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           The
           Minister
           of
           
             Richmond's
             Reasons
          
           ,
           For
           refusing
           to
           Subscribe
           the
           ASSOCIATION
           ,
           But
           under
           the
           following
           SENSE
           ,
           WITH
           Reflections
           thereupon
           :
           By
           a
           MINISTER
           of
           the
           
             CHURCH
             of
             ENGLAND
          
           .
        
         
           In
           a
           Letter
           to
           his
           Friend
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           RICHMOND
           
             April
             3.
             1696.
             
          
        
         
           MY
           answer
           to
           the
           second
           asking
           my
           name
           to
           the
           Association
           ,
           to
           Mr.
           
             Singer
             ,
             Bodicoate
          
           ,
           and
           Smithyes
           who
           made
           the
           first
           demand
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           who
           they
           all
           are
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           asked
           to
           Associate
           with
           :
           But
           if
           they
           be
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           As
           many
           of
           the
           
             Vniversal
             Mobb
          
           ,
           as
           are
           willing
           to
           joyn
           their
           names
           with
           mine
           ,
           whose
           Bells
           and
           Bonsires
           have
           never
           failed
           hitherto
           to
           Argue
           and
           Dispute
           pro
           and
           con
           with
           equal
           Blaze
           and
           Noise
           ;
           —
           or
           ,
           if
           they
           be
        
         
         
           II.
           The
           Kirke
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           who
           sold
           their
           Royal
           Refugee
           K.
           Charles
           the
           I.
           into
           his
           Enemies
           hands
           ;
           or
           if
           they
           be
           ,
        
         
           III.
           
             Voluntary
             Addressers
          
           ,
           with
           Lives
           and
           Fortunes
           both
           of
           them
           hitherto
           never
           touch'd
           or
           ventur'd
           ,
           first
           to
           Charles
           the
           I.
           in
           the
           Protestation
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           
             Solemn
             League
          
           and
           Covenant
           ;
           then
           to
           the
           
             Rump
             Parliament
          
           ,
           then
           to
           the
           two
           Cromwells
           ,
           then
           to
           the
           Rump
           again
           ,
           then
           to
           the
           Committee
           of
           Safety
           ;
           afterwards
           to
           Charles
           and
           James
           the
           II.
           into
           whose
           Association
           I
           thank
           God
           I
           never
           entred
           before
           ;
           or
           if
           they
           be
           ,
        
         
           IV.
           Any
           of
           the
           Circumcision
           ,
           who
           will
           be
           sure
           to
           forsake
           King
           William
           when
           their
           
             expected
             Massias
          
           Appears
           .
        
         
           I
           fear
           that
           by
           puting
           my
           name
           to
           the
           Association
           now
           a
           foot
           ,
           in
           such
           Company
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           I
           shall
           bind
           my self
           in
           the
           sense
           of
           an
           honest
           man
           to
           such
           uncertain
           Creatures
           ,
           as
           will
           not
           be
           firmly
           bound
           to
           me
           ,
           but
           will
           leave
           me
           in
           the
           lurch
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           left
           others
           their
           Associates
           heretofore
           ;
           and
           incase
           they
           shall
           hereafter
           break
           and
           divide
           into
           two
           Contrary
           and
           Hostile
           Parts
           ,
           or
           Factions
           ;
           that
           both
           sides
           will
           with
           equal
           reason
           expect
           I
           should
           joyn
           with
           them
           ,
           by
           virtue
           of
           my
           having
           entred
           into
           an
           Association
           with
           them
           .
        
         
           For
           which
           Cause
           (
           before
           I
           do
           it
           )
           it
           were
           wisdom
           to
           take
           as
           much
           time
           as
           the
           Law
           allows
           me
           ,
           for
           enquiring
           more
           perfectly
           who
           my
           Associates
           are
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           to
           continue
           King
           
           William's
           most
           faithful
           ▪
           Subject
           as
           my
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           obliges
           me
           to
           be
           ,
           which
           hitherto
           has
           been
           exactly
           observed
           .
        
         
           But
           hearing
           that
           some
           of
           you
           were
           at
           my
           house
           again
           to
           day
           for
           a
           more
           speedy
           answer
           ,
           and
           finding
           also
           ,
           that
           several
           of
           my
           best
           beloved
           and
           most
           honoured
           Parishioners
           ,
           have
           done
           the
           same
           without
           demur
           ,
           and
           by
           consequence
           can
           put
           such
           a
           tolerable
           sense
           upon
           the
           words
           as
           I
           have
           found
           it
           hard
           to
           do
           .
        
         
           For
           these
           Reasons
           being
           willing
           to
           suffer
           in
           so
           worthy
           Company
           ,
           by
           the
           foreseen
           Knavery
           and
           falshood
           of
           other
           our
           fellow
           Associates
           ,
           I
           have
           taken
           the
           more
           pains
           to
           hunt
           out
           for
           some
           good
           sense
           that
           the
           words
           may
           be
           capable
           of
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           in
           that
           sense
           I
           am
           ready
           to
           put
           my
           Name
           to
           the
           Association
           whensoever
           you
           shall
           ask
           it
           ;
           which
           sense
           is
           as
           here
           follows
           ,
           in
           three
           Articles
           .
        
         
           I.
           By
           these
           words
           (
           true
           and
           I
           awful
           King
           )
           I
           mean
           while
           he
           shall
           continue
           to
           be
           owned
           for
           such
           by
           the
           three
           Estates
           of
           this
           Realm
           ,
           freely
           and
           fully
           assembled
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           for
           I
           have
           no
           other
           skill
           of
           such
           Rights
           and
           Titles
           .
        
         
           II.
           By
           the
           
             King's
             Enemies
          
           ,
           which
           I
           promise
           to
           be
           revenged
           of
           ,
           if
           it
           lies
           in
           my
           power
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           mean
           all
           those
           whom
           some
           of
           my
           fellow
           Associates
           may
           think
           ,
           or
           call
           his
           Enemies
           ,
           (
           for
           so
           they
           have
           called
           me
           their
           fellow
           avenger
           for
           one
           ,
           )
           But
           whom
           my self
           not
           only
           suspect
           or
           believe
           ,
           but
           know
           and
           can
           prove
           to
           be
           his
           Enemies
           .
        
         
         
           III.
           By
           promising
           to
           be
           revenged
           on
           them
           to
           my
           power
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           mean
           (
           tho
           it
           were
           in
           my
           power
           )
           to
           kill
           or
           hurt
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           because
           all
           Religions
           teach
           Revenge
           to
           be
           a
           sin
           in
           a
           private
           person
           ,
           according
           to
           that
           precept
           of
           St.
           
             Paul
             ,
             Revenge
             not
             your selves
          
           ,
           but
           only
           that
           if
           I
           be
           Commissioned
           by
           the
           Publick
           Magistrate
           ,
           whom
           the
           same
           Apostle
           calls
           
             an
             Avenger
             to
             execute
             wrath
          
           ,
           to
           bring
           the
           King's
           Enemies
           to
           a
           legal
           Tryal
           ,
           That
           so
           Justice
           may
           be
           done
           them
           ;
           I
           will
           discharge
           my
           Office
           in
           such
           deligated
           Revenge
           .
           
             Witness
             my
             hand
          
           .
        
      
       
         
           Reflections
           one
           the
           Minister
           of
           
           Richmond's
           Reasons
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             MAY
             1.
             1696.
             
          
        
         
           I
           Had
           yours
           last
           Post
           ,
           wherein
           you
           desire
           my
           thoughts
           of
           the
           Minister
           of
           
           Richmond's
           Paper
           delivered
           at
           your
           Quarter
           Sessions
           .
           But
           I
           must
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           I
           look
           upon
           my self
           to
           be
           as
           unfit
           to
           Reflect
           on
           it
           ,
           as
           't
           was
           for
           him
           to
           write
           it
           .
           1.
           
           Because
           of
           my
           great
           distance
           ,
           and
           unacquaintance
           with
           the
           Man
           ,
           and
           his
           History
           and
           Principles
           ,
           Conversation
           and
           Communication
           ,
           which
           to
           understand
           ,
           might
           furnish
           a
           Reflector
           with
           great
           advantages
           ;
           whereas
           I
           know
           no
           more
           ,
           (
           nor
           ever
           heard
           any
           more
           )
           of
           him
           ,
           than
           that
           he
           is
           the
           Minister
           of
           Richmond
           ,
           who
           ,
           you
           say
           ,
           wrote
           such
           a
           Paper
           :
           and
           so
           whether
           I
           may
           use
           him
           too
           sharply
           ,
           or
           too
           gently
           ,
           I
           cannot
           so
           well
           judge
           .
           2.
           
