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             A letter from a gentleman in the city to one in the country concerning the bill for disabling the Duke of York to inherit the imperial crown of this realm
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           A
           LETTER
           FROM
           A
           Gentleman
           in
           the
           CITY
           ,
           TO
           One
           in
           the
           COVNTRY
           ;
           Concerning
           the
           BILL
           For
           Disabling
           the
           Duke
           of
           York
           To
           Inherit
           the
           
             Imperial
             Crown
          
           Of
           this
           REALM
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           ,
           1680.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           Letter
           from
           a
           Gentleman
           in
           the
           City
           ,
           to
           one
           in
           the
           Country
           .
        
         
           
             Sir
             ,
          
        
         
           THE
           Nation
           being
           awakened
           out
           of
           that
           Lethargy
           ,
           which
           for
           so
           many
           Years
           had
           bound
           up
           its
           Senses
           ,
           and
           deprived
           it
           of
           all
           feeling
           and
           Perception
           ;
           begins
           at
           last
           to
           discern
           it's
           danger
           and
           to
           provide
           against
           the
           ruine
           and
           mischiefs
           which
           threaten
           it
           .
           Accordingly
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           have
           not
           only
           declared
           ,
           
             nemine
             contradicente
             ,
             That
             the
             Duke
             of
          
           York's
           
             being
             a
          
           Papist
           ,
           
             hath
             given
             the
             greatest
             countenance
             to
             the
             present
             Designs
             and
             Conspiracies
             of
             the
          
           Papists
           ,
           
             against
             the
             King
             and
          
           Protestant
           Religion
           ;
           but
           have
           brought
           in
           a
           Bill
           ,
           
             Disabling
             him
             to
             Inherit
             the
             Imperial
             Crown
             of
             this
             Realm
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           this
           being
           the
           Affair
           I
           design
           to
           Write
           freely
           to
           you
           about
           ,
           I
           presume
           in
           the
           very
           entrance
           to
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           they
           could
           do
           no
           less
           ,
           without
           abandoning
           themselves
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           ,
           to
           Bondage
           and
           Popery
           .
           And
           all
           true
           English
           Men
           as
           well
           as
           Protestants
           ,
           are
           so
           fully
           satisfied
           of
           the
           necessity
           and
           Justice
           of
           the
           course
           which
           they
           steer
           ;
           that
           they
           not
           only
           applaud
           and
           commend
           them
           in
           what
           they
           have
           undertaken
           ,
           but
           are
           ready
           to
           stake
           their
           Lives
           and
           Fortunes
           towards
           the
           seeing
           it
           effected
           and
           accomplished
           .
        
         
         
           Sect.
           I.
           Nor
           ,
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           can
           the
           Papists
           themselves
           Condemn
           us
           for
           taking
           these
           due
           ways
           and
           Methods
           to
           secure
           our
           Religion
           ,
           and
           preserve
           our
           Lives
           and
           Properties
           ;
           seeing
           they
           are
           not
           only
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Measures
           ,
           (
           but
           much
           more
           modest
           )
           which
           they
           have
           taken
           in
           Forreign
           Countries
           to
           preserve
           their
           own
           .
           Shall
           it
           be
           lawful
           for
           the
           French
           ,
           to
           endeavour
           to
           preclude
           Henry
           the
           4th
           .
           from
           enjoying
           the
           Crown
           of
           France
           ,
           because
           he
           was
           a
           Protestant
           ,
           and
           must
           it
           be
           unjust
           for
           the
           English
           to
           debar
           
             James
             Duke
          
           of
           York
           from
           attaining
           the
           Soveraignty
           over
           this
           Realm
           ,
           that
           is
           a
           Papist
           ?
           Shall
           the
           Pope
           and
           Church
           of
           Rome
           cherish
           and
           justify
           a
           Bloody
           War
           ,
           upon
           the
           alone
           foot
           of
           his
           being
           of
           a
           different
           Religion
           from
           what
           was
           received
           in
           that
           Nation
           ?
           And
           shall
           not
           we
           be
           allowed
           to
           use
           such
           legal
           means
           ,
           as
           are
           consistent
           with
           and
           warranted
           by
           our
           Constitution
           ,
           to
           hinder
           a
           Papist
           from
           ascending
           the
           Regal
           Throne
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ?
           Shall
           it
           be
           lawful
           for
           those
           in
           the
           Communion
           of
           the
           
             Papal
             Church
          
           ,
           to
           advise
           Phillip
           the
           2d
           .
           of
           Spain
           to
           Murder
           his
           Son
           Charles
           ,
           for
           speaking
           only
           favourably
           of
           his
           Fathers
           Subjects
           in
           the
           Netherlands
           ,
           who
           were
           called
           Lutherans
           ?
           And
           shall
           not
           we
           have
           the
           liberty
           humbly
           to
           pray
           and
           desire
           our
           King
           ,
           to
           desert
           a
           Brother
           who
           hath
           Plotted
           the
           Ruin
           of
           his
           
             Majesties
             Subjects
          
           ,
           and
           for
           no
           other
           reason
           but
           because
           they
           are
           not
           Papists
           .
           And
           suppose
           it
           should
           be
           said
           ;
           that
           these
           methods
           were
           not
           only
           unjust
           ,
           but
           Condemned
           by
           some
           of
           the
           very
           
             Roman
             Communion
          
           ;
           yet
           the
           desparity
           is
           so
           great
           between
           a
           Papists
           arriving
           at
           the
           Government
           over
           a
           Protestant
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           a
           Protestants
           being
           advanced
           to
           Reign
           over
           a
           Popish
           Countrey
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           no
           ways
           follow
           from
           thence
           ,
           that
           what
           the
           Parliament
           have
           undertaken
           ,
           is
           in
           the
           least
           
           reprehensible
           .
           For
           no
           Protestant
           Prince
           will
           either
           enslave
           his
           Kingdom
           or
           Subjects
           to
           a
           Forreign
           Jurisdiction
           ,
           nor
           call
           his
           People
           into
           question
           for
           their
           Religion
           ,
           provided
           they
           be
           not
           influenced
           by
           the
           Principles
           of
           it
           ,
           to
           disturb
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           disquiet
           the
           Civil
           Peace
           .
           So
           that
           Papists
           instead
           of
           receiving
           prejudice
           by
           having
           a
           Protestant
           Prince
           to
           rule
           over
           them
           ,
           they
           become
           possest
           of
           many
           advantages
           as
           to
           safety
           ,
           ease
           and
           immunities
           ,
           which
           their
           being
           under
           a
           Popish
           King
           excludes
           them
           from
           .
           And
           therefore
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           we
           find
           the
           Papists
           do
           no
           where
           so
           fully
           enjoy
           the
           Right
           and
           Liberties
           of
           mankind
           ,
           as
           in
           some
           Protestant
           Nations
           ,
           where
           they
           have
           had
           the
           Wit
           and
           Sobriety
           ,
           not
           to
           molest
           their
           fellow
           Subjects
           ,
           or
           Conspire
           against
           the
           Government
           under
           which
           they
           live
           .
           So
           far
           as
           their
           Religion
           is
           found
           to
           have
           an
           Influence
           only
           up-a
           future
           Life
           ,
           and
           meerly
           to
           endanger
           their
           own
           happiness
           ;
           they
           are
           pitied
           instead
           of
           being
           Capitally
           Prosecuted
           ,
           and
           the
           worst
           they
           are
           made
           to
           suffer
           ,
           is
           now
           and
           then
           to
           be
           rationally
           accosted
           by
           their
           Neighbours
           ,
           and
           addressed
           unto
           by
           arguments
           ,
           which
           may
           conduce
           to
           rectify
           and
           instruct
           their
           Judgments
           .
           Whereas
           through
           the
           having
           a
           Popish
           Prince
           Succeed
           over
           a
           Protestant
           People
           ,
           they
           become
           immediately
           subjected
           to
           the
           severest
           Punishments
           ,
           and
           that
           upon
           the
           alone
           score
           of
           their
           Christian
           Profession
           .
           It
           is
           not
           only
           lawful
           for
           such
           a
           Prince
           to
           destroy
           those
           of
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           who
           disagree
           from
           him
           in
           Faith
           and
           worship
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           an
           indispensable
           Duty
           upon
           him
           to
           do
           it
           .
           Nor
           is
           he
           only
           sure
           of
           a
           Pardon
           upon
           the
           accomplishing
           so
           Blessed
           a
           work
           ,
           but
           the
           merit
           of
           the
           Atchievement
           entitles
           him
           to
           unspeakable
           Happiness
           and
           a
           Glorious
           Crown
           .
        
         
         
           Sect.
           2.
           
           And
           this
           conducts
           me
           to
           the
           2d
           .
           thing
           ,
           namely
           that
           no
           Papist
           ever
           since
           the
           Reformation
           succeeded
           to
           Supream
           Authority
           over
           a
           
             Protestant
             Country
          
           ,
           but
           he
           both
           endeavoured
           to
           overthrow
           the
           Religion
           which
           he
           found
           Established
           ,
           and
           pursued
           his
           Subjects
           with
           the
           most
           outragious
           Cruelties
           .
           Nor
           hath
           the
           Loyalty
           of
           their
           People
           been
           able
           to
           appease
           or
           obstruct
           their
           indignation
           ,
           but
           they
           have
           been
           treated
           as
           the
           worst
           of
           Criminals
           ,
           because
           they
           would
           not
           renounce
           the
           Faith
           which
           they
           had
           embrac'd
           .
           This
           is
           so
           certain
           and
           beyond
           all
           control
           as
           to
           matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           not
           one
           instance
           upon
           the
           whole
           file
           of
           History
           to
           the
           contrary
           .
           Wheresoever
           any
           of
           the
           Popish
           Belief
           ,
           have
           attained
           the
           Soveraignty
           over
           a
           Protestant
           Nation
           ;
           whether
           they
           were
           
             Crowned
             Heads
          
           or
           Princes
           of
           a
           more
           Inferior
           Rank
           ,
           they
           have
           Universally
           applyed
           themselves
           to
           Subvert
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ,
           which
           they
           found
           legally
           setled
           ,
           and
           to
           destroy
           those
           innocent
           and
           generous
           Souls
           which
           had
           the
           courage
           to
           own
           it
           .
           And
           if
           
             Sweedland
             ,
             Hungary
             ,
             Bohemia
          
           ,
           and
           several
           Principalities
           in
           Germany
           ,
           do
           not
           suffice
           to
           confirm
           the
           truth
           of
           this
           Assertion
           ;
           England
           can
           produce
           Queen
           Mary
           in
           the
           proof
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           attestation
           of
           it
           .
           And
           as
           I
           challenge
           any
           man
           to
           assign
           so
           much
           as
           one
           opposite
           Example
           ,
           so
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           expressed
           what
           Cruelties
           they
           have
           used
           towards
           the
           accomplishing
           their
           Design
           of
           rooting
           out
           Protestancy
           ,
           and
           re-establishing
           Popery
           .
           Not
           only
           Laws
           have
           been
           trampled
           upon
           ,
           but
           Cities
           and
           Kingdoms
           made
           swim
           with
           Blood
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           extirpating
           the
           Faith
           of
           the
           Gospel
           and
           destroying
           those
           who
           profest
           it
           .
           And
           therefore
           let
           me
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           portion
           and
           Lot
           which
           hath
           befallen
           other
           Nations
           ,
           through
           their
           folly
           in
           admitting
           persons
           of
           a
           
             Papal
             Stamp
          
           to
           Succeed
           
           over
           them
           ,
           should
           instruct
           England
           to
           prevent
           and
           obviate
           his
           ascent
           to
           the
           Throne
           ,
           from
           whom
           we
           may
           justly
           expect
           to
           undergo
           the
           same
           mischiefs
           .
        
         
           Sect.
           3.
           
           For
           thirdly
           ,
           no
           Antecedent
           Promises
           made
           by
           
             Popish
             Princes
          
           on
           their
           Assumption
           to
           Rule
           over
           
             Protestant
             Countries
          
           ,
           have
           been
           any
           security
           to
           those
           who
           relyed
           on
           them
           ,
           or
           any
           confinement
           to
           such
           as
           made
           them
           .
           The
           Examples
           of
           the
           violation
           of
           all
           Faith
           are
           as
           numerous
           ,
           as
           the
           Persons
           who
           have
           been
           admitted
           to
           Sovereignty
           upon
           such
           Stipulations
           .
           Every
           own
           knoweth
           that
           it
           was
           the
           Emperor's
           Transgressing
           against
           the
           promises
           which
           he
           had
           made
           to
           the
           Bohemian's
           concerning
           the
           liberty
           of
           their
           Religion
           ,
           which
           occasioned
           that
           long
           bloody
           and
           fatal
           War.
           And
           as
           thereby
           all
           Europe
           came
           less
           or
           more
           to
           be
           concerned
           and
           entangled
           ;
           So
           by
           the
           ill
           conduct
           of
           some
           ,
           and
           Treachery
           of
           others
           ,
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ,
           after
           the
           shedding
           of
           an
           Ocean
           of
           Blood
           ,
           is
           at
           last
           extirpated
           that
           Kingdom
           .
           Yea
           the
           present
           differences
           in
           Hungary
           between
           the
           Emperour
           and
           that
           People
           ,
           are
           wholly
           to
           be
           resolved
           into
           a
           departure
           from
           the
           Promises
           which
           Ferdinando
           made
           to
           them
           for
           their
           preservation
           in
           the
           enjoyment
           of
           their
           Religion
           ,
           when
           in
           Anno
           1618.
           he
           was
           chosen
           to
           be
           their
           King.
           And
           notwithstanding
           the
           Hungarians
           have
           been
           at
           all
           times
           ready
           to
           submit
           to
           his
           Imperial
           Majesty
           ,
           providing
           their
           Religion
           and
           Legal
           Rights
           might
           according
           to
           the
           first
           Contracts
           and
           Stipulations
           be
           secured
           unto
           them
           ;
           yet
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           all
           his
           necessities
           he
           hath
           chosen
           rather
           to
           venture
           the
           ruine
           both
           of
           the
           Empire
           and
           his
           own
           Hereditary
           Countries
           by
           the
           French
           ,
           than
           fulfil
           the
           Promise
           of
           his
           Ancestors
           or
           comply
           with
           so
           just
           Requests
           .
           Which
           plainly
           shews
           us
           that
           it
           must
           be
           a
           strange
           implacableness
           which
           Papists
           bear
           to
           
           our
           Religion
           ,
           that
           neither
           regard
           to
           Covenants
           nor
           interest
           of
           State
           can
           induce
           them
           to
           moderation
           towards
           such
           as
           profess
           and
           maintain
           it
           :
           But
           what
           need
           we
           to
           consult
           Forreign
           Examples
           ,
           seeing
           our
           own
           
             Queen
             Mary
          
           affords
           us
           a
           remarkable
           instance
           as
           to
           breach
           of
           Faith
           in
           this
           matter
           .
           Who
           as
           she
           was
           the
           only
           Papist
           who
           hath
           weilded
           the
           
             English
             Scepter
          
           since
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           so
           she
           hath
           left
           us
           abundant
           warning
           how
           we
           admit
           others
           of
           that
           Impression
           and
           Stamp
           to
           ascend
           the
           Throne
           ,
           be
           their
           Promises
           before
           hand
           what
           they
           will.
           For
           neither
           the
           finding
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           legally
           established
           ,
           nor
           the
           having
           pledged
           her
           own
           Faith
           for
           the
           Preservation
           of
           it
           according
           to
           the
           Establishment
           ,
           were
           of
           any
           significancy
           to
           keep
           out
           Popery
           ,
           or
           to
           secure
           Protestants
           from
           Fire
           and
           Faggot
           ,
           when
           once
           she
           was
           possessed
           of
           the
           Crown
           .
        
         
           Sect
           4.
           
           And
           therefore
           fourthly
           ,
           Some
           Neighbouring
           Nations
           Professing
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ,
           having
           found
           that
           by
           submitting
           to
           suffer
           a
           Papist
           to
           Reign
           over
           them
           ,
           they
           had
           betrayed
           themselves
           to
           lose
           all
           that
           was
           dear
           unto
           them
           ;
           took
           not
           only
           care
           to
           relieve
           themselves
           from
           the
           Violence
           and
           Treacherous
           Attempts
           of
           their
           Regnant
           Papish
           King
           ;
           but
           made
           Provision
           to
           debar
           all
           of
           
             Roman
             Principles
          
           ,
           from
           being
           capable
           for
           the
           future
           of
           pretending
           to
           the
           Throne
           .
           The
           case
           in
           brief
           stood
           thus
           ,
           Sigismond
           the
           Sweed
           who
           had
           been
           before
           chosen
           King
           of
           Poland
           ,
           was
           as
           next
           Heir
           to
           the
           Deceased
           King
           of
           Sweedland
           admitted
           to
           the
           Throne
           of
           that
           Kingdom
           ,
           but
           upon
           previous
           conditions
           that
           he
           should
           not
           infringe
           their
           Liberty
           as
           to
           Religion
           ,
           nor
           introduce
           Popery
           which
           they
           had
           Banished
           out
           of
           their
           Dominion
           .
           Now
           this
           Prince
           having
           contrary
           to
           all
           Stipulations
           endeavoured
           both
           to
           overthrow
           their
           Religion
           ,
           and
           to
           break
           in
           upon
           their
           Civil
           
           Rights
           ;
           The
           Sweeds
           like
           a
           generous
           People
           that
           would
           expose
           themselves
           to
           all
           hazards
           rather
           than
           give
           up
           their
           legal
           Rights
           ,
           and
           Sacrifice
           their
           Consciences
           to
           the
           Will
           and
           Lust
           of
           their
           Prince
           ,
           commenced
           a
           War
           against
           him
           under
           the
           Conduct
           of
           his
           Uncle
           Charles
           ,
           whom
           they
           chose
           to
           be
           their
           Protector
           .
           In
           which
           War
           being
           at
           last
           Conquerours
           ,
           they
           not
           only
           Deposed
           him
           ,
           but
           made
           a
           Law
           that
           no
           Papist
           should
           at
           any
           time
           after
           be
           trusted
           with
           the
           Scepter
           .
           And
           how
           conduceable
           that
           Law
           hath
           been
           to
           their
           Preservation
           ,
           all
           the
           World
           hath
           observed
           upon
           Queen
           Christina's
           resigning
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           having
           entertained
           a
           purpose
           of
           Renouncing
           her
           Religion
           .
           For
           as
           she
           knew
           that
           she
           could
           not
           declare
           her self
           a
           Papist
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           remain
           their
           Queen
           ;
           so
           they
           had
           too
           sadly
           experienced
           what
           it
           was
           to
           have
           Popery
           and
           Soveraignty
           meet
           in
           one
           Person
           ,
           to
           suffer
           her
           to
           continue
           their
           Soveraign
           if
           she
           once
           abjured
           their
           Religion
           .
           Now
           I
           would
           gladly
           be
           informed
           ,
           why
           the
           Parliament
           of
           England
           may
           not
           as
           well
           exclude
           a
           Papist
           from
           all
           capacity
           of
           mounting
           the
           Throne
           ,
           to
           destroy
           this
           Nation
           and
           the
           Resormed
           Religion
           here
           ,
           as
           the
           States
           and
           People
           of
           Sweedland
           have
           done
           there
           .
           Surely
           it
           is
           much
           better
           to
           be
           instructed
           by
           the
           Prudence
           of
           others
           after
           the
           foretast
           of
           manifold
           mischiefs
           which
           they
           had
           undergone
           ,
           than
           when
           we
           have
           made
           our selves
           through
           folly
           and
           Credulity
           Subjects
           and
           Examples
           of
           misery
           ,
           to
           think
           to
           provide
           for
           our
           own
           safety
           and
           Interest
           ,
           and
           these
           of
           our
           Posterity
           by
           the
           hopes
           of
           an
           aftergaim
           .
        
         
           Sect.
           5.
           
           Fifthly
           supposing
           it
           were
           possible
           at
           an
           other
           juncture
           ▪
           to
           preserve
           our
           Religion
           under
           a
           
             Popi●h
             Prince
          
           ,
           and
           that
           therefore
           it
           were
           not
           altogether
           unreasonable
           to
           admit
           one
           ;
           yet
           at
           this
           Season
           when
           the
           whole
           Papal
           Party
           
           in
           Europe
           have
           Conspired
           to
           extirpate
           Protestancy
           in
           all
           the
           Schem's
           and
           Branches
           of
           it
           ,
           it
           were
           no
           less
           than
           madness
           to
           think
           we
           could
           secure
           our
           Religion
           ,
           were
           the
           Soveraign
           Authority
           over
           these
           Nations
           once
           lodged
           in
           a
           Papal
           hand
           .
           He
           must
           be
           very
           ignorant
           in
           the
           present
           State
           of
           things
           ,
           who
           doth
           not
           know
           that
           there
           is
           a
           Design
           laid
           and
           carried
           on
           for
           the
           enslaving
           all
           Europe
           again
           to
           the
           Tripple
           Crown
           .
           And
           he
           must
           be
           also
           a
           very
           great
           stranger
           in
           the
           Affair's
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           doth
           not
           understand
           how
           far
           this
           Projection
           hath
           already
           succeeded
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           is
           very
           little
           wanting
           to
           the
           full
           accomplishing
           of
           it
           .
           I
           am
           sure
           separate
           but
           once
           England
           from
           a
           hearty
           espousal
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Interest
           ,
           and
           it
           must
           necessarily
           sink
           and
           ,
           without
           a
           Miracle
           ,
           be
           supplanted
           in
           all
           other
           places
           .
           And
           as
           we
           cannot
           imagine
           that
           should
           we
           have
           a
           Popish
           Prince
           in
           England
           ,
           he
           would
           prevent
           the
           ruine
           of
           a
           Religion
           elsewhere
           which
           himself
           hath
           renounced
           ;
           so
           we
           can
           as
           little
           think
           that
           he
           would
           support
           a
           Religion
           at
           home
           ,
           that
           is
           both
           opposite
           to
           his
           own
           ,
           and
           which
           had
           lost
           it's
           footing
           every
           where
           else
           .
           So
           that
           as
           matters
           stand
           ,
           we
           should
           by
           admitting
           a
           Popish
           Prince
           to
           Succeed
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           not
           only
           lose
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           from
           our selves
           and
           our
           posterity
           ,
           but
           through
           abandoning
           of
           that
           profession
           abroad
           ,
           we
           should
           be
           a
           means
           of
           making
           all
           the
           World
           Vassals
           again
           to
           the
           Romish
           Yoke
           .
           And
           hence
           it
           is
           that
           the
           Eyes
           and
           Hopes
           of
           all
           protestants
           are
           upon
           the
           present
           parliament
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           Councels
           of
           this
           great
           Assembly
           ,
           they
           are
           ready
           to
           date
           their
           Happiness
           or
           Misery
           .
           How
           much
           they
           judge
           their
           whole
           interest
           and
           concernments
           to
           be
           wrapt
           up
           in
           our
           Consultations
           and
           Resolves
           ,
           is
           evident
           from
           this
           ,
           that
           since
           the
           meeting
           of
           this
           Assembly
           ,
           they
           have
           in
           several
           
             Protestant
             Countries
          
           and
           Provinces
           abroad
           ,
           observed
           Selemn
           
           days
           of
           Fasting
           and
           Prayer
           ,
           to
           beg
           a
           blessing
           from
           the
           Lord
           upon
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           may
           be
           a
           happy
           correspondence
           between
           the
           King
           and
           his
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           Sect.
           6.
           
           Sixthly
           ,
           should
           it
           be
           allowed
           as
           a
           thing
           (
           at
           least
           )
           credible
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           some
           persons
           in
           the
           Papal
           Communion
           ,
           who
           should
           they
           ascend
           the
           English
           Throne
           ,
           we
           might
           nevertheless
           deposite
           with
           them
           and
           consign
           into
           their
           hands
           the
           preserving
           of
           our
           Laws
           and
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ;
           yet
           we
           have
           little
           Reafon
           to
           believe
           James
           Duke
           of
           York
           to
           be
           a
           person
           of
           that
           temper
           and
           moderation
           ,
           that
           we
           ought
           in
           a
           matter
           of
           this
           consequence
           and
           importance
           to
           rely
           upon
           him
           .
           For
           though
           I
           could
           venture
           far
           upon
           the
           Moral
           Principles
           and
           good
           Nature
           of
           such
           a
           one
           as
           Maximilian
           was
           ;
           yet
           I
           would
           be
           loth
           to
           abandon
           my
           life
           ,
           fortune
           ,
           and
           the
           liberty
           of
           my
           Worshipping
           God
           to
           such
           as
           Charles
           the
           Ninth
           of
           France
           ,
           or
           Philip
           the
           Second
           of
           Spain
           were
           .
           And
           if
           I
           mistake
           not
           ,
           the
           experience
           we
           have
           had
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           York
           while
           only
           in
           a
           remote
           prospect
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           may
           perfectly
           instruct
           us
           what
           we
           are
           to
           expect
           from
           him
           were
           he
           once
           possest
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           vested
           with
           the
           Purple
           Robe
           .
           He
           that
           while
           subject
           to
           the
           Law
           hath
           so
           industrioufly
           pursued
           the
           subversion
           of
           Protestancy
           ,
           which
           is
           established
           and
           fenced
           by
           it
           ;
           what
           would
           he
           not
           do
           ?
           were
           he
           once
           so
           stated
           ,
           as
           that
           according
           to
           a
           fundamental
           Maxim
           of
           our
           Law
           ,
           he
           could
           do
           no
           wrong
           .
           If
           you
           take
           a
           view
           of
           his
           private
           Friends
           ,
           during
           his
           being
           in
           the
           rank
           of
           a
           Subject
           ,
           you
           may
           eafily
           guess
           what
           his
           publick
           Ministers
           would
           be
           ,
           were
           he
           once
           arrived
           to
           the
           Quality
           of
           a
           King.
           There
           are
           few
           men
           of
           any
           Observation
           about
           the
           Town
           ,
           but
           they
           have
           taken
           notice
           that
           both
           his
           Court
           at
           St.
           
           James's
           ,
           and
           his
           Train
           in
           the
           Park
           used
           
           mostly
           to
           cousist
           of
           those
           who
           had
           formerly
           washen
           their
           hands
           in
           the
           blood
           of
           Protestants
           ,
           or
           who
           are
           the
           genuine
           Off-spring
           of
           those
           that
           did
           .
           And
           how
           far
           we
           have
           reason
           to
           suppose
           he
           would
           be
           from
           overthrowing
           our
           Religion
           ,
           and
           trampling
           upon
           our
           Laws
           ,
           were
           his
           Temples
           once
           encircled
           with
           our
           Imperial
           Crown
           ,
           we
           may
           in
           some
           degree
           learn
           from
           the
           arbitrary
           Counsels
           which
           he
           hath
           been
           observed
           to
           give
           ,
           and
           the
           Plots
           against
           our
           Religion
           which
           he
           hath
           influenced
           ,
           and
           (
           to
           speak
           modestly
           )
           hath
           given
           countenance
           unto
           .
        
         
           Sect.
           7.
           
           Seventhly
           ,
           The
           Nation
           hath
           already
           so
           much
           provok'd
           him
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           not
           be
           hereafter
           safe
           to
           advance
           him
           to
           a
           condition
           ,
           and
           trust
           him
           with
           a
           power
           ,
           whereby
           he
           may
           be
           enabled
           to
           revenge
           himself
           .
           The
           very
           endeavours
           of
           this
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           the
           last
           ,
           to
           disable
           him
           from
           inheriting
           the
           Imperial
           Crown
           ,
           will
           be
           judged
           expiable
           by
           no
           less
           than
           the
           blood
           of
           those
           worthy
           Patriots
           who
           acquitted
           themselves
           so
           well
           in
           those
           two
           Houses
           .
           And
           therefore
           as
           they
           have
           engaged
           themselves
           beyond
           any
           possibility
           of
           a
           safe
           retreat
           ,
           it
           were
           a
           base
           thing
           in
           those
           whom
           they
           represent
           ,
           and
           whose
           welfare
           in
           all
           this
           they
           have
           been
           consulting
           ,
           to
           abandon
           them
           to
           the
           revenge
           of
           an
           enraged
           and
           implacable
           Prince
           .
           It
           had
           argued
           great
           simplicity
           to
           have
           trusted
           him
           with
           the
           Government
           at
           any
           time
           since
           we
           had
           the
           first
           opportunity
           to
           know
           him
           ,
           seeing
           a
           secret
           aversation
           for
           the
           English
           People
           hath
           betrayed
           it self
           in
           his
           whole
           carriage
           ever
           since
           his
           Majesties
           Return
           :
           but
           we
           should
           proclaim
           our selves
           perfectly
           frantick
           ,
           after
           we
           have
           expressed
           our
           Resentments
           for
           his
           ill
           behaviour
           towards
           our
           Laws
           and
           Religion
           ,
           and
           thereby
           have
           more
           exasperated
           him
           ,
           if
           we
           should
           trust
           our
           lives
           ,
           fortunes
           ,
           and
           consciences
           under
           
           his
           power
           ,
           and
           leave
           them
           to
           his
           mercy
           and
           discretion
           If
           a
           gracious
           King
           ,
           who
           could
           both
           command
           him
           and
           and
           call
           him
           to
           an
           account
           ,
           hath
           hardly
           been
           able
           from
           time
           to
           time
           to
           restrain
           his
           fury
           ,
           what
           can
           be
           able
           to
           bridle
           him
           wh●n
           he
           hath
           all
           under
           his
           power
           ,
           and
           hath
           no
           man
           to
           controll
           him
           .
           Besides
           ,
           how
           many
           English
           Protestants
           must
           be
           offered
           up
           ,
           to
           attone
           for
           the
           deaths
           of
           the
           late
           Tyburn
           Martyrs
           ?
           The
           blood
           of
           thousands
           will
           be
           accounted
           too
           little
           ,
           to
           appease
           the
           angry
           Ghosts
           of
           those
           who
           have
           suffered
           by
           reason
           of
           this
           meritorious
           Plot.
           
        
         
           Sect.
           8.
           
           Eighthly
           ,
           It
           were
           ridiculous
           to
           entertain
           any
           thoughts
           of
           discouraging
           the
           Papists
           from
           prosecuting
           their
           Conspiracies
           ,
           while
           we
           leave
           them
           any
           hopes
           or
           expectations
           of
           the
           
           Duke's
           succeeding
           to
           the
           Government
           .
           For
           as
           so
           many
           of
           all
           qualities
           and
           conditions
           would
           never
           have
           embarkt
           in
           designs
           so
           hazardous
           to
           themselves
           and
           their
           posterity
           ,
           unless
           they
           had
           been
           encouraged
           and
           supported
           by
           the
           hopes
           of
           the
           
           Duke's
           being
           the
           presumptive
           Heir
           ;
           so
           they
           will
           never
           desist
           from
           pursuing
           the
           Plot
           wherein
           they
           are
           engaged
           for
           the
           enslaving
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           the
           final
           subjugating
           the
           
             Norrhern
             Heresie
          
           ,
           while
           there
           is
           any
           probability
           left
           them
           of
           his
           coming
           to
           the
           Throne
           .
           So
           long
           as
           they
           enjoy
           the
           least
           hope
           that
           it
           is
           possible
           for
           the
           Duke
           of
           York
           to
           succeed
           unto
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           instead
           of
           being
           disheartned
           from
           following
           their
           trayterous
           undertakings
           ,
           they
           will
           be
           animated
           to
           accelerate
           their
           Villanies
           ,
           especially
           that
           of
           destroying
           the
           King.
           You
           may
           find
           that
           through
           the
           interruption
           of
           this
           affair
           ,
           during
           the
           late
           interval
           between
           this
           and
           the
           last
           Parliament
           ,
           how
           that
           instead
           of
           being
           dismaid
           by
           the
           detection
           of
           their
           Crimes
           ,
           they
           
           have
           been
           enflam'd
           to
           carry
           on
           their
           Plots
           with
           more
           Zeal
           and
           Vigour
           than
           ever
           .
           Moreover
           as
           the
           disabling
           the
           Duke
           to
           Inherit
           the
           
             Imperial
             Crown
          
           of
           this
           Realm
           ,
           is
           the
           only
           rational
           medium
           to
           hinder
           the
           continuation
           and
           pursuit
           of
           the
           Plot
           ,
           so
           it
           will
           be
           the
           most
           effectual
           inducement
           to
           prevail
           with
           Persons
           to
           come
           in
           and
           make
           a
           further
           detection
           of
           it
           .
           For
           can
           we
           reasonably
           conceive
           that
           they
           who
           have
           cooperate
           in
           it
           ,
           should
           venture
           by
           discovering
           to
           save
           us
           ;
           when
           they
           must
           needs
           know
           that
           their
           reward
           may
           in
           a
           short
           time
           ,
           amount
           to
           their
           being
           hanged
           themselves
           for
           their
           Service
           ,
           'T
           is
           indeed
           a
           wonder
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           prospect
           of
           Death
           ,
           and
           Torment
           which
           such
           persons
           must
           necessarily
           foresee
           themselves
           adjudged
           unto
           ,
           should
           a
           Papist
           once
           mount
           the
           Throne
           ,
           how
           so
           many
           have
           already
           exposed
           themselves
           to
           lay
           open
           this
           Conspiracy
           against
           our
           Religion
           and
           Government
           .
           Whereas
           were
           the
           Duke
           made
           once
           uncapable
           of
           arriving
           at
           the
           Soveraignty
           over
           this
           Nation
           ,
           there
           are
           many
           more
           who
           seeing
           themselves
           put
           into
           a
           condition
           of
           safety
           for
           the
           future
           as
           well
           as
           for
           the
           present
           ,
           would
           undoubtedly
           without
           the
           prospect
           of
           any
           reward
           ,
           offer
           themselves
           to
           be
           Instruments
           of
           further
           detecting
           ,
           and
           thereby
           disappointing
           this
           whole
           Hellish
           Conspiracy
           .
        
         
           Sect.
           9.
           
           Ninthly
           ,
           There
           is
           nothing
           in
           this
           Bill
           of
           Exclusion
           ,
           but
           what
           is
           consonant
           unto
           ,
           and
           justified
           by
           that
           which
           is
           the
           Supream
           and
           Ultimate
           end
           of
           all
           Government
           ,
           For
           no
           Government
           was
           either
           designed
           by
           God
           ,
           or
           ever
           erected
           by
           Men
           ,
           but
           in
           order
           to
           self-preservation
           .
           All
           Humane
           Laws
           whether
           they
           relate
           to
           the
           kinds
           of
           Government
           ,
           or
           the
           ways
           in
           which
           persons
           shall
           Succeed
           unto
           it
           ,
           they
           suppose
           an
           Antecedent
           Right
           in
           Men
           of
           protecting
           their
           Lives
           and
           Liberties
           ,
           and
           preserving
           
           to
           themselves
           a
           freedom
           of
           judging
           how
           they
           ought
           to
           serve
           and
           worship
           their
           Creator
           and
           Maker
           ;
           and
           the
           design
           of
           all
           Humane
           Laws
           is
           to
           secure
           those
           Antecedent
           and
           Natural
           Rights
           .
           No
           persons
           ever
           Congregated
           or
           Coalesc'd
           into
           Societies
           ,
           but
           with
           an
           intent
           to
           live
           more
           safely
           and
           better
           ,
           than
           if
           they
           should
           continue
           separated
           and
           alone
           .
           Nor
           did
           ever
           any
           condescend
           on
           this
           or
           that
           mode
           and
           form
           of
           Government
           ,
           but
           with
           a
           prospect
           and
           upon
           a
           supposal
           ,
           that
           the
           Priviledges
           ,
           Rights
           and
           Liberties
           of
           Men
           should
           be
           preserved
           unto
           them
           .
           And
           therefore
           as
           all
           Government
           is
           founded
           in
           Trust
           and
           setled
           in
           such
           a
           person
           or
           limitted
           to
           such
           a
           Family
           ,
           for
           the
           safety
           and
           advantage
           of
           the
           people
           as
           well
           as
           of
           the
           Ruler
           ;
           so
           there
           can
           be
           supposed
           no
           primitive
           Agreements
           in
           reference
           to
           such
           and
           such
           links
           of
           Succession
           ,
           where
           the
           ruine
           of
           the
           people
           is
           unavoidable
           without
           a
           break
           in
           the
           Chain
           .
           If
           an
           Ideot
           may
           be
           justly
           put
           by
           from
           Succeeding
           in
           the
           Royal
           line
           ,
           because
           he
           is
           uncapable
           of
           understanding
           the
           interest
           of
           his
           people
           ,
           or
           protecting
           them
           in
           their
           Rights
           ;
           much
           more
           may
           one
           who
           hath
           designed
           and
           resolved
           to
           destroy
           them
           ,
           and
           overthrow
           every
           thing
           for
           which
           Kingship
           was
           both
           erected
           and
           submitted
           unto
           ;
           be
           debarred
           all
           Plea
           and
           Title
           to
           inherit
           .
           For
           to
           what
           purpose
           serve
           Laws
           betwixt
           King
           and
           People
           ,
           but
           to
           instruct
           us
           not
           only
           concerning
           the
           Fealty
           and
           Obedience
           which
           we
           are
           to
           pay
           to
           our
           Prince
           ,
           but
           what
           we
           may
           claim
           and
           expect
           from
           him
           that
           is
           to
           be
           advanced
           to
           that
           Grandure
           and
           Dignity
           ,
           Yea
           were
           there
           any
           Laws
           for
           the
           Establishment
           of
           a
           Mortal
           Enemy
           over
           us
           ,
           on
           this
           alone
           supposal
           that
           he
           were
           of
           next
           affinity
           to
           the
           foregoing
           and
           lawful
           Prince
           ,
           such
           Laws
           were
           revocable
           and
           ought
           to
           be
           repealed
           as
           inconsistent
           with
           the
           safety
           and
           happiness
           of
           Subjects
           .
           For
           though
           our
           Ancestors
           might
           
           restrain
           and
           limit
           us
           in
           the
           usage
           of
           those
           things
           which
           we
           derive
           from
           them
           ;
           yet
           they
           could
           not
           restrain
           and
           limit
           us
           in
           such
           things
           which
           we
           have
           a
           right
           unto
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           Nature
           .
           That
           is
           (
           and
           blessed
           be
           God
           they
           never
           attempted
           it
           )
           they
           could
           not
           deprive
           us
           of
           ,
           nor
           abdicate
           from
           us
           ,
           a
           right
           to
           protect
           and
           defend
           our selves
           from
           our
           declared
           Adversary
           .
           So
           that
           if
           the
           people
           of
           England
           be
           but
           acknowledged
           to
           have
           a
           right
           to
           preserve
           their
           Lives
           ,
           maintain
           their
           Proprieties
           ,
           or
           secure
           their
           Religion
           ;
           it
           is
           lawful
           for
           them
           to
           disable
           the
           Duke
           of
           York
           to
           Inherit
           the
           
             Imperial
             Crown
          
           of
           this
           Realm
           ,
           as
           having
           already
           not
           only
           rendred
           himself
           unsafe
           to
           the
           Nation
           in
           all
           these
           ,
           but
           Proclamed
           by
           his
           Actions
           that
           he
           is
           an
           open
           Enemy
           to
           every
           one
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           Sect.
           10.
           
           Tenthly
           ;
           It
           is
           remarkable
           that
           there
           was
           never
           a
           conveyance
           of
           the
           Crown
           of
           England
           to
           any
           person
           ,
           but
           upon
           the
           tacite
           concurrance
           and
           with
           the
           virtual
           or
           implicite
           consent
           of
           the
           people
           .
           And
           indeed
           though
           a
           people
           may
           be
           made
           Slaves
           without
           their
           Consent
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           impossible
           that
           they
           should
           be
           free
           Subjects
           but
           with
           it
           .
           And
           therefore
           anciently
           before
           any
           King
           of
           England
           was
           actually
           Crowned
           ,
           the
           people
           ,
           being
           first
           acquainted
           with
           the
           day
           appointed
           for
           that
           Solemnity
           ,
           were
           three
           several
           times
           publickly
           ask'd
           ,
           whether
           they
           would
           have
           such
           a
           person
           to
           Rule
           over
           them
           .
           And
           till
           the
           consent
           of
           the
           people
           was
           thus
           obtained
           and
           declared
           ,
           they
           who
           held
           in
           Fee
           of
           the
           King
           together
           with
           the
           Nobility
           ,
           were
           not
           obliged
           ,
           neither
           were
           they
           called
           to
           do
           Homage
           to
           him
           .
           And
           though
           these
           kind
           of
           Tenures
           be
           since
           abolished
           by
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           yet
           it
           plainly
           shews
           that
           heretofore
           the
           Nation
           had
           a
           great
           interest
           in
           recognizing
           the
           Right
           of
           their
           King.
           Now
           the
           people
           
           of
           England
           are
           no
           where
           so
           Universally
           present
           ,
           as
           when
           Represented
           in
           Parliament
           by
           those
           whom
           they
           have
           chosen
           and
           delegated
           to
           act
           in
           their
           Places
           and
           Names
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           for
           their
           interests
           .
           And
           therefore
           what
           is
           the
           Language
           of
           the
           
             House
             of
             Commons
          
           ,
           1s
           the
           unanimous
           Voice
           of
           all
           the
           People
           of
           England
           .
           Yea
           were
           the
           several
           Individuals
           of
           the
           Nation
           to
           be
           demanded
           their
           Opinion
           ,
           they
           would
           harmoniously
           resound
           the
           Vote
           of
           that
           House
           ,
           namely
           that
           they
           will
           not
           have
           
             James
             Duke
          
           of
           York
           to
           
             Reign
             over
             them
          
           ,
        
         
           Sect.
           11.
           
           Eleventhly
           ,
           The
           Parliament
           of
           England
           have
           from
           time
           to
           time
           so
           disposed
           of
           the
           
             Crown
             of
             this
             R●alm
          
           ,
           as
           both
           to
           settle
           and
           limite
           the
           Succession
           in
           referrence
           to
           the
           
             English
             Throne
          
           .
           It
           was
           a
           Parliament
           that
           Deposed
           Richard
           the
           2d
           ,
           and
           chose
           Henry
           the
           4th
           .
           to
           
             Reign
             in
             his
             stead
          
           .
           It
           was
           a
           Parliament
           which
           limitted
           the
           Crown
           to
           Henry
           the
           6th
           .
           only
           for
           his
           Life
           with
           an
           exclusion
           of
           his
           Posterity
           from
           all
           Title
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           setled
           the
           Succession
           upon
           
             Richard
             Duke
             of
             York
          
           .
           And
           it
           is
           observable
           that
           they
           who
           afterwards
           took
           part
           with
           the
           said
           Henry
           the
           6th
           .
           and
           fought
           by
           his
           Authority
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           under
           his
           Banner
           at
           the
           Battel
           of
           Wakefield
           ,
           where
           
             Richard
             Duke
          
           of
           York
           was
           killed
           ;
           were
           in
           the
           1st
           .
           of
           Edward
           the
           4th
           .
           attainted
           of
           Treason
           because
           they
           fought
           against
           and
           slew
           a
           person
           who
           was
           by
           
             Act
             of
             Parliament
          
           declared
           Heir
           after
           Henry
           to
           the
           Crown
           .
           It
           was
           a
           Parliament
           who
           chose
           and
           advanced
           Richard
           the
           3d
           ;
           though
           Edward
           the
           4th
           had
           not
           only
           left
           behind
           him
           a
           Brothers
           Son
           whose
           Title
           was
           Prior
           to
           Richards
           ,
           but
           two
           Sons
           of
           his
           own
           .
           It
           was
           the
           Parliament
           that
           entailed
           the
           Crown
           in
           Henry
           the
           4ths
           time
           ;
           and
           setled
           the
           Inheritance
           of
           the
           Realms
           of
           England
           and
           France
           ,
           &c.
           
           Upon
           his
           Sons
           by
           
           Name
           ,
           and
           upon
           all
           of
           them
           successively
           ,
           in
           case
           He
           or
           They
           upon
           whom
           the
           settlement
           was
           first
           made
           ,
           should
           die
           without
           Heirs
           ?
           Yea
           our
           Parliaments
           during
           the
           Reign
           of
           Henry
           the
           8th
           .
           made
           a
           threesold
           Settlement
           and
           Entail
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           and
           that
           with
           such
           various
           Limitations
           and
           Provisions
           ,
           as
           they
           thought
           the
           interest
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           conducted
           them
           unto
           .
           These
           three
           Entails
           were
           made
           and
           enacted
           the
           25th
           of
           Henry
           the
           8th
           the
           28th
           of
           Henry
           the
           8th
           .
           and
           the
           35th
           of
           Henry
           the
           8th
           .
           But
           to
           omit
           more
           Instances
           ,
           it
           was
           the
           Parliament
           that
           having
           by
           Statute
           Recognised
           
             Queen
             Elizabeths
          
           Title
           to
           the
           Crown
           in
           the
           first
           Year
           of
           her
           Reign
           ,
           afterwards
           Entailed
           it
           upon
           her
           and
           the
           Heirs
           of
           her
           Body
           in
           case
           she
           should
           come
           to
           have
           any
           ,
           in
           the
           13
           of
           her
           Raign
           .
           Now
           it
           is
           very
           remarkable
           that
           in
           diverse
           of
           these
           Entailes
           and
           Settlements
           ,
           our
           Parliaments
           proceeded
           without
           any
           regard
           to
           Legitimacy
           ,
           their
           sole
           will
           and
           pleasure
           ,
           under
           the
           Influence
           which
           the
           interest
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           had
           upon
           them
           ,
           being
           both
           the
           best
           motive
           into
           which
           we
           can
           resolve
           diverse
           of
           those
           Settlements
           ,
           and
           the
           only
           Standard
           according
           to
           which
           we
           must
           account
           for
           the
           Limitations
           contained
           in
           some
           of
           those
           Entails
           .
           And
           can
           we
           be
           so
           silly
           as
           to
           believe
           that
           the
           most
           Magnanimous
           and
           Victorious
           Princes
           that
           ever
           Reigned
           over
           this
           Nation
           ,
           would
           have
           suffered
           Parliaments
           to
           interpose
           about
           the
           Succession
           and
           meddle
           in
           the
           disposal
           of
           it
           ,
           if
           it
           had
           not
           appertained
           unto
           them
           by
           the
           constitution
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           and
           the
           ancient
           Usages
           thereof
           .
           Surely
           bequeathment
           of
           the
           Inheritance
           of
           the
           Crown
           by
           the
           Regnant
           Prince
           ,
           would
           have
           better
           become
           the
           Prerogative
           of
           our
           Kings
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           not
           believed
           that
           it
           belonged
           to
           the
           Parliament
           in
           conjunction
           and
           Cooperation
           with
           their
           Kings
           to
           dispose
           and
           to
           settle
           that
           matter
           .
        
         
         
           Sect.
           12.
           
           Twelfthly
           ,
           Nor
           hath
           the
           supreme
           Court
           of
           Parliament
           in
           their
           interposure
           about
           the
           disposal
           of
           the
           Crown
           of
           this
           Realm
           ,
           confined
           themselves
           to
           nearness
           and
           proximity
           of
           Blood
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           had
           been
           to
           descend
           without
           interruption
           ,
           or
           be
           conveyed
           to
           the
           next
           in
           the
           Royal
           Line
           .
           And
           therefore
           whosoever
           consults
           our
           Laws
           and
           Histories
           ,
           they
           will
           find
           that
           our
           Parliaments
           in
           their
           choice
           and
           designation
           of
           Princes
           to
           ascend
           the
           Throne
           ,
           have
           often
           diverted
           from
           the
           next
           of
           Kin
           ,
           and
           regulated
           themselves
           in
           their
           Election
           and
           Appointments
           by
           the
           alone
           Measures
           of
           Publick
           Good
           ,
           and
           the
           safety
           and
           happiness
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           And
           to
           begin
           with
           William
           the
           Conquerour
           ,
           that
           Norman
           Prince
           had
           no
           right
           but
           from
           the
           Peoples
           Election
           of
           him
           .
           For
           whereas
           he
           pretended
           to
           derive
           a
           Title
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           England
           ,
           from
           the
           Will
           and
           Testament
           of
           Edward
           the
           Confessor
           ,
           that
           very
           Edward
           had
           no
           hereditary
           right
           himself
           .
           However
           by
           the
           peoples
           advancing
           William
           the
           Norman
           to
           the
           Throne
           of
           this
           Realm
           ,
           
             Edgar
             Etheling
          
           the
           nearest
           Prince
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           if
           respect
           had
           been
           shewn
           to
           Blood
           ,
           was
           excluded
           and
           shut
           out
           .
           And
           no
           sooner
           was
           William
           the
           Conquerour
           dead
           ,
           but
           
             William
             Rufus
          
           was
           preferred
           before
           Robert
           ,
           who
           being
           his
           eldest
           Brother
           would
           otherwise
           have
           had
           the
           better
           right
           .
           Yea
           upon
           the
           decease
           of
           
             Rufus
             ,
             Robert
          
           was
           again
           put
           by
           (
           though
           upon
           an
           Agreement
           between
           them
           two
           he
           had
           been
           promised
           the
           Crown
           in
           Reversion
           after
           him
           )
           and
           Henry
           the
           First
           was
           advanced
           in
           his
           room
           .
           And
           if
           we
           proceed
           a
           little
           farther
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           that
           King
           John
           was
           advanced
           before
           his
           eldest
           Brothers
           Son
           ,
           who
           must
           needs
           have
           had
           the
           best
           right
           ,
           if
           nearness
           of
           Blood
           had
           obtained
           and
           taken
           place
           .
           And
           to
           pass
           by
           other
           Examples
           ,
           it
           is
           easie
           to
           determine
           
           whether
           any
           regard
           was
           had
           to
           the
           next
           of
           Kin
           ,
           when
           Richard
           the
           Third
           was
           preferred
           before
           the
           two
           Sons
           of
           Edward
           the
           Fourth
           .
        
         
           Sect.
           13.
           
           Lastly
           ,
           The
           Bill
           depending
           before
           the
           Parliament
           about
           disabling
           the
           Duke
           of
           York
           to
           inherit
           the
           Imperial
           Crown
           of
           England
           ,
           is
           not
           introductive
           of
           a
           new
           Law
           ,
           but
           corroborative
           and
           explanatory
           of
           those
           which
           we
           have
           already
           .
           And
           indeed
           all
           the
           Laws
           which
           we
           are
           provided
           of
           against
           Popery
           ,
           are
           not
           only
           weak
           fenses
           to
           withstand
           the
           irruption
           of
           it
           ;
           but
           in
           themselves
           null
           and
           void
           ,
           unless
           we
           admit
           that
           there
           is
           this
           intended
           in
           them
           ,
           that
           no
           Popish
           Prince
           shall
           ever
           be
           allowed
           to
           Reign
           in
           England
           .
           And
           this
           being
           of
           some
           consequence
           to
           be
           known
           ,
           I
           shall
           therefore
           insist
           somewhat
           the
           more
           largely
           upon
           it
           .
           Every
           one
           knows
           that
           there
           is
           a
           vast
           difference
           between
           a
           persons
           right
           to
           an
           Estate
           ,
           and
           persons
           remote
           Title
           only
           to
           Govern.
           For
           an
           Estate
           is
           a
           mans
           Property
           ,
           whereas
           the
           advancing
           one
           to
           Rule
           over
           a
           Nation
           ,
           is
           but
           the
           recognizing
           of
           a
           Right
           originally
           inclusive
           of
           a
           Trust
           .
           And
           therefore
           if
           our
           Laws
           have
           made
           Papists
           to
           forfeit
           their
           Estates
           ,
           or
           any
           part
           of
           them
           ,
           for
           meer
           Recusancy
           :
           We
           may
           very
           rationally
           suppose
           that
           they
           intended
           that
           every
           Popish
           Recusant
           should
           forfeit
           and
           be
           incapable
           of
           all
           Regal
           Authority
           ,
           seeing
           that
           is
           but
           a
           Trust
           limited
           to
           such
           a
           Family
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           preserving
           us
           in
           our
           due
           Rights
           .
           Now
           that
           our
           Laws
           have
           made
           Papists
           liable
           to
           
             forfeit
             all
             their
             Goods
             and
             two
             Thirds
             of
             their
             real
             Estates
             ,
          
           notwithstanding
           
             all
             Title
             either
             by
             Birthright
             or
             Purchase
             which
             they
             may
             have
             in
             them
             ,
          
           is
           evident
           and
           beyond
           all
           contradiction
           to
           whosoever
           reads
           the
           Statute
           of
           the
           29.
           of
           
             Eliz.
             cap.
          
           6.
           and
           the
           Statute
           of
           the
           3.
           of
           
             James
             ,
             cap.
          
           4.
           
           
           Besides
           our
           Laws
           provide
           
             that
             no
             Recusant
             Convict
             shall
             be
             a
             publick
             Officer
             ,
             or
             shall
             exercise
             any
             publick
             Office
             or
             Charge
             in
             the
             Commonwealth
             ,
          
           but
           that
           
             every
             Recusant
             shall
             be
             utterly
             disabled
             to
             exercise
             the
             same
             by
             himself
             or
             by
             his
             Deputy
             .
             Sat.
          
           3.
           of
           
             Jam.
             cap.
          
           4.
           
           Yea
           
             that
             they
             shall
             be
             disabled
             in
             Law
             to
             receive
             ,
             take
             ,
             or
             have
             any
             Office
             ,
             Ministry
             ,
             or
             Service
             in
             this
             Realm
             .
             Stat.
          
           1.
           of
           Eliz.
           cap.
           1.
           
           And
           can
           it
           after
           all
           this
           be
           thought
           ,
           that
           they
           who
           Enacted
           those
           Laws
           ,
           intended
           that
           it
           should
           be
           lawful
           for
           a
           Popish
           Prince
           to
           ascend
           the
           Throne
           ,
           and
           be
           trusted
           with
           the
           exercise
           of
           Soveraign
           Rule
           over
           us
           ?
        
         
           Moreover
           our
           Laws
           have
           ordained
           and
           declared
           ,
           That
           
             every
             Papist
             who
             is
             convicted
             ,
             shall
             be
             disabled
             to
             be
             an
             Executor
             ,
             Administrator
             ,
             or
             to
             have
             the
             Custody
             of
             any
             Child
             ,
             as
             Guardian
             ,
             and
             that
             if
             any
             Wards
             be
             granted
             to
             such
             ,
             they
             shall
             be
             utterly
             void
             ,
             and
             of
             none
             effect
             .
             Stat.
          
           3.
           of
           
             James
             cap.
          
           4.
           
           And
           can
           we
           then
           suppose
           ,
           that
           they
           who
           enacted
           that
           Law
           ,
           ever
           thought
           ,
           or
           intended
           that
           a
           Papist
           should
           be
           capable
           of
           having
           the
           Guardianship
           of
           the
           whole
           Nation
           .
           Our
           Parliaments
           have
           provided
           both
           by
           a
           Statute
           of
           the
           13.
           
           
             Eliz.
             cap.
          
           2.
           and
           by
           one
           of
           the
           23.
           of
           
             Eliz
             ,
             cap.
          
           1.
           and
           by
           another
           of
           the
           3.
           of
           
             James
             cap.
          
           4.
           
           That
           
             it
             shall
             be
             Treason
             to
             be
             reconciled
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             .
          
           Now
           as
           those
           Laws
           are
           wholly
           insignificant
           ,
           as
           to
           ends
           for
           which
           they
           were
           made
           ,
           if
           a
           Papist
           be
           left
           still
           capable
           of
           inheriting
           the
           Crown
           ;
           so
           I
           cannot
           therefore
           but
           think
           ,
           that
           they
           do
           in
           effect
           exclude
           all
           such
           who
           suffer
           themselves
           to
           be
           seduced
           to
           Popery
           ,
           and
           who
           thereupon
           are
           brought
           to
           acknowledge
           a
           forraign
           Jurisdiction
           ,
           from
           all
           Right
           ,
           Claim
           and
           Title
           to
           the
           Throne
           of
           this
           Realm
           .
           I●
           is
           also
           provided
           by
           a
           Statute
           of
           the
           5.
           of
           
             Eliz.
             cap.
          
           1.
           
           
             That
             it
             shall
             be
             Treason
             ,
             by
             Deed
             ,
             or
             Act
             ,
          
           &c.
           
             to
             hold
             ,
             or
             stand
             with
             ,
             extoll
             ,
             maintain
             ,
             or
          
           
           
             defend
             the
             Authority
             ,
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             or
             Power
             of
             the
             Bishop
             of
          
           Rome
           ,
           
             or
             his
             See.
          
           Now
           what
           doth
           this
           Law
           amount
           unto
           ,
           or
           of
           what
           use
           is
           it
           to
           the
           preserving
           the
           established
           Religion
           ?
           If
           he
           that
           both
           doth
           all
           this
           ,
           and
           also
           glories
           in
           it
           ,
           be
           held
           still
           capable
           of
           mounting
           the
           Throne
           .
        
         
           Again
           the
           Statute
           of
           the
           3d
           of
           James
           which
           appointeth
           and
           injoyneth
           the
           
             Oath
             of
             Allegience
          
           ,
           doth
           in
           reality
           and
           in
           the
           drift
           and
           Scope
           of
           it
           ,
           debar
           a
           Papist
           from
           being
           admitted
           to
           Reign
           in
           England
           .
           For
           as
           the
           Design
           of
           that
           Oath
           was
           to
           extirpate
           Popery
           ,
           so
           that
           is
           impossible
           to
           be
           compassed
           ,
           should
           we
           be
           liable
           to
           admit
           a
           
             Popish
             Successor
          
           .
           Nor
           can
           there
           be
           any
           thing
           more
           silly
           and
           ridiculous
           to
           be
           required
           of
           us
           ,
           than
           that
           we
           should
           swear
           Allegiance
           to
           a
           Papist
           in
           opposition
           to
           Popery
           .
           And
           not
           to
           pursue
           this
           point
           any
           further
           ,
           the
           Statute
           of
           the
           1
           of
           Eliz.
           Concerning
           the
           
             Oath
             of
             Supremacy
          
           ,
           can
           no
           ways
           be
           adiusted
           to
           Principles
           of
           Reason
           and
           Wisdom
           ,
           if
           notwithstanding
           any
           thing
           contained
           in
           that
           Law
           ,
           a
           Popish
           Recusant
           remains
           in
           a
           condition
           to
           inherit
           the
           Imperial
           Crown
           of
           this
           Realm
           ,
           In
           a
           word
           that
           and
           all
           other
           Statutes
           made
           against
           Popery
           ,
           serve
           only
           to
           reduce
           us
           into
           a
           worse
           condition
           than
           ever
           we
           were
           ,
           if
           this
           do
           not
           run
           thorough
           and
           enliven
           them
           with
           sense
           as
           well
           as
           vertue
           ,
           namely
           that
           no
           Papist
           can
           have
           right
           ,
           or
           is
           ever
           to
           be
           suffered
           to
           Reign
           over
           this
           Nation
           .
        
         
           SIR
           ,
           You
           see
           with
           what
           Freedom
           ,
           I
           have
           represened
           my
           thoughts
           unto
           you
           in
           relation
           to
           the
           
             Bill
             for
             Disabling
          
           James
           
             Duke
             of
          
           YORK
           ,
           
             to
             Inherit
             the
             imperial
             Crown
             of
             this
             Realm
             .
          
           And
           indeed
           it
           is
           a
           Bill
           of
           vast
           importance
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           our selves
           and
           posterity
           ,
           but
           to
           all
           of
           other
           Nations
           who
           have
           forsaken
           the
           Fellowship
           of
           the
           Papal
           Church
           .
           I
           could
           have
           not
           only
           enlarged
           upon
           the
           
           several
           heads
           ,
           but
           have
           reasoned
           from
           more
           Topicks
           :
           But
           I
           think
           there
           is
           enough
           already
           said
           for
           one
           Letter
           ,
           and
           shall
           therefore
           reserve
           the
           rest
           ,
           till
           I
           receive
           your
           Advice
           whether
           it
           be
           necessary
           to
           say
           any
           more
           ,
           or
           whether
           you
           dare
           trust
           the
           farther
           manage
           of
           it
           in
           so
           weak
           and
           mean
           a
           Hand
           .
        
         
           And
           shall
           only
           add
           that
           our
           Church-Men
           are
           like
           to
           be
           strangly
           entangled
           ,
           should
           the
           Bill
           once
           pass
           into
           an
           Act.
           For
           if
           they
           omit
           to
           Pray
           for
           the
           
             Illustrious
             Prince
             James
             Duke
          
           of
           York
           ,
           they
           will
           be
           thought
           to
           offend
           against
           the
           Obligations
           they
           are
           under
           of
           reading
           the
           whole
           Liturgy
           ;
           and
           should
           they
           continue
           to
           pray
           for
           him
           in
           the
           wonted
           form
           ,
           they
           may
           perhaps
           not
           only
           meet
           with
           some
           affront
           from
           the
           angry
           and
           incenced
           Multitude
           ,
           but
           be
           judged
           by
           wiser
           Heads
           ,
           to
           bespeak
           a
           publick
           Calamity
           at
           the
           hands
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           entreat
           him
           to
           inflict
           the
           worst
           of
           Judgments
           upon
           the
           Nation
           .
           I
           am
           .
        
         
           
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             ,
          
           
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