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             An Impartial account of the nature and tendency of the late addresses in a letter to a gentleman in the country.
             Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1621-1683.
          
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           AN
           Impartial
           Account
           OF
           THE
           NATURE
           and
           TENDENCY
           Of
           the
           Late
           ADDRESSES
           ,
           IN
           A
           LETTER
           TO
           A
           Gentleman
           in
           the
           COUNTRY
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             R.
             Baldwyn
          
           ,
           1681.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           An
           Impartial
           Account
           ,
           of
           the
           Nature
           and
           Tendency
           ,
           of
           the
           late
           ADDRESSES
           ;
           in
           a
           Letter
           to
           a
           Gentleman
           in
           the
           Country
           .
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             I.
             
          
           
             
               SIR
               ,
            
          
           
             YOU
             are
             not
             mistaken
             in
             taking
             it
             for
             granted
             ,
             that
             I
             have
             read
             the
             several
             late
             Addresses
             to
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             for
             being
             the
             Subject
             of
             the
             chief
             diversion
             of
             the
             Town
             ,
             I
             should
             have
             been
             unfit
             for
             conversation
             ,
             had
             I
             not
             so
             far
             consulted
             them
             ,
             as
             to
             be
             able
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             others
             ,
             to
             make
             them
             the
             matter
             of
             discourse
             and
             entertainment
             among
             my
             Friends
             .
             But
             whereas
             you
             are
             further
             pleased
             to
             require
             my
             inward
             and
             serious
             thoughts
             concerning
             them
             ,
             I
             must
             crave
             liberty
             to
             tell
             you
             ,
             That
             notwithstanding
             all
             your
             Interest
             in
             ,
             and
             Authority
             over
             me
             ,
             you
             should
             never
             have
             been
             able
             to
             have
             extorted
             from
             me
             what
             you
             desire
             ,
             did
             not
             the
             Service
             which
             I
             owe
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             the
             Government
             ,
             command
             more
             at
             my
             hands
             ,
             than
             the
             friendship
             and
             deference
             which
             I
             pay
             you
             ,
             could
             have
             obliged
             me
             unto
             .
             So
             that
             you
             are
             to
             ascribe
             my
             compliance
             with
             your
             request
             ,
             to
             its
             falling
             in
             with
             the
             Fealty
             and
             Allegiance
             which
             I
             render
             my
             Prince
             .
             And
             the
             more
             Freedom
             ,
             and
             less
             Reserve
             ,
             you
             
             find
             me
             to
             use
             upon
             this
             Subject
             ,
             you
             are
             intirely
             to
             resolve
             it
             into
             the
             Love
             and
             Compassion
             which
             I
             bear
             for
             the
             King
             ,
             who
             I
             fear
             ,
             is
             not
             only
             industriously
             deluded
             ,
             but
             wofully
             betrayed
             ,
             by
             the
             judgment
             which
             some
             about
             him
             pretend
             to
             make
             of
             the
             sense
             and
             inclination
             of
             the
             People
             from
             these
             Addresses
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             II.
             
          
           
             For
             no
             Applications
             of
             this
             nature
             to
             the
             Regnant
             person
             are
             to
             be
             esteem'd
             of
             any
             great
             weight
             or
             significancy
             ,
             if
             you
             do
             but
             consider
             the
             Result
             of
             the
             many
             Addresses
             Three
             and
             twenty
             year
             ago
             to
             
               Richard
               Cromwell
            
             ,
             and
             how
             they
             only
             served
             to
             render
             him
             secure
             till
             he
             was
             undermined
             and
             supplanted
             .
             For
             of
             all
             the
             
               Sixteen
               hundred
               thousand
            
             that
             vow'd
             to
             Live
             and
             Dye
             by
             him
             ,
             not
             so
             much
             as
             one
             man
             drew
             a
             Sword
             in
             his
             favour
             when
             he
             came
             to
             be
             laid
             aside
             .
             I
             acknowledg
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             a
             great
             difference
             betwixt
             an
             Vsurper
             and
             a
             
               Rightful
               Sovereign
            
             ;
             yet
             that
             detracts
             very
             little
             in
             the
             present
             case
             from
             the
             importance
             of
             the
             consideration
             which
             I
             have
             suggested
             :
             seeing
             the
             least
             that
             we
             are
             to
             gather
             from
             it
             ,
             is
             this
             ,
             That
             no
             Addresses
             contrary
             to
             the
             interest
             and
             general
             humour
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             are
             to
             be
             accounted
             of
             any
             value
             for
             a
             Prince
             to
             sustain
             himself
             upon
             .
             And
             if
             there
             be
             nothing
             else
             to
             secure
             our
             late
             Addressers
             to
             His
             Majesties
             service
             ,
             but
             there
             Promises
             and
             Protestations
             in
             those
             Papers
             ,
             he
             may
             be
             as
             much
             disappointed
             should
             he
             have
             occasion
             to
             trust
             to
             them
             ;
             as
             the
             former
             Gentleman
             after
             the
             like
             security
             was
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             SECT
             .
             III.
             
          
           
             It
             is
             astonishing
             as
             well
             as
             surprising
             ,
             that
             when
             Petitions
             had
             been
             not
             only
             discountenanced
             but
             forbidden
             by
             Proclamation
             ,
             Addresses
             should
             so
             soon
             after
             be
             encouraged
             and
             promoted
             !
             And
             our
             amasement
             is
             greatly
             heightned
             ,
             when
             we
             consider
             that
             the
             Petitions
             were
             in
             reference
             to
             matters
             which
             every
             body
             understood
             ,
             and
             in
             relation
             to
             such
             things
             wherein
             the
             Law
             justified
             the
             Petitioners
             ;
             whereas
             the
             Addresses
             respect
             matters
             which
             very
             few
             understand
             ,
             and
             which
             the
             Law
             noways
             authoriseth
             private
             men
             to
             meddle
             with
             ,
             and
             which
             none
             save
             a
             Parliament
             have
             Power
             or
             Ability
             to
             decide
             and
             determine
             .
             For
             tho'
             men
             are
             to
             be
             esteem'd
             capable
             of
             knowing
             their
             own
             wants
             ,
             fears
             and
             dangers
             ,
             and
             ought
             to
             be
             justified
             in
             begging
             those
             means
             of
             Relief
             and
             Redress
             which
             the
             Law
             hath
             provided
             for
             them
             ;
             yet
             every
             one
             is
             not
             to
             be
             accounted
             sufficiently
             qualified
             to
             determine
             concerning
             the
             Reasonableness
             and
             Legality
             of
             Parliamentary
             Proceedings
             and
             Resolves
             ;
             nor
             is
             any
             number
             of
             men
             whatsoever
             ,
             empowered
             to
             Umpire
             differences
             between
             His
             Majesty
             and
             His
             great
             Council
             .
             And
             whereas
             those
             very
             Petitions
             which
             seem'd
             most
             peremptory
             ,
             did
             nevertheless
             ,
             with
             all
             due
             resignation
             reserve
             to
             His
             Majesty
             his
             full
             Prerogative
             ,
             many
             of
             the
             Addresses
             import
             no
             less
             than
             the
             Robbing
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             not
             only
             of
             their
             Right
             and
             Authority
             to
             Impeach
             Criminals
             ,
             censure
             Offenders
             ,
             withhold
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             give
             supplies
             ,
             but
             of
             their
             most
             essential
             Priviledge
             ,
             viz.
             freedom
             of
             Debates
             ▪
          
        
         
           
           
             SECT
             .
             IV.
             
          
           
             Nor
             doth
             it
             appear
             to
             considering
             Persons
             ,
             that
             any
             advantage
             can
             arrive
             to
             the
             King
             or
             Government
             by
             them
             ;
             whereas
             the
             mischiefs
             and
             inconveniencies
             which
             do
             attend
             them
             ,
             are
             obvious
             to
             every
             one
             .
             For
             what
             else
             do
             they
             tend
             unto
             ,
             or
             can
             they
             be
             supposed
             calculated
             for
             ,
             but
             to
             divide
             the
             Nation
             into
             factions
             and
             parties
             ,
             and
             to
             foment
             those
             heats
             and
             animosities
             among
             His
             Majesties
             Liege
             people
             ,
             Which
             are
             already
             too
             great
             to
             need
             to
             be
             farther
             heightned
             and
             enflamed
             .
             'T
             is
             His
             Majesties
             desire
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             his
             interest
             and
             duty
             ,
             to
             be
             equally
             esteemed
             the
             Father
             and
             Defender
             of
             all
             his
             people
             ;
             but
             these
             Addressers
             would
             possess
             the
             Nation
             ,
             that
             they
             only
             are
             to
             be
             accounted
             His
             Loyal
             Subjects
             ;
             and
             that
             all
             His
             favours
             are
             only
             due
             ,
             and
             ought
             to
             be
             confined
             to
             them
             :
             And
             by
             threatning
             the
             generality
             of
             people
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             forfeited
             His
             Majesties
             affection
             and
             care
             ,
             by
             refusing
             to
             act
             as
             they
             do
             ;
             they
             insensibly
             lessen
             the
             love
             which
             His
             Majesty
             ought
             to
             have
             in
             the
             hearts
             of
             all
             His
             Subjects
             ,
             and
             wonderfully
             abate
             the
             zeal
             which
             they
             would
             otherwise
             have
             for
             his
             Service
             .
             Nor
             can
             any
             say
             that
             Petitions
             have
             the
             same
             Effects
             ,
             seeing
             amongst
             Persons
             in
             the
             same
             circumstances
             ,
             some
             may
             represent
             their
             wants
             and
             grievances
             ,
             without
             prejudicing
             or
             giving
             offence
             to
             those
             who
             chuse
             silently
             to
             undergo
             them
             .
             And
             who
             knows
             ,
             but
             that
             whil'st
             some
             think
             they
             are
             to
             seek
             their
             Relief
             by
             humble
             Applications
             unto
             ,
             and
             fervent
             Importunities
             of
             their
             Prince
             ;
             there
             may
             be
             others
             who
             hope
             ,
             that
             their
             Soveraign
             may
             from
             the
             sense
             which
             he
             hath
             of
             
             their
             Calamities
             ,
             afford
             them
             ,
             at
             last
             ,
             all
             the
             succour
             he
             can
             ,
             without
             the
             solicitation
             of
             their
             cries
             ?
             But
             the
             nature
             of
             these
             Addresses
             being
             to
             commend
             and
             applaud
             the
             present
             posture
             of
             affairs
             ,
             and
             to
             justify
             most
             of
             the
             steps
             and
             councels
             by
             which
             we
             have
             been
             reduced
             into
             this
             doleful
             condition
             ;
             they
             do
             in
             effect
             declare
             every
             one
             to
             be
             peevish
             and
             clamorous
             ,
             that
             cannot
             acquiesce
             and
             rejoice
             in
             this
             state
             of
             things
             under
             which
             we
             groan
             and
             labour
             .
             And
             as
             they
             hereby
             render
             all
             those
             enemies
             unto
             them
             ,
             whose
             safety
             and
             happiness
             they
             are
             conceived
             ,
             not
             only
             to
             abandon
             ,
             but
             destroy
             ;
             so
             the
             very
             Government
             ,
             through
             the
             characters
             of
             Grace
             and
             Favour
             which
             it
             placeth
             upon
             their
             Applications
             ,
             runs
             a
             hazard
             of
             losing
             much
             of
             its
             respect
             and
             veneration
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             V.
             
          
           
             And
             besides
             this
             and
             many
             other
             mischiefs
             ,
             which
             they
             do
             naturally
             involve
             the
             Government
             and
             the
             Kingdom
             under
             ;
             they
             will
             be
             found
             prejudicial
             and
             inconvenient
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             in
             the
             tendency
             which
             they
             have
             to
             deceive
             and
             abuse
             him
             .
             For
             whereas
             they
             are
             designed
             to
             perswade
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             that
             what
             they
             represent
             and
             suggest
             ,
             is
             the
             common
             and
             universal
             sense
             of
             his
             people
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             may
             accordingly
             take
             his
             measures
             ;
             it
             is
             both
             evident
             in
             it self
             ,
             and
             will
             be
             found
             so
             in
             the
             issue
             ,
             that
             they
             contain
             and
             express
             only
             the
             sentiments
             of
             a
             few
             persons
             of
             little
             interest
             ,
             and
             most
             of
             them
             of
             a
             very
             small
             and
             mean
             figure
             in
             the
             Nation
             .
             For
             if
             Elections
             of
             Members
             to
             serve
             in
             Parliament
             ,
             be
             the
             best
             standard
             to
             judge
             the
             disposition
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             
             by
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             so
             long
             since
             we
             had
             an
             opportunity
             of
             feeling
             the
             Pulse
             of
             the
             Nation
             ;
             but
             that
             we
             may
             reasonably
             conclude
             ,
             that
             all
             other
             things
             remaining
             as
             they
             did
             ,
             the
             temper
             and
             complexion
             of
             the
             generality
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             is
             also
             much
             the
             same
             .
             And
             whensoever
             His
             Majesty
             shall
             either
             find
             himself
             obliged
             from
             the
             necessity
             of
             His
             Affairs
             ,
             or
             from
             the
             goodness
             of
             His
             Inclinations
             be
             pleased
             ,
             to
             call
             a
             Parliament
             ,
             How
             little
             will
             he
             ,
             upon
             a
             disappointment
             of
             what
             he
             is
             made
             to
             believe
             and
             expect
             ,
             judge
             himself
             indebted
             to
             those
             who
             have
             so
             industriously
             deluded
             him
             ?
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             VI.
             
          
           
             And
             as
             they
             are
             no
             ways
             subservient
             to
             His
             Majesties
             profit
             or
             service
             ;
             so
             neither
             will
             they
             in
             the
             event
             prove
             so
             useful
             either
             to
             a
             Popish
             or
             Arbitrary
             Design
             as
             some
             do
             apprehend
             .
             Not
             that
             any
             think
             the
             King
             knows
             of
             such
             a
             Design
             promoted
             by
             them
             ;
             but
             there
             are
             those
             who
             may
             have
             ends
             in
             this
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             
             Dutch-War
             and
             
             Black-Heath-Army
             ,
             which
             His
             Majesty
             was
             not
             aware
             of
             .
             But
             tho'
             some
             little
             creatures
             may
             have
             ultimately
             aim'd
             at
             some
             such
             thing
             ,
             by
             promoting
             of
             them
             ;
             yet
             such
             villanous
             designs
             are
             ,
             in
             charity
             ,
             to
             be
             supposed
             far
             from
             the
             intentions
             of
             most
             that
             have
             subscribed
             them
             .
             And
             accordingly
             ,
             when
             divers
             of
             the
             most
             zealous
             Actors
             in
             the
             carrying
             them
             on
             ,
             have
             been
             calmly
             told
             what
             were
             the
             natural
             and
             ill
             tendencies
             of
             them
             ,
             they
             have
             solemnly
             professed
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             sooner
             be
             hanged
             at
             their
             own
             dores
             ,
             than
             be
             intentionally
             accessory
             to
             the
             establishing
             a
             Despotical
             Rule
             over
             the
             Nation
             ,
             or
             the
             enslaving
             the
             Kingdom
             to
             Popery
             
             again
             .
             Nay
             ,
             it
             is
             to
             be
             hoped
             ,
             that
             should
             either
             or
             both
             these
             ,
             at
             any
             time
             hereafter
             ,
             more
             neerly
             and
             visibly
             threaten
             England
             ,
             that
             many
             of
             the
             present
             Addressers
             will
             ,
             in
             their
             lawful
             stations
             ,
             be
             amongst
             the
             most
             forward
             and
             zealous
             to
             withstand
             them
             .
             Nor
             will
             they
             in
             such
             a
             case
             find
             any
             way
             to
             expiate
             their
             indiscretion
             ,
             and
             attone
             for
             their
             present
             folly
             ,
             but
             by
             thus
             demonstrating
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             no
             part
             of
             their
             intention
             hereby
             to
             contribute
             to
             these
             things
             .
             And
             should
             any
             in
             the
             List
             of
             the
             late
             Thanksgivers
             ,
             be
             hereafter
             found
             to
             have
             promoted
             Addresses
             with
             a
             prospect
             of
             introducing
             either
             Tyranny
             or
             the
             Papal
             worship
             ,
             the
             names
             and
             pretences
             of
             Law
             and
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             which
             they
             have
             not
             only
             flourished
             their
             Papers
             with
             ,
             but
             made
             His
             Majesties
             promise
             of
             preserving
             them
             the
             ground
             of
             their
             acknowledgments
             ,
             and
             the
             foundation
             of
             the
             Tenders
             which
             they
             have
             made
             of
             their
             Lives
             and
             Fortunes
             ,
             will
             entail
             an
             everlasting
             infamy
             upon
             them
             ,
             and
             render
             them
             the
             objects
             of
             all
             mens
             contempt
             and
             indignation
             .
             And
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             ,
             the
             jealousies
             and
             fears
             which
             some
             are
             said
             to
             have
             conceived
             of
             a
             Popish
             and
             Arbitrary
             design
             at
             the
             bottom
             of
             the
             Addresses
             ,
             do
             by
             quickning
             the
             watchfulness
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             serve
             not
             only
             to
             countermine
             ,
             but
             to
             give
             them
             a
             total
             disapointment
             therein
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             VII
             .
          
           
             Nor
             yet
             in
             the
             next
             place
             ,
             is
             the
             number
             of
             the
             Subscribers
             so
             considerable
             ,
             as
             to
             bear
             any
             proportion
             to
             those
             who
             are
             against
             them
             .
             For
             tho'
             a
             few
             busie
             people
             have
             made
             a
             great
             noise
             and
             buz
             in
             several
             places
             
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             yet
             all
             of
             them
             put
             together
             ▪
             make
             not
             so
             great
             a
             number
             as
             we
             have
             seen
             not
             long
             since
             to
             one
             Petition
             for
             a
             Parliamant
             .
             So
             that
             it
             is
             matter
             of
             wonder
             ,
             that
             the
             Government
             for
             its
             own
             reputation
             hath
             not
             in
             some
             publick
             way
             prohibited
             and
             forbid
             them
             ,
             and
             especially
             when
             it
             finds
             ,
             that
             after
             all
             the
             neglect
             and
             scorn
             which
             the
             Addressers
             are
             exposed
             unto
             for
             their
             paucity
             and
             fewness
             ,
             yet
             they
             have
             not
             the
             discretion
             to
             forbear
             and
             desist
             .
             Sir
             ,
             you
             must
             needs
             have
             observed
             by
             reading
             the
             Gazett's
             ,
             where
             you
             have
             the
             Inventory
             of
             them
             ,
             that
             almost
             all
             the
             Counties
             ,
             and
             the
             most
             principal
             Cities
             ,
             such
             as
             London
             and
             York
             ,
             and
             the
             chiefest
             Towns
             and
             Corporations
             have
             forbore
             and
             declined
             presenting
             any
             .
             And
             I
             may
             add
             ,
             that
             even
             where
             they
             have
             been
             obtained
             ,
             not
             One
             in
             Ten
             ,
             and
             in
             some
             places
             not
             One
             in
             a
             Hundred
             had
             any
             hand
             in
             ,
             or
             gave
             concurrence
             to
             them
             .
             For
             if
             it
             be
             allowed
             ,
             as
             in
             justice
             as
             well
             as
             modesty
             it
             ought
             ,
             that
             whosoever
             have
             either
             avoided
             or
             refused
             subscribing
             ,
             are
             as
             truely
             to
             be
             judged
             against
             them
             ,
             as
             they
             who
             have
             positively
             withstood
             ,
             or
             directly
             opposed
             them
             ,
             then
             the
             Tale
             of
             the
             Addressers
             will
             make
             but
             a
             very
             small
             show
             and
             appearance
             in
             the
             muster
             Roll
             of
             the
             Nation
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             VIII
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             is
             the
             rather
             to
             be
             taken
             notice
             of
             ,
             and
             doth
             the
             better
             evidence
             what
             opinion
             the
             people
             have
             of
             them
             ,
             if
             you
             consider
             the
             means
             ,
             ways
             ,
             arts
             and
             methods
             that
             have
             been
             used
             and
             taken
             to
             advance
             and
             promote
             them
             .
             For
             besides
             that
             most
             of
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             and
             many
             in
             the
             present
             Commissions
             both
             Civil
             and
             
             Military
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             several
             of
             the
             Magistrates
             of
             Corporations
             ,
             have
             not
             only
             interested
             themselves
             in
             countenancing
             ,
             but
             been
             sticklers
             for
             them
             ,
             as
             for
             the
             great
             Charter
             or
             Petition
             of
             Right
             :
             The
             Grace
             and
             Favour
             with
             which
             they
             have
             been
             received
             ,
             and
             the
             marks
             and
             characters
             of
             honour
             which
             have
             been
             conferred
             upon
             divers
             that
             presented
             them
             ,
             who
             for
             ought
             the
             world
             knows
             ,
             had
             no
             signal
             matter
             else
             to
             recommend
             them
             ▪
             were
             very
             proper
             means
             to
             have
             procured
             an
             universal
             and
             national
             application
             .
             And
             yet
             neither
             the
             influence
             of
             those
             who
             pretend
             to
             prescribe
             unto
             the
             understandings
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             to
             direct
             and
             conduct
             the
             Consciences
             of
             men
             ;
             nor
             the
             authority
             and
             advice
             of
             those
             ,
             to
             whom
             all
             are
             willing
             to
             pay
             a
             respect
             and
             obedience
             ,
             in
             whatsoever
             their
             Interest
             ,
             Religion
             ,
             and
             the
             Law
             will
             suffer
             them
             ;
             nor
             yet
             the
             hopes
             of
             Titles
             and
             Honours
             ,
             which
             some
             merely
             for
             that
             service
             have
             ,
             in
             the
             truest
             sence
             ,
             been
             loaded
             with
             ,
             have
             been
             effectual
             to
             prevail
             with
             ,
             or
             bring
             over
             any
             great
             or
             valuable
             number
             to
             joyn
             in
             them
             .
             And
             should
             I
             tell
             you
             what
             other
             Arts
             have
             been
             pursued
             to
             obtain
             men
             to
             Address
             ,
             you
             would
             say
             ,
             that
             either
             a
             sullen
             crosness
             ,
             or
             some
             more
             generous
             principle
             had
             possessed
             the
             Nation
             ,
             that
             persons
             should
             every
             where
             so
             generally
             refuse
             and
             withstand
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             IX
             .
          
           
             And
             if
             you
             more
             narrowly
             enquire
             into
             the
             condition
             of
             those
             that
             are
             engaged
             in
             the
             Addresses
             ,
             you
             will
             find
             their
             quality
             for
             the
             most
             part
             as
             inconsiderable
             as
             their
             number
             .
             The
             greatest
             part
             of
             those
             who
             
             have
             given
             thanks
             for
             Dissolving
             Parliaments
             ,
             are
             such
             as
             either
             for
             want
             of
             years
             ,
             or
             poverty
             ,
             were
             never
             capable
             of
             giving
             a
             Vote
             in
             Election
             of
             Members
             to
             sit
             in
             them
             .
             Setting
             aside
             Two
             or
             Three
             ,
             or
             a
             few
             more
             in
             a
             Town
             or
             Corporation
             that
             have
             embark't
             in
             them
             ,
             the
             greatest
             part
             are
             made
             up
             of
             the
             scum
             and
             refuse
             of
             the
             places
             where
             they
             live
             .
             Norwich
             ,
             whence
             we
             have
             been
             alarm'd
             with
             the
             greatest
             noise
             ,
             yields
             but
             a
             small
             number
             of
             persons
             either
             of
             estate
             or
             usefulness
             ,
             whose
             hands
             were
             annexed
             to
             the
             Paper
             which
             was
             sent
             up
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             X.
             
          
           
             Nor
             is
             the
             moral
             condition
             of
             the
             Addressers
             ,
             dissagreeable
             to
             their
             civil
             :
             For
             not
             to
             mention
             ,
             that
             those
             who
             are
             most
             Popishly
             inclined
             ,
             have
             enrolled
             themselves
             among
             the
             first
             in
             the
             respective
             Lists
             and
             Subscriptions
             ,
             several
             others
             of
             them
             are
             such
             who
             were
             formerly
             either
             in
             the
             number
             of
             Abhorrers
             of
             Petitions
             ,
             or
             guilty
             of
             one
             offence
             or
             another
             which
             the
             last
             Parliaments
             were
             about
             calling
             them
             to
             an
             account
             for
             .
             And
             wheresoever
             there
             is
             either
             a
             little
             bankrupt
             Tradesman
             ,
             a
             scandalous
             and
             disgrac'd
             Attorney
             ,
             one
             whose
             necessity
             exposeth
             him
             to
             be
             biased
             by
             Crusts
             of
             Bread
             and
             Pots
             of
             Ale
             ,
             any
             whose
             folly
             makes
             them
             pragmatical
             and
             impertinent
             ,
             or
             whose
             prodigality
             and
             ambition
             forceth
             them
             to
             look
             for
             preferment
             beyond
             their
             merit
             ,
             these
             are
             infallibly
             in
             the
             front
             of
             the
             Addressers
             ,
             and
             the
             unwearied
             and
             industrious
             procurers
             of
             thanks
             to
             His
             Majesty
             for
             Dissolving
             Parliaments
             .
             So
             that
             for
             many
             of
             them
             ,
             their
             manners
             are
             such
             ,
             that
             did
             the
             King
             but
             truly
             understand
             what
             Character
             they
             pass
             
             under
             where
             they
             are
             known
             ,
             he
             would
             esteem
             it
             a
             reflection
             upon
             His
             Honour
             ,
             and
             and
             an
             aspersion
             upon
             the
             wisdom
             and
             equity
             of
             His
             proceedings
             ,
             to
             be
             either
             approached
             or
             thanked
             by
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             XI
             .
          
           
             And
             for
             their
             Politicks
             ,
             they
             are
             in
             most
             of
             them
             proportionate
             to
             their
             morals
             ,
             and
             agreeable
             to
             the
             condition
             which
             their
             birth
             ,
             education
             and
             fortune
             have
             stated
             them
             in
             .
             For
             can
             any
             man
             believe
             that
             the
             
               Mayors
               ,
               Headboroughs
               ,
               Aldermen
               ,
               Bailiffs
               ,
               Burgesses
            
             and
             Freemen
             of
             
               Rippon
               ,
               Wigan
               ,
               Windsor
               ,
               Chatham
               ,
               Haslemere
               ,
               New
               ▪
               Sarum
               ,
            
             &c.
             are
             competent
             judges
             of
             what
             the
             late
             Houses
             of
             Commons
             did
             legally
             or
             illegally
             ?
             of
             what
             is
             according
             or
             contrary
             to
             the
             Laws
             and
             Customs
             of
             Parliament
             ?
             or
             what
             is
             agreable
             or
             disagreable
             to
             the
             fundamental
             constitution
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
             which
             as
             well
             limits
             the
             Prerogative
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             as
             fixeth
             the
             Rights
             ,
             Liberties
             ,
             and
             Authority
             of
             Lords
             and
             Commons
             ;
             when
             almost
             all
             the
             Ancients
             and
             Benchers
             ,
             and
             most
             of
             the
             Barristers
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Students
             of
             the
             several
             Inns
             of
             Court
             have
             declared
             that
             they
             are
             things
             above
             them
             ▪
             and
             which
             they
             have
             neither
             power
             nor
             ability
             to
             make
             a
             determination
             concerning
             ?
             Surely
             the
             Learned
             Gentlemen
             of
             the
             Gown
             are
             at
             least
             as
             well
             qualified
             to
             give
             their
             sense
             and
             opinion
             about
             these
             matters
             ,
             as
             Country
             
               Mercers
               ,
               Innkeepers
               ,
               Taylers
            
             and
             Thatchers
             are
             ;
             and
             yet
             those
             refuse
             to
             meddle
             with
             Addresses
             ,
             as
             referring
             to
             things
             which
             appertain
             not
             unto
             them
             ,
             whilst
             the
             latter
             make
             themselves
             Arbitrators
             between
             the
             King
             and
             Two
             Parliaments
             ,
             and
             from
             their
             profound
             wisdom
             pass
             
             sentence
             against
             their
             Representatives
             ▪
             The
             Gentlemen
             of
             the
             Long
             Robe
             have
             besides
             their
             Loyalty
             ,
             wherein
             none
             dare
             pretend
             to
             outstrip
             an
             exceed
             them
             ,
             as
             great
             obligations
             arising
             from
             interest
             to
             have
             sway'd
             them
             to
             accommodate
             themselves
             to
             the
             wishes
             and
             desires
             of
             the
             Court
             in
             this
             matter
             ,
             as
             any
             persons
             in
             the
             Nation
             have
             ;
             and
             therefore
             it
             can
             be
             nothing
             but
             their
             knowledg
             of
             ,
             and
             their
             value
             for
             the
             Laws
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             with
             the
             Reverence
             which
             they
             are
             ever
             resolved
             to
             maintain
             for
             Parliaments
             ,
             that
             could
             have
             made
             them
             oppose
             Addresses
             ,
             and
             thereby
             venture
             the
             displeasing
             those
             ,
             to
             whom
             they
             owe
             ,
             and
             from
             whom
             they
             expect
             so
             much
             .
             Nor
             will
             Twenty
             thousand
             Hands
             to
             Addresses
             from
             Country
             Corporations
             ,
             make
             that
             impression
             upon
             the
             minds
             of
             modest
             and
             thinking
             men
             ,
             as
             their
             being
             cast
             out
             and
             refused
             by
             the
             Benchers
             and
             Barristers
             of
             the
             Inns
             of
             Court.
             
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             XII
             .
          
           
             Having
             thus
             far
             acquainted
             you
             with
             my
             freest
             and
             most
             Natural
             thoughts
             in
             General
             about
             them
             ,
             it
             is
             time
             now
             that
             we
             more
             neerly
             inspect
             and
             pass
             our
             Judgment
             upon
             the
             matter
             of
             them
             :
             And
             if
             I
             mistake
             not
             ,
             the
             Presuming
             to
             give
             His
             Majesty
             Thanks
             for
             
               his
               Promising
               to
               Govern
               by
               Law
               ,
            
             is
             no
             less
             than
             a
             Disloyal
             and
             gross
             Reflection
             upon
             him
             .
             For
             will
             not
             some
             men
             hereupon
             think
             that
             he
             hath
             Administered
             some
             just
             ground
             of
             fear
             or
             Belief
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             intended
             to
             govern
             Arbitrarily
             ▪
             Or
             doth
             it
             not
             insinuate
             ▪
             that
             he
             is
             so
             unconfin'd
             ,
             that
             if
             he
             please
             he
             may
             do
             so
             ?
             Or
             may
             we
             not
             say
             ,
             that
             it
             plainly
             Intimates
             ,
             that
             the
             best
             security
             
             which
             we
             have
             to
             rely
             upon
             why
             he
             will
             not
             ,
             is
             His
             Royal
             Word
             in
             his
             Late
             Declaration
             ?
             It
             doth
             unbecome
             English
             Subjects
             to
             thank
             their
             Prince
             for
             Promising
             to
             Govern
             by
             Law
             ,
             seeing
             as
             he
             never
             did
             ,
             so
             he
             cannot
             do
             otherwise
             .
             His
             Ministers
             may
             act
             illegally
             ▪
             and
             they
             are
             Lyable
             to
             answer
             for
             it
             ;
             but
             he
             can
             do
             nothing
             but
             what
             the
             Law
             Directs
             and
             Justifies
             ▪
             Nor
             is
             he
             only
             bound
             to
             this
             by
             his
             Coronation
             Oath
             ,
             which
             is
             however
             a
             more
             Sacred
             and
             Solemn
             tye
             than
             a
             Promise
             in
             a
             Declaration
             ;
             but
             his
             own
             Greatness
             ,
             and
             his
             very
             Prerogative
             ,
             as
             having
             their
             own
             Foundations
             in
             the
             Law
             ,
             oblige
             him
             to
             it
             .
             For
             as
             Bracton
             says
             ,
             
               Rex
               habet
               superiorem
               Legem
               per
               quam
               factus
               est
               Rex
               ,
            
             Lib.
             3.
             de
             Action
             .
             Cap.
             9.
             
             Sect.
             3.
             
             And
             therefore
             that
             
               Lex
               froenum
               est
               Regis
               potentiae
            
             ,
             The
             Law
             bounds
             and
             limits
             the
             King's
             Power
             .
             Nor
             can
             he
             ,
             says
             Fortescue
             De
             Leg.
             Angl.
             
               Govern
               his
               People
               by
               any
               other
               Power
               ,
               than
               the
               Law.
            
             And
             as
             Bracton
             expresseth
             it
             ,
             
               (
               ubi
               supra
               )
               Rex
               nihil
               potest
               ,
               nisi
               id
               solum
               quod
               de
               jure
               potest
            
             ;
             The
             King
             can
             do
             nothing
             ,
             but
             what
             he
             can
             do
             by
             Law.
             
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             XIII
             .
          
           
             But
             you
             will
             the
             less
             marvel
             at
             their
             returning
             His
             Majesty
             thanks
             for
             promising
             to
             Govern
             by
             Law
             ,
             seeing
             the
             Tenor
             of
             all
             the
             Addresses
             is
             to
             intimate
             .
             That
             all
             the
             Right
             or
             Claim
             which
             we
             have
             by
             Law
             ,
             in
             our
             Lives
             ,
             Liberties
             ,
             or
             Estates
             ,
             is
             dependent
             upon
             His
             Majesties
             Will
             and
             Pleasure
             .
             This
             all
             of
             them
             suggest
             and
             insinuate
             ,
             and
             some
             of
             them
             do
             very
             fully
             express
             .
             What
             else
             can
             be
             meant
             by
             their
             thanking
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             
               For
               his
               unparalell'd
               Grace
               ,
               Favour
               and
            
             
             
               Goodness
               ,
               in
               purposing
               to
               continue
               to
               them
               their
               just
               Rights
               ,
            
             
             
               Liberties
               and
               Properties
               .
               And
               for
               His
               Resolution
               ,
               that
               (
               notwithstanding
               many
               Provocations
               )
               yet
               His
               Majesty
               will
               Govern
               in
               all
               things
               according
               to
               the
               Laws
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               .
               And
               for
               his
               Princely
               Purpose
               ,
               never
               to
               invade
               the
               Liberties
               of
               his
               Subjects
               .
            
             And
             that
             he
             hath
             declared
             ,
             
               He
               will
               never
               use
               Arbitrary
               Government
               .
            
             Do
             not
             these
             and
             all
             the
             other
             Addresses
             imply
             ,
             That
             tho'
             the
             Laws
             speak
             of
             Rights
             ,
             Liberties
             ,
             and
             Properties
             which
             belong
             unto
             us
             ;
             yet
             they
             are
             not
             so
             secured
             unto
             us
             ,
             but
             that
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             were
             it
             not
             for
             the
             just
             and
             gracious
             Temper
             of
             his
             Nature
             ,
             might
             invade
             and
             destroy
             them
             ?
             And
             is
             not
             this
             to
             sacrifice
             ,
             as
             far
             as
             in
             them
             lies
             ,
             
               Magna
               Charta
               ,
               Petition
               of
               Right
               ,
            
             and
             our
             Statute
             and
             Common-Laws
             ,
             to
             the
             Soveraign
             Will
             and
             Arbitrary
             pleasure
             of
             the
             Prince
             ?
             Whereas
             ,
             thanks
             be
             to
             God
             ,
             the
             King
             can
             neither
             disseise
             a
             man
             of
             his
             Liberty
             ,
             nor
             break
             in
             upon
             his
             Property
             ;
             but
             we
             are
             enabled
             to
             relieve
             our selves
             in
             His
             Majesties
             Courts
             .
             Nor
             are
             these
             men
             ,
             for
             all
             their
             seeming
             to
             abandon
             Themselves
             ,
             Lives
             ,
             Liberties
             and
             Properties
             to
             His
             Majesty's
             Will
             ,
             to
             be
             too
             much
             trusted
             or
             relied
             upon
             by
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             should
             he
             be
             tempted
             contrary
             to
             his
             Duty
             and
             Inclination
             ,
             to
             offer
             at
             any
             thing
             Illegal
             ,
             considering
             how
             unjustly
             clamorous
             
             they
             have
             been
             against
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             ,
             
               For
               their
               Illegal
               Votes
               and
               Orders
               ,
               and
               usurping
               upon
               their
               Persons
               and
               Estates
               .
               For
               Tyrannizing
               over
               their
               Fellow-Subjects
               .
               For
               their
               Arbitrary
               Proceedings
               in
               the
               two
               last
               Parliaments
               ,
               and
               their
               Vnlimited
               and
               Illegal
               Im-Imprisonments
               ,
               and
               their
               Messengers
               exorbitant
               ,
               exacting
               ,
               pretended
               fees
               contrary
               to
               Magna
               Charta
               .
            
             For
             if
             they
             be
             so
             heated
             and
             transported
             against
             their
             own
             and
             the
             
             Kingdoms
             Representatives
             ,
             when
             very
             many
             wise
             ,
             learned
             ,
             and
             indifferent
             persons
             ,
             and
             who
             are
             as
             jealous
             of
             the
             least
             invasion
             upon
             the
             liberty
             and
             property
             of
             the
             Subject
             ,
             as
             any
             in
             the
             Nation
             ,
             think
             that
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             did
             nothing
             in
             all
             the
             Cases
             that
             are
             with
             so
             much
             warmth
             and
             resentment
             reflected
             upon
             ,
             but
             what
             they
             both
             might
             and
             ought
             to
             do
             by
             the
             Laws
             of
             the
             Land
             and
             Parliamentary
             Presidents
             ;
             Is
             it
             to
             be
             imagined
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             very
             tamely
             loose
             their
             Lives
             ,
             or
             suffer
             themselves
             to
             be
             silently
             dispossessed
             of
             their
             Estates
             ,
             at
             the
             sole
             and
             indisputable
             pleasure
             of
             the
             Prince
             ?
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             XIV
             .
          
           
             And
             whereas
             by
             all
             the
             Addresses
             they
             testifie
             with
             what
             approbation
             they
             have
             received
             His
             Majesties
             late
             Declaration
             ;
             it
             is
             too
             plain
             ,
             that
             thereby
             they
             intimate
             their
             Satisfaction
             in
             the
             Dissolution
             of
             so
             many
             Parliaments
             .
             Nay
             some
             of
             them
             expresly
             
               publish
               their
            
             
             
               unanimous
               consent
               and
               delight
               therein
            
             .
             And
             others
             return
             His
             Majesty
             
               solemn
               thanks
               for
               giving
               his
               two
               last
               Parliaments
               such
               timely
               Dissolutions
               .
            
             Had
             these
             people
             the
             discretion
             and
             modesty
             which
             might
             become
             them
             ,
             they
             would
             have
             esteem'd
             themselves
             very
             improper
             and
             unsufficient
             Judges
             of
             the
             prudentialness
             of
             that
             exercise
             of
             Royal
             Power
             .
             And
             this
             is
             the
             first
             president
             that
             ever
             England
             saw
             ,
             of
             any
             Commoners
             giving
             His
             Majesty
             thanks
             for
             dismissing
             Parliaments
             .
             For
             tho'
             some
             of
             our
             former
             Kings
             have
             ,
             upon
             Misunderstandings
             arisen
             between
             them
             and
             their
             Parliaments
             ,
             abruptly
             Dissolved
             them
             ,
             and
             Published
             very
             weighty
             Declarations
             
             in
             Justification
             of
             what
             they
             did
             ;
             yet
             whatever
             Submission
             the
             people
             yielded
             to
             what
             these
             Princes
             had
             done
             ,
             or
             how
             seasonable
             and
             justifiable
             soever
             they
             in
             their
             own
             minds
             believed
             it
             ,
             they
             never
             Addressed
             these
             Monarchs
             in
             a
             way
             of
             Thanks
             for
             doing
             of
             it
             .
             And
             tho
             ▪
             possibly
             the
             last
             Long
             Parliament
             ,
             was
             through
             its
             long
             Sitting
             ,
             esteemed
             a
             great
             grievance
             to
             the
             Nation
             ,
             and
             too
             many
             of
             its
             Members
             judged
             easily
             manageable
             for
             betraying
             the
             liberty
             of
             the
             Subject
             ,
             had
             they
             been
             powerfully
             tempted
             thereunto
             ,
             and
             tho'
             His
             Majesties
             Dissolving
             them
             was
             entertained
             with
             an
             Universal
             joy
             ,
             yet
             none
             had
             the
             folly
             to
             thank
             him
             for
             it
             ,
             as
             knowing
             of
             what
             fatal
             consequence
             such
             an
             action
             might
             afterwards
             prove
             .
             And
             whether
             the
             many
             acknowledgments
             which
             some
             have
             returned
             the
             King
             for
             Dissolving
             Two
             such
             Parliaments
             ,
             that
             for
             what
             appears
             by
             their
             Printed
             Votes
             and
             Debates
             ,
             were
             filled
             with
             Men
             of
             as
             great
             integrity
             and
             ability
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Gentlemen
             of
             as
             great
             Estates
             ,
             as
             have
             in
             any
             age
             met
             together
             in
             the
             great
             Councel
             and
             Senate
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ;
             do
             become
             those
             that
             are
             well-wishers
             to
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             either
             at
             home
             or
             abroad
             ,
             or
             such
             as
             have
             duly
             considered
             the
             present
             state
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             and
             the
             many
             dangers
             with
             which
             it
             is
             encompassed
             ,
             may
             be
             worthy
             of
             their
             most
             serious
             thoughts
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             at
             leasure
             to
             look
             back
             upon
             ,
             and
             examine
             what
             they
             have
             done
             .
             Surely
             those
             men
             ,
             who
             at
             the
             same
             time
             thank
             the
             King
             for
             promising
             to
             Govern
             by
             Law
             ,
             never
             considered
             that
             it
             is
             both
             a
             fundamental
             Law
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             much
             of
             the
             soul
             and
             life
             of
             all
             our
             Laws
             ,
             not
             only
             to
             have
             frequent
             Parliaments
             ,
             but
             have
             them
             permitted
             to
             sit
             to
             dispatch
             the
             affairs
             of
             
             the
             Nation
             .
             Nor
             can
             they
             be
             supposed
             to
             have
             seriously
             weighed
             how
             when
             the
             Kingdom
             seems
             in
             so
             much
             danger
             from
             an
             aspiring
             and
             formidable
             Neighbour
             ,
             our
             Religion
             and
             Lives
             so
             greatly
             in
             hazard
             by
             the
             hellish
             conspiracies
             of
             the
             Papists
             ,
             our
             Allies
             in
             so
             much
             need
             of
             countenance
             and
             assistance
             ,
             that
             the
             King
             ,
             tho'
             never
             so
             well
             inclined
             ,
             as
             we
             will
             always
             believe
             His
             Majesty
             to
             be
             ,
             cannot
             without
             the
             concurrence
             ,
             aid
             and
             advice
             of
             a
             Parliament
             ,
             do
             any
             thing
             that
             may
             effectually
             answer
             those
             weighty
             ,
             importunate
             and
             loud
             calls
             .
             For
             what
             can
             His
             Majesty
             be
             conceived
             able
             to
             do
             in
             such
             circumstances
             ,
             when
             he
             hath
             neither
             power
             over
             the
             Purses
             of
             his
             people
             ,
             nor
             can
             so
             much
             as
             command
             the
             Militia
             of
             the
             Nation
             to
             march
             out
             of
             their
             respective
             Counties
             ?
             But
             that
             which
             these
             Addresses
             imply
             ,
             which
             is
             yet
             of
             more
             dangerous
             importance
             ,
             is
             that
             the
             very
             Being
             of
             Parliaments
             doth
             wholly
             depend
             upon
             the
             will
             &
             pleasure
             of
             the
             King.
             Whereas
             such
             a
             supposal
             is
             inconsistent
             with
             the
             constitution
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             does
             no-way
             comport
             with
             the
             ends
             of
             our
             Government
             ,
             and
             might
             prove
             very
             dangerous
             to
             the
             safety
             and
             happiness
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             in
             case
             we
             should
             hereafter
             have
             a
             King
             void
             of
             compassion
             to
             ,
             and
             regardless
             of
             the
             interest
             of
             his
             people
             .
             For
             tho'
             it
             be
             left
             to
             the
             Wisdom
             of
             the
             Soveraign
             where
             he
             will
             have
             Parliaments
             to
             Assemble
             ,
             and
             belongs
             to
             His
             Prerogative
             to
             call
             them
             when
             his
             own
             Princely
             occasions
             ,
             or
             the
             necessities
             of
             his
             people
             do
             require
             ;
             yet
             the
             Law
             which
             His
             Majesty
             is
             sworn
             to
             observe
             ,
             it
             being
             a
             part
             of
             His
             Coronation
             Oath
             ,
             
               Tenere
               Leges
               &
               consuetudines
               Regni
            
             ,
             doth
             both
             provide
             that
             
             we
             shall
             have
             Annual
             Parliaments
             ,
             and
             by
             directing
             the
             ends
             for
             ,
             and
             the
             affairs
             about
             which
             they
             are
             to
             meet
             ,
             
             doth
             at
             least
             imply
             something
             of
             their
             continuing
             to
             sit
             till
             those
             affairs
             be
             accomplished
             ,
             and
             the
             said
             ends
             compassed
             and
             obtained
             .
             Nor
             will
             His
             Majesty
             be
             ever
             induced
             to
             believe
             that
             he
             can
             be
             thought
             to
             Govern
             according
             to
             Law
             ,
             without
             calling
             Parliaments
             whensoever
             the
             distresses
             and
             grievances
             of
             His
             people
             bespeak
             and
             require
             them
             .
             Neither
             is
             it
             to
             be
             imagined
             that
             he
             should
             long
             harbour
             any
             such
             thought
             in
             His
             Royal
             breast
             ,
             That
             he
             can
             answer
             the
             directions
             and
             ends
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             without
             permitting
             Parliaments
             to
             sit
             such
             a
             convenient
             season
             ,
             as
             that
             they
             may
             in
             conjunction
             with
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             relieve
             the
             people
             from
             their
             manifold
             fears
             ,
             redress
             the
             numerous
             and
             sore
             grievances
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             and
             provide
             for
             the
             safety
             ,
             strength
             ,
             and
             honour
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             XV.
             
          
           
             In
             the
             next
             place
             ,
             All
             the
             Addresses
             seem
             to
             be
             fram'd
             towards
             the
             expressing
             a
             willingness
             in
             the
             People
             ,
             that
             the
             Duke
             of
             York
             should
             succeed
             his
             Majesty
             .
             And
             this
             they
             insinuate
             a
             readiness
             in
             the
             Addressers
             to
             further
             ,
             without
             the
             least
             desire
             to
             have
             any
             provision
             made
             before-hand
             for
             the
             Security
             of
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             or
             Save
             guarding
             the
             Lives
             of
             such
             as
             prosess
             it
             ,
             under
             the
             Reign
             of
             one
             that
             is
             a
             known
             and
             violent
             Papist
             .
             For
             whilst
             the
             Addressers
             are
             pleased
             
             to
             say
             ,
             
               That
               it
               is
               the
               Kingdoms
               Interest
               to
               continue
               the
               Succession
               in
               its
               Due
               and
               Right
               Line
            
             ;
             And
             take
             upon
             them
             to
             thank
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             
               For
               his
               unalterable
               Resolutions
               to
               preserve
               the
               Crown
               in
               its
               due
               and
               Legal
               course
               of
               Descent
               ;
               and
               undertake
               to
               sacrifice
               their
               Lives
               to
               preserve
            
             
             
               the
               Kings
               Heirs
               and
               lawful
               Successors
               .
            
             And
             offer
             
             
               their
               Lives
               and
               Fortunes
               to
               his
               Majesties
               Disposal
               for
               this
               purpose
            
             ;
             All
             people
             do
             sufficiently
             understand
             what
             they
             aim
             at
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             meaning
             of
             all
             this
             is
             ,
             That
             they
             would
             have
             the
             Duke
             of
             York
             come
             to
             the
             Throne
             ▪
             But
             I
             wish
             they
             had
             shown
             so
             much
             Ingenuity
             and
             Candour
             ,
             as
             to
             have
             taken
             notice
             and
             acknowledged
             ,
             that
             all
             His
             Majesties
             Subjects
             are
             as
             tender
             of
             the
             Preservation
             of
             the
             Monarchy
             ,
             and
             as
             zealous
             to
             have
             it
             continued
             in
             the
             Royal
             Line
             ,
             as
             any
             of
             themselves
             dare
             pretend
             to
             be
             .
             For
             it
             is
             more
             than
             probable
             ,
             that
             nothing
             so
             much
             influenced
             the
             bringing
             and
             pressing
             the
             
               Bill
               of
               Exclusion
            
             ,
             as
             a
             regard
             to
             the
             Preservation
             of
             the
             Monarchy
             ;
             which
             some
             of
             the
             best
             ,
             wisest
             ,
             and
             most
             Loyal
             of
             His
             Majesty's
             Subjects
             think
             the
             coming
             to
             have
             a
             Popish
             King
             may
             shake
             and
             endanger
             ;
             especially
             considering
             what
             this
             Nation
             felt
             from
             the
             last
             Papist
             that
             possest
             the
             Throne
             ;
             and
             how
             it
             hath
             been
             of
             late
             ,
             and
             still
             is
             threatned
             by
             the
             Bloody
             Conspiracies
             of
             the
             Romish
             Party
             .
             Besides
             ,
             it
             had
             not
             been
             amiss
             ,
             if
             our
             late
             Addressers
             had
             owned
             ,
             that
             the
             King
             ,
             Lords
             and
             Commons
             have
             a
             Power
             to
             dispose
             of
             the
             Succession
             ;
             as
             they
             shall
             judge
             most
             conducible
             to
             the
             Safety
             ,
             Interest
             and
             Happiness
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             is
             His
             Majesties
             Heir
             and
             Successor
             ,
             upon
             whom
             the
             whole
             Legislative
             Power
             shall
             think
             meet
             to
             settle
             the
             Inheritance
             of
             the
             Crown
             .
             Nor
             would
             it
             have
             misbecome
             men
             professing
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             and
             tender
             of
             English
             Liberties
             ,
             to
             have
             recommended
             to
             His
             Majesties
             second
             Thoughts
             and
             maturer
             Advice
             ,
             what
             three
             several
             Parliaments
             have
             with
             so
             much
             strength
             of
             Reason
             insisted
             upon
             ,
             and
             with
             so
             much
             
             earnestness
             pursued
             and
             desired
             .
             And
             I
             wish
             they
             were
             able
             to
             tell
             us
             what
             they
             mean
             ,
             when
             at
             the
             same
             time
             that
             they
             engage
             to
             defend
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             they
             vow
             ,
             
               to
               the
               last
               drop
               of
               their
               Blood
               ,
               to
               stand
               by
               the
               next
               Successor
            
             ;
             And
             the
             rather
             ,
             because
             there
             is
             some
             reason
             to
             believe
             ,
             that
             many
             of
             them
             will
             not
             be
             over-forward
             to
             dye
             Martyrs
             .
             It
             would
             be
             also
             some
             satisfaction
             to
             be
             instructed
             ,
             how
             they
             think
             
               to
               defend
               the
               Crown
               ▪
            
             in
             the
             Preservation
             whereof
             they
             pretend
             to
             be
             ready
             
               To
               sacrifice
               themselves
               and
               all
               they
               have
            
             ;
             seeing
             by
             being
             willing
             to
             admit
             a
             Papist
             to
             be
             King
             ,
             they
             consent
             to
             the
             robbing
             it
             of
             the
             Supremacy
             ,
             which
             is
             one
             of
             the
             brightest
             Jewels
             in
             it
             .
             However
             it
             is
             some
             comfort
             ,
             that
             one
             end
             of
             setting
             on
             foot
             and
             carrying
             on
             these
             Addresses
             ,
             being
             to
             make
             a
             Survey
             and
             obtain
             a
             List
             of
             all
             that
             were
             for
             the
             
               Duke
               of
               York
            
             ,
             they
             do
             not
             upon
             the
             Muster-Rolls
             appear
             so
             many
             as
             to
             endanger
             the
             Nation
             in
             a
             
               Civil
               War
            
             ,
             in
             case
             the
             King
             should
             hereafter
             so
             far
             comply
             with
             the
             humble
             Requests
             of
             his
             People
             ,
             as
             to
             be
             willing
             to
             pass
             the
             
               Bill
               of
               Exclusion
            
             ,
             if
             tendred
             to
             him
             by
             a
             future
             Parliament
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             XVI
             .
          
           
             But
             besides
             what
             is
             already
             said
             concerning
             the
             Quality
             and
             Design
             of
             the
             said
             Addresses
             ,
             there
             is
             this
             farther
             tendency
             in
             them
             all
             ,
             namely
             ,
             to
             insinuate
             to
             the
             Nation
             ,
             that
             we
             have
             and
             enjoy
             a
             sufficient
             Security
             for
             our
             Religion
             ,
             Lives
             and
             Liberties
             .
             For
             as
             if
             it
             were
             not
             enough
             to
             acknowledge
             ,
             as
             all
             His
             Majesties
             
             Liege-people
             do
             ,
             
               His
               Majesties
               Easie
               ,
               Just
               ,
               and
            
             
             
               most
               Gracious
               Government
               since
               His
               Restoration
               ;
               and
               to
               testifie
               their
               sense
               of
               the
               Felicity
               and
               Happiness
               which
               all
               His
               Majesties
               Subjects
               have
               most
               comfortably
               enjoyed
               under
               a
               most
               Regular
               ,
               Gracious
               and
               Peaceful
               Government
               :
            
             They
             are
             pleased
             further
             to
             add
             ,
             that
             His
             Majesties
             Promise
             in
             his
             late
             Declaration
             ,
             
               Of
               adhering
               to
               the
               Laws
               of
               the
               Land
               ,
               and
               making
               them
               the
               Rule
               of
               his
               Government
               ,
               is
               not
               only
               sufficient
               to
               allay
               all
               mens
               Fears
               and
               Jealousies
               ,
               remove
               the
               Misunderstandings
               of
               all
               well-meaning
               and
               reasonable
               People
               ,
               and
               give
               us
               all
               possible
               assurance
               of
               enjoying
               the
               greatest
               Liberty
               and
               best
               Religion
               ,
               that
               any
               people
               in
               the
               world
               have
               ;
               but
               that
               no
               greater
               Security
               can
               be
               had
               or
               hoped
               for
               ,
               in
               order
               to
               the
               enjoying
               our
               Religion
               ▪
               Liberties
               and
               Properties
               ,
               than
               His
               Majesties
               Royal
               Word
               to
               Govern
               by
               the
               Laws
               .
            
             Whereas
             not
             only
             four
             Parliaments
             have
             represented
             and
             declared
             the
             manifold
             Dangers
             by
             which
             our
             Religion
             ,
             Lives
             and
             Properties
             ,
             are
             threatned
             and
             encompassed
             ;
             and
             how
             difficult
             ,
             if
             not
             impossible
             it
             is
             ,
             to
             preserve
             and
             secure
             them
             from
             the
             Designs
             that
             are
             laid
             against
             them
             ;
             but
             the
             King
             also
             hath
             been
             pleased
             to
             signifie
             the
             same
             ,
             and
             that
             as
             well
             in
             several
             Proclamations
             published
             for
             the
             informing
             of
             His
             People
             ,
             as
             in
             divers
             Speeches
             to
             His
             two
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             whose
             Advice
             He
             both
             thereupon
             required
             ;
             and
             also
             that
             effectual
             Laws
             might
             be
             made
             for
             the
             obviating
             and
             preventing
             those
             many
             Mischiefs
             and
             Dangers
             that
             are
             impending
             over
             us
             .
             And
             if
             the
             King
             's
             hitherto
             governing
             by
             Law
             ,
             hath
             not
             been
             sufficient
             to
             discourage
             our
             Popish
             Enemies
             from
             Conspiring
             our
             Destruction
             ;
             Can
             it
             be
             apprehended
             ,
             That
             His
             Majesties
             
               adherence
               to
               the
               Laws
            
             for
             the
             future
             ,
             
             will
             remove
             the
             Jealousies
             ,
             and
             allay
             the
             Fears
             which
             we
             have
             of
             the
             Papists
             ?
             Besides
             ,
             tho'
             His
             Majesty
             is
             always
             to
             be
             supposed
             resolved
             and
             inclined
             to
             Govern
             by
             Law
             ,
             yet
             there
             want
             not
             too
             many
             Instances
             ,
             wherein
             His
             Ministers
             that
             are
             trusted
             with
             the
             Administration
             of
             Justice
             ,
             have
             to
             the
             great
             prejudice
             of
             the
             Subject
             ,
             and
             the
             Alarming
             the
             whole
             Nation
             ,
             failed
             in
             their
             Duty
             .
             Our
             dreadful
             Apprehensions
             do
             not
             proceed
             from
             any
             ill
             Opinion
             which
             we
             have
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             but
             from
             the
             implacable
             Hatred
             which
             the
             Romish
             Faction
             bear
             as
             well
             against
             Him
             ,
             as
             His
             Protestant
             Subjects
             ;
             and
             from
             the
             Corruption
             of
             those
             Officers
             of
             Justice
             ,
             who
             do
             either
             abuse
             or
             pervert
             the
             Law
             to
             base
             Ends
             ,
             or
             hinder
             its
             due
             and
             Legal
             Execution
             .
             Nor
             is
             it
             our
             having
             good
             Laws
             ,
             but
             their
             being
             truely
             executed
             ,
             that
             will
             advantage
             and
             relieve
             us
             ;
             and
             therefore
             we
             are
             to
             be
             pardoned
             tho'
             we
             profess
             our selves
             doubtful
             of
             our
             security
             by
             them
             ,
             whilst
             some
             that
             have
             been
             entrusted
             with
             the
             administration
             of
             them
             ,
             are
             suffered
             to
             escape
             the
             punishments
             which
             they
             have
             deserved
             for
             obstructing
             their
             course
             ,
             and
             for
             perverting
             of
             them
             .
             And
             what
             if
             we
             should
             with
             all
             thankfulness
             acknowledg
             ,
             that
             we
             are
             in
             some
             security
             during
             His
             Majesties
             Life
             ,
             will
             the
             Laws
             which
             we
             have
             ,
             without
             some
             farther
             and
             more
             effectual
             provision
             before
             His
             Majesties
             Death
             ,
             contribute
             much
             to
             our
             safety
             ,
             when
             we
             shall
             hereafter
             have
             a
             Popish
             King
             to
             Reign
             over
             us
             ?
             But
             can
             these
             men
             be
             supposed
             in
             earnest
             ,
             when
             they
             tell
             us
             that
             the
             Nation
             is
             in
             no
             danger
             ,
             while
             the
             Papists
             continue
             so
             active
             to
             extirpate
             the
             
               Northern
               Heresie
            
             ,
             and
             are
             in
             a
             more
             hopeful
             way
             to
             effect
             it
             than
             ever
             ?
             Alas
             !
             the
             Popish
             Plot
             ,
             instead
             of
             being
             defeated
             ,
             is
             not
             so
             
             much
             as
             yet
             throughly
             detected
             :
             And
             instead
             of
             the
             Papists
             being
             dismay'd
             by
             that
             discovery
             which
             hath
             been
             made
             ,
             or
             by
             the
             justice
             which
             hath
             been
             inflicted
             upon
             some
             of
             the
             Criminals
             ,
             they
             are
             only
             enflam'd
             to
             prosecute
             their
             divelish
             conspiracy
             with
             the
             greater
             vigour
             ,
             and
             to
             execute
             what
             they
             intend
             with
             more
             bloody
             rage
             .
             Can
             any
             man
             that
             is
             not
             void
             of
             common
             sense
             believe
             ,
             that
             we
             are
             safe
             and
             out
             of
             danger
             ,
             when
             every
             true
             Protestant
             is
             in
             daily
             hazard
             through
             their
             Sham-plots
             ,
             and
             by
             their
             hiring
             and
             suborning
             vile
             and
             execrable
             Villains
             to
             Swear
             Treason
             against
             those
             that
             have
             any
             zeal
             for
             our
             Religion
             and
             Civil
             Liberties
             ?
             How
             can
             we
             be
             supposed
             arrived
             at
             any
             measure
             of
             Safety
             ,
             when
             there
             are
             an
             Hundred
             things
             absolutely
             necessary
             to
             be
             done
             towards
             our
             preservation
             ,
             wherein
             the
             King
             tho'
             fully
             disposed
             
               to
               adhere
               to
               the
               Laws
            
             ,
             is
             in
             no
             capacity
             to
             meddle
             ,
             without
             the
             assistance
             and
             concurrence
             of
             his
             Parliament
             ?
             And
             therefore
             if
             men
             will
             after
             all
             that
             they
             have
             seen
             ,
             felt
             ,
             heard
             and
             read
             of
             a
             damnable
             Popish
             Plot
             to
             destroy
             the
             person
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             overthrow
             the
             established
             Religion
             ,
             and
             enslave
             the
             Nation
             to
             an
             Antichristian
             forraign
             Power
             ,
             flatter
             themselves
             upon
             a
             bare
             Declaration
             ,
             that
             His
             Majesty
             will
             
               Govern
               by
               Law
            
             ,
             that
             thereupon
             all
             is
             safe
             and
             secure
             ,
             they
             must
             not
             take
             it
             ill
             if
             they
             be
             thought
             accessary
             to
             their
             own
             and
             the
             Kingdoms
             ruine
             through
             their
             dull
             and
             blockish
             incredulity
             ,
             to
             say
             no
             worse
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             XVII
             .
          
           
             Another
             ill
             tendency
             of
             most
             ,
             if
             not
             all
             the
             Addresses
             ,
             is
             the
             reviving
             the
             memory
             of
             the
             late
             unhappy
             troubles
             ,
             
             which
             is
             the
             interest
             both
             of
             His
             Majesty
             and
             the
             whole
             Kingdom
             to
             have
             buried
             in
             perpetual
             oblivion
             .
             For
             the
             mentioning
             of
             that
             War
             with
             reflection
             and
             bitterness
             ,
             serves
             only
             to
             make
             men
             remember
             three
             hasty
             Dissolutions
             of
             Parliaments
             ,
             and
             Twelve
             years
             want
             of
             one
             ,
             with
             some
             other
             things
             which
             fell
             out
             in
             that
             space
             ,
             all
             which
             both
             preceded
             and
             had
             too
             great
             an
             influence
             towards
             the
             causing
             of
             it
             .
             Besides
             ,
             there
             was
             a
             Massacre
             of
             the
             Protestants
             in
             Ireland
             by
             the
             Papists
             there
             ,
             and
             a
             bloody
             War
             commenced
             for
             the
             extirpation
             of
             the
             English
             Government
             in
             that
             Kingdom
             ;
             which
             as
             it
             too
             much
             exasperated
             the
             minds
             of
             men
             towards
             that
             unhappy
             War
             which
             begun
             here
             ,
             so
             I
             fear
             the
             upbraiding
             men
             too
             much
             with
             their
             concern
             in
             those
             troubles
             ,
             will
             not
             prove
             very
             useful
             to
             the
             party
             that
             appears
             most
             forward
             in
             it
             .
             Nor
             is
             it
             easie
             to
             be
             imagined
             how
             the
             mention
             of
             the
             late
             War
             comes
             to
             be
             brought
             upon
             the
             Stage
             at
             this
             time
             of
             day
             ,
             seeing
             most
             that
             were
             believed
             either
             the
             first
             fomenters
             of
             ,
             or
             proved
             afterwards
             Actors
             in
             it
             ,
             are
             dead
             and
             gone
             ;
             and
             for
             their
             Children
             (
             witness
             many
             of
             the
             most
             violent
             and
             high
             flown
             Clergy
             )
             they
             are
             commonly
             found
             to
             be
             of
             Principles
             directly
             contrary
             to
             what
             they
             were
             .
             Nay
             ,
             that
             which
             renders
             all
             reproachful
             Discourse
             of
             that
             War
             at
             this
             juncture
             still
             more
             strange
             ,
             is
             that
             the
             ignominy
             and
             odium
             of
             it
             is
             designed
             to
             fall
             upon
             many
             of
             the
             chiefest
             of
             those
             that
             served
             under
             the
             Banners
             of
             the
             late
             King
             ,
             or
             upon
             such
             who
             sprung
             from
             them
             that
             did
             ,
             and
             have
             their
             Fathers
             loyalty
             mixed
             with
             their
             blood
             .
             And
             to
             deal
             plainly
             ,
             I
             know
             nothing
             that
             can
             so
             plausibly
             justifie
             the
             Parliaments
             Cause
             in
             that
             War
             ,
             as
             the
             telling
             the
             World
             that
             there
             was
             little
             or
             
             no
             difference
             betwixt
             their
             Principles
             and
             the
             Principles
             of
             those
             that
             set
             in
             the
             Two
             last
             Parliaments
             ,
             whose
             actings
             the
             Addressers
             do
             with
             so
             much
             indecency
             brand
             and
             asperse
             .
             And
             the
             language
             that
             is
             dayly
             bestowed
             upon
             the
             Members
             of
             these
             late
             Parliaments
             ,
             as
             being
             men
             of
             the
             same
             complexion
             that
             they
             of
             the
             Parliament
             Forty
             one
             were
             ,
             will
             ,
             instead
             of
             leaving
             any
             reproach
             upon
             them
             on
             whom
             it
             is
             intended
             to
             be
             fastned
             ,
             beget
             a
             better
             opinion
             of
             those
             to
             whom
             they
             are
             compared
             ,
             than
             the
             Addressers
             would
             be
             willing
             that
             they
             of
             this
             Age
             should
             find
             reason
             to
             entertain
             .
             I
             may
             add
             ,
             that
             none
             have
             lived
             more
             peaceably
             ,
             and
             with
             better
             submission
             ,
             under
             His
             Majesties
             Government
             ,
             than
             they
             who
             were
             engaged
             on
             the
             Parliaments
             side
             in
             that
             unhappy
             War
             ;
             and
             therefore
             it
             doth
             not
             seem
             an
             act
             of
             any
             great
             prudence
             to
             discourage
             them
             in
             their
             obedience
             ,
             by
             upbraiding
             them
             with
             that
             ,
             which
             the
             Law
             hath
             not
             only
             pardoned
             ,
             but
             which
             they
             have
             expiated
             by
             their
             loyalty
             since
             .
             Nor
             do
             I
             think
             that
             when
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             after
             the
             Kings
             Restauration
             ,
             made
             the
             Act
             of
             Indemnity
             ,
             wherein
             among
             other
             things
             enacted
             which
             they
             judged
             necessary
             towards
             the
             Settlement
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             they
             prohibited
             ,
             under
             a
             Penalty
             ,
             one
             man's
             reproaching
             another
             with
             his
             being
             concerned
             in
             that
             War
             ,
             during
             the
             space
             of
             three
             years
             after
             the
             date
             of
             the
             said
             Act
             ,
             that
             ever
             they
             intended
             ,
             that
             men
             should
             afterwards
             with
             the
             greatest
             Licenciousness
             and
             Scurrility
             upbraid
             one
             another
             with
             it
             .
             Nay
             ,
             they
             hop'd
             ,
             that
             if
             the
             Spirits
             and
             Tongues
             of
             men
             were
             so
             long
             bridled
             and
             restrain'd
             ,
             their
             Animosities
             would
             be
             wholy
             extinguished
             before
             the
             expiration
             of
             that
             time
             .
             And
             none
             but
             men
             of
             very
             implacable
             Spirits
             would
             
             call
             over
             ,
             and
             with
             so
             much
             Satyr
             asperse
             men
             for
             these
             things
             ;
             especially
             when
             there
             hath
             not
             been
             the
             least
             cause
             administred
             for
             it
             :
             unless
             it
             be
             ,
             that
             such
             have
             a
             greater
             tenderness
             and
             value
             for
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             and
             English
             Liberties
             ,
             than
             to
             desire
             they
             should
             come
             to
             lye
             at
             the
             discretion
             of
             a
             Popish
             Prince
             ,
             as
             the
             Addressers
             plainly
             wish
             they
             may
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             XVIII
             .
          
           
             As
             our
             Affairs
             are
             now
             circumstanced
             ,
             and
             as
             the
             state
             of
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             stands
             at
             present
             in
             England
             ,
             the
             Addresses
             carry
             another
             ill
             Design
             in
             them
             ,
             which
             is
             ,
             to
             enflame
             differences
             further
             among
             our selves
             ,
             and
             thereby
             betray
             us
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             Popish
             Adversaries
             .
             For
             as
             if
             the
             principal
             thing
             we
             were
             to
             aim
             at
             ,
             were
             not
             the
             preserving
             our
             Religion
             against
             the
             Conspiracies
             of
             the
             Papists
             ,
             and
             as
             if
             the
             united
             strength
             of
             all
             Protestants
             were
             not
             little
             enough
             to
             effect
             and
             obtain
             it
             ;
             no
             less
             will
             serve
             most
             ,
             if
             not
             all
             of
             the
             late
             Addressers
             ,
             than
             the
             Executing
             the
             Laws
             with
             the
             utmost
             Severity
             against
             Protestant
             Dissenters
             .
             And
             as
             if
             there
             very
             thinking
             of
             a
             Phanatick
             had
             made
             them
             delirous
             ,
             they
             will
             not
             allow
             the
             Parliament
             to
             make
             the
             least
             abatement
             in
             the
             terms
             of
             Conformity
             ,
             or
             to
             give
             Indulgence
             in
             ,
             or
             dispense
             with
             one
             Ceremony
             ;
             though
             all
             the
             Ceremonies
             ,
             and
             the
             present
             
               Form
               of
               Worship
            
             ,
             and
             the
             very
             Hierarchy
             it self
             ,
             can
             plead
             no
             other
             Authority
             by
             which
             they
             are
             enjoined
             ,
             or
             by
             which
             the
             Subjects
             of
             this
             Land
             are
             bound
             to
             comply
             with
             and
             submit
             to
             them
             ,
             but
             some
             Acts
             of
             Parliament
             .
             Nay
             ,
             so
             little
             do
             the
             persons
             ,
             that
             
             have
             Subscibed
             the
             Addresses
             ,
             understand
             the
             Interest
             of
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             as
             now
             by
             Law
             established
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             not
             have
             an
             Act
             to
             be
             repealed
             ,
             which
             may
             under
             a
             Popish
             Prince
             ,
             and
             in
             case
             Popery
             come
             to
             be
             set
             up
             ,
             prove
             as
             fatal
             and
             mischivous
             to
             them
             that
             are
             at
             this
             time
             the
             Conformable
             Clergy
             ,
             as
             it
             will
             to
             the
             Dissenters
             ;
             tho'
             at
             present
             it
             do
             only
             reach
             and
             be
             applied
             to
             the
             latter
             .
             And
             that
             I
             may
             not
             seem
             to
             impose
             upon
             them
             ,
             Is
             not
             all
             this
             the
             full
             and
             plain
             import
             of
             their
             joining
             
               Popish
               Recusants
            
             and
             Seditious
             
             Sectaries
             all
             along
             together
             ?
             Of
             their
             affirming
             Fanatical
             Parties
             to
             be
             as
             dangerous
             as
             Popish
             ?
             Of
             reckoning
             up
             the
             pernicious
             endeavours
             of
             the
             Sectaries
             ,
             in
             consort
             with
             the
             Devilish
             Designs
             of
             the
             Papists
             ?
             And
             as
             if
             this
             were
             not
             sufficient
             to
             declare
             what
             they
             mean
             ,
             they
             not
             only
             take
             upon
             them
             to
             thank
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             
               For
               not
               passing
               Limitations
               or
               Nullifications
               of
               such
               wholesome
               Acts
               as
               were
               designed
               for
               Preservation
               of
               the
               Reformed
               Religion
               ,
               especially
               the
               35th
               of
               Queen
            
             Elizabeth
             ,
             
               and
               for
               not
               suffering
               that
               Law
               ,
               and
               others
               made
               against
               Conventicles
               to
               be
               Repealed
               :
               but
               they
               humbly
               pray
               His
               Majesty
               ,
               that
               those
               Laws
               now
               in
               force
               ,
               may
               vigorously
               ,
               speedily
               and
               equally
               be
               put
               in
               Execution
               against
               all
               Papists
               and
               Protestant
               Dissenters
            
             ;
             And
             particularly
             ,
             
               that
               the
               Statutes
               of
               the
               third
               of
               King
            
             James
             ,
             
               and
               the
               five
               and
               thirtieth
               of
               Queen
            
             Elizabeth
             
               may
               be
               put
               and
               continued
               in
               their
               due
               Execution
               .
            
             It
             is
             something
             strange
             to
             find
             a
             company
             of
             men
             so
             zealous
             for
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             when
             divers
             of
             them
             are
             the
             Disgrace
             and
             Reproach
             of
             any
             Religion
             which
             they
             take
             upon
             them
             to
             profess
             .
             But
             can
             we
             believe
             that
             they
             are
             Protestants
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             that
             they
             understand
             the
             Protestant
             Interest
             ,
             
             who
             represent
             Dissenters
             as
             equally
             dangerous
             to
             the
             Government
             &
             Established
             Religion
             ,
             as
             the
             Papists
             are
             ?
             It
             would
             administer
             a
             ground
             of
             too
             ill
             an
             Opinion
             of
             our
             Supreme
             Rulers
             and
             Publick
             Ministers
             ,
             should
             they
             allow
             and
             approve
             what
             these
             men
             have
             suggested
             .
             For
             are
             there
             any
             among
             the
             Dissenters
             ,
             that
             have
             sworn
             Obedience
             to
             a
             Forreign
             Power
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             be
             thus
             put
             into
             the
             same
             List
             of
             dangerous
             persons
             to
             the
             Government
             with
             the
             Papists
             ?
             Or
             is
             there
             any
             Security
             that
             the
             Legislative
             Power
             can
             require
             of
             them
             for
             their
             Peaceableness
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             not
             willing
             and
             ready
             to
             give
             ?
             Yea
             ,
             Is
             not
             the
             Religion
             of
             the
             Dissenters
             established
             by
             Law
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             that
             of
             the
             Conformists
             ,
             tho'
             there
             be
             some
             things
             Ordained
             ,
             as
             the
             Accoutrements
             and
             Modes
             of
             the
             National
             Religion
             ,
             which
             the
             Non-Conformists
             cannot
             submit
             unto
             ?
             For
             as
             the
             only
             Foundation
             upon
             which
             the
             Dissenters
             go
             ,
             is
             that
             their
             Faith
             and
             Worship
             are
             agreeable
             and
             according
             to
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             alone
             Rule
             of
             the
             mind
             of
             God
             to
             all
             his
             People
             ,
             in
             what
             they
             are
             to
             believe
             and
             perform
             :
             So
             from
             the
             Authority
             which
             the
             Scripture
             hath
             allowed
             unto
             it
             by
             the
             Law
             of
             this
             Land
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Consonancy
             of
             their
             Doctrine
             to
             the
             Establish'd
             ▪
             Articles
             of
             Faith
             ,
             they
             humbly
             conceive
             that
             they
             have
             the
             countenance
             and
             warranty
             of
             the
             Law
             for
             their
             Religion
             .
             Nor
             doth
             the
             Law
             disallow
             or
             forbid
             any
             thing
             which
             they
             profess
             ;
             it
             only
             enjoyns
             some
             further
             things
             ,
             which
             they
             cannot
             come
             up
             to
             .
             And
             as
             the
             Dissenters
             do
             not
             oppose
             any
             one
             Doctrinal
             Article
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             so
             they
             blame
             and
             judge
             no
             man
             for
             the
             Canonical
             Obedience
             that
             they
             promise
             to
             the
             Bishops
             ,
             or
             their
             Conformity
             to
             
             the
             Ceremonies
             ▪
             but
             merely
             beg
             that
             themselves
             may
             be
             excused
             .
             And
             should
             they
             be
             gratified
             as
             to
             all
             which
             in
             our
             present
             circumstances
             they
             do
             desire
             ,
             it
             would
             amount
             only
             to
             this
             ,
             That
             they
             may
             Preach
             the
             Gospel
             without
             being
             liable
             to
             Imprisonment
             ,
             Fines
             ,
             and
             Banishment
             .
             Nor
             do
             they
             covet
             Ecclesiastical
             Preferments
             ,
             or
             Parochial
             Maintainance
             ;
             tho'
             were
             it
             not
             for
             some
             things
             ,
             which
             are
             made
             the
             Tests
             to
             those
             Places
             and
             Advantages
             ,
             and
             which
             without
             any
             Inconveniency
             might
             be
             laid
             aside
             ,
             there
             are
             many
             of
             them
             that
             are
             as
             worthy
             of
             them
             as
             others
             .
             Neither
             can
             that
             which
             is
             stiled
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             suffer
             any
             diminution
             in
             the
             number
             of
             its
             Members
             by
             an
             Indulgence
             to
             Protestant
             Dissenters
             ,
             having
             both
             
               this
               will
               I
               give
               thee
            
             ,
             and
             thus
             
               saith
               the
               Migistrate
            
             on
             their
             side
             ,
             unless
             the
             Clergy
             should
             fall
             short
             in
             Abilities
             for
             their
             Function
             ,
             and
             in
             having
             
               Thus
               saith
               the
               Lord
            
             to
             plead
             for
             them
             .
             But
             how
             dare
             these
             persons
             ,
             who
             have
             subscribed
             the
             Addresses
             ,
             assume
             the
             confidence
             to
             censure
             Parliaments
             ,
             for
             going
             about
             to
             repeal
             Laws
             ,
             which
             by
             woful
             Experience
             have
             been
             found
             not
             only
             useless
             ,
             but
             inconvenient
             ,
             both
             to
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             and
             the
             Safety
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ?
             For
             as
             Parliaments
             have
             Power
             to
             Enact
             Laws
             ,
             so
             they
             have
             the
             same
             Power
             to
             Abolish
             them
             ,
             whensoever
             they
             find
             ,
             that
             instead
             of
             answering
             the
             Ends
             which
             they
             were
             made
             for
             ,
             they
             have
             proved
             prejudicial
             to
             the
             Common
             Good.
             And
             surely
             one
             may
             humbly
             say
             ,
             and
             that
             without
             the
             least
             Reflection
             upon
             the
             Grace
             and
             Favour
             with
             which
             the
             Addresses
             have
             been
             received
             ,
             that
             two
             Parliaments
             ,
             so
             fairly
             and
             unanimosly
             chosen
             ,
             and
             consisting
             of
             Gentlemen
             of
             the
             Chiefest
             Quality
             ,
             best
             Parts
             ,
             greatest
             
             Wisdom
             ,
             most
             plentiful
             Estates
             ,
             and
             firmest
             Integrity
             to
             the
             Interest
             of
             Religion
             and
             the
             Nation
             ,
             and
             all
             ,
             except
             a
             very
             few
             ,
             Zealous
             Sons
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             unfained
             Defenders
             of
             the
             present
             Hierarchy
             ,
             Discipline
             ,
             Forms
             and
             Rites
             of
             Worship
             ;
             were
             in
             all
             probability
             as
             able
             and
             likely
             to
             know
             what
             will
             let
             in
             or
             keep
             out
             Popery
             ,
             what
             will
             preserve
             us
             from
             ,
             or
             betray
             us
             into
             the
             hands
             and
             power
             of
             the
             Papists
             ,
             as
             Twenty
             or
             Thirty
             persons
             in
             a
             County
             or
             Corporation
             ,
             most
             of
             whom
             are
             not
             worth
             Forty
             Shillings
             Freehold
             a
             year
             ,
             and
             many
             of
             them
             not
             able
             to
             speak
             Ten
             words
             of
             sense
             together
             .
             But
             it
             is
             easie
             to
             conjecture
             who
             in
             divers
             places
             set
             these
             Addressers
             at
             work
             ,
             and
             who
             put
             that
             in
             reference
             to
             Protestant
             Dissenters
             into
             so
             many
             Addresses
             ,
             namely
             ,
             either
             persons
             Popishly
             inclined
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             thereby
             continue
             and
             heighten
             our
             differences
             ,
             and
             make
             us
             the
             more
             easily
             a
             prey
             to
             Rome
             ;
             or
             some
             ignorant
             Clergy-men
             ,
             who
             besides
             their
             enmity
             at
             Phanaticks
             ,
             have
             little
             else
             to
             recommend
             them
             to
             the
             obtaining
             a
             common
             and
             civil
             respect
             ,
             but
             their
             Cassock
             and
             their
             Surplice
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             XIX
             .
          
           
             And
             as
             if
             all
             this
             that
             I
             have
             with
             the
             greatest
             sincerity
             and
             justice
             represented
             unto
             you
             ,
             were
             not
             enough
             to
             blast
             the
             credit
             of
             the
             Addresses
             ,
             and
             to
             oppose
             the
             weakness
             and
             folly
             of
             such
             as
             have
             subscribed
             them
             ;
             there
             is
             something
             yet
             further
             ,
             and
             which
             is
             infinitely
             more
             pernicious
             that
             they
             pursue
             and
             aim
             at
             ,
             namely
             ,
             to
             possess
             His
             Majesty
             and
             the
             World
             with
             a
             belief
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             a
             design
             carried
             on
             by
             Protestants
             against
             the
             
             King
             and
             the
             Government
             .
             Hence
             they
             not
             only
             thank
             His
             Majesty
             
               For
               recollecting
               the
               several
               steps
               and
               advances
            
             
             
               by
               which
               we
               were
               betrayed
               into
               our
               former
               confusions
            
             ;
             but
             take
             upon
             them
             to
             observe
             ,
             that
             there
             are
             some
             
               ill
               men
               who
               labour
               the
               subversion
               of
               our
               Religion
               ,
               Liberties
               and
            
             
             
               Properties
               ,
               under
               the
               specious
               pretence
               of
               Reformation
               ,
               being
               the
               same
               method
               that
               they
               brought
               to
               pass
               all
               the
               miseries
            
             
             
               of
               Vsurpation
               and
               Tyranny
               that
               this
               Kingdom
               lately
               groan'd
               under
            
             ;
             and
             that
             
               being
               seasoned
               with
               the
               old
               leaven
               of
               Common-wealth
            
             
             
               Principles
               ,
               they
               have
               endeavoured
               to
               make
               a
               misunderstanding
               betwixt
               His
               Majesty
               and
               his
               people
               ,
               and
               to
               throw
               us
               back
               into
               the
               same
               confusion
               we
               were
               delivered
               from
               by
               His
               Majesties
               happy
               Restauration
            
             ;
             and
             that
             not
             
               only
               the
               good
               order
               and
               quiet
               of
               the
               Government
               hath
               been
               most
               wickedly
            
             
             
               attempted
               to
               be
               disturbed
               and
               shaken
               ,
               but
               to
               be
               overthrown
               and
               utterly
               subverted
               ,
               and
               the
               very
               Monarchy
               it self
               to
               be
               destroyed
               .
            
             Surely
             had
             these
             persons
             who
             presume
             to
             suggest
             this
             unto
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             known
             any
             Republicans
             
             or
             Fanaticks
             ,
             
               who
               by
               possessing
               the
               people
               with
               groundless
               fears
               and
               jealousies
               ,
               would
               bring
               us
               into
               Anarchy
               and
               confusion
               ,
               or
               that
               would
               subvert
               the
               known
               Laws
               of
               the
               Land
               ,
               wherein
               our
               Religion
               ,
               Liberty
               and
               Property
               are
               wound
               up
            
             ;
             they
             ought
             by
             their
             Allegiance
             to
             have
             deposed
             against
             them
             ,
             and
             given
             in
             their
             names
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             be
             prosecuted
             and
             come
             to
             suffer
             according
             to
             the
             greatness
             and
             quality
             of
             their
             Crimes
             .
             But
             alas
             !
             this
             was
             a
             Province
             they
             durst
             not
             undertake
             ,
             and
             the
             attempting
             it
             would
             have
             too
             palpably
             laid
             open
             their
             Folly
             ,
             and
             exposed
             their
             malice
             .
             And
             because
             many
             have
             been
             drawn
             to
             set
             their
             hands
             to
             Addresses
             ,
             who
             do
             not
             well
             understand
             whence
             this
             clamour
             of
             a
             Presbyterian
             Plot
             proceeds
             ,
             I
             shall
             briefly
             unfold
             the
             mystery
             that
             lies
             at
             the
             bottom
             of
             all
             this
             loud
             and
             groundless
             noise
             .
             The
             Papists
             being
             charged
             with
             a
             Hellish
             conspiracy
             against
             the
             
             person
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             our
             Religion
             ,
             Government
             ,
             and
             the
             lives
             of
             all
             His
             Majesties
             Protestant
             Subjects
             ;
             and
             this
             being
             proved
             against
             them
             to
             the
             satisfaction
             of
             all
             the
             rational
             part
             of
             mankind
             ,
             as
             well
             by
             their
             own
             Papers
             ,
             as
             by
             the
             Testimonies
             of
             many
             unquestionable
             Witnesses
             ;
             and
             finding
             that
             neither
             their
             impudent
             denying
             it
             ,
             nor
             their
             falsely
             scandalizing
             some
             ,
             and
             endeavouring
             to
             debauch
             and
             corrupt
             others
             of
             the
             Kings
             Evidence
             ,
             could
             either
             bring
             them
             off
             from
             the
             Scandal
             of
             this
             Plot
             ,
             or
             free
             them
             from
             the
             Punishment
             ,
             which
             were
             a
             Parliament
             permitted
             to
             Sit
             ,
             more
             of
             them
             must
             undergo
             ;
             they
             retreat
             to
             this
             as
             their
             last
             refuge
             ,
             namely
             ,
             the
             amusing
             the
             Nation
             with
             the
             Buz
             of
             a
             Presbyterian
             and
             Phanatick
             Plot
             ,
             carried
             on
             to
             overthrow
             the
             Government
             ,
             and
             destroy
             the
             Monarchy
             ,
             under
             pretence
             of
             prosecuting
             a
             Popish
             Conspiracy
             .
             And
             towards
             the
             obtaining
             credit
             to
             this
             ,
             they
             not
             only
             form'd
             the
             Intrigue
             of
             the
             Meal-Tnb
             ,
             but
             invented
             the
             Shams
             of
             Sir
             Edmond-bury
             Godfrey's
             murdering
             himself
             ,
             and
             my
             Lord
             
             Howard's
             penning
             
             Fitz-Harris's
             Libel
             ;
             which
             tho'
             they
             have
             shamefully
             redounded
             upon
             themselves
             ,
             yet
             having
             no
             other
             game
             to
             play
             ,
             they
             are
             still
             labouring
             ,
             partly
             by
             suborning
             Witnesses
             ,
             and
             hiring
             impudent
             Rascals
             to
             swear
             Treason
             against
             Protestants
             ,
             and
             partly
             by
             a
             groundless
             and
             impudent
             clamour
             ,
             to
             infect
             unwary
             and
             heedless
             persons
             with
             the
             perswasion
             of
             such
             a
             design
             .
             And
             it
             is
             from
             the
             Papists
             that
             weak
             and
             credulous
             people
             have
             taken
             the
             scent
             of
             a
             Presbyterian
             Plot
             ,
             
               and
               ascribe
               it
               to
               His
               Majesties
               Wisdom
               and
               Soveraign
            
             
             
               authority
               ,
               that
               we
               are
               not
               relapsing
               into
               the
               miseries
               and
               confusions
               of
               Tyranny
               and
               Vsurpation
               ,
               by
               the
               subtile
               artifice
               and
               cunning
               contrivances
               of
               the
               old
               enemies
               of
               the
               Monarchy
               and
               the
               Church
               ,
               who
               by
               the
               insinuations
               of
               Religion
               ,
               Liberty
               and
               Property
               ,
               prevail
               ,
               upon
               weak
               and
               unwary
               men
               to
               make
            
             
             
               them
               subservient
               to
               their
               factious
               and
               ambitious
               designs
               .
            
             Surely
             ,
             these
             men
             never
             considered
             what
             a
             notorious
             scandal
             they
             have
             hereby
             endeavoured
             to
             fasten
             ,
             not
             only
             upon
             many
             of
             His
             Majesties
             peaceable
             ,
             best
             and
             most
             loyal
             Subjects
             ,
             but
             what
             a
             vile
             aspersion
             they
             have
             cast
             upon
             the
             whole
             Kingdom
             ,
             which
             greatly
             suffers
             in
             its
             honour
             ,
             by
             standing
             represented
             in
             the
             face
             of
             all
             the
             World
             ,
             as
             broken
             and
             divided
             within
             it self
             ,
             and
             sinking
             back
             again
             into
             all
             confusion
             :
             Nor
             have
             they
             duly
             weighed
             what
             a
             Reflection
             they
             lodge
             upon
             the
             Kings
             Government
             and
             Conduct
             ,
             that
             He
             who
             was
             so
             lately
             Restored
             by
             the
             unanimous
             Consent
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             universal
             Joy
             of
             all
             his
             People
             ,
             should
             in
             so
             few
             years
             have
             lost
             the
             Love
             and
             Reverence
             of
             so
             great
             a
             number
             of
             His
             Subjects
             ,
             as
             are
             intended
             here
             to
             be
             be
             accused
             .
             Can
             there
             be
             any
             thing
             vented
             to
             the
             diminishing
             His
             Majesties
             Reputation
             more
             abroad
             ,
             and
             for
             discouraging
             Forreign
             Princes
             and
             States
             from
             entring
             into
             those
             Alliances
             which
             are
             necessary
             for
             the
             good
             ,
             as
             well
             of
             His
             Majesties
             Kingdoms
             ,
             as
             of
             Christendom
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             lessening
             the
             expectation
             and
             confidence
             which
             those
             with
             whom
             we
             are
             in
             League
             ,
             ought
             to
             remain
             possest
             with
             ▪
             of
             our
             being
             able
             to
             answer
             the
             ends
             of
             them
             ,
             than
             this
             account
             which
             these
             men
             present
             His
             Majesty
             with
             ,
             of
             the
             posture
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             and
             temper
             of
             his
             People
             ,
             and
             which
             our
             Gazettes
             have
             diffused
             into
             all
             Countries
             ?
             And
             doth
             not
             this
             also
             directly
             tend
             to
             the
             filling
             His
             Majesties
             Protestant
             Subjects
             with
             Jealousies
             one
             of
             another
             ,
             thereby
             to
             take
             them
             off
             from
             their
             watchfulness
             over
             ,
             and
             to
             weaken
             their
             endeavours
             against
             the
             Papists
             ,
             who
             labour
             no
             less
             to
             destroy
             the
             Dissenters
             ▪
             than
             those
             that
             Conform
             to
             the
             National
             Form
             of
             Worship
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             Established
             Discipline
             and
             Ceremonies
             ▪
             
             and
             for
             the
             withstanding
             of
             whose
             Bloody
             Designs
             ,
             and
             saving
             our
             Religion
             and
             the
             Nation
             from
             the
             effects
             of
             their
             malicious
             and
             desperate
             Conspiracies
             ,
             the
             united
             Hearts
             and
             Hands
             of
             all
             true
             Protestants
             will
             be
             found
             little
             enough
             ?
             And
             will
             not
             this
             Character
             ,
             which
             the
             Addresses
             are
             pleased
             to
             give
             of
             the
             state
             of
             England
             ,
             wonderfully
             embolden
             that
             aspiring
             Monarch
             ,
             the
             French
             King
             ,
             to
             proceed
             in
             his
             encroachments
             upon
             the
             Dominions
             of
             his
             Neighbours
             ,
             as
             judging
             himself
             secure
             from
             any
             check
             which
             the
             King
             of
             
               Great
               Britain
            
             can
             give
             him
             ?
             For
             as
             His
             Majesty
             can
             be
             in
             no
             capacity
             to
             discourage
             him
             from
             further
             Attempts
             against
             the
             Peace
             of
             Europe
             ,
             or
             to
             hinder
             his
             Conquest
             ,
             but
             by
             being
             great
             in
             the
             Hearts
             of
             all
             his
             own
             People
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             happy
             Correspondence
             and
             Conjunction
             with
             his
             Parliament
             ;
             so
             we
             have
             reason
             to
             fear
             ,
             that
             they
             who
             endeavour
             to
             beget
             Misunderstandings
             betwixt
             His
             Majesty
             and
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             and
             to
             create
             in
             them
             mutual
             Distrusts
             each
             of
             other
             ,
             are
             either
             Pensioners
             to
             France
             ,
             or
             under
             the
             Conduct
             and
             Influence
             of
             them
             that
             are
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             XX.
             
          
           
             But
             as
             if
             it
             were
             not
             enough
             for
             those
             persons
             ,
             who
             have
             subscribed
             the
             Addresses
             ,
             to
             fasten
             so
             vile
             a
             charge
             as
             you
             have
             heard
             ,
             upon
             many
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             whom
             the
             better
             to
             reconcile
             credit
             to
             what
             they
             say
             ,
             they
             are
             pleased
             to
             call
             Republicans
             and
             Fanaticks
             ,
             they
             have
             also
             taken
             the
             boldness
             to
             involve
             the
             Two
             last
             Parliaments
             under
             the
             guilt
             of
             the
             same
             crimes
             and
             accusations
             .
             Accordingly
             they
             tell
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             
               with
               what
               an
               infinite
               patience
               and
               condescention
               ,
               he
               did
               submit
               to
               hear
               unreasonable
            
             
             
               jealousies
               promoted
               in
               them
               ,
               illegal
               courses
               and
               proceedings
               vindicated
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               great
               and
               most
               benign
               Indulgences
               of
               their
               Soveraigns
               goodness
               misrepresented
               .
            
             And
             they
             thank
             the
             King
             ,
             
               for
               His
               steady
               resolutions
               of
               maintaining
               the
            
             
             
               Rights
               of
               the
               Crown
            
             ,
             &c.
             
               against
               the
               Arbitrary
               Proceedings
               of
               the
            
             
             
               House
               of
               Commons
               in
               the
               two
               last
               Parliaments
               ;
               And
               for
               not
               Signing
               such
               Bills
               as
               were
               prepared
               for
               His
               Majesties
               Subjects
               to
               associate
               to
               destroy
               the
               Succession
               ,
               and
               extirpate
               Monarchy
               .
            
             Yea
             ,
             they
             profess
             
               Their
               Admiration
               of
               His
               Majesties
               Princely
               Wisdom
               and
               Councel
               in
               the
               conduct
               of
               his
               Affairs
               ,
               in
               obviating
               (
               viz.
            
             by
             Dissolving
             Parliaments
             )
             
               the
               Designs
               of
               the
               pernicious
               Enemies
               of
               the
               Church
               and
               State.
            
             And
             declare
             ,
             
               That
               they
               cannot
               but
               admire
               His
               Majesties
               Transcendent
               and
               Sacred
               Wisdom
               ,
               which
               in
               that
               dangerous
               and
               confused
               Juncture
               ,
               did
               so
               seas●nably
               interpose
               ,
               and
               so
               calmly
               suppress
               the
               threatning
               Flames
               which
               were
               breaking
               forth
               .
            
             And
             thereupon
             they
             present
             their
             Acknowledgments
             to
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             
               For
               timely
               preventing
            
             (
             by
             Dissolving
             those
             Parliaments
             )
             
               the
               Designs
               of
               Ill
               men
               ,
               who
               in
               the
               same
               Age
               were
               a
               second
               Time
               attempting
               by
               the
               same
               Methods
               as
               formerly
               ,
               the
               destruction
               of
               His
               Loyal
               Subjects
               ,
               the
               diminution
               of
               his
               Lawful
               Power
               ,
               and
               the
               debasing
               the
               Grandeur
               of
               the
            
             English
             Throne
             .
             I
             know
             not
             by
             what
             Name
             these
             false
             and
             slanderous
             Accusations
             charged
             upon
             two
             Parliaments
             ,
             ought
             to
             be
             called
             ▪
             but
             it
             is
             to
             be
             hop
             ▪
             d
             ,
             that
             the
             next
             Parliament
             will
             at
             once
             tell
             the
             Nation
             ,
             by
             what
             name
             the
             Law
             stiles
             them
             ,
             and
             what
             Punishment
             it
             hath
             allotted
             for
             those
             that
             have
             made
             themselves
             Guilty
             of
             so
             〈◊〉
             and
             scandalous
             an
             Aspersion
             ,
             as
             that
             two
             Parliaments
             had
             gone
             about
             to
             destroy
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             as
             Legally
             established
             ,
             and
             to
             extirpate
             Monarchy
             .
             Whereas
             these
             excellent
             persons
             ,
             of
             which
             the
             two
             last
             Houses
             of
             Commons
             consisted
             ,
             had
             many
             of
             them
             ventured
             their
             Lives
             ,
             and
             lost
             their
             Estates
             for
             the
             Monarchy
             ;
             and
             all
             of
             them
             were
             such
             ,
             as
             upon
             Principles
             of
             Reason
             and
             from
             Inclination
             are
             true
             Lovers
             of
             it
             .
             They
             not
             only
             had
             too
             late
             and
             sad
             Experience
             of
             a
             Commonwealth
             ,
             to
             be
             fond
             of
             returning
             to
             it
             again
             ;
             but
             they
             know
             ,
             that
             no
             other
             Government
             can
             agree
             with
             the
             Genius
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             and
             suit
             the
             ballance
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             but
             a
             well-Regulated
             Monarchy
             ,
             such
             as
             ours
             is
             by
             the
             Laws
             of
             our
             Constitution
             .
             Nor
             can
             His
             Majesty
             be
             supposed
             to
             believe
             ,
             that
             ever
             they
             will
             prove
             true
             to
             the
             Monarchy
             ,
             who
             are
             not
             true
             to
             the
             Rights
             and
             Priviledges
             of
             Parliament
             ▪
             For
             they
             who
             can
             revile
             and
             despise
             one
             Essential
             part
             of
             the
             Constitution
             ,
             have
             nothing
             to
             oblige
             them
             to
             adhere
             to
             the
             other
             ,
             but
             the
             prospect
             of
             Preferment
             ,
             or
             worldly
             Gain
             .
             And
             to
             see
             men
             countenanced
             ;
             that
             revile
             any
             one
             
             part
             of
             the
             Legislative
             Authority
             ,
             may
             be
             too
             ill
             a
             president
             ,
             and
             which
             His
             Majesty
             is
             obliged
             to
             see
             redressed
             ,
             from
             the
             Love
             that
             he
             beareth
             to
             the
             Crown
             .
             For
             whosoever
             strikes
             at
             Parliaments
             ,
             does
             by
             undermining
             the
             Government
             as
             by
             Law
             Established
             ,
             shake
             the
             very
             Pillars
             of
             the
             Throne
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             XXI
             .
          
           
             Nor
             do
             they
             only
             intimate
             a
             Design
             carried
             on
             against
             the
             Government
             ,
             but
             they
             insinuate
             a
             Change
             to
             be
             made
             by
             Force
             ;
             and
             upon
             that
             supposal
             ,
             while
             we
             are
             in
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             apprehensions
             of
             all
             sober
             persons
             ,
             likely
             to
             continue
             in
             perfect
             Peace
             ,
             they
             offer
             their
             Lives
             and
             Fortunes
             to
             the
             disposal
             of
             one
             part
             of
             our
             Legislative
             Constitution
             and
             Power
             ,
             in
             opposition
             to
             another
             .
             
               We
               yield
            
             ,
             say
             they
             ,
             
               our
               Lives
               and
               Fortunes
               at
               Your
            
             
             
               Majesties
               Command
               ,
               and
               will
               to
               the
               last
               drop
               of
               our
               Blood
               ,
               and
               Penny
               of
               our
               Fortunes
               ,
               stand
               by
               your
               Majesty
               in
               the
               Defence
               of
               Your
               Royal
               Person
               ,
               Crown
               and
               Government
               ,
               and
               Lawful
               Successors
               .
            
             So
             that
             by
             reading
             the
             Addresses
             ,
             one
             would
             be
             inclined
             to
             think
             ,
             that
             these
             men
             construe
             the
             King's
             Declaration
             ,
             as
             the
             Erection
             of
             the
             Royal
             Standard
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             intend
             these
             Papers
             for
             the
             Muster-Rolls
             of
             those
             that
             are
             to
             fight
             under
             His
             Majesties
             Ensigns
             :
             But
             as
             we
             hope
             that
             His
             Majesty
             will
             never
             have
             occasion
             for
             War
             ,
             unless
             it
             be
             in
             relieving
             his
             Allies
             abroad
             against
             the
             Ambition
             of
             France
             ,
             who
             to
             all
             his
             other
             Invasions
             upon
             the
             Dominions
             of
             his
             Neighbours
             ,
             is
             at
             this
             time
             about
             employing
             his
             Forces
             against
             the
             Subjects
             of
             His
             Majesties
             Kinsman
             ,
             the
             Prince
             Palatine
             ;
             so
             we
             hope
             ,
             that
             both
             in
             that
             Case
             ,
             and
             in
             any
             other
             ,
             wherein
             His
             Wisdom
             and
             Justice
             will
             suffer
             Him
             to
             engage
             ,
             He
             shall
             not
             only
             have
             the
             Treasure
             of
             all
             his
             People
             ,
             through
             the
             Gift
             of
             a
             Parliament
             ,
             at
             His
             Command
             ;
             but
             all
             their
             Persons
             and
             Lives
             ready
             to
             be
             Sacrificed
             in
             His
             Service
             .
             It
             is
             no
             marvel
             that
             such
             thirst
             after
             War
             ,
             who
             have
             little
             to
             live
             upon
             in
             Time
             of
             Peace
             ,
             and
             who
             may
             expect
             to
             be
             Gainers
             by
             Troubles
             :
             But
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             who
             besides
             the
             care
             He
             is
             to
             to
             have
             of
             the
             Lives
             and
             Estates
             of
             all
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             hath
             more
             to
             lose
             Himself
             alone
             ,
             than
             all
             his
             People
             ,
             will
             not
             ,
             I
             judge
             ,
             be
             prevailed
             upon
             to
             hearken
             to
             rash
             and
             heady
             Councels
             .
             And
             how
             unequal
             ought
             they
             to
             apprehend
             themselves
             to
             the
             Body
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             who
             wh●n
             they
             have
             had
             the
             Folly
             and
             Confidence
             to
             present
             an
             Address
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             a
             whole
             County
             ,
             have
             at
             the
             same
             time
             acknowledged
             ,
             That
             they
             were
             
             not
             able
             to
             carry
             it
             for
             any
             that
             His
             Majesty
             might
             be
             inclined
             
             to
             recommend
             ,
             to
             serve
             in
             the
             next
             Parliament
             for
             the
             Shire
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             XXII
             .
          
           
             The
             last
             thing
             I
             would
             observe
             concerning
             the
             Addresses
             ,
             is
             their
             making
             small
             numbers
             of
             men
             without
             previous
             advice
             had
             with
             each
             other
             ,
             and
             without
             being
             authorised
             or
             entrusted
             ,
             to
             judge
             of
             the
             State
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             .
             For
             tho'
             it
             be
             lawful
             for
             any
             one
             man
             ,
             and
             much
             more
             for
             any
             number
             of
             men
             ,
             to
             represent
             to
             His
             Majesty
             their
             own
             wants
             and
             dangers
             ,
             and
             accordingly
             beg
             redress
             and
             relief
             ;
             yet
             to
             declare
             the
             State
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             belongs
             to
             no
             number
             of
             private
             persons
             whatsoever
             ,
             but
             appertains
             only
             to
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             as
             being
             the
             Representative
             of
             the
             whole
             Kingdom
             .
             And
             therefore
             the
             Addressers
             ,
             by
             assuming
             to
             themselves
             a
             Right
             and
             Authority
             to
             determine
             about
             the
             State
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             and
             to
             judge
             concerning
             those
             things
             which
             the
             Trustees
             of
             all
             the
             people
             met
             in
             the
             great
             Councel
             ,
             are
             only
             proper
             and
             by
             Law
             allowed
             to
             meddle
             with
             ,
             have
             in
             my
             apprehension
             made
             too
             near
             an
             approach
             to
             the
             altering
             the
             whole
             Government
             .
             And
             as
             they
             must
             expect
             that
             the
             judgment
             which
             they
             have
             passed
             upon
             persons
             and
             things
             will
             at
             one
             time
             or
             another
             come
             under
             a
             review
             ;
             so
             matters
             which
             have
             either
             been
             misrepresented
             by
             them
             ,
             or
             in
             reference
             to
             which
             Parliaments
             have
             been
             arraigned
             ,
             may
             before
             then
             ,
             come
             to
             be
             so
             well
             understood
             by
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             all
             things
             so
             well
             adjusted
             between
             him
             and
             his
             people
             ,
             that
             the
             Addressers
             may
             neither
             find
             themselves
             able
             to
             decline
             ,
             nor
             be
             in
             a
             condition
             to
             controll
             the
             jurisdiction
             of
             the
             next
             Parliament
             ,
             to
             which
             we
             shall
             at
             present
             leave
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             XXIII
             .
          
           
             But
             whereas
             you
             may
             be
             ready
             to
             enquire
             ,
             that
             if
             the
             Addresses
             be
             so
             pernicious
             ,
             both
             in
             the
             subject
             matter
             and
             tendency
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             so
             contrary
             to
             the
             general
             sense
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             as
             I
             have
             declared
             ;
             why
             the
             people
             do
             not
             by
             Petitions
             from
             all
             parts
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             let
             the
             King
             know
             so
             much
             ?
             This
             I
             shall
             return
             you
             a
             just
             and
             true
             answer
             unto
             ,
             and
             then
             discharge
             you
             from
             any
             further
             trouble
             .
          
           
             1st
             .
             It
             is
             the
             nature
             and
             temper
             of
             some
             men
             most
             to
             disserve
             the
             cause
             ,
             and
             prejudice
             the
             interest
             which
             they
             have
             espoused
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             quietly
             let
             alone
             to
             run
             their
             course
             and
             to
             take
             their
             full
             swing
             .
             For
             according
             to
             the
             old
             Proverb
             ,
             Give
             some
             
             People
             Rope
             enough
             and
             they
             will
             Hang
             themselves
             .
             The
             only
             way
             to
             know
             what
             they
             would
             be
             at
             ,
             was
             for
             others
             to
             look
             silently
             on
             a
             while
             .
             And
             through
             giving
             them
             scope
             ,
             their
             own
             madness
             and
             folly
             hath
             made
             them
             more
             ridiculous
             ,
             than
             any
             opposition
             whatsoever
             from
             others
             could
             have
             rendred
             them
             .
          
           
             2dly
             ,
             The
             Petition
             first
             from
             my
             
               Lord
               Mayor
            
             ,
             the
             
               Court
               of
               Aldermen
            
             ,
             and
             the
             Common-Councel
             of
             
               London
               ▪
            
             and
             then
             from
             the
             Common-Hall
             ,
             is
             a
             Copy
             of
             what
             all
             the
             Nation
             would
             say
             .
             In
             London
             ,
             as
             in
             a
             Glass
             ,
             we
             see
             the
             face
             of
             the
             whole
             Kingdom
             :
             For
             being
             the
             Epitome
             as
             well
             as
             Metropolis
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             whatsoever
             it
             says
             ,
             is
             a
             compendious
             expressing
             of
             the
             sense
             of
             England
             .
          
           
             3dly
             ,
             Men
             have
             been
             willing
             to
             forbear
             Petitioning
             ,
             lest
             by
             the
             disparity
             in
             the
             numbers
             to
             Petitions
             and
             to
             Addresses
             ,
             some
             ▪
             thinking
             all
             safe
             through
             the
             consideration
             of
             the
             multitude
             that
             aim
             ▪
             d
             at
             what
             themselves
             did
             ,
             might
             grow
             more
             secure
             than
             their
             dangers
             will
             well
             allow
             ;
             and
             lest
             others
             upon
             the
             same
             inducement
             might
             have
             taken
             occasion
             to
             grow
             more
             insolent
             than
             their
             duty
             and
             interest
             obligeth
             them
             unto
             .
          
           
             4thly
             ,
             His
             Majesty
             having
             received
             the
             Addresses
             with
             that
             favour
             which
             he
             did
             ,
             wise
             men
             thought
             it
             best
             not
             to
             administer
             occasion
             of
             his
             refusing
             Petitions
             that
             they
             foresaw
             would
             come
             accompanied
             with
             more
             hands
             .
             It
             is
             good
             manners
             in
             Subjects
             not
             to
             grate
             too
             hard
             upon
             their
             Prince
             ;
             but
             if
             he
             have
             done
             any
             thing
             wherein
             they
             can
             ▪
             t
             acquiesce
             with
             that
             contentment
             which
             they
             desire
             ,
             to
             give
             him
             time
             and
             liberty
             to
             recollect
             himself
             .
          
           
             5thly
             ,
             If
             Petitions
             shall
             be
             judged
             either
             necessary
             or
             convenient
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             so
             late
             but
             that
             they
             may
             be
             yet
             set
             on
             foot
             .
             And
             if
             it
             should
             prove
             uneasie
             for
             any
             to
             find
             it
             so
             ,
             they
             must
             blame
             themselves
             ,
             who
             by
             their
             unwearied
             carrying
             on
             of
             Addresses
             ,
             make
             it
             needful
             for
             His
             Majesties
             good
             Subjects
             at
             last
             to
             undeceive
             him
             ,
             which
             they
             can
             no
             other
             way
             do
             ,
             at
             least
             till
             a
             Parliament
             come
             ,
             but
             by
             Petitions
             .
             I
             am
             ,
          
           
             
               June
               28.
               81.
               
            
             
               SIR
               ,
            
             Your
             most
             ready
             and
             Humble
             Servant
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           ERRATA
           .
        
         
           PAge
           8.
           l.
           19.
           for
           was
           ,
           r.
           is
           .
           p.
           9.
           l.
           3.
           del
           .
           that
           .
           p.
           14.
           for
           an
           ,
           r.
           and.
           p.
           21.
           l.
           12.
           after
           bringing
           ,
           add
           in
           .
           p.
           32.
           l.
           24.
           for
           oppose
           ,
           r.
           expose
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A46109-e70
           
             Address
             from
             Chatham
             .
             Address
             from
             Darby
             .
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             from
             Barnstable
             .
             Addr.
             from
             Haslemere
             .
          
           
             Addr.
             from
             the
             Western
             Division
             of
             Sussex
             .
             Addr.
             from
             Exon.
             Addr.
             from
             Norwich
             .
          
           
             Addr.
             from
             Bristol
             .
             Addr.
             from
             Norwich
             .
          
           
             4
             Ed.
             3.
             cap.
             14.
             36.
             
             Ed.
             3.
             cap.
             10.
             
          
           
             Addr.
             from
             the
             County
             of
             Somerset
             .
             Addr.
             from
             
               Cambridge
               ,
               Ripon
            
             ,
             Western
             Division
             of
             Surrey
             .
          
           
             Addr.
             from
             Hertford
             .
             Addr.
             from
             Monmouth
             .
          
           
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             from
             Derby
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             Military
             Officers
             of
             Surrey
             Addr.
             from
             Bristol
             ,
             and
             from
             Derset
             .
             Addr.
             from
             
               Lynn
               Regis
               ,
               Clifton
               ,
               Dartmouth
               ,
               Harness
            
             ;
             Grand
             Inquest
             of
             the
             County
             of
             
               Oxon
               ,
               Bristol
            
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
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             from
             Ripon
             .
             Addr.
             from
             Salisbury
             .
             Address
             from
             
               Clifton
               ,
               Dartmouth
               ,
               Harness
            
             ,
             &c.
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             from
             Norwich
             .
             Addr
             from
             the
             Western
             Division
             of
             Surrey
             .
             Address
             from
             Norwich
             .
             Address
             from
             Ripon
             .
          
           
             Addr.
             from
             Southwark
             .
          
           
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             from
             Bristol
             .
          
           
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             from
             Reading
             .
          
           
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             from
             Derby
             .
             Addr.
             from
             Monmouth
             .
          
           
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             from
             Ludlow
             .
          
           
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             from
             some
             in
             the
             Middle-Temple
             .
             Addr.
             from
             the
             Deputy-Lieuten
             .
             &c.
             of
             Somorset
             .
          
           
             Addr.
             from
             Eye
             in
             Suffolk
             .
          
           
             Addr.
             from
             Okehampton
             .
          
           
             Addr.
             from
             Norwich
             .
          
           
             Addr.
             from
             Winchester
             .
             Addr.
             from
             Bristol
             .
             Addr.
             from
             Cardiffe
             .
             Addr.
             from
             Monmouth
             .
          
           
             Addr.
             from
             
             Bedford-shire
             ▪