           Because
           the
           matters
           of
           State
           ,
           which
           are
           his
           Subject
           ,
           are
           the
           farthest
           from
           my
           Studies
           :
           And
           for
           such
           things
           I
           submit
           my self
           to
           the
           Information
           of
           those
           ,
           whose
           Profession
           and
           Talent
           it
           is
           ;
           not
           so
           much
           as
           pretending
           my self
           to
           any
           accuracy
           therein
           .
           For
           you
           know
           ,
           I
           lye
           low
           here
           in
           the
           Country
           obscurity
           ,
           seldom
           looking
           out
           of
           my
           little
           Parish
           ,
           or
           so
           much
           as
           seeing
           any
           Accounts
           of
           the
           Publick
           News
           ,
           but
           what
           you
           now
           and
           then
           transmit
           .
           And
           3.
           
           Because
           at
           this
           time
           I
           am
           taken
           up
           with
           business
           ,
           that
           sets
           my
           Thoughts
           on
           working
           quite
           another
           way
           :
           so
           that
           I
           am
           more
           than
           ordinary
           indisposed
           for
           the
           undertaking
           wherein
           you
           would
           engage
           me
           .
           Yet
           when
           it
           is
           to
           comply
           with
           the
           request
           of
           a
           Friend
           ,
           and
           also
           to
           shew
           my
           forwardness
           to
           
           do
           any
           thing
           that
           I
           am
           able
           for
           the
           service
           of
           my
           Dear
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Dread
           Soveraign
           King
           William
           ,
           to
           whom
           (
           as
           I
           am
           a
           Protestant
           Subject
           ,
           )
           I
           cannot
           but
           own
           my self
           more
           obliged
           than
           to
           any
           Person
           in
           the
           world
           ;
           and
           for
           whom
           I
           lately
           entr'd
           the
           Association
           ,
           as
           formerly
           I
           took
           the
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           ,
           without
           the
           least
           hesitation
           ;
           I
           will
           adventure
           to
           say
           somewhat
           ,
           which
           (
           tho
           Mean
           and
           Dilute
           ,
           my
           pass
           between
           you
           and
           me
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           some
           Answers
           and
           Reflections
           ,
           which
           I
           see
           ,
           even
           in
           Print
           ;
           (
           particularly
           what
           you
           last
           sent
           me
           )
           that
           run
           at
           a
           low
           Ebb
           ;
           and
           do
           not
           say
           half
           that
           might
           be
           said
           ,
           nor
           with
           that
           Acumen
           and
           Quickness
           ,
           which
           an
           Ingenious
           Man
           would
           wish
           .
           'Till
           the
           thing
           then
           be
           better
           done
           ,
           (
           which
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           we
           shall
           shortly
           see
           ,
           from
           some
           of
           the
           Town
           Pens
           )
           I
           will
           make
           a
           little
           bold
           with
           my
           Reverend
           Brother
           ,
           Tho
           he
           seems
           to
           be
           a
           man
           of
           Accomplishments
           above
           my
           Level
           ,
           and
           too
           nimble
           for
           me
           at
           Disputation
           ,
           yet
           I
           do
           not
           fear
           the
           honest
           Defence
           of
           a
           good
           Cause
           ,
           against
           any
           one
           ,
           let
           him
           be
           never
           so
           much
           to
           big
           for
           me
           in
           other
           respects
           .
           Nor
           do
           I
           think
           I
           ought
           to
           spare
           one
           of
           my
           own
           Sacred
           Calling
           ,
           when
           that
           Calling
           gives
           him
           the
           sad
           advantage
           of
           poysoning
           the
           more
           People
           with
           such
           wild
           Tenents
           ,
           as
           are
           distructive
           to
           all
           Government
           .
           As
           you
           and
           I
           ,
           and
           the
           world
           too
           well
           know
           ,
           what
           service
           to
           their
           Countrey
           ,
           too
           many
           of
           our
           Clergymen
           have
           thus
           done
           of
           late
           years
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           my
           Thoughts
           are
           ,
           That
           it
           would
           have
           made
           as
           much
           for
           the
           Credit
           of
           this
           Minister
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           refused
           to
           sign
           the
           Association
           ,
           as
           to
           do
           it
           with
           such
           glosses
           and
           sarcastical
           Reflections
           upon
           his
           own
           action
           ;
           in
           which
           he
           seems
           not
           to
           shew
           so
           much
           Loyalty
           to
           his
           Soveraign
           ,
           as
           Deference
           to
           his
           best
           Beloved
           and
           most
           Honoured
           Parishioners
           :
           who
           (
           after
           all
           his
           Hunting
           out
           for
           some
           good
           sense
           which
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Association
           might
           be
           capable
           of
           )
           were
           his
           best
           Casuists
           ,
           (
           by
           their
           practice
           )
           to
           instruct
           him
           ,
           how
           tolerable
           it
           was
           to
           do
           that
           ,
           which
           for
           some
           Parochial
           Considerations
           )
           he
           might
           have
           found
           intolerable
           to
           omit
           .
           I
           am
           apt
           to
           conjecture
           by
           his
           writing
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           a
           De
           Facto-Man
           ,
           that
           was
           for
           declaring
           such
           senses
           of
           his
           Swearing
           ,
           as
           now
           he
           does
           of
           his
           Associating
           .
           However
           he
           tells
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           a
           Captious
           Man
           :
           For
           as
           he
           begins
           with
           a
           Cavil
           ,
           so
           methinks
           he
           discovers
           more
           of
           a
           Contradictous
           ,
           than
           of
           a
           Conscientious
           Spirit
           through
           out
           .
        
         
           His
           great
           Quarrel
           is
           at
           the
           Company
           ,
           with
           which
           he
           is
           to
           Associate
           ;
           most
           of
           which
           ,
           (
           in
           my
           opinion
           )
           his
           modesty
           should
           have
           thought
           good
           enough
           for
           the
           Minister
           of
           Richmond
           :
           When
           he
           has
           all
           the
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           in
           Parliament
           (
           but
           an
           inconsiderable
           handful
           )
           and
           all
           his
           spiritual
           Fathers
           (
           but
           one
           ,
           whom
           few
           think
           fit
           to
           be
           called
           a
           Father
           )
           and
           the
           most
           and
           best
           of
           the
           Nobility
           ,
           Gentry
           ,
           Clergy
           ,
           and
           Commonalty
           throwout
           the
           Land
           ,
           for
           his
           Associates
           .
           Yet
           it
           's
           a
           mortification
           to
           him
           ,
           to
           joyn
           with
           the
           Mobb
           .
           I
           know
           not
           if
           ever
           that
           frightful
           Beast
           gave
           
           him
           a
           Kick
           ,
           to
           leave
           a
           prejudice
           there
           :
           But
           under
           that
           name
           of
           disgrace
           ,
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           he
           may
           find
           as
           honest
           ,
           as
           in
           any
           Jacobite
           Assembly
           .
           Nor
           need
           he
           count
           it
           any
           disparagement
           to
           go
           with
           the
           multitude
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           not
           to
           Evil
           :
           Yea
           when
           the
           multitude
           run
           not
           by
           themselves
           ,
           but
           after
           such
           another
           multitude
           ,
           worthier
           than
           themselves
           as
           I
           have
           nam'd
           .
           And
           after
           he
           has
           better
           considered
           it
           ,
           I
           hope
           he
           will
           conclude
           it
           more
           Eligible
           ,
           to
           follow
           them
           into
           the
           Assassination
           ,
           than
           to
           follow
           Sir
           
             John
             Friends
          
           Tutors
           ,
           that
           would
           lead
           him
           into
           the
           Association
           ;
           whither
           that
           Doctrine
           lately
           preached
           at
           Tyburn
           ,
           carries
           the
           Party
           ,
           without
           Remorse
           .
           But
           this
           
             Bellua
             multorum
             Capitum
          
           ,
           (
           which
           he
           could
           so
           hardly
           condescend
           to
           shake
           hands
           with
           )
           often
           gives
           us
           the
           truest
           sense
           of
           the
           Nation
           )
           as
           one
           Man.
           Nor
           is
           their
           Blaze
           and
           Noise
           so
           Equal
           ,
           but
           they
           could
           make
           a
           vast
           difference
           between
           King
           
