The desertion discuss'd in a letter to a country gentleman
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             The desertion discuss'd in a letter to a country gentleman
             Collier, Jeremy, 1650-1726.
          
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             [London :
             1689].
          
           
             Attributed to Jeremy Collier. Cf. Halkett & Laing (2nd ed.)
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             Concerns the desertion of the throne by James II.
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           THE
           DESERTION
           DISCUSS'D
           .
        
         
           In
           a
           Letter
           to
           a
           Country
           Gentleman
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Don't
           wonder
           to
           find
           a
           Person
           of
           your
           Sense
           and
           Integrity
           so
           much
           surprised
           at
           the
           Report
           of
           the
           Throne
           's
           being
           declared
           Vacant
           ,
           by
           the
           lower
           House
           of
           the
           Convention
           :
           
             For
             how
          
           (
           say
           you
           )
           
             can
             the
             Seat
             of
             the
             Government
             b●
             Empty
             ,
             while
             the
             King
             ,
             who
             all
             grant
             had
             an
             unquestionable
             Title
             ,
             is
             still
             Living
             ,
             and
             his
             Absence
             forced
             and
             involuntary
             ?
             I
             thought
             our
             Laws
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             our
             Religion
             ,
             had
             been
             against
             the
             Deposing
             Doctrine
             ;
             therefore
             I
             desire
             you
             would
             Expound
             this
             State
             Riddle
             to
             me
             ,
             and
             give
             me
             the
             Ground
             of
             this
             late
             exeraordinary
             Revolution
             .
          
           In
           answer
           to
           your
           Question
           ,
           you
           may
           please
           to
           take
           notice
           ,
           That
           those
           Gentlemen
           of
           the
           Convention
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           their
           Sentiments
           ,
           who
           declare
           a
           Vacancy
           in
           the
           Government
           ,
           lay
           the
           main
           stress
           of
           their
           Opinion
           upon
           his
           Majesties
           withdrawing
           himself
           :
           For
           now
           ,
           especially
           since
           the
           Story
           of
           the
           
             French
             Leagu●
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Business
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           Wales
           ,
           are
           passed
           over
           in
           Silence
           ,
           most
           Men
           believe
           that
           the
           pretended
           Breach
           of
           that
           which
           they
           call
           
             Th●
             Original
             Contract
          
           was
           designed
           for
           no
           more
           than
           a
           popular
           Flourish
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           you
           may
           be
           not
           be
           shocked
           by
           seeing
           the
           Votes
           of
           so
           considerable
           and
           publick
           a
           Meeting
           debated
           by
           a
           private
           hand
           ,
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           remind
           you
           ,
           That
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           a
           Convention
           ,
           are
           two
           very
           different
           Things
           :
           The
           latter
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           the
           King's
           Writs
           and
           Concurrence
           ,
           having
           no
           share
           in
           the
           Legislative
           Power
           .
           If
           it
           's
           urged
           ,
           That
           the
           present
           Posture
           and
           Exigence
           of
           Affairs
           ,
           is
           a
           sufficient
           Dispensation
           with
           the
           usual
           Preliminaries
           and
           Forms
           of
           Parliament
           .
           To
           this
           I
           am
           obliged
           to
           answer
           ,
           That
           this
           pretended
           Necessity
           is
           either
           of
           their
           own
           Making
           ,
           or
           of
           their
           own
           Submitting
           to
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           same
           thing
           ;
           and
           therefore
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           pleaded
           in
           Justification
           of
           their
           Proceedings
           .
           For
           if
           his
           Majesty
           had
           either
           not
           been
           driven
           out
           of
           his
           Dominions
           ,
           or
           invited
           back
           upon
           honorable
           Terms
           ,
           they
           needed
           not
           to
           have
           had
           recourse
           to
           these
           singular
           Methods
           .
           And
           since
           they
           have
           neither
           the
           Authority
           of
           Law
           ,
           or
           Necessity
           ,
           to
           support
           their
           Determinations
           ,
           I
           hope
           they
           will
           not
           think
           themselves
           disobliged
           ,
           if
           they
           are
           inquired
           into
           ;
           and
           some
           part
           of
           that
           Liberty
           which
           they
           have
           taken
           with
           his
           Majesty
           be
           returned
           upon
           themselves
           .
           For
           all
           private
           and
           unauthorised
           Opinions
           are
           to
           be
           regarded
           no
           farther
           than
           they
           prove
           their
           point
           .
           Like
           Plate
           without
           the
           Royal
           Impression
           ,
           they
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           obtruded
           for
           currant
           Coin
           ;
           nor
           rated
           any
           higher
           than
           the
           intrinsick
           Value
           of
           the
           Mettal
           .
           Le●
           us
           examin
           therefore
           ,
           if
           his
           Majesty
           has
           done
           any
           thing
           which
           imports
           ,
           either
           in
           it self
           ,
           or
           by
           necessary
           consequence
           ,
           That
           he
           has
           voluntarily
           Resigned
           his
           Crown
           ,
           and
           Discharged
           his
           Subjects
           of
           their
           Allegiance
           .
           Now
           the
           Author
           of
           
             The
             Enquiry
             into
             the
             present
             State
             of
             Affairs
             ,
             &c.
          
           for
           whose
           Judgment
           the
           Commons
           seem
           to
           have
           a
           very
           great
           Regard
           ,
           as
           appears
           from
           their
           concurrence
           with
           him
           :
           For
           their
           most
           considerable
           Votes
           are
           ,
           in
           a
           
           manner
           ,
           transcribed
           from
           his
           11th
           .
           Paragraph
           .
           This
           Author
           tells
           us
           ,
           Pag.
           5.
           
           
             That
             when
             a
             King
             withdraws
             himself
             ,
             and
             his
             Seals
             ,
             without
             naming
             any
             Persons
             to
             represent
             him
             ,
             the
             Government
             is
             certainly
             laid
             down
             and
             forsaken
             by
             him
             .
          
           Though
           afterwards
           he
           is
           so
           good
           natured
           as
           to
           add
           ,
           
             That
             if
             any
             imminent
             present
             Danger
             ,
             or
             just
             Fear
             ,
             (
             though
             indeed
             a
             King
             can
             never
             be
             decently
             suspected
             of
             that
          
           ;
           I
           suppose
           his
           Reason
           is
           ,
           because
           Kings
           are
           invulnerable
           )
           
             had
             driven
             his
             Majesty
             away
             ,
             it
             might
             seem
             a
             little
             too
             hard
             to
             urge
             this
             too
             much
             .
          
        
         
           In
           order
           to
           the
           confuting
           this
           Notion
           ,
           I
           shall
           prove
           in
           the
        
         
           First
           place
           ,
           That
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           before
           his
           withdrawing
           ,
           had
           sufficient
           Grounds
           to
           make
           him
           apprehensive
           of
           Danger
           ,
           and
           therefore
           It
           cannot
           be
           called
           
             an
             Abdication
          
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           That
           the
           leaving
           any
           Representatives
           behind
           him
           was
           impracticable
           at
           this
           Juncture
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           That
           we
           have
           no
           Grounds
           ,
           either
           from
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Realm
           ,
           or
           those
           of
           Nature
           ,
           to
           pronounce
           the
           Throne
           void
           ,
           upon
           such
           a
           Retreat
           of
           a
           King.
           
        
         
           But
           before
           I
           do
           this
           ,
           it
           s
           not
           improper
           to
           observe
           ,
           That
           this
           pretence
           of
           a
           Demise
           ,
           if
           it
           signified
           any
           thing
           ,
           cannot
           affect
           Scotland
           or
           Ireland
           :
           Not
           the
           first
           ,
           For
           there
           his
           Majesty's
           Commissioners
           acted
           in
           the
           usual
           Manner
           ,
           till
           they
           were
           disturbed
           :
           Nor
           the
           second
           ,
           For
           that
           Kingdom
           continues
           still
           under
           the
           Regular
           Administration
           of
           the
           Lord
           Lieutenant
           .
           Neither
           is
           it
           sufficient
           to
           say
           ,
           That
           Ireland
           is
           an
           Appendage
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           therefore
           it
           must
           follow
           its
           Revolution
           .
           For
           allowing
           a
           Demise
           was
           really
           consequent
           upon
           a
           Failure
           of
           Seals
           and
           Representatives
           ;
           yet
           there
           would
           be
           no
           colour
           to
           apply
           it
           to
           a
           Case
           where
           there
           was
           no
           such
           Omission
           .
           For
           no
           Forfeiture
           ought
           to
           be
           stretched
           beyond
           the
           Reason
           upon
           which
           it
           is
           grounded
           .
           But
           this
           only
           by
           the
           way
           .
           I
           shall
           proceed
           to
           prove
           the
           first
           thing
           propounded
           ,
           viz.
           That
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           before
           his
           withdrawing
           ,
           had
           sufficient
           Grounds
           to
           make
           him
           apprehensive
           of
           imminent
           Danger
           .
        
         
           We
           are
           now
           fallen
           upon
           Times
           in
           which
           the
           most
           extravagant
           and
           almost
           impossible
           Things
           are
           swallowed
           without
           Chewing
           ,
           and
           the
           plainest
           Truths
           outfaced
           and
           denyed
           ;
           as
           if
           Evidence
           was
           an
           Argument
           against
           Proof
           ,
           and
           Absurdities
           the
           only
           Motives
           of
           Credibility
           :
           So
           that
           now
           ,
           if
           ever
           ,
           we
           seem
           fit
           for
           Transubstantiation
           .
           Had
           not
           some
           Men
           believed
           this
           true
           ,
           in
           a
           great
           Measure
           ,
           they
           would
           never
           have
           disputed
           against
           matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           which
           was
           done
           almost
           in
           the
           Face
           of
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           .
           To
           speak
           to
           the
           present
           Case
           ;
           Had
           not
           his
           Majesty
           great
           Reason
           to
           retire
           ,
           to
           secure
           his
           Person
           and
           his
           Honor
           ,
           at
           his
           first
           withdrawing
           from
           W●itehall
           ?
           which
           is
           the
           time
           from
           which
           our
           Author
           dates
           his
           pretended
           Desertion
           (
           for
           he
           will
           not
           allow
           him
           to
           be
           King
           at
           his
           return
           )
           I
           say
           ,
           had
           not
           his
           Majesty
           great
           Reason
           to
           retire
           when
           he
           had
           met
           with
           so
           many
           unfortunate
           Disappointments
           ,
           with
           so
           many
           surprising
           and
           unparallel'd
           Accidents
           ?
           When
           part
           of
           the
           Army
           was
           revolted
           ,
           and
           the
           Remainder
           too
           apparently
           unserviceable
           ?
           When
           the
           People
           had
           such
           fatal
           and
           unremovable
           Prejudices
           against
           his
           Majesty's
           Service
           ?
           When
           there
           were
           such
           terrible
           Disorders
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           all
           Places
           were
           either
           Flaming
           or
           ready
           to
           take
           Fire
           ?
           What
           should
           a
           Prince
           do
           ,
           when
           he
           had
           scarce
           any
           thing
           left
           him
           to
           lose
           but
           himself
           ,
           but
           consult
           his
           Safety
           ,
           and
           give
           way
           to
           the
           irresistable
           Evil
           ?
           But
           our
           Author
           pretends
           the
           King's
           Affairs
           had
           a
           much
           better
           Aspect
           ;
           Let
           us
           observe
           how
           he
           proves
           it
           .
           Why
           he
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             That
             when
             the
             Prince
             of
          
           Orange
           '
           
             s
             Proposals
             came
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             the
             Army
             and
             the
             Fleet
             were
             left
             in
             his
             Hands
             .
          
           They
           were
           so
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           pay
           them
           for
           the
           Prince's
           Service
           ;
           for
           they
           owned
           his
           Majesty's
           Authority
           scarce
           any
           other
           way
           than
           by
           receiving
           his
           Mony
           ,
           and
           eating
           up
           his
           Meat
           .
           (
           It
           's
           to
           be
           hoped
           they
           have
           since
           repented
           of
           their
           Actions
           .
           )
           But
           the
           Enquirer
           goes
           on
           with
           his
           Inventory
           of
           
             Forts
             and
             Revenues
          
           ,
           which
           the
           King
           was
           to
           have
           still
           .
           He
           may
           know
           ,
           if
           he
           pleases
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           but
           Four
           considerable
           Forts
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           Now
           Hull
           and
           Plimouth
           had
           already
           disposed
           of
           themselves
           ,
           and
           the
           Tower
           of
           London
           was
           
           demanded
           for
           the
           City
           ;
           so
           that
           there
           was
           none
           but
           Portsmouth
           remaining
           .
           And
           as
           for
           the
           Revenues
           ,
           it
           's
           to
           be
           feared
           ,
           the
           Northern
           Collections
           would
           have
           been
           almost
           as
           Slender
           as
           those
           in
           the
           West
           .
           And
           now
           one
           would
           think
           our
           Father
           began
           to
           relent
           :
           For
           he
           owns
           ,
           
             That
             some
             Things
             ,
             which
             the
             Prince
             of
          
           Orange
           
             proposed
             ,
             may
             be
             called
             hard
             ;
             viz.
          
           his
           demanding
           
             that
             the
             Laws
             against
             Papists
             which
             were
             in
             Imployment
             might
             be
             executed
             .
          
           But
           the
           Enquirer
           is
           much
           mistaken
           ,
           if
           he
           thinks
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           insisted
           upon
           no
           more
           than
           the
           bare
           Execution
           of
           the
           Law
           in
           this
           point
           .
           For
           the
           Disbanding
           of
           all
           Papists
           (
           which
           was
           part
           of
           his
           Proposals
           )
           is
           much
           more
           than
           what
           the
           Law
           requires
           ;
           by
           which
           the
           Papists
           are
           only
           excluded
           from
           Offices
           of
           Command
           ,
           and
           Trust.
           But
           neither
           the
           Test-Acts
           ,
           nor
           any
           others
           bar
           the
           King
           from
           Listing
           them
           as
           common
           Souldiers
           .
           And
           lastly
           ,
           to
           deliver
           up
           his
           best
           Magazine
           ,
           and
           the
           Strength
           of
           his
           Capital
           City
           ;
           To
           be
           obliged
           to
           pay
           a
           Foreign
           Army
           ,
           which
           came
           over
           to
           enable
           his
           Subjects
           to
           drive
           him
           out
           of
           his
           Dominions
           ,
           were
           very
           extraordinary
           Demands
           ,
           and
           looked
           as
           if
           there
           was
           a
           Design
           to
           reduce
           him
           as
           low
           in
           is
           Honor
           ,
           as
           in
           his
           Fortune
           .
           To
           forgive
           a
           Man
           who
           endeavoured
           to
           Ruin
           me
           ,
           is
           great
           Christian
           Charity
           ;
           but
           to
           Article
           away
           my
           Estate
           to
           him
           ,
           because
           he
           has
           Injured
           me
           ,
           is
           such
           a
           Mortification
           as
           no
           Religion
           obliges
           us
           to
           .
           This
           is
           in
           effect
           to
           Betray
           our
           Innocence
           ,
           and
           Sign
           away
           the
           Justice
           of
           our
           Cause
           ;
           and
           own
           that
           we
           have
           deserved
           all
           that
           hand
           Usage
           which
           has
           been
           put
           upon
           us
           ;
           so
           that
           it
           's
           easie
           to
           imagine
           what
           an
           unconquerable
           Aversion
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Princes
           must
           needs
           have
           to
           such
           an
           Unnatural
           Penance
           .
           In
           short
           ,
           when
           the
           Forts
           and
           Revenue
           were
           thus
           disposed
           of
           ;
           when
           the
           Papists
           were
           to
           be
           Disbanded
           ,
           and
           the
           Protestants
           could
           not
           be
           trusted
           ;
           when
           the
           Nation
           was
           under
           such
           general
           ,
           and
           violent
           Dissatisfactions
           ;
           when
           the
           King
           ,
           in
           case
           of
           a
           Rupture
           ,
           (
           which
           was
           not
           unlikely
           )
           had
           nothing
           upon
           the
           Matter
           but
           his
           single
           Person
           to
           oppose
           against
           the
           Prince's
           Arms
           ,
           and
           those
           of
           his
           own
           Subjects
           ;
           when
           his
           Mortal
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           those
           were
           under
           the
           highest
           Forfeitures
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           were
           to
           sit
           Judges
           of
           his
           Crown
           and
           Dignity
           ,
           if
           no
           farther
           ;
           when
           Affairs
           were
           in
           this
           Tempestuous
           Condition
           ,
           To
           say
           that
           a
           Free
           and
           Indifferent
           Parliament
           might
           be
           Chosen
           ,
           with
           relation
           to
           the
           King
           's
           Right
           ,
           ●s
           well
           as
           the
           Peoples
           ;
           and
           that
           His
           Majesty
           
             had
             no
             just
             visible
             Cause
             to
             apprehend
             hims●lf
             in
             Danger
             ,
          
           is
           to
           out-face
           the
           Sun
           ,
           and
           to
           trample
           upon
           the
           Understandings
           ,
           and
           almost
           upon
           the
           Senses
           of
           the
           whole
           Nation
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           It
           's
           not
           improper
           to
           examine
           what
           doughty
           Reasons
           the
           E●quirer
           advances
           to
           prove
           ,
           the
           
             Kings
             coming
             from
          
           Feversham
           to
           White-hall
           
             to
             be
             no
             return
             to
             his
             People
             .
          
           The
           reason
           of
           his
           affirming
           this
           is
           apparent
           ;
           He
           is
           sensible
           what
           singular
           usage
           his
           Majesty
           met
           with
           ,
           and
           therefore
           he
           would
           fain
           unking
           Him
           ,
           that
           it
           might
           the
           better
           suit
           with
           his
           Character
           .
           But
           ,
           pray
           ,
           what
           had
           the
           King
           done
           to
           incur
           a
           Forfeiture
           by
           his
           First
           Retirement
           ?
           Had
           he
           quitted
           the
           Realm
           ?
           If
           that
           was
           material
           ,
           it
           cannot
           be
           alleadged
           ,
           for
           his
           Majesty
           was
           no
           farther
           off
           than
           the
           Coast
           of
           Kent
           .
           Did
           he
           refuse
           to
           take
           Care
           of
           his
           People
           any
           longer
           ,
           when
           the
           Lords
           went
           down
           to
           Visit
           him
           to
           White-hall
           ?
           No
           :
           If
           he
           had
           ,
           he
           would
           not
           have
           come
           back
           when
           he
           was
           at
           his
           Liberty
           .
           His
           return
           ,
           after
           some
           Assurances
           of
           fair
           Treatment
           ,
           is
           a
           plain
           discovery
           of
           the
           Motives
           of
           his
           withdrawing
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           came
           up
           with
           an
           intention
           to
           Govern
           .
           For
           ,
           I
           believe
           ,
           few
           People
           imagine
           that
           his
           Majesty
           would
           take
           such
           a
           Journy
           ,
           only
           to
           have
           Dutch
           Guards
           clap'd
           upon
           him
           ;
           to
           be
           hurried
           out
           of
           his
           Palace
           ,
           and
           carried
           Prisoner
           down
           the
           Thames
           at
           Noon
           Day
           .
           But
           
             the
             Seals
             n●ver
             appeared
          
           .
           What
           time
           was
           there
           for
           them
           in
           24
           Hours
           ?
           Besides
           there
           was
           an
           Order
           of
           Council
           with
           his
           Majesty
           at
           the
           Head
           of
           it
           ,
           for
           suppressing
           the
           Mobile
           ,
           Dated
           Decemb.
           18.
           which
           was
           the
           next
           Day
           after
           his
           Majesty's
           return
           .
           And
           when
           he
           was
           sent
           back
           to
           Rochester
           ,
           he
           might
           plainly
           perceive
           his
           Government
           was
           at
           an
           End
           for
           the
           present
           .
           For
           the
           Tower
           was
           Garrison'd
           by
           Foreign
           
           Forces
           :
           The
           Lords
           published
           an
           Order
           by
           their
           own
           Authority
           ,
           to
           oblige
           the
           Papists
           to
           depart
           the
           Town
           :
           The
           City
           made
           an
           Address
           to
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ,
           which
           was
           a
           Virtual
           acknowledgment
           of
           his
           Power
           ;
           and
           Associations
           came
           up
           to
           that
           purpose
           out
           of
           the
           Country
           ;
           (
           Cambridge-shire
           Address
           )
           not
           to
           omit
           that
           his
           Majesty
           was
           denyed
           a
           small
           Sum
           of
           his
           own
           Gold
           to
           Heal
           with
           ;
           As
           if
           they
           had
           rather
           poor
           People
           should
           Perish
           with
           Boyles
           and
           Ulcers
           ,
           than
           shew
           common
           Justice
           and
           Humanity
           to
           their
           King.
           From
           all
           these
           remarkable
           Circumstances
           ,
           his
           Majesty
           might
           easily
           guess
           how
           they
           intended
           to
           dispose
           of
           him
           :
           For
           no
           Man
           in
           his
           Senses
           ,
           who
           has
           treated
           a
           Prince
           so
           Contemptuously
           in
           his
           own
           Kingdom
           ,
           will
           ever
           permit
           him
           either
           Power
           ,
           or
           Liberty
           ,
           for
           fear
           he
           should
           remember
           his
           former
           Usage
           .
           From
           what
           has
           been
           said
           ,
           it
           's
           most
           evident
           ,
           that
           his
           Majesty
           had
           all
           imaginable
           reason
           to
           provide
           for
           his
           own
           Security
           in
           some
           other
           Country
           .
        
         
           And
           since
           his
           Majesty
           had
           sufficient
           reasons
           to
           withdraw
           ,
           these
           can
           be
           no
           pretence
           for
           an
           Abdication
           :
           For
           we
           are
           to
           observe
           ,
           that
           to
           Abdicate
           an
           Office
           ,
           always
           supposes
           the
           Consent
           of
           him
           whom
           Quits
           it
           .
           That
           this
           is
           the
           signification
           of
           the
           Word
           Abdico
           ,
           appears
           from
           
             Tully
             ,
             Salust
          
           ,
           and
           Livie
           ;
           to
           which
           I
           shall
           only
           add
           the
           Learned
           
             Grotius
             ,
             De
             jure
             Belli
          
           ,
           &c.
           Libr.
           1.
           
           Cap.
           4.
           
           Sect.
           9.
           
           Where
           he
           makes
           Abdicating
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           plainly
           Giving
           it
           op
           ,
           to
           be
           Terms
           of
           the
           same
           importance
           .
        
         
           And
           to
           prevent
           unreasonable
           Cavils
           ,
           he
           adds
           ,
           that
           a
           Neglect
           ,
           or
           Omission
           in
           the
           Administration
           of
           Government
           ,
           is
           by
           no
           means
           to
           be
           interpreted
           a
           Renunciation
           of
           it
           .
           We
           have
           but
           two
           Instances
           with
           us
           which
           looks
           like
           an
           Abdication
           since
           the
           Conquest
           ;
           which
           are
           in
           the
           Reign
           of
           Edward
           II.
           and
           Richard
           II.
           both
           which
           were
           unjustly
           Deposed
           by
           their
           Subjects
           .
           However
           they
           did
           not
           renounce
           their
           Allegiance
           ,
           and
           declare
           the
           Throne
           void
           ,
           till
           they
           had
           a
           formal
           Resignation
           under
           the
           Hands
           of
           both
           those
           unfortunate
           Princes
           .
           And
           hence
           it
           appears
           how
           unlucky
           our
           Enquirer
           is
           at
           citing
           the
           Laws
           .
           For
           Pag.
           12.
           
           He
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             That
             since
             these
             Two
             Princes
             have
             been
             judged
             in
             Parliament
             for
             their
             Male
             Administration
             ,
             and
             since
             these
             Iudgments
             have
             never
             been
             vacated
             by
             any
             subsequent
             Parliaments
             ;
             these
             Proceedings
             are
             part
             of
             our
             Law.
          
           From
           hence
           I
           observe
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           our
           Author
           contradicts
           himself
           .
           For
           here
           he
           owns
           that
           Male
           Administration
           is
           sufficient
           to
           warrant
           Deposition
           ,
           and
           Resistance
           .
           But
           in
           his
           Enquiry
           into
           the
           Measures
           of
           Submission
           ,
           &c.
           
           (
           For
           both
           these
           Papers
           are
           generally
           supposed
           to
           come
           from
           the
           same
           Hand
           )
           Pag.
           5.
           
           Par.
           14.
           
           He
           is
           much
           kinder
           to
           the
           Crown
           ;
           for
           there
           he
           asserts
           ,
           
             That
             it
             is
             not
             Lawful
             to
             resist
             the
             King
             upon
             any
             pretence
             of
             Ill
             Administration
             ,
             and
             that
             nothing
             less
             than
             subverting
             the
             Fundamentals
             of
             Government
             will
             justify
             an
             Opposition
             .
          
           Now
           I
           am
           much
           mistaken
           ,
           if
           Deposing
           of
           Kings
           is
           not
           Resisting
           them
           with
           a
           Witness
           .
           But
           besides
           his
           self
           Contradiction
           ;
           the
           case
           is
           not
           to
           his
           purpose
           :
           For
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           These
           Parliaments
           were
           called
           in
           Tumultuous
           times
           ,
           when
           the
           Subjects
           were
           so
           hardy
           as
           to
           put
           their
           Kings
           under
           Confinement
           .
           Now
           if
           it
           is
           against
           the
           Constitution
           of
           Parliaments
           to
           Menace
           the
           Two
           Houses
           out
           of
           their
           Liberty
           of
           Voting
           freely
           ,
           then
           certainly
           Kings
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           overawed
           by
           Armies
           ,
           and
           Prisons
           .
           These
           Parliaments
           therefore
           are
           very
           improper
           to
           make
           Precedents
           of
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           These
           Princes
           were
           wrought
           upon
           so
           far
           ,
           as
           to
           resign
           their
           Crowns
           ,
           which
           each
           of
           them
           did
           ,
           though
           unwillingly
           ;
           Let
           this
           Enquirer
           produce
           such
           a
           Resignation
           from
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           he
           says
           something
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           He
           is
           much
           mistaken
           in
           saying
           
             these
             judgments
          
           ,
           as
           he
           calls
           them
           ,
           
             have
             not
             been
             vacated
             by
             subsequent
             Parliaments
             .
          
           For
           all
           those
           subsequent
           Parliaments
           ,
           which
           declare
           it
           Unlawful
           to
           take
           up
           Arms
           against
           the
           King
           ,
           do
           by
           necessary
           implication
           condemn
           these
           Deposing
           Precedents
           ;
           for
           it
           's
           impossible
           for
           Subjects
           to
           Depose
           their
           Princes
           without
           Resisting
           them
           .
        
         
         
           2.
           
           By
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           the
           First
           of
           Edw.
           4.
           yet
           remaining
           at
           large
           upon
           the
           Parliament
           Rolls
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           greater
           part
           recited
           verbatim
           in
           the
           Pleadings
           in
           
           Bag●tt's
           Case
           ,
           in
           the
           Year
           Books
           (
           
             Trin.
             Term.
          
           9.
           
           Edw.
           4.
           )
           The
           Title
           of
           Edw.
           4.
           by
           Descent
           ,
           and
           Inheritance
           ,
           and
           is
           set
           forth
           very
           particularly
           ;
           And
           that
           upon
           the
           Decease
           of
           Rich.
           2.
           the
           Crown
           by
           Law
           ,
           Custom
           ,
           and
           Conscience
           ,
           Descended
           and
           Belonged
           to
           Edmund
           ,
           Earl
           of
           March
           ,
           under
           whom
           King
           Edw.
           4.
           claimed
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           likewise
           further
           declared
           ,
           That
           Hen.
           4.
           
             against
             Law
             ,
             Conscience
             ,
             and
             Custom
             of
             the
             Realm
             of
          
           England
           ,
           
             Usurped
             upon
             the
             Crown
             and
             Lordship
             thereof
             ,
             and
          
           Hen.
           5.
           and
           Hen.
           6.
           
             occupied
             the
             said
             Realm
             by
             Unrighteous
             Intrusion
             ,
             and
             Usurpation
             ,
             and
             no
             otherwise
             .
          
        
         
           And
           in
           39.
           
           Hen.
           6.
           
           
             Rot.
             Parl.
          
           when
           
             Richard
             Plantagenet
          
           ,
           Duke
           of
           York
           ,
           laid
           claim
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           as
           belonging
           to
           him
           by
           right
           of
           Succession
           it
           was
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           Objected
           in
           behalf
           of
           Hen.
           6.
           that
           Hen.
           4.
           took
           the
           Crown
           upon
           him
           as
           next
           Heir
           in
           Blood
           to
           Hen.
           3.
           not
           as
           Conqueror
           .
        
         
           To
           this
           it
           was
           Answered
           ,
           That
           the
           pretence
           of
           Right
           as
           next
           Heir
           to
           Hen.
           3.
           was
           False
           ,
           and
           only
           made
           use
           of
           as
           a
           Cloak
           to
           shadow
           the
           violent
           Usurpations
           of
           Hen.
           4.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           It
           was
           Objected
           against
           the
           Duke
           of
           York
           ,
           That
           the
           Crown
           was
           by
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           Entailed
           upon
           Hen.
           4.
           and
           the
           Heirs
           of
           his
           Body
           ,
           from
           whom
           King
           Hen.
           6.
           did
           Lineally
           Descend
           .
           
             The
             which
             Act
          
           (
           say
           they
           ▪
           as
           it
           is
           in
           the
           Record
           )
           
             is
             of
             Authority
             to
             defeat
             any
             manner
             of
             Title
             .
          
           To
           which
           the
           Duke
           of
           York
           replied
           ;
           
             That
             if
             King
          
           Hen.
           4.
           
             might
             have
             obtained
             ,
             and
             enjoyed
             the
             Crowns
             of
          
           England
           and
           France
           
             by
             Title
             of
             Inheritance
             ,
             Descent
             ,
             or
             Succession
             ,
             he
             neither
             needed
             ,
             nor
             would
             have
             desired
             ,
             or
             made
             them
             to
             be
             granted
             to
             him
             in
             such
             wise
             ,
             as
             they
             be
             by
             the
             said
             Act
             ,
             the
             which
             takes
             no
             Place
             ,
             nor
             is
             of
             any
             Force
             or
             Effect
             ,
             against
             him
             that
             is
             right
             Inheritor
             of
             the
             said
             Crowns
             ;
             as
             it
             accordeth
             with
             Gods
             Laws
             ,
             and
             all
             Natural
             Laws
             .
          
           Which
           Claim
           and
           Answer
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           York
           ,
           is
           expressly
           acknowledged
           and
           recognized
           ,
           by
           this
           Parliament
           ,
           to
           be
           
             Good
             ,
             True
             ,
             Iust
             ,
             Lawful
             and
             Sufficient
             .
          
           Cotton's
           Abridgment
           .
           Fol.
           665
           ,
           666.
           
        
         
           From
           these
           Recognitions
           it
           plainly
           follows
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           the
           Succession
           cannot
           be
           interrupted
           by
           an
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           especially
           when
           the
           Royal
           Assent
           is
           given
           by
           a
           King
           
             De
             Facto
          
           ,
           and
           not
           
             De
             Iure
          
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           Act
           9.
           of
           Edw.
           4
           ▪
           by
           declaring
           the
           Crown
           to
           Descend
           upon
           Edmund
           ,
           Earl
           of
           March
           ,
           by
           the
           Decease
           of
           Rich.
           2.
           does
           evidently
           imply
           ,
           That
           the
           said
           Richard
           was
           rightful
           King
           ,
           during
           his
           Life
           ,
           and
           consequently
           that
           his
           Deposition
           was
           Null
           ,
           and
           Unlawful
           .
        
         
           If
           it
           's
           demanded
           ,
           Why
           his
           Majesty
           did
           not
           leave
           
             Seals
             and
             Commissioners
          
           to
           supply
           his
           Absence
           ?
           This
           Question
           brings
           me
           to
           the
           Second
           Point
           ,
           viz.
           to
           shew
           ,
        
         
           That
           the
           leaving
           sufficient
           Representatives
           was
           impracticable
           at
           this
           Juncture
           .
           For
        
         
           1.
           
           When
           the
           Nation
           was
           so
           much
           embroiled
           ,
           and
           the
           King's
           Interest
           reduced
           to
           such
           an
           unfortunate
           Ebb
           ;
           it
           would
           have
           been
           very
           difficult
           ,
           if
           not
           impossible
           ,
           to
           have
           found
           Persons
           who
           would
           have
           undertaken
           such
           a
           dangerous
           Charge
           .
           That
           Man
           must
           have
           had
           a
           Resolution
           of
           an
           extraordinary
           Size
           who
           would
           venture
           upon
           Representing
           a
           Prince
           who
           had
           been
           so
           much
           disrespected
           in
           his
           own
           Person
           ;
           whose
           Authority
           had
           been
           set
           aside
           ,
           and
           his
           Ambassador
           clapt
           up
           at
           Windsor
           ,
           when
           he
           carried
           not
           only
           an
           inoffensive
           ,
           but
           an
           obliging
           Letter
           .
           But
           granting
           such
           a
           Representation
           had
           been
           ingaged
           in
           ;
           the
           Commissions
           must
           either
           have
           extended
           to
           the
           Calling
           of
           Parliaments
           ,
           or
           not
           ;
           if
           not
           ,
           they
           would
           neither
           have
           been
           Satisfactory
           ,
           no●
           absolutely
           necessary
           .
           Not
           Satisfactory
           ,
           For
           the
           want
           of
           a
           Parliament
           was
           that
           which
           was
           accounted
           the
           great
           Grievance
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           as
           appears
           from
           the
           Prince
           of
           
           Orange's
           Declaration
           .
           Where
           he
           says
           expresly
           ,
           
             That
             his
             Expedition
             is
             intended
             for
             no
             other
             Design
             but
             to
             have
             a
             Free
             and
             Lawful
             Parliament
             assembled
             ,
             as
             soon
             as
             is
             possible
             .
          
           Declar.
           P.
           12.
           
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           This
           Expedient
           was
           not
           absolutely
           Necessary
           ;
           for
           the
           Administration
           of
           Justice
           might
           have
           proceeded
           Regularly
           ,
           
           without
           any
           such
           Deputation
           ,
           by
           Virtue
           of
           those
           Commissions
           which
           the
           Judges
           and
           Justices
           of
           the
           Peace
           had
           already
           from
           the
           King.
           This
           I
           shall
           prove
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           From
           a
           parallel
           Instance
           ;
           King
           Charles
           the
           I.
           took
           a
           Journy
           into
           Scotland
           in
           41
           ,
           during
           the
           Session
           of
           Parliament
           at
           Westminster
           ;
           where
           ,
           though
           he
           appointed
           Five
           Lords
           to
           sign
           Bills
           in
           his
           Name
           ,
           (
           The
           Continuation
           of
           
             Bak.
             Chron.
          
           )
           yet
           the
           Judges
           and
           Justices
           acted
           by
           Virtue
           of
           their
           former
           Commissions
           ,
           without
           any
           new
           Authority
           from
           any
           Representatives
           of
           his
           Majesty
           .
           Now
           Scotland
           is
           as
           much
           a
           distinct
           Kingdom
           from
           England
           ,
           as
           France
           ;
           and
           France
           as
           much
           his
           Majesty's
           Dominions
           as
           Scotland
           :
           And
           therefore
           if
           Commissions
           will
           hold
           in
           the
           King's
           Absence
           in
           one
           Place
           ,
           why
           not
           in
           the
           other
           ?
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           The
           present
           Judges
           met
           in
           Ianuary
           last
           at
           Westminster
           ,
           to
           dispatch
           ,
           some
           Business
           in
           order
           to
           keep
           the
           Term
           but
           were
           forbidden
           to
           proceed
           by
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange's
           Secretary
           :
           So
           that
           it
           is
           plain
           ,
           it
           was
           the
           Opinion
           of
           these
           Reverend
           Judges
           that
           their
           Commissions
           from
           his
           Majesty
           were
           still
           in
           Force
           .
           But
           in
           the
           next
           place
           ,
        
         
           If
           his
           Majesty
           had
           deputed
           any
           Persons
           to
           Represent
           him
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           this
           Method
           would
           have
           been
           attended
           with
           new
           and
           insuperable
           Difficulties
           .
           For
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           If
           they
           had
           been
           Limited
           they
           would
           not
           have
           given
           Satisfaction
           :
           For
           it
           being
           impossible
           to
           foresee
           the
           Business
           and
           Votes
           of
           a
           Parliament
           at
           a
           distance
           ;
           If
           they
           had
           been
           restrained
           to
           certain
           Points
           ,
           in
           all
           probability
           they
           would
           have
           wanted
           Power
           to
           have
           passed
           all
           the
           Bills
           ,
           and
           so
           their
           Deputation
           would
           not
           have
           Answered
           the
           Desire
           of
           the
           Houses
           ,
           and
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           their
           Grievances
           might
           have
           been
           counted
           unredressed
           .
           If
           it
           's
           said
           that
           the
           Parliament
           might
           have
           requested
           an
           Enlargement
           of
           their
           Commission
           from
           his
           Majesty
           .
           To
           this
           I
           Answer
           ,
           That
           the
           Convention
           may
           send
           to
           his
           Majesty
           for
           an
           Expedient
           now
           if
           they
           please
           .
           And
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           they
           will
           ;
           for
           I
           hear
           his
           Majesty
           has
           been
           so
           gracious
           as
           to
           send
           to
           them
           .
           But
           ,
        
         
           2.
           
           If
           these
           Commissioners
           were
           unlimited
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           in
           their
           Power
           to
           do
           a
           great
           many
           things
           prejudicial
           to
           the
           Crown
           ;
           In
           such
           a
           Case
           they
           might
           alter
           the
           Monarchy
           into
           a
           Commonwealth
           ,
           or
           Sign
           the
           Deposing
           of
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           if
           such
           Bills
           should
           happen
           to
           be
           offered
           .
           And
           though
           there
           may
           be
           many
           Persons
           of
           Honor
           ,
           and
           Conscience
           enough
           ,
           to
           lodge
           such
           a
           Trust
           with
           :
           Yet
           in
           regard
           his
           Majesty
           has
           been
           lately
           mistaken
           in
           some
           ,
           of
           whose
           Fidelity
           he
           had
           so
           great
           an
           Assurance
           ,
           he
           has
           small
           encouragement
           to
           be
           over-confiding
           for
           the
           Future
           .
           Indeed
           no
           Wise
           Prince
           will
           Trust
           so
           vast
           a
           Concern
           ,
           as
           a
           Kingdom
           ,
           with
           the
           Honesty
           of
           another
           ,
           especially
           when
           many
           of
           his
           Subjects
           are
           Disaffected
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           Ferment
           .
           So
           that
           nothing
           can
           be
           more
           unreasonable
           than
           to
           expect
           such
           Plenipotentiary
           and
           Absolute
           Commissioners
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           I
           shall
           prove
           in
           the
           last
           place
           ,
           That
           we
           have
           no
           Grounds
           ,
           either
           from
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Realm
           ,
           or
           from
           those
           of
           Nature
           ,
           to
           pronounce
           the
           Throne
           void
           ,
           upon
           such
           a
           Retreat
           of
           a
           Prince
           as
           we
           have
           before
           us
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           To
           begin
           with
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Realm
           ,
           which
           are
           either
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           or
           those
           we
           call
           Common
           Laws
           .
           Now
           there
           is
           no
           Statute
           ,
           so
           much
           as
           pretended
           ,
           to
           support
           this
           Deserting
           Doctrin
           ;
           and
           if
           there
           was
           ,
           it
           's
           certain
           no
           such
           can
           be
           produced
           .
           Indeed
           a
           Prince
           must
           be
           xery
           weary
           of
           Governing
           ,
           and
           void
           of
           the
           common
           Inclinations
           of
           Mankind
           ;
           who
           would
           Sign
           a
           Bill
           of
           this
           Nature
           ,
           and
           give
           his
           Subjects
           such
           a
           dangerous
           Advantage
           against
           Himself
           ,
           and
           his
           Posterity
           .
        
         
           Neither
           has
           this
           Opinion
           any
           better
           Countenance
           from
           Common
           Law
           :
           For
           Common
           Law
           is
           nothing
           but
           Antient
           Usage
           ,
           and
           Immemorial
           Custom
           .
           Now
           Custom
           supposes
           Precedents
           and
           Parallel
           Cases
           :
           But
           it
           's
           granted
           of
           all
           Hands
           ,
           That
           the
           Crown
           of
           England
           was
           never
           judged
           to
           be
           Demised
           ,
           by
           the
           withdrawing
           of
           the
           Prince
           before
           now
           .
           And
           ,
           therefore
           it
           follows
           ,
           by
           undeniable
           Consequence
           ,
           that
           this
           Opinion
           can
           have
           no
           Foundation
           in
           the
           Common
           Law
           ,
           because
           there
           is
           not
           so
           much
           as
           one
           Ruled
           Case
           to
           prove
           it
           by
           .
           Nay
           ,
           our
           Laws
           are
           not
           only
           silent
           in
           the
           maintenace
           
           of
           this
           Paradox
           ,
           but
           against
           it
           ,
           as
           I
           shall
           make
           good
           by
           Two
           Precedents
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           From
           the
           Case
           of
           Edward
           the
           Fourth
           ,
           who
           having
           not
           sufficient
           Force
           to
           Encounter
           the
           Earl
           of
           Warick
           ,
           who
           had
           raised
           an
           Army
           for
           King
           Henry
           ,
           was
           obliged
           to
           fly
           the
           Kingdom
           ;
           but
           that
           he
           deputed
           any
           Persons
           to
           Represent
           him
           ,
           our
           Histories
           don't
           give
           us
           the
           least
           Intimation
           :
           Neither
           was
           it
           Objected
           at
           his
           return
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           Abdicated
           the
           Government
           ,
           by
           omitting
           to
           Constitute
           a
           Regent
           .
           Neither
           is
           it
           material
           to
           Object
           ,
           that
           all
           Disputes
           of
           this
           Nature
           were
           over-ruled
           by
           his
           Victorious
           Army
           ;
           For
           if
           it
           had
           been
           the
           known
           Law
           of
           this
           Realm
           ,
           that
           a
           Prince
           had
           
             ipso
             facto
          
           forfeited
           his
           Crown
           by
           going
           beyond
           Sea
           ,
           without
           leaving
           a
           Deputation
           ,
           though
           his
           Departure
           should
           happen
           to
           be
           Involuntary
           :
           If
           this
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           had
           been
           the
           Law
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           it
           would
           not
           only
           have
           been
           a
           great
           Advantage
           to
           Henry
           the
           Sixth
           ,
           and
           made
           the
           Nation
           ring
           of
           it
           ,
           (
           of
           which
           there
           is
           
             altum
             Silentium
          
           ;
           )
           but
           we
           may
           be
           well
           assured
           ,
           King
           Edward
           would
           not
           have
           confer'd
           Honor
           ,
           worn
           the
           Crown
           ,
           and
           taken
           the
           State
           and
           Authority
           of
           a
           King
           upon
           him
           ,
           till
           he
           had
           been
           reestablished
           by
           Parliaments
           .
           But
           that
           he
           did
           Exercise
           all
           Acts
           of
           Sovereignty
           before
           the
           calling
           of
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           appears
           from
           
             Daniell
             ,
             S●ew
          
           ,
           and
           Baker
           .
           And
           when
           the
           Parliament
           was
           Convened
           ,
           those
           who
           had
           taken
           up
           Arms
           against
           him
           were
           found
           Guilty
           of
           Treason
           ,
           and
           his
           Adherents
           were
           restored
           to
           Blood
           and
           Estate
           (
           Daniell
           .
           )
           But
           there
           was
           no
           Confirmation
           ,
           or
           Resisting
           of
           his
           Title
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           Demonstration
           there
           was
           no
           need
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           that
           this
           Abdicating
           Doctrin
           was
           perfectly
           unknown
           to
           that
           Age.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           To
           come
           nearer
           our
           own
           Times
           ,
           what
           Seals
           ,
           or
           Commissioners
           did
           Charles
           the
           Second
           leave
           behind
           him
           after
           Worcester
           Fight
           ?
           And
           yet
           ,
           I
           believe
           ,
           no
           Mortal
           ever
           urged
           this
           as
           an
           Argument
           against
           his
           Restauration
           .
           If
           it
           be
           Answered
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           much
           more
           Danger
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           than
           in
           that
           before
           us
           .
           To
           this
           I
           reply
           ,
           that
           if
           we
           Examine
           the
           Matter
           more
           narrowly
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           the
           disparity
           very
           inconsiderable
           .
           For
           was
           there
           not
           a
           numerous
           Army
           of
           Foreigners
           and
           Subjects
           in
           the
           Field
           ,
           against
           his
           present
           Majesty
           at
           his
           retiring
           ?
           What
           Power
           or
           Authority
           ,
           or
           so
           much
           as
           Liberty
           was
           there
           left
           him
           ?
           And
           I
           am
           afraid
           that
           at
           that
           time
           he
           had
           fewer
           Friends
           to
           stand
           by
           him
           ,
           than
           his
           Brother
           after
           that
           unfortunate
           Battle
           in
           51.
           
        
         
           And
           since
           this
           pretended
           Dereliction
           has
           no
           manner
           of
           Protection
           from
           the
           Constitution
           ,
           it
           has
           no
           other
           Refuge
           but
           the
           Laws
           of
           Nature
           to
           fly
           to
           ;
           but
           a
           very
           little
           Storming
           will
           serve
           to
           drive
           it
           from
           this
           last
           Retrenchment
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           Law
           of
           Nature
           is
           nothing
           but
           the
           Reason
           of
           the
           Thing
           .
           Now
           impartial
           Reason
           has
           always
           a
           regard
           to
           the
           Circumstances
           of
           Action
           ,
           and
           makes
           Allowances
           for
           Surprise
           ,
           for
           Straitness
           of
           Time
           ,
           for
           Resentment
           upon
           extraordinary
           Provocation
           ;
           and
           never
           takes
           Advantage
           of
           an
           Omission
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           fairly
           Interpreted
           ,
           from
           any
           ,
           or
           all
           ,
           of
           these
           Causes
           .
           I
           mention
           this
           ,
           not
           that
           the
           present
           Case
           needs
           any
           such
           Allowance
           ,
           but
           to
           show
           that
           the
           Law
           of
           Nature
           would
           Admit
           it
           ,
           if
           Occasion
           required
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           written
           Laws
           ,
           either
           through
           the
           ambiguity
           of
           the
           Words
           ,
           or
           the
           defectiveness
           of
           the
           Sense
           ,
           are
           often
           abused
           by
           ill
           Men
           ,
           and
           wrested
           contrary
           to
           the
           Design
           of
           the
           Legislators
           :
           But
           the
           Law
           of
           Nature
           is
           not
           tyed
           up
           to
           the
           Alphabet
           ,
           nor
           bound
           to
           determine
           by
           the
           Imperfections
           of
           former
           Ages
           .
           Therefore
           this
           Principle
           will
           give
           the
           Enquirer
           no
           
             just
             Advantages
          
           against
           his
           Majesty
           ;
           for
           Equity
           has
           no
           Quirks
           in
           it
           ,
           nor
           ever
           lyes
           at
           Catch
           .
           Reason
           is
           always
           just
           and
           generous
           ,
           it
           never
           makes
           Misfortune
           an
           Accusation
           ,
           nor
           judges
           in
           favour
           of
           Violence
           .
           Indeed
           ,
           what
           can
           be
           more
           Unrighteous
           (
           though
           the
           Case
           was
           private
           and
           inferior
           )
           than
           that
           any
           one
           should
           Suffer
           for
           being
           Injured
           ,
           and
           be
           barred
           his
           Right
           for
           the
           Faults
           of
           others
           ?
           If
           a
           Man
           should
           forfeit
           his
           House
           to
           those
           who
           set
           it
           on
           Fire
           ,
           only
           because
           he
           quitted
           it
           without
           giving
           some
           formal
           Directions
           to
           the
           Servants
           ;
           and
           be
           obliged
           to
           lose
           his
           Estate
           ,
           for
           endeavouring
           to
           preserve
           his
           Life
           .
           I
           
           believe
           it
           would
           be
           thought
           an
           incomprehensible
           sort
           of
           Justice
           .
           If
           to
           proceed
           in
           this
           manner
           be
           not
           to
           establish
           Wickedness
           by
           a
           Law
           ,
           I
           have
           done
           .
           If
           Princes
           may
           be
           thus
           roughly
           treated
           ,
           their
           Birth
           is
           a
           Misfortune
           to
           them
           ;
           and
           ,
           we
           may
           say
           ,
           they
           are
           Crown'd
           rather
           for
           Sacrifice
           than
           Empire
           .
           At
           this
           rate
           ,
           the
           People
           must
           e'en
           Govern
           themselves
           ,
           for
           the
           Throne
           will
           be
           a
           Place
           of
           too
           much
           Danger
           to
           sit
           on
           any
           longer
           .
           We
           have
           an
           Excellent
           Church
           ,
           and
           we
           do
           well
           to
           take
           due
           Care
           to
           continue
           its
           Establishment
           ;
           but
           to
           dispossess
           our
           Prince
           ,
           upon
           this
           Score
           ,
           has
           as
           little
           Divinity
           as
           Law
           in
           it
           .
           To
           endeavour
           to
           preserve
           our
           Religion
           by
           such
           Methods
           will
           make
           it
           more
           Fatal
           to
           us
           in
           the
           event
           than
           Atheism
           it self
           .
           ▪
           T
           is
           a
           mistake
           to
           think
           the
           World
           was
           made
           for
           none
           but
           Protestants
           ;
           and
           if
           Dominion
           was
           founded
           in
           Grace
           ,
           I
           am
           afraid
           our
           share
           would
           not
           be
           great
           in
           the
           Division
           .
        
         
           If
           it
           is
           Objected
           ,
           That
           his
           Majesty
           's
           not
           sending
           to
           his
           People
           ,
           upon
           his
           Removal
           ,
           is
           an
           Argument
           that
           he
           intended
           to
           govern
           them
           no
           longer
           .
           To
           this
           I
           Answer
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           I
           am
           pretty
           well
           assured
           ,
           That
           no
           Man
           ,
           who
           makes
           this
           Objection
           ,
           believes
           the
           truth
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           therefore
           I
           might
           safely
           leave
           it
           to
           his
           own
           Conscience
           to
           confute
           him
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           His
           Majesty
           was
           scarcely
           Landed
           in
           France
           before
           the
           Administration
           was
           conferred
           upon
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ;
           which
           Action
           might
           very
           well
           discourage
           his
           Majesty
           from
           sending
           any
           Messages
           so
           soon
           as
           he
           intended
           :
           But
           since
           ,
           it
           's
           known
           ,
           his
           Majesty
           has
           sent
           Letters
           (
           if
           not
           to
           the
           Privy
           Council
           ,
           as
           some
           affirm
           ,
           yet
           )
           to
           the
           Convention
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           Those
           who
           were
           the
           Occasion
           of
           his
           Majesty's
           Departure
           should
           (
           one
           would
           think
           )
           have
           waited
           on
           him
           ,
           and
           invited
           him
           back
           .
           For
           without
           Question
           the
           injuring
           Person
           ought
           to
           make
           the
           first
           step
           towards
           an
           Accommodation
           ,
           especlally
           when
           Wrong
           is
           done
           to
           his
           own
           Prince
           .
           Now
           whether
           his
           Majesty
           has
           been
           well
           used
           in
           this
           Revolution
           ,
           or
           not
           ,
           I
           leave
           the
           World
           to
           judge
           now
           ,
           but
           God
           will
           do
           it
           afterwards
           .
        
         
           Thus
           (
           SIR
           )
           I
           have
           ventured
           to
           give
           you
           my
           Thoughts
           upon
           this
           Subject
           ;
           and
           am
        
         
           
             Affectionately
             yours
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .