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           A
           WORD
           TO
           THE
           WAVERING
           :
           OR
           AN
           ANSWER
           TO
           THE
           ENQUIRY
           INTO
           THE
           Present
           State
           of
           Affairs
           :
           Whether
           we
           owe
           Allegiance
           to
           the
           KING
           in
           these
           Circumstances
           ?
           &c.
           
        
         
           VVith
           a
           Postscript
           of
           Subjection
           to
           the
           Higher
           Powers
           ;
           by
           Dr.
           
             G.
             B
          
           —
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           ,
           MDCLXXXIX
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           WORD
           TO
           THE
           Wavering
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           'T
           is
           said
           ,
           (
           Page
           3.
           )
           —
           Wheresoever
           Protection
           fails
           wholly
           ,
           Allegiance
           falls
           with
           it
           .
        
         
           THE
           whole
           Nation
           almost
           did
           not
           think
           so
           when
           they
           own'd
           King
           Charles
           the
           Second
           in
           his
           Exile
           ,
           when
           his
           Protection
           failed
           them
           ;
           and
           yet
           they
           ,
           very
           Dutifully
           and
           Religiously
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Loyally
           and
           Unanimously
           ,
           brought
           him
           in
           in
           1660.
           and
           did
           what
           they
           could
           possibly
           for
           him
           by
           their
           Pens
           ,
           and
           Purses
           ,
           in
           his
           Absence
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           whole
           People
           of
           Israel
           and
           Judah
           ,
           did
           not
           think
           their
           Allegiance
           cancell'd
           ,
           because
           King
           
           David's
           Protection
           over
           them
           was
           disabled
           ,
           but
           strove
           who
           should
           be
           the
           forwardest
           to
           bring
           him
           back
           ,
           2
           
             Sam.
             19.
             42.
             
             And
             all
             the
             men
             of
             Judah
             answered
             the
             men
             of
             Israel
             ,
             Because
             the
             King
             is
             near
             of
             kin
             to
             us
             :
             wherefore
             then
             be
             you
             angry
             for
             this
             matter
             ?
             have
             we
             eaten
             at
             all
             of
             the
             King's
             cost
             ?
             or
             hath
             he
             given
             us
             any
             gift
             ?
          
           (
           nay
           ,
           to
           accommodate
           the
           Case
           to
           the
           Objection
           ,
           —
           Was
           he
           so
           much
           
           as
           able
           to
           protect
           us
           ?
           )
           Yet
           
             the
             men
             of
             Israel
             answered
             the
             men
             of
             Judah
          
           (
           Ver.
           43.
           )
           
             We
             have
             ten
             parts
             in
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             we
             have
             also
             more
             right
             in
             David
             than
             ye
             :
             why
             then
             did
             ye
             despise
             us
             ,
             that
             our
             advice
             should
             not
             be
             first
             had
             in
             bringing
             back
             our
             King
             ?
          
           What
           more
           evident
           ,
           then
           that
           their
           Allegiance
           did
           not
           fall
           with
           
           David's
           ability
           to
           protect
           them
           ,
           seeing
           they
           profess
           no
           Self-interest
           in
           the
           case
           ,
           no
           Gift
           ,
           &c.
           but
           only
           the
           Allegation
           of
           Birth
           ,
           Family
           ,
           and
           Kindred
           ,
           or
           the
           like
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           (
           Pag.
           3.
           )
           —
           Service
           and
           Obedience
           are
           without
           doubt
           absolved
           ,
           when
           a
           Father
           ceases
           to
           be
           a
           Father
           ,
           by
           becoming
           an
           Enemy
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           Father
           of
           our
           Country
           is
           not
           become
           an
           Enemy
           ,
           shall
           be
           made
           out
           hereafter
           —
           But
           if
           a
           Father
           ,
           or
           a
           Prince
           ,
           becomes
           an
           Enemy
           ,
           yet
           Service
           ,
           and
           Obedience
           ,
           are
           still
           due
           to
           them
           ;
           in
           as
           much
           as
           the
           Vices
           of
           the
           Fathers
           cannot
           affect
           the
           Duty
           of
           the
           Children
           .
           C
           ham
           got
           a
           Curse
           for
           discovering
           his
           Father's
           Nakedness
           ,
           while
           Shem
           and
           Japheth
           got
           a
           Blessing
           by
           covering
           it
           .
           Why
           should
           Cham
           be
           cursed
           ,
           if
           
           Noah's
           Drunkenness
           had
           cancell'd
           his
           Son's
           Respect
           and
           Duty
           ?
           And
           ,
           I
           believe
           ,
           his
           Majesty's
           Children
           abhor
           the
           thoughts
           of
           but
           supposing
           their
           Duty
           to
           their
           Natural
           Parent
           and
           Soveraign
           at
           present
           waved
           ,
           or
           extinguished
           ;
           lest
           upon
           the
           breach
           of
           the
           Fifth
           Commandment
           ,
           of
           not
           honouring
           their
           Father
           ,
           &c.
           their
           days
           should
           not
           be
           long
           in
           the
           Land
           ;
           besides
           the
           Considerations
           of
           Eternity
           .
        
         
           (
           Pag.
           4.
           )
           The
           first
           7
           Verses
           of
           the
           13th
           .
           Chapter
           to
           the
           Romans
           are
           set
           down
           ;
           in
           which
           the
           Duty
           of
           the
           Magistrate
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Obedience
           of
           the
           Subject
           ,
           are
           set
           forth
           ,
           and
           so
           mixt
           together
           ,
           as
           that
           our
           Author
           thence
           concludes
           —
           upon
           the
           total
           failing
           of
           the
           one
           ,
           the
           other
           does
           likewise
           cease
           .
        
         
           But
           first
           ,
           does
           this
           hold
           on
           both
           Sides
           ?
           Then
           ,
           if
           Rebels
           and
           Traytors
           have
           totally
           failed
           their
           Duty
           of
           Allegiance
           ,
           the
           Magistrate
           is
           not
           to
           do
           his
           ;
           not
           to
           try
           ,
           judg
           ,
           nor
           condemn
           ,
           nor
           see
           them
           executed
           .
           Is
           that
           it
           ,
           which
           you
           would
           be
           at
           ?
           Why
           then
           do
           you
           blame
           the
           King
           for
           going
           away
           ,
           from
           that
           his
           Duty
           ?
           But
           
           thus
           much
           only
           to
           shew
           the
           Weakness
           of
           your
           Reasoning
           .
           As
           to
           the
           Text
           ,
           St.
           Paul
           meant
           it
           primarily
           ,
           and
           literally
           ,
           of
           Nero
           ,
           the
           worst
           of
           Men
           and
           Princes
           ;
           who
           was
           so
           very
           far
           from
           doing
           his
           Duty
           ,
           or
           protecting
           our
           Religion
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           a
           grievous
           Tyrant
           ,
           and
           a
           mighty
           Terror
           to
           good
           Works
           ;
           and
           yet
           the
           Apostle
           commands
           all
           ,
           without
           exception
           ,
           to
           be
           subject
           to
           him
           ,
           not
           because
           he
           was
           a
           good
           Governour
           (
           for
           that
           he
           was
           not
           )
           but
           because
           he
           was
           one
           of
           the
           Higher
           Powers
           ;
           and
           because
           he
           had
           received
           that
           Power
           ,
           not
           from
           any
           mutual
           Compact
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           but
           only
           from
           God
           ,
           whose
           Vicegerent
           he
           was
           (
           though
           never
           so
           bad
           ;
           )
           since
           there
           is
           no
           Argument
           ever
           yet
           able
           to
           shake
           that
           Assertion
           ,
           
             That
             there
             is
             no
             Power
             but
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             Powers
             that
             be
             are
             ordained
             of
             him
             :
          
           Whosoever
           therefore
           resisteth
           (
           not
           the
           Vice
           and
           Wickedness
           of
           the
           Man
           ,
           but
           )
           the
           Power
           and
           Ordinance
           of
           God
           ,
           lodged
           in
           that
           Man
           ,
           shall
           receive
           to
           themselves
           Damnation
           ;
           from
           which
           ,
           good
           Lord
           ,
           deliver
           us
           all
           .
        
         
           As
           Nero
           was
           the
           worst
           ,
           so
           Saul
           was
           none
           of
           the
           best
           of
           Princes
           ;
           and
           yet
           David
           stiles
           him
           ,
           1
           
             Sam.
             24.
             8.
             
             My
             Lord
             the
             King
          
           ;
           and
           owns
           him
           his
           Soveraign
           ,
           because
           he
           was
           the
           Lord's
           Anointed
           ,
           Ver.
           10.
           and
           this
           not
           out
           of
           Flattery
           and
           Courtship
           ,
           but
           Loyalty
           and
           Duty
           ;
           for
           he
           had
           been
           far
           from
           a
           Saint
           after
           God's
           own
           Heart
           ,
           if
           (
           even
           upon
           any
           Occasion
           )
           he
           had
           let
           himself
           loose
           to
           speak
           evil
           of
           Dignities
           .
        
         
           To
           Nero
           ,
           and
           Saul
           ,
           I
           will
           add
           a
           third
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           Pilate
           ,
           whose
           Power
           Christ
           owned
           to
           have
           been
           from
           above
           ,
           Joh.
           19.
           11.
           and
           therefore
           submitted
           to
           it
           even
           to
           the
           Death
           ,
           though
           there
           was
           no
           Law
           of
           the
           Romans
           by
           which
           he
           could
           be
           put
           to
           Death
           ,
           Joh.
           18.
           31
           ,
           38.
           and
           when
           he
           suffered
           ,
           he
           threatned
           not
           ,
           but
           committed
           himself
           (
           not
           to
           Arms
           and
           Revenge
           )
           but
           to
           him
           that
           judgeth
           Righteously
           ,
           thereby
           leaving
           us
           an
           Example
           that
           we
           should
           follow
           his
           steps
           :
           And
           accordingly
           all
           the
           primitive
           and
           succeeding
           Christians
           fought
           the
           Battles
           of
           all
           their
           Pagan
           Emperors
           and
           Tyranical
           Persecutors
           ,
           without
           Resistance
           ,
           or
           ever
           aiding
           the
           Armies
           of
           the
           Rebels
           .
           Tertullian
           glories
           ,
           that
           when
           
             Possenius
             Nigar
          
           in
           Syria
           ,
           and
           
             Clodius
             Albinus
          
           in
           France
           and
           Britany
           ,
           rebelled
           against
           
             Septimius
             Severus
          
           ,
           that
           bloody
           and
           cruel
           Emperor
           ,
           and
           pretended
           Piety
           ,
           and
           publick
           
           Good
           ,
           yet
           that
           none
           of
           the
           Christians
           joyned
           with
           either
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           noble
           Thebaean
           Legion
           ,
           in
           the
           18.
           of
           Dioclesian
           ,
           are
           most
           eminently
           Famous
           for
           laying
           down
           6666
           Lives
           at
           the
           command
           of
           the
           Emperor
           Maximinian
           ,
           when
           they
           could
           easily
           have
           saved
           them
           ;
           if
           they
           could
           have
           imagined
           ,
           that
           the
           Protection
           of
           the
           Magistrate
           failing
           ,
           it
           was
           Lawful
           for
           the
           Subject
           to
           withdraw
           his
           Obedience
           .
           This
           is
           visible
           throughout
           all
           Ages
           and
           Places
           of
           the
           Christian
           Church
           ,
           and
           has
           been
           ever
           most
           eminently
           the
           constant
           Doctrine
           and
           Practice
           of
           this
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           in
           her
           Articles
           ,
           Constitutions
           ,
           and
           Behaviours
           ;
           however
           some
           that
           have
           been
           willing
           to
           rejoyce
           in
           Iniquity
           have
           imagined
           some
           Occasion
           of
           triumph
           ,
           in
           Respect
           of
           some
           Persons
           ,
           and
           Things
           ,
           which
           perhaps
           they
           do
           not
           fully
           understand
           :
           But
           there
           is
           too
           much
           behind
           .
        
         
           (
           Pag.
           4.
           )
           The
           King's
           Zeal
           for
           his
           Religion
           never
           pushed
           him
           beyond
           the
           Measures
           of
           a
           pious
           and
           just
           Prince
           :
           If
           he
           attempted
           any
           thing
           that
           has
           appeared
           since
           Illegal
           ,
           it
           was
           against
           his
           Will
           ,
           having
           had
           the
           Judgment
           and
           Decision
           of
           all
           (
           or
           most
           of
           )
           the
           Judges
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           Protestant
           Counsellors
           Learned
           in
           the
           Law
           ,
           upon
           their
           Oaths
           ,
           and
           Consciences
           ,
           That
           what
           they
           put
           him
           upon
           ,
           was
           so
           far
           from
           Subverting
           the
           Establishment
           of
           our
           Religion
           and
           Laws
           ,
           that
           he
           thought
           he
           did
           no
           more
           than
           his
           Royal
           Predecessors
           had
           done
           ;
           and
           particularly
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           ,
           and
           King
           James
           ,
           by
           their
           Legal
           ,
           and
           Acknowledged
           Prerogative
           ,
           which
           is
           Law
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           those
           Priviledges
           which
           concern
           the
           Subject
           ,
           according
           to
           Statute
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Common
           ,
           and
           Natural
           Law.
           
        
         
           (
           Pag.
           5.
           )
           Seeing
           you
           grant
           ,
           That
           if
           the
           King
           was
           in
           eminent
           Danger
           ,
           he
           was
           then
           driven
           away
           :
           I
           shall
           only
           say
           ,
           that
           as
           long
           as
           the
           King
           did
           rationally
           believe
           it
           ,
           and
           all
           his
           Friends
           ,
           you
           and
           I
           ought
           to
           believe
           it
           too
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           acquiesce
           so
           far
           in
           it
           ,
           as
           that
           his
           Majesty
           hath
           not
           thereby
           forfeited
           his
           Crown
           ,
           and
           Right
           :
           It
           is
           more
           mannerly
           to
           suppress
           the
           diminishing
           Conditions
           of
           (
           what
           you
           call
           )
           a
           Treaty
           ,
           than
           insist
           upon
           the
           hardness
           ,
           or
           unacceptableness
           of
           any
           of
           them
           ;
           
           as
           for
           the
           Seals
           they
           may
           be
           brought
           again
           ,
           by
           the
           same
           Hand
           that
           took
           them
           away
           ,
           at
           a
           convenient
           Season
           .
        
         
           (
           Pag.
           6.
           )
           Allegiance
           stands
           in
           its
           full
           force
           ,
           make
           you
           what
           Consequence
           you
           please
           ;
           neither
           is
           it
           under
           any
           Suspension
           ,
           for
           none
           but
           God
           can
           Suspend
           it
           ,
           or
           Legally
           put
           the
           Regency
           into
           other
           Hands
           :
           Neither
           is
           there
           any
           Incapacity
           ,
           by
           being
           Affected
           ,
           and
           Culpable
           ;
           for
           nothing
           is
           supposed
           to
           be
           Culpable
           in
           the
           Person
           of
           a
           Lawful
           King
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           who
           are
           no
           competent
           Judges
           of
           what
           are
           supposed
           his
           Faults
           .
        
         
           (
           Pag.
           8.
           )
           As
           for
           the
           terms
           of
           Security
           ,
           the
           best
           way
           is
           to
           leave
           them
           to
           him
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           only
           Ruler
           of
           Princes
           ,
           
             By
             whom
             alone
             Kings
             Reign
             ,
             and
             Princes
             Decree
             Judgment
          
           ;
           and
           that
           without
           the
           expectation
           of
           Miracles
           ,
           to
           preserve
           us
           under
           our
           again
           restored
           Sovereign
           ;
           forasmuch
           as
           he
           sees
           those
           Rocks
           upon
           which
           he
           dash'd
           before
           ,
           and
           doubless
           will
           avoid
           them
           ,
           as
           becomes
           so
           Great
           ,
           so
           Wise
           ,
           and
           so
           Experienced
           a
           Prince
           :
           Neither
           need
           we
           now
           fear
           any
           Jesuits
           in
           the
           Council
           ,
           no
           ,
           nor
           so
           much
           as
           any
           Papist
           in
           the
           Government
           ;
           seeing
           they
           now
           expect
           and
           desire
           no
           more
           Priviledge
           than
           they
           have
           in
           Holland
           ,
           nor
           so
           much
           neither
           ,
           unless
           the
           King
           and
           Parliament
           shall
           vouchsafe
           it
           them
           ;
           no
           danger
           therefore
           of
           throwing
           our selves
           back
           into
           any
           miserable
           Condition
           upon
           the
           King's
           return
           .
        
         
           (
           Pag.
           10.
           )
           Oaths
           are
           binding
           ,
           although
           those
           in
           behalf
           of
           whom
           they
           are
           taken
           do
           not
           perform
           their
           part
           .
           The
           breach
           of
           one
           Man's
           Duty
           ,
           will
           not
           Legitimate
           an
           others
           .
        
         
           The
           Matrimonial
           Oath
           is
           not
           absolutely
           made
           for
           term
           of
           Life
           ,
           but
           God
           himself
           has
           put
           in
           an
           Exception
           in
           the
           case
           of
           Adultery
           ,
           which
           he
           has
           not
           done
           in
           the
           case
           of
           Loyalty
           ;
           wherefore
           the
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           binds
           
             semper
             ,
             &
             ad
             semper
          
           ,
           and
           admits
           of
           no
           Intermission
           ,
           or
           Interception
           .
           The
           King
           never
           ceases
           to
           be
           a
           King
           till
           he
           ceases
           to
           be
           a
           Man
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           a
           contradiction
           
             in
             terminis
          
           ,
           that
           the
           next
           Heir
           ,
           should
           be
           at
           the
           same
           time
           King
           :
           For
           if
           he
           be
           actually
           King
           ,
           he
           is
           no
           Heir
           ;
           and
           while
           he
           is
           an
           Heir
           ,
           he
           is
           no
           King.
           
        
         
         
           (
           Pag.
           11.
           )
           For
           all
           your
           new
           fangled
           Interpretation
           of
           that
           Maxim
           —
           
             The
             King
             can
             do
             no
             Wrong
          
           ;
           it
           is
           to
           be
           understood
           of
           the
           King's
           Person
           ,
           not
           his
           Power
           ,
           in
           your
           Sense
           ;
           for
           his
           Power
           ,
           even
           in
           his
           Minsters
           ,
           may
           possibly
           do
           amiss
           ;
           but
           this
           is
           not
           to
           be
           imputed
           to
           ,
           or
           exacted
           of
           his
           Person
           ,
           but
           his
           Instruments
           ,
           whose
           fault
           it
           is
           ,
           if
           he
           be
           not
           better
           advised
           .
        
         
           (
           Pag.
           12.
           )
           As
           for
           the
           Presidents
           of
           Edward
           II.
           and
           Richard
           II.
           't
           is
           too
           long
           to
           examine
           their
           Histories
           :
           But
           ,
           let
           me
           offer
           in
           general
           ,
           that
           never
           any
           King
           of
           England
           was
           Judged
           in
           Parliament
           for
           their
           
             Male
             Administration
          
           ,
           in
           Quiet
           and
           Sedate
           Times
           ,
           but
           always
           soon
           after
           some
           great
           Commotions
           or
           Rebellions
           .
           And
           would
           you
           bring
           the
           Acts
           of
           the
           Rump
           ,
           or
           those
           at
           the
           latter
           end
           of
           King
           Charles
           I.
           Reign
           ,
           for
           Presidents
           of
           Law
           ,
           especially
           against
           a
           King
           ?
        
         
           For
           the
           Judgments
           of
           Edward
           II.
           and
           Richard
           II.
           whether
           they
           were
           ever
           revoked
           or
           not
           ,
           by
           the
           succeeding
           Kings
           ,
           is
           a
           Question
           ;
           but
           this
           is
           certain
           ,
           that
           some
           of
           the
           Conspirators
           against
           Edward
           II.
           were
           in
           the
           4th
           .
           of
           Edward
           III.
           adjudged
           and
           attainted
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           although
           the
           King
           was
           but
           a
           Child
           .
           And
           as
           to
           that
           against
           Richard
           II.
           it
           was
           given
           in
           the
           First
           Parliament
           of
           Henry
           IV.
           whose
           Son
           ,
           and
           Son's
           Son
           ,
           reigned
           after
           him
           ,
           and
           was
           the
           Foundation
           of
           their
           Usurping
           Titles
           ,
           and
           so
           could
           not
           be
           for
           their
           Honour
           or
           Interest
           to
           have
           them
           set
           aside
           .
           And
           besides
           ,
           Edward
           IV.
           who
           succeded
           that
           Line
           ,
           claimed
           from
           Edward
           III.
           and
           not
           from
           Richard
           II.
           he
           leaving
           no
           Issue
           ,
           whose
           business
           it
           might
           have
           been
           ,
           more
           properly
           ,
           to
           have
           seen
           the
           Judgments
           against
           his
           Father
           abrogated
           .
        
         
           Besides
           ,
           notwithstanding
           that
           ,
           Richard
           II.
           was
           Murthered
           so
           Inhumanly
           ,
           yet
           he
           was
           several
           times
           set
           up
           ,
           by
           the
           People
           ,
           against
           Henry
           IV.
           which
           shews
           what
           Opinion
           they
           had
           of
           that
           Scandalous
           Judgment
           .
        
         
           But
           for
           that
           against
           Charles
           I.
           which
           was
           much
           of
           the
           same
           Nature
           ,
           all
           the
           proceedings
           against
           that
           Unfortunate
           Prince
           were
           ,
           by
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           ordered
           to
           be
           taken
           off
           the
           File
           ,
           Eraced
           ,
           and
           (
           if
           I
           am
           not
           mistaken
           )
           ordered
           to
           be
           burnt
           by
           the
           Common
           Hang-man
           ;
           and
           the
           Persons
           concerned
           ,
           by
           Parliament
           ,
           Attainted
           ,
           and
           most
           of
           them
           Executed
           .
           Besides
           ,
           
           considering
           the
           distance
           of
           time
           between
           Richard
           II.
           and
           Edward
           IV.
           which
           was
           60
           Yeras
           probably
           erasing
           them
           would
           not
           quit
           Cost
           ,
           nor
           be
           tanti
           ,
           in
           comparison
           of
           the
           Smoak
           and
           Puther
           those
           Agitations
           might
           raise
           ,
           between
           King
           and
           People
           ;
           to
           prevent
           which
           ,
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           those
           latter
           Definitions
           (
           you
           speak
           of
           )
           is
           Conspicuous
           ,
           and
           has
           been
           Successfull
           to
           the
           Peace
           and
           Welfare
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           But
           our
           Author
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           (
           as
           well
           as
           to
           the
           Right
           of
           a
           Husband
           ,
           who
           Marries
           the
           Heiress
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           England
           ,
           )
           shews
           his
           little
           Reading
           in
           the
           Laws
           and
           Statutes
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           :
           For
           if
           he
           had
           any
           ,
           he
           would
           have
           remembered
           what
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           by
           an
           Established
           Law
           has
           declared
           ,
           after
           giving
           a
           History
           of
           the
           Proceedings
           against
           King
           Charles
           I.
           
             That
             by
             the
             undoubted
             and
             fundamental
             Laws
             of
             this
             Kingdom
             ,
          
           
           
             neither
             the
             Peers
             of
             this
             Realm
             ,
             nor
             the
             Commons
             ,
             nor
             both
             together
             ,
             in
             Parliament
             or
             out
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             or
             the
             People
             collectively
             or
             representatively
             ,
             nor
             any
             other
             Person
             whatever
             ,
             ever
             had
             ,
             have
             ,
             hath
             ,
             or
             ought
             to
             have
             ,
             any
             Coercive
             Power
             over
             the
             Persons
             of
             the
             Kings
             of
             this
             Realm
             ,
          
           which
           is
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           a
           full
           Abrogation
           or
           Declaration
           of
           the
           Illegality
           of
           those
           Judgments
           of
           Edward
           II.
           and
           Richard
           II.
           with
           a
           Witness
           .
        
         
           The
           Convention
           ,
           which
           you
           call
           the
           Representative
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           having
           such
           an
           Honour
           and
           Deference
           to
           the
           Prince
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           be
           hoped
           ,
           they
           will
           concur
           with
           his
           Highness
           ,
           in
           laying
           the
           blame
           on
           the
           
             Evil
             Counsellors
          
           rather
           than
           on
           the
           Sacred
           Person
           (
           which
           you
           acknowledge
           so
           )
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           his
           Father
           ,
           and
           Uncle
           ,
           and
           great
           Obliger
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           calling
           his
           Majesty's
           Honour
           in
           question
           ,
           he
           has
           born
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           that
           already
           .
           In
           Gods
           Name
           ;
           If
           another
           Mother
           ,
           Father
           ,
           Nurse
           ,
           Midwife
           ,
           Servants
           ,
           will
           come
           
           in
           ,
           and
           confess
           all
           ,
           with
           due
           credible
           Circumstances
           ,
           (
           outweighing
           the
           Depositions
           upon
           Oath
           ,
           of
           so
           many
           Protestants
           ,
           and
           others
           )
           let
           them
           come
           forth
           and
           be
           heard
           ;
           and
           that
           with
           all
           safety
           ,
           till
           the
           Truth
           be
           out
           .
           
             Let
             us
             try
             all
             things
             ,
             and
             hold
             fast
             that
             which
             is
             good
          
           ;
           and
           let
           Truth
           never
           fear
           the
           Frowns
           of
           any
           Imposture
           ,
           how
           great
           and
           powerfull
           soever
           .
           This
           ,
           I
           conceive
           ,
           is
           the
           
             Cardo
             Controversiae
          
           ;
           and
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           we
           may
           wish
           his
           Majesty's
           Affairs
           ,
           and
           all
           his
           Royal
           Family
           ,
           may
           thrive
           and
           prosper
           according
           to
           the
           Merit
           of
           that
           great
           Cause
           .
        
         
           (
           Pag.
           13.
           )
           The
           10th
           .
           Paragraph
           is
           wholly
           spent
           in
           throwing
           down
           the
           imaginary
           Treaty
           with
           the
           King
           ;
           and
           the
           Arguments
           are
           so
           strong
           against
           any
           indecent
           Proposal
           that
           I
           cannot
           answer
           them
           ;
           neither
           is
           it
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Cause
           ,
           if
           I
           could
           .
        
         
           (
           
             Pag.
             14.
             
             Parag.
          
           11.
           )
           There
           my
           Author
           contends
           ,
           That
           
             this
             Nation
             is
             a
             Protestant
             Kingdom
             incompatable
             with
             Popery
             ,
             or
             a
             Popish
             King
             ,
          
           witness
           the
           Exclusioners
           —
           You
           know
           it
           was
           compatable
           before
           the
           Reformation
           ;
           and
           you
           ought
           to
           know
           ,
           That
           Dominion
           is
           not
           founded
           in
           Grace
           :
           Neither
           do
           the
           Temporal
           Rights
           of
           Princes
           depend
           upon
           Religion
           ,
           whether
           true
           or
           false
           .
           The
           Power
           of
           the
           Magistrate
           is
           never
           the
           more
           from
           God
           ,
           because
           he
           is
           a
           good
           Man
           ;
           and
           never
           the
           less
           from
           God
           ,
           because
           he
           is
           a
           bad
           Man
           :
           To
           this
           purpose
           is
           that
           of
           St.
           Augustine
           ,
           in
           his
           Fifth
           Book
           
             de
             Civitate
             Dei
             ,
             —
             Qui
             Augusto
             ipse
             &
             Neromi
             ,
             &c.
             Qui
             Constantino
             Christiano
             ,
             ipse
             Apostatae
             Juliano
             ,
             &c.
             
             He
             that
             gave
             the
             Soveraign
             Power
             to
          
           Augustus
           ,
           
             gave
             it
             likewise
             to
          
           Nero
           ;
           
             and
             he
             that
             conferred
             it
             upon
          
           Constantine
           
             a
             Christian
             ,
             bestowed
             it
             in
             like
             manner
             upon
          
           Julian
           
             an
             Apostate
          
           .
        
         
           (
           Pag.
           15.
           )
           As
           for
           the
           King's
           Friends
           ,
           I
           dare
           say
           you
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           are
           none
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           they
           know
           how
           to
           construe
           his
           Absence
           from
           them
           ,
           without
           your
           invidious
           suggestion
           of
           his
           abandoning
           them
           .
           True
           Friendship
           ,
           much
           less
           steady
           Loyalty
           ,
           will
           never
           think
           ill
           of
           a
           Prince
           in
           such
           Circumstances
           ;
           who
           has
           done
           so
           much
           good
           ,
           and
           so
           little
           deserved
           any
           ill
           Usage
           from
           his
           Subjects
           .
           As
           for
           the
           disbanding
           the
           Army
           ;
           What
           danger
           was
           there
           of
           their
           turning
           Banditti
           ,
           when
           there
           was
           such
           a
           
           potent
           and
           successful
           Prince
           ,
           and
           power
           to
           suppress
           them
           ?
           And
           the
           event
           shews
           this
           suggestion
           to
           have
           been
           meer
           Malice
           .
           
             Upon
             all
             this
             ,
             
               Is
               it
               Natural
            
             ?
          
           I
           say
           it
           is
           
             Unnatural
             to
             declare
             the
             Throne
             void
             ,
          
           which
           the
           Law
           looks
           upon
           as
           Impossible
           ;
           no
           ,
           not
           upon
           the
           Death
           of
           a
           King
           ,
           who
           in
           Law
           never
           dies
           ;
           insomuch
           that
           it
           never
           admits
           of
           an
           Interregnum
           ,
           much
           less
           vacancy
           for
           another
           Candidate
           .
           
             That
             the
             King
             therefore
             has
             fallen
             from
             all
             Right
             to
             the
             Throne
             ,
          
           is
           a
           Chimaera
           ,
           and
           Figment
           of
           this
           Authors
           Brain
           ,
           proceeding
           from
           a
           vacuum
           ,
           or
           vacancy
           ,
           never
           known
           ,
           or
           understood
           ,
           or
           read
           of
           before
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           King's
           return
           from
           Feversham
           .
           —
           Doubtless
           had
           he
           thought
           himself
           in
           Safe
           and
           Honorable
           Circumstances
           ,
           he
           had
           stay'd
           ;
           and
           ,
           then
           there
           would
           have
           been
           no
           want
           of
           the
           Seals
           ,
           or
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Concession
           ,
           that
           was
           fit
           for
           a
           good
           King
           to
           grant
           ,
           to
           make
           his
           People
           happy
           ;
           which
           they
           can
           never
           be
           ,
           
             Without
             rendering
             to
          
           Caesar
           
             the
             Things
             that
             are
          
           Caesars
           ;
           and
           acknowledging
           
             the
             Lords
             Anointed
          
           ,
           to
           be
           their
           only
           Lawful
           Sovereign
           during
           his
           Life
           .
        
         
           (
           
             Pag.
             16.
             line
             3.
             
             Errata
             .
          
           )
           Instead
           of
           Unbounded
           ,
           read
           Legal
           ,
           or
           Scriptural
           ,
           or
           Primitive
           Loyalty
           ;
           which
           is
           as
           much
           as
           the
           King
           ,
           or
           our
           Clergy
           call
           for
           .
        
         
           To
           Conclude
           ,
           Your
           Flurts
           and
           Dawbing
           ,
           can
           never
           alter
           the
           Steady
           Principles
           of
           the
           Reverend
           and
           Learned
           Clergy
           ,
           who
           have
           declared
           themselves
           abundantly
           ,
           ever
           since
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           in
           behalf
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           and
           in
           Favour
           of
           entire
           Loyalty
           :
           And
           it
           is
           not
           Nature
           (
           as
           you
           say
           )
           they
           must
           Conquer
           ,
           but
           Scripture
           and
           Reason
           ,
           Primitive
           and
           Establish'd
           Authority
           ,
           their
           own
           great
           Learning
           ,
           and
           their
           well
           regulated
           Consciences
           ;
           if
           they
           ever
           depart
           from
           the
           Glory
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Englands
           Loyalty
           ,
           which
           they
           have
           so
           Nobly
           ,
           so
           Faithfully
           ,
           and
           so
           Dutifully
           Asserted
           and
           Propagated
           ,
           as
           a
           most
           Evident
           and
           Fundamental
           Truth
           .
        
      
       
         
           POSTSCRIPT
           .
        
         
           Since
           I
           wrot
           this
           I
           heard
           some
           ask
           at
           a
           Bookseller's
           Shop
           for
           Dr.
           Burnet's
           Enquiry
           after
           Allegiance
           ,
           &c.
           and
           therefore
           to
           do
           the
           Doctor
           Right
           ,
           I
           have
           added
           some
           of
           his
           own
           Words
           transcribed
           out
           of
           Two
           of
           his
           Sermons
           .
        
         
           PAg.
           
           30.
           ]
           —
           David
           ,
           his
           going
           out
           with
           the
           Armies
           of
           the
           Philistins
           ,
           and
           professing
           a
           great
           desire
           to
           fight
           against
           the
           Enemies
           of
           Achish
           ,
           who
           were
           no
           other
           but
           Saul
           his
           natural
           Liege
           .
           Lord
           ,
           and
           the
           Armies
           of
           Israel
           ,
           (
           wherein
           he
           acted
           a
           very
           unsincere
           part
           ,
           or
           did
           really
           resolve
           to
           have
           ingaged
           against
           them
           )
           are
           things
           so
           manifestly
           contrary
           
           to
           the
           Laws
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           they
           give
           a
           strong
           presumption
           ,
           that
           the
           whole
           business
           of
           his
           taking
           Arms
           ,
           was
           contrary
           to
           Law
           ,
           and
           Religion
           .
        
         
           Pag.
           33.
           ]
           May
           not
           one
           be
           said
           to
           kill
           the
           King
           ,
           that
           robbed
           him
           of
           his
           Revenue
           ,
           Power
           ,
           and
           Authority
           ,
           and
           every
           thing
           that
           was
           necessary
           for
           the
           maintenance
           of
           the
           Royal
           Dignity
           ?
        
         
           Pag.
           
           17.
           ]
           There
           is
           a
           Tribunal
           set
           up
           by
           God
           for
           the
           Magistrate
           in
           all
           our
           Breasts
           ,
           which
           will
           pass
           Sentence
           severely
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           be
           put
           off
           by
           the
           Tricks
           of
           Law
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           Pag.
           20.
           ]
           The
           Higher
           Powers
           being
           deputed
           by
           God
           must
           indeed
           render
           him
           a
           severe
           account
           ,
           but
           not
           to
           others
           ;
           we
           are
           therefore
           to
           obey
           them
           for
           the
           Lord's
           sake
           .
           1
           Pet.
           2.
           13.
           
        
         
           Pag.
           26.
           ]
           Christ
           did
           in
           the
           plainest
           Style
           was
           possible
           condemn
           
             all
             practising's
             against
             Government
             upon
             pretence
             of
             Religion
             ,
          
           by
           saying
           ,
           my
           Kingdom
           is
           not
           of
           this
           World
           ,
           
             &c.
             
             Joh.
          
           18.
           36.
           
           This
           does
           so
           expresly
           discharge
           all
           Busling
           and
           Fighting
           on
           the
           pretence
           of
           Religion
           ,
           that
           we
           must
           either
           set
           up
           another
           Gospel
           ,
           or
           utterly
           reject
           what
           is
           so
           formally
           condemned
           by
           the
           Author
           of
           this
           we
           profess
           to
           believe
           .
        
         
           Pag.
           31.
           ]
           Though
           after
           that
           the
           Emperors
           turned
           Christian
           ,
           and
           Established
           the
           Faith
           by
           Law
           ;
           yet
           neither
           did
           the
           subtil
           attempts
           of
           
             Julian
             the
             Apostate
          
           ,
           nor
           the
           open
           Persecutions
           of
           some
           Arrian
           Emperors
           ,
           who
           did
           with
           great
           violence
           Prosecute
           the
           Orthodox
           ,
           occasion
           any
           Seditious
           Combinations
           against
           Authority
           .
        
         
           Pag.
           34
           ]
           They
           are
           without
           more
           Ceremony
           of
           Words
           .
           Traytors
           ,
           who
           subject
           
             Our
             Sovereign's
          
           Rights
           which
           he
           derives
           from
           God
           only
           ,
           to
           a
           Foreign
           Superior
           Power
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           Pag.
           36.
           ]
           The
           Dr.
           taxes
           also
           those
           who
           pretend
           a
           great
           heat
           against
           Rome
           ,
           and
           value
           themselves
           on
           their
           Abhorring
           all
           the
           Doctrines
           and
           Practices
           of
           that
           Church
           ,
           and
           yet
           have
           carried
           along
           with
           them
           ,
           one
           of
           their
           most
           Pestiferous
           Opinions
           ,
           pretending
           Reformation
           ,
           when
           they
           would
           bring
           all
           under
           Confusion
           ;
           and
           vouching
           the
           Cause
           and
           Work
           of
           God
           ,
           when
           they
           were
           destroying
           that
           Authority
           he
           had
           set
           up
           ,
           and
           opposing
           those
           Impowred
           by
           him
           .
           And
           the
           more
           Piety
           and
           Devotion
           such
           daring
           Pretenders
           put
           on
           ,
           it
           still
           brings
           the
           greater
           Stain
           and
           Imputation
           on
           Religion
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           gave
           a
           Patrociny
           to
           those
           Practices
           ,
           it
           so
           plainly
           Condemns
           .
           This
           is
           
           Judas-like
           to
           kiss
           our
           Master
           when
           we
           betray
           him
           ;
           and
           to
           own
           a
           Zeal
           for
           Religion
           ,
           when
           we
           engage
           in
           courses
           that
           disgrace
           and
           destroy
           it
           .
           But
           blessed
           be
           God
           ,
           our
           Church
           hates
           ,
           and
           condemns
           this
           Doctrine
           ,
           from
           what
           Hand
           soever
           it
           come
           ;
           and
           hath
           Establish'd
           the
           Rights
           and
           Authority
           of
           Princes
           ,
           on
           sure
           and
           unalterable
           Foundations
           ,
           enjoyning
           an
           entire
           Obedience
           to
           all
           the
           Lawful
           Commands
           of
           Authority
           ,
           and
           an
           absolute
           Submission
           to
           that
           Supreme
           Power
           God
           hath
           put
           into
           our
           Sovereign's
           Hands
           .
           This
           Doctrine
           we
           justly
           Glory
           in
           ;
           and
           if
           any
           that
           had
           their
           Baptism
           and
           Education
           in
           our
           Church
           ,
           have
           turned
           Renegades
           from
           this
           ,
           they
           proved
           no
           less
           Enemies
           to
           the
           Church
           her self
           ,
           than
           to
           the
           Civil
           Authority
           :
           So
           that
           their
           Apostacy
           leaves
           no
           blame
           on
           our
           Church
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           This
           is
           enough
           to
           clear
           the
           Doctors
           Reputation
           ,
           and
           moreover
           to
           Entitle
           it
           —
           Dr.
           Burnet
           '
           
             s
             Answer
             to
             the
             Enquiry
             about
             Allegiance
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A70226-e90
           
             12
             Car.
             2.
             cap.
             30.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A70226-e1590
           
             Dr.
             
               G.
               Burn.
            
             Sermon
             on
             2
             Sam.
             2.
             12.
             preached
             Jan.
             30.
             
             1674-75
             .
          
           
             Dr.
             Burn.
             Sermon
             on
             Rom.
             13.
             5
             1674.