           James's
           Declaration
           and
           King
           
           William's
           Association
           ,
           being
           Dull
           and
           all
           a-mort
           at
           the
           one
           ;
           but
           full
           of
           Transport
           ,
           and
           all
           Life
           and
           Briskness
           at
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           What
           his
           Traiterous
           Scots
           did
           for
           their
           Royal
           Refugee
           King
           Charles
           ,
           I
           fear
           we
           have
           as
           Traiterous
           English
           ready
           to
           do
           for
           their
           Royal
           Refugee
           King
           William
           .
           And
           tho
           there
           's
           no
           hold
           of
           some
           mens
           Oaths
           or
           Associations
           ;
           yet
           I
           have
           more
           Charity
           ,
           than
           to
           call
           all
           pretenders
           Hypocrites
           ,
           and
           am
           willing
           to
           hope
           my
           Partners
           honest
           ,
           till
           I
           catch
           'em
           playing
           the
           Knave
           .
           And
           't
           is
           my
           consolation
           ,
           that
           now
           I
           joyn
           with
           a
           vast
           body
           of
           honest
           Men
           ,
           that
           are
           hearty
           Williamites
           ,
           tho
           here
           and
           there
           a
           parcel
           of
           rotten
           sticks
           cleave
           to
           the
           same
           Tree
           .
        
         
           I
           leave
           such
           as
           have
           wheel'd
           about
           all
           the
           points
           of
           the
           Compass
           ,
           to
           make
           their
           own
           Defences
           ,
           but
           I
           cannot
           be
           ignorant
           ,
           That
           there
           are
           more
           Weathercocks
           belonging
           to
           our
           Churches
           than
           what
           are
           on
           the
           Steeples
           .
           And
           such
           as
           will
           do
           what
           they
           count
           hardly
           tolerable
           to
           be
           done
           for
           the
           keeping
           of
           their
           Posts
           ,
           ought
           not
           to
           complain
           of
           others
           for
           sh●fting
           from
           King
           to
           Rump
           ,
           then
           to
           the
           Cromwells
           ,
           then
           to
           the
           
             Rump
             again
             ,
             then
             to
             the
             Committee
             of
             Safety
             ,
             afterwards
             to
             King
          
           Charles
           and
           James
           .
           I
           would
           sooner
           lose
           all
           ,
           for
           being
           a
           professed
           Jacobite
           ,
           than
           hold
           the
           Truth
           in
           unrighteousness
           ,
           to
           hold
           my
           Benefice
           ,
           and
           Swear
           to
           King
           William
           ,
           while
           I
           hold
           in
           with
           his
           worst
           Enemies
           .
           
             O
             my
             soul
             ,
             come
             not
             thou
             into
             the
             secrets
             of
             such
             men
             :
             Vnto
             their
             Assembly
             mine
             Honour
             be
             not
             thou
             united
             :
             for
             in
             their
             anger
             they
             would
             have
             slain
             a
             man
             :
          
           (
           even
           the
           Man
           of
           God●s
           right
           hand
           ,
           whom
           he
           has
           made
           strong
           for
           himself
           .
           )
           
             And
             in
             their
             self-will
             ,
             would
             they
             have
             digged
             down
             a
             Wall
             ,
          
           even
           the
           Wall
           of
           our
           Government
           ,
           that
           saves
           us
           from
           Ruine
           rushing
           in
           upon
           us
           ,
           I
           wonder
           not
           at
           all
           ,
           that
           the
           Addressers
           with
           Lives
           and
           Fortunes
           ,
           call'd
           Voluntary
           ,
           should
           fail
           King
           James
           in
           his
           need
           ;
           when
           I
           remember
           ,
           with
           what
           mean
           base
           Artifices
           ,
           those
           Addresses
           were
           gather'd
           ;
           and
           how
           Notorious
           they
           were
           ,
           to
           be
           a
           labour'd
           contrivance
           ,
           for
           the
           serving
           of
           a
           Turn
           ,
           and
           none
           of
           the
           Nations
           Act
           and
           Deed.
           
        
         
         
           Now
           for
           his
           Circumcision-men
           ,
           (
           who
           are
           brought
           in
           here
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           how
           ,
           unless
           to
           stur
           the
           Association
           .
           )
           He
           need
           not
           trouble
           his
           head
           with
           frights
           of
           their
           deserting
           him
           ,
           if
           they
           do
           but
           keep
           their
           faith
           with
           King
           William
           ,
           till
           such
           time
           as
           their
           expected
           Messias
           appears
           .
           And
           should
           any
           of
           the
           rest
           leave
           him
           in
           the
           lurch
           ,
           by
           deserting
           the
           King
           ,
           whom
           they
           acknowledged
           for
           their
           Rightful
           Prince
           :
           This
           Minister
           may
           yet
           be
           secure
           ,
           in
           spight
           of
           'em
           ,
           if
           himself
           follow
           not
           after
           'em
           ;
           because
           he
           will
           have
           better
           and
           stronger
           than
           they
           on
           his
           side
           .
           However
           ,
           I
           hope
           he
           will
           not
           think
           ,
           (
           with
           such
           Traitors
           )
           that
           they
           have
           equal
           reason
           as
           the
           other
           to
           expect
           his
           joyning
           with
           'em
           ,
           by
           virtue
           of
           that
           Association
           ,
           which
           obliges
           both
           him
           and
           them
           to
           stick
           to
           their
           Soveraign
           King
           William
           ,
           against
           all
           his
           Opposers
           .
           And
           should
           the
           Knavery
           and
           Falshood
           which
           he
           foresees
           ,
           throw
           him
           upon
           suffering
           ,
           he
           would
           not
           have
           only
           the
           worthy
           Company
           of
           his
           best
           Beloved
           and
           most
           Honoured
           Parishioners
           ,
           but
           of
           all
           his
           Protestant
           Country-men
           and
           Associates
           ,
           that
           are
           upright
           and
           faithful
           in
           the
           Land.
           And
           to
           adventure
           in
           the
           same
           Bottom
           with
           such
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           what
           good
           Man
           would
           scruple
           .
        
         
           His
           3
           Articles
           of
           Explanation
           ,
           he
           might
           have
           spar'd
           :
           For
           who
           ,
           that
           hand
           not
           a
           mind
           to
           be
           troublesome
           ,
           would
           stumble
           at
           such
           Straws
           ?
           But
           now
           he
           has
           given
           them
           ,
           they
           need
           themselves
           a
           little
           to
           be
           explained
           .
           For
           (
           1.
           )
           Tho
           he
           professes
           to
           learn
           all
           his
           skill
           of
           Rights
           and
           Titles
           ,
           from
           the
           3
           Estates
           of
           this
           Realm
           assembled
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           (
           wherein
           I
           commend
           his
           Choice
           ,
           for
           going
           to
           so
           good
           a
           School
           for
           that
           instruction
           .
           )
           Yet
           there
           may
           be
           equivocation
           in
           the
           Terms
           ,
           
             [
             Freely
             and
             Fully
          
           ]
           for
           I
           know
           not
           but
           somebody
           may
           question
           ,
           whether
           their
           Election
           were
           Free
           ,
           or
           whether
           their
           Acts
           be
           valid
           ,
           should
           any
           of
           the
           Members
           be
           wanting
           there
           ,
           or
           should
           there
           be
           some
           in
           the
           House
           ,
           that
           do
           not
           consent
           with
           the
           rest
           ,
           to
           own
           the
           King
           as
           Rightful
           .
           But
           I
           have
           another
           Consideration
           upon
           this
           Article
           ,
           which
           will
           affect
           him
           more
           than
           any
           thing
           I
           have
           yet
           said
           ,
           if
           what
           I
           think
           herein
           shall
           be
           confirm'd
           by
           the
           Learned
           in
           the
           Law
           ,
           unto
           whom
           (
           concerning
           this
           Point
           )
           I
           must
           refer
           you
           .
           For
           I
           am
           really
           of
           the
           Opinion
           that
           't
           is
           no
           less
           than
           Treasonable
           to
           say
           ,
           I
           will
           own
           the
           King
           for
           my
           Soveraign
           ,
           no
           longer
           than
           the
           Three
           Estates
           of
           this
           Realm
           freely
           and
           fully
           assembled
           in
           Parliament
           shall
           own
           him
           for
           True
           and
           Lawful
           .
           Tho
           I
           cannot
           entertain
           so
           hard
           and
           wicked
           a
           thought
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           That
           the
           Majority
           of
           'em
           will
           ever
           turn
           such
           Renegades
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           yet
           (
           when
           this
           Writer
           urges
           me
           to
           put
           the
           Case
           )
           suppose
           they
           should
           ?
           sure
           they
           would
           only
           render
           themselves
           responsible
           for
           the
           Treason
           ;
           but
           not
           at
           all
           Divest
           the
           King
           of
           his
           Royal
           Authority
           .
           Still
           he
           is
           never
           the
           less
           King
           ,
           for
           their
           Deserting
           and
           Renouncing
           him
           ;
           as
           long
           as
           he
           does
           not
           Desert
           them
           ,
           nor
           Abdicate
           the
           Government
           ;
           nor
           can
           they
           (
           at
           their
           Pleasure
           )
           call
           back
           the
           Trust
           which
           they
           have
           lodged
           in
           him
           ,
           or
           the
           Allegiance
           that
           they
           have
           given
           up
           to
           him
           .
           Even
           they
           that
           made
           him
           King
           ,
           have
           not
           such
           Power
           to
           unmake
           him
           .
           Tho
           he
           can
           when
           he
           will
           ,
           make
           them
           no
           Parliament
           ,
           they
           
           cannot
           when
           they
           will
           make
           him
           no
           King
           :
           Till
           by
           his
           own
           Act
           ,
           he
           forfeits
           his
           Right
           ,
           and
           Dissolves
           the
           Contract
           .
           (
           2.
           )
           Tho
           this
           Minister
           be
           not
           oblig'd
           to
           take
           Vengeance
           on
           all
           that
           any
           may
           call
           the
           King's
           Enemies
           ,
           or
           whom
           he
           only
           suspects
           for
           such
           :
           (
           Nay
           I
           will
           add
           ,
           that
           tho
           he
           should
           be
           Conscious
           himself
           is
           one
           of
           'em
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           who
           call
           him
           so
           ,
           really
           do
           him
           no
           wrong
           :
           he
           is
           not
           therefore
           bound
           to
           accuse
           himself
           .
           )
           Yet
           I
           see
           not
           where
           's
           the
           Difficulty
           or
           Hardship
           put
           upon
           him
           or
           any
           ,
           to
           prove
           who
           are
           the
           King's
           Enemies
           meant
           in
           the
           Association
           ;
           when
           the
           Honourable
           House
           of
           Commons
           has
           there
           given
           such
           Intimations
           ,
           that
           are
           as
           a
           marke
           in
           their
           Fore-heads
           ,
           by
           which
           they
           do
           notoriously
           prove
           themselves
           Enemies
           ,
           in
           their
           horrid
           attempts
           against
           his
           Sacred
           Majesty
           ,
           his
           Crown
           or
           Life
           ,
           by
           Plots
           and
           Treasons
           ,
           by
           Insurrections
           and
           Rebellions
           ,
           or
           Aiding
           and
           Assisting
           ,
           Abetting
           or
           Encourageing
           the
           same
           .
           Certainly
           ,
           if
           I
           have
           not
           on
           a
           very
           thick
           pair
           of
           Jacobite
           Spectacles
           ,
           I
           cannot
           but
           see
           and
           know
           all
           these
           to
           be
           the
           King's
           Enemies
           .
           (
           3.
           )
           For
           the
           Vengeance
           to
           be
           taken
           upon
           'em
           ,
           (
           which
           is
           the
           Tender
           Point
           ,
           so
           much
           stuck
           at
           by
           some
           ,
           whose
           Consciences
           yet
           seem
           not
           so
           to
           startle
           at
           the
           Murder
           of
           the
           King.
           )
           What
           true
           lover
           of
           his
           King
           and
           Country
           will
           think
           that
           word
           too
           hard
           for
           so
           black
           a
           Villany
           ?
           And
           tho
           this
           Minister
           is
           not
           suddenly
           (
           upon
           such
           a
           
             Nefandous
             Fact
          
           )
           to
           turn
           Executioner
           ,
           nor
           to
           get
           a
           Bagonet
           to
           his
           Girdle
           ,
           or
           go
           to
           work
           with
           his
           Fists
           or
           his
           Cudgell
           ,
           to
           knock
           down
           the
           Kings
           Enemies
           :
           yet
           sure
           if
           he
           have
           such
           a
           sense
           of
           the
           Guilt
           and
           Wickedness
           as
           he
           ought
           ,
           he
           will
           not
           stay
           till
           he
           has
           got
           a
           Commission
           from
           the
           Publick
           Magistrate
           to
           bring
           them
           to
           Justice
           and
           Condign
           Punishment
           .
           For
           as
           he
           is
           a
           Man
           fearing
           God
           ,
           a
           faithful
           Subject
           ,
           and
           an
           honest
           Associate
           ,
           he
           ought
           not
           to
           connive
           at
           'em
           ;
           but
           (
           whereever
           he
           is
           aware
           of
           them
           )
           to
           detect
           'em
           ,
           and
           what
           he
           understands
           ,
           and
           can
           witness
           against
           'em
           ,
           to
           complain
           and
           make
           known
           to
           the
           Magistrate
           ,
           and
           shew
           his
           Concern
           ,
           and
           use
           his
           Endeavours
           ,
           that
           the
           Impious
           Bloody
           Criminals
           may
           have
           their
           due
           Deserts
           ,
           and
           what
           the
           Law
           allots
           them
           ;
           that
           such
           heavy
           heanious
           Guilt
           allow'd
           ,
           and
           tolerated
           may
           not
           lye
           upon
           the
           Land.
           But
           God
           grant
           that
           neither
           he
           nor
           I
           nor
           you
           ,
           may
           ever
           have
           the
           occasion
           to
           put
           us
           upon
           that
           Office.
           
        
         
           Sir
           ,
           this
           is
           all
           in
           great
           hast
           ,
           to
           give
           you
           the
           suden
           Thoughts
           of
           
             YOURS
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           ADVERTISEMENT
           .
        
         
           ☞
           A
           Defence
           of
           the
           Arch-bishop's
           Sermon
           on
           the
           Death
           of
           her
           Late
           Majesty
           of
           Blessed
           Memory
           :
           And
           of
           the
           Sermons
           of
           the
           Late
           Archbishop
           ,
           Bp.
           of
           Lichfield
           and
           Coventry
           ,
           Bp.
           of
           Ely
           ,
           Bp.
           of
           Salisbury
           ;
           Dr.
           Sherlock
           ,
           Dr.
           Wake
           ,
           Mr.
           Fleetwood
           ,
           &c.
           preach'd
           upon
           That
           ,
           and
           several
           Other
           Solemn
           Occasions
           .
           Being
           a
           Vidication
           of
           the
           Late
           Queen
           ,
           His
           Present
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           the
           Government
           ,
           from
           the
           Malicious
           Aspersions
           cast
           upon
           them
           in
           two
           late
           Pamphlets
           ;
           One
           entituled
           ,
           
             Remarks
             on
             some
             Late
             Sermons
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           The
           Other
           ,
           
             A
             Letter
             to
             the
             Author
             of
             a
             Sermon
             preach'd
             at
             the
             Funeral
             of
             her
             Late
             Majesty
             Queen
          
           Mary
           .
           London
           Printed
           for
           
             J.
             Harris
          
           at
           the
           Harrow
           ,
           in
           Little-Brittain
           .
           Price
           6d
           .
        
         
           ☞
           A
           Letter
           to
           the
           
             Three
             Absolvers
          
           ,
           Mr.
           Cook
           ,
           Mr.
           Collier
           and
           Mr.
           Snatt
           .
           Being
           Reflections
           on
           the
           Papers
           delivered
           by
           Sir
           
             John
             Friend
          
           and
           Sir
           
             William
             Parkins
          
           ,
           to
           the
           Sheriffs
           of
           London
           and
           Middlesex
           ,
           at
           Tyburn
           ,
           the
           place
           of
           Execution
           ,
           April
           3.
           1696.
           
           Which
           said
           PAPERS
           are
           Printed
           at
           length
           ,
           and
           answered
           Paragraph
           by
           Paragraph
           .
           
             Price
             .
             6d
          
           .
           1696.
           
        
         
           ☞
           An
           Answer
           to
           Mr
           Colliers
           Defence
           of
           his
           Absolution
           of
           Sir
           
             William
             Parkins
             at
             the
             place
             of
             Execution
             .
          
           Which
           Defence
           is
           Printed
           at
           length
           ,
           and
           considered
           Paragraph
           by
           Pargraph
           .
           Price
           2d
           .
        
         
           Both
           sold
           by
           Richard
           Baldwin
           in
           Warwick-Lane
           .
        
      
       
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             John
             Harris
          
           at
           Harrow
           in
           Little-Brittain
           .
           1696.
           
           Price
           2d
           .