A vindication of the divines of the Church of England who have sworn allegiance to K. William & Q. Mary, from the imputations of apostasy and perjury, which are cast upon them upon that account, in the now publish'd History of passive obedience / by one of those divines.
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             A vindication of the divines of the Church of England who have sworn allegiance to K. William & Q. Mary, from the imputations of apostasy and perjury, which are cast upon them upon that account, in the now publish'd History of passive obedience / by one of those divines.
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           A
           Vindication
           OF
           THE
           DIVINES
           OF
           THE
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           ,
           Who
           have
           Sworn
           Allegiance
           to
           K.
           William
           &
           Q.
           Mary
           ,
           From
           the
           Imputations
           of
           APOSTASY
           and
           PERIURY
           ,
           Which
           are
           Cast
           upon
           Them
           upon
           that
           Account
           ,
           in
           the
           Now
           Publish'd
           
             History
             of
             Passive
             Obedience
          
           .
           By
           One
           of
           those
           DIVINES
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           impossible
           but
           that
           Offences
           will
           come
           ,
           but
           woe
           unto
           him
           through
           whom
           they
           come
           ,
           &c.
           
           
             Luke
             ,
             17.
             1.
             
          
        
         
           Licens'd
           August
           27th
           .
           1689.
           
           
             I.
             Fraser
          
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Brabazon
             Aylmer
          
           at
           the
           
             Three
             Pidgeons
          
           over
           against
           the
           
             Royal
             Exchange
             ,
             Cornhill
          
           ,
           1689.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           Vindication
           OF
           THE
           DIVINES
           OF
           THE
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           I
           Should
           hardly
           have
           thought
           it
           much
           worth
           any
           ones
           while
           ,
           to
           Concern
           himself
           about
           the
           now
           Publish'd
           Book
           ,
           Intituled
           ,
           
             The
             History
             of
             Passive
             Obedience
          
           ,
           were
           it
           not
           to
           prevent
           Atheistical
           and
           Debauched
           Persons
           making
           use
           of
           it
           ,
           to
           the
           Scandalizing
           of
           weak
           and
           inconsiderative
           People
           against
           Religion
           ;
           and
           the
           more
           hardening
           themselves
           in
           their
           Contempt
           thereof
           ,
           by
           seeing
           so
           great
           a
           Body
           of
           the
           Ministers
           of
           this
           Church
           ,
           so
           exposed
           to
           the
           World
           for
           
           Apostates
           and
           Perjured
           Wretches
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           in
           this
           Book
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           seems
           to
           me
           to
           be
           absolutely
           necessary
           ,
           for
           this
           Reason
           ,
           to
           take
           ,
           at
           least
           ,
           the
           Design
           of
           this
           Book
           into
           Consideration
           ,
           which
           is
           all
           I
           intend
           to
           do
           .
           And
           the
           apparent
           Design
           of
           it
           is
           ,
           as
           I
           now
           intimated
           ,
           to
           make
           the
           World
           believe
           ,
           That
           the
           Generality
           of
           the
           Divines
           of
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           are
           fallen
           under
           the
           Guilt
           of
           most
           
             Shameful
             Apostasy
          
           ,
           and
           consequently
           ,
           of
           Perjury
           too
           ,
           in
           the
           Oaths
           they
           have
           Taken
           to
           King
           William
           ,
           and
           Queen
           Mary
           .
           Had
           this
           History
           come
           abroad
           some
           considerable
           time
           before
           the
           First
           of
           August
           ,
           I
           confess
           I
           should
           not
           have
           pass'd
           such
           a
           Censure
           upon
           it
           ,
           but
           had
           been
           obliged
           to
           hope
           ,
           That
           't
           was
           piously
           and
           charitably
           intended
           to
           prevent
           our
           Clergy's
           Scandalizing
           their
           People
           ,
           and
           Violating
           their
           own
           Consciences
           :
           But
           since
           it
           comes
           
             thus
             late
          
           ,
           the
           Exposing
           of
           those
           who
           have
           taken
           these
           Oaths
           ,
           't
           is
           most
           evident
           ,
           is
           at
           least
           the
           principal
           Design
           of
           it
           .
           And
           how
           well
           such
           Work
           as
           this
           does
           become
           Christians
           ,
           and
           Protestants
           ,
           and
           
             Members
             of
             our
             Church
          
           ,
           who
           ,
           to
           justifie
           their
           Refusal
           of
           these
           Oaths
           ,
           and
           to
           commend
           themselves
           to
           the
           World
           as
           Stanch-men
           ,
           and
           steady
           to
           their
           Principles
           ,
           are
           content
           to
           sacrifice
           to
           their
           own
           Reputation
           ,
           the
           Good-Names
           of
           all
           but
           a
           very
           inconsiderable
           Number
           of
           their
           Brethren
           ,
           I
           leave
           to
           their
           own
           Consciences
           and
           serious
           Thoughts
           ;
           if
           ever
           they
           are
           at
           leisure
           to
           think
           seriously
           ,
           or
           are
           capable
           of
           making
           sedate
           Reflexions
           .
        
         
           All
           those
           of
           the
           Clergy
           that
           have
           taken
           these
           Oaths
           ,
           are
           as
           expresly
           as
           can
           be
           ,
           without
           running
           
           the
           most
           Apparent
           Danger
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           blackned
           with
           Apostasy
           from
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           subscribed
           by
           them
           ;
           and
           very
           many
           of
           the
           most
           Eminent
           of
           them
           by
           Name
           ,
           with
           basely
           deserting
           that
           Principle
           ,
           which
           they
           have
           heretofore
           publisht
           to
           the
           World
           in
           Print
           ,
           and
           been
           Zealous
           Maintainers
           and
           Avowers
           of
           ,
           viz.
           That
           of
           Passive-Obedience
           ,
           or
           
             Non-Resistance
             of
             the
             Higher
             Powers
             ,
             upon
             any
             Pretence
             whatsoever
             .
          
        
         
           But
           I
           can
           scarcely
           desire
           a
           more
           easy
           Task
           ,
           than
           to
           shew
           that
           these
           New
           Oaths
           are
           no
           whit
           repugnant
           to
           the
           Asserting
           of
           the
           most
           
             Absolute
             Passive-Obedience
          
           ;
           and
           that
           those
           who
           have
           skrewed
           up
           this
           Point
           to
           the
           very
           highest
           Peg
           (
           as
           I
           ever
           thought
           some
           have
           done
           it
           much
           
             too
             High
          
           ,
           thro'
           their
           Non-attendance
           to
           the
           Constitution
           under
           which
           we
           live
           )
           may
           Lawfully
           take
           these
           Oaths
           ,
           without
           recanting
           any
           thing
           they
           have
           Preached
           or
           Printed
           upon
           this
           Argument
           :
           And
           own
           William
           and
           Mary
           ,
           without
           Fear
           of
           Contradicting
           what
           they
           have
           held
           about
           this
           Matter
           ,
           as
           not
           only
           
             de
             Facto
          
           ,
           but
           
             de
             Iure
          
           too
           ,
           their
           King
           and
           Queen
           :
           For
           ,
        
         
           First
           ,
           Can
           a
           Prince
           who
           is
           Justly
           provoked
           by
           another
           Prince
           ,
           to
           whom
           He
           oweth
           no
           Allegiance
           ,
           gain
           a
           more
           unquestionable
           Title
           to
           His
           Crown
           than
           that
           of
           Conquest
           ,
           when
           reasonable
           Satisfaction
           hath
           been
           first
           Denied
           Him
           ?
           And
           will
           the
           highest
           Asserters
           of
           Passive-Obedience
           ,
           affirm
           it
           to
           be
           due
           from
           Those
           ,
           who
           are
           under
           no
           Obligation
           of
           Allegiance
           ?
        
         
           Now
           this
           was
           the
           Case
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           :
           For
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           He
           was
           no
           Subject
           to
           King
           Iames.
           
        
         
         
           2.
           
           King
           Iames
           had
           given
           Him
           very
           just
           Provocations
           .
           Surely
           his
           making
           so
           great
           Advances
           towards
           the
           setting
           up
           of
           Popery
           in
           his
           Kingdoms
           ,
           and
           the
           bringing
           in
           of
           a
           Foreign
           Power
           consequently
           ,
           and
           the
           overthrowing
           of
           the
           Laws
           ,
           and
           quite
           Changing
           the
           Government
           ,
           must
           needs
           appear
           to
           all
           impartial
           Persons
           to
           be
           just
           Provocations
           ,
           since
           He
           was
           so
           very
           nearly
           Concerned
           in
           these
           Actings
           ,
           by
           Reason
           of
           His
           PRINCESS'S
           and
           His
           Own
           Right
           of
           Succession
           ,
           to
           the
           Government
           of
           these
           Kingdoms
           .
           But
           what
           more
           Sensible
           Provocations
           could
           the
           Prince
           receive
           ,
           than
           was
           King
           Iames
           his
           giving
           Him
           so
           great
           Reason
           to
           believe
           ,
           that
           't
           was
           his
           Design
           to
           Deprive
           His
           Princess
           of
           Her
           Title
           of
           next
           Successor
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           and
           for
           ever
           to
           Exclude
           the
           immediate
           Line
           ?
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           Prince
           having
           Demanded
           in
           His
           Declaration
           ,
           Satisfaction
           from
           King
           Iames
           ,
           and
           promis'd
           to
           Referr
           His
           Cause
           intirely
           under
           God
           ,
           to
           a
           
             Free
             Parliament
          
           ;
           and
           that
           He
           would
           make
           no
           worse
           use
           of
           His
           Army
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           than
           for
           His
           own
           necessary
           Security
           ,
           he
           would
           by
           no
           means
           yield
           to
           any
           thing
           of
           Compliance
           ;
           but
           betook
           himself
           to
           the
           most
           Vigorous
           Opposition
           of
           Him
           ,
           he
           could
           possibly
           make
           .
           And
           when
           he
           found
           himself
           forsaken
           of
           the
           best
           Part
           of
           his
           Army
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Prince
           grew
           much
           too
           strong
           to
           be
           Encountered
           by
           him
           ,
           instead
           of
           yielding
           to
           His
           Demand
           of
           a
           PARLIAMENT
           ,
           he
           Revoked
           that
           Summons
           of
           one
           ,
           which
           before
           the
           Princes
           Landing
           ,
           He
           was
           perswaded
           to
           send
           forth
           ;
           and
           leaving
           those
           who
           had
           to
           the
           last
           adhered
           to
           him
           to
           shift
           
           for
           themselves
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           they
           could
           ;
           away
           he
           Fled
           ,
           both
           a
           First
           ,
           and
           a
           Second
           time
           Fled
           ,
           Flung
           away
           the
           Seals
           ,
           and
           leaving
           no
           Representative
           behind
           him
           ,
           left
           the
           Nation
           without
           Government
           :
           Not
           to
           mention
           Here
           his
           putting
           himself
           wholly
           into
           the
           Hands
           of
           the
           Greatest
           and
           most
           Formidable
           Enemy
           ,
           his
           three
           Kingdoms
           ,
           and
           all
           Protestant
           Nations
           ,
           have
           in
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           Now
           ,
           What
           was
           this
           but
           a
           plain
           Conquest
           ?
           'T
           was
           such
           a
           Conquest
           in
           all
           its
           Circumstances
           ,
           as
           hath
           ever
           been
           acknowledged
           to
           give
           an
           unquestionably
           Just
           Title
           as
           far
           as
           concerns
           the
           Conquered
           Prince
           .
           I
           give
           
             this
             Limitation
          
           ,
           because
           I
           am
           aware
           't
           will
           be
           Objected
           ,
           that
           though
           King
           Iames
           was
           Conquered
           ,
           the
           Nation
           was
           not
           ,
           they
           not
           liking
           his
           Cause
           so
           well
           as
           to
           side
           with
           him
           ;
           but
           generally
           Received
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ,
           as
           a
           Glorious
           Instrument
           ,
           which
           they
           hoped
           God
           Almighty
           had
           raised
           up
           ,
           to
           bring
           them
           Deliverance
           from
           the
           Evils
           they
           Suffered
           ,
           and
           the
           much
           Greater
           they
           saw
           very
           near
           Approaching
           them
           .
           And
           those
           that
           now
           refuse
           to
           Swear
           Allegiance
           to
           Him
           ,
           were
           observed
           to
           be
           as
           forward
           as
           others
           ,
           in
           Expressing
           their
           Affection
           to
           Him
           ;
           at
           least
           many
           of
           them
           .
           In
           Answer
           hereto
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           acknowledged
           that
           the
           Nation
           was
           not
           Conquered
           :
           But
           all
           that
           follows
           from
           hence
           ,
           is
           ,
           That
           the
           Prince
           would
           not
           have
           acquired
           a
           Right
           to
           the
           Crown
           against
           the
           
             Nations
             Consent
          
           .
           He
           had
           a
           very
           Justifiable
           Plea
           against
           King
           Iames
           ,
           but
           not
           against
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           had
           He
           gone
           about
           to
           make
           Himself
           their
           King
           ,
           whether
           they
           would
           or
           no
           ;
           since
           ,
           having
           had
           no
           Contest
           with
           them
           ,
           He
           could
           notbe
           said
           to
           have
           made
           
           a
           Conquest
           of
           them
           .
           And
           ,
           as
           He
           never
           Claimed
           the
           Crown
           by
           the
           Right
           of
           Conquest
           (
           which
           He
           could
           not
           have
           done
           Prudently
           ,
           nor
           Justly
           neither
           ,
           in
           Regard
           of
           the
           Engagement
           He
           was
           under
           from
           His
           Declaration
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           because
           He
           had
           no
           occasion
           given
           Him
           of
           Conquering
           the
           Nation
           )
           so
           their
           Consent
           He
           had
           ,
           if
           an
           
             Assembly
             of
             the
             Three
             Estates
          
           may
           be
           call'd
           the
           Nation
           :
           And
           I
           need
           not
           say
           ,
           that
           He
           had
           more
           than
           their
           bare
           Consent
           too
           .
           And
           as
           to
           the
           
             Collective
             Body
          
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           divided
           into
           
             Fourty
             Parts
          
           ,
           I
           believe
           I
           shall
           be
           thought
           sufficiently
           modest
           should
           I
           say
           ,
           that
           He
           had
           the
           Consent
           of
           no
           fewer
           than
           
             Thirty
             Nine
          
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           King
           Iames
           had
           no
           Wrong
           done
           him
           ,
           since
           he
           must
           altogether
           blame
           Himself
           ,
           for
           being
           disabled
           to
           hold
           his
           Crown
           ,
           and
           for
           ought
           that
           appears
           to
           Us
           ,
           for
           leaving
           the
           Nation
           without
           Government
           ;
           so
           the
           
             Princess
             of
             Orange
          
           being
           Crowned
           with
           the
           Prince
           ,
           and
           She
           giving
           Her
           Consent
           to
           His
           being
           Crowned
           with
           Her
           ,
           suffered
           no
           Wrong
           neither
           ;
           and
           She
           lost
           nothing
           of
           the
           Honour
           ,
           and
           nothing
           but
           the
           Trouble
           of
           a
           Crowned
           Head.
           Nor
           did
           Her
           Royal
           Sister
           receive
           any
           injury
           ,
           or
           met
           with
           the
           least
           unrighteous
           dealing
           ,
           since
           her
           being
           put
           one
           remove
           farther
           from
           the
           Crown
           ,
           was
           first
           Consented
           to
           by
           her self
           ,
           for
           His
           sake
           to
           whom
           (
           under
           God
           )
           she
           was
           obliged
           for
           her
           being
           in
           a
           Capacity
           (
           a
           
             Moral
             Capacity
          
           I
           mean
           )
           of
           ever
           wearing
           it
           .
        
         
           Now
           whether
           the
           Lords
           Spiritual
           and
           Temporal
           ,
           with
           the
           freely
           Elected
           Commons
           of
           England
           ,
           did
           light
           upon
           the
           very
           
             Best
             Method
          
           ,
           for
           the
           Settling
           
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           Satisfaction
           of
           all
           Parties
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           not
           material
           to
           Enquire
           ;
           so
           I
           doubt
           't
           is
           impossible
           for
           Us
           that
           are
           in
           an
           inferiour
           Station
           ,
           to
           Determin
           :
           But
           I
           dare
           affirm
           ,
           that
           the
           much
           greater
           Part
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Members
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           too
           ,
           do
           think
           they
           did
           ,
           from
           the
           general
           great
           Satisfaction
           that
           hath
           been
           in
           all
           places
           Expressed
           therewith
           .
           But
           as
           for
           those
           who
           do
           not
           approve
           of
           this
           Method
           as
           the
           
             most
             desirable
          
           ,
           if
           they
           cannot
           make
           evident
           Proof
           of
           its
           being
           unjust
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           their
           refusing
           to
           Acqui●ss
           in
           it
           ,
           would
           be
           a
           Notorious
           Contradiction
           to
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Passive-Obedience
           ;
           since
           't
           was
           pitched
           upon
           by
           those
           whose
           Business
           alone
           it
           was
           to
           adjust
           this
           Affair
           ;
           and
           to
           whom
           also
           they
           intirely
           Referred
           it
           ,
           in
           their
           Voting
           for
           Persons
           to
           be
           their
           Representatives
           in
           the
           Convention
           ,
           which
           was
           Summoned
           for
           no
           other
           purpose
           .
           And
           nothing
           is
           more
           evident
           ,
           than
           that
           't
           is
           inconsistent
           with
           all
           Government
           ,
           for
           private
           Persons
           not
           to
           Rest
           Satisfied
           with
           the
           Decisions
           of
           those
           ,
           whose
           Office
           it
           is
           to
           judge
           in
           the
           disputable
           and
           difficult
           Points
           that
           Relate
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           If
           the
           Compilers
           of
           this
           
             Goodly
             History
          
           will
           Object
           to
           us
           ,
           That
           King
           Iames
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           ought
           to
           have
           stood
           by
           him
           against
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ;
           and
           therefore
           since
           it
           was
           through
           their
           Default
           that
           he
           was
           Conquered
           by
           Him
           ,
           they
           ought
           not
           to
           fetch
           an
           Argument
           from
           thence
           ,
           for
           their
           owning
           the
           Prince
           as
           their
           Rightful
           King.
           I
           Reply
           ,
        
         
           First
           ,
           Why
           then
           did
           not
           themselves
           stand
           by
           KING
           Iames
           ?
           Why
           did
           themselves
           so
           silently
           
           Look
           on
           ,
           and
           see
           HIM
           Conquered
           ?
           Why
           did
           they
           not
           at
           least
           mind
           their
           People
           of
           their
           Duty
           ,
           and
           on
           Pain
           of
           Damnation
           Excite
           them
           to
           it
           ?
           Suppose
           there
           were
           Hazard
           in
           the
           Case
           ,
           ought
           that
           to
           Discourage
           the
           Ministers
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           from
           the
           Performance
           of
           a
           necessary
           Duty
           ?
           Nay
           ,
           how
           came
           it
           to
           pass
           ,
           that
           so
           many
           of
           their
           Party
           ,
           did
           seem
           no
           less
           than
           
             others
             ,
             highly
             to
             Approve
          
           of
           the
           Prince's
           Enterprize
           ,
           and
           to
           wish
           Him
           Success
           ?
           If
           they
           will
           ingeniously
           Acknowledge
           ,
           that
           these
           were
           inexcusable
           Faults
           in
           them
           ,
           Why
           don't
           they
           make
           their
           Repentance
           as
           publick
           as
           these
           Faults
           were
           ?
           And
           believe
           it
           ,
           very
           Hainous
           ones
           they
           are
           ,
           if
           they
           are
           Faults
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Do
           they
           think
           that
           our
           not
           siding
           with
           King
           Iames
           ,
           which
           hath
           brought
           upon
           us
           these
           New
           Oaths
           ,
           is
           a
           Contradiction
           to
           our
           Doctrine
           of
           
             Passive-Obedience
             ?
             I
             have
          
           ever
           thought
           ,
           that
           this
           Doctrine
           makes
           it
           a
           Duty
           to
           Suffer
           ,
           not
           to
           Act
           ;
           and
           should
           we
           think
           that
           we
           are
           bound
           to
           stand
           by
           our
           King
           in
           
             wrong
             Doing
          
           ,
           and
           an
           
             unrighteous
             Cause
          
           (
           as
           we
           must
           verily
           believe
           His
           was
           ,
           since
           we
           believe
           the
           Prince's
           was
           very
           Righteous
           )
           we
           must
           be
           Asserters
           of
           as
           Unlimited
           an
           Active-Obedience
           to
           our
           Kings
           ,
           as
           these
           Gentlemen
           are
           of
           a
           Passive
           :
           And
           when
           we
           do
           so
           ,
           we
           will
           give
           them
           leave
           to
           call
           us
           
             Apostates
             with
             a
             Witness
          
           :
           Apostates
           from
           
             Christianity
             it self
          
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           from
           that
           
             one
             Doctrine
             of
             Passive-Obedience
          
           :
           And
           to
           Accuse
           us
           of
           bidding
           adieu
           to
           our
           
             Baptismal
             Vow
          
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           breaking
           an
           
             Oath
             of
             Allegiance
          
           .
           Of
           which
           more
           anon
           .
        
         
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Another
           Argument
           for
           our
           owning
           William
           and
           Mary
           ,
           as
           our
           Rightful
           King
           and
           Queen
           against
           King
           Iames
           ,
           shall
           be
           taken
           from
           the
           Circumstances
           he
           is
           brought
           into
           ;
           or
           rather
           into
           which
           he
           hath
           cast
           himself
           :
           Which
           Circumstances
           are
           such
           as
           make
           it
           absolutely
           necessary
           to
           the
           Preservation
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           Liberty
           and
           Property
           ,
           to
           the
           saving
           us
           from
           utter
           Ruine
           ,
           and
           from
           a
           Deluge
           of
           all
           manner
           of
           Miseries
           ,
           zealously
           to
           stand
           by
           the
           present
           Settlement
           .
           We
           know
           upon
           whom
           King
           Iames
           hath
           cast
           himself
           ,
           and
           in
           whose
           Power
           he
           hath
           been
           ,
           ever
           since
           he
           left
           this
           Kingdom
           .
           We
           know
           that
           all
           the
           hopes
           he
           can
           now
           comfort
           himself
           with
           ,
           of
           Re-gaining
           his
           Kingdoms
           ,
           if
           by
           this
           time
           he
           despair
           not
           of
           it
           ,
           are
           from
           the
           Assistance
           of
           the
           most
           Iesuited
           Prince
           in
           the
           World
           but
           one
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           
             Barbarously
             Cruel
             Tyrant
          
           ,
           and
           who
           hath
           not
           his
           Match
           for
           horrible
           Perfidiousness
           ,
           that
           we
           know
           of
           ,
           under
           the
           Cope
           of
           Heaven
           .
           We
           know
           that
           ,
           if
           by
           his
           help
           he
           should
           at
           last
           have
           Success
           ,
           the
           Protestants
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           France
           ,
           as
           fearfully
           Deplorable
           a
           State
           as
           he
           hath
           brought
           them
           into
           ,
           cannot
           be
           more
           Miserable
           ,
           than
           will
           be
           these
           three
           Protestant
           Kingdoms
           .
           Nay
           ,
           we
           know
           too
           ,
           that
           then
           this
           Monster
           must
           be
           our
           King
           ,
           and
           that
           King
           Iames
           can
           scarce
           reasonably
           hope
           for
           so
           great
           an
           Honour
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           his
           Vice-Roy
           .
           These
           things
           I
           say
           ,
           that
           Humanly
           speaking
           ,
           we
           know
           there
           is
           no
           avoiding
           ;
           and
           that
           without
           Miracles
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           no
           means
           can
           save
           us
           from
           being
           the
           greatest
           Objects
           of
           Compassion
           ,
           in
           all
           the
           World.
           And
           what
           shall
           we
           call
           those
           ,
           who
           having
           so
           scaring
           a
           Prospect
           of
           things
           
           before
           their
           Eyes
           ,
           shall
           refuse
           the
           only
           Humane
           means
           for
           their
           Preservation
           ,
           in
           hope
           of
           Miracles
           ?
           Which
           only
           Means
           no
           man
           can
           be
           so
           blind
           as
           not
           to
           see
           ,
           is
           
             Faithfully
             Adhering
          
           to
           King
           William
           and
           Queen
           Mary
           .
           I
           need
           not
           add
           ,
           that
           we
           know
           too
           ,
           by
           sad
           Experience
           ,
           the
           strange
           
             Wilfulness
             ▪
          
           of
           King
           Iames
           his
           Temper
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Iesuits
           have
           gotten
           him
           so
           perfectly
           under
           their
           own
           Power
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           the
           sole
           Masters
           of
           his
           Judgment
           and
           Conscience
           ;
           That
           he
           hath
           been
           all
           along
           Acted
           by
           such
           an
           implicite
           Faith
           in
           their
           Counsels
           ,
           that
           his
           continual
           Experience
           of
           the
           Foolishness
           of
           them
           ,
           could
           never
           make
           the
           least
           abatement
           of
           his
           confidence
           in
           them
           .
           And
           therefore
           ,
           what
           Wise
           Man
           can
           hope
           ,
           from
           the
           greatest
           Security
           he
           can
           possibly
           give
           us
           ,
           that
           our
           condition
           may
           be
           so
           much
           as
           Tollerable
           under
           him
           ,
           should
           he
           return
           to
           sway
           the
           Scepter
           in
           these
           Kingdoms
           ,
           though
           the
           King
           of
           France
           had
           no
           Hand
           in
           it
           ?
        
         
           Those
           that
           so
           insist
           still
           on
           the
           perpetuity
           of
           the
           Obligation
           of
           their
           Oath
           to
           King
           Iames
           ,
           are
           inconsiderative
           to
           Amazement
           ,
           of
           the
           
             Prior
             ▪
          
           Obliligation
           they
           are
           under
           ,
           to
           their
           ▪
           Religion
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Community
           of
           which
           they
           are
           Members
           :
           Which
           no
           After
           Obligation
           can
           by
           any
           ▪
           means
           Cancel
           .
           And
           't
           is
           the
           absurdest
           thing
           imaginable
           to
           suppose
           ,
           that
           that
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           which
           Principally
           ,
           we
           are
           obliged
           to
           Swear
           Allegiance
           to
           our
           Kings
           ,
           viz.
           the
           
             Safety
             and
             Wellfare
             of
             the
             Community
          
           over
           which
           they
           are
           placed
           ,
           ought
           upon
           the
           Account
           of
           this
           Oath
           to
           be
           dis-regarded
           .
           As
           it
           is
           not
           a
           less
           Profane
           thing
           ,
           to
           think
           our selves
           bound
           to
           give
           them
           Assistance
           ,
           in
           such
           a
           Cause
           ,
           as
           their
           Success
           
           wherein
           't
           is
           Morally
           impossible
           should
           not
           End
           in
           the
           utter
           Ruine
           of
           our
           Religion
           .
           Those
           that
           Propogate
           the
           contrary
           Doctrine
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           stick
           to
           say
           ,
           make
           Idols
           of
           their
           Kings
           ;
           and
           they
           are
           the
           People
           to
           whom
           the
           World
           is
           chiefly
           beholden
           for
           Arbitrary
           and
           Tyrannical
           ones
           .
           And
           for
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           must
           needs
           Profess
           ,
           that
           I
           could
           not
           with
           a
           safe
           Conscience
           Swear
           Allegiance
           to
           the
           best
           King
           that
           ever
           held
           a
           Scepter
           ,
           while
           I
           thought
           my self
           obliged
           by
           that
           Oath
           ,
           to
           preferr
           his
           Personal
           Interest
           before
           his
           Political
           ,
           before
           the
           Apparent
           Interest
           of
           Religion
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           Community
           .
        
         
           I
           can
           be
           sure
           of
           nothing
           ,
           if
           I
           am
           out
           in
           this
           notion
           ,
           That
           no
           Oath
           can
           bind
           any
           longer
           ,
           than
           the
           Obligation
           thereof
           is
           consistent
           and
           reconcilable
           with
           the
           
             Salus
             Populi
          
           ;
           the
           Well
           fare
           (
           the
           Spiritual
           and
           Temporal
           Well-fare
           )
           
             of
             the
             People
          
           ;
           which
           is
           the
           sole
           End
           of
           all
           Government
           .
           By
           
             Salus
             Populi
          
           I
           cannot
           be
           thought
           to
           mean
           the
           Well-fare
           of
           any
           Party
           ;
           I
           mean
           the
           Well-fare
           of
           the
           Whole
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           Generality
           of
           the
           Community
           .
           And
           every
           private
           Subject
           ,
           who
           is
           capable
           of
           making
           a
           true
           Judgment
           in
           any
           Case
           ,
           is
           easily
           able
           to
           make
           a
           Judgment
           ,
           when
           the
           
             Safety
             of
             the
             Community
          
           is
           in
           Eminent
           Danger
           .
           And
           though
           I
           know
           that
           Maxim
           ▪
           
             Salus
             Populi
             est
             Suprema
             Lex
          
           :
           The
           
             Well-fare
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             is
             the
             Highest
             Law
          
           ;
           may
           be
           liable
           to
           be
           abused
           to
           most
           Villanous
           Purposes
           ,
           and
           likewise
           that
           it
           hath
           been
           very
           greatly
           abused
           in
           our
           own
           Nation
           ,
           yet
           't
           is
           therefore
           never
           the
           less
           True
           ;
           but
           as
           Evident
           a
           Principle
           as
           any
           in
           Nature
           .
           Nor
           is
           it
           capable
           of
           being
           abused
           to
           worse
           purposes
           ,
           than
           hath
           been
           the
           Gospel
           
           
             of
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
          
           ,
           or
           the
           Apostles
           Doctrine
           of
           
             Christian
             Liberty
          
           .
           Those
           that
           will
           mis-understand
           and
           abuse
           this
           Maxim
           of
           Government
           ,
           shall
           dearly
           Pay
           for
           it
           either
           in
           
             this
             World
          
           ,
           or
           in
           that
           to
           
             come
             ▪
          
           if
           not
           in
           both
           ;
           but
           Wise
           Men
           will
           not
           sooner
           part
           with
           it
           ,
           because
           it
           may
           ,
           or
           hath
           been
           the
           occasion
           of
           great
           Mischiefs
           ,
           than
           our
           Good
           PROTESTANTS
           will
           throw
           away
           their
           English
           Bibles
           ,
           in
           Regard
           of
           the
           Mischief
           which
           the
           Papists
           tell
           them
           hath
           been
           done
           by
           them
           .
           And
           I
           could
           adventure
           to
           Appeal
           to
           any
           unbyassed
           Person
           ,
           that
           competently
           understands
           the
           nature
           of
           Government
           ,
           in
           general
           ,
           Whether
           this
           Great
           and
           Unrepealable
           Law
           alone
           ,
           would
           not
           ,
           in
           our
           present
           Circumstances
           ,
           devest
           King
           Iames
           of
           his
           Title
           to
           the
           Governing
           of
           these
           Kingdoms
           ;
           would
           not
           perfectly
           dissolve
           our
           Obligation
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           transfer
           the
           Right
           to
           Those
           who
           now
           Reign
           over
           us
           .
           And
           methinks
           ,
           though
           Providence
           alone
           ,
           be
           a
           very
           fallible
           Topick
           to
           Argue
           from
           ,
           yet
           the
           very
           many
           Amazing
           Providences
           ,
           by
           which
           these
           Princes
           have
           been
           brought
           to
           the
           Throne
           ,
           and
           have
           carryed
           them
           through
           many
           Extreme
           Difficulties
           here
           ,
           and
           are
           now
           a
           displaying
           in
           Scotland
           ,
           but
           especially
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           should
           add
           Strength
           enough
           to
           other
           Arguments
           to
           Convince
           our
           greatest
           Unbelievers
           of
           their
           Right
           to
           be
           our
           Sovereigns
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           have
           the
           Broad
           Seal
           of
           Heaven
           for
           it
           .
           And
           I
           wish
           ,
           that
           those
           ,
           on
           whom
           such
           Astonishing
           Appearances
           of
           the
           Hand
           of
           God
           can
           have
           no
           Influence
           ,
           would
           consider
           those
           Words
           of
           
             the
             Prophet
             Isaiah
          
           ,
           Ch.
           26.
           11.
           
           
             Lord
             when
             thine
             Hand
             is
             lifted
             up
             ,
             they
             will
             not
             see
             ;
             but
             they
             shall
             see
             and
             be
             ashamed
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
         
           And
           thus
           have
           I
           kept
           to
           my
           Resolution
           when
           I
           first
           set
           Pen
           to
           Paper
           ,
           to
           write
           no
           more
           Lines
           than
           needs
           must
           ,
           upon
           this
           Argument
           .
           And
           the
           little
           that
           hath
           been
           said
           ,
           as
           I
           am
           verily
           perswaded
           ,
           is
           a
           sufficient
           Vindication
           ,
           even
           of
           Their
           taking
           the
           New
           Oaths
           ,
           whom
           I
           cannot
           Vindicate
           from
           having
           gone
           too
           far
           in
           their
           Doctrine
           of
           
             Passive
             Obedience
          
           .
        
         
           Nor
           shall
           I
           have
           the
           least
           Controversy
           with
           these
           my
           Brethren
           ,
           though
           they
           should
           never
           change
           their
           Minds
           about
           that
           Point
           ;
           since
           having
           transferred
           their
           Allegiance
           ,
           they
           must
           needs
           also
           transfer
           their
           
             Passive
             Obedience
          
           to
           Those
           ,
           of
           whom
           we
           are
           mighty
           secure
           ,
           they
           'll
           make
           no
           such
           Advantage
           of
           their
           making
           it
           so
           Absolute
           ,
           as
           King
           Iames
           was
           preparing
           himself
           to
           do
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .