An enquiry into the present state of affairs, and in particular, whether we owe allegiance to the King in these circumstances? and whether we are bound to treat with him, and to call him back again, or not?
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           AN
           ENQUIRY
           INTO
           THE
           
             Present
             State
             of
             Affairs
          
           :
           And
           in
           particular
           ,
           Whether
           we
           owe
           Allegiance
           to
           the
           KING
           in
           these
           Circumstances
           ?
           And
           whether
           we
           are
           bound
           to
           Treat
           with
           Him
           ,
           and
           call
           Him
           back
           again
           ,
           or
           not
           ?
        
         
           Published
           by
           Authority
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             Iohn
             Starkey
          
           ;
           and
           
             Ric.
             Chiswell
          
           at
           the
           
             Rose
             and
             Crown
          
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-yard
           .
           MDCLXXXIX
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           AN
           ENQUIRY
           INTO
           THE
           Present
           State
           of
           AFFAIRS
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           1.
           
           SINCE
           the
           Subject
           that
           is
           now
           undertaken
           ,
           is
           of
           such
           vast
           consequence
           both
           to
           the
           Quiet
           of
           the
           Nation
           in
           General
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           settling
           of
           the
           Conscience
           of
           every
           man
           in
           it
           ,
           it
           shall
           be
           treated
           with
           all
           possible
           plainness
           ,
           and
           with
           that
           simplicity
           of
           Stile
           ,
           which
           may
           shew
           that
           the
           Writer
           intends
           rather
           to
           convince
           than
           to
           amuse
           or
           mislead
           his
           Reader
           .
           It
           is
           certain
           ,
           That
           the
           Reciprocal
           Duties
           in
           Civil
           Societies
           ,
           are
           Protection
           and
           Allegiance
           ;
           and
           wheresoever
           the
           one
           fails
           wholly
           ,
           the
           other
           falls
           with
           it
           .
           This
           is
           so
           true
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           only
           Government
           which
           is
           founded
           on
           the
           Law
           of
           Nature
           ,
           I
           mean
           the
           Authority
           of
           a
           Father
           over
           his
           Children
           ,
           if
           after
           a
           long
           course
           of
           rough
           and
           barbarous
           usage
           ,
           a
           Father
           goes
           about
           to
           destroy
           his
           Children
           ,
           they
           owe
           him
           no
           other
           regard
           ,
           but
           that
           of
           a
           due
           care
           of
           his
           Person
           ;
           for
           since
           their
           being
           was
           conveyed
           to
           them
           through
           him
           ,
           they
           are
           for
           ever
           bound
           to
           preserve
           that
           Life
           which
           gave
           beginning
           to
           theirs
           ;
           but
           as
           to
           their
           Service
           and
           Obedience
           ,
           they
           are
           without
           doubt
           absolved
           ,
           when
           a
           Father
           ceases
           to
           be
           a
           Father
           by
           becoming
           an
           Enemy
           .
           This
           is
           much
           more
           true
           with
           relation
           to
           every
           Form
           of
           Political
           Government
           ,
           in
           which
           there
           is
           a
           mutual
           tye
           of
           Protection
           and
           Obedience
           ,
           
           according
           to
           that
           System
           of
           Government
           given
           by
           St.
           Paul
           in
           his
           Epistle
           to
           the
           
             Romans
             ,
             chap.
          
           13.
           in
           the
           first
           seven
           verses
           .
        
         
           Let
           every
           soul
           be
           subject
           unto
           the
           higher
           powers
           :
           for
           there
           is
           no
           power
           but
           of
           God.
           The
           powers
           that
           be
           ,
           are
           ordained
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           Whosoever
           therefore
           resisteth
           the
           power
           ,
           resisteth
           the
           ordinance
           ef
           God
           :
           and
           they
           that
           resist
           ,
           shall
           receive
           to
           themselves
           damnation
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           For
           rulers
           are
           not
           a
           terror
           to
           good
           works
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           evil
           .
           Wilt
           thou
           not
           be
           afraid
           of
           the
           power
           ?
           do
           that
           which
           is
           good
           ,
           and
           thou
           shalt
           have
           praise
           of
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           For
           he
           is
           the
           minister
           of
           God
           to
           thee
           for
           good
           :
           but
           if
           thou
           do
           that
           which
           is
           evil
           ,
           be
           afraid
           :
           for
           he
           beareth
           not
           the
           sword
           in
           vain
           :
           for
           he
           is
           the
           minister
           of
           God
           ,
           a
           revenger
           to
           execute
           wrath
           upon
           him
           that
           doth
           evil
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           Wherefore
           ye
           must
           needs
           be
           subject
           ,
           nor
           only
           for
           wrath
           ,
           but
           also
           for
           conscience
           sake
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           For
           ,
           for
           this
           cause
           pay
           you
           tribute
           also
           :
           for
           they
           are
           Gods
           ministers
           ,
           attending
           continually
           upon
           this
           very
           thing
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           Render
           therefore
           to
           all
           their
           dues
           ,
           tribute
           to
           whom
           tribute
           is
           due
           ,
           custom
           to
           whom
           custom
           ,
           fear
           to
           whom
           fear
           ,
           honour
           to
           whom
           honour
           .
        
