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             Their highness the Prince & Princess of Orange's opinion about a general liberty of conscience, &c. being a collection of four select papers.
             Correspondence. Selections
             Fagel, Gaspar, 1634-1688.
             Stewart, James, Sir, 1635-1713. Correspondence. Selections.
             Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715.
          
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           Their
           HIGHNESS
           the
           Prince
           &
           Princess
           OF
           ORANGE's
           OPINION
           About
           a
           GENERAL
           
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           Being
           a
           Collection
           of
           FOUR
           SELECT
           PAPERS
           ,
           VIZ.
           
           
             
               I.
               Mijn
               Heer
               Fagel
               '
               
                 s
                 First
                 Letter
                 to
                 Mr.
              
               Stewart
               .
            
             
               II.
               Reflexions
               on
               Monsieur
               Fagel's
               Letter
               .
            
             
               III.
               
               Fagel's
               Second
               Letter
               to
               Mr.
               Stewart
               .
            
             
               IV.
               Some
               Extracts
               ,
               out
               of
               Mr.
               
               Stewart's
               Letters
               ,
               which
               were
               communicated
               to
               
                 Mijn
                 Heer
                 Fagel
              
               .
               Together
               with
               some
               References
               to
               Mr.
               
               Stewart's
               Printed
               Letter
               .
            
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           Sold
           by
           
             Richard
             Janeway
          
           ,
           in
           Queens-head-alley
           in
           Pater-Noster-Row
           .
           1689.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           LETTER
           ,
           Writ
           by
           Mijn
           Heer
           FAGEL
           ,
           Pensioner
           of
           Holland
           ,
           to
           Mr.
           James
           Stewart
           ,
           Advocate
           ;
           Giving
           an
           Account
           of
           the
           Prince
           and
           Princess
           of
           Orange's
           thoughts
           concerning
           the
           Repeal
           of
           the
           Test
           ,
           and
           the
           Penal
           Laws
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Am
           extream
           sorry
           ,
           that
           my
           ill
           health
           hath
           so
           long
           hindred
           me
           from
           Answering
           those
           Letters
           ,
           in
           which
           you
           so
           earnestly
           desired
           to
           know
           of
           me
           ,
           what
           their
           Highnesses
           thoughts
           are
           ,
           concerning
           the
           Repeal
           of
           the
           
             Penal
             Laws
          
           ,
           and
           more
           particularly
           of
           that
           concerning
           the
           Test
           :
           I
           beg
           you
           to
           assure
           your self
           ,
           that
           I
           will
           deal
           very
           plainly
           with
           you
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           and
           without
           Reserve
           ,
           since
           you
           say
           that
           your
           Letters
           was
           writ
           by
           the
           
           King's
           knowledge
           and
           allowance
           .
           I
           must
           then
           first
           of
           all
           assure
           you
           very
           positively
           ,
           that
           their
           Highnesses
           have
           often
           declared
           ,
           as
           They
           did
           more
           particularly
           to
           the
           Marquis
           of
           Albeville
           ,
           His
           Majesties
           Envoy
           Extraordinary
           to
           the
           States
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           their
           Opinion
           ,
           
             That
             no
             Christian
             ought
             to
             be
             persecuted
             for
             his
             Conscience
             ,
             or
             be
             ill
             used
             because
             he
             differs
             from
             the
             publick
             and
             and
             established
             Religion
             :
          
           And
           therefore
           ,
           they
           can
           consent
           ,
           that
           the
           Papists
           in
           
             England
             ,
             Scotland
          
           and
           Ireland
           be
           suffered
           to
           continue
           in
           their
           Religion
           ,
           with
           as
           much
           Liberty
           as
           is
           allowed
           them
           by
           the
           States
           in
           these
           Provinces
           ;
           in
           which
           it
           cannot
           be
           denied
           ,
           that
           they
           en●●y
           a
           full
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           .
           And
           as
           for
           the
           Dissenters
           ,
           Their
           Highnesses
           do
           not
           only
           consent
           ,
           but
           do
           heartily
           approve
           of
           their
           having
           an
           entire
           Liberty
           ,
           for
           the
           full
           Exercise
           of
           their
           Religion
           ,
           without
           any
           trouble
           or
           hindrance
           ;
           so
           that
           none
           may
           be
           able
           to
           give
           them
           the
           least
           disturbance
           upon
           that
           account
           .
        
         
           And
           their
           Highnesses
           are
           very
           ready
           ,
           in
           case
           His
           Majesty
           shall
           think
           fit
           to
           desire
           it
           ,
           to
           declare
           their
           willingness
           to
           concur
           in
           the
           settling
           ,
           and
           confirming
           this
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           as
           far
           as
           it
           lies
           in
           them
           ,
           they
           will
           protect
           and
           defend
           it
           ,
           and
           according
           to
           the
           
           Language
           of
           Treaties
           ,
           They
           will
           confirm
           it
           with
           their
           Guarranty
           ,
           of
           which
           you
           made
           mention
           in
           yours
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           His
           Majesty
           shall
           think
           fit
           fuether
           to
           desire
           their
           concurrence
           in
           the
           Repealing
           of
           the
           
             Penal
             Laws
          
           ,
           They
           are
           ready
           to
           give
           it
           ;
           
             provided
             always
             that
             those
             Laws
             remain
             still
             in
             their
             full
             vigour
             ,
             by
             which
             the
             R.
             Catholicks
             are
             shut
             out
             of
             both
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             out
             of
             all
             publick
             Employments
             ,
             Ecclesiastical
             ,
             Civil
             and
             Military
          
           ;
           as
           likewise
           all
           those
           other
           Laws
           ,
           which
           confirm
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ,
           and
           which
           secures
           it
           against
           all
           the
           attempts
           of
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           .
        
         
           But
           Their
           Highnesses
           cannot
           agree
           to
           the
           Repeal
           of
           the
           Test
           ,
           or
           of
           those
           other
           
             Penal
             Laws
          
           last
           mentioned
           ,
           that
           tend
           to
           the
           security
           of
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ;
           since
           the
           
             R.
             Catholicks
          
           receive
           no
           other
           prejudice
           from
           these
           ,
           than
           the
           being
           excluded
           from
           Parliaments
           ,
           or
           from
           publick
           Employments
           .
           And
           that
           by
           them
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           is
           covered
           from
           all
           the
           Designs
           of
           the
           
             R.
             Catholicks
          
           against
           it
           ,
           or
           against
           the
           publick
           safety
           ;
           And
           neither
           the
           Test
           nor
           these
           other
           Laws
           can
           be
           said
           to
           carry
           in
           them
           any
           severity
           against
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           upon
           account
           of
           their
           Consciences
           :
           They
           are
           only
           Provisions
           qualifying
           men
           to
           be
           Members
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           capable
           of
           bearing
           Office
           ;
           by
           which
           they
           must
           declare
           before
           God
           and
           Men
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           for
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           .
           So
           that
           indeed
           ,
           all
           this
           amounts
           to
           no
           more
           than
           a
           securing
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           from
           any
           Prejudices
           that
           it
           may
           receive
           from
           the
           
             R.
             Catholicks
          
           .
        
         
           Their
           Highnesses
           have
           thought
           and
           do
           still
           think
           ,
           that
           more
           than
           this
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           askt
           ,
           or
           expected
           from
           Them
           :
           since
           by
           this
           means
           ,
           the
           
             R.
             Catholicks
          
           and
           their
           Posterity
           will
           be
           for
           ever
           secured
           from
           all
           trouble
           in
           their
           Persons
           or
           Estates
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           Exercise
           of
           their
           Religion
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           ought
           to
           be
           satisfied
           with
           this
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           disquiet
           the
           Kingdom
           because
           they
           cannot
           be
           admitted
           to
           sit
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           in
           Employments
           ;
           or
           because
           those
           Laws
           ,
           in
           which
           the
           security
           of
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           does
           chiefly
           consist
           ,
           are
           not
           repealed
           ,
           by
           which
           they
           may
           be
           put
           in
           a
           condition
           to
           overturn
           it
           .
        
         
           Their
           Highnesses
           do
           also
           believe
           ,
           that
           the
           Dissenters
           will
           be
           fully
           satisfied
           when
           they
           shall
           be
           for
           ever
           covered
           from
           all
           danger
           of
           being
           disturbed
           ,
           or
           punished
           for
           the
           free
           Exercise
           of
           their
           Religion
           ,
           upon
           any
           sort
           of
           pretence
           whatsoever
           .
        
         
         
           Their
           Highnesses
           having
           declared
           themselves
           so
           positively
           in
           these
           matters
           ,
           it
           seems
           very
           plain
           to
           me
           ,
           that
           They
           are
           far
           from
           being
           any
           hindrance
           to
           the
           Freeing
           the
           Dissenters
           from
           the
           severity
           of
           the
           
             Penal
             Laws
          
           ;
           since
           they
           are
           ready
           to
           use
           their
           utmost
           endeavours
           for
           the
           establishing
           of
           it
           ;
           nor
           do
           they
           at
           all
           press
           the
           denying
           to
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           the
           exercise
           of
           their
           Religion
           ,
           provided
           it
           be
           managed
           modestly
           ,
           and
           without
           Pomp
           or
           Ostentation
           .
           As
           for
           my
           own
           part
           ,
           I
           ever
           was
           and
           still
           am
           very
           much
           against
           all
           those
           ,
           who
           would
           persecute
           any
           Christian
           because
           he
           differs
           from
           the
           publick
           and
           established
           Religion
           :
           And
           I
           hope
           by
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           to
           continue
           still
           in
           the
           same
           mind
           ;
           for
           since
           that
           Light
           ,
           with
           which
           Religion
           illuminates
           our
           mind
           ,
           is
           according
           to
           my
           sense
           of
           things
           ,
           purely
           an
           effect
           of
           the
           Mercy
           of
           God
           to
           us
           ,
           we
           ought
           then
           ,
           as
           I
           think
           ,
           to
           render
           to
           God
           all
           possible
           Thanks
           for
           his
           Goodness
           to
           us
           :
           and
           to
           have
           Pity
           for
           those
           who
           are
           still
           shut
           up
           in
           Error
           ,
           even
           as
           God
           has
           pitied
           us
           ,
           and
           to
           put
           up
           most
           earnest
           prayers
           to
           God
           ,
           for
           bringing
           those
           into
           the
           way
           of
           Truth
           ,
           who
           stray
           from
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           use
           all
           gentle
           and
           friendly
           methods
           for
           reducing
           them
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           confess
           ,
           I
           could
           never
           comprehend
           how
           any
           that
           profess
           themselves
           Christians
           ,
           and
           that
           may
           enjoy
           their
           Religion
           freely
           and
           without
           any
           disturbance
           ,
           can
           judge
           it
           lawful
           for
           them
           to
           go
           about
           to
           disturb
           the
           Quiet
           of
           any
           Kingdom
           or
           State
           ,
           or
           to
           overturn
           Constitutions
           ,
           that
           so
           they
           themselves
           may
           be
           admitted
           to
           Employments
           ,
           and
           that
           those
           Laws
           in
           which
           the
           Security
           and
           Quiet
           of
           the
           Established
           Religion
           consists
           ,
           should
           be
           shaken
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           plain
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Reformed
             Religion
          
           is
           by
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           and
           by
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           enacted
           by
           both
           King
           and
           Parliament
           ,
           the
           publick
           and
           established
           Religion
           both
           in
           
             England
             ,
             Scotland
          
           and
           Ireland
           and
           that
           it
           is
           provided
           by
           those
           Laws
           ,
           that
           none
           can
           be
           admitted
           either
           to
           a
           place
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           or
           to
           any
           publick
           Employment
           except
           those
           that
           do
           openly
           declare
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           of
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ,
           and
           not
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           also
           provided
           by
           those
           Laws
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           shall
           be
           in
           all
           time
           coming
           secured
           from
           the
           Designs
           of
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           against
           it
           ;
           in
           all
           which
           I
           do
           not
           see
           ,
           that
           these
           Laws
           contain
           any
           Severity
           ,
           either
           against
           the
           Persons
           or
           Estates
           of
           those
           who
           cannot
           take
           those
           Tests
           ,
           that
           are
           contrary
           to
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholick
             
             Religion
          
           ;
           all
           the
           inconveniences
           that
           can
           redound
           to
           them
           from
           thence
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           their
           Persons
           ,
           their
           Estates
           ,
           and
           even
           the
           Exercise
           of
           their
           Religion
           being
           assured
           to
           them
           ,
           only
           they
           can
           have
           no
           share
           in
           the
           Government
           ,
           nor
           in
           Offices
           of
           ●rust
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           their
           Consciences
           do
           not
           allow
           them
           to
           take
           these
           Tests
           :
           and
           they
           are
           not
           suffered
           to
           do
           any
           thing
           that
           is
           to
           the
           prejudice
           of
           the
           
             Reformed
             Religion
          
           .
        
         
           Since
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           already
           told
           you
           ,
           Their
           Highnesses
           are
           ready
           to
           concur
           with
           his
           Majesty
           for
           the
           Repeal
           of
           those
           
             Penal
             Laws
          
           ,
           by
           which
           men
           are
           made
           liable
           to
           fines
           or
           other
           Punishments
           .
        
         
           So
           I
           see
           there
           Remains
           no
           difficulty
           concerning
           the
           Repealing
           the
           
             Penal
             Laws
          
           ,
           but
           only
           this
           ,
           that
           some
           would
           have
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           ,
           render'd
           capable
           of
           all
           publick
           Trusts
           and
           Employments
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           consequence
           ,
           all
           those
           should
           be
           repealed
           that
           have
           secured
           the
           
             Protestane
             Religion
          
           against
           the
           designs
           of
           the
           
             R.
             Catholicks
          
           ,
           where
           others
           at
           the
           same
           time
           are
           not
           less
           earnest
           to
           have
           those
           Laws
           maintained
           in
           their
           full
           and
           due
           vigour
           ;
           and
           think
           ,
           that
           the
           chief
           security
           of
           the
           established
           Religion
           consists
           in
           the
           preserving
           of
           them
           sacred
           and
           unshaken
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           certain
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           
             Kingdom
             ,
             Commonwealth
          
           ,
           or
           any
           constituted
           body
           or
           Assembly
           whatsoever
           ,
           in
           which
           there
           are
           not
           Laws
           made
           for
           the
           safety
           thereof
           ;
           and
           that
           provide
           against
           all
           Attempts
           whatsoever
           ,
           that
           disturb
           their
           Peace
           ,
           and
           that
           prescribe
           the
           Conditions
           and
           Qualities
           that
           they
           judge
           necessary
           for
           all
           that
           shall
           bear
           Employments
           in
           that
           Kingdom
           ,
           State
           or
           Corporation
           :
           And
           no
           man
           can
           pretend
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           any
           Injury
           done
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           not
           admitted
           to
           Imployments
           when
           he
           doth
           not
           satisfie
           the
           Conditions
           and
           Qualities
           required
           .
        
         
           Nor
           can
           it
           be
           denied
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           a
           great
           difference
           to
           be
           observed
           in
           the
           conduct
           of
           those
           of
           the
           
             Reformed
             Religion
          
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           towards
           one
           another
           :
           The
           
             Roma
             Catholicks
          
           not
           being
           satisfied
           to
           exclude
           the
           Reformed
           from
           all
           places
           of
           profit
           or
           of
           Trust
           ,
           they
           do
           absolutely
           suppress
           the
           whole
           Exercise
           of
           that
           Religion
           ,
           and
           severely
           persecute
           all
           that
           profess
           it
           ;
           and
           this
           they
           do
           in
           all
           those
           places
           where
           it
           is
           safe
           and
           without
           danger
           ,
           to
           carry
           on
           that
           rigour
           .
           And
           I
           am
           sorry
           that
           we
           have
           at
           this
           present
           so
           many
           deplorable
           Instances
           of
           this
           severity
           before
           our
           eyes
           ,
           that
           is
           at
           the
           same
           time
           put
           in
           practice
           in
           so
           many
           different
           places
           .
        
         
           I
           would
           therefore
           gladly
           see
           one
           single
           good
           reason
           to
           move
           a
           Protestant
           that
           fears
           God
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           concerned
           for
           his
           Religion
           ,
           
           to
           consent
           to
           the
           Repealing
           of
           those
           Laws
           that
           have
           been
           enacted
           by
           the
           Authority
           of
           King
           and
           Parliament
           ,
           which
           have
           no
           other
           tendency
           but
           to
           the
           security
           of
           the
           
             Reformed
             Religion
          
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           restraining
           of
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           from
           a
           capacity
           of
           overturning
           it
           ;
           these
           Laws
           inflict
           neither
           Fines
           nor
           Punishments
           ,
           and
           do
           only
           exclude
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           from
           a
           share
           in
           the
           Government
           ,
           who
           by
           being
           in
           Employments
           must
           needs
           study
           to
           increase
           their
           Party
           ,
           and
           to
           gain
           to
           it
           more
           Credit
           and
           Power
           ,
           which
           by
           what
           we
           see
           every
           day
           ,
           we
           must
           conclude
           ,
           will
           be
           extreamly
           dangerous
           to
           the
           
             Reformed
             Religion
          
           ,
           and
           must
           turn
           to
           its
           great
           prejudice
           :
           since
           in
           all
           places
           ,
           those
           that
           are
           in
           publick
           Employments
           ,
           do
           naturally
           Favour
           that
           Religion
           of
           which
           they
           are
           ,
           either
           more
           or
           less
           .
           And
           who
           would
           go
           about
           to
           perswade
           me
           or
           any
           man
           else
           to
           endeavour
           to
           move
           Their
           Highnesses
           ,
           whom
           God
           hath
           honoured
           so
           far
           as
           to
           make
           them
           the
           Protectors
           of
           his
           Church
           ,
           to
           approve
           of
           ,
           or
           to
           consent
           to
           things
           so
           hurtful
           ,
           both
           to
           the
           
             Reformed
             Religion
          
           and
           to
           the
           publick
           safety
           .
           Nor
           can
           I
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           with
           your
           good
           leave
           ,
           in
           any
           way
           grant
           what
           you
           apprehend
           ,
           That
           no
           prejudice
           will
           thereby
           redound
           to
           the
           
             Reformed
             Religion
          
           .
        
         
           I
           know
           it
           is
           commonly
           said
           the
           number
           of
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           in
           England
           and
           Scotland
           is
           very
           inconsiderable
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           are
           possessed
           only
           of
           a
           very
           small
           number
           of
           the
           places
           of
           Trust
           :
           tho
           even
           as
           to
           this
           ,
           the
           case
           is
           quite
           different
           in
           Ireland
           :
           yet
           this
           you
           must
           of
           necessity
           grant
           me
           ,
           that
           if
           their
           numbers
           are
           small
           ,
           then
           it
           is
           not
           reasonable
           that
           the
           publick
           Peace
           should
           be
           disturbed
           on
           the
           account
           of
           so
           few
           persons
           ,
           especially
           when
           so
           great
           a
           favour
           may
           be
           offered
           to
           them
           ;
           such
           as
           the
           free
           Exercise
           of
           their
           Religion
           would
           be
           :
           and
           if
           their
           numbers
           are
           greater
           ,
           then
           there
           is
           so
           much
           the
           more
           reason
           to
           be
           affraid
           of
           them
           ;
           I
           do
           indeed
           believe
           that
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           ,
           as
           things
           at
           present
           stand
           ,
           will
           not
           be
           very
           desirous
           to
           be
           in
           publick
           Offices
           and
           Imployments
           ,
           nor
           that
           they
           will
           make
           any
           attempts
           upon
           the
           
             Reformed
             Religion
          
           ,
           both
           because
           this
           contrary
           to
           Law
           ,
           and
           because
           of
           the
           great
           Inconveniences
           that
           this
           may
           bring
           at
           some
           other
           time
           both
           on
           their
           Persons
           ,
           and
           their
           Estates
           :
           yet
           if
           the
           Restraints
           of
           the
           Law
           were
           once
           taken
           off
           ,
           you
           would
           see
           them
           brought
           into
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           the
           chief
           Offices
           and
           Places
           of
           Trust
           would
           be
           put
           in
           thnir
           hands
           ;
           no
           will
           it
           be
           easy
           to
           His
           Majesty
           to
           resist
           them
           in
           this
           ,
           how
           stedfast
           soever
           he
           may
           be
           ;
           for
           they
           will
           certainly
           press
           him
           hard
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           they
           will
           represent
           this
           to
           the
           
           King
           ,
           as
           a
           matter
           in
           which
           His
           Conscience
           will
           be
           concerned
           ;
           and
           when
           they
           are
           possessed
           of
           the
           Publick
           Offices
           ,
           what
           will
           be
           left
           for
           the
           Protestants
           to
           do
           ,
           who
           will
           find
           no
           more
           the
           support
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           can
           expect
           little
           Encouragement
           from
           such
           Magistrates
           ?
           and
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           the
           Advantages
           that
           the
           
             R.
             Catholicks
          
           would
           find
           in
           being
           thus
           set
           loose
           from
           all
           Restraints
           ,
           are
           so
           plain
           ,
           that
           it
           were
           a
           loss
           of
           time
           to
           go
           about
           the
           proving
           it
           .
           I
           neither
           can
           or
           will
           doubt
           of
           the
           sincerity
           of
           His
           Majesties
           intentions
           ,
           and
           that
           He
           has
           no
           other
           design
           before
           Him
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           but
           that
           all
           his
           Subjects
           may
           enjoy
           in
           all
           things
           the
           same
           Rights
           and
           Freedoms
           .
        
         
           But
           plain
           Reason
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Experience
           of
           all
           Ages
           ,
           the
           present
           as
           well
           as
           the
           past
           shews
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           be
           impossible
           for
           
             R.
             Catholicks
          
           and
           Protestants
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           mixed
           together
           in
           places
           of
           Trust
           and
           publick
           Employments
           ,
           to
           live
           together
           peaceably
           ,
           or
           to
           maintain
           a
           good
           Correspondence
           together
           .
           They
           will
           be
           certainly
           always
           jealous
           of
           one
           another
           ;
           For
           the
           Principles
           and
           the
           Maxims
           of
           both
           Religions
           are
           so
           opposite
           to
           one
           another
           ,
           that
           in
           my
           opinion
           I
           do
           not
           see
           how
           it
           will
           be
           in
           the
           power
           of
           any
           Prince
           or
           King
           whatsoever
           ,
           to
           keep
           down
           those
           Suspitions
           and
           Animosities
           ,
           which
           will
           be
           apt
           to
           arise
           upon
           all
           occasions
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           that
           which
           you
           apprehend
           ,
           that
           the
           Dissenters
           shall
           not
           be
           delivered
           from
           the
           
             Penal
             Laws
          
           that
           are
           made
           against
           them
           ,
           unless
           at
           the
           same
           time
           the
           Test
           be
           likewise
           repealed
           :
           This
           will
           be
           indeed
           a
           great
           unhappiness
           to
           them
           ;
           but
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           are
           only
           to
           blame
           for
           it
           ,
           who
           will
           rather
           be
           content
           that
           they
           and
           their
           Posterity
           should
           lie
           still
           under
           the
           weight
           of
           the
           
             Penal
             Laws
          
           ,
           and
           exposed
           to
           the
           hatred
           of
           the
           whole
           Nation
           ,
           than
           be
           still
           restrained
           from
           a
           capacity
           of
           attempting
           any
           thing
           against
           the
           Peace
           and
           the
           Security
           of
           the
           
             Protestans
             Religion
          
           ,
           And
           be
           deprived
           of
           that
           small
           advantage
           (
           if
           it
           is
           at
           all
           to
           be
           reckoned
           one
           )
           of
           having
           a
           share
           in
           the
           Government
           and
           publick
           Employments
           ;
           since
           in
           all
           places
           of
           the
           World
           his
           has
           been
           always
           the
           priviledge
           of
           the
           Religion
           that
           is
           established
           by
           Law
           ;
           and
           indeed
           these
           Attempts
           of
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           ought
           to
           be
           so
           much
           the
           more
           suspected
           and
           guarded
           against
           by
           Protestants
           ,
           in
           that
           they
           see
           that
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           ,
           even
           when
           liable
           to
           the
           Severity
           of
           
             Penal
             Laws
          
           ,
           do
           yet
           endeavour
           to
           perswade
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           to
           make
           the
           Protestants
           ,
           whether
           they
           will
           or
           not
           ,
           
           dissolve
           that
           Security
           which
           they
           have
           for
           their
           Religion
           :
           and
           to
           clear
           a
           way
           for
           bringing
           in
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           to
           publick
           Employments
           :
           in
           which
           case
           there
           would
           remain
           no
           relief
           for
           them
           but
           what
           were
           to
           be
           expected
           from
           a
           
             Roman
             Catholick
          
           Government
           .
        
         
           Such
           then
           will
           be
           very
           unjust
           to
           their
           Highnesses
           ,
           who
           shall
           blame
           them
           for
           any
           Inconveniency
           that
           may
           arise
           from
           thence
           ;
           since
           they
           have
           declared
           themselves
           so
           freely
           on
           this
           subject
           ,
           and
           that
           so
           much
           to
           the
           advantage
           even
           of
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           .
           And
           since
           the
           Settlement
           of
           matters
           sticks
           at
           this
           single
           point
           ,
           that
           Their
           Highnesses
           cannot
           be
           brought
           to
           consent
           to
           things
           that
           are
           so
           contrary
           to
           Laws
           already
           in
           being
           ,
           and
           that
           are
           so
           dangerous
           and
           so
           hurtful
           to
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ,
           as
           the
           admitting
           of
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           to
           a
           share
           in
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           to
           places
           of
           Trust
           ,
           and
           the
           Repealing
           of
           those
           Laws
           ,
           that
           can
           have
           no
           other
           effect
           but
           the
           securing
           of
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           from
           all
           the
           Attempts
           of
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           against
           it
           would
           be
           .
        
         
           You
           write
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Roman
             Catholicks
             in
             these
             provinces
             are
             not
             shut
             out
             from
             the
             Employments
             and
             places
             of
             Trust
          
           ;
           But
           in
           this
           you
           are
           much
           mistaken
           .
           For
           our
           Laws
           are
           express
           ,
           excluding
           them
           by
           name
           from
           all
           share
           in
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           from
           all
           Employments
           either
           of
           the
           Policy
           or
           Justice
           of
           our
           Country
           .
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           know
           of
           any
           express
           Law
           ,
           that
           shuts
           them
           out
           of
           Military
           Employments
           ;
           that
           had
           indeed
           been
           hard
           ,
           since
           in
           the
           first
           Formation
           of
           our
           State
           they
           joyned
           with
           us
           in
           defending
           our
           publick
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           did
           us
           eminent
           service
           during
           the
           Wars
           ;
           therefore
           they
           were
           not
           shut
           out
           from
           those
           Military
           Employments
           ;
           for
           the
           publick
           safety
           was
           no
           way
           endanger'd
           by
           this
           ,
           both
           because
           their
           numbers
           that
           served
           in
           our
           Troops
           were
           not
           great
           ,
           and
           because
           the
           States
           could
           easily
           prevent
           any
           Inconvenience
           that
           might
           arise
           out
           of
           that
           ;
           which
           could
           not
           have
           been
           done
           so
           easily
           ,
           if
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           had
           been
           admitted
           to
           a
           Share
           in
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Policy
           or
           Justice
           of
           our
           State
        
         
           I
           am
           very
           certain
           of
           this
           ,
           of
           which
           I
           could
           give
           very
           good
           proofs
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           nothing
           which
           Their
           Highnesses
           desire
           so
           much
           ,
           as
           that
           His
           Majesty
           may
           Reign
           happily
           ,
           and
           in
           an
           entire
           Confidence
           with
           his
           Subjects
           ;
           and
           that
           His
           subjects
           being
           perswaded
           
           of
           His
           Majesties
           fatherly
           affection
           to
           them
           ,
           may
           be
           ready
           to
           make
           him
           all
           the
           returns
           of
           Duty
           that
           are
           in
           th●●●
           Power
           .
           But
           their
           Highnesses
           are
           convinced
           in
           their
           Consciences
           ,
           that
           both
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ,
           and
           the
           safety
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           will
           be
           exposed
           to
           most
           certain
           Dangers
           ,
           if
           either
           the
           Test
           ,
           or
           those
           other
           
             Penal
             Laws
          
           ,
           of
           which
           I
           have
           made
           frequent
           mention
           ,
           should
           be
           Repealed
           ;
           
             Therefore
             they
             cannot
             consent
             to
             this
             ,
             nor
             concur
             with
             His
             Majesty's
             Will
             ;
             for
             they
             believe
             ,
             they
             should
             have
             much
             to
             Answer
             for
             to
             God
             ,
             if
             the
             consideration
             of
             any
             present
             advantages
             should
             carry
             them
             to
             consent
             and
             concur
             in
             things
             which
             they
             believe
             would
             be
             not
             only
             dangerous
             ,
             but
             mischievous
             to
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             .
          
        
         
           Their
           Highnesses
           have
           ever
           pay'd
           a
           most
           profound
           Duty
           to
           His
           Majesty
           whcih
           they
           will
           always
           continue
           to
           do
           ;
           for
           they
           consider
           themselves
           bound
           to
           it
           ,
           both
           by
           the
           Laws
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           of
           Nature
           :
           But
           since
           the
           matter
           that
           is
           now
           in
           hand
           ,
           relates
           not
           to
           the
           making
           of
           new
           Laws
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           total
           Repealing
           of
           those
           already
           made
           both
           by
           King
           and
           Parliament
           :
           They
           do
           not
           see
           how
           it
           can
           be
           expected
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           consent
           to
           such
           a
           Repeal
           ,
           to
           which
           they
           have
           so
           just
           an
           aversion
           ,
           as
           being
           a
           thing
           that
           is
           contrary
           to
           the
           Laws
           and
           Customs
           of
           all
           Christian
           States
           ,
           whether
           Protestants
           or
           Papists
           ,
           who
           receive
           ●one
           to
           a
           share
           in
           the
           Government
           ,
           or
           to
           publick
           Employments
           ,
           but
           those
           who
           profess
           the
           publick
           and
           established
           Religion
           ,
           and
           that
           take
           care
           to
           secure
           it
           against
           all
           attempts
           whatsoever
           .
        
         
           I
           do
           not
           think
           it
           necessary
           to
           demonstrate
           to
           you
           how
           much
           their
           Highnesses
           are
           devoted
           to
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           of
           which
           they
           have
           given
           such
           real
           Evidences
           as
           are
           beyond
           all
           verbal
           ones
           ;
           and
           they
           are
           resolved
           still
           to
           continue
           in
           the
           same
           Duty
           and
           Affection
           ;
           or
           rather
           to
           encrease
           it
           ,
           if
           that
           is
           possible
           .
        
         
           
             I
             am
             ,
             SIR
             ,
             Yours
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               Novemb.
               4.
               1687.
               
            
             Amsterdam
             ,
             Printed
             in
             the
             Year
             168●
          
        
      
       
         
         
           Reflexions
           on
           Monsieur
           Fagel's
           Letter
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Shall
           endeavour
           to
           answer
           yours
           as
           fully
           and
           briefly
           as
           possible
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           You
           desire
           to
           know
           whether
           the
           Letter
           I
           sent
           you
           be
           truly
           Monsieur
           Fagel's
           or
           not
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Whether
           their
           Highnesses
           gave
           him
           Commission
           to
           write
           it
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           How
           far
           the
           Dissenters
           may
           relie
           on
           their
           Highnesses
           word
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           What
           effects
           it
           has
           on
           all
           sorts
           of
           People
           .
        
         
           Sir
           ,
           Roman
           Catholicks
           may
           be
           pardoned
           if
           they
           endeavour
           to
           make
           that
           Letter
           pass
           for
           an
           Imposture
           ,
           it
           is
           their
           Interest
           so
           to
           do
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           seldom
           wanting
           to
           promote
           that
           ,
           let
           the
           methods
           be
           never
           so
           indirect
           which
           they
           are
           forced
           to
           make
           use
           of
           :
           It
           does
           indeed
           spoil
           many
           hopeful
           projects
           of
           theirs
           .
           But
           how
           any
           Protestant
           among
           us
           can
           really
           doubt
           the
           truth
           of
           it
           ,
           is
           strange
           to
           me
           .
           Some
           things
           carry
           their
           own
           evidence
           along
           with
           them
           :
           I
           take
           this
           Letter
           to
           be
           one
           of
           that
           kind
           .
           I
           do
           not
           desire
           you
           to
           believe
           me
           upon
           my
           bare
           affirmation
           that
           I
           know
           it
           to
           be
           genuine
           ,
           (
           tho
           this
           be
           most
           true
           )
           but
           shall
           offer
           my
           Reasons
           to
           convince
           you
           that
           it
           cannot
           be
           otherways
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           The
           Letter
           is
           like
           its
           Author
           ,
           the
           Matter
           is
           weighty
           ,
           the
           Reasoning
           solid
           ,
           the
           Stile
           grave
           ,
           full
           and
           clear
           ,
           like
           that
           of
           a
           Lawyer
           :
           It
           has
           an
           Air
           all
           over
           ,
           which
           as
           well
           shews
           the
           Religion
           and
           Temper
           of
           its
           Writer
           ,
           as
           the
           Matter
           and
           Method
           of
           it
           do
           his
           Capacity
           and
           Judgment
           .
           Now
           all
           these
           Qualities
           make
           up
           the
           Character
           of
           
             Monsieur
             Fagel
          
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           There
           are
           the
           same
           grounds
           to
           believe
           this
           Letter
           to
           be
           M.
           Fagel's
           ,
           as
           there
           are
           to
           believe
           any
           thing
           you
           have
           not
           seen
           ,
           viz.
           The
           constant
           Asseverations
           of
           Persons
           of
           undoubted
           Credit
           that
           come
           from
           Holland
           ,
           who
           all
           agree
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           assure
           us
           of
           it
           .
           
             M.
             Fagel
          
           own'd
           it
           to
           several
           English
           Gentlemen
           ,
           and
           many
           both
           here
           and
           in
           Holland
           knew
           two
           months
           ago
           that
           such
           a
           Letter
           was
           written
           ;
           a
           Forgery
           would
           before
           
           this
           time
           have
           been
           detected
           ,
           esecially
           such
           a
           one
           as
           ruines
           the
           Designs
           of
           the
           Triumphing
           Party
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           It
           was
           written
           by
           M.
           Fagel
           in
           Answer
           to
           Letters
           from
           Mr.
           Stewart
           ,
           sent
           by
           His
           Majesties
           special
           Orders
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           Stewart
           hath
           both
           an
           English
           and
           Latin
           Copy
           sent
           him
           :
           Therefore
           the
           English
           Copy
           is
           not
           called
           a
           Translation
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           a
           sort
           of
           Original
           ;
           for
           you
           are
           not
           to
           doubt
           but
           the
           matter
           was
           ordered
           so
           ,
           that
           her
           Royal
           Highness
           might
           peruse
           it
           as
           well
           as
           his
           Majesty
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           next
           place
           you
           would
           know
           
             whether
             their
             Highnesses
             gave
             Order
             to
             Monsieur
          
           Fagel
           
             to
             write
             it
          
           .
        
         
           I
           wish
           Sir
           ,
           you
           would
           take
           the
           pains
           to
           read
           the
           Letter
           over
           again
           ,
           and
           consider
           who
           this
           
             Monsieur
             Fagel
          
           is
           ;
           He
           is
           Pensionary
           of
           Holland
           ,
           and
           first
           Ministor
           of
           State
           ,
           raised
           to
           that
           Dignity
           by
           the
           
           Prince's
           Favour
           ,
           he
           Answers
           Letters
           written
           to
           him
           ,
           which
           are
           ordered
           by
           His
           Majesty
           to
           be
           communicated
           to
           their
           Highnesses
           .
           In
           his
           Answer
           ,
           he
           gives
           an
           Aceount
           of
           their
           Highnesses
           Opinions
           about
           the
           Repeal
           of
           the
           
             Penal
             Laws
             and
             Test
          
           ;
           Matters
           of
           a
           National
           Concern
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           greatest
           Importance
           .
           Now
           you
           must
           have
           a
           strange
           Opinion
           of
           
             Monsieur
             Fagel
          
           ,
           if
           you
           think
           him
           capable
           of
           so
           great
           an
           indiscretion
           (
           or
           rather
           Imposture
           )
           as
           to
           write
           such
           a
           Letter
           of
           his
           own
           Head.
           The
           Letter
           it self
           Demonstrates
           ,
           that
           whoever
           writ
           it
           is
           no
           Fool
           ,
           and
           the
           Circumstances
           I
           have
           marked
           show
           that
           he
           is
           no
           Knave
           .
           And
           indeed
           the
           substance
           of
           it
           is
           not
           new
           ,
           it
           only
           repeats
           to
           His
           Maiesty
           the
           same
           Answer
           which
           the
           Prince
           and
           Princess
           had
           formerly
           given
           to
           His
           Majesties
           Envoy
           there
           .
        
         
           In
           short
           ,
           you
           may
           leave
           the
           whole
           Matter
           to
           this
           plain
           issue
           :
           if
           this
           Letter
           be
           a
           false
           one
           it
           will
           be
           disown'd
           ,
           if
           a
           true
           one
           it
           will
           be
           owned
           .
           Their
           Highnesses
           love
           not
           to
           do
           things
           that
           will
           not
           bear
           the
           Light.
           It
           is
           Evident
           ,
           they
           did
           not
           intend
           the
           Matter
           of
           it
           should
           be
           a
           Secret
           ,
           having
           told
           it
           to
           
             Monsieur
             d'Albeville
          
           ,
           as
           often
           as
           he
           (
           in
           his
           Discreet
           Way
           )
           necessitated
           them
           to
           do
           it
           .
           But
           how
           it
           came
           to
           be
           Printed
           ,
           I
           cannot
           inform
           you
           justly
           ;
           however
           you
           shall
           have
           my
           conjecture
           .
        
         
           I
           remember
           as
           soon
           as
           it
           was
           noised
           about
           Town
           ,
           that
           Mr.
           Stewart
           had
           received
           a
           Letter
           of
           such
           a
           Nature
           from
           
             Monsieur
             Fagel
          
           ,
           care
           was
           taken
           that
           the
           Writer
           of
           the
           Common
           News
           Letters
           which
           are
           dispersed
           over
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           should
           insert
           
           in
           them
           that
           their
           Highnesses
           had
           declared
           ,
           themselves
           for
           the
           Repeal
           of
           the
           Test
           .
           This
           
             Pias
             Fraus
          
           might
           ,
           I
           suppose
           ,
           give
           Occasion
           to
           the
           Printing
           of
           the
           Letter
           ,
           as
           the
           Wisdom
           and
           Policy
           of
           our
           States-men
           (
           in
           putting
           Mr.
           Stewart
           on
           Writing
           such
           Letters
           )
           had
           procured
           it
           :
           I
           say
           Letters
           ,
           for
           
             Monsieur
             Fagel
          
           had
           five
           or
           six
           on
           that
           subject
           before
           he
           answered
           ,
           so
           unwilling
           were
           they
           in
           Holland
           to
           return
           an
           Answer
           ,
           since
           they
           could
           not
           give
           one
           that
           was
           pleasing
           ,
           or
           do
           any
           thing
           that
           look'd
           like
           meddling
           .
        
         
           The
           third
           Thing
           you
           desired
           to
           be
           satisfied
           in
           ,
           is
           ,
           
             Whether
             the
             Dissenters
             may
             rely
             on
             their
             Highnesses
             Word
             .
          
           I
           am
           as
           apt
           to
           mistrust
           Princes
           Promises
           as
           you
           are
           .
           But
           shall
           now
           give
           you
           my
           reasons
           ,
           why
           I
           think
           the
           Dissenters
           may
           safely
           do
           it
           .
           And
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           Affinity
           of
           the
           matter
           ,
           I
           will
           tell
           you
           why
           I
           think
           we
           may
           all
           rely
           on
           their
           Highnesses
           for
           our
           
             Civil
             Liberties
          
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Dissenters
           may
           do
           for
           
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
          
           .
           Much
           of
           what
           I
           have
           to
           say
           is
           equally
           applicable
           to
           them
           both
           ,
           yet
           because
           I
           know
           you
           have
           had
           an
           Account
           of
           Her
           Royal
           Highness
           ,
           better
           than
           I
           can
           give
           you
           ,
           I
           shall
           for
           the
           most
           part
           ,
           speak
           only
           of
           the
           Prince
           .
        
         
           My
           first
           Reason
           is
           the
           certainest
           of
           all
           Reasons
           ,
           That
           it
           will
           be
           His
           Highnesses
           interest
           to
           settle
           matters
           at
           Home
           ,
           which
           only
           can
           be
           done
           by
           a
           Legal
           Toleration
           or
           Comprehension
           in
           Matters
           of
           Religion
           ;
           and
           by
           restoring
           the
           Civil
           Liberties
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           so
           much
           invaded
           of
           late
           .
           That
           this
           will
           be
           his
           interest
           is
           Evident
           ,
           if
           his
           Designs
           lye
           abroad
           ,
           as
           it
           's
           certain
           they
           do
           .
           Designs
           at
           home
           and
           abroad
           at
           the
           same
           time
           are
           so
           inconsistent
           ,
           that
           we
           see
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           though
           raised
           above
           his
           Fears
           at
           home
           by
           His
           late
           Victory
           ;
           and
           invited
           abroad
           ,
           by
           all
           that
           can
           excite
           his
           Appetite
           for
           Glory
           ,
           cannot
           reconcile
           them
           :
           The
           truth
           is
           ,
           one
           that
           would
           undertake
           it
           ,
           is
           in
           the
           same
           Condition
           with
           Officers
           that
           beat
           their
           men
           ,
           to
           make
           them
           fight
           ,
           they
           have
           Enemies
           before
           and
           behind
           .
        
         
           But
           you
           may
           happily
           Object
           ,
           that
           Princes
           do
           not
           always
           follow
           their
           true
           Interests
           ,
           of
           which
           it
           is
           not
           difficult
           in
           this
           Age
           to
           give
           several
           Fatal
           Instances
           .
           I
           Answer
           ,
           That
           it
           is
           to
           be
           presumed
           that
           Princes
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           other
           men
           ,
           will
           follow
           their
           Interests
           till
           the
           contrary
           appear
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           be
           of
           an
           Age
           to
           have
           taken
           their
           Fold
           ,
           and
           have
           till
           such
           Age
           kept
           firm
           to
           
           their
           Interests
           ,
           the
           Presumption
           grows
           strong
           ;
           but
           if
           their
           Inclinations
           ,
           the
           Maxims
           of
           their
           Families
           ,
           the
           Impressions
           of
           their
           Education
           ,
           and
           all
           their
           other
           Circumstances
           do
           side
           with
           their
           Interest
           ,
           and
           lead
           them
           the
           same
           way
           ,
           it
           is
           hardly
           Credible
           they
           should
           ever
           quit
           it
           .
           Now
           this
           being
           the
           present
           Case
           ,
           we
           have
           all
           the
           certainty
           that
           can
           be
           had
           in
           such
           matters
           .
        
         
           The
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           has
           above
           these
           15
           years
           given
           so
           great
           proofs
           of
           his
           Firmness
           and
           Resolution
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           his
           Capacity
           and
           conduct
           in
           opposing
           the
           Grand
           Ravisher
           (
           I
           may
           add
           the
           Betrayers
           too
           )
           of
           Liberty
           and
           Religion
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           deservedly
           (
           by
           all
           Impartial
           Men
           )
           own'd
           to
           be
           the
           Head
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Interest
           :
           A
           Headship
           ,
           which
           no
           Princes
           but
           the
           Kings
           of
           England
           should
           have
           ,
           and
           none
           but
           they
           would
           be
           without
           it
           .
        
         
           Now
           one
           may
           rationally
           conclude
           ,
           That
           when
           the
           Prince
           shall
           joyn
           to
           his
           present
           possession
           of
           this
           Headship
           ,
           a
           more
           Natural
           Title
           ,
           by
           being
           in
           a
           greater
           capacity
           to
           Act
           ,
           he
           will
           not
           degrade
           himself
           ,
           nor
           lay
           aside
           Designs
           and
           Interests
           which
           ought
           to
           be
           the
           Glory
           of
           England
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           indeed
           the
           Glory
           of
           his
           Family
           ,
           acquired
           and
           derived
           to
           him
           by
           the
           Blood
           of
           his
           Ancestors
           ,
           and
           carried
           on
           and
           maintained
           by
           himself
           with
           so
           much
           Honour
           and
           Reputation
           .
        
         
           I
           might
           add
           here
           ,
           That
           the
           Prince
           is
           a
           Man
           of
           a
           sedate
           even
           Temper
           ,
           full
           of
           Thoughts
           and
           Reflection
           :
           one
           that
           precipitates
           neither
           in
           Thinking
           ,
           Speaking
           ,
           nor
           Acting
           ;
           is
           cautious
           in
           Resolving
           and
           Promising
           ,
           but
           firm
           to
           his
           Resolutions
           and
           exact
           in
           observing
           his
           Word
           :
           inform
           your self
           ,
           and
           you
           'll
           find
           this
           a
           part
           of
           his
           Character
           ,
           and
           conclude
           from
           hence
           what
           may
           be
           presumed
           from
           his
           Inclinations
           .
        
         
           Now
           as
           to
           the
           Maxims
           of
           his
           Family
           ,
           let
           us
           compare
           them
           a
           little
           where
           it
           may
           be
           decently
           done
           .
        
         
           The
           French
           King
           broke
           his
           Faith
           to
           his
           Protestant
           Subjects
           ,
           upon
           this
           single
           point
           of
           Vain
           Glory
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           shew
           the
           World
           he
           was
           greater
           than
           most
           of
           his
           Predecessors
           ,
           who
           though
           they
           had
           the
           same
           Inclinations
           ,
           were
           not
           Potent
           enough
           to
           pursue
           them
           effectually
           ,
           as
           he
           has
           done
           ,
           to
           the
           everlasting
           Infamy
           of
           his
           Name
           and
           Reign
           .
           The
           maxims
           of
           the
           French
           Kings
           have
           been
           to
           outvie
           each
           other
           ,
           in
           Robbing
           their
           Neighbours
           ,
           and
           Oppressing
           their
           Subjects
           by
           perfidiousness
           and
           cruelty
           .
           But
           those
           of
           the
           Family
           of
           Orange
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           have
           
           been
           to
           Rescue
           Europe
           from
           its
           Oppressors
           ,
           and
           maintain
           the
           Protestant
           Interest
           ,
           by
           Vertue
           ,
           Truth
           ,
           Honour
           and
           Resolution
           ;
           knowing
           that
           such
           methods
           are
           as
           necessary
           to
           make
           Protestant
           Princes
           and
           States
           flourish
           ,
           as
           Vice
           and
           Oppression
           are
           to
           maintain
           Popish
           Government
           .
        
         
           No
           Popish
           Prince
           in
           Europe
           can
           pretend
           to
           have
           kept
           his
           Word
           to
           his
           Protestant
           Subjects
           ,
           as
           the
           Princes
           of
           Orange
           have
           always
           done
           to
           their
           Popish
           subjects
           at
           Orange
           ,
           and
           elsewhere
           ;
           and
           the
           Papists
           have
           often
           broke
           their
           Word
           to
           that
           Family
           ,
           and
           have
           been
           ,
           and
           are
           its
           declared
           Enemies
           ;
           and
           though
           the
           Princes
           two
           great
           Grand-Fathers
           ,
           Admiral
           Coligni
           ,
           and
           Prince
           William
           ,
           were
           Assassinated
           by
           the
           Authority
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           Approbation
           of
           that
           whole
           party
           ,
           yet
           it
           cannot
           be
           made
           appear
           ,
           that
           ever
           the
           Princes
           of
           that
           Family
           failed
           in
           keeping
           their
           Word
           ,
           even
           to
           such
           Enemies
           ,
           or
           used
           their
           own
           Popish
           subjects
           the
           worse
           for
           it
           ,
           in
           making
           distinction
           between
           them
           and
           their
           other
           subjects
           ,
           or
           influenc'd
           the
           States
           to
           use
           theirs
           so
           :
           I
           say
           the
           States
           ,
           who
           allow
           their
           
             R.
             C.
          
           subjects
           all
           the
           priviledges
           of
           their
           other
           subjects
           ,
           only
           they
           are
           kept
           by
           a
           Test
           from
           having
           any
           share
           in
           the
           Government
           ,
           which
           is
           truly
           a
           kindness
           done
           them
           ,
           considering
           that
           ill-natured
           Humour
           of
           destroying
           all
           those
           that
           differ
           from
           them
           ,
           which
           is
           apt
           to
           break
           out
           when
           that
           Religion
           is
           in
           power
           .
        
         
           Now
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           may
           justly
           expect
           all
           sort
           of
           protection
           and
           countenance
           from
           the
           successors
           ,
           when
           it
           's
           their
           turn
           to
           give
           it
           ,
           they
           have
           a
           legal
           right
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           Impartial
           Dissenters
           must
           acknowledge
           ,
           that
           of
           late
           they
           have
           deserved
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           as
           for
           the
           Protestant
           Dissenters
           ,
           I
           think
           no
           honest
           man
           amongst
           them
           will
           Apprehend
           ,
           that
           their
           Highnesses
           who
           keep
           their
           Word
           to
           their
           Popish
           Enemies
           ,
           will
           break
           it
           to
           Protestant
           subject
           ,
           tho
           differing
           from
           the
           publick
           Establishment
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           thing
           I
           am
           to
           make
           good
           ,
           is
           ,
           That
           His
           Highnesses
           Education
           must
           have
           infused
           such
           principles
           as
           side
           with
           his
           Interest
           :
           There
           must
           be
           a
           fatal
           Infection
           in
           the
           English
           Crown
           ,
           if
           matters
           miscarry
           in
           his
           Highnesses
           Hands
           ,
           his
           Veins
           are
           full
           of
           the
           best
           Protestant
           Blood
           in
           the
           World
           :
           The
           Reformation
           in
           France
           grew
           up
           under
           the
           Conduct
           and
           Influence
           of
           Coligni
           .
           Prince
           William
           founded
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           United
           Netherlands
           on
           the
           Basis
           of
           property
           and
           liberty
           of
           Conscience
           .
           His
           
           Highness
           was
           bred
           and
           lives
           in
           that
           State
           which
           subsists
           and
           flourishes
           by
           adhering
           steadily
           to
           the
           Maxims
           of
           its
           Founder
           .
        
         
           He
           himself
           ,
           both
           in
           his
           publick
           and
           private
           concerns
           ,
           as
           well
           in
           the
           Government
           of
           his
           Family
           ,
           and
           of
           such
           principalities
           as
           belong
           to
           him
           ,
           as
           in
           that
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Dispensing
           of
           that
           great
           power
           which
           the
           States
           have
           given
           him
           ,
           has
           as
           great
           regard
           to
           Justice
           ,
           Vertue
           and
           true
           Religion
           ,
           as
           may
           compleat
           the
           character
           of
           a
           Prince
           ,
           qualified
           to
           make
           those
           he
           Governs
           happy
           .
        
         
           It
           does
           not
           indeed
           appear
           ,
           that
           their
           Highnesses
           have
           any
           share
           of
           that
           devouring
           Zeal
           which
           hath
           so
           long
           set
           the
           World
           on
           fire
           ,
           and
           tempted
           thinking
           men
           to
           have
           a
           notion
           of
           Religion
           it self
           ,
           like
           that
           we
           have
           of
           the
           Ancient
           Paradice
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           had
           never
           been
           more
           than
           an
           intended
           Blessing
           ,
           but
           all
           who
           have
           the
           honour
           to
           know
           their
           Highnesses
           and
           their
           Inclinations
           in
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ,
           are
           fully
           satisfied
           they
           have
           a
           truly
           Christian
           Zeal
           ,
           and
           as
           much
           as
           is
           consistent
           with
           Knowledge
           and
           Charity
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           his
           Highnesses
           circumstances
           ,
           they
           will
           be
           such
           when
           his
           Stars
           make
           way
           for
           him
           ,
           as
           may
           convince
           our
           Scepticks
           ,
           that
           certain
           persons
           ,
           times
           and
           things
           ,
           are
           prepared
           for
           one
           another
           .
           I
           know
           not
           why
           we
           may
           not
           hope
           ,
           that
           as
           his
           predecessors
           broke
           the
           Yoke
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Austria
           from
           off
           the
           Neck
           of
           Europe
           ;
           The
           honour
           of
           breakin●
           that
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Bourbon
           is
           reserved
           for
           him
           .
           I
           am
           confident
           the
           Nation
           will
           heartily
           joyn
           with
           him
           in
           his
           Just
           Resentments
           .
           Resentments
           which
           they
           have
           with
           so
           much
           Impatience
           long'd
           to
           find
           ,
           and
           have
           miss'd
           with
           the
           greatest
           indignation
           in
           the
           Hearts
           of
           their
           Monarchs
           .
        
         
           His
           Highness
           has
           at
           present
           ,
           a
           greater
           influence
           on
           the
           Councils
           of
           the
           most
           part
           of
           the
           Princes
           of
           Christendom
           ,
           than
           possibly
           any
           King
           of
           England
           ever
           had
           .
           And
           this
           acquired
           by
           the
           weight
           of
           his
           own
           personal
           merit
           ,
           which
           will
           no
           doubt
           grow
           up
           to
           a
           glorious
           Authority
           when
           it
           is
           cloath'd
           with
           Soveraign
           power
           .
           May
           I
           here
           mention
           (
           to
           ●ay
           the
           Jealousies
           of
           the
           most
           unreasonable
           of
           your
           Friends
           )
           that
           his
           Highness
           will
           have
           only
           a
           borrowed
           Title
           ,
           which
           he
           may
           suppose
           will
           make
           him
           more
           catious
           in
           having
           designs
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           his
           wanting
           Children
           (
           to
           our
           great
           misfortune
           )
           will
           make
           him
           less
           solicitous
           to
           have
           such
           Designs
           .
        
         
         
           But
           after
           all
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           acknowledged
           ,
           that
           in
           matters
           of
           this
           Nature
           ,
           the
           premises
           may
           seem
           very
           strong
           ,
           and
           yet
           the
           conclusion
           not
           follow
           .
           Humane
           infirmities
           are
           great
           ,
           Temptations
           to
           Arbitrariness
           are
           strong
           ,
           and
           often
           both
           the
           Spirit
           and
           Flesh
           weak
           .
           Such
           fatal
           mistakes
           have
           been
           made
           of
           late
           ,
           that
           the
           Successors
           themselves
           may
           justly
           pardon
           mens
           Jealousies
           ,
           A
           Widow
           that
           has
           had
           a
           bad
           Husband
           ,
           will
           cry
           on
           her
           Wedding-day
           ,
           though
           she
           would
           be
           married
           with
           all
           her
           heart
           .
           But
           I
           am
           confident
           you
           will
           grant
           to
           me
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           case
           of
           the
           present
           Successors
           ,
           the
           possibilities
           are
           as
           remote
           ,
           and
           the
           Jealousies
           as
           ill
           grounded
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           is
           as
           much
           to
           ballance
           them
           ,
           as
           ever
           there
           was
           to
           be
           found
           in
           the
           prospect
           of
           any
           Successors
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           England
           .
           Now
           may
           I
           add
           ,
           To
           conclude
           the
           Reasons
           that
           I
           have
           given
           you
           ,
           why
           we
           may
           depend
           on
           their
           Highnesses
           ,
           that
           I
           know
           considerable
           men
           ,
           who
           after
           great
           Enquiry
           and
           Observation
           ,
           do
           hope
           that
           their
           Highesses
           (
           being
           every
           way
           so
           well
           qualified
           for
           such
           an
           end
           )
           are
           predestinated
           (
           if
           I
           may
           speak
           so
           )
           to
           make
           us
           happy
           in
           putting
           an
           end
           to
           our
           Differences
           ,
           and
           in
           fixing
           the
           Prerogative
           ,
           and
           in
           recovering
           the
           Glory
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           which
           is
           so
           much
           sunk
           ,
           and
           which
           now
           (
           when
           we
           were
           big
           with
           Expectations
           )
           we
           find
           Sacrific'd
           to
           unhappy
           partialities
           in
           matters
           of
           Religion
           .
        
         
           The
           last
           thing
           you
           desire
           to
           know
           ,
           is
           ,
           
             What
             Effects
             this
             Letter
             has
             had
             .
          
           But
           it
           is
           not
           yet
           old
           enough
           for
           me
           to
           judge
           of
           that
           ,
           I
           can
           better
           tell
           you
           what
           Effects
           it
           ought
           to
           have
           .
           I
           find
           the
           moderate
           wise
           men
           of
           all
           Perswasions
           are
           much
           pleased
           with
           it
           .
        
         
           I
           know
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           that
           wish
           to
           God
           matters
           were
           settled
           on
           the
           model
           given
           in
           it
           ;
           they
           see
           the
           great
           difficulty
           of
           getting
           the
           Test
           Repealed
           :
           And
           withal
           ,
           they
           doubt
           whether
           it
           is
           their
           Interest
           that
           it
           should
           be
           Repealed
           or
           not
           :
           They
           fear
           needy
           violent
           men
           might
           get
           into
           Employments
           who
           would
           put
           His
           Majesty
           on
           doing
           things
           that
           might
           ruine
           them
           and
           their
           Posterity
           .
           They
           are
           certainly
           in
           the
           right
           of
           it
           .
           It
           is
           good
           to
           provide
           for
           the
           worst
           .
           A
           Revolution
           will
           come
           with
           a
           Witness
           ;
           and
           it
           's
           like
           it
           may
           come
           before
           the
           Prince
           of
           Wales
           be
           of
           Age
           to
           manage
           an
           unruly
           Spirit
           ,
           that
           I
           fear
           will
           accompany
           it
           .
           Humane
           Nature
           can
           hardly
           digest
           what
           it
           is
           already
           necessitated
           to
           swallow
           ,
           such
           provocations
           even
           alters
           mens
           
           Judgments
           .
           I
           find
           that
           men
           who
           otherways
           hate
           severity
           ,
           begin
           to
           be
           of
           opinion
           that
           Queen
           
             Elizabeths
             Lenity
          
           to
           the
           
             R.
             C's
          
           proves
           now
           cruelty
           to
           the
           Protestants
           .
           The
           whole
           Body
           of
           Protestants
           in
           the
           Nation
           was
           lately
           afraid
           of
           a
           
             Popish
             Successor
          
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           Reflected
           on
           Queen
           Maries
           Reign
           ,
           thought
           we
           had
           already
           sufficient
           Experience
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           that
           Religion
           ;
           and
           took
           Self-preservation
           to
           be
           a
           good
           Argument
           ,
           for
           preventing
           a
           second
           Tryal
           .
           But
           now
           a
           handful
           of
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           ,
           perhaps
           reflecting
           on
           Queen
           Elizabeths
           Reign
           ,
           are
           not
           it
           seems
           afraid
           of
           
             Protestant
             Successors
          
           .
           But
           if
           some
           Protestants
           at
           that
           time
           from
           an
           Aversion
           to
           the
           Remedy
           ,
           hoped
           that
           the
           Disease
           was
           not
           so
           dangerous
           as
           it
           proves
           ,
           I
           am
           confident
           at
           present
           ,
           all
           Protestants
           are
           agreed
           ,
           that
           henceforward
           the
           Nation
           must
           be
           saved
           ,
           not
           by
           Faith.
           And
           therefore
           I
           would
           advise
           the
           R.
           C's
           to
           consider
           that
           Protestants
           are
           still
           men
           ,
           that
           late
           Experiences
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           the
           Cruelties
           of
           Popish
           Princes
           abroad
           ,
           has
           given
           us
           a
           very
           terrible
           Idea
           of
           their
           Religion
           .
           That
           opportunity
           is
           precious
           and
           very
           slippery
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           let
           the
           present
           occasion
           pass
           by
           ,
           they
           can
           hardly
           ever
           hope
           that
           it
           will
           be
           possible
           for
           them
           to
           recover
           it
           .
           That
           their
           Fathers
           and
           Grandfathers
           would
           have
           thought
           themselves
           in
           Heaven
           to
           have
           had
           such
           an
           offer
           as
           this
           is
           ,
           in
           any
           of
           the
           four
           last
           Reigns
           ,
           and
           therefore
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           better
           be
           contented
           with
           
             Half
             a
             Loaf
             ,
             than
             no
             Bread.
          
           I
           mean
           it
           will
           be
           their
           Wisdom
           to
           embrace
           this
           Golden
           Occasion
           of
           putting
           themselves
           on
           a
           level
           with
           all
           other
           
           English-men
           ;
           at
           least
           as
           to
           their
           private
           Capacity
           ;
           and
           to
           disarm
           once
           for
           all
           ,
           the
           Severity
           of
           those
           Laws
           ;
           which
           if
           ever
           they
           should
           come
           to
           be
           in
           good
           earnest
           Executed
           by
           a
           Protestant
           Suceessor
           ,
           will
           make
           England
           too
           hot
           for
           them
           :
           And
           therefore
           I
           should
           particularly
           advise
           those
           among
           them
           ,
           who
           have
           the
           Honour
           to
           approach
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           to
           use
           their
           Credit
           ,
           to
           prevail
           with
           him
           to
           make
           this
           so
           necessary
           a
           step
           in
           favour
           of
           the
           Nation
           ;
           since
           the
           Successors
           have
           advanc'd
           two
           thirds
           of
           the
           way
           for
           effecting
           so
           good
           and
           pious
           a
           work
           .
           Then
           ,
           and
           not
           till
           then
           ,
           the
           R.
           C's
           may
           think
           themselves
           secured
           ,
           and
           His
           Majesty
           may
           hope
           to
           be
           great
           by
           Translating
           Fear
           and
           Anger
           from
           the
           Breasts
           of
           His
           Subjects
           ,
           to
           the
           Hearts
           of
           His
           Own
           and
           the
           Nations
           Enemies
           .
        
         
         
           But
           if
           an
           Evil
           Genius
           (
           which
           seems
           to
           have
           hovered
           over
           us
           now
           a
           long
           time
           )
           will
           have
           it
           otherwise
           ;
           if
           I
           were
           a
           
             R.
             C.
          
           I
           would
           meddle
           no
           more
           ,
           but
           live
           quiet
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           Caress
           my
           Protestant
           Neighbours
           ;
           and
           in
           so
           doing
           ,
           I
           should
           think
           my self
           better
           secured
           against
           the
           Resentments
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           than
           by
           all
           the
           Forces
           ,
           Forts
           ,
           Leagues
           ,
           Garranties
           ,
           and
           even
           
             Men
             Children
          
           that
           His
           Majesty
           may
           hope
           to
           leave
           behind
           him
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           Protestant
           Dissenters
           ,
           I
           am
           confident
           the
           Body
           of
           them
           will
           continue
           to
           behave
           themselves
           like
           men
           ,
           who
           to
           their
           great
           Honour
           have
           ever
           preferred
           the
           Love
           of
           their
           Country
           and
           Religion
           to
           all
           Dangers
           and
           Favours
           whatsoever
           ,
           but
           there
           are
           both
           Weak
           and
           Interested
           men
           among
           all
           great
           numbers
           ;
           I
           would
           have
           them
           consider
           how
           much
           the
           state
           of
           things
           is
           altred
           ,
           upon
           the
           coming
           out
           of
           this
           Letter
           ,
           for
           if
           hitherto
           they
           have
           been
           too
           forward
           in
           giving
           Ear
           to
           Proposals
           on
           this
           mistake
           ,
           that
           they
           could
           never
           have
           such
           a
           favourable
           Juncture
           for
           getting
           the
           Laws
           against
           them
           Repealed
           ;
           I
           hope
           now
           they
           are
           undeceived
           ,
           since
           the
           Successors
           have
           pawn'd
           their
           Faith
           and
           Honour
           for
           it
           ,
           which
           I
           take
           to
           be
           a
           better
           security
           (
           as
           matters
           go
           at
           present
           )
           than
           the
           so
           much
           talk'd
           of
           
             Magna
             Charta
          
           for
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           would
           be
           ,
           though
           got
           in
           a
           legal
           way
           ;
           for
           our
           Judges
           have
           declared
           ,
           That
           Princes
           can
           dispence
           with
           the
           Obligation
           of
           Laws
           ,
           but
           they
           have
           not
           yet
           given
           their
           Opinion
           ,
           that
           they
           can
           dispence
           with
           the
           Honour
           of
           their
           Word
           ;
           nor
           have
           their
           Highnesses
           any
           Confessor
           to
           supply
           such
           an
           Omission
           .
        
         
           However
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           charg'd
           on
           their
           Highnesses
           ,
           if
           such
           a
           
             Magna
             Charta
          
           be
           not
           at
           present
           given
           them
           ,
           provided
           the
           Test
           be
           let
           alone
           ;
           but
           I
           fear
           the
           Roman
           Catholicks
           Zeal
           will
           have
           all
           or
           nothing
           ;
           and
           the
           Test
           too
           must
           be
           Repealed
           ,
           by
           wheedling
           the
           Dissenters
           to
           joyn
           with
           willing
           Sheriffs
           in
           violating
           the
           Rights
           of
           Elections
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           Root
           of
           the
           Liberties
           of
           England
           ;
           a
           prudent
           way
           of
           recommending
           their
           Religion
           to
           all
           true
           English-men
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           any
           of
           the
           Dissenters
           be
           so
           destitute
           of
           Sense
           and
           Honesty
           ,
           as
           to
           prefer
           a
           
             Magna
             Charta
          
           ,
           so
           obtained
           ,
           Void
           and
           Null
           in
           it self
           ,
           to
           their
           own
           Honour
           and
           Conscience
           ,
           to
           the
           Love
           and
           Liberties
           of
           their
           Countrey
           ,
           to
           the
           present
           Kindness
           of
           all
           good
           Men
           ,
           and
           their
           Countenance
           at
           another
           time
           ,
           and
           above
           all
           ,
           
           to
           the
           Favour
           and
           Word
           of
           the
           Successors
           ,
           who
           have
           now
           so
           generously
           declared
           themselves
           for
           them
           ;
           We
           may
           pronounce
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           men
           abandoned
           to
           a
           Reprobate
           sense
           ,
           who
           will
           justly
           deserve
           Infamy
           ,
           and
           the
           Hatred
           of
           the
           Nation
           at
           present
           ,
           and
           its
           Resentments
           hereafter
           .
           Is
           it
           possible
           ,
           that
           any
           Dissenter
           ,
           who
           either
           deserves
           or
           loves
           the
           Reputation
           of
           an
           Honest
           Man
           ,
           can
           be
           prevailed
           with
           by
           any
           pretences
           of
           Insinuations
           how
           plausible
           soever
           ,
           to
           make
           so
           Odious
           and
           pernicious
           a
           bargain
           ,
           as
           that
           of
           buying
           a
           precarious
           pretended
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           at
           the
           price
           of
           the
           Civil
           Liberties
           of
           the
           Country
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           price
           of
           removing
           that
           which
           under
           God
           is
           the
           most
           effectual
           Bar
           to
           keep
           us
           from
           the
           Dominion
           of
           a
           Religion
           ,
           that
           wouldas
           soon
           as
           it
           could
           ,
           force
           us
           to
           abandon
           our
           own
           ,
           or
           reduce
           us
           to
           the
           Miserable
           Condition
           of
           those
           of
           our
           Neighbours
           ,
           who
           are
           glad
           to
           forsake
           all
           they
           have
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           have
           their
           Souls
           and
           Lives
           for
           prey
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           their
           Clergy
           have
           of
           late
           oppos'd
           themselves
           to
           Popery
           ,
           with
           so
           much
           Learning
           ,
           Vigour
           ,
           Danger
           and
           Success
           ,
           that
           I
           think
           all
           honest
           Dissenters
           will
           lay
           down
           their
           Resentments
           against
           them
           ,
           and
           look
           on
           that
           Church
           ,
           as
           the
           present
           Bulwark
           and
           Honour
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           .
           I
           wish
           those
           high
           men
           among
           them
           ,
           who
           have
           so
           long
           appropriated
           to
           themselves
           ,
           the
           name
           and
           Authority
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           have
           been
           made
           Instruments
           to
           bring
           about
           Designs
           ,
           of
           which
           their
           present
           Behaviour
           convinces
           me
           ,
           they
           were
           ignorant
           ,
           as
           I
           suppose
           many
           of
           the
           Dissenters
           are
           ,
           whose
           turn
           it
           is
           now
           to
           be
           the
           Tools
           .
        
         
           I
           say
           ,
           I
           wish
           such
           men
           would
           consider
           ,
           to
           what
           a
           pass
           they
           have
           brought
           Matters
           by
           their
           Violences
           ,
           or
           rather
           the
           Violences
           of
           these
           whose
           Property
           they
           were
           ,
           and
           at
           length
           be
           wise
           ;
           They
           cannot
           but
           be
           sensible
           of
           the
           Advantages
           they
           receive
           by
           this
           Letter
           .
           I
           suppose
           they
           apprehend
           (
           I
           am
           sure
           they
           ought
           to
           do
           it
           )
           that
           the
           Ruine
           of
           their
           Church
           is
           resolv'd
           on
           :
           But
           if
           the
           Dissenters
           upon
           this
           Letter
           withdraw
           themselves
           ,
           the
           
             R.
             C's
          
           have
           neither
           Hearts
           to
           keep
           firm
           to
           such
           a
           Resolution
           ,
           nor
           Hands
           to
           Execute
           it
           .
        
         
           Since
           therefore
           ,
           They
           themselves
           ,
           have
           unhappily
           brought
           their
           Church
           into
           such
           Pre●pices
           by
           provoking
           the
           Dissenters
           ,
           it
           is
           in
           a
           particular
           manner
           their
           Duty
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           their
           laterest
           ,
           to
           endeavour
           to
           soften
           them
           ,
           by
           assisting
           the
           Letter
           ,
           and
           promoting
           the
           Design
           of
           it
           .
        
         
         
           But
           if
           the
           old
           leaven
           still
           remain
           ,
           they
           continue
           to
           argue
           as
           formerly
           ,
           if
           the
           Surplice
           be
           parted
           with
           ,
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           is
           lost
           ;
           if
           the
           Penal
           Laws
           be
           repealed
           ,
           the
           Test
           will
           follow
           :
           and
           comfort
           themselves
           with
           this
           most
           Christian
           reflection
           ,
           that
           the
           
             R.
             C.
          
           will
           not
           accept
           of
           what
           is
           offered
           them
           ;
           such
           men
           deserve
           all
           the
           misery
           that
           is
           preparing
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           will
           perish
           without
           Pity
           ,
           and
           give
           thinking
           Men
           occasion
           to
           remember
           the
           Proverb
           ,
           
             Beat
             a
             Fool
          
           (
           or
           a
           Zealot
           )
           
             in
             a
             Morter
             ,
             yet
             his
             Foolishness
             will
             not
             depart
             from
             him
             .
          
           But
           the
           Dissenters
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           much
           concerned
           at
           this
           ,
           they
           have
           their
           own
           Bigots
           ,
           and
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           theirs
           ;
           there
           will
           be
           Tools
           whilst
           there
           are
           Workmen
           .
        
         
           This
           a
           time
           for
           Wisdom
           to
           be
           justified
           of
           her
           Children
           ,
           when
           honest
           men
           ought
           to
           leave
           off
           minding
           the
           lesser
           Interests
           of
           this
           or
           that
           particular
           Church
           ,
           and
           joyn
           in
           securing
           the
           common
           Interest
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           .
           And
           to
           conclude
           ,
           I
           would
           particularly
           beg
           of
           the
           Dissenters
           to
           make
           use
           of
           their
           best
           Judgment
           on
           this
           so
           critical
           an
           occasion
           ,
           which
           they
           will
           do
           in
           my
           opinion
           ,
           in
           keeping
           close
           to
           the
           contents
           of
           this
           Letter
           ,
           by
           endeavouring
           to
           obtain
           in
           a
           fair
           and
           legal
           way
           such
           a
           Liberty
           to
           all
           Perswasions
           ,
           as
           is
           the
           Natural
           Right
           of
           Freemen
           ,
           and
           as
           our
           Protestant
           Successors
           declare
           themselves
           willing
           to
           joyn
           in
           ;
           and
           if
           those
           who
           have
           an
           equal
           ,
           nay
           a
           greater
           Interest
           than
           themselves
           ,
           will
           not
           agree
           to
           such
           a
           Liberty
           ,
           because
           they
           will
           be
           Masters
           or
           nothing
           ;
           the
           Dissenters
           will
           have
           the
           comfort
           of
           having
           discharged
           their
           own
           Consciences
           ,
           as
           prudent
           Men
           and
           good
           Christians
           ought
           to
           do
           ,
           and
           may
           safely
           trust
           God
           with
           the
           Event
           .
        
         
           Sir
           ,
           I
           thought
           I
           had
           made
           an
           end
           ,
           but
           looking
           your
           Letter
           over
           again
           ,
           I
           find
           I
           have
           forgot
           to
           answer
           a
           reason
           or
           two
           you
           give
           ,
           why
           you
           doubt
           whether
           the
           Letter
           be
           truly
           M.
           Fagels
           :
           You
           are
           informed
           (
           you
           say
           )
           that
           such
           and
           such
           Great
           Men
           doubted
           of
           it
           ;
           but
           some
           might
           as
           well
           pretend
           to
           doubt
           of
           the
           Truth
           of
           that
           Letter
           ,
           (
           tho
           they
           knew
           it
           to
           be
           true
           )
           as
           believe
           Her
           Majesty
           to
           be
           with
           Child
           ,
           almost
           before
           she
           knew
           it
           Her self
           ;
           and
           that
           she
           was
           quick
           ,
           when
           the
           Embryo
           ,
           as
           Anatomists
           say
           ,
           is
           not
           much
           above
           an
           Inch
           long
           ;
           I
           don't
           think
           that
           Popish
           Successors
           ,
           like
           certain
           weeds
           ,
           grow
           faster
           than
           others
           :
           The
           Persons
           you
           name
           may
           Trim
           ,
           and
           presume
           on
           their
           Merit
           ,
           
           least
           they
           might
           be
           thought
           capable
           of
           Resentment
           .
           A
           dangerous
           Reflection
           .
           I
           say
           their
           Merit
           ;
           you
           have
           seen
           a
           long
           relation
           of
           the
           great
           services
           some
           (
           when
           they
           were
           in
           power
           )
           did
           their
           Highnesses
           ;
           it
           is
           bound
           up
           with
           a
           relation
           of
           the
           true
           causes
           of
           their
           sufferings
           for
           their
           (
           or
           rather
           their
           Highnesses
           )
           Religion
           .
           You
           know
           even
           how
           one
           of
           them
           the
           last
           Summer
           payed
           them
           his
           reverence
           with
           all
           the
           Respect
           and
           Humility
           of
           a
           due
           distance
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           same
           caution
           with
           which
           the
           Invincible
           Monarch
           fights
           out
           of
           Cannon
           shot
           .
           But
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           though
           the
           character
           of
           a
           Trimmer
           be
           ordinarily
           the
           character
           of
           a
           Prudent
           Man
           ,
           there
           are
           times
           and
           seasons
           when
           it
           is
           not
           the
           Character
           of
           an
           Honest
           Man.
           
        
         
           I
           acknowledge
           that
           since
           their
           Highnesses
           Marriage
           ,
           nothing
           has
           hapned
           so
           much
           for
           the
           good
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Interest
           as
           this
           Letter
           of
           M.
           Fagels
           ,
           and
           if
           I
           had
           been
           either
           the
           Writer
           or
           Adviser
           of
           it
           ,
           I
           should
           be
           very
           proud
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           think
           the
           Nation
           much
           in
           my
           debt
           .
           But
           Sir
           ,
           that
           was
           not
           a
           very
           good
           reason
           to
           make
           you
           doubt
           of
           it
           ;
           for
           a
           good
           cause
           will
           have
           its
           time
           ,
           tho
           not
           so
           often
           as
           a
           bad
           one
           ,
           which
           hath
           ordinarily
           the
           Majority
           on
           its
           side
           .
        
         
           I
           am
           confident
           at
           present
           we
           have
           all
           the
           reason
           in
           the
           world
           to
           expect
           it
           ,
           for
           my
           own
           part
           ,
           though
           I
           am
           neither
           young
           nor
           strong
           ,
           I
           hope
           to
           live
           to
           see
           a
           day
           of
           Jubilee
           in
           England
           for
           all
           that
           deserve
           it
           ;
           when
           honest
           men
           shall
           have
           the
           same
           pleasure
           in
           thinking
           on
           these
           times
           ,
           that
           a
           Woman
           happily
           delivered
           hath
           in
           reflecting
           on
           the
           pain
           and
           danger
           she
           was
           in
           .
           But
           Knaves
           shall
           remember
           them
           ,
           as
           I
           am
           told
           the
           damned
           do
           their
           sins
           ,
           Cursing
           both
           them
           and
           themselves
           .
        
         
           
             Sir
             ,
             I
             am
             Yours
             .
          
           
             January
             12
             ,
             1688.
             
          
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           Letter
           Writ
           by
           Mijn
           Heer
           Fagel
           ,
           Pensioner
           to
           the
           Great
           and
           Mighty
           Lords
           ,
           the
           States
           of
           Holland
           and
           Westfriesland
           .
           Writ
           in
           French
           on
           the
           9th
           of
           April
           ,
           N.
           Stile
           1688.
           
           To
           the
           Marquiss
           of
           Albeville
           ,
           Envoy
           Extraordinary
           of
           His
           Majesty
           of
           Great
           Britain
           ,
           to
           the
           High
           and
           Mighty
           the
           States
           General
           of
           the
           Vnited
           Provinces
           .
           To
           which
           is
           prefixt
           an
           Account
           in
           Dutch
           of
           the
           Letter
           Writ
           by
           Mijn
           Heer
           Fagel
           ,
           on
           the
           4th
           of
           November
           ,
           in
           the
           year
           1687.
           to
           Mr.
           Stewart
           ,
           written
           by
           the
           said
           Pensioner
           ,
           and
           Published
           by
           his
           Order
           .
        
         
           Printed
           at
           the
           Hague
           by
           James
           Scheltus
           ,
           Printer
           to
           the
           States
           of
           Holland
           and
           Westfriesland
           .
        
         
           Translated
           out
           of
           the
           French
           and
           Dutch
           into
           English
           .
        
         
           
             
               READER
               ,
            
          
           
             I
             
               Gaspar
               Fagel
            
             ,
             having
             the
             honour
             to
             serve
             the
             
               Great
               and
               Mighty
               States
               of
               Holland
               and
               Westfriesland
               ,
            
             in
             the
             Quality
             of
             their
             Pensioner
             ,
             cannot
             any
             longer
             delay
             the
             giving
             the
             Publick
             this
             account
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             month
             of
             July
             last
             1687.
             
             I
             was
             very
             earnestly
             desired
             by
             Mr.
             
               James
               Stewart
            
             Advocate
             ,
             to
             write
             to
             him
             what
             were
             the
             Prince
             and
             Princess
             of
             
             Orange's
             Thoughts
             concerning
             the
             repealing
             the
             
               Test
               and
               the
               Penal
               Laws
            
             :
             but
             I
             was
             not
             easily
             brought
             to
             put
             Pen
             to
             Paper
             on
             this
             subject
             ,
             because
             I
             knew
             that
             their
             Highnesses
             Thoughts
             did
             not
             agree
             with
             his
             Majesties
             ;
             so
             that
             the
             writing
             in
             such
             matters
             was
             extream
             tender
             :
             therefore
             I
             delayed
             it
             till
             I
             was
             more
             earnestly
             pressed
             to
             it
             :
             and
             it
             was
             Intimated
             to
             me
             ,
             that
             those
             pressing
             desires
             were
             made
             by
             His
             Majesties
             Knowledge
             and
             Allowance
             :
             at
             last
             I
             did
             according
             to
             the
             mind
             of
             their
             Highnesses
             ,
             draw
             the
             Letter
             which
             I
             writ
             to
             Mr.
             Stewart
             on
             the
             4th
             of
             November
             :
             I
             transmitted
             the
             draught
             of
             my
             Letter
             to
             their
             Highnesses
             ,
             and
             received
             upon
             it
             their
             order
             to
             send
             it
             ,
             after
             that
             their
             Highnesses
             had
             read
             and
             examined
             the
             draught
             in
             Dutch
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             Translation
             of
             it
             into
             English
             :
             upon
             all
             this
             I
             sent
             my
             Letter
             to
             
             Mr.
             Stewart
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             November
             ;
             and
             received
             an
             answer
             from
             him
             ,
             by
             which
             he
             signified
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             shewed
             my
             Letter
             ,
             both
             to
             the
             Earl
             of
             Melfort
             and
             to
             the
             Earl
             of
             Sunderland
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             was
             also
             shewed
             to
             the
             
               King
               himself
            
             ;
             nor
             did
             he
             in
             the
             least
             intimate
             to
             me
             that
             it
             was
             desired
             that
             I
             should
             make
             any
             great
             secret
             of
             it
             ;
             or
             take
             care
             that
             it
             should
             not
             become
             publick
             :
             That
             Letter
             ,
             was
             afterwards
             about
             the
             middle
             of
             January
             ,
             Printed
             in
             England
             ;
             and
             upon
             its
             coming
             over
             into
             this
             Country
             ,
             it
             has
             occasioned
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             noise
             ;
             yet
             I
             have
             not
             hitherto
             concerned
             my self
             in
             all
             those
             discourses
             ,
             or
             in
             all
             that
             has
             been
             writ
             and
             printed
             upon
             it
             ,
             but
             have
             let
             all
             people
             reason
             or
             write
             concerning
             it
             as
             they
             pleased
             :
             But
             I
             have
             lately
             seen
             an
             
               English
               Book
            
             ,
             entitled
             ,
             
               Parliamentum
               Pacificum
            
             ,
             printed
             in
             London
             ,
             in
             this
             present
             year
             ,
             by
             vertue
             of
             a
             Licence
             signed
             by
             the
             Earl
             of
             Sunderland
             ;
             in
             which
             that
             Letter
             writ
             by
             me
             ,
             is
             not
             only
             called
             a
             
               Pretended
               Piece
            
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             said
             ,
             that
             which
             I
             had
             set
             forth
             in
             my
             Letter
             ,
             concerning
             the
             Prince
             and
             Princesses
             Thoughts
             ,
             relating
             to
             the
             repeal
             of
             the
             
               Test
               and
               the
               Penal
               Laws
            
             was
             advanced
             by
             me
             without
             the
             knowledge
             of
             their
             Highnesses
             ,
             at
             least
             of
             her
             
               Royal
               Highness
            
             :
             and
             by
             this
             the
             Reader
             may
             be
             perhaps
             wrought
             on
             to
             believe
             either
             that
             my
             Letter
             was
             a
             
               Pretended
               Piece
            
             ,
             and
             Forgery
             ,
             or
             that
             I
             writ
             it
             without
             Order
             from
             their
             Highnesses
             ;
             since
             it
             may
             indeed
             seem
             scarce
             probable
             ,
             that
             the
             Author
             could
             have
             obtained
             a
             License
             for
             the
             printing
             of
             a
             paper
             that
             contains
             such
             falshoods
             in
             it
             ,
             which
             the
             Court
             and
             in
             particular
             the
             Earl
             of
             Sunderland
             could
             not
             but
             know
             to
             be
             such
             :
             for
             they
             know
             well
             both
             that
             the
             Letter
             was
             writ
             by
             me
             ,
             and
             that
             I
             was
             ordered
             to
             write
             it
             by
             their
             Highnesses
             :
             therefore
             I
             could
             not
             delay
             any
             longer
             to
             undeceive
             the
             World.
             Thus
             I
             am
             obliged
             to
             publish
             this
             account
             of
             the
             matter
             .
             I
             have
             still
             in
             my
             possession
             ,
             those
             Letters
             by
             which
             I
             was
             earnestly
             pressed
             to
             write
             the
             fore-mentioned
             Letter
             ,
             in
             which
             it
             is
             expresly
             said
             ,
             
               that
               they
               were
               writ
               by
               His
               Majesties
               Knowledge
               and
               Allowance
               :
            
             I
             have
             also
             that
             Letter
             in
             which
             notice
             is
             given
             that
             my
             Letter
             had
             come
             to
             hand
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             was
             shewed
             not
             only
             to
             the
             Earls
             of
             Melf●rt
             and
             Sunderland
             ,
             but
             to
             his
             Majesty
             himself
             ,
             so
             that
             they
             know
             well
             that
             it
             is
             no
             
               Pretended
               Piece
            
             .
             I
             have
             also
             by
             me
             the
             Letter
             ,
             by
             which
             His
             Highneses
             desired
             me
             to
             send
             ●●●●●ter
             to
             Mr.
             Stewart
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             English
             Translation
             
             of
             it
             :
             all
             which
             I
             will
             print
             ,
             if
             I
             find
             it
             necessary
             .
             So
             that
             it
             is
             a
             gross
             abuse
             put
             on
             the
             World
             ,
             to
             say
             that
             my
             Letter
             is
             a
             forgery
             ,
             since
             as
             it
             was
             truly
             writ
             by
             me
             ,
             so
             it
             has
             been
             avowed
             by
             me
             ever
             since
             it
             first
             appeared
             :
             And
             it
             is
             a
             base
             Calumny
             and
             Slander
             ,
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             I
             writ
             that
             account
             of
             their
             Highnesses
             thoughts
             concerning
             the
             Repeal
             of
             the
             Test
             and
             the
             
               Penal
               Laws
            
             without
             their
             knowledge
             :
             which
             appears
             so
             much
             the
             more
             evident
             ,
             since
             it
             cannot
             be
             imagined
             ,
             that
             their
             Highnesses
             would
             not
             have
             expressed
             their
             just
             resentments
             ,
             at
             so
             high
             and
             extravagant
             a
             presumption
             as
             I
             should
             have
             committed
             ,
             if
             I
             had
             written
             any
             account
             of
             their
             thoughts
             ,
             without
             their
             knowledg
             :
             All
             this
             has
             obliged
             me
             for
             my
             own
             Vindication
             to
             write
             the
             following
             Letter
             ,
             to
             the
             Marquess
             of
             Albeville
             ,
             His
             Majesties
             
               Envoy
               to
               the
               States
            
             :
             because
             I
             have
             had
             much
             discourse
             with
             him
             concerning
             the
             writing
             of
             that
             Letter
             ,
             long
             before
             this
             book
             called
             
               Parliamentum
               Pacificum
            
             was
             published
             :
             but
             I
             will
             not
             engage
             my self
             any
             further
             to
             examine
             the
             reasonings
             of
             the
             Author
             of
             that
             Phmphlet
             :
             for
             I
             know
             well
             ,
             that
             in
             those
             matters
             the
             world
             is
             divided
             into
             very
             different
             sentiments
             ,
             and
             that
             men
             are
             apt
             to
             approve
             or
             censure
             such
             things
             ,
             according
             to
             their
             preconceived
             Opinions
             :
             Of
             all
             this
             I
             thought
             it
             necessary
             to
             advertise
             my
             Reader
             ,
             and
             to
             order
             this
             account
             of
             my
             Letter
             to
             be
             printed
             by
             a
             known
             Printer
             ,
             from
             a
             Copy
             signed
             by
             my
             hand
             .
          
           
             
               At
               the
               Hague
               
                 the
                 10th
                 .
                 of
                 April
                 ,
                 1688.
                 
              
            
             
               GASPAR
               FAGEL
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             A
             Copy
             of
             the
             Letter
             Writ
             by
             Mijn
             Heer
             Fagel
             ,
             to
             the
             Marquis
             of
             Albeville
             ,
             bearing
             date
             the
             9th
             .
             of
             April
             ,
             1688.
             
          
           
             
               SIR
               ,
            
          
           
             THere
             has
             appeared
             here
             an
             
               English
               book
            
             ,
             Printed
             at
             London
             this
             year
             ,
             entitled
             
               Parliamentum
               Pacificum
            
             with
             an
             Im●rimatur
             before
             it
             signed
             by
             the
             Earl
             of
             Sunderland
             :
             ●f
             which
             I
             cannot
             but
             complain
             to
             you
             how
             averse
             soever
             I
             am
             〈◊〉
             
             things
             of
             that
             kind
             .
             It
             is
             affirmed
             in
             that
             book
             ,
             that
             the
             Letter
             which
             I
             writ
             to
             Mr.
             Stewart
             the
             4th
             .
             of
             November
             last
             year
             ,
             concerning
             the
             Test
             and
             the
             
               Penal
               Laws
            
             is
             a
             
               Pretended
               Piece
            
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             that
             I
             writ
             it
             without
             order
             ;
             and
             without
             the
             consent
             of
             their
             Highnesses
             ,
             and
             more
             particularly
             of
             her
             
               Royal
               Highness
               the
            
             PRINCESS
             of
             ORANGE
             :
             I
             will
             not
             engage
             my self
             to
             examin
             and
             refute
             the
             particulars
             that
             are
             in
             that
             Book
             ,
             for
             that
             were
             as
             unsuteable
             to
             the
             Character
             I
             bear
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             to
             my
             own
             Inclinations
             ;
             which
             do
             both
             concur
             in
             making
             it
             unfit
             for
             me
             to
             enter
             upon
             a
             publick
             dispute
             in
             things
             of
             this
             nature
             :
             But
             you
             cannot
             think
             it
             strange
             ,
             if
             I
             desire
             you
             to
             call
             to
             mind
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             not
             of
             my
             own
             head
             that
             I
             was
             engaged
             to
             write
             that
             Letter
             which
             is
             now
             called
             in
             question
             :
             it
             was
             far
             from
             that
             .
             I
             was
             pressed
             by
             earnest
             and
             often
             repeated
             Instances
             for
             the
             space
             of
             four
             months
             ,
             that
             were
             made
             to
             me
             in
             His
             Majesties
             name
             ,
             to
             write
             upon
             that
             subject
             ;
             which
             at
             last
             prevailed
             with
             me
             ;
             yet
             I
             went
             about
             it
             with
             all
             the
             caution
             that
             a
             matter
             of
             such
             Importance
             required
             ;
             and
             I
             took
             care
             not
             to
             write
             one
             single
             period
             in
             that
             whole
             Letter
             ,
             that
             I
             apprehended
             might
             give
             His
             Majesty
             the
             least
             offence
             :
             yet
             after
             all
             I
             see
             this
             Letter
             is
             treated
             as
             an
             Imposture
             ,
             in
             a
             Book
             published
             by
             Authority
             :
             tho
             both
             his
             Majesty
             and
             the
             whole
             Court
             know
             the
             truth
             of
             this
             matter
             ;
             which
             Sir
             ,
             I
             have
             in
             particular
             owned
             to
             your self
             ,
             as
             being
             the
             Kings
             Minister
             here
             :
             as
             I
             have
             also
             owned
             it
             to
             all
             that
             have
             spoke
             to
             me
             upon
             the
             Subject
             .
             But
             that
             which
             troubles
             more
             is
             ,
             that
             I
             am
             accused
             for
             having
             made
             use
             of
             their
             Highnesses
             name
             ,
             and
             in
             particular
             of
             her
             
               Royal
               Highnesses
            
             without
             their
             Order
             ,
             as
             if
             I
             were
             capable
             of
             so
             Infamous
             a
             Forgery
             ,
             and
             of
             an
             Imposture
             so
             unworthy
             of
             any
             man
             of
             honour
             ,
             and
             that
             chiefly
             in
             a
             matter
             of
             so
             great
             Consequence
             .
             Sir
             ,
             you
             must
             not
             think
             it
             strange
             ,
             if
             in
             this
             I
             appeal
             to
             your self
             ,
             to
             that
             which
             you
             know
             ,
             and
             which
             you
             have
             often
             owned
             to
             me
             your self
             :
             that
             their
             Highnesses
             ,
             and
             particularly
             Her
             
               Royal
               Highness
            
             have
             often
             expre●sed
             to
             you
             their
             thoughts
             concerning
             the
             
               Test
               and
               the
               Penal
               Laws
            
             ,
             conform
             to
             that
             which
             I
             writ
             in
             their
             names
             :
             which
             you
             owned
             to
             me
             ,
             that
             you
             had
             writ
             to
             the
             Court
             of
             England
             ,
             long
             before
             I
             writ
             that
             Letter
             ,
             and
             that
             therefore
             you
             could
             not
             imagin
             upon
             what
             reason
             the
             Court
             could
             press
             me
             so
             much
             as
             they
             did
             to
             write
             to
             Mr.
             Stewart
             .
             
             I
             do
             assure
             you
             ,
             I
             find
             my self
             very
             little
             concerned
             in
             what
             is
             said
             in
             this
             late
             Book
             ,
             or
             in
             any
             other
             of
             that
             kind
             :
             I
             foresaw
             well
             enough
             from
             the
             beginning
             that
             I
             should
             be
             attackt
             upon
             the
             account
             of
             my
             Letter
             :
             in
             which
             it
             was
             Indifferent
             to
             me
             what
             any
             man
             thought
             of
             it
             .
             But
             this
             Book
             being
             published
             by
             the
             authoaity
             of
             a
             Licence
             granted
             by
             the
             Earl
             of
             
               Sunderland
               ,
               President
               of
               His
               Majesties
               Privy
               Council
               and
               Secretary
               of
               State
               ,
            
             I
             find
             my
             honour
             is
             so
             touched
             in
             it
             ,
             that
             I
             am
             obliged
             to
             undeceive
             the
             world
             ,
             of
             the
             false
             accusation
             with
             which
             I
             am
             charged
             in
             it
             .
             And
             I
             thought
             Sir
             ,
             that
             I
             could
             not
             do
             this
             better
             ,
             than
             by
             writing
             to
             you
             ,
             that
             are
             His
             Majestys
             Minister
             ,
             and
             who
             know
             perfectly
             the
             truth
             of
             the
             matter
             that
             is
             now
             called
             in
             question
             :
             and
             therefore
             I
             desire
             you
             will
             write
             concerning
             it
             ,
             to
             the
             Earl
             of
             Sunderland
             :
             I
             believe
             he
             has
             not
             seen
             or
             at
             least
             that
             he
             has
             not
             considered
             the
             passages
             of
             that
             Book
             that
             do
             concern
             me
             .
             For
             I
             am
             sure
             if
             he
             had
             done
             that
             ,
             he
             would
             never
             have
             Licensed
             it
             :
             for
             my
             Lord
             Sunderland
             knows
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             any
             man
             alive
             does
             ,
             that
             my
             Letter
             to
             Mr.
             Stewart
             is
             no
             
               Pretended
               Piece
            
             :
             he
             himself
             saw
             the
             Letter
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             the
             English
             Translation
             of
             it
             that
             I
             sent
             along
             with
             it
             :
             And
             he
             could
             not
             but
             know
             likewise
             ,
             both
             by
             your
             Letters
             ,
             and
             by
             what
             you
             told
             by
             
               word
               of
               mouth
            
             ,
             that
             their
             Highnesses
             ,
             and
             in
             particular
             Her
             
               Royal
               Highness
            
             ,
             have
             often
             owned
             to
             you
             ,
             their
             sense
             of
             the
             Test
             and
             the
             
               Penal
               Laws
            
             ,
             conform
             to
             that
             which
             I
             writ
             in
             their
             name
             to
             Mr.
             Stewart
             .
             So
             I
             do
             persuade
             my self
             ,
             that
             My
             Lord
             Sunderland
             will
             have
             the
             Justice
             and
             Goodness
             to
             recall
             this
             Licence
             ,
             which
             has
             been
             obtained
             of
             him
             by
             a
             surprise
             :
             and
             that
             the
             Author
             of
             so
             manifest
             and
             so
             Injurious
             a
             Calumny
             ,
             shall
             be
             punished
             as
             he
             deserveth
             .
             I
             will
             not
             likewise
             conceal
             from
             you
             ,
             the
             design
             I
             have
             of
             publishing
             an
             account
             of
             all
             that
             has
             passed
             in
             this
             matter
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             of
             this
             Letter
             ,
             which
             I
             take
             the
             liberty
             now
             to
             write
             to
             you
             ,
             in
             which
             my
             design
             is
             not
             to
             enter
             into
             any
             dispute
             concerning
             the
             matter
             it self
             ,
             much
             less
             to
             offend
             any
             person
             whatsoever
             ,
             but
             only
             to
             cover
             my
             Honour
             which
             is
             struck
             at
             by
             this
             
               attrocious
               Calumny
            
             .
             I
             am
             Sir
             your
             most
             humble
             and
             most
             obedient
             Servant
          
           
             
               GASPAR
               FAGEL
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             To
             all
             which
             this
             Attestation
             of
             the
             Printer
             is
             added
             .
          
           
             I
             
               the
               under
               subscribing
            
             James
             Scheltus
             
               Printer
               in
               Ordinary
               to
               the
            
             Great
             and
             Mighty
             Lords
             the
             States
             of
             Holland
             and
             Westfriesland
             ,
             
               dwelling
               in
               the
            
             Hague
             ,
             
               do
               declare
               and
               attest
               by
               these
               presents
               ,
               that
               the
               Writing
               here
               published
               ,
               together
               with
               the
               Copy
               of
               the
               Letter
               writ
               in
            
             French
             
               to
               the
            
             Marquis
             of
             Albeville
             ,
             Envoy
             Extraordinary
             of
             His
             Majesty
             of
             Great
             Brittain
             to
             the
             States
             ,
             
               were
               delivered
               into
               my
               hands
               in
               order
               to
               their
               being
               Printed
               ,
            
             by
             Mijn
             Heer
             Gasper
             Fagel
             ,
             Pesioner
             to
             the
             above
             named
             Lords
             and
             States
             of
             Holland
             and
             Westfriesland
             ,
             
               and
               that
               I
               have
               printed
               them
               by
               his
               express
            
             Order
             .
          
           
             
               
                 At
                 the
              
               Hague
               
                 
                   the
                   10th
                   of
                   April
                
                 1688.
                 
              
            
             
               J.
               SCHELTUS
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           Some
           Extracts
           ,
           out
           of
           Mr.
           James
           Stewart's
           Letters
           ,
           which
           were
           communicated
           to
           Mijn
           Heer
           Fagel
           ,
           the
           States
           Pensionary
           of
           the
           Province
           of
           Holland
           .
           Together
           with
           some
           References
           to
           Mr.
           Stewart's
           Printed
           Letter
           .
        
         
           MR.
           Stewart
           staid
           about
           seven
           Months
           ,
           after
           he
           had
           received
           the
           
             Pensionary's
             Letter
          
           ,
           before
           he
           thought
           fit
           to
           write
           any
           Answer
           to
           it
           :
           and
           then
           instead
           of
           sending
           one
           in
           writing
           to
           the
           Pensioner
           ,
           or
           in
           a
           Language
           understood
           by
           him
           ,
           he
           has
           thought
           fit
           ,
           by
           a
           Civility
           peculiar
           to
           himself
           ,
           to
           Print
           an
           Answer
           in
           English
           ,
           and
           to
           send
           it
           abroad
           into
           the
           World
           ,
           before
           the
           Pensioner
           had
           so
           much
           as
           seen
           it
           .
           The
           many
           and
           great
           Affairs
           that
           press
           had
           upon
           that
           Eminent
           Minister
           ,
           together
           with
           a
           sad
           want
           of
           Health
           ,
           by
           which
           he
           has
           been
           long
           afflicted
           ,
           have
           made
           that
           he
           had
           not
           the
           leisure
           to
           procure
           Mr.
           Stewart's
           Letter
           to
           be
           translated
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           to
           compare
           the
           Matters
           of
           Fact
           related
           to
           in
           it
           ,
           with
           the
           Letters
           that
           were
           writ
           the
           last
           
           year
           by
           Mr.
           Stwatr
           ,
           which
           are
           in
           his
           Possession
           ;
           nor
           did
           he
           think
           it
           necessary
           ,
           to
           make
           too
           much
           haste
           :
           And
           therefore
           if
           he
           has
           let
           as
           many
           Weeks
           pass
           ,
           without
           ordering
           an
           Answer
           to
           be
           prepared
           ,
           as
           the
           other
           had
           done
           Months
           ,
           he
           thought
           that
           even
           this
           Slowness
           ,
           might
           look
           like
           one
           that
           despised
           this
           indecent
           Attempt
           upon
           his
           Honour
           ,
           that
           Mr.
           Stewart
           has
           made
           in
           giving
           so
           unjust
           a
           Representation
           of
           the
           matter
           of
           Fact.
           He
           hopes
           he
           is
           too
           well
           known
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           to
           apprehend
           that
           any
           Persons
           would
           entertain
           the
           hard
           Thoughts
           of
           him
           ,
           which
           Mr.
           
           Stewart's
           late
           Print
           may
           have
           offered
           to
           them
           ;
           and
           therefore
           he
           has
           proceeded
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           with
           the
           Slowness
           that
           he
           thought
           became
           his
           Integrity
           ,
           since
           a
           greater
           Haste
           might
           have
           look'd
           like
           one
           that
           was
           uneasy
           ,
           because
           he
           knew
           himself
           to
           be
           in
           Fault
           .
           As
           for
           the
           reasoning
           part
           of
           Mr.
           
           Stewart's
           Paper
           ,
           he
           has
           already
           expressed
           himself
           in
           his
           Letter
           to
           Mr.
           
             d'
             Albeville
          
           ,
           that
           he
           will
           not
           enter
           into
           any
           Arguing
           upon
           those
           Points
           ,
           but
           will
           leave
           the
           Matter
           to
           the
           Judgement
           of
           every
           Reader
           ;
           therefore
           he
           has
           given
           order
           only
           to
           examine
           those
           Matters
           of
           Fact
           ,
           that
           are
           set
           forth
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           Mr.
           
             Stewart's
             Letters
          
           ,
           that
           that
           so
           the
           World
           may
           have
           a
           true
           Account
           of
           the
           Motives
           that
           induced
           him
           to
           write
           his
           Letter
           to
           Mr.
           Stewart
           ,
           from
           the
           words
           of
           Mr.
           Stewart's
           own
           Letters
           :
           And
           then
           he
           will
           leave
           it
           to
           the
           Judgment
           of
           every
           Reader
           ,
           whether
           Mr.
           Stewart
           has
           given
           the
           Matter
           of
           Fact
           fairly
           or
           not
           .
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           the
           Pensioner
           has
           not
           thought
           fit
           to
           print
           all
           Mr.
           
           Stewart's
           Letters
           ,
           at
           their
           full
           length
           ;
           there
           are
           many
           Particulars
           in
           them
           for
           which
           he
           is
           not
           willing
           to
           expose
           him
           :
           And
           in
           this
           he
           has
           shewed
           a
           greater
           Regard
           to
           Mr.
           Stewart
           ,
           than
           the
           Usage
           that
           he
           has
           met
           with
           from
           him
           deserves
           :
           If
           Mr.
           Stewart
           has
           kept
           Copies
           of
           his
           own
           Letters
           ,
           he
           must
           see
           that
           the
           Pensioners
           Reservedness
           is
           rather
           grounded
           on
           what
           he
           thought
           became
           himself
           ,
           than
           on
           what
           Mr.
           Stewart
           has
           deserved
           of
           him
           .
           But
           if
           Mr.
           Stewart
           ,
           or
           any
           in
           his
           name
           ,
           will
           take
           Advantages
           from
           this
           ,
           that
           the
           Letters
           themselves
           are
           not
           published
           ,
           and
           that
           here
           there
           are
           only
           Extracts
           of
           them
           offered
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           then
           the
           Pensioner
           will
           be
           excused
           ,
           if
           he
           Prints
           them
           all
           to
           a
           Tittle
           :
           The
           Truth
           is
           ,
           it
           is
           scarce
           conceivable
           how
           Mr.
           Stewart
           could
           assume
           the
           Confidence
           that
           appears
           in
           his
           printed
           Letter
           ,
           if
           he
           have
           kept
           Copies
           of
           the
           Letters
           that
           he
           writ
           last-Year
           :
           And
           if
           he
           engaged
           himself
           in
           Affairs
           of
           
           such
           Importance
           without
           keeping
           .
           Copies
           of
           what
           he
           writ
           ,
           it
           was
           somewhat
           extraordinary
           :
           And
           yet
           this
           Censure
           is
           that
           which
           falls
           the
           softest
           on
           him
           :
           But
           I
           will
           avoid
           every
           thing
           that
           looks
           like
           a
           sharpness
           of
           Expression
           ;
           for
           the
           Pensioner
           expects
           ,
           that
           he
           who
           is
           to
           give
           this
           Account
           to
           the
           
             English
             Nation
          
           ,
           should
           rather
           consider
           the
           Dignity
           of
           the
           Post
           in
           which
           he
           is
           ,
           than
           the
           Advantages
           that
           Mr.
           Stewart
           may
           have
           given
           for
           replying
           sharply
           on
           him
           .
           And
           in
           this
           whole
           matter
           the
           
           Pensioner's
           chief
           Concern
           is
           ,
           to
           offer
           to
           the
           World
           such
           a
           Relation
           of
           the
           Occasions
           that
           drew
           his
           Letter
           to
           Mr.
           Stewart
           from
           him
           ,
           as
           may
           justify
           him
           against
           the
           false
           Insinuations
           that
           are
           given
           :
           He
           owed
           this
           likewise
           as
           an
           Expression
           of
           his
           Respect
           and
           Duty
           to
           their
           Highnesses
           ,
           in
           whose
           Name
           he
           wrote
           his
           Letter
           ,
           and
           at
           whom
           all
           those
           false
           Representations
           are
           levelled
           ,
           though
           they
           fall
           first
           and
           immediately
           upon
           himself
           .
        
         
           The
           Sum
           of
           the
           Matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           represented
           by
           Mr.
           Stewart
           ,
           amounts
           to
           this
           ,
           
             That
             he
             was
             so
             surprised
             to
             see
             in
             January
             last
             ,
             the
             Pensioner's
             Letter
             to
             him
             in
             Print
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             inclined
             to
             disbelieve
             his
             own
             Eyes
             ,
             considering
             the
             remoteness
             of
             the
             Occasion
             that
             was
             given
             for
             that
             Letter
             :
             That
             he
             had
             never
             writ
             to
             the
             Pensioner
             ,
             but
             was
             expresly
             
               cautioned
               against
               it
            
             :
             but
             that
             seeing
             the
             Sincerity
             of
             the
             King's
             Intentions
             ,
             he
             was
             desirous
             to
             contribute
             his
             small
             Endeavours
             for
             the
             advancing
             so
             good
             a
             Work
             ,
             and
             for
             that
             end
             he
             
               obtained
               leave
            
             to
             write
             to
             a
             private
             Friend
             ,
             who
             ,
             he
             judged
             might
             have
             Opportunity
             to
             represent
             any
             thing
             he
             could
             say
             to
             the
             best
             Advantage
             :
             But
             that
             of
             the
             Letters
             which
             he
             writ
             to
             his
             Friend
             ,
             there
             were
             only
             two
             intended
             for
             Communication
             ,
             in
             which
             he
             studied
             to
             evince
             the
             Equity
             and
             Expediency
             ,
             of
             repealing
             the
             Tests
             and
             the
             
               Penal
               Laws
            
             :
             And
             that
             with
             a
             peculiar
             regard
             ,
             to
             the
             
               Prince
               and
               Princess
            
             Orange's
             Interest
             ;
             and
             he
             desired
             that
             this
             might
             be
             imparted
             to
             Friends
             ,
             but
             chiefly
             to
             those
             at
             the
             Hague
             .
             And
             that
             this
             was
             the
             Substance
             of
             all
             that
             he
             writ
             on
             that
             Occasion
             .
             But
             finding
             that
             the
             Prince
             had
             already
             declared
             himself
             in
             those
             Matters
             ,
             he
             resolved
             to
             insist
             no
             further
             :
             Yet
             his
             F●ind
             insinuating
             ,
             That
             he
             had
             still
             Hopes
             to
             get
             a
             more
             distinct
             and
             satisfying
             Answer
             ,
             from
             a
             better
             Hand
             ,
             tho
             without
             naming
             the
             Person
             ,
             he
             attended
             the
             Issue
             ;
             and
             about
             the
             beginning
             of
             November
             ,
             almost
             Three
             Months
             after
             
             his
             first
             writing
             ,
             he
             received
             the
             
               Pensioners
               Letter
            
             ,
             though
             he
             had
             not
             writ
             to
             him
             (
             which
             is
             repeated
             again
             and
             again
             )
             and
             in
             it
             an
             Account
             of
             the
             Prince
             and
             Princess
             of
             
             Orange's
             Thoughts
             about
             the
             
               Repeal
               of
               the
               Tests
               and
               Penal
               Laws
            
             (
             which
             he
             had
             not
             desired
             )
             upon
             which
             he
             took
             some
             care
             to
             prevent
             the
             publishing
             of
             it
             :
             Put
             when
             he
             saw
             it
             in
             Print
             ,
             he
             clearly
             perceived
             that
             it
             was
             printed
             in
             Holland
             ;
             and
             so
             wonders
             how
             the
             Pensioner
             could
             say
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             printed
             in
             England
             ,
             which
             he
             found
             in
             his
             printed
             Letter
             to
             Mr.
             
               d'
               Albeville
            
             ;
             he
             knows
             not
             upon
             what
             Provocation
             the
             Pensioner
             writ
             that
             Letter
             ;
             but
             in
             it
             he
             finds
             that
             he
             writ
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             desired
             by
             himself
             
               to
               give
               him
               an
               Account
               of
               the
               Prince
               and
               Princess
               of
            
             Orange
             '
             
               s
               Thoughts
            
             ,
             and
             that
             these
             pressing
             Desires
             were
             made
             to
             him
             by
             His
             Majesties
             Knowledge
             and
             allowance
             ;
             this
             being
             so
             different
             from
             the
             Letters
             he
             had
             writ
             ,
             of
             which
             he
             is
             sure
             that
             the
             Account
             he
             has
             given
             is
             true
             in
             every
             point
             ,
             he
             was
             forced
             to
             vindicate
             the
             the
             King's
             Honour
             and
             his
             own
             Duty
             .
             He
             writ
             not
             out
             of
             any
             curiosity
             to
             know
             their
             Highnesses
             Though
             's
             ,
             which
             were
             already
             known
             ,
             they
             having
             been
             signified
             to
             the
             
               Marquis
               of
               Albeville
            
             ,
             and
             therefore
             he
             had
             no
             Orders
             from
             the
             King
             for
             writing
             on
             that
             Subject
             ,
             but
             only
             a
             Permission
             to
             use
             his
             little
             Endeavours
             for
             the
             advancing
             of
             his
             Service
             ;
             but
             it
             was
             never
             moved
             to
             him
             to
             write
             ,
             either
             in
             the
             King's
             Name
             or
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             any
             of
             his
             Secretaries
             .
          
           This
           is
           Mr.
           
           Stewart's
           Account
           in
           the
           first
           Nince
           Pages
           of
           his
           Letter
           ,
           and
           is
           set
           down
           In
           his
           own
           Words
           .
        
         
           Now
           in
           opposition
           to
           all
           this
           ,
           it
           will
           appear
           from
           the
           following
           Extracts
           ,
           that
           Mr.
           Stewart
           writ
           to
           his
           Friend
           ,
           as
           the
           most
           proper
           Interpreter
           for
           addressing
           himself
           to
           the
           Pensioner
           ;
           that
           he
           repeated
           his
           Proposition
           frequently
           ,
           finding
           his
           Friend
           unwilling
           to
           engage
           in
           so
           critical
           a
           matter
           .
           He
           gives
           great
           ●●surances
           of
           his
           Majesty's
           Resolutions
           
             never
             to
             al●●r
             the
             Succession
          
           (
           which
           is
           plainly
           the
           Language
           of
           a
           Treaty
           )
           he
           presses
           over
           and
           over
           again
           to
           know
           the
           
           Prince's
           Mind
           ,
           whose
           concurrence
           in
           the
           matter
           would
           be
           the
           best
           Guarentee
           of
           the●●iberty
           .
           He
           by
           name
           desires
           his
           Letters
           may
           be
           shewed
           to
           the
           Prince
           and
           Princess
           of
           Orange
           (
           though
           he
           says
           ,
           he
           only
           ●rder●d
           ●hem
           to
           be
           shewed
           to
           
             Friends
             at
             the
             Hague
          
           :
           so
           it
           seems
           he
           has
           the
           modesty
           to
           reckon
           them
           among
           the
           number
           of
           his
           Friends
           ;
           but
           it
           
           is
           a
           question
           whether
           their
           Highnesses
           do
           so
           or
           not
           .
           )
           He
           says
           in
           one
           
             Leteer
             ,
             That
             what
             he
             writ
             was
             from
             his
             Majesty
             himself
             ,
          
           and
           enlarges
           more
           fully
           on
           this
           in
           two
           other
           Letters
           ;
           and
           he
           desires
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Prince's
             Answers
             ,
             with
             his
             Reasons
             ,
             might
             be
             understood
          
           ;
           which
           very
           probably
           gave
           the
           Occasion
           to
           all
           the
           reasoning
           part
           of
           the
           
             Pensioner's
             Letter
          
           .
           And
           it
           appears
           by
           that
           Letter
           ,
           that
           the
           Return
           to
           all
           this
           was
           expected
           by
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           in
           almost
           every
           Letter
           he
           presses
           for
           a
           Return
           .
           And
           in
           conclusion
           ,
           upon
           his
           receiving
           the
           
             Pensioner's
             Letter
          
           ,
           he
           expresses
           likewise
           a
           great
           sense
           of
           the
           Honour
           done
           him
           in
           it
           ;
           that
           he
           had
           so
           far
           complied
           with
           his
           insignificant
           Endeavours
           ,
           he
           mentions
           his
           acquainting
           both
           the
           King
           and
           the
           Earls
           of
           Sunderland
           and
           Melfort
           with
           it
           ;
           and
           in
           another
           Letter
           ,
           after
           new
           Thanks
           for
           the
           
             Pensioner's
             Letter
          
           ,
           he
           
             laments
             that
             it
             was
             so
             long
             delay'd
             .
          
           But
           all
           these
           things
           will
           appear
           more
           evident
           to
           the
           Reader
           from
           the
           Passages
           drawn
           out
           of
           Mr.
           
           Stewart's
           own
           Letters
           ,
           which
           follow
           .
           Mr.
           Stewart
           seems
           not
           to
           know
           upon
           what
           Provocation
           the
           Pensioner
           writ
           to
           Mr.
           
             d'
             Albeville
          
           ,
           and
           yet
           the
           Ponsioner
           had
           set
           that
           forth
           in
           the
           Letter
           it self
           ;
           for
           the
           Pamphlet
           entituled
           
             Parliamentum
             Pacificum
          
           ,
           that
           was
           Licensed
           by
           the
           Earl
           of
           Sunderland
           ,
           contained
           such
           Reflections
           on
           his
           Letter
           to
           Mr.
           Stewart
           ,
           either
           as
           a
           
             Forgery
             ,
             or
             as
             a
             thing
             done
             without
             the
             Princess
             of
          
           Orange
           '
           
             s
             Knowledge
          
           ,
           that
           the
           Pensioner
           judged
           himself
           bound
           in
           Honour
           to
           do
           himself
           right
           .
           As
           for
           Mr.
           
           Stewart's
           criticalness
           ,
           in
           knowing
           that
           the
           
             Pensioner's
             Letter
          
           was
           first
           Printed
           in
           Holland
           ,
           and
           his
           Reflection
           on
           the
           Pensioner
           for
           insinuating
           that
           the
           Letter
           was
           first
           Printed
           in
           England
           ;
           it
           is
           very
           like
           that
           Mr.
           Stewart
           ,
           after
           so
           long
           a
           Practise
           in
           Libels
           ,
           knows
           how
           to
           distinguish
           between
           the
           Prints
           of
           the
           several
           Nations
           better
           than
           the
           Pensioner
           ,
           whose
           course
           of
           Life
           has
           raised
           him
           above
           all
           such
           Practices
           .
           But
           it
           is
           certain
           ,
           that
           wheresoever
           it
           was
           first
           Printed
           ,
           the
           Pensioner
           writ
           sincerely
           ,
           and
           believed
           really
           it
           was
           first
           Printed
           in
           England
           .
           This
           is
           all
           that
           seemed
           necessary
           to
           be
           said
           for
           an
           Introduction
           to
           the
           following
           Extracts
           .
        
         
           
           
             
               
                 July
                 12.
                 1687.
                 
              
            
          
           
             AND
             I
             assure
             you
             by
             all
             I
             can
             find
             here
             ,
             the
             establishment
             of
             this
             equal
             Liberty
             is
             his
             Majesty's
             utmost
             Design
             —
             I
             wish
             your
             people
             at
             the
             Hague
             do
             not
             mistake
             too
             far
             both
             his
             Majesty
             and
             the
             Dissenters
             ;
             for
             as
             I
             have
             already
             told
             you
             his
             
             Majesty's
             utmost
             Design
             ,
             and
             have
             ground
             to
             believe
             ,
             That
             his
             Majesty
             will
             preserve
             and
             observe
             the
             
               True
               Right
               of
               Succession
            
             ,
             as
             a
             thing
             most
             sacred
             ;
             so
             I
             must
             entreat
             you
             to
             remark
             ,
             That
             the
             Offence
             that
             some
             of
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England
               Men
            
             take
             at
             Addressing
             ,
             seems
             to
             me
             unaccountable
             ,
             and
             is
             apprehended
             by
             the
             Dissenters
             to
             proceed
             so
             certainly
             from
             their
             former
             and
             wonted
             Spirit
             ,
             that
             they
             begin
             to
             think
             themselves
             in
             large
             more
             Hazard
             from
             the
             
               Church
               of
            
             England's
             Re-exaltation
             than
             all
             the
             Papists
             their
             Advantages
             .
             And
             next
             ,
             that
             the
             Prince
             is
             thought
             to
             be
             abused
             by
             some
             there
             to
             a
             too
             great
             Mislike
             of
             that
             which
             can
             never
             wrong
             him
             ,
             but
             will
             in
             probability
             in
             the
             event
             be
             wholly
             in
             his
             own
             power
             —
             I
             hope
             
               you
               will
               consider
               and
               make
               your
               best
               use
               of
               these
               things
               —
               I
               expect
               an
               Account
               of
               this
               per
               first
               ,
               I
               mean
               ,
               an
               Answer
               to
               this
               Letter
               ,
               and
               pray
               improve
               it
               to
               the
               best
               Advantage
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Second
             Letter
             ,
             without
             a
             Date
             .
          
           
             THat
             it
             is
             a
             thing
             most
             certain
             ,
             that
             his
             Majesty
             is
             resolved
             to
             observe
             the
             
               Succession
               to
               the
               Crown
            
             as
             a
             thing
             most
             sacred
             ,
             and
             is
             far
             from
             all
             Thoughts
             of
             altering
             the
             same
             ;
             and
             that
             his
             Majesty
             is
             very
             desirous
             to
             have
             the
             Prince
             and
             Princess
             of
             Orange
             to
             consent
             to
             and
             concur
             with
             him
             in
             establishing
             this
             Liberty
             —
             So
             that
             upon
             the
             whole
             it
             may
             be
             feared
             ,
             that
             if
             the
             Prince
             continue
             obstinate
             in
             refusing
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             he
             may
             fall
             under
             Suspicions
             of
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             England
             and
             of
             all
             Scotland
             ,
             to
             be
             too
             great
             a
             Favourer
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             consequently
             a
             person
             whom
             they
             have
             reason
             to
             dread
             —
             And
             many
             think
             that
             this
             Compliance
             in
             the
             Prince
             ,
             might
             be
             further
             a
             wise
             part
             ,
             both
             as
             to
             the
             Conciliating
             of
             his
             
             Majesty's
             greater
             Favour
             ,
             and
             the
             begetting
             of
             an
             Understanding
             betwixt
             the
             King
             and
             the
             States
             ;
             and
             the
             Parliament
             will
             consent
             to
             the
             Liberty
             so
             much
             the
             rather
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             a
             
               Protestant
               
               Successor
            
             in
             prospect
             —
             I
             cannot
             on
             these
             things
             make
             any
             conclusion
             ,
             but
             simply
             leave
             them
             to
             your
             Reflection
             ,
             and
             the
             best
             use
             you
             please
             to
             make
             of
             them
             —
             
               I
               will
               expect
               your
               Answer
               per
               first
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               VVindsor
               ,
               
                 July
                 .
                 18.
                 1687.
                 
              
            
          
           
             THE
             Hints
             that
             I
             gave
             you
             in
             my
             two
             former
             Letters
             I
             shall
             now
             explain
             more
             fully
             in
             this
             —
             And
             therefore
             I
             heartily
             wish
             ,
             that
             the
             Prince
             and
             Princess
             may
             understand
             all
             that
             you
             think
             needful
             on
             this
             Subject
             .
             It
             troubles
             his
             Majesty
             to
             find
             them
             so
             averse
             from
             approving
             this
             Liebrty
             ,
             and
             concurring
             for
             its
             Establishment
             —
             so
             that
             in
             truth
             I
             cannot
             see
             why
             their
             Highnesses
             should
             not
             embrace
             cheerfully
             so
             fair
             an
             Opportunity
             to
             gratify
             both
             his
             Majesty
             and
             the
             far
             greater
             and
             better
             part
             of
             the
             Nation
             —
             Now
             upon
             the
             whole
             ;
             I
             expect
             that
             you
             will
             make
             all
             I
             have
             written
             fully
             known
             at
             the
             Hague
             ,
             especially
             with
             the
             Prince
             —
             But
             the
             main
             thing
             I
             expect
             from
             you
             ,
             is
             to
             have
             your
             mind
             ,
             whether
             or
             not
             his
             Highness
             may
             be
             so
             disposed
             ,
             as
             that
             a
             well
             Chosen
             Informer
             sent
             to
             himself
             might
             perfect
             the
             Work.
             And
             this
             Answer
             I
             will
             expect
             per
             first
             ;
             where
             ever
             the
             Prince
             be
             ,
             you
             know
             who
             are
             to
             be
             spoken
             and
             how
             —
             I
             again
             entreat
             your
             Care
             and
             Dispatch
             in
             this
             ,
             with
             your
             Return
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               London
               ,
               
                 July
                 29.
                 1687.
                 
              
            
          
           
             MIne
             of
             the
             19
             July
             ,
             with
             my
             last
             of
             the
             26th
             July
             ,
             V.
             St.
             will
             I
             am
             sure
             satisfy
             you
             fully
             ;
             for
             therein
             I
             have
             indeed
             answered
             all
             can
             be
             objected
             ,
             and
             have
             given
             you
             such
             an
             Account
             of
             the
             Confirmation
             of
             all
             I
             have
             writ
             
               from
               his
               Majesty
               himself
            
             ,
             that
             I
             must
             think
             it
             a
             Fatality
             if
             your
             people
             remain
             obstinate
             .
             —
             And
             I
             again
             assure
             you
             ,
             if
             your
             people
             be
             obstinate
             ,
             it
             will
             be
             fatal
             to
             the
             
               poor
               Dissenters
            
             ,
             and
             I
             fear
             productive
             of
             Ills
             yet
             unheard
             of
             ;
             and
             therefore
             pray
             
               consider
               my
               Letters
            
             ,
             and
             
               let
               me
               know
               if
               there
               be
               any
               place
               to
               receive
               Information
               by
               a
               good
               Hand
            
             —
             but
             however
             ,
             let
             us
             endeavour
             Good
             all
             we
             can
             ,
             
               and
               I
               assure
               you
               I
               have
               my
               Warrant
               .
               —
               Haste
               your
               Answer
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Windsor
               ,
               
                 Aug.
                 5.
                 1687.
                 
              
            
          
           
             AND
             in
             a
             word
             ,
             believe
             me
             ,
             if
             the
             Prince
             will
             do
             what
             is
             desired
             ,
             it
             is
             the
             best
             service
             to
             the
             
               Protestants
               ,
               the
               highest
               Obligation
               on
               his
               Majesty
               ,
            
             and
             the
             greatest
             Advancement
             of
             his
             own
             Interest
             that
             he
             can
             think
             on
             ;
             but
             if
             not
             ,
             then
             all
             is
             contrary
             —
             But
             
               pray
               haste
               an
               Answer
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Windsor
               ,
               
                 Aug.
                 12.
                 1687.
                 
              
            
          
           
             I
             
               Have
               yours
               of
               the
               15.
               
               Instant
               ,
               long
               looked
               for
               ;
               you
               remark
               ,
               that
               you
               have
               received
               mine
               of
               the
               26
               of
            
             July
             ,
             
               but
               say
               nothing
               of
               that
               of
               the
               19.
               which
               was
               my
               fullest
               ,
            
             and
             which
             I
             assure
             you
             was
             writ
             ,
             not
             only
             with
             permission
             ,
             but
             according
             to
             his
             
               Majesties
               Mind
            
             sufficiently
             expressed
             ;
             our
             Religion
             ought
             certainly
             to
             be
             dearer
             to
             us
             than
             all
             earthly
             Concerns
             .
             It
             is
             very
             true
             what
             you
             say
             ,
             that
             mistakes
             about
             its
             Concerns
             (
             especially
             in
             such
             a
             time
             )
             may
             be
             of
             the
             greatest
             Importance
             ,
             
               which
               no
               doubt
               should
               perswade
               to
               a
               very
               scrupulous
               Caution
               :
               But
               yet
               I
               am
               satisfied
               ,
            
             That
             the
             simple
             Representing
             of
             what
             was
             wrote
             to
             you
             (
             which
             was
             all
             I
             required
             )
             was
             no
             such
             difficult
             Task
             —
             
               But
               to
               be
               plain
               with
               you
               ,
               as
               my
               Friend
               ,
               your
               return
               was
               not
               only
               long
               delayed
               ,
               but
               I
               observe
               such
               a
               Coldness
               in
               it
               ,
               different
               from
               the
               strain
               of
               your
               former
               ,
               that
               I
               think
               I
               mistake
               not
               when
               I
               understand
               by
               your
               Letter
               more
               than
               you
               express
            
             —
             I
             wish
             the
             P.
             may
             see
             or
             hear
             this
             from
             end
             to
             end
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               London
               ,
               
                 Aug.
                 22.
                 1687.
                 
              
            
          
           
             I
             Have
             yours
             of
             the
             16th
             Instant
             ;
             when
             I
             said
             your
             last
             was
             more
             Cool
             ,
             I
             meant
             not
             as
             your
             Affection
             ,
             
               but
               as
               to
               your
               diligence
               in
               that
               Affair
            
             —
             for
             I
             am
             perswaded
             ,
             that
             the
             establishing
             of
             this
             Liberty
             by
             Law
             ,
             is
             not
             only
             the
             Interest
             of
             
               Protestant
               Dissenters
            
             above
             all
             others
             ,
             
               but
               that
               his
            
             Highness
             
               s
               consenting
               to
               it
               ,
               would
               be
               its
               secure
               Guarantee
               both
               against
               Changes
               and
               Abuses
            
             —
             As
             you
             love
             the
             Quiet
             of
             good
             Men
             and
             me
             ,
             leave
             off
             Complements
             and
             Ceremonies
             ,
             
               and
               discourse
               his
            
             Highness
             
               of
               all
               I
               have
               written
            
             —
             I
             am
             now
             hastening
             to
             Scotland
             —
             but
             may
             return
             shortly
             ;
             
               for
               the
               Kings
               is
               most
               desirous
               to
               gain
               the
            
             Prince
             and
             he
             will
             be
             undoubtedly
             
             
               the
               best
               Guarantee
               to
               us
            
             of
             this
             Liberty
             ,
             and
             also
             to
             hinder
             all
             your
             Fears
             about
             Popery
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Newwark
               ,
               
                 Aug.
                 26.
                 1687.
                 
              
            
          
           
             BUT
             now
             I
             must
             tell
             you
             ,
             that
             though
             —
             I
             know
             —
             to
             be
             my
             very
             good
             Friend
             ,
             yet
             he
             hath
             not
             answered
             my
             Expectation
             ;
             for
             you
             see
             that
             to
             seven
             of
             mine
             ,
             he
             gave
             me
             not
             one
             Word
             of
             Answer
             ;
             although
             I
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             
               the
               substance
               of
               them
               was
               writ
               by
               the
               King's
               Allowance
               ,
               and
               a
               Return
               expected
               by
               him
            
             —
             besides
             ,
             the
             Answers
             he
             makes
             are
             either
             Generals
             or
             Complements
             ,
             whereas
             my
             desire
             was
             ,
             that
             the
             Prince
             should
             know
             things
             ,
             
               and
               that
               his
               Answer
               with
               his
               Reasons
               might
               be
               understood
               ,
            
             —
             but
             my
             Friend
             has
             delayed
             and
             scruffed
             things
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               From
               Scotland
               ,
               
                 Septemb.
                 24.
                 1687.
                 
              
            
          
           
             I
             Have
             yours
             of
             the
             30th
             of
             Aug.
             but
             have
             delayed
             so
             long
             to
             answer
             ,
             because
             I
             had
             written
             other
             Letters
             to
             you
             whereof
             I
             yet
             expect
             the
             Return
             —
             my
             most
             humble
             Duty
             to
             my
             Friend
             at
             the
             Hague
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Edinburg
               ,
               
                 Octob.
                 28.
                 1687.
                 
              
            
          
           
             AS
             for
             that
             more
             important
             Affair
             ,
             wherewith
             I
             have
             long
             troubled
             you
             ,
             I
             need
             add
             no
             more
             ;
             my
             Conscience
             bears
             me
             Witness
             ,
             I
             have
             dealt
             sincerely
             for
             the
             Freedom
             of
             the
             Gospel
             —
             
               I
               had
               certainly
               long
               e're
               now
               written
               to
               the
               Pensioner
            
             Fagel
             ,
             
               were
               it
               not
               that
               I
               judged
               you
               were
               a
               better
               Interpreter
               of
               any
               thing
               I
               could
               say
               :
            
             I
             know
             his
             real
             Concern
             for
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ;
             and
             shall
             never
             forget
             his
             undeserved
             Respect
             to
             me
             ;
             but
             alas
             !
             that
             Providences
             should
             be
             so
             ill
             understood
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               London
               ,
               
                 Novemb.
                 8.
                 1687.
                 
              
            
          
           
             I
             Have
             yours
             of
             the
             1st
             of
             November
             —
             the
             enclosed
             from
             the
             
               L.
               Pensionary
            
             surprize
             me
             with
             a
             Testimony
             of
             his
             Favour
             and
             Friendship
             ,
             and
             also
             of
             his
             sincere
             Love
             to
             the
             Truth
             ,
             and
             fair
             and
             candid
             Reasoning
             upon
             the
             present
             Subject
             of
             Liberty
             ,
             beyond
             what
             I
             
             can
             express
             ;
             he
             hath
             seriously
             done
             too
             much
             for
             me
             ;
             but
             the
             more
             be
             hath
             done
             in
             complience
             with
             my
             insignificant
             Endeavours
             ,
             the
             more
             I
             judge
             and
             esteem
             his
             noble
             and
             zealous
             Concern
             for
             Religion
             and
             Peace
             ,
             which
             I
             am
             certain
             could
             only
             in
             this
             Matter
             be
             his
             just
             Motive
             :
             I
             hope
             you
             will
             testify
             to
             him
             my
             deep
             Sense
             of
             his
             Favour
             and
             most
             serious
             Profession
             of
             Duty
             with
             all
             Diligence
             ,
             until
             I
             be
             in
             〈◊〉
             to
             make
             his
             L.
             a
             direct
             Return
             .
             I
             showed
             the
             Letter
             to
             my
             L●rd
             Melfort
             ,
             who
             was
             satisfied
             with
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               London
               ,
               
                 Novemb.
                 6.
                 1687.
                 
              
            
             Which
             it
             seems
             is
             by
             a
             mistake
             of
             the
             Date
             .
          
           
             I
             Have
             your
             last
             ,
             but
             have
             been
             so
             harassed
             and
             toiled
             ,
             that
             I
             have
             not
             had
             time
             to
             write
             to
             you
             ,
             
               much
               less
               to
               my
               L.
               Pensionary
            
             ;
             yet
             since
             my
             last
             ,
             
               I
               acquainted
               the
               Earl
               of
               Sunderland
               with
               his
               Answer
               ,
               as
               the
               King
               ordered
               me
            
             ;
             but
             I
             see
             all
             Hope
             from
             your
             Side
             is
             given
             quite
             over
             ,
             and
             Men
             are
             become
             as
             cold
             in
             it
             here
             as
             you
             are
             positive
             there
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               London
               ,
               
                 Novemb.
                 19.
                 1687.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               By
               my
               last
               of
               the
            
             8th
             .
             
               Instant
               ,
               I
               gave
               you
               notice
               of
               the
               Receipt
               of
               my
               Lord
            
             Pensionary
             '
             
               s
               Letter
               ,
               and
               what
               was
               and
               is
               my
               Sence
               of
               his
            
             extraordinary
             Kindness
             and
             Concern
             in
             that
             Affair
             .
             Since
             that
             time
             I
             have
             had
             the
             Oppertunity
             to
             shew
             them
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             at
             his
             Command
             did
             read
             to
             him
             distinctly
             out
             of
             the
             English
             Copy
             all
             the
             Account
             given
             of
             her
             Highnesses
             mind
             touching
             the
             Penal
             Statutes
             and
             the
             Test
             ;
             
               and
               withall
               ,
               signified
               the
               Sum
               of
               what
               was
               subjoyned
               ,
               especially
               the
               Respect
               and
               Difference
               therein
               Expressed
               to
               his
            
             Majesty
             '
             
               s
               Person
               and
               Government
               ;
               but
               to
               my
               own
               Regret
               ,
            
             I
             find
             that
             this
             Answer
             hath
             been
             too
             long
             delayed
             ,
             
               and
               that
               now
               the
               King
               is
               quite
               over
               that
               Matter
               ,
               being
               no
               ways-satisfied
               with
               the
               Distinction
               made
               of
               the
            
             Tests
             
               from
               the
            
             Penal
             Laws
             ;
             
               and
               no
               less
               positive
               ,
               that
               his
            
             Highness
             
               is
               neither
               to
               be
               prevailed
               upon
               ,
               nor
               so
               much
               as
               to
               be
               further
               treated
               with
               in
               this
               Matter
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Conclusion
             .
          
           
             AND
             thus
             all
             that
             relates
             to
             the
             Occasion
             that
             drew
             the
             
               Pensioners
               Letter
            
             from
             him
             ,
             appears
             in
             its
             true
             light
             .
             If
             this
             Discovery
             is
             uneasie
             to
             Mr.
             Stewart
             ,
             he
             has
             none
             to
             blame
             for
             it
             but
             himself
             .
             It
             is
             very
             likely
             the
             first
             Article
             of
             his
             merit
             ,
             for
             the
             defacing
             of
             all
             that
             was
             past
             ,
             was
             the
             Pains
             he
             took
             to
             work
             on
             their
             Highnesses
             ,
             by
             the
             Pensioners
             means
             :
             But
             that
             having
             failed
             him
             ,
             the
             abusive
             Letter
             that
             he
             has
             published
             upon
             it
             may
             come
             in
             for
             a
             second
             Article
             :
             And
             now
             the
             Reproaches
             to
             which
             this
             Discovery
             must
             needs
             expose
             him
             ,
             must
             compleat
             his
             Merit
             .
             If
             upon
             all
             this
             he
             is
             not
             highly
             rewarded
             ,
             he
             has
             ill
             Luck
             ,
             and
             small
             Encouragement
             will
             be
             given
             to
             others
             to
             serve
             the
             Court
             as
             he
             has
             done
             .
             But
             if
             he
             has
             great
             Rewards
             ,
             it
             must
             be
             acknowledged
             that
             he
             has
             paid
             dear
             for
             them
             ;
             the
             printing
             and
             distributing
             15000
             Copies
             of
             his
             Letter
             ,
             is
             only
             the
             publishing
             his
             Shame
             to
             15000
             persons
             ,
             though
             it
             is
             to
             be
             doubted
             if
             so
             many
             could
             be
             found
             in
             the
             Nation
             who
             would
             give
             themselves
             the
             Trouble
             to
             read
             so
             ill
             a
             Paper
             .
          
           
             FINIS
             .