions
             of
             our
             Dangers
             ,
             or
             say
             any
             thing
             that
             might
             tend
             to
             the
             remitting
             of
             due
             Caution
             ,
             or
             Diligence
             :
             I
             know
             the
             greatest
             Prudence
             ,
             and
             Care
             is
             needful
             :
             But
             our
             Fears
             may
             be
             extream
             ,
             and
             unreasonable
             ,
             and
             great
             dangers
             may
             arise
             from
             those
             ,
             as
             great
             from
             our
             over-magnifying
             our
             Perils
             ,
             as
             from
             
               not
               duly
               apprehending
            
             them
             :
             And
             this
             way
             the
             things
             we
             fear
             have
             been
             incouraged
             ,
             and
             promoted
             .
             People
             are
             apt
             to
             talk
             of
             the
             numbers
             ,
             and
             strength
             of
             Papists
             ,
             and
             no
             doubt
             design
             them
             not
             any
             service
             by
             it
             ;
             but
             really
             ,
             they
             are
             thereby
             incouraged
             ,
             they
             thence
             flatter
             their
             vain
             hopes
             ,
             thence
             they
             are
             animated
             to
             Plot
             ,
             to
             Attempt
             ,
             being
             acknowledg'd
             so
             numerous
             ,
             so
             powerful
             ;
             hearing
             that
             they
             have
             so
             many
             open
             Friends
             ,
             and
             so
             many
             others
             that
             will
             be
             ready
             to
             joyn
             with
             them
             when
             there
             is
             occasion
             ,
             and
             being
             apt
             to
             believe
             what
             they
             have
             so
             much
             reason
             to
             desire
             ,
             they
             are
             pufft
             with
             vain
             confidence
             ,
             and
             are
             full
             of
             restless
             contrivances
             to
             effect
             that
             ,
             which
             they
             are
             made
             believe
             is
             so
             feisable
             .
             Whereas
             did
             they
             know
             how
             inconsiderable
             their
             real
             numbers
             are
             ,
             they
             must
             certainly
             sit
             down
             ,
             and
             be
             quiet
             .
             They
             would
             then
             understand
             that
             their
             business
             is
             unpracticable
             ;
             private
             Persons
             would
             be
             discouraged
             ,
             and
             if
             there
             should
             succeed
             a
             Prince
             of
             their
             Religion
             ,
             in
             all
             probability
             ,
             he
             also
             would
             despond
             ,
             and
             never
             think
             of
             attempting
             a
             thing
             ,
             humanely
             speaking
             ,
             so
             impossible
             ;
             a
             thing
             ,
             the
             endeavouring
             which
             would
             certainly
             tear
             all
             in
             pieces
             ,
             
               Religion
               ,
               Government
            
             ,
             and
             all
             :
             And
             what
             the
             late
             Designs
             have
             done
             towards
             it
             we
             all
             sadly
             see
             .
             Therefore
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             see
             their
             designs
             are
             Madness
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             ought
             to
             despair
             of
             ever
             succeeding
             by
             their
             strength
             ,
             we
             should
             let
             them
             know
             that
             they
             have
             abused
             themselves
             ,
             and
             others
             have
             abused
             them
             ,
             by
             false
             Musters
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             Year
             1676
             /
             7.
             
             Orders
             came
             from
             the
             Arch-Bishop
             to
             the
             several
             Bishops
             ,
             and
             from
             them
             to
             the
             respective
             Ministers
             ,
             
             and
             Church-wardens
             in
             the
             Province
             of
             Canterbury
             ,
             to
             inquire
             carefully
             ,
             and
             to
             return
             an
             account
             of
             the
             distinct
             numbers
             of
             
               Conformists
               ,
               Protestant
               Non-conformists
            
             ,
             and
             Papists
             ,
             in
             their
             several
             Parishes
             ,
             viz.
             Of
             all
             such
             men
             ,
             and
             women
             that
             were
             of
             age
             to
             Communicate
             .
             I
             have
             by
             me
             the
             return
             from
             the
             whole
             Province
             ,
             which
             contains
             all
             England
             and
             Wales
             ,
             excepting
             only
             what
             belongs
             to
             four
             of
             the
             twenty
             five
             Bishopricks
             .
             The
             number
             of
             Papists
             there
             returned
             ,
             was
             but
             Eleven
             thousand
             ,
             eight
             hundred
             ,
             and
             seventy
             ,
             men
             and
             women
             ,
             old
             and
             young
             .
             Now
             though
             in
             this
             account
             ,
             Conformists
             ,
             and
             other
             Non-conformists
             were
             not
             so
             distinctly
             ,
             could
             not
             so
             justly
             be
             reckon'd
             ,
             yet
             for
             the
             Papists
             ,
             they
             being
             so
             few
             in
             each
             Parish
             ,
             and
             so
             notoriously
             distinguish'd
             as
             generally
             they
             are
             ,
             the
             Ministers
             ,
             and
             Church-wardens
             could
             easily
             give
             account
             of
             them
             ;
             and
             there
             is
             no
             reason
             to
             suspect
             their
             partiality
             ,
             We
             hear
             ,
             I
             know
             ,
             that
             in
             London
             alone
             ,
             and
             in
             some
             particular
             Parishes
             ,
             of
             that
             ,
             and
             the
             neighbour
             City
             ,
             there
             are
             vastly
             greater
             numbers
             .
             But
             
               within
               the
               Walls
            
             ,
             they
             are
             known
             to
             be
             very
             few
             ,
             comparatively
             scarce
             any
             such
             .
             In
             the
             Suburbs
             they
             are
             said
             to
             be
             numerous
             ,
             (
             still
             the
             great
             numbers
             are
             in
             places
             remote
             ,
             or
             where
             inquiry
             
               cannot
               be
               well
               made
            
             .
             )
             In
             St.
             Martins
             alone
             ,
             I
             have
             heard
             of
             twenty
             ,
             or
             thirty
             thousand
             ;
             but
             the
             Account
             was
             taken
             there
             ,
             and
             as
             exact
             a
             one
             as
             could
             be
             ;
             and
             I
             am
             assured
             by
             some
             that
             should
             know
             ,
             and
             had
             no
             reason
             to
             misinform
             me
             ,
             that
             the
             number
             returned
             upon
             the
             most
             careful
             scrutiny
             ,
             was
             about
             six
             hundred
             :
             Of
             Lodgers
             there
             might
             be
             more
             ,
             but
             they
             are
             supposed
             to
             be
             accounted
             elsewhere
             ,
             in
             the
             several
             Parishes
             to
             what
             they
             belong
             .
             I
             have
             found
             the
             like
             fallings
             short
             of
             the
             reputed
             number
             in
             divers
             other
             noted
             places
             .
             In
             one
             City
             talkt
             of
             for
             Papists
             ,
             as
             if
             half
             the
             Inhabitants
             were
             such
             ,
             I
             am
             assured
             there
             are
             not
             twenty
             ,
             men
             and
             women
             :
             In
             another
             large
             and
             populous
             one
             ,
             a
             person
             of
             Quality
             living
             in
             it
             ,
             told
             me
             ,
             there
             were
             at
             least
             six
             hundred
             ;
             but
             when
             the
             inquiry
             was
             made
             by
             the
             Ministers
             ,
             and
             Church-wardens
             of
             each
             Parish
             ,
             the
             number
             was
             not
             found
             to
             be
             sixty
             :
             And
             't
             is
             very
             probable
             such
             a
             disproportion
             would
             be
             
             met
             between
             the
             reputed
             ,
             and
             real
             numbers
             in
             all
             other
             places
             ,
             if
             scrutiny
             were
             made
             .
             In
             all
             the
             West
             ,
             and
             most
             populous
             part
             of
             England
             they
             are
             very
             inconsiderable
             :
             I
             hear
             frequently
             from
             Inhabitants
             of
             those
             Places
             ,
             that
             in
             Bristol
             (
             the
             second
             or
             third
             City
             of
             England
             )
             there
             is
             but
             one
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             City
             of
             
               Glocester
               one
            
             ,
             more
             ,
             or
             two
             at
             most
             ;
             in
             the
             other
             great
             Towns
             ,
             and
             Cities
             Westward
             ,
             scarce
             any
             ;
             and
             those
             that
             are
             in
             the
             Counties
             at
             large
             ,
             are
             extremely
             few
             ,
             thinly
             scattered
             ,
             here
             one
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             distance
             of
             many
             Miles
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             ,
             another
             :
             Some
             few
             decaied
             Gentry
             ,
             and
             here
             and
             there
             an
             inconsiderable
             Country-man
             ,
             or
             Tradesman
             ,
             very
             few
             of
             Note
             ,
             or
             Riches
             ,
             of
             either
             sort
             .
             And
             if
             an
             exact
             account
             were
             taken
             of
             their
             numbers
             ,
             and
             condition
             ,
             from
             London
             to
             the
             Mount
             in
             
               Cornwal
               ,
               Westward
            
             ,
             the
             inconsiderableness
             of
             both
             would
             exceedingly
             surprise
             us
             :
             And
             I
             am
             very
             confident
             ,
             that
             of
             all
             sorts
             of
             men
             ,
             differing
             from
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             the
             Papists
             are
             the
             fewest
             ;
             and
             those
             that
             are
             ,
             are
             so
             scattered
             ,
             and
             live
             so
             distantly
             from
             each
             other
             ,
             that
             't
             is
             really
             very
             little
             they
             are
             capable
             of
             doing
             ,
             in
             opposition
             to
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Nation
             ;
             and
             the
             less
             ,
             because
             of
             the
             great
             jealousie
             and
             hatred
             ,
             that
             all
             universally
             have
             conceiv'd
             of
             ,
             and
             against
             them
             .
          
           
             We
             hear
             of
             vast
             numbers
             in
             the
             North
             ;
             and
             there
             are
             more
             ,
             no
             doubt
             ,
             in
             those
             parts
             ,
             than
             in
             the
             Western
             ,
             but
             I
             believe
             they
             are
             much
             fewer
             than
             we
             hear
             ,
             and
             no
             way
             able
             by
             their
             numbers
             ,
             to
             make
             any
             kind
             of
             Ballance
             for
             the
             exceeding
             disproportion
             in
             the
             West
             .
          
           
             The
             truth
             is
             ,
             People
             are
             mightily
             given
             ,
             and
             generally
             so
             ,
             to
             multiply
             the
             number
             of
             Papists
             ,
             and
             they
             do
             it
             in
             common
             talk
             ,
             at
             least
             ten-fold
             .
             Designs
             have
             been
             ,
             and
             I
             doubt
             ,
             are
             still
             carrying
             on
             ,
             which
             this
             pretence
             serves
             :
             A
             chief
             thing
             to
             be
             done
             in
             order
             to
             publick
             Mischief
             ,
             is
             to
             affright
             the
             People
             with
             the
             number
             and
             strength
             of
             Papists
             :
             And
             I
             believe
             if
             there
             were
             but
             ten
             of
             that
             sort
             in
             the
             Nation
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             the
             same
             thing
             .
             God
             forbid
             I
             should
             diminish
             the
             real
             force
             of
             our
             Enemies
             ,
             or
             endeavour
             to
             render
             us
             secure
             in
             Dangers
             ;
             The
             malignity
             and
             principles
             of
             Papists
             ,
             their
             unwearied
             Zeal
             ,
             
             and
             diligence
             to
             overthrow
             our
             Religion
             ,
             I
             very
             well
             know
             ,
             and
             thank
             God
             that
             the
             whole
             Kingdom
             is
             awakned
             to
             apprehend
             these
             ;
             but
             I
             think
             ,
             we
             shall
             incourage
             them
             ,
             and
             dishearten
             our selves
             ,
             if
             we
             
               over
               magnifie
            
             their
             strength
             ,
             and
             thereby
             give
             occasion
             to
             
               other
               Plots
            
             of
             as
             dangerous
             a
             nature
             as
             theirs
             .
          
           
             But
             to
             all
             this
             ,
             I
             know
             some
             will
             say
             ,
             that
             though
             their
             numbers
             here
             are
             not
             considerable
             ,
             yet
             they
             are
             very
             formidable
             upon
             the
             account
             of
             
               foreign
               Friends
               and
               Correspondents
            
             :
             And
             our
             danger
             from
             Abroad
             is
             really
             great
             ;
             but
             not
             much
             the
             more
             on
             the
             account
             of
             Domestick
             Papists
             ,
             whatever
             they
             vainly
             persuaded
             themselves
             :
             If
             our
             Neighbours
             should
             invade
             us
             ,
             They
             ,
             if
             they
             should
             be
             so
             disposed
             ,
             could
             do
             them
             but
             little
             service
             ;
             we
             know
             their
             assistance
             in
             the
             late
             Wars
             where
             they
             joyn'd
             ,
             was
             not
             very
             considerable
             ;
             And
             now
             ,
             their
             numbers
             being
             so
             small
             ,
             and
             they
             being
             so
             disperst
             ,
             and
             mingled
             ;
             they
             being
             so
             hated
             ,
             and
             every
             Neighbour
             having
             so
             watchful
             ,
             and
             concern'd
             an
             Eye
             upon
             every
             one
             of
             them
             ,
             they
             could
             scarce
             signifie
             any
             thing
             ;
             yea
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             thought
             ,
             considering
             how
             things
             are
             ,
             that
             in
             such
             a
             Case
             ,
             the
             fury
             of
             the
             People
             would
             offer
             them
             immediate
             Violence
             ,
             and
             prevent
             their
             doing
             that
             little
             they
             otherwise
             might
             .
          
           
             All
             this
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             I
             say
             to
             shew
             ,
             how
             little
             sense
             ,
             and
             reason
             there
             is
             in
             the
             
               Popish
               Plots
            
             ,
             and
             how
             much
             better
             it
             would
             be
             for
             them
             for
             ever
             to
             desist
             ,
             and
             to
             sit
             down
             in
             desperation
             of
             success
             .
             And
             if
             a
             
               Popish
               Prince
            
             should
             come
             to
             rule
             over
             us
             ,
             if
             he
             knew
             the
             real
             state
             of
             things
             ,
             and
             the
             weakness
             of
             that
             party
             ,
             he
             would
             never
             think
             of
             reducing
             the
             Nation
             to
             that
             Religion
             ,
             which
             cannot
             be
             effected
             but
             by
             Miracle
             .
             The
             very
             attempt
             would
             hazard
             the
             ruining
             him
             ,
             and
             the
             Monarchy
             for
             ever
             .
             The
             meer
             jealousie
             (
             though
             most
             groundless
             )
             ruined
             one
             
               Protestant
               King
            
             ,
             and
             we
             see
             in
             what
             danger
             it
             hath
             put
             another
             .
          
           
             And
             if
             things
             are
             thus
             (
             as
             I
             am
             confident
             upon
             examination
             ,
             and
             trial
             you
             will
             find
             )
             let
             us
             take
             care
             that
             we
             promote
             not
             Popery
             by
             strengthening
             the
             hopes
             of
             Papists
             ;
             let
             us
             not
             hearten
             
             them
             by
             false
             accounts
             of
             their
             numbers
             ,
             and
             their
             strength
             ,
             and
             thereby
             inspire
             them
             with
             courage
             to
             Plot
             against
             us
             .
             The
             better
             way
             I
             think
             would
             be
             ,
             to
             let
             them
             see
             we
             despise
             them
             ;
             and
             to
             know
             how
             phantastical
             and
             sensless
             their
             hopes
             are
             :
             This
             would
             really
             disable
             them
             ,
             break
             their
             Courage
             ,
             and
             in
             likelihood
             put
             an
             end
             to
             their
             audacious
             Projects
             ,
             from
             which
             we
             have
             such
             frequent
             disturbance
             .
          
           
             But
             we
             hear
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             told
             ,
             they
             have
             many
             secret
             friends
             ,
             Papists
             in
             
               their
               hearts
            
             ,
             who
             will
             be
             ready
             to
             help
             them
             ,
             when
             time
             shall
             serve
             :
             By
             this
             way
             the
             number
             of
             Papists
             is
             supplied
             ,
             and
             those
             that
             have
             ends
             to
             serve
             by
             it
             ,
             may
             make
             it
             what
             they
             please
             .
             I
             shall
             not
             deny
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             may
             have
             some
             under-hand
             secret
             favourers
             ,
             or
             that
             there
             may
             be
             divers
             such
             in
             Masquerade
             among
             the
             Sects
             :
             But
             is
             it
             likely
             ,
             that
             those
             ,
             whose
             caution
             and
             interest
             ,
             hath
             kept
             them
             all
             this
             while
             from
             appearing
             ,
             or
             declaring
             in
             times
             when
             they
             safely
             might
             have
             done
             it
             ,
             should
             venture
             all
             against
             the
             excited
             rage
             of
             the
             whole
             Nation
             ,
             in
             so
             desperate
             a
             Cause
             ?
             Or
             ,
             if
             the
             number
             of
             these
             were
             added
             ,
             would
             it
             make
             any
             proportion
             to
             the
             open
             declared
             Enemies
             of
             that
             Religion
             ?
             If
             they
             should
             lean
             upon
             such
             hopes
             ,
             I
             doubt
             not
             but
             they
             would
             prove
             broken
             Reeds
             that
             would
             fail
             ,
             and
             suffer
             them
             to
             sink
             to
             the
             Ground
             .
          
           
             And
             here
             I
             cannot
             but
             take
             notice
             of
             an
             intolerable
             Practice
             ,
             extremely
             prejudicial
             to
             the
             Protestant
             Interest
             ,
             and
             Religion
             ,
             every
             where
             now
             prevailing
             ,
             it
             is
             ,
             the
             Stigmatizing
             every
             one
             that
             we
             dislike
             ,
             or
             hate
             ,
             or
             design
             against
             ,
             with
             the
             brand
             of
             Popery
             .
             If
             a
             Gentleman
             stands
             to
             be
             a
             Member
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             that
             is
             not
             a
             Fanatick
             ,
             he
             is
             in
             their
             Mouths
             presently
             a
             Papist
             .
             If
             one
             speak
             but
             an
             earnest
             word
             for
             the
             Government
             ,
             and
             establishments
             either
             in
             Church
             ,
             or
             State
             that
             crosseth
             ,
             and
             stops
             some
             mens
             contrary
             violence
             ,
             he
             is
             a
             Papist
             .
             If
             a
             Minister
             preach
             up
             the
             Peaceable
             ,
             healing
             Christian
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             Principles
             in
             opposition
             to
             Madness
             ,
             and
             wild
             Rage
             ,
             he
             is
             a
             Papist
             .
             If
             a
             man
             doth
             not
             believe
             every
             seditious
             lye
             that
             is
             publish'd
             in
             the
             
               Domestick
               Intelligence
            
             ,
             and
             Coffee-house
             Letters
             ,
             he
             is
             a
             Papist
             .
             So
             that
             I
             am
             afraid
             the
             time
             is
             near
             (
             if
             
             seasonable
             stop
             be
             not
             put
             to
             this
             Rage
             )
             when
             every
             Friend
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             Church
             ,
             shall
             be
             a
             Papist
             .
          
           
             If
             there
             are
             not
             real
             Papists
             in
             the
             Nation
             enough
             to
             keep
             us
             in
             eternal
             frights
             ,
             till
             these
             Plotters
             have
             done
             with
             us
             what
             they
             please
             ,
             they
             will
             make
             more
             ,
             and
             we
             shall
             have
             enough
             ere
             they
             have
             done
             .
             First
             ,
             They
             make
             the
             Bishops
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             
               Conformable
               Clergie
               such
            
             :
             We
             know
             they
             had
             concluded
             all
             the
             former
             but
             three
             ,
             a
             pretty
             while
             ago
             ;
             and
             they
             are
             continually
             labouring
             by
             scandalous
             Reflections
             ,
             and
             downright
             Reproaches
             ,
             in
             their
             common
             Discourses
             ,
             and
             their
             more
             publick
             lying
             News
             ,
             to
             blast
             the
             whole
             Regular
             Clergy
             ,
             as
             Papists
             in
             Masquerade
             ,
             (
             as
             they
             phrase
             it
             )
             or
             favourers
             of
             Popery
             at
             least
             .
             And
             though
             these
             have
             been
             always
             ,
             and
             still
             are
             (
             as
             I
             have
             shewn
             )
             the
             stout
             ,
             zealous
             defenders
             of
             the
             Protestant
             Cause
             ,
             though
             they
             are
             the
             only
             significant
             opposers
             (
             in
             their
             way
             )
             of
             Popish
             Errors
             ,
             and
             Superstitions
             ;
             though
             they
             expose
             them
             daily
             by
             their
             learned
             Books
             ,
             and
             Sermons
             ,
             and
             no
             sort
             ,
             no
             order
             of
             men
             in
             the
             World
             ever
             did
             it
             more
             ,
             nor
             
               so
               much
            
             ;
             yet
             all
             this
             is
             nothing
             ,
             it
             shall
             notwithstanding
             be
             in
             the
             power
             of
             every
             contemptible
             Pamphleteer
             ,
             of
             every
             Atheist
             ,
             of
             every
             Fanatick
             ,
             to
             blast
             any
             one
             ,
             yea
             ,
             the
             whole
             Body
             of
             these
             men
             ,
             with
             the
             reproach
             of
             being
             Papists
             ;
             an
             Out-rage
             ,
             and
             Barbarism
             scarce
             ever
             heard
             of
             in
             other
             Places
             ,
             and
             Times
             :
             And
             a
             sort
             of
             men
             there
             are
             that
             have
             no
             manner
             of
             pretence
             to
             any
             Religion
             ,
             but
             this
             of
             calling
             every
             one
             that
             is
             not
             as
             Sensless
             ,
             or
             as
             Atheistical
             as
             themselves
             ,
             Papists
             :
             Those
             that
             know
             not
             their
             Catechisms
             ,
             that
             understand
             no
             more
             what
             Popery
             is
             than
             what
             is
             the
             Religion
             of
             China
             ,
             or
             the
             most
             remote
             parts
             of
             America
             ;
             that
             never
             did
             ,
             and
             never
             will
             speak
             one
             reasonable
             word
             against
             that
             Way
             ,
             nor
             
               for
               any
            
             ;
             yet
             these
             shall
             impudently
             cast
             the
             scandal
             of
             Popery
             upon
             the
             most
             learned
             ,
             most
             active
             ,
             and
             most
             substantial
             Enemies
             that
             Religion
             hath
             in
             the
             World
             :
             Just
             as
             if
             a
             man
             should
             say
             ,
             the
             
               Pope
               ,
               Cardinals
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               Jesuits
               ,
               are
               Protestants
               in
               Masquerade
               .
            
             This
             is
             intolerable
             insolence
             ,
             and
             injustice
             ,
             most
             scandalous
             ,
             and
             destructive
             to
             our
             Protestant
             Profession
             ,
             and
             to
             
             Christianity
             it self
             ;
             contrary
             to
             all
             Charity
             ,
             Modesty
             ,
             Truth
             ,
             and
             common
             Honesty
             ;
             and
             nothing
             could
             more
             incourage
             ,
             and
             promote
             the
             ends
             ,
             and
             designs
             of
             Papists
             .
          
           
             For
             if
             this
             be
             so
             ,
             if
             those
             that
             have
             studied
             the
             Points
             so
             throughly
             ,
             have
             been
             so
             conversant
             in
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             and
             
               Ecclesiastical
               Antiquity
            
             ,
             who
             have
             read
             the
             Books
             of
             all
             sides
             ,
             and
             have
             learning
             to
             judg
             ,
             if
             they
             are
             Papists
             ,
             or
             inclined
             to
             them
             ;
             If
             they
             are
             so
             in
             spight
             of
             all
             their
             Interests
             ,
             the
             zeal
             of
             their
             contrary
             Profession
             ,
             and
             all
             their
             sharp
             Books
             ,
             and
             Sermons
             against
             it
             ,
             then
             certainly
             ,
             may
             men
             think
             ,
             this
             Popery
             hath
             somewhat
             in
             it
             more
             Christian
             ,
             more
             reasonable
             than
             we
             have
             been
             aware
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             not
             the
             Bugbear
             we
             have
             been
             made
             believe
             :
             Thus
             may
             People
             be
             tempted
             to
             favourable
             thoughts
             of
             Popery
             by
             this
             unchristian
             practice
             ;
             and
             this
             puts
             the
             chief
             Fort
             we
             have
             against
             them
             ,
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England
            
             ,
             into
             their
             hands
             ;
             it
             begets
             infinite
             animosities
             ,
             hatreds
             ,
             and
             jealousies
             among
             our selves
             ,
             so
             that
             at
             last
             we
             shall
             not
             be
             able
             to
             tell
             whom
             to
             trust
             ,
             who
             is
             a
             Friend
             ,
             or
             who
             an
             Enemy
             ,
             and
             hereby
             shall
             be
             rendred
             weak
             ,
             and
             easie
             to
             be
             destroyed
             :
             This
             
               recommends
               Popery
            
             as
             a
             Religion
             that
             hath
             the
             
               Hearts
               of
               all
               men
            
             ,
             and
             supposeth
             that
             
               every
               one
            
             would
             be
             a
             Papist
             if
             he
             durst
             ;
             which
             is
             so
             far
             from
             being
             true
             ,
             that
             considering
             how
             contrary
             that
             Religion
             is
             to
             
               Sense
               ,
               Reason
               ,
               Scripture
            
             ,
             and
             Antiquity
             ,
             't
             is
             almost
             a
             wonder
             any
             one
             should
             be
             of
             it
             ,
             whom
             Interest
             ,
             or
             Education
             hath
             not
             irresistibly
             ingaged
             .
          
           
             And
             't
             is
             strange
             to
             see
             how
             slippery
             ,
             and
             uncertain
             mens
             fayings
             are
             ,
             for
             I
             have
             heard
             the
             same
             sort
             affirm
             often
             ,
             (
             reflecting
             upon
             the
             non-sense
             of
             that
             Religion
             )
             that
             they
             think
             the
             Jesuits
             ,
             and
             other
             learned
             men
             among
             them
             do
             not
             in
             their
             Hearts
             believe
             it
             themselves
             :
             and
             yet
             now
             ,
             when
             the
             contrary
             talk
             will
             serve
             a
             mischievous
             turn
             ,
             every
             Protestant
             ,
             every
             Learned
             man
             ,
             every
             
               other
               man
            
             ,
             that
             is
             not
             of
             their
             way
             ,
             or
             mind
             ,
             shall
             ,
             when
             they
             please
             ,
             be
             a
             
               Papist
               in
               his
               heart
            
             .
             The
             Jesuits
             are
             not
             Papists
             in
             their
             Hearts
             ,
             but
             Protestants
             ,
             whose
             
               Education
               ,
               Interest
               ,
               Studies
               ,
               Profession
               ,
               Labours
            
             have
             been
             still
             against
             them
             ,
             are
             so
             in
             theirs
             :
             Which
             besides
             
             the
             other
             extravagances
             of
             it
             ,
             is
             impious
             usurping
             the
             Prerogative
             of
             God
             of
             
               Searching
               Hearts
            
             :
             and
             at
             this
             rate
             even
             our
             Thoughts
             are
             not
             free
             ;
             we
             shall
             not
             think
             what
             we
             can
             ,
             but
             what
             these
             strange
             censurers
             please
             :
             And
             here
             is
             taking
             away
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             with
             a
             witness
             .
             'T
             is
             in
             vain
             to
             urge
             to
             them
             that
             we
             profess
             our selves
             Protestants
             ,
             that
             we
             always
             did
             so
             ,
             that
             we
             practise
             according
             to
             that
             profession
             ,
             frequent
             the
             
               Protestant
               Worship
               ,
               Prayers
               ,
               Sermons
               ,
               Sacraments
               ,
            
             have
             taken
             the
             Oathes
             of
             Allegiance
             and
             Supremacy
             ,
             and
             are
             ready
             to
             take
             any
             Test
             against
             Popery
             ;
             this
             will
             not
             do
             ,
             all
             is
             nothing
             ,
             
               we
               may
               have
               Dispensations
               for
               all
               this
               ,
            
             and
             be
             Papists
             notwithstanding
             :
             According
             to
             which
             rule
             of
             judging
             ,
             't
             is
             impossible
             to
             distinguish
             a
             Protestant
             from
             a
             Papist
             :
             And
             then
             the
             censurers
             are
             Papists
             ,
             the
             
               Presbyterians
               ,
               Independents
               ,
               Anabaptists
               ,
               Quakers
               ,
            
             the
             most
             eminent
             ,
             the
             most
             zealous
             of
             them
             ,
             every
             Mothers
             son
             ,
             are
             all
             Papists
             ,
             when
             any
             one
             hath
             a
             mind
             to
             call
             them
             so
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             no
             possible
             way
             for
             them
             to
             clear
             themselves
             ;
             nor
             is
             there
             any
             possible
             way
             for
             any
             sort
             of
             men
             to
             be
             Protestants
             but
             by
             being
             loudest
             and
             strongest
             ,
             and
             able
             to
             
               knock
               the
               rest
               on
               the
               head
               .
            
             If
             any
             call
             us
             Papists
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             way
             to
             
               stop
               their
               mouths
            
             but
             by
             
               cutting
               their
               Throats
            
             :
             Lo
             !
             here
             is
             foundation
             laid
             for
             our
             Massacring
             one
             another
             ,
             and
             doing
             the
             Papists
             business
             to
             their
             hands
             :
             'T
             is
             but
             for
             the
             prevailing
             Party
             to
             call
             the
             rest
             Papists
             ,
             and
             they
             can
             never
             answer
             it
             ,
             they
             must
             be
             so
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             no
             help
             ;
             and
             so
             they
             unavoidably
             fall
             under
             all
             the
             Rage
             ,
             and
             Fury
             that
             is
             ,
             or
             may
             further
             be
             raised
             against
             those
             our
             common
             Enemies
             .
          
           
             Now
             according
             to
             this
             proceeding
             ,
             Papists
             are
             indeed
             very
             numerous
             ,
             and
             there
             are
             
               scarce
               any
            
             Protestants
             ;
             yea
             ,
             there
             are
             none
             at
             all
             ;
             there
             are
             none
             but
             one
             side
             or
             other
             hath
             call'd
             Papists
             ,
             and
             do
             ;
             and
             none
             (
             not
             one
             of
             them
             )
             by
             this
             rule
             ,
             can
             clear
             themselves
             ,
             and
             prove
             they
             are
             not
             so
             :
             so
             that
             as
             soon
             as
             they
             are
             accused
             they
             are
             mute
             ,
             and
             the
             matter
             must
             be
             taken
             
               Pro
               confesso
            
             .
             No
             man
             is
             clear
             from
             being
             a
             Papist
             ,
             but
             he
             that
             is
             not
             accused
             ;
             and
             so
             his
             clearness
             is
             only
             his
             good
             luck
             ,
             that
             he
             hath
             not
             Enemies
             ,
             or
             that
             charge
             hath
             not
             yet
             
             come
             into
             his
             enemies
             Heads
             ,
             or
             into
             their
             Tongues
             ;
             as
             soon
             as
             it
             doth
             ,
             he
             is
             gone
             too
             .
          
           
             You
             see
             what
             Confusion
             this
             involves
             us
             in
             ,
             it
             dashes
             us
             one
             against
             another
             ,
             and
             blows
             up
             all
             Protestants
             at
             once
             ;
             more
             generally
             ,
             more
             effectually
             ,
             than
             any
             
               Powder
               Plot
            
             can
             ,
             or
             ever
             could
             do
             .
             So
             that
             we
             may
             justly
             say
             ,
             that
             such
             Censurers
             as
             these
             are
             promoters
             of
             Popery
             and
             Popish
             designs
             in
             an
             high
             degree
             .
             And
             who-ever
             invented
             this
             piece
             of
             Mischief
             ,
             whether
             Devil
             ,
             or
             Jesuits
             ,
             or
             our
             
               own
               Malice
            
             ,
             and
             Rage
             ,
             't
             is
             one
             of
             the
             most
             destructive
             Engines
             that
             ever
             was
             formed
             against
             us
             .
             For
             it
             throws
             us
             all
             into
             the
             Dark
             ,
             full
             of
             Rage
             ,
             and
             Fury
             ,
             where
             we
             are
             provoked
             to
             fight
             and
             lay
             about
             us
             ,
             but
             have
             not
             one
             glimps
             of
             light
             to
             see
             a
             Friend
             from
             a
             Foe
             .
             And
             when
             things
             are
             come
             to
             this
             pass
             ,
             Papists
             may
             forbear
             Plotting
             ,
             we
             shall
             do
             their
             work
             our selves
             .
          
           
             Now
             to
             Cure
             these
             evils
             ,
             and
             to
             prevent
             the
             Dangers
             they
             threaten
             ,
             it
             is
             greatly
             to
             be
             desired
             ,
             if
             the
             present
             ways
             of
             
               discovering
               Papists
            
             are
             not
             sufficient
             ,
             that
             some
             other
             Test
             ,
             the
             best
             that
             can
             ,
             were
             made
             ;
             and
             when
             that
             is
             done
             ,
             it
             should
             be
             made
             highly
             Actionable
             ,
             by
             a
             particular
             ,
             strict
             ,
             severe
             Law
             ,
             to
             call
             any
             one
             Papist
             ,
             that
             hath
             taken
             the
             
               legal
               Test.
            
             For
             't
             is
             intolerable
             that
             the
             greatest
             ,
             and
             most
             dangerous
             reproach
             possible
             (
             as
             that
             now
             is
             )
             should
             be
             fastned
             upon
             a
             man
             by
             whoever
             pleaseth
             ,
             and
             that
             there
             should
             be
             no
             remedy
             ,
             nor
             as
             much
             as
             any
             way
             of
             clearing
             .
             In
             other
             Cases
             ,
             the
             Law
             takes
             care
             of
             mens
             Names
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             of
             their
             Estates
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             no
             reason
             but
             it
             should
             ,
             they
             are
             ,
             and
             ought
             to
             be
             as
             dear
             to
             us
             ,
             and
             our
             greatest
             Interests
             depend
             on
             their
             security
             :
             And
             if
             it
             be
             not
             done
             in
             this
             Case
             ,
             here
             wants
             one
             great
             provision
             for
             the
             Liberty
             of
             the
             Subject
             ,
             and
             our
             common
             safety
             from
             Tyranny
             ,
             and
             
               Arbitrary
               Power
            
             .
             There
             is
             nothing
             in
             the
             world
             more
             Arbitrary
             than
             mens
             Tongues
             let
             loose
             ,
             and
             if
             they
             are
             not
             restrain'd
             ,
             and
             tied
             up
             here
             ,
             as
             in
             other
             Cases
             ,
             we
             are
             
               all
               Slaves
            
             ,
             and
             all
             exposed
             to
             suffer
             the
             greatest
             Evils
             from
             one
             another
             without
             any
             way
             of
             Redress
             ;
             and
             so
             fall
             into
             state
             of
             War.
             This
             is
             a
             real
             ,
             and
             mighty
             Grievance
             ,
             and
             't
             is
             to
             be
             desired
             ,
             
             and
             hoped
             ,
             that
             suitable
             Provision
             will
             be
             made
             against
             it
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             yet
             another
             branch
             of
             this
             Folly
             ,
             and
             Injustice
             ,
             which
             is
             ,
             
               uncharitable
               Censure
            
             ,
             and
             suspicion
             of
             all
             that
             turn
             from
             Popery
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             were
             really
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             bottom
             the
             same
             still
             .
             Some
             men
             are
             for
             keeping
             up
             their
             numbers
             full
             ,
             and
             will
             not
             allow
             of
             their
             Conversion
             ,
             except
             they
             are
             converted
             over
             to
             their
             Sect
             ,
             or
             some
             way
             ,
             or
             other
             serve
             their
             Interest
             ;
             except
             they
             run
             with
             them
             in
             the
             ways
             of
             Schism
             ,
             and
             are
             factious
             against
             the
             Government
             ;
             if
             they
             do
             thus
             ,
             they
             are
             dear
             applauded
             Converts
             ;
             but
             otherwise
             ,
             if
             they
             are
             only
             come
             into
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             stick
             there
             ,
             if
             they
             are
             friends
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             assert
             Him
             ,
             and
             the
             establish'd
             Order
             in
             Church
             and
             State
             ;
             they
             shall
             be
             
               Papists
               still
            
             ,
             in
             spight
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             many
             Instances
             of
             this
             unworthiness
             ,
             but
             among
             them
             all
             there
             is
             not
             a
             greater
             ,
             than
             in
             the
             case
             of
             an
             eminent
             Nobleman
             ,
             which
             you
             and
             I
             have
             had
             discourse
             of
             .
             His
             Ancestors
             ,
             most
             of
             them
             (
             perhaps
             )
             were
             
               Papists
               ;
               all
            
             were
             not
             so
             ,
             for
             the
             great
             Grand-father
             was
             Lord
             Privy
             Seal
             to
             Queen
             Elizabeth
             .
             The
             Lord
             that
             now
             is
             ,
             hath
             profest
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             these
             thirty
             Years
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             as
             long
             as
             he
             hath
             been
             capable
             of
             making
             a
             judgment
             for
             himself
             :
             He
             married
             a
             great
             Lady
             ,
             an
             eminent
             Protestant
             ,
             of
             a
             famous
             ,
             zealous
             Protestant
             Family
             ;
             hath
             for
             many
             Years
             ,
             (
             fifteen
             ,
             or
             sixteen
             to
             my
             knowledg
             )
             kept
             a
             Protestant
             Chaplain
             ,
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             in
             his
             House
             ,
             who
             hath
             read
             the
             Publick
             Liturgy
             twice
             every
             day
             there
             ;
             his
             Lordship
             hath
             always
             accustomed
             to
             be
             present
             at
             them
             ,
             and
             useth
             to
             be
             as
             regular
             in
             those
             Devotions
             as
             any
             Member
             of
             our
             Church
             can
             be
             :
             And
             not
             only
             so
             ,
             but
             he
             frequents
             the
             Communions
             also
             ,
             which
             at
             the
             appointed
             times
             are
             there
             duly
             Administred
             :
             His
             Children
             likewise
             are
             carefully
             bred
             in
             the
             Protestant
             Way
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             .
             Some
             two
             or
             three
             old
             Servants
             his
             Lordship
             hath
             ,
             who
             have
             lived
             all
             their
             days
             in
             the
             Family
             (
             of
             the
             Popish
             Religion
             )
             they
             being
             ancient
             ,
             and
             having
             no
             other
             dependance
             ,
             my
             Lord
             still
             keeps
             them
             there
             (
             and
             
             't
             would
             be
             very
             unbecoming
             his
             Nobleness
             to
             do
             otherwise
             )
             but
             all
             the
             Servants
             else
             are
             Protestants
             :
             And
             I
             know
             that
             both
             this
             Lord
             and
             his
             Lady
             take
             great
             care
             to
             have
             them
             all
             receive
             the
             holy
             Communion
             according
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             .
             And
             it
             was
             not
             long
             since
             that
             his
             Lordship
             himself
             spoke
             to
             a
             Divine
             of
             our
             Church
             ,
             whom
             he
             sent
             for
             on
             purpose
             ,
             to
             instruct
             his
             eldest
             Daughter
             ,
             (
             then
             newly
             of
             Years
             for
             it
             )
             in
             order
             to
             the
             receiving
             the
             Sacrament
             ,
             which
             the
             young
             Lady
             piously
             did
             ,
             as
             the
             course
             of
             the
             Family
             is
             .
             This
             Lord
             you
             know
             is
             in
             great
             Command
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Laws
             is
             obliged
             to
             give
             all
             other
             proofs
             ,
             which
             I
             dare
             say
             he
             sincerely
             doth
             :
             He
             is
             a
             Member
             of
             his
             Majesty's
             Council
             ,
             of
             this
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             of
             the
             former
             ,
             and
             to
             all
             Acts
             of
             Council
             against
             the
             Papists
             ,
             his
             Name
             is
             still
             one
             :
             And
             yet
             notwithstanding
             
               all
               this
            
             ,
             such
             is
             the
             perversness
             ,
             and
             malice
             of
             some
             men
             ,
             that
             they
             voice
             him
             up
             for
             a
             Papist
             ,
             though
             all
             things
             he
             doth
             ,
             and
             all
             things
             he
             saith
             declare
             the
             contrary
             ;
             and
             they
             seem
             resolved
             that
             so
             it
             shall
             be
             ,
             let
             his
             Lordship
             say
             ,
             or
             do
             what
             he
             will.
             This
             is
             strange
             Treatment
             ,
             and
             looks
             as
             if
             we
             wanted
             Papists
             ,
             and
             were
             resolv'd
             to
             make
             as
             many
             as
             we
             can
             possibly
             find
             any
             colour
             for
             :
             It
             shews
             that
             those
             men
             really
             do
             not
             fear
             them
             ,
             but
             rather
             fear
             the
             want
             of
             them
             ,
             to
             furnish
             out
             pretence
             for
             their
             Designs
             ,
             and
             Projects
             .
             Otherwise
             ,
             't
             were
             very
             strange
             that
             so
             great
             a
             Person
             ,
             and
             his
             Family
             ,
             should
             not
             be
             welcomed
             ,
             and
             joyfully
             received
             into
             our
             Protestant
             Communion
             ;
             and
             other
             Noblemen
             of
             the
             Popish
             Religion
             incouraged
             by
             the
             civil
             ,
             and
             kind
             reception
             ,
             to
             do
             the
             like
             :
             But
             it
             being
             so
             much
             otherwise
             in
             this
             ,
             and
             many
             other
             Cases
             ,
             it
             is
             plain
             ,
             that
             notwithstanding
             all
             their
             clamour
             ,
             and
             talk
             ,
             some
             men
             desire
             there
             should
             be
             more
             Papists
             ,
             than
             really
             are
             ,
             for
             colour
             ,
             and
             shew
             ,
             to
             assist
             and
             countenance
             their
             Stratagems
             ,
             and
             perpetual
             contrivances
             against
             the
             Government
             ,
             both
             in
             Church
             ,
             and
             State.
             Whatever
             they
             have
             a
             mind
             to
             overthrow
             ,
             and
             destroy
             ,
             they
             mark
             with
             the
             brand
             of
             Popish
             ,
             or
             
               Popishly
               affected
            
             ,
             whether
             with
             Reason
             ,
             or
             without
             any
             ,
             matters
             not
             .
             Popery
             is
             ,
             (
             and
             justly
             so
             )
             the
             object
             of
             the
             greatest
             hatred
             and
             the
             most
             
             general
             ,
             so
             that
             't
             is
             but
             spending
             this
             Imputation
             on
             those
             we
             would
             ruine
             ,
             and
             their
             business
             is
             near
             done
             .
          
           
             Whether
             this
             be
             not
             the
             reason
             of
             the
             present
             injustice
             ,
             (
             of
             this
             kind
             )
             offered
             ,
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             especially
             to
             her
             Clergy
             ,
             let
             those
             that
             know
             some
             men
             ,
             and
             their
             manner
             ,
             judge
             .
             They
             are
             sure
             the
             Church-men
             (
             Divines
             ,
             and
             others
             )
             will
             adhere
             to
             the
             Government
             ,
             and
             are
             not
             to
             be
             drawn
             into
             their
             ways
             ;
             and
             the
             grand
             Business
             of
             some
             is
             to
             overthrow
             the
             Church
             and
             them
             ;
             so
             that
             they
             must
             be
             branded
             ,
             blackned
             ,
             and
             rendred
             popularly
             odious
             ;
             and
             what
             so
             effectually
             doth
             that
             ,
             as
             putting
             the
             
               Comprehensive
               mark
            
             of
             
               all
               mischief
            
             ,
             that
             of
             Popery
             ,
             upon
             them
             .
             But
             on
             the
             Contrary
             ,
             all
             those
             they
             shall
             have
             occasion
             to
             use
             in
             order
             to
             their
             destructive
             designs
             ,
             shall
             be
             united
             in
             the
             dear
             name
             of
             Protestants
             .
             'T
             is
             no
             matter
             though
             many
             are
             Atheists
             ,
             many
             Debauches
             ,
             meer
             Worldlings
             ,
             and
             Politicians
             ,
             some
             acting
             from
             malice
             ,
             and
             revenge
             ,
             some
             from
             ambition
             ,
             some
             to
             repair
             their
             broken
             fortunes
             by
             a
             shuffle
             ,
             some
             out
             of
             greedy
             desire
             to
             be
             fingring
             Church-Lands
             again
             ;
             yet
             all
             declaring
             against
             Popery
             ,
             are
             Protestants
             ,
             though
             they
             never
             heard
             themselves
             reckoned
             of
             any
             Religion
             before
             .
             So
             the
             Sects
             ,
             of
             all
             denominations
             ,
             that
             agree
             scarce
             in
             any
             thing
             positive
             ,
             that
             hate
             ,
             and
             vilify
             each
             other
             ,
             and
             will
             scarce
             allow
             that
             any
             but
             themselves
             are
             Christians
             ;
             yet
             these
             also
             are
             all
             tack't
             together
             by
             the
             kind
             denomination
             of
             being
             Protestants
             .
             All
             but
             we
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             are
             so
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             Those
             that
             are
             of
             no
             Religion
             ,
             and
             never
             pretended
             to
             be
             of
             any
             ;
             those
             that
             were
             bred
             of
             the
             Papists
             ,
             and
             taught
             their
             Principles
             by
             the
             Papists
             ;
             those
             that
             never
             took
             Oaths
             ,
             or
             Tests
             against
             Popery
             ,
             and
             that
             (
             many
             of
             them
             )
             refuse
             to
             take
             any
             :
             Or
             to
             give
             any
             legal
             security
             to
             the
             publick
             that
             they
             are
             not
             Papists
             ;
             these
             are
             
               Protestants
               ,
               the
               Protestants
            
             :
             But
             those
             that
             profess
             the
             
               Primitive
               Christianity
            
             reform'd
             by
             our
             Martyrs
             from
             Roman
             errors
             ,
             and
             corruptions
             ,
             and
             establish't
             by
             our
             Laws
             ;
             Those
             that
             have
             publickly
             bound
             themselves
             to
             this
             
               truely
               Protestant
            
             Religion
             ,
             by
             
               Subscriptions
               ,
               Oaths
               ,
               Sacraments
               ,
               Tests
               ,
            
             (
             all
             the
             ways
             that
             the
             wisdom
             of
             the
             nation
             can
             find
             out
             for
             security
             )
             these
             are
             
               Papists
               ,
               Popishly
               affected
               ,
               Papists
               in
               Masquerade
               !
            
          
           
           
             Sir
             ,
             I
             speak
             nothing
             of
             this
             to
             expose
             ,
             vilify
             ,
             or
             affront
             any
             ;
             but
             out
             of
             tender
             regard
             to
             the
             honour
             of
             the
             Protestant
             name
             ,
             which
             must
             needs
             needs
             by
             such
             courses
             ,
             I
             pray
             God
             preserve
             us
             from
             the
             ill
             consequences
             of
             proceedings
             that
             are
             so
             partial
             ,
             and
             unjust
             ,
             and
             that
             Popery
             in
             the
             event
             have
             not
             the
             advantages
             by
             them
             that
             they
             so
             fairly
             offer
             it
             .
          
           
             I
             hope
             you
             do
             not
             understand
             me
             ,
             as
             if
             I
             intended
             that
             all
             were
             Atheists
             ,
             Debauches
             ,
             &c.
             that
             seem
             now
             to
             be
             over-run
             with
             an
             extravagant
             zeal
             and
             violence
             ,
             and
             that
             wrongfully
             charge
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             .
             No
             ;
             I
             know
             what
             allowances
             are
             to
             be
             made
             for
             mens
             mistakes
             ,
             who
             are
             abused
             by
             the
             cunning
             deceits
             of
             crafty
             designs
             .
             Many
             honest
             ,
             and
             Religious
             persons
             are
             so
             mislead
             at
             this
             time
             :
             and
             those
             I
             pity
             ,
             and
             pray
             for
             .
             But
             that
             there
             are
             many
             wicked
             men
             of
             the
             sorts
             I
             have
             described
             ,
             studying
             ,
             and
             endeavouring
             the
             ruine
             both
             of
             Church
             ,
             and
             State
             ,
             you
             cannot
             but
             apprehend
             ;
             and
             those
             it
             is
             that
             I
             humbly
             caution
             you
             against
             .
             And
             if
             ever
             Popery
             have
             any
             considerable
             advantage
             in
             this
             Nation
             ,
             it
             will
             be
             by
             their
             means
             .
             The
             mistakes
             of
             furious
             Zeal
             against
             Popery
             may
             effect
             that
             ,
             which
             all
             the
             direct
             Zeal
             in
             the
             world
             for
             it
             ,
             would
             never
             be
             able
             to
             bring
             about
             .
             'T
             is
             sobriety
             that
             must
             settle
             ,
             and
             secure
             us
             .
          
           
             SIR
             ,
          
           
             I
             Have
             thus
             written
             to
             you
             with
             honest
             plainness
             ,
             and
             freedom
             ,
             such
             as
             becomes
             an
             English-man
             ,
             and
             a
             sincere
             Member
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             .
             To
             the
             same
             purpose
             I
             have
             spoken
             to
             others
             ,
             as
             I
             have
             had
             occasion
             ,
             with
             no
             other
             design
             but
             of
             serving
             the
             Government
             ,
             and
             
               Protestant
               Religion
            
             by
             Law
             Establish'd
             ,
             to
             which
             by
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
             ,
             while
             I
             live
             ,
             I
             will
             adhere
             .
             But
             for
             this
             innocent
             sort
             of
             discourse
             I
             have
             suffer'd
             severely
             from
             the
             fierce
             Zeal
             I
             have
             described
             ,
             and
             have
             been
             Stigmatized
             by
             it
             as
             a
             Papist
             ,
             a
             denier
             of
             the
             Plot
             ,
             and
             an
             Enemy
             to
             Parliaments
             .
             I
             have
             reason
             to
             think
             that
             you
             have
             heard
             these
             injurious
             things
             of
             me
             ,
             and
             because
             you
             have
             not
             seen
             me
             of
             late
             ,
             and
             do
             not
             know
             how
             I
             may
             
             be
             changed
             ,
             I
             shall
             trouble
             you
             with
             a
             short
             account
             of
             my self
             ,
             in
             reference
             to
             these
             Charges
             .
          
           
             For
             Popery
             ,
             I
             always
             was
             as
             hearty
             an
             Enemy
             to
             it
             as
             any
             man
             that
             lives
             ,
             and
             have
             declared
             that
             Emnity
             by
             such
             zealous
             ,
             frequent
             and
             publick
             oppositions
             as
             would
             expose
             me
             to
             the
             greatest
             rigours
             and
             persecutions
             of
             that
             Church
             ,
             should
             it
             (
             which
             God
             forbid
             )
             ever
             regain
             Authority
             ,
             and
             power
             in
             this
             Nation
             ;
             Besides
             that
             I
             must
             certainly
             ,
             unavoidably
             suffer
             the
             loss
             of
             all
             under
             it
             .
             I
             say
             ,
             I
             have
             publickly
             ,
             solemnly
             ,
             earnestly
             declared
             against
             Popery
             ,
             ever
             since
             I
             was
             capable
             of
             examining
             and
             knowing
             it
             ;
             I
             have
             represented
             the
             
               Idolatries
               ,
               Superstitions
               ,
               Heresies
               ,
               Immoralities
               ,
               Novelties
               ,
               Absurdities
               ,
               Nonsense
               ,
            
             and
             all
             the
             Antichristianism
             of
             that
             Church
             ,
             with
             as
             much
             earnestness
             and
             plainness
             ,
             as
             any
             man
             in
             my
             station
             hath
             or
             can
             do
             .
             I
             have
             done
             it
             always
             ,
             on
             all
             occasions
             ,
             and
             particularly
             since
             the
             late
             Plot
             ,
             and
             
               often
               since
            
             ,
             (
             and
             our
             dangers
             require
             this
             Zeal
             from
             us
             .
             )
             Such
             a
             Papist
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             I
             am
             :
             One
             that
             never
             thought
             of
             that
             Religion
             ,
             but
             to
             detest
             it
             :
             And
             this
             inclination
             and
             resolution
             ,
             by
             the
             help
             of
             God
             ,
             I
             shall
             carry
             to
             my
             Grave
             .
          
           
             As
             to
             the
             Plot
             ,
             I
             have
             reason'd
             about
             Circumstances
             ,
             and
             spoken
             of
             the
             folly
             ,
             and
             infatuation
             of
             the
             Contrivance
             ,
             and
             management
             by
             the
             Papists
             ;
             I
             have
             laught
             at
             many
             Coffee-house
             Stories
             ,
             and
             Terrors
             ,
             for
             which
             there
             was
             no
             evidence
             ;
             I
             have
             been
             sensible
             of
             other
             Plots
             ,
             and
             Designs
             built
             on
             the
             occasion
             of
             the
             Popish
             one
             ,
             and
             have
             spoken
             of
             those
             ,
             with
             concernment
             ,
             as
             in
             these
             Papers
             I
             have
             done
             :
             But
             as
             here
             (
             all
             along
             )
             I
             suppose
             the
             grand
             Popish
             Plot
             ,
             and
             own
             there
             was
             such
             a
             one
             ;
             so
             in
             all
             Conversations
             ,
             I
             have
             acknowledg'd
             the
             Plot
             ,
             and
             see
             too
             much
             cause
             to
             believe
             the
             late
             Designs
             ,
             and
             endeavours
             of
             Papists
             to
             work
             our
             Ruine
             .
             I
             know
             enough
             of
             the
             malignity
             of
             their
             Principles
             ,
             and
             the
             vileness
             of
             their
             Practices
             (
             of
             this
             sort
             )
             to
             dispose
             me
             to
             receive
             the
             Evidence
             .
          
           
             As
             to
             the
             last
             charge
             ,
             I
             heartily
             reverence
             the
             Constitution
             ,
             and
             respect
             Parliaments
             as
             much
             as
             any
             Friend
             to
             the
             Government
             
             can
             do
             .
             I
             know
             their
             usefulness
             ,
             their
             necessity
             ,
             and
             the
             veneration
             that
             is
             due
             to
             the
             Representatives
             of
             a
             great
             Nation
             ,
             and
             of
             our
             own
             .
             But
             after
             all
             ,
             this
             Body
             how
             great
             ,
             how
             venerable
             soever
             ,
             owns
             it self
             to
             be
             Fallible
             ;
             and
             as
             all
             men
             take
             the
             liberty
             to
             blame
             what
             they
             dislike
             in
             publick
             proceedings
             ,
             and
             even
             in
             theirs
             ;
             so
             have
             I
             sometimes
             taken
             notice
             of
             such
             Mistakes
             ,
             and
             Miscarriages
             as
             the
             violence
             and
             designs
             of
             ill
             men
             have
             led
             that
             Assembly
             into
             .
             Notwithstanding
             which
             ,
             I
             can
             truly
             say
             ,
             I
             honour
             
               Sober
               ,
               Religious
            
             ,
             and
             Loyal
             Parliaments
             ,
             as
             much
             as
             any
             man.
             And
             I
             hope
             this
             ,
             when
             it
             meets
             ,
             will
             prove
             it self
             to
             be
             such
             ,
             to
             the
             confusion
             of
             all
             Popish
             and
             Fanatical
             Designs
             ,
             and
             the
             establishment
             of
             our
             
               Religion
               ,
               Peace
            
             ,
             and
             a
             
               lasting
               Happiness
            
             .
             This
             is
             my
             constant
             Prayer
             to
             Almighty
             God
             for
             Them
             ;
             and
             to
             this
             every
             true
             English-man
             will
             say
             Amen
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             been
             a
             little
             tedious
             ,
             and
             perhaps
             impertinent
             in
             this
             Apology
             ;
             but
             I
             hope
             you
             will
             pardon
             it
             ,
             as
             an
             effect
             of
             the
             great
             desire
             I
             have
             to
             preserve
             my self
             in
             your
             good
             opinion
             ,
             which
             I
             hope
             I
             shall
             never
             forfeit
             by
             deserving
             such
             Characters
             as
             the
             fierceness
             of
             some
             would
             fasten
             on
             me
             :
             But
             always
             continue
             as
             I
             am
             ,
             a
             sincere
             lover
             of
             the
             true
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             an
             affectionate
             Friend
             ,
             and
             Subject
             to
             the
             Government
             ,
             in
             Church
             ,
             and
             State
             ,
             as
             now
             establish'd
             :
             And
             particularly
             to
             your self
             ,
          
           
             
               Sir
               ,
            
             
               An
               humble
               and
               faithful
               Servant
               .
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THE
           CONTENTS
           .
        
         
           
             CHAPTER
             I.
             
          
           
             THE
             First
             occasion
             of
             our
             further
             danger
             of
             Popery
             ,
             considered
             ,
             viz.
             
               the
               weakning
               of
               the
               Church
               of
            
             England
             .
             The
             Constitutions
             of
             this
             Church
             are
             our
             
               old
               Protestantism
            
             :
             This
             Church
             our
             Bulwork
             against
             Popery
             ,
             which
             unavoidably
             will
             follow
             the
             destruction
             of
             it
             .
             The
             
               present
               sad
               state
            
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             described
             :
             Its
             diminution
             the
             great
             occasion
             of
             the
             late
             growth
             of
             Popery
             .
             The
             way
             to
             keep
             that
             out
             ,
             is
             to
             establish
             something
             ;
             nothing
             but
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England
            
             can
             with
             reason
             ,
             or
             safety
             be
             set
             up
             ;
             not
             Presbytery
             ;
             not
             Independency
             ;
             not
             any
             
               new
               Model
            
             .
             The
             strengthning
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             earnestly
             prest
             .
             The
             unwearied
             designs
             and
             endeavours
             of
             the
             Kings
             ,
             and
             Kingdomes
             Fanatick
             enemies
             against
             it
             ,
             at
             this
             time
             ,
             particularly
             ,
             and
             always
             in
             our
             dangers
             .
             An
             humble
             offer
             for
             security
             of
             Protestant
             Religion
             under
             a
             Popish
             Prince
             ,
             if
             such
             should
             ever
             be
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             II.
             
          
           
             The
             Second
             occasion
             of
             our
             danger
             ,
             viz.
             
               our
               ill
               treatment
               of
               our
               Protestant
               Clergy
               ,
               those
               of
               the
               Church
               of
            
             England
             .
             They
             formed
             our
             Reformation
             ,
             and
             divers
             of
             them
             sealed
             it
             with
             their
             bloud
             :
             They
             still
             are
             the
             great
             Champions
             of
             the
             Protestant
             Cause
             :
             They
             have
             writ
             all
             that
             is
             considerable
             against
             Popery
             :
             They
             by
             their
             Writings
             and
             Sermons
             have
             ,
             and
             do
             still
             with
             great
             zeal
             ,
             
             judgment
             ,
             and
             success
             oppose
             those
             corruptions
             .
             The
             unreasonableness
             of
             ourvilifying
             ,
             and
             depressing
             them
             ,
             while
             we
             pretend
             zeal
             against
             Popery
             .
             Their
             ill
             usage
             briefly
             described
             :
             By
             it
             Popery
             is
             advanced
             .
             The
             most
             common
             Objections
             against
             the
             Clergy
             of
             our
             Church
             considered
             .
             The
             senslesness
             of
             that
             charge
             ,
             that
             
               our
               Clergy
               are
               inclinable
               to
               Popery
               .
            
             How
             contrary
             that
             is
             not
             only
             to
             their
             Principles
             and
             Professions
             ,
             but
             to
             their
             Interest
             :
             This
             Charge
             favours
             and
             recommends
             Popery
             .
             Considerations
             why
             we
             should
             stand
             by
             ,
             countenance
             ,
             respect
             and
             encourage
             our
             Clergy
             ,
             now
             especially
             .
             Some
             humble
             motions
             on
             their
             behalf
             ,
             for
             the
             advantage
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             the
             prevention
             of
             Popery
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             III.
             
          
           
             The
             Third
             occasion
             ,
             viz.
             
               our
               Divisions
            
             :
             Those
             described
             .
             They
             promote
             Popery
             by
             way
             of
             Scandal
             ,
             and
             by
             giving
             them
             
               direct
               opportunity
            
             to
             play
             their
             game
             .
             No
             way
             to
             assurance
             against
             Popery
             but
             Union
             ;
             which
             is
             the
             way
             to
             that
             ,
             
               (
               1.
               )
               Toleration
            
             is
             not
             .
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             stated
             and
             considered
             .
             It
             s
             destructiveness
             to
             all
             Government
             ;
             That
             no
             Party
             is
             really
             for
             it
             ,
             but
             use
             it
             only
             for
             clamour
             ,
             and
             pretence
             when
             they
             are
             not
             uppermost
             .
             It
             is
             Rule
             all
             would
             have
             .
             
               (
               2.
               )
               Accommodation
            
             with
             Dissenters
             considered
             ,
             modestly
             proposed
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             supposable
             advantages
             ,
             and
             dangers
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             humbly
             left
             to
             the
             wisdom
             of
             our
             Governours
             .
             
               (
               3.
            
             )
             What
             ever
             is
             thought
             fit
             ,
             Accommodation
             ,
             or
             not
             ,
             the
             Constitution
             should
             be
             made
             firm
             ,
             and
             Laws
             put
             in
             execution
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             our
             Union
             ,
             and
             security
             against
             Popery
             .
             Objections
             answered
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             IV.
             
          
           
             The
             Fourth
             occasion
             ,
             
               our
               carelesness
               and
               and
               indifferency
               in
               Religion
               .
            
             The
             necessity
             of
             sober
             Zeal
             ,
             Religion
             is
             recommended
             ,
             and
             secured
             by
             it
             ,
             ours
             much
             prejudiced
             by
             the
             want
             of
             it
             .
             All
             Sects
             advance
             and
             grow
             by
             zeal
             ,
             though
             ignorant
             ,
             and
             mistaken
             ;
             Instances
             of
             their
             zeal
             ;
             we
             ought
             to
             be
             as
             zealous
             in
             a
             good
             cause
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             in
             a
             bad
             ;
             in
             what
             particulars
             we
             should
             be
             more
             zealous
             ,
             
             viz.
             in
             attending
             Publick
             Prayers
             ,
             and
             Sacraments
             ;
             in
             studying
             the
             Constitution
             of
             our
             Church
             ;
             and
             in
             observance
             of
             the
             
               Lords
               day
            
             ;
             zeal
             in
             Preaching
             largely
             discoursed
             ,
             and
             the
             folly
             and
             mischiefs
             of
             the
             
               trifling
               ,
               wittisizing
            
             way
             largely
             represented
             .
             Preaching
             vindicated
             against
             the
             opinion
             of
             its
             being
             a
             very
             indifferent
             ,
             and
             meerly
             humane
             thing
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             V.
             
          
           
             The
             Fifth
             occasion
             ,
             viz.
             
               extravagant
               Zeal
            
             .
             The
             present
             fury
             ,
             and
             pretended
             zeal
             of
             Atheists
             justly
             reprehended
             ,
             and
             scorn'd
             .
             The
             mischiefs
             their
             Fury
             against
             Popery
             doth
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ;
             to
             prevent
             which
             we
             ought
             to
             disown
             their
             pretended
             help
             ,
             and
             kindness
             :
             An
             humble
             motion
             for
             the
             effectual
             suppressing
             of
             Atheism
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             our
             security
             against
             Popery
             .
             The
             extravagant
             zeal
             of
             others
             mischievous
             .
             Mens
             
               unreasonable
               multiplying
               the
               numbers
               of
               Papists
            
             an
             advantage
             to
             Popery
             .
             Their
             real
             numbers
             in
             this
             Nation
             inconsiderable
             ;
             their
             hopes
             from
             Foreign
             Assistances
             vain
             .
             The
             senselesness
             of
             their
             Plots
             .
             The
             unpracticableness
             of
             introducing
             Popery
             here
             by
             force
             .
             Our
             multiplying
             the
             number
             ,
             and
             strength
             of
             Papifts
             encourageth
             Plots
             .
             The
             pretence
             of
             their
             many
             secret
             Friends
             considered
             ;
             the
             mischievous
             use
             of
             that
             pretence
             to
             the
             confounding
             of
             us
             among
             our selves
             ;
             as
             it
             hath
             of
             late
             been
             used
             it
             effectually
             doth
             the
             Papists
             business
             ;
             a
             way
             of
             prevention
             offered
             .
             Another
             branch
             of
             this
             injustice
             ,
             viz.
             
               uncharitable
               charging
               all
               that
               profess
               conversion
               from
               Popery
               ,
               as
               if
               they
               were
               still
               Papists
               .
            
             Another
             instance
             ,
             viz.
             the
             
               appropriating
               the
               name
               of
               Protestant
               to
               the
               Sects
               ,
               and
               other
               enemies
               to
               the
               Government
               :
            
             The
             mischiefs
             of
             it
             .
             The
             Conclusion
             ,
             being
             the
             Authors
             Apology
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           Advertisement
           concerning
           the
           ERRATA
           .
        
         
           THe
           Reader
           is
           desired
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           the
           following
           Errors
           of
           the
           Press
           :
           Some
           of
           them
           (
           especially
           in
           the
           first
           ,
           second
           ,
           and
           fifth
           Pages
           )
           are
           Alterations
           of
           the
           Copy
           ;
           others
           are
           ,
           mostly
           mispointings
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           perplex
           ,
           and
           alter
           the
           Sense
           :
           The
           rest
           I
           leave
           to
           common
           Ingenuity
           ,
           and
           Charity
           .
        
         
           
             Errata
             .
          
           
             Page
             1.
             
             Line
             18.
             
             Read
             England
             ,
             the
             Protestant
             Reformation
             .
             p.
             2.
             l.
             6.
             r.
             is
             that
             which
             we
             call
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England
            
             .
             p.
             5.
             l.
             21.
             r.
             Patrons
             of
             the
             notion
             .
             p.
             7.
             l.
             26.
             r.
             model
             .
             p.
             15.
             l.
             21.
             r.
             wrest
             their
             Rights
             from
             them
             .
             p.
             33.
             l.
             4.
             r.
             decent
             ,
             uncall'd
             ,
             to
             offer
             their
             opinion
             .
             l.
             5.
             r.
             I
             think
             .
             p.
             40.
             l.
             9.
             r.
             wittisizing
             way
             .
             p.
             44.
             l.
             17.
             r.
             Zeal
             ,
             and
             help
             .
             p.
             47.
             l.
             3.
             r.
             
               Protestant
               Non-conformists
            
             .
             l.
             28.
             r.
             to
             which
             .
             l.
             32.
             r.
             populous
             .
             p.
             48.
             l.
             6.
             r.
             one
             more
             ,
             or
             two
             (
             at
             most
             .
             )