         
           In
           these
           Words
           we
           have
           the
           Duty
           of
           the
           Magistrate
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Obedience
           of
           the
           Subject
           ,
           set
           forth
           ,
           and
           so
           mixt
           together
           ,
           that
           we
           must
           conclude
           ,
           that
           upon
           the
           total
           failing
           of
           the
           one
           ,
           the
           other
           does
           likewise
           cease
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           I
           suppose
           few
           will
           dispute
           the
           matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           being
           pushed
           on
           by
           his
           Zeal
           for
           a
           Religion
           that
           must
           ,
           by
           its
           nature
           ,
           first
           deceive
           ,
           and
           then
           destroy
           us
           ,
           was
           subverting
           this
           Establishment
           both
           with
           reference
           to
           our
           Religious
           ,
           and
           to
           our
           Temporal
           Concerns
           ;
           and
           that
           as
           this
           was
           carried
           on
           a
           great
           way
           ,
           even
           to
           
           the
           Subversion
           of
           our
           Government
           and
           Laws
           ,
           so
           it
           must
           have
           ended
           at
           last
           in
           the
           total
           Ruin
           of
           both
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           exchanging
           that
           Independent
           Freedom
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           present
           Glory
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Security
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           into
           a
           Subjection
           to
           a
           Foreign
           and
           Antichristian
           Yoke
           .
           This
           being
           confessed
           by
           those
           for
           whom
           this
           Paper
           is
           written
           ,
           it
           were
           needless
           ,
           and
           might
           seem
           invidious
           to
           set
           about
           the
           proving
           of
           it
           .
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           That
           which
           ought
           to
           have
           been
           our
           Security
           ,
           was
           become
           our
           greatest
           Danger
           ;
           as
           if
           the
           Cannon
           of
           a
           Fort
           that
           ought
           to
           point
           at
           the
           Enemy
           ,
           were
           turn'd
           on
           the
           Inhabitants
           ;
           in
           which
           case
           ,
           how
           absolute
           soever
           the
           Authority
           of
           a
           Governor
           may
           be
           ,
           yet
           as
           soon
           as
           it
           appears
           that
           the
           Bulwarks
           ,
           instead
           of
           being
           the
           Defences
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           are
           become
           Batteries
           to
           ruin
           it
           ,
           Nature
           will
           lead
           to
           a
           short
           way
           of
           Arguing
           :
           And
           all
           men
           will
           forget
           that
           one
           is
           their
           Governour
           ,
           when
           they
           clearly
           see
           that
           he
           intends
           to
           turn
           their
           Destroyer
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           A
           King
           's
           deserting
           his
           People
           ,
           and
           withdrawing
           both
           his
           Person
           and
           his
           Seals
           ,
           by
           which
           the
           Peace
           ,
           Justice
           and
           Order
           of
           the
           Nation
           are
           preserved
           ,
           does
           certainly
           warrant
           them
           to
           look
           to
           their
           own
           safety
           and
           preservation
           ;
           and
           when
           they
           are
           obliged
           to
           do
           this
           by
           ways
           and
           methods
           that
           are
           inconsistent
           with
           His
           Authority
           ,
           and
           that
           are
           so
           many
           Crimes
           if
           they
           stood
           still
           under
           any
           engagements
           to
           him
           ,
           then
           they
           must
           be
           considered
           as
           acquitted
           from
           all
           their
           ties
           to
           him
           .
           It
           is
           the
           Great
           Seal
           that
           is
           the
           dead
           Spring
           of
           our
           Government
           ,
           as
           the
           King's
           Presence
           ,
           or
           the
           Presence
           of
           any
           that
           are
           Deputed
           by
           him
           gives
           life
           to
           it
           :
           when
           then
           this
           disappears
           ,
           and
           the
           King
           withdraws
           himself
           ,
           without
           naming
           any
           Persons
           to
           Represent
           him
           ,
           the
           Government
           is
           certainly
           laid
           down
           and
           forsaken
           by
           him
           Indeed
           ,
           if
           any
           Eminent
           present
           Danger
           ,
           or
           just
           fear
           (
           tho
           
           a
           King
           can
           never
           be
           decently
           suspected
           of
           that
           )
           had
           driven
           the
           King
           away
           ,
           it
           might
           seem
           a
           little
           too
           hard
           to
           urge
           this
           too
           much
           .
           But
           when
           a
           Treaty
           was
           set
           on
           foot
           ,
           and
           when
           by
           the
           Proposals
           which
           the
           Prince
           had
           made
           ,
           and
           that
           came
           to
           the
           King
           the
           night
           before
           he
           left
           Whitehal
           ,
           the
           Power
           both
           Civil
           and
           Military
           ,
           the
           Army
           ,
           the
           Fleet
           ,
           the
           Forts
           ,
           and
           the
           Revenue
           ,
           were
           still
           left
           in
           his
           Hands
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Prince's
           Army
           was
           not
           to
           come
           within
           30
           Miles
           of
           him
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Settlement
           of
           the
           Nation
           was
           refer'd
           to
           a
           Parliament
           (
           which
           was
           that
           which
           the
           King
           seemed
           to
           desire
           ,
           by
           his
           publick
           Declaration
           ,
           tho
           he
           shew'd
           his
           Averseness
           by
           destroying
           the
           Writs
           )
           and
           when
           all
           that
           was
           proposed
           ,
           that
           can
           be
           called
           hard
           ,
           was
           only
           the
           executing
           the
           Law
           against
           Papists
           that
           were
           in
           Employments
           ,
           the
           giving
           the
           City
           of
           London
           some
           quiet
           from
           their
           just
           Fears
           ,
           and
           the
           assigning
           the
           Pay
           for
           the
           Prince's
           Army
           ;
           all
           this
           being
           laid
           together
           ,
           it
           is
           plain
           that
           the
           King
           had
           no
           just
           visible
           cause
           of
           fear
           upon
           him
           ;
           and
           that
           therefore
           the
           withdrawing
           himself
           ,
           was
           the
           forsaking
           of
           his
           People
           ,
           which
           put
           them
           on
           the
           necessity
           of
           looking
           to
           their
           own
           safety
           in
           the
           best
           manner
           they
           could
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           It
           seems
           plain
           ,
           that
           our
           Allegiance
           being
           our
           tye
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           constitution
           of
           this
           Government
           ,
           it
           is
           either
           entirely
           dissolved
           ,
           or
           it
           subsists
           still
           in
           its
           full
           vigour
           and
           force
           :
           If
           it
           is
           entirely
           dissolved
           ,
           then
           we
           are
           under
           no
           obligations
           to
           the
           King
           ;
           and
           if
           that
           bond
           is
           once
           untied
           ,
           so
           that
           our
           Consciences
           are
           freed
           from
           it
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           a
           hard
           task
           to
           persuade
           men
           ,
           that
           they
           ought
           to
           return
           to
           it
           again
           :
           If
           it
           stands
           in
           its
           full
           force
           ,
           then
           we
           ought
           to
           recall
           the
           King
           ,
           imploring
           only
           his
           Pardon
           for
           what
           is
           past
           ,
           without
           entering
           upon
           any
           previous
           Treaty
           ,
           or
           presuming
           to
           offer
           any
           Articles
           to
           him
           .
           If
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           that
           the
           Allegiance
           ,
           
           tho
           it
           still
           remains
           ,
           yet
           is
           under
           a
           suspension
           ;
           as
           in
           the
           Case
           of
           an
           Infant
           or
           a
           Mad-man
           ,
           in
           which
           a
           Guardian
           may
           be
           necessary
           for
           the
           Administration
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           tho
           the
           Right
           and
           Dignity
           is
           still
           in
           the
           Person
           of
           the
           King
           ;
           and
           that
           therefore
           ,
           tho
           the
           King
           's
           misguided
           Zeal
           may
           have
           rendered
           him
           unfit
           to
           Govern
           ,
           yet
           the
           Title
           and
           Dignity
           of
           a
           King
           ought
           still
           to
           be
           preserved
           ,
           even
           when
           the
           Regency
           may
           be
           put
           in
           other
           hands
           .
           To
           this
           it
           is
           to
           be
           opposed
           ,
           That
           in
           case
           of
           Infancy
           ,
           or
           Lunacy
           ,
           the
           incapacity
           to
           govern
           is
           transient
           in
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           so
           pitiable
           in
           the
           other
           ,
           that
           this
           will
           not
           afford
           an
           Argument
           in
           favour
           of
           an
           Incapacity
           that
           is
           affected
           and
           culpable
           :
           Besides
           ,
           in
           those
           Cases
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           danger
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           by
           any
           struggle
           between
           the
           King
           and
           the
           Regent
           ;
           which
           cannot
           be
           avoided
           where
           a
           King
           is
           of
           Age
           ,
           and
           under
           no
           other
           distemper
           ,
           but
           that
           which
           is
           the
           effect
           of
           his
           Religion
           .
           In
           this
           Case
           a
           Contest
           is
           inevitable
           :
           A
           King
           without
           Power
           cannot
           be
           much
           at
           his
           ease
           ;
           and
           his
           struggle
           for
           it
           must
           either
           end
           in
           the
           overthrowing
           the
           Regency
           ,
           if
           not
           in
           the
           Assassinating
           the
           Regent
           ;
           or
           in
           the
           Imprisonment
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           which
           must
           needs
           have
           such
           fatal
           consequences
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           imagined
           that
           any
           of
           the
           King's
           Children
           ,
           in
           whom
           Piety
           and
           Nature
           work
           ,
           can
           ever
           engage
           into
           a
           state
           of
           Life
           that
           gives
           them
           so
           melancholly
           a
           Prospect
           :
           Besides
           ,
           that
           the
           Name
           and
           Title
           of
           KING
           carry
           a
           sound
           with
           them
           that
           strikes
           the
           People
           ;
           And
           if
           now
           ,
           after
           all
           the
           provocation
           that
           the
           Nation
           is
           under
           at
           present
           ,
           it
           is
           yet
           thought
           fit
           to
           let
           the
           Title
           and
           Dignity
           remain
           in
           the
           King
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           natural
           for
           all
           men
           ,
           when
           that
           sharpness
           is
           over
           ,
           to
           soften
           ,
           and
           to
           think
           that
           things
           have
           been
           carried
           too
           far
           :
           And
           since
           no
           Government
           is
           secure
           from
           Accidents
           ,
           and
           free
           from
           all
           the
           subjects
           of
           
           discontent
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           unreasonable
           to
           foresee
           ,
           that
           the
           leaving
           any
           Root
           in
           the
           ground
           ,
           may
           occasion
           a
           new
           Spring
           at
           some
           distance
           of
           time
           ,
           when
           past
           Errors
           may
           be
           forgot
           ,
           and
           the
           present
           Accidents
           may
           give
           another
           turn
           to
           mens
           thoughts
           .
           We
           are
           likewise
           as
           much
           bound
           by
           the
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           to
           maintain
           the
           King's
           State
           ,
           and
           all
           his
           Prerogatives
           ,
           as
           his
           Title
           and
           Dignity
           .
           It
           will
           look
           like
           the
           condemning
           our
           own
           Actions
           ,
           to
           allow
           him
           the
           Honour
           ,
           and
           to
           take
           from
           him
           the
           Power
           of
           a
           King
           ;
           so
           that
           if
           the
           Oath
           may
           be
           slackened
           in
           one
           Point
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           see
           why
           it
           must
           of
           necessity
           bind
           us
           in
           another
           .
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           we
           do
           either
           too
           little
           or
           too
           much
           ,
           if
           we
           allow
           him
           to
           be
           King
           ,
           and
           do
           not
           likewise
           vest
           him
           with
           the
           whole
           extent
           of
           the
           Royal
           Authority
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           In
           all
           Settlements
           ,
           it
           is
           very
           natural
           for
           men
           to
           look
           for
           good
           Security
           ,
           especially
           for
           those
           ,
           who
           being
           newly
           come
           out
           of
           a
           Storm
           ,
           have
           the
           terror
           of
           it
           still
           on
           their
           thoughts
           ;
           now
           what
           Security
           can
           be
           proposed
           in
           any
           Treaty
           with
           the
           King
           ?
           We
           see
           what
           insignificant
           things
           Promises
           and
           Oaths
           are
           ,
           when
           Popery
           is
           in
           the
           other
           Scale
           ;
           and
           to
           trust
           any
           more
           ,
           is
           too
           impudent
           a
           Proposition
           ,
           to
           apprehend
           that
           any
           one
           should
           insist
           upon
           it
           .
           As
           for
           all
           Limitation
           by
           Laws
           ,
           when
           that
           for
           the
           Test-Act
           ,
           which
           was
           penn'd
           with
           all
           possible
           Caution
           ,
           has
           been
           broke
           through
           by
           a
           pretended
           Dispensing-Power
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           vain
           thing
           to
           trust
           such
           Remedies
           ,
           against
           an
           ungovern'd
           Zeal
           ,
           which
           when
           whetted
           with
           Resentment
           must
           act
           with
           so
           much
           the
           more
           Rigor
           and
           Fury
           .
           We
           have
           also
           many
           Instances
           in
           our
           own
           time
           ,
           to
           shew
           us
           how
           little
           regard
           is
           to
           be
           had
           to
           all
           the
           Offers
           that
           are
           made
           in
           general
           Terms
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           gaining
           of
           a
           great
           Point
           ,
           which
           being
           once
           gained
           ,
           those
           Offers
           are
           no
           more
           thought
           of
           .
           
           To
           make
           way
           for
           the
           late
           King's
           Restauration
           ,
           nothing
           was
           so
           much
           talked
           of
           ,
           as
           the
           Terms
           on
           which
           he
           should
           be
           restored
           ,
           but
           the
           Point
           was
           no
           sooner
           gain'd
           than
           the
           Terms
           were
           not
           only
           forgot
           ,
           but
           all
           things
           were
           carried
           higher
           than
           before
           .
           And
           a
           few
           years
           ago
           when
           the
           Nation
           was
           set
           on
           the
           Bill
           of
           Exclusion
           ,
           all
           those
           who
           opposed
           it
           were
           framing
           Schemes
           of
           limiting
           a
           Popish
           Successor
           ;
           but
           that
           Storm
           was
           no
           sooner
           weather'd
           ,
           than
           a
           Party
           was
           form'd
           that
           carried
           their
           Victory
           so
           far
           ,
           that
           instead
           of
           Limitations
           ,
           all
           the
           chief
           Securities
           and
           Fences
           of
           our
           Government
           were
           thought
           the
           only
           proper
           Sacrifice
           to
           atone
           for
           the
           guilt
           of
           attempting
           the
           Exclusion
           .
           So
           if
           a
           Treaty
           were
           once
           opened
           ,
           and
           the
           King
           were
           to
           be
           brought
           back
           again
           ,
           on
           what
           terms
           soever
           it
           might
           be
           ,
           we
           should
           probably
           see
           the
           whole
           design
           of
           Popery
           and
           Arbitrary
           Government
           return
           upon
           us
           with
           more
           fury
           than
           ever
           :
           and
           we
           should
           find
           our selves
           in
           no
           possibility
           of
           resisting
           it
           ,
           or
           being
           redeemed
           from
           it
           ;
           for
           this
           Deliverance
           was
           no
           such
           easy
           Performance
           as
           to
           make
           us
           think
           that
           such
           another
           could
           ever
           be
           compassed
           ,
           or
           that
           God
           will
           work
           new
           Miracles
           for
           our
           Preservation
           ,
           after
           we
           had
           thrown
           our selves
           back
           into
           that
           miserable
           Condition
           out
           of
           which
           he
           has
           rescued
           us
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           If
           it
           be
           insisted
           on
           that
           the
           Oaths
           of
           Supremacy
           and
           Allegiance
           are
           conceived
           in
           such
           terms
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           breaking
           thro'
           them
           ;
           and
           that
           we
           have
           sworn
           that
           we
           shall
           never
           take
           Arms
           against
           the
           King
           ;
           that
           we
           have
           renounced
           the
           Position
           ,
           as
           traiterous
           ,
           of
           making
           a
           distinction
           between
           the
           King's
           Person
           and
           his
           Power
           ;
           in
           short
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           under
           the
           most
           express
           ties
           that
           can
           be
           put
           in
           words
           ,
           never
           to
           rebel
           against
           the
           King
           ,
           nor
           to
           shake
           off
           his
           Authority
           .
           To
           all
           this
           it
           is
           to
           be
           answered
           ,
           That
           the
           end
           and
           design
           of
           those
           Oaths
           was
           
           to
           secure
           us
           against
           the
           danger
           of
           Popery
           ,
           as
           any
           one
           may
           see
           in
           the
           Acts
           by
           which
           they
           were
           imposed
           :
           And
           tho
           all
           these
           Oaths
           are
           still
           to
           the
           King
           ;
           yet
           that
           is
           to
           a
           Prince
           who
           subsists
           upon
           Law
           ,
           and
           rules
           by
           Law
           ;
           and
           therefore
           if
           the
           King
           ceases
           to
           be
           King
           ,
           by
           subverting
           our
           Constitution
           first
           ,
           and
           deserting
           us
           next
           ,
           then
           all
           our
           Oaths
           fall
           to
           the
           ground
           :
           as
           the
           Matrimonial
           Oath
           ,
           tho
           made
           for
           term
           of
           Life
           ,
           yet
           is
           capable
           of
           being
           dissolved
           ,
           when
           that
           which
           is
           the
           Essence
           of
           the
           Bond
           is
           broke
           .
           And
           if
           the
           King
           ceases
           to
           be
           a
           King
           ,
           then
           the
           
             next
             Heir
             becomes
             the
             only
             lawful
             and
             rightful
             King
             :
          
           and
           if
           the
           next
           is
           a
           
             Femme
             Covert
          
           ,
           then
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           Nations
           ,
           which
           creates
           a
           Communication
           of
           all
           the
           Rights
           of
           the
           Wife
           to
           the
           Husband
           ,
           this
           is
           likewise
           communicated
           ,
           so
           that
           here
           we
           may
           have
           still
           a
           
             lawful
             and
             rightful
             King.
          
           And
           after
           all
           ,
           it
           is
           plain
           that
           if
           any
           diminution
           of
           the
           Regal
           Authority
           be
           imposed
           on
           the
           King
           ,
           as
           the
           condition
           upon
           which
           only
           he
           can
           be
           admitted
           ,
           this
           very
           Imposition
           is
           as
           real
           a
           breach
           of
           the
           Oath
           ,
           as
           a
           total
           shaking
           him
           off
           .
           This
           makes
           a
           vast
           difference
           between
           the
           King's
           Person
           and
           his
           Power
           ,
           tho
           that
           is
           a
           Point
           expresly
           renounc'd
           in
           the
           Oaths
           that
           we
           swear
           ;
           so
           that
           it
           is
           plain
           after
           all
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           binds
           us
           still
           ,
           it
           binds
           us
           to
           a
           great
           deal
           more
           than
           those
           that
           are
           for
           treating
           seem
           willing
           to
           allow
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           All
           the
           Schemes
           that
           may
           be
           offered
           of
           securing
           us
           by
           a
           Treaty
           with
           the
           King
           ,
           have
           such
           visible
           Defects
           in
           them
           ,
           that
           Men
           who
           are
           accustomed
           to
           examine
           things
           ,
           cannot
           be
           deceived
           by
           them
           .
           We
           have
           had
           it
           given
           for
           Law
           of
           late
           ,
           too
           often
           to
           forget
           it
           ,
           that
           all
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           that
           are
           to
           the
           
             Disherison
             of
             the
             Crown
          
           ,
           are
           null
           and
           void
           of
           themselves
           :
           So
           here
           all
           the
           Securities
           that
           can
           be
           offered
           us
           ,
           are
           swept
           away
           at
           once
           .
           We
           can
           have
           no
           legal
           Parliament
           without
           swearing
           
           first
           the
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           to
           the
           King
           ;
           and
           what
           a
           scorn
           is
           put
           on
           God
           and
           Religion
           if
           one
           swear
           this
           Oath
           to
           the
           King
           after
           he
           is
           reduced
           to
           that
           naked
           State
           to
           which
           these
           Treaters
           pretend
           to
           bring
           him
           .
           Nor
           can
           the
           Nation
           have
           any
           Security
           by
           Law
           ,
           either
           for
           what
           is
           done
           ,
           or
           for
           what
           may
           remain
           yet
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           but
           by
           Acts
           that
           are
           past
           by
           
             King
             ,
             Lords
          
           ,
           and
           Commons
           .
           Men
           are
           to
           be
           pardoned
           if
           they
           are
           uneasy
           ,
           till
           they
           have
           the
           utmost
           Security
           that
           the
           Constitution
           can
           give
           them
           .
           And
           after
           all
           whosoever
           is
           the
           
             King
             for
             the
             time
             being
          
           ,
           he
           has
           the
           Law
           so
           entirely
           of
           his
           side
           ,
           that
           tho
           during
           the
           present
           Fermentation
           the
           force
           of
           this
           is
           not
           perceptible
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           a
           Cruelty
           not
           to
           be
           easily
           forgiven
           to
           keep
           a
           Nation
           too
           long
           in
           so
           dangerous
           a
           Condition
           .
        
         
           8.
           
           But
           after
           all
           some
           Men
           plainly
           say
           ,
           
             the
             King
             can
             do
             no
             Wrong
             ,
          
           that
           his
           Ministers
           are
           only
           accountable
           for
           all
           the
           Ill
           he
           had
           done
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Prince
           in
           his
           Declaration
           has
           laid
           the
           Blame
           of
           all
           that
           for
           which
           he
           engaged
           in
           this
           great
           Design
           on
           the
           evil
           Counsellors
           about
           the
           King
           ,
           on
           whom
           the
           Punishment
           ought
           to
           fall
           ,
           and
           not
           on
           the
           King
           himself
           ,
           whose
           Person
           is
           exempt
           from
           Censure
           .
           To
           all
           which
           this
           is
           to
           be
           answered
           ,
           that
           the
           Maxim
           ,
           
             The
             King
             can
             do
             no
             Wrong
             ,
          
           is
           perverted
           to
           a
           sense
           very
           different
           from
           that
           which
           was
           at
           first
           intended
           by
           it
           ;
           for
           the
           meaning
           of
           it
           is
           only
           this
           ,
           That
           the
           King's
           Power
           cannot
           go
           so
           far
           as
           to
           support
           him
           in
           the
           doing
           of
           any
           Injustice
           or
           Wrong
           to
           any
           ,
           according
           to
           that
           Chapter
           in
           
             Magna
             Charta
          
           ,
           by
           which
           all
           Commissions
           granted
           against
           Law
           ,
           are
           declared
           to
           be
           null
           and
           void
           :
           for
           this
           is
           the
           true
           meaning
           of
           that
           Maxime
           .
           But
           there
           is
           no
           reason
           to
           carry
           this
           so
           far
           as
           that
           if
           Kings
           will
           strain
           their
           Authority
           visibly
           ,
           to
           do
           the
           highest
           Wrongs
           possible
           ,
           they
           were
           in
           no
           way
           accountable
           for
           it
           .
           Whatsoever
           has
           been
           done
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           
           and
           has
           never
           been
           condemned
           by
           any
           subsequent
           one
           ,
           is
           a
           part
           of
           the
           Law
           of
           England
           ,
           since
           then
           two
           of
           our
           Kings
           ,
           Edward
           the
           2d
           ,
           and
           Richard
           the
           2d
           ,
           have
           been
           judged
           in
           Parliament
           for
           their
           Mal-Administration
           ,
           and
           since
           these
           Judgments
           have
           never
           been
           vacated
           by
           any
           subsequent
           Parliaments
           ,
           those
           proceedings
           are
           a
           part
           of
           our
           Law.
           And
           though
           perhaps
           there
           have
           been
           more
           express
           Definitions
           made
           of
           late
           in
           Favour
           of
           the
           Crown
           than
           ever
           were
           in
           former
           times
           ,
           yet
           as
           long
           as
           those
           Proceedings
           remain
           upon
           Record
           ,
           it
           is
           plain
           that
           this
           great
           Right
           of
           the
           English
           Nation
           of
           preserving
           it self
           in
           cases
           of
           extream
           Necessity
           ,
           against
           the
           violent
           Invasions
           that
           the
           Crown
           may
           make
           upon
           it
           ,
           is
           still
           entire
           and
           in
           force
           .
           But
           after
           all
           it
           will
           be
           readily
           yielded
           ,
           that
           as
           the
           Life
           of
           a
           Father
           is
           never
           to
           be
           attempted
           on
           by
           his
           Children
           ,
           how
           great
           soever
           their
           Provocations
           may
           be
           ;
           so
           the
           King
           being
           made
           the
           Political
           Father
           of
           the
           Country
           ,
           his
           Person
           ought
           still
           to
           be
           sacred
           .
           But
           when
           the
           Root
           of
           the
           King
           's
           overturning
           our
           Laws
           is
           his
           being
           so
           entirely
           devoted
           to
           his
           Religion
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Order
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           ,
           how
           decent
           soever
           it
           might
           be
           for
           the
           Prince
           to
           lay
           the
           Blame
           of
           all
           on
           his
           evil
           Councellors
           ,
           yet
           it
           will
           be
           an
           unreasonable
           Piece
           of
           Tenderness
           in
           the
           Representative
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           not
           to
           lay
           the
           Blame
           of
           things
           where
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           laid
           .
        
         
           9.
           
           Either
           all
           thoughts
           of
           treating
           with
           the
           King
           ,
           or
           all
           Enquiries
           into
           the
           Birth
           of
           the
           pretended
           Prince
           of
           Wales
           are
           to
           be
           laid
           aside
           .
           The
           King
           has
           gone
           so
           far
           in
           what
           he
           has
           averred
           ,
           with
           relation
           to
           that
           matter
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           impossible
           to
           judg
           it
           an
           Imposture
           without
           giving
           him
           a
           large
           share
           in
           it
           ;
           and
           no
           Man
           can
           think
           that
           it
           is
           possible
           to
           maintain
           the
           common
           Decencies
           of
           Respect
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           if
           any
           steps
           
           are
           made
           in
           that
           matter
           :
           for
           even
           an
           Enquiry
           into
           it
           is
           the
           calling
           his
           Honour
           into
           question
           ,
           in
           so
           sensible
           a
           point
           that
           no
           Man
           that
           can
           make
           a
           Discovery
           is
           safe
           to
           make
           it
           ,
           nor
           are
           any
           safe
           who
           pretend
           to
           examine
           it
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           there
           are
           any
           thoughts
           of
           treating
           with
           him
           ;
           which
           will
           never
           be
           believed
           to
           be
           quite
           laid
           down
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           the
           Title
           of
           King
           is
           acknowledged
           to
           be
           still
           in
           him
           .
           Men
           that
           condemn
           the
           Errors
           in
           Government
           committed
           by
           him
           ,
           may
           flatter
           themselves
           with
           the
           possibility
           of
           his
           pardoning
           them
           ;
           but
           there
           is
           no
           Mercy
           where
           the
           Matter
           is
           personal
           ,
           in
           which
           his
           Honour
           is
           so
           immediately
           concerned
           ,
           and
           where
           a
           Judgment
           against
           the
           Child
           casts
           so
           black
           and
           so
           indelible
           a
           Stain
           on
           himself
           .
        
         
           10.
           
           If
           Articles
           are
           prepared
           to
           be
           offered
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           they
           will
           be
           either
           such
           as
           he
           will
           probably
           grant
           ,
           or
           such
           that
           it
           cannot
           in
           reason
           be
           expected
           that
           he
           should
           grant
           them
           .
           The
           former
           is
           not
           to
           be
           supposed
           ;
           for
           such
           a
           stripping
           himself
           of
           Power
           ,
           as
           seems
           necessary
           to
           give
           us
           any
           tolerable
           Security
           ,
           is
           that
           which
           we
           ought
           not
           to
           imagine
           he
           will
           grant
           :
           and
           it
           will
           appear
           to
           the
           World
           a
           triumphing
           over
           him
           in
           his
           Misfortunes
           ,
           if
           we
           make
           a
           shew
           of
           treating
           with
           him
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           visible
           before-hand
           that
           the
           Demands
           which
           must
           be
           made
           him
           are
           such
           ,
           that
           he
           cannot
           in
           Honour
           grant
           them
           ,
           nor
           we
           in
           Reason
           expect
           them
           from
           him
           .
           When
           Matters
           are
           brought
           to
           that
           pass
           at
           which
           they
           are
           at
           present
           ;
           it
           is
           more
           suitable
           to
           the
           Dignity
           and
           Wisdom
           of
           the
           Nation
           to
           act
           frankly
           and
           above-board
           ,
           than
           to
           think
           to
           varnish
           them
           over
           with
           some
           outward
           Appearances
           .
           In
           such
           cases
           ,
           any
           other
           way
           of
           proceeding
           has
           not
           that
           Air
           of
           Greatness
           and
           Openness
           which
           is
           necessary
           upon
           such
           occasions
           .
           A
           great
           deal
           of
           time
           will
           be
           lost
           in
           preparing
           the
           Propositions
           ,
           
           and
           a
           Treaty
           being
           once
           entertained
           ,
           many
           may
           be
           practised
           on
           ,
           and
           either
           be
           corrupted
           or
           destroyed
           .
           And
           perhaps
           the
           half
           of
           the
           Articles
           will
           be
           drop'd
           in
           the
           Treaty
           ,
           or
           the
           whole
           will
           be
           given
           up
           by
           the
           King
           in
           less
           time
           than
           was
           imployed
           in
           preparing
           any
           one
           of
           the
           Articles
           .
           The
           very
           talk
           of
           a
           Treaty
           will
           keep
           the
           Minds
           of
           many
           in
           Agitation
           and
           suspence
           :
           Some
           that
           are
           now
           desperate
           with
           relation
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           may
           enter
           into
           a
           separate
           Treaty
           with
           him
           :
           and
           an
           inconstant
           Multitude
           will
           be
           too
           much
           tempted
           to
           run
           as
           fast
           to
           him
           as
           ever
           they
           shewed
           Zeal
           against
           him
           .
           That
           these
           are
           not
           imaginary
           Dangers
           is
           visible
           to
           all
           that
           have
           conversed
           much
           in
           History
           ,
           or
           have
           observed
           the
           varieties
           of
           Mens
           Thoughts
           with
           relation
           to
           publick
           Affairs
           ,
           and
           considered
           how
           little
           is
           to
           be
           built
           on
           any
           present
           Heats
           ,
           how
           fervent
           and
           how
           universal
           soever
           they
           may
           seem
           to
           be
           ,
           and
           how
           soon
           a
           Nation
           may
           be
           apt
           to
           run
           even
           out
           of
           one
           Extream
           into
           another
           ,
           and
           therefore
           the
           keping
           thing
           still
           in
           a
           loose
           and
           unsettled
           State
           is
           the
           hazarding
           the
           whole
           matter
           ,
           and
           the
           running
           the
           risk
           of
           a
           Relapse
           ,
           which
           will
           be
           much
           more
           dangerous
           than
           the
           former
           Disease
           was
           ,
           unless
           the
           King
           of
           France
           ,
           who
           has
           the
           King
           now
           in
           his
           Power
           ,
           will
           be
           pleased
           to
           mediate
           for
           us
           ,
           out
           of
           his
           tried
           Love
           to
           us
           and
           our
           Religion
           .
        
         
           11.
           
           The
           clear
           and
           natural
           method
           of
           proceeding
           upon
           this
           Occasion
           ,
           is
           ,
           First
           ,
           To
           state
           this
           Nation
           as
           a
           Protestant
           Kingdom
           ,
           that
           is
           incompatible
           with
           Popery
           or
           a
           Popish
           King
           ;
           of
           which
           Opinion
           many
           were
           before
           the
           King
           came
           to
           the
           Crown
           ;
           and
           he
           has
           so
           managed
           the
           Matter
           since
           ,
           that
           he
           has
           convinced
           the
           whole
           Nation
           of
           it
           at
           last
           .
           Here
           a
           view
           may
           be
           taken
           of
           the
           Course
           of
           his
           Government
           ,
           in
           those
           things
           that
           have
           been
           Notorious
           and
           Publick
           ,
           without
           entring
           into
           such
           
           Specialties
           as
           will
           need
           proof
           ,
           and
           by
           consequence
           take
           up
           time
           ;
           and
           in
           conclusion
           it
           is
           to
           be
           set
           forth
           ,
           that
           he
           has
           quitted
           the
           Realm
           in
           a
           Storm
           ,
           and
           has
           left
           the
           Nation
           to
           shift
           for
           it self
           ;
           and
           has
           both
           deserted
           the
           Government
           in
           general
           ,
           and
           abandoned
           even
           those
           who
           had
           stuck
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           were
           ready
           to
           have
           sacrificed
           all
           for
           him
           in
           particular
           .
           And
           that
           the
           last
           Act
           of
           his
           Authority
           might
           be
           long
           remembred
           ,
           he
           ordered
           his
           Army
           to
           be
           disbanded
           ;
           which
           (
           since
           it
           was
           to
           be
           done
           without
           paying
           or
           disarming
           the
           Souldiers
           )
           was
           the
           letting
           loose
           of
           so
           many
           Armed
           Men
           ,
           under
           the
           greatest
           temptation
           to
           live
           like
           Banditti
           and
           Robbers
           in
           the
           Nation
           .
           Upon
           all
           this
           it
           is
           natural
           to
           declare
           the
           Throne
           void
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           King
           has
           fallen
           from
           all
           Right
           to
           it
           .
           In
           all
           that
           I
           have
           said
           concerning
           his
           Desertion
           ,
           I
           limit
           my
           Reflections
           to
           his
           first
           leaving
           of
           Whitehall
           ;
           for
           the
           Accident
           at
           Feversham
           ,
           and
           what
           followed
           after
           that
           ,
           cannot
           be
           called
           a
           Return
           to
           his
           People
           ;
           and
           since
           the
           Seals
           never
           appeared
           ,
           and
           the
           King
           never
           spake
           of
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           nor
           altered
           his
           Measures
           in
           any
           thing
           ,
           but
           still
           prosecuted
           his
           first
           Design
           by
           his
           second
           Escape
           ,
           his
           deserting
           is
           still
           to
           be
           dated
           from
           his
           first
           going
           from
           White-Hall
           ;
           and
           he
           having
           given
           that
           just
           Advantage
           against
           himself
           ,
           which
           came
           after
           all
           that
           series
           of
           Injustice
           and
           Violence
           that
           had
           gone
           before
           it
           ,
           no
           Man
           can
           think
           that
           it
           was
           not
           very
           fitting
           to
           carry
           it
           as
           far
           as
           it
           would
           go
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           treat
           with
           him
           any
           more
           upon
           the
           foot
           of
           acknowledging
           him
           King.
           
        
         
           12.
           
           When
           all
           this
           is
           laid
           together
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           supposed
           ,
           that
           considering
           Men
           can
           be
           shocked
           with
           those
           Prejudices
           that
           arise
           ,
           rather
           out
           of
           the
           sound
           of
           some
           ill
           understood
           Words
           ,
           than
           out
           of
           any
           real
           and
           forcible
           Arguments
           ,
           and
           it
           can
           least
           of
           all
           be
           imagined
           ,
           that
           
           the
           great
           and
           learned
           Body
           which
           has
           so
           triumphed
           over
           Popery
           in
           their
           late
           Contests
           with
           it
           ,
           should
           now
           let
           themselves
           be
           so
           misled
           with
           the
           narrow
           Notions
           of
           an
           unbounded
           Loyalty
           ,
           as
           to
           oppose
           or
           even
           dislike
           such
           a
           compleat
           Settlement
           ,
           as
           the
           present
           Exigence
           of
           our
           Affairs
           requires
           .
           Their
           Worth
           ,
           the
           Courage
           that
           they
           shewed
           against
           Popery
           ,
           and
           their
           Readiness
           to
           have
           been
           made
           Sacrifices
           in
           that
           noble
           Resistance
           which
           they
           both
           made
           and
           maintained
           to
           the
           last
           ,
           has
           indeed
           raised
           them
           above
           Censure
           ,
           and
           all
           severe
           Imputations
           .
           But
           it
           cannot
           but
           lessen
           the
           Esteem
           that
           is
           due
           to
           any
           ,
           though
           it
           does
           not
           detract
           from
           their
           Worth
           ,
           if
           they
           will
           still
           pursue
           a
           point
           that
           is
           liable
           to
           such
           great
           and
           just
           Exceptions
           .
           No
           Body
           can
           think
           they
           are
           in
           Love
           with
           Popery
           ,
           or
           fond
           of
           coming
           again
           under
           Father
           
           Peter's
           Ministry
           :
           but
           Men
           that
           see
           through
           all
           the
           Reasons
           that
           are
           offered
           for
           Treating
           ,
           and
           foresee
           the
           fatal
           Consequences
           that
           must
           attend
           it
           ,
           will
           be
           tempted
           to
           think
           that
           some
           Men
           ,
           either
           have
           not
           strength
           of
           thought
           enough
           to
           examine
           this
           whole
           matter
           more
           impartially
           ,
           or
           that
           having
           once
           declared
           themselves
           of
           a
           contrary
           Opinion
           ,
           they
           cannot
           conquer
           Nature
           so
           far
           ,
           as
           to
           do
           that
           which
           will
           import
           a
           Confession
           of
           their
           once
           having
           been
           in
           an
           Error
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .