The great and popular objection against the repeal of the penal laws & tests briefly stated and consider'd, and which may serve for answer to several late pamphlets upon that subject / by a friend to liberty for liberties sake.
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           THE
           
             Great
             and
             Popular
          
           OBJECTION
           Against
           the
           Repeal
           of
           the
           
             Penal
             Laws
             &
             Tests
          
           BRIEFLY
           Stated
           and
           Consider'd
           ,
           AND
           WHICH
           May
           serve
           for
           Answer
           to
           several
           late
           PAMPHLETS
           upon
           that
           Subject
           .
        
         
           
             By
             a
             Friend
             to
             Liberty
             for
             Liberties
             sake
          
        
         
           Licensed
           February
           the
           4th
           1687.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           ,
           and
           Sold
           ,
           by
           
             Andrew
             Sowle
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Three-Keys
           ,
           in
           Nags-Head-Court
           ,
           in
           Grace-Church-Street
           ,
           over-against
           the
           Conduit
           ,
           1688.
           
        
         
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THE
           Great
           and
           Popular
           OBJECTION
           Against
           the
           Repeal
           of
           the
           
             Penal
             Laws
             &
             Tests
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           IF
           the
           Consequences
           that
           are
           imagin'd
           to
           follow
           the
           Repeal
           of
           the
           
             Penal
             Statutes
          
           and
           Tests
           (
           and
           which
           so
           many
           give
           for
           the
           reason
           of
           their
           dislike
           to
           the
           Liberty
           that
           is
           sought
           by
           it
           )
           were
           indeed
           so
           Terrible
           as
           they
           are
           industriously
           represented
           ,
           I
           should
           readily
           fall
           in
           with
           the
           common
           Jealousie
           ,
           and
           help
           to
           augment
           the
           number
           of
           those
           that
           are
           for
           their
           Continuance
           ;
           but
           when
           I
           consider
           how
           long
           our
           Government
           was
           Happy
           without
           Them
           ,
           how
           much
           of
           Heat
           and
           Partialty
           prevail'd
           in
           their
           Constitution
           ,
           and
           how
           troublesome
           and
           impracticable
           their
           Execution
           are
           ,
           and
           that
           ,
           in
           our
           present
           
           Circumstances
           ,
           They
           appear
           a
           plain
           Barriere
           to
           our
           Happiness
           ,
           instead
           of
           a
           Bulwark
           to
           our
           Religion
           ,
           I
           cannot
           but
           lament
           the
           misfortune
           of
           the
           Publick
           ,
           that
           those
           Gentlemen
           are
           yet
           under
           the
           fatal
           mistake
           of
           thinking
           Them
           necessary
           to
           our
           Safety
           ,
           that
           with
           more
           Reason
           and
           Charity
           ,
           in
           my
           opinion
           ,
           should
           
             Endeavour
             to
             save
             us
          
           from
           the
           Inconveniences
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           Question
           being
           gain'd
           against
           Coertion
           in
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           impiety
           &
           impolicy
           of
           Persecution
           ,
           agreed
           on
           all
           hands
           ,
           all
           that
           is
           said
           by
           the
           most
           averse
           to
           the
           
             extent
             of
             the
             Repeal
          
           desired
           ,
           issues
           here
           ,
           
             If
             the
          
           Papists
           
             should
             happen
             to
             have
          
           Power
           or
           Ease
           ,
           
             they
             are
             sure
             to
             use
             it
             to
             the
             prejudice
             of
             the
             rest
             ,
             and
             therefore
             it
             is
             the
             Interest
             of
             the
             rest
             to
             oppose
             all
             their
             attempts
             to
             get
             it
             .
          
           The
           Consequence
           of
           which
           is
           this
           ,
           
             It
             were
             better
             the
             Power
             of
             Persecution
             rested
             where
             it
             is
             ,
             then
             to
             come
             into
             hands
             that
             would
             use
             it
             more
             Rigorously
             .
          
           I
           say
           ,
           All
           Arts
           and
           Rhetorical
           Declamations
           set
           aside
           ,
           This
           is
           the
           Center
           and
           Substance
           of
           all
           that
           's
           said
           ,
           by
           Any
           Body
           ,
           against
           the
           Repeal
           of
           the
           
             Penal
             Laws
          
           ,
           and
           more
           especially
           the
           Tests
           :
           And
           to
           this
           I
           would
           modestly
           offer
           what
           follows
           .
        
         
           I
           can
           by
           no
           means
           imagin
           there
           should
           be
           so
           
           much
           Danger
           where
           there
           is
           so
           little
           Trust
           :
           indeed
           none
           :
           And
           where
           one
           does
           not
           Trust
           one
           cannot
           be
           Deceived
           :
           Now
           there
           is
           no
           Trust
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           a
           Law
           that
           puts
           all
           Parties
           out
           of
           the
           Power
           of
           one
           another
           :
           For
           therefore
           is
           a
           Law
           desired
           ,
           that
           the
           
             hazard
             of
             Trusting
          
           may
           be
           out
           of
           Doors
           .
           And
           as
           this
           Law
           may
           be
           fram'd
           ,
           I
           humbly
           conceive
           ,
           it
           will
           not
           be
           impossible
           to
           secure
           every
           Party
           from
           the
           bigottry
           of
           the
           rest
           ,
           else
           ,
           I
           must
           acknowledge
           ,
           nothing
           will
           save
           us
           from
           the
           mischief
           of
           Relapses
           .
           And
           whatever
           may
           be
           said
           against
           a
           Legal
           Security
           now
           ,
           is
           as
           strong
           and
           reasonable
           against
           the
           hopes
           of
           any
           ,
           whoever
           has
           the
           Chair
           :
           For
           Ambition
           ,
           we
           see
           ,
           is
           but
           too
           apt
           to
           creep
           into
           all
           Parties
           ,
           and
           worldly
           Dominion
           has
           been
           an
           old
           and
           powerful
           Baite
           :
           If
           Law
           cannot
           secure
           us
           against
           it
           ,
           we
           shall
           ever
           be
           to
           seek
           for
           the
           assurance
           we
           desire
           in
           this
           World.
           It
           will
           yet
           be
           said
           ,
           
             That
             the
             best
             Law
             Men
             can
             make
             ,
             is
             nothing
             without
          
           Execution
           ,
           and
           That
           
             being
             in
             the
             Power
             of
          
           Those
           
             whose
             Principles
             or
             Interests
             may
             lead
             them
             to
             Evade
             or
             Perver
             it
             ,
             the
             Insecurity
             is
             the
             same
          
           ;
           yet
           with
           their
           leave
           that
           think
           so
           ,
           it
           is
           one
           thing
           to
           dispence
           with
           a
           Pe●●●
           Law
           against
           a
           thing
           ,
           
             not
             evil
             in
             it self
          
           ,
           and
           
           another
           to
           violate
           a
           Law
           of
           common
           Right
           and
           Safety
           ,
           
             which
             is
             evil
             in
             it self
          
           ;
           for
           this
           were
           both
           to
           Repeal
           and
           Make
           Laws
           without
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           which
           the
           Judges
           of
           no
           Raign
           have
           ever
           attempted
           to
           deliver
           for
           Law.
           
        
         
           If
           the
           Law
           propos'd
           ,
           Repeal
           Penal
           Laws
           for
           Religion
           (
           and
           surely
           't
           is
           propos'd
           for
           that
           end
           )
           the
           Prince
           of
           himself
           
             cannot
             Enact
             a
             Penal
             Law
             to
             burt
             any
             body
             ,
          
           whatever
           be
           his
           Religion
           ,
           and
           we
           are
           so
           far
           safe
           from
           the
           Mischeif
           of
           Persecution
           ,
           tho
           our
           security
           went
           no
           farther
           .
           But
           that
           we
           should
           be
           less
           safe
           ,
           because
           the
           King
           ,
           we
           so
           much
           Fear
           ,
           is
           ready
           to
           
             Consent
             to
             a
          
           GREAT
           CHARTER
           for
           
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
          
           ,
           by
           which
           ,
           it
           shall
           be
           
             Declared
             the
          
           RIGHT
           
             of
             Mankind
             to
             make
             a
             free
             and
             open
             choice
             and
             profession
             of
             Faith
             and
             Worship
             towards
             GOD
             ,
          
           and
           that
           any
           Constraint
           or
           Interruption
           upon
           that
           Freedom
           ,
           is
           Impiety
           ,
           and
           an
           
             Evil
             in
             it self
          
           ,
           and
           that
           Law
           ,
           therefore
           Indispenfible
           ,
           Is
           ,
           I
           must
           confess
           ,
           a
           Notion
           very
           Extraordinary
           .
           However
           ,
           It
           is
           not
           hard
           to
           Execute
           a
           Law
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           best
           Executed
           by
           
             doing
             nothing
          
           ,
           for
           letting
           men
           alone
           compli●●
           best
           with
           such
           an
           One
           ,
           and
           the
           Common
           Law
           secures
           
           them
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           this
           ,
           from
           those
           that
           meddle
           with
           them
           .
        
         
           I
           know
           it
           is
           further
           Objected
           ,
           
             that
             tho
             this
             were
             done
             ,
             it
             would
             not
             rest
             here
             ,
             A
             Parliament
             might
             quickly
             be
          
           Packt
           
             to
             over-throw
             this
             Establishment
             ,
             and
             then
             we
             should
             be
             all
             ruin'd
             ;
             for
             we
             should
             not
             only
             have
             Laws
             of
             the
             severest
             Nature
             ,
             but
             force
             to
             execute
             them
             .
          
           But
           as
           Grave
           as
           the
           Objection
           looks
           ,
           permit
           me
           to
           say
           ,
           there
           is
           more
           of
           Art
           then
           Truth
           or
           Force
           in
           it
           :
           For
           don't
           we
           see
           that
           Wagers
           are
           every
           where
           laying
           by
           the
           present
           Enemies
           of
           Liberty
           ,
           
             That
             the
             King
             can't
             ,
             even
             with
             the
             help
             of
             his
             Dissenters
             ,
             get
             a
             Parliament
             that
             will
             Repeal
             the
             Penal
             Laws
             and
             Tests
             ,
          
           and
           yet
           that
           they
           should
           pretend
           to
           fear
           he
           may
           
             get
             One
          
           to
           Repeal
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           Enact
           the
           Bloodiest
           Laws
           in
           lieu
           of
           it
           (
           to
           which
           to
           be
           sure
           the
           Dissenters
           will
           never
           assist
           )
           is
           a
           contradiction
           ,
           like
           that
           of
           Magnifying
           the
           Prerogative
           ,
           and
           Rayling
           at
           the
           Declaration
           ,
           
             Crying
             down
          
           Common
           Wealths
           Men
           ,
           and
           Opposing
           the
           Monarchy
           constantly
           with
           their
           Arguments
           ;
           Fighting
           against
           the
           distinction
           of
           the
           Natural
           and
           Political
           Capacity
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           making
           it
           every
           day
           to
           serve
           their
           own
           turn
           ,
           
           and
           upon
           the
           worst
           terms
           too
           ,
           Persecution
           ,
           I
           mean.
           But
           waving
           the
           Humour
           ,
           let
           us
           examine
           the
           Fear
           :
           In
           my
           opinion
           't
           is
           Groundless
           ;
           for
           since
           their
           Master-piece
           ,
           
             the
             Letter
             to
             a
             Dissenter
          
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             that
             there
             can
             be
             no
             danger
             of
             the
             Bet
             ,
             where
             the
             Odds
             are
             so
             great
             as
             Two
             Hundred
             to
             One
             ,
          
           we
           must
           conclude
           that
           Objection
           is
           of
           no
           weight
           against
           our
           Liberty
           :
           For
           Number
           being
           the
           Natural
           Power
           of
           a
           Kingdom
           ,
           the
           Artificial
           (
           which
           is
           the
           Executive
           part
           of
           the
           Government
           )
           must
           needs
           move
           heavily
           and
           dangerously
           when
           it
           works
           against
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           a
           Law
           be
           no
           security
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           fear
           of
           a
           Packt
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           Force
           to
           back
           it
           ,
           what
           security
           ,
           after
           all
           ,
           can
           the
           
             Penal
             Statutes
             and
             Tests
             be
          
           ?
           are
           they
           any
           more
           then
           Law
           ?
           If
           it
           be
           said
           ,
           they
           
             caution
             and
             awe
             the
             Roman
             Catholicks
             .
          
           I
           say
           the
           Uiolation
           of
           a
           Great
           Charter
           for
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           will
           do
           it
           much
           more
           ,
           because
           the
           Penalty
           may
           be
           Greater
           ,
           and
           
             better
             fixt
             and
             applyed
          
           .
           And
           since
           we
           only
           fear
           the
           Repeal
           of
           the
           One
           by
           a
           Packt
           Parliament
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Other
           ,
           the
           Authority
           which
           abolishes
           either
           ,
           
             is
             equally
             Invalid
          
           ,
           and
           therefore
           the
           Caution
           and
           Fear
           of
           Violating
           the
           one
           ,
           must
           needs
           
           be
           as
           Great
           as
           of
           Overthrowing
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           This
           would
           be
           less
           difficult
           to
           us
           to
           apprehend
           ,
           If
           we
           made
           the
           equal
           Reflections
           that
           become
           our
           present
           Condition
           .
           We
           look
           on
           France
           till
           we
           frighten
           our selves
           from
           the
           best
           means
           of
           our
           worldly
           Happiness
           ,
           but
           will
           not
           look
           at
           home
           upon
           greater
           Cruelties
           ,
           if
           we
           consider
           Theirs
           were
           exercised
           against
           those
           of
           another
           Religion
           ,
           but
           Ours
           upon
           the
           People
           of
           our
           own
           ;
           tho
           when
           we
           observe
           their
           Conduct
           elsewhere
           ,
           it
           is
           easie
           to
           see
           ,
           it
           must
           have
           something
           very
           particular
           in
           it
           .
           But
           at
           the
           same
           time
           we
           will
           take
           no
           notice
           of
           the
           greatest
           Tranquility
           in
           Germany
           and
           Switzerland
           under
           a
           compleat
           Liberty
           .
        
         
           Is
           this
           any
           thing
           but
           the
           Fruit
           of
           Law
           ,
           The
           Agreement
           of
           Princes
           and
           States
           ,
           The
           
             Great
             Charter
          
           of
           those
           Countries
           inviolably
           kept
           these
           
             forty
             years
          
           ,
           The
           Thing
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           with
           so
           much
           Zeal
           and
           Goodness
           presses
           to
           establish
           in
           his
           Dominions
           ?
           Why
           then
           may
           not
           that
           be
           done
           here
           that
           has
           been
           so
           happily
           acted
           elsewhere
           ?
           Are
           our
           Papists
           and
           Protestants
           worse
           here
           then
           there
           ?
           Or
           are
           our
           Differences
           greater
           ?
           Or
           are
           our
           Numbers
           more
           dangerously
           unequal
           ,
           
           that
           we
           dare
           not
           trust
           a
           Law
           that
           others
           in
           our
           very
           Circumstances
           are
           so
           happy
           under
           ?
           They
           don't
           only
           endure
           one
           anothers
           Religion
           ,
           but
           
             take
             their
             Turns
             the
             same
             Days
             in
             the
             same
             Churches
             or
             Places
             for
             Divine
             Worship
          
           ;
           and
           will
           not
           the
           
             same
             Kingdom
          
           serve
           us
           ?
           we
           must
           then
           have
           the
           worst
           of
           Natures
           ,
           or
           be
           the
           worse
           for
           our
           Religion
           .
           And
           tho
           many
           good
           reasons
           have
           been
           given
           ,
           and
           may
           be
           elsewhere
           in
           evidence
           of
           this
           Notion
           ,
           I
           will
           venture
           to
           offer
           a
           few
           at
           this
           time
           that
           never
           saw
           Light
           yet
           ,
           that
           I
           know
           of
           ,
           and
           which
           may
           happen
           to
           give
           some
           ,
           to
           those
           that
           labour
           under
           the
           disbelief
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           I
           say
           then
           ,
           a
           GREAT
           CHARTER
           for
           
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
          
           ,
           to
           be
           made
           and
           kept
           ,
           is
           not
           only
           the
           true
           Interest
           of
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           ,
           but
           they
           think
           so
           ,
           because
           
             they
             must
             think
             so
          
           :
           For
           if
           the
           Destruction
           of
           Protestancy
           ,
           by
           a
           way
           of
           Violence
           ,
           had
           been
           their
           Project
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           it
           is
           our
           Fear
           ,
           they
           had
           but
           one
           way
           in
           the
           World
           to
           have
           brought
           it
           to
           pass
           ,
           and
           that
           was
           ,
           
             to
             have
             made
             the
             utmost
             use
             of
             the
          
           Church
           of
           Englands
           
             Penal
             Laws
             ,
             which
             they
             found
             ready
             to
             their
             Hands
             ,
             for
             the
             Destruction
             of
             the
             Protestant
          
           
           
             Dissenters
             ,
             and
             to
             which
             she
             could
             not
             refuse
             her
             assistance
             ,
             upon
             her
             principles
             of
             Obedience
             ,
             if
             there
             were
             no
             Inclination
             left
             in
             her
             to
             that
             Fierce
             and
             Inhumane
             chase
             .
          
           By
           this
           ,
           one
           Party
           of
           Protestants
           ,
           had
           been
           easily
           made
           the
           Means
           of
           the
           others
           Extirpation
           ,
           and
           how
           far
           
             Pleasures
             ,
             Honours
             ,
             Offices
          
           and
           Fear
           would
           have
           gone
           to
           have
           made
           an
           entire
           Conquest
           ,
           easie
           upon
           her
           ,
           is
           not
           the
           hardest
           thing
           in
           the
           World
           to
           apprehend
           ,
           when
           the
           Bodies
           of
           her
           Dissenters
           had
           been
           thus
           cruelly
           dissolved
           by
           her
           .
           And
           if
           this
           have
           any
           sense
           in
           it
           ,
           we
           must
           conclude
           ,
           that
           delivering
           one
           Party
           of
           Protestants
           from
           the
           Rage
           and
           Power
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           cannot
           be
           a
           way
           to
           bring
           in
           Popery
           .
           I
           own
           ,
           it
           may
           affect
           the
           present
           
             Ecclesiastical
             Policy
          
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           but
           I
           never
           took
           that
           for
           Protestancy
           :
           On
           the
           contrary
           ,
           it
           has
           evidently
           weaken'd
           the
           better
           part
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Interest
           in
           General
           ,
           in
           these
           Kingdoms
           ,
           ever
           since
           the
           Reformation
           .
           But
           besides
           this
           ,
           't
           is
           one
           thing
           to
           Constrain
           a
           Law
           from
           the
           Prince
           ,
           and
           another
           to
           have
           it
           offer'd
           by
           the
           Prince
           :
           The
           one
           ,
           to
           be
           sure
           ,
           he
           thinks
           against
           his
           Interest
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           he
           takes
           to
           be
           as
           certainly
           for
           it
           .
           And
           if
           he
           thinks
           it
           is
           
           his
           Interest
           to
           preserve
           such
           a
           Law
           ,
           we
           are
           sure
           of
           our
           Safety
           by
           it
           .
           That
           which
           moves
           him
           to
           it
           ,
           must
           oblige
           him
           to
           maintain
           it
           ;
           and
           if
           he
           does
           not
           heartily
           intend
           to
           support
           this
           Liberty
           ,
           his
           giving
           it
           ,
           must
           needs
           increase
           the
           Power
           and
           Interest
           he
           would
           suppress
           :
           An
           Error
           too
           gross
           to
           be
           made
           with
           so
           much
           
             Preparation
             and
             Art.
          
           Nor
           is
           this
           all
           ,
           in
           my
           opinion
           it
           is
           much
           more
           reasonable
           to
           believe
           that
           a
           Law
           for
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           should
           preserve
           us
           against
           the
           thing
           we
           apprehend
           so
           much
           ,
           
             viz.
             Popery
          
           ,
           because
           't
           is
           easier
           to
           fall
           from
           one
           Extream
           to
           another
           ,
           then
           from
           a
           Mean
           to
           an
           Extream
           :
           And
           't
           is
           certain
           ,
           there
           are
           more
           Parties
           concern'd
           to
           support
           such
           a
           Law
           for
           Liberty
           ,
           then
           to
           maintain
           those
           of
           Severity
           ;
           for
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           only
           appears
           to
           uphold
           these
           ,
           but
           all
           Parties
           besides
           agree
           to
           maintain
           That
           .
           And
           if
           it
           was
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           to
           divide
           the
           Dissenters
           from
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           to
           be
           sure
           
             they
             cannot
             think
             it
             safe
             to
             unite
             Them
             :
          
           They
           have
           divided
           Them
           by
           the
           Liberty
           ,
           But
           any
           attempts
           to
           take
           it
           away
           
             will
             infallibly
             joyn
             them
          
           .
           And
           when
           I
           consider
           how
           much
           more
           the
           Roman
           Catholicks
           will
           in
           all
           
           probability
           want
           Liberty
           in
           after
           Raigns
           ,
           then
           the
           Dissenters
           in
           this
           ,
           I
           am
           also
           led
           to
           Conclude
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           not
           so
           secure
           in
           the
           Repeal
           of
           the
           Penal
           Laws
           and
           Tests
           themselves
           ,
           as
           in
           their
           own
           Moderation
           in
           the
           use
           of
           the
           Liberty
           that
           follows
           :
           For
           a
           Parliament
           in
           after
           Raigns
           may
           easily
           return
           them
           ,
           and
           worse
           ,
           if
           that
           can
           be
           ,
           and
           will
           certainly
           do
           it
           ,
           if
           they
           use
           their
           present
           opportunity
           too
           Eagrely
           and
           Partially
           ;
           but
           no
           Parliament
           will
           ever
           think
           so
           harsh
           a
           Constitution
           fit
           to
           be
           reviv'd
           ,
           when
           the
           Moderation
           of
           the
           Gentlemen
           against
           whom
           it
           was
           made
           ,
           hath
           prov'd
           it
           Useless
           ,
           Unreasonable
           and
           Unsafe
           .
           This
           consideration
           is
           a
           reciprocal
           Caution
           to
           Us
           ,
           not
           to
           refuse
           them
           the
           Rights
           of
           English
           Men
           ,
           and
           to
           Them
           ,
           not
           to
           mis-use
           them
           .
           And
           since
           hitherto
           we
           seem
           not
           so
           angry
           at
           the
           Liberty
           ,
           as
           at
           the
           Manner
           of
           its
           being
           granted
           ;
           if
           we
           are
           sincere
           in
           this
           ,
           we
           cannot
           refuse
           the
           King
           in
           our
           
             own
             way
          
           ,
           I
           mean
           ,
           
             by
             Law.
          
           And
           in
           my
           Opinion
           ,
           't
           is
           a
           point
           gain'd
           ,
           not
           to
           have
           this
           ease
           Precarious
           from
           the
           Crown
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           that
           it
           shews
           the
           Kings
           sincerity
           beyond
           a
           doubt
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           Solicitous
           to
           assure
           so
           great
           a
           Good
           to
           us
           in
           our
           
             own
             method
          
           .
        
         
         
           Let
           it
           not
           then
           be
           thought
           a
           Crime
           ,
           that
           he
           does
           so
           ,
           or
           that
           he
           takes
           the
           next
           and
           plainest
           ways
           to
           discriminate
           Persons
           for
           that
           end
           ;
           for
           if
           the
           Consequence
           of
           his
           Endeavours
           were
           to
           ruin
           others
           for
           a
           Party
           ,
           it
           might
           be
           thought
           Packing
           indeed
           ;
           but
           when
           it
           is
           to
           
             open
             Enclosures
          
           and
           Level
           Interests
           ,
           and
           by
           Law
           ,
           to
           secure
           Them
           from
           the
           Ambition
           of
           one
           another
           ,
           it
           seems
           to
           me
           to
           be
           
             Unpacking
             for
             the
             Good
             of
             the
             Whole
             ,
             that
             which
             hath
             been
             so
             long
             Packt
             for
             the
             sole
             Good
             of
             a
             Party
             .
          
           And
           truly
           if
           we
           will
           yet
           scruple
           the
           Sincerity
           of
           the
           Prince
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           an
           easier
           and
           better
           way
           to
           assure
           our selves
           ,
           then
           by
           chusing
           such
           Persons
           to
           serve
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           whose
           Love
           and
           Sincerity
           for
           this
           Liberty
           we
           have
           the
           greatest
           Confidence
           in
           ;
           For
           as
           that
           will
           certainly
           help
           to
           facilitate
           the
           Work
           ,
           so
           where
           two
           Parties
           seem
           to
           conspire
           one
           end
           ,
           nothing
           discovers
           the
           Insincerity
           of
           one
           side
           ,
           like
           the
           Truth
           and
           Integrity
           of
           the
           other
           in
           persuing
           it
           .
           Let
           us
           not
           then
           dislike
           Liberty
           in
           the
           Kings
           way
           ,
           and
           refuse
           it
           in
           our
           own
           ,
           
             because
             he
             would
             make
             it
             his
          
           ;
           for
           that
           would
           justly
           question
           our
           Truth
           and
           Charity
           ,
           without
           which
           ,
           our
           pretence
           of
           Religion
           or
           Safety
           is
           vain
           .
        
         
         
           We
           have
           heard
           it
           said
           ,
           
             that
             the
             Persecution
             of
             the
             last
             Raign
             came
             from
             the
          
           Papists
           ,
           
             and
             therefore
             we
             cannot
             expect
             they
             should
             be
             sincere
             for
             Liberty
             in
             this
          
           ;
           but
           if
           that
           were
           true
           ,
           (
           tho
           it
           could
           not
           be
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           that
           forc'd
           the
           late
           King
           to
           cancel
           his
           Declaration
           for
           Liberty
           ,
           or
           that
           couzn'd
           the
           Dissenters
           of
           a
           Law
           for
           it
           )
           yet
           there
           is
           this
           use
           to
           be
           made
           of
           the
           Trick
           ,
           that
           now
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           are
           for
           Liberty
           ,
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           cannot
           ,
           with
           any
           credit
           ,
           be
           against
           it
           .
        
         
           On
           the
           contrary
           ,
           it
           shows
           ,
           if
           they
           did
           Move
           those
           Storms
           of
           Persecution
           ,
           it
           was
           to
           constrain
           the
           Dissenters
           to
           joyn
           with
           them
           in
           the
           Repeal
           of
           the
           Laws
           that
           rais'd
           Them
           ,
           that
           so
           they
           might
           be
           allow'd
           to
           share
           in
           the
           Calm
           :
           People
           are
           most
           apt
           to
           see
           the
           Necessity
           and
           Benefit
           of
           Liberty
           by
           the
           want
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           a
           Misfortune
           to
           be
           lamented
           ,
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           should
           always
           be
           against
           Liberty
           ,
           
             when
             the
             Court
             is
             for
             it
             ,
          
           because
           the
           Court
           ,
           in
           her
           opinion
           ,
           is
           not
           Sincere
           ;
           when
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           she
           knows
           ,
           it
           is
           at
           no
           time
           to
           be
           had
           
             without
             them
          
           :
           A
           way
           for
           poor
           Dissenters
           ,
           never
           to
           hope
           for
           such
           a
           thing
           as
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           at
           her
           hands
           :
           For
           without
           offering
           any
           Violence
           to
           
           the
           rules
           of
           Charity
           ,
           she
           seems
           to
           excuse
           her
           unwillingness
           by
           their
           Insincerity
           .
           But
           with
           her
           favour
           ,
           
             They
             must
             be
             sincere
             when
             their
             Interest
             will
             have
             them
             so
             .
          
           And
           tho
           it
           is
           Imagin'd
           the
           Dissenter
           has
           no
           other
           bottom
           for
           his
           Confidence
           and
           Conjunction
           then
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
             Faith
          
           and
           Truth
           ,
           't
           is
           too
           mean
           an
           Insinuation
           against
           his
           understanding
           ,
           that
           I
           assure
           that
           Author
           is
           yet
           Good
           and
           Jealous
           enough
           ,
           not
           to
           depend
           upon
           either
           the
           
             Councel
             of
             Trent
          
           ,
           or
           the
           
             Thirty
             Nine
             Articles
          
           for
           his
           safety
           .
           By
           no
           means
           ;
           those
           
             Spiritual
             Mortgages
          
           ,
           Folks
           give
           of
           their
           Souls
           ,
           are
           too
           uncertain
           securities
           about
           worldly
           Matters
           ,
           unless
           Men
           had
           ,
           at
           least
           ,
           a
           better
           Practice
           .
           Nothing
           ,
           humanely
           speaking
           ,
           fixes
           any
           Man
           like
           his
           Interest
           ;
           And
           tho
           this
           Agreement
           were
           only
           
           Hobson's
           choice
           in
           
             Roman
             Catholick
          
           and
           Dissenter
           ,
           the
           security
           is
           not
           the
           less
           :
           For
           what-ever
           be
           the
           Morality
           of
           any
           Party
           ,
           if
           I
           am
           sure
           of
           them
           by
           the
           side
           of
           Interest
           and
           Necessity
           ,
           I
           will
           never
           seek
           or
           value
           an
           Ensurance
           by
           Oaths
           and
           Tests
           .
           Interest
           is
           the
           choice
           Men
           Naturally
           make
           ,
           and
           Necessity
           compels
           Submission
           from
           the
           unhappy
           Subjects
           of
           her
           Power
           .
        
         
           And
           tho
           some
           do
           Insinuate
           that
           better
           terms
           
           are
           to
           be
           hop'd
           from
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           hereafter
           ,
           then
           now
           from
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           ,
           I
           take
           leave
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           an
           unwarrantable
           use
           of
           Providence
           ,
           for
           them
           to
           neglect
           the
           present
           
             Certain
             Overtures
          
           (
           tho
           they
           were
           the
           effects
           of
           Necessity
           )
           out
           of
           hopes
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           will
           use
           them
           better
           ,
           when
           she
           has
           Power
           ,
           
             not
             to
             do
             it
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             care
             :
          
           when
           all
           Parties
           show
           their
           abuse
           of
           Power
           in
           their
           turns
           ,
           't
           is
           reason
           enough
           to
           embrace
           the
           Benefit
           of
           Necessity
           from
           the
           first
           that
           offers
           :
           And
           nothing
           else
           ,
           I
           fear
           ,
           moves
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           to
           promise
           ;
           And
           if
           so
           great
           a
           number
           may
           lie
           under
           such
           a
           Necessity
           ,
           a
           less
           number
           cannot
           but
           be
           under
           a
           greater
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           take
           to
           be
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
             Case
          
           ,
           and
           our
           Assurance
           .
        
         
           If
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           could
           secure
           the
           Dissenters
           without
           that
           compliance
           she
           fears
           ,
           't
           were
           something
           ,
           if
           not
           ,
           they
           are
           under
           an
           equal
           necessity
           to
           accept
           what
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholiks
          
           are
           under
           to
           offer
           :
           And
           for
           this
           reason
           ,
           I
           cannot
           but
           think
           her
           joyning
           in
           the
           Liberty
           more
           reasonable
           ,
           then
           their
           refusing
           it
           for
           her
           sake
           .
           If
           she
           affects
           an
           Union
           ,
           why
           should
           she
           uphold
           the
           Means
           of
           Division
           ?
           Ought
           not
           the
           Dissenters
           to
           
           suspect
           her
           Integrity
           ,
           in
           refusing
           a
           good
           Understanding
           ,
           in
           the
           very
           way
           that
           must
           save
           those
           she
           would
           gain
           ?
           And
           since
           she
           is
           sure
           They
           won't
           turn
           Papists
           ,
           how
           does
           she
           lose
           Them
           in
           that
           way
           ,
           in
           which
           she
           can
           only
           pretend
           to
           have
           Them
           ,
           viz.
           as
           Protestants
           ;
           for
           otherwise
           they
           will
           as
           little
           conform
           to
           her
           .
           And
           if
           the
           Price
           of
           her
           Good
           Will
           must
           be
           to
           uphold
           the
           Brand
           of
           her
           Conduct
           ,
           and
           Means
           of
           their
           own
           Ruin
           ,
           It
           is
           what
           they
           can
           never
           give
           ,
           and
           she
           in
           Conscience
           and
           Wisdom
           should
           never
           ask
           .
        
         
           And
           what
           ever
           is
           suggested
           ,
           it
           is
           too
           unwarily
           thought
           of
           any
           ,
           that
           the
           Dissenters
           intend
           only
           their
           security
           against
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
             ,
             't
             is
             against
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Persecution
             in
             all
             Churches
             ,
             they
             must
             all
             seek
             to
             be
             safe
          
           ;
           that
           ,
           which
           so
           ever
           of
           them
           happens
           to
           have
           the
           Government
           ,
           the
           Rest
           may
           be
           secure
           under
           it
           ;
           Else
           ,
           't
           is
           but
           shutting
           one
           Door
           against
           an
           Evil
           ,
           
             and
             opening
             another
             to
             let
             it
             in
             .
          
           If
           she
           will
           please
           but
           to
           tell
           me
           
             what
             way
          
           she
           can
           secure
           the
           Dissenters
           against
           her
           own
           Ambition
           ,
           when
           one
           of
           her
           Communion
           Ascends
           the
           Throne
           ,
           I
           will
           undertake
           to
           tell
           her
           ,
           how
           she
           and
           the
           Dissenters
           may
           be
           safe
           
           from
           the
           Danger
           of
           Popery
           in
           the
           Raign
           of
           a
           King
           of
           that
           Religion
           .
           For
           the
           
             Spirit
             of
             Persecution
          
           being
           the
           same
           every
           where
           ,
           it
           must
           have
           the
           
             same
             Remedy
          
           .
           She
           can't
           think
           we
           ought
           to
           Trust
           Her
           ,
           That
           won't
           Trust
           ,
           and
           That
           makes
           Trusting
           Dangerous
           .
        
         
           And
           what-ever
           the
           Gentlemen
           of
           her
           Communion
           are
           pleas'd
           to
           suggest
           of
           the
           present
           
             good
             understanding
          
           ,
           between
           the
           Roman
           Catholicks
           and
           Dissenters
           ,
           to
           blow
           their
           Interest
           with
           the
           People
           ,
           Men
           must
           be
           greatly
           Impos'd
           upon
           ,
           to
           Imagine
           the
           present
           Affinity
           between
           them
           ,
           can
           regard
           any
           thing
           but
           their
           common
           Safety
           ;
           and
           
             common
             Danger
          
           makes
           that
           every
           where
           ,
           
             reasonable
             and
             necessary
          
           .
           If
           this
           were
           not
           the
           case
           ,
           I
           should
           hold
           my self
           concern'd
           to
           act
           another
           Part
           in
           this
           affair
           ;
           And
           if
           this
           be
           the
           case
           ,
           it
           plainly
           answers
           all
           the
           Jealousie
           and
           Objection
           of
           the
           Times
           :
           For
           't
           is
           as
           lawful
           for
           them
           to
           joyn
           in
           this
           as
           in
           any
           Society
           of
           Trade
           ,
           and
           more
           requisite
           .
           I
           say
           ,
           It
           can
           be
           no
           just
           Reflection
           from
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           when
           they
           must
           be
           ill
           read
           ,
           that
           don't
           know
           ,
           that
           she
           is
           the
           
             Half-way
             House
          
           between
           the
           two
           Dissenters
           ,
           and
           
           that
           the
           Protestant
           Dissenter
           is
           a
           refine
           upon
           her
           ,
           as
           she
           is
           upon
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           .
           So
           that
           tho
           it
           be
           true
           that
           they
           joyn
           with
           the
           Papists
           ,
           it
           is
           as
           true
           that
           it
           is
           
             not
             with
             Popery
          
           ,
           but
           for
           Liberty
           ,
           which
           the
           same
           Author
           tells
           us
           ,
           is
           such
           a
           
             contradiction
             to
             Infallibility
          
           ,
           which
           is
           his
           
             dangerous
             Popery
          
           :
           Tho
           I
           must
           tell
           him
           ,
           I
           think
           it
           a
           greater
           to
           Persecute
           People
           upon
           a
           professed
           fallible
           Principle
           .
           Let
           it
           satisfie
           that
           Gentleman
           and
           his
           Followers
           ,
           whose
           main
           drift
           ,
           is
           Rallying
           Dissenters
           for
           relying
           on
           
             Romish
             Faith
          
           for
           security
           ,
           that
           tho
           They
           joyn
           with
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           to
           get
           Liberty
           ,
           They
           will
           trust
           them
           ,
           and
           every
           body
           else
           ,
           as
           little
           as
           they
           can
           to
           keep
           it
           ,
           and
           
             less
             joyn
          
           with
           them
           to
           take
           it
           away
           .
           On
           the
           contrary
           ,
           in
           case
           of
           such
           attempts
           ,
           't
           is
           reasonable
           to
           believe
           they
           will
           sooner
           unite
           with
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           to
           Preserve
           ,
           what
           they
           now
           so
           freely
           oppose
           Her
           to
           obtain
           .
           But
           it
           may
           be
           said
           ,
           
             It
             will
             then
             be
             too
             late
             ,
             and
             therefore
             now
             too
             dangerous
             ,
             to
             give
             that
             Interest
             ,
             in
             the
             mean
             while
             ,
             so
             much
             Play
             and
             Progress
             .
          
           This
           were
           an
           Hazard
           indeed
           ,
           if
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           could
           do
           any
           thing
           then
           ,
           that
           they
           cannot
           do
           now
           ,
           or
           if
           the
           Dissenters
           were
           to
           be
           less
           Numerous
           ,
           less
           
           Sensible
           ,
           or
           less
           Free
           and
           Able
           to
           resent
           it
           .
           I
           cannot
           see
           how
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           can
           be
           in
           a
           better
           Cordition
           to
           Hurt
           us
           ,
           if
           the
           Dissenters
           are
           not
           in
           a
           worse
           to
           Help
           us
           .
           Certainly
           their
           numbers
           must
           have
           the
           odds
           .
        
         
           On
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           the
           Dissenters
           ,
           under
           Persecution
           ,
           can
           do
           nothing
           ,
           and
           while
           the
           Liberty
           is
           Precarious
           they
           dare
           do
           nothing
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           way
           to
           render
           them
           useful
           to
           oppose
           the
           Violence
           fear'd
           ,
           is
           to
           make
           their
           Interest
           in
           the
           Liberty
           Legal
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           that
           a
           
             Legal
             Freedom
          
           is
           the
           best
           way
           to
           prevent
           all
           violent
           attempts
           in
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           .
           For
           when
           the
           Law
           supports
           their
           Joynt
           Interest
           ,
           that
           will
           naturally
           joyn
           and
           lead
           Them
           to
           maintain
           the
           Law
           that
           defends
           it
           .
           I
           shall
           be
           heartily
           sorry
           if
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           cannot
           tell
           how
           to
           venture
           her self
           with
           those
           under
           Liberty
           ,
           who
           have
           liv'd
           so
           well
           with
           her
           
             under
             her
             Persecution
          
           :
           Tho
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           said
           before
           ,
           there
           is
           
             no
             Trust
          
           in
           the
           case
           ,
           since
           ,
           therefore
           ,
           a
           Law
           is
           desired
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           not
           rely
           on
           so
           frail
           a
           Security
           :
           And
           where
           a
           Law
           puts
           all
           Parties
           upon
           
             one
             Bottom
          
           ,
           I
           cannot
           help
           thinking
           all
           Parties
           are
           oblig'd
           in
           Example
           and
           Interest
           carefully
           to
           preserve
           it
           .
           And
           if
           we
           would
           but
           reflect
           
           how
           much
           more
           Law
           in
           all
           Ages
           hath
           preserv'd
           Mankind
           then
           Force
           ,
           we
           would
           less
           argue
           the
           Insecurity
           of
           Law
           ;
           but
           't
           is
           utterly
           Inconsistant
           at
           a
           time
           ,
           when
           we
           plead
           the
           Almightiness
           of
           present
           Laws
           for
           our
           Safety
           .
        
         
           In
           short
           ,
           If
           she
           only
           seeks
           to
           be
           Safe
           ,
           let
           her
           not
           refuse
           the
           Security
           that
           Others
           are
           
             ready
             to
             take
          
           ,
           and
           if
           she
           desires
           more
           ,
           't
           is
           an
           unhappy
           Instance
           of
           her
           love
           to
           Dominion
           ,
           and
           they
           can
           never
           be
           safe
           that
           Grant
           it
           .
           Let
           her
           not
           then
           be
           Fond
           but
           Wise
           ;
           and
           remember
           ,
           that
           the
           Security
           is
           not
           destroy'd
           ,
           but
           Chang'd
           and
           Enlarg'd
           :
           For
           from
           a
           Single
           ,
           it
           becomes
           
             more
             then
             a
             Double
             Bond
          
           ,
           and
           They
           that
           reject
           such
           a
           Security
           ,
           cannot
           be
           thought
           sincere
           in
           asking
           of
           any
           .
           But
           ,
           be
           that
           as
           it
           will
           ,
           If
           we
           can
           but
           once
           see
           A
           MAGNA
           CHARTA
           
             for
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
          
           ,
           Establish'd
           in
           these
           Kingdoms
           by
           the
           wisdom
           of
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           They
           will
           be
           very
           Hardy
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           who
           Dare
           ,
           at
           any
           time
           ,
           Attempt
           to
           
             Shake
             It
          
           ,
           That
           has
           the
           
             Jealousie
             ,
             Union
          
           and
           
             Resolution
             of
             so
             many
             Great
             ,
             Serious
             and
             Wealthy
             Interests
             to
             support
             It.
             
          
        
         
           I
           will
           not
           say
           ,
           what
           this
           Charter
           shall
           be
           ,
           for
           it
           does
           not
           become
           me
           ,
           nor
           is
           it
           yet
           time
           ;
           but
           I
           
           dare
           say
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           and
           in
           such
           terms
           too
           ,
           as
           all
           Parties
           shall
           find
           their
           Account
           :
           And
           unless
           that
           be
           the
           Reason
           why
           any
           will
           oppose
           it
           ,
           It
           can
           neither
           miss
           to
           be
           ,
           nor
           to
           be
           kept
           ;
           and
           if
           such
           a
           Dissenter
           be
           to
           be
           found
           to
           this
           common
           Good
           ,
           his
           opposition
           makes
           him
           a
           
             Common
             Enemy
          
           .
           I
           say
           ,
           nothing
           can
           oppose
           such
           a
           Charter
           ,
           but
           State
           Religion
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           can
           Govern
           the
           rest
           ,
           will
           Hazard
           the
           rest
           .
           A
           National
           Religion
           by
           Law
           ,
           where
           it
           is
           not
           so
           by
           Number
           and
           Inclination
           ,
           is
           a
           
             National
             Nusance
          
           ;
           for
           it
           will
           ever
           be
           matter
           of
           Strife
           .
           If
           she
           seeks
           to
           be
           Safe
           ,
           but
           not
           to
           Rule
           ,
           that
           which
           preserves
           the
           rest
           ,
           
             secures
             her
          
           ;
           If
           more
           is
           expected
           ,
           't
           is
           less
           reasonable
           ,
           in
           my
           opinion
           ,
           for
           the
           Rest
           to
           Sacrifice
           their
           Safety
           to
           her
           Authority
           ,
           then
           only
           to
           subject
           her
           Rule
           to
           their
           Security
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .