A letter from a freeholder, to the rest of the freeholders of England, and all others, who have votes in the choice of Parliament-men
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             A letter from a freeholder, to the rest of the freeholders of England, and all others, who have votes in the choice of Parliament-men
             Johnson, Samuel, 1649-1703.
          
           8 p.
           
             s.n.,
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           A
           Letter
           from
           a
           
             Freeholder
             ,
          
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           
             Freeholders
             of
             ENGLAND
             ,
          
           and
           all
           Others
           ,
           who
           have
           Votes
           in
           the
           Choice
           of
           
             Parliament-Men
             .
          
        
         
           THE
           Power
           of
           
             Parliaments
             ,
          
           when
           they
           are
           duly
           Elected
           ,
           and
           rightly
           Convened
           ,
           is
           so
           very
           Great
           ,
           that
           every
           man
           ,
           who
           has
           any
           share
           in
           the
           Choice
           of
           them
           ,
           has
           the
           weight
           of
           his
           whole
           Country
           lying
           upon
           him
           :
           For
           it
           is
           possible
           for
           my
           single
           Vote
           to
           determine
           the
           Election
           of
           that
           Parliament-Man
           ,
           whose
           single
           Vote
           in
           the
           Parliament-House
           ,
           may
           either
           save
           or
           sink
           the
           Nation
           .
           And
           therefore
           it
           behoves
           men
           ,
           who
           thus
           dispose
           both
           of
           themselves
           and
           their
           Posterity
           ,
           and
           of
           their
           whole
           Country
           at
           once
           ,
           to
           see
           that
           they
           put
           all
           these
           into
           safe
           hands
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           as
           well
           advis'd
           ,
           as
           much
           in
           earnest
           ,
           when
           they
           chuse
           Persons
           to
           serve
           in
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           as
           they
           usually
           are
           when
           they
           make
           their
           last
           Will
           and
           Testament
           .
           And
           if
           this
           is
           to
           be
           done
           at
           all
           times
           ,
           certainly
           a
           much
           greater
           proportion
           of
           Care
           is
           to
           be
           taken
           at
           this
           Time
           ,
           when
           endeavours
           have
           been
           used
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           forestal
           the
           Freedom
           of
           Elections
           ,
           but
           even
           the
           Freedom
           of
           Voting
           in
           the
           Parliament-House
           :
           and
           when
           the
           Counties
           of
           
             England
          
           have
           been
           practised
           upon
           ,
           to
           be
           made
           Repealers
           ,
           both
           within
           doors
           and
           without
           :
           They
           have
           been
           Catechised
           ,
           whether
           ,
           if
           they
           were
           Parliament-Men
           ,
           they
           would
           Repeal
           the
           
             Penal
             Laws
          
           and
           
             Tests
          
           ;
           or
           ,
           if
           they
           were
           not
           Chosen
           themselves
           ,
           whether
           they
           would
           Chuse
           such
           as
           would
           .
           And
           as
           for
           the
           Boroughs
           ,
           they
           have
           been
           all
           of
           them
           Sifted
           to
           the
           very
           Bran
           :
           nay
           ,
           some
           Persons
           have
           been
           wrought
           upon
           to
           enter
           into
           Engagements
           before-hand
           ,
           in
           their
           
             Addresses
             :
          
           But
           ,
           I
           suppose
           ,
           those
           that
           have
           been
           so
           very
           forward
           to
           promise
           themselves
           to
           serve
           a
           Turn
           ,
           will
           never
           be
           thought
           worthy
           to
           serve
           in
           
             Parliament
             .
          
           And
           at
           the
           same
           time
           others
           have
           made
           it
           their
           business
           ,
           to
           render
           these
           
             Laws
          
           very
           odious
           to
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           to
           hoot
           them
           out
           of
           the
           World
           ;
           they
           have
           been
           Arraign'd
           and
           Condemn'd
           as
           
             Draconicks
             ,
          
           as
           
             Bloudy
             and
             Canibal
             Laws
             ,
          
           as
           
             Vngodly
             Laws
             ,
          
           and
           contrary
           to
           the
           Divine
           Principle
           of
           
             Liberty
             of
             CONSCIENCE
             ,
          
           without
           the
           common
           Justice
           of
           ever
           being
           Heard
           :
           For
           the
           Preambles
           of
           these
           
             Laws
             ,
          
           which
           shew
           the
           Justice
           and
           Equity
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           reasonableness
           both
           of
           their
           Birth
           and
           Continuance
           ,
           have
           been
           industriously
           suppressed
           .
           This
           indeed
           has
           been
           a
           very
           bold
           Adventure
           ,
           for
           I
           am
           apt
           to
           think
           there
           is
           much
           truth
           in
           my
           Lord
           Chief
           Justice
           
           Coke's
           Observation
           ,
           
             That
             never
             any
             Subject
             Wrestled
             a
             Fall
             with
             the
             Laws
             of
          
           England
           ,
           
             but
             they
             always
             broke
             his
             Neck
             :
          
           And
           therefore
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Courtesie
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           I
           shall
           wish
           Friend
           
             William
             Pen
             ,
          
           and
           his
           Fellow-Gamesters
           ,
           a
           good
           Deliverance
           .
           But
           while
           they
           have
           taken
           the
           liberty
           
           to
           say
           their
           Pleasure
           of
           these
           
             Laws
             ,
          
           which
           are
           now
           in
           as
           full
           Force
           as
           the
           day
           they
           were
           made
           ,
           I
           shall
           take
           leave
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Duty
           of
           a
           Loyal
           Subject
           ,
           (
           with
           whom
           the
           
             Laws
          
           of
           the
           Land
           are
           a
           Principle
           ,
           and
           who
           must
           always
           own
           the
           Majesty
           and
           Authority
           of
           them
           ,
           till
           such
           time
           as
           they
           are
           lawfully
           Repealed
           )
           to
           offer
           a
           few
           words
           in
           their
           behalf
           ,
           which
           shall
           be
           dictated
           by
           nothing
           but
           Law
           ,
           Truth
           ,
           and
           Justice
           ;
           and
           if
           every
           word
           that
           I
           say
           ,
           do
           not
           appear
           to
           be
           such
           ,
           I
           am
           content
           to
           have
           this
           whole
           Paper
           go
           for
           nothing
           ,
           and
           be
           as
           if
           it
           had
           never
           been
           written
           .
        
         
           And
           to
           proceed
           the
           more
           clearly
           and
           distinctly
           ,
           I
           shall
           (
           1st
           )
           consider
           the
           
             Penal
             Laws
          
           (
           as
           they
           are
           called
           )
           against
           the
           Papists
           ,
           and
           the
           two
           
             Tests
             :
          
           And
           (
           2dly
           )
           the
           
             Penal
             Laws
          
           against
           the
           Dissenters
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Statute
           3
           
             o
          
           
             Iacobi
          
           c.
           1.
           which
           is
           read
           every
           Fifth
           of
           
             November
             ,
          
           in
           our
           Churches
           ,
           the
           
             Laws
          
           made
           against
           the
           Papists
           in
           Queen
           
           Elizabeth's
           time
           ,
           and
           the
           Confirmation
           of
           them
           1
           
             o
          
           
             Iacobi
          
           (
           against
           which
           the
           great
           Out-cry
           is
           now
           made
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           which
           ,
           they
           then
           attempted
           to
           
             blow
             up
          
           both
           the
           
             King
          
           and
           
             Parliament
          
           )
           are
           called
           
             Necessary
             and
             Religious
             Laws
             :
          
           And
           if
           I
           prove
           them
           to
           be
           undoubtedly
           such
           ,
           I
           hope
           the
           good
           People
           of
           
             England
          
           will
           look
           upon
           them
           an
           hundred
           times
           ,
           before
           they
           part
           with
           them
           once
           .
        
         
           
             First
             ,
          
           The
           
             Laws
          
           against
           the
           Papists
           are
           
             Religious
             Laws
          
           ;
           they
           are
           
             Laws
          
           made
           for
           the
           high
           Honour
           of
           GOD
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           for
           the
           common
           Profit
           of
           the
           Realm
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           old
           Title
           of
           all
           our
           
             Laws
             ,
          
           and
           is
           the
           right
           End
           to
           which
           all
           
             Laws
          
           ought
           to
           be
           directed
           .
           But
           why
           are
           they
           called
           
             Penal
             Laws
             ,
          
           for
           have
           not
           all
           
             Laws
          
           a
           Penalty
           annexed
           to
           them
           ?
           Perhaps
           they
           mean
           ,
           that
           these
           are
           
             Laws
          
           which
           interpose
           in
           Matters
           indifferent
           ,
           such
           as
           is
           the
           eating
           of
           Flesh
           on
           
             Fridays
             .
          
           But
           is
           not
           Popery
           
             Malum
             in
             se
             ?
          
           Is
           Idolatry
           an
           Evil
           only
           by
           chance
           ,
           and
           by
           happening
           to
           be
           prohibited
           ?
           Is
           not
           the
           Worship
           of
           a
           Wafer
           God
           ,
           an
           Onion
           God
           ,
           or
           a
           Red-cloth
           God
           ,
           an
           unspeakable
           Dishonour
           to
           the
           GOD
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           in
           all
           places
           ,
           in
           every
           season
           of
           the
           Year
           ,
           every
           day
           of
           the
           Week
           ,
           and
           all
           hours
           of
           the
           Day
           ?
           Is
           it
           not
           eternally
           Evil
           ?
           The
           
             Laws
          
           of
           the
           Land
           found
           Idolatry
           prohibited
           to
           their
           hands
           ,
           by
           the
           written
           Law
           of
           GOD
           ,
           and
           even
           antecedently
           to
           that
           ,
           it
           was
           prohibited
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           Nature
           ;
           and
           no
           Municipal
           
             Laws
          
           in
           the
           World
           need
           desire
           a
           better
           Warrant
           :
           And
           therefore
           to
           Repeal
           the
           
             Laws
          
           made
           against
           the
           
             Idol
             of
             the
             Mass
             ,
             Agnus
             Dei's
             ,
             Blocks
             Almighty
             ,
          
           and
           the
           infinite
           Idolatry
           which
           is
           interwoven
           with
           
             Popery
             ,
          
           is
           neither
           more
           nor
           less
           ,
           than
           to
           undertake
           to
           Repeal
           the
           Laws
           of
           GOD.
           
        
         
           2dly
           ,
           The
           
             Laws
          
           made
           against
           the
           Seminary
           Priests
           and
           Romish
           Missioners
           ,
           are
           
             Religious
             Laws
             ,
          
           because
           they
           are
           made
           in
           pursuance
           of
           St.
           
           Iohn's
           Precept
           ,
           2
           Epist.
           10.
           11.
           
           
             If
             there
             come
             any
             unto
             you
             ,
             and
             bring
             not
             this
             doctrine
             ,
             receive
             him
             not
             into
             your
             house
             ,
             neither
             bid
             him
             God-speed
             :
             For
             he
             that
             biddeth
             him
             God-speed
             ,
             is
             partaker
             of
             his
             evil
             deeds
             .
          
           But
           do
           the
           Seminaries
           
           come
           and
           bring
           us
           the
           true
           Doctrine
           of
           Christ
           ?
           Do
           they
           not
           bring
           us
           another
           Gospel
           ?
           As
           Dr.
           
             Sherlock
          
           has
           Unanswerably
           proved
           upon
           them
           ,
           in
           the
           Second
           Part
           of
           his
           
             Preservative
             against
             POPERY
             .
          
           And
           therefore
           as
           every
           private
           man
           is
           bound
           to
           shut
           his
           Doors
           against
           these
           Deceivers
           and
           Seducers
           ,
           by
           the
           same
           reason
           every
           Community
           is
           bound
           to
           expel
           and
           drive
           them
           out
           of
           the
           Nation
           .
           And
           I
           think
           there
           never
           were
           such
           errant
           Cheats
           and
           Impostors
           as
           these
           are
           :
           for
           they
           ,
           by
           their
           Masses
           ,
           can
           fetch
           Souls
           out
           of
           Purgatory
           ,
           of
           their
           own
           putting
           in
           ;
           they
           can
           forgive
           Sins
           ,
           in
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           Confession
           ;
           they
           can
           drive
           away
           the
           Devil
           ,
           with
           Crosses
           and
           Holy
           Water
           ;
           and
           they
           can
           make
           their
           God
           ,
           in
           the
           Sacrament
           .
           They
           make
           a
           God!
           they
           make
           a
           Pudding
           !
        
         
           Again
           ,
           2ly
           ,
           The
           
             Laws
          
           against
           the
           Papists
           ,
           are
           called
           
             Necessary
             Laws
             ,
          
           and
           so
           they
           were
           to
           the
           very
           Being
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           In
           the
           first
           of
           
             Elizabeth
             ,
          
           the
           Oath
           of
           Supremacy
           was
           absolutely
           necessary
           to
           throw
           off
           the
           Romish
           Yoke
           ,
           and
           that
           intollerable
           Usurpation
           and
           Tyranny
           of
           the
           Pope
           ,
           under
           which
           both
           the
           Crown
           and
           Kingdom
           were
           perfect
           Slaves
           :
           And
           af●●●wards
           ,
           was
           it
           not
           time
           to
           look
           after
           the
           Pope's
           Chaplains
           ,
           when
           they
           had
           raised
           a
           Rebellion
           in
           the
           
             North
             ,
          
           and
           he
           himself
           had
           sent
           a
           Bull
           to
           Depose
           the
           Queen
           ,
           and
           to
           Absolve
           her
           Subjects
           from
           their
           Allegiance
           ?
           I
           do
           not
           mention
           the
           continual
           Minings
           of
           the
           Queen
           of
           
             Scots
             ,
          
           in
           which
           the
           Popish
           Party
           always
           joyned
           with
           her
           ,
           and
           besides
           ,
           had
           drawn
           in
           several
           deluded
           Protestants
           ;
           which
           made
           a
           great
           Jest
           to
           the
           Papists
           ,
           That
           Protestants
           should
           be
           so
           infatuated
           ,
           as
           to
           assist
           the
           Queen
           of
           
             Scots
          
           to
           their
           own
           Destruction
           :
           as
           is
           to
           be
           seen
           in
           Sir
           
             Francis
          
           Walsingham's
           Letter
           ,
           written
           from
           
             Paris
             ,
          
           still
           extant
           in
           the
           
             Cabala
             of
             Letters
             .
          
           In
           short
           ,
           it
           appears
           by
           the
           Preambles
           of
           all
           those
           Statutes
           in
           that
           Reign
           ,
           that
           the
           Kingdom
           made
           every
           one
           of
           them
           in
           their
           own
           Defence
           ,
           and
           to
           Preserve
           themselves
           from
           Popish
           Attempts
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Nation
           had
           utterly
           perished
           without
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           then
           in
           Kings
           
           Iames's
           time
           ,
           Did
           not
           the
           Papists
           
             digg
          
           under
           the
           very
           Pillars
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           make
           them
           
             shake
             ,
          
           when
           they
           laid
           so
           many
           
             Barrels
             of
             Gunpowder
          
           under
           the
           Parliament-House
           ?
           And
           was
           it
           not
           high
           time
           to
           tye
           their
           hands
           by
           the
           Acts
           which
           followed
           ;
           by
           more
           closely
           confining
           them
           to
           their
           Houses
           ,
           by
           banishing
           them
           ten
           Miles
           from
           
             London
             ,
          
           by
           disabling
           them
           not
           only
           from
           all
           Offices
           ,
           but
           from
           being
           in
           any
           publick
           Employment
           ,
           and
           by
           thorowly
           disarming
           them
           ,
           so
           much
           as
           from
           wearing
           a
           Sword.
           
        
         
           And
           was
           it
           not
           time
           ,
           in
           the
           late
           King's
           Reign
           ,
           to
           put
           new
           life
           into
           the
           Disabling
           Acts
           ,
           by
           the
           addition
           of
           a
           
             Test
             ,
          
           when
           several
           Papists
           had
           gotten
           the
           greatest
           Offices
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           into
           their
           hands
           ?
           And
           then
           as
           for
           the
           
             Parliament-Test
             ,
          
           that
           the
           Papists
           may
           not
           be
           our
           Law-givers
           ,
           besides
           the
           perpetual
           Necessity
           of
           such
           a
           
             Law
             ,
          
           the
           Occasion
           of
           it
           is
           still
           upon
           Record
           both
           in
           Mens
           Minds
           ,
           and
           very
           largely
           in
           the
           
             Iournal
          
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Lords
           ,
           and
           in
           other
           inferiour
           Courts
           of
           Record
           .
        
         
         
           And
           if
           these
           were
           all
           of
           them
           
             Necessary
             Laws
          
           when
           they
           were
           made
           ,
           they
           are
           become
           ten
           times
           more
           
             Necessary
          
           since
           :
           for
           now
           Popery
           has
           Beset
           us
           ,
           and
           and
           Hemmed
           us
           in
           on
           every
           side
           .
           We
           have
           an
           Army
           of
           Priests
           and
           Jesuites
           ,
           the
           true
           Fore-runners
           of
           
             Antichrist
             ,
          
           in
           the
           Bowels
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ;
           nay
           ,
           the
           Pope
           himself
           ,
           who
           by
           several
           
             Laws
          
           is
           declared
           to
           be
           the
           publick
           Enemy
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           has
           arrived
           some
           time
           since
           in
           his
           
             Nuncio
             ,
          
           and
           is
           now
           Compassing
           the
           Land
           in
           his
           
             Four
             Apostolick
             Uicars
             .
          
           And
           therefore
           to
           talk
           of
           Repealing
           
             Laws
             ,
          
           when
           we
           want
           the
           strictest
           Execution
           of
           them
           ,
           is
           talk
           only
           fit
           for
           
             Bedlam
             :
          
           and
           that
           Nation
           which
           Repeals
           
             Necessary
             Laws
             ,
          
           when
           it
           has
           the
           greatest
           
             Necessity
          
           for
           them
           ,
           must
           be
           concluded
           to
           be
           weary
           of
           its
           own
           Life
           ,
           and
           is
           
             Felo
             de
             se
             !
          
        
         
           
             Secondly
             ,
          
           I
           come
           now
           to
           the
           
             Penal
             Laws
          
           against
           the
           Dissenters
           ,
           concerning
           which
           ,
           I
           shall
           say
           the
           less
           ,
           because
           GOD's
           time
           for
           the
           Repealing
           of
           those
           
             Laws
          
           is
           not
           yet
           come
           ;
           For
           if
           they
           cannot
           be
           Repealed
           in
           this
           juncture
           of
           time
           ,
           unless
           the
           Dissenters
           put
           forth
           their
           hands
           to
           the
           setting
           up
           of
           
             Idolatry
             ,
          
           then
           they
           cannot
           be
           Repealed
           :
           and
           therefore
           what
           cannot
           be
           now
           done
           without
           manifest
           Impiety
           ,
           must
           even
           be
           let
           alone
           till
           it
           can
           be
           done
           with
           a
           good
           Conscience
           .
           As
           for
           the
           good
           Disposition
           which
           is
           in
           the
           Conformists
           ,
           to
           Repeal
           those
           
             Laws
             ,
          
           with
           the
           first
           Opportunity
           ,
           that
           is
           always
           to
           be
           measured
           by
           Actions
           rather
           than
           Words
           ,
           and
           therefore
           I
           shall
           give
           them
           an
           Instance
           of
           it
           in
           the
           Bill
           for
           Repealing
           the
           25th
           of
           
             Elizabeth
             ,
          
           which
           passed
           both
           Houses
           ,
           of
           
             a
             Church
             of
             England
             Parliament
             ,
          
           thô
           the
           Dissenters
           lost
           the
           Benefit
           of
           that
           Pledge
           ,
           and
           Earnest
           of
           their
           Good
           will
           ,
           and
           are
           not
           Ignorant
           which
           way
           it
           was
           lost
           .
           But
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           if
           our
           Dissenting
           Brethren
           should
           endeavour
           to
           get
           these
           
             Laws
          
           Repealed
           ,
           by
           parting
           on
           their
           side
           with
           the
           
             Laws
          
           against
           Popery
           ,
           then
           I
           begg
           of
           them
           to
           minde
           the
           plain
           
             English
          
           of
           such
           Conditions
           .
           It
           is
           as
           if
           the
           Dissenters
           should
           say
           
             thus
          
           to
           the
           Papist
           :
           Do
           you
           help
           us
           to
           set
           up
           
             Meeting-Houses
             ,
          
           and
           we
           will
           do
           as
           much
           for
           your
           
             Mass-Houses
             :
          
           let
           but
           the
           pure
           Worship
           of
           GOD
           be
           established
           without
           Ceremonies
           ,
           and
           we
           are
           content
           ,
           that
           Idolatry
           itself
           shall
           go
           share
           and
           share
           like
           ,
           in
           the
           same
           Establishment
           :
           to
           make
           a
           
             Magna
             Charta
          
           which
           shall
           be
           equal
           ,
           let
           CHRIST
           have
           his
           part
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           
             Antichrist
          
           shall
           be
           sure
           to
           have
           his
           :
           our
           business
           is
           to
           receive
           the
           Sacrament
           without
           Kneeling
           ;
           and
           upon
           that
           Condition
           ,
           we
           will
           joyn
           in
           the
           making
           of
           
             Laws
             ,
          
           which
           shall
           Authorize
           the
           Deifying
           a
           bit
           of
           Bread
           ,
           the
           Worshipping
           of
           it
           for
           a
           God
           ,
           the
           Praying
           to
           it
           ,
           Idolatry
           ,
           Blasphemy
           ,
           any
           thing
           in
           the
           World
           for
           them
           that
           like
           it
           .
        
         
           Now
           is
           not
           this
           a
           very
           fair
           Speech
           ,
           and
           does
           it
           not
           well
           become
           the
           mouths
           of
           Protestants
           !
           I
           would
           fain
           press
           this
           home
           upon
           the
           Consciences
           ,
           both
           of
           those
           Dissenters
           who
           are
           hired
           ,
           and
           of
           those
           who
           are
           not
           hired
           ,
           to
           labour
           the
           Repeal
           of
           our
           
             Laws
             :
          
           Do
           you
           fear
           the
           Informers
           more
           than
           GOD
           ?
           Will
           you
           ,
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           your
           little
           Conveniencies
           ,
           do
           the
           greatest
           Evils
           ,
           which
           you
           know
           to
           be
           such
           ?
           You
           know
           in
           your
           very
           Hearts
           ,
           that
           the
           Worship
           of
           Images
           ,
           Crosses
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           Wafer
           ,
           is
           abominable
           Idolatry
           ;
           that
           
           the
           half
           Communion
           is
           Sacriledge
           ;
           and
           that
           many
           other
           Points
           of
           
             Popery
          
           are
           
             Blasphemous
             Fables
             :
          
           And
           will
           you
           set
           up
           
             this
          
           for
           one
           of
           your
           Religions
           ,
           as
           by
           
             Law
          
           established
           ?
           Will
           you
           do
           all
           that
           hands
           can
           do
           ,
           to
           entail
           
             Idolatry
          
           upon
           the
           Nation
           ,
           not
           only
           
             Removendo
             prohibens
             ,
          
           as
           Divines
           destinguish
           ,
           by
           pulling
           down
           the
           
             Laws
          
           which
           hinder
           it
           ,
           but
           also
           
             Promovendo
             adjuvans
             ,
          
           and
           by
           making
           a
           perpetual
           
             Magna
             Charta
          
           for
           it
           ?
           The
           
             Laws
          
           and
           Constitution
           of
           a
           Country
           do
           denominate
           that
           Country
           ;
           if
           
             Atheism
          
           were
           here
           Authorized
           by
           
             Law
             ,
          
           this
           would
           be
           an
           Atheistical
           Nation
           ;
           and
           if
           
             Idolatry
          
           be
           set
           up
           by
           
             Law
             ,
          
           it
           is
           an
           Idolatrous
           Nation
           ;
           and
           all
           that
           have
           any
           hand
           in
           it
           ,
           make
           it
           the
           Sin
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           their
           own
           .
           Think
           therefore
           of
           these
           things
           in
           time
           ,
           before
           you
           have
           involved
           both
           yourselves
           and
           your
           Country
           in
           a
           miserable
           Estate
           ;
           and
           remember
           poor
           
             Francis
             Spira
          
           who
           went
           against
           
             Light.
             
          
        
         
           But
           ,
           2ly
           ,
           there
           is
           just
           as
           much
           Prudence
           as
           Conscience
           in
           these
           Proceedings
           ;
           For
           by
           Repealing
           the
           
             Laws
          
           against
           
             Popery
             ,
          
           you
           Reverse
           the
           Outlawry
           ,
           and
           take
           off
           those
           legal
           Disabilities
           which
           the
           Papists
           now
           lie
           under
           ,
           and
           which
           have
           hitherto
           tied
           their
           hands
           from
           Destroying
           Hereticks
           .
           When
           Papists
           shall
           be
           Right
           Justices
           and
           Sheriffs
           ,
           and
           not
           Counterfeits
           ,
           when
           they
           shall
           be
           
             Probi
             &
             legales
             homines
             ,
          
           and
           pass
           Muster
           in
           
             Law
             ,
          
           when
           they
           shall
           be
           both
           our
           Legal
           Judges
           and
           our
           Lawful
           Juries
           ,
           and
           when
           Protestants
           come
           to
           be
           Tryed
           by
           their
           Country
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           by
           their
           
             Twelve
             Popish
             Godfathers
             ,
          
           they
           may
           easily
           know
           what
           sort
           of
           Blessing
           they
           are
           to
           expect
           .
           The
           Papists
           want
           nothing
           but
           these
           Advantages
           ,
           to
           make
           a
           fair
           riddance
           of
           all
           Protestants
           ;
           for
           we
           see
           by
           several
           of
           their
           late
           Pamphlets
           ,
           that
           if
           any
           thing
           be
           said
           against
           Popery
           ,
           they
           have
           a
           great
           dexterity
           in
           laying
           it
           Treason
           .
           Now
           this
           is
           a
           civil
           way
           of
           Answering
           Arguments
           ,
           for
           which
           we
           are
           bound
           to
           thank
           them
           ,
           because
           it
           so
           plainly
           discovers
           what
           they
           would
           be
           at
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           in
           their
           Power
           .
           But
           how
           comes
           it
           to
           be
           Treason
           to
           speak
           against
           a
           Religion
           which
           is
           itself
           High
           Treason
           ,
           and
           is
           Proscribed
           by
           so
           many
           
             Laws
             ?
          
           Why
           ,
           their
           Medium
           is
           this
           ,
           That
           Popery
           is
           the
           King's
           Religion
           ,
           and
           therefore
           ,
           by
           an
           
             Innuendo
             ,
          
           what
           is
           said
           against
           that
           ,
           is
           meant
           against
           him
           .
           But
           is
           there
           any
           
             Law
          
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           that
           Popery
           shall
           be
           the
           King's
           Religion
           ?
           Or
           is
           it
           Declared
           by
           any
           
             Law
             ,
          
           that
           Popery
           either
           is
           ,
           or
           can
           be
           his
           Religion
           ?
           On
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           we
           are
           enabled
           by
           an
           Act
           in
           this
           very
           Reign
           ,
           to
           Pronounce
           Popery
           to
           be
           a
           False
           Religion
           ,
           and
           to
           Assert
           the
           Religion
           which
           is
           now
           Professed
           in
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
          
           and
           Established
           by
           the
           
             Laws
          
           of
           this
           Realm
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           
             True
             Christian
             Religion
             .
          
           Act
           for
           Building
           St.
           
           Anne's
           Church
           ,
           
             p.
          
           133.
           
           But
           these
           Gentlemen
           it
           seems
           are
           for
           Hanging
           men
           without
           
             Law
             ,
          
           or
           against
           
             Law
             ,
          
           or
           any
           how
           ;
           and
           therefore
           we
           thank
           them
           again
           ,
           for
           being
           thus
           plain
           with
           us
           before-hand
           .
           Now
           if
           they
           be
           thus
           Insolent
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           so
           very
           Obnoxious
           themselves
           ,
           and
           have
           Halters
           about
           their
           own
           Necks
           ,
           with
           what
           a
           Rod
           of
           Iron
           will
           they
           Rule
           us
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           our
           
             Masters
             !
          
           What
           havock
           will
           they
           then
           make
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           when
           we
           already
           see
           
             Magdalen-Colledge
             ,
          
           which
           was
           lately
           
             a
             Flourishing
             Society
             of
             Protestants
             ,
          
           now
           made
           
             a
             Den
             of
             Iesuites
          
           ;
           and
           that
           done
           
           too
           in
           such
           a
           way
           ,
           as
           shakes
           all
           the
           
             PROPERTY
          
           in
           
             England
             ?
          
           Or
           who
           can
           be
           safe
           ,
           after
           our
           
             Laws
          
           are
           Repealed
           ,
           when
           Endeavours
           have
           been
           lately
           used
           ,
           to
           extract
           Sedition
           even
           out
           of
           Prayers
           and
           Tears
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Bishops
             Humble
             Petition
          
           was
           threatned
           to
           be
           made
           a
           
             Treasonable
             Libel
             ?
          
        
         
           But
           here
           the
           Dissenters
           have
           a
           plausible
           Excuse
           for
           themselves
           :
           For
           say
           they
           ,
           We
           have
           now
           an
           opportunity
           of
           getting
           the
           
             Laws
          
           which
           are
           against
           us
           Repealed
           ,
           which
           is
           clear
           Gain
           ;
           and
           as
           for
           our
           refusing
           to
           Repeal
           the
           
             Laws
          
           against
           Popery
           ,
           there
           is
           nothing
           gotten
           by
           that
           ,
           either
           to
           us
           or
           to
           any
           body
           else
           ;
           for
           they
           are
           already
           as
           good
           as
           Repealed
           by
           the
           
             Dispensing
             Power
             :
          
           and
           therefore
           such
           Discourse
           as
           this
           ,
           only
           advises
           us
           to
           stand
           in
           our
           own
           light
           ,
           without
           doing
           any
           good
           to
           the
           Nation
           at
           all
           ;
           for
           there
           will
           be
           Popish
           Justices
           ,
           Sheriffs
           ,
           Judges
           ,
           and
           Juries
           ,
           whether
           we
           will
           or
           no
           ,
           for
           whatsoever
           we
           refuse
           to
           do
           ,
           the
           
             Dispensing
             Power
          
           will
           supply
           .
        
         
           To
           which
           I
           Answer
           ,
           Do
           you
           keep
           your
           hands
           off
           from
           Repealing
           the
           
             Laws
             ,
          
           let
           who
           will
           Contravene
           or
           Transgress
           them
           ,
           for
           then
           you
           are
           free
           from
           the
           Bloud
           of
           all
           Men
           ;
           you
           have
           no
           share
           in
           the
           Guilt
           of
           those
           Mischiefs
           which
           befal
           your
           Country
           ,
           which
           would
           ,
           sooner
           or
           later
           ,
           be
           a
           heavy
           Burden
           ,
           and
           a
           dead
           Weight
           upon
           the
           Conscience
           of
           any
           Protestant
           .
           But
           besides
           ,
           let
           the
           
             Laws
          
           alone
           ,
           and
           they
           will
           defend
           both
           themselves
           and
           us
           too
           :
           For
           if
           the
           
             Law
          
           says
           ,
           That
           a
           Papist
           shall
           not
           ,
           nor
           cannot
           have
           an
           Office
           ,
           then
           he
           shall
           not
           nor
           cannot
           ;
           For
           who
           can
           speak
           Louder
           than
           the
           
             LAWS
             !
          
        
         
           As
           for
           a
           
             Dispensing
             Power
             ,
          
           inherent
           in
           the
           King
           ,
           which
           can
           set
           aside
           as
           many
           of
           the
           
             Laws
          
           of
           the
           Land
           as
           he
           pleases
           ,
           and
           Suspend
           the
           Force
           and
           Obligation
           of
           them
           ,
           (
           which
           has
           been
           lately
           held
           forth
           by
           many
           False
           and
           Unlawful
           Pamphlets
           )
           the
           Dissenters
           know
           very
           well
           that
           there
           is
           no
           such
           thing
           ;
           but
           that
           no
           body
           may
           pretend
           Ignorance
           ,
           I
           shall
           here
           prove
           ,
           in
           very
           few
           words
           ,
           That
           by
           the
           Established
           
             Laws
          
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           the
           King
           
             cannot
          
           have
           such
           a
           
             Dispensing
             Power
          
           ;
           unless
           Dispensing
           with
           the
           
             Laws
             ,
          
           and
           Executing
           the
           
             Laws
          
           be
           the
           same
           thing
           ;
           and
           unless
           both
           keeping
           the
           
             Laws
          
           himself
           ,
           and
           causing
           them
           to
           be
           kept
           by
           all
           others
           ,
           be
           the
           
             English
          
           of
           Dispensing
           with
           them
           :
           For
           in
           the
           Statute
           of
           
             Provisors
             ,
          
           25th
           
             Edw.
          
           3.
           
             c.
          
           25.
           we
           have
           this
           laid
           down
           for
           
             Law
             ,
          
           That
           the
           King
           is
           bound
           to
           Execute
           those
           Statutes
           which
           are
           Unrepealed
           ,
           and
           to
           cause
           them
           to
           be
           kept
           as
           the
           
             Law
          
           of
           the
           Realm
           :
           the
           words
           are
           these
           ,
           speaking
           of
           a
           Statute
           made
           in
           the
           time
           of
           
             Edward
          
           the
           First
           ,
           
             Which
             Statute
             holdeth
             always
             his
             Force
             ,
             and
             was
             never
             Defeated
             or
             Annulled
             in
             any
             point
             ,
             And
             by
             somuch
             our
             Soveraign
             Lord
             the
             King
             is
             bound
             by
             his
             Oath
             to
             do
             ,
             the
             same
             to
             be
             kept
             as
             the
             Law
             of
             this
             Realm
             ,
             although
             by
             Sufferance
             and
             Negligence
             it
             hath
             since
             been
             attempted
             to
             the
             contrary
             .
          
           So
           that
           the
           
             Coronation
             Oath
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Dispensing
             Power
             ,
          
           are
           here
           by
           King
           
             Edward
          
           the
           Third
           ,
           and
           his
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           Declared
           to
           be
           utterly
           Inconsistent
           .
           Now
           the
           
             Coronation
             Oath
          
           is
           a
           Fundamental
           
             Law
          
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           for
           it
           is
           antecedent
           to
           the
           
             Oath
             of
             Allegiance
             .
          
           Accordingly
           if
           you
           look
           upon
           the
           
             Coronation
             Oath
          
           in
           the
           
             Parliament
          
           Rowl
           ,
           1st
           
             Hen.
          
           4th
           ,
           you
           shall
           there
           find
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           third
           Branch
           of
           it
           ,
           the
           King
           Grants
           
           and
           Promises
           upon
           his
           Oath
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Laws
             shall
             be
             Kept
             and
             Protected
             by
             him
             ,
          
           secundum
           Vires
           suas
           ,
           
             to
             the
             utmost
             of
             his
             Power
          
           ;
           and
           therefore
           he
           has
           no
           Power
           left
           him
           to
           Dispense
           withal
           .
        
         
           By
           which
           it
           appears
           ,
           that
           those
           men
           are
           the
           wretched
           Enemies
           both
           of
           the
           King
           and
           Kingdom
           ,
           who
           would
           fain
           perswade
           the
           King
           that
           he
           has
           this
           
             Dispensing
             Power
          
           ;
           because
           therein
           they
           endeavour
           to
           perswade
           him
           ,
           that
           
             Perjury
          
           is
           his
           Prerogative
           .
           Heretofore
           ,
           in
           
           Tresilian's
           time
           ,
           
           some
           of
           the
           Oracles
           of
           the
           
             Law
          
           were
           consulted
           ,
           Whether
           it
           could
           stand
           with
           the
           
             Law
          
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           might
           Obviate
           and
           Withstand
           the
           Ordinances
           concerning
           the
           King
           and
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           which
           were
           made
           in
           the
           last
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           by
           the
           Peers
           and
           Commons
           of
           the
           Realm
           ,
           with
           the
           King's
           Assent
           ,
           though
           (
           as
           the
           Courtiers
           said
           )
           forced
           in
           that
           behalf
           ?
           And
           they
           made
           Answer
           ,
           That
           the
           King
           might
           Annul
           such
           Ordinances
           ,
           and
           Change
           them
           at
           his
           pleasure
           ,
           into
           a
           better
           fashion
           ,
           because
           he
           was
           above
           the
           Laws
           ,
           
             Knyghton
             Col.
          
           2693.
           
           Now
           this
           was
           very
           False
           
             Law
             ,
          
           as
           those
           Judges
           found
           afterwards
           to
           their
           Cost
           ;
           and
           it
           was
           grounded
           on
           the
           worst
           Reason
           that
           could
           be
           :
           For
           they
           must
           needs
           know
           from
           all
           their
           Books
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           
             Mirror
          
           in
           particular
           ,
           
             p.
          
           282.
           
           
             That
             the
             first
             and
             Soveraign
             Abusion
             of
             the
             Law
          
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           chief
           Contrariety
           and
           Repugnancy
           to
           it
           )
           
             is
             for
             the
             King
             to
             be
             above
             the
             Law
             ,
             whereas
             he
             ought
             to
             be
             Subject
             to
             it
             ,
             as
             is
             contained
             in
             his
             Oath
             .
          
           Neither
           could
           they
           be
           ignorant
           of
           that
           Argument
           which
           the
           Peers
           used
           ,
           to
           shew
           the
           Absurdity
           of
           such
           a
           supposition
           ;
           it
           is
           Recorded
           in
           the
           Annals
           of
           
             Barton
             ,
          
           set
           forth
           ,
           as
           I
           take
           it
           ,
           by
           Mr.
           
             Obadiah
             Walker
             .
             Si
             Rex
             est
             supra
             Legem
             ,
             tunc
             est
             extra
             Legem
             ;
             Num
             Rex
             Angliae
             est
             Exlex
             ?
          
           If
           the
           King
           be
           above
           the
           
             Law
             ,
          
           then
           he
           is
           without
           the
           
             Law.
          
           What!
           is
           the
           King
           of
           
             England
          
           an
           Outlaw
           ?
           And
           as
           for
           the
           words
           of
           
             Bracton
             ,
          
           they
           were
           too
           plain
           either
           to
           need
           a
           Comment
           or
           Translation
           ,
           
             Rex
             habet
             Superiorem
             Deum
             ,
             item
             Legem
             per
             quam
             factus
             est
             Rex
             ,
             item
             Curiam
             suam
             ,
             scil
             .
             Comites
             &
             Barones
             .
          
           As
           likewise
           those
           other
           words
           of
           his
           ,
           
             Ubi
             Voluntas
             Imperat
             &
             non
             Lex
             ,
             ibi
             non
             est
             Rex
             :
          
           Where
           he
           makes
           it
           the
           very
           Essence
           of
           our
           King
           ,
           to
           Govern
           according
           to
           
             Law.
             
          
        
         
           Having
           therefore
           shewn
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Laws
          
           are
           always
           in
           full
           Force
           till
           they
           are
           Revoked
           by
           the
           same
           Authority
           which
           made
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           all
           Persons
           whatsoever
           are
           bound
           to
           the
           
             Laws
             ,
          
           and
           that
           the
           
             Laws
          
           themselves
           were
           never
           in
           Bondage
           to
           any
           Man
           ;
           we
           know
           from
           thence
           ,
           what
           we
           are
           to
           conclude
           ,
           concerning
           those
           Papists
           ,
           who
           pretend
           to
           be
           in
           
             Office
             ,
          
           in
           Defiance
           to
           the
           
             Laws
             .
          
           We
           had
           once
           a
           mischievous
           Distinction
           of
           Sheriffs
           
             de
             Iure
             ,
          
           and
           Sheriffs
           
             de
             Facto
          
           ;
           but
           those
           ,
           who
           pretend
           to
           be
           in
           Office
           without
           taking
           the
           
             TEST
             ,
          
           are
           no
           Officers
           either
           in
           
             Right
          
           or
           in
           
             Fact
             :
          
           for
           the
           25
           
             Car.
          
           2.
           says
           ,
           That
           their
           Offices
           are
           
             ipso
             facto
             ,
          
           void
           ,
           and
           then
           those
           Officers
           are
           
             ipso
             facto
             ,
          
           no
           Officers
           ,
           and
           can
           do
           us
           no
           more
           hurt
           than
           if
           they
           were
           under
           Ground
           ;
           and
           therefore
           we
           need
           not
           trouble
           our
           Heads
           about
           them
           ,
           though
           they
           may
           in
           all
           likelihood
           fall
           under
           the
           Care
           and
           Consideration
           of
           a
           
             Parliament
             .
          
        
         
         
           After
           all
           ,
           some
           persons
           may
           possibly
           be
           so
           far
           deluded
           ,
           as
           to
           think
           there
           is
           somewhat
           of
           Equity
           in
           the
           Toleration
           of
           Papists
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           is
           the
           Christian
           Rule
           
             Of
             doing
             as
             one
             would
             be
             done
             by
             .
          
           Now
           for
           any
           Papist
           to
           plead
           this
           Rule
           of
           Equity
           himself
           ,
           or
           any
           body
           else
           in
           his
           behalf
           ,
           is
           just
           as
           if
           a
           High-way-man
           should
           thus
           urge
           it
           upon
           his
           Judge
           ;
           My
           Lord
           ,
           if
           you
           Hang
           me
           ,
           you
           break
           the
           Golden
           Rule
           ;
           for
           I
           am
           sure
           you
           are
           not
           willing
           to
           be
           so
           served
           yourself
           ,
           nor
           to
           Hang
           with
           me
           .
           Now
           the
           Equity
           of
           the
           Judge
           in
           this
           case
           does
           not
           lye
           ,
           either
           in
           forbearing
           to
           punish
           the
           Offender
           ,
           or
           in
           Hanging
           with
           him
           for
           Company
           ,
           but
           in
           being
           Content
           to
           submit
           to
           the
           same
           Law
           ,
           if
           he
           himself
           should
           commit
           the
           same
           Crime
           And
           so
           are
           we
           willing
           to
           lye
           under
           all
           the
           Penal
           Laws
           ,
           whenever
           we
           turn
           Papists
           :
           And
           therefore
           no
           body
           can
           tax
           us
           with
           want
           of
           Equity
           ;
           because
           we
           do
           no
           otherways
           to
           the
           Papists
           ,
           than
           we
           are
           willing
           to
           be
           done
           by
           ,
           in
           the
           same
           case
           .
           But
           it
           may
           be
           said
           ,
           that
           our
           Conscience
           does
           not
           serve
           us
           to
           be
           Papists
           ,
           though
           theirs
           does
           .
           Neither
           does
           the
           Judge's
           Conscience
           serve
           him
           to
           Rob
           ,
           though
           it
           seems
           the
           High-way-man's
           did
           ;
           and
           therefore
           take
           heed
           of
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           .
           Still
           it
           may
           be
           further
           Replied
           ,
           That
           this
           is
           properly
           a
           Judicial
           Cau●●
           ,
           because
           Robbery
           is
           a
           breach
           of
           the
           Peace
           and
           of
           Property
           ,
           and
           therefore
           ought
           to
           b●●●●●shed
           :
           whereas
           the
           Worship
           and
           Service
           of
           God
           according
           to
           a
           Mans
           Conscience
           ,
           〈◊〉
           it
           be
           amiss
           ,
           yet
           it
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           punished
           by
           
             Humane
             Laws
             ,
          
           but
           is
           to
           be
           reserved
           to
           the
           ●●●●●ment
           of
           God
           alone
           ,
           who
           is
           Lord
           of
           Conscience
           .
        
         
           Now
           this
           is
           the
           New
           Doctrine
           which
           I
           shall
           prove
           to
           be
           False
           ,
           by
           positive
           and
           ex●●●ss
           Scripture
           .
           For
           
             Iob
          
           says
           ,
           
             Chap.
          
           31.
           
             v.
          
           28.
           
           That
           if
           his
           Heart
           had
           been
           secretly
           perswaded
           ,
           and
           he
           had
           thereupon
           kissed
           his
           Hand
           to
           the
           Sun
           or
           Moon
           ,
           
             This
             were
             an
             iniquity
             to
             be
             punished
             by
             the
             Iudge
             ,
          
           because
           he
           had
           therein
           Lyed
           against
           the
           God
           above
           .
           So
           that
           though
           a
           Mans
           Heart
           and
           Conscience
           lead
           him
           to
           Idolatry
           ,
           yet
           
             Iob
          
           tells
           us
           ,
           this
           is
           Inditable
           ;
           it
           is
           
             avon
             pelili
             ,
          
           a
           Judicial
           Crime
           ,
           and
           as
           Punishable
           by
           Human
           Laws
           ,
           as
           Adultery
           with
           another
           Mans
           Wife
           is
           ;
           as
           you
           have
           it
           in
           the
           same
           Phrase
           in
           the
           11th
           verse
           of
           the
           same
           Chapter
           .
        
         
           The
           second
           Instance
           of
           a
           
             Punishable
             Conscience
          
           in
           the
           Service
           of
           God
           ,
           is
           that
           which
           our
           Saviour
           gives
           us
           ,
           16
           
             Iohn
          
           2.
           
           
             Yea
             the
             time
             cometh
             ,
             that
             whosoever
             killeth
             you
             ,
             will
             think
             he
             doth
             God
             Service
             .
          
           Now
           I
           would
           fain
           〈◊〉
           whether
           such
           a
           Conscience
           as
           this
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           Restrained
           and
           Punished
           :
           And
           whether
           it
           be
           Sacriledge
           for
           Human
           Laws
           to
           Controle
           Conscience
           ,
           I
           mean
           such
           a
           one
           〈◊〉
           Kills
           and
           Murders
           for
           
             God's
             Sake
             ?
          
           And
           I
           ask
           again
           ,
           whether
           there
           be
           no
           Consciences
           of
           this
           Stamp
           now
           in
           the
           World
           :
           and
           whether
           there
           has
           not
           been
           an
           Holy
           Inquisition
           ,
           Religious
           Crusadoes
           ,
           and
           Meritorious
           Massacres
           to
           extirpate
           Hereticks
           ,
           and
           abundance
           of
           this
           
             Divine
             Service
          
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
             ?
          
           Whether
           they
           have
           not
           offered
           up
           whole
           Hecatombs
           of
           these
           Sacrifices
           in
           most
           Countries
           ?
           And
           whether
           a
           Neighbouring
           Prince
           has
           not
           been
           highly
           Extolled
           ,
           and
           had
           all
           his
           most
           Christian
           Titles
           double
           Gilt
           ,
           with
           the
           Flatteries
           of
           his
           Clergy
           ,
           for
           the
           late
           Merit
           of
           his
           Religious
           Service
           in
           this
           kind
           ?
           And
           therefore
           if
           men
           will
           do
           things
           in
           order
           ,
           let
           them
           first
           send
           for
           a
           breed
           of
           Irish
           Wolves
           ,
           and
           give
           them
           English
           Liberties
           ;
           let
           them
           dig
           down
           their
           Walls
           ,
           and
           let
           in
           the
           Sea
           ;
           let
           them
           begin
           with
           some
           of
           these
           Preliminaries
           ,
           before
           they
           think
           of
           Repealing
           the
           Laws
           against
           Popery
           ,
           and
           of
           letting
           loose
           such
           Consciences
           as
           these
           upon
           us
           .
        
         
           To
           conclude
           therefore
           ,
           It
           highly
           concerns
           you
           ,
           in
           the
           Choice
           of
           Parliament-men
           ,
           to
           decline
           all
           those
           men
           ,
           who
           are
           willing
           to
           Consent
           to
           so
           Great
           and
           so
           Fatal
           a
           Revolution
           ,
           as
           the
           Repeal
           of
           so
           many
           Laws
           at
           once
           ;
           which
           would
           plainly
           expose
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           to
           be
           Swallowed
           up
           .
           You
           want
           men
           like
           their
           Ancestors
           ,
           who
           had
           the
           Courage
           and
           Resolution
           to
           declare
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           
             Nolumus
             Leges
             Angliae
             mutari
          
           ;
           We
           will
           not
           have
           the
           Laws
           of
           
             England
          
           Altered
           .
           Chuse
           such
           as
           will
           not
           betray
           the
           Great
           Trust
           you
           repose
           in
           them
           .
           The
           Writ
           for
           Elections
           says
           ,
           That
           you
           Impower
           your
           Representatives
           ;
           Tell
           them
           therefore
           for
           what
           you
           Impower
           them
           ;
           for
           the
           Maintenance
           and
           Preservation
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           and
           of
           our
           good
           Laws
           ,
           and
           not
           for
           their
           Destruction
           .
           And
           when
           you
           have
           done
           this
           ,
           and
           taken
           all
           the
           care
           you
           can
           ,
           you
           have
           done
           your
           Duties
           :
           And
           I
           have
           nothing
           more
           to
           add
           ,
           but
           ,
           
             God
             Speed
             your
             Elections
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
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