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             The state and interest of the nation, with respect to His Royal Highness the Duke of York discours'd at large, in a letter to a member of the Honourable House of Commons.
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           THE
           
             State
             and
             Interest
          
           OF
           THE
           NATION
           ,
           With
           respect
           to
           His
           Royal
           Highness
           THE
           
             Duke
             of
             York
          
           ,
           Discours'd
           at
           large
           ;
           in
           a
           LETTER
           to
           a
           Member
           of
           the
           Honourable
           House
           of
           Commons
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           ,
           1680.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           THE
           State
           &
           Interest
           OF
           THE
           NATION
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           §
           1.
           
           WELL
           were
           it
           for
           this
           poor
           distracted
           Nation
           ,
           were
           there
           less
           ground
           ,
           than
           there
           is
           ,
           for
           your
           Opinion
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           the
           particular
           Case
           of
           your
           Friend
           only
           ,
           but
           of
           a
           great
           many
           (
           otherwise
           )
           Worthy
           and
           Eminent
           Persons
           ,
           to
           be
           mis-led
           ,
           and
           intoxicated
           ,
           by
           the
           plausible
           pretence
           of
           a
           
             Free
             Estate
          
           ,
           into
           a
           passionate
           Fondness
           ,
           and
           Admiration
           of
           a
           
             Popular
             Government
          
           :
           never
           distinguishing
           betwixt
           the
           Form
           and
           Essence
           of
           a
           Commonwealth
           ;
           the
           mistake
           whereof
           (
           each
           for
           the
           other
           )
           has
           prov'd
           so
           fatal
           in
           this
           Age
           ;
           nor
           calling
           to
           mind
           that
           it
           was
           the
           misfortune
           of
           those
           that
           surfeited
           of
           our
           
             Kingly
             Regiment
          
           ,
           and
           gap'd
           as
           impatiently
           after
           Novelty
           as
           any
           now
           adayes
           can
           do
           ;
           to
           lose
           the
           substance
           of
           Liberty
           and
           Happiness
           ,
           in
           persute
           of
           the
           Shadow
           .
           Nay
           ,
           too
           too
           
           many
           ,
           I
           fear
           me
           ,
           there
           are
           ,
           that
           sacrificing
           all
           considerations
           of
           Conscience
           and
           Religion
           to
           their
           Mammon
           ,
           Interest
           ,
           do
           labour
           with
           all
           the
           Vigour
           and
           Artifice
           imaginable
           to
           create
           in
           the
           Multitude
           a
           loathing
           of
           their
           present
           Manna
           ,
           and
           a
           fresh
           longing
           for
           their
           late
           
             AEgyptian
             Leeks
          
           and
           Garlick
           .
           So
           that
           you
           are
           not
           to
           look
           upon
           my
           Endeavours
           to
           set
           things
           aright
           ,
           as
           to
           this
           Point
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           pure
           effects
           of
           my
           Compliance
           with
           your
           Desires
           for
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           your
           Friend
           ,
           but
           rather
           of
           a
           pressing
           and
           indispensable
           Duty
           .
        
         
           NEITHER
           your
           Friend
           ,
           nor
           any
           other
           Republican
           will
           ,
           I
           presume
           ,
           maintain
           that
           a
           
             Free
             Estate
          
           (
           as
           they
           call
           it
           )
           is
           subject
           to
           no
           Violations
           ;
           because
           woful
           Experience
           will
           confute
           ,
           and
           force
           them
           to
           confess
           either
           that
           a
           Commonwealth
           may
           Degenerate
           ;
           or
           ,
           at
           least
           ,
           that
           the
           so
           much
           cry'd
           up
           Model
           of
           the
           
             Late
             Times
          
           was
           no
           Commonwealth
           :
           And
           they
           must
           not
           only
           renounce
           their
           Senses
           ,
           but
           even
           the
           Faith
           of
           Story
           also
           ;
           which
           sufficiently
           proves
           that
           Republiques
           have
           been
           sometimes
           invaded
           with
           
             Usurpations
             ;
             sometimes
          
           debauch'd
           and
           embas'd
           with
           
             Oligarchy
             ;
             mostly
          
           (
           by
           reason
           of
           their
           Weakness
           and
           Divisions
           )
           subdu'd
           or
           compell'd
           to
           truckle
           under
           their
           
             Neighbouring
             Princes
          
           ;
           but
           alwayes
           tormented
           with
           Faction
           and
           Convulsions
           .
           Nor
           ,
           in
           truth
           ,
           has
           that
           Party
           as
           yet
           been
           able
           to
           produce
           any
           Arguments
           but
           such
           as
           ,
           in
           effect
           ,
           beg
           the
           Question
           ;
           by
           presupposing
           great
           Unity
           in
           the
           Coalition
           ,
           great
           Probity
           in
           the
           Intention
           ,
           and
           great
           Purity
           in
           the
           Exercise
           ;
           which
           being
           admitted
           ,
           doubtless
           we
           should
           so
           little
           need
           to
           differ
           about
           Forms
           ,
           that
           perhaps
           we
           should
           scarce
           need
           any
           
             Government
             at
             all
          
           .
           Now
           for
           my
           Own
           part
           (
           on
           the
           other
           side
           )
           I
           abhor
           Bloodshed
           ,
           and
           deem
           one
           Party
           in
           all
           Wars
           guilty
           of
           Murther
           ;
           a
           Crime
           which
           as
           it
           cryes
           High
           for
           Vengeance
           ,
           so
           ought
           it
           to
           cry
           Lowd
           for
           Unity
           and
           Moderation
           ;
           
           into
           which
           blessed
           Path
           may
           This
           ballance
           us
           ,
           that
           we
           be
           not
           again
           Balotted
           into
           a
           Field
           of
           Blood
           :
           I
           plead
           for
           Liberty
           ;
           not
           the
           Name
           ,
           but
           the
           Thing
           ;
           and
           design
           not
           to
           assert
           Tyranny
           ,
           but
           Kingship
           ;
           (
           as
           it
           relates
           to
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           )
           to
           whose
           protection
           I
           am
           entitled
           by
           my
           Birth
           ,
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           my
           Freedom
           in
           Person
           and
           Estate
           ;
           and
           That
           with
           more
           assurance
           ,
           then
           possibly
           can
           be
           secur'd
           under
           the
           Government
           of
           Many
           ;
           who
           scruple
           not
           commonly
           to
           term
           that
           Justice
           (
           and
           without
           Remedy
           too
           )
           which
           is
           
             down
             right
             Faction
          
           .
           So
           that
           with
           these
           thoughts
           about
           me
           I
           shall
           readily
           acknowledge
           (
           you
           may
           imagine
           )
           that
           even
           Monarchy
           it self
           is
           but
           as
           
             Earthen
             Ware
          
           ,
           (
           tho'
           of
           the
           Finest
           and
           
             Strongest
             Sort
          
           )
           and
           liable
           to
           sundry
           
             Contingences
             ;
             nothing
             under
             the
             Heavens
             being
             compleatly
             Perfect
             .
          
           And
           in
           the
           Constitution
           of
           Governments
           ,
           't
           is
           childish
           to
           think
           upon
           erecting
           Babels
           against
           the
           Deluge
           ;
           but
           the
           Design
           must
           be
           ,
           to
           embank
           against
           Floods
           ,
           and
           enclose
           the
           best
           that
           may
           be
           against
           Trespassors
           .
           This
           being
           premised
           ,
           I
           shall
           proceed
           to
           handle
           the
           Matter
           in
           debate
           ,
           not
           Metaphysically
           ,
           in
           Notions
           abstracted
           from
           their
           Subjects
           (
           a
           Pastime
           which
           our
           Platoniques
           much
           delight
           in
           )
           but
           Morally
           ,
           and
           Reasonably
           ;
           and
           enforce
           such
           Arguments
           only
           as
           are
           
             plain
             ,
             sensible
          
           ,
           and
           appropriate
           to
           our
           own
           Countrey
           ;
           leaving
           the
           Notional
           to
           our
           Book-men
           ,
           whose
           Volumes
           ,
           calculated
           for
           all
           Climates
           ,
           swell
           big
           against
           the
           Evils
           of
           the
           Rule
           of
           MANY
           ,
           or
           Democracy
           .
        
         
           §
           2.
           
           I
           SHALL
           not
           here
           presume
           to
           insist
           upon
           such
           other
           Insuperable
           Difficulties
           ,
           (
           of
           a
           quality
           too
           High
           for
           a
           private
           person
           to
           meddle
           with
           )
           as
           must
           necessarily
           obviate
           the
           establishing
           of
           a
           
             popular
             Platform
          
           amongst
           us
           ;
           But
           lay
           before
           you
           in
           the
           First
           place
           the
           present
           State
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           so
           far
           forth
           only
           as
           may
           carry
           any
           
           immediate
           Relation
           to
           the
           Subject
           ;
           and
           then
           apply
           the
           Premises
           to
           the
           Point
           in
           hand
           .
           This
           Island
           ,
           now
           ,
           is
           a
           large
           Continent
           ,
           abundantly
           populous
           ;
           and
           govern'd
           (
           I
           may
           say
           )
           by
           the
           Subordinate
           Influence
           of
           the
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           ;
           who
           live
           plentifully
           ,
           and
           at
           ease
           upon
           their
           Rents
           ,
           extracted
           from
           the
           Toyle
           of
           their
           Tenants
           and
           Servants
           ;
           and
           every
           one
           of
           them
           Acts
           the
           Prince
           within
           the
           Bounds
           of
           his
           own
           Estate
           ,
           where
           he
           is
           purely
           Absolute
           ;
           his
           Servants
           and
           Labourers
           are
           in
           the
           Nature
           of
           his
           Vassals
           ,
           his
           Tenants
           indeed
           are
           Free
           ,
           but
           yet
           in
           the
           Nature
           of
           Subjects
           ;
           whom
           he
           orders
           in
           his
           Courts
           ,
           draws
           Supplyes
           from
           by
           his
           Fines
           ,
           and
           Awes
           by
           his
           Power
           and
           Oaths
           of
           Fealty
           ,
           to
           infinite
           Submissions
           .
           The
           more
           his
           Mannors
           are
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           indulgently
           he
           behaves
           himself
           (
           like
           a
           good
           Prince
           )
           the
           larger
           is
           his
           Territory
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           awful
           are
           his
           Commands
           .
           A
           Neighbour
           more
           Rich
           and
           Potent
           gives
           Cheque
           to
           his
           Inferiour
           Neighbour
           ;
           and
           brings
           his
           Petty-Princeship
           into
           awe
           ;
           He
           again
           being
           overaw'd
           by
           one
           that
           is
           greater
           and
           more
           powerful
           than
           himself
           in
           Estate
           and
           Friends
           .
           But
           none
           of
           these
           ,
           with
           respect
           to
           his
           Quality
           and
           Estate
           ,
           will
           admit
           a
           Parity
           with
           his
           
             Inferiour
             Neighbours
          
           ,
           much
           less
           with
           his
           Tenant
           or
           Dependent
           .
        
         
           INTO
           the
           Rank
           of
           Gentry
           do
           our
           
             Officers
             ,
             Citizens
          
           ,
           and
           Burghers
           aspire
           to
           be
           enroll'd
           :
           So
           that
           no
           sooner
           by
           
             Arms
             ,
             Office
          
           ,
           or
           Trade
           do
           they
           acquire
           a
           competent
           Stock
           ,
           but
           forthwith
           for
           Land
           it
           is
           dispos'd
           ;
           and
           then
           ,
           disowning
           the
           Title
           of
           
             Souldiers
             ,
             Citizens
          
           ,
           or
           Burghers
           ,
           they
           take
           to
           themselves
           the
           Degree
           and
           Name
           of
           Gentlemen
           ,
           with
           Arms
           not
           improper
           ;
           for
           England
           within
           it self
           ,
           has
           been
           so
           often
           shuffled
           from
           High
           to
           Low
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           scarce
           any
           Artificer
           but
           may
           find
           his
           Name
           in
           the
           Heralds-Book
           ,
           tho'
           not
           his
           Pedegree
           ,
           
           which
           Ingenuity
           yet
           and
           
             Good
             Will
          
           may
           easily
           supply
           :
           And
           thus
           being
           Equipt
           with
           a
           Title
           and
           Estate
           ,
           they
           set
           up
           suitably
           the
           Dominion
           within
           their
           Territories
           ;
           which
           none
           can
           dispute
           ,
           because
           they
           have
           no
           right
           to
           intermeddle
           with
           what
           any
           man
           has
           or
           does
           within
           himself
           :
           For
           by
           Gentry
           I
           intend
           not
           only
           such
           as
           are
           so
           in
           Blood
           ,
           but
           so
           in
           Quality
           also
           ;
           such
           as
           live
           easily
           ,
           and
           like
           Princes
           ,
           upon
           the
           Labours
           of
           their
           Dependents
           .
        
         
           OUT
           of
           This
           Order
           are
           constituted
           our
           
             Sheriffs
             ,
             Justices
          
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           execute
           the
           Authority
           of
           a
           Judge
           ;
           by
           the
           influence
           of
           which
           Powers
           ,
           they
           so
           order
           all
           Elections
           to
           Parliament
           ,
           or
           otherwise
           ,
           that
           the
           whole
           Countreys
           Commonly
           follow
           their
           respective
           Factions
           ,
           and
           the
           Commonalty
           in
           their
           Votes
           are
           menag'd
           by
           Them
           ,
           as
           a
           Horse
           by
           his
           Rider
           .
           So
           that
           as
           the
           Agrarian
           or
           
             Interest
             of
             Land
          
           ,
           is
           principally
           in
           these
           Two
           Ranks
           ;
           So
           is
           the
           Consequence
           thereof
           ,
           Dominion
           and
           Command
           ;
           which
           emboldens
           them
           to
           such
           a
           Height
           of
           Spirit
           (
           natural
           to
           our
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           )
           that
           they
           are
           too
           apt
           to
           undervalue
           Persons
           of
           Inferiour
           Quality
           ,
           
             [
             Burgesses
          
           and
           
             Mechaniques
             ,
          
           ]
           with
           whom
           to
           Inter-marry
           by
           our
           
             Old
             Law
          
           it
           was
           a
           Disparagement
           for
           a
           Ward
           ;
           and
           this
           Spirit
           of
           Generosity
           cannot
           be
           supprest
           ,
           so
           riveted
           is
           it
           in
           their
           Natures
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           Eradication
           of
           their
           Persons
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           their
           Qualities
           ;
           to
           which
           strange
           effect
           I
           have
           heard
           some
           Grandees
           vent
           a
           Sense
           .
        
         
           AND
           indeed
           the
           establishing
           of
           a
           
             Free
             Estate
          
           (
           so
           call'd
           )
           were
           otherwise
           Desperate
           and
           Impracticable
           ;
           and
           therefore
           it
           was
           the
           Course
           that
           the
           prevailing
           Mechaniques
           ,
           among
           the
           Swisses
           ,
           were
           forc'd
           to
           take
           :
           How
           
           else
           shall
           we
           be
           levell'd
           to
           a
           Parity
           ,
           which
           is
           of
           the
           very
           Essence
           of
           a
           Commonwealth
           ?
           For
           as
           Titles
           and
           Honours
           are
           incident
           to
           Kingship
           ;
           so
           also
           are
           Equality
           in
           
             Place
             ,
             Degree
          
           ,
           and
           Birth
           ,
           to
           Democracy
           ;
           unless
           where
           ,
           in
           case
           of
           Office
           ,
           for
           the
           Time
           only
           they
           are
           entitled
           to
           a
           Precedency
           .
           Reduced
           you
           must
           be
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           to
           the
           Condition
           of
           the
           
             Vulgar
             ;
             Commoners
          
           already
           are
           you
           in
           Title
           ,
           which
           yet
           is
           but
           a
           Fallacy
           of
           the
           Name
           ,
           and
           deludes
           our
           Statists
           ;
           for
           indeed
           you
           are
           so
           only
           Representatively
           ,
           being
           rather
           the
           Tribunes
           and
           Leaders
           of
           the
           
             Peoples
             strength
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Governours
           of
           their
           purse
           ,
           then
           purely
           Commons
           .
           Neither
           yet
           will
           the
           bare
           obtaining
           of
           such
           a
           Parity
           be
           sufficient
           to
           do
           your
           Friends
           Business
           ;
           unless
           there
           be
           a
           
             Supreme
             Power
          
           establish'd
           in
           some
           
             Body
             Corporate
          
           ,
           Compacted
           and
           Permanent
           ;
           such
           as
           is
           That
           of
           London
           ,
           where
           the
           Grandure
           of
           That
           City
           (
           but
           that
           it
           is
           never
           to
           be
           debauch'd
           into
           such
           a
           Degree
           of
           Disloyalty
           and
           Fanaticism
           )
           might
           possibly
           erect
           it Self
           into
           a
           Free-State
           ,
           (
           could
           it
           once
           overcome
           all
           opposite
           Interests
           )
           and
           by
           that
           great
           Magazine
           of
           Treasure
           and
           Men
           ,
           there
           embody'd
           ,
           give
           Law
           to
           the
           
             whole
             People
          
           scatter'd
           as
           they
           are
           in
           a
           large
           Continent
           :
           Having
           ,
           First
           ,
           reduc'd
           some
           meet
           
             Cities
             ,
             Forts
          
           ,
           and
           Castles
           ,
           which
           being
           Garrison'd
           from
           the
           Head-Colony
           would
           aw
           the
           Countreys
           ,
           and
           mould
           them
           into
           a
           Vassalage
           competent
           to
           make
           up
           a
           Free-Estate
           .
           But
           then
           our
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           would
           neither
           have
           the
           Honour
           of
           the
           Name
           ,
           nor
           Benefit
           of
           the
           Thing
           :
           'T
           will
           be
           instiled
           the
           Commonwealth
           of
           London
           ,
           not
           of
           England
           ;
           And
           our
           Pay
           must
           be
           as
           They
           Impose
           ,
           and
           our
           Liberty
           as
           They
           vouchsafe
           it
           ;
           only
           in
           This
           it
           will
           be
           the
           less
           agreeable
           ,
           that
           we
           must
           be
           Subject
           to
           our
           Inferiours
           .
        
         
           NOR
           is
           This
           Discourse
           to
           be
           look't
           upon
           as
           meer
           
           Drollery
           ;
           for
           from
           This
           Embrio
           have
           issued
           those
           Commonwealths
           which
           are
           so
           fam'd
           in
           Notions
           ;
           as
           those
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
             Carthage
             ,
             Athens
             ,
             Lacedaemon
             ,
             Corinth
             ,
             Thebes
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Great
           Cities
           of
           That
           Name
           ,
           which
           having
           subdu'd
           their
           adjacent
           Territories
           ,
           denominated
           the
           Dominion
           ;
           wherein
           only
           those
           of
           the
           
             Freedom
             (
             Citizens
          
           and
           Denizens
           )
           had
           Vote
           or
           Power
           ;
           the
           Nobles
           and
           Gentlemen
           being
           purely
           Tributary
           to
           the
           
             Chief
             City
          
           ;
           unless
           they
           transplanted
           themselves
           ,
           renounc'd
           their
           Cities
           ,
           and
           so
           ,
           by
           degrees
           advanc'd
           into
           the
           Honour
           of
           a
           Burgess
           ,
           as
           we
           now
           do
           exercise
           our
           Junior
           Issue
           .
           And
           little
           different
           are
           at
           this
           day
           the
           celebrated
           Commonwealths
           of
           Venice
           ,
           the
           
             United
             Provinces
          
           ,
           the
           Swisses
           ;
           not
           to
           instance
           in
           those
           
             Petty
             States
          
           of
           
             Genoua
             ,
             Ragusa
             ,
             Geneva
          
           ,
           &c.
           all
           of
           them
           mostly
           denominated
           from
           those
           
             Principal
             Cities
          
           ,
           which
           give
           the
           Law
           to
           the
           adjacent
           Provinces
           .
           Those
           indeed
           of
           the
           Hollanders
           and
           Switzers
           ,
           tho'
           they
           derive
           not
           ,
           so
           directly
           ,
           their
           Title
           from
           
             One
             City
          
           ,
           yet
           are
           they
           (
           in
           Substance
           )
           of
           the
           same
           Composure
           ,
           being
           only
           an
           
             United
             Body
          
           of
           Corporated
           Cities
           ,
           combin'd
           in
           One
           ,
           for
           
             Mutual
             Defence
          
           against
           Invaders
           ,
           but
           of
           an
           
             equal
             Power
          
           to
           impose
           upon
           the
           
             Adjacent
             Territories
          
           ,
           scituate
           under
           the
           aw
           of
           each
           respective
           City
           ,
           or
           Town-Garrison
           .
           It
           falls
           not
           within
           my
           Memory
           ,
           that
           there
           ever
           was
           ,
           or
           at
           This
           Day
           is
           ,
           a
           Free-Estate
           in
           the
           whole
           World
           that
           's
           manag'd
           by
           the
           Gentry
           Inhabiting
           at
           large
           ,
           or
           by
           any
           People
           not
           combin'd
           within
           the
           Jurisdiction
           of
           their
           Walls
           ;
           except
           the
           Grisons
           ;
           who
           are
           a
           scatter'd
           People
           of
           a
           mean
           Quality
           ,
           having
           long
           since
           disown'd
           their
           Gentry
           ;
           and
           are
           without
           
             Walled
             Towns
          
           or
           Garrison
           .
           'T
           is
           a
           small
           Territory
           ,
           possibly
           of
           extent
           to
           an
           
             Inland
             Country
          
           ;
           upon
           Emergences
           ,
           the
           whole
           People
           at
           a
           set
           day
           ,
           meet
           in
           the
           
           
             Open
             Ayre
          
           ,
           where
           the
           
             Major
             Vote
          
           (
           as
           with
           you
           Knights
           of
           the
           Shire
           )
           cryes
           up
           the
           Magistrates
           ,
           and
           Determines
           Warre
           .
           Their
           Confusions
           makes
           them
           easie
           for
           Conquest
           ,
           were
           their
           Country
           worth
           it
           ,
           and
           not
           secur'd
           by
           the
           
             United
             Cantons
          
           .
        
         
           NOW
           to
           apply
           the
           Premisses
           ;
           can
           your
           Friend
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Man
           of
           the
           same
           Stamp
           imagine
           ,
           that
           our
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           (
           as
           now
           in
           Power
           )
           will
           ever
           be
           induc'd
           to
           admit
           a
           Parity
           ;
           will
           level
           their
           Degree
           and
           Domination
           to
           a
           Proportion
           with
           their
           Copy-holders
           ?
           Nay
           ,
           will
           renounce
           the
           wearing
           of
           a
           Sword
           ,
           and
           learn
           to
           make
           one
           ?
           Will
           submit
           to
           become
           Tributary
           to
           the
           Neighbour-Colony
           ?
           If
           this
           can
           be
           brought
           about
           ;
           then
           perhaps
           (
           and
           not
           till
           then
           )
           may
           we
           again
           hope
           to
           aspire
           from
           our
           present
           Glorious
           State
           of
           King-ship
           ,
           to
           a
           Free-state
           in
           Clown-ship
           ;
           or
           at
           least
           ,
           from
           the
           Free-giving
           of
           Subsidies
           ,
           to
           the
           Majesty
           of
           a
           Scepter
           ;
           to
           the
           Forced-payment
           of
           Excise
           to
           the
           
             High
             and
             Mighty
             Burgher
          
           ;
           such
           as
           was
           that
           
             High
             and
             Mighty
             Butcher
          
           ,
           who
           ,
           not
           many
           years
           ago
           was
           commissioned
           by
           the
           Swisses
           ,
           as
           one
           of
           the
           Chiefs
           to
           be
           God-Father
           to
           the
           
             French
             Kings
          
           Son.
           As
           Plato
           phansi'd
           his
           Community
           ,
           and
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             Moor
          
           his
           Utopia
           ;
           so
           are
           these
           people
           bigg
           with
           hopes
           of
           a
           Relation
           ;
           thereby
           to
           reassume
           their
           Idoliz'd
           Model
           of
           a
           Commonwealth
           ,
           out
           of
           the
           scatter'd
           Gentry
           ,
           in
           the
           nature
           of
           a
           
             House
             of
             Commons
          
           .
           But
           if
           nothing
           but
           New
           Experiments
           will
           serve
           their
           Turn
           ,
           I
           could
           wish
           they
           would
           find
           other
           Subjects
           to
           try
           Conclusions
           upon
           ,
           than
           the
           
             Estates
             ,
             Lives
          
           ,
           nay
           ,
           the
           very
           Souls
           of
           Christians
           .
           You
           well
           remember
           I
           'me
           sure
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           that
           we
           once
           ran
           the
           Loss
           of
           Those
           ,
           and
           the
           Hazzard
           of
           
           These
           ,
           upon
           the
           hopes
           of
           a
           Chimaera
           in
           the
           Brains
           of
           some
           :
           The
           word
           Liberty
           deluded
           us
           into
           Patience
           ,
           and
           Patience
           from
           1648.
           to
           1660.
           brought
           forth
           not
           less
           Payments
           ,
           but
           more
           Servitude
           .
           And
           let
           them
           not
           hope
           to
           bring
           Countenance
           to
           their
           Cause
           ,
           by
           alledging
           (
           as
           they
           did
           before
           )
           that
           they
           could
           never
           be
           permitted
           to
           foster
           up
           their
           Babe
           to
           full
           perfection
           ;
           for
           that
           they
           will
           ever
           be
           opposed
           by
           all
           Wise
           and
           Loyal
           men
           ,
           who
           having
           once
           experimented
           the
           Evils
           of
           such
           a
           State
           ,
           will
           be
           as
           vigilant
           and
           industrious
           to
           keep
           it
           from
           getting
           footing
           among
           us
           again
           ,
           as
           those
           that
           are
           otherwise
           ,
           can
           be
           to
           bring
           it
           on
           .
           Beside
           that
           ,
           you
           cannot
           have
           forgot
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           that
           from
           1648
           to
           1653.
           they
           had
           it
           from
           the
           Nurse
           ,
           and
           (
           had
           they
           stuck
           to
           their
           Pretences
           )
           might
           probably
           in
           five
           years
           time
           have
           set
           it
           upon
           its
           Feet
           ;
           but
           they
           found
           the
           sweet
           (
           poor
           Wretches
           )
           of
           ingrossing
           Power
           to
           themselves
           :
           But
           then
           it
           could
           never
           have
           been
           of
           any
           long
           Continuance
           ,
           as
           manifestly
           appear'd
           from
           the
           great
           scorn
           and
           bitterness
           that
           the
           Supporters
           of
           it
           were
           reproach'd
           with
           ,
           when
           it
           was
           dissolv'd
           ;
           there
           was
           not
           so
           much
           as
           one
           
             Bloudy
             Nose
          
           in
           the
           defence
           of
           that
           
             High
             and
             Mighty
             State
          
           ;
           but
           all
           the
           persons
           were
           held
           in
           the
           utmost
           degree
           of
           detestation
           ,
           as
           they
           most
           justly
           deserved
           .
           And
           though
           these
           Rumpers
           ,
           't
           is
           true
           ,
           came
           twice
           into
           play
           ,
           yet
           were
           they
           only
           made
           use
           of
           to
           serve
           a
           Turn
           ,
           as
           being
           fit
           to
           be
           made
           a
           Property
           ;
           for
           it
           was
           presently
           seen
           that
           it
           was
           not
           the
           desire
           of
           
             their
             Rule
          
           ,
           but
           of
           a
           
             further
             change
          
           ,
           that
           inspirited
           the
           People
           against
           the
           Army
           ;
           and
           the
           Rump
           (
           as
           being
           next
           at
           hand
           )
           had
           no
           sooner
           mounted
           the
           
             empty
             Saddle
          
           ,
           but
           (
           before
           they
           were
           warm
           in
           their
           Seat
           )
           they
           were
           again
           Unhors'd
           with
           a
           
             Publick
             Leave
          
           ,
           as
           appear'd
           by
           the
           Bonefires
           (
           upon
           That
           Occasion
           )
           that
           might
           have
           lighted
           them
           to
           the
           Lands-end
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           dar'd
           to
           be
           seen
           among
           them
           .
           So
           that
           it
           is
           plain
           from
           what
           has
           been
           said
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           the
           sense
           or
           Interest
           of
           a
           Few
           ,
           that
           can
           long
           sway
           a
           Nation
           ;
           for
           
           if
           the
           
             publick
             Spirit
          
           be
           averse
           ,
           at
           the
           
             long
             run
          
           it
           will
           prevail
           ;
           the
           more
           Dispute
           there
           is
           with
           
             that
             spirit
          
           ,
           the
           more
           embitter'd
           it
           will
           be
           found
           :
           For
           ,
           whatever
           such
           Enthusiasts
           may
           dream
           ,
           even
           when
           the
           Multitude
           have
           the
           Power
           ,
           the
           Command
           yet
           rests
           in
           a
           Few
           :
           The
           most
           
             active
             Spirits
          
           lead
           the
           Herd
           ,
           and
           ingross
           the
           Place
           ,
           the
           Profit
           ,
           and
           the
           Sway
           :
           This
           ,
           in
           generous
           minds
           ,
           begets
           Disdain
           ,
           and
           
             that
             ,
             Faction
          
           ;
           for
           when
           all
           are
           equal
           ,
           thousands
           think
           themselves
           as
           deserving
           of
           Rule
           ,
           as
           those
           that
           carry
           it
           ;
           to
           satisfie
           all
           it
           is
           impossible
           ,
           to
           please
           few
           displeases
           the
           Most
           ;
           the
           Transactions
           of
           
             that
             Party
          
           from
           1648.
           to
           1660.
           have
           made
           this
           as
           sensible
           ,
           as
           they
           made
           themselves
           contemptible
           .
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           the
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           of
           England
           have
           Spirits
           pure
           ,
           naturally
           just
           and
           generous
           ,
           like
           Fire
           aspiring
           ,
           as
           a
           Pyramide
           ,
           from
           low
           to
           high
           ;
           and
           never
           resting
           till
           it
           contracts
           it self
           into
           an
           Unity
           at
           top
           :
           So
           God
           is
           One
           ,
           or
           he
           were
           not
           God
           ,
           nor
           could
           he
           Rule
           the
           World
           ;
           and
           if
           your
           Friend
           likes
           not
           
             this
             President
          
           ,
           but
           still
           continues
           to
           delight
           in
           the
           Rule
           of
           Many
           ,
           let
           him
           begin
           a
           Pattern
           in
           his
           own
           Family
           ,
           and
           he
           may
           there
           ,
           possibly
           ,
           have
           enough
           to
           do
           .
        
         
           §
           .
           3.
           
           NOW
           my
           hand
           's
           in
           ,
           I
           shall
           venture
           to
           set
           one
           step
           further
           ,
           and
           refresh
           your
           memory
           with
           a
           View
           of
           our
           Condition
           whilst
           this
           Free-State
           kept
           above-Water
           ,
           the
           Past
           being
           the
           most
           certain
           Line
           to
           direct
           us
           in
           our
           Conjectures
           upon
           Futurities
           .
           We
           were
           never
           free
           (
           you
           may
           remember
           )
           from
           the
           Apprehensions
           of
           an
           Insurrection
           at
           Home
           ,
           or
           an
           Invasion
           from
           Abroad
           ,
           and
           liv'd
           in
           continual
           jelousie
           ,
           even
           of
           our
           very
           next
           Neighbours
           .
           These
           Fears
           obliged
           us
           to
           maintain
           a
           considerable
           Force
           at
           Land
           and
           Sea
           ,
           which
           ,
           lying
           idle
           ,
           corrupted
           ,
           as
           standing-Water
           in
           a
           Pool
           ,
           and
           every
           moment
           threaten'd
           fresh
           Combustions
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           blown
           up
           this
           way
           or
           that
           way
           by
           their
           new
           Masters
           ;
           but
           at
           the
           best
           (
           like
           our
           old
           Lord-Danes
           )
           they
           were
           
           most
           insupportably
           burthensome
           and
           odious
           to
           the
           Country
           ,
           by
           their
           Quartering
           ;
           and
           to
           keep
           them
           as
           much
           in
           action
           as
           possibly
           we
           could
           ,
           we
           were
           fain
           either
           to
           be
           perpetually
           amusing
           them
           with
           pretended
           Discoveries
           of
           some
           
             new-feigned
             Plot
          
           or
           other
           ,
           or
           else
           to
           engage
           them
           in
           
             Forreign
             Wars
          
           .
           For
           the
           support
           of
           this
           Army
           (
           now
           )
           we
           were
           compelled
           to
           daily
           Contributions
           ,
           besides
           great
           and
           innumerable
           Customs
           that
           were
           exacted
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           Excise
           ,
           (
           a
           Brat
           begotten
           in
           the
           Low-Countries
           ,
           with
           their
           State
           ,
           which
           makes
           them
           free
           indeed
           ,
           but
           then
           it
           is
           in
           Purse
           ,
           not
           in
           Priviledge
           )
           a
           Tribute
           which
           no
           King
           of
           England
           durst
           demand
           ,
           before
           they
           enforced
           us
           to
           pay
           it
           ;
           which
           being
           ever
           before
           look'd
           upon
           as
           Poyson
           ;
           we
           then
           took
           as
           Physick
           ;
           though
           in
           that
           Age
           ,
           it
           was
           generally
           believ'd
           that
           no
           English-man
           would
           ever
           swallow
           it
           ;
           and
           for
           the
           bare
           but
           necessary
           Mention
           whereof
           ,
           in
           the
           
             House
             of
             Commons
          
           ,
           that
           
             Grand
             Patriote
          
           (
           as
           they
           call'd
           him
           )
           Mr.
           Pym
           was
           by
           a
           
             young
             Spirit
          
           (
           not
           without
           great
           Applause
           )
           call'd
           to
           the
           Bar
           ;
           add
           hereunto
           the
           
             Benevolences
             ,
             Sequestrations
             ,
             five
             and
             twentyth
             parts
             ,
          
           a
           Tax
           of
           
             fifty
             Subsidies
          
           at
           once
           ,
           (
           though
           the
           late
           King
           suffer'd
           so
           much
           by
           the
           demand
           of
           twelve
           only
           )
           Fines
           and
           Compositions
           ,
           sale
           of
           
             Kings
             ,
             Bishops
             ,
             Deans
          
           and
           Chapters
           ,
           and
           
             Delinquents
             Lands
          
           ,
           the
           
             two
             parts
          
           of
           
             Papists
             Estates
          
           ,
           nay
           a
           share
           of
           our
           very
           Charities
           to
           the
           distressed
           ;
           over
           and
           above
           the
           constant
           Contributions
           that
           were
           levy'd
           .
           How
           was
           all
           this
           devour'd
           by
           the
           Army
           ,
           whose
           Belly
           indeed
           was
           bottomless
           ?
           and
           yet
           what
           Arrears
           did
           we
           owe
           them
           just
           before
           the
           
           King's
           Return
           ?
           three
           Millions
           at
           least
           !
           Reform
           the
           Army
           we
           durst
           not
           ,
           and
           our
           constant
           charge
           could
           not
           be
           less
           than
           two
           
             Millions
             yearly
          
           ,
           to
           supply
           it
           ;
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           we
           never
           used
           to
           be
           in
           a
           worse
           condition
           ,
           than
           when
           none
           would
           Rebel
           ,
           because
           when
           the
           People
           were
           quiet
           we
           had
           no
           Lands
           either
           to
           sequester
           or
           to
           sell.
           Our
           Trade
           fell
           to
           nothing
           ,
           our
           Traffique
           was
           interrupted
           ,
           our
           
           Gold
           walk'd
           
             beyond
             Sea
          
           more
           freely
           than
           in
           our
           
             own
             Country
          
           ;
           and
           we
           lost
           no
           less
           than
           2000
           Sail
           of
           Ships
           in
           two
           or
           three
           years
           time
           :
           There
           was
           no
           settlement
           ,
           but
           we
           were
           every
           day
           dancing
           after
           a
           
             new
             Whistle
             ;
             ten
             Models
          
           we
           had
           in
           Proposal
           at
           one
           time
           ,
           and
           every
           Faction
           ready
           with
           Blood
           to
           aver
           his
           own
           way
           to
           be
           the
           best
           .
           By
           our
           known
           Laws
           we
           could
           not
           be
           imprison'd
           ,
           but
           by
           a
           Regular
           proceeding
           in
           a
           Course
           of
           Justice
           ;
           but
           under
           our
           
             free
             Estate
          
           (
           on
           the
           other
           side
           )
           upon
           the
           most
           slight
           suggestions
           of
           a
           spiteful
           Neighbour
           in
           Authority
           ,
           we
           were
           presently
           seiz'd
           by
           the
           
             Serjeant
             at
             Arms
          
           ,
           with
           his
           exorbitant
           Fees
           !
           no
           Bail
           ,
           no
           
             Habeas
             Corpus
          
           ,
           no
           regular
           way
           of
           Justice
           to
           do
           us
           right
           !
           but
           ,
           after
           a
           Twelvemonths
           stay
           in
           Goal
           ,
           if
           we
           could
           make
           good
           Friends
           ,
           and
           humble
           our selves
           to
           our
           potent
           Adversary
           ,
           we
           might
           possibly
           be
           discharg'd
           ;
           but
           without
           amends
           ,
           or
           knowing
           of
           our
           Crime
           .
           Loe
           thus
           ,
           while
           we
           cajol'd
           our selves
           with
           the
           Name
           of
           Freedom
           ,
           we
           lost
           the
           thing
           ,
           and
           became
           free
           ,
           only
           to
           be
           made
           the
           most
           despicable
           of
           Slaves
           .
        
         
           BY
           this
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           you
           see
           that
           the
           Question
           might
           be
           decided
           in
           a
           few
           words
           ,
           only
           by
           alledging
           the
           Inclination
           of
           the
           People
           to
           Monarchy
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           now
           established
           :
           For
           as
           no
           man
           can
           well
           be
           wrong'd
           with
           his
           consent
           ,
           so
           neither
           is
           any
           man
           to
           be
           oblig'd
           against
           his
           will.
           And
           indeed
           how
           should
           a
           Government
           ,
           founded
           upon
           inequality
           and
           force
           ,
           ever
           subsist
           without
           it
           ?
           Or
           a
           State
           that
           must
           necessarily
           be
           the
           meer
           Adjective
           of
           an
           Army
           ,
           become
           a
           Substantive
           ?
           With
           as
           much
           Reason
           might
           I
           also
           object
           matter
           of
           Title
           ,
           because
           the
           same
           Estate
           ,
           with
           a
           flaw
           in
           the
           conveyance
           ,
           or
           clogg'd
           with
           Statutes
           and
           Judgments
           ,
           is
           not
           surely
           of
           like
           value
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           had
           been
           descended
           clearly
           from
           the
           
             great
             Grandfather
          
           ,
           and
           were
           free
           from
           Claims
           and
           Incumbrances
           .
           But
           it
           shall
           be
           the
           next
           part
           of
           my
           Business
           to
           shew
           that
           the
           
             present
             establish'd
             Government
          
           (
           as
           it
           excellently
           
           complies
           with
           the
           
             Laws
             ,
             Genius
          
           ,
           and
           Interest
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           so
           it
           )
           comprehends
           all
           the
           Benefits
           of
           a
           Common-wealth
           in
           great
           perfection
           ;
           and
           this
           I
           shall
           do
           as
           briefly
           as
           I
           can
           .
        
         
           TO
           demonstrate
           how
           it
           complies
           with
           our
           Laws
           and
           Constitutions
           ,
           let
           it
           suffice
           ,
           That
           
             (
             Monarchy
          
           ,
           in
           these
           Nations
           ,
           being
           more
           ancient
           than
           Story
           or
           Records
           more
           venerable
           than
           Tradition
           it self
           )
           our
           Laws
           were
           born
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           under
           this
           Climate
           ,
           habituated
           to
           this
           Diet
           and
           Air
           ,
           grafted
           into
           this
           Stock
           ;
           and
           though
           we
           have
           (
           thanks
           be
           to
           God
           )
           forgotten
           our
           Norman
           ,
           yet
           will
           it
           be
           very
           hard
           for
           us
           to
           learn
           Greek
           ,
           much
           less
           Utopian
           ;
           that
           in
           the
           late
           
           Usurper's
           time
           ,
           our
           Lawyers
           ,
           with
           one
           Voice
           ,
           importun'd
           him
           rather
           to
           assume
           the
           Style
           and
           Power
           of
           a
           King
           ,
           to
           which
           they
           found
           all
           our
           Laws
           were
           shaped
           ,
           than
           retain
           that
           of
           a
           Protector
           ,
           unknown
           to
           the
           Law
           :
           That
           nothing
           render'd
           the
           late
           Architects
           of
           a
           Common-wealth
           more
           obnoxious
           ,
           than
           that
           (
           notwithstanding
           their
           infinite
           Discords
           ,
           in
           other
           things
           )
           they
           generally
           agreed
           in
           the
           necessity
           of
           subverting
           all
           our
           
             Fandamental
             Laws
          
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           their
           Design
           ;
           which
           Consideration
           (
           we
           are
           in
           Charity
           to
           believe
           )
           obliged
           the
           sober
           men
           of
           all
           Parties
           ,
           the
           true
           Patriotes
           ,
           (
           nay
           and
           even
           the
           chiefest
           Pillars
           of
           the
           Parliaments-Cause
           too
           )
           to
           unite
           themselves
           with
           the
           
             Royal
             Interest
          
           ;
           as
           not
           enduring
           to
           hear
           of
           those
           violent
           and
           dangerous
           Alterations
           which
           they
           plainly
           saw
           a
           Republick
           must
           necessarily
           introduce
           .
        
         
           FOR
           its
           complyance
           with
           our
           Genius
           ,
           examine
           we
           (
           in
           the
           first
           place
           )
           the
           various
           Revolutions
           that
           have
           happened
           to
           this
           
             Island
             ;
             Brittains
             ,
             Romans
             ,
             Saxons
             ,
             Danes
          
           and
           Normans
           ;
           or
           (
           more
           nearly
           )
           the
           changes
           in
           their
           Descents
           from
           the
           
             direct
             Line
          
           to
           the
           Collateral
           ;
           or
           (
           yet
           nearer
           )
           the
           times
           of
           Insurrection
           and
           
             deposing
             Kings
             ,
             Edward
          
           and
           Richard
           ,
           (
           both
           the
           Seconds
           of
           the
           name
           )
           and
           we
           shall
           find
           
           King-ship
           still
           in
           fashion
           .
           Nay
           ,
           that
           of
           King
           John
           is
           more
           notorious
           ,
           for
           when
           the
           People
           had
           in
           a
           sort
           dethron'd
           him
           ,
           and
           sworn
           Allegiance
           to
           Lewis
           of
           France
           ,
           yet
           when
           John
           dy'd
           ,
           the
           same
           People
           not
           only
           Expelled
           the
           Foreigner
           ,
           but
           having
           got
           the
           Power
           into
           their
           own
           hands
           ,
           they
           Crowned
           King
           
           John's
           Son
           ,
           being
           then
           an
           Infant
           without
           Interest
           or
           Adherents
           :
           Nor
           will
           all
           our
           Chronicles
           afford
           us
           one
           single
           Instance
           of
           any
           Design
           or
           Endeavour
           to
           erect
           a
           
             Free
             Estate
          
           ,
           (
           before
           the
           late
           
             unnatural
             times
          
           furnish'd
           the
           President
           )
           no
           not
           when
           
             Wat
             Tyler
          
           ,
           or
           
             Jack
             Straw
          
           revell'd
           it
           with
           their
           Clowns
           .
           Nor
           yet
           is
           this
           Genius
           ever
           to
           be
           chang'd
           ,
           for
           Reflect
           we
           (
           in
           the
           second
           place
           )
           that
           as
           our
           
             English
             Nature
          
           is
           not
           like
           the
           French
           ,
           supple
           to
           Oppression
           ,
           and
           apt
           to
           delight
           in
           that
           Pomp
           and
           Magnificence
           of
           their
           Lords
           ,
           which
           (
           they
           know
           )
           is
           supported
           with
           their
           Slavery
           and
           Hunger
           ;
           Nor
           like
           the
           
             Highland
             Scots
          
           ,
           where
           the
           Honour
           and
           Interest
           of
           the
           Chief
           is
           the
           Glory
           of
           the
           
             whole
             Clan
          
           :
           So
           doth
           it
           as
           little
           (
           or
           less
           )
           agree
           with
           the
           Dutch
           humour
           ,
           addicted
           only
           to
           
             Traffick
             ,
             Navigation
             ,
             Handicrafts
          
           ,
           and
           sordid
           Thrift
           ,
           and
           (
           in
           defiance
           of
           Heraldry
           )
           every
           man
           phansying
           his
           own
           Scutcheon
           .
           For
           does
           not
           every
           one
           amongst
           us
           ,
           that
           has
           the
           name
           of
           a
           Gentleman
           ,
           labour
           his
           utmost
           to
           uphold
           it
           ?
           Every
           one
           that
           has
           not
           ,
           to
           raise
           one
           ?
           To
           this
           end
           ,
           do
           not
           our
           very
           Yeomen
           commonly
           leave
           their
           Lands
           to
           the
           Eldest
           Son
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           other
           nothing
           but
           a
           Flail
           ,
           or
           a
           Plow
           ?
           Did
           not
           every
           one
           (
           in
           the
           days
           of
           our
           late
           blessed
           Martyr
           )
           pinch
           himself
           in
           his
           Condition
           ,
           to
           purchase
           a
           Knight-hood
           or
           small
           Patent
           ?
           What
           need
           further
           proof
           ?
           You
           cannot
           but
           remember
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           how
           that
           bare
           glimpse
           and
           shadow
           of
           Monarchy
           under
           Cromwel
           ,
           and
           his
           Son
           Dick
           ,
           (
           though
           persons
           even
           at
           that
           very
           time
           hated
           and
           scorn'd
           ,
           and
           that
           too
           upon
           a
           most
           impious
           and
           scandalous
           account
           )
           was
           for
           meer
           resemblance-sake
           admitted
           astolerable
           and
           (
           in
           respect
           of
           a
           
             Common-wealth
             )
             courted
          
           ;
           
           which
           clearly
           evinces
           ,
           how
           grateful
           the
           substance
           must
           needs
           be
           to
           all
           
             true
             English
             Spirits
          
           .
        
         
           AS
           to
           our
           Interest
           ,
           briefly
           ,
           (
           to
           wave
           tedious
           and
           
             Politick
             Discourses
          
           )
           there
           is
           no
           man
           ,
           but
           with
           half
           an
           Eye
           may
           foresee
           that
           a
           Republick
           (
           were
           there
           any
           possibility
           of
           setling
           one
           )
           would
           destroy
           all
           our
           present
           Peace
           ,
           and
           Felicity
           ,
           ruinate
           our
           Trade
           and
           Traffick
           ,
           involve
           us
           in
           a
           Field
           of
           Blood
           ,
           alarm
           all
           our
           Neighbours
           ,
           make
           our
           best
           Allies
           our
           bitterest
           Enemies
           ;
           and
           probably
           draw
           upon
           us
           the
           united
           force
           of
           Christendom
           ,
           to
           crush
           the
           Embryo
           ;
           which
           would
           be
           the
           utter
           destruction
           and
           enslaving
           of
           this
           most
           free
           and
           
             prosperous
             Nation
          
           ,
           (
           could
           it
           but
           once
           be
           capable
           of
           a
           due
           sense
           of
           its
           own
           Felicity
           )
           to
           the
           
             Tyrannical
             Damnation
          
           of
           a
           Foreigner
           .
           Beside
           ,
           (
           at
           best
           )
           by
           what
           Title
           can
           we
           pretend
           to
           hold
           Scotland
           and
           Ireland
           ,
           should
           that
           of
           Descent
           be
           avoided
           ;
           for
           Consent
           there
           is
           none
           ,
           nor
           can
           any
           be
           expected
           .
        
         
           §
           .
           5.
           
           BUT
           I
           come
           now
           directly
           to
           assert
           ,
           That
           the
           
             Present
             Government
          
           eminently
           includes
           all
           the
           Perfections
           of
           a
           Free-Estate
           ,
           and
           is
           the
           Kernel
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           of
           a
           Common-wealth
           in
           the
           Shell
           of
           Monarchy
           .
           And
           ,
           first
           I
           shall
           begin
           with
           the
           
             Essential
             Parts
          
           of
           a
           Common-wealth
           ,
           which
           are
           
             three
             ,
             viz.
          
           the
           
             Senate
             proposing
          
           ,
           the
           
             People
             resolving
          
           ,
           the
           
             Magistrate
             executing
          
           .
           For
           the
           Senate
           (
           or
           Parliament
           )
           if
           ever
           there
           were
           a
           Free
           and
           Honourable
           one
           under
           the
           Cope
           of
           Heaven
           it
           is
           here
           ;
           where
           the
           Deputies
           of
           the
           
             whole
             Nation
          
           most
           freely
           chosen
           ,
           do
           with
           like
           freedom
           meet
           ,
           propound
           ,
           debate
           ,
           and
           vote
           all
           matters
           of
           
             Common
             Interest
          
           :
           no
           Danger
           escapes
           their
           representing
           ,
           no
           Grievance
           their
           complaint
           ,
           no
           
             Publick
             Right
          
           their
           claim
           ,
           or
           Good
           their
           demand
           :
           In
           all
           which
           ,
           the
           least
           breach
           of
           Priviledge
           is
           branded
           with
           Sacriledge
           ;
           and
           though
           there
           lyes
           no
           Appeal
           
           to
           the
           
             dispersed
             Body
          
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           (
           a
           Decision
           manifestly
           impracticable
           in
           Government
           ,
           and
           fitter
           indeed
           for
           Tribunes
           to
           move
           ,
           then
           Nations
           to
           admit
           )
           yet
           
             (
             Elections
          
           being
           so
           popular
           and
           
             conventions
             frequent
          
           )
           the
           
             same
             end
          
           is
           attained
           with
           much
           more
           safety
           and
           convenience
           .
           The
           Prince
           may
           likewise
           (
           in
           some
           sense
           )
           be
           said
           to
           have
           only
           an
           
             Executive
             Power
          
           ,
           which
           he
           exercises
           by
           Ministers
           and
           Officers
           ,
           not
           only
           sworn
           ,
           but
           severely
           accomptable
           ;
           and
           though
           both
           He
           and
           the
           Lords
           have
           their
           Negatives
           in
           passing
           of
           Bills
           ,
           and
           though
           it
           be
           the
           
             King
             only
          
           ,
           that
           ,
           by
           his
           
             Royal
             Fiat
          
           makes
           our
           Laws
           ;
           yet
           (
           no
           Tax
           being
           imposable
           but
           by
           the
           consent
           of
           the
           Commons
           ,
           nor
           any
           Law
           (
           without
           it
           )
           of
           such
           validity
           ,
           that
           the
           Ministers
           of
           Justice
           dare
           enforce
           it
           )
           there
           is
           a
           wise
           and
           
             sweet
             necessity
          
           for
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           likewise
           for
           the
           Lords
           to
           pass
           all
           such
           Bills
           as
           are
           convenient
           for
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           not
           greatly
           hurtful
           to
           the
           Prince
           ;
           and
           those
           that
           duly
           weigh
           the
           Reason
           of
           things
           ,
           do
           find
           a
           Negative
           in
           the
           King
           to
           be
           a
           most
           safe
           Preservative
           of
           Peace
           to
           the
           People
           ,
           who
           have
           as
           much
           comfort
           under
           the
           protection
           of
           his
           Prerogative
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           Benefit
           by
           their
           own
           Priviledges
           :
           For
           in
           truth
           ,
           this
           
             Bug-bear
             Negative
          
           (
           as
           our
           Republicans
           labour
           to
           represent
           it
           )
           is
           an
           impenetrable
           Target
           ,
           to
           shelter
           and
           secure
           the
           Government
           from
           being
           alter'd
           at
           the
           Will
           of
           the
           Commons
           ,
           if
           at
           any
           time
           they
           shou'd
           prove
           Factious
           .
           And
           this
           (
           being
           in
           reason
           manifest
           )
           has
           also
           been
           confirm'd
           by
           great
           Experience
           ;
           our
           Kings
           having
           rarely
           obstructed
           any
           Bill
           which
           they
           might
           safely
           grant
           ;
           but
           on
           the
           otherside
           ,
           pass'd
           many
           
             High
             Acts
          
           of
           
             mere
             Grace
          
           ,
           circumscribing
           their
           Prerogative
           ,
           and
           clipping
           its
           Wings
           ;
           nay
           better
           had
           it
           been
           for
           us
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           not
           pierc'd
           its
           very
           Bowels
           .
        
         
         
           THIS
           is
           that
           Triple-Cord
           that
           could
           never
           yet
           be
           broken
           ,
           tho'
           it
           has
           been
           
             Cut
             asunder
          
           ;
           This
           is
           our
           
             Gold
             seven
             times
             Refin'd
          
           ;
           for
           every
           Bill
           being
           Thrice
           Read
           ,
           Debated
           ,
           and
           Agreed
           in
           
             Either
             House
          
           ,
           is
           at
           last
           brought
           to
           the
           King
           for
           his
           
             Royal
             Assent
          
           ;
           (
           which
           is
           the
           Mint
           of
           our
           
             Laws
             :
          
           )
           a
           Tryal
           so
           exact
           ,
           that
           surely
           no
           Dross
           can
           escape
           it
           ;
           since
           all
           Interests
           ,
           must
           thereto
           concur
           :
           (
           as
           truly
           it
           is
           but
           fit
           they
           should
           ,
           in
           the
           Establishment
           of
           That
           which
           must
           
             Bind
             all
             .
          
           )
           This
           is
           that
           Temperament
           ,
           which
           purges
           our
           Humours
           ,
           and
           (
           at
           once
           )
           indues
           us
           with
           
             Health
             ,
             Vigour
          
           ,
           and
           Beauty
           :
           no
           Vote
           is
           Precipitated
           ;
           no
           Act
           Huddled
           up
           ;
           as
           by
           sad
           Events
           ,
           you
           saw
           they
           formerly
           us'd
           to
           be
           ,
           when
           the
           Power
           was
           engross'd
           by
           One
           of
           the
           Estates
           ,
           purg'd
           and
           moulded
           to
           the
           Interests
           of
           a
           Faction
           ;
           a
           Consequence
           but
           Natural
           to
           such
           Premises
           !
           Nothing
           was
           
             (
             There
          
           )
           weigh'd
           ,
           but
           (
           as
           in
           a
           Balance
           consisting
           of
           one
           Scale
           )
           our
           Laws
           were
           Mandrakes
           of
           a
           
             Nights
             Growth
          
           ;
           and
           our
           Times
           as
           Fickle
           as
           the
           Weather
           of
           the
           Multitude
           .
        
         
           THE
           King
           indeed
           has
           the
           
             Power
             of
             making
             War
          
           ,
           but
           then
           he
           has
           not
           the
           Means
           ;
           so
           that
           it
           signifies
           little
           more
           ,
           then
           a
           Liberty
           to
           Fly
           if
           he
           can
           get
           Wings
           ;
           or
           to
           go
           
             Beyond
             Sea
          
           ,
           provided
           he
           can
           waft
           himself
           over
           without
           Shipping
           :
           He
           has
           a
           Sword
           ,
           but
           Himself
           alone
           can
           never
           draw
           it
           ;
           and
           the
           Train'd-Bands
           (
           in
           whom
           he
           has
           the
           
             sole
             Right
          
           )
           are
           a
           Weapon
           which
           he
           decently
           wears
           ,
           't
           is
           true
           ;
           but
           the
           Nation
           only
           may
           (
           in
           Effect
           )
           be
           said
           to
           have
           the
           Use
           and
           Benefit
           of
           it
           .
           He
           chuses
           his
           Ministers
           ;
           (
           as
           who
           doth
           not
           his
           
             Servants
             ?
          
           )
           but
           then
           they
           pass
           through
           such
           a
           Test
           ,
           as
           none
           but
           the
           soundest
           Integrity
           can
           abide
           :
           He
           can
           hinder
           the
           stroke
           of
           Justice
           with
           his
           Pardon
           ,
           (
           tho'
           still
           ,
           the
           Jaws
           not
           being
           muzzled
           ,
           it
           will
           Bite
           terribly
           )
           but
           then
           (
           on
           the
           
           Other
           side
           )
           the
           Power
           of
           Relieving
           his
           Wants
           rests
           in
           the
           Commons
           ,
           to
           Balance
           his
           Will
           ,
           and
           induce
           him
           to
           a
           Correspondence
           with
           Parliaments
           .
        
         
           THAT
           his
           Person
           should
           be
           Sacred
           ,
           is
           most
           Needful
           ,
           to
           avoid
           Circulation
           of
           
             Accounts
             ;
             Reasonable
          
           ,
           since
           it
           carries
           with
           it
           the
           Consent
           of
           
             Nations
             ;
             Just
          
           ,
           that
           he
           become
           not
           the
           meer
           Butt
           of
           Faction
           ,
           and
           Malice
           ,
           and
           be
           in
           a
           worse
           Condition
           then
           the
           Basest
           of
           
             Vassals
             ;
             Honourable
          
           ,
           that
           the
           Nakedness
           of
           Government
           be
           not
           daily
           
             Uncover'd
             ;
             Wise
          
           ,
           in
           the
           Constitution
           ,
           that
           so
           we
           may
           not
           (
           at
           once
           )
           both
           Trust
           ,
           and
           Provoke
           ,
           by
           forcing
           him
           to
           shift
           for
           his
           
             Own
             Indempnity
          
           ;
           no
           danger
           to
           the
           Publique
           seeming
           so
           Extreme
           ,
           as
           the
           Outlawry
           of
           a
           Prince
           ;
           no
           Task
           (
           by
           daily
           Experience
           )
           so
           difficult
           ,
           as
           the
           Arraigning
           of
           any
           Power
           ,
           whether
           Regal
           or
           Popular
           ;
           and
           if
           we
           make
           
             Golden
             Bridges
          
           for
           
             Flying
             Enemies
          
           ,
           much
           more
           should
           we
           afford
           them
           to
           
             Relenting
             Sovereigns
          
           :
           (
           Upon
           which
           account
           ,
           in
           our
           Neighbour
           Kingdom
           of
           France
           ,
           even
           
             Princes
             of
             the
             Bloud
          
           are
           not
           subjected
           to
           
             Capital
             Punishments
             .
             )
             Finally
          
           ,
           very
           Safe
           it
           is
           in
           the
           Consequence
           ;
           for
           should
           a
           King
           be
           never
           so
           wicked
           and
           Tyrannical
           ,
           yet
           being
           (
           by
           the
           Danger
           threatning
           his
           Corrupt
           Ministers
           )
           stript
           of
           Agents
           ,
           his
           
             Personal
             Impunity
          
           might
           signifie
           something
           to
           Himself
           ,
           perhaps
           ,
           but
           nothing
           to
           the
           People
           .
        
         
           A
           Revenue
           he
           has
           ,
           for
           the
           support
           of
           his
           State
           and
           
             Family
             ,
             Ample
          
           ;
           for
           the
           
             Ordinary
             Protection
          
           of
           his
           
             People
             ,
             Sufficient
          
           ;
           but
           for
           any
           considerable
           
             Undertaking
             ,
             Defective
          
           ;
           and
           for
           
             Publique
             Oppression
          
           so
           Inconsiderable
           ,
           that
           when
           Prerogative
           was
           most
           Rampant
           ,
           our
           
             Greatest
             Princes
          
           (
           and
           some
           doubtless
           we
           have
           had
           ,
           the
           most
           Renowned
           Warriours
           of
           their
           Age
           )
           would
           never
           ,
           prudently
           ,
           
           aspire
           to
           make
           themselves
           Absolute
           .
           The
           
             Royal
             Revenue
          
           is
           proportioned
           to
           the
           Maintenance
           of
           Courts
           ,
           not
           Camps
           ,
           and
           Fleets
           :
           In
           fine
           ,
           it
           is
           very
           Competent
           for
           
             Ordinary
             Disbursements
          
           ,
           and
           as
           for
           Extraordinary
           he
           resorts
           to
           Parliaments
           ;
           the
           Wiser
           He
           ,
           and
           the
           Happier
           We
           !
           Now
           there
           is
           nothing
           more
           Demonstrative
           ,
           then
           that
           upon
           Examination
           ,
           we
           may
           find
           the
           
             present
             Government
          
           to
           be
           (
           compared
           with
           all
           the
           other
           Models
           of
           the
           
             Late
             Times
          
           )
           a
           mighty
           Ease
           to
           the
           
             Publique
             Charge
          
           ;
           we
           allow'd
           the
           
             Tyrant
             Cromwell
          
           no
           less
           then
           a
           constant
           Revenue
           of
           1900000
           l.
           to
           support
           him
           in
           his
           Usurpation
           ;
           and
           yet
           That
           Sum
           (
           beside
           all
           his
           other
           intolerable
           Squeezings
           )
           at
           the
           years
           end
           ,
           clear'd
           not
           the
           Account
           by
           far
           .
           Under
           the
           Rump
           a
           great
           deal
           more
           was
           yearly
           Collected
           out
           of
           the
           Bowels
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           to
           maintain
           the
           Army
           ;
           and
           yet
           we
           could
           never
           be
           at
           quiet
           neither
           ,
           but
           were
           perpetually
           embroyl'd
           in
           Wars
           either
           Abroad
           or
           at
           Home
           ,
           by
           our
           
             active
             Spirits
             ,
             some
          
           to
           feed
           their
           
             Ambition
             ,
             others
          
           their
           Purses
           :
           And
           such
           a
           Spirit
           we
           read
           of
           ,
           working
           in
           all
           
             Free-States
             ,
             Ancient
          
           and
           Modern
           .
           What
           shall
           we
           say
           now
           of
           the
           Expences
           of
           the
           
             Late
             King
          
           ,
           (
           if
           examin'd
           by
           This
           Standard
           )
           whose
           Revenue
           in
           
             Lands
             ,
             Perquisites
          
           ,
           and
           Customs
           ,
           exceeded
           not
           700000
           l.
           a
           year
           ;
           and
           yet
           by
           the
           good
           management
           of
           that
           most
           Thristy
           and
           Temperate
           Prince
           ,
           that
           
             petite
             Annuity
          
           furnish'd
           a
           
             glorious
             Court
          
           ,
           a
           
             Noble
             Equipage
          
           for
           the
           Honour
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           paid
           off
           a
           considerable
           Fleet
           ;
           which
           never
           was
           much
           improved
           afterwards
           by
           all
           our
           vast
           Payments
           ,
           when
           we
           were
           so
           unfortunate
           as
           to
           fall
           into
           Other
           hands
           .
           Nay
           and
           our
           
             present
             Charge
          
           is
           rather
           a
           Sport
           ,
           then
           a
           Burthen
           ,
           compared
           with
           
             Their
             Monthly
             Tax
          
           .
        
         
           TRUE
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           while
           we
           live
           with
           Men
           ,
           we
           shall
           be
           
           subject
           to
           That
           which
           is
           the
           Effect
           of
           their
           
             Nature
             ,
             Sin
          
           ;
           nor
           is
           it
           possible
           to
           reap
           the
           more
           
             General
             Fruit
          
           of
           the
           best
           Establish'd
           Policy
           ,
           unless
           we
           submit
           to
           some
           possible
           Inconveniences
           .
           But
           yet
           I
           defie
           your
           Friend
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           Projectors
           of
           Commonwealths
           ,
           to
           contrive
           greater
           Freedom
           for
           their
           Citizens
           ,
           then
           is
           provided
           by
           
             Magna
             Charta
          
           ,
           and
           
             The
             Petition
             of
             Right
          
           ;
           or
           shew
           that
           it
           is
           not
           much
           easier
           to
           Violate
           ,
           then
           to
           Mend
           them
           ;
           for
           Thereby
           ,
           our
           Lives
           ,
           Liberties
           ,
           and
           Estates
           are
           ,
           under
           Monarchy
           ,
           secur'd
           and
           establish'd
           (
           I
           think
           )
           as
           well
           as
           any
           thing
           ,
           on
           this
           side
           Heaven
           ,
           can
           be
           .
           It
           is
           no
           Soloecism
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           Subject
           has
           his
           Prerogative
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           King
           ;
           and
           sure
           I
           am
           ,
           he
           is
           in
           as
           good
           condition
           to
           maintain
           it
           ;
           the
           Dependance
           being
           less
           on
           his
           side
           .
           Beside
           that
           no
           Prince
           ever
           attempted
           any
           Violation
           thereof
           ,
           but
           that
           ,
           at
           
             Long
             Run
          
           ,
           he
           suffer'd
           in
           that
           point
           of
           his
           Prerogative
           that
           let
           in
           the
           Opportunity
           .
           Hence
           it
           is
           that
           the
           Rights
           of
           the
           People
           have
           grown
           stronger
           and
           stronger
           against
           the
           Prince
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           have
           hurried
           his
           Person
           to
           be
           a
           Sacrifice
           ;
           always
           ,
           his
           Instruments
           ;
           whereof
           few
           ,
           in
           our
           History
           ,
           can
           we
           read
           ,
           that
           ,
           contriving
           against
           the
           Law
           ,
           have
           died
           in
           peace
           .
           If
           ,
           possibly
           ,
           
             One
             Prince
          
           ,
           (
           as
           King
           Harry
           )
           by
           his
           
             High
             Spirit
          
           ,
           swept
           all
           before
           him
           ,
           yet
           his
           
             Infant
             Successor
          
           is
           forc'd
           to
           make
           amends
           for
           his
           Fathers
           Violations
           :
           So
           that
           Liberty
           (
           we
           see
           )
           is
           no
           less
           Sacred
           ,
           then
           
             Majesty
             ;
             Noli
             me
             tangere
          
           being
           its
           Motto
           likewise
           :
           And
           in
           case
           of
           any
           ,
           the
           least
           Infringement
           ,
           (
           as
           Escapes
           in
           Government
           may
           happen
           ,
           even
           in
           the
           most
           perfect
           )
           it
           is
           resented
           as
           if
           the
           Nation
           had
           received
           a
           
             Box
             on
             the
             Ear.
          
           If
           it
           be
           (
           as
           they
           say
           )
           the
           Glory
           of
           a
           Tree-State
           ,
           to
           Exalt
           ;
           the
           Scandal
           of
           Tyranny
           ,
           to
           Embase
           our
           Spirits
           ;
           doubtless
           the
           
             Establish'd
             Form
          
           is
           our
           
             Only
             Commonwealth
          
           ;
           for
           all
           that
           we
           got
           by
           the
           Change
           of
           it
           ,
           was
           but
           the
           learning
           quietly
           
           to
           take
           the
           Bastinade
           .
           Nay
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           very
           worst
           that
           can
           be
           imagin'd
           ,
           it
           is
           much
           more
           Easie
           (
           were
           it
           Lawful
           )
           for
           us
           to
           dispute
           our
           Rights
           with
           a
           
             single
             P●ince
          
           ,
           and
           his
           
             Trembling
             Agents
          
           ;
           then
           (
           as
           it
           was
           our
           Case
           formerly
           )
           with
           a
           Knot
           of
           Sovereigns
           that
           are
           backt
           with
           the
           Sword.
           
        
         
           WE
           are
           now
           again
           able
           to
           distinguish
           (
           which
           we
           could
           never
           do
           under
           their
           Free-Estate
           ,
           for
           all
           the
           fair
           Promises
           they
           made
           us
           )
           the
           Legislative
           and
           the
           Ministerial
           Authority
           :
           For
           tho'
           both
           of
           them
           are
           Inherent
           in
           the
           King
           ,
           yet
           are
           not
           both
           of
           them
           his
           own
           Peculiar
           and
           Personal
           Act.
           We
           know
           that
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           has
           not
           the
           Power
           of
           a
           Court-Leet
           ,
           to
           give
           an
           Oath
           ,
           nor
           of
           a
           
             Justice
             of
             the
             Peace
          
           ,
           to
           make
           a
           Mittimus
           :
           And
           this
           Distinction
           ,
           doubtless
           ,
           is
           the
           most
           
             Vital
             part
          
           of
           Freedom
           ,
           and
           far
           more
           considerable
           to
           poor
           Subjects
           ,
           then
           all
           these
           mens
           pretended
           Rotations
           ;
           as
           ,
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           the
           absolute
           Jumbling
           and
           Confounding
           of
           them
           ,
           is
           an
           Accomplishment
           of
           Servitude
           ,
           for
           which
           all
           Republiques
           ,
           I
           fear
           ,
           (
           and
           our
           late
           one
           more
           especially
           )
           have
           more
           to
           Answer
           ,
           then
           any
           
             Limited
             Sovereign
          
           can
           have
           .
           And
           certain
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           as
           our
           Prince
           ,
           in
           his
           
             Personal
             Capacity
             ,
             makes
          
           no
           Laws
           ;
           so
           neither
           does
           he
           ,
           by
           
             himself
             ,
             Execute
          
           or
           Interpret
           any
           :
           No
           Judge
           takes
           notice
           of
           his
           
             single
             Command
          
           ,
           to
           justifie
           any
           Trespass
           ;
           no
           not
           so
           much
           as
           the
           breaking
           of
           a
           Hedg
           ;
           his
           Power
           is
           Circumscribed
           by
           his
           Justice
           ;
           he
           is
           (
           equally
           with
           the
           meanest
           of
           his
           Subjects
           )
           concern'd
           in
           that
           
             Honest
             Maxim
             ;
             We
             may
             do
             just
             so
             much
             ,
             and
             no
             more
             ,
             then
             we
             have
          
           Right
           
             to
             do
          
           .
           And
           it
           is
           tolerably
           enough
           said
           ,
           
             He
             can
             do
             no
             wrong
          
           ,
           because
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           wrong
           ,
           he
           does
           it
           not
           ;
           it
           is
           void
           in
           the
           Act
           ,
           and
           punishable
           in
           his
           Agent
           .
           His
           Officers
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           alike
           lyable
           ,
           so
           perhaps
           they
           are
           more
           Obnoxious
           
           to
           Indictments
           and
           Suits
           ,
           then
           any
           other
           ;
           by
           how
           much
           their
           Trespass
           seems
           to
           be
           of
           a
           
             Higher
             Nature
          
           ,
           and
           gives
           greater
           Alarm
           :
           His
           
             Private
             Will
          
           cannot
           Countermand
           his
           Publique
           ;
           His
           
             Privy
             Seal
          
           still
           Buckles
           to
           his
           
             Great
             Seal
          
           ,
           as
           being
           (
           in
           a
           sense
           )
           the
           Nations
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           His
           ;
           His
           Order
           Supercedes
           no
           Process
           ;
           and
           His
           Displeasure
           threatens
           no
           man
           with
           an
           hours
           Imprisonment
           ,
           after
           the
           Return
           of
           HabeasCorpus
           :
           An
           Under-Sheriff
           is
           more
           Terrible
           ,
           a
           Constable
           more
           Sawcy
           ,
           a
           Bailiff
           more
           Troublesom
           ,
           then
           He
           :
           And
           yet
           by
           his
           
             Gentle
             Authority
          
           ,
           by
           this
           Scabbard
           of
           Prerogative
           (
           as
           some
           in
           derision
           have
           lewdly
           Term'd
           it
           )
           which
           (
           if
           it
           
             Would
             )
             Could
          
           Scarce
           Oppress
           an
           
             Orphan
             ;
             Tumults
          
           are
           Curb'd
           Faction
           Moderated
           ,
           Usurpation
           Forestall'd
           ,
           Intervals
           prevented
           ,
           Perpetuities
           Obviated
           ,
           Equity
           Administer'd
           ,
           Clemency
           Exalted
           ,
           and
           the
           People
           made
           Happy
           to
           a
           degree
           even
           of
           Satiety
           and
           Wantonness
           .
        
         
           TO
           Conclude
           this
           Point
           :
           What
           shall
           I
           add
           more
           ?
           The
           Act
           enjoyning
           the
           Keepers
           of
           the
           
             Great
             Seal
          
           ,
           under
           Pain
           of
           
             High
             Treason
          
           ,
           to
           Summon
           a
           
             Triennial
             Parliament
          
           ,
           of
           Course
           ,
           by
           Virtue
           of
           the
           Act
           ,
           without
           
             Further
             Warrant
          
           ;
           The
           Act
           forbidding
           the
           Privy-Councell
           to
           intermeddle
           with
           
             Meum
             &
             Tuum
          
           ;
           the
           Law
           abolishing
           the
           
             Star-Chamber
             ,
             High-Commission
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           Branding
           all
           Past
           ,
           and
           Bridling
           all
           
             Future
             Enormities
          
           :
           The
           Statutes
           limiting
           the
           
             Kings
             Claims
          
           ,
           and
           relieving
           his
           Tenants
           from
           Exaction
           of
           Forfeitures
           ;
           Beside
           many
           other
           principal
           Immunities
           ,
           wherewith
           (
           by
           the
           Especial
           Favour
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Bounty
           of
           our
           Princes
           )
           we
           are
           Blessed
           ,
           far
           beyond
           any
           of
           our
           Neighbours
           :
           Above
           all
           ,
           our
           Assurance
           (
           by
           the
           Goodness
           and
           Clemency
           of
           our
           present
           
             Dread
             Sovereign
          
           )
           readily
           to
           obtain
           such
           further
           Addition
           and
           Perfection
           of
           Liberty
           and
           Security
           ,
           
           (
           if
           any
           such
           there
           can
           be
           )
           as
           may
           consist
           with
           Modesty
           and
           Liberty
           it self
           ,
           to
           ask
           :
           Does
           not
           all
           this
           Proclaim
           aloud
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           the
           Mirrour
           of
           
             Governments
             ,
             Envy
          
           of
           Monarchies
           ,
           and
           Shame
           of
           Common-wealths
           ;
           who
           cannot
           but
           blush
           to
           see
           themselves
           so
           Eclipsed
           and
           Silenc'd
           ,
           in
           all
           their
           Pretences
           to
           Freedom
           ?
           And
           does
           it
           not
           more
           than
           justifie
           my
           Assertion
           ,
           that
           
             with
             all
             the
          
           Ornaments
           
             of
             the
          
           Noblest
           Kingdom
           ,
           
             we
             have
             likewise
             all
             the
          
           Enjoyments
           
             of
             a
          
           Free-Estate
           ?
        
         
           §
           .
           6.
           
           AFTER
           all
           these
           solid
           Blessings
           and
           Advantages
           ,
           which
           we
           Reap
           from
           the
           most
           Excellent
           of
           Governments
           ,
           and
           of
           Princes
           ;
           the
           bare
           Fruition
           of
           the
           Tithe
           whereof
           ,
           would
           be
           sufficient
           to
           transport
           the
           
             Best
             to
             pass
          
           of
           our
           
             Neighbour
             Nations
          
           into
           all
           the
           Cordial
           and
           Passionate
           Expressions
           of
           Joy
           and
           Gratitude
           imaginable
           :
           After
           all
           these
           Comforts
           (
           I
           say
           )
           a
           Body
           would
           think
           ,
           there
           should
           scarce
           be
           found
           one
           single
           Murmuring
           and
           Disaffected
           Person
           in
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           .
           And
           yet
           so
           hard
           is
           our
           Fate
           ;
           our
           Hearts
           infensible
           ;
           and
           so
           Ingenious
           are
           we
           in
           starting
           
             Fears
             and
             Jealousies
          
           ;
           that
           a
           great
           part
           of
           us
           deprive
           our selves
           of
           the
           Enjoyment
           of
           all
           our
           present
           Felicities
           ,
           through
           a
           too
           Eager
           and
           Pensive
           Solicitation
           for
           Futurities
           .
           Nay
           so
           miserably
           Hood-wink'd
           is
           our
           Reason
           ,
           that
           our
           Carefulness
           to
           avoid
           miscarryin●
           upon
           a
           Scilla
           ,
           hurries
           us
           Violently
           into
           the
           other
           Extreme
           of
           splitting
           upon
           a
           
             Charybdis
             .
             Popery
          
           and
           Tyranny
           (
           we
           cry
           )
           are
           breaking
           in
           upon
           us
           like
           a
           Deluge
           ;
           the
           
             Presumptive
             Heir
          
           is
           of
           the
           
             Red-Letter
             Stamp
          
           :
           and
           therefore
           another
           Sect
           of
           our
           Pseudo-protestants
           ,
           apprehending
           the
           Danger
           and
           the
           Impracticableness
           of
           a
           Commonwealth-Government
           here
           amongst
           us
           ,
           do
           hope
           to
           mend
           the
           matter
           mightily
           ,
           by
           propounding
           the
           setting
           up
           of
           a
           
             Single
             Person
          
           either
           of
           a
           
           
             Crack'd
             Title
          
           ,
           or
           of
           a
           
             New
             Line
          
           ;
           upon
           the
           death
           of
           his
           present
           Majesty
           without
           Legitimate
           Issue
           :
           Whom
           God
           preserve
           .
        
         
           THERE
           is
           no
           man
           shall
           be
           more
           willing
           than
           my self
           to
           grant
           that
           the
           
             Popish
             Religion
          
           (
           if
           it
           may
           deserve
           the
           Name
           )
           is
           little
           better
           than
           a
           Compound
           of
           meer
           
             Secular
             Interest
             ,
             Tyranny
             ,
             Hypoc●●sie
             ,
             Homicide
             ,
          
           and
           Delusion
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           very
           principles
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           do
           inspirit
           and
           egg
           them
           on
           to
           the
           inflicting
           of
           all
           manner
           of
           Outragious
           Violences
           upon
           the
           Persons
           of
           those
           that
           enjoy
           a
           greater
           Light
           and
           Purity
           of
           the
           Gospel
           then
           themselves
           .
           But
           yet
           I
           must
           averr
           (
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           )
           that
           ,
           since
           through
           the
           peculiar
           Mercy
           and
           Providence
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Indefatigable
           Industry
           and
           Vigilance
           of
           Authority
           ;
           all
           their
           Machinations
           have
           hitherto
           been
           defeated
           ,
           and
           their
           Conspiracies
           both
           against
           our
           Church
           and
           State
           rendred
           Abortive
           ;
           it
           will
           become
           us
           both
           as
           Men
           and
           Christians
           ,
           to
           temper
           our
           Passions
           ,
           and
           to
           rest
           satisfied
           with
           the
           singular
           Care
           and
           Concern
           ,
           that
           the
           Government
           vouchsafes
           continually
           to
           express
           both
           for
           our
           present
           and
           
             future
             safety
          
           and
           preservation
           ,
           in
           all
           Respects
           .
           Full
           well
           know
           ,
           that
           nothing
           is
           of
           greater
           Concernment
           then
           the
           Security
           of
           that
           Religion
           ,
           which
           by
           the
           Bloud
           of
           so
           many
           blessed
           and
           Glorious
           Martyrs
           has
           (
           by
           Gods
           immediate
           blessing
           )
           been
           so
           firmly
           Establish'd
           amongst
           us
           .
           But
           then
           we
           are
           to
           take
           special
           heed
           that
           we
           lend
           not
           too
           easie
           an
           Ear
           to
           such
           as
           cry
           up
           Religion
           ,
           &
           design
           Faction
           ;
           that
           cry
           out
           Zeal
           for
           the
           
             Lord
             of
             Hosts
          
           ,
           when
           they
           intend
           Self-Interest
           ;
           to
           keep
           up
           a
           party
           ;
           an
           
             Affected
             way
          
           ;
           or
           to
           be
           the
           
             Ipse
             dixit
          
           of
           a
           
             County
             :
             Religion
          
           has
           not
           at
           all
           prosper'd
           by
           undue
           practices
           to
           advance
           it
           .
           'T
           is
           
             Meekness
             ,
             Patience
             ,
             Humility
          
           ,
           and
           those
           Graces
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           that
           Convince
           and
           Convert
           ;
           when
           
           
             Rigidness
             ,
             Censuring
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Sword
             Exasperate
          
           and
           Harden
           .
           Has
           not
           Gods
           power
           ,
           or
           
             truth
             ,
             Evidence
          
           to
           secure
           it self
           ?
           Let
           but
           the
           Gospel
           have
           
             Free
             passage
          
           ,
           and
           it
           will
           make
           its
           own
           stay
           :
           For
           all
           true
           Protestants
           do
           unanimously
           disown
           the
           Promotion
           of
           it
           by
           the
           Sword
           ,
           as
           totally
           Unchristian
           ;
           and
           bequeath
           it
           to
           the
           Pope
           and
           the
           Turk
           .
           Was
           not
           ,
           now
           ,
           the
           maintenance
           of
           our
           
             Fundamental
             Laws
          
           the
           pretence
           of
           our
           late
           Quarrel
           ?
           Found
           we
           not
           the
           Spirit
           of
           the
           Nation
           rouz'd
           up
           ,
           upon
           the
           sound
           of
           the
           
             Trumpet
             ?
             Popery
          
           ,
           was
           it
           not
           decry'd
           ,
           and
           
             Religion
             ,
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ,
           judg'd
           to
           be
           in
           danger
           ?
           Were
           we
           not
           call'd
           out
           to
           the
           Battle
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           Zeal
           ,
           with
           
             Curse
             ye
             Meroz
          
           ?
           And
           yet
           under
           our
           
             Free
             Estate
          
           ,
           (
           as
           they
           call'd
           it
           )
           our
           Religion
           (
           so
           much
           of
           it
           especially
           as
           could
           any
           way
           be
           term'd
           Protestant
           )
           turn'd
           into
           Wantonness
           ;
           and
           our
           Divisions
           became
           so
           great
           ,
           that
           we
           durst
           not
           exasperate
           ,
           by
           advancing
           that
           Idol
           of
           the
           
             Presbyters
             ,
             Discipline
          
           ;
           nor
           indeed
           could
           we
           ,
           if
           we
           durst
           ;
           for
           the
           most
           active
           of
           our
           Statists
           ,
           (
           if
           they
           had
           any
           Religion
           at
           all
           )
           't
           was
           that
           of
           the
           Sectary
           ,
           which
           they
           own'd
           as
           the
           main
           Supporter
           of
           their
           Model
           ,
           whose
           Interest
           it
           was
           to
           give
           Licentiousness
           to
           all
           .
           As
           for
           Laws
           ,
           those
           which
           we
           ador'd
           for
           Excellency
           and
           Antiquity
           ,
           they
           were
           (
           by
           them
           )
           of
           necessity
           alter'd
           ,
           in
           our
           Freedoms
           of
           Person
           and
           Estate
           ,
           wherein
           true
           Liberty
           is
           principally
           concern'd
           :
           For
           when
           the
           
             House
             of
             Commons
          
           (
           or
           rather
           the
           Rump
           of
           it
           )
           engross'd
           the
           
             Soveraign
             Power
          
           ,
           they
           both
           Imposed
           Taxes
           ,
           and
           Levy'd
           them
           ,
           by
           vertue
           of
           a
           
             trifling
             Ordinance
          
           ,
           which
           could
           never
           be
           done
           before
           ,
           but
           by
           an
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           solemnly
           and
           regularly
           pass'd
           by
           the
           King
           and
           the
           
             Three
             Estates
          
           :
           And
           having
           of
           
             Tribunes
             of
             the
             people
          
           ,
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           and
           their
           Bulwark
           against
           
             High
             Payments
          
           and
           Impressures
           ,
           demanded
           by
           the
           King
           ,
           advanc'd
           themselves
           into
           the
           degree
           of
           Princes
           ;
           they
           took
           
           upon
           them
           to
           assess
           and
           impress
           us
           at
           pleasure
           ;
           and
           we
           might
           complain
           as
           long
           as
           we
           would
           of
           the
           
             Reiterated
             Burthen
          
           ;
           but
           there
           was
           no
           remedy
           but
           Patience
           ,
           because
           no
           Appeal
           left
           us
           ,
           themselves
           being
           both
           Parties
           and
           Judges
           .
        
         
           I
           COULD
           heartily
           wish
           there
           were
           at
           present
           no
           more
           reason
           ,
           to
           be
           apprehensive
           of
           Popery
           coming
           amongst
           us
           ,
           then
           there
           was
           in
           those
           days
           :
           But
           yet
           ,
           let
           his
           Royal
           Highness's
           Perswasion
           be
           what
           it
           will
           ,
           this
           I'm
           sure
           of
           ,
           that
           Dr.
           Oates
           has
           deposed
           upon
           Oath
           ,
           that
           the
           Jesuits
           were
           so
           far
           from
           saying
           or
           
             acting
             ,
             Indifferently
          
           ,
           as
           to
           his
           Person
           ,
           that
           in
           their
           
             Hellish
             Plot
          
           ,
           they
           had
           mark'd
           him
           out
           also
           for
           Slaughter
           ,
           with
           his
           most
           Royal
           ,
           most
           
             Protestant
             Brother
          
           .
           Now
           the
           late
           Marquess
           of
           Argyle
           was
           wont
           to
           lay
           it
           down
           as
           a
           Principle
           in
           Policy
           ,
           That
           it
           was
           
             the
             Character
             of
             a
             wise
             man
             not
             to
             let
             the
             World
             know
             what
             Religion
             he
             was
             of
             :
          
           But
           (
           for
           my
           own
           part
           )
           I
           cannot
           in
           Charity
           but
           hope
           the
           best
           of
           a
           Person
           ,
           (
           till
           I
           shall
           be
           convinc'd
           of
           the
           contrary
           ,
           by
           more
           certain
           and
           positive
           Arguments
           ,
           then
           any
           that
           I
           have
           yet
           been
           able
           to
           meet
           with
           )
           that
           has
           been
           so
           Lectur'd
           and
           Tutor'd
           by
           our
           late
           
             Glorious
             Martyr
          
           ,
           (
           as
           well
           as
           by
           Experience
           )
           into
           a
           Veneration
           for
           ,
           and
           a
           Perseverance
           in
           that
           
             Pure
             ,
             Reformed
             Religion
          
           ,
           the
           Principles
           of
           which
           he
           suck'd
           in
           with
           his
           very
           Milk
           ,
           and
           in
           Defence
           of
           which
           his
           ever
           Blessed
           Father
           laid
           down
           his
           most
           precious
           Life
           ,
           upon
           a
           Scaffold
           .
           You
           may
           read
           his
           words
           thus
           ;
           
             I
             do
             require
             you
             ,
             
               (
               addressing
               to
               his
               present
               Majesty
               )
            
             as
             your
             Father
             and
             your
             King
             ,
             that
             you
             never
             suffer
             your
             Heart
             to
             receive
             the
             least
             Check
             against
             ,
             or
             Dis-affection
             from
             the
             
               True
               Religion
               establish'd
               in
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               :
            
             I
             tell
             you
             I
             have
             try'd
             it
             ,
             and
             after
             much
             Search
             ,
             and
             many
             Disputes
             ,
             have
             concluded
             it
             to
             be
             the
             best
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             not
             only
             in
             
             the
             Community
             ,
             as
             Christian
             ,
             but
             also
             in
             the
             
               special
               Notion
            
             ,
             as
             Reformed
             ;
             keeping
             the
             
               middle
               way
            
             between
             the
             Pomp
             of
             
               Superstitious
               Tyranny
            
             ,
             and
             the
             Meanness
             of
             
               Phantastick
               Anarchy
            
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           To
           this
           sence
           ,
           spake
           he
           ,
           when
           he
           had
           no
           more
           to
           speak
           .
           Nay
           ,
           and
           so
           zealous
           ,
           this
           way
           ,
           was
           our
           
             English
             Solomon
          
           ,
           (
           the
           
           Duke's
           
             Grandfather
             )
             King
             James
          
           ,
           that
           rather
           then
           any
           of
           his
           Progeny
           should
           ever
           come
           to
           be
           tainted
           with
           the
           Errors
           and
           Idolatries
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           he
           made
           it
           his
           Prayer
           to
           
             Almighty
             God
          
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           be
           taken
           out
           of
           the
           World
           first
           .
        
         
           AS
           to
           the
           apprehensions
           of
           Tyranny
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           by
           what
           I
           have
           already
           deliver'd
           in
           the
           Body
           of
           this
           Discourse
           ,
           it
           is
           evident
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           less
           ground
           to
           fear
           it
           ,
           then
           many
           people
           might
           before
           imagine
           ,
           for
           that
           it
           is
           next
           to
           an
           Impossibility
           to
           introduce
           it
           .
           And
           ,
           upon
           probable
           grounds
           ,
           I
           perswade
           my self
           ,
           that
           should
           the
           Duke
           ever
           have
           the
           occasion
           offer'd
           ,
           yet
           would
           he
           be
           wiser
           then
           to
           make
           tryal
           of
           the
           Experiment
           ,
           knowing
           so
           well
           as
           he
           must
           needs
           do
           ,
           that
           should
           the
           
             English
             Liberties
          
           be
           violated
           in
           the
           example
           but
           of
           any
           one
           single
           Person
           ,
           the
           whole
           Nation
           would
           take
           it self
           to
           be
           concern'd
           upon
           that
           account
           ,
           apprehend
           it self
           ready
           for
           the
           Fetters
           ,
           and
           ,
           thereby
           ,
           what
           with
           Fear
           ,
           what
           with
           Hate
           ,
           such
           a
           Storm
           would
           be
           rais'd
           ,
           as
           might
           shake
           the
           surest
           Foundations
           of
           the
           Government
           ;
           and
           so
           very
           much
           has
           Majesty
           already
           felt
           by
           the
           Fury
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           be
           chary
           (
           doubtless
           )
           of
           giving
           occasion
           to
           encounter
           it
           again
           .
        
         
           BUT
           't
           is
           farther
           Objected
           (
           it
           seems
           )
           that
           there
           is
           a
           Vindictive
           and
           
             Implacable
             Spirit
          
           in
           the
           Case
           .
           Now
           this
           is
           most
           manifest
           (
           indeed
           )
           that
           there
           have
           been
           Provocations
           to
           the
           height
           ;
           but
           shall
           we
           therefore
           continue
           to
           provoke
           ,
           
           because
           we
           have
           begun
           ?
           'T
           is
           a
           Rule
           (
           you
           know
           )
           that
           he
           that
           
             does
             wrong
             ,
             never
          
           forgives
           ,
           but
           he
           that
           
             has
             wrong
             ,
             may
          
           .
           The
           Interest
           of
           Revenge
           is
           passionate
           ,
           but
           the
           Interest
           of
           Profit
           arises
           from
           a
           Passion
           that
           prevails
           more
           ;
           and
           he
           is
           very
           weak
           ,
           that
           anteposes
           Rumour
           and
           
             vain
             Passion
          
           ,
           when
           it
           stands
           in
           Competition
           with
           his
           Safety
           .
           To
           speak
           home
           ,
           Interest
           rules
           the
           whole
           World
           ;
           and
           Princes
           (
           as
           others
           )
           design
           more
           the
           security
           of
           their
           
             own
             Greatness
          
           ,
           then
           a
           
             petty
             Revenge
          
           that
           may
           hazard
           it
           :
           But
           for
           this
           search
           we
           the
           Experiences
           of
           
             past
             Ages
             .
             Henry
          
           the
           Great
           of
           France
           ,
           was
           so
           far
           from
           punishing
           any
           of
           the
           
             holy
             League
          
           ,
           that
           labour'd
           ,
           by
           all
           means
           possible
           ,
           to
           keep
           him
           from
           his
           Right
           ,
           and
           to
           murther
           him
           ,
           that
           (
           on
           the
           contrary
           )
           he
           imploy'd
           those
           very
           Persons
           that
           were
           his
           
             main
             Opposites
          
           ,
           in
           his
           Armies
           ,
           in
           his
           Offices
           ,
           and
           in
           his
           Councels
           .
           And
           what
           shall
           we
           say
           of
           
             King
             James
          
           ,
           who
           sent
           Messages
           ,
           made
           Vows
           ,
           menac'd
           Revenge
           ,
           and
           all
           to
           prevent
           that
           fatal
           Stroke
           from
           falling
           upon
           his
           Mother
           ,
           (
           the
           Queen
           of
           Scots
           )
           under
           
             Queen
             Eliz.
          
           but
           to
           no
           effect
           .
           Observe
           the
           Issue
           now
           ;
           Shortly
           
             Q.
             Eliz.
          
           dies
           ,
           and
           those
           very
           Lords
           that
           acted
           personally
           in
           the
           
             Mothers
             Death
          
           ,
           were
           the
           most
           forward
           to
           court
           the
           Son
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           and
           he
           became
           establish'd
           with
           all
           Prerogatives
           incident
           to
           the
           
             English
             Scepter
          
           .
           What
           ?
           Acts
           he
           in
           the
           way
           of
           Revenge
           ?
           No
           ;
           he
           ,
           like
           a
           
             wise
             Prince
          
           ,
           feeling
           the
           Warmth
           of
           so
           Rich
           a
           Climate
           ,
           is
           so
           passionate
           to
           confirm
           his
           own
           Greatness
           ,
           that
           he
           not
           only
           forgets
           the
           Injury
           of
           his
           Mother
           ,
           but
           manages
           his
           great
           Affairs
           by
           the
           hands
           of
           those
           very
           Persons
           that
           were
           Contrivers
           of
           it
           ;
           yet
           through
           
             Her
             Bloud
          
           did
           he
           derive
           his
           Title
           !
           Nor
           do
           we
           read
           of
           one
           of
           these
           Nobles
           ,
           or
           their
           Issue
           ,
           that
           suffer'd
           Diminution
           ,
           by
           any
           Resentment
           ,
           upon
           that
           account
           .
           His
           
             wise
             Father
          
           also
           ,
           that
           had
           been
           beaten
           into
           the
           knowledge
           of
           the
           
             English
             Spirit
          
           ,
           writes
           thus
           :
           
             Let
             no
             Passion
             ,
             (
             my
             
             Son
             )
             betray
             you
             to
             any
             study
             of
             Revenge
             upon
             Those
             whose
             Own
             Sin
             and
             Folly
             will
             sufficiently
             Punish
             theu
             ,
             in
             due
             Time
             :
             Be
             confident
             that
             most
             of
             all
             Sides
             that
             have
             done
             Amiss
             ,
             have
             done
             so
             ,
             not
             out
             of
             Malice
             ,
             but
             Mis-information
             ,
             or
             Mis-apprehension
             of
             Things
             .
             None
             will
             be
             more
             Loyal
             to
             Me
             or
             You
             ,
             then
             those
             Subjects
             ,
             who
             ,
             sensible
             of
             
               Their
               Errors
            
             ,
             and
             
               Our
               Injuries
            
             ,
             will
             feel
             ,
             in
             their
             own
             Souls
             ,
             most
             Vehement
             Motions
             to
             Repentance
             ,
             and
             earnest
             Defires
             to
             make
             some
             Reparations
             for
             their
             former
             
               Desects
               ,
               &c.
            
             
          
           The
           like
           said
           he
           at
           his
           
             Last
             Hour
          
           .
           But
           what
           do
           we
           Doubt
           or
           Distrust
           ?
           May
           we
           not
           have
           a
           
             Protestant
             Parliament
          
           upon
           all
           Exigencies
           ;
           and
           the
           disposal
           of
           Commands
           and
           Offices
           secure
           to
           us
           ,
           for
           a
           Time
           ,
           in
           case
           of
           His
           Majesties
           decease
           ?
           Have
           we
           not
           a
           
             Protestant
             Councel
          
           ,
           a
           
             Protestant
             Militia
          
           ,
           a
           
             Protestant
             Clergy
          
           ,
           and
           a
           
             Protestant
             People
          
           ;
           what
           can
           we
           (
           in
           reason
           )
           desire
           more
           ?
        
         
           §
           .
           7.
           
           AS
           to
           the
           Project
           of
           erecting
           a
           
             Cracht
             Title
          
           ,
           or
           a
           
             Single
             Person
             of
             another
             Line
          
           ;
           (
           over
           and
           above
           the
           Heinousness
           and
           Impiety
           of
           the
           Proposition
           ,
           and
           to
           wave
           tedious
           
             Canvassings
             )
             That
          
           must
           unquestionably
           be
           the
           most
           Desperate
           of
           all
           other
           Remedies
           ,
           and
           infinitely
           worse
           then
           the
           Disease
           it self
           :
           For
           Thereby
           we
           should
           set
           on
           Foot
           a
           
             personal
             Quarrel
          
           ;
           and
           (
           at
           the
           
             Long
             Run
          
           )
           beyond
           measure
           Disgust
           the
           Spirits
           of
           this
           
             Generous
             People
          
           ,
           in
           that
           they
           will
           then
           be
           Subjected
           to
           their
           Equal
           ;
           who
           ,
           to
           retain
           his
           Usurpation
           ,
           will
           be
           forc'd
           to
           repeat
           and
           accumulate
           those
           Violences
           ,
           whereof
           we
           had
           most
           woful
           Experience
           under
           the
           
             Old
             Protector
             :
             Otherwise
          
           ,
           he
           will
           soon
           be
           made
           the
           Object
           of
           our
           Contempt
           ;
           as
           was
           his
           Son
           ,
           with
           his
           Easie
           and
           Gentle
           way
           of
           Acting
           ;
           and
           his
           Name
           be
           used
           only
           as
           a
           Cloak
           to
           cover
           the
           Avarice
           ,
           and
           Exorbitances
           of
           a
           
             Ravenous
             Faction
          
           .
           Nor
           
           can
           This
           Project
           prevent
           a
           Relapse
           into
           our
           former
           Calamities
           ;
           because
           our
           Fears
           will
           ever
           be
           Great
           and
           Continual
           ,
           and
           ,
           consequently
           ,
           our
           
             Charge
             proportionable
          
           .
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           all
           the
           Evils
           and
           Miseries
           that
           were
           brought
           upon
           us
           by
           the
           Army
           ,
           the
           Rump
           ,
           and
           by
           all
           other
           Architects
           of
           our
           Slavery
           in
           the
           
             Late
             Times
          
           ,
           will
           certainly
           be
           found
           Tolerable
           ;
           compared
           with
           the
           Probable
           ,
           and
           
             Genuine
             Effects
          
           of
           such
           a
           Desperate
           and
           
             Unchristian
             Proceeding
          
           .
        
         
           §
           .
           8.
           
           YOU
           will
           not
           expect
           from
           me
           ,
           (
           I
           'm
           sure
           ,
           Sir
           )
           that
           I
           should
           so
           acquit
           my self
           of
           every
           Objection
           ,
           as
           to
           leave
           all
           men
           satisfy'd
           ;
           especially
           such
           as
           carry
           a
           Byass
           of
           
             Preferment
             ,
             Profit
          
           ,
           or
           Faction
           ;
           Men
           that
           have
           in
           Design
           Exorbitances
           of
           Power
           ,
           or
           Wealth
           ,
           will
           hardly
           ,
           with
           Arguments
           ,
           be
           reclaimed
           :
           And
           some
           there
           are
           (
           I
           know
           )
           that
           have
           so
           long
           possess'd
           their
           Heads
           with
           
             strong
             Notions
          
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           not
           capable
           to
           take
           in
           Reason
           ,
           against
           them
           ;
           and
           thereupon
           ,
           run
           on
           Frantique
           in
           Error
           ,
           till
           there
           be
           a
           Rotation
           in
           their
           Brains
           :
           Such
           there
           are
           ,
           that
           ,
           with
           Confidence
           ,
           so
           often
           have
           told
           a
           Lye
           ,
           that
           ,
           at
           length
           ,
           themselves
           believe
           it
           to
           be
           a
           Truth
           :
           But
           we
           shall
           be
           too
           wise
           (
           I
           'm
           sure
           ,
           should
           ever
           that
           day
           come
           )
           to
           preferr
           the
           Interest
           or
           Wilfulness
           of
           a
           Few
           ,
           to
           the
           Safety
           and
           Welfare
           of
           the
           Whole
           .
           I
           shall
           not
           deny
           ,
           yet
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           easier
           to
           demonstrate
           what
           
             may
             be
             Evil
          
           ,
           then
           positively
           to
           assert
           what
           
             will
             be
             Good
          
           :
           but
           however
           ,
           comparing
           Times
           with
           Things
           ,
           (
           as
           is
           above
           represented
           )
           I
           doubt
           not
           to
           Evidence
           ,
           that
           to
           
             keep
             where
             we
             are
          
           ,
           and
           to
           
             be
             contented
             with
             our
             Lot
          
           ,
           is
           a
           Course
           much
           rather
           to
           be
           embrac'd
           ,
           as
           that
           which
           ,
           in
           great
           
             Probability
             ,
             may
             be
             Good
          
           ;
           then
           ,
           by
           pushing
           at
           Incertainties
           ,
           to
           pull
           down
           most
           lamentable
           Confusions
           and
           Desolations
           upon
           our
           own
           Heads
           ,
           which
           certainly
           
             will
             be
             Evil
          
           
           I
           therefore
           ever
           was
           ,
           and
           still
           am
           of
           opinion
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           both
           our
           Interest
           and
           our
           Duty
           to
           embrace
           ,
           with
           
             Open
             Arms
          
           ,
           the
           ample
           ,
           generous
           Offers
           of
           his
           most
           Gracious
           Majesty
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           Provisions
           for
           our
           
             future
             Security
          
           ,
           in
           point
           of
           Freedom
           and
           Religion
           :
           As
           for
           the
           Rest
           ,
           let
           us
           but
           have
           our
           
             Good
             Old
             Laws
          
           duly
           put
           in
           Execution
           ;
           and
           then
           (
           by
           Gods
           assistance
           )
           we
           shall
           be
           in
           a
           Capacity
           to
           Defie
           the
           Pope
           ,
           the
           Devil
           ,
           and
           all
           their
           Works
           ,
           come
           what
           will
           come
           .
        
         
           §
           9.
           
           Thus
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           have
           I
           run
           through
           the
           several
           Heads
           that
           you
           were
           pleased
           to
           propound
           .
           I
           have
           ,
           in
           the
           First
           place
           ,
           given
           you
           my
           Reasons
           why
           I
           conceive
           the
           Project
           of
           Fixing
           a
           Free-Estate
           ,
           (
           as
           your
           Friend
           thinks
           fit
           to
           term
           it
           )
           here
           amongst
           us
           ,
           would
           be
           utterly
           Impracticable
           ;
           I
           have
           ,
           in
           the
           next
           place
           ,
           presented
           you
           with
           a
           Summary
           of
           those
           Mischiefs
           and
           Distractions
           ,
           which
           were
           the
           Consequents
           of
           a
           
             Like
             Attempt
          
           ,
           from
           1640.
           to
           1660.
           
           In
           the
           Third
           place
           ,
           you
           find
           the
           Natural
           Bent
           and
           Inclination
           of
           the
           People
           to
           Monarchy
           ,
           exclusively
           of
           any
           other
           Form
           of
           Regiment
           whatsoever
           ,
           fully
           demonstrated
           ;
           the
           
             Royal
             Prerogative
          
           Anatomiz'd
           ;
           and
           an
           Account
           of
           those
           great
           
             Immunities
             ,
             Blessings
          
           ,
           and
           Priviledges
           which
           the
           English
           do
           at
           this
           day
           enjoy
           under
           the
           present
           Government
           Establish'd
           ,
           both
           Ecclesiastical
           and
           Civil
           ,
           peculiarly
           ,
           and
           above
           any
           other
           People
           or
           Nation
           in
           the
           known
           World.
           The
           Fourth
           ,
           rips
           up
           the
           Ground
           of
           our
           Fears
           and
           Jealousies
           of
           Popery
           and
           
             Arbitrary
             Power
          
           flowing
           in
           upon
           us
           ,
           should
           the
           
             Duke
             of
             York
          
           ever
           come
           to
           Sway
           the
           
             English
             Scepter
          
           ;
           and
           furnishes
           Arguments
           for
           the
           moderating
           and
           lessening
           our
           Apprehensions
           as
           to
           the
           One
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           proving
           the
           almost
           Impossibility
           of
           Effecting
           the
           Other
           ,
           were
           there
           never
           so
           great
           a
           Will
           and
           Disposition
           that
           way
           .
           
           In
           the
           Fifth
           place
           ,
           you
           have
           represented
           the
           Danger
           and
           Impiety
           ,
           of
           Erecting
           a
           
             Crackt
             Title
          
           ,
           or
           a
           
             Single
             Person
          
           of
           a
           
             New
             Line
          
           ;
           together
           with
           the
           probable
           Calamitous
           Effects
           that
           would
           inevitably
           ensue
           upon
           such
           an
           Attempt
           .
           And
           Lastly
           ,
           I
           have
           presum'd
           to
           offer
           my
           own
           Expedient
           ,
           in
           reference
           to
           the
           Security
           of
           our
           Religion
           and
           Freedoms
           ,
           for
           the
           Present
           and
           for
           the
           Future
           .
           Upon
           the
           
             Whole
             Matter
          
           ,
           if
           ,
           by
           what
           I
           have
           written
           ,
           I
           be
           so
           fortunate
           as
           to
           make
           your
           Friend
           a
           Convert
           ,
           't
           will
           be
           an
           Infinite
           Satisfaction
           to
           me
           ;
           because
           ,
           thereby
           I
           may
           hope
           to
           save
           a
           Soul
           ;
           but
           ,
           at
           the
           worst
           ,
           I
           may
           say
           with
           the
           Text
           ,
           that
           
             I
             shall
             hide
             a
             multitude
             of
             Sins
             .
          
           Now
           should
           I
           frame
           twenty
           Excuses
           to
           you
           for
           the
           Length
           ,
           the
           Inequality
           ,
           the
           Insufficiency
           ,
           the
           Incoherence
           ,
           the
           Freedom
           ,
           the
           Extravagant
           Rovings
           and
           Impertinencies
           ,
           the
           Unskilful
           Management
           ,
           nay
           and
           for
           the
           Boldness
           and
           Presumption
           of
           this
           Discourse
           :
           But
           I
           have
           neither
           Will
           nor
           Leisure
           to
           Trifle
           at
           such
           a
           rate
           .
           I
           am
           conscious
           to
           my self
           (
           no
           man
           more
           )
           of
           my
           great
           want
           of
           Abilities
           requisite
           for
           an
           Undertaking
           of
           such
           Weight
           and
           Importance
           ;
           only
           I
           was
           resolv'd
           to
           let
           you
           see
           ,
           that
           no
           Considerations
           whatsoever
           were
           of
           force
           (
           with
           me
           )
           to
           withstand
           the
           Authority
           of
           your
           Commands
           .
           I
           have
           unbosom'd
           my self
           to
           you
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           (
           under
           the
           protection
           of
           a
           
             Private
             Letter
          
           )
           with
           all
           the
           Frankness
           and
           Simplicity
           imaginable
           ;
           not
           doubting
           but
           you
           will
           make
           such
           use
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           may
           not
           redound
           to
           the
           Disadvantage
           of
           ,
        
         
           
             Sir
             ,
          
           
             Your
             most
             Obedient
             Servant
             .
          
           
             Feb.
             21.
             1679
             
             /
             80.