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           REASONS
           FOR
           His
           Majesties
           Passing
           THE
           BILL
           OF
           EXCLUSION
           .
        
         
           IN
           A
           LETTER
           To
           a
           FRIEND
           .
        
         
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           J-W
           .
           and
           sold
           by
           
             Langly
             Curtis
          
           ,
           1681.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           REASONS
           for
           His
           Majesties
           Passing
           The
           BILL
           of
           EXCLUSION
           .
        
         
           I
           Am
           not
           ignorant
           that
           you
           have
           lately
           heard
           Reports
           to
           my
           disadvantage
           ,
           concerning
           some
           matters
           relating
           to
           the
           Publick
           :
           and
           though
           I
           flatter
           my self
           (
           much
           more
           I
           confess
           from
           your
           Partiality
           to
           me
           ,
           than
           any
           Merit
           I
           can
           pretend
           to
           )
           that
           you
           do
           not
           think
           the
           worse
           of
           me
           for
           them
           ;
           yet
           because
           one
           cannot
           be
           too
           sure
           of
           what
           one
           values
           so
           highly
           ,
           as
           I
           do
           your
           Esteem
           ,
           I
           take
           the
           liberty
           to
           give
           you
           some
           account
           of
           my
           Thoughts
           of
           the
           present
           posture
           of
           Affairs
           ,
           that
           if
           I
           am
           not
           so
           happy
           as
           to
           continue
           still
           in
           the
           good
           opinion
           you
           have
           formerly
           had
           of
           my
           firmness
           to
           the
           Publick
           Interest
           ,
           I
           may
           learn
           at
           least
           in
           what
           particular
           you
           conceive
           I
           have
           varied
           from
           it
           :
           Which
           last
           ,
           though
           perhaps
           less
           welcome
           than
           the
           first
           ,
           will
           yet
           be
           own'd
           as
           a
           very
           great
           mark
           of
           your
           Friendship
           ,
           since
           I
           assure
           my self
           ,
           you
           have
           too
           much
           Charity
           for
           me
           to
           impute
           my
           Errours
           in
           this
           kinde
           to
           any
           worse
           cause
           than
           want
           of
           Understanding
           .
        
         
           I
           must
           confess
           ,
           I
           have
           had
           no
           great
           Veneration
           of
           late
           for
           some
           Men
           ,
           who
           though
           extreme
           zealous
           in
           appearance
           for
           things
           of
           Publick
           Concern
           ,
           and
           particularly
           for
           the
           Bill
           for
           Excluding
           the
           Duke
           of
           York
           from
           the
           Succession
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           have
           yet
           taken
           such
           Methods
           for
           the
           obtaining
           that
           Bill
           ,
           as
           (
           with
           respect
           to
           their
           Popularity
           )
           look't
           to
           me
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           had
           rather
           wish'd
           it
           should
           be
           denied
           ,
           than
           granted
           .
        
         
           I
           mean
           a
           sort
           of
           men
           that
           pass
           with
           the
           Vulgar
           for
           very
           publick
           Spirits
           ,
           yet
           are
           no
           otherwise
           for
           the
           Publick
           Good
           ,
           than
           as
           they
           think
           it
           may
           conduce
           to
           their
           own
           private
           Designs
           .
           If
           matters
           be
           not
           dispos'd
           for
           them
           to
           leap
           into
           a
           great
           Place
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           restor'd
           to
           some
           Office
           they
           have
           formerly
           enjoy'd
           ,
           and
           in
           which
           they
           have
           discovered
           Principles
           far
           different
           from
           what
           they
           now
           profess
           :
           if
           every
           one
           they
           have
           a
           prejudice
           to
           be
           not
           immediately
           removed
           ,
           or
           perhaps
           if
           they
           fancy
           themselves
           the
           most
           likely
           to
           head
           the
           Rabble
           ,
           should
           things
           fall
           into
           confusion
           ;
           they
           will
           be
           sure
           with
           great
           appearance
           of
           Zeal
           to
           press
           things
           of
           less
           moment
           ,
           and
           which
           they
           think
           will
           be
           denied
           ,
           lest
           any
           thing
           that
           really
           tends
           to
           Settlement
           should
           be
           granted
           ;
           and
           they
           are
           for
           the
           most
           part
           gainers
           by
           this
           ,
           for
           their
           Vehemence
           ,
           which
           proceeds
           from
           dark
           and
           hidden
           causes
           ,
           seldom
           fails
           of
           being
           mistaken
           by
           the
           Vulgar
           for
           a
           true
           and
           hearty
           Love
           of
           their
           Country
           .
           I
           believe
           His
           Majesty
           will
           finde
           these
           men
           harder
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           less
           necessary
           to
           be
           satisfied
           ,
           than
           the
           Nation
           :
           And
           therefore
           I
           hope
           you
           will
           not
           wonder
           if
           I
           ,
           who
           care
           not
           much
           for
           a
           great
           Office
           if
           the
           Bill
           of
           Exclusion
           do
           pass
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           popular
           with
           the
           Rabble
           if
           it
           do
           not
           ,
           cannot
           heartily
           concur
           with
           all
           that
           seems
           to
           be
           aimed
           at
           by
           that
           sort
           of
           people
           .
        
         
           I
           suppose
           you
           have
           heard
           which
           way
           I
           have
           declar'd
           my
           Opinion
           concerning
           
           that
           Bill
           ,
           when
           I
           thought
           it
           to
           any
           purpose
           :
           But
           give
           me
           leave
           (
           with
           as
           little
           reflection
           upon
           the
           Causes
           of
           the
           breach
           of
           the
           last
           Parliament
           ,
           as
           the
           subject
           will
           permit
           )
           to
           tell
           you
           ,
           what
           in
           my
           poor
           judgment
           may
           most
           conduce
           to
           the
           passing
           it
           in
           the
           Parliament
           which
           is
           to
           meet
           at
           Oxford
           .
           I
           cannot
           imagine
           how
           popular
           Speeches
           in
           either
           House
           ,
           or
           angry
           Votes
           that
           are
           not
           always
           backt
           with
           the
           strongest
           Reason
           ,
           much
           less
           the
           Pamphlets
           that
           fly
           about
           in
           the
           Intervals
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           can
           signifie
           much
           to
           the
           obtaining
           this
           Bill
           ;
           for
           to
           what
           purpose
           are
           Arguments
           to
           the
           People
           to
           prove
           the
           necessity
           of
           that
           ,
           which
           they
           are
           so
           fully
           convinc'd
           of
           already
           ?
        
         
           I
           should
           rather
           think
           it
           worthy
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           the
           next
           Parliament
           ,
           to
           consider
           what
           Argumens
           are
           most
           likely
           to
           prevail
           with
           the
           King
           himself
           in
           this
           matter
           ;
           and
           instead
           of
           such
           Addresses
           as
           carry
           the
           least
           shew
           of
           Menace
           in
           them
           ,
           which
           cannot
           but
           be
           offensive
           ,
           since
           to
           suppose
           a
           King
           capable
           of
           Fear
           ,
           is
           the
           worst
           Complement
           can
           be
           made
           him
           ;
           instead
           of
           angry
           Votes
           which
           may
           alienate
           the
           Hearts
           of
           the
           people
           yet
           farther
           from
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           make
           him
           more
           averse
           from
           granting
           their
           reasonable
           Desires
           ,
           and
           consequently
           from
           consenting
           to
           this
           Bill
           ,
           to
           lay
           before
           him
           such
           Reasons
           for
           it
           ,
           as
           may
           convince
           him
           that
           it
           is
           his
           own
           particular
           Interest
           to
           pass
           it
           .
        
         
           I
           do
           not
           mention
           the
           House
           of
           Lords
           ,
           being
           too
           well
           assur'd
           of
           the
           Loyalty
           of
           that
           Noble
           Assembly
           ,
           to
           doubt
           of
           their
           passing
           any
           thing
           for
           which
           His
           Majesty
           shews
           the
           least
           Inclination
           .
           Taking
           it
           then
           for
           granted
           that
           this
           Bill
           only
           sticks
           with
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           no
           Arguments
           are
           of
           moment
           to
           obtain
           it
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           ought
           to
           be
           of
           weight
           with
           Him
           ;
           and
           those
           I
           conceive
           to
           be
           of
           this
           Nature
           .
        
         
           One
           Objection
           must
           first
           be
           removed
           :
           for
           since
           Kings
           ,
           of
           all
           Men
           living
           ,
           ought
           to
           have
           the
           greatest
           regard
           to
           Justice
           ,
           we
           must
           not
           suppose
           that
           His
           Majesty
           can
           ever
           consent
           to
           this
           Bill
           ,
           till
           he
           be
           satisfyed
           of
           the
           Justice
           of
           it
           .
           I
           shall
           therefore
           endeavour
           to
           prove
           ,
           not
           onely
           that
           it
           is
           just
           ,
           but
           agreeable
           to
           the
           very
           intention
           and
           design
           of
           Government
           .
        
         
           It
           seems
           to
           me
           to
           be
           an
           undeniable
           Position
           ,
           that
           Government
           is
           intended
           for
           the
           safety
           and
           protection
           of
           those
           that
           are
           Govern'd
           ;
           and
           that
           where
           the
           Supreme
           power
           is
           lodg'd
           in
           a
           single
           Person
           ,
           he
           is
           Invested
           with
           that
           power
           ,
           not
           for
           his
           own
           greatness
           or
           pleasure
           ,
           but
           for
           the
           good
           of
           the
           People
           .
           The
           Tyrannies
           in
           Aristotles
           time
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           continue
           to
           this
           day
           in
           the
           Eastern
           parts
           ,
           must
           certainly
           have
           degenerated
           from
           a
           better
           kind
           of
           Government
           by
           some
           accident
           or
           other
           ;
           since
           what
           people
           can
           be
           suppos'd
           to
           have
           been
           so
           void
           of
           sense
           ,
           and
           so
           servilely
           inclin'd
           ,
           as
           to
           give
           up
           their
           Lives
           and
           Liberties
           to
           the
           unbounded
           disposal
           of
           one
           man
           ,
           without
           imposing
           the
           least
           condition
           upon
           him
           ?
           For
           admit
           ,
           according
           to
           Mr.
           Hobbes
           ,
           that
           Monarchical
           Government
           is
           form'd
           by
           an
           Agreement
           of
           a
           Society
           of
           Men
           ,
           to
           devolve
           all
           their
           power
           and
           interest
           upon
           one
           Man
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           him
           Judge
           of
           all
           Differences
           that
           shall
           arise
           among
           them
           ;
           't
           is
           plain
           ,
           that
           this
           can
           be
           for
           no
           other
           end
           ,
           than
           the
           Security
           and
           protection
           of
           those
           that
           enter
           into
           such
           a
           Contract
           ;
           otherwise
           ,
           you
           must
           suppose
           them
           Mad-men
           ,
           voluntarily
           to
           strip
           themselves
           of
           all
           means
           of
           Defence
           ,
           against
           the
           fury
           and
           violence
           of
           one
           of
           their
           number
           ,
           rather
           than
           continue
           in
           a
           state
           of
           War
           ,
           where
           at
           the
           worst
           ,
           they
           are
           as
           free
           to
           Rob
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           subject
           to
           be
           Rob'd
           .
           'T
           is
           hard
           therefore
           to
           conceive
           ,
           that
           Absolute
           Monarchy
           could
           ever
           have
           been
           constituted
           by
           consent
           of
           any
           Society
           of
           Men
           ,
           (
           besides
           that
           we
           see
           those
           that
           live
           under
           them
           ,
           would
           be
           glad
           to
           shake
           off
           their
           Yoke
           if
           they
           
           could
           )
           but
           't
           is
           probable
           they
           may
           have
           been
           rais'd
           by
           the
           Ambition
           and
           Valour
           of
           some
           Prince
           ,
           or
           Succession
           of
           Princes
           ,
           or
           by
           the
           peoples
           supineness
           in
           suffering
           themselves
           to
           be
           enslav'd
           by
           degrees
           ,
           and
           so
           being
           at
           last
           forc'd
           to
           submit
           ,
           when
           't
           was
           too
           late
           to
           oppose
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           insisted
           the
           longer
           upon
           this
           Argument
           ,
           because
           another
           depends
           upon
           it
           ,
           which
           comes
           nearer
           the
           present
           Question
           ;
           for
           if
           no
           Reason
           of
           Government
           can
           be
           assign'd
           ,
           but
           the
           Safety
           and
           Protection
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           it
           follows
           naturally
           ,
           that
           the
           Succession
           of
           Princes
           in
           Hereditary
           Monarchies
           ,
           cannot
           be
           binding
           ,
           nor
           ought
           to
           be
           admitted
           ,
           where
           it
           proves
           manifestly
           inconsistent
           with
           those
           ends
           .
           I
           need
           not
           instance
           in
           all
           the
           cases
           that
           incapacitate
           a
           Prince
           to
           perform
           the
           Office
           of
           a
           Chief
           Governour
           ;
           but
           I
           can
           think
           of
           no
           disability
           so
           strong
           or
           so
           undeniable
           ,
           as
           his
           being
           of
           a
           different
           Religion
           from
           that
           which
           is
           generally
           own'd
           by
           the
           People
           .
        
         
           Religion
           ,
           consider'd
           only
           in
           a
           Politick
           Sense
           ,
           is
           one
           of
           the
           chief
           Supports
           of
           Civil
           Government
           ;
           for
           the
           fear
           of
           corporal
           Punishments
           ,
           nay
           of
           Death
           itself
           ,
           would
           often
           prove
           insufficient
           to
           deter
           men
           from
           refusing
           Obedience
           to
           their
           Superiours
           ,
           or
           from
           breaking
           their
           Laws
           ,
           without
           those
           stronger
           tyes
           of
           Hope
           of
           Reward
           ,
           and
           Fear
           of
           Punishment
           in
           another
           Life
           .
           The
           Romans
           ,
           of
           a
           fierce
           and
           rude
           people
           ,
           were
           made
           tractable
           by
           Numa
           ,
           and
           submitted
           to
           such
           Laws
           and
           Customs
           as
           he
           thought
           fit
           to
           introduce
           ,
           not
           so
           much
           by
           their
           being
           convinc'd
           of
           the
           reasonableness
           of
           those
           Laws
           ,
           as
           by
           the
           finding
           a
           way
           to
           perswade
           them
           ,
           that
           all
           his
           new
           Constitutions
           were
           the
           Dictates
           of
           a
           Divinity
           ,
           with
           whom
           he
           pretended
           daily
           to
           converse
           .
           This
           sense
           of
           Religion
           rais'd
           that
           People
           afterwards
           to
           that
           incredible
           exactness
           of
           Order
           and
           Discipline
           ;
           and
           the
           belief
           they
           had
           the
           Gods
           of
           their
           side
           ,
           made
           them
           run
           so
           intrepidly
           upon
           Dangers
           ,
           that
           Cicero
           observes
           ,
           that
           though
           some
           Nations
           excell'd
           them
           in
           Learning
           and
           Arts
           ,
           others
           equall'd
           if
           not
           exceeded
           them
           in
           Valour
           and
           Strength
           ,
           't
           was
           to
           Religion
           ,
           and
           their
           respect
           to
           Divine
           Mysteries
           ,
           that
           they
           ow'd
           their
           Conquest
           of
           the
           World.
           But
           this
           very
           Religion
           ,
           that
           is
           the
           Bond
           of
           Union
           between
           a
           Prince
           and
           his
           People
           ,
           when
           both
           profess
           the
           same
           ,
           must
           of
           necessity
           produce
           the
           contrary
           Effects
           ,
           and
           be
           the
           seed
           of
           the
           most
           fatal
           Disorders
           ,
           nay
           of
           the
           Dissolution
           of
           Governments
           ,
           where
           they
           differ
           .
           The
           same
           Conscience
           that
           tyes
           the
           Peoples
           Affections
           fastest
           to
           the
           Prince
           in
           the
           first
           case
           ,
           dissolves
           all
           manner
           of
           Trust
           ,
           all
           bonds
           of
           Obedience
           ,
           in
           the
           second
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           impossible
           that
           a
           Prince
           should
           signifie
           any
           thing
           towards
           the
           support
           of
           the
           People's
           Religion
           ,
           being
           himself
           of
           another
           ;
           nor
           would
           it
           ever
           be
           believed
           ,
           if
           he
           could
           :
           And
           how
           can
           that
           Government
           subsist
           ,
           where
           the
           People
           are
           unanimously
           possest
           with
           a
           belief
           that
           the
           Prince
           is
           incapable
           of
           protecting
           them
           in
           that
           which
           for
           the
           most
           part
           they
           value
           above
           all
           other
           considerations
           ?
           I
           know
           no
           instance
           can
           be
           given
           in
           this
           Northern
           part
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           even
           in
           those
           Kingdoms
           that
           have
           varied
           from
           their
           Original
           Constitution
           and
           are
           become
           Absolute
           ,
           that
           a
           Prince
           of
           a
           different
           Religion
           from
           the
           People
           ,
           was
           ever
           admitted
           to
           the
           Crown
           .
           Queen
           Mary
           here
           in
           England
           met
           with
           some
           opposition
           ;
           yet
           she
           could
           not
           be
           said
           to
           be
           of
           a
           different
           Religion
           from
           the
           People
           :
           for
           Popery
           was
           so
           far
           from
           being
           extirpated
           in
           her
           days
           ,
           that
           she
           found
           a
           Parliament
           that
           joyn'd
           with
           her
           in
           the
           restoring
           that
           Religion
           .
           But
           in
           France
           ,
           when
           the
           King
           of
           Navarre
           ,
           a
           Protestant
           ,
           was
           presumptive
           Heir
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           the
           States
           assembled
           at
           Blois
           (
           as
           all
           Historians
           of
           that
           Time
           agree
           )
           had
           certainly
           
           Excluded
           him
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           that
           Branch
           that
           were
           Protestants
           from
           the
           Succession
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           not
           parted
           abruptly
           ,
           upon
           the
           Death
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           Guise
           and
           his
           Brother
           .
           Nay
           some
           affirm
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           himself
           ,
           though
           of
           the
           Establish'd
           Religion
           ,
           was
           not
           out
           of
           danger
           of
           being
           Depos'd
           ,
           upon
           a
           Suspicion
           of
           his
           favouring
           too
           much
           the
           Protestant
           Faction
           ,
           in
           opposition
           to
           the
           League
           .
           After
           the
           Kings
           Death
           the
           Hereditary
           Right
           was
           without
           Dispute
           in
           the
           King
           of
           Navarre
           ;
           but
           he
           found
           none
           to
           assist
           him
           in
           the
           making
           good
           his
           Title
           ,
           but
           the
           Protestant
           Party
           ,
           of
           whom
           he
           was
           the
           Head
           ,
           and
           some
           Creatures
           of
           his
           Predecessour
           ,
           that
           took
           his
           part
           more
           out
           of
           Hatred
           to
           the
           League
           ,
           than
           Affection
           to
           him
           .
           This
           Prince
           was
           at
           last
           indeed
           admitted
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           upon
           his
           Conversion
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           .
           But
           that
           would
           not
           have
           sufficed
           ,
           nor
           would
           the
           Generality
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           who
           were
           extremely
           zealous
           for
           their
           Religion
           ,
           ever
           have
           trusted
           one
           that
           had
           been
           of
           another
           ,
           had
           he
           not
           happen'd
           to
           be
           a
           Prince
           of
           incomparable
           Courage
           and
           Conduct
           ,
           who
           through
           Seas
           of
           Blood
           ,
           and
           after
           many
           Victories
           ,
           forcing
           his
           Entrance
           into
           the
           Capital
           City
           ,
           made
           his
           way
           to
           the
           Throne
           by
           Conquest
           ,
           rather
           than
           by
           a
           voluntary
           Admission
           of
           the
           People
           .
           It
           is
           observable
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           that
           the
           Bishops
           and
           Clergy
           of
           France
           were
           so
           far
           from
           setting
           up
           a
           Divine
           Right
           of
           Succession
           above
           the
           Religion
           establish'd
           ,
           that
           most
           of
           them
           opposed
           him
           even
           after
           his
           Conversion
           ,
           all
           of
           them
           before
           ;
           and
           the
           Pulpits
           rung
           with
           such
           bitter
           Invectives
           against
           him
           ,
           (
           only
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           Religion
           )
           as
           perhaps
           no
           Age
           can
           parallel
           .
           This
           I
           should
           think
           might
           serve
           for
           Instruction
           to
           some
           Bishops
           ,
           that
           I
           could
           name
           ,
           who
           by
           maintaining
           that
           nothing
           ought
           to
           over-rule
           the
           Hereditary
           Right
           of
           Succession
           ,
           must
           either
           confess
           ,
           that
           their
           Religion
           deserves
           not
           so
           much
           to
           be
           defended
           as
           the
           Romish
           doth
           ,
           or
           that
           they
           themselves
           are
           not
           so
           zealous
           in
           the
           defence
           of
           it
           as
           they
           ought
           to
           be
           .
           Let
           these
           Assertors
           of
           Divine
           Right
           tell
           me
           ,
           if
           in
           France
           ,
           at
           this
           day
           the
           most
           Absolute
           Monarchy
           in
           Europe
           ,
           and
           where
           the
           Succession
           is
           held
           most
           Sacred
           ,
           a
           Protestant
           Prince
           would
           be
           admitted
           to
           the
           Crown
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           in
           England
           ,
           besides
           the
           consideration
           of
           Religion
           ,
           that
           of
           Property
           is
           not
           to
           be
           neglected
           ,
           since
           what
           security
           can
           be
           given
           that
           Abbey-Lands
           ,
           in
           which
           most
           Landed
           men
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           have
           a
           share
           ,
           would
           not
           be
           restor'd
           to
           the
           Church
           under
           the
           Reign
           of
           a
           Popish
           Prince
           ?
           The
           Objection
           that
           a
           Prince
           may
           be
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           and
           yet
           not
           change
           the
           Establisht
           Religion
           ,
           is
           frivolous
           .
           For
           though
           there
           may
           be
           a
           possibility
           of
           his
           not
           attempting
           it
           ,
           deterr'd
           perhaps
           by
           the
           peoples
           universal
           detestation
           of
           Popery
           ,
           or
           discourag'd
           by
           the
           ill
           success
           of
           former
           Attempts
           ;
           this
           amounts
           to
           no
           more
           ,
           than
           that
           he
           will
           not
           bring
           Popery
           in
           ,
           because
           he
           cannot
           .
           But
           is
           this
           all
           that
           a
           King
           of
           England
           is
           obliged
           to
           do
           ,
           by
           the
           Oath
           which
           he
           takes
           at
           his
           Coronation
           ?
           An
           Oath
           not
           only
           a
           Crime
           for
           him
           to
           take
           ,
           (
           if
           he
           be
           a
           Papist
           )
           but
           impossible
           for
           him
           to
           keep
           .
           For
           can
           a
           Papist
           defend
           that
           Religion
           to
           the
           utmost
           of
           his
           power
           ,
           which
           cannot
           be
           fully
           secured
           but
           by
           the
           suppression
           of
           his
           own
           ?
           Can
           he
           be
           a
           fit
           Head
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Interest
           abroad
           ,
           who
           (
           while
           he
           continues
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           )
           must
           wish
           there
           were
           never
           a
           Protestant
           left
           in
           the
           world
           ?
           If
           he
           be
           incapable
           of
           doing
           this
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           if
           the
           ends
           of
           Government
           cannot
           be
           obtained
           in
           the
           ordinary
           course
           of
           Succession
           ,
           the
           State
           must
           of
           necessity
           fall
           into
           Confusion
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           not
           an
           extraordinary
           power
           lodg'd
           somewhere
           ,
           to
           provide
           for
           its
           preservation
           .
        
         
         
           That
           Power
           here
           in
           England
           ,
           is
           in
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           has
           often
           been
           made
           use
           of
           ;
           but
           I
           conceive
           ,
           for
           the
           Reasons
           above
           mention'd
           ,
           never
           more
           justly
           than
           upon
           this
           occasion
           .
        
         
           And
           though
           the
           Justice
           of
           this
           Bill
           be
           very
           clear
           ,
           I
           think
           the
           next
           thing
           yet
           easier
           to
           prove
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           That
           it
           is
           His
           Majesties
           real
           Interest
           to
           pass
           it
           .
           For
           if
           this
           Government
           be
           so
           constituted
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           having
           the
           Hearts
           of
           his
           people
           ,
           is
           one
           of
           the
           most
           considerable
           Princes
           in
           Europe
           ,
           but
           without
           them
           signifies
           but
           little
           ,
           either
           at
           home
           or
           abroad
           ,
           as
           I
           doubt
           that
           is
           the
           case
           ;
           and
           if
           nothing
           can
           contribute
           more
           to
           the
           alienating
           the
           peoples
           Affections
           from
           him
           ,
           than
           his
           denying
           this
           Bill
           ,
           one
           would
           think
           there
           needed
           no
           other
           Motives
           to
           induce
           His
           Majesty
           to
           pass
           it
           .
           But
           besides
           ,
           I
           should
           not
           think
           this
           unworthy
           of
           His
           Majesties
           Consideration
           ,
           if
           there
           are
           some
           persons
           to
           whom
           he
           may
           have
           a
           just
           prejudice
           ;
           and
           who
           if
           they
           cannot
           bring
           to
           pass
           what-ever
           they
           propose
           to
           themselves
           ,
           will
           still
           be
           endeavouring
           to
           make
           the
           Breach
           wider
           ;
           whether
           the
           denyal
           of
           this
           Bill
           may
           not
           furnish
           them
           with
           too
           plausible
           Arguments
           with
           the
           People
           ,
           to
           refuse
           such
           necessary
           demands
           as
           His
           Majesty
           may
           make
           for
           the
           Safety
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           or
           the
           support
           of
           his
           Alliances
           ;
           and
           whether
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           the
           passing
           it
           may
           not
           very
           much
           disappoint
           those
           Counterfeit
           Patriots
           ,
           by
           taking
           from
           them
           the
           best
           pretence
           they
           have
           of
           stirring
           up
           the
           People
           to
           Sedition
           .
        
         
           Nay
           ,
           who
           knows
           but
           the
           refusal
           of
           this
           Bill
           may
           exasperate
           the
           Nation
           to
           that
           degree
           ,
           that
           a
           Title
           may
           be
           set
           up
           on
           pretence
           of
           a
           former
           Marriage
           ,
           by
           the
           help
           of
           false
           Witnesses
           ,
           which
           though
           as
           ridiculous
           in
           itself
           ,
           as
           injurious
           to
           His
           Majesties
           Reputation
           ,
           may
           yet
           put
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           into
           a
           flame
           ?
        
         
           The
           Expedient
           of
           taking
           away
           all
           Regal
           Power
           from
           a
           Popish
           Successor
           ,
           and
           leaving
           him
           only
           the
           Name
           of
           a
           King
           ,
           can
           be
           no
           satisfactory
           security
           to
           the
           Nation
           ,
           unless
           such
           a
           Form
           of
           Government
           were
           setled
           during
           the
           Life
           of
           his
           Predecessor
           .
           For
           otherwise
           the
           Successor
           ,
           (
           having
           a
           right
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           which
           without
           an
           Act
           to
           exclude
           him
           he
           will
           have
           )
           may
           not
           only
           pretend
           that
           the
           Predecessor
           cannot
           give
           away
           his
           Prerogative
           ,
           but
           probably
           may
           succeed
           in
           opposing
           it
           ,
           by
           the
           difficulty
           that
           is
           always
           found
           in
           the
           introducing
           of
           New
           Constitutions
           .
           Now
           whether
           this
           Expedient
           (
           being
           put
           in
           practice
           during
           the
           Life
           of
           the
           present
           King
           )
           be
           not
           as
           good
           for
           the
           people
           ,
           as
           the
           Bill
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           now
           dispute
           ;
           but
           as
           to
           the
           King
           himself
           ,
           I
           think
           't
           is
           clear
           ,
           that
           nothing
           can
           be
           less
           for
           his
           Honour
           or
           Interest
           ,
           than
           to
           admit
           of
           such
           an
           Expedient
           .
        
         
           The
           Objection
           that
           this
           Bill
           may
           Disunite
           Scotland
           from
           England
           ,
           seems
           not
           very
           weighty
           .
           For
           first
           ,
           we
           know
           not
           but
           a
           Free
           Parliament
           there
           ,
           may
           pass
           a
           Bill
           to
           the
           same
           effect
           ;
           but
           if
           they
           do
           not
           ,
           the
           Disunion
           cannot
           happen
           ,
           unless
           the
           Duke
           outlive
           the
           King
           ;
           and
           in
           that
           case
           ,
           will
           continue
           but
           during
           his
           Survivance
           ,
           for
           the
           next
           Successor
           will
           unite
           the
           Kingdoms
           again
           .
           This
           inconvenience
           therefore
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           at
           all
           ,
           will
           be
           of
           so
           short
           continuance
           ,
           as
           cannot
           be
           of
           weight
           to
           ballance
           with
           those
           present
           and
           visible
           Mischiefs
           that
           may
           fall
           upon
           the
           Nation
           for
           want
           of
           this
           Bill
           .
        
         
           Some
           have
           fancy'd
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           't
           is
           but
           a
           fancy
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           has
           made
           a
           Solemn
           promise
           to
           his
           Brother
           ,
           never
           to
           pass
           it
           .
           I
           will
           suppose
           the
           worst
           .
           If
           His
           Majesty
           have
           made
           such
           a
           promise
           ,
           I
           conceive
           ,
           with
           submission
           ,
           it
           is
           void
           in
           itself
           .
           For
           if
           he
           have
           taken
           an
           Oath
           at
           his
           Coronation
           to
           maintain
           the
           Establisht
           Religion
           ,
           and
           in
           order
           to
           that
           ,
           it
           be
           necessary
           
           to
           pass
           this
           Bill
           ,
           I
           doubt
           no
           subsequent
           promise
           can
           absolve
           him
           from
           the
           performance
           of
           that
           Oath
           .
           In
           the
           next
           place
           ,
           all
           promises
           are
           understood
           to
           be
           for
           the
           advantage
           of
           him
           that
           makes
           them
           ,
           or
           of
           him
           they
           are
           made
           to
           ,
           or
           both
           .
           But
           the
           performing
           this
           would
           not
           only
           be
           ruinous
           to
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           but
           of
           no
           advantage
           to
           his
           Royal
           Highness
           :
           for
           how
           great
           soever
           his
           Merit
           and
           Vertues
           are
           acknowledged
           to
           be
           ,
           he
           lyes
           under
           a
           circumstance
           that
           makes
           it
           impossible
           for
           him
           to
           come
           to
           the
           Crown
           (
           though
           this
           Bill
           never
           pass
           )
           but
           by
           Conquest
           ;
           and
           that
           way
           he
           may
           have
           it
           ,
           notwithstanding
           all
           the
           Acts
           that
           can
           be
           made
           to
           oppose
           him
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           add
           no
           more
           to
           the
           trouble
           I
           have
           given
           you
           upon
           this
           Subject
           ,
           but
           that
           I
           am
           for
           this
           Bill
           ,
           because
           I
           think
           it
           just
           and
           necessary
           ,
           not
           because
           it
           is
           contended
           for
           by
           a
           Party
           :
           for
           I
           hold
           my self
           as
           free
           to
           differ
           with
           that
           Party
           ,
           when
           I
           think
           them
           in
           the
           wrong
           ,
           as
           to
           agree
           with
           them
           when
           they
           have
           reason
           of
           their
           side
           .
           This
           may
           be
           an
           Errour
           ,
           at
           least
           may
           be
           subject
           to
           mis-construction
           ,
           in
           a
           time
           that
           most
           things
           are
           so
           ;
           but
           I
           hope
           you
           that
           have
           known
           me
           long
           ,
           will
           judge
           more
           charitably
           of
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
           
             Your
             most
             Humble
             Servant
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .