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           AN
           ENQUIRY
           Into
           the
           Measures
           of
           SUBMISSION
           To
           the
           SUPREAM
           AUTHORITY
           .
           And
           of
           the
           Grounds
           upon
           which
           it
           may
           be
           Lawful
           ,
           or
           Necessary
           for
           SUBJECTS
           to
           Defend
           their
           RELIGION
           LIVES
           And
           LIBERTIES
           .
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           1688.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           An
           
             Enquiry
          
           into
           the
           
             Measures
          
           of
           
             SUBMISSION
             ,
          
           to
           the
           Supream
           Authority
           :
           And
           of
           the
           
             Grounds
          
           upon
           which
           it
           may
           be
           Lawful
           or
           Necess●ry
           for
           
             Subjects
             ,
          
           to
           Defend
           their
           
             RELIGION
             ,
             LIVES
          
           and
           
             LIBERTIES
             .
          
        
         
           THis
           Enquirie
           cannot
           be
           Regularly
           made
           ,
           but
           by
           taking
           ,
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           a
           true
           and
           full
           view
           of
           the
           Nature
           of
           
             Civil
             Society
             ,
          
           and
           more
           particularly
           of
           the
           Nature
           of
           
             Supream
             Power
             ,
          
           Whether
           it
           is
           lodged
           in
           one
           or
           moe
           Persons
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           It
           is
           certain
           that
           the
           Law
           of
           Nature
           has
           put
           no
           difference
           nor
           subordina●ion
           among
           Men
           ,
           except
           it
           be
           that
           of
           Children
           to
           Parents
           ,
           or
           of
           Wives
           to
           their
           Husbands
           ;
           So
           that
           with
           Relation
           to
           the
           Law
           of
           Nature
           ,
           
             all
             Men
             a●e
             born
             free
          
           ;
           And
           this
           Libert●
           must
           still
           be
           supposed
           Entire
           ,
           unless
           so
           far
           as
           it
           is
           limited
           by
           Contracts
           ,
           Provisions
           and
           Laws
           ;
           For
           a
           Man
           can
           ei●her
           bind
           himsel●
           to
           be
           a
           Servant
           ,
           or
           sell
           himself
           to
           be
           a
           Slave
           ,
           by
           which
           he
           becomes
           in
           the
           power
           of
           another
           ,
           only
           so
           far
           as
           it
           was
           provided
           by
           the
           Contract
           :
           Since
           all
           ●hat
           Liberty
           which
           was
           not
           expresly
           given
           away
           ,
           remains
           still
           entire
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           Plea
           for
           Liberty
           alwayes
           proves
           it self
           ,
           unless
           it
           appears
           that
           it
           is
           given
           up
           ,
           or
           limited
           by
           any
           special
           Agreement
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           It
           is
           no
           less
           certain
           ,
           that
           as
           the
           light
           of
           Nature
           has
           plan●ed
           in
           all
           Men
           a
           Natural
           principle
           of
           the
           
             Love
             of
             Life
             ,
          
           and
           of
           a
           
             desire
             to
             pr●s●rve
             it
          
           ;
           so
           the
           comm●n
           principles
           of
           all
           Religion
           agree
           in
           this
           ,
           that
           GOD
           having
           set
           Us
           in
           this
           World
           ,
           we
           are
           bound
           to
           preserve
           that
           Being
           ,
           which
           he
           has
           given
           Us
           ,
           by
           all
           Just
           and
           Lawful
           wayes
           .
           Now
           this
           Duty
           of
           
             Self-Pr●serv●tion
             ,
          
           is
           exerted
           in
           instances
           of
           two
           sorts
           ;
           The
           one
           are
           in
           the
           resisting
           of
           violent
           Aggressors
           ;
           The
           other
           are
           the
           taking
           of
           J●st
           Revenges
           of
           those
           who
           have
           invaded
           Us
           so
           secretly
           ,
           that
           We
           could
           not
           prevent
           them
           ▪
           and
           so
           violently
           that
           We
           could
           nor
           resist
           them
           .
           In
           which
           cases
           the
           principle
           of
           
             Self
             preservation
          
           warrants
           us
           ,
           both
           to
           recover
           what
           is
           our
           own
           ,
           with
           just
           Damages
           ;
           And
           also
           to
           put
           such
           unjust
           persons
           out
           of
           a
           capacity
           of
           doing
           the
           like
           injuries
           any
           more
           ,
           either
           to
           our selves
           or
           to
           any
           others
           .
           Now
           in
           these
           instances
           of
           
             Self-preservation
             ,
          
           this
           difference
           is
           to
           be
           observed
           ,
           that
           the
           first
           cannot
           be
           limited
           ,
           b●
           any
           slow
           Forms
           ,
           since
           a
           
             ●ressing
             Danger
          
           requires
           a
           
             vigorous
             Repulse
             ,
          
           and
           cannot
           admit
           of
           delay
           ;
           whereas
           the
           second
           ,
           of
           taking
           
             Reverges
          
           or
           
             Reparations
             ,
          
           is
           not
           of
           such
           haste
           ,
           but
           that
           it
           may
           be
           brought
           under
           Rules
           and
           Forms
           .
        
         
         
           3.
           
           The
           true
           and
           original
           Notion
           of
           
             Civil
             Society
          
           and
           
             Government
          
           is
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           a
           com-promise
           made
           by
           such
           a
           body
           of
           Men
           ,
           by
           which
           they
           resign
           up
           the
           right
           of
           demanding
           Reparations
           ,
           either
           in
           the
           way
           of
           Justice
           ,
           against
           one
           another
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           way
           of
           War
           against
           their
           Neighbours
           ;
           to
           suc●
           a
           single
           person
           ,
           or
           to
           such
           a
           body
           of
           Men
           as
           they
           think
           fit
           to
           trust
           with
           this
           .
           And
           in
           the
           management
           of
           this
           
             Civil
             Society
             ,
          
           great
           distinction
           is
           to
           be
           made
           between
           the
           power
           of
           making
           Laws
           for
           the
           regulating
           the
           conduct
           of
           it
           ,
           &
           the
           power
           of
           executing
           these
           Laws
           :
           the
           
             Supream
             Authority
          
           must
           still
           be
           supposed
           to
           be
           lodged
           with
           those
           who
           have
           the
           
             Legisl●tive
             Power
          
           reserved
           to
           them
           ;
           but
           not
           with
           tho●e
           who
           have
           only
           the
           
             Executive
             ,
          
           which
           is
           plainly
           a
           Trust
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           separated
           from
           the
           
             Legislative
          
           power
           ;
           and
           all
           Tru●ts
           by
           their
           nature
           Imp●rt
           ,
           that
           those
           to
           whom
           they
           are
           given
           ,
           are
           accountable
           ,
           even
           tho
           that
           it
           should
           not
           be
           expresly
           specified
           in
           the
           words
           of
           the
           ●rust
           it self
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           It
           cannot
           be
           supposed
           by
           the
           principles
           of
           Natural
           Religion
           ,
           that
           GOD
           has
           authorised
           any
           one
           
             Form
          
           of
           
             Government
             ,
          
           any
           other
           way
           than
           as
           the
           general
           Rules
           of
           Order
           and
           of
           Justice
           oblige
           all
           Men
           not
           to
           subvert
           Constitutions
           ,
           nor
           disturb
           the
           peace
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           nor
           invade
           those
           Rights
           with
           which
           the
           Law
           may
           have
           vested
           some
           Persons
           ;
           For
           it
           is
           certain
           that
           as
           private
           Contracts
           lodge
           or
           translate
           private
           Rights
           ;
           so
           the
           publick
           Laws
           can
           likewise
           lodge
           such
           Rights
           ,
           ●rerogatives
           and
           Revenues
           ,
           in
           those
           under
           whose
           protection
           they
           put
           themselves
           ;
           and
           in
           such
           a
           manner
           that
           they
           may
           come
           to
           have
           as
           good
           a
           title
           to
           these
           ,
           as
           any
           private
           person
           can
           have
           to
           his
           property
           ;
           so
           that
           it
           becomes
           an
           Act
           of
           high
           injustice
           and
           violence
           to
           invade
           these
           ,
           which
           is
           so
           far
           a
           greater
           sin
           than
           any
           such
           Actions
           would
           be
           against
           a
           private
           person
           ;
           As
           the
           
             publick
             Peace
          
           and
           
             Order
          
           is
           preferable
           to
           all
           
             private
             considerations
          
           whatsoever
           .
           So
           that
           in
           truth
           ,
           ●the
           principles
           of
           
             Natural
             Religion
             ,
          
           give
           those
           that
           are
           in
           Authority
           no
           power
           at
           all●
           ,
           but
           they
           do
           only
           secure
           them
           in
           the
           possession
           of
           that
           which
           is
           theirs
           by
           Law
           ▪
           And
           as
           no
           considerations
           of
           Religion
           can
           bind
           me
           to
           pay
           another
           more
           than
           I
           indeed
           owe
           him
           ,
           but
           do
           only
           bind
           me
           more
           strictly
           to
           pay
           what
           I
           owe
           ;
           So
           the
           considerations
           of
           Religion
           do
           indeed
           bring
           Subjects
           under
           stricter
           Obligations
           ,
           to
           pay
           all
           due
           all●giance
           and
           Submission
           to
           their
           Princes
           ;
           but
           they
           do
           not
           at
           all
           extend
           that
           Allegia●ce
           further
           than
           the
           Law
           carries
           it
           .
           And
           though
           a
           Man
           has
           no
           Divine
           Right
           to
           his
           Property
           ,
           but
           has
           acquired
           it
           by
           Humane
           Means
           ,
           such
           as
           Succession
           or
           Industry
           ,
           yet
           he
           has
           a
           security
           for
           the
           enjoyment
           of
           it
           ,
           from
           a
           Divine
           Right
           ,
           so
           tho
           Princes
           
           have
           no
           immediate
           warrants
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           either
           for
           their
           Original
           Titles
           ,
           or
           for
           the
           extent
           of
           them
           ,
           yet
           they
           are
           secured
           in
           the
           possession
           of
           them
           by
           the
           Principles
           and
           Rules
           of
           
             Natural
             Religion
             .
          
        
         
           5.
           
           It
           is
           to
           be
           considered
           that
           as
           a
           private
           Person
           ,
           can
           bind
           himself
           to
           anoth●r
           Mans
           service
           by
           different
           degrees
           ,
           either
           as
           an
           ordinary
           Se●vant
           for
           wages
           ,
           or
           as
           an
           appropriat
           for
           a
           longer
           time
           as
           an
           Apprentice
           ,
           or
           by
           a
           total
           giving
           himself
           up
           to
           another
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           case
           of
           Slavery
           :
           In
           all
           which
           cases
           the
           General
           name
           of
           Master
           may
           be
           equally
           used
           ,
           yet
           the
           degrees
           of
           his
           power
           are
           to
           be
           judged
           by
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           Contract
           ;
           so
           likewise
           Bodies
           of
           Men
           can
           give
           themselves
           up
           in
           different
           degrees
           ,
           to
           the
           conduct
           of
           others
           .
           And
           therefore
           though
           all
           tho●e
           may
           carry
           the
           same
           name
           of
           
             King
             ,
          
           yet
           every
           ones
           power
           is
           to
           be
           taken
           from
           the
           Measures
           of
           the
           Authority
           which
           is
           lodged
           in
           him
           ,
           and
           not
           from
           any
           general
           Speculations
           founded
           on
           some
           Equivocal
           terms
           ,
           such
           as
           
             King
             ,
             Soveraign
          
           or
           
             Supream
             .
          
        
         
           6.
           
           I●'s
           certain
           ,
           that
           GOD
           ,
           as
           the
           Creator
           and
           Governour
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           may
           set
           up
           whom
           he
           will
           ,
           to
           rule
           over
           other
           Men
           :
           But
           this
           Declaration
           of
           His
           will
           ,
           must
           be
           made
           evident
           by
           Prophe●s
           ,
           or
           other
           extraordinary
           Men
           sen●
           of
           Him
           ,
           who
           have
           some
           manifest
           proo●s
           of
           the
           Divine
           Authority
           ,
           that
           is
           committed
           to
           them
           ,
           on
           such
           occasions
           ,
           and
           upon
           such
           Persons
           declaring
           the
           will
           of
           GOD
           ,
           in
           favour
           of
           any
           others
           ,
           that
           Declaration
           is
           to
           be
           submitted
           to
           and
           obeyed
           .
           But
           this
           pretence
           of
           a
           Divine
           Delegation
           ,
           can
           be
           carryed
           no
           farther
           than
           to
           those
           who
           are
           thus
           expresl●
           marked
           out
           ,
           and
           is
           unjustly
           claimed
           by
           those
           who
           can
           prove
           no
           such
           Declaration
           to
           have
           been
           ever
           made
           in
           Favour
           of
           them
           ,
           or
           their
           Families
           .
           Nor
           does
           it
           appear
           Reasonable
           to
           conclude
           from
           their
           being
           in
           possession
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           the
           will
           of
           GOD
           that
           it
           should
           be
           so
           ,
           this
           justifies
           all
           Usurpers
           ,
           when
           they
           ●re
           successful
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           The
           Measures
           of
           Power
           ,
           and
           by
           consequence
           of
           Ob●dience
           ,
           must
           be
           taken
           from
           the
           express
           Laws
           of
           any
           S●ate
           ,
           or
           Body
           of
           Men
           ,
           from
           the
           Oaths
           that
           they
           swear
           ,
           or
           from
           Immemorial
           prescription
           ,
           and
           a
           long
           possession
           ,
           which
           both
           give
           a
           Title
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           long
           tract
           of
           time
           make
           a
           bad
           one
           become
           good
           ,
           since
           prescription
           when
           it
           passes
           the
           memory
           of
           man
           ,
           and
           is
           not
           dispured
           by
           any
           other
           pretender
           ,
           gives
           by
           the
           common
           sense
           of
           all
           men
           ,
           a
           just
           
           and
           good
           title
           :
           So
           upon
           the
           whole
           matter
           ,
           the
           degrees
           of
           all
           Civil
           Authority
           ,
           are
           to
           be
           taken
           either
           from
           express
           Laws
           ,
           Immemorial
           Customs
           ,
           or
           from
           particular
           Oaths
           ,
           which
           the
           Subjects
           swear
           to
           their
           Princes
           :
           This
           being
           still
           to
           be
           laid
           down
           for
           a
           principle
           ,
           that
           in
           all
           the
           disputes
           between
           
             Power
          
           and
           
             Liberty
             ▪
             Power
          
           must
           alwayes
           be
           proved
           ,
           but
           
             Liberty
          
           proves
           it self
           ;
           the
           one
           being
           founded
           only
           upon
           positive
           Law
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           upon
           the
           Law
           of
           Nature
           .
        
         
           8.
           
           If
           from
           the
           General
           Principles
           of
           humane
           Society
           ,
           and
           natural
           Religion
           ,
           we
           carry
           this
           matter
           to
           be
           examined
           by
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           it
           is
           clear
           that
           all
           the
           passages
           that
           are
           in
           the
           
             Old
             Testament
             ,
          
           are
           not
           to
           be
           made
           use
           of
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           of
           neither
           side
           .
           For
           as
           the
           land
           of
           
             Canaan
             ,
          
           was
           given
           to
           the
           
             Iews
          
           by
           an
           immediat
           grant
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           so
           GOD
           re●erved
           still
           this
           to
           himself
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Declarations
           that
           he
           should
           m●ke
           from
           time
           to
           time
           ,
           either
           by
           his
           
             Prophets
             ,
          
           or
           by
           the
           answers
           that
           came
           from
           the
           Cloud
           of
           Glory
           that
           was
           between
           the
           Cherubims
           ,
           to
           set
           up
           Judges
           or
           Kings
           over
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           pull
           them
           down
           again
           as
           he
           thought
           fit
           ,
           here
           was
           an
           express
           Delegation
           made
           by
           God
           ,
           and
           theref●re
           all
           that
           was
           ●one
           in
           that
           Dispensation
           ,
           either
           for
           or
           against
           Princes
           ,
           Is
           not
           to
           be
           made
           use
           of
           in
           any
           other
           State
           ,
           that
           is
           founded
           on
           another
           bottom
           and
           constitution
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           expressions
           in
           the
           old
           
             Testament
          
           relating
           to
           
             Kings
             ,
          
           since
           they
           belong
           to
           persons
           that
           were
           immediatly
           designed
           by
           God
           ,
           are
           without
           any
           sort
           of
           reason
           ap●lyed
           to
           those
           ,
           who
           can
           pretend
           to
           no
           such
           Designation
           ,
           neither
           o●
           themselves
           nor
           for
           their
           Ancestors
           .
        
         
           9.
           
           As
           for
           the
           
             New
             Testament
             ,
          
           it
           is
           plain
           ▪
           that
           there
           are
           no
           rules
           given
           in
           it
           ,
           neither
           for
           the
           
             Forms
          
           o●
           
             Government
          
           in
           general
           ,
           nor
           for
           ●he
           degrees
           of
           any
           one
           Form
           in
           particular
           ▪
           but
           the
           general
           rules
           of
           Justice
           ,
           order
           ,
           and
           peace
           ,
           being
           established
           in
           it
           upon
           higher
           Motives
           ,
           and
           more
           binding
           considerations
           ,
           then
           ever
           they
           were
           ●n
           any
           other
           Religion
           whatsoever
           ,
           we
           are
           most
           strictly
           bound
           by
           it
           ,
           to
           observe
           the
           constitution
           in
           which
           we
           are
           ?
           And
           it
           is
           plain
           ,
           that
           the
           rules
           set
           us
           in
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           can
           be
           carried
           no
           further
           .
           It
           is
           indeed
           clear
           from
           the
           
             New
             Testament
             ,
          
           that
           the
           
             Christian
             Religion
          
           as
           such
           ,
           gives
           us
           no
           grounds
           to
           defend
           or
           propagat
           it
           by
           force
           .
           It
           is
           a
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Cross
           ,
           and
           of
           Faith
           ,
           and
           Patience
           under
           it
           :
           And
           i●
           by
           the
           order
           of
           Divine
           providence
           ,
           and
           of
           any
           constitution
           of
           
           Governmen●
           ,
           under
           which
           we
           are
           born
           ,
           we
           are
           brought
           under
           suf●erings
           ,
           for
           our
           professing
           of
           it
           ,
           we
           may
           indeed
           retire
           and
           fly
           out
           of
           any
           such
           Countrey
           ,
           if
           we
           can
           ;
           but
           if
           that
           is
           denyed
           us
           ,
           we
           must
           then
           according
           to
           this
           Religion
           ,
           ●ubmit
           to
           those
           suffe●ings
           under
           which
           we
           may
           be
           brought
           ,
           considering
           that
           God
           will
           be
           Glorified
           by
           us
           in
           so
           doing
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           will
           both
           support
           us
           under
           our
           sufferings
           ,
           and
           gloriously
           reward
           us
           for
           them
           .
        
         
           This
           was
           the
           State
           of
           the
           
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
          
           during
           the
           three
           first
           
             Centuries
             ,
          
           under
           
             Heathen
             Emperours
             ,
          
           and
           a
           Constitution
           in
           which
           
             Paganism
          
           was
           established
           by
           Law
           ;
           But
           i●
           by
           the
           Laws
           of
           any
           Government
           ,
           the
           
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
          
           or
           any
           form
           of
           it
           ,
           is
           become
           a
           part
           of
           the
           
             Subjects
             Property
             ,
          
           it
           then
           falls
           under
           another
           consider●tion
           ,
           not
           as
           it
           is
           a
           Religion
           ,
           but
           as
           it
           is
           become
           one
           of
           the
           Principal
           Rights
           of
           the
           Subjects
           ,
           to
           believe
           and
           profess
           it
           :
           And
           then
           we
           must
           ju●ge
           of
           the
           Invasions
           made
           on
           that
           ,
           as
           we
           do
           of
           any
           other
           Invasion
           that
           is
           made
           on
           Our
           Rights
           .
        
         
           10.
           
           All
           the
           pas●ages
           in
           the
           
             New
             Testament
          
           that
           relate
           to
           
             Civil
             Government
          
           are
           to
           be
           expounded
           as
           they
           were
           truely
           meaned
           ,
           in
           opposition
           to
           that
           false
           notion
           of
           the
           
             Iews
             ,
          
           who
           believed
           themselves
           to
           be
           so
           immediately
           under
           the
           Divine
           Authority
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           not
           become
           the
           Subjects
           of
           any
           other
           Power
           ;
           particularly
           of
           one
           that
           was
           not
           of
           their
           Nation
           ,
           or
           of
           their
           Religion
           :
           therefore
           they
           thought
           ,
           they
           could
           not
           be
           under
           the
           
             Roman
             yoke
             ,
          
           nor
           bound
           to
           pay
           Tribute
           to
           
             Caesar
          
           ▪
           but
           judged
           that
           they
           were
           only
           subj●ct
           out
           of
           Fear
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Force
           that
           lay
           on
           them
           ,
           but
           not
           for
           
             Conscience
          
           sake
           :
           And
           so
           in
           all
           their
           Dispersion
           ,
           both
           at
           
             Rome
          
           and
           elsewhere
           ,
           they
           thought
           they
           were
           
             GODS
             Free-Men
          
           ;
           and
           made
           use
           of
           this
           pretended
           
             Liberty
             as
             a
             cloak
             of
             maliciousness
             .
          
           In
           Opposition
           to
           all
           which
           ,
           since
           in
           a
           cour●e
           of
           many
           years
           ,
           they
           had
           asked
           the
           protection
           of
           the
           
             Roman
             yoke
             ,
          
           and
           were
           come
           und●r
           their
           Authority
           ,
           our
           Saviour
           ordered
           them
           to
           continue
           in
           that
           by
           his
           ●aying
           ,
           
             Render
             to
             Caesar
             that
             which
             is
             Caesars
          
           ;
           and
           both
           St.
           
             P●ul
          
           in
           his
           Epistle
           to
           the
           
             Romans
             ,
          
           and
           St.
           
             Peter
          
           in
           his
           General
           Epistle
           ,
           have
           very
           positively
           condemned
           that
           pernicious
           Maxim
           ,
           but
           without
           any
           formal
           Declarations
           made
           of
           the
           Rules
           or
           Measures
           of
           
             Government
             .
          
           And
           since
           both
           the
           People
           and
           Senate
           of
           
             Rome
          
           had
           acknowledged
           the
           power
           that
           
             Augustus
          
           had
           indeed
           violently
           usurped
           ,
           it
           became
           legal
           when
           it
           was
           thus
           submitted
           to
           ,
           and
           confirmed
           
           both
           by
           the
           
             Senate
          
           and
           
             People
             :
          
           And
           it
           was
           establisht
           in
           his
           Family
           by
           a
           long
           prescription
           when
           these
           Epistle●
           were
           writ
           :
           So
           that
           upon
           the
           whole
           matter
           ,
           all
           that
           is
           in
           the
           
             New
             Testament
          
           upon
           this
           Subject
           .
           imports
           no
           more
           but
           that
           all
           
             Christians
          
           are
           bound
           to
           acquiesce
           in
           the
           
             Government
             ,
          
           and
           submit
           to
           it
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           cons●i●ution
           that
           is
           setled
           by
           Law.
           
        
         
           11
           We
           are
           then
           at
           last
           brought
           to
           the
           Constitution
           of
           our
           
             English
          
           Government
           ;
           So
           that
           no
           General
           Considerations
           from
           Speculations
           about
           
             Soveraign
             Power
             ,
          
           nor
           from
           any
           passages
           either
           of
           the
           
             Old
          
           and
           
             New
             T●stament
             ,
          
           ought
           to
           determin
           us
           in
           this
           matter
           ;
           which
           must
           be
           fixed
           from
           the
           Laws
           and
           Regulations
           that
           have
           been
           made
           among
           Us.
           It
           is
           then
           certain
           ,
           that
           with
           Relation
           to
           the
           
             Executive
          
           part
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           the
           Law
           has
           lodged
           that
           singly
           in
           the
           King
           ;
           So
           that
           the
           whole
           administration
           of
           it
           is
           in
           him
           :
           but
           the
           
             Legislative
             Power
          
           is
           Lodged
           between
           the
           
             King
          
           and
           the
           two
           Houses
           of
           
             Parliament
          
           ;
           So
           that
           the
           Power
           of
           making
           and
           Repealing
           
             Laws
             ,
          
           is
           not
           singly
           in
           the
           King
           ,
           but
           only
           so
           far
           as
           the
           two
           
             Houses
          
           concur
           with
           him
           .
           It
           is
           also
           clear
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           has
           such
           a
           determined
           extent
           of
           Prerogative
           ,
           beyond
           which
           he
           has
           no
           Authority
           :
           As
           for
           instance
           ,
           if
           he
           Levies
           Money
           of
           his
           People
           ,
           without
           a
           Law
           impowering
           him
           to
           it
           ,
           he
           goes
           beyond
           the
           limits
           of
           his
           Power
           ,
           and
           asks
           that
           to
           which
           he
           has
           no
           Right
           ▪
           So
           that
           there
           lyes
           no
           obligation
           on
           the
           Subject
           to
           grant
           it
           :
           And
           if
           any
           in
           his
           Name
           use
           Violence
           for
           the
           obtaining
           it
           ,
           they
           are
           to
           be
           looked
           on
           as
           so
           many
           Robbers
           ,
           that
           invade
           our
           Property
           and
           they
           being
           violent
           Aggressors
           ,
           the
           Principle
           of
           Self
           preservation
           seems
           here
           to
           take
           place
           ,
           and
           to
           warrant
           as
           violent
           a
           resistance
           .
        
         
           12
           There
           is
           nothing
           more
           evident
           ,
           than
           that
           
             England
          
           is
           a
           free
           Nation
           ,
           that
           has
           its
           Liberties
           and
           Properti●s
           reserved
           to
           it
           b●
           many
           positive
           and
           express
           Laws
           :
           If
           then
           we
           have
           a
           right
           to
           our
           
             Property
             ,
          
           we
           must
           likewise
           be
           supposed
           to
           have
           a
           right
           to
           preserve
           it
           ;
           for
           these
           Rights
           are
           by
           the
           Law
           secured
           against
           the
           Invasions
           of
           the
           
             Prerogative
             ,
          
           and
           by
           consequence
           we
           must
           have
           a
           right
           to
           preserve
           them
           against
           those
           Invasions
           .
           It
           is
           also
           evidently
           declared
           by
           our
           Law
           ,
           that
           all
           Orders
           and
           Warrants
           ,
           that
           are
           issued
           out
           in
           opposition
           to
           them
           ,
           are
           null
           of
           themselves
           ;
           And
           by
           consequence
           ,
           any
           that
           pretend
           to
           have
           commissions
           from
           the
           
             King
          
           for
           those
           ends
           ,
           are
           to
           be
           considered
           as
           if
           they
           had
           none
           at
           all
           :
           Since
           these
           commissions
           
           being
           void
           of
           themselves
           ,
           are
           inde●d
           no
           commissions
           in
           the
           construction
           of
           the
           
             Law
          
           ;
           And
           the●efore
           those
           who
           act
           in
           vertue
           of
           them
           ,
           are
           still
           to
           be
           considered
           ,
           as
           private
           persons
           who
           come
           to
           Invade
           and
           disturb
           u●
           .
           It
           is
           also
           to
           be
           observed
           ,
           that
           the●e
           are
           some
           points
           that
           are
           justly
           disputable
           and
           doubtful
           ,
           and
           others
           that
           are
           so
           manifest
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           plain
           that
           any
           Objections
           that
           can
           be
           made
           to
           them
           ,
           are
           rather
           for●ed
           preten●es
           ,
           than
           so
           much
           as
           plausible
           colours
           .
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           if
           the
           case
           is
           doubtful
           ,
           the
           interest
           of
           the
           publick
           Peace
           and
           Order
           ought
           to
           ca●ry
           it
           ;
           ●ut
           the
           case
           is
           quite
           different
           when
           the
           Invasions
           that
           are
           made
           upon
           
             Liberty
          
           and
           
             Property
             ,
          
           are
           plain
           and
           visible
           to
           all
           that
           co●sider
           them
           .
        
         
           13.
           
           The
           main
           and
           great
           difficulty
           here
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           tho
           our
           Governm●nt
           does
           indeed
           as●ert
           the
           Li●erty
           of
           the
           Subject
           ,
           yet
           there
           are
           many
           express
           Laws
           made
           ,
           that
           lodge
           the
           
             Militia
          
           singly
           in
           the
           
             King
             ,
          
           that
           make
           it
           plainly
           unlawfull
           upon
           any
           pretence
           whatsoever
           to
           take
           Arms
           against
           the
           
             King
             ,
          
           or
           any
           c●mmissioned
           by
           him
           ;
           And
           these
           
             Laws
          
           have
           been
           put
           in
           the
           form
           of
           an
           
             Oath
             ,
          
           which
           all
           that
           have
           born
           any
           Imployment
           either
           in
           
             Church
          
           or
           
           State
           ●ave
           sworn
           ;
           And
           ther●fore
           ●h●se
           Laws
           ,
           ●or
           the
           assu●eing
           ●ur
           
             Liberties
             ,
          
           do
           indeed
           bind
           the
           
             Kings
          
           conscience
           ,
           and
           may
           af●●ct
           his
           Ministers
           ;
           y●t
           since
           it
           is
           a
           M●x●m
           of
           our
           Law
           ,
           t●at
           the
           
             King
             can
             do
             no
             wrong
             ,
          
           these
           cannot
           be
           carried
           so
           far
           as
           to
           justifie
           our
           taking
           Arms
           against
           him
           ,
           be
           the
           trans●r●ssions
           of
           Law
           e●er
           so
           many
           and
           so
           manifest
           :
           And
           since
           this
           has
           be●n
           the
           consta●t
           
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
          
           it
           will
           be
           a
           very
           h●avy
           Imputation
           on
           us
           ,
           if
           it
           appears
           ,
           that
           tho
           we
           held
           these
           opinions
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           the
           
             Court
          
           and
           the
           
             Crown
          
           have
           favoured
           us
           ,
           ●et
           as
           soon
           as
           the
           
             Court
          
           turns
           against
           us
           ,
           we
           change
           o●r
           Principles
           .
        
         
           14.
           
           Here
           is
           the
           true
           difficulty
           of
           this
           whole
           matter
           ,
           and
           therefor
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           exactly
           considered
           .
           Fi●st
           ,
           all
           general
           words
           ,
           ●ow
           large
           so●ver
           ,
           are
           still
           supposed
           to
           have
           a
           
             tacite
             Exception
             ,
          
           and
           reserves
           in
           them
           ,
           if
           the
           matter
           seems
           to
           require
           it
           .
           Children
           are
           commanded
           to
           
             Obe●
             their
             Parents
             in
             all
             things
             :
          
           Wives
           are
           declared
           be
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           
             to
             be
             subject
             to
             their
             Husbands
             in
             a●l
             things
          
           ;
           as
           the
           
             Church
             is
             unto
             Christ
          
           :
           And
           yet
           how
           comprehensive
           so●ver
           these
           words
           may
           seem
           to
           be
           ,
           there
           is
           still
           a
           reserve
           to
           be
           understood
           in
           them
           ;
           And
           tho
           by
           our
           Form
           of
           Marriage
           the
           P●rties
           swear
           to
           one
           another
           
             till
             death
             them
             do
             part
             ,
          
           yet
           few
           doubt
           〈◊〉
           
           this
           bond
           is
           dissolved
           by
           
             Adultery
             ,
          
           tho
           it
           is
           not
           named
           ;
           for
           odious
           things
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           suspected
           ,
           and
           therefore
           not
           named
           upon
           such
           occasions
           :
           But
           when
           they
           fall
           out
           ,
           they
           carrie
           still
           their
           own
           force
           with
           them
           .
           2.
           
           When
           there
           seems
           to
           be
           a
           Contradiction
           between
           two
           Articles
           in
           the
           constitution
           ,
           we
           ought
           to
           examine
           which
           of
           the
           two
           is
           the
           most
           evident
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           Important
           and
           so
           we
           ought
           to
           fix
           upon
           it
           ,
           and
           then
           we
           must
           give
           such
           an
           accomodating
           sense
           to
           that
           which
           seems
           to
           contradict
           it
           ,
           that
           so
           we
           may
           reconcile
           those
           together
           .
           Here
           then
           are
           two
           seeming
           contradictions
           in
           our
           constitution
           :
           The
           oneis
           the
           
             Publick
             Libert●
          
           of
           the
           
             Nation
          
           ;
           the
           other
           is
           the
           renouncing
           of
           all
           resi●tance
           ,
           in
           case
           that
           were
           Invaded
           .
           It
           is
           plain
           ,
           that
           our
           
             Liberty
          
           is
           only
           a
           thing
           that
           we
           enjoy
           at
           the
           
             Kings
          
           discretion
           ,
           and
           during
           his
           pleasure
           ;
           if
           the
           other
           against
           all
           Resistance
           is
           to
           be
           understood
           according
           to
           the
           outmost
           Extent
           of
           the
           words
           .
           Therefore
           since
           the
           chief
           Design
           of
           Our
           whole
           Law
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           several
           Rules
           of
           our
           Constitution
           ,
           is
           to
           secure
           and
           mantain
           Our
           Liberty
           ,
           we
           ought
           to
           lay
           that
           down
           for
           a
           conclusion
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           both
           the
           most
           plain
           and
           the
           most
           important
           of
           the
           two
           :
           And
           therefore
           the
           other
           Article
           against
           Resistance
           ought
           to
           be
           so
           softned
           ▪
           as
           that
           it
           doe
           not
           destroy
           this
           .
           3.
           
           Since
           it
           is
           by
           a
           Law
           that
           Resistance
           is
           condemned
           ,
           we
           ought
           to
           understand
           it
           in
           such
           a
           sense
           ,
           as
           that
           it
           does
           not
           destroy
           all
           other
           Laws
           :
           And
           therefore
           the
           intent
           of
           this
           Law
           must
           only
           relate
           to
           the
           
             Executive
             Power
             ,
          
           which
           is
           in
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           the
           
             Legislative
             ,
          
           in
           which
           we
           cannot
           suppose
           that
           our
           
             Legislators
             ,
          
           who
           made
           that
           Law
           ,
           intended
           to
           give
           up
           that
           ,
           which
           we
           plainly
           see
           they
           resolved
           still
           to
           preserve
           intire
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Ancient
           Constitution
           .
           So
           then
           the
           not
           resi●ting
           the
           King
           ,
           can
           only
           be
           applyed
           to
           the
           
             Executive
             Power
             ,
          
           that
           so
           upon
           no
           pretence
           of
           ill
           Administrations
           in
           the
           Execution
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           it
           should
           be
           lawful
           to
           resist
           him
           ;
           but
           this
           cannot
           with
           any
           r●ason
           be
           extended
           to
           an
           Invasion
           of
           the
           
             Legislative
             Power
             ,
          
           or
           to
           a
           total
           
             subversion
          
           of
           the
           
             Government
             .
          
           For
           it
           being
           plain
           ,
           that
           the
           Law
           did
           not
           Design
           to
           lodge
           that
           power
           in
           the
           King
           ;
           it
           is
           also
           plain
           ,
           that
           it
           did
           not
           intend
           to
           secure
           him
           in
           it
           ,
           in
           case
           he
           should
           ●et
           about
           it
           .
           4.
           
