An answer to a paper importing a petition of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and six other bishops, to His Majesty, touching their not distributing and publishing the late declaration for liberty of conscience
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             An answer to a paper importing a petition of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and six other bishops, to His Majesty, touching their not distributing and publishing the late declaration for liberty of conscience
             Care, Henry, 1646-1688.
          
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           AN
           ANSWER
           To
           a
           PAPER
           importing
           a
           PETITION
           OF
           THE
           Archbishop
           of
           CANTERBURY
           ,
           AND
           Six
           other
           BISHOPS
           ,
           TO
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           Touching
           their
           not
           Distributing
           and
           Publishing
           THE
           LATE
           DECLARATION
           FOR
           
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
          
           .
        
         
           
             Vide
             ,
             utrum
             Tunica
             filii
             tui
             sit
             ,
             an
             non
             ?
             Quam
             cum
             cognovisset
             pater
             ,
             ait
             ,
          
           
             Tunica
             filii
             mei
             est
             ,
             fera
             pessima
             comedit
             eum
             .
          
           
             
               Gen.
               xxxvii
               .
               Ver.
            
             32
             ,
             33.
             
          
        
         
           
             With
             Allowance
          
           .
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             Henry
             Hills
          
           ,
           Printer
           to
           the
           Kings
           Most
           Excellent
           Majesty
           ,
           for
           His
           Houshold
           and
           Chappel
           ;
           And
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           his
           Printing-house
           on
           the
           Ditch-side
           in
           Black-Friers
           .
           1688.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           AN
           ANSWER
           TO
           A
           Paper
           importing
           a
           Petition
           of
           the
           Archbishop
           of
           Canterbury
           ,
           and
           Six
           other
           Bishops
           ,
           to
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           NOT
           to
           amuse
           my
           Reader
           with
           any
           Reasons
           or
           Excuse
           for
           this
           Undertaking
           ,
           let
           this
           suffice
           for
           both
           ;
           That
           several
           Copies
           of
           this
           Paper
           ,
           instead
           of
           distributing
           His
           Majesty's
           Declaration
           for
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           having
           been
           privately
           dispers'd
           thro'
           most
           Counties
           of
           England
           ,
           I
           thought
           it
           every
           man's
           Duty
           ,
           and
           (
           among
           the
           rest
           )
           mine
           ,
           to
           undeceive
           them
           who
           have
           not
           the
           same
           Brains
           ,
           but
           more
           Honesty
           and
           Loyalty
           ,
           than
           those
           that
           sent
           it
           ,
           and
           bestow
           some
           Ink
           upon
           the
           Tetter
           ,
           that
           it
           spread
           no
           further
           .
           In
           order
           to
           which
           ,
           and
           that
           every
           man
           may
           at
           once
           see
           the
           Whole
           before
           him
           ,
           and
           thereby
           
           come
           to
           the
           truer
           Conclusion
           ,
           I
           shall
           take
           my
           Rise
           from
           the
           Occasion
           of
           this
           Paper
           ,
           and
           thence
           proceed
           to
           the
           Matter
           of
           it
           .
           Now
           the
           Occasion
           was
           thus
           .
        
         
           His
           Majesty
           finding
           it
           had
           been
           the
           frequent
           endeavors
           of
           the
           four
           last
           Reigns
           to
           reduce
           this
           Kingdom
           to
           an
           exact
           Conformity
           in
           Religion
           ,
           and
           how
           little
           the
           Success
           had
           answer'd
           the
           Design
           ,
           but
           rather
           destroy'd
           Trade
           ,
           depopulated
           the
           Country
           ,
           and
           discourag'd
           Strangers
           ;
           and
           being
           resolv'd
           to
           establish
           His
           Government
           on
           such
           a
           Foundation
           as
           might
           make
           His
           Subjects
           happy
           ,
           and
           unite
           them
           to
           Him
           by
           Inclination
           as
           well
           as
           Duty
           ,
           on
           the
           4th
           of
           April
           ,
           1687.
           issued
           His
           most
           Gracious
           Declaration
           for
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           thereby
           declaring
           ,
           That
           He
           will
           Protect
           and
           Maintain
           His
           Archbishops
           ,
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           Clergy
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           His
           Subjects
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           in
           the
           free
           Exercise
           of
           their
           Religion
           ,
           and
           full
           Enjoyment
           of
           their
           Possessions
           and
           Properties
           ,
           as
           now
           Established
           by
           Law
           ,
           without
           any
           Molestation
           ,
           &c.
           —
           That
           all
           Execution
           of
           Penal
           Laws
           for
           matters
           Ecclesiastical
           ,
           as
           Nonconformity
           ,
           &c.
           shall
           be
           ,
           and
           are
           thereby
           suspended
           .
           —
           That
           all
           His
           Subjects
           have
           leave
           to
           Meet
           and
           Worship
           God
           in
           their
           own
           way
           ,
           without
           disturbance
           .
           —
           And
           forasmuch
           as
           the
           benefit
           of
           the
           Service
           of
           His
           Subjects
           is
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           Nature
           inseparably
           annex'd
           to
           ,
           and
           inherent
           in
           His
           Royal
           Person
           ,
           and
           that
           no
           one
           for
           the
           future
           may
           be
           under
           any
           Discouragement
           or
           Disability
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           some
           Oaths
           or
           Tests
           usually
           administred
           ;
           That
           no
           such
           Oaths
           or
           Tests
           shall
           be
           hereafter
           required
           of
           them
           ;
           And
           that
           He
           would
           dispense
           with
           them
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           And
           because
           several
           Endeavors
           had
           been
           made
           ,
           to
           
           abuse
           the
           easiness
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           as
           if
           He
           might
           be
           persuaded
           out
           of
           what
           He
           had
           so
           solemnly
           declared
           ,
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           as
           well
           to
           stop
           the
           mouth
           of
           Gainsayers
           ,
           as
           to
           shew
           his
           Intentions
           were
           not
           changed
           since
           the
           said
           4th
           of
           April
           ,
           by
           a
           second
           Declaration
           of
           the
           27th
           of
           April
           last
           past
           ,
           enforces
           and
           confirms
           the
           said
           former
           Declaration
           ,
           conjures
           His
           loving
           Subjects
           to
           lay
           aside
           all
           private
           Animosities
           and
           groundless
           Jealousies
           ,
           and
           to
           choose
           such
           Members
           of
           Parliament
           as
           may
           do
           their
           part
           to
           finish
           what
           he
           has
           begun
           ,
           for
           the
           Advantage
           of
           the
           Monarchy
           over
           which
           God
           hath
           plac'd
           Him
           ,
           as
           being
           resolv'd
           to
           call
           a
           Parliament
           that
           shall
           meet
           in
           November
           next
           at
           furthest
           .
        
         
           This
           Declaration
           was
           forthwith
           printed
           ,
           and
           by
           Order
           of
           Council
           required
           to
           be
           distributed
           ,
           published
           ,
           and
           read
           in
           the
           respective
           Churches
           thro'
           the
           Kingdom
           :
           And
           in
           that
           it
           was
           not
           enjoyn'd
           to
           be
           read
           in
           any
           the
           Congregations
           thereby
           permitted
           ,
           what
           greater
           Evidence
           can
           there
           be
           of
           His
           Majesty's
           real
           Intentions
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           when
           ,
           however
           He
           suffer'd
           others
           ,
           He
           own'd
           not
           yet
           any
           Establish'd
           National
           Church
           but
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ?
           Upon
           this
           the
           ensuing
           Paper
           was
           on
           the
           18th
           of
           May
           following
           (
           between
           the
           hours
           of
           Nine
           and
           Ten
           at
           night
           )
           presented
           to
           His
           Majesty
           by
           the
           Six
           Bishops
           the
           Subscribers
           .
        
         
           
             
             
               To
               the
               King
               's
               most
               Excellent
               Majesty
               .
            
             
               The
               humble
               Petition
               of
               William
               Archbishop
               of
               Canterbury
               ,
               and
               of
               divers
               of
               the
               Suffragan
               Bishops
               of
               the
               Province
               ,
               now
               present
               with
               him
               ,
               in
               behalf
               of
               themselves
               ,
               and
               others
               of
               their
               absent
               Brethren
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               Clergy
               of
               their
               respective
               Dioceses
               .
            
             
               
                 Humbly
                 sheweth
                 ,
              
            
             
               
                 THat
                 their
                 great
                 Averseness
                 they
                 find
                 in
                 themselves
                 to
                 the
                 Distribution
                 and
                 Publication
                 in
                 all
                 their
                 Churches
                 of
                 your
                 Majesties
                 late
                 Declaration
                 for
              
               Liberty
               of
               Conscience
               ,
               
                 proceedeth
                 neither
                 from
                 any
                 want
                 of
                 Duty
                 and
                 Obedience
                 to
                 your
                 Majesty
                 ,
                 our
                 Holy
                 Mother
                 the
                 Church
                 of
              
               England
               
                 being
                 both
                 in
                 her
                 Principles
                 ,
                 and
                 constant
                 Practices
                 ,
                 unquestionably
                 Loyal
                 ,
                 and
                 having
                 to
                 her
                 great
                 Honor
                 been
                 more
                 than
                 once
                 publickly
                 acknowledg'd
                 to
                 be
                 so
                 by
                 your
                 Majesty
                 ;
                 nor
                 yet
                 from
                 any
                 want
                 of
                 due
                 tenderness
                 to
              
               Dissenters
               :
               
                 In
                 relation
                 to
                 whom
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 willing
                 to
                 come
                 to
                 such
                 a
                 Temper
                 ,
                 as
                 shall
                 be
                 thought
                 fit
                 ,
                 when
                 that
                 Matter
                 shall
                 be
                 Consider'd
                 and
                 Setled
                 in
                 Parliament
                 and
                 Convocation
                 .
                 But
                 among
                 many
                 other
                 Considerations
                 ,
                 from
                 this
                 especially
                 ,
                 because
                 the
                 Declaration
                 is
                 founded
                 upon
                 
                 such
                 a
                 Dispensing
                 Power
                 ,
                 as
                 has
                 been
                 often
                 declar'd
                 Illegal
                 ,
                 in
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 and
                 particularly
                 in
                 the
                 Years
                 1662
                 ,
                 1672
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 your
                 Majesties
                 Reign
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 a
                 Matter
                 of
                 so
                 great
                 Moment
                 and
                 Consequence
                 to
                 the
                 whole
                 Nation
                 ,
                 both
                 in
                 Church
                 and
                 State
                 ,
                 that
                 your
                 Petitioners
                 cannot
                 in
                 Prudence
                 ,
                 Honor
                 ,
                 and
                 Conscience
                 ,
                 so
                 far
                 make
                 themselves
                 Parties
                 to
                 it
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 Distribution
                 of
                 it
                 all
                 over
                 the
                 Nation
                 ,
                 and
                 Reading
                 it
                 ,
                 even
                 in
                 God's
                 House
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 his
                 Divine
                 Service
                 must
                 amount
                 to
                 ,
                 in
                 common
                 and
                 reasonable
                 Construction
                 .
              
            
             
               your
               Petitioners
               therefore
               most
               humbly
               and
               earnestly
               beseech
               your
               Majesty
               ,
               that
               you
               will
               be
               Graciously
               pleas'd
               not
               to
               insist
               upon
               the
               Distribution
               and
               Reading
               your
               Majesties
               Declaration
               .
               
                 Canterbury
                 .
              
               
                 St.
                 Asaph
                 .
              
               
                 Bath
                 and
                 Wells
                 .
              
               
                 Chichester
                 .
              
               
                 Peterborough
                 .
              
               
                 Ely.
                 
              
               
                 Bristol
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
         
           And
           here
           also
           for
           Methods
           sake
           ,
           and
           before
           I
           come
           to
           the
           Matter
           of
           it
           ,
           I
           hold
           it
           requisite
           that
           I
           speak
           somewhat
           to
           the
           Persons
           the
           Subscribers
           ,
           and
           the
           Time
           of
           their
           Presenting
           it
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           First
           ,
           the
           Holy
           Scripture
           styles
           Bishops
           ,
           
             The
             Angels
             of
             their
             Churches
          
           ;
           And
           by
           the
           Common
           Law
           of
           England
           the
           Archibishop
           of
           Canterbury
           is
           
             Primus
             Par
             Angl.
          
           
           The
           Bishops
           ,
           Lords
           Ecclesiastical
           Secular
           ,
           —
           and
           Sit
           in
           Parliament
           
             Jure
             Episcopatus
          
           ,
           which
           they
           hold
           
             per
             Baroniam
          
           .
           —
           The
           Statute
           
           
             (
             pro
             Clero
          
           )
           calls
           them
           Peers
           of
           the
           Realm
           .
           —
           That
           of
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           ,
           One
           of
           the
           greatest
           States
           of
           the
           
           Realm
           .
           —
           They
           have
           Jurisdiction
           in
           Ecclesiastical
           Causes
           ,
           and
           are
           not
           bound
           to
           obey
           any
           Mandate
           but
           
           the
           King's
           :
           And
           by
           reason
           of
           all
           this
           ,
           presum'd
           to
           have
           a
           more
           than
           ordinary
           Influence
           upon
           the
           People
           .
           Our
           Saviour
           calls
           his
           Disciples
           ,
           
             The
             Salt
             ,
             and
             Light
             of
             the
             World.
          
           And
           why
           ?
           But
           that
           they
           should
           season
           others
           with
           their
           Doctrin
           ,
           and
           guide
           them
           by
           their
           Example
           ,
           into
           the
           way
           of
           Peace
           .
           His
           Name
           is
           ,
           
             The
             Prince
             of
             Peace
          
           :
           His
           Sermon
           on
           the
           Mount
           was
           ,
           
             The
             Gospel
             of
             Peace
          
           :
           The
           Blessings
           in
           it
           ,
           are
           to
           
             The
             Poor
             in
             Spirit
             ,
             The
             Meek
             ,
             The
             Merciful
             ,
             The
             Peace-makers
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           His
           Life
           was
           one
           continued
           Practise
           of
           it
           ;
           And
           his
           last
           Legacy
           to
           his
           Disciples
           ,
           was
           Peace
           .
           He
           gave
           to
           Caesar
           the
           things
           that
           were
           Caesars
           ;
           and
           that
           Tribute
           ,
           which
           yet
           was
           the
           product
           of
           an
           Absolute
           Power
           ,
           he
           not
           only
           paid
           it
           without
           disputing
           the
           Authority
           ,
           but
           commanded
           it
           to
           others
           :
           And
           tho'
           the
           Imperial
           Power
           after
           his
           Death
           was
           of
           the
           same
           Absoluteness
           ,
           yet
           St.
           Paul
           says
           not
           ,
           the
           Senate
           had
           declar'd
           it
           Illegal
           ,
           but
           calls
           it
           
             The
             Ordinance
             of
             God
          
           ,
           and
           enjoyns
           Subjection
           to
           it
           .
           What
           the
           
           Apostles
           in
           their
           time
           were
           ,
           the
           same
           ever
           ,
           and
           now
           challenge
           the
           Governors
           of
           all
           Churches
           ;
           next
           ,
           and
           under
           Kings
           ,
           they
           are
           in
           the
           stead
           of
           God
           to
           the
           People
           ;
           and
           where
           they
           make
           a
           false
           Step
           ,
           what
           wonder
           if
           the
           unthinking
           People
           forget
           the
           Precept
           ,
           and
           take
           after
           the
           Example
           ?
           They
           see
           nothing
           but
           
             (
             sub
             imagine
             lusca
          
           )
           by
           twilight
           ,
           and
           conceive
           according
           to
           the
           colour
           of
           those
           Rods
           are
           cast
           before
           them
           ;
           They
           hear
           a
           noise
           ,
           but
           know
           not
           whence
           it
           cometh
           ,
           or
           whether
           it
           goeth
           ,
           and
           run
           away
           the
           Cry
           ,
           without
           so
           much
           as
           laying
           a
           Nose
           to
           the
           Ground
           for
           't
           .
           What
           made
           the
           People
           set
           up
           Adoniah
           against
           
           David's
           disposition
           of
           the
           Crown
           to
           
             Solomon
             ?
             Abiathar
          
           the
           High
           Priest
           was
           in
           the
           Head
           of
           them
           .
           What
           made
           the
           Nobles
           break
           the
           Yoak
           ?
           The
           Prophets
           had
           Prophesi'd
           falsly
           ,
           the
           Priests
           applauded
           it
           with
           their
           Hands
           ,
           and
           a
           foolish
           People
           lov'd
           to
           have
           it
           so
           .
           Or
           what
           made
           the
           Jews
           who
           had
           so
           often
           acknowledg'd
           our
           Savior
           ,
           turn
           head
           against
           him
           ,
           and
           crucifie
           him
           ?
           The
           Chief
           Priests
           ,
           the
           Scribes
           and
           Elders
           had
           possess'd
           the
           People
           ,
           that
           the
           Romans
           would
           come
           ,
           and
           take
           away
           their
           City
           .
           Thus
           we
           see
           what
           Influence
           Great
           Men
           have
           upon
           the
           heedless
           Multitude
           ;
           and
           therefore
           how
           wary
           ought
           they
           to
           be
           ,
           how
           they
           give
           them
           the
           least
           Example
           of
           Disobedience
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           seldom
           seen
           ,
           but
           where
           the
           one
           Disputes
           ,
           the
           other
           Cavils
           ;
           and
           where
           their
           Leaders
           make
           but
           a
           Shrug
           at
           the
           Government
           ,
           the
           People
           think
           it
           high
           time
           to
           be
           Mending
           it
           :
           Our
           own
           Histories
           are
           as
           one
           Example
           of
           it
           ;
           or
           if
           they
           run
           narrow
           ,
           Tacitus
           may
           be
           believ'd
           of
           his
           ,
           
             Erant
             in
             Officio
             ,
             qui
             mallent
             mandata
             .
             Imperantium
             interpretari
             ,
             quam
             exequi
             .
             There
             were
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             some
             in
             Power
             ,
             that
             were
             more
             for
             Commenting
             ,
             than
             
             Executing
             the
             Emperor's
             Directions
             .
          
           Nor
           are
           Disputes
           or
           Excuses
           of
           less
           danger
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           a
           kind
           of
           shaking
           off
           the
           Yoke
           ,
           and
           an
           Essay
           of
           Disobedience
           ;
           especially
           
           if
           in
           those
           Disputings
           ,
           they
           which
           are
           for
           the
           Direction
           speak
           fearfully
           and
           tenderly
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           are
           against
           it
           ,
           audaciously
           .
           And
           if
           by
           such
           means
           a
           Fire
           break
           out
           in
           the
           State
           ,
           't
           will
           want
           no
           Fuel
           ,
           when
           't
           is
           kindled
           from
           the
           Altar
           .
        
         
           And
           for
           the
           Time
           of
           their
           Presenting
           it
           ,
           I
           shall
           consider
           it
           as
           it
           may
           respect
           the
           present
           Circumstances
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           or
           that
           half
           scantling
           of
           time
           they
           gave
           his
           Majesty
           to
           consider
           of
           their
           Excuses
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           former
           ,
           the
           glut
           of
           Reformers
           in
           Edward
           the
           Sixth's
           time
           was
           great
           ,
           and
           the
           Qualifications
           so
           indifferent
           ,
           that
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           has
           ever
           since
           labor'd
           under
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           Elements
           that
           compounded
           her
           ,
           half
           destroy'd
           her
           :
           For
           as
           the
           Laws
           ,
           not
           the
           Doctrin
           ,
           brought
           them
           first
           together
           ,
           they
           no
           sooner
           found
           themselves
           streightned
           in
           the
           One
           ,
           than
           they
           made
           it
           up
           with
           the
           Other
           ,
           and
           Themselves
           somewhat
           in
           the
           Broils
           ,
           that
           were
           otherwise
           nothing
           in
           the
           Peace
           of
           the
           State.
           These
           Humors
           ,
           during
           Her
           ,
           and
           King
           
           James's
           Reign
           ,
           lay
           fermenting
           in
           the
           Body
           ,
           but
           in
           his
           Son
           's
           broke
           out
           into
           a
           Pestilence
           .
           The
           Crown
           sell
           ,
           the
           Church
           follow'd
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           diligent
           Enquirer
           might
           have
           sought
           England
           in
           her self
           ,
           yet
           miss'd
           her
           ;
           till
           at
           last
           it
           pleas'd
           Him
           ,
           whose
           only
           it
           is
           to
           still
           the
           raging
           of
           the
           Sea
           ,
           to
           say
           to
           the
           Madness
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           
             Huc
             usque
             ,
             nee
             ultra
          
           .
           His
           late
           Majesty
           King
           Charles
           the
           Second
           was
           Restor'd
           ;
           and
           so
           little
           averse
           were
           the
           Catholic
           Lords
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           that
           their
           Votes
           ,
           which
           otherwise
           might
           have
           kept
           them
           out
           ,
           brought
           them
           
           once
           more
           into
           the
           House
           of
           Peers
           :
           nor
           were
           they
           scarce
           warm
           in
           their
           Seats
           ,
           before
           the
           Act
           of
           Uniformity
           was
           pass'd
           ,
           and
           driven
           with
           that
           Violence
           ,
           that
           it
           had
           like
           to
           have
           overturn'd
           all
           agen
           .
           The
           Dissenters
           were
           not
           fit
           for
           Employ
           ,
           they
           had
           Mony
           in
           their
           Purses
           ,
           and
           the
           World
           was
           wide
           enough
           :
           The
           Catholic
           Lords
           were
           less
           to
           be
           trusted
           ,
           they
           cumber'd
           the
           Ground
           ,
           and
           't
           was
           but
           fit
           they
           were
           down
           :
           There
           remain'd
           nothing
           but
           to
           cast
           out
           the
           Heir
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           Inheritance
           would
           be
           the
           easier
           divided
           .
           And
           here
           also
           it
           pleas'd
           God
           to
           appear
           in
           the
           Mount
           :
           He
           pluck'd
           him
           out
           of
           the
           deep
           Waters
           ,
           and
           set
           him
           on
           the
           Throne
           of
           his
           Ancestors
           :
           And
           as
           he
           came
           to
           the
           Crown
           thro'
           the
           greatest
           of
           Difficulties
           ,
           he
           has
           been
           preserv'd
           in
           it
           by
           no
           less
           a
           Providence
           .
           He
           stifl'd
           two
           Serpents
           in
           the
           Cradle
           of
           his
           Empire
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           three-years
           Government
           conquer'd
           all
           Example
           ,
           in
           His
           own
           .
           And
           now
           ,
           when
           our
           troubl'd
           Waters
           had
           begun
           to
           settle
           again
           ,
           what
           need
           of
           whistling
           up
           the
           Winds
           for
           another
           Storm
           ?
           When
           the
           Wounds
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           were
           almost
           clos'd
           ,
           what
           Charity
           was
           it
           to
           unbind
           them
           too
           soon
           ,
           or
           under
           pretence
           of
           easing
           the
           Patient
           ,
           to
           set
           them
           bleeding
           afresh
           ?
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           when
           the
           Brands
           of
           our
           late
           Rebellions
           lay
           smother'd
           in
           their
           almost
           forgotten
           Embers
           ,
           what
           prudence
           was
           it
           to
           rake
           them
           into
           another
           Flame
           ?
           I
           see
           little
           of
           the
           Dove
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           am
           loth
           to
           say
           ,
           too
           much
           of
           the
           Serpent
           .
        
         
           And
           for
           that
           half
           scantling
           of
           time
           they
           gave
           his
           Majesty
           to
           consider
           of
           their
           Excuses
           ,
           it
           seems
           here
           also
           ,
           that
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Direction
           (
           like
           Baal
           in
           the
           Kings
           )
           was
           some
           way
           or
           other
           out
           of
           the
           way
           .
           The
           Declaration
           was
           no
           new
           thing
           ,
           it
           had
           been
           published
           
           the
           4th
           of
           April
           1687
           ,
           and
           his
           Majesty
           had
           receiv'd
           the
           general
           Acknowledgments
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           for
           it
           ;
           which
           argu'd
           their
           Satisfaction
           in
           it
           .
           The
           Corn
           was
           in
           the
           Ground
           ,
           and
           now
           ,
           if
           ever
           ,
           was
           the
           time
           to
           sow
           Tares
           ;
           and
           therefore
           ,
           to
           prevent
           their
           choaking
           it
           ,
           His
           Majesty
           the
           27th
           of
           April
           1688
           ,
           (
           which
           was
           one
           full
           year
           ,
           and
           three
           weeks
           after
           )
           enforces
           his
           first
           Declaration
           ,
           and
           commands
           it
           to
           be
           read
           in
           all
           Churches
           within
           Ten
           miles
           of
           London
           ,
           on
           the
           20th
           and
           27th
           of
           May
           ,
           and
           in
           all
           other
           the
           Churches
           thro'
           the
           Country
           ,
           on
           the
           3d
           and
           10th
           of
           June
           following
           ;
           time
           enough
           (
           one
           would
           think
           )
           to
           have
           consider'd
           the
           Matter
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           have
           given
           the
           King
           some
           time
           to
           have
           advis'd
           .
           Whereas
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           they
           make
           no
           scruple
           of
           it
           ,
           till
           the
           18th
           of
           May
           ,
           about
           10
           at
           Night
           ,
           and
           then
           (
           the
           19th
           being
           a
           Day
           appointed
           for
           Hunting
           )
           they
           present
           the
           Paper
           before
           mention'd
           ,
           as
           well
           knowing
           ,
           that
           if
           his
           Majesty
           had
           an
           Inclination
           of
           Countermanding
           his
           Declaration
           ,
           he
           was
           so
           straitned
           in
           time
           ,
           that
           he
           could
           not
           do
           it
           ,
           for
           it
           was
           to
           be
           read
           the
           Day
           after
           .
           And
           what
           can
           be
           rationally
           interpreted
           from
           it
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           had
           been
           all
           that
           while
           numbring
           the
           People
           ,
           to
           see
           whither
           the
           Party
           were
           strong
           enough
           ?
           And
           I
           am
           the
           rather
           inclin'd
           to
           it
           ,
           for
           that
           since
           the
           time
           of
           the
           first
           Declaration
           ,
           the
           Doctrin
           of
           Non-Resistance
           has
           not
           been
           so
           much
           in
           Vogue
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           formerly
           ;
           it
           would
           keep
           cold
           for
           another
           time
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           pressed
           it
           now
           ,
           who
           knows
           but
           the
           People
           might
           have
           believ'd
           it
           ?
           In
           short
           ,
           
             Nathan
             ,
             Zadoc
          
           ,
           &c.
           had
           some
           pretence
           for
           opposing
           
             Adoniah
             ;
             Me
             thy
             Servant
             ,
             and
          
           Zadoc
           
             the
             Priest
             ,
             he
             hath
             not
             called
             .
          
           So
           
             Core
             ,
             Dathan
          
           ,
           and
           Abiram
           ,
           were
           Ecclesiastical
           Princes
           ,
           and
           
           thought
           they
           might
           have
           as
           much
           right
           to
           Govern
           as
           Moses
           :
           But
           when
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           (
           founded
           on
           the
           Law
           of
           England
           )
           acknowledges
           the
           King
           Supreme
           in
           all
           Causes
           ;
           Themselves
           ,
           
           
             infra
             aetatem
             ,
             &
             in
             custodia
             Domini
             Regis
          
           ;
           when
           the
           King
           by
           his
           Declaration
           has
           secur'd
           them
           in
           their
           Religion
           ,
           Possessons
           and
           Properties
           ,
           and
           by
           vertue
           of
           his
           Royal
           Prerogative
           (
           and
           for
           the
           Quiet
           of
           the
           Nation
           )
           only
           indulg'd
           it
           to
           others
           ,
           (
           yet
           making
           no
           doubt
           of
           the
           Parliaments
           concurrence
           in
           it
           )
           is
           it
           just
           that
           Their
           Eye
           be
           evil
           ,
           because
           the
           
           King
           's
           is
           good
           ?
           or
           must
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Heaven
           be
           confin'd
           to
           a
           Party
           ?
           I
           never
           heard
           that
           Disobedience
           was
           any
           Qualification
           for
           it
           ;
           and
           therefore
           ,
           if
           they
           will
           not
           enter
           themselves
           ,
           why
           do
           they
           shut
           it
           against
           others
           ,
           that
           would
           enter
           ?
        
         
           But
           perhaps
           the
           Petition
           (
           if
           yet
           there
           can
           be
           any
           reason
           for
           the
           breach
           of
           a
           Duty
           )
           may
           give
           us
           the
           reason
           of
           it
           .
           The
           Title
           says
           ,
           
             In
             behalf
             of
             themselves
             ,
             and
             others
             of
             their
             absent
             Brethren
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Clergy
             of
             their
             respective
             Dioceses
             .
          
           Which
           makes
           good
           what
           I
           before
           hinted
           ,
           that
           instead
           of
           Distributing
           and
           Publishing
           His
           Majesty's
           Declaration
           to
           be
           read
           in
           their
           respective
           Dioceses
           ,
           as
           in
           bounden
           Duty
           to
           their
           Supreme
           Ordinary
           the
           King
           ,
           they
           ought
           to
           have
           done
           ;
           and
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           their
           Canonical
           Obedience
           to
           them
           ,
           must
           have
           obey'd
           under
           the
           pain
           of
           Suspension
           ,
           and
           in
           case
           of
           Contumacy
           of
           Deprivation
           :
           they
           had
           been
           feeling
           the
           Pulse
           of
           their
           Clergy
           ,
           and
           finding
           little
           return
           from
           them
           ,
           but
           
             speak
             ,
             Lord
             ,
             for
             thy
             Servant
             heareth
             ,
          
           they
           concluded
           the
           Flock
           would
           follow
           the
           Shepherd
           ;
           and
           consequently
           ,
           if
           the
           Party
           were
           not
           strong
           enough
           ,
           the
           Multitude
           of
           the
           Offenders
           might
           make
           it
           dispunishable
           ;
           whereas
           
           it
           has
           been
           seen
           ,
           that
           a
           Ferry-boat's
           taking
           in
           too
           many
           Passengers
           ,
           to
           increase
           the
           Fare
           ,
           has
           been
           often
           the
           occasion
           of
           sinking
           all
           together
           .
           And
           if
           the
           Loyalty
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           receive
           any
           blemish
           by
           it
           ,
           what
           can
           she
           say
           ,
           but
           that
           she
           was
           
             wounded
             in
             the
             House
             of
             her
             Friends
             ?
          
           For
           by
           the
           same
           Reason
           that
           a
           Metropolitan
           refuses
           the
           Injunctions
           of
           his
           Supreme
           Ordinary
           the
           King
           ,
           by
           the
           same
           Reason
           may
           a
           Diocesan
           refuse
           his
           Metropolitan
           ,
           and
           every
           inferior
           Clergy
           man
           his
           Diocesan
           ;
           and
           when
           the
           Chain
           is
           once
           broken
           ,
           you
           may
           dispose
           the
           Links
           as
           you
           please
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           Petition
           says
           ,
           
             It
             was
             neither
             from
             any
             want
             of
             Duty
             and
             Obedience
             to
             His
             Majesty
             .
          
           No
           ?
           Then
           why
           was
           it
           not
           comply'd
           with
           ?
           
             Shew
             me
             thy
             Faith
             by
             thy
             Works
             ,
          
           saith
           St.
           James
           ;
           nor
           will
           it
           be
           possible
           to
           clear
           that
           Son
           of
           Disobedience
           ,
           that
           said
           
             I
             go
          
           ,
           but
           went
           not
           .
           A
           Bishop
           (
           as
           before
           )
           is
           not
           bound
           to
           obey
           any
           Mandate
           but
           the
           King
           's
           ;
           which
           Exception
           proves
           the
           Rule
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           is
           inexcusably
           oblig'd
           to
           obey
           the
           King's
           :
           For
           all
           Bishops
           are
           subject
           to
           the
           Imperial
           Power
           ,
           who
           is
           to
           be
           obey'd
           against
           the
           will
           of
           the
           Bishop
           .
           Mauritius
           the
           Emperor
           (
           says
           Bishop
           
           Taylor
           )
           commanded
           St.
           Gregory
           to
           hand
           an
           unlawful
           Edict
           to
           the
           Churches
           ;
           the
           Bishop
           advis'd
           the
           Prince
           ,
           that
           what
           he
           went
           about
           was
           a
           sin
           ,
           did
           what
           he
           could
           to
           have
           hinder'd
           it
           ,
           and
           yet
           obey'd
           .
           It
           was
           the
           Case
           of
           Saul
           and
           Samuel
           :
           The
           King
           desires
           Samuel
           to
           joyn
           with
           him
           in
           the
           Service
           of
           the
           Lord
           ;
           He
           ,
           with
           the
           liberty
           of
           a
           Prophet
           ,
           refus'd
           at
           first
           ,
           but
           afterwards
           joyn'd
           with
           him
           :
           Whereupon
           the
           said
           Bishop
           in
           the
           same
           place
           further
           says
           ,
           
             That
             even
             the
             Vnlawful
             Edicts
             of
             a
             Lawful
             Prince
             may
             be
             published
             
             by
             the
             Clergy
             :
          
           How
           much
           more
           then
           those
           that
           are
           Lawful
           ?
           And
           that
           this
           Declaration
           is
           such
           ,
           I
           shall
           shew
           presently
           ,
           when
           I
           come
           to
           speak
           to
           their
           word
           Illegal
           .
           In
           short
           ,
           the
           Archbishop
           of
           Canterbury
           is
           
           Ordinary
           of
           the
           Court
           ,
           and
           a
           Bishop's
           private
           Opinion
           may
           be
           warrant
           enough
           for
           him
           to
           speak
           when
           he
           is
           requir'd
           ,
           but
           not
           to
           reprove
           a
           Prince
           upon
           pretence
           
           of
           Duty
           .
        
         
           
             Our
             Holy
             Mother
             the
             Church
             of
          
           England
           
             being
             both
             in
             her
             Principles
             and
             constant
             Practises
             unquestionably
             Loyal
             .
          
           Nor
           have
           they
           hitherto
           appear'd
           other
           ;
           and
           ,
           if
           not
           Religion
           ,
           moral
           Gratitude
           must
           have
           oblig'd
           them
           to
           it
           .
           All
           the
           Bishoprics
           of
           England
           (
           but
           Sodor
           
           in
           Man
           ,
           which
           was
           instituted
           by
           Pope
           Gregory
           the
           Fourth
           )
           are
           of
           the
           Foundation
           of
           the
           Kings
           of
           England
           ,
           
           and
           those
           in
           Wales
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           Wales
           :
           Nor
           is
           it
           less
           than
           reason
           ,
           that
           they
           look
           up
           to
           the
           hand
           that
           fed
           them
           ;
           Or
           to
           whom
           more
           justly
           ought
           they
           have
           paid
           the
           Tribute
           of
           Obedience
           ,
           than
           to
           Him
           that
           took
           them
           from
           the
           Flock
           ,
           and
           sate
           them
           among
           Princes
           ?
           In
           a
           word
           the
           late
           War
           was
           
             Bellum
             Episcopale
          
           ;
           and
           if
           King
           Charles
           the
           First
           would
           have
           confirm'd
           the
           Sale
           of
           Church
           Lands
           ,
           he
           had
           sav'd
           Himself
           :
           And
           why
           then
           do
           they
           reproach
           the
           King
           His
           Son
           with
           their
           Loyalty
           ,
           when
           they
           instance
           the
           contrary
           in
           so
           small
           a
           trial
           of
           that
           Obedience
           ;
           especially
           when
           ,
           were
           the
           matter
           doubtful
           ,
           the
           Presumption
           were
           for
           Obedience
           ,
           and
           even
           unjust
           Commands
           may
           be
           justly
           obey'd
           ?
           For
           as
           we
           fear
           the
           thing
           is
           unjust
           ,
           so
           have
           we
           reason
           to
           fear
           the
           evil
           of
           Disobedience
           ,
           for
           we
           are
           sure
           that
           is
           evil
           ;
           and
           therefore
           we
           are
           to
           change
           the
           Speculative
           Doubt
           into
           a
           
           Practical
           Resolution
           ,
           and
           of
           two
           Doubts
           take
           the
           surest
           
           part
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           to
           obey
           ;
           because
           ,
           in
           such
           Cases
           ,
           
             Reumfacit
             Superiorem
             ,
             iniquitas
             Imperandi
             ;
             innocentem
             Subditum
             ,
             ordo
             serviendi
             :
          
           The
           Evil
           (
           if
           there
           be
           any
           )
           is
           imputed
           to
           him
           that
           Commands
           ,
           not
           him
           that
           Obeys
           ,
           who
           is
           not
           his
           Prince's
           Judge
           ,
           but
           Servant
           ;
           and
           they
           that
           are
           under
           Authority
           are
           to
           Obey
           ,
           not
           Dispute
           ;
           nor
           shall
           any
           thing
           done
           by
           vertue
           thereof
           be
           said
           to
           be
           
             contra
             pacem
             .
             David
          
           commanded
           
           Joab
           to
           put
           Vriah
           in
           the
           Head
           of
           the
           Battle
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           that
           he
           might
           fall
           by
           the
           Enemy
           :
           Joab
           obeys
           ;
           Vriah
           is
           kill'd
           ;
           and
           yet
           not
           Joab
           ,
           who
           might
           have
           prevented
           it
           ,
           but
           David
           ,
           who
           commanded
           it
           ,
           is
           charg'd
           with
           the
           Murther
           .
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           to
           pretend
           Loyalty
           for
           a
           common
           Principle
           ,
           and
           yet
           make
           Disputing
           and
           Disobedience
           the
           Practice
           of
           it
           ;
           what
           is
           it
           ,
           but
           a
           drawing
           near
           with
           the
           Mouth
           ,
           when
           the
           Heart
           is
           farthest
           from
           it
           ?
           The
           Voice
           (
           perhaps
           )
           may
           be
           the
           Voice
           of
           Jacob
           ,
           but
           the
           Hands
           are
           the
           Hands
           of
           Esau
           .
        
         
           
             And
             having
             to
             her
             great
             Honor
             been
             more
             than
             once
             publickly
             acknowledg'd
             to
             be
             so
             by
             your
             Majesty
             .
          
           And
           do's
           his
           Majesty
           less
           than
           acknowledge
           it
           in
           this
           Declaration
           ?
           He
           has
           in
           the
           Word
           of
           a
           King
           secur'd
           to
           them
           their
           Religion
           ,
           Possessions
           and
           Properties
           ;
           And
           why
           ?
           but
           to
           assure
           them
           ,
           He
           repented
           not
           the
           Character
           .
           And
           it
           was
           their
           Interest
           ,
           if
           not
           Duty
           ,
           to
           keep
           it
           up
           ;
           nay
           ,
           the
           Honor
           of
           their
           Church
           depended
           on
           it
           ,
           inasmuch
           as
           Men
           value
           things
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           present
           Good
           or
           Evil
           they
           do
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           and
           what
           Advantage
           can
           that
           Religion
           give
           us
           to
           another
           Life
           ,
           when
           it
           shall
           be
           found
           mischievous
           ,
           or
           destructive
           to
           this
           ?
           They
           have
           (
           I
           said
           )
           the
           Word
           of
           a
           King
           for
           their
           Security
           ;
           but
           if
           they
           
           force
           him
           in
           his
           own
           defence
           ,
           to
           secure
           against
           it
           ,
           whom
           can
           they
           blame
           but
           themselves
           ,
           who
           first
           made
           the
           Challenge
           ?
           
           Abiathar's
           Service
           to
           David
           ,
           was
           acknowledg'd
           by
           Solomon
           ,
           but
           when
           he
           once
           began
           to
           boggle
           ,
           he
           forgave
           ,
           but
           remov'd
           him
           .
           And
           our
           Bishop
           Bonner
           ,
           tho'
           he
           got
           his
           Bishoprick
           by
           thwarting
           the
           Pope
           ,
           yet
           he
           lost
           it
           agen
           by
           opposing
           the
           King.
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           The
           Holy
           Spirit
           in
           the
           Apocalyps
           ,
           acknowledges
           the
           good
           works
           of
           the
           Seven
           Churches
           of
           Asia
           ,
           but
           bids
           some
           of
           them
           remember
           ,
           whence
           they
           had
           fall'n
           ,
           and
           repent
           ,
           and
           do
           the
           first
           works
           ,
           or
           he
           would
           remove
           their
           Candlestick
           .
        
         
           
             Nor
             yet
             from
             any
             want
             of
             due
             tenderness
             to
             Dissenters
             .
          
           No
           ?
           Why
           then
           have
           those
           Penal
           Laws
           been
           executed
           with
           so
           much
           rigor
           against
           them
           ?
           Or
           why
           are
           they
           so
           averse
           from
           having
           them
           eas'd
           at
           present
           ?
           What
           brought
           them
           into
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           I
           have
           touch'd
           before
           ,
           and
           what
           turn'd
           them
           out
           again
           ,
           and
           our
           Trade
           with
           them
           ,
           is
           demonstrable
           enough
           in
           the
           late
           Protestants
           of
           France
           .
           I
           will
           not
           say
           but
           they
           might
           have
           been
           kept
           out
           at
           first
           ;
           but
           being
           settl'd
           ,
           and
           embodied
           into
           a
           People
           ,
           it
           may
           seem
           ill
           Policy
           to
           remove
           any
           Greater
           Number
           to
           gratifie
           a
           Lesser
           .
           It
           is
           not
           the
           Nobility
           ,
           or
           the
           Gentry
           ,
           that
           are
           the
           Traders
           ;
           nor
           is
           it
           the
           Gown
           that
           enriches
           more
           than
           particular
           persons
           :
           but
           the
           Trade
           of
           the
           Merchant
           ,
           and
           the
           Industry
           of
           the
           Middle
           sort
           ,
           that
           enriches
           a
           Nation
           ,
           and
           without
           which
           
             Vena
             porta
          
           ,
           let
           a
           Kingdom
           have
           never
           so
           good
           Limbs
           ,
           it
           will
           have
           but
           empty
           Veins
           .
           It
           was
           Trade
           gave
           England
           its
           first
           Credit
           abroad
           ,
           and
           the
           Manufacture
           at
           home
           found
           mater
           to
           it
           ;
           the
           One
           drein'd
           other
           Kingdoms
           to
           water
           our
           own
           ,
           and
           the
           Other
           brought
           
           a
           Ballance
           to
           it
           ,
           in
           making
           the
           Export
           come
           up
           to
           the
           Import
           ,
           and
           both
           together
           secur'd
           the
           Dominion
           of
           the
           Sea
           ,
           and
           made
           the
           Wealth
           of
           either
           Indie
           a
           kind
           of
           Accessary
           to
           it
           ;
           and
           all
           this
           carry'd
           on
           by
           the
           Middle-sort
           of
           People
           .
           Take
           our
           Sea-Ports
           ,
           and
           the
           Sea-Man
           is
           but
           here
           and
           there
           a
           true
           Church-of
           -
           
             England
             man
          
           :
           The
           Merchant
           that
           employs
           him
           not
           much
           better
           at
           Heart
           :
           The
           Artisan
           thro'
           the
           Kingdom
           has
           more
           than
           a
           Spice
           of
           the
           Disease
           ;
           and
           the
           Body
           of
           the
           People
           not
           least
           infected
           with
           it
           .
           However
           ,
           let
           them
           be
           quiet
           within
           themselves
           ,
           and
           they
           dispute
           no
           Authority
           ;
           but
           when
           they
           are
           uneasie
           ,
           and
           mew'd
           up
           at
           home
           ,
           what
           wonder
           if
           they
           change
           it
           for
           a
           freer
           Air
           ?
           What
           makes
           us
           complain
           of
           the
           want
           of
           Trade
           ?
           That
           our
           Neighbors
           have
           gotten
           into
           our
           Manufacture
           ?
           That
           our
           Ships
           are
           not
           so
           well
           Mann'd
           as
           formerly
           ?
           And
           the
           Rents
           of
           Lands
           fallen
           ?
           The
           Reason
           is
           obvious
           :
           Our selves
           have
           cut
           off
           our
           own
           Hands
           .
           The
           Merchant
           sits
           down
           with
           what
           he
           has
           ,
           or
           turns
           Builder
           ;
           The
           Work-man
           carries
           his
           Art
           with
           him
           ;
           The
           Sea-man
           will
           have
           his
           Opinion
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           his
           Pay
           ;
           And
           the
           Lump
           of
           the
           People
           their
           Consciences
           ,
           or
           Good-night
           Landlord
           !
           Whereas
           ,
           since
           his
           Majesties
           late
           Indulgence
           ,
           Trade
           is
           visibly
           encreased
           ,
           Building
           stops
           of
           it self
           ,
           the
           Kingdom
           begins
           to
           People
           agen
           ,
           and
           the
           numerous
           Addresses
           on
           this
           occasion
           ,
           speak
           so
           general
           a
           Satisfaction
           ,
           that
           if
           such
           be
           the
           Dawn
           ,
           what
           may
           there
           not
           be
           expected
           from
           its
           full
           Day
           ?
           And
           is
           there
           no
           Equity
           ,
           that
           the
           Catholic
           also
           come
           in
           for
           a
           share
           ,
           tho'
           the
           word
           Dissenter
           seems
           not
           (
           in
           proper
           Speech
           )
           to
           comprehend
           him
           ;
           for
           neither
           the
           Law
           of
           England
           ,
           or
           themselves
           ,
           ever
           knew
           him
           by
           that
           Name
           ?
           However
           ,
           
           that
           some
           tenderness
           might
           be
           due
           to
           them
           ,
           may
           be
           gather'd
           from
           the
           English
           Litany
           .
           The
           Church
           of
           England
           knows
           ,
           the
           King
           professes
           the
           Faith
           of
           Rome
           ;
           And
           therefore
           when
           they
           beseech
           God
           ,
           
             That
             it
             may
             please
             thee
             to
             keep
             and
             strengthen
             in
             the
             true
             worshiping
             of
             thee
             ,
             in
             righteousness
             and
             holiness
             of
             Life
             ,
             they
             Servant
          
           James
           
             our
             most
             gracious
             King
             and
             Governor
             ,
          
           what
           do
           they
           mean
           by
           it
           ?
           if
           after
           the
           way
           which
           some
           of
           them
           call
           Idolatry
           ,
           so
           worships
           he
           the
           God
           of
           his
           Fathers
           ,
           and
           they
           beseech
           God
           to
           keep
           and
           strengthen
           him
           in
           the
           true
           worshiping
           of
           him
           ,
           they
           imply
           that
           Worship
           to
           be
           a
           true
           Worship
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           do
           not
           believe
           it
           ,
           and
           yet
           use
           the
           words
           ,
           how
           will
           they
           avoid
           a
           Sin
           ?
           for
           whatever
           is
           not
           of
           Faith
           ,
           is
           Sin.
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           The
           King
           has
           made
           a
           General
           Indulgence
           to
           all
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           The
           Catholics
           fall
           under
           no
           particular
           Exception
           ,
           in
           it
           ;
           And
           therefore
           ,
           the
           Law
           of
           Reason
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Law
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           gives
           them
           the
           benefit
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           
             In
             relation
             to
             whom
             ,
             they
             are
             willing
             to
             come
             to
             such
             a
             Temper
             ,
             as
             shall
             be
             thought
             fit
             ,
             when
             that
             Matter
             shall
             be
             Consider'd
             and
             Setled
             in
             Parliament
             and
             Convocation
             .
          
           What
           the
           Temper
           hitherto
           has
           been
           ,
           is
           but
           too
           sensible
           already
           ,
           and
           what
           it
           is
           like
           to
           be
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           may
           be
           guess'd
           by
           what
           's
           past
           .
           The
           King
           (
           who
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           England
           is
           
             Supremus
             in
             Ecclesiasticis
          
           )
           has
           Thought
           fit
           ,
           Consider'd
           ,
           and
           Setled
           the
           Matter
           ;
           and
           were
           a
           Parliament
           now
           Sitting
           ,
           the
           King
           is
           sole
           
           Judge
           ,
           all
           the
           rest
           but
           Advisers
           .
           The
           Royal
           Prerogative
           is
           a
           part
           of
           that
           Law
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           and
           by
           that
           
           Authority
           ,
           the
           King
           has
           Setled
           it
           ;
           and
           therefore
           it
           becomes
           no
           Man
           to
           be
           wiser
           than
           the
           Law.
           Nor
           is
           
           the
           Advice
           of
           Ignatius
           to
           his
           Clergy
           forreign
           to
           it
           ,
           
           
           
             Nolite
             Principes
             irritare
             ut
             acerbentur
             ,
             ne
             ansam
             detis
             iis
             qui
             illam
             contra
             vos
             quaerunt
             .
          
           Provoke
           not
           Princes
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           to
           become
           bitter
           ,
           lest
           ye
           hand
           an
           Occasion
           to
           those
           that
           seek
           one
           against
           ye
           .
           But
           supposing
           it
           a
           matter
           only
           cognisable
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           why
           could
           not
           they
           have
           held
           till
           then
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           obey'd
           ?
           especially
           ,
           when
           the
           King
           had
           by
           the
           same
           Declaration
           ,
           declar'd
           his
           Resolution
           of
           calling
           a
           Parliament
           in
           November
           next
           at
           farthest
           ;
           and
           our
           Law
           says
           ,
           
           
             Extra
             Parliamentum
             nulla
             petitio
             est
             grata
             ,
             licet
             necessaria
             .
          
           No
           Petition
           ,
           how
           necessary
           soever
           ,
           is
           grateful
           out
           of
           Parliament
           .
           Or
           how
           then
           could
           the
           Convocation
           be
           concern'd
           in
           it
           ?
           for
           (
           besides
           that
           the
           Matter
           is
           meerly
           Political
           ,
           and
           singly
           respects
           the
           Quiet
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           )
           if
           the
           King
           ,
           who
           is
           Supreme
           Ordinary
           of
           all
           England
           ,
           may
           by
           the
           ancient
           Laws
           of
           this
           Realm
           ,
           and
           without
           Parliament
           ,
           make
           Ordinances
           and
           Constitutions
           for
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           and
           deprive
           them
           for
           Non-obedience
           thereunto
           ,
           as
           has
           been
           more
           than
           once
           resolv'd
           ,
           He
           may
           ;
           
           what
           have
           the
           Convocation
           to
           be
           consulted
           in
           it
           ?
           Especially
           when
           they
           have
           so
           often
           ,
           in
           Henry
           the
           Third
           ,
           Edward
           the
           Second
           ,
           and
           Edward
           the
           Third's
           
           time
           ,
           been
           commanded
           by
           the
           King
           's
           Writ
           ,
           That
           as
           they
           love
           their
           Baronies
           ,
           (
           which
           they
           hold
           of
           the
           King
           )
           That
           they
           intermeddle
           with
           nothing
           that
           concern'd
           the
           King's
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           his
           Crown
           and
           Dignity
           ,
           his
           Person
           ,
           or
           his
           State
           ,
           or
           the
           State
           of
           his
           Council
           or
           Kingdom
           :
           
             (
             Scituri
             pro
             certo
             quod
             si
             fecerint
             ,
             Rex
             inde
             se
             capiet
             ad
             Baronias
             suas
             )
          
           willing
           them
           to
           know
           for
           certain
           ,
           That
           if
           they
           did
           ,
           the
           King
           would
           seize
           their
           Baronies
           .
           And
           by
           the
           Statute
           of
           Henry
           
           the
           Eighth
           it
           is
           provided
           ,
           That
           no
           Canons
           or
           Constitutions
           
           should
           be
           made
           ,
           or
           put
           in
           Execution
           by
           their
           Authority
           ,
           which
           were
           contrariant
           ,
           or
           repugnant
           to
           the
           King's
           Prerogative
           ,
           the
           Laws
           ,
           Customs
           ,
           or
           Statutes
           of
           the
           Realm
           .
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           the
           King
           has
           commanded
           ,
           they
           have
           disobey'd
           ,
           and
           by
           their
           ill
           Example
           perverted
           others
           ,
           and
           are
           yet
           very
           uncondescending
           (
           for
           so
           the
           People
           word
           it
           )
           themselves
           .
           And
           what
           would
           Henry
           the
           Eighth
           have
           done
           in
           such
           a
           Case
           ;
           made
           use
           of
           his
           last
           Argument
           ,
           or
           thrown
           up
           the
           Game
           for
           a
           few
           cross
           Cards
           ?
        
         
           
             But
             among
             many
             other
             Considerations
             ,
             from
             this
             especially
             ,
             because
             the
             Declaration
             is
             founded
             upon
             such
             a
             Dispensing
             Power
             ,
             as
             has
             been
             often
             declared
             Illegal
             in
             Parliament
             :
          
           And
           what
           were
           those
           Considerations
           ?
           If
           a
           Man
           should
           put
           an
           ill
           Construction
           upon
           them
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           said
           ,
           their
           Lordships
           never
           intended
           it
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           intended
           not
           to
           amuse
           the
           People
           ,
           why
           did
           they
           not
           speak
           plain
           English
           ,
           and
           specifie
           those
           Considerations
           ?
           inasmuch
           as
           all
           Petitions
           ought
           to
           contain
           Certainty
           ,
           and
           Particularity
           ,
           so
           as
           a
           direct
           Answer
           may
           be
           given
           to
           them
           ;
           which
           could
           not
           be
           here
           :
           For
           whatever
           the
           King's
           Answer
           might
           have
           been
           ,
           somewhat
           more
           also
           might
           have
           been
           hook'd
           in
           from
           the
           words
           ;
           And
           Alexander
           would
           have
           given
           it
           a
           short
           Answer
           ,
           
             (
             Aut
             Ligna
             inferte
             ,
             aut
             Thus.
             )
          
           Either
           made
           it
           a
           Chimney
           or
           an
           Altar
           .
           But
           it
           seems
           it
           mov'd
           in
           sundry
           places
           ,
           tho'
           the
           best
           Scripture
           for
           this
           pretended
           Illegality
           ,
           be
           a
           Declaration
           in
           Parliament
           :
           Their
           Lordships
           instance
           nothing
           beyond
           their
           own
           time
           ;
           but
           I
           conceive
           it
           not
           impossible
           to
           bring
           them
           those
           of
           elder
           times
           ,
           that
           have
           been
           so
           far
           from
           doubting
           the
           King's
           Dispensing
           Power
           ,
           that
           they
           held
           it
           unquestionable
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Stat.
           1.
           
           
             H.
             4.
             cap.
          
           6.
           says
           ,
           The
           King
           is
           contented
           to
           be
           concluded
           by
           the
           Wise
           Men
           of
           his
           Realm
           ,
           touching
           the
           Estate
           of
           Him
           and
           his
           Realm
           ;
           saving
           always
           the
           King's
           Liberty
           ,
           
             i.
             e.
          
           His
           Prerogative
           of
           varying
           from
           that
           Law
           ,
           as
           he
           should
           see
           cause
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Parliament-Roll
           ,
           1
           
             H.
             5.
             
             N.
          
           22.
           the
           Statutes
           
           against
           Provisors
           are
           confirm'd
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           King
           shall
           not
           give
           any
           Protection
           or
           Grant
           against
           the
           Execution
           of
           them
           :
           Saving
           to
           the
           King
           his
           Prerogative
           .
        
         
           And
           what
           was
           meant
           by
           that
           ,
           may
           appear
           by
           a
           prior
           Roll
           of
           the
           same
           year
           ,
           N.
           15.
           where
           the
           Commons
           '
           pray
           ,
           That
           the
           Statutes
           for
           the
           putting
           Aliens
           
           out
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           may
           be
           held
           and
           executed
           :
           The
           King
           consents
           ,
           saving
           his
           Prerogative
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           dispense
           with
           such
           as
           he
           shall
           please
           .
           Upon
           which
           the
           Commons
           answer
           ,
           That
           their
           intention
           was
           no
           other
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           help
           of
           God
           never
           shall
           be
           .
        
         
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           had
           dispens'd
           with
           the
           ancient
           Form
           and
           Manner
           of
           Investing
           and
           Consecrating
           of
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           the
           Parliament
           of
           the
           8th
           of
           her
           Reign
           ,
           cap.
           1.
           declares
           it
           Lawful
           ,
           as
           being
           done
           by
           her
           Inherent
           Prerogative
           .
           And
           when
           by
           the
           same
           Prerogative
           or
           Privilege
           ,
           and
           Royal
           Authority
           ,
           (
           for
           so
           it
           is
           worded
           )
           she
           dispens'd
           with
           the
           Universities
           ,
           &c.
           so
           Popish
           a
           thing
           as
           Latin
           Prayers
           ,
           and
           which
           their
           Lordships
           the
           Bishops
           still
           use
           in
           Convocations
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           directly
           contrary
           to
           the
           Statute
           1
           
             Eliz.
             c.
          
           1.
           for
           using
           the
           Common-Prayer
           in
           the
           Vulgar
           Tongue
           only
           :
           what
           is
           meant
           by
           it
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           Queen
           might
           lawfully
           dispense
           with
           that
           Statute
           ?
           for
           if
           otherwise
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           Ecclesiastical
           
           Person
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           but
           would
           have
           found
           the
           Temporal
           Censures
           too
           heavy
           for
           him
           ,
           when
           it
           had
           been
           too
           late
           to
           have
           ask'd
           a
           Parliamentary
           Consideration
           ,
           whether
           Legal
           or
           not
           .
        
         
           
             And
             in
             particular
             in
             the
             years
             1662
             and
             1672
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             Your
             Majesty's
             Reign
             .
          
           As
           to
           the
           first
           of
           which
           ,
           matter
           of
           Fact
           stands
           thus
           :
           King
           Charles
           the
           Second
           ,
           by
           his
           Declaration
           from
           Breda
           ,
           had
           declar'd
           Liberty
           for
           tender
           Consciences
           ,
           and
           that
           no
           man
           should
           be
           disquieted
           for
           difference
           in
           Opinion
           in
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ,
           which
           did
           not
           disturb
           the
           Peace
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           And
           in
           his
           Declaration
           of
           the
           26th
           of
           December
           following
           stood
           firm
           to
           it
           ,
           but
           that
           no
           such
           Bill
           had
           been
           yet
           offer'd
           him
           .
           While
           it
           thus
           lay
           ,
           an
           Act
           of
           Indempnity
           ,
           and
           one
           other
           of
           Uniformity
           ,
           were
           pass'd
           :
           The
           first
           regenerated
           Themselves
           ;
           and
           the
           second
           ,
           with
           the
           old
           Ingredient
           ,
           
             The
             Growth
             of
             Popery
          
           ,
           was
           a
           probable
           way
           to
           exclude
           Others
           .
           The
           25th
           and
           26th
           of
           February
           the
           Commons
           come
           to
           some
           Resolves
           against
           That
           ,
           and
           Dissenters
           ;
           which
           ,
           with
           the
           Reasons
           of
           them
           (
           wherein
           yet
           they
           declare
           not
           the
           Declaration
           Illegal
           )
           they
           present
           His
           Majesty
           on
           the
           28th
           in
           the
           
             Banquetting
             House
          
           .
           The
           King
           complies
           ;
           and
           it
           was
           too
           soon
           after
           a
           Rebellion
           to
           have
           done
           otherwise
           :
           However
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           declar'd
           it
           Illegal
           ,
           it
           was
           but
           the
           single
           Opinion
           of
           the
           Commons
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Lords
           made
           no
           concurrence
           :
           And
           therefore
           to
           say
           ,
           This
           Dispensing
           Power
           was
           in
           the
           Parliament
           of
           1662
           declar'd
           Illegal
           ,
           when
           (
           in
           common
           and
           reasonable
           Construction
           )
           a
           Declaration
           in
           Parliament
           is
           intended
           of
           both
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           ;
           why
           may
           it
           not
           be
           as
           well
           urg'd
           ,
           That
           those
           other
           Votes
           and
           
           Resolves
           of
           the
           Commons
           ,
           touching
           the
           Bill
           of
           Exclusion
           ,
           were
           a
           Legal
           Declaration
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           when
           yet
           the
           Lords
           swept
           their
           House
           of
           it
           ?
        
         
           Then
           ,
           for
           that
           other
           of
           1672
           ,
           the
           King
           in
           the
           Interval
           of
           Parliament
           was
           engag'd
           in
           a
           War
           with
           the
           Dutch
           ;
           and
           ,
           to
           secure
           Peace
           at
           home
           while
           he
           had
           War
           abroad
           ,
           had
           put
           forth
           a
           Declaration
           for
           Indulgence
           to
           Dissenters
           :
           The
           Parliament
           meet
           ,
           grant
           a
           Supply
           of
           Twelve
           hundred
           thirty
           eight
           thousand
           seven
           hundred
           and
           fifty
           thousand
           Pounds
           ;
           and
           ,
           without
           charging
           the
           Declaration
           with
           Illegality
           ,
           pray
           His
           Majesty
           to
           recall
           it
           .
           The
           Argument
           prevail'd
           ,
           and
           the
           King
           did
           it
           :
           Which
           shews
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           in
           the
           King's
           Option
           not
           to
           have
           done
           it
           ,
           or
           done
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           lastly
           ,
           for
           that
           other
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           His
           Majesty's
           Reign
           .
           That
           also
           (
           without
           declaring
           it
           Illegal
           )
           was
           but
           some
           Heats
           of
           the
           Commons
           .
           There
           were
           at
           that
           time
           two
           open
           Rebellions
           ;
           the
           King
           (
           who
           is
           sole
           Judge
           of
           the
           danger
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           how
           to
           avoid
           it
           )
           had
           granted
           Commissions
           to
           certain
           persons
           not
           qualified
           according
           to
           the
           Statute
           25
           Car.
           2.
           
           The
           Commons
           offer
           to
           bring
           in
           a
           Bill
           for
           the
           Indempnifying
           those
           persons
           :
           The
           King
           knew
           his
           own
           Authority
           ,
           and
           ended
           the
           Dispute
           .
           And
           if
           any
           man
           doubts
           the
           Legality
           of
           the
           King
           's
           dispensing
           with
           that
           Statute
           ,
           a
           subsequent
           Judgment
           
           (
           in
           the
           Case
           of
           Sir
           
             Edward
             Hayles
          
           )
           has
           determin'd
           the
           Point
           ;
           And
           that
           the
           Power
           of
           dispensing
           with
           Penal
           Laws
           ,
           upon
           Necessity
           ,
           or
           urgent
           Occasions
           ,
           of
           which
           the
           King
           is
           sole
           Judge
           ,
           is
           an
           inseparable
           Prerogative
           in
           the
           King
           ,
           not
           given
           Him
           in
           Trust
           ,
           or
           deriv'd
           from
           the
           People
           ,
           but
           the
           ancient
           
           Right
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           innate
           in
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           unalterable
           by
           them
           .
           And
           that
           this
           has
           been
           the
           ancient
           Judgment
           of
           the
           Judges
           from
           time
           to
           time
           ,
           I
           shall
           meet
           with
           the
           occasion
           of
           shewing
           it
           in
           the
           next
           Paragraph
           .
        
         
           
             And
             is
             a
             matter
             of
             so
             great
             Moment
             and
             Consequence
             to
             the
             whole
             Nation
             ,
             both
             in
             Church
             and
             State.
          
           And
           so
           indubitably
           is
           it
           ,
           that
           nothing
           can
           be
           more
           :
           For
           the
           best
           of
           Laws
           being
           but
           good
           Intentions
           ,
           if
           a
           Prince
           should
           be
           ty'd
           up
           to
           such
           unalterable
           Decrees
           ,
           as
           in
           no
           case
           whatever
           he
           might
           vary
           from
           them
           ,
           it
           might
           so
           happen
           ,
           that
           what
           at
           one
           time
           was
           intended
           for
           the
           Good
           of
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           may
           at
           another
           prove
           the
           Destruction
           of
           both
           ,
           if
           not
           as
           timely
           prevented
           .
           The
           present
           Case
           is
           a
           pregnant
           Instance
           of
           it
           :
           One
           would
           have
           thought
           ,
           that
           the
           frequent
           Endeavors
           of
           the
           four
           last
           Reigns
           ,
           for
           the
           reducing
           this
           Kingdom
           to
           an
           exact
           Conformity
           in
           Religion
           ,
           might
           have
           answerd
           the
           Design
           ;
           but
           (
           if
           His
           Majesty
           in
           his
           Declaration
           had
           not
           told
           us
           His
           thoughts
           of
           it
           )
           our
           own
           Experience
           might
           have
           taught
           us
           ,
           the
           Effects
           thereof
           have
           in
           a
           manner
           brought
           the
           Kingdom
           to
           nothing
           :
           And
           what
           should
           the
           King
           have
           done
           in
           this
           Case
           ;
           sate
           still
           ,
           and
           expected
           a
           Miracle
           ,
           or
           interpos'd
           his
           Royal
           Authority
           for
           the
           saving
           it
           ?
           The
           Question
           answers
           it self
           :
           And
           if
           the
           Power
           of
           Dispensing
           with
           Penal
           Laws
           ,
           were
           not
           inseparably
           and
           unalterably
           in
           Him
           ;
           how
           could
           he
           have
           done
           it
           ?
           What
           elder
           Parliaments
           have
           declar'd
           in
           it
           ,
           I
           have
           already
           shewn
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Judges
           successively
           have
           gone
           with
           it
           ,
           is
           ,
           or
           may
           be
           ,
           obvious
           to
           every
           man.
           
        
         
         
           Such
           was
           the
           Resolution
           of
           all
           the
           Justices
           in
           the
           
             Exchequer-Chamber
             ,
             2
             R.
          
           3.
           12.
           
           And
           that
           the
           King
           might
           grant
           License
           ,
           against
           a
           Penal
           Statute
           .
           And
           what
           is
           that
           ,
           but
           a
           dispensing
           with
           it
           ?
           In
           like
           manner
           ,
           by
           all
           the
           Justices
           in
           the
           same
           place
           ,
           2
           H.
           7.
           6.
           
           That
           the
           King
           may
           grant
           a
           
             Non
             obstante
          
           to
           a
           Penal
           Statute
           ,
           tho'
           the
           Statute
           say
           ,
           such
           
             Non
             obstante
          
           shall
           be
           meerly
           void
           ;
           and
           such
           was
           the
           Case
           there
           .
           —
           The
           13
           H.
           7.
           8.
           to
           the
           same
           purpose
           .
           —
           Allow'd
           for
           good
           Law.
           
             Plowd
             .
             Com.
          
           502.
           —
           Confirm'd
           by
           Sir
           
             Edward
             Coke
             ,
             7
             Coke
          
           36.
           —
           and
           12
           Coke
           18
           ,
           19.
           
           And
           lastly
           ,
           by
           a
           Judgment
           in
           His
           now
           Majesty's
           Reign
           ,
           of
           which
           before
           .
           And
           if
           so
           necessary
           a
           part
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           so
           solemnly
           determin'd
           by
           Parliaments
           and
           Judges
           ,
           is
           fit
           to
           be
           slighted
           ,
           or
           not
           obey'd
           ,
           which
           amounts
           to
           the
           same
           ,
           I
           leave
           it
           to
           every
           man.
           
        
         
           
             That
             Your
             Petitioners
             cannot
             in
             Prudence
             ,
             Honor
             ,
             and
             Conscience
             ,
             so
             far
             make
             themselves
             Parties
             to
             it
             ,
             as
             the
             distribution
             of
             it
             all
             over
             the
             Nation
             ,
             and
             reading
             it
             even
             in
             God's
             House
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             time
             of
             His
             Divine
             Service
             ,
             must
             amount
             to
             in
             common
             and
             reasonable
             Construction
             .
          
           And
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           I
           conceive
           ,
           that
           both
           in
           
             Prudence
             ,
             Honor
          
           ,
           and
           Conscience
           ,
           they
           were
           highly
           oblig'd
           to
           it
           :
           For
           what
           is
           Prudence
           ,
           but
           the
           active
           Faculty
           of
           the
           Mind
           ,
           directing
           Actions
           morally
           good
           to
           their
           immediate
           Ends
           ?
           That
           this
           Declaration
           is
           morally
           good
           appears
           by
           the
           purport
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           
             His
             Majesty's
             desire
             of
             Establishing
             His
             Government
             on
             such
             a
             Foundation
             ,
             as
             may
             make
             His
             Subjects
             happy
             ,
             and
             unite
             them
             to
             Him
             by
             Inclination
             as
             well
             as
             Duty
             .
          
           And
           what
           greater
           Prudence
           could
           there
           have
           been
           ,
           than
           by
           their
           Lordships
           distributing
           that
           Declaration
           
           as
           enjoyn'd
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           by
           their
           Pastoral
           Authority
           requiring
           it
           to
           be
           read
           in
           all
           Churches
           ,
           &c.
           to
           have
           directed
           it
           to
           its
           immediate
           Ends
           ,
           which
           were
           the
           Establishing
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           making
           the
           Subjects
           happy
           ?
           Or
           ,
           if
           Wisdom
           must
           come
           in
           for
           a
           share
           ,
           the
           Offices
           of
           That
           are
           Election
           and
           Ordination
           ;
           the
           choice
           of
           right
           means
           for
           ,
           and
           ordering
           them
           aright
           to
           their
           End.
           The
           right
           means
           of
           quieting
           the
           Nation
           was
           before
           them
           ;
           and
           I
           think
           it
           no
           question
           ,
           whether
           their
           Lordship
           's
           not
           distributing
           it
           ,
           has
           order'd
           it
           aright
           to
           the
           end
           .
           The
           King
           had
           enjoyn'd
           it
           to
           be
           publish'd
           ,
           and
           Wisdom
           in
           this
           Case
           (
           like
           Scripture
           )
           is
           not
           of
           private
           Interpretation
           ,
           but
           lies
           in
           Him
           that
           has
           the
           Power
           of
           commanding
           ,
           not
           in
           him
           whom
           Conscience
           binds
           to
           obey
           .
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           if
           Obedience
           in
           Subjects
           is
           the
           Prince's
           Strength
           ,
           and
           their
           own
           Security
           ,
           what
           Prudence
           or
           Wisdom
           could
           it
           be
           ,
           by
           weakning
           the
           Power
           of
           Commanding
           ,
           to
           lessen
           their
           own
           Security
           ?
        
         
           Then
           for
           
             Honor
             and
             Conscience
          
           ,
           tho'
           in
           this
           place
           ,
           they
           seem
           to
           mean
           the
           same
           thing
           ,
           and
           may
           be
           both
           resolv'd
           into
           
             Nil
             conscire
             sibi
             ,
          
           —
           yet
           I
           'll
           take
           them
           severally
           .
           And
           how
           stands
           it
           with
           the
           Honor
           of
           
             the
             Church
             of
          
           England
           ,
           
             both
             in
             Principles
             ,
             and
             constant
             Practises
             ,
             unquestionably
             Loyal
             ,
             and
             to
             her
             great
             Honor
             ,
             more
             than
             once
             so
             acknowledg'd
             by
             His
             Majesty
             ,
          
           to
           start
           aside
           in
           this
           Day
           of
           her
           trial
           ?
           Both
           the
           last
           
           Armagh's
           ,
           Usher
           ,
           and
           Bramhal
           ;
           Bishop
           Sanderson
           ,
           Bishop
           Morley
           ,
           &c.
           have
           all
           along
           by
           their
           Doctrin
           ,
           and
           Practices
           ,
           beat
           down
           that
           other
           ,
           of
           Resisting
           Princes
           ,
           in
           that
           
             the
             Church
          
           of
           England
           
             held
             no
             such
             Custom
          
           :
           nor
           have
           the
           most
           eminent
           of
           her
           Clergy
           ,
           Dr.
           Sherlock
           ,
           Dr.
           Scott
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           until
           this
           last
           uncomplying
           ,
           
           Compliance
           ,
           taken
           any
           other
           Measures
           .
           And
           ought
           not
           their
           Practise
           now
           ,
           to
           have
           made
           good
           their
           Principles
           ?
           Or
           that
           Advice
           of
           the
           present
           Bishop
           of
           Ely
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           to
           have
           been
           consider'd
           ,
           and
           follow'd
           ?
           
             Let
             her
             be
             thankful
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             to
             God
          
           ,
           
           
             for
             the
             Blessings
             she
             hath
             ,
             and
             unto
             the
             King
             ,
             under
             whom
             they
             will
             be
             continu'd
             to
             her
             ;
             And
             take
             heed
             of
             overturning
             ,
             or
             undermining
             the
             Fabrick
             ,
             because
             she
             cannot
             have
             the
             Room
             that
             she
             would
             choose
             in
             it
             .
          
           And
           what
           greater
           Assay
           to
           it
           can
           there
           be
           ,
           than
           Disobedience
           ?
           inasmuch
           as
           he
           that
           thinks
           his
           Prince
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           obey'd
           ,
           will
           from
           one
           thing
           to
           another
           ,
           come
           at
           last
           to
           think
           him
           not
           fit
           to
           be
           King.
           Nor
           must
           the
           Anniversary
           of
           the
           now
           Bishop
           of
           Chester
           ,
           be
           past
           in
           silence
           .
           
             Tho'
             the
             King
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             should
             not
             please
             ,
             or
             humor
             us
             ;
             tho'
             he
             rend
             off
             the
             Mantle
             from
             our
             Bodies
             ,
          
           
           
             (
             as
          
           Saul
           
             did
             from
          
           Samuel
           )
           
             nay
             tho'
             he
             should
             Sentence
             us
             to
             death
             (
             of
             which
             ,
             blessed
             be
             God
             and
             the
             King
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             danger
             )
             yet
             if
             we
             are
             living
             Members
             of
             the
             Church
             of
          
           England
           ,
           
             we
             must
             neither
             open
             our
             Mouths
             ,
             or
             lift
             our
             Hands
             against
             him
             ,
             but
             honor
             him
             before
             the
             Elders
             ,
             and
             People
             of
             Israel
             .
          
           And
           having
           instanc'd
           in
           the
           Examples
           of
           
             The
             Prophets
             ,
             our
             Saviour
             ,
             his
             Disciples
             ,
             and
             Christian
             Bishops
          
           under
           Heathen
           Persecutors
           ,
           and
           demanded
           ,
           whether
           ever
           the
           Sanhedrim
           question'd
           their
           Kings
           ?
           
             Nor
             must
             we
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             ask
             our
             Prince
             ,
             why
             he
             Governs
             us
             otherwise
             ,
             than
             we
             please
             to
             be
             Govern'd
             our selves
             :
             We
             must
             neither
             call
             him
             to
             account
             for
             his
             Religion
             ,
             nor
             question
             his
             Policy
             ,
             in
             Civil
             Matters
             ;
             for
             he
             is
             made
             our
             King
             by
             God's
             Law
             ,
             of
             which
             the
             Law
             of
             the
             Land
             is
             only
             Declarative
             .
          
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           this
           and
           the
           like
           has
           been
           the
           Doctrin
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           when
           on
           that
           ground
           ,
           his
           Majesty
           has
           more
           than
           
           once
           acknowledg'd
           her
           Loyalty
           ,
           who
           in
           Honor
           more
           oblig'd
           to
           make
           it
           good
           ,
           than
           those
           that
           serve
           at
           her
           Altar
           ?
           unless
           (
           perhaps
           )
           they
           coin
           a
           Distinction
           to
           Salve
           it
           ,
           And
           that
           the
           Church
           may
           be
           of
           one
           Opinion
           ,
           and
           the
           Church-men
           of
           another
           .
        
         
           And
           then
           in
           Conscience
           ,
           their
           Obligation
           was
           higher
           ;
           for
           besides
           what
           I
           said
           before
           ,
           that
           the
           People
           are
           apter
           to
           follow
           Example
           than
           Precept
           ,
           every
           Man
           (
           and
           even
           their
           Lordships
           with
           the
           rest
           )
           is
           Party
           ,
           and
           privy
           ,
           to
           an
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           bound
           in
           Conscience
           ,
           to
           the
           observance
           of
           it
           :
           Nor
           is
           there
           either
           Bishop
           ,
           or
           Clergy-man
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           who
           has
           not
           subscrib'd
           to
           the
           lawfulness
           of
           this
           Declaration's
           being
           read
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           during
           the
           time
           of
           Divine
           Service
           .
           As
           thus
           :
           Every
           Clergy-man
           at
           the
           time
           of
           his
           Institution
           ,
           subscribes
           (
           in
           a
           a
           Book
           kept
           for
           that
           purpose
           )
           That
           the
           King's
           Majesty
           
           under
           God
           ,
           is
           the
           only
           Supreme
           Governor
           of
           this
           Realm
           :
           And
           that
           the
           Book
           of
           Common-Prayer
           containeth
           nothing
           in
           it
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           Word
           of
           God.
           Now
           ,
           the
           Book
           of
           Common-Prayer
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           now
           used
           in
           and
           thro'
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           is
           Enacted
           by
           Authority
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           to
           be
           read
           in
           such
           Order
           and
           Form
           ,
           as
           is
           mentioned
           in
           the
           said
           Book
           :
           And
           the
           Rubrick
           ,
           
             i.
             e.
          
           the
           Order
           and
           Form
           ,
           how
           those
           Prayers
           shall
           be
           read
           ,
           is
           to
           all
           intents
           and
           purposes
           ,
           as
           much
           Enacted
           as
           the
           Book
           its
           self
           ;
           And
           in
           that
           Rubrick
           ,
           next
           after
           the
           
             Nicene
             Creed
          
           (
           in
           the
           Communion
           Service
           )
           follow
           these
           words
           :
           
             Then
             shall
             the
             Curate
             declare
             ●nto
             the
             People
             what
             Holy-days
             ,
             or
             Fasting-days
             are
             in
             the
             Week
             following
             to
             be
             observed
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           
             And
             nothing
             shall
             be
             proclaimed
             or
             published
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             during
             the
             time
             of
             Divine
             Service
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             Minister
             ;
             Nor
             by
             him
             
             anything
             ,
             but
             what
             is
             prescribed
             by
             the
             Rules
             of
             this
             Book
             ,
             Or
             enjoyned
             by
             the
             King
             ,
             or
             by
             the
             Ordinary
             of
             the
             Place
             .
          
           Now
           when
           all
           Clergy-men
           have
           subscribed
           ,
           That
           the
           Book
           of
           Common-Prayer
           ,
           containeth
           nothing
           in
           it
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           King
           has
           enjoyned
           ,
           That
           his
           Declaration
           be
           read
           in
           all
           Churches
           ,
           during
           the
           time
           of
           Divine
           Service
           ;
           these
           Subscriptions
           of
           theirs
           (
           besides
           the
           Authority
           of
           King
           and
           Parliament
           )
           conclude
           themselves
           ,
           from
           offering
           any
           thing
           against
           the
           Lawfulness
           of
           reading
           it
           ,
           as
           it
           had
           been
           enjoyn'd
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           Rubrick
           ,
           requir'd
           of
           them
           .
           And
           being
           so
           ,
           what
           Excuse
           can
           there
           be
           ,
           why
           they
           did
           not
           read
           it
           ?
        
         
           Or
           suppose
           that
           Clause
           ,
           
             Or
             enjoyned
             by
             the
             King
          
           ,
           had
           not
           been
           in
           the
           Rubrick
           ,
           (
           as
           it
           was
           first
           inserted
           in
           this
           Act
           of
           Uniformity
           ,
           and
           every
           Man
           that
           was
           of
           the
           Convocation
           of
           1661
           ,
           knows
           by
           whom
           :
           )
           were
           none
           of
           the
           King's
           Declarations
           ever
           read
           in
           Churches
           (
           and
           that
           ,
           during
           the
           time
           of
           Divine
           Service
           )
           before
           that
           time
           ?
           I
           think
           there
           were
           ,
           and
           (
           amongst
           many
           others
           )
           that
           of
           the
           Declaration
           for
           Sports
           ,
           for
           one
           .
           Or
           that
           the
           
             Ordinary
             of
             the
             Place
          
           had
           enjoyn'd
           the
           contrary
           ,
           ought
           not
           the
           King
           ,
           the
           Supreme
           Ordinary
           ,
           and
           as
           their
           Subscriptions
           farther
           acknowledge
           ,
           The
           
             Supreme
             Governor
             of
             this
             Realm
             under
             God
             ,
          
           to
           have
           been
           first
           obey'd
           ?
           I
           think
           he
           ought
           ;
           for
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Greater
           ,
           Supersedes
           the
           Lesser
           ;
           nor
           is
           there
           any
           Power
           in
           his
           Dominions
           ,
           but
           what
           is
           deriv'd
           from
           him
           .
           And
           whatever
           Station
           the
           King
           has
           given
           them
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           presum'd
           ,
           he
           thereby
           lock'd
           out
           himself
           .
           Nor
           must
           a
           Remark
           of
           the
           said
           Bishop
           of
           Chester
           ,
           in
           his
           Sermon
           before
           mention'd
           ,
           be
           forgotten
           
           here
           :
           
             The
             Jews
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             say
             ,
             That
             the
             Keys
             of
             the
          
           
           
             Temple
             were
             not
             hung
             at
             the
             High
             Priest's
             Girdle
             ,
             but
             laid
             every
             night
             under
          
           Solomon
           '
           
             s
             Pillow
             ,
             as
             belonging
             to
             his
             Charge
             .
          
           The
           Moral
           of
           it
           holds
           true
           ;
           for
           when
           a
           Prince
           shall
           have
           little
           Authority
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           expected
           he
           should
           have
           much
           better
           in
           the
           State.
           
        
         
           And
           Lastly
           ,
           for
           their
           Lordships
           
             so
             far
             making
             themselves
             Parties
             to
             it
             ,
             as
             the
             Distribution
             and
             Reading
             of
             it
             ,
          
           &c.
           
             must
             amount
             to
             ,
             in
             common
             and
             reasonable
             Construction
             .
          
           A
           Clergy-man's
           meerly
           Reading
           the
           Common
           Prayer
           in
           his
           Church
           ,
           is
           no
           giving
           his
           Assent
           to
           it
           ,
           unless
           after
           his
           so
           Reading
           it
           ,
           he
           shall
           publickly
           ,
           and
           openly
           ,
           before
           the
           Congregation
           there
           assembled
           ,
           declare
           his
           unfeigned
           Assent
           ,
           and
           Consent
           ,
           to
           all
           and
           every
           thing
           contained
           ,
           and
           prescribed
           in
           and
           by
           the
           said
           Book
           ,
           Entituled
           ,
           
             The
             Book
             of
             Common-Prayer
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           which
           necessarily
           implies
           ,
           that
           neither
           the
           Distributing
           ,
           nor
           Reading
           it
           ,
           &c.
           can
           in
           common
           and
           reasonable
           Construction
           amount
           ,
           to
           the
           making
           the
           Publisher
           ,
           or
           Reader
           of
           it
           ,
           a
           Party
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           Apostle
           says
           ,
           
             Submit
             your selves
             to
             every
             Ordinance
             of
             Man
             for
             the
             Lord's
             sake
             .
          
           And
           upon
           this
           ,
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Hereford
           grounds
           his
           Judgment
           ,
           for
           the
           Reading
           this
           Declaration
           .
           
             The
             King
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
           
             expresly
             commanding
             it
             to
             be
             read
             in
             all
             Churches
             ,
             without
             requiring
             him
             that
             reads
             it
             ,
             to
             declare
             either
             his
             Consent
             ,
             Assent
             ,
             Allowing
             ,
             or
             Liking
             it
             ;
             I
             would
             gladly
             know
             how
             this
             is
             contrary
             to
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ?
             Shew
             it
             me
             .
             Or
             ,
             if
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             said
             ,
             this
             Dispensing
             Power
             be
             contrary
             to
             the
             Laws
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
             as
             is
             declared
             in
             the
             Parliament
             1662
             ,
             and
             1672
             ,
             is
             it
             contrary
             to
             the
             Law
             of
             God
             ?
             Shew
             it
             me
             .
          
           (
           pag.
           5
           ,
           6.
           )
           
             Or
             that
             to
             read
             any
             thing
             in
             the
             House
             
             of
             God
             ,
             is
             declaring
             my
             Consent
             to
             it
             ?
          
           (
           pag.
           8.
           )
           
             No
             certainly
          
           ;
           (
           pag.
           9.
           )
           
             for
             in
             the
             reading
             this
             Declaration
             there
             is
             no
             Doctrin
             taught
             ,
             only
             matter
             of
             Fact
             declared
             ,
             and
             perchance
             ,
             to
             try
             my
             Obedience
             .
          
           (
           pag.
           10.
           )
           
             And
             done
             out
             of
             pure
             Obedience
             to
             my
             King
             ,
             upon
             God's
             Command
             ,
             and
             to
             so
             good
             an
             End
             ,
             as
             the
             preserving
             Truth
             and
             Peace
             among
             us
             .
             Which
             if
             we
             lose
             on
             this
             Occasion
             ,
             they
             will
             have
             much
             to
             answer
             for
             who
             are
             the
             Authors
             of
             it
             .
          
           (
           pag.
           13.
           )
           Besides
           whom
           ,
           there
           are
           several
           other
           Bishops
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           who
           have
           obey'd
           his
           Majesty's
           Commands
           in
           it
           ,
           albeit
           they
           may
           not
           have
           so
           publickly
           declar'd
           it
           .
           And
           having
           said
           so
           much
           to
           the
           Matter
           of
           the
           Paper
           ,
           I
           think
           I
           may
           well
           pass
           the
           Prayer
           of
           it
           ,
           
             That
             his
             Majesty
             will
             be
             Graciously
             pleas'd
             not
             to
             insist
             upon
             the
             Distribution
             ,
             and
             Reading
             that
             Declaration
             .
          
        
         
           And
           therefore
           upon
           the
           whole
           ,
           If
           this
           Declaration
           had
           not
           been
           thought
           fit
           to
           have
           been
           distributed
           ,
           as
           enjoyn'd
           ,
           less
           ought
           the
           said
           Paper
           to
           have
           been
           dispersed
           privately
           ,
           and
           by
           such
           previous
           disposition
           ,
           stoll'n
           the
           Form
           of
           the
           Design
           into
           the
           Matter
           it
           was
           to
           work
           on
           :
           And
           considering
           the
           Evils
           we
           had
           pass'd
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Kingdom
           wanted
           a
           Lenitive
           ,
           not
           a
           Corrosive
           ,
           least
           of
           all
           ought
           
             The
             People
             on
             the
             wall
          
           to
           have
           been
           har'd
           with
           new
           Jealousies
           :
           The
           People
           (
           I
           say
           )
           who
           need
           more
           a
           Ballance
           than
           a
           Fly
           ,
           somewhat
           to
           moderate
           ,
           not
           multiply
           their
           Motion
           .
        
         
           In
           short
           ,
           Trust
           is
           the
           Sinew
           of
           Society
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           right
           Object
           of
           true
           Policy
           ;
           and
           Distrust
           ,
           a
           disbanding
           of
           it
           .
           The
           King
           ,
           as
           he
           has
           
             more
             than
             once
             acknowledg'd
             the
             Church
             of
          
           England
           '
           
             s
             Loyalty
          
           ,
           has
           as
           often
           declar'd
           ,
           that
           
             He
             will
             Protect
             ,
             and
             Maintain
             ,
             His
             Archbishops
             ,
             Bishops
             ,
             and
             Clergy
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             His
             Subjects
             
             of
             the
             Church
             of
          
           England
           ,
           
             in
             the
             free
             Exercise
             of
             their
             Religion
             ,
             as
             by
             Law
             Established
             :
             And
             in
             the
             quiet
             ,
             and
             full
             Enjoyment
             of
             all
             their
             Possessions
             ,
             without
             any
             Molestation
             or
             Disturbance
             whatsoever
             .
          
           The
           King
           has
           said
           it
           ,
           and
           shall
           he
           not
           perform
           it
           ?
           He
           has
           pledg'd
           his
           Royal
           Word
           ,
           and
           shall
           we
           doubt
           the
           Truth
           of
           it
           ?
           It
           is
           not
           with
           God
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           lye
           ;
           nor
           with
           his
           Vicegerent
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           be
           chang'd
           .
           And
           therefore
           ,
           let
           us
           (
           as
           his
           Majesty
           by
           this
           his
           Declaration
           Conjures
           us
           )
           lay
           aside
           all
           private
           Animosities
           ,
           and
           groundless
           Jealousies
           :
           Let
           us
           
             Fear
             God
             ,
             and
             Honor
             the
             King
             ,
          
           and
           not
           discover
           the
           falsness
           of
           our
           own
           Hearts
           ,
           by
           distrusting
           our
           Prince's
           .
        
         
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           Let
           every
           Man
           in
           his
           Station
           ,
           contribute
           
             (
             his
             Mite
          
           )
           to
           the
           Peace
           ,
           and
           Greatness
           of
           his
           Country
           :
           Let
           him
           shew
           his
           Love
           to
           God
           ,
           in
           his
           Obedience
           to
           his
           Prince
           :
           And
           let
           no
           Man
           ,
           by
           setting
           up
           Conscience
           against
           Duty
           ,
           run
           the
           hazard
           of
           dashing
           the
           First
           Table
           against
           the
           Second
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A33745-e180
           
             4
             Inst
             .
             5.
             
             Idem
             362.
             
          
           
             25
             E.
             3.
             c.
             24.
             
          
           
             8
             Eliz.
             c.
             1.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Inst
             .
             134.
             
          
           
             Lord
             
             Bacon's
             Essay
             of
             Subjection
             .
          
           
             Glan
             .
             l.
             7.
             c.
             1.
             
             Tract
             .
             l.
             5.
             427.
             
          
           
             Ductor
             dub
             .
             fol.
             606.
             
          
           
             Heylin's
             
               Life
               of
               A.
               B.
            
             Laud.
             209.
             
          
           
             Id.
             Ductor
             Dub.
             608.
             
          
           
             4
             Inst
             .
             285.
             
          
           
             1
             Inst
             .
             94
             ,
             &
             97.
             
          
           
             Id.
             Duct
             .
             Dub.
             f.
             136
             ,
             &
             531.
             
          
           
             9
             Coke
             68.
             10
             
             Coke
             70.
             
          
           
             22
             E.
             3.
             3.
             
          
           
             Stan.
             Pl.
             Cor.
             162.
             
          
           
             1
             Inst
             .
             97.
             
          
           
             Epist
             .
             12.
             
          
           
             4
             Inst
             .
             11.
             
          
           
             Crook
             Jac.
             37.
             
             Moore
             755.
             
          
           
             4
             Inst
             .
             322.
             
          
           
             25
             H.
             8.
             c.
             19.
             
          
           
             Serj.
             Rolle's
             Abridg.
             2
             part
             .
             Ti
             '
             .
             Prerog
             .
             180.
             
          
           
             Id.
             Tit.
             Prerog
             .
          
           
             Trin.
             2.
             
             Jac.
             2.
             in
             B.
             R.
             
          
           
             His
             Coronation
             Sermon
             ,
             pag.
             27.
             
          
           
             His
             Sermon
             on
             that
             occasion
             ,
             p.
             13
             ,
             14.
             
          
           
             Ecclesiastical
             Canons
             16●●
             .
             Art.
             36.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             15.
             
          
           
             Vid.
             Act
             of
             Uniformity
             before
             every
             Common-Prayer-Book
             .
             Par.
             3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             His
             late
             Discourse
             on
             this
             occasion
             .