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           THE
           
             Observator
             Defended
          
           ,
           BY
           The
           AUTHOR
           of
           the
           OBSERVATORS
           .
        
         
           IN
           A
           Full
           ANSWER
           to
           Several
           Scandalls
           Cast
           upon
           him
           ,
           in
           Matters
           of
           Religion
           ,
           Government
           ,
           and
           Good
           Manners
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Charles
             Brome
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Sign
           of
           the
           Gun
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-yard
           .
           1685.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Right
           Reverend
           Father
           in
           God
           ,
           Henry
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           London
           .
        
         
           
             My
             LORD
             ,
          
        
         
           YOu
           have
           here
           before
           your
           Lordship
           an
           Appeal
           from
           Clamour
           ,
           &
           Calumny
           ,
           to
           your
           Honour
           ,
           and
           Iustice
           :
           And
           to
           whom
           ,
           but
           to
           my
           
             Right
             Reverend
             Diocesan
          
           ,
           should
           I
           fly
           for
           Protection
           ,
           and
           Relief
           ;
           when
           Religion
           ,
           and
           
             Good
             Manners
          
           ,
           (
           though
           brought
           in
           by
           
             Head
             and
             Shoulders
          
           )
           are
           made
           the
           Question
           !
           I
           am
           Arraigned
           as
           a
           Stickler
           for
           Popery
           ;
           An
           Enemy
           to
           the
           Establish'd
           Church
           of
           England
           ;
           a
           Slanderer
           of
           the
           London-Clergy
           ;
           and
           a
           Sower
           of
           Dissention
           among
           his
           Majesties
           Subjects
           :
           All
           which
           Reproches
           I
           Valu'd
           as
           my
           Glory
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           I
           was
           Wounded
           for
           the
           
             Churches
             sake
          
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Common
           ,
           and
           
             Profess'd
             Enemies
          
           of
           the
           
             True
             Sons
          
           of
           
             That
             Church
          
           ,
           and
           of
           All
           
             Loyal
             Subjects
          
           .
           But
           ,
           I
           must
           Confess
           ,
           it
           has
           given
           me
           some
           Trouble
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           matter
           of
           Admiration
           ,
           to
           see
           so
           Unaccountable
           a
           Change
           of
           Humour
           ,
           now
           of
           Late
           ,
           from
           what
           it
           was
           
             some
             Few
             Years
             agon
          
           :
           And
           that
           the
           
             Same
             Zeal
          
           ,
           under
           the
           
             Same
             Method
          
           of
           Manage
           ,
           and
           Direction
           ;
           and
           for
           the
           very
           
             Same
             Cause
          
           too
           ;
           Nay
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Self-same
             Publique
             Offices
          
           ,
           and
           Applications
           ,
           that
           were
           Acknowledg'd
           ,
           and
           Declar'd
           to
           be
           
             Meritorious
             Services
          
           ,
           from
           the
           Year
           1680.
           to
           
             February
             1684
             /
             5
          
           should
           now
           ,
           all
           on
           the
           Sudden
           ,
           be
           Pronounc'd
           ,
           so
           Scandalous
           ,
           and
           Offensive
           to
           the
           
             Same
             Protestant
             Church
          
           ,
           which
           Before
           they
           were
           thought
           to
           have
           Defended
           :
           And
           All
           these
           Contradictions
           at
           Last
           ,
           from
           many
           of
           the
           very
           
             Same
             Hands
          
           :
           Where
           the
           Fault
           lyes
           ,
           is
           Submitted
           to
           your
           Lordship
           to
           Determine
           ;
           and
           whether
           the
           
             Same
             Principles
          
           ;
           the
           
             Same
             Iudgment
          
           ;
           the
           
             Same
             Practices
          
           ;
           and
           the
           
             Same
             Doctrine
             of
             CIVIL
             OBEDIENCE
          
           ,
           (
           for
           I
           have
           gone
           no
           further
           )
           be
           not
           as
           Warrantable
           under
           
           the
           Reign
           of
           our
           
             Present
             King
          
           ,
           (
           whom
           God
           Preserve
           )
           as
           they
           were
           in
           the
           time
           of
           
             his
             Late
             Blessed
             Majesty
          
           .
           If
           it
           shall
           be
           said
           that
           I
           have
           Departed
           from
           my
           Self
           ;
           I
           do
           Freely
           Offer-up
           Seaven
           or
           Eight
           and
           Forty
           Years
           of
           my
           Life
           ,
           to
           the
           Scrutiny
           .
           And
           if
           upon
           the
           Strictest
           Examination
           of
           my
           Papers
           ,
           and
           Actions
           ,
           It
           shall
           be
           made
           Appear
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           not
           the
           very
           same
           Person
           at
           
             This
             Day
          
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           in
           the
           
             First
             Scottish
             Rebellion
          
           of
           38
           and
           9.
           with
           a
           respect
           to
           the
           Religion
           ,
           and
           Government
           ,
           both
           of
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           and
           without
           any
           Shifting
           ,
           either
           of
           Opinion
           ,
           or
           so
           much
           as
           
             Outward
             Pretence
          
           in
           the
           Interval
           ,
           I
           'le
           Submit
           to
           be
           Concluded
           by
           That
           Instance
           .
           (
           Though
           I
           am
           persuaded
           (
           My
           Lord
           )
           that
           the
           Clearest
           of
           my
           Accusers
           would
           be
           Loth
           to
           stand
           
             That
             Test
          
           )
           And
           This
           ,
           (
           under
           favour
           )
           is
           not
           All
           neither
           :
           For
           there
           Occurs
           yet
           
             Another
             Difficulty
          
           ,
           that
           's
           as
           much
           a
           Riddle
           as
           any
           of
           the
           Rest
           ;
           which
           is
           ,
           how
           the
           
             Same
             Person
          
           should
           be
           so
           Deadly
           an
           Eye-Sore
           to
           the
           
             Orthodox
             Clergy
          
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ;
           and
           yet
           at
           the
           
             Same
             Time
          
           ,
           (
           if
           not
           in
           the
           
             same
             Cause
          
           )
           be
           so
           Galling
           a
           Thorn
           in
           the
           Sides
           of
           the
           Schismatiques
           .
        
         
           With
           your
           Lordships
           Favour
           ,
           and
           Patience
           ,
           for
           a
           word
           or
           Two
           upon
           
             This
             Part
          
           of
           my
           Case
           :
           If
           I
           am
           an
           Enemy
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           I
           'me
           a
           Friend
           to
           the
           Faction
           ;
           And
           yet
           I
           find
           no
           Abatement
           of
           
             Malicious
             Forgeries
          
           ,
           and
           Scandals
           against
           me
           ,
           from
           
             That
             Quarter
          
           :
           If
           I
           'me
           an
           Enemy
           to
           the
           Schism
           ,
           purely
           for
           the
           
             Churches
             sake
          
           ,
           I
           am
           so
           far
           ,
           a
           Friend
           to
           the
           Church
           ;
           And
           it
           is
           yet
           my
           Fortune
           ,
           to
           meet
           with
           as
           
             Hard
             Measure
          
           under
           Colour
           of
           
             That
             Interest
          
           ,
           as
           of
           the
           Other
           .
           Now
           (
           my
           Lord
           )
           If
           my
           Writings
           ,
           and
           my
           Life
           be
           All
           of
           a
           piece
           ;
           (
           as
           after
           all
           This
           Noise
           ,
           there
           's
           not
           the
           Least
           Shadow
           of
           a
           Proof
           to
           the
           Contrary
           )
           If
           both
           the
           One
           ,
           and
           the
           Other
           have
           had
           the
           Honour
           ,
           'till
           now
           of
           late
           ,
           of
           a
           Fair
           Interpretation
           ,
           both
           as
           to
           my
           Religion
           ,
           and
           my
           Allegeance
           :
           If
           I
           do
           ,
           at
           This
           Moment
           ,
           stand
           upon
           the
           
             Same
             Ground
          
           ,
           and
           Assert
           the
           
             Same
             Principles
          
           that
           ever
           I
           did
           ;
           there
           must
           be
           either
           some
           
             Secret
             Practice
          
           ,
           or
           some
           
             Dangerous
             Misunderstanding
          
           
           in
           the
           Bus'ness
           .
           And
           the
           Intrigue
           is
           no
           more
           then
           This
           ;
           The
           
             Common
             Enemies
          
           of
           the
           
             Government
             ,
             Invent
          
           ,
           and
           
             Spread
             Scandals
          
           against
           the
           Friends
           of
           it
           .
           They
           throw
           out
           the
           Bait
           ,
           and
           here
           and
           there
           an
           
             Easy
             Honest
             man
             Swallows
          
           it
           ;
           while
           ,
           under
           That
           Pretext
           ,
           the
           Designs
           of
           the
           Faction
           are
           Expos'd
           as
           the
           Sense
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           (
           as
           will
           be
           set
           forth
           more
           at
           large
           ,
           in
           This
           Following
           Tract
           .
           )
           Your
           Lordship
           has
           not
           taken
           Notice
           ,
           perhaps
           ,
           that
           the
           Author
           of
           
             Iulian
             the
             Apostate
          
           ,
           is
           of
           late
           become
           a
           
             Famous
             Stickler
          
           for
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           and
           
             the
             Church-of
             England
             
               as
               by
               Law
               Establish'd
            
             ,
             against
             Popery
             and
             Papists
             :
          
           And
           that
           he
           has
           Compos'd
           ,
           and
           
             Publish'd
             Three
             Famous
             Papers
          
           upon
           That
           Subject
           :
           But
           withall
           ,
           That
           as
           These
           Three
           Papers
           were
           Intended
           for
           Libells
           ;
           so
           they
           were
           Manag'd
           in
           the
           Dark
           ,
           and
           Privately
           Thrown
           about
           the
           Streets
           ,
           as
           the
           most
           Pernicious
           of
           Libells
           :
           And
           in
           fine
           ,
           to
           Consummate
           the
           Boldness
           ,
           and
           the
           Wickedness
           of
           the
           Hypocrisy
           ,
           These
           Papers
           were
           
             Written
             ,
             Design'd
          
           ,
           and
           Calculated
           for
           the
           Service
           of
           the
           
             Rebellion
             it self
          
           .
           To
           say
           nothing
           of
           Other
           Affronts
           put
           upon
           the
           Dignity
           of
           the
           
             Holy
             Order
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Protestant
             Profession
          
           ,
           under
           the
           
             Same
             Disguise
          
           .
           It
           is
           ,
           Briefly
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           the
           very
           Train
           ,
           and
           Master-piece
           of
           the
           Faction
           ,
           by
           a
           Certain
           
             Sleight
             of
             hand
          
           ,
           to
           get
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           turn'd
           up
           Trump
           :
           and
           Then
           ,
           to
           Play
           their
           
             Own
             Game
          
           under
           it
           .
           With
           Permission
           (
           my
           Lord
           )
           This
           is
           the
           
             Iust
             State
          
           ,
           and
           
             True
             Measure
          
           of
           the
           Case
           ,
           both
           Publique
           ,
           and
           Private
           .
           I
           had
           it
           T'other
           day
           from
           a
           Person
           of
           Great
           ,
           and
           
             Vnquestionable
             Honour
          
           ,
           That
           the
           very
           Morning
           after
           the
           Rebells
           Landed
           at
           Lime
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           Discoursing
           of
           the
           Danger
           of
           their
           
             Vndertaking
             ;
             [
             Well!
          
           (
           says
           a
           Head-Man
           among
           'em
           )
           
             If
             we
             can
             but
             make
             a
             Breakfast
             of
             Those
             Rogues
             ,
          
           Jeffreys
           ,
           and
           L'Estrange
           ,
           
             we
             'le
             never
          
           Repent
           the
           Hazzards
           
             we
             are
             to
             run
             .
          
           ]
           I
           take
           it
           for
           an
           Obligation
           that
           they
           Design'd
           the
           Eating
           of
           me
           in
           so
           
             Good
             Company
          
           :
           But
           (
           with
           pardon
           )
           it
           seems
           somewhat
           with
           the
           most
           yet
           ,
           to
           be
           Baited
           by
           CHRISTIANs
           ,
           on
           the
           One
           Hand
           ,
           and
           Worry'd
           by
           CANNIBALS
           ,
           on
           the
           Other
           .
        
         
         
           It
           will
           become
           me
           now
           to
           Enform
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           in
           Excuse
           of
           This
           Confidence
           ,
           how
           Unwillingly
           I
           came
           to
           it
           .
           The
           
             Western
             Rebellion
          
           has
           hardly
           made
           more
           Noise
           then
           my
           Apostacy
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ;
           and
           it
           has
           given
           no
           small
           Reputation
           to
           the
           Imposture
           ,
           that
           my
           Enemies
           have
           taken
           Sanctuary
           in
           the
           Church
           ;
           and
           Stabb'd
           me
           ,
           even
           from
           behind
           the
           Altar
           :
           So
           that
           I
           could
           not
           so
           much
           as
           Defend
           my self
           ,
           without
           some
           sort
           of
           Irreverence
           :
           And
           to
           go
           further
           ,
           would
           have
           been
           little
           less
           then
           Sacrilege
           .
           It
           was
           a
           Dangerous
           ,
           and
           an
           
             Vnkind
             Dilemma
          
           that
           I
           was
           now
           put
           upon
           :
           Either
           to
           Sink
           for
           want
           of
           a
           Vindication
           ,
           or
           to
           run
           the
           Risque
           of
           Hurting
           my
           Mother
           ,
           in
           the
           Attempt
           of
           Righting
           my self
           upon
           some
           of
           her
           
             Froward
             Children
          
           :
           Upon
           This
           Consideration
           ,
           I
           contented
           my self
           with
           the
           
             Middle
             Course
          
           ,
           of
           only
           Touching
           upon
           the
           Point
           in
           question
           now
           and
           then
           in
           an
           Observator
           :
           But
           still
           ,
           so
           fast
           as
           
             One
             Sham
          
           went-off
           ,
           Another
           came
           on
           ;
           and
           finding
           the
           Work
           to
           be
           Endless
           ,
           I
           made
           a
           Virtue
           of
           my
           Misfortune
           ,
           and
           took
           up
           a
           
             Philosophical
             Resolution
          
           ,
           of
           Troubling
           my
           Head
           no
           further
           ,
           with
           what
           I
           could
           not
           help
           .
           So
           long
           as
           the
           Fame
           of
           my
           Levity
           ,
           and
           Hypocrisy
           ,
           Pass'd
           only
           from
           
             hand
             to
             hand
          
           ,
           in
           a
           News-Letter
           ,
           by
           
             Word
             of
             Mouth
          
           ,
           or
           upon
           
             Common
             Hearsay
          
           ,
           I
           stood
           the
           Shock
           ,
           without
           being
           much
           Concern'd
           ,
           whether
           the
           World
           were
           Angry
           ,
           or
           Pleas'd
           :
           Notwithstanding
           ,
           that
           
             Great
             Names
          
           ,
           and
           Authoritys
           were
           laid
           hold
           of
           ,
           to
           Bolster-up
           the
           Credit
           of
           the
           Report
           :
           But
           when
           I
           came
           ,
           afterward
           ,
           to
           find
           
             Ten
             Sheets
          
           of
           a
           Book
           ,
           Printed
           ,
           under
           the
           Title
           of
           
             [
             The
             Difference
             between
             the
          
           CHURCH
           of
           ENGLAND
           ,
           
             and
             the
          
           CHURCH
           of
           ROME
           ,
           
             Considered
             and
             Stated
             ,
             according
             to
             such
             Measures
             as
             both
             do
             Allow
             :
             ]
          
           The
           Subject
           of
           it
           ,
           lyable
           enough
           ,
           to
           stirr
           up
           
             Vnseasonable
             Heats
          
           :
           And
           My Self
           (
           at
           what
           Hazzard
           soever
           )
           render'd
           the
           Occasion
           of
           the
           Controversy
           ;
           As
           if
           the
           Treatise
           ,
           had
           been
           only
           a
           
             Defence
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
          
           in
           Reply
           to
           the
           Observator
           ,
           that
           had
           Written
           
           against
           it
           .
           This
           Insinuation
           was
           the
           most
           
             Artificial
             Essay
          
           of
           Proving
           me
           a
           Papist
           ,
           that
           has
           ,
           as
           yet
           ,
           been
           Offer'd
           at
           :
           And
           left
           only
           
             This
             Choice
          
           before
           me
           ;
           Either
           to
           
             put
             Pen
             to
             Paper
          
           ,
           in
           Denial
           of
           the
           Charge
           ,
           or
           to
           Stand
           Mute
           ,
           and
           Confess
           it
           .
        
         
           You
           will
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           My
           Lord
           ,
           Easily
           Excuse
           my
           Writing
           ,
           under
           
             These
             Circumstances
          
           ;
           and
           as
           
             Generously
             Pardon
          
           the
           Adventure
           of
           This
           Dedication
           ,
           when
           you
           shall
           find
           ,
           how
           Injuriously
           my
           Adversaries
           have
           Apply'd
           the
           Countenance
           of
           your
           Lordships
           Power
           ,
           and
           Character
           ,
           toward
           the
           Oppressing
           of
           an
           
             Innocent
             Person
          
           .
           Neither
           have
           I
           proceeded
           thus
           far
           ,
           without
           Consulting
           All
           the
           Terms
           of
           
             Discretion
             ,
             Decency
          
           ,
           and
           Respect
           :
           Even
           to
           the
           Degree
           ,
           of
           Reasoning
           my self
           into
           a
           Full
           Conviction
           ,
           that
           I
           could
           not
           have
           done
           Less
           then
           now
           I
           do
           ,
           without
           being
           Wanting
           ,
           both
           to
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           and
           to
           my self
           :
           That
           is
           to
           say
           ;
           without
           Appearing
           less
           Sollicitous
           for
           the
           Blessing
           of
           your
           Good
           Opinion
           ,
           then
           I
           ought
           to
           be
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           not
           yet
           ,
           (
           My
           Lord
           )
           that
           I
           presume
           to
           Beg
           your
           Patronage
           ,
           the
           Breadth
           of
           a
           Single-Hair
           ,
           beyond
           the
           Merits
           of
           the
           Cause
           ;
           and
           the
           
             Exact
             Truth
          
           ,
           and
           Rigour
           of
           an
           
             Impartial
             Iustice
          
           ;
           So
           that
           my
           Petition
           ,
           within
           Those
           Bounds
           ,
           is
           as
           Good
           as
           
             Granted
             Before-Hand
          
           :
           But
           the
           Sum
           of
           my
           Humble
           Request
           (
           with
           Submission
           )
           is
           only
           This
           ;
           That
           I
           may
           have
           leave
           to
           Deposite
           These
           Sheets
           in
           your
           Lordships
           Hand
           ;
           To
           the
           End
           ,
           that
           in
           case
           of
           Any
           Misrepresentation
           of
           the
           Matters
           here
           in
           Question
           ,
           my
           Accusation
           ,
           and
           my
           Defence
           may
           Appear
           Together
           .
           I
           have
           now
           My
           Lord
           ,
           only
           to
           Crave
           your
           Benediction
           ,
           upon
        
         
           
             Your
             Lordships
             most
             Dutifull
             ,
             and
             Obedient
             Servant
             ,
             
               Roger
               L'Estrange
            
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           To
           the
           Reader
           .
        
         
           THis
           is
           only
           to
           shew
           the
           Reader
           in
           a
           Few
           Words
           ,
           how
           Matters
           stand
           betwixt
           the
           Peevish
           Part
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           the
           Observator
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           a
           Defence
           that
           I
           am
           forc'd
           upon
           by
           a
           Certain
           
             Printed
             Paper
          
           ,
           that
           lays
           me
           under
           the
           
             Absolute
             Necessity
          
           of
           a
           Reply
           :
           And
           ,
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           gives
           me
           as
           Fair
           an
           Opportunity
           as
           I
           could
           Wish
           ,
           of
           Clearing
           several
           
             Other
             Scores
             ,
             all
             under
             One.
          
           My
           Work
           will
           be
           the
           Easier
           ,
           in
           regard
           that
           the
           most
           
             Popular
             Stress
          
           of
           the
           Calumny
           against
           me
           ,
           is
           Discharg'd
           ,
           out
           of
           the
           Mouths
           of
           my
           very
           Opposers
           ;
           and
           not
           without
           
             Manifest
             Contradictions
          
           upon
           Themselves
           too
           :
           Beside
           the
           
             False
             Countenances
          
           that
           are
           put
           upon
           my
           Writings
           ,
           &
           Meanings
           ,
           in
           Despite
           of
           Grammar-Rules
           ,
           and
           of
           
             Common
             Reason
          
           ;
           which
           the
           Reader
           would
           have
           taken
           Notice
           of
           without
           Telling
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           Better
           Colour
           of
           the
           Bus'ness
           ;
           the
           Title
           bears
           the
           Face
           only
           of
           
             a
             Consideration
          
           of
           the
           
             Difference
             
               betwixt
               the
            
             Two
             Churches
          
           ;
           But
           the
           
             First
             Sheet
          
           of
           the
           Text
           looks
           quite
           Another
           way
           ;
           and
           turns
           the
           
             Pretended
             State
          
           of
           the
           Controversy
           into
           a
           
             Stabbing
             Reflexion
          
           upon
           the
           Observator
           :
           As
           who
           should
           say
           ,
           let
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           Observators
           talk
           what
           he
           will
           ,
           of
           Re-Unions
           ,
           and
           Accommodations
           ;
           as
           if
           there
           were
           
             no
             Difference
             at
             all
          
           ,
           but
           in
           Terms
           ,
           and
           Modalities
           ,
           betwixt
           the
           Church-of
           -
           England
           and
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           :
           Here
           's
           a
           Brief
           Confutation
           of
           his
           Mistake
           ,
           let
           him
           Deny
           it
           if
           he
           can
           .
           Upon
           the
           Authority
           of
           
             This
             Insinuation
          
           ,
           I
           am
           presently
           to
           be
           run-down
           for
           a
           Papist
           ,
           without
           any
           Ground
           for
           the
           Suggestion
           :
           Nay
           upon
           Those
           Points
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Plaintiff
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Defendent
             Agree
          
           in
           Opinion
           ,
           to
           a
           
             Single
             Syllable
          
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           Write
           I
           must
           ;
           and
           my
           Method
           shall
           be
           ,
           to
           Take
           ,
           and
           to
           Answer
           That
           which
           Concerns
           my self
           ,
           in
           Fact
           ;
           (
           For
           I
           have
           nothing
           to
           do
           with
           matter
           of
           
             Doctrine
             )
             
               Paragraph
               by
               Paragraph
            
          
           ,
           under
           the
           Heads
           of
           CONSIDERATIONS
           ,
           and
           NOTES
           ,
           to
           Distinguish
           the
           One
           from
           the
           Other
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           The
           Observator
           Defended
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             1.
             
             The
             Difference
             between
             the
             Church
             of
             ENGLAND
             ,
             
             and
             the
             Church
             of
             ROME
             ,
             CONSIDER'D
             and
             Stated
             ,
             according
             to
             such
             Measures
             ,
             as
             both
             do
             Allow
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             THese
             are
             the
             Words
             of
             the
             Title
             :
             
             But
             we
             must
             look
             for
             the
             Drift
             ,
             &
             Meaning
             of
             it
             ,
             in
             the
             following
             Text
             ;
             Where
             ,
             it
             will
             Appear
             ,
             that
             the
             Pretended
             
               State
               of
               the
               Difference
               betwixt
               the
               Two
               Churches
               ,
            
             is
             the
             Least
             Part
             of
             the
             Bus'ness
             of
             This
             Treatise
             :
             Though
             Nine
             Parts
             in
             Ten
             of
             the
             Bulk
             of
             it
             be
             Employ'd
             upon
             That
             Subject
             :
             So
             that
             I
             shall
             now
             Proceed
             to
             the
             Matter
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             After
             the
             Ingenious
             Author
             of
             the
             Observators
             had
             declared
             ,
             
             that
             he
             was
             
               resolved
               not
               to
               intermeddle
               in
               past
               Controversies
               ,
               
               without
               fresh
               and
               publick
               Provocation
               to
               't
               ;
               and
               to
               bury
               Forty
               One
               ,
               and
               his
               Dissenters
               Sayings
               ,
               both
               together
            
             ;
             And
             that
             ,
             
               if
               they
               will
               be
               quiet
               ,
               he
               has
               as
               large
               a
               Field
               before
               him
               t'other
               way
               .
            
             It
             was
             no
             little
             surprize
             to
             the
             Honest
             and
             Loyal
             Church-of
             -
             England
             men
             to
             observe
             
               their
               Religion
            
             ;
             and
             to
             the
             Clergy
             of
             London
             ,
             to
             find
             themselves
             brought
             into
             the
             Field
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             concern'd
             in
             the
             
               t'other
               way
            
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             
               First
               Note
            
             I
             shall
             make
             upon
             This
             Paragraph
             (
             after
             my
             Thanks
             for
             the
             
               [
               Ingenious
               Author
            
             ]
             must
             be
             This
             ,
             
             That
             it
             is
             a
             Paper
             ,
             Representative
             of
             
               the
               Honest
               ,
               and
               Loyal
               Church-of-England-men
               ,
               
               and
               the
               Clergy
               of
               London
               ,
            
             (
             at
             least
             if
             we
             may
             take
             the
             Printers
             Word
             for
             't
             in
             the
             First
             Page
             )
             which
             Imports
             a
             Complaint
             in
             
               Their
               Names
            
             ,
             of
             Injurys
             done
             to
             Them
             ,
             and
             
               Their
               Religion
            
             ,
             by
             the
             
               Ingenious
               Observator
            
             .
             It
             is
             now
             to
             be
             Hop'd
             ,
             that
             we
             shall
             have
             Fair
             Dealing
             in
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Clause
             :
             For
             Otherwise
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             will
             have
             Juster
             Cause
             of
             Exception
             to
             her
             Advocate
             for
             his
             Vindication
             ,
             then
             to
             the
             Observator
             for
             his
             Calumny
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             Second
             Place
             ,
             we
             shall
             Confront
             the
             References
             with
             the
             Originalls
             ;
             and
             see
             how
             the
             
               Observators
               Words
            
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Considerers
               Inferences
            
             will
             Hang
             together
             .
             
               [
               I
               am
               Resolv'd
            
             (
             says
             the
             
               Observator
               )
               not
               to
               Intermeddle
               in
               Past
               Controversies
               without
               Fresh
               ,
               and
               Publique
               Provocation
               to
               't
               ;
               
                 [
                 Or
                 where
                 the
                 Uindication
                 of
                 the
                 Government
                 shall
                 Naturally
                 Require
                 it
                 .
                 ]
              
               I
               shall
               Bury
            
             Forty
             One
             ,
             
               and
               my
            
             Dissenters
             Sayings
             
               Both
               together
               .
               
                 [
                 And
                 That
                 Story
                 shall
                 never
                 see
                 the
                 Light
                 more
                 ,
                 'till
                 the
              
            
             Republicans
             ,
             
               or
               the
            
             Dissenters
             
               Themselves
               ,
               shall
               by
               some
               Future
               Act
               of
               Open
               Disobedience
               force
               Some
               of
               Those
               Instances
               out
               of
               their
               Graves
               again
               .
               ]
            
             Compare
             the
             Citation
             now
             with
             the
             Text
             ,
             and
             you
             will
             finde
             the
             
               Periods
               Maim'd
            
             ,
             and
             the
             Omissions
             Totally
             in
             favour
             of
             the
             Dissenters
             ;
             Nay
             ,
             the
             Conditions
             of
             my
             
               Forbearance
               ,
               Broken
            
             by
             an
             
               Open
               Rebellion
            
             ;
             and
             the
             very
             Violation
             of
             Those
             
               Conditions
               Smother'd
            
             ,
             and
             Suppress'd
             .
             Here
             are
             
               Three
               Divided
               Sentences
            
             Tack'd
             into
             One
             ;
             and
             when
             he
             has
             Disjoynted
             My
             Connexion
             ,
             he
             mightily
             mistakes
             my
             Meaning
             .
             After
             the
             Words
             
               [
               Both
               together
            
             ]
             he
             takes
             a
             Leap
             of
             allmost
             Fifty
             Lines
             to
             That
             Passage
             
               [
               If
               they
               will
               be
               Quiet
               ,
            
             &c.
             ]
             Which
             ,
             in
             the
             Observator
             runs
             Thus.
             [
             Obs.
             
               Prethee
               hold
               thy self
               Contented
            
             ,
             Trimmer
             .
             
               Either
               the
               People
               I
               have
               had
               to
               do
               withall
               ,
            
             Will
             
               be
               Quiet
               ,
               or
               they
               will
            
             Not
             
               be
               Quiet
               .
               If
               they
               will
            
             Not
             ,
             
               there
               's
               work
               enough
               That
               way
               Cut
               out
               ,
               Ready
               to
               my
               hand
               :
               But
               ]
               
                 if
                 they
              
            
             Will
             
               be
               Quiet
               ,
               I
               have
               as
               Large
               a
               Field
               before
               me
            
             T'OTHER
             WAY
             ;
             
               [
               And
               I
               shall
               be
               as
               Ready
               to
               Celebrate
               the
               Miracle
               of
               their
               Loyalty
               and
               Conversion
               ,
               as
               ever
               I
               was
               to
               set
               forth
               the
               History
               of
               their
               Ingratitude
               ,
               and
               Disobedience
               .
               ]
            
             I
             must
             here
             Observe
             ,
             that
             he
             has
             First
             left
             out
             
               One
               Point
            
             of
             the
             Dilemma
             ;
             and
             
               2ly
               ,
               Cut
               off
               ,
               Short
            
             of
             the
             
             Explication
             of
             the
             
               Other
               Point
            
             :
             Under
             which
             Ambiguity
             ,
             and
             Imperfection
             ,
             he
             turns
             
               [
               'TOTHER
               WAY
            
             ]
             upon
             the
             
               Church-of-England-men
               ,
               and
               the
               London-Clergy
            
             ,
             when
             the
             Words
             were
             most
             Explicitely
             Spoken
             ,
             and
             Intended
             of
             the
             Republicans
             ,
             and
             Phanatiques
             :
             And
             the
             Short
             English
             of
             them
             no
             more
             then
             
               This
               :
               If
               they
               will
               Not
               be
               Quiet
               ,
               I
               'le
               Expose
               them
               ;
               but
               if
               they
               Will
               be
               Quiet
               ,
               I
               'le
               Commend
               them
               .
            
          
           
             3.
             
             When
             the
             Clergy
             of
             the
             City
             ,
             
             under
             the
             Conduct
             of
             their
             Right
             Reverend
             Diocesan
             ,
             had
             presented
             an
             Humble
             Address
             ,
             in
             the
             Sincerity
             of
             their
             Hearts
             ,
             to
             His
             Sacred
             Majesty
             ,
             with
             their
             
               humble
               thanks
               for
               his
               Gracious
               assurance
               to
               defend
               
                 Our
                 Religion
              
               :
            
             As
             they
             could
             not
             think
             the
             Phrase
             
               Our
               Religion
            
             ,
             liable
             in
             it self
             to
             any
             just
             exceptions
             ;
             so
             of
             all
             men
             living
             ,
             could
             not
             they
             have
             supposed
             ,
             that
             this
             Author
             ,
             who
             had
             before
             treated
             them
             with
             Respect
             ,
             and
             had
             been
             so
             treated
             by
             them
             ,
             should
             all
             o'
             th'
             suddain
             ,
             
               without
               any
               provocation
            
             ,
             or
             observing
             the
             Law
             he
             had
             before
             offer'd
             even
             to
             the
             Dissenters
             ,
             fall
             unmercifully
             upon
             that
             little
             Phrase
             ,
             and
             those
             that
             innocently
             used
             it
             ;
             as
             if
             there
             had
             been
             a
             
               secret
               reserve
            
             in
             it
             ;
             and
             that
             under
             the
             Cant
             (
             as
             he
             is
             pleased
             to
             term
             it
             )
             
               of
               the
               Protestant
               
                 Religion
                 ,
                 the
              
               Reformed
               Religion
            
             ,
             and
             
               Our
               Religion
            
             ,
             
             there
             was
             intended
             a
             
               Cover
               for
               
                 All
                 Religions
                 but
              
               Popery
            
             .
             An
             inference
             very
             wide
             and
             extravagant
             ,
             since
             tho
             
               Our
               Religion
            
             had
             not
             been
             followed
             (
             as
             it
             was
             )
             with
             
               Established
               by
               Law
            
             ;
             yet
             the
             Address
             being
             presented
             by
             such
             a
             Body
             of
             men
             ,
             as
             the
             City
             Clergy
             ,
             and
             referring
             to
             His
             Majesties
             Declaration
             ,
             where
             he
             was
             pleased
             Graciously
             to
             assure
             us
             of
             the
             
               care
               he
               would
               take
               to
               defend
               the
               Church
               so
               Established
            
             ;
             all
             mistake
             in
             that
             matter
             was
             sufficiently
             prevented
             .
          
           
           
             3.
             
             There
             are
             a
             Great
             many
             Hard
             Words
             given
             to
             the
             Observator
             in
             This
             Clause
             ;
             
             Principalities
             ,
             and
             Powers
             Call'd
             into
             the
             Party
             ;
             and
             upon
             the
             Whole
             Matter
             ,
             a
             Body
             can
             hardly
             fancy
             the
             Character
             of
             a
             
               Worse
               Man
            
             :
             But
             yet
             for
             the
             sake
             of
             Two
             or
             Three
             Lines
             there
             ,
             I
             have
             Good
             Nature
             enough
             to
             Forgive
             All
             the
             Rest.
             
               [
               Of
               All
               men
               Living
            
             (
             says
             the
             
               Considerer
               )
               they
               could
               not
               have
               Supposed
               that
            
             This
             Author
             ,
             
               who
               had
               before
               Treated
               them
               with
            
             Respect
             ;
             
               and
               had
               been
               so
               Treated
            
             by
             them
             ,
             
               should
               [
               all
               o'
               th'
            
             SUDDEN
             ,
             &c.
             ]
             Now
             This
             Passage
             ,
             has
             in
             a
             Great
             Measure
             Unveil'd
             the
             Mystery
             ;
             and
             laid
             Open
             the
             very
             Root
             of
             All
             the
             Following
             Misunderstandings
             .
             Alas
             !
             I
             was
             a
             Protestant
             ;
             a
             Person
             in
             Credit
             ,
             and
             
               Treated
               with
               Respect
            
             ,
             'till
             This
             Unlucky
             
               [
               All
               o'
               th'
               Sudden
            
             ]
             Spoil'd
             my
             Market
             ,
             and
             Shipwrackt
             my
             Religion
             ,
             and
             my
             Reputation
             ,
             both
             at
             a
             Gust
             .
             I
             was
             ,
             in
             One
             Word
             ,
             
               a
               Very
               Honest
               Man
            
             ,
             and
             a
             
               Good
               Protestant
            
             ;
             a
             
               True
               Son
               of
               the
               Church
            
             ,
             and
             a
             
               Loyal
               Subject
            
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             'till
             the
             
               Three
               and
               Twentieth
               of
               February
               Last
               past
            
             ;
             which
             was
             the
             
               Precise
               Date
            
             of
             the
             
               Bloudy
               Observator
            
             that
             has
             wrought
             me
             all
             this
             Woe
             .
             There
             was
             No
             Notice
             taken
             as
             yet
             ,
             of
             the
             Story
             of
             my
             Massing-it
             at
             Somerset-House
             1680.
             
             Not
             a
             Word
             said
             ,
             of
             my
             
               Siding
               with
               the
               Loyal
               Papists
            
             at
             Worcester
             ,
             against
             the
             
               Rebellious
               Pretended
               Protestants
            
             there
             ,
             in
             my
             Observators
             of
             May
             ,
             1683.
             
             No
             Talk
             as
             yet
             of
             Modalities
             ,
             and
             Accommodations
             ;
             though
             I
             gave
             the
             World
             
               more
               Pretence
            
             for
             it
             in
             
               Eighty
               One
            
             ,
             then
             ever
             I
             did
             since
             :
             But
             now
             
               [
               All
               o'
               th'
               Sudden
            
             ]
             I
             'm
             a
             Papist
             ;
             a
             Renegade
             ,
             &c.
             
             And
             All
             ,
             long
             of
             That
             
               Vnpardonable
               Observator
               .
               Vol.
               3.
               
               Num.
            
             7.
             
             Wherefore
             I
             cannot
             do
             better
             then
             Remit
             my self
             to
             That
             very
             Paper
             ,
             and
             leave
             the
             World
             to
             Iudge
             ,
             upon
             an
             
               Equal
               Hearing
            
             ,
             whether
             of
             the
             Two
             is
             the
             more
             to
             Blame
             ,
             the
             Considerer
             ,
             or
             the
             Observator
             .
          
           
             Only
             One
             Word
             by
             the
             way
             ,
             to
             the
             Articles
             of
             my
             
               Charge
               .
               First
            
             ,
             I
             am
             made
             a
             Ridiculer
             of
             the
             Address
             of
             the
             London-Clergy
             ;
             for
             the
             Phrase
             ,
             of
             
               [
               Our
               Religion
               .
            
             ]
             Notwithstanding
             
               2ly
               ,
               [
               His
               Majesties
               Gracious
               Assurance
               to
               Defend
               [
               Our
               Religion
               .
               ]
            
             And
             3ly
             ,
             Notwithstanding
             the
             Dignity
             of
             the
             Presenters
             ,
             and
             the
             Solemnity
             of
             Presenting
             it
             ,
             I
             
             make
             it
             no
             better
             then
             [
             a
             Cant
             ;
             
               and
               as
               if
               there
               were
               some
               Secret
               Reserve
               
                 in
                 't
                 :
              
               ]
            
             To
             this
             I
             say
             ,
             First
             ;
             that
             the
             Considerer
             Cannot
             Apply
             the
             Descant
             upon
             
               [
               Our
               Religion
            
             ]
             to
             the
             London-Clergy
             without
             making
             them
             Schismatiques
             .
             Neither
             does
             the
             Address
             run
             in
             the
             Style
             of
             
               [
               Our
               Religion
               ;
            
             ]
             but
             
               [
               Our
               Religion
               ,
               Establisht
               by
               Law.
               ]
               2ly
               ,
            
             Neither
             is
             it
             the
             Phrase
             of
             his
             Majesties
             Declaration
             it self
             .
             The
             Words
             being
             These
             
               [
               I
               shall
               make
               it
               my
               Endeavour
               to
               Preserve
               This
               Government
               both
               in
               Church
               and
               State
               ;
               as
               it
               is
               now
               
                 by
                 Law
                 Establish'd
                 .
              
               ]
               3ly
               ,
            
             The
             
               Words
               
                 [
                 Cant
                 ,
              
               ]
            
             and
             
               [
               Secret
               Reserve
            
             ]
             are
             Appropriated
             ,
             and
             Restrain'd
             ,
             so
             Inseparably
             ,
             to
             the
             Schismatiques
             ,
             that
             All
             the
             Force
             in
             the
             World
             cannot
             draw
             from
             them
             
               Any
               Other
               Meaning
            
             :
             So
             that
             Either
             the
             
               Whole
               Charge
            
             falls
             to
             the
             Ground
             ;
             or
             he
             Confounds
             the
             Church
             ,
             with
             the
             Schism
             .
             Beside
             ,
             that
             the
             Cavil
             Amounts
             to
             no
             more
             then
             a
             Bare
             Supposition
             ,
             or
             the
             Fiction
             of
             a
             Case
             ,
             where
             the
             Observator
             is
             made
             to
             Condemn
             a
             Thing
             that
             
               was
               Not
               ;
            
             but
             
               might
               possibly
               have
               been
            
             ;
             which
             Casts
             the
             Pretended
             Censure
             quite
             out
             of
             doors
             .
             These
             Calumnys
             however
             ,
             are
             Inculcated
             
               Over
               and
               Over
            
             ,
             to
             make
             the
             Impression
             Sink
             the
             Deeper
             :
             But
             the
             
               Merits
               of
               the
               Cause
            
             will
             be
             Best
             Try'd
             by
             the
             
               Observator
               it self
            
             .
             As
             for
             Example
             .
          
           
             [
             The
             Winds
             from
             All
             the
             Points
             of
             the
             Compass
             ,
             
             never
             wrought
             so
             much
             Mischief
             to
             
               This
               Island
            
             in
             bringing
             the
             Sea
             upon
             us
             ,
             as
             
               Liberty
               of
               Conscience
            
             has
             done
             ,
             in
             the
             
               More
               
                 Destructive
                 Inundations
              
            
             of
             an
             
               Unbounded
               Schism
            
             ;
             And
             they
             have
             gotten
             a
             Trick
             too
             ,
             of
             
               Covering
               
                 All
                 Religions
              
            
             but
             Popery
             ,
             under
             the
             Cant
             of
             the
             
               Protestant
               
                 Religion
                 ;
                 the
              
               Reformed
               Religion
            
             ,
             and
             
               Our
               Religion
            
             (
             which
             is
             a
             Mighty
             Bus'ness
             I
             warrant
             ye
             .
             )
             Now
             let
             Ten
             Thousand
             Millions
             of
             
               Mouths
               Open
            
             as
             many
             
               Several
               Ways
            
             to
             the
             Tune
             of
             
               Our
               Religion
               ;
            
             and
             That
             same
             
               [
               Our
               Religion
            
             ]
             looks
             
               East
               ,
               West
               ,
               North
            
             and
             
               South
               ;
               Answers
            
             the
             
               Whole
               Cry
            
             ,
             and
             Stops
             Every
             Mouth
             of
             '
             em
             .
             Pray
             Observe
             now
             ,
             that
             under
             This
             Generality
             ,
             and
             Blind
             ,
             the
             Common
             People
             are
             so
             far
             Impos'd
             upon
             ,
             as
             to
             take
             Every
             man
             for
             a
             Papist
             that
             will
             not
             Subscribe
             to
             
               This
               Protestant
               This
               Reformed
               This
               Our
               Religion
            
             ;
             ;
             at
             
               Large
               ,
               
                 &c.
                 Obs.
                 Vol.
                 3.
                 
                 Num.
                 7.
              
            
             ]
          
           
           
             Here
             's
             a
             Debate
             upon
             
               Liberty
               of
               Conscience
            
             ;
             The
             Danger
             of
             an
             
               Vnbounded
               Schism
            
             ;
             The
             Tricks
             the
             Schismatiques
             have
             got
             ,
             of
             Cozening
             the
             Multitude
             under
             
               Generalities
               at
               Large
            
             ,
             &c.
             
             Now
             do
             I
             Defy
             any
             man
             living
             ,
             either
             to
             make
             This
             an
             Affront
             to
             the
             
               Canonical
               Addressers
            
             ;
             or
             to
             Clear
             Him
             of
             an
             Affront
             Himself
             ,
             that
             takes
             upon
             him
             to
             Pronounce
             it
             One
             :
             And
             again
             ,
             by
             way
             of
             Explanation
             upon
             the
             Word
             
               [
               PROTESTANT
               .
            
             ]
          
           
             [
             If
             you
             Speak
             of
             the
             Church-of-England
             ,
             
             under
             the
             Care
             of
             
               Episcopal
               Governours
            
             ;
             And
             as
             it
             is
             by
             
               Law
               Establish'd
            
             ,
             in
             Doctrine
             and
             Discipline
             ,
             Give
             That
             Religion
             what
             Denomination
             you
             please
             ,
             I
             'm
             for
             it
             :
             But
             if
             you
             have
             a
             
               Secret
               Reserve
            
             to
             your self
             ,
             of
             Comprehending
             
               Presbyterians
               ,
               Independents
               ,
               Anabaptists
            
             ,
             and
             All
             the
             
               Other
               Sects
            
             that
             call
             Themselves
             Protestants
             ,
             for
             Protesting
             against
             Popery
             ,
             I
             am
             not
             of
             
               That
               
                 Protestant
                 Religion
              
               .
            
             Ibid.
             ]
             Neither
             do
             I
             take
             it
             to
             be
             Any
             Proof
             of
             a
             
               True
               Religion
            
             ,
             barely
             to
             Protest
             against
             a
             
               False
               One
            
             :
             For
             That
             may
             be
             the
             Case
             ,
             of
             only
             Combating
             the
             Errors
             of
             
               One
               Religion
            
             with
             the
             
               more
               Enormous
               Impieties
            
             of
             a
             
               Thousand
               Worse
            
             .
             Ibid.
             ]
             
               And
               yet
               once
               again
            
             .
          
           
             [
             There
             's
             the
             
               Same
               Snare
            
             under
             the
             Word
             
               [
               Reform'd
               ,
            
             ]
             
             as
             under
             
               [
               Protestant
               ,
            
             ]
             and
             as
             much
             need
             of
             Explaining
             it
             ,
             Least
             ,
             when
             a
             man
             thinks
             to
             Declare
             for
             the
             Constitution
             ,
             he
             be
             Drawn-in
             (
             as
             it
             was
             in
             the
             One-and-Forty-Protestation
             )
             by
             an
             
               Exposition
               Ex
               post
               facto
            
             ,
             to
             an
             Engagement
             for
             the
             Schism
             :
             But
             then
             comes
             
               [
               OUR
               Religion
               ,
            
             ]
             that
             (
             without
             some
             Explicit
             Limitation
             or
             Restriction
             )
             raises
             a
             very
             
               Hubub
               ;
               Fires
            
             the
             Beacons
             ,
             and
             takes
             in
             
               Turks
               ,
               Jews
            
             ,
             and
             Gentiles
             ,
             into
             the
             Comprehension
             .
             Why
             
               Our
               Religion
            
             is
             
               Any
               Religion
               All
               Religions
            
             ,
             ;
             or
             
               No
               Religion
               at
               all
            
             ;
             Especially
             out
             of
             so
             many
             Mouths
             ,
             of
             as
             many
             
               Several
               Minds
            
             ;
             And
             therefore
             Religion
             ,
             is
             not
             a
             Thing
             to
             be
             Tristed
             with
             at
             This
             
               Dark
               ,
               Dubious
            
             ,
             and
             Unintelligible
             Rate
             ,
             without
             Fixing
             some
             
               Mark
               ,
               Name
            
             ,
             or
             Appellation
             upon
             it
             ;
             And
             therefore
             let
             'em
             either
             say
             
               Our
               Popish
               Religion
            
             ,
             or
             
               Our
               Phanatical
               Religion
            
             ;
             or
             
               [
               Our
               Religion
               Establish'd
               by
               Law
               ,
            
             and
             a
             body
             knows
             where
             to
             have
             'em
             :
             But
             to
             Set-up
             a
             
               Hundred
               
                 False
                 Religions
              
               ,
            
             in
             a
             Protestation
             to
             
               Oppose
               One
            
             ;
             And
             then
             to
             make
             
               One
               True
               Religion
            
             out
             of
             a
             
               Hundred
               
               Contradictions
            
             ,
             is
             to
             Erect
             a
             Multitude
             of
             Gods
             ,
             and
             to
             set-up
             Altar
             against
             Altar
             ;
             And
             on
             the
             Other
             hand
             to
             Extract
             a
             Compound
             of
             TRUTH
             ,
             out
             of
             a
             Confusion
             of
             Errors
             .
             Ibid.
             ]
          
           
             I
             shall
             now
             Compare
             the
             Text
             with
             the
             Comment
             ;
             And
             leave
             it
             fairly
             to
             the
             Reader
             ,
             to
             Try
             if
             he
             can
             Reconcile
             them
             .
             Here
             's
             
               First
               ;
               Liberty
               of
               Conscience
               .
               2ly
               ,
            
             An
             
               Vnbounded
               Schism
               .
               3ly
            
             ,
             The
             Imposture
             of
             
               Generalities
               .
               4ly
            
             ,
             So
             many
             Mouths
             ,
             so
             many
             
               Minds
               .
               5ly
               .
               Secret
               Reserves
               ,
            
             for
             a
             Cover
             to
             All
             the
             
               Phanatical
               Sects
               .
               6ly
            
             ,
             A
             Hundred
             
               False
               Religions
            
             ,
             and
             Contradictions
             .
             Here
             's
             the
             Text
             ;
             And
             
               All
               This
            
             (
             says
             the
             
               Considerers
               Comment
            
             )
             is
             Intended
             for
             a
             Lash
             at
             
               Unity
               ,
               Uniformity
            
             ,
             Express
             
               Articles
               ,
               Orders
            
             ,
             and
             
               Constitutions
               :
               Apostolical
               Agreement
               ,
               Orthodox
               Ministers
               ,
            
             and
             
               Canonical
               Obedience
               ;
               Harmony
            
             of
             Confession
             ,
             &c.
             
             In
             fine
             ;
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             may
             be
             as
             soon
             brought
             together
             as
             
               These
               Oppositions
            
             :
             Nor
             could
             These
             Illusions
             ever
             have
             Pass'd
             upon
             Any
             Other
             Age
             then
             This.
             Nay
             ;
             And
             it
             is
             not
             all
             ,
             that
             the
             Edge
             Cuts
             only
             upon
             the
             Schism
             ,
             but
             to
             put
             the
             Matter
             past
             the
             very
             Possibility
             ,
             (
             as
             a
             body
             would
             think
             )
             of
             a
             Misconstruction
             ,
             there
             are
             I
             know
             not
             how
             many
             Savings
             of
             Honour
             and
             Respect
             ,
             to
             the
             very
             Case
             in
             Question
             ,
             wherein
             I
             Declare
             my self
             Abundantly
             Satisfy'd
             with
             (
             as
             it
             falls
             out
             )
             the
             very
             Terms
             ,
             and
             Qualifications
             of
             the
             
               Address
               :
               i.e.
               [
               Establish'd
               by
               Law.
               ]
            
          
           
             4.
             
             But
             let
             that
             Phrase
             fare
             as
             it
             will
             ,
             
             and
             our
             Reverences
             also
             be
             despised
             with
             it
             (
             tho'
             we
             did
             as
             little
             deserve
             ,
             as
             expect
             it
             from
             him
             )
             yet
             we
             think
             our
             worthy
             Diocesan
             ,
             that
             for
             the
             Loyalty
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Nobility
             of
             his
             Family
             ,
             deserves
             so
             well
             of
             the
             publick
             ;
             and
             for
             his
             Zeal
             for
             ,
             and
             constancy
             
               in
               our
               Religion
            
             (
             for
             we
             shall
             still
             make
             bold
             to
             use
             that
             Phrase
             ;
             
             especially
             ,
             since
             we
             have
             no
             less
             than
             the
             Parliament
             of
             our
             Neighbour
             Nation
             to
             justify
             us
             in
             it
             )
             deserves
             so
             well
             at
             Our
             ,
             at
             His
             ,
             and
             at
             all
             Church
             of
             England
             mens
             hands
             ,
             might
             have
             been
             spared
             ,
             and
             that
             his
             Lordship
             might
             have
             been
             used
             
             with
             other
             than
             a
             Comical
             Respect
             .
             A
             contempt
             so
             intolerable
             to
             us
             ,
             who
             have
             for
             ten
             years
             felt
             the
             happy
             effects
             of
             his
             prudent
             Government
             ,
             that
             our
             
               otherwise
               respected
               Author
            
             must
             pardon
             us
             ,
             if
             we
             cannot
             so
             easily
             forgive
             the
             publick
             wrong
             done
             to
             that
             ever
             to
             be
             honoured
             Person
             ,
             or
             suffer
             it
             with
             the
             same
             patience
             we
             bear
             our
             own
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             The
             Considerer
             ,
             
             in
             This
             
               Tragi-Comical
               Paragraph
            
             ,
             has
             done
             
               [
               Our
               Otherwise
               Respected
               Author
            
             ]
             a
             kindness
             that
             a
             man
             would
             have
             done
             a
             Dog.
             First
             ,
             to
             give
             him
             
               a
               Flap
               over
               the
               Mouth
               with
               a
               Fox-Tayle
               :
            
             And
             then
             in
             the
             Same
             Breath
             ,
             to
             Arraign
             him
             for
             Libelling
             so
             Reverend
             ,
             and
             so
             Eminent
             a
             Prelate
             :
             When
             the
             very
             Calling
             of
             That
             Observator
             ,
             a
             Libell
             ,
             (
             as
             I
             have
             shew'd
             already
             )
             is
             a
             most
             
               Intolerable
               Libell
            
             it self
             :
             For
             it
             Touches
             not
             the
             Least
             Hair
             of
             any
             man's
             Head
             ,
             that
             is
             not
             a
             Schismatique
             :
             But
             I
             am
             to
             be
             made
             a
             Papist
             ;
             and
             This
             must
             be
             done
             ,
             by
             Preparing
             the
             way
             to
             
               One
               Calumny
            
             ,
             by
             Another
             ;
             The
             Contempt
             of
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             is
             a
             Step
             to
             the
             Forsaking
             of
             the
             Church
             .
             I
             would
             not
             Believe
             Worse
             of
             This
             ,
             or
             These
             ,
             Man
             ,
             or
             Men
             of
             Consideration
             ,
             then
             He
             or
             They
             Deserve
             ;
             for
             their
             
               Own
               Sakes
            
             ;
             nor
             Better
             ,
             for
             the
             Churches
             sake
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             not
             Generous
             to
             Murder
             a
             man
             in
             an
             Embrace
             :
             So
             that
             I
             'le
             e'en
             
               Stop
               Short
            
             ,
             without
             so
             much
             as
             Guessing
             ,
             out
             of
             what
             Quiver
             This
             Arrow
             comes
             .
             There
             are
             
               Some
               Strokes
            
             here
             ,
             I
             must
             Confess
             ,
             that
             have
             much
             of
             the
             Air
             in
             'em
             of
             the
             
               Epistle
               Dedicatory
            
             to
             
               [
               The
               Obserbator
               Prov'd
               a
               Trimmer
               ,
               ]
            
             where
             the
             
               Church
               it Self
            
             was
             Notably
             Topt
             upon
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Observator
             ;
             and
             I
             cannot
             Look
             upon
             the
             One
             ,
             without
             Thinking
             of
             the
             Other
             .
             It
             is
             a
             Figure
             much
             us'd
             of
             late
             ,
             to
             Cover
             a
             Scandal
             ,
             or
             an
             Invective
             ,
             under
             the
             Masque
             of
             a
             Panegyrique
             :
             As
             for
             Instance
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             To
             the
             Most
             Reverend
             ,
             Right
             Reverend
             ,
             and
             Reverend
             Clergy
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             By
             Law
             Establisht
             .
          
           
             
               My
               Lords
               !
               And
               Venerable
               Sirs
               !
            
          
           
             AS
             these
             Animadversions
             are
             made
             Publick
             without
             the
             least
             Malice
             to
             the
             Person
             of
             the
             Observator
             ,
             or
             design
             to
             gratifie
             any
             Faction
             ,
             or
             undervalue
             any
             Services
             his
             Papers
             may
             have
             heretofore
             done
             the
             Church
             or
             State
             ;
             But
             to
             Rectifie
             certain
             things
             which
             he
             has
             lately
             advanced
             ,
             that
             may
             (
             if
             they
             pass
             uncontrouled
             )
             prove
             injurious
             to
             the
             Honour
             and
             Interest
             of
             both
             ;
             so
             they
             address
             not
             to
             you
             for
             Protection
             ,
             any
             further
             than
             your
             
               Justice
               and
               Piety
            
             is
             always
             wont
             to
             favour
             Truth
             .
             And
             therefore
             (
             humbly
             cast
             at
             your
             feet
             )
             are
             submitted
             to
             your
             grave
             and
             impartial
             Considerations
             and
             Censure
             ;
             as
             being
             under
             God
             and
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             
               the
               Watchful
               Overseers
            
             ,
             whose
             especial
             Concern
             it
             is
             (
             in
             your
             several
             Stations
             )
             to
             take
             Care
             
               Ne
               quid
               detrimenti
               Capiat
               Ecclesia
            
             .
          
           
             Here
             's
             [
             No
             Malice
             now
             to
             the
             Person
             of
             the
             Observator
             ,
             
             or
             Design
             to
             Vndervalue
             Any
             Services
             his
             Papers
             may
             have
             heretofore
             done
             the
             Church
             or
             State
             ,
             
               &c.
               ]
               This
               is
               the
            
             Civility
             
               of
               the
            
             Epistle
             ;
             
               and
               the
            
             Considerer
             ,
             
               at
               the
               Bottom
               of
               Page
               .
               3.
               comes
               not
               an
            
             Ace
             
               behind
               him
               ,
               in
               the
               Point
               of
            
             Courtesy
             .
             [
             We
             will
             Allow
             
               (
               says
               he
            
             )
             This
             Worthy
             Gentleman
             All
             the
             Deference
             his
             Parts
             ,
             and
             Pen
             do
             Deserve
             ,
             
               &c.
               ]
               I
               must
               not
               Slip
               One
               Note
               here
               ;
               that
               All
               the
            
             Adversaries
             
               of
               the
            
             Observator
             ,
             were
             Friends
             
               to
               That
            
             Pamphlet
             ;
             and
             Forgave
             
               it
               All
               the
            
             Reproches
             
               it
               cast
               upon
               the
            
             Church
             
               for
               the
            
             Good
             Will
             
               it
               had
               towards
            
             Me
             :
             
               Beside
               a
               Hundred
            
             Shams
             and
             Forgeries
             ,
             
               over
               and
               above
               ,
               that
               
               were
            
             Cast-In
             
               to
               the
            
             Composition
             .
             
               There
               were
               no
            
             Complaints
             
               Advanc'd
               in
            
             That
             Case
             ,
             for
             Abusing
             of
             Diocesans
             ,
             
               though
               the
               whole
            
             Hierarchy
             was
             Trickt
             
               upon
               and
            
             Ridicul'd
             :
             Anabaptists
             ,
             Millenaries
             ,
             Presbyterians
             ,
             Independents
             ,
             All
             ,
             
               Engag'd
               in
               the
            
             Compiling
             
               of
               it
               :
               And
            
             Care
             the
             Ammanuensis
             
               to
               Hand
               it
               over
               to
               the
            
             Press
             .
             
               But
               to
               Proceed
            
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             And
             yet
             its
             likely
             
               for
               the
               seaven
               or
               eight
               and
               forty
               years
               Service
               done
               by
               this
               Author
            
             (
             as
             he
             professeth
             )
             
               to
               a
               Protestant
               Church
            
             ;
             
             and
             for
             a
             better
             reason
             which
             our
             Religion
             teacheth
             us
             ,
             all
             this
             would
             have
             been
             buried
             in
             Silence
             ,
             and
             the
             World
             had
             never
             heard
             more
             of
             it
             from
             us
             ,
             were
             there
             not
             a
             farther
             reason
             behind
             ,
             that
             requires
             our
             appearance
             in
             this
             way
             ,
             and
             which
             we
             cannot
             dissemble
             and
             neglect
             without
             being
             false
             to
             
               Our
               Religion
            
             ,
             that
             we
             solemnly
             profess'd
             to
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             to
             be
             
               dearer
               to
               us
               than
               our
               Lives
               .
            
          
           
             5.
             
             At
             the
             End
             of
             the
             Foregoing
             Clause
             ,
             
             the
             Representative-Considerer
             Flatters
             me
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             London-Clergy
             ,
             that
             They
             might
             have
             Forgiven
             me
             perhaps
             ,
             if
             it
             had
             not
             been
             for
             
               [
               the
               Publique
               Wrong
               done
            
             ,
             &c.
             ]
             And
             now
             in
             This
             Clause
             ,
             I
             might
             have
             been
             Forgiven
             even
             That
             ,
             it
             seems
             ,
             too
             ,
             if
             they
             could
             but
             have
             done
             it
             without
             being
             
               False
               to
               their
               Religion
            
             .
             We
             shall
             come
             by
             and
             by
             ,
             to
             Examine
             This
             
               Vnpardonable
               Wickedness
            
             :
             But
             in
             the
             Mean
             Time
             ,
             by
             the
             Considerers
             leave
             ,
             It
             was
             not
             
               [
               Our
               Religion
            
             ]
             (
             as
             he
             renders
             it
             )
             but
             
               Our
               Religion
               Establish'd
               by
               Law
            
             ]
             which
             They
             Represented
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             to
             be
             
               Dearer
               to
               them
               then
               their
               Lives
               .
            
             I
             must
             not
             here
             Pass
             over
             the
             Unfairness
             of
             his
             Citation
             ,
             out
             of
             Observator
             .
             10.
             
             Where
             the
             Point
             in
             Question
             was
             the
             
               Charitable
               Contemplation
            
             of
             the
             Possibility
             of
             a
             Re-union
             betwixt
             the
             
               Two
               Churches
            
             ,
             without
             any
             Proposals
             towards
             it
             .
             Nay
             ,
             (
             says
             the
             
               Observator
               )
               
                 We
                 'le
                 Suppose
                 an
              
            
             Inadvertency
             ;
             
               and
               that
               my
               Pen
               had
               Slipt
               :
               Faith
               betwixt
            
             Christian
             Charity
             ,
             on
             the
             
             One
             
               hand
               ,
               and
            
             Flesh
             and
             Bloud
             
               on
               the
            
             Other
             ;
             Methinks
             [
             Seaven
             or
             Eight
             and
             Forty
             Years
             
               [
               Constant
            
             ]
             Service
             of
             a
             Protestant
             Church
             ]
             
               might
               have
               Compounded
               for
               so
               humane
               ,
               and
               so
               Good-Natur'd
               an
               Error
               .
               
                 Obs.
                 Vol.
                 3.
                 
                 No.
                 10.
                 ]
              
            
             Would
             Any
             man
             have
             Thought
             now
             ,
             that
             the
             Modesty
             ,
             and
             Resignation
             of
             This
             Passage
             ,
             could
             have
             been
             Emprov'd
             into
             the
             Semblance
             of
             Vanity
             ,
             and
             Ostentation
             ?
          
           
             6.
             
             That
             Religion
             ,
             
             we
             say
             ,
             
               now
               Established
               by
               Law
            
             ,
             in
             opposition
             ,
             both
             to
             Fanatacism
             and
             Popery
             ;
             and
             from
             the
             Opposition
             it
             bears
             to
             the
             last
             of
             which
             ,
             is
             called
             ,
             more
             especially
             ,
             
               the
               Protestant
            
             and
             Reformed
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             If
             the
             
               Protestant
               Religion
            
             ,
             
             
               Established
               by
               Law
            
             ,
             stands
             in
             Opposition
             to
             Phanaticism
             ,
             (
             as
             the
             Considerer
             says
             it
             does
             )
             the
             Phanatiques
             are
             No
             Protestants
             :
             Neither
             are
             They
             properly
             ,
             of
             the
             
               English
               Reformed
               Religion
            
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             not
             
               Lawfull
               Members
            
             of
             the
             
               English
               Communion
            
             .
             Now
             the
             Distinction
             of
             Protestant
             and
             Reformed
             ,
             does
             only
             Denote
             that
             we
             are
             
               Not
               Papists
               ,
            
             without
             Any
             Particular
             Account
             of
             what
             we
             Are
             ;
             or
             under
             
               What
               Protestant
            
             ,
             or
             
               Reformed
               Classis
            
             we
             Range
             our selves
             :
             And
             therefore
             I
             am
             against
             the
             Generality
             of
             the
             Appellation
             ;
             because
             of
             the
             Infinite
             Diversities
             of
             Errors
             ,
             and
             Contradictions
             ,
             that
             Shelter
             Themselves
             under
             That
             Cover
             .
             The
             
               Rebellious
               Sohismatiques
            
             of
             
               Forty
               One
            
             ,
             Appeal'd
             to
             the
             
               [
               Protestants
               Abroad
               ,
            
             ]
             and
             to
             the
             
               [
               Reformed
               Churches
               beyond
               the
               Seas
               .
               ]
            
             The
             Traytors
             that
             have
             Suffer'd
             Death
             in
             Our
             Late
             Conspiracies
             ,
             and
             Rebellions
             ,
             Usurped
             upon
             the
             same
             Denomination
             and
             Profession
             :
             And
             in
             a
             Word
             ;
             The
             
               Common
               Application
            
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Promiscuous
               Vse
            
             of
             the
             
               same
               Terms
            
             ,
             Indifferently
             ,
             by
             
               Both
               Parties
            
             ,
             Cuts
             the
             Throat
             of
             
               One
               
                 Protestant
                 Religion
              
            
             with
             Another
             .
             I
             do
             not
             Insist
             upon
             Strictnesses
             ,
             and
             Criticisms
             ;
             But
             I
             reckon
             it
             a
             Thing
             much
             to
             be
             Wish'd
             ,
             since
             the
             Confounding
             of
             the
             
               Church
               -
               Protestants
            
             ,
             and
             the
             
               True
               -
               Protestants
            
             ,
             (
             so
             Call'd
             )
             is
             of
             so
             Pernicious
             a
             Consequence
             to
             the
             Government
             ,
             that
             they
             
             may
             be
             Differenc'd
             ,
             One
             from
             Another
             ,
             in
             the
             very
             Style
             ,
             by
             some
             Note
             of
             Discrimination
             .
             As
             for
             the
             Purpose
             ;
             I
             am
             of
             the
             Protestant
             ,
             of
             the
             
               Reformed
               Religion
               ,
            
             says
             a
             
               Canonical
               Church-man
            
             :
             And
             so
             am
             I
             too
             ,
             says
             
               Every
               Mouth
               of
               the
               Schism
            
             ;
             and
             so
             it
             holds
             T'other
             way
             ,
             
               Vice
               Versâ
            
             ,
             which
             looks
             as
             if
             Those
             Within
             the
             Pale
             ,
             and
             Those
             Without
             ,
             were
             
               All
               One.
            
             To
             Conclude
             ,
             
               [
               Establish'd
               by
               Law
            
             ]
             Sets
             All
             Right
             ,
             and
             Solves
             All
             Difficulties
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             But
             if
             the
             Case
             betwixt
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             and
             Rome
             ,
             
             betwixt
             Popery
             and
             those
             that
             have
             Reformed
             from
             it
             ,
             be
             as
             this
             Ingenious
             Person
             has
             (
             unwittingly
             we
             hope
             )
             represented
             it
             ,
             
               Our
               Lives
            
             may
             well
             be
             dearer
             to
             us
             than
             our
             Religion
             :
             And
             if
             we
             will
             yet
             profess
             
               Our
               Religion
               to
               be
               dearer
               to
               us
               ,
               than
               our
               Lives
            
             ;
             it
             must
             either
             be
             perverse
             Obstinacy
             ,
             or
             gross
             Delusion
             ,
             egregious
             Folly
             ,
             or
             lewd
             Hypocrisy
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             Here
             's
             
               more
               Holy-water
            
             ,
             
             yet
             .
             
               [
               This
               Ingenious
               Person
               has
               (
               Unwittingly
               ,
               we
               hope
               ,
            
             &c.
             )
             
               so
               Desperately
            
             Mis-Stated
             the
             Case
             ,
             
               betwixt
               the
            
             Two
             Churches
             ,
             
               that
               it
               has
               Turn'd
               the
            
             Preference
             
               T'other
               way
               ,
               and
               made
               our
               Lives
            
             Dearer
             to
             us
             then
             Our
             
               Religion
               .
            
             ]
             I
             wish
             he
             had
             Omitted
             the
             
               [
               Perverse
               Obstinacy
               ,
               Egregious
               Folly
               ,
            
             and
             
               Lewd
               Hypocrisy
               :
            
             ]
             For
             I
             am
             persuaded
             ,
             if
             we
             look'd
             well
             about
             us
             ,
             we
             might
             find
             Some
             Persons
             of
             
               That
               Iudgment
            
             ,
             that
             Think
             Themselves
             in
             the
             Right
             in
             't
             :
             And
             Others
             ,
             that
             are
             neither
             Fools
             ,
             nor
             Hypocrites
             ;
             nor
             to
             be
             Expos'd
             to
             the
             World
             under
             
               That
               Character
            
             :
             But
             he
             has
             now
             laid
             his
             Finger
             upon
             the
             Sore
             ;
             and
             upon
             the
             Sin
             that
             is
             
               never
               to
               be
               Forgiven
            
             .
             And
             yet
             after
             All
             These
             
               Mortal
               Errors
               ,
               Transgressions
            
             ,
             and
             
               Pompous
               Aggravations
            
             ,
             he
             does
             Himself
             Clear
             me
             ,
             in
             the
             very
             
               Next
               Paragraph
            
             (
             and
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Church-of-England
             still
             )
             of
             Every
             Article
             of
             my
             Charge
             :
             And
             in
             That
             ,
             and
             the
             Following
             Clause
             ,
             he
             comes-up
             to
             the
             Uttermost
             Syllable
             of
             what
             I
             
             ever
             said
             :
             Insomuch
             ,
             that
             He
             who
             but
             Just
             now
             made
             me
             such
             an
             Apostate
             ,
             that
             he
             could
             not
             Forbear
             Writing
             against
             me
             without
             being
             
               False
               to
               his
               Religion
            
             ,
             is
             now
             
               Iudicially
               Wrought
               upon
            
             ,
             by
             an
             
               Over-Ruling
               Impulse
            
             ,
             to
             do
             me
             Iustice
             ,
             in
             an
             Express
             Confirmation
             of
             the
             Truth
             of
             My
             Opinions
             ,
             and
             in
             as
             Point-Blanck
             a
             Contradiction
             to
             the
             Profession
             of
             his
             Own
             :
             So
             that
             the
             
               Next
               Two
               Clauses
            
             ,
             are
             Kind
             in
             Several
             Respects
             :
             And
             in
             regard
             of
             the
             Connexion
             and
             Dependence
             ,
             One
             upon
             Another
             ,
             we
             'le
             take
             'em
             Both
             together
             .
          
           
             8.
             
             
               We
               will
               allow
               to
               this
               worthy
               Gentleman
               ,
               
               all
               the
               deference
               his
               Parts
               and
               his
               Pen
               do
               deserve
               .
               We
               allow
               him
               to
               be
               what
               he
               professeth
               ,
            
             
             A
             Catholick
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             
               England
               ,
               or
               a
            
             Church
             of
             England
             Protestant
             .
             
               We
               allow
               him
            
             not
             to
             forget
             the
             Christian
             ,
             the
             Generous
             ,
             and
             the
             Friendly
             Obligations
             ,
             that
             many
             of
             the
             Roman
             Catholiques
             have
             laid
             upon
             him
             .
             
               Lastly
               ,
               Let
               us
               allow
               that
            
             there
             are
             some
             points
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             
             wherein
             ,
             tho
             we
             differ
             in
             Modalities
             and
             Terms
             ,
             we
             agree
             yet
             in
             the
             same
             meaning
             .
             
               And
               that
            
             there
             are
             some
             other
             points
             ,
             wherein
             the
             matter
             is
             capable
             of
             such
             Condescentions
             and
             Abatements
             ,
             as
             both
             sides
             might
             very
             well
             close
             upon
             ,
             with
             a
             just
             deference
             to
             Christ●●●
             Charity
             ,
             and
             without
             offence
             to
             the
             Catholique
             Faith
             :
             
               Yet
               after
               all
               these
               Concessions
               ,
               we
               do
               most
               certainly
               believe
               ,
               and
               seriously
               affirm
               ,
               that
               there
               are
               many
               other
               points
               ,
               in
               which
               neither
            
             Modalities
             and
             Terms
             ,
             
               do
               make
               the
               difference
               ;
               nor
               is
            
             the
             matter
             capable
             of
             such
             Condescentions
             and
             Abatements
             ,
             as
             both
             sides
             might
             well
             close
             upon
             ,
             without
             offence
             to
             the
             Catholique
             Faith.
             
          
           
             9.
             
             That
             is
             ,
             
             there
             are
             many
             things
             ,
             they
             hold
             ,
             and
             we
             do
             deny
             ;
             such
             again
             as
             we
             hold
             ,
             and
             they
             do
             deny
             ,
             that
             with
             all
             the
             Condesentions
             and
             Abatements
             
             can
             never
             be
             Accomodated
             ;
             nor
             we
             with
             all
             
               the
               Christian
               Charity
            
             be
             reconciled
             ;
             unless
             we
             are
             so
             base
             as
             against
             Truth
             and
             Reason
             ,
             to
             go
             over
             in
             those
             points
             wholly
             to
             them
             ,
             or
             Almighty
             God
             shall
             open
             their
             Eyes
             ,
             so
             to
             discern
             it
             ,
             that
             they
             come
             fully
             over
             to
             us
             .
          
           
             8.
             9.
             
             I
             must
             be
             very
             Copious
             now
             ,
             
             upon
             This
             Subject
             ,
             to
             be
             very
             Clear
             :
             And
             it
             is
             Certainly
             worth
             my
             while
             too
             ,
             when
             the
             Stress
             that
             's
             laid
             upon
             the
             
               Cause
               in
               hand
            
             ,
             is
             made
             ,
             not
             only
             Matter
             of
             
               Life
               and
               Death
            
             ;
             but
             of
             
               Heaven
               and
               Hell
            
             too
             :
             For
             if
             ever
             we
             live
             to
             see
             
               the
               second
               Part
               of
               Otes'es
               Plot
               ,
            
             there
             will
             be
             both
             Hanging
             ,
             aud
             Damning
             too
             ,
             in
             the
             Case
             .
             In
             the
             First
             Place
             he
             Allows
             me
             to
             be
             
               [
               a
               Catholique
               of
               the
               Church-of-England
               ,
               or
               a
               Church-of-England
               Protestant
               ,
               ]
            
             which
             will
             hardly
             Consist
             ,
             with
             his
             making
             me
             afterward
             ,
             
               more
               then
               Half
               a
               Papist
            
             .
             Now
             if
             he
             had
             Intended
             Candidly
             ,
             and
             an
             
               Impartial
               Iustice
            
             ,
             upon
             the
             Question
             about
             
               My
               Religion
            
             ;
             there
             was
             enough
             in
             the
             Paragraph
             of
             
               Obs.
               6.
               
               Vol.
            
             3.
             whence
             he
             took
             This
             ,
             to
             have
             Answer'd
             That
             Point
             beyond
             All
             Controversy
             :
             But
             his
             Bus'ness
             was
             to
             
               Bring
               me
               On
            
             ,
             not
             to
             
               Bring
               me
               Off
            
             :
             And
             so
             I
             must
             e'en
             do
             
               That
               Right
            
             for
             My self
             ,
             which
             He
             would
             not
             do
             for
             me
             .
             The
             Words
             of
             the
             Citation
             ,
             in
             Connexion
             ,
             are
             These
             .
          
           
             
               [
               Trim.
            
             
             'T
             would
             be
             a
             great
             deal
             more
             Generous
             ,
             to
             Own
             ,
             and
             to
             Declare
             your self
             a
             
               Papist
               ,
               
                 to
                 the
              
               Whole
               World
            
             ,
             then
             to
             lye
             
               Wriggling
               
                 In
                 and
                 Out
              
            
             thus
             ,
             betwixt
             
               Two
               Religions
            
             .
          
           
             Obs.
             Why
             then
             once
             for
             all
             ,
             Trimmer
             ,
             I
             am
             a
             CATHOLIQVE
             ,
             and
             the
             very
             
               Same
               Catholique
            
             that
             I
             have
             Ever
             been
             ,
             and
             ever
             Profess'd
             my self
             to
             Be
             :
             That
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             a
             Catholique
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             .
             Though
             I
             am
             well
             enough
             Content
             ,
             to
             Own
             my self
             a
             
               Protestant
               too
               ,
            
             according
             to
             the
             
               Best
               Acceptation
            
             of
             the
             
               Word
               ,
               Improperly
               Speaking
            
             ,
             and
             
               no
               Otherwise
               .
               
                 That
                 Religion
              
               ,
               which
               I
               Own'd
               ,
               and
               Process'd
            
             upon
             the
             Sacrament
             to
             the
             Reverend
             
               Dr
               ▪
               Ken
            
             ,
             at
             the
             Hague
             ;
             (
             Now
             Lord
             Bishop
             of
             
               Bath
               and
               Wells
            
             )
             when
             I
             was
             
             forc'd
             to
             run
             away
             from
             a
             Pack
             of
             
               Forsworn
               Miscreants
            
             here
             ,
             that
             would
             have
             made
             a
             Papist
             of
             me
             ;
             
               That
               very
               Religion
               do
               I
               Declare
               my self
               to
               be
               of
               ,
               at
               
                 This
                 Day
              
            
             ;
             and
             that
             I
             never
             put
             Pen
             to
             Paper
             ,
             throughout
             the
             Whole
             Course
             of
             this
             
               Pretended
               Plot
            
             ,
             in
             Justification
             of
             the
             Papists
             ,
             with
             any
             Regard
             to
             their
             Religion
             ,
             but
             out
             of
             the
             very
             Indignation
             of
             my
             Soul
             ,
             to
             see
             an
             Outcry
             against
             Popery
             ,
             on
             the
             One
             Hand
             ,
             made
             a
             Cover
             for
             a
             Republican
             ,
             and
             
               Phanatical
               Rebellion
            
             ,
             on
             the
             Other
             ;
             To
             see
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England
               Struck-at
            
             ,
             in
             
               That
               Popery
            
             ;
             and
             Every
             man
             that
             did
             but
             Talk
             like
             a
             Christian
             ,
             a
             
               Good
               Subject
            
             ,
             or
             an
             
               Honest
               Man
            
             ,
             to
             be
             presently
             Stigmatiz'd
             for
             a
             Papist
             ;
             to
             see
             
               Common
               Malefactors
            
             ,
             and
             
               Prostitute
               Hirelings
            
             ,
             set-up
             for
             the
             Saviours
             of
             a
             Church
             ,
             and
             a
             State
             ;
             and
             Gain
             Credit
             ,
             by
             Kissing
             the
             Outside
             of
             a
             
               Bible
               ,
               
                 without
                 Believing
                 One
                 Syllable
                 of
                 the
                 Contents
              
            
             :
             To
             see
             
               Three
               Kingdoms
            
             half-Eaten-up
             by
             Catch-Poles
             ;
             the
             Lives
             ,
             and
             Estates
             of
             Men
             of
             
               Honour
               ,
               Sacrific'd
            
             to
             the
             Rabble
             ;
             and
             what
             with
             
               Starving
               Projects
            
             ,
             and
             
               Bills
               of
               Exclusion
            
             ,
             the
             
               Late
               King
            
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Royal
               Family
            
             ,
             Treated
             
               Little
               Better
            
             then
             the
             
               Meanest
               Subjects
            
             :
             Neither
             ,
             in
             the
             Presence
             of
             God
             ,
             was
             I
             ever
             Transported
             by
             any
             Partialities
             of
             Prepossession
             ,
             into
             so
             much
             as
             
               One
               Thought
            
             of
             Bitterness
             ,
             against
             the
             Dissenters
             ,
             any
             further
             ,
             then
             as
             upon
             Knowledge
             ,
             and
             
               Sure
               Experience
            
             ,
             I
             was
             Convinc'd
             (
             as
             I
             am
             at
             
               This
               Instant
            
             )
             that
             the
             Schism
             is
             only
             a
             Conspiracy
             ,
             and
             a
             League
             against
             the
             Government
             under
             the
             Masque
             of
             Religion
             :
             If
             you
             Doubt
             of
             This
             ,
             I
             can
             Summon
             ye
             above
             a
             Hundred
             and
             Fifty
             of
             
               their
               Own
               Doctors
            
             ,
             to
             Verify
             this
             Opinion
             .
             I
             have
             no
             Interest
             in
             this
             Declaration
             ,
             but
             to
             Deliver
             the
             Truth
             ,
             and
             Simplicity
             of
             my
             very
             Heart
             ;
             and
             to
             Confound
             the
             Malice
             of
             All
             
               Slanderers
               ,
               Impostors
            
             ,
             and
             
               Gain-sayers
               .
            
             ]
          
           
             The
             Question
             upon
             the
             Matter
             here
             before
             us
             ,
             is
             Briefly
             This
             ;
             Not
             whether
             the
             
               Ingenious
               Worthy
               Man
               of
               Parts
            
             ,
             be
             a
             Protestant
             ,
             or
             a
             Papist
             ;
             but
             whether
             he
             be
             a
             Christian
             or
             no
             :
             Nay
             a
             Pagan
             would
             not
             have
             made
             so
             Bold
             with
             his
             Idol
             ,
             as
             I
             have
             ,
             upon
             This
             Occasion
             ,
             with
             my
             Maker
             ;
             if
             I
             have
             not
             here
             Deliver'd
             the
             Truth
             ,
             without
             Guile
             ,
             or
             Reserve
             .
             And
             I
             am
             Mistaken
             too
             ,
             if
             the
             Charity
             of
             Believing
             me
             ,
             be
             not
             as
             
             much
             a
             
               Christian
               Duty
            
             ,
             on
             the
             
               One
               Hand
            
             ,
             as
             the
             Sincerity
             of
             the
             Protestations
             I
             have
             here
             made
             ,
             is
             on
             the
             Other
             .
          
           
             In
             his
             
               Next
               Citation
            
             out
             of
             Obs.
             10.
             
             He
             passes
             over
             These
             Words
             at
             the
             Beginning
             of
             the
             Same
             Period
             .
             
               [
               Though
               I
               am
               not
               of
               the
               Religion
               of
               the
               Roman
               Catholiques
               ]
               
                 I
                 can
                 never
                 forget
              
               ,
            
             &c.
             ]
             The
             Considerer
             ,
             I
             perceive
             ,
             had
             much
             rather
             make
             the
             world
             believe
             that
             I
             am
             a
             Papist
             ,
             then
             Cite
             Any
             Declarations
             ,
             or
             
               Oaths
               of
               Mine
            
             ,
             to
             the
             Contrary
             ;
             And
             yet
             now
             
               [
               All
               o'
               th
               Sudden
            
             ]
             he
             comes
             Over
             to
             me
             ;
             and
             we
             Agree
             ,
             like
             Two
             Tallys
             :
             Unless
             it
             be
             ,
             that
             He
             Out-does
             me
             ,
             even
             in
             my
             
               Own
               Proposition
            
             :
             For
             he
             speaks
             Positively
             ,
             both
             to
             the
             
               [
               Some
               Points
               ;
            
             ]
             and
             to
             the
             
               [
               Some
               Other
               Points
               ;
            
             ]
             To
             which
             I
             only
             put
             my
             
               Naked
               Belief
            
             :
             But
             the
             Surest
             way
             is
             to
             Referr
             to
             the
             Text
             it self
             .
          
           
             [
             There
             are
             
               Some
               Points
            
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             
             wherein
             
               [
               I
               veryly
               Believe
            
             ]
             though
             we
             Differ
             in
             Modalities
             and
             Terms
             ,
             we
             Agree
             yet
             in
             the
             
               Same
               Meaning
            
             .
             There
             are
             some
             
               Other
               Points
            
             wherein
             
               [
               I
               do
               As
               veryly
               Believe
               ]
            
             the
             Matter
             Capable
             of
             Such
             Condescentions
             ,
             and
             Abatements
             ,
             as
             
               Both
               sides
            
             might
             very
             well
             Close
             upon
             ,
             with
             a
             
               Just
               Deference
            
             to
             
               Christian
               Charity
            
             ,
             and
             without
             Offence
             to
             the
             
               Catholique
               Faith.
               Obs.
               Num.
               6.
               
               Vol.
               3.
               ]
            
          
           
             Let
             Any
             man
             Compare
             the
             Considerer
             now
             ,
             upon
             This
             Point
             with
             the
             Observator
             ;
             and
             he
             shall
             find
             them
             to
             be
             Both
             so
             perfectly
             of
             a
             Mind
             ,
             upon
             the
             
               Desperate
               Doctrine
            
             of
             Modalities
             ,
             and
             
               Accommodable
               Differences
            
             ,
             in
             
               [
               Some
               Points
               ,
            
             ]
             and
             in
             
               [
               Some
               Other
               Points
            
             ]
             that
             they
             Agree
             in
             the
             very
             
               Same
               Words
            
             ,
             and
             Syllables
             :
             But
             there
             are
             
               Many
               Other
               Points
            
             ,
             he
             says
             ,
             wherein
             
               the
               Matter
               is
               Not
               Capable
               of
               such
               Condescentions
               and
               Abatements
               ,
            
             &c.
             ]
             This
             he
             says
             ,
             §
             .
             8.
             
             But
             then
             within
             Two
             or
             Three
             Lines
             After
             ,
             in
             §
             9.
             
             He
             Qualifies
             the
             Matter
             ,
             and
             Vnsays
             it
             again
             ;
             Though
             he
             's
             at
             Variance
             with
             Himself
             too
             ,
             in
             
               That
               very
               Section
            
             .
             He
             pronounces
             Peremptorily
             ,
             that
             
               All
               the
               Condescentions
               and
               Abatements
            
             ,
             or
             
               All
               the
               
                 Christian
                 Charity
              
            
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             will
             do
             no
             Good
             ,
             in
             
               Many
               Cases
            
             :
             But
             then
             he
             brings
             himself
             off
             ,
             with
             an
             
               [
               VNLESS
               we
               are
               so
               Base
               ,
               as
               against
               Truth
               and
               Reason
               ,
               to
               go
               over
               in
               Those
               Points
               wholly
               to
               Them
               ;
               or
               Almighty
               God
               shall
               open
               Their
               Eyes
               ,
               to
               
               Discern
               it
               that
               they
               come
               fully
               over
               to
               us
               .
               ]
            
             That
             is
             to
             say
             
               Those
               Points
            
             can
             Not
             be
             Accommodated
             ;
             unless
             it
             pleases
             God
             that
             they
             May
             be
             Accommodated
             :
             And
             I
             could
             Wish
             now
             ,
             that
             
               Those
               Points
            
             had
             been
             Nam'd
             ,
             which
             he
             says
             
               [
               We
               Hold
               ,
               ]
               and
               [
               They
               Deny
               .
               ]
            
          
           
             But
             to
             speak
             more
             Expressly
             to
             his
             
               Ninth
               Section
            
             ;
             I
             wou'd
             fain
             know
             ,
             if
             the
             very
             Words
             of
             the
             
               Observator
               ,
               Vol.
               3.
               
               Num.
               10.
            
             do
             not
             Import
             the
             
               Self
               Same
               Conception
            
             ,
             and
             Vnderstanding
             of
             the
             Matter
             with
             what
             He
             
               Delivers
               .
               i.e.
               .
               [
               It
               is
               not
               Expos'd
               as
               the
            
             Project
             
               of
               a
               Thing
            
             Probable
             ;
             
               but
               in
               a
            
             Charitable
             Contemplation
             of
             the
             Possibility
             of
             it
             ,
             by
             a
             
               Providential
               Removal
               of
               Those
            
             Passions
             ,
             and
             Prejudices
             
               that
               
                 Hinder
                 the
              
               Agreement
               .
            
             ]
             He
             goes
             now
             forward
             ,
             to
             Deny
             in
             the
             
               Next
               Paragraph
            
             ,
             what
             he
             has
             Admitted
             in
             This.
             
          
           
             10.
             
             This
             is
             truly
             
               the
               Matter
               in
               question
            
             .
             
             It
             is
             not
             ,
             whether
             there
             be
             not
             
               Truth
               as
               well
               as
               Error
               in
               the
               case
               :
               and
               the
               one
               may
               not
               then
               be
               separated
               from
               the
               other
            
             (
             as
             this
             Gentleman
             mistakes
             ;
             )
             but
             whether
             there
             be
             not
             in
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             that
             Church
             which
             we
             oppose
             ,
             Error
             without
             Truth
             ;
             and
             whether
             the
             main
             matters
             in
             dispute
             betwixt
             Church
             and
             Church
             ,
             which
             the
             one
             faith
             is
             Truth
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             saith
             is
             Error
             ,
             be
             capable
             of
             such
             
               condescentions
               and
               abatements
               as
               both
               sides
               might
               well
               close
               upon
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             And
             that
             for
             example
             ,
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             which
             requires
             Purgatory
             to
             be
             believed
             under
             an
             Anathema
             ;
             and
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             which
             saith
             ,
             
               it
               's
               a
               fond
               thing
               ,
               vainly
               invented
               ,
            
             &c.
             can
             be
             reconciled
             without
             those
             that
             hold
             ,
             
               it
               is
               a
               fond
               thing
               vainly
               invented
               ,
            
             do
             make
             it
             an
             Article
             of
             their
             Faith
             ,
             or
             those
             that
             hold
             it
             an
             Article
             of
             their
             Faith
             ,
             do
             declare
             it
             's
             a
             
               fond
               ,
               a
               vain
               ,
               and
               a
               false
               thing
               .
            
          
           
             10.
             
             This
             Paragraph
             ,
             
             I
             must
             Confess
             ,
             is
             too
             Hard
             for
             me
             :
             For
             I
             cannot
             Conceive
             ,
             why
             the
             Superstructure
             of
             Error
             upon
             
             Truth
             ,
             may
             not
             as
             well
             be
             
               Taken
               -
               off
            
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             
               Laid
               -
               on
            
             :
             For
             it
             is
             not
             be
             Imagin'd
             ,
             that
             Error
             and
             Truth
             can
             be
             so
             Incorporated
             ,
             as
             to
             become
             Inseparable
             .
             When
             I
             speak
             of
             Error
             ,
             and
             Truth
             in
             the
             Case
             ,
             it
             is
             to
             be
             Understood
             ,
             with
             a
             Respect
             to
             the
             Points
             in
             Difference
             betwixt
             the
             
               Two
               Churches
            
             :
             And
             whether
             it
             be
             
               Error
               Without
               Truth
            
             ,
             or
             
               Error
               Accompany'd
               With
               Truth
            
             ,
             't
             is
             
               as
               Broad
               as
               't
               is
               Long.
               That
               ,
            
             indeed
             ,
             which
             the
             One
             says
             is
             Truth
             ,
             and
             the
             Other
             says
             is
             Error
             ,
             can
             never
             be
             Reconcil'd
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             
               Both
               Parties
            
             Adhere
             to
             That
             Opposition
             ;
             for
             that
             were
             to
             suppose
             Error
             ,
             and
             Truth
             to
             be
             all
             One.
             But
             
               [
               His
               VNLESS
               ;
            
             ]
             and
             
               [
               My
               
                 PROVIDENTIAL
                 REMOVAL
              
            
             ]
             takes
             
               That
               Rubb
            
             out
             of
             the
             Way
             .
          
           
             11.
             
             An
             Accommodation
             in
             such
             a
             case
             is
             Impracticable
             :
             
             For
             (
             as
             our
             Author
             well
             observes
             upon
             another
             occasion
             )
             
               it
               imports
               an
               agreement
               of
               two
               divided
               Chuches
               in
               the
               very
               state
               of
               their
               disagreement
            
             ;
             where
             not
             the
             
               passions
               and
               prejudices
            
             of
             men
             ,
             but
             the
             Nature
             of
             the
             things
             ,
             
               hinder
               the
               Agreement
            
             ;
             and
             so
             spoils
             the
             Philosophy
             of
             
               a
               charitable
               contemplation
            
             about
             the
             possibility
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             11.
             
             'T
             is
             very
             True
             ;
             
             that
             an
             Accomodation
             (
             as
             he
             says
             )
             is
             Impracticable
             ,
             where
             it
             is
             Impossible
             ;
             And
             it
             is
             no
             less
             True
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             Impossible
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             People
             that
             are
             of
             
               Differing
               Persuasions
               ,
               Continue
            
             in
             That
             
               Hostile
               State
               of
               Disagreement
            
             :
             But
             
               Change
               of
               Mind
            
             removes
             
               That
               Obstacle
            
             ;
             And
             
               the
               Grace
               of
               Almighty
               God
            
             (
             as
             He
             Himself
             Confesses
             in
             the
             Former
             Page
             )
             may
             work
             that
             
               Change
               of
               Mind
            
             .
             Now
             here
             's
             no
             Change
             all
             this
             while
             ,
             in
             the
             Nature
             of
             the
             Thing
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             Opinion
             of
             it
             :
             Truth
             and
             Error
             are
             the
             Same
             still
             that
             they
             were
             before
             ;
             And
             I
             know
             very
             well
             ,
             that
             't
             is
             Impossible
             to
             make
             Truth
             to
             be
             Error
             ,
             or
             Error
             to
             be
             Truth
             :
             But
             what
             's
             This
             to
             the
             Passions
             ,
             and
             Prejudices
             of
             Men
             ,
             that
             may
             be
             Taken-up
             ,
             or
             Lay'd-down
             ,
             allmost
             at
             Pleasure
             ?
             The
             
               Inconciliable
               Opposition
            
             of
             Vice
             ,
             and
             Virtue
             ,
             does
             not
             at
             all
             hinder
             ,
             but
             that
             Men
             of
             
               Profligate
               Lives
            
             ,
             and
             
               Vicious
               Habits
            
             ,
             may
             yet
             Reclaim
             ,
             and
             become
             
             
               Virtuous
               .
               Ambition
               ,
               Avarice
               ,
               Cruelty
               ,
            
             and
             Oppression
             ,
             can
             never
             be
             Transform'd
             into
             the
             
               Opposite
               Uirtues
               :
            
             But
             Men
             that
             are
             Addicted
             to
             
               Those
               Vices
            
             may
             Cast
             their
             
               Skins
               ▪
            
             &
             Pass-over
             into
             the
             Love
             ,
             and
             Practice
             of
             
               Humility
               ,
               Moderation
               ,
               Tenderness
               ,
               Compassion
               ,
            
             without
             a
             Miracle
             .
             And
             it
             were
             
               Hard
               ,
               Otherwise
            
             ;
             If
             (
             according
             to
             the
             Sense
             of
             my
             Expositors
             ,
             )
             the
             most
             
               Necessary
               Duties
            
             of
             a
             Christian
             ;
             That
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             Repentance
             and
             
               a
               New
               Life
            
             ,
             should
             be
             Render'd
             only
             the
             
               Charitable
               Contemplation
               of
               a
               thing
               Impossible
               .
               This
            
             is
             a
             Doctrine
             ,
             that
             seems
             to
             Me
             ,
             (
             with
             Submission
             to
             be
             better
             Enform'd
             )
             to
             
               Block-up
               the
               way
            
             ,
             and
             to
             
               Preclude
               the
               Means
            
             ,
             even
             of
             
               Salvation
               it self
            
             :
             For
             if
             
               All
               men
               Living
            
             have
             their
             Errours
             ,
             and
             their
             Failings
             ;
             And
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             once
             Out
             of
             the
             Way
             ,
             if
             there
             be
             no
             getting
             Back
             ;
             How
             miserable
             is
             the
             Condition
             of
             Mankind
             ,
             that
             stands
             Condemn'd
             ,
             at
             the
             same
             Time
             ,
             to
             
               Inevitable
               Frailties
            
             ,
             and
             to
             
               Vnpardonable
               Mistakes
            
             !
             I
             will
             Allow
             all
             the
             Stress
             that
             can
             be
             lay'd
             upon
             the
             most
             Potent
             Obstructions
             to
             This
             Blessed
             End
             ;
             As
             the
             Affectation
             of
             Power
             ,
             and
             Dominion
             ;
             The
             Charms
             of
             Glory
             ,
             and
             of
             
               Secular
               Interest
            
             ;
             Or
             the
             Prepossessions
             of
             Education
             .
             These
             Impressions
             make
             the
             Matter
             Difficult
             ;
             But
             not
             Insuperable
             ,
             and
             
               Vtterly
               Impossible
            
             :
             Especially
             (
             As
             the
             Considerer
             says
             )
             
               [
               If
               Allmighty
               God
               shall
               Vouchsafe
               to
               Open
               the
               Eyes
               of
               the
               Deceived
               ,
               so
               as
               to
               make
               them
               Discern
               Truth
               and
               Reason
               ;
               ]
            
             Or
             in
             the
             Words
             of
             the
             Observaor
             ,
             in
             case
             of
             
               [
               A
               Providential
               Removal
               of
               Those
               Passions
               ,
               and
               Prejudices
               ,
               that
               Hinder
               the
               Agreement
               .
               ]
            
             This
             is
             the
             Possibility
             that
             I
             Contemplate
             :
             And
             I
             take
             the
             
               Considerers
               [
               ALLMIGHTY
               GOD
            
             ]
             and
             the
             
               Observators
               [
               PROVIDENCE
            
             ]
             to
             Intend
             
               One
               and
               the
               Same
               Power
            
             .
          
           
             12.
             
             This
             is
             the
             Case
             we
             except
             against
             ,
             
             and
             which
             we
             shall
             now
             proceed
             to
             the
             consideration
             of
             ;
             not
             that
             we
             declare
             ,
             to
             lessen
             the
             esteem
             of
             this
             Author
             (
             whom
             we
             do
             honour
             for
             his
             Ingenuity
             and
             Industry
             ,
             and
             his
             other
             Accomplishments
             worthy
             of
             a
             Gentleman
             and
             a
             Scholar
             )
             but
             to
             Vindicate
             our
             Church
             ,
             and
             to
             preserve
             our
             People
             from
             
             the
             Infection
             of
             such
             Doctrine
             ;
             which
             how
             good-natured
             soever
             it
             may
             be
             in
             the
             design
             ,
             cannot
             but
             be
             mischievous
             and
             pernicious
             in
             the
             consequents
             .
          
           
             12
             I
             must
             needs
             put
             the
             same
             Complement
             ,
             
             in
             this
             case
             ,
             upon
             the
             Considerer
             ,
             that
             an
             
               Italian
               Prince
            
             put
             upon
             a
             Gentleman
             that
             gave
             him
             a
             Lift
             to
             Help
             him
             into
             the
             Saddle
             .
             He
             was
             a
             
               Light
               Person
               of
               a
               Man
            
             :
             And
             the
             Other
             Threw
             him
             quite
             
               over
               his
               Horse
            
             :
             The
             Prince
             got
             up
             again
             ;
             And
             ,
             with
             his
             Cap
             in
             his
             hand
             ,
             Sr
             ,
             (
             says
             he
             )
             
               the
               One
               Halfe
               of
               This
               Courtesy
               would
               have
               done
               My
               Bus'ness
               .
            
             In
             like
             manner
             ,
             I
             would
             have
             Compounded
             ,
             with
             the
             Considerer
             ,
             with
             all
             my
             heart
             ,
             for
             his
             Civilities
             to
             the
             
               [
               Gentleman
            
             ]
             and
             the
             
               [
               Scholar
               ,
            
             ]
             if
             he
             would
             but
             have
             Excus'd
             me
             from
             the
             Infamy
             of
             a
             Defamer
             of
             the
             Charch
             ,
             and
             a
             Spreader
             of
             
               Infectious
               Doctrines
            
             .
             I
             do
             not
             speak
             This
             ,
             
               [
               to
               Lessen
               the
               Esteem
               of
               the
               Author
               ;
               ]
            
             but
             purely
             to
             
               Preserve
               my Self
            
             from
             the
             Consequences
             of
             so
             Infectious
             a
             Calumny
             :
             And
             a
             Calumny
             ,
             (
             for
             ought
             yet
             appears
             ,
             )
             without
             Any
             Foundation
             .
             The
             Clause
             runs
             in
             the
             Style
             of
             
               [
               WE
               Except
               against
               ]
               WE
               Declare
               ]
               WE
               do
               Honour
               ]
               OVR
               Church
               ]
            
             and
             
               OVR
               People
               :
            
             ]
             So
             that
             the
             Censure
             falls
             little
             short
             of
             an
             Anathema
             ,
             for
             it
             appears
             here
             to
             be
             Publish'd
             ,
             as
             out
             of
             
               the
               Mouth
               of
               the
               Church
               it Self
               .
            
             And
             what
             's
             my
             Crime
             at
             last
             now
             but
             the
             Poor
             Innocent
             Observator
             of
             
               Feb.
               23.
               
               Last
               Past
            
             ?
             For
             my
             
               [
               Modalities
               ,
            
             ]
             &
             All
             that
             Train
             of
             
               True-Protestant
               Clamours
            
             ,
             and
             Scruples
             are
             Approv'd
             ,
             and
             
               Allow'd
               of
            
             by
             Himself
             ,
             to
             a
             Single
             Tittle
             .
             We
             shake
             hands
             too
             ,
             in
             the
             Possibilities
             of
             Things
             :
             And
             I
             do
             not
             hear
             of
             so
             much
             as
             One
             Syllable
             added
             to
             my
             Charge
             ,
             upon
             this
             Subject
             .
             So
             that
             upon
             the
             Main
             ;
             the
             Whole
             Mystery
             of
             
               My
               Iniquity
            
             is
             Wrapt
             up
             in
             the
             Gall
             ,
             and
             Venom
             of
             Those
             
               Two
               Words
               [
               OVR
               RELIGION
               .
               ]
            
             There
             's
             Popery
             ,
             there
             's
             Heresy
             ;
             there
             's
             Scandal
             ;
             There
             's
             Insolence
             ,
             and
             
               In
               Manners
            
             in
             'em
             ;
             For
             till
             
               That
               Malevolent
               Minute
            
             ,
             All
             was
             Well
             ;
             And
             the
             Lashing
             of
             the
             Schismatiques
             ,
             for
             the
             Scandal
             ,
             and
             the
             Ruine
             that
             they
             have
             brought
             ,
             both
             upon
             the
             Church
             and
             the
             State
             ,
             by
             the
             Equivocal
             ,
             and
             Squinting
             Use
             they
             have
             made
             of
             
               Those
               Two
               General
               Words
            
             ,
             is
             the
             
               Only
               Sin
            
             ,
             for
             ought
             I
             can
             see
             ,
             that
             I
             have
             here
             to
             Answer
             for
             .
             
             The
             
               Considerer
               Himself
            
             Dates
             the
             Quarrel
             from
             that
             Moment
             :
             He
             Founds
             it
             upon
             That
             Bottom
             :
             And
             when
             All
             is
             done
             ,
             he
             has
             given
             me
             
               a
               Discharge
               under
               his
               Own
               Hand
               .
            
          
           
             13.
             
             Our
             Author
             is
             pleased
             to
             affirm
             ,
             
             That
             the
             
               Principles
               of
               the
               Papists
               are
               known
               and
               certain
               .
            
             A
             proposition
             which
             cannot
             be
             universally
             true
             ,
             since
             they
             are
             far
             from
             an
             agreement
             even
             in
             such
             points
             as
             are
             of
             the
             greatest
             importance
             for
             them
             to
             agree
             in
             .
             Such
             is
             that
             of
             Infallibility
             ,
             which
             whether
             it
             be
             in
             the
             Pope
             without
             a
             Council
             ,
             or
             a
             Council
             without
             the
             Pope
             ,
             or
             Pope
             and
             Council
             ,
             or
             the
             Church
             Diffusive
             ,
             they
             cannot
             agree
             nor
             determine
             .
             But
             supposing
             ,
             that
             their
             Principles
             
               are
               known
               and
               certain
            
             ,
             where
             may
             we
             expect
             to
             find
             them
             ,
             if
             not
             in
             their
             Councils
             ,
             General
             and
             Provincial
             ;
             in
             their
             Canons
             and
             Decrees
             ,
             in
             their
             allow'd
             Catechisms
             and
             solemn
             Professions
             of
             Faith
             ,
             in
             their
             publique
             Offices
             and
             approved
             Comments
             on
             Scripture
             ?
             but
             if
             these
             be
             not
             admitted
             ,
             we
             must
             despair
             of
             satisfaction
             ,
             and
             have
             reason
             to
             conclude
             ,
             their
             Principles
             are
             neither
             
               known
               nor
               certain
            
             .
          
           
             13.
             
             He
             referrs
             Himself
             here
             ,
             
             to
             an
             Affirmation
             of
             mine
             ,
             out
             of
             
               Observator
               Vol.
               3.
               
               Num.
            
             9.
             
             Where
             (
             according
             to
             his
             Custom
             )
             he
             Draws
             a
             Citation
             out
             of
             the
             Middle
             of
             the
             Period
             .
             My
             words
             are
             These
             
               [
               Such
               an
            
             Union
             
               with
               Papists
               as
               you
               seem
               to
               Propose
               with
               Protestants
               ,
               holds
            
             no
             Proportion
             at
             all
             
               with
               the
            
             Question
             in
             hand
             .
             First
             ,
             
               as
               Their
            
             Principles
             
               are
               Known
               and
               Certain
               The
               
                 Other
                 Unnaccountable
              
               ,
               and
               Uagabond
               ]
            
             ;
             And
             so
             afterward
             ;
             
               [
               The
            
             One
             
               Supposes
               a
               Doctrinal
            
             Union
             ;
             
               And
               the
            
             Other
             
               Demands
               a
               Political
            
             ,
             &c.
             ]
             Now
             there
             is
             a
             Great
             Difference
             ,
             betwixt
             a
             Positive
             ,
             and
             a
             
               Comparative
               Affirmation
            
             :
             So
             that
             he
             puts
             the
             Case
             upon
             the
             Stretch
             ,
             to
             make
             it
             the
             Former
             :
             Though
             't
             is
             the
             Same
             thing
             to
             Me
             ,
             whether
             it
             be
             the
             
             One
             ,
             or
             the
             Other
             ;
             for
             I
             'm
             
               Right
               ,
               Both
            
             ways
             ,
             as
             to
             
               My
               Purpose
            
             .
             If
             
               their
               Principles
               be
               Not
               Known
               and
               Certain
               ,
            
             there
             's
             One
             
               Stabbing
               Argument
            
             against
             the
             Papists
             fall'n
             to
             the
             Ground
             .
             That
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             the
             Involving
             of
             the
             People
             of
             
               That
               Persuasion
            
             ,
             to
             the
             
               Last
               Man
            
             of
             'em
             ,
             in
             the
             
               Common
               Principle
            
             of
             Destroying
             (
             as
             they
             call
             them
             )
             
               Heretical
               Princes
            
             :
             For
             the
             Recaptacle
             of
             Infallibility
             ,
             is
             a
             Point
             (
             as
             he
             says
             ,
             
               p.
               6.
            
             )
             that
             is
             not
             as
             yet
             Agreed
             ,
             or
             Determin'd
             among
             Themselves
             :
             But
             if
             they
             Bee
             Known
             ,
             and
             Certain
             ;
             I
             have
             nothing
             more
             to
             say
             .
             Neither
             is
             it
             One
             Jot
             to
             the
             Bus'ness
             of
             
               That
               Observator
            
             ,
             which
             Respects
             only
             the
             Disparity
             betwixt
             Vniting
             in
             Matters
             of
             Doctrine
             with
             men
             of
             
               Another
               Religion
               ;
            
             and
             Vniting
             with
             men
             that
             pretend
             to
             be
             of
             
               Our
               Own
               Religion
            
             ,
             in
             
               Political
               Maxims
            
             ,
             and
             Positions
             ,
             which
             are
             Subversive
             of
             the
             
               Civil
               State.
            
             
          
           
             14.
             
             As
             for
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             
             we
             can
             freely
             declare
             it
             to
             be
             known
             and
             certain
             .
             The
             sum
             of
             what
             we
             hold
             ,
             is
             drawn
             up
             in
             Nine
             and
             Thirty
             Articles
             ,
             explained
             in
             one
             and
             Twenty
             Homilies
             ,
             &
             the
             way
             of
             our
             Worship
             exhibited
             in
             our
             Liturgy
             .
             From
             hence
             we
             shall
             therefore
             collect
             our
             Materials
             ,
             and
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             method
             of
             our
             Articles
             ,
             compare
             Doctrine
             with
             Doctrine
             ,
             Church
             with
             Church
             ;
             by
             which
             we
             doubt
             not
             but
             to
             make
             the
             Opposition
             between
             them
             so
             evident
             ,
             that
             both
             sides
             will
             agree
             ,
             that
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England
               is
               one
               thing
               and
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               another
            
             ;
             and
             ,
             
               as
               they
               are
               at
               present
            
             ,
             no
             more
             capable
             of
             being
             ,
             one
             ,
             than
             Truth
             and
             Error
             can
             be
             the
             same
             .
          
           
             In
             order
             to
             which
             we
             shall
             premise
             .
          
           
             14.
             
             This
             looks
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             Observator
             had
             stood-up
             For
             the
             Principles
             of
             the
             Papists
             ,
             
             Against
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Church-of
             -
             England
             ,
             and
             ,
             Consequently
             ,
             Extorted
             from
             the
             
               Vnwilling
               Author
            
             ,
             These
             Papers
             ,
             in
             Vindication
             of
             the
             
               Protestant
               Religion
            
             ;
             when
             yet
             the
             Observator
             has
             not
             Presum'd
             ,
             in
             
               Any
               sort
            
             ,
             or
             
             upon
             
               Any
               Occasion
            
             ,
             to
             
               [
               Touch
               the
               Ark
               ;
            
             ]
             but
             Kept
             himself
             within
             the
             Bounds
             of
             
               Political
               Remarques
            
             ,
             and
             Disquisitions
             ,
             in
             Order
             to
             the
             Service
             of
             the
             State
             ,
             without
             Breaking-in
             upon
             the
             Offices
             ,
             and
             Duties
             of
             the
             
               Reverend
               Clergy
            
             in
             
               Any
               Degree
               Whatsoever
            
             .
             Now
             I
             shall
             Easily
             Joyn
             with
             him
             ,
             that
             
               [
               the
            
             Church-of-England
             is
             One
             
               Thing
               ,
               and
               the
               Church
               of
            
             Rome
             ,
             Another
             :
             ]
             But
             it
             is
             yet
             as
             Possible
             that
             they
             may
             come
             to
             be
             
               One
               Again
               ,
            
             as
             it
             was
             ,
             before
             the
             Separation
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             come
             to
             be
             Divided
             .
             I
             'le
             break
             No
             Squares
             with
             him
             neither
             ,
             upon
             
               This
               Point
            
             ;
             that
             
               [
               as
               they
               are
               at
               present
               ,
               they
               are
               no
               more
               Capable
               of
               being
            
             One
             ,
             then
             Truth
             and
             Error
             
               can
               be
               the
               Same
               ;
            
             ]
             which
             is
             no
             more
             then
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             White
             can
             never
             be
             Black
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             't
             is
             White
             ;
             nor
             
               Black
               ,
               White
            
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             't
             is
             Black.
             But
             now
             though
             the
             Error
             ,
             or
             the
             Vice
             can
             never
             
               Change
               Colour
            
             ,
             the
             Offender
             may
             Quit
             an
             
               Ill
               Habit
            
             ,
             and
             leave
             his
             
               Wickedness
               behind
            
             him
             ;
             And
             the
             most
             
               Mistaken
               Creature
            
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             may
             be
             brought
             out
             of
             Darkness
             into
             Light
             :
             So
             that
             the
             Considerer
             might
             have
             sav'd
             himself
             the
             Labour
             of
             
               Iumbling
               Doctrines
            
             together
             ,
             and
             
               Conferring
               Articles
               ,
            
             upon
             Any
             Account
             ,
             (
             That
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             of
             the
             
               Observators
               :
            
             )
             For
             the
             Virtues
             of
             the
             Load-stone
             ,
             or
             
               the
               Squaring
               of
               a
               Circle
            
             ,
             would
             have
             been
             a
             Subject
             ,
             Every
             jot
             as
             much
             to
             the
             Question
             in
             hand
             (
             for
             any
             thing
             that
             I
             have
             to
             do
             in
             the
             Case
             )
             as
             the
             Stating
             ,
             and
             Ballancing
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             
               Two
               Churches
            
             .
          
           
             15.
             
             First
             ,
             
             
               That
               there
               are
               some
               Articles
               which
               both
               Churches
               do
               in
               express
               Terms
               agree
               in
            
             ;
             viz
             
               Art.
               1.
            
             of
             the
             Holy
             Trinity
             ;
             Art.
             2.
             of
             the
             Word
             ,
             or
             Son
             of
             God
             ;
             Art.
             3.
             of
             the
             going
             down
             of
             Christ
             into
             Hell
             ;
             Art.
             4.
             of
             the
             Resurrection
             of
             Christ
             ;
             Art.
             5.
             of
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ;
             Art.
             7.
             of
             the
             Old
             Testament
             ;
             Art.
             8.
             of
             the
             Three
             Creeds
             ;
             Art.
             12.
             of
             good
             works
             ;
             Art.
             16.
             of
             sin
             after
             Baptism
             ;
             Art.
             18.
             of
             obtaining
             eternal
             salvation
             only
             by
             the
             Name
             of
             Christ
             ;
             Art.
             23.
             of
             ministring
             in
             the
             Congregation
             ;
             Art.
             26.
             of
             the
             unworthiness
             of
             Ministers
             ;
             Art.
             27.
             of
             Baptism
             ;
             
             Art.
             33.
             of
             Excommunicate
             persons
             ;
             Art.
             38.
             of
             Christian
             mens
             goods
             ;
             Art.
             39.
             of
             a
             Christian
             mans
             Oath
             .
             
             
               Against
               these
               the
               Jesuit
            
             Iohan
             Roberti
             ,
             
               hath
               little
               or
               nothing
               to
               object
               in
               his
               small
               Tract
               purposely
               written
               in
               opposition
               to
               our
               Articles
               ,
            
          
           
             16.
             
             But
             of
             these
             Articles
             it
             is
             to
             be
             observed
             ,
             
             there
             are
             some
             which
             each
             party
             differs
             as
             much
             from
             the
             other
             in
             (
             when
             they
             come
             to
             explain
             themselves
             )
             as
             if
             there
             had
             been
             no
             agreement
             in
             Terms
             .
             Thus
             it
             happens
             in
             Articles
             ,
             
               3d
               ,
               7th
            
             ,
             and
             15
             ;
             as
             shall
             afterwards
             be
             shewed
             .
          
           
             15.
             16.
             
             This
             Enumeration
             of
             Articles
             ,
             is
             Nothing
             at
             all
             to
             Me
             ,
             
             unless
             it
             can
             be
             made
             appear
             ,
             that
             I
             have
             either
             Intermeddled
             in
             the
             Question
             ,
             or
             Given
             Any
             
               Colourable
               Occasion
            
             for
             the
             Animadversion
             ,
             in
             
               Any
               Manner
               Whatsoever
            
             .
          
           
             17.
             2ly
             .
             
               There
               are
               other
               Articles
               ,
               
               wherein
               both
               Churches
               do
               agree
               in
               the
               sence
               ,
               tho
               they
               differ
               in
               Terms
               ;
               or
               that
               are
               not
               so
               much
               Controversies
               between
               Church
               and
               Church
               ,
               as
               between
               private
               Docters
               in
               each
               Church
               .
               Of
               this
               Opinion
               is
               a
            
             Learned
             Forreigner
             of
             the
             Reformed
             Religion
             ,
             
               about
               the
               matter
               contained
               in
               Articles
               the
            
             10th
             and
             17th
             ,
             of
             Free-will
             ;
             and
             of
             Predestination
             and
             Election
             .
             
               Of
               the
               former
               he
               saith
            
             ,
             The
             difference
             that
             our
             Adversaries
             will
             object
             between
             them
             and
             us
             ,
             upon
             this
             point
             of
             Free-will
             ,
             
             is
             only
             imaginary
             ,
             and
             a
             meer
             cavil
             .
             
               Of
               the
               latter
               he
               concludes
            
             ;
             Since
             we
             agree
             in
             the
             Fundamentalls
             of
             this
             Doctrine
             (
             as
             we
             have
             already
             set
             forth
             )
             ;
             and
             that
             our
             dissent
             is
             but
             with
             a
             few
             of
             their
             Doctors
             ,
             it
             would
             not
             be
             very
             hard
             (
             I
             should
             think
             )
             to
             find
             out
             such
             a
             biass
             of
             Temperament
             ,
             
             drawn
             from
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             in
             proposing
             of
             these
             Opinions
             ,
             and
             in
             Terms
             so
             proportioned
             to
             their
             sublimity
             ;
             as
             all
             humble
             and
             moderate
             Spirits
             would
             find
             sufficient
             for
             their
             satisfaction
             .
          
           
           
             17.
             
             The
             Apology
             here-cited
             ,
             was
             Translated
             by
             my self
             ,
             and
             Published
             with
             my
             
               Name
               at
               length
            
             to
             't
             ,
             in
             1681.
             
             The
             Considerer
             is
             pleas'd
             to
             give
             the
             Author
             of
             it
             ,
             the
             Character
             of
             
               [
               A
               Learned
               Forreigner
               of
               the
               Reformed
               Religion
               .
               ]
            
             How
             comes
             This
             
               [
               Learned
               Forreigner
               ,
            
             ]
             (
             and
             so
             Call'd
             with
             a
             Respect
             to
             
               This
               very
               Piece
            
             )
             to
             keep
             up
             
               His
               Reputation
            
             still
             ,
             as
             a
             Professor
             of
             the
             
               Reformed
               Religion
               ,
            
             and
             the
             Observator
             to
             be
             a
             
               Lost
               Man
            
             ,
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             past
             all
             Remission
             ,
             for
             not
             the
             Fiftieth
             part
             of
             the
             Liberty
             that
             the
             Other
             has
             taken
             ?
             Or
             rather
             ,
             How
             comes
             a
             Protestant
             of
             Eighty-One
             ,
             upon
             the
             very
             
               Same
               Foundation
            
             ,
             to
             be
             made
             a
             Papist
             in
             Eighty-Five
             ?
             But
             the
             Partiality
             will
             be
             yet
             more
             Obvious
             ,
             from
             the
             Project
             and
             the
             Title
             of
             That
             Apology
             :
             An
             Instance
             ,
             which
             ,
             perhaps
             I
             might
             have
             forgotten
             ,
             if
             the
             Quotation
             had
             not
             brought
             it
             into
             my
             Mind
             .
             The
             Title
             ,
             in
             French
             ,
             and
             English
             ,
             is
             as
             follows
             ,
             
               [
               Apologie
            
             pour
             les
             Protestans
             ,
             Où
             l'Auteur
             justifie
             pleinement
             leur
             Conduite
             &
             leur
             separation
             de
             la
             Communion
             de
             Rome
             ;
             &
             PROPOSE
             des
             Moyens
             FACILES
             ,
             &
             RAISONABLES
             ,
             pour
             vne
             SAINTE
             ,
             &
             
               Bien-heureuse
               REUNION
               ]
               i.e.
            
             [
             An
             Apology
             for
             Portestants
             ,
             wherein
             the
             Author
             fully
             Justifies
             their
             Proceedings
             ,
             and
             Departure
             from
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             :
             With
             a
             Proposal
             of
             
               Means
               ,
               EASY
            
             and
             REASONABLE
             ,
             for
             a
             
               Holy
               and
               a
               Blessed
               REUNION
               .
               ]
            
             All
             that
             I
             did
             was
             barely
             to
             Contemplate
             a
             
               PROVIDENTIAL
               POSSIBILITY
            
             of
             it
             :
             Whereas
             Here
             's
             a
             
               Point-Blank
               PROPOSAL
               ,
            
             of
             the
             very
             Ways
             and
             Methods
             for
             the
             Attaining
             of
             that
             
               Happy
               End.
            
             In
             Fine
             :
             The
             Author
             of
             the
             Apology
             ,
             tho'
             an
             Open
             ,
             and
             a
             
               Profest
               Advocate
            
             for
             a
             Reunion
             ,
             is
             highly
             Recommended
             and
             Approv'd
             ;
             While
             at
             the
             same
             time
             ,
             the
             
               Charitable
               Speculation
            
             ,
             but
             of
             the
             Possibility
             of
             it
             ,
             is
             made
             a
             
               Mortal
               Sin
            
             in
             the
             Observator
             .
             The
             Three
             next
             Clauses
             run
             altogether
             upon
             the
             Topick
             of
             
               Rebus
               sic
               Stantibus
            
             .
          
           
             
               [
               We
               do
               not
               Pray
            
             (
             says
             the
             
               Considerer
               )
               for
               Charities
               sake
               ,
               
               to
            
             Err
             
               with
               those
               that
            
             Err
             ,
             
               and
               to
               be
            
             Deceived
             
               with
               those
               that
               are
            
             Deceived
             ,
             
               P.
               10.
               ]
               But
            
             that
             it
             may
             please
             God
             to
             bring
             into
             the
             way
             of
             truth
             all
             such
             as
             have
             Erred
             and
             are
             Deceived
             ;
             and
             to
             
             strengthen
             such
             as
             do
             stand
             .
             And
             for
             This
             ,
             We
             Beseech
             thee
             to
             Hear
             us
             ,
             Good
             Lord.
             Ibid.
             ]
          
           
             This
             is
             very
             well
             now
             ;
             
             And
             no
             otherwise
             than
             
               just
               thus
            
             ,
             do
             I
             understand
             the
             matter
             :
             nay
             I
             must
             have
             been
             a
             
               Stark
               fool
            
             ,
             or
             a
             Mad-man
             ,
             to
             have
             laid
             my self
             open
             to
             
               any
               other
               Construction
            
             :
             For
             I
             might
             as
             well
             pretend
             to
             
               Reconcile
               Heaven
               and
               Hell
            
             ,
             as
             
               Truth
               and
               Error
               ;
               Sound
               Doctrine
            
             and
             Heresie
             .
             And
             I
             am
             Afraid
             ,
             there
             has
             been
             more
             care
             taken
             to
             Puzzle
             my
             Meaning
             ,
             than
             to
             Understand
             it
             ,
             though
             I
             Hope
             that
             the
             Considerer
             has
             been
             rather
             
               Misled
               himself
            
             ,
             than
             a
             
               Willing
               Misleader
            
             of
             others
             :
             For
             he
             is
             pleas'd
             to
             say
             in
             Another
             Place
             ,
          
           
             [
             The
             Project
             we
             Approve
             ;
             
             the
             Benefit
             of
             it
             is
             Apparent
             :
             But
             without
             this
             Renunciation
             ,
             of
             these
             
               [
               Abovementioned
            
             ]
             as
             well
             as
             many
             other
             Principles
             Destructive
             to
             such
             Vnion
             ,
             and
             Society
             ,
             we
             fear
             it
             is
             not
             Practicable
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             
               Government
               ,
               Our
               Religion
            
             ,
             not
             to
             say
             ,
             our selves
             ,
             may
             as
             well
             be
             Ruin'd
             by
             Credulity
             ,
             as
             
               Distrust
               .
            
             ]
          
           
             If
             it
             be
             a
             
               Laudable
               Project
            
             ,
             
             't
             is
             
               Well
               meant
            
             ,
             and
             no
             hurt
             done
             in
             the
             Wish
             ,
             though
             Accompanied
             with
             almost
             the
             Despair
             of
             seeing
             it
             put
             in
             practice
             ;
             And
             I
             am
             as
             much
             for
             the
             Renunciation
             of
             
               Destructive
               Principles
            
             ,
             as
             the
             
               Considerer
               Himself
            
             ;
             And
             for
             making
             that
             Disclaimer
             ,
             the
             Condition
             of
             the
             Agreement
             .
             As
             to
             the
             Hazard
             that
             may
             Befall
             the
             
               Government
               ,
               [
               our
               Religion
            
             ]
             and
             our Selves
             ,
             as
             well
             by
             Credulity
             ,
             as
             by
             Distrust
             ;
             the
             Danger
             is
             not
             so
             much
             in
             Each
             of
             them
             Singly
             ,
             as
             in
             
               Both
               Together
            
             ;
             where
             Credulity
             towards
             a
             Faction
             ,
             begets
             Fears
             and
             Iealousies
             of
             the
             Magistrate
             :
             But
             the
             Considerer
             follows
             This
             too
             ,
             by
             Falling
             in
             with
             the
             Author
             of
             the
             Apology
             before
             Cited
             upon
             this
             very
             Text.
             
          
           
             
               [
               We
               shall
               Conclude
               the
            
             Whole
             (
             says
             he
             )
             
               With
               what
               is
               said
               by
               a
            
             Moderate
             French
             Writer
             ,
             
             
               Quoted
               
               before
            
             ,
             viz.
             [
             I
             would
             to
             God
             that
             Those
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             had
             the
             same
             Tenderness
             for
             Vs
             ,
             that
             we
             have
             for
             Them
             ;
             And
             that
             they
             would
             but
             Treat
             Vs
             with
             the
             like
             Openness
             ,
             and
             Candor
             ;
             They
             would
             be
             then
             Easily
             satisfi'd
             ,
             that
             we
             are
             no
             Enemies
             of
             a
             Reconciliation
             ,
             if
             they
             would
             but
             take
             a
             step
             or
             two
             on
             their
             side
             to
             Meet
             us
             upon
             the
             way
             .
             ]
             
               But
               this
               can
               never
               be
            
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             the
             Pope
             of
             Rome
             pretends
             ,
             not
             only
             to
             be
             the
             Chief
             of
             the
             Order
             ,
             but
             to
             Exercise
             an
             Arbitrary
             ,
             and
             Absolute
             Power
             ,
             as
             a
             Monarch
             in
             the
             Church
             ]
             &c.
             
             
               And
               so
               he
               goes
               on
               ,
               Reckoning
               up
               a
               great
               many
               Errors
               in
               the
               Church
               of
            
             Rome
             ,
             as
             Obstructions
             
               to
               a
            
             Reconciliation
             ;
             
               coming
               to
               this
            
             Result
             
               at
               Last
               .
               [
               So
               long
               I
               say
               ,
               as
               These
            
             and
             the
             Other
             like
             Abuses
             shall
             be
             Continued
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             People
             may
             make
             what
             Overtures
             they
             please
             :
             But
             there
             is
             no
             Vnion
             to
             be
             Expected
             betwixt
             Them
             and
             Vs.
             ]
             
               So
               that
               strike
               off
               the
            
             Abuses
             ,
             
               and
               the
            
             Obstacle
             is
             Removed
             .
          
           
             Now
             whatever
             Misunderstandings
             have
             fall'n
             out
             upon
             the
             way
             ,
             
             I
             cannot
             see
             ,
             but
             that
             the
             Considerer
             ,
             the
             Apologist
             ,
             and
             the
             Observator
             ,
             are
             all
             Three
             of
             the
             same
             Mind
             upon
             the
             Pinch
             of
             this
             Question
             ,
             which
             is
             ,
             that
             Men
             Continuing
             in
             
               Erroneous
               Oppositions
            
             upon
             the
             Subject
             of
             Religion
             ,
             cannot
             Agree
             in
             the
             Truth
             ;
             And
             that
             without
             the
             Truth
             ,
             There
             can
             be
             No
             Agreement
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             Another
             Touch
             upon
             the
             Observator
             about
             the
             Prerogative
             of
             the
             Deposing-Power
             .
             
             [
             It
             is
             so
             far
             
               (
               says
               the
            
             Considerer
             )
             from
             being
             True
             ,
             that
             
               [
               Not
               one
               Papist
               in
               a
               Thousand
               is
               of
               the
               Persuasion
               that
               Princes
               may
               be
               Deposed
               ,
            
             Obs.
             Vol.
             3.
             
             N.
             6.
             ]
             That
             more
             Probably
             ,
             not
             one
             in
             a
             Thousand
             is
             against
             it
             ;
             and
             if
             any
             such
             be
             against
             it
             ,
             it
             is
             with
             as
             much
             Inconsistence
             to
             the
             Principles
             of
             Their
             Church
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             with
             the
             Principles
             of
             Our
             Religion
             to
             be
             
               for
               it
               .
            
             ]
          
           
             
               I
               must
               here
               Mind
               the
               Author
               of
               what
               he
               say
               in
               the
            
             6th
             .
             
               Pag.
               
               
               that
               the
            
             Papists
             
               are
               not
            
             Agreed
             
               whether
               the
            
             Infallibility
             
               be
               Lodg'd
               in
               the
            
             Church
             Diffusive
             
               or
               not
               ;
               or
            
             Where
             
               it
               is
               Lodg'd
               ;
               And
               this
               Instance
               was
               us'd
               ,
               to
               shew
               that
               in
            
             That
             Point
             ,
             the
             Principles
             of
             the
             Papists
             are
             not
             Known
             and
             
               Certain
               :
               And
               if
               so
               ;
               this
            
             Inference
             
               will
               never
               hold
               ,
               upon
               the
            
             Universality
             
               of
               that
            
             Principle
             :
             
               Nay
               He
               Himself
               gives
               an
               Instance
               even
               against
               Himself
               ,
               in
               the
               same
               Page
               ,
            
             where
             he
             Acknowledges
             ,
             the
             Clergy
             of
             France
             did
             not
             long
             since
             Publish
             a
             Proposition
             :
             [
             That
             the
             Pope
             had
             no
             Power
             in
             Civil
             and
             Temporal
             Affairs
             ,
             and
             that
             Kings
             were
             Subject
             to
             no
             Ecclesiastical
             Power
             ,
             nor
             can
             be
             Deposed
             ,
             nor
             their
             Subjects
             be
             Absolved
             from
             their
             Allegiance
             .
             ]
             
               So
               that
               here
               's
               a
               Foul
               Gap
               in
               the
            
             Principle
             
               already
               ,
               to
               say
               nothing
               of
               our
               late
               Experiences
               ;
               For
               it
               is
            
             not
             my
             Zeal
             
               for
               the
            
             Papists
             ,
             
               but
               the
            
             Veneration
             
               that
               I
               have
               for
            
             Truth
             ,
             Honesty
             ,
             and
             Common
             Iustice
             ,
             
               that
               has
               engag'd
               me
               in
               this
               Controversie
               ;
               not
               forgetting
               what
               I
               owe
               to
               my self
               all
               this
               while
               ,
               in
               the
            
             Common
             Cause
             .
          
           
             To
             summ
             up
             the
             Whole
             now
             in
             a
             Few
             Words
             ;
             The
             Sun
             is
             not
             Clearer
             ,
             than
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             my
             Writings
             have
             been
             Perverted
             ;
             The
             
               Connexion
               Mangled
            
             ,
             and
             Disjointed
             ;
             My
             Opinions
             ,
             and
             my
             
               Practices
               Misrepresented
            
             ;
             And
             that
             upon
             Pressing
             the
             several
             Parts
             of
             the
             Calumny
             ,
             the
             Entire
             Structure
             falls
             to
             pieces
             .
             I
             will
             ,
             in
             Charity
             ,
             Believe
             ,
             that
             the
             Considerer
             took
             his
             Citations
             upon
             Trust
             ,
             Especially
             ,
             in
             what
             Concerns
             the
             Address
             of
             the
             
               Reverend
               Clergy
               of
               the
               City
               of
               London
               :
            
             For
             the
             Phrase
             in
             General
             of
             
               Our
               Religion
            
             ;
             The
             
               Protestant
               Religion
            
             ;
             The
             
               Reformed
               Religion
               ,
            
             is
             so
             strictly
             ,
             and
             so
             
               Expresly
               Appropriated
            
             to
             the
             
               Protestant
               Dissenters
               ,
            
             that
             it
             will
             not
             so
             much
             as
             bear
             an
             Allusion
             to
             Any
             thing
             else
             ;
             And
             I
             thought
             it
             very
             Reasonable
             ,
             to
             Inculcate
             a
             Caution
             against
             Those
             Ambiguities
             ,
             that
             have
             been
             so
             Pernicious
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             Church
             .
             Nay
             !
             and
             at
             the
             same
             time
             ,
             I
             have
             over
             ,
             and
             over
             ,
             Recommended
             the
             
               Bare
               Addition
            
             of
             
               [
               Established
               by
               Law
               ,
            
             ]
             as
             a
             short
             Remedy
             against
             a
             Thousand
             Inconveniencies
             ,
             and
             Mistakes
             :
             And
             this
             is
             No
             Capriccio
             of
             my
             Own
             ,
             neither
             ;
             For
             you
             will
             find
             it
             ,
             the
             very
             Train
             ,
             and
             Method
             ,
             of
             Distinguishing
             the
             Friends
             of
             the
             Government
             from
             their
             
             Enemies
             :
             Look
             thorough
             All
             the
             Swarms
             of
             
               Seditions
               News
               Papers
               ,
               Mercuries
               ,
               Petitions
               ,
               Addresses
               ,
            
             and
             Other
             
               Libellous
               Discourses
            
             ;
             And
             You
             shall
             find
             e'm
             to
             run
             All
             ,
             Unanimously
             ,
             in
             the
             stile
             of
             
               Protestant
               ,
               True
               Protestant
               ,
               Reformed
            
             &c.
             and
             no
             
               [
               Established
               by
               Law
            
             ]
             in
             One
             of
             a
             Thousand
             of
             them
             ,
             Unless
             in
             the
             way
             of
             Raillery
             or
             Droll
             .
             Look
             on
             the
             Other
             hand
             into
             the
             
               Counter-Petitions
               ,
               Addresses
            
             ,
             &c.
             and
             you
             'l
             hardly
             find
             the
             
               Protestant
               Religion
            
             in
             Any
             of
             them
             ,
             without
             the
             Qualification
             of
             
               [
               Establish'd
               by
               Law.
            
             ]
             'T
             is
             the
             stile
             of
             His
             Majesties
             Declaration
             ,
             and
             likewise
             of
             the
             
               London
               Address
            
             abovementioned
             :
             So
             that
             I
             am
             Charg'd
             for
             Skewing
             at
             them
             ,
             for
             Words
             that
             they
             did
             not
             say
             ,
             without
             the
             Supplement
             of
             the
             Laudable
             ,
             and
             
               Needful
               Qualification
            
             .
             In
             the
             Business
             of
             the
             
               [
               some
               ,
            
             ]
             and
             
               [
               some
               Other
               ]
               Accommodable
            
             Points
             ,
             the
             Considerer
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Observator
               have
               Iointly
            
             given
             Assent
             and
             Consent
             ,
             And
             subscribed
             ,
             
               in
               Terminis
            
             ,
             to
             the
             very
             
               same
               Form.
            
             And
             so
             much
             for
             That
             .
          
           
             No
             sooner
             did
             the
             Noise
             ,
             and
             Envy
             of
             
               This
               Calumny
            
             begin
             to
             Wear-off
             :
             But
             there
             was
             Another
             ,
             Immediately
             started
             ,
             worse
             then
             the
             Former
             ;
             Which
             was
             ,
             a
             Current
             ,
             and
             a
             
               Confident
               Report
            
             ,
             spread
             all
             over
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             That
             the
             Observator
             had
             Dogmatically
             Deliver'd
             it
             ,
             as
             from
             the
             
               Chair
               ,
               
                 [
                 That
                 All
                 Subjects
                 were
                 Bound
                 to
                 be
                 of
                 their
                 Prince's
                 Religion
              
            
             ;
             Now
             there
             was
             Nothing
             more
             in
             't
             then
             This.
             
          
           
             In
             the
             
               Wednesday
               Paper
            
             of
             
               April
               29.
               1685.
               
               Num.
            
             35.
             
             I
             was
             Handling
             the
             subject
             of
             a
             
               Popular
               Liberty
               of
               Conscience
            
             ;
             And
             how
             Inevitably
             it
             must
             Destroy
             the
             Order
             ,
             and
             Polity
             of
             
               All
               societies
            
             ;
             And
             Iustifie
             the
             most
             Sanguinary
             ,
             and
             
               Impious
               of
               Outrages
            
             ;
             When
             
               [
               I
               am
               bound
               to
               Cut
               your
               Throat
               ,
               upon
               One
               Point
               of
               Conscience
               ,
            
             and
             
               You
               
                 are
                 bound
                 to
                 Cut
                 Mine
                 upon
              
               Another
               .
            
             ]
             From
             hence
             ,
             I
             proceeded
             to
             Treat
             of
             the
             Conscience
             of
             the
             Magistrate
             ,
             and
             the
             Conscience
             of
             the
             Subject
             ;
             But
             through
             the
             Whole
             Discourse
             ,
             as
             a
             Point
             of
             Policy
             ,
             and
             Government
             ,
             not
             of
             Religion
             .
             I
             'le
             take
             This
             Opportunity
             ,
             once
             for
             all
             ,
             to
             set
             my self
             Right
             in
             
               This
               Particular
            
             ;
             And
             no
             way
             better
             ,
             then
             to
             set
             down
             the
             Whole
             story
             at
             Large
             ,
             in
             the
             very
             Words
             of
             the
             Observator
             .
          
           
           
             Trim.
             [
             A
             Liberty
             for
             every
             man
             to
             serve
             God
             according
             to
             his
             Iudgment
             .
             ]
             
          
           
             Obs.
             Why
             you
             are
             Out
             now
             ,
             
               Several
               Ways
               .
               First
            
             ;
             it
             is
             Not
             That
             Liberty
             of
             a
             mans
             Serving
             God
             according
             to
             his
             Iudgment
             :
             For
             you
             Challenge
             That
             to
             the
             Subject
             ,
             which
             you
             Deny
             to
             the
             
               Magistrate
               :
               His
               Conscience
            
             bids
             him
             
               Serve
               God
            
             ,
             in
             Order
             ;
             the
             People
             will
             have
             
               Their
               Consciences
            
             at
             Liberty
             to
             serve
             him
             in
             Confusion
             .
             The
             
             Magistrate's
             is
             a
             
               Governing
               Conscience
            
             :
             And
             what
             's
             to
             be
             done
             now
             ,
             if
             the
             
               Subject's
               Consciences
            
             shall
             Refuse
             to
             be
             Govern'd
             ?
             The
             
               Magistrate's
               Conscience
            
             is
             Answerable
             for
             the
             whole
             Community
             :
             The
             
             Subject's
             is
             a
             
               Private
               Case
            
             ,
             where
             every
             Individual
             Accounts
             only
             for
             his
             
               Single
               Self
               .
               
                 The
                 Magistrate
                 Sins
                 against
                 his
              
               Own
               
                 Conscience
                 if
                 he
              
               Suffers
            
             a
             Capricious
             part
             of
             his
             Subjects
             to
             run
             Vagabonding
             ,
             and
             Schismatizing
             ,
             according
             to
             Theirs
             :
             Besides
             that
             the
             
               Wisdom
               of
               God
            
             ,
             and
             the
             Disposition
             of
             
               Divine
               Providence
            
             ,
             have
             made
             the
             Prince
             the
             Iudge
             of
             the
             Controversy
             ;
             and
             
               His
               Conscience
            
             Exerts
             it self
             in
             Authority
             ,
             while
             the
             
               Peoples
               Consciences
            
             are
             to
             Acquiesce
             ,
             either
             in
             Resignation
             ,
             or
             Obedience
             :
             The
             People
             are
             All
             and
             
               Every
               Man
            
             of
             'em
             the
             
               Kings
               Subjects
            
             :
             And
             besides
             the
             
               Impious
               Mixture
            
             of
             Erroneous
             ,
             and
             
               Contradictory
               Opinions
            
             ;
             All
             their
             Pretended
             
               Associations
               
                 of
                 Conscience
              
               ,
            
             are
             Conspiracies
             of
             Practice
             ;
             when
             ,
             at
             the
             Same
             time
             ,
             the
             Sovereign
             has
             the
             Ordinance
             of
             God
             ;
             the
             Laws
             of
             the
             
               Land
               ;
               Piety
               ,
               Duty
               ,
               Imperial
               Prerogative
               ,
            
             and
             
               Reason
               of
               State
            
             ,
             on
             his
             side
             :
             So
             that
             there
             's
             a
             
               Conscience
               Indispensable
               ,
            
             on
             the
             One
             Hand
             ,
             and
             a
             
               Conscience
               Unwarrantable
            
             on
             the
             Other
             :
             Insomuch
             that
             
               Liberty
               of
               Conscience
            
             makes
             against
             ye
             All
             the
             ways
             you
             can
             put
             it
             :
             For
             it
             is
             against
             Law
             ;
             Against
             Right
             ;
             Against
             
               Truth
               ,
               Nature
            
             ,
             and
             Religion
             :
             And
             ,
             like
             a
             
               Bottomless
               Quick-Sand
            
             ,
             it
             Sucks-in
             the
             very
             Frame
             of
             All
             
               Political
               Constitutions
               ,
               Never
            
             to
             be
             Retriv'd
             .
             It
             is
             
               Your
               Liberty
               of
               Conscience
            
             that
             I
             speak
             of
             ;
             But
             the
             
               Magistrate's
               Right
            
             ,
             and
             Obligation
             of
             Conscience
             stands
             as
             Firm
             as
             the
             Foundations
             of
             the
             Earth
             .
             And
             prethee
             wilt
             thou
             go
             now
             ,
             and
             Consult
             all
             the
             
             Rabbi's
             of
             the
             
               Separation
               ,
               Casuistically
            
             ,
             upon
             
               This
               Point
            
             .
             What
             Dispensation
             from
             
               Almighty
               God
            
             ,
             has
             a
             King
             ,
             more
             then
             a
             Subject
             ,
             to
             Act
             Contrary
             to
             his
             Conscience
             ?
             Or
             
             what
             Answer
             shall
             That
             Prince
             make
             ,
             at
             the
             Day
             of
             
               Iudgment
               ▪
            
             That
             when
             his
             Conscience
             Charges
             him
             ,
             (
             as
             he
             hopes
             for
             Salvation
             )
             to
             Provide
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Best
             of
             his
             Skill
             ,
             for
             the
             Welfare
             of
             his
             People
             ,
             shall
             yet
             Suffer
             his
             Subjects
             to
             Exercise
             That
             License
             ,
             which
             He
             in
             his
             
               Conscience
               ,
               Thinks
               ,
               Iudges
            
             ,
             and
             Believes
             ,
             will
             be
             for
             their
             Destruction
             ?
             The
             Question
             is
             ,
             First
             ;
             
               Whether
               or
               No
               shall
               This
               Prince
               Govern
               
                 according
                 to
                 his
                 Conscience
              
               ?
               2ly
               ,
            
             How
             is
             it
             possible
             ,
             to
             Reconcile
             This
             
               Popular
               Liberty
            
             ,
             to
             a
             Consistency
             with
             the
             Conscience
             of
             the
             
               Supreme
               Magistrate
            
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Necessary
               Regulations
            
             of
             
               Sovereign
               Power
               ?
               3ly
            
             ,
             Which
             shall
             have
             the
             Preference
             ,
             in
             This
             Case
             ,
             the
             
               Kings
               Conscience
            
             ,
             or
             the
             Peoples
             ?
             That
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             in
             Few
             Words
             ;
             where
             's
             the
             Sovereignty
             ?
             In
             the
             King
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             Multitude
             ?
          
           
             And
             again
             ,
             [
             The
             
               Supream
               Magistrate
            
             has
             a
             
               Double
               Conscience
               ,
               
               One
            
             with
             a
             Respect
             to
             his
             
               Personal
               Persuasion
            
             about
             Matters
             that
             Immediately
             concern
             his
             Soul
             ,
             The
             Other
             with
             a
             Regard
             to
             his
             
               Political
               Administration
            
             .
             The
             Subject
             likewise
             has
             a
             Conscience
             ,
             that
             purely
             Respects
             Matters
             betwixt
             God
             and
             his
             
               Own
               Soul.
            
             And
             a
             Conscience
             likewise
             that
             
               Superinduces
               another
               Obligation
            
             upon
             him
             ,
             with
             Relation
             to
             the
             Publick
             ,
             as
             he
             is
             a
             Member
             of
             the
             Community
             .
             In
             the
             Former
             he
             is
             at
             LIBERTY
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             Other
             he
             's
             under
             GOVERNMENT
             and
             COMMAND
             ,
             
             Obs.
             Num.
             36
             Vol.
             3.
             ]
             What
             is
             this
             to
             say
             now
             but
             that
             
               his
               Religious
               Conscience
            
             is
             Free
             as
             he
             is
             a
             Christian
             ,
             But
             
               his
               Practical
               Conscience
            
             is
             
               Limited
               
                 as
                 he
                 is
                 a
              
               Subject
            
             ?
          
           
             What
             is
             there
             more
             now
             ,
             in
             All
             This
             ,
             then
             that
             
               Kings
               are
               Bound
               in
               Conscience
               ,
               to
               keep
               their
               People
               from
               Cutting
               one
               anothers
               Throats
               ,
            
             which
             they
             will
             most
             Certainly
             do
             ,
             and
             Destroy
             their
             Sovereign
             over
             and
             above
             ,
             when
             ever
             he
             Yields
             to
             them
             the
             Point
             of
             
               Popular
               Liberty
               of
               Conscience
            
             ?
             So
             that
             here
             are
             
               Reasons
               of
               State
               ,
               Sublimated
            
             into
             
               Articles
               of
               Faith
            
             ;
             and
             a
             Man
             is
             to
             be
             presently
             made
             a
             Papist
             ,
             that
             will
             not
             
               Swear
               Secrecy
            
             and
             Allegiance
             to
             the
             Practices
             and
             Positions
             of
             Rebellion
             .
          
           
             I
             could
             Muster
             up
             a
             Hundred
             other
             Instances
             of
             the
             
               same
               Batch
            
             ,
             and
             Leaven
             ;
             as
             my
             Threatning
             of
             a
             Bookseller
             ,
             if
             he
             presumed
             to
             Print
             any
             thing
             against
             Popery
             ,
             which
             was
             Prov'd
             upon
             Oath
             to
             be
             an
             Arrant
             Lie.
             And
             yet
             the
             Cry
             ran
             so
             
             Strong
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             hardly
             any
             beating
             of
             it
             down
             .
             They
             had
             another
             Story
             too
             of
             my
             Stopping
             the
             Book
             of
             a
             
               Reverend
               Divine
               purely
               for
               Asserting
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
            
             ;
             which
             was
             so
             False
             ,
             that
             the
             Gentleman
             Himself
             Acquitted
             me
             to
             all
             Purposes
             upon
             the
             whole
             matter
             :
             But
             however
             ,
             the
             Rumour
             was
             Supported
             as
             long
             as
             they
             could
             keep
             Life
             in
             't
             ;
             and
             it
             was
             Impossible
             for
             any
             Man
             to
             
               Believe
               that
               Flam
            
             ,
             without
             making
             me
             
               an
               Insolent
               Fool
               for
               my
               Pains
               .
            
             There
             was
             then
             
               Another
               Malicious
               Whimsie
            
             set
             a
             Foot
             too
             ,
             what
             a
             Bussle
             I
             had
             made
             in
             I
             know
             not
             how
             many
             Tavern-Clubbs
             ,
             with
             Projects
             ,
             and
             Proposals
             ,
             about
             
               Publique
               Business
            
             ;
             Which
             in
             One
             Word
             was
             
               All
               False
            
             ;
             And
             I
             Defy
             Any
             man
             living
             to
             say
             the
             Contrary
             .
             (
             Which
             Somebody
             or
             Other
             Must
             be
             Able
             to
             do
             ,
             unless
             they
             'l
             Suppose
             the
             Matter
             Debated
             at
             
               a
               Committee
               of
               Chairs
               ,
               and
               Stools
               .
               )
            
             To
             Conclude
             ;
             There
             was
             Great
             Pains
             taken
             before
             the
             Opening
             of
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             to
             make
             Work
             on
             't
             for
             a
             
               Formal
               Complaint
            
             :
             But
             the
             Pretence
             would
             not
             hold
             Water
             .
          
           
             It
             will
             be
             said
             at
             last
             ,
             that
             the
             Book
             was
             not
             Publish'd
             ;
             And
             the
             
               First
               Sheet
            
             of
             it
             Countermanded
             :
             To
             which
             ,
             I
             must
             Answer
             ,
             That
             it
             was
             Design'd
             to
             Come
             out
             while
             the
             Press
             was
             at
             Liberty
             ,
             which
             would
             have
             put
             me
             upon
             an
             After-Game
             ,
             never
             to
             be
             Recover'd
             .
             As
             to
             the
             Recalling
             of
             the
             
               First
               Sheet
            
             ,
             I
             shall
             referr
             the
             Reader
             ,
             for
             the
             Reasons
             of
             it
             ,
             to
             my
             Defence
             .
          
        
         
           THE
           END
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A47897-e3990
           
             Title
             .
          
           
             Notes
             .
          
           
             Considerations
             .
          
           
             Obs.
             Vol.
             3.
             
             Num.
             1.
             
          
           
             Notes
             .
          
           
             Consid.
             
          
           
             Observator
             .
             Num.
             7.
             
          
           
             Notes
             .
          
           
             Obs.
             Num.
             7.
             
             Vol.
             3.
             
          
           
             Obs.
             7.
             
             V.
             3.
             
          
           
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             Consid.
             
          
           
             Parliament
             of
             Scot.
             Answ.
             to
             the
             Kings
             Letter
             .
             April
             .
             28.
             
          
           
             Notes
             .
          
           
             Notes
             .
          
           
             Consid.
             Observa
             .
             Num.
             10.
             
          
           
             Notes
             .
          
           
             Consid.
             
          
           
             Notes
             .
          
           
             Consid.
             
          
           
             Notes
             .
          
           
             Consid.
             
          
           
             Observa
             .
             6.
             
             &
             10.
             
          
           
             Num.
             6.
             
          
           
             Consid.
             
          
           
             Notes
             .
          
           
             Obs.
             6.
             
             V.
             3.
             
          
           
             Obs.
             6.
             
             V.
             3.
             
          
           
             Consid.
             
          
           
             Notes
             .
          
           
             Consid.
             
          
           
             Notes
             .
          
           
             Consid.
             
          
           
             Notes
             .
          
           
             Consid.
             Observa
             .
             Num.
             3.
             
          
           
             Notes
             .
          
           
             Consid.
             
          
           
             Notes
             .
          
           
             Consid.
             
          
           
             Ecclesiae
             Ang.
             Basis
             Impostura
             Luxem
             .
             1619.
             
          
           
             Consid.
             
          
           
             Notes
             .
          
           
             Consid.
             
          
           
             Apology
             for
             the
             Protestants
             ,
             done
             out
             of
             French
             into
             English
             by
             R.
             L.
             
          
           
             1681.
             
             Part.
             4.
             
             Cap.
             3.
             pag.
             133.
             150.
             
          
           
             Consid.
             
          
           
             Notes
             .
          
           
             Consid.
             
          
           
             Notes
             .
          
           
             Consid.
             
          
           
             Notes
             .
          
           
             Consid.
             
          
           
             Notes
             .
          
           
             Obs.
             35.
             
             Vol.
             3.
             
          
           
             Obs.
             Num.
             36.
             
             Vol.
             3.
             
          
           
             Obs.
             Num.
             42.
             
             Vol.
             3.