           The
           Law
           mentioning
           the
           King
           ,
           or
           those
           Commissionate
           by
           him
           ,
           shews
           plainly
           ,
           that
           it
           only
           Designed
           to
           secure
           t●e
           King
           in
           the
           
             Executive
             Power
          
           :
           For
           the
           word
           
             Commission
          
           necessarly
           imports
           this
           ,
           since
           if
           it
           is
           not
           according
           to
           Law
           ,
           it
           is
           no
           
             Commission
          
           ;
           
           And
           by
           con●equence
           ,
           ●●ose
           who
           Act
           in
           Vertue
           of
           it
           ,
           are
           not
           commissionate
           by
           the
           King
           in
           the
           sense
           of
           the
           Law.
           The
           King
           likewise
           imports
           a
           Prince
           clothed
           by
           Law
           with
           the
           
             Regal
             Prerogative
             ,
          
           but
           if
           he
           goes
           to
           
             Subvert
          
           the
           whole
           Foundation
           of
           the
           Governmen●
           ,
           he
           
             subverts
          
           that
           by
           which
           he
           himself
           has
           his
           power
           ,
           and
           by
           consequence
           he
           annulls
           his
           own
           power
           ;
           and
           then
           he
           ceases
           to
           be
           
             King
             ,
          
           having
           endeavoured
           to
           destroy
           that
           ,
           upon
           which
           his
           own
           Authority
           is
           founded
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           acknowledged
           by
           the
           greatest
           asserters
           of
           Monarchical
           power
           ,
           that
           in
           some
           cases
           a
           
             King
          
           may
           fall
           from
           his
           power
           ,
           and
           in
           other
           cases
           that
           he
           may
           fall
           from
           the
           exercise
           of
           it
           .
           His
           deserting
           his
           people
           ,
           his
           going
           about
           to
           enslave
           or
           sell
           them
           to
           any
           other
           ,
           or
           a
           furious
           going
           about
           to
           destroy
           them
           ,
           are
           in
           the
           opinion
           of
           the
           most
           
             Monarchical
             Lawyers
             ,
          
           such
           abuses
           ,
           that
           they
           naturally
           divest
           those
           that
           are
           guilty
           of
           them
           ,
           of
           their
           whole
           Authority
           .
           
             Infamy
          
           or
           
             Phrenzie
          
           do
           also
           put
           them
           under
           the
           Guardian-ship
           of
           others
           .
           All
           the
           crowned
           heads
           of
           
             Europe
          
           have
           ,
           at
           least
           secretly
           ,
           approv'd
           of
           the
           putting
           the
           late
           
             King
          
           of
           
             Portugal
          
           under
           a
           Guardian-ship
           ,
           &
           the
           keeping
           him
           still
           Prisoner
           for
           a
           few
           Acts
           of
           Rage
           ,
           that
           had
           been
           fatal
           to
           a
           very
           few
           persons
           :
           And
           even
           our
           
             Court
          
           gave
           the
           first
           countenance
           to
           it
           ,
           tho
           of
           all
           ot●ers
           the
           late
           King
           hade
           the
           most
           reason
           to
           have
           done
           it
           at
           least
           last
           of
           all
           ,
           since
           it
           justified
           a
           Younger
           brother's
           supplanting
           the
           Elder
           ;
           yet
           the
           evidence
           of
           the
           thing
           carryed
           it
           even
           against
           Interest
           .
           Therefore
           if
           a
           
             King
          
           goes
           about
           to
           subvert
           the
           
             Government
             ,
          
           and
           to
           overturn
           the
           whole
           Constitution
           ,
           he
           by
           this
           must
           be
           supposed
           either
           to
           fall
           from
           his
           power
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           from
           the
           exercise
           of
           it
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           that
           he
           ought
           to
           be
           put
           under
           Guardians
           ;
           and
           according
           to
           the
           case
           of
           
             Portugal
             ,
          
           the
           next
           
             Heir
          
           falls
           naturally
           to
           be
           the
           Guardian
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           thing
           to
           be
           considered
           ,
           is
           ,
           to
           see
           in
           Fact
           whether
           the
           Foundations
           of
           this
           
             Government
          
           have
           been
           struck
           at
           ,
           and
           whether
           those
           E●rors
           ,
           that
           have
           been
           perhaps
           committed
           ,
           are
           only
           such
           Malversations
           ,
           as
           ought
           to
           be
           Imputed
           only
           to
           
             humane
             Frailty
             ,
          
           and
           to
           the
           Ignorance
           ,
           Inadvertencies
           ,
           or
           passions
           to
           which
           all
           Princes
           may
           be
           Subject
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           other
           men
           ,
           but
           this
           will
           best
           appear
           if
           we
           consider
           ,
           what
           are
           the
           Fundamental
           points
           of
           our
           
             Government
             ,
          
           and
           the
           chief
           securities
           that
           we
           have
           for
           our
           Liberties
           .
        
         
           The
           Authorit●
           of
           the
           Law
           is
           indeed
           all
           in
           one
           word
           ,
           so
           that
           if
           the
           
             King
          
           pretends
           to
           a
           power
           to
           
             Dispense
          
           with
           
             Laws
             ,
          
           there
           is
           
           nothing
           left
           ,
           upon
           which
           the
           
             Subject
          
           can
           depend
           ;
           And
           yet
           as
           if
           
             Dispensing
             power
          
           were
           not
           enough
           ,
           if
           Laws
           are
           wholly
           suspended
           for
           all
           time
           coming
           ,
           this
           is
           plainly
           a
           repealing
           of
           them
           ,
           when
           likewise
           the
           Men
           ,
           in
           whose
           han●s
           the
           Administra●ion
           of
           Justice
           is
           put
           by
           Law
           ,
           su●h
           as
           Judges
           and
           Sheriffs
           are
           allowed
           to
           tread
           all
           Laws
           un●er
           foot
           ,
           even
           th●se
           that
           infer
           an
           incapacity
           on
           themselves
           if
           they
           violate
           them
           ;
           this
           is
           such
           a
           breaking
           of
           the
           whole
           Constitution
           ,
           that
           we
           can
           no
           m●re
           have
           the
           Administration
           of
           Justice
           ,
           so
           that
           it
           is
           really
           a
           
             dissolution
             of
             th●
             Government
             ;
          
           since
           all
           Tryals
           ,
           Sentences
           ,
           and
           the
           Executions
           of
           them
           are
           become
           so
           many
           unlawful
           Acts
           ,
           that
           are
           null
           and
           void
           of
           themselves
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           thing
           in
           our
           Constitution
           ,
           which
           secures
           to
           us
           our
           
             Laws
          
           and
           
             Liberties
             ,
          
           is
           a
           
             Free
             and
             Lawful
             Parl●ament
             .
          
           Now
           not
           to
           mention
           the
           breach
           of
           the
           Law
           of
           
             Triennial
             Parliaments
             ,
          
           it
           being
           above
           three
           years
           since
           we
           had
           a
           Session
           ,
           that
           enacted
           any
           Law
           ;
           Methods
           have
           been
           taken
           ,
           and
           are
           daily
           a
           taking
           ,
           that
           render
           this
           impossible
           .
           
             Parliaments
          
           ought
           to
           be
           chosen
           with
           an
           in●ire
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           without
           either
           Force
           or
           Pre-engagements
           :
           Whereas
           if
           all
           Men
           are
           required
           before
           hand
           to
           enter
           into
           Engagements
           ,
           how
           they
           will
           Vote
           ,
           if
           they
           were
           chosen
           themselves
           ;
           Or
           how
           they
           will
           give
           their
           Votes
           in
           the
           Electing
           of
           others
           ;
           This
           is
           plain●y
           such
           a
           preparation
           to
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           as
           would
           indeed
           make
           it
           no
           Parliament
           ,
           but
           a
           Cabal
           ,
           if
           one
           were
           chosen
           a●ter
           all
           that
           Cor●uption
           of
           Persons
           ,
           who
           had
           pre-engaged
           themselves
           ;
           and
           after
           the
           Threatning
           and
           Turning
           out
           of
           all
           Persons
           out
           of
           Employmen●s
           who
           had
           Refused
           to
           do
           it
           ;
           And
           if
           there
           are
           such
           daily
           Regulations
           made
           in
           the
           Towns
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           plain
           those
           who
           manage
           them
           ,
           intend
           at
           last
           to
           put
           such
           a
           number
           of
           Men
           in
           the
           
             Cor●orations
          
           as
           will
           certainly
           chuse
           the
           persons
           who
           are
           recommended
           to
           them
           .
           But
           above
           all
           ,
           if
           there
           are
           such
           a
           number
           of
           
             Sheriffs
          
           and
           
             Majors
          
           made
           over
           
             England
             ,
          
           by
           whom
           the
           Elections
           must
           be
           conducted
           and
           returned
           ,
           who
           are
           now
           under
           an
           Incapacity
           by
           Law
           ,
           and
           so
           are
           no
           Legal
           Officers
           ,
           and
           by
           consequence
           these
           Elections
           that
           pass
           under
           their
           Authorit●
           are
           null
           and
           void
           ▪
           If
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           it
           is
           clear
           that
           things
           are
           brought
           to
           this
           ,
           then
           the
           
             Government
          
           is
           dis●olved
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           impossible
           to
           have
           a
           
             Free
          
           and
           
             Legal
             ,
             Parliament
          
           in
           this
           State
           of
           things
           .
           If
           then
           both
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           
             Law
             ,
          
           and
           the
           constitution
           of
           the
           
             Parliament
          
           are
           struck
           at
           and
           
           dis●olved
           ,
           here
           is
           a
           plain
           subversion
           of
           ●he
           whole
           
             Government
             .
          
           Bu●
           if
           we
           enter
           n●xt
           into
           the
           particular
           b●anches
           of
           the
           
             Government
             ,
          
           we
           will
           find
           the
           like
           diso●der
           among
           them
           all
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Prote●tant
             Religion
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             ●hurch
             of
             England
             ,
          
           make
           a
           great
           Article
           of
           our
           
             Government
             ,
          
           the
           Latter
           ●eing
           secured
           not
           only
           of
           old
           by
           
             Magna
             Charta
             ,
          
           but
           by
           many
           special
           
             Laws
          
           made
           of
           late
           ;
           And
           there
           are
           par●icular
           Laws
           made
           in
           K.
           
             Cha●l●s
          
           the
           First
           ,
           and
           the
           late
           
             King's
          
           time
           ,
           securing
           them
           fr●m
           all
           
             Commissions
          
           that
           the
           
             King
          
           can
           raise
           for
           Judging
           or
           Cen●ureing
           them
           :
           If
           then
           in
           oppofition
           to
           this
           ,
           a
           
             Court
          
           so
           condemned
           is
           E●●cted
           ,
           which
           proceeds
           to
           Judge
           and
           C●nsure
           the
           
             Clergy
          
           ▪
           and
           even
           to
           d●ssei●e
           them
           of
           their
           
             Free
             holds
             ,
          
           without
           so
           much
           as
           the
           Form
           of
           a
           T●yal
           ,
           tho
           this
           is
           the
           most
           
             indispensable
             Law
             ,
          
           of
           all
           these
           that
           secures
           the
           
             Property
             of
             Engla●d
          
           :
           And
           if
           the
           King
           pretends
           that
           he
           can
           ●equire
           the
           
             Clerg●
          
           to
           publish
           all
           his
           
             Arbitrary
             Declarations
          
           ▪
           And
           in
           par●icular
           one
           that
           stricks
           at
           their
           whole
           Setlement
           ,
           and
           has
           Ord●red
           P●ocess
           to
           be
           begun
           against
           all
           that
           disobeyed
           this
           
             ill●gal
             Warrant
             ,
          
           and
           has
           treated
           so
           great
           a
           number
           of
           the
           
             Bishops
          
           as
           ●r●minals
           ,
           only
           for
           representing
           to
           him
           the
           reasons
           of
           their
           not
           obe●ing
           him
           ;
           If
           likewise
           the
           
             Ki●g
          
           is
           not
           satisfied
           to
           pro●ess
           his
           own
           
             Religi●n
          
           openly
           ,
           tho
           even
           that
           is
           contra●y
           to
           Law
           ,
           but
           has
           sent
           
             Ambassadors
             to
             Rome
             ,
          
           and
           received
           
             Nunci●'s
          
           from
           thence
           ,
           which
           is
           plainly
           
             Treason
          
           by
           Law
           ,
           if
           likewise
           many
           
             Popish
             Churches
          
           and
           
             Chapels
          
           have
           been
           publickly
           opened
           ;
           if
           several
           
             Colledg●s
          
           of
           
             Iesuits
          
           have
           ●e●n
           set
           up
           in
           ●ivers
           parts
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           
             One
          
           of
           the
           
             Ord●r
          
           has
           been
           made
           a
           
             Privy
             Counsellour
             ,
          
           and
           a
           Principal
           
             Minister
          
           of
           
             State
          
           ;
           and
           if
           
             Papists
          
           and
           even
           those
           who
           tu●n
           to
           that
           Religion
           ,
           tho
           de●la●ed
           Traitors
           by
           Law
           ,
           are
           brought
           into
           all
           the
           chief
           Employm●nts
           ,
           bo●h
           
             Mili●ary
          
           and
           
             Civil
          
           ;
           then
           it
           is
           plain
           ▪
           that
           all
           the
           rights
           of
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
          
           and
           the
           whole
           establishment
           of
           the
           
             Protestant
             Reli●ion
          
           are
           struck
           at
           ,
           and
           designed
           to
           be
           overturned
           ;
           since
           all
           these
           things
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           
             notoriously
             illegal
             ,
          
           so
           they
           evidently
           de●onstrate
           ,
           that
           the
           gr●at
           design
           of
           them
           all
           ,
           is
           the
           rooting
           out
           this
           
             Pestilent
             Heresie
             ,
          
           in
           their
           stile
           ,
           I
           mean
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
             .
          
        
         
           In
           the
           next
           place
           ,
           if
           in
           the
           whole
           course
           of
           Justice
           ,
           it
           is
           visible
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           a
           constant
           p●actis●ing
           upon
           the
           
             Iudges
             ,
          
           that
           the●
           are
           turned
           out
           upon
           their
           varying
           from
           the
           
             Intentions
          
           of
           the
           
             Court
             ,
          
           and
           if
           Men
           of
           no
           Reputation
           or
           Abilities
           are
           put
           in
           their
           places
           ;
           
           If
           an
           Army
           is
           kept
           up
           in
           time
           of
           Peace
           ,
           and
           Men
           who
           withdraw
           from
           that
           
             illegal
             service
          
           are
           hanged
           up
           as
           
             Criminals
             ,
          
           without
           any
           collour
           of
           Law
           ,
           which
           by
           consequence
           are
           so
           many
           Murders
           ;
           And
           if
           the
           Souldierie
           are
           connived
           at
           and
           encouraged
           in
           the
           most
           
             enormous
             Crimes
             ,
          
           that
           so
           the●
           may
           be
           thereby
           prepared
           to
           commit
           great
           ones
           ,
           And
           from
           singl●
           Rapes
           and
           Murders
           ,
           proceed
           to
           a
           rape
           upon
           all
           our
           Liberties
           ▪
           and
           a
           Destruction
           of
           the
           Nation
           :
           If
           I
           say
           ,
           all
           these
           things
           are
           true
           in
           Fact
           ,
           then
           it
           is
           plain
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           such
           a
           Dissolution
           of
           the
           
             Government
          
           made
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           not
           any
           one
           part
           of
           it
           left
           Sound
           and
           Entire
           :
           And
           if
           all
           these
           things
           are
           done
           now
           ,
           it
           is
           easie
           to
           imagine
           what
           may
           be
           expected
           ,
           when
           
             Arbitrary
             Power
          
           that
           spares
           no
           Man
           ,
           And
           
             Popery
          
           that
           spares
           no
           
             Heretick
             ,
          
           are
           finally
           established
           :
           then
           we
           may
           look
           for
           nothing
           but
           
             Gabelles
             ,
             Tailles
             ,
             Impositions
             ,
             Benevolences
             ,
          
           and
           all
           sorts
           of
           
             illegal
             Taxes
          
           ;
           As
           from
           the
           other
           we
           may
           expect
           
             Burnings
             ,
             Massacres
             ,
          
           and
           
             Inquisitions
             .
          
           In
           what
           is
           doing
           in
           
             Scotland
          
           we
           may
           gather
           what
           is
           to
           be
           expected
           in
           
             England
          
           ;
           where
           ,
           if
           the
           King
           has
           over
           and
           over
           again
           declared
           ,
           
             That
             he
             is
             vested
             with
             an
             Absolute
             Power
             ,
          
           to
           which
           all
           are
           bound
           to
           
             Obey
             without
             Reserve
             .
          
           And
           has
           upon
           that
           annulled
           almost
           all
           the
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           that
           passed
           in
           K.
           
             Iames
          
           I.
           Minority
           ,
           tho
           they
           were
           ratified
           by
           himself
           when
           he
           came
           to
           be
           of
           Age
           ;
           And
           were
           confirmed
           by
           all
           the
           subsequent
           Kings
           ,
           not
           excepting
           the
           present
           .
           We
           must
           then
           conclude
           from
           thence
           ,
           what
           is
           resolved
           on
           here
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           what
           will
           be
           put
           in
           Execution
           as
           soon
           as
           it
           is
           thought
           that
           the
           times
           can
           bear
           it
           .
           When
           likewayes
           the
           whole
           setlement
           of
           
             Ireland
          
           is
           shaken
           ,
           and
           the
           Army
           that
           was
           raised
           ,
           and
           is
           maintained
           by
           Taxes
           ,
           that
           were
           given
           for
           an
           Army
           of
           
             English
             Protestants
             ,
          
           to
           secure
           them
           from
           a
           new
           
             Massacre
          
           by
           the
           
             Irish
             Papists
             ,
          
           is
           now
           all
           filled
           wìth
           
             Irish
             Papists
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           almost
           all
           the
           other
           Employments
           ;
           It
           is
           plain
           ,
           that
           not
           only
           all
           the
           
             British
             Protestants
          
           Inhabiting
           that
           Island
           ,
           are
           in
           dayly
           danger
           of
           being
           butchered
           a
           second
           time
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           
             Crown
             of
             England
             ,
          
           is
           in
           danger
           of
           loseing
           that
           Island
           ,
           it
           being
           now
           put
           wholly
           into
           the
           hands
           and
           power
           of
           the
           
             Native
             Irish
             ,
          
           who
           as
           they
           formerly
           offered
           themselves
           up
           sometimes
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           
             Spain
             ,
          
           sometimes
           to
           the
           
             Pope
             ,
          
           and
           once
           to
           the
           
             Duke
          
           of
           
             Lorrain
             ,
          
           so
           are
           they
           perhaps
           at
           this
           present
           treating
           with
           another
           
             Court
          
           for
           the
           sale
           and
           surrender
           of
           the
           
             Island
             ,
          
           and
           for
           the
           
             Massacre
          
           of
           the
           
             English
          
           in
           it
           .
        
         
         
           If
           thus
           all
           the
           several
           branches
           of
           our
           Constitution
           are
           dissolved
           ,
           it
           might
           be
           at
           least
           expected
           ,
           that
           one
           part
           should
           be
           left
           entire
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           the
           
             Regal
             Dignity
          
           ;
           and
           yet
           that
           is
           prosti●u●ed
           ,
           when
           we
           see
           a
           
             Young
             Child
          
           put
           in
           the
           reversion
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           pretended
           to
           be
           the
           
             Prince
             of
             Wales
          
           ;
           concerning
           whose
           being
           born
           of
           the
           
             Queen
             ,
          
           there
           appears
           to
           be
           not
           only
           no
           certain
           proofs
           ,
           but
           there
           are
           all
           the
           presumptiones
           that
           can
           possibly
           be
           imagined
           to
           the
           contrary
           .
           No
           proofs
           were
           ever
           given
           either
           to
           the
           
             Princess
          
           of
           
             D●nmark
             ,
          
           or
           to
           any
           other
           
             Protestant
             Ladies
             ,
          
           in
           whom
           we
           ought
           to
           repose
           any
           confidence
           that
           the
           
             Queen
          
           was
           ever
           with
           Child
           ;
           that
           whole
           matter
           being
           managed
           with
           so
           much
           mysteriousness
           ,
           that
           there
           were
           violent
           and
           publick
           suspitions
           of
           it
           before
           the
           Birth
           .
           But
           the
           whole
           contrivance
           of
           the
           Birth
           ,
           the
           sending
           away
           the
           
             Princess
             of
             Denmark
             ,
          
           the
           sudden
           shortning
           of
           the
           
             Reckoning
             ,
          
           the
           
             Queens
          
           sudden
           going
           to
           
             St.
             Iames's
             ,
          
           her
           no
           less
           sudden
           
             delivery
             ,
          
           the
           hurrying
           the
           Child
           into
           another
           Room
           ,
           without
           shewing
           it
           to
           these
           present
           ,
           and
           without
           their
           hearing
           it
           cr●
           ;
           And
           the
           Mysterious
           Conduct
           of
           all
           since
           that
           time
           ;
           No
           satisfaction
           being
           given
           to
           the
           
             Prin●ess
          
           of
           
             Denmark
          
           upon
           her
           return
           from
           the
           Bath
           ,
           nor
           to
           any
           other
           
             Protestant
             Ladies
             ,
          
           of
           the
           
             Queens
          
           having
           been
           really
           brought
           to
           Bed
           ;
           These
           are
           all
           such
           evident
           Indications
           of
           a
           base
           Imposture
           ,
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           that
           as
           the
           
             Nation
          
           has
           the
           justest
           reason
           in
           the
           World
           to
           doubt
           of
           it
           ,
           so
           they
           have
           all
           possible
           rea●on
           to
           be
           at
           no
           quiet
           ,
           till
           they
           see
           a
           
             Legal
          
           and
           
             Free
             Parliament
          
           assembled
           ,
           which
           may
           Impartially
           ,
           and
           without
           either
           fear
           or
           corruption
           ,
           examine
           that
           whole
           matter
           .
        
         
           If
           all
           these
           matters
           are
           true
           in
           Fact
           ,
           then
           I
           suppose
           no
           Man
           will
           doubt
           ,
           that
           the
           whole
           Foundations
           of
           this
           
             Government
             ,
          
           and
           all
           the
           most
           sacred
           parts
           of
           it
           are
           overturned
           ;
           And
           as
           to
           the
           truth
           os
           all
           these
           Suppositions
           ,
           that
           is
           left
           to
           every
           
             English-Mans
          
           Judgement
           and
           Sense
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .