A vindication of The character of a popish successor, in a reply to two pretended ansvvers to it by the author of the character.
         Settle, Elkanah, 1648-1724.
      
       
         
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             A vindication of The character of a popish successor, in a reply to two pretended ansvvers to it by the author of the character.
             Settle, Elkanah, 1648-1724.
             Phillips, John, 1631-1706.
          
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           L'Estrange, Roger, -- Sir, 1616-1704. -- Character of a papist in masquerade.
           Settle, Elkanah, 1648-1724. -- Character of a popish successor. -- Part 2.
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           A
           VINDICATION
           OF
           THE
           CHARACTER
           OF
           A
           Popish
           Successor
           :
           IN
           A
           REPLY
           TO
           Two
           Pretended
           ANSVVERS
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           By
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           CHARACTER
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             R.
             Dew
          
           .
           1681.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           VINDICATION
           OF
           THE
           CHARACTER
           OF
           A
           Popish
           Successor
           :
           In
           a
           REPLY
           to
           two
           pretended
           ANSWERS
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             A
             Reply
             to
             the
             first
             Answer
             printed
             by
             N.
             Thompson
             .
          
           
             THERE
             has
             lately
             ,
             as
             the
             Author
             has
             most
             truly
             exprest
             ,
             a
             very
             slight
             .
             Reply
             been
             made
             to
             a
             Pamphlet
             call'd
             ,
             
               A
               Character
               of
               a
               Popish
               Successor
            
             ;
             in
             which
             he
             arraigns
             the
             Pamphleteer
             (
             as
             he
             calls
             him
             )
             
               of
               contradictory
               discourse
               and
               reasoning
            
             ,
             but
             says
             
               his
               principles
               are
               not
               so
            
             :
             To
             prove
             which
             he
             allows
             you
             to
             fancy
             
               a
               picture
               of
               the
               late
               Rebellion
               ;
               for
               like
               that
               it
               begins
               with
               fears
               and
               jealousies
               of
               Religion
               ,
               Liberty
               and
               Property
               ,
               and
               continues
               in
               murmur
               and
               revile
               at
               the
               Imperial
               Root
               ,
               and
               to
               stiffen
               the
               knees
               that
               would
               bow
               to
               a
               crowned
               head
               .
            
             The
             last
             two
             parts
             of
             this
             Inditement
             has
             been
             so
             far
             from
             being
             justified
             by
             the
             Author
             ,
             that
             where
             he
             found
             them
             ,
             they
             were
             own'd
             ,
             as
             the
             evil
             effects
             of
             a
             worse
             cause
             :
             but
             by
             advising
             us
             
               not
               to
               be
               subdued
               like
               less
               than
               English
               men
            
             ;
             not
             to
             submit
             our
             necks
             like
             slaves
             to
             the
             Roman
             yoke
             ,
             he
             does
             infer
             ,
             
               we
               must
               repel
               a
               King
               under
               the
               name
               of
               an
               Invader
               .
            
             Truly
             when
             tho'
             by
             the
             permission
             or
             aid
             of
             any
             English
             King
             ,
             Popery
             ,
             Superstition
             ,
             Idolatry
             ,
             and
             Cruelty
             ,
             are
             entring
             our
             Gates
             ,
             and
             are
             ready
             to
             butcher
             our
             Protestant
             Ministers
             at
             their
             Divine
             Worship
             ,
             make
             Human
             Smithfield
             Sacrifice
             of
             us
             ,
             our
             Wives
             and
             Children
             ;
             we
             justly
             may
             resist
             the
             Invading
             Tyrannick
             Power
             of
             Rome
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             next
             place
             our
             Answering
             Pamphleteer
             would
             have
             you
             believe
             ,
             notwithstanding
             your
             own
             sense
             and
             reason
             to
             the
             contrary
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             just
             fear
             of
             Popery
             ,
             nor
             any
             danger
             in
             any
             of
             their
             Plots
             ;
             but
             from
             his
             own
             wise
             suppositions
             drawn
             from
             41
             ,
             and
             48.
             has
             found
             or
             made
             a
             Plot
             ,
             and
             as
             prudently
             laid
             it
             at
             the
             Presbyterians
             door
             ;
             a
             Plot
             so
             subtil
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             
             outdone
             the
             very
             Jesuits
             themselves
             in
             the
             contrivance
             ;
             and
             laid
             it
             with
             so
             much
             art
             and
             cunning
             ,
             that
             no
             heart
             could
             have
             imagined
             it
             ,
             nor
             no
             eye
             discerned
             it
             but
             his
             .
             And
             now
             let
             us
             take
             notice
             who
             this
             honest
             Gentleman
             under
             the
             sinily
             of
             his
             Leviathans
             ,
             means
             ,
             
               that
               sport
               and
               take
               their
               pastimes
               in
               our
               troubled
               deep
               ;
               whose
               restless
               and
               uneasie
               rolling
               does
               not
               foretell
               ,
               but
               is
               it self
               the
               storm
               .
            
             But
             I
             think
             ,
             with
             our
             wise
             Authors
             leave
             ,
             this
             had
             been
             better
             proved
             ,
             before
             so
             positively
             asserted
             ,
             considering
             't
             is
             no
             less
             than
             three
             whole
             successive
             Parliaments
             (
             his
             Leviathans
             )
             that
             have
             been
             restless
             to
             find
             out
             a
             Plot
             ,
             and
             vigorous
             to
             prevent
             our
             ruin
             ;
             all
             which
             he
             has
             drawn
             in
             as
             the
             greatest
             ,
             nay
             only
             principals
             of
             our
             destruction
             ,
             and
             as
             his
             Text
             goes
             ,
             
               are
               themselves
               the
               storm
            
             or
             Plot
             ;
             he
             musters
             up
             a
             thundering
             accusation
             against
             them
             ,
             
               that
               they
               foment
               the
               people
               into
               rebellion
               ,
               distract
               them
               with
               dreadful
               apprehensions
               ,
               casting
               them
               into
               a
               raving
               frenzy
               ;
               and
               as
               the
               greatest
               plague
               of
               the
               wicked
               ,
               makes
               them
               afraid
               where
               no
               fear
               is
               .
            
             And
             this
             honest
             well
             principled
             man
             is
             all
             this
             while
             a
             man
             of
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England
            
             .
             And
             to
             prove
             the
             correspondence
             of
             this
             truth
             with
             that
             of
             his
             Pamphlet
             ,
             we
             may
             easily
             remember
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             Parliaments
             were
             not
             all
             Presbyters
             ;
             the
             first
             Parliament
             were
             all
             men
             chose
             at
             His
             Majesties
             blessed
             Restoration
             ,
             when
             there
             was
             not
             the
             least
             favour
             for
             that
             Party
             ;
             and
             those
             Loyal
             ,
             Wise
             ,
             and
             Honest
             Patriots
             of
             their
             Countrey
             ,
             gave
             the
             first
             blow
             to
             the
             Plot
             ,
             first
             Allarmed
             the
             people
             ,
             made
             Tests
             ,
             and
             removed
             the
             DUKE
             out
             of
             his
             places
             and
             seat
             in
             Parliament
             ;
             yet
             these
             are
             the
             men
             ,
             and
             this
             the
             
               storm
               which
               is
               ready
               to
               shatter
               our
               Royal
               Vessel
               ,
               the
               Brittish
               Kingdom
               ,
               into
               pieces
               .
            
             But
             since
             he
             is
             a
             zealous
             Protestant
             ,
             they
             have
             no
             reason
             to
             be
             angry
             at
             his
             making
             bold
             with
             his
             own
             Party
             .
          
           
             But
             why
             should
             we
             stand
             in
             fear
             of
             Popery
             ?
             
               Ay
               ,
               why
               indeed
            
             ,
             says
             he
             ?
             He
             has
             no
             fear
             at
             all
             ;
             they
             will
             not
             hurt
             him
             for
             his
             Religion
             ,
             then
             why
             should
             we
             fear
             ?
             But
             alas
             !
             all
             are
             not
             such
             Protestants
             as
             he
             ,
             Heaven
             knows
             ,
             such
             Champions
             for
             their
             Cause
             and
             Interest
             ;
             and
             therefore
             we
             may
             have
             reason
             to
             fear
             ,
             notwithstanding
             all
             his
             brotherly
             advice
             to
             the
             contrary
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             next
             place
             let
             us
             see
             what
             small
             difference
             he
             makes
             between
             the
             principles
             of
             the
             
               Church
               of
               Rome
            
             ,
             and
             those
             of
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England
            
             ;
             only
             
               a
               few
               disputable
               matters
               of
               faith
               ,
               and
               not
               very
               material
               Ceremonies
               of
               Divine
               Worship
            
             ;
             as
             what
             harm
             is
             it
             to
             pray
             to
             Saints
             ,
             to
             worship
             Images
             ?
             or
             what
             great
             matter
             to
             believe
             the
             Infallibility
             of
             the
             Pope
             ,
             or
             the
             Transubstantiation
             in
             the
             Sacrament
             ,
             or
             to
             allow
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Roman
             Church
             without
             error
             ,
             when
             it
             shall
             depose
             and
             murder
             Kings
             ,
             command
             Massacres
             ,
             make
             Plots
             ,
             Fire
             Cities
             ,
             Canonize
             the
             principal
             Actors
             of
             their
             Revenge
             and
             barbarous
             Cruelties
             ,
             and
             consecrate
             the
             Instruments
             of
             death
             ?
             Is
             it
             not
             hard
             ,
             says
             our
             honest
             Protestant
             ,
             that
             these
             frivolous
             divisions
             
               on
               a
               sudden
               should
               ruine
               and
               efface
               all
               those
               good
               characters
               of
               Magnanimity
               and
               Iustice
               ,
               of
               Generosity
               and
               Goodness
               in
               this
               our
               Popish
               Prince
               ,
               which
               even
               his
               greatest
               enemies
               ,
               nay
               the
               most
               detestable
               Character
               it self
               allows
               him
               ?
            
             Indeed
             Mr.
             Scribler
             ,
             I
             remember
             no
             such
             allowance
             ;
             but
             as
             your self
             remarkt
             ,
             suppose
             ,
             and
             suppose
             :
             But
             if
             the
             encouraging
             of
             Plots
             and
             Popery
             ,
             holding
             correspondence
             with
             his
             Holiness
             and
             other
             Forreign
             Princes
             ,
             contrary
             to
             the
             Laws
             of
             this
             Nation
             ,
             be
             Virtues
             ,
             those
             and
             more
             perhaps
             of
             such
             a
             nature
             ,
             may
             be
             allowed
             him
             .
             In
             the
             next
             place
             he
             takes
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             pains
             to
             let
             you
             know
             what
             the
             Virtues
             are
             ;
             which
             though
             the
             Characterizer
             does
             not
             understand
             ,
             he
             does
             especially
             when
             Cardinal
             ;
             and
             to
             shew
             you
             he
             is
             a
             man
             of
             truth
             ,
             and
             can
             keep
             his
             word
             sometimes
             ,
             he
             has
             there
             made
             so
             slight
             a
             Reply
             ,
             as
             I
             
             have
             not
             thought
             it
             worth
             the
             answering
             ,
             but
             will
             refer
             the
             ingenious
             Reader
             to
             compare
             that
             part
             of
             the
             Character
             with
             his
             Answer
             ;
             and
             now
             I
             will
             skip
             over
             this
             page
             ,
             as
             he
             has
             done
             several
             which
             he
             could
             not
             with
             all
             his
             stock
             of
             Impudence
             defend
             .
          
           
             Well
             now
             ,
             
               says
               he
            
             ,
             since
             we
             have
             Laws
             to
             suppress
             Popery
             ,
             what
             remains
             then
             for
             a
             Popish
             King
             ,
             but
             to
             put
             those
             Laws
             in
             execution
             ;
             and
             for
             us
             ,
             but
             to
             sit
             down
             under
             the
             shadow
             of
             this
             Fence
             ?
             
               Yes
               ,
               I
               think
               a
               greater
               assurance
               that
               he
               will
               execute
               them
               ,
               than
               our
               Answerer
               can
               give
               .
            
          
           
             His
             next
             Argument
             ,
             or
             rather
             Opinion
             ,
             
               is
               so
               far
               from
               thinking
               that
               the
               Reign
               of
               a
               Popish
               King
               can
               be
               any
               ways
               advantageous
               to
               the
               Iesuitical
               Instruments
               ,
               that
               he
               rather
               believes
               it
               will
               be
               their
               destruction
               ;
               and
               why
               ?
               because
               there
               is
               Laws
               of
               foree
               against
               them
               ,
               and
               the
               power
               of
               executing
               those
               Laws
               he
               himself
               has
               already
               given
               to
               the
               people
               ;
               and
               which
               he
               has
               concluded
               they
               will
               more
               vigorously
               do
               under
               such
               a
               King.
            
             But
             hold
             !
             this
             Sham
             wont
             pass
             ;
             we
             know
             the
             people
             may
             convict
             them
             ;
             but
             none
             can
             punish
             them
             but
             their
             Prince
             .
             But
             if
             the
             people
             by
             the
             authority
             of
             our
             Scribler
             do
             ,
             what
             will
             he
             have
             this
             King
             to
             be
             the
             mean
             time
             asleep
             ?
             or
             with
             all
             his
             Cardinal
             Virtues
             an
             Atheist
             ?
             for
             if
             he
             is
             not
             a
             Papist
             ,
             he
             has
             no
             pretence
             to
             any
             Religion
             ,
             having
             himself
             renounc't
             all
             Churches
             else
             .
             Certainly
             he
             must
             be
             the
             first
             of
             these
             two
             ,
             if
             this
             power
             be
             assumed
             in
             his
             Reign
             ,
             without
             his
             permission
             ;
             and
             the
             last
             ,
             if
             with
             it
             .
             For
             no
             man
             can
             be
             ,
             or
             pretend
             to
             be
             a
             Son
             of
             the
             
               Church
               of
               Rome
            
             ,
             that
             will
             not
             be
             obedient
             to
             all
             her
             principles
             and
             commands
             ,
             and
             will
             not
             maintain
             on
             all
             occasions
             to
             their
             utmost
             power
             ,
             her
             Cause
             and
             Interest
             :
             He
             shall
             no
             sooner
             refuse
             or
             neglect
             to
             do
             this
             ,
             but
             he
             shall
             be
             exploded
             as
             the
             basest
             Coward
             ,
             and
             excommunicated
             as
             the
             vilest
             Heretick
             .
             Besides
             ,
             there
             will
             be
             more
             danger
             for
             him
             to
             permit
             their
             punishments
             ,
             than
             any
             other
             Prince
             whatever
             ;
             for
             as
             their
             hopes
             in
             him
             has
             given
             them
             almost
             assurances
             of
             their
             utmost
             wishes
             ;
             so
             will
             their
             hatred
             and
             malice
             be
             greater
             to
             him
             ,
             when
             they
             shall
             find
             themselves
             more
             than
             frustrate
             of
             all
             their
             ambitious
             expectations
             .
             And
             if
             an
             Atheist
             ,
             (
             a
             man
             that
             believes
             no
             God
             ,
             no
             punishment
             for
             Vice
             ,
             nor
             no
             reward
             for
             Virtue
             )
             to
             pretend
             to
             be
             of
             a
             Religion
             by
             which
             he
             has
             banisht
             himself
             his
             native
             Countrey
             ,
             lost
             the
             hearts
             of
             three
             Kingdoms
             ,
             and
             thrust
             himself
             for
             ever
             from
             a
             Throne
             ,
             he
             must
             be
             the
             greatest
             mad
             man
             ,
             or
             the
             most
             a
             Fool
             in
             the
             Creation
             ;
             and
             I
             think
             it
             not
             fit
             for
             either
             of
             these
             to
             wear
             a
             Crown
             ,
             or
             a
             Papist
             our
             English
             Diadem
             .
             And
             prudently
             considering
             all
             this
             ,
             that
             
               exclusive
               Bill
               in
               Parliament
            
             ,
             was
             like
             the
             wise
             Fathers
             advice
             to
             rash
             Phaeton
             ,
             as
             much
             for
             his
             own
             good
             as
             the
             Kingdoms
             safety
             ;
             for
             no
             doubt
             but
             if
             ever
             he
             should
             ascend
             this
             Throne
             ,
             and
             hurried
             on
             by
             the
             furious
             conduct
             of
             his
             Romish
             Counsellors
             till
             he
             had
             set
             his
             Nation
             in
             a
             flame
             ,
             he
             himself
             at
             last
             will
             most
             certainly
             perish
             in
             his
             own
             fires
             .
          
           
             Now
             our
             Answerer
             
               bids
               us
               consider
               the
               weight
               of
               a
               Coronation
               Oath
               with
               a
               Prince
               of
               any
               sense
               of
               Honour
               or
               Religion
               ,
            
             and
             he
             has
             promis'd
             upon
             this
             account
             (
             pray
             Heaven
             he
             keeps
             his
             word
             !
             )
             a
             very
             smart
             argument
             ,
             which
             he
             makes
             out
             thus
             ;
             
               He
               has
               a
               double
               tye
               ,
               of
               Nature
               and
               Religion
               .
            
             Those
             tyes
             indeed
             ought
             to
             be
             very
             strong
             ;
             but
             how
             strong
             the
             tyes
             of
             Nature
             and
             Gratitude
             to
             the
             best
             of
             Kings
             and
             Brothers
             ,
             are
             in
             him
             ,
             has
             been
             sufficiently
             experienced
             ,
             and
             largely
             treated
             of
             in
             the
             Popish
             Character
             ;
             but
             for
             Religion
             ,
             that
             has
             no
             tye
             at
             all
             upon
             him
             that
             loosens
             all
             other
             tyes
             contrary
             to
             the
             pride
             and
             interest
             of
             the
             Romish
             Church
             .
             And
             though
             our
             Answerer
             
             has
             to
             a
             miracle
             confest
             ,
             
               that
               there
               is
               such
               a
               Doctrine
               in
               the
               Church
               of
            
             Rome
             ,
             
               as
               dispencing
               with
               ,
               and
               absolving
               Papists
               from
               all
               Oaths
               to
               Hereticks
            
             ;
             yet
             says
             he
             ,
             
               't
               is
               a
               Doctrine
               never
               universally
               received
               ,
               aud
               that
               even
               they
               that
               do
               believe
               it
               ,
               do
               not
               preach
               it
               to
               all
               ;
               and
               therefore
               these
               ,
               with
               him
               ,
               are
               poor
               shifts
               and
               evasions
               .
            
             Why
             should
             we
             fear
             it
             should
             be
             made
             use
             of
             against
             us
             ?
             for
             says
             he
             ,
             
               that
               Prince
               that
               would
               lose
               all
               his
               Honourable
               preferments
               rather
               than
               tell
               a
               lye
               against
               his
               conscience
               ,
               ought
               certainly
               ,
               to
               be
               believed
               when
               he
               shall
               make
               so
               solemn
               a
               protestation
               as
               his
               Coronation
               Oath
               .
            
             But
             that
             Oath
             we
             have
             by
             sad
             experience
             found
             to
             be
             such
             a
             Juglers
             knot
             ,
             and
             has
             so
             often
             plaid
             fast
             and
             loose
             ,
             that
             if
             he
             were
             a
             Mahumetan
             ,
             and
             should
             swear
             by
             Alha
             ,
             we
             should
             have
             much
             more
             reason
             to
             believe
             him
             as
             Turk
             or
             Infidel
             ,
             than
             as
             a
             
               Roman
               Catholick
            
             ;
             for
             we
             know
             the
             bands
             of
             Nature
             ,
             Morality
             ,
             and
             Honour
             ,
             have
             been
             sacred
             to
             Heathens
             ,
             but
             never
             to
             Papists
             .
             And
             besides
             ,
             I
             must
             tell
             my
             smart
             Gentleman
             ,
             Tho'
             we
             very
             well
             know
             that
             Dispensations
             are
             frequent
             things
             from
             Rome
             ,
             yet
             it
             would
             have
             been
             no
             less
             than
             a
             mortal
             sin
             ,
             and
             never
             to
             have
             been
             forgiven
             ,
             to
             have
             presumed
             in
             that
             case
             to
             have
             told
             a
             lye
             without
             the
             Popes
             permission
             ;
             tho'
             truly
             as
             some
             Papists
             have
             declared
             ,
             his
             Holiness
             was
             to
             blame
             not
             to
             dispense
             both
             with
             the
             Dukes
             receiving
             the
             Sacrament
             in
             the
             
               Protestant
               Church
            
             ,
             and
             their
             taking
             the
             Oaths
             of
             Supremacy
             and
             Allegiance
             for
             some
             time
             ,
             since
             they
             would
             have
             been
             no
             less
             sons
             of
             his
             Church
             ,
             nor
             no
             less
             true
             to
             his
             power
             ,
             and
             considering
             he
             might
             so
             easily
             have
             done
             it
             ,
             which
             would
             have
             prevented
             all
             their
             misfortunes
             ,
             and
             for
             ever
             have
             secured
             their
             Interests
             .
          
           
             And
             next
             says
             our
             Scribler
             ,
             
               What
               if
               the
               King
               of
            
             France
             ,
             
               contrary
               to
               his
               Oath
               upon
               the
               Sacrament
               ,
               has
               invaded
            
             Flanders
             ,
             
               he
               is
               but
               one
               president
               ;
               and
               must
               all
               Princes
               of
               that
               Religion
               violate
               their
               Oaths
               because
               he
               has
               done
               so
               ?
            
             But
             for
             Q.
             Mary
             of
             Eng.
             violation
             of
             her
             Oaths
             ,
             Covenants
             ,
             and
             her
             Honor
             ,
             with
             all
             her
             barbarous
             recorded
             Cruelties
             ,
             let
             her
             pass
             ,
             't
             is
             not
             at
             all
             pertinent
             to
             his
             purpose
             to
             take
             the
             least
             notice
             of
             her
             .
             Besides
             ,
             for
             his
             Coronation
             Oath
             ,
             't
             is
             an
             Oath
             upon
             compulsion
             ;
             and
             he
             has
             greater
             and
             more
             ambitious
             motives
             to
             make
             him
             take
             it
             ,
             tho'
             against
             his
             conscience
             ,
             than
             the
             French
             King
             had
             to
             take
             his
             Oath
             upon
             the
             Sacrament
             ,
             and
             break
             it
             ;
             for
             that
             was
             only
             a
             little
             to
             enlarge
             his
             Empire
             :
             but
             this
             of
             our
             
               Popish
               Successors
            
             is
             to
             mount
             him
             on
             a
             Throne
             .
             And
             since
             it
             is
             a
             like
             ambitious
             cause
             in
             both
             ,
             we
             very
             well
             know
             ,
             that
             
               ambitio
               multus
               mortales
               falsos
               fieri
               coegit
               .
            
          
           
             He
             tells
             us
             now
             
               his
               first
               design
               was
               only
               to
               be
               of
               the
               defensive
               part
               .
            
             But
             if
             comparisons
             of
             these
             times
             with
             those
             of
             the
             late
             Rebellion
             ;
             if
             railing
             at
             ,
             and
             accusing
             three
             Parliaments
             of
             a
             horrid
             Plot
             ,
             a
             Plot
             to
             ruin
             Monarchy
             ,
             ferment
             us
             into
             Civil
             Wars
             ,
             and
             make
             us
             cut
             our
             own
             throats
             ,
             be
             more
             than
             defensive
             ,
             the
             second
             page
             of
             his
             Pamphlet
             must
             tell
             him
             to
             his
             face
             he
             lies
             .
             But
             now
             he
             is
             at
             the
             same
             thing
             again
             ;
             he
             must
             say
             something
             .
          
           
             Well
             tho'
             
               he
               denies
               the
               possibility
               of
               introducing
               Popery
               ,
               because
               a
               great
               many
               as
               good
               Protestants
               as
               the
            
             Characterizer
             
               do
               both
               say
               so
               ,
               and
               believe
               it
               too
            
             ;
             yet
             certainly
             he
             thinks
             the
             Party
             very
             powerful
             ,
             to
             protect
             his
             notorious
             impudence
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Judiciary
             power
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             who
             has
             with
             great
             wisdom
             ,
             and
             by
             strong
             proofs
             ,
             found
             out
             a
             most
             Hellish
             and
             Dangerous
             Plot
             ;
             a
             Plot
             against
             the
             Life
             of
             his
             Sacred
             Majesty
             ,
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             and
             Government
             ;
             and
             with
             reason
             and
             thankfulness
             have
             acknowledged
             't
             was
             only
             the
             especial
             Providence
             of
             God
             that
             has
             delivered
             us
             .
             But
             he
             says
             ,
             
               't
               is
               not
               only
               impossible
               to
               introduce
            
             Popery
             ,
             
               but
               't
               is
               impossible
               for
               the
            
             Papists
             
               themselves
               to
               believe
               
               it
               could
               be
               done
            
             ;
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             there
             has
             been
             no
             Plot
             on
             that
             side
             .
             But
             what
             has
             he
             made
             all
             the
             Three
             Estates
             of
             England
             to
             be
             ,
             but
             a
             pack
             of
             Rascals
             and
             Villains
             ,
             to
             pretend
             a
             Plot
             where
             there
             was
             none
             ;
             and
             to
             set
             their
             hands
             to
             the
             confirmation
             of
             such
             a
             Falshood
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             delusion
             of
             the
             undiscerning
             multitude
             ?
             Nay
             ,
             he
             has
             a
             further
             charge
             against
             that
             great
             and
             honourable
             Council
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             who
             (
             tho'
             a
             Papist
             King
             cannot
             influence
             the
             Judiciary
             Officers
             of
             his
             own
             creation
             )
             have
             already
             depraved
             the
             Bench
             ,
             and
             obstructed
             Justice
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             last
             line
             of
             his
             8
             th
             page
             ,
             where
             he
             says
             ,
             
               Iustice
               has
               been
               denied
               ,
               where
               it
               might
               give
               distast
               to
               the
               Representatives
               of
               the
               Nation
               .
            
          
           
             Well
             ,
             but
             after
             much
             sensless
             quibling
             upon
             the
             Characterizer's
             being
             a
             Papist
             ,
             because
             he
             was
             of
             their
             minds
             so
             far
             as
             to
             believe
             their
             design
             of
             establishing
             Popery
             in
             England
             might
             have
             took
             effect
             ;
             he
             at
             last
             has
             not
             only
             
               granted
               the
               possibility
               of
               their
               belief
               ,
               but
               the
               introducing
               of
            
             Popery
             feasible
             .
             Yet
             (
             says
             he
             )
             
               does
               it
               follow
               ,
               that
               because
               they
               thought
               so
               then
               ,
               that
               they
               think
               so
               still
               ?
               sure
               they
               have
               little
               reason
               to
               believe
               that
               that
               design
               which
               was
               in
               so
               hopeful
               a
               forwardness
               as
               never
               since
               Queen
            
             Maryes
             
               days
               could
               be
               boasted
               of
               ,
               carried
               on
               with
               all
               the
               art
               and
               contrivance
               ,
               all
               the
               secresie
               and
               cunning
               of
               a
               diligent
               and
               active
               party
               ,
               favoured
               by
               several
               the
               greatest
               persons
               in
               the
               kingdom
               ,
               and
               those
               most
               eminent
               for
               their
               Riches
               and
               Interest
               to
               support
               the
               Cause
               ,
               and
               the
               universal
               security
               of
               the
               Nation
               conspiring
               with
               all
               these
               ,
               and
               after
               all
               this
               brought
               to
               nought
               ;
               should
               ever
               at
               all
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               in
               this
               age
               ,
               be
               effected
               ,
               when
               all
               their
               measures
               are
               broken
               ,
               and
               all
               their
               wicked
               contrivances
               laid
               open
               ,
               and
               the
               whole
               scene
               of
               that
               Religious
               Villany
               displayed
               to
               publick
               view
               ;
               when
               the
               whole
               Nation
               is
               still
               awake
               with
               continual
               fears
               ,
               and
               fresh
               Alarms
               against
               them
               .
            
             Yes
             ,
             Mr.
             Scribler
             ,
             't
             was
             and
             might
             still
             be
             possible
             ,
             if
             the
             people
             of
             England
             be
             yet
             more
             sensless
             than
             in
             that
             security
             you
             spoke
             of
             ,
             and
             does
             yet
             leave
             them
             the
             hopes
             of
             a
             pernicious
             Popish
             King
             ;
             there
             will
             be
             then
             no
             need
             of
             Plots
             ,
             his
             Power
             will
             undoubtedly
             perform
             much
             more
             than
             all
             their
             Hell-born
             stratagems
             cou'd
             ere
             design
             .
             It
             was
             indeed
             an
             over-hasty
             Roman
             zeal
             to
             mount
             him
             on
             the
             Throne
             before
             his
             time
             ;
             they
             were
             impatient
             of
             delays
             thought
             long
             till
             they
             arrived
             at
             their
             dear
             promised
             Land
             ,
             and
             wou'd
             have
             took
             delight
             to
             have
             waded
             through
             that
             Sea
             of
             blood
             that
             wou'd
             have
             brought
             them
             thither
             ;
             't
             was
             that
             and
             Providence
             that
             it
             seemed
             had
             not
             designed
             we
             all
             should
             perish
             in
             our
             dreams
             ,
             made
             them
             so
             unhappy
             to
             themselves
             ,
             and
             fortunate
             to
             us
             .
             Their
             fear
             ▪
             that
             death
             might
             interpose
             betwixt
             them
             and
             all
             their
             hopes
             ,
             and
             snatch
             their
             darling
             Prince
             before
             his
             Brother's
             or
             their
             work
             was
             done
             ;
             their
             dread
             of
             this
             ,
             and
             eager
             thirst
             of
             blood
             ,
             made
             them
             plot
             on
             for
             what
             they
             might
             have
             had
             without
             ,
             and
             ruin
             all
             .
             But
             to
             prove
             't
             is
             possible
             ,
             in
             case
             of
             a
             
               Popish
               King
            
             ,
             't
             is
             in
             the
             power
             of
             any
             English
             Prince
             to
             remit
             the
             punishments
             due
             to
             that
             party
             when
             convicted
             ,
             as
             has
             been
             experienced
             ;
             and
             I
             think
             none
             will
             doubt
             but
             a
             
               Popish
               King
            
             ,
             and
             an
             obedient
             Son
             of
             Holy
             
               Mother
               Church
            
             ,
             will
             extend
             his
             Negotiation
             a
             little
             further
             for
             them
             than
             an
             Heretick
             ,
             so
             far
             no
             doubt
             as
             to
             encourage
             his
             own
             Religion
             ,
             and
             suppress
             its
             enemies
             ,
             and
             give
             them
             leave
             to
             revenge
             their
             long
             sufferings
             .
             Well
             ,
             admit
             this
             King
             ,
             and
             more
             certainly
             the
             impowering
             his
             party
             to
             all
             they
             can
             desire
             ,
             what
             will
             the
             cackling
             of
             all
             our
             Protestant
             Geese
             do
             then
             ,
             to
             the
             preserving
             our
             Capitol
             ?
             even
             as
             much
             good
             as
             our
             Scriblers
             Vindication
             has
             done
             his
             Master
             .
          
           
           
             Next
             ,
             if
             it
             were
             possible
             that
             we
             shall
             ever
             suffer
             a
             Papist
             King
             in
             England
             ,
             and
             put
             the
             reins
             of
             Government
             into
             his
             hands
             ,
             whose
             Arbitrary
             Principles
             we
             so
             abhor
             ;
             when
             we
             do
             this
             ,
             we
             shall
             no
             doubt
             not
             only
             be
             content
             to
             let
             him
             have
             a
             standing
             Army
             ,
             but
             shall
             every
             man
             voluntarily
             contribute
             to
             the
             setting
             up
             and
             maintaining
             that
             Army
             we
             know
             before-hand
             is
             design'd
             to
             enslave
             us
             ,
             or
             cut
             our
             throats
             .
             But
             I
             will
             hope
             ,
             and
             believe
             it
             impossible
             for
             the
             whole
             Nation
             to
             be
             mad
             at
             once
             ;
             and
             on
             that
             presumption
             agree
             with
             my
             Pamphleteer
             in
             that
             point
             ,
             That
             we
             shall
             have
             no
             standing
             Army
             ,
             no
             Arbitrary
             Government
             ;
             and
             indeed
             I
             fancy
             the
             Jesuits
             have
             just
             cause
             to
             say
             now
             ,
             
               Perditur
               haec
               inter
               miseros
               Lux.
            
             
          
           
             Well
             but
             he
             says
             again
             ,
             
               It
               were
               folly
               for
               a
               Papist
               King
               to
               attempt
               the
               bringing
               in
               of
               Popery
               :
               for
               ,
            
             says
             he
             ,
             
               young
               as
               the
               Reformation
               was
               in
               Queen
            
             Maryes
             
               days
               ,
               it
               might
               indeed
               with
               some
               ease
               have
               been
               pluckt
               up
               ,
               ere
               it
               had
               taken
               root
               ;
               the
               Papist
               in
               those
               days
               equal
               ,
               at
               least
               ,
               if
               not
               exceeding
               the
               Protestants
               ,
               all
               longing
               for
               the
               restoration
               of
               their
               Religion
               :
               but
               now
               when
               this
               Idolatrous
               Superstition
               has
               been
               so
               long
               worn
               off
               the
               minds
               of
               the
               people
               ,
               and
               the
               Reformation
               so
               deeply
               and
               so
               strongly
               rooted
               ,
               the
            
             Roman
             
               Church
               so
               detested
               both
               for
               the
               dangerous
               Innovations
               of
               its
               Doctrine
               ,
               and
               the
               Idolatry
               of
               its
               Ceremonies
               ;
               and
               so
               odious
               in
               the
               eyes
               of
               the
               people
               for
               its
               pernicious
               principles
               exprest
               in
               the
               Villanous
               practises
               of
               its
               professors
               ,
               in
               Massacres
               ,
               and
               Plots
               all
               detected
               .
            
             All
             this
             indeed
             is
             very
             true
             ;
             and
             I
             confess
             he
             is
             so
             far
             much
             in
             the
             right
             .
             But
             soft
             and
             fair
             !
             how
             came
             this
             to
             pass
             ?
             how
             has
             the
             Papists
             disobliged
             you
             ,
             now
             that
             you
             are
             so
             briskly
             treating
             of
             their
             pernicious
             Principles
             ,
             the
             dangerous
             Innovations
             of
             their
             Doctrines
             ,
             Idolatry
             of
             their
             Ceremonies
             ,
             and
             their
             Villanous
             practices
             in
             Plots
             and
             Massacres
             ?
             How
             came
             the
             wind
             to
             be
             thus
             turn'd
             now
             ?
             Or
             has
             my
             good
             friend
             forgot
             himself
             since
             he
             writ
             the
             second
             page
             of
             his
             wise
             Answer
             ,
             where
             he
             was
             showing
             that
             the
             principles
             of
             a
             Papist
             and
             a
             Protestant
             so
             little
             differ
             ;
             't
             is
             contrary
             to
             reason
             or
             common
             sense
             a
             Papist
             should
             be
             less
             an
             honest
             man
             for
             them
             ,
             
               as
               only
               differing
               in
               a
               few
               disputable
               matters
               of
               faith
               ,
               and
               not
               very
               material
               ceremonies
               of
               divine
               worship
               .
            
             And
             is
             it
             possible
             that
             he
             who
             has
             so
             exclaimed
             against
             contradictory
             discourse
             and
             arguing
             ,
             and
             has
             so
             much
             endeavoured
             to
             find
             it
             out
             where
             it
             never
             was
             ,
             by
             leaving
             out
             ,
             or
             adding
             words
             of
             his
             own
             ,
             should
             at
             last
             be
             found
             so
             grosly
             guilty
             of
             the
             same
             fault
             ?
             Well
             ,
             but
             perhaps
             he
             may
             as
             justly
             as
             his
             Master
             say
             the
             case
             was
             alter'd
             ,
             so
             he
             could
             not
             help
             it
             ;
             for
             indeed
             his
             first
             business
             was
             to
             perswade
             us
             to
             believe
             what
             a
             happy
             condition
             we
             should
             be
             in
             under
             the
             reign
             of
             so
             virtuous
             and
             heroick
             a
             Popish
             King
             ,
             and
             to
             take
             off
             our
             dreadful
             apprehensions
             of
             his
             Religion
             ;
             therefore
             he
             tells
             us
             the
             small
             difference
             betwixt
             us
             and
             them
             ,
             
               as
               only
               a
               few
               disputable
               matters
               of
               faith
               ,
            
             &c.
             but
             fearing
             that
             work
             with
             all
             his
             painful
             arguments
             may
             not
             be
             perfectly
             finisht
             ,
             therefore
             he
             now
             says
             we
             have
             no
             reason
             to
             think
             it
             can
             do
             us
             any
             harm
             ,
             because
             it
             can
             never
             be
             establisht
             in
             
               England
               ;
               for
               the
               dangerous
               Innovations
               of
               its
               Doctrines
               ,
               and
               the
               Idolatry
               of
               its
               Ceremonies
               ,
               and
               villanous
               practises
               of
               its
               professors
               in
               Plots
               and
               Massacres
               ,
               have
               rendred
               it
               so
               odious
               .
            
             But
             this
             contradiction
             was
             a
             little
             unlucky
             in
             this
             place
             ,
             just
             where
             he
             is
             accusing
             the
             
               false
               Satyr
               of
               blowing
               hot
               and
               cold
               with
               the
               same
               breath
            
             ;
             but
             in
             that
             we
             may
             suppose
             he
             did
             forget
             himself
             ,
             which
             may
             be
             forgiven
             him
             too
             ,
             since
             by
             his
             handling
             both
             these
             Arguments
             with
             so
             much
             convincing
             art
             and
             cunning
             ,
             
             he
             has
             proved
             good
             Wits
             are
             incident
             to
             ill
             memories
             .
          
           
             But
             now
             he
             says
             ,
             
               'T
               is
               plain
               ,
               tho'
               the
               Triple
               Mitre
               be
               struck
               at
               ,
               the
               three
               Crowns
               is
               their
               aim
               ;
               nor
               would
               they
               be
               so
               violent
               against
            
             Popery
             ,
             
               which
               they
               have
               no
               reason
               to
               fear
               ,
               but
               that
               they
               know
               't
               is
               the
               charm
               to
               bring
               in
               the
               people
               to
               the
               ruine
               of
               Monarchy
               ;
               knowing
               the
               multitude
               to
               be
               not
               unlike
               Beasts
               or
               Cattel
               in
               a
               Ship
               ,
               which
               in
               any
               storm
               that
               is
               raised
               ,
               if
               they
               are
               made
               apprehensive
               of
               the
               Vessels
               sinking
               on
               the
               one
               side
               ,
               run
               immediately
               with
               such
               a
               violent
               panick
               fear
               to
               the
               other
               ,
               that
               they
               overset
               the
               Ship
               ,
               and
               quite
               overwhelm
               themselves
               and
               it
               in
               ruin
               .
            
             And
             all
             this
             lyes
             again
             at
             the
             Parliaments
             door
             ,
             because
             they
             have
             endeavoured
             for
             the
             good
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             to
             disinherit
             a
             Popish
             Successor
             ,
             and
             have
             not
             supplied
             the
             King
             with
             moneys
             ,
             tho'
             at
             the
             same
             time
             they
             have
             declared
             ,
             if
             his
             Majesty
             will
             be
             graciously
             pleased
             to
             join
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             bar
             all
             the
             pretence
             of
             Papists
             to
             this
             English
             Diadem
             ,
             secure
             their
             fears
             by
             passing
             that
             one
             Bill
             against
             that
             Prince
             ,
             whose
             succession
             is
             the
             terror
             and
             distraction
             of
             this
             Nation
             ;
             an
             Act
             in
             which
             consists
             the
             peace
             ,
             the
             safety
             ,
             and
             the
             glory
             of
             three
             Kingdoms
             ;
             let
             him
             but
             be
             removed
             from
             all
             pretensions
             to
             this
             Crown
             ,
             which
             justly
             may
             be
             done
             by
             King
             and
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             they
             will
             open
             their
             purses
             so
             wide
             to
             Him
             ,
             give
             Him
             that
             Mass
             of
             Wealth
             ,
             as
             will
             make
             Him
             both
             fear'd
             abroad
             ,
             and
             beloved
             at
             home
             .
             So
             vast
             a
             Treasure
             will
             they
             make
             Him
             ,
             as
             none
             of
             all
             His
             Royal
             Ancestors
             ,
             nor
             He
             Himself
             was
             ever
             Master
             of
             .
             But
             should
             they
             have
             done
             't
             without
             ,
             it
             would
             have
             betrayed
             the
             Nation
             ,
             ruin'd
             their
             own
             Priviledges
             ,
             and
             left
             all
             Grievances
             as
             unredressable
             as
             unredrest
             ,
             and
             then
             they
             might
             thank
             themselves
             for
             what
             would
             follow
             .
          
           
             And
             next
             our
             Scribler
             thinks
             it
             very
             unreasonable
             
               that
               the
               Prince
               alone
               should
               not
               have
               the
               benefit
               of
               Liberty
               of
               Conscience
               ,
               which
               every
               subject
               in
               his
               dominions
               takes
               very
               ill
               to
               have
               denied
               to
               himself
               .
            
             Truly
             't
             is
             hard
             indeed
             ;
             but
             the
             circumstances
             of
             this
             Nation
             considered
             ,
             not
             at
             all
             to
             be
             wondred
             at
             :
             for
             I
             believe
             all
             men
             of
             sense
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Sir
             Poll
             ,
             as
             he
             calls
             him
             ,
             will
             take
             it
             for
             granted
             ,
             that
             if
             this
             Popish
             Heir
             comes
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             he
             will
             by
             the
             dictates
             of
             that
             Religion
             ,
             in
             spight
             of
             Vows
             and
             Covenants
             ,
             
               promote
               the
               Romish
               Interest
               with
               all
               the
               severity
               ,
               injustice
               ,
               and
               tyranny
               ,
               that
               most
               religious
               Cruelty
               can
               invent
               .
            
             But
             whether
             or
             no
             he
             will
             condescend
             to
             make
             the
             least
             excuse
             for
             it
             ,
             as
             the
             Characterizer
             has
             supposed
             he
             might
             ,
             I
             cannot
             tell
             ;
             but
             our
             Answerer
             that
             laughs
             at
             the
             supposition
             ,
             't
             is
             probable
             knows
             more
             of
             his
             mind
             ,
             than
             to
             think
             he
             will
             be
             guilty
             of
             so
             much
             curtesy
             ,
             as
             to
             make
             us
             an
             excuse
             for
             any
             thing
             he
             does
             against
             us
             .
          
           
             If
             (
             says
             a
             Critick
             in
             the
             Character
             )
             
               these
               be
               the
               dangers
               of
               a
               Popish
               King
               ,
               why
               have
               we
               not
               such
               strong
               ,
               such
               potent
               Laws
               made
               before
               this
               Popish
               Heir
               comes
               to
               the
               Crown
               ,
               that
               it
               shall
               be
               impossible
               for
               him
               ever
               to
               set
               up
            
             Popery
             ,
             
               tho'
               he
               shou'd
               never
               so
               much
               endeavour
               it
               ?
            
             The
             Character
             answers
             ,
             
               To
               endeavour
               to
               do
               it
               by
               Law
               ,
               even
               with
               those
               Laws
               we
               have
               already
               against
               it
               ,
               is
               impossible
               .
            
             But
             it
             is
             likewise
             as
             impossible
             for
             any
             man
             of
             sence
             to
             believe
             ,
             that
             he
             being
             a
             Papist
             ,
             and
             Vassal
             to
             the
             Pope
             ,
             either
             will
             or
             can
             put
             those
             Laws
             in
             execution
             .
             But
             then
             a
             little
             after
             't
             is
             confest
             
               he
               may
               be
               totally
               restrain'd
               from
               all
               power
               of
               introducing
               Popery
               by
               the
               force
               of
               such
               Laws
               as
               may
               be
               made
               to
               tye
               up
               his
               hands
               ;
               and
               put
               the
               execution
               of
               those
               Laws
               into
               the
               hands
               of
               the
               
               People
               ,
               and
               consequently
               those
               Laws
               must
               be
               such
               as
               must
               ruin
               his
               prerogative
               .
               Well
               ,
               but
               granting
               thus
               much
               ,
            
             says
             our
             Answerer
             ,
             
               what
               you
               infer
               from
               this
               is
               doubly
               ridiculous
               ;
               first
               ,
               that
               no
               Monarch
               would
               thus
               intail
               such
               an
               effeminacy
               on
               a
               Crown
               as
               shall
               render
               the
               Imperial
               Majesty
               of
            
             England
             
               but
               a
               pageant
               ,
               a
               meer
               puppet
               upon
               a
               wire
               .
            
             And
             what
             can
             you
             make
             more
             of
             a
             King
             that
             has
             no
             power
             ,
             no
             not
             so
             much
             as
             the
             meanest
             subject
             in
             his
             Dominions
             can
             have
             after
             these
             Laws
             are
             made
             to
             tye
             up
             his
             hands
             ?
             he
             cannot
             put
             an
             Officer
             in
             any
             place
             throughout
             his
             Kingdoms
             ,
             for
             fear
             he
             should
             be
             a
             Papist
             ,
             nor
             take
             one
             servant
             of
             that
             perswasion
             into
             his
             Court
             ,
             they
             being
             all
             liable
             then
             to
             the
             conviction
             and
             persecution
             of
             the
             people
             ;
             and
             when
             it
             is
             so
             far
             from
             him
             to
             defend
             them
             ,
             that
             't
             is
             not
             in
             his
             power
             to
             favour
             ,
             in
             any
             case
             ,
             the
             dearest
             of
             his
             own
             party
             :
             for
             may
             not
             his
             subjects
             ,
             or
             rather
             his
             Masters
             ,
             inspect
             into
             his
             actions
             ,
             and
             call
             him
             to
             account
             for
             every
             thing
             they
             think
             a
             misdemeanor
             ,
             having
             the
             Law
             in
             their
             own
             hands
             ?
             and
             when
             his
             prerogative
             is
             thus
             ruined
             ,
             is
             not
             this
             Prince
             more
             like
             a
             Pageant
             born
             upon
             mens
             shoulders
             ,
             than
             a
             King
             ?
             which
             when
             they
             are
             weary
             of
             ,
             they
             may
             throw
             him
             down
             ,
             and
             dash
             him
             all
             to
             pieces
             .
          
           
             
               But
               these
               Laws
            
             ,
             says
             he
             ,
             
               that
               bind
               up
               a
               King
               so
               strictly
               ,
               suppose
               him
               to
               be
               a
               Popish
               King
               ,
               such
               only
               to
               be
               restrained
               ,
               this
               is
               not
               therefore
               an
               intailed
               effeminacy
               ,
               but
               a
               short
               eclipsing
               of
               the
               full
               splendor
               of
               a
               Crown
               ,
               which
               in
               the
               next
               Protestant
               Successor
               is
               to
               shine
               forth
               with
               greater
               luster
               .
            
             But
             how
             will
             you
             assure
             us
             that
             the
             people
             ,
             after
             they
             have
             been
             once
             possest
             of
             such
             a
             glorious
             Power
             ,
             will
             ever
             give
             it
             back
             again
             ?
             Indeed
             I
             doubt
             it
             :
             for
             we
             have
             not
             seen
             the
             English
             men
             so
             willing
             to
             part
             with
             any
             of
             their
             
               Magna
               Charta
            
             ,
             or
             the
             least
             of
             their
             Priviledges
             :
             No
             ,
             I
             am
             rather
             afraid
             it
             will
             rather
             give
             them
             the
             itch
             of
             taking
             the
             Name
             as
             well
             as
             Power
             upon
             them
             ;
             and
             I
             believe
             't
             is
             the
             only
             expedient
             to
             subvert
             this
             glorious
             Monarchy
             into
             a
             Commonwealth
             .
          
           
             But
             to
             give
             us
             hopes
             that
             we
             may
             have
             a
             very
             good
             and
             merciful
             Popish
             King
             ,
             that
             will
             neither
             
               remember
               Petitions
               ,
               Protestings
               ,
               nor
               Association
               Votes
               ,
            
             he
             refers
             us
             to
             the
             consideration
             of
             his
             Royal
             Brothers
             Clemency
             ,
             which
             indeed
             has
             been
             so
             great
             ,
             that
             ingratitude
             it self
             cannot
             but
             acknowledg
             it
             ;
             but
             all
             this
             while
             he
             was
             a
             Protestant
             Prince
             ,
             and
             therefore
             that
             can
             be
             no
             Argument
             to
             make
             us
             think
             a
             Papist
             King
             will
             be
             as
             gracious
             :
             for
             were
             his
             Nature
             an
             Original
             of
             Mercy
             ,
             he
             could
             not
             be
             the
             man
             he
             would
             be
             ,
             without
             the
             forfeiture
             both
             of
             his
             Conscience
             ,
             Religion
             ,
             and
             his
             Kingdoms
             :
             for
             if
             an
             Emperor
             or
             a
             King
             (
             says
             
               Parsons
               )
               shows
               any
               favour
               to
               an
               Heretick
               ,
               for
               that
               he
               loseth
               his
               Kingdom
               ,
            
             Philopat
             .
             p.
             109.
             
             Becanus
             ,
             another
             of
             their
             Authors
             ,
             says
             ,
             
               If
               that
               Kings
               and
               Princes
               are
               negligent
               in
               rooting
               out
               of
               Hereticks
               ,
               they
               are
               to
               be
               excommunicated
               and
               deposed
               by
               the
               Pope
               ,
            
             Controv.
             Anglican
             .
             p.
             131.
             132.
             
             And
             when
             the
             Papists
             tell
             us
             how
             many
             Virtues
             he
             is
             Master
             of
             ,
             and
             amongst
             the
             rest
             how
             noble
             and
             how
             strong
             his
             friendship
             is
             ,
             then
             granting
             the
             truth
             of
             this
             ,
             his
             opposers
             has
             more
             reason
             to
             dread
             his
             Power
             :
             for
             't
             is
             a
             known
             Maxim
             ,
             
               The
               greatest
               and
               truest
               friend
               ,
               the
               most
               implacable
               and
               revengeful
               Enemy
               .
            
          
           
             
               But
               for
               those
               Acts
               of
               Parliament
               which
               we
               find
               ordering
               and
               disposing
               of
               the
               Succession
               ,
               they
               make
            
             (
             says
             he
             )
             
               very
               little
               for
               the
               purpose
               for
               which
               they
               
               were
               produced
               .
            
             Yes
             ,
             they
             prove
             that
             the
             Succession
             has
             been
             given
             by
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             where
             the
             King
             and
             the
             Parliament
             thought
             fit
             ;
             and
             upon
             those
             reasons
             they
             afterwards
             thought
             more
             weighty
             ,
             the
             Gift
             has
             been
             recalled
             ,
             and
             they
             have
             placed
             a
             Right
             elsewhere
             ;
             and
             who
             shall
             dare
             to
             say
             these
             Acts
             ,
             or
             any
             made
             by
             King
             and
             Parliament
             ,
             are
             unjust
             ?
             Indeed
             the
             King
             without
             his
             People
             ,
             or
             the
             People
             without
             their
             King
             ,
             cannot
             alter
             the
             Succession
             ,
             but
             with
             a
             joynt
             consent
             :
             Those
             Acts
             of
             Parliament
             declare
             it
             has
             and
             may
             be
             done
             again
             ;
             and
             certainly
             there
             never
             was
             a
             Cause
             that
             did
             require
             the
             changing
             of
             the
             Succession
             half
             so
             much
             as
             we
             have
             now
             .
          
           
             But
             he
             is
             drawn
             to
             an
             end
             ;
             and
             I
             thought
             nothing
             could
             have
             been
             more
             audacious
             than
             his
             Answer
             is
             throughout
             ,
             in
             notorious
             Accusations
             of
             all
             our
             Great
             and
             Honourable
             Parliaments
             ;
             but
             the
             dedicating
             his
             Libel
             to
             those
             very
             men
             with
             the
             same
             hand
             he
             writ
             it
             of
             them
             ,
             is
             a
             boldness
             that
             certainly
             has
             no
             president
             ,
             but
             is
             an
             Original
             of
             Impudence
             .
          
        
         
           
           
           
             A
             REPLY
             TO
             Roger
             L'
             Estranges
             PAMPHLET
             .
          
           
             WELL
             ,
             but
             now
             for
             our
             Second
             Masquerade
             ,
             who
             Begins
             just
             like
             his
             Brother
             ,
             and
             carries
             on
             the
             Argument
             of
             Forty
             one
             throughout
             every
             Paragraph
             of
             his
             whole
             Pamphlet
             ,
             to
             answer
             all
             that
             can
             be
             said
             against
             Popery
             with
             that
             .
             He
             tells
             us
             :
          
           
             The
             Character
             of
             a
             Popish
             Successor
             were
             an
             excellent
             piece
             in
             the
             kind
             ,
             if
             it
             had
             not
             too
             much
             Sublimate
             in
             it
             .
             The
             truth
             of
             it
             is
             ,
             
               says
               he
            
             ,
             the
             Author
             has
             made
             the
             figure
             of
             his
             Successor
             too
             frightful
             ,
             and
             too
             enormous
             ;
             and
             then
             he
             finishes
             his
             Master-piece
             with
             a
             paradox
             ,
             by
             the
             supposal
             of
             a
             most
             excellent
             Prince
             ,
             and
             yet
             making
             him
             the
             greater
             Devil
             for
             his
             Virtues
             .
          
           
             I
             cannot
             suppose
             it
             any
             Paradox
             ,
             to
             say
             the
             intoxication
             of
             Romish
             Principles
             ,
             and
             that
             Religious
             frenzy
             in
             the
             brains
             of
             Majesty
             ,
             will
             pervert
             all
             his
             Natural
             Virtues
             ,
             and
             make
             him
             imagine
             he
             does
             his
             God
             and
             his
             people
             good
             service
             ,
             and
             think
             he
             improves
             his
             Talent
             sevenfold
             ,
             when
             he
             puts
             the
             severest
             Roman
             Laws
             in
             force
             against
             us
             ,
             which
             is
             no
             less
             than
             the
             forfeiture
             of
             our
             Estates
             ,
             next
             the
             loss
             of
             our
             Liberties
             ,
             and
             our
             Lives
             in
             a
             very
             short
             time
             after
             .
             Nor
             are
             we
             to
             suffer
             any
             death
             more
             merciful
             than
             burning
             alive
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             Popes
             own
             Law
             ,
             in
             these
             words
             ,
             
               Decerminus
               ut
               viva
               in
               conspectu
               hominum
               Comberatum
               (
               De
               Hereticis
               .
               7
               Decretat
               .
               sect
               .
               in
               consutilem
               )
               .
            
             Nay
             ,
             his
             obeying
             his
             Superior
             Ecclesiastick
             Power
             in
             executing
             these
             Laws
             ,
             shall
             be
             so
             far
             from
             making
             him
             or
             any
             other
             Papist
             else
             ,
             think
             him
             the
             
               greater
               Devil
            
             ,
             as
             he
             says
             ,
             that
             on
             the
             other
             side
             the
             Pope
             ,
             and
             all
             of
             that
             Church
             ,
             will
             tell
             him
             he
             has
             improved
             all
             his
             Virtues
             to
             that
             height
             ,
             that
             he
             deserves
             to
             be
             a
             Saint
             ;
             has
             merited
             that
             Heaven
             which
             they
             will
             give
             him
             .
          
           
             But
             before
             I
             go
             any
             further
             ,
             
               says
               he
            
             ,
             let
             me
             recommend
             to
             the
             Reader
             one
             Remark
             ,
             as
             a
             thing
             worthy
             his
             attention
             ,
             That
             he
             cuts
             all
             the
             way
             upon
             the
             Successor
             ,
             as
             presupposing
             him
             to
             be
             a
             Papist
             ,
             and
             consequently
             dangerous
             and
             
             insufferable
             by
             reason
             of
             that
             perswasion
             ;
             and
             very
             magisterially
             gives
             his
             own
             bare
             word
             for
             the
             dangers
             of
             that
             perswasion
             :
             why
             does
             he
             not
             rather
             tell
             us
             in
             particular
             terms
             ,
             These
             and
             these
             are
             the
             principles
             ,
             and
             then
             make
             his
             inference
             from
             those
             principles
             ,
             to
             the
             dangers
             that
             attend
             them
             .
          
           
             I
             thought
             both
             the
             Principles
             of
             the
             
               Roman
               Church
            
             ,
             and
             the
             dangers
             that
             attend
             them
             ,
             had
             been
             too
             well
             experienced
             in
             England
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             other
             places
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             known
             to
             the
             most
             Vulgar
             person
             in
             it
             :
             for
             what
             was
             
               Q.
               Maries
            
             Tyranny
             ,
             but
             an
             impulse
             of
             Conscience
             derived
             from
             those
             Popish
             Principles
             that
             told
             her
             that
             all
             Hereticks
             are
             all
             notorious
             Traytors
             ,
             Traytors
             against
             God
             himself
             ,
             and
             therefore
             guilty
             of
             the
             highest
             High
             Treason
             ,
             which
             they
             call
             
               Crimen
               Laesae
               Majestatis
               Divina
            
             ,
             and
             therefore
             they
             deserve
             that
             worse
             penalties
             should
             be
             inflicted
             for
             that
             ,
             than
             other
             High
             Treason
             ?
             And
             it
             is
             besides
             enacted
             by
             a
             General
             Decree
             ,
             That
             whatsoever
             King
             ,
             Bishop
             ,
             or
             Nobleman
             ,
             shall
             believe
             that
             the
             Decrees
             of
             the
             Roman
             Bishops
             may
             be
             ,
             or
             shall
             suffer
             them
             to
             be
             violated
             in
             any
             thing
             ,
             be
             accursed
             ,
             and
             shall
             remain
             for
             ever
             guilty
             before
             God
             ,
             as
             a
             betrayer
             of
             the
             Catholick
             Faith
             ,
             
               Caus.
               25.
               91.
               cap.
            
             11.
             and
             therefore
             considering
             all
             this
             ,
             we
             cannot
             with
             reason
             think
             that
             such
             barbarous
             Cruelty
             could
             be
             the
             delight
             of
             naturally
             soft
             and
             tender
             hearted
             woman
             ,
             or
             that
             Majesty
             could
             be
             so
             perjured
             ,
             so
             ungrateful
             ,
             and
             so
             dishonourable
             for
             little
             or
             no
             advantage
             ;
             but
             she
             was
             a
             servant
             of
             the
             Church
             and
             Pope
             ,
             and
             durst
             not
             incur
             his
             curse
             ,
             that
             was
             to
             open
             her
             the
             Gates
             of
             Paradice
             ;
             and
             't
             is
             impossible
             for
             any
             Papist
             to
             have
             such
             a
             Soveraign
             Power
             as
             hers
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             be
             the
             same
             Tyrant
             that
             she
             was
             .
          
           
             Now
             in
             Answer
             to
             a
             paragraph
             which
             his
             Brother
             ,
             the
             wiser
             of
             the
             two
             ,
             skipt
             over
             ,
             concerning
             the
             barbarity
             of
             the
             known
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Roman
             Church
             ,
             
               that
               pronounces
               damnation
               to
               all
               that
               differ
               from
               it
               in
               any
               one
               matter
               of
               faith
               ,
            
             and
             to
             justifie
             his
             Masters
             and
             his
             Religion
             from
             such
             a
             terrible
             Accusation
             ,
             
               as
               tearing
               up
               his
               Fathers
               Sacred
               Monument
               ,
               branding
               his
               blessed
               memory
               with
               the
               name
               of
               Heretick
               ;
               and
               the
               compleating
               the
               horrid
               Anathema
               ,
               of
               most
               impiously
               execrating
               the
               very
               Majesty
               that
               gave
               him
               being
               .
            
             He
             says
             the
             Characterizer
             lays
             down
             a
             false
             supposition
             ,
             and
             then
             raises
             out
             of
             it
             a
             most
             uncharitahle
             consequence
             ;
             for
             the
             very
             position
             ,
             That
             there
             is
             no
             salvation
             out
             of
             that
             Church
             ,
             is
             yet
             qualified
             with
             an
             exception
             ,
             In
             case
             of
             an
             invinsible
             perswasion
             .
             I
             think
             that
             case
             was
             plain
             in
             that
             Royal
             Martyr
             ,
             who
             sealed
             the
             invinsible
             perswasion
             of
             the
             
               Protestant
               Faith
            
             with
             his
             blood
             .
          
           
             
               And
               next
               he
               says
            
             ,
             If
             this
             be
             so
             lewd
             a
             principle
             in
             one
             Religion
             ,
             why
             is
             it
             not
             so
             in
             another
             ?
             Which
             being
             admitted
             ,
             involves
             every
             individual
             member
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             in
             the
             same
             condemnation
             .
             
               So
               that
               he
               says
               ,
               in
               asserting
               this
               Doctrine
            
             the
             Characterizer
             himself
             damns
             all
             the
             Papists
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             he
             makes
             them
             damn
             all
             the
             Protestants
             .
          
           
             Now
             as
             I
             never
             thought
             the
             Protestants
             in
             a
             more
             likely
             state
             of
             damnation
             for
             the
             Papists
             saying
             or
             believing
             so
             ;
             so
             I
             always
             thought
             it
             was
             the
             proof
             of
             Crimes
             ,
             and
             not
             the
             accusation
             ;
             that
             must
             condemn
             all
             men
             before
             so
             just
             a
             Judg
             as
             God
             Almighty
             ;
             and
             there
             are
             such
             proofs
             of
             that
             Hellish
             Doctrine
             ,
             that
             it
             bears
             witness
             against
             it self
             :
             for
             't
             is
             not
             the
             Protestants
             
             knowing
             and
             judging
             their
             principles
             ,
             but
             their
             believing
             and
             following
             them
             ,
             damns
             the
             Papists
             ;
             but
             he
             is
             a
             Protestant
             that
             holds
             the
             Romish
             Tenents
             as
             good
             as
             those
             of
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England
            
             ,
             and
             is
             of
             whether
             for
             a
             peny
             :
             so
             that
             't
             is
             possible
             he
             may
             believe
             a
             man
             deserves
             to
             be
             hanged
             as
             much
             for
             being
             accused
             of
             burning
             a
             House
             ,
             or
             killing
             a
             man
             ,
             and
             think
             him
             as
             guilty
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             were
             taken
             in
             the
             fact
             :
             nay
             ,
             with
             him
             a
             Protestant
             shall
             as
             justly
             deserve
             to
             be
             damn'd
             for
             saying
             this
             is
             a
             Popish
             Tenent
             which
             they
             themselves
             declare
             to
             be
             so
             ,
             as
             those
             Papists
             that
             believe
             it
             ;
             and
             we
             must
             have
             a
             special
             care
             of
             saying
             they
             do
             any
             thing
             ill
             ,
             lest
             we
             contribute
             more
             to
             their
             damning
             than
             they
             themselves
             .
          
           
             
               And
               now
               let
               us
               see
               what
               this
               pretended
            
             Protestant
             Champion
             Mr.
             Le
             Strange
             
               says
               to
               an
               Oath
               of
               a
            
             Roman
             Catholick
             Prince
             .
             Take
             that
             for
             granted
             once
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             no
             trusting
             to
             their
             Oaths
             ,
             and
             you
             cut
             all
             the
             ligaments
             of
             Society
             and
             Commerce
             ;
             there
             is
             an
             end
             of
             all
             Treaties
             and
             Alliunces
             ,
             amicable
             and
             mutual
             Offices
             betwixt
             Christian
             Princes
             and
             States
             ;
             nay
             
               (
               says
               he
            
             )
             〈◊〉
             but
             that
             Maxim
             ,
             and
             you
             turn
             all
             Europe
             into
             a
             Shambles
             ,
             and
             put
             Christendom
             into
             a
             state
             of
             War
             ;
             for
             where
             there
             is
             no
             trust
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             security
             .
          
           
             Well
             I
             allow
             all
             this
             ,
             that
             these
             Politick
             Reasons
             of
             State
             may
             oblige
             Papist
             Princes
             to
             keep
             their
             Oaths
             with
             Foreign
             Princes
             ,
             nay
             with
             Heathens
             ,
             when
             they
             shall
             break
             them
             with
             their
             own
             subjects
             ,
             to
             usurp
             an
             Arbitrary
             Power
             in
             their
             own
             Kingdoms
             ,
             and
             to
             establish
             their
             own
             Religion
             amongst
             their
             own
             people
             ,
             where
             they
             can
             never
             be
             called
             to
             an
             account
             .
          
           
             And
             as
             the
             Character
             says
             ,
             
               He
               has
               Religion
               to
               drive
               the
               Royal
            
             Jehu
             
               on
               ;
               Religion
               that
               from
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               through
               all
               ages
               ,
               has
               set
               all
               Nations
               in
               a
               flame
               ,
               yet
               never
               confessed
               it self
               in
               the
               wrong
               .
            
             Mr.
             
               Le
               Strange
            
             says
             these
             are
             strange
             words
             to
             come
             from
             the
             mouth
             of
             a
             pretender
             to
             scruples
             ,
             and
             a
             Protestant
             Advocate
             ;
             his
             quarrel
             is
             not
             now
             so
             much
             to
             a
             Popish
             as
             a
             Religious
             Successor
             .
             If
             he
             had
             said
             only
             the
             pretext
             of
             Religion
             ,
             he
             might
             have
             appealed
             to
             the
             clamours
             of
             his
             Brethren
             ,
             or
             his
             own
             papers
             .
          
           
             Hold
             there
             ,
             honest
             Mr.
             
               Towzer
               ▪
            
             follow
             not
             the
             scent
             so
             close
             ;
             't
             is
             his
             Religion
             will
             drive
             the
             Royal
             Iehu
             on
             to
             our
             destruction
             ;
             and
             I
             am
             sure
             blind
             zeal
             as
             well
             as
             pretext
             ,
             has
             at
             some
             time
             or
             another
             set
             almost
             all
             Nations
             in
             a
             flame
             .
          
           
             He
             has
             told
             us
             ,
             
               'T
               was
               the
               pretended
               fear
               of
            
             Popery
             
               that
               brought
               a
               pious
               and
               a
               Protestant
               Prince
               to
               the
               block
               .
            
             And
             tho'
             we
             all
             know
             this
             to
             be
             a
             sad
             truth
             ;
             yet
             that
             can
             be
             no
             Argument
             to
             us
             now
             ,
             who
             have
             the
             demonstration
             of
             evident
             Plots
             ,
             and
             an
             Heir
             ,
             an
             
               apparent
               Roman
               Catholick
            
             to
             bring
             in
             Popery
             ,
             and
             to
             establish
             Tyranny
             ,
             if
             it
             shall
             ever
             be
             in
             his
             power
             ;
             when
             that
             was
             but
             a
             pretence
             against
             his
             Royal
             Father
             ,
             which
             they
             made
             use
             of
             ,
             like
             those
             Rogues
             that
             went
             and
             pretended
             a
             Commission
             to
             search
             for
             Priests
             and
             Iesuits
             in
             Hatton-Garden
             ,
             and
             under
             that
             colour
             robbed
             a
             House
             ;
             and
             because
             they
             were
             Villains
             ,
             and
             had
             none
             ,
             must
             there
             be
             no
             further
             search
             made
             after
             those
             Traytors
             .
             Must
             the
             Authority
             of
             all
             Constables
             be
             
             denied
             in
             that
             case
             ,
             because
             they
             came
             with
             a
             villanous
             cheat
             ?
             And
             must
             there
             be
             no
             Plot
             ,
             no
             danger
             in
             a
             
               Popish
               Successor
            
             ,
             nor
             no
             just
             fear
             of
             Popery
             now
             ,
             because
             for
             the
             late
             Rebellion
             they
             had
             only
             that
             pretence
             ?
             But
             his
             design
             is
             to
             divert
             our
             eyes
             from
             approaching
             Tyranny
             ,
             by
             bidding
             us
             look
             another
             way
             .
          
           
             And
             tho'
             I
             am
             no
             Papist
             in
             Masquerade
             ,
             yet
             I
             must
             say
             this
             for
             that
             party
             he
             calls
             so
             ,
             notwithstanding
             all
             the
             Crimes
             he
             alledges
             against
             them
             ,
             which
             indeed
             tho'
             never
             so
             much
             deluded
             into
             ,
             or
             set
             on
             by
             the
             Papists
             ,
             will
             bear
             no
             excuse
             ;
             yet
             there
             is
             but
             that
             one
             president
             of
             horror
             against
             that
             party
             ;
             and
             we
             have
             no
             reason
             to
             suspect
             they
             would
             be
             at
             the
             same
             game
             again
             ,
             for
             being
             against
             a
             Popish
             Successor's
             coming
             to
             the
             Crown
             ;
             a
             Cause
             so
             much
             concerns
             the
             Nation
             .
          
           
             To
             prove
             that
             Government
             was
             purely
             Divine
             ,
             he
             tells
             us
             ,
             
               It
               needs
               no
               other
               support
               than
               the
               authority
               of
               the
               Holy
               Scriptures
               ,
            
             By
             me
             Kings
             reign
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             That
             which
             we
             call
             Kingly
             Government
             ,
             he
             says
             was
             at
             first
             Paternal
             ,
             and
             after
             that
             Patriarchal
             ;
             but
             to
             prove
             still
             that
             Kings
             were
             made
             for
             the
             people
             by
             the
             consent
             of
             God
             himself
             upon
             the
             request
             of
             the
             children
             of
             Israel
             ,
             the
             Chain
             of
             Kingly
             Succession
             has
             been
             broken
             ,
             and
             the
             same
             Divine
             Right
             invested
             in
             another
             ,
             as
             we
             may
             see
             in
             1
             Sam.
             8.
             1.
             where
             Samuels
             sons
             ,
             as
             Judges
             of
             Israel
             ,
             no
             doubt
             had
             as
             great
             a
             right
             of
             
               Kingly
               power
            
             ,
             as
             either
             Paternal
             or
             Patriarchal
             Government
             ;
             but
             they
             not
             walking
             in
             the
             ways
             of
             their
             Father
             
               (
               c.
               8.
               v.
               3.
            
             )
             God
             Almighty
             to
             satisfie
             his
             troubled
             complaining
             people
             ,
             did
             grant
             the
             dispossessing
             these
             men
             of
             their
             lawful
             Birthrights
             ,
             and
             command
             the
             crowning
             of
             
               Saul
               ,
               1
               Sam.
            
             8
             22.
             a
             man
             so
             remote
             from
             any
             pretence
             to
             that
             power
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             of
             another
             Tribe
             ;
             and
             after
             
               Saul
               ,
               David
            
             was
             anointed
             King
             ,
             tho'
             Saul
             had
             many
             Sons
             living
             at
             the
             same
             time
             ;
             yet
             who
             dares
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             
             Saul's
             or
             
             David's
             was
             an
             Usurpation
             ,
             or
             an
             unjust
             Power
             ?
             Now
             we
             see
             by
             this
             ,
             that
             the
             succession
             of
             Kingly
             Government
             has
             not
             been
             so
             sacred
             ,
             but
             upon
             some
             occasions
             it
             has
             been
             changed
             by
             Divine
             as
             well
             as
             lawful
             Authority
             ;
             and
             from
             his
             own
             Text
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             
               I
               have
               made
               the
               man
               ;
               the
               earth
               ,
               and
               the
               beast
               that
               are
               upon
               the
               ground
               ,
               and
               by
               my
               outstretched
               arm
               have
               given
               it
               to
               whom
               it
               seemed
               meet
               into
               me
               ,
            
             Jer.
             27.
             5.
             there
             is
             as
             much
             a
             Divine
             Right
             for
             the
             unmolested
             injoyment
             of
             five
             shillings
             
               per
               Annum
            
             by
             a
             subject
             ,
             as
             for
             the
             inheritance
             of
             three
             Kingdoms
             .
          
           
             And
             for
             the
             Expedient
             offer'd
             at
             Oxford
             in
             Parliament
             ,
             in
             lieu
             of
             the
             Exclusive
             Bill
             ,
             where
             't
             is
             proposed
             that
             his
             Children
             shall
             wear
             his
             Crown
             ;
             shows
             plainly
             't
             is
             not
             malice
             against
             his
             person
             ,
             nor
             
               Forty
               one
            
             ,
             they
             aim
             at
             ;
             but
             the
             preservation
             of
             peace
             and
             safety
             in
             these
             Three
             Kingdoms
             .
          
           
             And
             we
             have
             great
             reason
             to
             thank
             God
             ,
             and
             pray
             for
             a
             blessing
             on
             those
             men
             that
             struggle
             most
             against
             a
             Religion
             which
             from
             the
             effects
             
             of
             its
             Bloody
             Principles
             we
             can
             produce
             so
             many
             Records
             of
             Tyranny
             and
             Persecution
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             been
             told
             ,
             That
             a
             Reply
             to
             the
             first
             Pamphlet
             would
             have
             sufficiently
             Answer'd
             both
             that
             ,
             and
             the
             Papist
             in
             Masquerade
             ;
             there
             being
             so
             little
             difference
             in
             the
             substance
             of
             their
             Arguments
             :
             However
             I
             think
             I
             have
             particularly
             answered
             every
             material
             part
             of
             that
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             Le
             Strange's
             too
             .
          
           
             FINIS
             .