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           AN
           APOLOGIE
           FOR
           THE
           
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
          
           AGAINST
           THE
           CLAMOURS
           Of
           the
           MEN
           of
           No-Conscience
           :
           Or
           the
           DUKE
           of
           
             Buckingham's
             Seconds
             .
          
        
         
           By
           
             E.
             B.
          
           Esquire
           .
        
         
           
             
               Stulta
               est
               clementia
               ,
               cum
               tot
               Vbique
            
          
           
             
               Vatibus
               occurras
               ,
               periturae
               parcere
               Chartae
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           for
           
             W.
             Kettilby
             ,
          
           at
           the
           
             Bishops
             Head
          
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-Yard
           .
           1685.
           
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           AN
           APOLOGIE
           FOR
           THE
           
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
          
           Against
           the
           CLAMOURS
           Of
           the
           Men
           of
           
             No-Conscience
             .
          
        
         
           THAT
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           now
           Elected
           ,
           and
           within
           a
           very
           fews
           day
           to
           Sit
           ,
           is
           one
           of
           the
           most
           Loyal
           that
           this
           Nation
           has
           seen
           at
           any
           time
           since
           the
           Death
           of
           Queen
           
             Elizabeth
             ,
          
           is
           I
           suppose
           not
           doubted
           by
           any
           Man
           who
           has
           at
           all
           considered
           either
           who
           has
           Chosen
           them
           ,
           or
           who
           has
           been
           Chosen
           .
        
         
           Whence
           then
           proceeds
           the
           insufferable
           Insolence
           and
           Impetuosity
           of
           the
           Dissenters
           from
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
          
           just
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           and
           where
           may
           one
           guess
           the
           Design
           to
           terminate
           ?
        
         
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           is
           no
           new
           Plea
           ,
           it
           has
           fed
           the
           Press
           ,
           yea
           and
           maintain'd
           many
           of
           its
           Patrons
           too
           almost
           ever
           since
           the
           Year
           1660.
           
           For
           before
           that
           time
           ,
           we
           had
           no
           great
           kindness
           for
           the
           Doctrine
           ,
           but
           only
           in
           relation
           to
           those
           who
           had
           
           imbroyl'd
           three
           Nations
           in
           Blood
           and
           Misery
           ;
           and
           yet
           all
           they
           could
           not
           find
           in
           their
           hearts
           to
           allow
           it
           to
           their
           own
           dear
           Brethren
           neither
           ,
           for
           the
           
             Presbyterians
          
           opposed
           ,
           and
           both
           wrote
           and
           Preached
           what
           they
           could
           against
           it
           ,
           as
           has
           been
           proved
           beyond
           a
           possibility
           of
           Contradiction
           from
           their
           own
           Prints
           ;
           and
           when
           they
           were
           reduced
           to
           so
           low
           a
           Condition
           ,
           that
           they
           could
           neither
           grant
           nor
           deny
           it
           ,
           
             Oliver
             Cromwell
          
           and
           the
           Independant
           Party
           would
           never
           grant
           this
           Liberty
           ,
           either
           to
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
             ,
          
           or
           to
           the
           Members
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
             ;
          
           and
           which
           was
           more
           than
           Barbarous
           ,
           they
           would
           not
           suffer
           
             CHARLES
          
           the
           First
           of
           Blessed
           Memory
           ,
           when
           under
           restraint
           by
           them
           ,
           to
           have
           any
           one
           of
           his
           own
           Chaplains
           with
           him
           ,
           which
           Extorted
           this
           bitter
           Complaint
           from
           him
           .
           
             To
             deny
             me
             the
             Ghostly
             Comfort
          
           
           
             of
             my
             Chaplains
             ,
             seems
             a
             greater
             Rigour
             and
             Barbarity
             than
             is
             ever
             used
             by
             Christians
             to
             the
             meanest
             Prisoners
             and
             greatest
             Malefactors
             ,
             whom
             tho'
             the
             Justice
             of
             the
             Law
             deprived
             of
             worldly
             Comforts
             ,
             yet
             the
             Mercy
             of
             Religion
             allows
             them
             the
             Benefit
             of
             their
             Clergy
             ,
             as
             not
             aiming
             at
             once
             to
             destroy
             their
             Bodies
             and
             to
             damn
             their
             Souls
             .
             But
             my
             Agony
             must
             not
             be
             relieved
             with
             the
             Presence
             of
             any
             one
             good
             Angel
             ;
             for
             such
             I
             account
             a
             Learned
             ,
             Godly
             ,
             and
             Discreet
             Divine
             .
          
           And
           a
           little
           before
           this
           ,
           he
           has
           this
           Expression
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Solitude
             they
             have
             confin'd
             me
             unto
             ,
             adds
             the
             Wilderness
             to
             my
             Temptations
             ;
             for
             the
             Company
             they
             obtrude
             upon
             me
             ,
             is
             more
             sad
             than
             any
             Solitude
             can
             be
             .
          
        
         
           When
           after
           this
           they
           had
           inhumanly
           Murthered
           him
           and
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Richmond
             ,
          
           the
           Marquess
           of
           
             Hertford
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Earls
           of
           
             Southampton
          
           and
           
             Lindsey
             ,
          
           together
           with
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           had
           taken
           upon
           them
           the
           Care
           and
           Charge
           of
           Interring
           their
           Murdered
           Master
           ,
           and
           thereupon
           Petitioned
           with
           great
           Humility
           to
           have
           Liberty
           to
           Read
           the
           
             Liturgie
          
           appointed
           for
           that
           Purpose
           ;
           it
           was
           denyed
           ,
           and
           they
           forced
           to
           Deposite
           him
           in
           Silence
           and
           Sorrow
           .
        
         
           How
           the
           
             English
          
           Puritans
           treated
           the
           Son
           after
           the
           Death
           of
           the
           Father
           ,
           is
           very
           well
           known
           ,
           but
           they
           of
           
             Scotland
          
           pretended
           to
           oblige
           him
           ,
           Call'd
           him
           in
           ,
           and
           promised
           to
           Crown
           him
           .
           But
           did
           they
           allow
           him
           the
           Liberty
           of
           his
           Conscience
           ?
           No
           ,
           he
           must
           take
           the
           
             Covenant
          
           first
           ,
           and
           be
           converted
           .
           
             And
             one
             Evening
             walking
             in
             the
             Garden
             ,
             a
             couple
             of
             Dapper
          
           Covenant-Levites
           
           
             making
             up
             to
             him
             ,
             very
             severely
             chid
             him
             for
             Profaning
          
           
           
             the
             Lords
             Day
             by
             a
             Walk
             ,
             tho'
             he
             had
             heard
             two
             Sermons
             ,
             and
             been
             publickly
             at
             Morning
             and
             Evening
             Prayers
             that
             day
             ,
             besides
             other
             private
             Meditations
             he
             was
             much
             given
             to
             .
          
           This
           was
           all
           the
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           they
           would
           allow
           their
           Prince
           in
           
             Scotland
             ;
          
           whereas
           in
           
             England
          
           they
           sought
           his
           Blood.
           
        
         
           How
           they
           treated
           the
           
             Episcopal
          
           or
           
             Prelatical
          
           Party
           during
           the
           Rebellion
           is
           well
           enough
           remembred
           ,
           and
           after
           the
           King
           was
           restored
           ,
           and
           the
           Laws
           thereby
           return'd
           to
           their
           former
           Force
           and
           Vigor
           ,
           yet
           they
           pretended
           even
           then
           ,
           to
           fear
           they
           had
           sinn'd
           against
           the
           Lord
           ,
           by
           suffering
           
             Popery
          
           (
           so
           they
           call'd
           the
           Service
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
             )
          
           to
           be
           set
           up
           ;
           and
           did
           what
           they
           could
           to
           hinder
           it
           .
           Till
           an
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           brought
           them
           under
           .
           And
           ever
           since
           the
           Act
           of
           Uniformity
           passed
           ,
           they
           have
           been
           Bauling
           for
           
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             .
          
        
         
           At
           length
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           1672
           ,
           they
           by
           the
           assistance
           of
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
             ,
          
           obtained
           an
           
             Indulgence
          
           of
           the
           Late
           King
           ,
           what
           use
           did
           they
           make
           of
           it
           ?
           Why
           ,
           
             one
             of
             the
             furious
             Dissenters
             suspected
             the
             kindness
             ,
             and
             made
             Queries
             upon
             the
             Declaration
             ,
             wherein
             he
             represented
             it
             as
             a
             Stratagem
             to
             introduce
             Pope●y
             and
             Arbitrary
             Government
             .
          
           And
           though
           there
           were
           others
           which
           defended
           it
           with
           that
           inconvenience
           annexed
           to
           it
           ,
           till
           they
           were
           in
           a
           Capacity
           to
           do
           their
           own
           business
           without
           them
           ;
           yet
           after
           they
           had
           set
           a
           foot
           the
           Popish
           Plot
           ,
           and
           possess'd
           themselves
           of
           the
           Affections
           of
           the
           Populace
           ,
           then
           the
           Note
           was
           altered
           ,
           and
           
             the
             Papists
          
           (
           was
           
           declared
           )
           
             one
             whose
             Worship
             to
             us
             is
             Idolatry
             ,
             and
             we
             cannot
             therefore
             allow
             them
             the
             Liberty
             of
             Publick
             Assembling
             ,
             as
             others
             of
             the
             Separation
             .
          
           This
           very
           passage
           but
           five
           years
           before
           was
           Worded
           thus
           .
           
             But
             as
             for
             the
             Common
             Papist
             ,
             who
             lives
             Innocently
             in
             his
             way
             ,
             he
             is
             to
             us
          
           (
           the
           Dissenters
           )
           
             as
             other
             Separatists
             ,
             and
             so
             comes
             under
             the
             like
             Toleration
             .
          
           So
           in
           1675
           it
           was
           lawful
           to
           tolerate
           the
           
             Popish
             Recusants
             ,
          
           because
           they
           could
           not
           be
           Tolerated
           themselves
           without
           their
           assistance
           :
           But
           in
           1680.
           when
           they
           were
           in
           their
           Ruff
           ,
           and
           had
           as
           they
           thought
           ,
           brought
           all
           under
           their
           Feet
           ,
           then
           it
           was
           unlawful
           .
           And
           now
           again
           in
           1685.
           it
           is
           not
           only
           become
           Lawful
           ,
           but
           absolutely
           necessary
           .
           These
           are
           your
           Men
           of
           Conscience
           !
        
         
         
           I
           pray
           what
           was
           the
           pretended
           Reason
           for
           Excluding
           His
           present
           Majesty
           ?
           Resolved
           ,
           
             Nemine
             contradicente
             ,
          
        
         
           
             That
             the
             Duke
             of
          
           York
           
             's
             being
             a
             Papist
             ,
             and
             the
             hopes
             of
             his
          
           
           
             coming
             such
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             hath
             given
             the
             greatest
             countenance
             and
             encouragement
             to
             the
             present
             Designs
             and
             Conspiracies
             against
             the
             King
             and
             Protestant
             Religion
             .
          
        
         
           Resolved
           ,
        
         
           
             That
             a
             Bill
             be
             brought
             in
             to
             disable
             the
             Duke
             of
          
           York
           
             to
             inherit
             the
             Imperiul
             Crown
             of
             this
             Realm
             .
          
        
         
           Well
           ,
           but
           one
           of
           them
           tells
           us
           ,
           Now.
           
             Who
             knows
             not
             ,
             that
          
           
           
             they
             were
             such
             as
             hardly
             knew
             how
             to
             Pray
             ,
             but
             out
             of
             our
             Liturgy
             ,
             that
             attempted
             to
             Exclude
             the
             Presumptive
             Heir
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             upon
             the
             score
             of
             his
             Religion
             .
          
           Another
           follows
           the
           cry
           thus
           ,
           
             Let
             him
          
           (
           the
           Answerer
           )
           
             be
             just
             ,
             and
             he
             will
             find
             the
             Excluders
             almost
             every
             Sunday
             at
             their
             Parish
             Churches
             ,
             and
             if
             three
             quarters
             of
             them
             were
             to
             pray
             for
             their
             Lives
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             they
             could
             better
             read
             their
             Clergy
             ,
             than
             say
             their
             Prayers
             without
             the
             Publick
             Liturgy
             .
          
           The
           other
           quarter
           tho'
           were
           gifted
           Brethren
           in
           this
           Gentleman's
           esteem
           ,
           whereas
           with
           the
           former
           they
           were
           all
           Church
           of
           
             England
          
           Men.
           
        
         
           Why
           the
           Author
           of
           
             Julian
             the
             Apostate
          
           will
           tell
           you
           ,
           the
           
             Addressers
             ,
             with
             a
             brave
             and
             warm
             Zeal
             for
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             a
             Protestant
             Prince
             ,
             generously
             offered
             their
             Lives
             and
             Fortunes
             ,
             and
             the
             last
             drop
             of
             Blood
             in
             defence
             of
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             the
             Religion
             now
             Established
             by
             Law
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             same
             Lives
             and
             Fortunes
             and
             last
             drop
             of
             Blood
             ,
             are
             promised
             over
             again
             to
             a
             Popish
             Successour
             .
             What
             is
             this
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             but
             clapping
             cold
             Snow
             upon
             the
             head
             of
             all
             their
             Protestant
             Zeal
             ?
             For
             he
             that
             offers
             his
             Service
             to
             both
             these
             together
             ,
             lists
             himself
             under
             two
             the
             most
             Adverse
             Parties
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             is
          
           Guelph
           
             and
          
           Gibeline
           
             both
             at
             once
             .
             What
             Benefit
             a
             Popish
             Successour
             can
             reap
             from
             Lives
             and
             Fortunes
             spent
             in
             defence
             of
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             he
             may
             put
             in
             his
             Eyes
             :
             And
             what
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             gets
             by
             Lives
             and
             Fortunes
             spent
             in
             the
             Service
             of
             a
             Popish
             Successor
             ,
             will
             be
             over
             the
             left
             Shoulder
             .
          
        
         
           The
           poor
           
             Levice
          
           was
           fain
           to
           rifle
           the
           
             Alcoran
          
           for
           a
           simile
           to
           represent
           this
           Contradiction
           by
           .
           Now
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           were
           these
           Addressers
           Church
           of
           
             England
          
           Men
           ,
           or
           Dissenters
           ?
           Was
           this
           Book
           cryed
           up
           by
           
             Whiggs
          
           or
           
             Tories
             ?
          
           It
           is
           but
           five
           years
           ago
           since
           the
           Vote
           pass'd
           ,
           less
           since
           
             Julian
          
           was
           Printed
           ;
           rub
           up
           your
           Memories
           ,
           and
           try
           if
           you
           can
           possibly
           recollect
           who
           was
           
           for
           the
           Exclusion
           ,
           and
           who
           was
           against
           it
           .
           Who
           addressed
           to
           the
           
             Oxford
          
           Members
           ,
           and
           who
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           after
           the
           Dissolution
           of
           the
           
             Oxford
          
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           then
           tell
           me
           ,
           if
           your
           Fore-heads
           be
           not
           a
           little
           steel'd
           to
           talk
           at
           this
           rate
           ;
           and
           whereabouts
           a
           Dissenters
           Conscience
           may
           be
           found
           ,
           before
           we
           allow
           it
           Liberty
           .
        
         
           Well
           ,
           but
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           is
           the
           thing
           they
           want
           ,
           and
           must
           have
           it
           if
           it
           be
           possible
           ;
           but
           all
           the
           Craft
           is
           in
           the
           catching
           ;
           now
           they
           know
           that
           the
           Law
           stands
           in
           the
           way
           ,
           and
           how
           to
           get
           rid
           of
           that
           is
           the
           difficulty
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           They
           accost
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           impudently
           tell
           him
           ,
           that
           they
           ,
           good
           Men
           ,
           never
           attempted
           to
           Exclude
           him
           ,
           and
           the
           consequence
           is
           ,
           that
           he
           must
           grant
           them
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           .
           Why
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           never
           attempted
           it
           ,
           this
           was
           but
           a
           Negative
           Obligation
           and
           goes
           no
           further
           ,
           than
           if
           I
           should
           accost
           a
           Great
           Man
           I
           never
           saw
           before
           ,
           and
           beg
           a
           Favour
           ,
           because
           I
           never
           did
           him
           an
           Injury
           .
           But
           here
           the
           King
           knows
           the
           contrary
           ,
           that
           they
           did
           attempt
           to
           Exclude
           him
           ,
           and
           had
           certainly
           passed
           an
           Act
           to
           that
           purpose
           ,
           if
           the
           late
           King
           had
           not
           ,
           with
           the
           assistance
           of
           the
           Lords
           ,
           and
           Loyal
           true
           Church
           of
           
             England
          
           Men
           ,
           oppos'd
           and
           baffled
           them
           .
        
         
           Well
           ,
           but
           suppose
           he
           would
           help
           them
           to
           the
           thing
           they
           want
           ,
           there
           are
           established
           Laws
           in
           his
           way
           ,
           and
           he
           cannot
           repeal
           them
           ,
           but
           by
           other
           Laws
           ,
           and
           they
           must
           pass
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Consent
           of
           the
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           ,
           and
           time
           enough
           it
           had
           been
           to
           have
           made
           their
           Application
           to
           him
           and
           them
           in
           Parliament
           ;
           but
           of
           what
           use
           are
           these
           numerous
           Pamphlets
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           but
           to
           fire
           the
           Rabble
           ,
           make
           them
           ungovernable
           ?
        
         
           And
           suppose
           the
           King
           should
           ,
           to
           gratifie
           them
           ,
           do
           it
           by
           his
           Prerogative
           ,
           without
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           as
           the
           late
           King
           did
           ,
           what
           Reason
           hath
           he
           to
           expect
           any
           other
           return
           than
           his
           Brother
           found
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           to
           be
           represented
           forthwith
           to
           the
           Nation
           ,
           as
           one
           that
           designed
           to
           introduce
           Arbitrary
           Government
           and
           Popery
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           have
           his
           Throne
           undermin'd
           ,
           and
           his
           Government
           made
           unsafe
           and
           uneasie
           .
        
         
           And
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           have
           they
           not
           gone
           as
           far
           as
           they
           could
           ,
           or
           durst
           ,
           since
           his
           Establishment
           ,
           to
           imbroyl
           his
           affairs
           ,
           to
           chuse
           those
           very
           Men
           into
           this
           Parliament
           ,
           that
           endeavoured
           
           to
           Exclude
           him
           in
           three
           last
           .
           And
           is
           there
           not
           now
           Arms
           bought
           ,
           and
           Ships
           put
           to
           Sea
           ,
           to
           the
           intent
           to
           invade
           his
           Dominions
           ,
           by
           those
           of
           this
           Party
           ,
           that
           have
           fled
           for
           attempting
           to
           Murder
           him
           at
           the
           
             Rie
             ,
          
           with
           his
           Brother
           the
           late
           King
           ?
           And
           have
           they
           not
           endeavoured
           to
           recommend
           his
           Rival
           to
           the
           People
           here
           ,
           tho'
           there
           was
           no
           body
           to
           back
           them
           .
           And
           after
           all
           this
           ,
           is
           it
           reasonable
           that
           he
           should
           loose
           the
           Reins
           ,
           and
           give
           Liberty
           to
           such
           enraged
           ,
           false
           ,
           perfidious
           Men
           as
           these
           are
           ,
           who
           have
           done
           what
           they
           could
           to
           ruin
           him
           ,
           in
           spite
           of
           all
           restraint
           ?
           Believe
           me
           ,
           they
           expect
           no
           such
           thing
           from
           him
           ,
           but
           make
           all
           the
           impudent
           applications
           to
           make
           him
           more
           odious
           to
           the
           Party
           ,
           by
           his
           denial
           .
        
         
           Well
           ,
           they
           seem
           to
           have
           little
           reason
           to
           expect
           any
           favour
           from
           the
           King
           ,
           but
           what
           Friends
           may
           they
           expect
           in
           the
           States
           in
           this
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
          
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           ,
           they
           have
           laid
           the
           Bill
           of
           Exclusion
           at
           their
           Doors
           ,
           turn'd
           over
           all
           the
           Excluders
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           washed
           their
           own
           hands
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           
             Pilot
          
           did
           of
           our
           Saviour's
           Blood
           ,
           
             with
             a
             See
             you
             to
             it
             ,
             I
             am
             innocent
             :
          
           Now
           ,
           as
           this
           is
           the
           most
           impudent
           falshood
           that
           ever
           was
           spoken
           by
           Men
           ,
           so
           it
           is
           the
           basest
           Reproach
           ,
           the
           basest
           dishonour
           ,
           and
           ,
           I
           doubt
           not
           ,
           but
           they
           will
           accordingly
           resent
           it
           ,
           when
           time
           shall
           serve
           .
        
         
           But
           many
           ,
           I
           might
           say
           almost
           all
           the
           Commons
           ,
           have
           been
           most
           basely
           traduced
           by
           these
           Men
           ,
           for
           sticking
           to
           the
           King
           against
           the
           Excluders
           ;
           many
           of
           them
           were
           excluded
           out
           of
           the
           
             Westminster
          
           and
           
             Oxford
          
           Parliament
           for
           Papists
           ,
           Abhorrers
           ,
           and
           Favourers
           of
           Papists
           ;
           or
           as
           the
           word
           was
           
             Adherents
             to
             the
             Papists
             ;
          
           many
           of
           them
           have
           been
           sent
           for
           up
           into
           Custody
           ,
           
           turn'd
           out
           of
           the
           House
           with
           Disgrace
           ,
           imprison'd
           and
           put
           to
           great
           Charges
           for
           their
           Loyalty
           ,
           all
           of
           them
           have
           been
           designed
           for
           Slaughter
           and
           Ruin
           ,
           as
           
             MEN-WORTHY
          
           by
           the
           
             WORTHY-MEN
             .
          
           And
           after
           all
           this
           ,
           can
           they
           expect
           they
           will
           throw
           up
           the
           Laws
           ,
           and
           put
           themselves
           into
           the
           power
           of
           these
           Furies
           ?
           Is
           this
           the
           way
           to
           bespeak
           their
           Pity
           ,
           or
           obtain
           their
           Favour
           ?
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           which
           make
           the
           other
           part
           of
           the
           upper
           House
           ,
           what
           Injury
           could
           the
           Wit
           of
           Man
           devise
           ,
           which
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           late
           Popish
           Plot
           they
           did
           not
           heap
           upon
           them
           ,
           to
           make
           them
           odious
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           People
           ?
           
           Did
           they
           not
           dispute
           their
           Priviledges
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           endeavour
           to
           make
           them
           appear
           guilty
           of
           the
           Plot
           ,
           did
           they
           not
           traduce
           them
           as
           this
           Kings
           fast
           Friends
           ,
           and
           therefore
           Enemies
           to
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ?
        
         
           And
           in
           all
           the
           late
           Pamphlets
           have
           they
           not
           represented
           them
           ,
           as
           the
           worst
           of
           Men
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Loyal
           Clergy
           ?
           
             Take
             off
             the
             thing
             that
             pinches
             ,
             take
             off
             Prosecution
             ,
          
           
           
             do
             but
             change
             the
             Saddles
             ,
             and
             set
             them
             both
             aright
             ,
             and
             see
             then
             whether
             the
             Church-men
             ,
             or
             the
             Fanaticks
             and
             Catholicks
             will
             be
             most
             Governable
             .
          
           That
           is
           ,
           persecute
           the
           Church-men
           ,
           and
           bestow
           the
           Bishoppricks
           ,
           and
           Church
           Revenues
           amongst
           the
           Catholicks
           and
           Phanaticks
           ,
           and
           see
           which
           will
           be
           best
           qualited
           ,
           best
           pleased
           ,
           most
           Humble
           ,
           and
           most
           Dutiful
           Subjects
           .
           A
           rare
           expedient
           !
        
         
           Well
           ,
           but
           when
           all
           other
           helps
           fails
           ,
           they
           expect
           some
           assistance
           from
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
             .
          
           His
           Grace
           leads
           the
           Dance
           ,
           and
           shews
           some
           kindness
           for
           Transubstantiation
           ,
           
             page
          
           the
           
             7th
             .
          
           The
           Reply
           tells
           ,
           
             One
             thing
             I
             must
             say
             ,
          
           Roman
           Catholicks
           
             have
             been
             Loyal
             in
          
           England
           
             and
          
           Holland
           ,
           
             and
          
           Presbyterians
           
             in
          
           France
           ,
           
             and
             the
          
           German
           
             Principalities
             ,
          
           page
           22.
           
           Well
           ,
           but
           how
           have
           you
           and
           your
           Tribe
           rewarded
           them
           for
           their
           Loyalty
           ?
           Another
           thus
           ,
           
             As
             a
             variety
             of
             Flowers
             may
             grow
             on
             the
             same
             Bank
             ,
             so
             may
             Protestants
             and
             Papists
             live
             in
          
           England
           ,
           
             Vnion
             in
             Affection
             is
             not
             inconsistent
             with
             disagreement
             of
             Opinion
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           
             Considerations
             moving
             to
             a
             Toleration
             and
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             ,
          
           page
           the
           3d
           ,
           Consideration
           the
           6th
           .
           The
           
             Pensilvanian
          
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             he
             cannot
          
           but
           admire
           His
           (
           the
           Answerer's
           )
           Wisdom
           ,
           Manners
           ,
           
             or
          
           Justice
           ,
           
             in
             his
             Reflections
             upon
             the
          
           Roman
           Catholicks
           ,
           
             after
             the
             Assurances
             that
             so
             great
             an
             one
             of
             their
             Communion
             has
             given
             him
             and
             his
             Friends
             of
             their
             Security
             and
             Protection
             ,
          
           page
           the
           26th
           .
           And
           now
           ,
           are
           not
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           bound
           to
           give
           him
           thanks
           for
           his
           great
           Civility
           to
           them
           ,
           who
           have
           done
           worse
           ,
           both
           by
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           Man
           of
           their
           Communion
           ,
           than
           barely
           to
           reflect
           on
           them
           ,
           though
           they
           have
           done
           that
           sufficiently
           too
           .
           Remember
           the
           
             Character
             of
             a
             Popish
             Successor
             ,
          
           the
           Virulent
           
             Appeal
             to
             the
             City
             ,
             Julian
             the
             Apostate
             ,
          
           the
           Fanatick
           Plot
           ,
           the
           use
           these
           Good
           Men
           made
           of
           the
           late
           
             Toleration
             ,
          
           and
           tell
           me
           if
           these
           are
           not
           a
           sort
           of
           Trusty
           Friends
           for
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           to
           rely
           on
           .
        
         
           Doubtless
           it
           is
           as
           little
           their
           interest
           to
           procure
           a
           Toleration
           
           for
           the
           Dissenters
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           that
           of
           the
           Church
           Men
           ,
           as
           things
           now
           stand
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           wise
           Men
           ,
           and
           know
           it
           ;
           and
           if
           the
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience-Men
           were
           not
           Num-skulls
           ,
           they
           would
           never
           have
           made
           these
           fulsome
           Applications
           at
           this
           time
           of
           the
           day
           .
        
         
           Well
           ,
           but
           whatever
           the
           Dissenters
           have
           been
           ,
           there
           are
           three
           or
           four
           small
           Pamphleteers
           will
           give
           the
           King
           their
           worshipful
           words
           for
           their
           good
           behaviour
           for
           the
           Future
           ,
           In
           good
           time
           .
           But
           suppose
           it
           proves
           otherwise
           ,
           what
           then
           ?
           Why
           he
           is
           deceived
           ,
           they
           good
           Men
           will
           cry
           ,
           who
           could
           have
           thought
           it
           ?
           But
           I
           will
           answer
           this
           in
           the
           Words
           of
           the
           Noble
           Peer
           ,
           the
           late
           Earl
           of
           
             Shaftsbury
             ,
          
           a
           special
           Friend
           of
           theirs
           .
           
             If
             a
          
           French
           
             Nobleman
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             should
             come
             to
             dwell
             in
             my
             House
             and
             Family
             ,
             I
             should
             think
             it
             concern'd
             me
             to
             a●k
             what
             he
          
           
           
             did
             in
          
           France
           ,
           
             for
             if
             he
             were
             there
             a
             Felon
             ,
             a
             Rogue
             ,
             a
             Plunderer
             ,
             I
             should
             desire
             hem
             to
             live
             else-where
             ,
             and
             I
             hope
             your
             Lordships
             will
             do
             the
             same
             thing
             for
             the
             Nation
             ,
             if
             you
             find
             the
             same
             cause
             .
          
           Now
           there
           is
           no
           need
           of
           an
           enquiry
           here
           ,
           we
           have
           tryed
           them
           ,
           and
           know
           by
           experience
           ,
           what
           they
           are
           ,
           and
           then
           his
           Lordship
           will
           inform
           us
           what
           we
           are
           to
           do
           .
        
         
           But
           we
           are
           told
           ,
           all
           the
           ill
           things
           they
           have
           done
           ,
           is
           because
           there
           are
           Laws
           made
           against
           them
           ,
           and
           they
           would
           be
           quiet
           ,
           if
           they
           might
           have
           their
           minds
           .
           As
           to
           the
           first
           of
           these
           ,
           
             ex
             malis
             Moribus
             bonae
             oriuntur
             Leges
             ,
          
           there
           was
           ill
           and
           disloyol
           Practices
           against
           the
           State
           ,
           by
           
             Seditious
             Sectaries
             ,
          
           before
           there
           was
           any
           Law
           made
           against
           them
           .
           Look
           into
           the
           preamble
           of
           the
           35
           of
           
             Eliz.
             c.
          
           1.
           which
           was
           the
           first
           Law
           that
           was
           made
           against
           them
           ,
           and
           see
           if
           be
           not
           so
           ;
           and
           as
           for
           all
           the
           rest
           ,
           we
           can
           remember
           upon
           what
           occasions
           they
           were
           made
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           ,
           if
           they
           were
           so
           turbulent
           before
           there
           was
           any
           Law
           ,
           and
           have
           been
           so
           unruly
           and
           ungovernable
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           Laws
           have
           hung
           over
           their
           Heads
           ,
           and
           have
           some
           times
           been
           seasonably
           Executed
           upon
           them
           ,
           what
           may
           we
           expect
           they
           will
           be
           ,
           when
           the
           Laws
           ,
           and
           ,
           with
           them
           ,
           all
           Fear
           and
           Aw
           is
           removed
           ?
        
         
           Men
           of
           Wisdom
           will
           try
           as
           few
           Conclusions
           in
           point
           of
           Government
           as
           is
           possible
           ,
           because
           they
           weaken
           Authority
           and
           strengthen
           Factions
           .
           And
           I
           am
           fully
           perswaded
           ,
           these
           Gentlemen
           do
           no
           more
           hope
           to
           obtain
           a
           Toleration
           ,
           than
           I
           
           fear
           they
           will
           ;
           they
           do
           neither
           Write
           nor
           Act
           as
           if
           they
           did
           :
           What
           then
           is
           the
           Design
           ?
           Why
           it
           is
           hard
           to
           dive
           into
           the
           Secrets
           of
           Men
           ,
           but
           yet
           a
           Man
           may
           conjecture
           at
           them
           with
           submission
           to
           wiser
           Heads
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           upon
           his
           now
           Majesties
           coming
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           the
           whole
           Party
           were
           Thunder-struck
           ,
           they
           knew
           how
           they
           had
           used
           him
           ,
           and
           therefore
           expected
           he
           would
           treat
           them
           ,
           tho'
           not
           as
           they
           deserved
           ,
           yet
           otherwise
           than
           they
           desired
           ,
           and
           fearing
           at
           once
           his
           Valour
           ,
           Justice
           ,
           Activity
           and
           Constancy
           ,
           they
           sat
           down
           in
           Silence
           and
           Sorrow
           ,
           expecting
           the
           Event
           ,
           and
           who
           would
           be
           in
           an
           Insurrection
           .
        
         
           Hereupon
           all
           the
           
             Trimmers
          
           and
           
             Half-way
          
           Men
           began
           to
           tack
           about
           ,
           to
           take
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           go
           to
           Church
           ,
           Vote
           for
           Loyal
           Men
           ,
           imagining
           the
           Game
           was
           lost
           ,
           and
           no
           hopes
           of
           another
           Revolution
           .
           No
           room
           for
           Seditious
           prate
           ,
           Cogging
           nor
           Flattery
           .
        
         
           In
           this
           Melancholly
           Mood
           his
           Grace
           found
           them
           when
           he
           Published
           his
           
             Essay
             ,
          
           and
           it
           was
           a
           Work
           which
           no
           meaner
           Person
           durst
           have
           began
           .
           But
           we
           see
           there
           is
           enough
           that
           will
           follow
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           Parliament
           drawing
           on
           apace
           ,
           they
           expect
           the
           Press
           will
           then
           be
           restrain'd
           ,
           so
           that
           what
           they
           do
           ,
           they
           must
           do
           quickly
           ;
           for
           their
           Affairs
           are
           desperate
           and
           meer
           desperation
           ,
           makes
           them
           Valiant
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           cannot
           prevent
           the
           fatal
           Blow
           ,
           they
           will
           yet
           try
           if
           they
           cannot
           Revenge
           it
           ,
           and
           render
           the
           Church
           Party
           odious
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           it
           is
           very
           probable
           they
           have
           some
           encouragement
           from
           their
           Friends
           in
           
             Holland
             ,
          
           and
           whilst
           they
           are
           preparing
           for
           a
           descent
           in
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           this
           is
           a
           Stratagem
           to
           Alarm
           the
           Party
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           to
           let
           them
           see
           the
           Cause
           is
           not
           quite
           lost
           yet
           ;
           there
           are
           those
           that
           will
           stick
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           appear
           for
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           Hector
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           plead
           for
           a
           forgetfulness
           of
           what
           ever
           is
           past
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           in
           a
           Capacity
           to
           react
           all
           their
           old
           Crimes
           over
           again
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           they
           meet
           with
           the
           least
           encouragement
           either
           at
           home
           or
           abroad
           ,
           the
           least
           countenance
           or
           belief
           ,
           I
           can
           easily
           foretel
           what
           the
           Event
           will
           be
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           they
           find
           neither
           to
           suite
           their
           desires
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           next
           Parliament
           prove
           what
           they
           fear
           it
           will
           ,
           the
           People
           of
           the
           Whig
           Party
           must
           bear
           the
           smart
           ,
           and
           the
           Pamphleteers
           have
           only
           lost
           so
           much
           Paper
           and
           Time.
           
        
         
         
           And
           if
           any
           of
           the
           Tribe
           fall
           into
           the
           Hands
           of
           Justice
           for
           it
           ,
           they
           hope
           to
           get
           more
           by
           the
           Compassion
           ,
           than
           they
           shall
           lose
           by
           the
           Suffering
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Conclusion
             .
          
           
             Thus
             do
             Men
             of
             No-Conscience
             ,
             no
             Honour
             nor
             Honesty
             ,
             pretend
             to
             be
             the
             Advocates
             for
             the
             Tender
             Consciences
             of
             other
             Men
             ,
             who
             have
             not
             much
             more
             than
             themselves
             .
          
           
             If
             this
             Censure
             seems
             sharp
             ,
             let
             any
             Man
             consider
             how
             False
             and
             Impudent
             a
             thing
             it
             is
             to
             Sham
             the
             late
             
               Excluders
            
             upon
             the
             Church
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             an
             Honest
             
               Turk
            
             would
             have
             scorn'd
             so
             base
             a
             Practice
             within
             five
             years
             after
             the
             Fact
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             Case
             wherein
             the
             whole
             Nation
             knows
             the
             contrary
             .
          
           
             Now
             let
             no
             Man
             pretend
             to
             have
             a
             mighty
             Reverence
             for
             God
             ,
             or
             any
             Form
             of
             Religion
             ,
             who
             has
             not
             a
             little
             Veneration
             for
             Morality
             ,
             a
             Man
             of
             a
             
               Tender
               Conscience
            
             will
             never
             dare
             to
             lie
             and
             dissemble
             with
             God
             and
             Man.
             
          
           
             And
             whereas
             they
             pretend
             the
             Church
             of
             
               England
               Party
               ,
            
             especially
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             Persecute
             them
             out
             of
             Worldly
             Interest
             and
             Carnal
             Policy
             ,
             I
             desire
             they
             would
             tell
             me
             how
             Christ
             can
             be
             the
             Head
             of
             opposite
             Bodies
             :
             And
             consider
             this
             Place
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             and
             bless
             the
             World
             with
             a
             Commentary
             on
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Revelations
             II.
             20.
             
          
           
             
               Notwithstanding
               ,
               I
               have
               a
               few
               things
               against
               thee
               ,
               because
               thou
               Sufferest
            
             (
             or
             Toleratest
             )
             
               that
               Woman
            
             Jezebel
             ,
             
               which
               calleth
               her self
               a
               Prophetess
            
             (
             a
             Godly
             Woman
             )
             
               to
               teach
               and
               to
               seduce
               my
               Servants
               to
               commit
               Fornication
               ,
               and
               to
               eat
               things
               Sacrificed
               to
               Idols
               .
            
             Now
             I
             would
             fain
             know
             how
             long
             Toleration
             has
             been
             a
             Christian
             Virtue
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
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               Chap.
            
             24.
             
          
           
             Dr.
             
               Bates
            
             his
             History
             of
             the
             Rise
             and
             Progress
             of
             the
             late
             Troubles
             ,
             the
             
               2d
               .
            
             Part
             ,
             p.
             96.
             in
             
               English
               .
            
          
           
             Preface
             to
             the
             unreasonableness
             of
             Sepation
             ,
             p.
             25
             ,
             26.
             
          
           
             Novem.
             1680.
             
          
           
             A
             Reply
             to
             the
             Answer
             of
             the
             Man
             of
             No
             Name
             .
             The
             Pensilvanian
             ,
             
               pag.
            
             27.
             
          
           
             Preface
             .
          
           
             Vox
             Patriae
             .
          
           
             The
             Defence
             of
             the
             D.
             of
             
               Buck
            
             page
             the
             
               4th
               .
            
          
           
             Address
             to
             the
             Freemen
             .
             Part
             the
             
               2d
               .
            
             pag.
             52.